coming up today on the morning blend, what were you googling in 2015? find out what had a vegas connection. plus we head to the movies. take the road trip to see the new adventure of alvin and the chipmunks. a preview in just a little bit. first up, las vegas' own resident ray of sunshine, piff the magic dragon continues to spread his hilarious cheer at the flamingo. catch his piffmas particular tonight. >> what are you saying? >> the magic dragon joins us now with what you can expect on the show. >> that was piff's piffmas pifftacular. >> easy for you to say. >> well, it's a very simple piff's piffmas piftacular. i said it again. >> it rolls off the tongue. >> right. >> it just comes naturally to a dragon. >> magic dragon. >> excuse me. a magic dragon. how are you these days? >> we're very good. >> how's your friend? >> it's the last day of our piffmas shows so we're very excited. >> and how do you celebrate as a magic dragon? >> well, you see normally it's

the last of my species so, you know, that thing with all the family flying in usually and have arguments, it doesn't happen anymore. >> you're all alone? is that kind of depressing? >> all alone in the cave, yeah. it was depressing so we thought let's make our own show in las vegas, the old piffmas show and then people can come in from all over the world and join us and we can all argue together and not get along. >> now, as far as you know, where have they come from? the north pole? scandinavia? everywhere? >> everywhere people come from las vegas from. >> yeah? >> you know. like london, tokyo, argentina. i'm just making up countries that i've heard of. >> are you just blown away by the fact that you are a famous celebrity now and you've been, you know, the magic dragon for all these years? >> right. exactly. now i feel like i've opened up the door for magic dragons, you know? we've got our own very show on the vegas strip now normally like monday through wednesdays at the flamingo at 8:00 p.m., but now we've even got our own

>> how spectacular is that? >> look at him, he's got his own little outfit. his little santa's little helper outfit. >> now, what do you do in your show? >> what? it's a whole new load of christmas -- piffmas tricks. >> oh, they're tricks? >> well, magic. >> magic tricks. >> magic tricks, yeah. yep. so mr. piffles and i -- i mean, mr. piffles is a very talented artist and he does some beautiful paintings in the show. >> he's a red nosed chihuahua? >> he's a red nosed chihuahua, yep. we staple on the antlers and then he's ready to go. >> he's meditating right now cause he's about to fall asleep. >> yes. and also at the end of the show, we auction off piff's magic muffin. >> you auction off what? >> we've got a magic muffin. >> a magic muffin? >> yeah, we get it from starbucks. >> really? >> and then we put it in a cupboard for three weeks and after that it's magic. and we auction that off at the end of that show to a charity. >> uh-huh, what is the charity? >> well, this year it's the nspca. >> oh, the no kill animal shelter. >> no kill animal shelters, yeah. because mr. piffles is a rescue dog.

>> well, you know, it's cheaper. >> yeah, they are. much cheaper than the purebreds. >> it's a lot cheaper. especially when you go through chihuahuas like i do, way cheaper so we decided to give back this year, and we're raising funds for that because when we first came to vegas -- look at him snuggling in to the little magic dragon tail. >> uh-huh, hiding out. >> when we first came to vegas, we did a show at the cosmopolitan called breakfast at piffany's and we gave all the money we raised -- we sold croissants back in that. >> oh, yeah? >> and we gave all the money to communities and schools. >> crescents? >> crois >> got ya. >> yeah, we raised like $15,000 in three months for the communities and schools. >> wow, really? >> yeah, at toby from human nature, he holds the record for the most money spent on a croissant.

maybe he'll step up and -- some money for the your outfit. >> natural dragon skin? >> the natural -- yes. >> actually, this is a difficult time for me. >> why is that? >> for whom? christmas trees. you know? people are always like, hey, why did you steal christmas? i'm like, it was the grinch. it was like the whole -- >> how are you dealing with your newfound celebrity? >> i just live in the cave. every one's the same. >> yeah? people want pictures with you and want you to do tricks for them? >> yeah, i know but at my show, and i think that's fair enough. >> that's enough. >> they are coming down to my2016. >> really? >> yeah. all over the place. so we start the week in vegas,

come back to vegas, road, vegas, road, vegas, road. >> where does that road take you? what's some of your pit stops? >> beginning of the year we're doing arlington, nashville, we've got a lot of days in connecticut, we sought out fox woods. >> really? >> we're playing fox woods. sold that out. yeah, then we're going to hong kong as well. edinburgh, london. >> really? >> 2016's gonna be a big year for the magic dragon. >> no kidding. congratulations on that. that sounds like a lot of fun. >> thank you. mr. piffles is just meditating himself in preparation. >> yes, yes, he is. he's got a long 2016 ahead of him. >> i actually thought seeing as it's christmas, i might give you a little chance to win mr. piffles, would you like that? >> yes, that would be lovely since you have a million red nosed chihuahuas. >> i don't have a million of them. just him. >> oh, he's so cute. what advice would you give to other magic dragons looking to break into the business? >> stay away. it's my niche. >> your niche? >> niche. >> niche? >> what do you call it? a niche or a niche? >> niche. >> i'm glad we got that out. >> at least it's a -- i know it's a croissant. >> it is a croissant. >> we have to go.

>> can you do it really fast cause we got to go? >> probably not. it's probably gonna take like three minutes. okay, we got to go. i'm so sorry. thank you so much more stopping by. >> no, no. no problem. >> happy new year to you. piff's pifmas -- >> it was probably the greatest trick i was gonna do. >> can you say that? piff's what? >> piff's pifmas. >> easy for you to say. >> piff's piffmas pifftacular is tonight at 8:00 inside bugsy's cabaret at flamingo las vegas. >> why are you talking about yourself in the third person? >> for tickets, call the number on the screen or visit the website, which camera is it? >> any one you want. pick one. it's on the screen right there. >> still to come on morning blend, the graffiti that -- >> that's my line. >> what? >> that's my line. >> yeah, i'm a natural. yes. >> still to come on the blend, the graffiti that makes a positive change in the community. you're watching morning blend. stay with us.

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so everything is donated t stor, e l al >> yes. >> if you're gonna go through your home, clean out the closet, think of you guys and donate it because somebody else could use it. >> right. well, and all of our donations are tax deductible as well so it also helps benefit the donor as well. >> so when it comes to a tax donation, that means at the end of the year as people are going

use that as a write off? >> so you can actuto deseret industries.org/donations-- like clothing, pots and pans, silverware? >> everything. really, we've had a bounce house donated in the last week and so i mean, that's something you wouldn't think that you would find or roofing shingles or anything -- anything that you may think is something that someone may not be able to use, we can use it. >> somebody could use it and somebody wants it. >> exactly. >> and you also work with cabela's; is that right? >> we -- >> is it cabela's? >> they have donated to our stores before. there are many retail stores that will donate to our thrift stores. >> that is so generous of them. >> yeah.

make a donation. you don't have specific hours for that, right? >> well, donation hours are 8:00 a.m. to our closing times. >> to the closing? >> yeah. >> and again, what happens to those items that we donate? >> so the items that are donated, the ones that don't make it to the retail floor for us to sell in our stores, we actually send them to our humanitarian center for humanitarian effort. we send those -- them out to third world countries. we -- like the clothing that have holes in them that we wouldn't normally sell, we would send those to our humanitarian center. they would shred them and use them to stuff blankets and send those out. so we do a lot of good. >> yeah, a lot of charity work. >> yeah. >> and if someone wants to just write you a check, can they do that as well or donate online? >> you know, we don't have the

sold very easily, very quickly? >> oh, that is a good question. >> so the bounce house was one of them? >> yes. >> and that bounce house was -- what was the retail on that? >> around $5,000. >> that is so crazy. >> it was crazy that someone, you know, just had it and decided to donate it. that's really cool. i think some family will really be grateful to have something like that. >> and you get jewelry and purses and shoes? >> yes, yes. we get technology even. you know, tablets have been out for a while now so, you know, sometimes we'll have brand new tablets, old tablets, you know, kindles, a lot of antique items. we get records, a whole bunch of just different things that you can find. >> i love thrift store shopping so i'll have to check you guys out. thank you so much. >> wonderful. thank you. >> so appreciate it. help improve the lives of those in your community by donating to deseret industries. they have two locations here in the valley. your donations can also be used for end of year tax write offs. for more information, just head to the website on your screen.

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what did you google the most in 2015? google's year end search highlights everything from pop culture to news to music, sports and more. joining us now to reveal this year's year end search is google trend's expert daniel sieberg. good morning to you, daniel. >> good morning. it's great to be with you. >> fantastic to see you. 2015, another memorable year. what topped the list? >> yeah, so this is our 15th annual year end search and we looked at data from trillions of searches over the course of 2015, broke it out into 47 different categories. as you mentioned everything from sports to entertainment to questions people had about

lots of different ways to slice the data so if we look at the top five queries for 2015, general search queries and trending queries i should say, lamar odom was at number one. so folks -- he may not have been a household name prior to the tragic events that took place in october, people might have known him from his nba days or ties to kardashians but there was a lot of interest around him and his condition and recovery, and he really spiked most. and remember, these are the top trending searches or spikes that happened over a sustained period of time. so these are not search volume. just those peak moments that we see in the course of the year so jurassic world, american sniper, couple of big block buster movies. caitlyn jenner who, of course, people are now more familiar with her story but a lot of interest around that. then ronda rousey who this -- you know, the ufc mma fighter. she's really got a big following out of the ring as well as in it, and she's been in the movie entourage so she had a bit of a

but that's just top five out of the top ten list for that one category. there's tons of other data all at google.com/trends. >> i think people in vegas helped put lamar at the top of that list. i'm sure we searched many times because it happened so close to home here. now, lets talk about the list in terms of news. what made news in 2015? >> yeah, so there were a number in that top ten list that popped out. one was paris so of course we know the tragic attacks that happened both earlier in the year with charlie hebdo and then in november and if we looked at -- we looked at the spikes in the search queries and the data and the attacks in november were really extremely high. i mean, even compared to what happened earlier in the year in paris and the term paris and it's funny because if you think about what sort of search behavior is when you hear about those kinds of tragic events, and it's breaking news situation, you might pull out your phone and caught something on social media or on the news, and you might just type in the

want to get some context and, you know, this is really what we see as the value of google search is just people want to become part of the conversation. they're curious about something and so whether it was a news event like -- you know, we have another category that's the "what is" category so people typing in "what is ..." and on that list where things like what is isis or what is ashley madison, which was part a chance to cheat on their spouse. what is ebola so there were just lots of different reasons that people wanted to turn to search to learn more and to understand

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for more information. telescope picked up a light saber per se and here with more on how it came to be is nasa's

good morning, jennifer. >> good morning. >> so, jennifer, nice and timely with star wars out now. what are we seeing in this image? i want to see it. >> well, with the hubble space telescope that's still operating very well after over 25 years in space, we've seen this new star that's being born buried in that dust you see in the center of the image, but it's also expelling these very powerful jets that you see going up to the upper right and lower left. we think it looks like a double bladed light saber. this is a normal stage that protostars or baby stars go through as they form. some of that in falling material gets caught up, heated up, and ejected out of the poles of the star in very powerful outflow. >> that is an incredible image. almost looks like it's a sith lord per se, it's a little evil in there with it. >> indeed, but it's also a really important stage of star formation.

jets actually help the star lose some of its angular momentum which enables it to collapse even further and complete the formation of the baby star and presumably possibly a planetary system around that baby star. >> and it's really just one image of thousands of other amazing images that hubble has picked up over the years. >> indeed. in fact, the hubble telescope has shown us all kinds of wonders in space. everything from looking at the planets in our own solar system to looking outside of our galaxy. think you're seeing images of spiral galaxies beyond the milky way. >> gorgeous views. >> including emerging galaxies and the famous ultra deep feel of hubble where we're seeing tens of thousands of galaxies in the distant universe that appear to us as they did sometimes billions of years ago when their light started the journey to us. >> and in those galaxies far, far away, i have to ask, have

i got to ask it? >> well, we haven't seen a death star such as portrayed in the films, but we do see stars in our own galaxy especially and also in other galaxies that are going through their own death throws. in fact, here's some images of stars that are dying, they're in some cases emitting expulsions of their outer atmospheres, even exploding. we see the remnants of exploded stars. we call them super-novi. these super-novi remnants are important because they are the stuff that the star created during it's lifetime and during it's explosion and some of this heavier material in this explosion debris is material that we need for life so some of the future stars and planets that form from this material can actually take advantage of what was produced in earlier stars to create planets and the supporting conditions that we know we need for life. >> and we've seen different planets from hubble itself.

millennium falcon fly on by and pick that up one day. what's in store for the future? >> we use hubble -- yeah. we use hubble to study the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system. many different types of telescopes work together to help us find planets outside the solar system, then hubble is very good at understanding the atmospheric composition of some of these planets so we're trying to find out if there are planets very similar to earth with earth like conditions, and we're finding more and more of these exo planets outside of our own solar system now that are more and more like earth so we're hot on the trail of looking for the possibilities of life beyond earth. >> can't wait to see the future. jennifer, i have to say it, may the force be with you. >> and like wise with you and i will leave you with a wonderful saber image. >> yes. i need that. >> to remind you of what we see in this baby star today. thanks very much.

your hands. >> absolutely. by the way, you can see our images at nasa.gov/hubble. we have a wonderful gallery of all the hubble images, and you can also find us on twitter as well at @nasa(underscore)hubble. the winners have been revealed. a couple months ago we featured the anti-graffiti art contest put on by the rtc. now, we have the winners. here with more is carl scarbrough of the rtc, winners sharon lee, and melanie hernendez are also with us. good morning and welcome. >> good morning. >> morning. >> can you give us a recap, carl, of this contest first of all? >> yes, so what we wanted to do was partner with the school district and the students and come up with some art work that's not only very beautiful but conveyed the message that, you know, graffiti is something that we want to prevent in our community, so we put out the contest. all the school district -- a lot of the schools participated. we had a number of students submit, then we had online voting to pick the winner.

problem here in vegas? >> it is. businesses and local government spend millions of dollars every year, you know, removing graffiti and that's money we could spend on -- >> doing something else. >> -- art work at school. >> yes. so this was a contest that the kids could participate, do their art work in a safe place. >> exactly. >> and how many people submitted their art work? >> we had i want to say about 90 different submissions, and it was quite a lot and we had ten finalists, and we put the ten finalists online so people could go and vote. >> and what type of medium did they work on? >> it was mostly paper with ink, some crayon, some watercolor so variety. >> a variety of things and very

>> now, how did the selectt? >> not only did they make the cut, but they rose to the top. >> uh-huh. can you tell us their submissions and what it was that they turned into you? so -- well, you know, it's not just the creativity or the art work itself but it's also got to be combined with a message so we want the message to be, you know, keep southern nevada graffiti free, and we want to see it done in a way that's visually appealing. >> and, sharon, you're one of the winners. can you tell us what you drew? >> i drew a hand grabbing off a cloth. >> uh-huh. it's right there. >> yeah. and it's basically on the cloth it has all the dirty graffiti and the hand's taking it off and under it, it's like really clean las vegas. >> how long did it take you to put that together? >> it took me about three to four weeks, i think.

well, congratulations. >> thank you. >> do you go to school? >> i go to bob miller middle school. >> are you gonna be an artist when you grow up or is this just something you like to do? >> probably i'm gonna be an artist when i grow up because that's what i really enjoy to do. >> you do great work. >> thank you. >> so congratulations again. and now, melanie. what school do you go to? >> i go to cashmere middle school. >> and can you tell us about your piece and what inspired you? >> my piece, well, i basically drew different casinos like the bellagio and luxor casino. i also drew the linq and the stratosphere to represent the different famous parts of las vegas. >> that looks so cool and there you are. congratulations. and when they announced you as one of the winners -- >> thank you. >> -- were you just shocked or where were you? >> yeah, i was shocked and a little bit excited because i saw the competition was really difficult. >> yeah. >> and there was a lot of good drawings in the top ten. >> are you gonna be an artist too do you think?

too and it's one of my favorite hobbies. >> and the art work, very inspiring. >> yes. >> it's so great to see that. >> and one of the coolest things about it -- >> such talent. >> -- is you look at it and you know we're talking about las vegas, whether it's the linq or some of the other attractions. >> the iconic images you know it's vegas and it's in our backyard. >> yeah. >> and again, you mentioned this is a huge problem here in vegas. >> it is. >> if we see graffiti somewhere, what should we do? >> if you see somebody doing it, you can call 911 or 311. >> and you guys will get out there and usually when you paint over something, does the city do that? >> yeah -- well, the city and the county have a robust program through their public response offices where they'll go out and cover up graffiti and they'll get out there pretty quick if it's reported to them. at rtc, we do that as well just because with graffiti, the sooner you get it off, the better. >> yeah. now, are there other opportunities for students to get involved throughout the year? >> yes. so coming up in the next month or so, we'll be putting out a

art contest. we're also exploring a partnership with unlv to maybe try to do some art on a bus for unlv art students. >> can people go online and get details on that or is that coming? >> the earth day is not up yet, but it will be up after the holidays and everyone gets back to work and gets settled and, yeah, they'll be information on our website. >> carl, thank you. ladies, thank you again. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> for more on the regional transportation commission of southern nevada, just head to the website right there on your screen. it's there, you can find info about future contests as well. congrats again, guys.

we'll be right back. >> they're transforming from kitchen disasters into skilled cooks.

on in food network's worst cooks in america. the prize, $25,000. this season premiere is this sunday. here with a glimpse of the next season of what to expect is contestant and vegas local, cindy nguyen. good morning to you and welcome. >> good morning. >> tell us about your cooking skills. >> i don't have any. >> and how did you hear about this show to get onto this show? >> well, i binge watche netflix "chopped" and then when i was watching it i was like, i could do that because it's always random ingredients. i don't need skill. so i went onto foodnetwork.com, and then i applied and it wasn't available but worst cooks was casting so i just sent my video in. >> so before you got on the show, what were some of the things that you were cooking at home? just boiling water? >> ramen noodles with spam. because spam's already edible so i just put it in the boiling water and it kind of heats it up. >> you can't ruin top ramen. >> yes. >> yeah. >> then i make a lot of scrambled eggs because that's easy. >> were you hoping to learn how

>> yes. >> is that the idea? you take a cook that doesn't know how to do anything in the kitchen then you get transformed in the series of a couple weeks or how does the show actually work? >> yes, well the best of the worst keeps moving forward then you're supposed to cook a three course meal for executive chefs to try out. >> is it scary? >> it is very scary. it's like five things on the stove, i have to check on the oven, i'm boiling water, making corn. i'm like, it's too much work. >> yeah, things that you don't normally do because you're a terrible cook. >> yes. >> that's the whole premise; right? and can you tell me over the course of how many weeks were you on the show? >> i'm not allowed to say. >> oh, you can't say that. all right. can you tell us how you evolved though on the show? do you feel like your skills got a lot better? >> yes. i definitely know how to, like, pound chicken now. i have to use saran wrap to cover it because when i tried, pieces would fly everywhere. >> who teaches you to cook on the show?

and then anne burrel. they're both the masters. >> did you have a favorite? >> they're both my favorite. >> both your favorite? >> and here's a picture of you. >> yes. >> and what are you learning to cook there? >> that's my signature dish, which i chose shepherds pie cause it has multiple -- >> i love shepherd's pie. >> yeah, it's so good. >> so how do you make yours? >> mashed potatoes and then green beans, canned corn, just a bunch of canned vegetables poured in. >> now, tell us about your competition. who was the scariest one that you had to take out? >> well, lawrence. he's the one in the middle with the striped shirt because he was very focused and ready. i was like, i don't know, i was just having fun. >> and the prize is $25,000; is that right? >> yes. >> now, if you were to win because we can't reveal, what would you do with the money? >> buy a house. >> yeah? >> yeah, i'm ready to buy a house. i'm tired of renting. >> so you gonna stick around here and stay in vegas? >> yes.

cooking, can you give us a couple tips for people who are just kind of in the same situation that you are? >> there's this term called mise en place, which means to have everything ready in front of you. so like if you're ready to have your salt, have your pepper, have your -- all your mixtures in for ingredients so you're not running around the kitchen crazy. >> so have sort of a plan and when you know you're gonna cook, let's say your shepherd's pie -- >> yeah, have all my vegetables already out instead of like doing mid mashed potatoes, running to get corn. >> oh, that's a good tip. saves time and then you know all the things are right there you don't have to go in the pantry, get distracted, and then have somebody else cook for you. >> yes, or takeout. >> yeah. well, congratulations on getting in the show. we're so excited to see a local here too on that. >> i know. i'm excited. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> don't miss our very own cindy nguyen compete for $25,000 in the new season of worst cooks in america. the premiere is this sunday at 9:00 p.m. on food network.

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music >> make it your new year resolution to drop the weight. it takes more than just rethinking the calories you're consuming. here with more is dr. ivan goldsmith of trim care. nutritionist and lifestyle coach travis zipper is also with us.

>> good morning, dao. >> good morning. >> great, thank you. let's talk about people's new year's resolution and always the number one goal is typically to lose weight. >> yeah, i'm hoping that people will listen to the segment and that they'll call us at 878-8888 and take me up on our offer of $699 for a complete package for three months of a medically supervised weight loss program. we get great results and the fact that i'm an internist and also a bariatrician, we can really help you. and we know what we're doing, i've treated thousands of patients in the marketplace, and people come to me by word of mouth and that's probably why you haven't seen me recently because i see each and every patient and we really work hard because we depend on word of mouth to get good outcomes and to refer family and friends. so what we're trying to do is get people to lose 10 to 15 percent, ideally of their total body weight so if you weigh 200 pounds, i want you to lose 30 pounds. gee, dr. goldsmith, that's not enough. but you'd be amazed. if you lose 10 or 15 percent of your total body weight, what risk factors for diabetes and hypertension, heart disease and

so these are achievable goals. every pound of fat is 3500 calories. travis has been an enormous help. and i want to just turn it over to him and he can tell you a little bit more about what he does. >> yeah. >> so i mean, the standard medical weight loss has been around for a while. but what is the biggest down fall a lot of times is that there's not any accountability. people start a program and they don't make any lifestyle changes that can keep those pounds off so to speak. so we try to really coach them and show them what little things they can do from stop drinking out of plastic water bottles to picking the organic diet on a budget to not changing too much of their life and allowing them to maintain their goals when it's done. >> maybe if you work out instead of just being on a treadmill for 45 minutes, lifting some weights, doing some resistance training, jumping in the swimming pool. i've kind of made these modifications because i've been kind of yapping about them. >> dr. g, you got to get in the pool. you got to move your arms. >> yeah, you look great. >> i'm 56, i'm gonna be 57. don't tell everybody. so i want to be around to get my medicare, my social security benefits. >> you've earned it.

board here, travis. >> okay. >> this is a typical diet here? >> this is a typical diet. this is just to show you how much sugar you might drink. a lot of people drink their calories and this was originally created for little kids to see what they were consuming in terms of sugar because you'd never actually eat this much sugar raw. >> right. >> probably give you a stomach ache but you can drink it down, no problem. so this is just kind of a little eye opener. >> it's hidden in our drinks. >> high fructose corn syrup is the biggest contributor to diabetes and hypertension and coronary artery disease, and it's everywhere. >> we're addicted to the stuff though. >> yep. >> and it's hard to get it out of our system, but you're there to help people do that? >> correct. so you have to kind of remove it from your system a little bit. sugar has the same effects on the brain as drugs. if you remove it, it makes it a little easier, and you got to get some of the better things into this system so you're not craving the bad stuff. >> even little things like putting some lemon or something with your water. it gives it a little

>> instead of doing even a diet soda or soft drink. we're going into the holidays and i want to remember to say this because even a little mild to modest alcohol consumption in women increases their risk of breast cancer significantly. >> really? >> three drinks a week increases your risk. it's actually a board question in internal medicine. you think you have a few drinks and you don't have a problem or just moderate consumption, but it does increase your risk of breast cancer because of the estrogen in fact. >> yep, raises estrogen. >> and when it comes to hormones and getting a physical checkup, is that a barrier to losing weight for some people? >> well, with have a lot of people who come in who are low on their estrogen or they're low on their progesterone or low on their testosterone or low on their growth hormones so you have to know what test to order to be able to advise the patient. >> and you can do that? >> if they're low on their -- or their thyroid is screwed up. you can even have a thyroid problem with normal blood test on your thyroid. somebody's losing the lateral -- the hair on the lateral aspect of the eyebrow or the eyes are puffy or they're swollen and the hair is dry and their features are course, they have subclinical hypothyroidism. i can't tell you how many

blood work. there's nothing wrong with you. nothing wrong with you. >> right. >> but you can have a major thyroid problem and be subclinical hypothyroidism with normal lab tests so we try to do an annual exam and let me tell you something, in obesity management, the annual exam is very comprehensive. we look for things like bruising or, you know, abnormal hair growth which may signify abnormalities and the hormones are hyperpigmentation or darkening of the skin, which could be a marker for diabetes. so sometimes patients come to me and they've never been diagnosed be diabetes, they've never been diagnosed with a thyroid problem, they've never been diagnosed with a cortisol problem. so that's what we do. we don't -- we're not just there to throw the pills out, we want to give you a diagnosis and we want to customize and personalize something for you. >> right. >> that's what patients want today and that's what's lacking. >> and you have a special going on right now? >> well, we're promoting a new test that we're doing. epigenetic optimize aging test and travis can say a few words about it. >> it's pretty much a brand new technology that goes through your epigenetics, which is pretty much how your lifestyle

okay? so someone might have a genetic code from their family but they haven't activated it through poor lifestyle habits. so it's a 30 page report that comes out that shows what anti-oxidants, what vitamins what minerals what essential fatty acids, what electromagnetic frequency you might be getting too much of. >> amazing. >> what foods might be causing illness or inflammation in the body and what things to remove and almost a 90 day plan to try to fix it and then come back and test it and see if the levels improve. >> well, you guys are very thorough. >> this is stuff that we would not normally look for so we're offering to the first 20 patients that call us, (702)878-8888. we have one location and the reason for that is because i don't want to be spread out everywhere. i want to be able to focus on the patients that come in. >> yeah. >> give them exceptional care and get that word of mouth going. >> you're very hands on with your patients, which they so appreciate. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> trim care is located on fort apache at hacienda. make a positive change in your life by contacting them. a phone number to call and website to visit right there on

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