Parasites: The Hidden Invaders Living Among Us?

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Episode: Parasites: The Hidden Invaders Living Among Us?

Date: October 9, 2025
Host: Rachel Uchitel
Guest: Kim Rogers (aka "The Worm Queen")

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode pulls back the curtain on the world of parasites, challenging the pervasive misconception that they’re only a risk in developing countries or exotic locales. Host Rachel Uchitel invites Kim Rogers—viral “Worm Queen” and founder of Rogers Hood—to discuss her journey from debilitating illness and disillusionment with Western medicine to educating thousands about the prevalence, symptoms, and solutions for hidden parasitic infections in the US and beyond. Kim aims to change the narrative, revealing how everyday people may be affected and what can be done about it.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Dispelling Parasite Myths in Pop Culture

• Increasing mention in mainstream health media and celebrity news (e.g., Brandi Glanville and the “facial parasite” controversy).
• Parasites aren’t just exotic or a product of foreign travel—millions of Americans have them, often undiagnosed.

Kim Rogers' Personal Story & Medical Background (04:12–05:50)

• Kim has 2 healthcare degrees and a background in Western medicine, but faced a mysterious, debilitating illness that numerous surgeries and conventional approaches couldn’t fix.
• Symptoms included severe swelling, gut issues, skin changes, and intense brain fog.
• Key Quote: “I went on TikTok and I scrolled, and I came across the gal’s video that said that I should do a parasite cleanse because it helped her mental health. And I did it. And within three days, in the toilet, I saw roundworm flukes and pinworms. And I knew right then that this was One of my issues.” (05:18–05:44)

Prevalence of Parasites in the US (06:30–07:54)

• Contaminants such as nematodes are often untested in US city water supplies.
• Eating raw fish (especially salmon), raw produce, walking barefoot, and pet ownership are all sources, not just foreign water or travel.
• Key Quote: “You can get parasites from the water anywhere in America... 100% of pet owners that have parasites have caught them from their pets.” (06:44–07:54)

Problems with Testing & Diagnosis (08:01–09:06)

• US testing is inaccurate and limited; some infections only show up on more sensitive or foreign lab tests.
• Routine blood work may show markers (e.g., elevated eosinophils), but few doctors are trained to connect these to parasitic infection.

Full Moon, Symptoms, and Parasite Activity (09:06–10:30)

• Symptom flare-ups often occur around the full moon due to parasites feeding on serotonin.
• Best time to test: during a full moon when activity is highest.
• Key Quote: “They’re literally hopping on a serotonin river... trying to find better waterfront property to lay more of their family.” (09:25–09:40)

Common Symptoms and Misdiagnosis (12:02–16:24)

• Includes: teeth grinding (especially at night), drooling, IBS, IBD, anxiety, bloating, fatigue, weight fluctuations, nutrient deficiencies, and even emotional impacts.
• Parasites absorb and steal nutrients—malnutrition and unexplained anemia can be a clue.
• Symptoms often dismissed as menopause, stress, or chronic illness by Western doctors.

Parasite Locations—Not Just in the Gut (19:03–21:41)

• Parasites can reside in the blood, tissues, muscles, and even cross the blood-brain barrier (e.g., brain tapeworm cases).
• Kim validates stories like Brandi Glanville’s: “What she is saying is a hundred percent legitimate. I have also seen things under my skin.” (20:45–21:00)

Parasite Cleansing: Philosophy and Practice (21:41–33:08)

• Kim’s “Purify” cleanse uses a combination of herbal tinctures and strategic binders to kill, flush out, and support the body through detox.
• Key herbs: wormwood (anti-parasitic), Oregon grape root (targets inflammation & heavy metals), among others.
• Biofilms (protective “houses” parasites build) must be broken down to make parasites vulnerable to elimination.
• Detailed process:
  • 30-day program; three herbal tinctures + binder for toxins.
  • Die-off symptoms (flu-like feeling, temporary discomfort) are normal.
  • “They can control your mind. They crave the sugar, they crave the salt. Not you, not your body. They do.” (00:36–00:50, 31:02–31:17)

Anecdotal Success & Impact Stories (28:35–29:47)

• Kim shares stories of clients whose health dramatically improved—one couple conceived after years of infertility post-cleanse.
• “Well, they have a one-year-old now and it was six weeks after they did our cleanse.” (29:41–29:47)

Scientific & Cultural Hurdles

• Western medicine rarely teaches about parasites; medical programs dedicate little time to the topic.
• The US doesn’t see itself as at risk due to assumptions about modern sanitation.
• Kim pushes for medical reform: “I actually hired a lawyer who is a lobbyist and my plan is to do some medical reform going forward.” (35:37–36:15)

Lifestyle, Diet, and Preventive Measures (31:02–33:08)

• Clean eating recommended during cleanses (avoid alcohol and processed foods).
• Even those feeling healthy can benefit due to the prevalence of environmental toxins and microscopic parasites.
• Recurrence is common due to constant exposure; regular cleansing (3–4 times/year) is advised.

Differentiating Parasite Cleanses from Regular Detoxes (37:09–38:54)

• Standard “juice” or “liver” cleanses don’t target parasites; specific herbal formulas with anti-parasitic properties are required.

Production, Business Growth, and Kim’s Mission (50:49–57:27)

• Kim’s journey from illness and poverty to creating a booming health business.
• She’s sold over 250,000 kits globally and continues to push public awareness.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Kim Rogers on Medical Blind Spots:
  “I taught thousands of people and I would avoid this conversation with people because there’s no way first world countries have it. But it’s a thing… We’re the best host and we’re the ones they want to go to.” (35:05–35:28)

• On Cognitive and Emotional Symptoms:
  “When they become active [in the small intestine], they make you feel unworthy. They make you question yourself, because that's where that emotion comes. So when you look at it in a holistic point of view… they’re alive… they don’t want to be known, because they want to stay in you where [you’re] the best host.” (19:03–19:45)

• Rachel Uchitel on Mind Control and Cravings:
  “They can control your mind. They crave the sugar, they crave the salt. Not you, not your body. They do.” (31:02–31:17)

• Kim’s Before and After Story:
  “Let me show you how sick I was ... My skin looks like this because I cleanse ... I do this often. I will do four a year, 30 days, and then ... I did this regimen, like, very... I was dedicated.” (44:13–45:17)

• Water Safety in the US:
  “I wouldn’t drink our water. I drink Mexico’s water before I drink our water.” (45:18–45:29)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Myths & Pop Culture: 00:16–01:36, 19:03–20:21
• Kim’s Personal Journey: 04:12–05:50, 50:49–52:01
• Testing & Diagnosis Issues: 08:01–10:30
• Symptoms & Red Flags: 12:02–17:45
• Parasite Life Cycle, Brain Impact: 19:03–21:41
• Explanation of Cleanse & Process: 21:41–28:08, 31:02–33:08, 37:09–38:54
• Anecdotal Testimonials: 28:35–29:47
• Advocacy & Reform: 35:28–37:09
• Business & Mission Details: 50:49–57:27

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Tone and Style

Friendly, open, empowering, and slightly provocative—Kim embraces the “gross factor” while destigmatizing a taboo subject. Rachel brings curiosity and a willingness to question health dogma, making the subject approachable for listeners new to the topic.

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Conclusion

This episode moves beyond pop culture headlines to spotlight the reality and risks of parasitic infections in developed nations, especially the US. It urges listeners to question conventional wisdom, explore overlooked causes of chronic symptoms, and consider regular, targeted cleansing as an overlooked cornerstone of health.

Whether you’re a skeptic or newly curious, Kim Rogers presents a robust case for re-examining how we source, test, and treat the hidden invaders living among us.

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Transcript

[Rachel Yucatel]

Today on Misunderstood with Rachel Yucatel.

[Kim Rogers]

I eat healthy. That doesn't matter if you cut worms for 40 plus years. Mine, I peed them out and they came out of my skin.

[Rachel Yucatel]

It's become a word in pop culture. Parasite. Facial parasites because of Brandy Glanville.

[Kim Rogers]

Unfortunately, they do live in our blood, our tissue and our muscle. And it isn't uncommon to have them. You can get parasites from the water anywhere in America. I've tested a lot of different cities. Water. I drink Mexico's water before I drink our water. They're living off of us. That's the definition of a parasite. They can control your mind. They crave the sugar, they crave the salt. Not you, not your body. They do. The way that I created Purify was from my own personal experience. I included an herb that breaks the biofilm. You then have to bring in supporting herbs to be able to flush them out of your body. And that's why we call it a cleanse. Him and his wife tried to have a baby for three years. They have a one year old now and it was six weeks after they did our cleanse. Foreign.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Welcome back to Misunderstood. I'm your host, Rachel. You could tell parasites just the word makes people squirm. We think of them as something you pick up in a far off jungle, not in your own kitchen or backyard. But lately, thanks to pop culture headlines Brandi Glanville naming and blaming her own parasite for changes in her face, the conversation has landed right here in mainstream health. My guest today is Kim Rogers, better known as the worm queen. She believes parasites are far more common than we realize. After her own shocking cleanse went viral, she built an entire platform around exposing how these hidden invaders could be impacting our energy, our hormones, our mood, and even our appearance. She says it's not just about food poisoning or travel bugs. It's about everyday experience, exposure, undetected infections, and the blind spots of modern medicine. Tonight, we're asking the uncomfortable questions. Are parasites really hiding in more of us than we think? How do we know if we have them? Do cleanses actually work? Or is this just another wellness trend playing on fear? And perhaps most important, if parasites are stealing from us, what are they taking? And how do we get it back? This isn't just about worms. It's about what we don't know about our own bodies and whether a hidden enemy is quiet, quietly pulling the strings. Please enjoy my conversation with the worm queen. Kim, thank you so much for joining me today on Misunderstood. Did I hear right? You're all the way in Seattle.

[Kim Rogers]

Yes, I'm in Seattle, and thanks for having me.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Of course. Is it pouring rain there?

[Kim Rogers]

No, it's actually a really great day today, but it has been very Pacific Northwest this whole year. But today's sunny.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay. I love it. I used to live where I was born in Anchorage, Alaska, so we always went through Seattle anytime we would leave Alaska. So those are the only times I've ever been there to the airport. But I like it. But it was always raining. That's what I remember.

[Kim Rogers]

It is. It is pretty rainy here. Yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah. All right. Well, I'm so excited that you're here because I really have wanted to talk about parasites for a long time. I think there's a lot of misunderstanding around the subject. It's become a word in pop culture. Parasite. Facial parasites. Because of Brandi Glanville. And so I want to get to that. But I want to talk about you and how you became known as the worm queen, which is a great title. Your own cleanse went viral. And so can you talk us through what that moment was like and why you decided to do your own cleanse?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. So I was working on my health. In 2019, I started to decline in my health. I had had 13 surgeries, a hysterectomy. I come from Western medicine. I've been in western medicine with two different healthcare degrees since 2004. So the body, to me is fascinating. And I could not get my own health under control. So my husband and I kind of bailed from life and went out and started building a log home. And I realized in the process of that that there was more than just what the doct said was wrong with me. And so I started researching other things that it could be. I started doing some mushrooms functional and just trying to really get everything under control. My nervous system. And I had come.

[Rachel Yucatel]

What were your symptoms?

[Kim Rogers]

I was really super swollen. I hadn't gone to the bathroom in a month, and it was really difficult for me to move. And I had terrible skin, which was very unusual for me because I always had really good skin. And I just had the worst brain fog. And I just could not get out of whatever chronic illness I was experiencing at the time. So I just decided to. I went on TikTok and I scrolled, and I came across the gals video that said that I should do a parasite cleanse because it helped her mental health. And I did it. And within three days, in the toilet, I saw roundworm flukes and pinworms. And I knew right then that this was One of my issues.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wow. Okay. So up until then, had you known anything about parasites?

[Kim Rogers]

No, because Western medicine, it's so taboo and it's so denied, and I live in the United States, so why would I. Right. And a few years before, I had thought, oh, well, I have itching during the full moon. My flares were always during the full moon. And I would talk with my doctor about it, and she was like, yeah, no, you live here. You haven't traveled outside of the country. Well, because of all of the things that I've found out, actually, our water was contaminated. And in Hood's Port, where I'd gone to go heal my body, our water had nematodes in it.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wow. Wow. So that's a big, common misconception. I think most people think that parasites are exotic. You catch them when you travel somewhere foreign or if you've been to somewhere tropical. So can you explain where you can get parasites?

[Kim Rogers]

You can get parasites from the water anywhere in America? Anywhere in America. I've tested a lot of different cities, water, and unfortunately, our country doesn't test for nematodes, which are physical worms like tapeworm, roundworm, pinworms, hookworm, and we don't test for that. And so I've tested here in Seattle, and they tested positive for that. We only test for parasites, protozoas, giardia, D. Fragiles, and crypto. I had crypto, which is parvo, which kills puppies, and I had that because of the water, and I had roundworm. So those two things really just kind of went in and wreaked havoc on my body. And then you can get it from salmon, unfortunately. I'm sorry, most fish have parasites. The closer to the belly of the cut of the fish, more parasites are near the belly. So the further out you go of the fish, less option of having parasites. Raw produce, walking barefoot. And our pets, I would say 100% of pet owners that have parasites have caught them from their pets.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So is there a way to. For us to get tested for parasites, to know 100% that we have them?

[Kim Rogers]

You can get a stool test. Unfortunately, in the day and age we live right now, parasite testing and mold testing and Lyme testing is not accurate and affordable and available the way that it should be. So I got tested by two different labs. When I first found out what was wrong with me, I got tested by LabCorp, which is a western medicine lab that's covered by insurance. And then the same stool I sent to Mexico to an independent lab, and that came back positive, showing me crypto and Roundworm. But unfortunately, the LabCorp test came back negative. And at the bottom of the lab slip, it always says, this is not in lieu of a parasitic infection. So you still have to be proactive. And that's why this so viral, because you should just be cleansing three to four times a year, like other countries do. We just don't. In our country.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Are there any biomarkers that we should be looking at, like, in our blood? Like, how would we. If something is coming back negative, is there something we would know?

[Kim Rogers]

You can look at a test eos that it's on your blood work. There's, like, basophils, eosinophils, all of those will be heightened. And it's because your body's fighting inside of the cell to remove environmental toxin that it doesn't understand it's an evader. And so your body's like, oh, my gosh, what's going on? So it heightens the blood, it heightens your alertness, because they can hijack our nervous system. They can live in our blood, our tissue, and our muscle. And so the body starts to kind of fight against itself in order for you to get those numbers. That's the best way to do it for blood work, because your body is alerting you through that blood work. And also during the full moon, you should definitely do testing, stool testing, and your blood testing during the full moon, because they're heightened. They're in your body. Well, they live off of serotonin in your body. And that's why during the full moon, people go a little crazy, because serotonin is high, melatonin is low. And so they're literally hopping on a serotonin river, making their way through your body, trying to find better waterfront property to lay more of their family. And then all of a sudden, you're not feeling well, but your body starts going into a reactive state and trying to protect itself. And so your numbers will be higher, and it is the best time to actually do parasite testing.

[Rachel Yucatel]

But if a doctor is looking at your blood work and they see that those numbers you're talking about are higher, would they automatically assume it's something else and never look at parasites? I mean, I feel like I've never even heard a doctor talk to me about parasites.

[Kim Rogers]

Unfortunately, no, they will not discuss it. It's not something that's in their realm. It's something that is not really studied, to be honest with. And I'm an expert in this at this point because of the fact that one, I actually have all of my medical Records from the day I was born. And so I can go back in and see when my target levels were the highest and when I felt the worst. So that's my own personal experience. But my professional side of it is that I would train lab technicians and I also wrote Academia for Allied Health. And it wasn't anything that we ever talked about. I would say we probably got a week of studying in both the colleges that I ran and also my own personal studies. It just isn't something that we ever thought was an issue in our country. So it's not within our books. Right. Our educational books. It's not there. It's a blimp. You read it and you move on. Kind of like nutrition. Kind of like what's going on with nutrition? We don't really study it.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah. So can you walk us through what some of the symptoms are? If you have a parasite and I can. I'm. I'm assuming. And you'll tell me. Do different parasites give you different symptoms? Like, walk us through all of that.

[Kim Rogers]

Different parasites can give you different symptoms. The common symptoms of most parasitic infections or just having a parasite. There are two different things. You can have a parasite that overrules your body and causes you to just really decline. And you can also just have symptoms that just are chronic. One of them is grinding the teeth. That's a huge one that people think it's just stress, but unfortunately, when you have a parasite and you're grinding your teeth, it's because they've hijacked your nervous system. They've also absorbed minerals and vitamins that you need in order for you to not grind your teeth, which is like magnesium and calcium, and they can absorb those nutrients. And that's why your body is in a reactive state. By making you grind your teeth. We all think it's stressful. Right? Right.

[Rachel Yucatel]

You mean like grinding your teeth when you sleep?

[Kim Rogers]

Yes.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. And then drooling. That's a big one. Because it's trying to get things to escape out of your body. These are reactive ways that your body's telling you something's going on.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wait, what do you mean drooling?

[Kim Rogers]

Who's walking around drooling at night?

[Rachel Yucatel]

Like, oh, level. Like when you sleep.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, yeah. Drooling at night, grinding your teeth.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So it's not just you're sleeping with your mouth open.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. It's like physical things were moving out of your body.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay.

[Kim Rogers]

I know. It's so gross. Trust me. I left urgent care when I was in the field because I don't like parasites. And then I became worm queen and I'm like, all right, I'm embracing it all.

[Rachel Yucatel]

What if I told you that the idea that you only get parasites when you travel to some exotic country is flat wrong? Millions of Americans carry parasites right now, often without symptoms. For example, it's estimated that millions in the United States have been exposed to Toxicara, a parasitic worm. Most never even know it. Parasites do not need a plane ticket. They can enter through tap water, sushi, undercooked foods or contaminated produce. Some strains live in all stages. Eggs, larvae, adults hidden in your gut, releasing toxins that sabotage your energy and digestion. That's why I'm excited about Parafi. Kim Rogers 30 day full spectrum parasite cleanse. The kit works by clearing parasites, worms, candida and heavy metals, targeting parasites in all life stages, supporting gut health, deto pathways and toxin removal. It's taken orally daily for 30 days with precise dosing. I'm actually doing it myself right now. I started with the lymph cleanse, then I'm doing the parafi. Wanna dive deep? I did a full interview with Kim Rogers, the Warren Queen herself, where we expose all the myths, understand the facts and show how to protect your body. Listen to that episode if you haven't already. Meanwhile, go to rogershood.com and use the code Rachel to get 10% off of your order. That's R A C H E for 10% off. Give it a try. Maybe your body's missing link is hiding inside. Let's do this together. Again, it's rogershood.com r o g e r s H-O-O-D.com and use the code Rachel for 10% off. Give me some more symptoms so people listening and me can wonder if we have this.

[Kim Rogers]

Ibs, ibd. Anxiety, heightened anxiety. Your nervous system is just not in a great space. You're bloating when you drink water. That's a big one. They're going to expand. Your body doesn't know how to process things so they it starts to expand. And anything, anytime you eat anything that makes you get bloated as well. But really a lot of gut issues is a big one. Your gut is, you know, between 22 and 30, the intestine long. So there's a lot there for them to live in there. They don't just live there, but there's a lot for them to be able to go in. They absorb your nutrients. So if you're malnourished, if you gain weight and lose weight and you can't figure out why? That's a really big one. Because people think that when you have something like a tapeworm, that you're going to be skinny. But unfortunately, when they're absorbing all of your nutrients, you are actually not able to process things in your body that needs those nutrients, because they can absorb six to eight times their weight in spores, nutrients, heavy metals.

[Rachel Yucatel]

But so wouldn't that mean that you still have this thing inside of you that's huge if they're absorbing the stuff or doesn't work like that.

[Kim Rogers]

It doesn't always work, that it's a huge thing. They're. They're thin. So, like, if you think about how a hookworm resembles your vein, and it can go right along your vein, absorbing your iron. So a lot of people that have anemia, they'll recommend them taking iron. But if you're not absorbing that iron and you're taking it all the time, you probably should do a parasite cleanse just to see. See if you can start absorbing the iron, because it starts to disable out the hookworm that's in your body. And a lot of people have hookworm, specifically. Joe Rogan talks about how the south was created around their drawl, because hookworm creates a barrier between the mind and your speech. So they have a little bit more of a slower drawl because of hookworm. Wow. Yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay, now, couldn't these be symptoms for a lot of things, like menopause, like, I don't know, migraines of people? I've heard of people having a lot of physical feelings, like migraines or nausea or whatever it is. So how, besides getting a test, would you really know? I mean, if it's somebody that's having chronic issues that they can't figure out or, you know, how would you know that? Now it's time. Let's look into whether or not you have a parasite.

[Kim Rogers]

I mean, without the real testing, it's just the best to be proactive and do this three to four times a year. Just knowing that with the purify kit, it's super easy. Just so you guys know, it's three tinctures in a binder. We give instructions. It's like the easiest cleanse you could ever do. It's simple. I wanted people to do it. And the reason why we say three to four times a year is the testing's not accurate, which I am working on that in the back end, to have a little medical reform around this for people. But the biggest thing is we just know that this is an issue. And once you know that it's an issue. You should be proactive and doing it. Like other countries, like Mexico, they cleanse two, three times a year. They know their water isn't great. They know that this can be an issue. So why not just help yourself? If you have migraines and you don't feel well and you do a cleanse, and then all of a sudden, after you've done a pair of five parasite cleanse, you feel good. One of your root causes very well could be a parasite, and you just keep trying to make yourself feel better.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay, before we move on to the cleanse, because I'm fascinated and I can't wait to try one. Where do they live? Because I think they mostly live in the gut. Right. But then why is Brandy saying that one's living in her face?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, they don't just live in the gut. There are actually just a few that live in our gut. Small intestinal parasites are pretty common. And I know this with my own health. I had small intestinal parasites. One of the symptoms if you do have small intestinal parasites is that when they become active, they make you feel unworthy. They make you question yourself, because that's where that emotion comes. So when you look, look at it in a holistic point of view, it's your emotions are attached to different organs of your body. And when something's in there wreaking havoc, they're their own frequency. They're alive. And so they're going to wreak havoc because they don't want to be known because they want to stay in you where the best host. But with what's going on with Brandy, there's a lot of different things which we've reached out to her team a few times, and Vicki and I'm friends with Taylor Armstrong, so I feel like they all just kind of need to flush their systems out, man. They're really, at this point in time, just really need to get a good cleanse in them because it's just helpful. But with what's going on with Brandy, there's a few things that could be going on with Brandy. I Unfortunately, they do live in our blood, our tissue, and our muscle, and it isn't uncommon to have them do what's going on with her body.

[Rachel Yucatel]

It's not uncommon. Okay, so this thing that when she's showing people what's moving in her face, that could actually be a parasite? Yes, because I know a lot of people are skeptical of what she says and says that it's filler that's moving, and she's gone a little, you know, crazy with filler or whatever. I'm not, you know, but it does seem like, like the way she's. She looks has absolutely changed and it's more than just her face.

[Kim Rogers]

Yes. And I see this a lot. Literally, this is what I do every single day. I've never taken a day off of work since July 18th of 2021. I have people that send me pictures and videos every day. So what she is saying is a hundred percent legitimate. I have also seen things under my skin. I have videos and pictures of people that have sent me things that are under their skin. And it's because they can live in our bod bodies anywhere. They, they can cross the blood brain barrier that they get into their brain. RFK Jr has neurosystro sarcoma, which is a tapeworm of the brain. And it's because they're microscopic, they get into our blood and then they can go and feed anywhere and lay their eggs anywhere. So he still has a dead physical tapeworm in his brain, but it's not active causing him problems anymore or eating his brain brain. So it's the. It's really. This is really a thing.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay, I want to talk about cleansing and I want to get to purify. What does cleansing mean? Does it mean it's actually killing it? Is it just coming out? What, like what is going on when you cleanse both?

[Kim Rogers]

So the way that I created pair of, I was from my own personal experience as well as what the comments were saying in my viral tick tocks. I come from pharmacy. I love learning about medicine and the human body. So all I did was tweak what the ailment is and add that herb as the frequency to destroy that ailment. So if you think about it in that, that way. But you know, we have heavy metals in our body, right? And these things can hold up to six to eight times their weight in heavy metals. Spores, viruses and bacteria. So when you're cleansing and you're in a killing state, which is what the herbs we use, wormwood, Oregon grape root, those are killing herbs. You then have to bring in supporting her to be able to flush them out of your body. So that's what we did, and that's why we call it a cleanse, is because you're detoxing yet you're supporting at the same time and you're doing multiple different ailments. So a lot of people know that when an opera singer sings, she can get her voice to where she can shatter a glass and that's all I did. I just brought in herbs that I know. Wormwood is an anti parasitic. We have tapeworms that are in our body that we need to to r. And so I brought in Hawthorne. We've got ousnia, which is something that not a lot of people utilize. So we're not having an overabundance of it in our bodies nor in our environment. But one of the big things that makes our kit so special compared to other people's is I included an herb that breaks the biofilm and they live in biofilm and that's why they're so hard to detect, because biofilm is a hard shell that's around them, protecting them like an egg. And you have to break that to expose them. So once you burn their house down, which is biofilm, they're exposed and then you can go in and just strategically remove them and everything that they could potentially drop when you're killing them off. So you don't want to kill them off with something like iver because it's going to drop heavy metals. You really need to go in and do a sweep behind when you're doing all of the anti parasitics as well as anti metal. Candida is an issue that we have. I mean we all have yeast in our body. When it overgrows, it becomes Candida. And Candida changes your mind thoughts about food. And so they're here, man, they're here. It's crazy.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So walk me through the pair of kit. So you get it in the mail, you open it up. What do we do? What does it look like? It's three days.

[Kim Rogers]

It's 30 days.

[Rachel Yucatel]

30 days. Oh my goodness.

[Kim Rogers]

Three tinctures and a binder. So you take all three tinctures, purify, sustain and metal flush. And you do it three times a day. That's it. And then you bind at night and we include instructions there. It's organic, it's ethically sourced. We do it all ourselves. There's nothing hidden. We're transparent, we're third party tested. And it's just an easy way to start to flush things out. And when you're chronically ill, like a lot of people are that are in my community, the important thing is to know that when you start to feel better, it's such a life changing thing.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay, so, okay, are there any side effects to taking this?

[Kim Rogers]

Well, die off, you feel crappy. Sometimes your body ramps up your immune system so you might feel like you have the flu. It's starting to basically push out things in your cells, it's pushing out toxins in your cells. So your body starts to go into a protective mode that allows your body to stay in a state where it's like go right and then the herbs come in and help push it out. And then at night when you bind, not a lot of people know what binders are. I didn't know what a binder was until I became on this journey.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah, what's a, what are you binding at night about? What does that mean?

[Kim Rogers]

So when you are doing things like this and they're dumping the toxins, they have a toxic load inside of their bodies, or other toxins are being removed, they can dump those and the body binds them with what we use Ceylon cinnamon and coconut activated charcoal. It's a negative charged herb that's a magnet to the positive charged toxin. And so it binds to it and it pushes it out your poo and pushes it out your urine versus it coming out your skin and your nose and your eyes and your mouth. And it helps, helps attract it.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Got it. Okay. So it's binding and you're saying at night, meaning when you're sleeping.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, because a lot of people don't take medication at night. And sometimes a binder can be restrictive of what time you can take it. And then you might as well have something going on working while you're sleeping.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Got it. And then the whole point is that you're getting it out through your urine, through your poop, whatever, and it takes 30 days. When do you actually start to see these results, to know whether or not, like if you didn't have a parasite, is it still worthy to do this and how would it affect your body?

[Kim Rogers]

Oh, it's still very worthy to do it because you have inflammation in your body. And purify will help with that inflammation. Our bodies, we all have inflammation. That's where they live. They live in inflammation, they live in mucus. And so the more you can break down and become more of yourself by removing that, that's really the most important thing. And I use things like Oregon grapefruit, which is a bourbon, which removes inflammation. So even if you never see a parasite, most people have to dig to see parasites. And a lot of anti parasitics will just make them explode. I have a ton of videos. I have a pineapple juice video where when you drink pineapple juice, it actually makes them explode. You might never see anything. And some people don't have physical worms. They have microscopic parasites which are protozoas. And so they may never see anything. So we Always say, gauge how you feel versus what you see.

[Rachel Yucatel]

See, Right. Okay. So you don't have to be sifting through the toilet to see if.

[Kim Rogers]

Right. Some people like that. I mean, it's good for my business because they send me pictures all the time. I have like 25, 000 pictures on my phone. I mean, it's wild. Oh, yeah. All day I look at people's poop, I identify their worms. We have a whole chat. When you start working for our company, the first thing I say is, do you have a problem with looking at poop or worms? And if you do, this is probably not the job for you.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Oh my God, I love it. Okay. Did you ever have a case that stands out to you besides your own, that you were like, holy, this is life changing. This is what happened. And you want to tell us about it?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, I actually do. His name is Tyler and he's given me permission to share his story. He actually is the one that gives us, sells us our bottles. And him and his wife tried to have a baby for three years and they were going to go down the IVF route and they decided needed to pause it for a minute and he was talking to me about it and I said, well, you know, why don't you just give my kit a try? Just give pair of try both of you. I'm going to send it to you and just see. Because when you start to remove things that the body is living off of us, right? They're living off of us. That's the definition of a parasite. When you start removing those things, your body makes way for another living thing to be able to come in and live off of you. I said, so just give it a try. What's the worst that's going to happen? You see some worms or you feel better or nothing happens at all. And you know, well, they have a one year old now and it's a boy and they're so excited about it. And it was six weeks after they did our cleanse.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wow, that's amazing.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

And is there a story where it didn't work, where you feel like, I have to do more? We couldn't figure it out or the parasites weren't coming out.

[Kim Rogers]

I don't know.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Is there just a story where you learn from the negative?

[Kim Rogers]

I feel like my husband was probably a little bit of that story at the beginning of all of this. And that's why I made the parasites so easy because he was a complicated case as well. They came out his skin and he didn't want to take it. And so I feel like most people, if not all people, we rarely have anyone come to us and tell us that it they didn't feel better after with removing inflammation. We all have heavy metals, we all should be doing some form of a heavy metal detox. And I use cilantro for our heavy metal herb. We all know what cilantro is, is and it's just the way that I process it. So I don't know of anybody that hasn't benefited at least a little bit from getting some of the inflammation out of their body and helping them kind of combat some of that Candida, especially after the holidays, like the sugar is not you.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right? So but that was the other thing I was going to ask. When you're doing this cleanse, do you have to stop anything else? Do you have to not drink alcohol? I mean, what are the rules?

[Kim Rogers]

Well, we recommend eating as clean as possible, not drinking alcohol. We recommend, you know, eating clean meat, grass fed, grass, finished, no carbs, just no processed foods to the best of your ability. Society doesn't like to have to change a lot. And so it's getting the herbs in your system for the first few cleanses and then once you do that, you do feel so much better that you want to start eating differently and your mindset switches. They can control your mind mind and I'll give an example of a parasite that actually is mind controlling that we're all aware of. But they can tell you what to eat. They crave the sugar, they crave the salt. Not you, not your body. They do. And so you can combat that part of it. And candida is a very common thing to get. It really is you eat a little extra sugar, it's grown and then it starts to want to feed off of that sugar and it tells you eat more sugar. Sugar.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wow, this is so fascinating. Okay. And when you take it, you mentioned it before, but I didn't understand the word you use. Is it a pill? Is it a, a drop? What is it?

[Kim Rogers]

It's tinctures.

[Rachel Yucatel]

What is that?

[Kim Rogers]

Tincture is drops. So yeah, it's really easy. I'll show you how easy it is. I haven't taken my sustain today, so this is one of my tinctures, Sustain. This is my favorite tincture actually. It helps with a inflammation line, it helps with mold. That's it, I'm done.

[Rachel Yucatel]

And do they have terrible taste?

[Kim Rogers]

It's a little alcoholy and parafi spicy because it has garlic and wormwood's bitter. They don't like bitter Clove and hawthorn and. But we use raw, unpasteurized, unfiltered honey so it makes it a little sweet. And then we use 25 to 30% alcohol. So it's like a fun shot. Shot.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Wow. Okay, so now after the 30 days, you get the. Will your body cleanse? It won't cleanse all of them, it'll cleanse some of them. And people continue to get more and more. Like, why four times a year?

[Kim Rogers]

Well, we're exposed to them every day. If you're eating raw produce. If you're out there eating.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So sushi.

[Kim Rogers]

Sushi. Salmon. The reason why I pick on salmon so much is because salmon's piece pink and so you can see the worms against the pink salmon inside of that fish. Most of our fish is white, so you can't see them. So it's not as dramatic, you know, when you can't see what's going on. But you can, you know, you can see them in the salmon and you can see them. All fish have parasites. All fish have parasites. It's just the name of the game.

[Rachel Yucatel]

How can, how long can these live in your body if you don't cleanse?

[Kim Rogers]

Decades. Decades. Like decades.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Fascinating growth. Like all the things.

[Kim Rogers]

All the things.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay, for. So if someone is leaving this episode skeptical at this point, what would you say to them that like, we haven't covered? Like, what is your testament about why they should be doing a cleanse or know and get, Excuse me, More educated on parasites?

[Kim Rogers]

We generally just are exposed all day. We're exposed with whatever we're doing. If you are drinking ice, I mean, they're in the water. Not all water. Right. But most tap water is not good anyway. And then you add this extra ailment to it and you're like, oh, geez. I feel like anyone that's skeptical really should just try it and see if they feel better. It's so easy to do. And the worst thing that's going to happen is that they have worms come out. And then they're like, oh, well, maybe that's why I was always having migraines. Or maybe that's why wasn't pooping every day. Or maybe that's why when I was drinking water, I bloated. You know, unfortunately, western medicine countries have been somewhat indoctrinated and it's such a taboo subject and we're just not taught. And I'm first to come forward and say I come from western medicine and I had no idea about this.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah.

[Kim Rogers]

And I taught thousands of people, so it wasn't just oh, I had a little college, I taught thousands of people and I would avoid this conversation with people because there's no way first world countries have it. But it's a thing. I mean they don't care what country you live in. They don't care who you are. We're the best host and we're the ones they want to go to.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right. Where do you see the field of detox wellness and parasite wellness and cleansing going in the next five to 10 years?

[Kim Rogers]

Oh, I think that we've made a lot of noise. I think that just in the little world that I live in right, right now, the noise of parasites and detoxing our bodies and mold and lime is so loud. And my plan, I actually hired a lawyer who is a lobbyist and my plan is to do some medical reform going forward. I would like people to be able to go in and have testing done prior to any sort of life altering surgery like myself. I had a hysterectomy when I was 29 and I look back and I, I really don't think that I really needed that. I don't have children and it has affected, affected my health for the last 20 years. So if I would have been able to sit down and talk with someone who had this education, there might have been just such a different outcome for me. I don't regret anything. But I also want to speak up for women and other people who are in the space where they know something else is wrong with them and they're not believed. And that's why I've made it $100. I've given all of my knowledge free. I don't charge anybody anything except for my kit. And you can read about everything I've written ebooks so that people can have them downloaded. I mean I hire people to just help me answer DM's comments. And it's an important thing to understand your body and when you have something that's hijacked it, it's really difficult to get someone to believe that there's something else going on in your body.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right, I agree. Something I forgot to ask you before. I do hear a lot of people talking about clients cleanses. How can you talk about the difference and how your body or what you're putting in it knows whether it's doing a liver cleanse or a parasite cleanse and, and how we should make the distinction and why we should use yours versus like a green juice cleanse.

[Kim Rogers]

Well, two things. One, we do have a pre cleanse. It's called the Lymph kit, and it helps get your lymphatic system. I'm not sure if we sent that to you, Rachel, but if we didn't, I'll make sure you get it because it's amazing.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay.

[Kim Rogers]

And it just launched in May, so it's really quite new to Roger's hood. But it's two weeks prior to the purify kit to help open up your pathways. Your brain also needs to have a good solid support with detox because your brain needs to detox as well. And so I took all of that into account when I created the lymph kit. And then you take it while you're on the purify kit as well to make your cleanse a lot nicer, calmer, and keep your pathways a lot open. The reason why it's important to do something like an anti parasitic is because the frequency of that herb, so the frequency of wormwood, the frequency of Oregon grapefruit, targets worms. If you're doing a juice cleanse, you're not taking something that's targeting that particular ailment. You're just flushing things out of your body. It's like taking Tylenol for strep throat. You wouldn't take Tylenol anymore after what's come out, but you wouldn't take Tylenol for strep throat. Throat, you gotta take like an antibiotic that's targeted for the frequency of that particular bacteria or virus. It's the same concept with what we're doing with the herbs.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So I think the misconception there is a lot of people think if I'm doing some sort of detox that's making me shit all week, whatever, that they're getting all the toxins out of their body just because they're going to the bathroom more than they were before, I'm assuming. Right. I mean, quite frankly, I've never, never. I haven't done a detox. I'm so excited to get yours in the mail and, and try it for sure. Because, like, I'm getting married in three months. This is a perfect time.

[Kim Rogers]

Perfect.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So it'll be really interesting to see because I have been going through a lot of stuff, thinking it's menopause, not really knowing, you know, you never whatever, you just never know. And also, since COVID everybody kind of just feels a sense of a different sense of ailment within them, you know, whether they got the vaccine or not. And people are feeling different things that we haven't been felt before. So I think it's really Interesting. Tell people where they can get more information about this and where they can buy a pair of I kit from you.

[Kim Rogers]

So you can find. My website is rogers hood.com and you can find me on Instagram, it's Mrs. Rogers Hood. You can type in Kim Rogers, worm Queen in Google and I pop up. My podcast is what's eating you with the letter U? I talk about this all day on my podcast as well. Well, it's just really important for us to understand our bodies. I feel like we've had a little bit of a disservice growing up. Like, why weren't we taught this in high school? Like, why weren't we taught the way that our bodies operate? And so it's my life's mission. I've taken my pain to purpose, to allow people to get my knowledge. And that's. You can find me on all the platforms. I'm everywhere.

[Rachel Yucatel]

I think I saw in my email that it was sent or it was a. It was approved or something. So I should be getting it, I think, soon.

[Kim Rogers]

Okay, I'll look, I'll ask them, and then you.

[Rachel Yucatel]

And all the details are in there of how to do it. So I can't screw it up.

[Kim Rogers]

Nope. And I'll give you my number, Rachel. And so I. I'd like you to text me any questions or if you're feeling any sort of way, you can text me.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Amazing.

[Kim Rogers]

I'm happy to help you and navigate you. I want to make sure you got the lymph kit, so I'll. I'll reach out to my team and ask them when it was sent.

[Rachel Yucatel]

So should I send. Should I wait to do the other cleanse until I do the lymph kit?

[Kim Rogers]

I'm pretty sure I sent you a limp kit. You'll do the now. You can start that now. It's a. It's a wellness supplement. It's not a cleanse.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Okay.

[Kim Rogers]

And it'll just. It gets you ready for how to take our kit because it's also three tinctures in a binder. I just made it as simple system as possible. I mean, cellcore is complicated. They're another parasite company. And it's pills. You have to take 26 a day. Day. What? Yeah, it's wild. Oh, my God.

[Rachel Yucatel]

I haven't remembered to take, like, a vitamin or, you know, like, when you want your hair to grow, like neutropol. Those are four a day. And I was like, forget it. I'd rather. I'd rather just pay for extensions and be done. Okay, give me Your number, I'm gonna.

[Kim Rogers]

Write it down and then I'll go into the DMS too and I'll just follow up in there and then. George, do you want one as well? I'm happy to send you a pair of I kit and lymphatic kit. Absolutely. Okay. Yeah, yeah, no, I definitely. Okay, pass that up. Text me, text me as well and I'll get the information I need and we'll get that sent off this week. So I'll give you my number. I'm.

[Rachel Yucatel]

I'm going to put you on a group text with me and George now anyway.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Because when it comes out, we'll also. We can just send you. I'll. He'll send you an email that you know, but like, we'll collaborate with you. He, he. If you've seen my Instagram, he brings all the episodes to life in a really nice way. So that'll be great. And this will be really fun to do.

[Kim Rogers]

Are you an affiliate? I can send the link so you can apply to be affiliate. So please come out. You'll. It's 10 off, 10% commission. Some people can make tens of thousands of dollars depending on. Oh, wow. What they talk about because it's like 10 bucks per kit and then whatever else they. And we're trying to do the lymph kit with it so that people have a better cleanse. Oh, wow.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Great.

[Kim Rogers]

What it is. It's such a better cleanse when you add lion's mane and turkey tail in there. I mean, it just is a game changer with those particular herbs.

[Rachel Yucatel]

That's amazing. Yeah. So, George, make sure you get that. We'll put it in the show notes and we'll put it in the intro when we do it.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. I had already filled out the affiliate link, so we have her code set up. Yeah, yeah. We're all.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Also, George, maybe when I get the cleanse, like I'll do a little video.

[Kim Rogers]

Perfect.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Like we'll do a little ad on our social media or something so that we can show that I'm starting it. You can show me opening the box and how easy it is and all that stuff.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, that would. Perfect. That would be fun. It's such a fun cleanse. You guys don't think of it just parasites. Like, it really is going to make you feel so much better. I know that you're friends with Kathy. She lost a bunch of inflammation. She only lost four pounds, but since I saw her three months ago, she's skinny. Like, wow. Crazy how much inflammation we have in our Bodies. It just as soon as you start breaking it down, you're. You're like, oh, I didn't even know that was an issue with me.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. Let me show you. Let me show you how sick I was. And I can send this to you guys too, if you would like. Yes, please do my before and after because it's quite. It's quite crazy how sick I really was. Wow.

[Rachel Yucatel]

No way.

[Kim Rogers]

Yes, that's.

[Rachel Yucatel]

And wait, hold on. The only thing you did was change to. It's not like you cut out a zillion, like, alcohol and certain foods and went to the gym every day or whatever.

[Kim Rogers]

Go to the gym at all. Like, I'm often like, it's bad. My best friend Sam is like the gym goer. And I'm just. She's like, you got to do that. I'm like, no, man, I. I cleanse. Like, my skin looks like this because I cleanse my.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah, you have great skin. You have a great glow.

[Kim Rogers]

It's because I. I cleanse. Like, I do this often. I will do for a year, 30 days, and then I do because I give you, like 40 to 45 days worth of products. So you can do 30 days, then five days in between over the full moon, and then 30 days again. And so I did this regimen, like, very. I was dedicated. I did it for almost two years. And then I do a couple synthetics because we were so infested. Because of our water. Water in our country is terrible, by the way. All water I've tested is. Tested positive for nematodes.

[Rachel Yucatel]

No way.

[Kim Rogers]

Yes. And I don't like to freak people out, but like, like, it's. It's a. Our country's waters terror. I. I wouldn't drink our water. I drink Mexico's water before I drink our water. Wow. That's. How bad.

[Rachel Yucatel]

It's funny. I'm not freaked out by it. I don't know why. I don't really. I guess I drink bottled water. But when I grew up, my grandmother used to give us raw meat, like raw hamburger meat. And that's got to be terrible for you because if I. I have a 13 year old and I can't imagine. I mean, I eat my meat rare anyway, because I grew up that way. But I remember how gross. Like that. That is a terrible idea. And I love all raw stuff, like steak tartare. I mean, I've got to be filled with them.

[Kim Rogers]

Maybe like 95% of us are. They. They give a statistic of 60 million. But that's the tests of 60. I'm not even in that 60 million. We joke about how Worm Queen's not even one of them because my test was positive in Mexico. So the CDC in the United States will not take my positive test in Mexico and. And put it towards their number.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right, right.

[Kim Rogers]

And that's an accurate test. Right. And they're hard to detect. I'll be honest. They are very difficult to detect. And that's probably why we don't touch on this in Western medicine. Because they don't have a direct solution. They're not in the black and white world.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah.

[Kim Rogers]

And they don't want to get sued. And all of a sudden someone's doing a cleanse. And the thing is, they end up getting really sick from it, which never happens. I'm telling you. I have done everything under the sun. Ivor Alpha Bendazole. I go to other countries and get synthetics. It's not going to hurt you. It's just going to make you feel better.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right. I think the fear maybe is that it makes you sicker before you get better. And maybe that's why. Yeah. I think that doesn't anything. I mean, I go on those hikes. I haven't done it in years. But there's something called the ashram and they change the way you eat and make you like, work out all day. And it starts on a Sunday. By Tuesday, everybody is detoxing. Like, people are throwing up or getting headache because they haven't had coffee, alcohol, sugar, whatever it is. And so just even if you're still keeping that in your body a little bit, if you're adding these things, I can imagine that feeling and getting through that really sucks. Like, you're like, please give me some coffee because I feel like I'm gonna die.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. I tell you to just do what you normally do on a daily basis. Don't do a whole lot of changes. Your first one, because a bad cleanse is like a bad trip. You don't wanna do it again. But you, you should.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yes.

[Kim Rogers]

You know, really, I mean, I've had a lot of bad trips and I still keep going because my mental health is important. But people don't want to give up their vices. And it is hard because you're detoxing from being addicted to caffeine and sugar and you're killing things in your body and they're peeing and pooping in our bodies and it's really a gross thing. I mean, to be honest, it really is gross. But it's gone viral because I do it with a smile. Smile. I'm just like, yeah. And in my mind I'm dying. Like, right. My mind, I'm like, this is so disgusting. Like, some of the things I see every day, I'm like, oh, Lord, if.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Someone said, that's gonna make you feel good that these people. You're changing people's lives, I mean, that's amazing.

[Kim Rogers]

It's pretty cool worldwide, man. It's wild. It's. It's really been a. I had 50 million people watch my TikTok account before they started censoring. Wow. Yeah. My video in two hours had a million views. Total 10.5 million views on that one video.

[Rachel Yucatel]

And I didn't ask you this before. What did you do before this that you quit? And now you.

[Kim Rogers]

You're.

[Rachel Yucatel]

You are in the medical field, but now you do this full time.

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. So in 2019, I quit my academic career. I was a professor and I just finished my second degree degree and my health declined so rapidly. You saw that picture. So my husband and I were really nervous and we couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. And so he quit his engineering job, I quit my academic job, and we moved out to the outskirts of the rainforest and built a log home with our bare hands. And I didn't want to leave him with mortgage and debt. And so really when I say we got our affairs in order, we were prepared and grieved my death. And it was so bad. I was so sick. I just really kind of go over it, like, oh, yeah, I wasn't doing it. Like, we were ready. And then, you know, a year and a half into it, we grew mushrooms. I learned about this mushroom, which is the same. I was on Klonopin for 22 years, and I had to get off of it to figure out what was going on with me. And that's actually the same DNA structure. Amanita is as has benzodiazepine. And so I learned how to change the structure so that I could take it and myself get off. So then after a year and a half of going through all of this, that's when I figured out there's something still wrong with me. And it was just, you know, cleaning my diet up and getting off of my big pharma meds. That was it. That's. That's all I really did to get myself to realize that parasites were a thing. And then I went viral in July, and by September, I was still pretty ill. I still had mole. I was living in mold, didn't know it. And then In December, I met Erica, who's in Jonesboro, who runs our production facility. And we started Rogers Hood December 19th and we sold 500 kits the first hour because I was known as worm queen right away. And so the first.

[Rachel Yucatel]

That must have been so exciting.

[Kim Rogers]

It was so exciting because I. I got to be. Be therapy at home and not have to leave my house.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right.

[Kim Rogers]

Do this to help others. I use the Internet in a way that most people four years ago weren't using the Internet.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah.

[Kim Rogers]

TikTok in an educational platform versus a dancing platform. And I already had a little bit of an account. I showed people how to build my log home and grow mushrooms. So I already had like 10,000 followers overnight. I had 200. 200,000. I mean, it just went wild. And I looked at my husband, I'm like, this is it. Like, everybody wants to go viral. I went viral over something I can teach people.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right.

[Kim Rogers]

I just jumped head. I just jumped all in. I. Red light, castor oil, mushrooms, parasite cleansing. And I. We didn't have link tree at the time, so I built a website to have people be able to get my knowledge. And then we just kept building from there. We've had three manufacturing facilities because we keep growing out of them. So my husband and I are builders and we just keep building bigger and bigger to be able to.

[Rachel Yucatel]

That is so amazing. And then now you're. You both are feeling well?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah. So about a year and a half now, I've started to really turn my health around. I've been doing this for four years. In the first two and a half years, I was still pretty ill, but you'd never know it because I would get on every day and show up. I mean, that's really what this is about, is showing up. I showed up for my community and I was showing up for my family and I was showing up for myself because this has allowed me to financially be in a much better space. Because we were literally poor when, I mean, I took us to nothing. We were on food stamps and governmental assistance when we left our lives. So now we're, you know, we build up. We're building everyone around us up. I want our country to be healthy and happy. And I don't feel like there's a. An end to this. I feel like this should be a normalized thing. Even if you're not using my products, I just have a good solution for you and a natural one and we're transparent. But if it, if you want to do it in any other way, you should know what you're doing before you jump in into it.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Right. Are you only on your own site or do you sell on like Amazon and other places?

[Kim Rogers]

Not yet.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Are you trying to do that?

[Kim Rogers]

Yeah, because we manufacture our own products. We have to be cgmp, which is good manufacturing practice. So we're working on that right now and we're finishing that up and then we're like 80% on talk shop Live. We're close to getting on.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Have you, have you done a like a live on there on.

[Kim Rogers]

Not yet on.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Oh, do you. We know those people. If you need an introduction. Yeah. Who's the guy? We know it's Joe. And what's the girl's name? She's the head of the casting.

[Kim Rogers]

Tina.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Is it Tina?

[Kim Rogers]

It might be. She's like the CEO. Yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

I don't remember.

[Kim Rogers]

I'm excited. We. We also just brought in equipment to. You have to. We brokered equipment over from China. We had to have it custom made for us and so we had machines custom made so that we could double our production of this. And then we have more space now in order for us. You can hit a button now and have our capsules because we make our own binder. So you hit a button and it does it all for us where we were manually doing everything.

[Rachel Yucatel]

If you know the CEO, you know, obviously the person. I think the people we were dealing with was the talent, like who's booking the talent to actually go on air. Because a lot of our guests have things that they can promote. Kathy.

[Kim Rogers]

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rachel Yucatel]

She's the one, I think, that interviews people and then Joe is the head of what booking or something. He was the head, that guy, basically. Anyways, if it goes south with your person and you want to meet the people that do the booking, let us know. But also when you're ready, you know, she would be good for. From Stephanie Holistic Goddess. They only take women's companies and it's all about health and wellness and they're all into castor oil and whatever, all this stuff. And they used to actually advertise on our podcast for. For like a year. They were our one major sponsor and it was a women. It's a woman owned company and they only take women CEO and brands. So I'm sure she would be interested in. In talking to you.

[Kim Rogers]

Do you do sponsoring for your podcast?

[Rachel Yucatel]

We do.

[Kim Rogers]

You should send me that information too.

[Rachel Yucatel]

We will, yeah, for sure.

[Kim Rogers]

To do something with you guys.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Yeah, it was great. We had. We worked with her for a full year and she was, she was the first ad you heard before any show, I think before my intro. Right, George? So that everyone would hear it. Because in podcasting, you only, as you know, you have your own podcast, they only really have to listen for a minute or something to get a download. So we made sure that they were before our actual intro. And it would always be an ad on our show, a red ad. And then it would always be in our notes, our show notes. And then we would do stuff on Instagram with them all the time too. So, I mean, it was really helpful. They loved it. We, we loved it. And we actually found out about products we never knew because they had all different vendors, so we would have all different products. So it was kind of fascinating. We'll send that to you too. But when you're ready to be introduced to that type of a business, business, you know, let me know. And hopefully, you know, I don't know if it works that they just when somebody buys the product you direct ship from you or if they're like, listen, we're gonna buy a hundred kits or a hundred thousand kits and then whatever. But it's, it's still wholesale now.

[Kim Rogers]

We did wholesale, like 2026 is where we want to get on those big platforms. Because it, it is, it. You know, when you manufacture, if you're just selling and it's already a lab made and they're kind of, it's so much easier. But because we literally soak pounds of herbs for five to eight weeks to get the medicine out, that's why we have to know like ahead of time where we're at with it all. And yeah, we're, we're there. I mean, we've sold over 250,000 kids worldwide.

[Rachel Yucatel]

Good for you.

[Kim Rogers]

Jesus. Why? I know, just kids. Not all products. Just Purify kit.

[Rachel Yucatel]

I'm so excited for you. That is amazing. What a good story.

[Kim Rogers]

Thanks.

[Rachel Yucatel]

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