Summary
Sam Tripoli interviews Ron Morrett, CEO of Vibe Med X and one of the largest shilajit importers in North America, who has been working with shilajit for about a decade. Ron describes shilajit as a mineral pitch resin that comes from high-elevation Himalayan mountains where it has been marinating inside the earth for millions of years. He explains that it is a key piece of Ayurvedic medicine, written about in ancient Sanskrit texts as the "vitamins of the gods." Ron shares his personal journey of discovering shilajit during a health transformation after years of excess, crediting it as a catalyst for his recovery and spiritual awakening. The conversation covers shilajit's traditional use, sourcing quality, and its role in holistic health alongside topics like homeopathy and alternative wellness practices.
Key Points
- Shilajit is a mineral pitch resin found at super high elevations in Himalayan mountains through Pakistan, Nepal, India, and Russia
- It has been inside the earth for millions of years, formed from condensed organic matter
- Ancient Sanskrit texts refer to it as the "vitamins of the gods" and it is central to Ayurvedic medicine
- Ron Morrett credits shilajit as a springboard for his health transformation and recovery
- Cutting sugar and carbs combined with shilajit supplementation accelerated his health improvements
- Quality sourcing is critical -- shilajit comes as a tarry, sticky substance in brick form
Key Moments
What is shilajit and where does it come from
Ron Morrett introduces himself as one of the biggest importers of shilajit in North America and explains that it is a mineral pitch resin from high elevation Himalayan mountains, used in Ayurvedic medicine for millennia.
"Shilajit is a mineral pitch resin. It comes from super high elevation in the Himalayan mountains, through Pakistan, Nepal, India, up into the mountain regions of Russia found in super high elevation. And this stuff has been inside of the earth for millions and millions and millions of years, kind of marinating in there."
Shilajit as a catalyst for health transformation
Ron describes how finding shilajit during his journey back to health became a springboard that accelerated his recovery, combined with cutting sugar and carbs.
"Yeah. And I tell you, for several years, I come back. Now, I come back up to losing everything as well. So I'm still confused. I'm still like, who am I? Am I the guy that had all this money? Am I the guy with the power and the juice? Oh, I'm the guy who lost all that. You know, so I struggle. I struggle with who, who, who am I at this point, you know, and I'm trying to now my, my, she's my ex-wife now, but my wife at the time stayed with me. And so now I'm trying to really just do right by her and just live a normal life, which I've never really lived. So I'm trying to put a round hole in a square peg or whatever that's called. And it's just not working for me. And I'm depressed. And I'm going about life in just a kind of a miserable way. So at some point, I'm like, I got to change it. I got to change my life. So I start to be healthy. I start, I'm like, this is it. I'm going to do it. And that leads me to finding Shilajit. So on my journey to health, I stumble upon this wonderful medicine called Shilajit. And I'm like, and at that point, no one knew what it was. It's a buzzword now, but then you couldn't find Shilajit really if you tried. So I stumble upon it. I become a connoisseur of it and it's like a springboard for me to to get me back into health the other thing was cutting out sugar and carbs so no sugar no carbs that got me going and then i find shilajit which now propels me at a more rapid pace um and that puts me in this whole different alignment and then leads me into a spiritual awakening, we'll call it, you know, and I start deep diving into holistic medicine and all those things that one often does when he starts going down this path, down these rabbit holes, conspiracy theories, all the good stuff, I'm in, you know, and happens. So COVID happens maybe a couple years into this for me. And then I'm still married at the time. And my ex-wife now decides to have a threesome with Fauci and Rachel Maddow. So she's getting sucked into the Matrix world of getting vaccines and all that stuff. And during that time, I'm getting pulled out of it and realizing this realm for what it is uh so we get divorced and that just once again springs me into it damn and you know and i would like to i i 100 believe that that story is probably way more prevalent than people think like this kind of split between like people who are still on the mainstream media nipple and those who've gotten off it go this doesn't make any sense i'm doing all this stuff and they're so smart and how they work let's demonize do your own research demonize that make it seem like only stupid people you know it's like war is peace doing your own research is is dumb you know it's it's all that news speak that 1984 talked about so you know and jimmy door does it you know he's like yeah you know they demonize uh do your own research yeah we used to do that when we were kids it was called reading we would read and here we are these two separate things and like the mainstream media and i love my girlfriend even when she drives me nuts i love her so much but it doesn't matter how much you lie she gets lied to by them and how many times i tell her what's happening She pushes back against it. It comes out true. It does not matter."
Ancient Sanskrit texts on shilajit
Ron explains that shilajit is literally written in Sanskrit text and known as the vitamins of the gods, with the medicine Buddha referenced as using this mineral resin medicine.
"It's literally written in Sanskrit text known as the vitamins of the gods. I mean, they talk about the medicine Buddha using this mineral resin medicine. And it's been around being used forever, much like a lot of Eastern medicine that we are not used to here in North America."
