Health, Wellness & Dr Nugent - Ambrotose Complex - 7th Feb 26

Good morning, everybody. My name is Chenned Pollock and I am the general manager of Manatech Australasia, a role I think you all know that I'm very proud and privileged to have. This is our first call of February on the products, and we do these calls once a month, usually the first Saturday of the month where it aligns with everybody's calendar. And this, I can honestly say, is our most popular call and with very good reason.

Our speaker this morning, the man you're all here to hear from, is our Chief Science and Health Officer and Chairman of the Global Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Steve Nugent, the one and only Dr. Steve Nugent, who has more than 40 years of experience in the area of integrative medicine. He has tested more than 6,000 dietary supplements and formulated more than 160. He is internationally recognized as an expert in his field and has been teaching doctors for more than 30 years. He is Manatech's most requested speaker worldwide.

Dr. Nugent has earned multiple degrees, graduating with top honors at both the graduate and undergraduate level. His areas of study include integrative medicine, health and wellness psychology, leadership psychology, organizational psychology, neuropsychology, biological anthropology, nutrition science, and business administration. Dr. Nugent has served as the president of the International Association of Complementary Medicine and is president emeritus of the American Naturopathic Medical Association. He's also a professional member of the American College of Nutrition. Yes, I did read that. I'd love to say I know that off by heart after all these years, but it is a lot and it is important.

Dr. Nugent was awarded the Servant's Heart Award by Manatech Associates way back in 2007, and I can tell you if they could give it to him every year they would. Dr. Nugent was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Served his country with honor as a US Marine, and has been a resident of Texas for nearly two decades, but now lives over on the east coast in sunny Florida, which I'm sure he's absolutely loving. So, good morning and welcome to the call, Dr. Nugent.

Absolutely. And we're excited for this morning's topic. This morning's topic, we've asked you specifically to talk about our flagship product, Ambrotose Complex. The first, the original, the starting point for so many people. And I could ask in the chat, how many people take Ambrotose Complex? I think that chat will go off. So, actually do that. Pop that in the chat. How many people take Ambrotose Complex? And I will just preface this, but we've been on a bit of a back order. We've got it back in stock. We do apologize profusely for that because it's never ideal. But I will say this, you hear Dr. Nugent talk an awful lot about our standards, our efficacy, our safety. And that's one of the reasons there was a delay with one of the key ingredients. We have an exclusive ingredient on that. So, we had to wait for it. We don't just go to Google and say, 'Where can I buy some?' and just add it in. We would never do that. We have too much honesty and integrity in what we do with the products. So again, that was the reason for it. Far from ideal. We are really truly apologetic if anybody was without it. But I do know this community and I do know they all beg, borrow, and steal when we get to this situation. So with that in mind, Dr. Nugent, I'm going to hand it over to you and I'll let you take it away.