March 16, 2023

It’s time for another entertaining and hopefully heartwarming and informative podcast with one of my dear family members: my younger brother Zach Greenfield.

My father, Gary Greenfield, joined me on the podcast episode “Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever,” during which we discussed his history of coming to Idaho from Miami (with the dream of becoming a farmer) and how he eventually became an expert in the water filtration industry, his journey from evangelical Christianity to orthodox and much more.

Later, my mom, Pat Greenfield, joined me on the episode “Ben Greenfield Interviews His Mom: Homeschooling, Coffee Shops, Writing, Music & More,” in which we discussed my upbringing, homeschooling, trauma, and much more.

And now this podcast episode features my younger brother Zach Greenfield, who is the director of operations at Greenfield Water Solutions. Prior to coming on board with the family business in 2021, Zach worked for the past 18 years as a flight paramedic, and firefighter paramedic in Los Angeles, CA and the Pacific Northwest. During this time Zach also started and ran a successful private label Amazon FBA business, which he sold in 2019. Zach resides in Liberty Lake, WA with his two daughters, Rowan and Zofia, 12 and 8 years old. In his spare time, Zach is finishing his nursing degree, enjoys skiing and fitness, spending time with friends and family, and enjoying the Pacific Northwest outdoors.

Greenfield Water Solutions (use code BEN10 to save 10%) creates water enhancement products that put life force energy back into your tap water utilizing concepts of structured/energized water. The company's goal and promise is to deliver information and products that are congruent with nature and truly life-enhancing for body, soul, and mind.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

-Who is Zach Greenfield?…06:28

• Interviewing family members on podcast
• Ben’s younger brother Zach Greenfield
  • Former model
  • Firefighter and paramedic
  • Director of Operations at Greenfield Water Solutions (use code BEN10 to save 10%)

–Zach’s fitness and diet routine…09:16

• Structure is important
  • Always having a trainer and a prescribed workout
  • Tracking what he eats
  • Basic supplements like
    • Creatine
    • Aminos
    • Colostrum
• Bryan Johnson
• Balance is also important
  • Avoid being obsessive
  • Keeping things simple
• How Ben and Zach ate growing up
  • Typical average American family diet
  • Fluoride supplements

-When did Zach start to learn about healthy nutrition?…14:57

• Influenced by classmates at paramedic school
• Got interested in healthy nutrition and shifted his diet
• Tracking macros
  • My Fitness Pal
  • Cronometer
  • macrofactor
• Mostly tracks fats, protein, and carbs

-Any eating disorders while in the modeling industry?…16:55

• Did mostly athletic stuff; totally different compared to high fashion
• Fitness oriented people
• Had a generally good experience while modeling

–What it was like for Zach to be homeschooled…20:12

• Fortunate to be well socialized as homeschoolers
• Port Cities Home Educators
• Aware of differences with public schools but never being bothered by them
• Lots of free time after lessons
• Part of a large group of homeschoolers
  • Many friends
• Percentage of homeschoolers today is more than 10%

-Zach Greenfield's entrepreneurial bug…25:06

• The influence of being around a father and his businesses
• Grandpa Bill was a successful entrepreneur
• The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 
• Greenfield Water Solutions (use code BEN10 to save 10%)

-Greenfield Water Solutions…38:09

• How it began
  • The quality of the coffee depends on the beans and water
  • Dad got interested in the science of water
• Greenfield Water Solutions offers
  • High-end water filtration
  • Structuring and energizing
  • Bringing water back to its natural state
• Structured water
  • Filter gives clean and health-beneficial water
  • Molecules are thicker and denser
• Understanding the Heart by Dr. Stephen Hussey
• Dr. Gerald Pollack
  • Water collects, stores, and transmits information
• Podcast with Dr. Gerald Pollack
  • Is All Water The Same?

• Podcast with Thomas Cowan on water:
  • Why The War On Cancer Has Failed & What You Can Do About It: Mistletoe, NAD, Deuterium Depleted Water, Melatonin, Gerson Therapy & Beyond!
• Dr. Gilbert Ling
  • The Association Induction Hypothesis
• Dr. Masaru Emoto
  • Influence of human consciousness on water
  • Ideas behind homeopathy
• Infopathy
• Podcast with Anton Fedorenko:
  • How To Turn A Glass Of Water Into A Pharmaceutical, Supplement, Remedy & “Information Carrier” Using The Science Of Infopathy.

-How filters and structured water are used in farms…45:34

• Used the Vortexer and Harmonizer in farms (use code BEN10 to save 10%) 
  • Calmer animals
  • Faster weight gain
  • Decreased mortality rates
  • Animals prefer filtered water

-More about the structuring process…46:58

• Finding the best filtration systems
• After filtration, vortex and energizer
• Filters imported mostly from Germany
• Whole Home System (use code BEN10 to save 10%)
• Watch Water
• Constantly improving
• Different filters for different functions
  • No perfect filtration
• Challenge to provide filters without a lot of drawbacks

-Is testing the water the first step?…51:58

• Testing the water
  • Not required for city water
  • Well water has to be tested
  • Test kits and EWG (Environmental Working Group) water quality reports
  • Broad spectrum filters and specific filters
  • Testing for fluoride

-What is the Harmonizer?…55:41

• Harmonizer is a cartridge inside the Vortexer (use code BEN10 to save 10%)
  • With glass and quartz beads
  • Imparts positive information to water
• Electro-magnetic frequency imparts the information to the water
• Pipe length is a factor 
• Harmonizer cartridges with minerals

-The Hand-held Vortexer…1:02:26

• Wine tastes different when poured through the Vortexer (use code BEN10 to save 10%)
• Under sink filtration systems
• Counter top filter

-What about hardness or scaling?…1:05:29

• Undersink options do not treat for hard water but a lot of anecdotal reports of decreased scale deposits by running through the Vortexer (use code BEN10 to save 10%)
• Whole Home System (use code BEN10 to save 10%)

-Garden and pool options and other systems…1:06:55

• Garden and pool options (use code BEN10 to save 10%)

-New products…1:07:58

• Just finished lab testing new technology to drop water pH, remove all constituents, and re-alkalize with a cartridge
  • pH affects how the water is filtered

-Fondest memory of Ben when growing up…1:10:28

• Super funny when in fun mode
• Building Lego fortresses

-And much more…

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Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

– Zach Greenfield

• Greenfield Water Solutions (use code BEN10 to save 10%)
  • Harmonizer
  • Vortexer
• Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever
• Ben Greenfield Interviews His Mom: Homeschooling, Coffee Shops, Writing, Music & More

– Podcasts:

• Is All Water The Same?
• Why The War On Cancer Has Failed & What You Can Do About It: Mistletoe, NAD, Deuterium Depleted Water, Melatonin, Gerson Therapy & Beyond!
• How To Turn A Glass Of Water Into A Pharmaceutical, Supplement, Remedy & “Information Carrier” Using The Science Of Infopathy.

– Books:

• The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
• Understanding the Heart by Dr. Stephen Hussey

– Other Resources:

• Creatine
• Aminos
• Colostrum
• My Fitness Pal
• Cronometer
• macrofactor
• Infopathy
• Bryan Johnson
• Port Cities Home Educators
• Dr. Gilbert Ling
• Dr. Masaru Emoto
• The Association Induction Hypothesis
• Watch Water
• EWG (Environmental Working Group)

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