Well, today we are
talking about how to
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enhance your intelligence
and this has a lot do
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with your success in
life. Psychologists tell
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us that the job that
you get out of college
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is directly related to your IQ.
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And there is a lot
of other things directly
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related to your IQ,
including how long you
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live, in fact in the
new scientific studies they
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are now having to put
that in there, in fact
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just last week, a
study was done and published
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in the journal
circulation showing that
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IQ was the second
most important factor to
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how long you're
going to live over another
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lifestyle factor that
we'll talk about here in
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little bit. So, intelligence is
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related also to
longevity and how long your
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success will be. What
is the definition of IQ,
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it's your capacity to
learn, retain and apply
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knowledge. All three
of those things and its
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not just your
capacity to learn, you have to
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Retain it, that
means you have to have a
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memory, the temporal
lobe of the brain has to
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be working and you
also have to be able to
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apply that knowledge
in your daily life and
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its often
measured by an IQ test.
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How many of you have
had an IQ test in this
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row? Wow! I would
say the majority of
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Australians have not
had their IQ measured
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and I am wondering
why? But I won't go into
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the possibilities as
to why you haven't had
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yours measured.
It's related somewhat to
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academic performance,
not completely there is
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something called EQ
emotional intelligence,
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it's also very
much related to academic
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performance and
that has to do with
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motivation.
Motivation is separate from IQ,
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but if you have
motivation and you have
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IQ it's very directly
related to your GPA or
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your academic performance.
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Now, there are
some myths about IQ that
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need to be cleared
up here today in this
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subject about
intelligence, one of
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the myths is
genetics is all that matters.
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Now we do know
genetics is important and it is
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clear that if your
mother and father had high
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IQ there is greater
chance that you will have
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it. But its not at all
this sole determinant of IQ.
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Another myth says
there is nothing you can
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do about it after
age 18, and one of those,
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one of the
reasons why that myth is
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perpetuated is many
18 year olds in America
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have had their IQ
measured, normally you
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have it measured your
junior or senior year of
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high school and
then they will out of
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curiosity try to
measure it after age 30 because
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they have learned
so much they would just
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share that
their IQ has improved.
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And then when they
take the IQ test they
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find out it's the
same in most instances,
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it's the same not
because we are not measuring
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knowledge. Yes,
that 30-year-old has
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accumulated a lot of
knowledge but its not
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just
accumulated knowledge, we're
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measuring the
capacity to learn, retain and
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apply new knowledge.
And 30-year-olds often
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don't have that much
greater than what they
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did at age 18.
However they are significant
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exceptions. I remember
a young man who actually
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came in to understanding
the four message of
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Bible as a result of
health in our town of
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Ardmore,
Oklahoma. He came in with a
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vegetarian restaurant
there and inquired more
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about the truths of
God. He was interested in
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his personal
health and he adopted that
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lifestyle, the
vegetarian lifestyle and then he
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ended up becoming a
fully baptized member
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of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, but he
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had an issue and
part of his issue was IQ.
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Nice looking
man, tall, handsome,
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great personality
but he did not do well in
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school. He had
learned enough to learn the
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Gospel and accept
that, but he had a desire to
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really excel and I
remember talking to him
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he was coming to me
wondering how he could
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excel more in
school. And I told him you
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know, maybe first
you ought to go to place
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like Mission
College where you can learn
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more of the deep
truths of word of the God
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and he did that. He
went there for six months
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and he enjoyed his
time there, but I remember
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calling the
director of that school Louie
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Torres, about half
way through the course and
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I said tell us,
tell me how Les is going,
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he said, you know I
am not sure he is gonna
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make it. He is struggling
and he is getting some
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of the lowest grades
in our classes but he is
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barely, barely
surviving. And he says I am
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hoping that he is
gonna pull through.
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And at the end he did
pull through, he actually
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raised his grades
enough, he wasn't by any
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means in the top half
of his class. He was in
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the bottom half of
his class at Mission
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College, but he
learned enough to become a
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Bible worker and he
went right into Bible
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work in Colorado.
And he was a successful
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Bible worker he had
that winning personality
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and that nice appearance
that went long with it
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and that helped to
make up maybe for some of
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the deficits that he
had as far as his IQ was
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concerned. But I
remember about a year after
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being in Bible work
he came back to me in
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Ardmore, Oklahoma
and he says you know
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what I really like to
do is to incorporate the
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health message of
the Gospel full time.
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I would really like
to become a doctor and I
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am thinking Les,
there is no way. There is no
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way, I mean in
America, I don't know how it
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Is in Australia but on
those who try to become
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doctors less than
two percent will actually
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make it into medical
school and so, you have
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to have a certain
IQ to even be able to
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withstand that
because of all the information
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that is thrown at you
in a four year time period
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that you have to
learn. But he says you know I
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really have that
desire, so I told them well
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listen to this I gave
him as presentation that
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I'm about ready to
give you and I said
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incorporate it and
really work on it for about a
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year. And I wasn't
sure if it was going to be
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successful or not, but
he had that desire and I
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didn't want to say no
to that desire and so he
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incorporated it. He
followed every aspect of
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the message and
then he went into the
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pre-med part of
things, where he took
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Chemistry and
Biology and Physics, and at
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first it was a little
rough but then he started
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to excel more and
more, and then he took
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his MCAT and now he
is in medical school.
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He made it, the top
two percent and he is
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having a good
time in medical school.
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So, it's a myth that
there is nothing that you
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can do after age 18,
'cause he was over 20 by
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the time he first
came into the message.
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Another myth,
people that are highly
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intelligent are generally
irritating to be around.
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That has actually
been studied and the study
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show that although
some of them are irritating
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to be around, there
are no more likely to be
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irritable than people
of low IQ or average IQ.
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So irritableness has
a lot more to do with EQ
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than IQ and they are
not necessarily related.
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Another myth,
people that are highly
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intelligent lack
common sense and this of
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course it's true in
some. Albert Einstein I think
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was a good example
and that's maybe how the
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myth was perpetuated.
Albert Einstein would
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frequently get
lost on his way home.
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And he would just
forget about where he was
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at, he was deep in
thought and then he would
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have say wait a
minute where am I,
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I just passed my
house sometime ago.
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And he would
have to find it again.
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And then another myth
you can't improve it so
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why try, I think
we've already dispelled that
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myth because it
can be improved upon.
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So, let's talk
about how to improve
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intelligence in
children and in adults.
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Now what I am going
to be presenting to you
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are things that you
can do now to improve
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your intelligence
and you know I really,
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you know we have
limited time, one of
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things I would like
to talk about is how you
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can raise you
kids to be high IQ.
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There is an environment
that's actually started
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in the prenatal and
the natal influences and
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then the first five
years of life that are
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critically important
to how high an IQ your
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own children will
have. But that's a whole
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different topic
somewhat related, but it is a
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different topic but
that will be for another
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time. One is to
avoid toxins, toxins to the
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brain will adversely
effect IQ and alcohol
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actually effects a
certain portion of the
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brain before it effects
any other portion of the
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brain. It's called
the frontal lobe of the
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brain. This is the area
of spirituality, morality
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and the will, it's
the area where we make our
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decisions, it's the
judgment area of the
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brain, the
analytical portion of the brain.
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And when alcohol
is on board in fact in
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Australia the
legal limit of alcohol
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intoxication is 0.05 percent.
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And I know you have
a major problem with
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this in this country,
because I was leaving the
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airport I came into
Sydney the first time on
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Sunday night and I,
the taxi driver picked me
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up and the police had
made a line out of the
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airport measuring
everyone that came out
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and having them blow
into a machine to make
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sure alcohol wasn't
on board. Everyone had to
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blow before they could
go and this taxi driver
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fortunately passed
the test, I was glad to
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see that but studies
show that you're at 0.05
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ercent and the police
man pulls you over and
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your right at that
legal limit, you will you able
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to walk a straight
line, you actually will.
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You can walk a
straight line, in fact if you're
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skilled at doing so,
you can hit a curve ball out
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of a baseball park at
that limit. So why is it
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then that your ten
times as likely to get into an
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automobile accident.
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It's not your coordination,
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your cerebellum is working fine.
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The problem is your
judgment and that's what
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happened to
Princess Di's driver.
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No one recognized
that he was drunk he was
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walking straight
lines, he was conversing
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normally, but he
attempted to negotiate a
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turn in a tunnel at a
speed that was impossible
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to negotiate. That
wreck has been analyzed
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and its been found that
the best race car driver
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in the world would
not have been able to
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successfully negotiate
that turn at that speed
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and thus he lost his
life and others lost their
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life as well. Now,
once alcohol is out of the
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system the next day
you are able to drive
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again. Does driving
involve critical abstract
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difficult decision making?
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No. if it did sixteen
year olds would not be
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allowed to drive in
the world. The reason why
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sixteen and eighteen
and twenty year olds can
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drive is because it's a
fairly simplistic thing,
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it doesn't require a
lot of complex thinking and
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analysis. But
studies show once alcohol is
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onboard it takes
two weeks for critical
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abstract thinking
to comeback, one of the
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reasons why it's best
to totally abstain from
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alcohol so the
frontal lobe can be in tip top
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shape. Another substance
that affects the frontal
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lobe of the brain in
a more subtle area is
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Nicotine, but its
clear Nicotine has a
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suppression effect on
the frontal lobe of the
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brain. Lead also is a
toxin that effects IQ,
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one of the reasons
why you don't want to have
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your kids play with
toys that are laced with
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lead. And the most
commonly consumed drug
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in Australia also
has a role to play,
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anyone want to guess what it is?
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Caffeine. Caffeine
actually affects the
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adenosine receptors in
the frontal lobe of the
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brain. Blocks the
adenosine receptors,
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it also has too
much of another chemical
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acetylcholine available.
Acetylcholine, actually
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what it does is it
destroys the enzyme
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called acetylcholinesterase
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which makes too much
acetylcholine available
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and this why people
under the influence of
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caffeine feel stimulated.
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Pavlath studied this
out. Typists actually can
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type a little bit
faster under the influence of
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caffeine, but they
make ten times as many
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errors. And recently
there was a study done on
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caffeine and gossip.
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Now the definition of
gossip that was used in
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this study was
sharing private information
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with someone who is
not part of the problem
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or part of the
solution to the problem.
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And studies show
when you have caffeine
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onboard you're
significantly more likely
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to do that when you
don't, than when you
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don't have caffeine
onboard. And that simply
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due to that loss of
break in the frontal lobe of
00:14:17.36\00:14:20.53
the brain that
comes from blocking those
00:14:20.53\00:14:23.90
adenosine receptors.
Now this is even izn,
00:14:23.90\00:14:29.40
this information
is caught up with the
00:14:29.40\00:14:31.36
National football
league in America,
00:14:31.36\00:14:33.40
we just had the
biggest, most watched sporting
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event of the year,
the Superbowl occured.
00:14:36.96\00:14:39.60
And interestingly
those linemen and those
00:14:40.90\00:14:43.96
blockers, the one
trying to protect the
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the ones that are trying
00:14:47.26\00:14:48.23
to get to the
quarterback are told to consume
00:14:49.60\00:14:53.26
caffeine. But there
is one individual on that
00:14:53.90\00:14:57.66
field that is told
to consume no caffeine
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and guess who that
is? It's actually the
00:15:02.66\00:15:06.53
quarterback. And the
quarterback is the one
00:15:06.53\00:15:08.50
that has to get away
from those people that
00:15:08.50\00:15:10.60
are juiced up
with caffeine. So, why
00:15:10.60\00:15:12.56
shouldn't he
have caffeine onboard?
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There is a lot of
information coming into
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that quarterback in
about three seconds and
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he has to make a wise decision.
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It requires an active
frontal lobe of the brain
00:15:26.83\00:15:30.00
to make that wise
decision. And studies
00:15:30.00\00:15:32.43
show when caffeine is
onboard is more likely
00:15:32.43\00:15:34.73
to make the wrong
decision. And so if it's
00:15:34.73\00:15:37.90
true in regards to
NFL quarterbacks with the
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decisions that were
having to make moment
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by moment,
analyzing information and
00:15:42.76\00:15:45.90
making wise
decisions, it would make sense
00:15:45.90\00:15:47.90
for us also to go
caffeine free. Another
00:15:47.90\00:15:51.30
thing that has to do
with IQ is breathing,
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the study was done at
Harvard University for
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children, healthy
lungs may mean healthier
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scores on tests of
memory learning and
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intelligence.
Researchers at Harvard
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University
examined data of 165 Boston
00:16:03.63\00:16:06.30
children who have
been followed since birth.
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At the age of six, the
children had their lung
00:16:08.63\00:16:10.30
function tested. At
age nine, they completed
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standard tests of
memory learning ability and
00:16:12.66\00:16:15.53
intelligence. And the
researchers found that
00:16:15.53\00:16:17.76
for each
increase in the children's
00:16:17.76\00:16:19.46
lung-function
performance, there was a
00:16:19.46\00:16:21.06
corresponding increase
in their cognitive-test
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score. This previously
was shown in adults to
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be the case, young
adults and now it's shown
00:16:29.46\00:16:32.13
to be case also in
children and part of
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this, that is
emphasized is deep breathing.
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In fact it was
interesting when this
00:16:40.50\00:16:41.53
study came out I
actually plugged in the
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phrase deep
breathing into Ellen White's
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CD-ROM and I was
going to show that to
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you, I think it's
actually a hidden slide,
00:16:52.43\00:16:54.40
I don't know if
anyone up there might be able
00:16:54.40\00:16:56.13
to unhide the slide,
but interestingly what she
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stated was those that
participate in exercises
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for deep breathing
will have an advantage and
00:17:06.36\00:17:09.03
she recommended
that every educational
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institution, actually
institute in children the
00:17:12.60\00:17:17.10
exercise of deep
breathing. Here it is,
00:17:17.10\00:17:19.16
the one who sits
and stands erect is more
00:17:19.16\00:17:21.13
likely than others
to breathe properly.
00:17:21.13\00:17:22.80
But the teacher should
impress upon his pupils
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the importance of
deep breathing. Show how
00:17:25.53\00:17:27.30
the healthy action of
the respiratory organs,
00:17:27.30\00:17:29.46
assisting the
circulation of the blood
00:17:29.80\00:17:31.40
invigorates the
whole system, excites the
00:17:31.40\00:17:33.60
appetite, promotes
digestion, and induces
00:17:33.60\00:17:36.13
sound, sweet sleep,
thus not only refreshing
00:17:36.13\00:17:38.70
the body but
soothing and tranquilizing the
00:17:38.70\00:17:40.80
mind. And while
the importance of deep
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breathing is shown,
the practice should be
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what? Insisted upon.
Let exercises be given
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which will promote
this, and see that the habit
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becomes
established. And so, this is why
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even posture and
even sitting in an
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environment where
you're in classes all day
00:17:55.93\00:17:58.06
or you are at AYC,
it's important to take those
00:17:58.06\00:18:00.86
slow deep
breathes, actually it will
00:18:01.60\00:18:03.80
oxygenate the brain
better and you will have
00:18:04.03\00:18:07.36
better frontal lobe as
well as better retention,
00:18:07.36\00:18:10.80
better temporal lobe function.
00:18:10.80\00:18:12.26
Now, there is one
lifestyle habit that's
00:18:13.70\00:18:15.60
been shown to be
the most critically
00:18:15.60\00:18:18.10
associated, at
least at Brigham Young
00:18:18.10\00:18:19.93
University. Forty
thousand student body in
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regards to their GPA.
This lifestyle factor is
00:18:23.06\00:18:27.76
very much related to melatonin.
00:18:29.00\00:18:31.13
And melatonin comes
about as a result of
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darkness and being
in a dark environment as
00:18:34.93\00:18:38.23
you can see on the
screen once darkness
00:18:38.23\00:18:40.00
hits, melatonin starts
to spike. In peak it will
00:18:40.00\00:18:43.53
peak around 2
o'clock in the morning and
00:18:43.53\00:18:45.36
when the light
comes in the room in the
00:18:45.36\00:18:47.20
morning it shuts
down again. Melatonin is
00:18:47.20\00:18:50.43
very much related to
your ability to retain
00:18:50.43\00:18:54.53
the information that
you learned that day.
00:18:54.53\00:18:57.20
Now, if you go to bed
two hours later than 9
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o'clock of if you go
to bed at midnight you
00:19:03.70\00:19:06.40
will decrease the
area under that curve by
00:19:06.40\00:19:08.80
about 50 percent,
so you will have less
00:19:08.80\00:19:11.83
melatonin output
as a result of being a
00:19:11.83\00:19:14.86
late-nighter. And
what Brigham Young
00:19:14.86\00:19:17.90
University found out
is a lifestyle factor most
00:19:17.90\00:19:20.66
connected to GPA was
early to bed, early to
00:19:20.66\00:19:24.73
rise. Interestingly
Ellen White was also ahead
00:19:24.73\00:19:28.73
of her time on this,
she said sleep is worth far
00:19:28.73\00:19:32.10
more before then after midnight.
00:19:32.10\00:19:34.33
Two hours good
sleep before 12 o'clock is
00:19:35.76\00:19:37.63
worth more than four
hours after 12 o'clock.
00:19:37.63\00:19:40.00
I've actually seen
that statement after my
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freshman year of
college. I was in pre-med at
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Andrew's University
and I had taken just,
00:19:48.00\00:19:51.26
while I had taken
General Chemistry and
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Calculus, those were
the two hard classes for
00:19:53.06\00:19:55.40
my freshman year.
And my sophomore year,
00:19:55.40\00:19:58.60
I had lined up to
take organic chemistry,
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foundations of
biology, physics for scientists
00:20:02.96\00:20:06.16
and engineers,
which is a calculus based
00:20:06.16\00:20:08.20
physics and then
quantitative analysis,
00:20:08.20\00:20:12.10
another advanced
chemistry course.
00:20:12.46\00:20:14.36
So, I had classes all
morning and then every
00:20:14.73\00:20:17.10
afternoon I had a lab
associated with one of
00:20:17.10\00:20:19.63
those classes. So
Monday was Physics lab,
00:20:19.63\00:20:21.76
Tuesday biology,
etcetera. And my adviser
00:20:21.76\00:20:25.83
Dr. Wilkins said,
Neil if you want to go
00:20:25.83\00:20:29.66
medical school I
would recommend you not
00:20:29.66\00:20:31.60
do this. You need to
get good grades and one
00:20:31.60\00:20:35.00
or two of these
subjects is hard enough,
00:20:35.00\00:20:36.70
but all four of them.
Well I said the problem
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.60
is Dr. Wilkins I have
been looking at all the
00:20:39.60\00:20:41.50
subjects I want to take
and I can't get them all
00:20:41.73\00:20:44.53
in unless I do this
year like that. I said you
00:20:44.53\00:20:49.60
know, can I try it and
then if I am not doing so
00:20:49.60\00:20:52.96
well maybe I can drop
a class or two, so that I
00:20:52.96\00:20:55.93
am not adversely
effected in regards to getting
00:20:55.93\00:20:58.33
into medical school.
He says well you can try
00:20:58.33\00:21:01.10
it but I wouldn't recommend it.
00:21:01.10\00:21:02.86
Well, I was used to
going to bed at 11:30 and I
00:21:02.86\00:21:05.86
changed my bed time,
I actually after class I
00:21:05.86\00:21:10.50
remember I am
having class all day long,
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.43
I work in the
evening, I actually worked as a
00:21:12.43\00:21:14.50
tutor for the
freshmen class and my class,
00:21:14.50\00:21:18.53
my work got out at 9
pm and so the only study
00:21:18.90\00:21:23.23
time I had was in
the morning before class,
00:21:23.23\00:21:25.80
so I was used to
going to bed at 11:30,
00:21:25.80\00:21:27.70
now I want to bed at
9 o'clock. I got up at 4
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am. The first thing I
did was to read spiritual
00:21:30.70\00:21:34.50
material and spend
some time with the Lord
00:21:34.50\00:21:37.36
and then I would
spend just a few minutes,
00:21:37.36\00:21:41.66
it was never more
than 60 or 90 minutes
00:21:42.00\00:21:44.96
studying all of those
subjects and then I would
00:21:44.96\00:21:47.76
go out for a three
mile run around the track,
00:21:47.76\00:21:51.73
I would make it to
breakfast and then I
00:21:51.73\00:21:54.26
would make it to my
07:30 class as the bell
00:21:54.26\00:21:56.86
was ringing. And
that was my study
00:21:56.86\00:21:59.46
time and at the end
of that semester my GPA
00:21:59.46\00:22:03.90
was 4.0, far higher
then it was my freshman
00:22:03.90\00:22:07.20
year with easier
classes. And so indeed
00:22:07.20\00:22:10.53
melatonin is critically
important I can tell you
00:22:10.53\00:22:12.63
from personal experience
early to bed, early to
00:22:12.63\00:22:15.23
rise makes a person,
you have this saying in
00:22:15.23\00:22:19.50
Australia.
Healthy, wealthy and wise.
00:22:19.50\00:22:24.66
And actually there is
study showing that in our
00:22:25.43\00:22:27.13
business community
where the top business
00:22:27.13\00:22:29.76
leaders come and
meet or when they meet is
00:22:29.76\00:22:32.56
always early in the
morning, they're early to
00:22:32.56\00:22:34.83
bed, early to risers,
they'll love to meet at
00:22:34.83\00:22:37.23
6 O'clock in the
morning to plan how the town
00:22:37.23\00:22:40.30
is going to run.
There is no one else there,
00:22:40.30\00:22:44.00
its quiet, they can
have that thinking time
00:22:44.00\00:22:46.16
there and virtually
the only one that have the
00:22:46.16\00:22:49.00
money who are
not doing that is the
00:22:50.13\00:22:52.53
entertainment
industry. The entertainment
00:22:52.53\00:22:54.20
industry is linked
with major depression and
00:22:54.20\00:22:57.80
the more depressed
you are, the more you feel
00:22:57.80\00:23:00.50
better as you are
sleep deprived. That's one of
00:23:00.50\00:23:03.13
the reason why the
late-nighters tend to be
00:23:03.13\00:23:06.83
associated there
with the entertainment
00:23:06.83\00:23:09.20
industry. And fortunately
they can also get out
00:23:09.20\00:23:11.26
of program, they come
to us and within seven
00:23:11.26\00:23:13.70
days they're early
to bed, early risers.
00:23:13.70\00:23:15.16
We can face shift
them with light therapy and
00:23:15.80\00:23:18.36
with proper sleep.
Diet also has a role
00:23:18.36\00:23:20.86
to play in regards to
IQ, high carb low fat diet
00:23:20.86\00:23:25.03
will improve weight
loss, enhance moods,
00:23:25.03\00:23:27.10
speed, thinking and
while both the high and
00:23:27.10\00:23:29.13
low carb diet seem
to boost the speed of
00:23:29.13\00:23:31.13
cognitive processing,
the interesting result
00:23:31.13\00:23:33.73
that compared to
the high carb diet,
00:23:33.73\00:23:35.36
subjects consuming
the low-carb diet had a
00:23:35.36\00:23:37.43
smaller improvement.
So just being on a more
00:23:37.43\00:23:40.86
lean portion of food
can be helpful but its
00:23:40.86\00:23:44.83
much better to
be on the high carb,
00:23:44.83\00:23:46.60
low-fat diet and
that's what the frontal lobe
00:23:46.60\00:23:49.70
desires for optimal
function is a diet higher
00:23:49.70\00:23:52.70
in
carbohydrates. What foods have
00:23:52.70\00:23:54.80
carbohydrates in them?
00:23:54.80\00:23:56.03
Carbohydrates are
used almost exclusively by
00:24:01.16\00:24:03.56
the brain for optimal function,
00:24:03.56\00:24:04.90
but carbohydrates
are present in fruits,
00:24:05.36\00:24:07.66
vegetables, nuts and
grains. Interestingly the
00:24:08.20\00:24:11.46
original diet in
Genesis chapter 1, Ellen White
00:24:11.46\00:24:15.16
quotes those four
fruit groups and says
00:24:15.16\00:24:17.00
"They impart a strength,
the power of endurance,
00:24:17.00\00:24:19.30
and a vigor of intellect
that are not afforded by
00:24:19.30\00:24:21.83
a more complex
and stimulating diet."
00:24:21.83\00:24:24.76
And so there is an
advantage to a diet that
00:24:25.76\00:24:29.50
is plant based. In
fact in another place she
00:24:29.50\00:24:36.03
talks about the
adverse effect of food high in
00:24:36.03\00:24:39.16
protein and high
in fat virtually no
00:24:39.16\00:24:40.86
carbohydrate, which
is primarily your meat
00:24:40.86\00:24:42.93
food. Meat is a
carbohydrate deficient
00:24:42.93\00:24:45.10
food, one of the
reasons why it doesn't come
00:24:45.10\00:24:47.40
out on top as far as
the best for brain function.
00:24:47.40\00:24:50.56
Sugar is a carbohydrate,
I remember in the 3rd
00:24:51.63\00:24:54.46
grade after the
researchers found out
00:24:54.46\00:24:56.46
that carbs are good
for the frontal lobe,
00:24:56.46\00:24:58.23
I was handed a
candy bar and I said,
00:24:58.23\00:24:59.86
the person who handed
it to me said here have
00:25:00.43\00:25:02.16
some brain food
and I said really?
00:25:02.16\00:25:04.83
And he said yeah,
carbs are good for the brain.
00:25:04.83\00:25:06.70
This candy bar is
loaded with it. Should be
00:25:06.70\00:25:08.56
great for your brain.
Well, I wondered about
00:25:08.56\00:25:11.13
that, but I didn't just
a few years later it was
00:25:11.13\00:25:15.00
studied in Iowa and
then in other places,
00:25:15.00\00:25:17.00
actually high sugar
diet impairs frontal lobe
00:25:17.00\00:25:20.60
function in school age
children significantly.
00:25:20.60\00:25:22.96
In fact it makes over
a great later difference
00:25:23.73\00:25:25.80
performance in
studies particularly if they
00:25:25.80\00:25:29.00
involve having to
think. Now if it's just
00:25:29.00\00:25:31.33
memory you can do
alright in most cases but
00:25:31.33\00:25:35.00
if you're having to
think about the problem
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.06
and come up with a
solution to it, it makes
00:25:37.86\00:25:39.93
powerful difference,
one of the reasons why is
00:25:39.93\00:25:42.03
when we eat a candy
bar our pancreas thinks
00:25:42.03\00:25:44.70
we have had a
large amount of fruits,
00:25:44.70\00:25:46.36
grains, nuts and
vegetables, 'cause our
00:25:46.36\00:25:48.00
blood sugar spikes.
Then it cranks out a high
00:25:48.00\00:25:50.70
amount of insulin
within 20 minutes we're in
00:25:50.70\00:25:53.33
the mildly
hyperglycemic phase and it takes
00:25:53.33\00:25:56.70
four hours for the
frontal lobe to fully
00:25:56.70\00:25:59.20
recuperate from
that. And so at first the
00:25:59.20\00:26:02.43
person feels a little
bit hungry, they snack
00:26:02.43\00:26:04.66
again but they're
still under that four hour
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.66
recovery time and
they're taking their test
00:26:06.66\00:26:09.40
during that time it
does make a difference in
00:26:09.40\00:26:12.66
adverse of performance.
Arachidonic acid also
00:26:12.66\00:26:16.33
decreases the
synthesis and storage of
00:26:16.33\00:26:18.76
acetylcholine,
an important neuro
00:26:18.76\00:26:20.73
transmitter in the
frontal lobe of the brain
00:26:20.73\00:26:22.43
and its primarily
present in flesh foods and
00:26:22.43\00:26:25.06
one of the reasons
why Pavlath showed that
00:26:25.06\00:26:28.10
meat and
intelligence are not related.
00:26:28.66\00:26:31.56
Ellen White says
this, eating much flesh will
00:26:32.10\00:26:33.86
diminish intellectual
activity. Students would
00:26:33.86\00:26:36.23
accomplish much more
in their studies if they
00:26:36.23\00:26:38.40
did what, never
tasted meat. When the animal
00:26:38.40\00:26:41.83
part of the human
nature is strengthened by
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.53
meat-eating, the
intellectual power
00:26:43.53\00:26:45.46
diminishes proportionately.
00:26:45.46\00:26:47.03
Now interestingly
there was a study done in
00:26:47.63\00:26:49.30
Great Britain not
long ago. On the opposite
00:26:49.30\00:26:52.90
effect, in other words
IQ and its relationship
00:26:52.90\00:26:57.63
to vegetarianism.
What this study showed in
00:26:57.63\00:27:02.36
Great Britain was
that children with high IQs
00:27:02.36\00:27:05.23
are more likely to
become vegetarians when
00:27:05.23\00:27:08.16
they grow up. Study
of more than 8,000 men
00:27:08.16\00:27:11.30
and women aged
30, whose IQs had been
00:27:11.30\00:27:13.63
measured when they
were 10, showed that the
00:27:13.63\00:27:15.50
higher the IQ, the
greater the odds of
00:27:15.50\00:27:18.30
becoming a
vegetarian. For each 15-point
00:27:18.30\00:27:21.60
increase in IQ in the
study, the likelihood of
00:27:21.60\00:27:23.96
being a vegetarian
rose by 38 percent.
00:27:23.96\00:27:27.16
Even after adjustment
to factors such as social
00:27:27.80\00:27:30.00
class and
education the link was still
00:27:30.00\00:27:32.06
consistent. And so
if you don't have much
00:27:32.06\00:27:34.60
time when someone
ask you why your a
00:27:34.60\00:27:36.56
vegetarian you can
give them the simple two
00:27:36.56\00:27:38.70
word answer. High IQ.
00:27:38.70\00:27:41.30
Now, it's not just a
plant-based diet that can
00:27:44.20\00:27:46.93
be helpful or
just a vegetarian diet,
00:27:46.93\00:27:49.60
some vegetarian
diets can be unhealthy.
00:27:49.60\00:27:51.80
You know, even eating
or drinking soft drinks
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.63
is part of a vegetarian
diet, but it's not the
00:27:54.63\00:27:57.56
healthiest and also
it depends on what else
00:27:57.56\00:28:01.53
we are getting with
that vegetarian diet.
00:28:01.90\00:28:04.43
This was a study
done by Bruce Taylor in
00:28:04.43\00:28:07.33
New York. Bruce
Taylor was a Pathologist.
00:28:07.33\00:28:09.33
There were medical
students in his medical
00:28:10.13\00:28:12.10
school that wanted to
publish some research,
00:28:12.10\00:28:14.66
so they could
graduate from medical school
00:28:14.66\00:28:16.70
and so they
decided to feed rabbits and
00:28:17.23\00:28:18.80
monkeys 100 percent
cholesterol and see what
00:28:18.80\00:28:24.43
would happen to
their arteries, but they
00:28:24.43\00:28:27.96
needed the cholesterol.
So, they came to him
00:28:27.96\00:28:30.16
together and he says
well its been over there
00:28:30.16\00:28:32.50
in the corner, its
been there for a while,
00:28:32.50\00:28:33.93
but its nothing
but pure cholesterol,
00:28:33.93\00:28:35.46
if you want to feed
pure cholesterol to them
00:28:35.46\00:28:37.10
go ahead. So, they
did and within a few short
00:28:37.10\00:28:42.20
weeks all of them had
a decrease in activity of
00:28:42.20\00:28:46.63
their brain and they
began to actually have
00:28:46.63\00:28:49.06
strokes. Small
strokes and some of them major
00:28:49.06\00:28:52.53
strokes and major
heart attacks. And they
00:28:52.53\00:28:56.20
came back to Dr.
Taylor and said is there
00:28:56.20\00:28:59.80
anything else in
there besides cholesterol?
00:28:59.80\00:29:01.66
He said no, pure cholesterol.
00:29:01.66\00:29:03.13
They mentioned
the results. He said
00:29:05.16\00:29:06.50
cholesterol is bad,
but it shouldn't have been
00:29:06.50\00:29:08.23
that bad, in that
quick a time and then he
00:29:08.23\00:29:11.73
began to think
and he recognized the
00:29:11.73\00:29:13.96
cholesterol he had
given them had been in a
00:29:13.96\00:29:15.80
bucket that has been
exposed to the air it had
00:29:15.80\00:29:18.90
become discolored
and then he decided to do
00:29:18.90\00:29:22.46
something else. Let's
feed pure cholesterol to
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.10
rabbits and monkeys
that have never been
00:29:25.10\00:29:27.10
exposed to the air.
00:29:27.10\00:29:28.10
And so instead of
being discolored it was a
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.33
clearer substance,
clear white and he found
00:29:32.33\00:29:36.73
out none of them developed any
00:29:36.73\00:29:38.20
atherosclerosis with
that. Then he decided to
00:29:38.20\00:29:41.96
do something
else. He fed food to the
00:29:41.96\00:29:44.10
monkeys and within
24 hours he would count
00:29:44.10\00:29:47.16
the dead cells in
there in order from the
00:29:47.16\00:29:49.40
oxidized cholesterol,
the oxidized cholesterol
00:29:49.40\00:29:52.43
that's the most
damaging. Anyone want to guess
00:29:52.43\00:29:55.50
what the most
harmful food was to monkey
00:29:55.50\00:30:00.00
blood vessels in
Dr. Taylor's study?
00:30:00.00\00:30:04.76
Number one, custards,
now what are custards?
00:30:07.60\00:30:11.50
What are custards made out of?
00:30:13.90\00:30:15.03
Milk, sugar and
eggs. When you mix up
00:30:16.63\00:30:19.73
cholesterol in a
sugar environment and eggs
00:30:19.73\00:30:23.50
are particularly
loaded, you're going to oxidize
00:30:23.50\00:30:27.36
that cholesterol and
cause significant damage,
00:30:27.36\00:30:30.66
doesn't take long
within 24 hours. What's the
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.80
most commonly
consumed custard in
00:30:32.80\00:30:34.60
America? Or in
Australia, I think it's the most
00:30:34.60\00:30:38.46
commonly
consumed one here as well.
00:30:38.46\00:30:40.06
It's actually good old
fashioned ice cream and
00:30:41.46\00:30:44.86
it's one of the
reasons why it's good that they
00:30:44.86\00:30:47.40
are ice creams
cropping up that have no
00:30:47.40\00:30:49.30
cholesterol. You know
there is the banana ice
00:30:49.30\00:30:51.86
cream that you can
put through the frozen
00:30:51.86\00:30:53.73
bananas in champion
juicer, there is Tofutti
00:30:53.73\00:30:56.20
and last year I
came across a food
00:30:57.50\00:31:01.36
manufacturer,
actually he read our book,
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.50
Prove Positive,
totally changed his life,
00:31:03.50\00:31:05.80
he was having a
lot of health problems.
00:31:05.80\00:31:07.23
He was a multi
millionaire rancher up in
00:31:08.00\00:31:09.86
Montana and I was
speaking in his area,
00:31:09.86\00:31:12.63
didn't even know he
existed but he found out
00:31:12.63\00:31:14.90
I was there he came
there and wanted me to
00:31:14.90\00:31:16.50
take him, take me to his house.
00:31:16.50\00:31:18.83
I ended up
spending the night with him,
00:31:19.30\00:31:20.63
with him and his
family, a great guy,
00:31:21.40\00:31:23.06
but his ice cream was
the best that I had ever
00:31:23.80\00:31:28.20
had. And he has 32
flavors, one more than
00:31:28.20\00:31:32.90
Baskin Robins and
its not Soy based, its
00:31:32.90\00:31:36.13
oatmeal based. And
his problem after I ate it
00:31:36.13\00:31:39.93
and my boys were
there too and they were
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.76
raving about it,
everyone raves about his
00:31:43.60\00:31:45.53
cream. He told me
about his problem of
00:31:45.53\00:31:48.63
naming the ice
cream. You can't call it ice
00:31:48.63\00:31:52.93
cream that doesn't
have dairy in it in America.
00:31:52.93\00:31:55.43
And of course this
was better than ice,
00:31:56.60\00:31:58.46
then any ice cream
that any of us have eaten,
00:31:58.46\00:32:01.70
including the dairy
ice cream and but a week
00:32:01.70\00:32:05.43
later he called me up
and he said I found out
00:32:05.43\00:32:07.70
the name, I woke up
with it in the middle of
00:32:07.70\00:32:09.86
the night. He is going
to call it; we can't say
00:32:09.86\00:32:12.56
its ice cream.
00:32:12.56\00:32:13.53
And he's also come
out with something to
00:32:15.80\00:32:18.00
compete against
number 2, and 3 as well.
00:32:18.00\00:32:20.70
Number 2, the most
damaging was pancake
00:32:20.70\00:32:24.63
mix, pancake mix is
primarily powdered egg,
00:32:24.63\00:32:27.06
its cholesterol or
oxidized cholesterol from
00:32:27.06\00:32:30.26
the powdered eggs and
it was tied with three,
00:32:30.26\00:32:32.33
Parmesan cheese,
the powdered cheese and
00:32:32.33\00:32:35.20
that's not a
misprint. Lard was number three
00:32:35.20\00:32:37.93
as well. They're
both tied for number 3 as
00:32:37.93\00:32:40.50
being the worst as
far as harmful within 24
00:32:40.50\00:32:45.63
hours to the aorta and
what they can do to the
00:32:45.63\00:32:49.06
brain blood cells.
Now I am going to ask our
00:32:49.06\00:32:51.20
team also to go
ahead and unhide the next
00:32:51.20\00:32:54.03
slide that I had
in this presentation.
00:32:54.03\00:32:56.36
Because its interesting
again far ahead of our
00:32:57.46\00:33:01.20
time was Ellen White
on this subject before
00:33:01.20\00:33:05.46
Bruce Taylor came up
with it there were some
00:33:05.46\00:33:07.26
questions in regard
to that, but she said
00:33:07.26\00:33:11.56
especially
harmful are the, what?
00:33:11.56\00:33:15.33
Especially harmful
are the custards and
00:33:17.70\00:33:21.20
puddings in which
milk, eggs, and sugar are
00:33:21.20\00:33:24.30
the chief ingredients.
The free use of milk and
00:33:24.30\00:33:26.86
sugar together should be what?
00:33:26.86\00:33:28.50
Avoided. Far ahead of our time.
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.23
Physical exercise,
also critically important in
00:33:32.23\00:33:35.26
regards to IQ and
it's their aerobic physical
00:33:35.26\00:33:39.43
exercise that seems
to be the most beneficial
00:33:39.43\00:33:42.13
but there is another
type of exercise that's
00:33:42.13\00:33:44.26
helpful as well.
This study showed working
00:33:44.26\00:33:46.96
with one's own
hands in a real world 3D
00:33:46.96\00:33:50.50
environment is
imperative for full cognitive
00:33:50.50\00:33:53.30
and intellectual
development, Dr. Eric
00:33:53.30\00:33:56.33
Sigmund says, with
woodwork, metal work,
00:33:56.33\00:33:59.16
craft, music or car
mechanic classes dropped
00:33:59.16\00:34:01.70
by many schools and
children wanting to play
00:34:01.70\00:34:03.76
computer games at
home, the western world is
00:34:03.76\00:34:06.43
becoming a software
instead of a screwdriver
00:34:06.43\00:34:09.73
society. And there
are problems with that he
00:34:09.73\00:34:13.30
mentions. Research is
showing that increasing
00:34:13.30\00:34:15.53
time spent in the
virtual world of computers is
00:34:15.53\00:34:17.76
displacing
hands-on play and hands-on
00:34:17.76\00:34:20.30
learning. 3D learning
allows young people to
00:34:20.30\00:34:23.16
experience how the
world works in practice,
00:34:23.16\00:34:25.23
to gain an
understanding of materials and
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.20
processes and to
make informed judgments
00:34:27.20\00:34:30.20
about abstract concepts.
00:34:30.20\00:34:32.16
And so working
with your hands in a 3D
00:34:33.70\00:34:36.33
world
environment actually improves
00:34:36.33\00:34:39.10
cognitive function
improves IQ. He did
00:34:39.10\00:34:41.66
studies in regards
to even engineering
00:34:41.66\00:34:43.40
students. Engineering
students are starting out
00:34:43.40\00:34:45.66
at an all time
low, because they have
00:34:45.66\00:34:48.86
difficulty in
conceptualizing these
00:34:48.86\00:34:51.20
things coming from
that, their software society
00:34:51.20\00:34:54.26
instead of yesteryear's
screwdriver society.
00:34:54.80\00:34:58.13
Ellen White also talks
about the importance of
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.66
work and particularly
fast work in regards to
00:35:01.66\00:35:07.30
mental activity. She
says there is no excuse for
00:35:07.30\00:35:10.40
slow bungling at
work of any character.
00:35:10.40\00:35:12.70
When one is always
at work and the work is
00:35:12.70\00:35:14.66
never done it is
because mind and heart are not
00:35:14.66\00:35:16.90
put into the labor.
The one who is slow and
00:35:16.90\00:35:19.36
who works at a
disadvantage should
00:35:19.36\00:35:21.23
realize that these are
faults to be corrected.
00:35:21.23\00:35:23.73
He needs to exercise
his mind in planning how
00:35:23.73\00:35:26.36
to use the time as to
secure the best results.
00:35:26.36\00:35:29.73
By tact and method,
some will accomplish as
00:35:30.30\00:35:32.80
much in five hours
as others do in ten.
00:35:32.80\00:35:35.63
And so part of this
work is the aerobic part of
00:35:36.63\00:35:39.06
it as well. Getting
some of it maybe mindless
00:35:39.06\00:35:42.46
per say, we have to
plan and we have to do by
00:35:42.46\00:35:45.46
tact and method, but
this mindless fast work
00:35:45.46\00:35:48.40
of the hands
actually helps to develop the
00:35:48.40\00:35:50.70
brain and keep that brain smart.
00:35:50.70\00:35:53.03
And that's why at
Weimar Center of Health
00:35:53.56\00:35:55.80
and Education, where
we are leading out in an
00:35:55.80\00:35:59.40
academy, in college
and a lifestyle health
00:35:59.40\00:36:01.70
center. Physical labor
is a critical ingredient
00:36:01.70\00:36:05.03
for every faculty
member and for every
00:36:05.03\00:36:08.53
student that's there.
Whether it's garden work
00:36:08.53\00:36:11.80
or other type of
physical labor work and you
00:36:11.80\00:36:14.00
know who we have
the hardest time with in
00:36:14.00\00:36:16.10
regards to
getting that labor done,
00:36:16.10\00:36:18.83
not within the students,
it's actually within the
00:36:20.43\00:36:23.26
faculty, lot of our
faculty are not used to
00:36:23.26\00:36:27.30
sort of thing and
they tell me you know there
00:36:27.30\00:36:29.10
is intense classes
I am having to teach,
00:36:29.10\00:36:31.00
I'm having to prepare,
don't have the time for
00:36:31.00\00:36:33.30
it but then when we
tell them this is a must
00:36:33.50\00:36:36.26
as far as Weimar
they go out and do it and
00:36:36.26\00:36:38.03
they come back with
smiles on their faces and
00:36:38.03\00:36:40.53
they feel refreshed
and they talk about how
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.80
much more efficient
they are in preparing for
00:36:42.80\00:36:45.33
their classes,
something critical about regular
00:36:45.33\00:36:49.83
physical labor.
While hypnosis will also
00:36:49.83\00:36:52.63
counteract IQ. In
fact this comes from a
00:36:52.63\00:36:55.86
hypnosis text book,
hypnosis attempts to
00:36:55.86\00:36:58.06
cancel out frontal
lobe functions and bring
00:36:58.06\00:37:00.16
people into a trance
in which they're highly
00:37:00.16\00:37:02.40
suggestible. This is
most easily accomplished
00:37:02.40\00:37:05.33
by training the eyes
to focus in on one object,
00:37:05.33\00:37:07.70
the best object being a
little flickering light.
00:37:07.70\00:37:10.96
The person will
record information and duties
00:37:12.33\00:37:14.23
without interpretation,
or without frontal lobe
00:37:14.23\00:37:16.46
activity. Now, lot of
people may not realize it
00:37:16.46\00:37:20.03
but they could have a
hypnotic instrument in
00:37:20.03\00:37:22.23
their own home, what
trains the eyes to focus
00:37:22.23\00:37:25.70
in one object and flicker.
00:37:25.70\00:37:27.50
Yes, and what
produces that flicker is the
00:37:30.13\00:37:33.03
rapid scene of reference change.
00:37:33.03\00:37:34.90
Now you maybe watching this on
00:37:35.23\00:37:36.73
television on
Three Angels Broadcasting
00:37:36.73\00:37:39.40
Network and if you
are rest assured it's not
00:37:39.40\00:37:42.66
going to suppress
your frontal lobe, you know
00:37:42.66\00:37:44.40
why it won't? The
average scene is not
00:37:44.40\00:37:47.26
changing every three
seconds like it does in
00:37:47.26\00:37:49.33
movies and
entertainment television.
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.06
We sit people down in
front of their favorite
00:37:51.56\00:37:53.26
TV program and
within 90 seconds to utmost
00:37:53.26\00:37:56.60
three minutes they're
no longer in beta wave
00:37:56.60\00:37:58.40
activity, they are
in alpha wave rhythm,
00:37:58.40\00:38:00.23
which is a hypnotic
rhythm. Their memory is
00:38:00.23\00:38:03.10
still working, their
emotions are working,
00:38:03.10\00:38:04.86
they can laugh and
cry with the scene,
00:38:04.86\00:38:06.40
but there are no
longer putting it in the
00:38:06.40\00:38:08.36
appropriate sub
sense. And this is why they
00:38:08.36\00:38:11.00
can laugh at
hideous things that if they
00:38:11.00\00:38:12.80
occurred in real life
they would be uphauling,
00:38:12.80\00:38:14.83
because of the
hypnotic stage that they are in.
00:38:15.50\00:38:17.83
There are 17 detrimental
effects on the frontal
00:38:18.36\00:38:21.30
lobe of the brain that
entertainment television
00:38:21.30\00:38:23.30
has been proven to
do, over 3000 studies have
00:38:25.83\00:38:26.83
been done on it;
over 300 books have been
00:38:26.83\00:38:28.03
written on the
subject and they all show a
00:38:28.03\00:38:30.90
decline in frontal
lobe function. It decreases
00:38:30.90\00:38:34.90
interest in learning.
It decreases interest in
00:38:34.90\00:38:37.30
reading. Decrease in
IQ scores. Decrease in
00:38:37.30\00:38:40.60
academic
performance. Decrease in
00:38:40.60\00:38:42.30
discernment.
Increase in day dreaming and a
00:38:42.30\00:38:45.10
decrease in creative ingenuity.
00:38:45.10\00:38:46.83
In fact one of our
professors at one of our
00:38:47.30\00:38:49.66
colleges,
Columbia Union College,
00:38:49.66\00:38:53.33
who taught
communications for years,
00:38:54.16\00:38:55.93
people would come
because they wanted to be
00:38:55.93\00:38:57.43
experts in the
media and sometimes they
00:38:57.43\00:39:00.23
would fail his
communications class and
00:39:00.23\00:39:02.16
they would say this
is what I want to do for
00:39:02.16\00:39:04.20
my life. I am failing
and he would tell them
00:39:04.20\00:39:07.53
one piece of information
that would help them.
00:39:07.53\00:39:10.00
He would tell them
to go home and stop
00:39:10.50\00:39:12.10
watching television
and movies, and in one
00:39:12.10\00:39:15.23
year come back and
take his class, students
00:39:15.23\00:39:18.26
would do that and
they would come back and
00:39:18.26\00:39:20.26
get an A.
Interestingly the top Hollywood
00:39:20.26\00:39:24.63
producers, who design
the sets in the movies
00:39:24.63\00:39:30.16
and everything
about it, themselves don't
00:39:30.16\00:39:33.20
watch entertainment
television because they
00:39:33.20\00:39:36.83
know it's gonna
suppress their creativity.
00:39:36.83\00:39:38.90
And they'll tell you
about this. They will
00:39:38.90\00:39:42.26
tell you about it
in interviews etcetera.
00:39:42.26\00:39:44.13
They might watch
what someone else has
00:39:44.13\00:39:45.70
done for 90 seconds
to utmost three minutes
00:39:45.70\00:39:47.20
but they're not going
to watch a full length
00:39:47.20\00:39:49.30
movie because of
what it's going to do in
00:39:49.30\00:39:52.26
suppressing the
frontal lobe of their brain in
00:39:52.26\00:39:54.90
regards to creativity.
00:39:54.90\00:39:56.23
This study done not
long ago and published at
00:39:57.40\00:40:00.16
Columbia University
and published in the
00:40:00.16\00:40:02.90
Journal pediatrics,
the more TV adolescents
00:40:02.90\00:40:05.06
watch the more
likely they are to develop
00:40:05.06\00:40:06.90
attention and learning
problems, and do poorly
00:40:06.90\00:40:08.66
in school in the
long-run. The amount
00:40:08.66\00:40:10.36
of TV kids watch
when they were 14 was
00:40:10.36\00:40:12.53
positively linked
with having attention
00:40:12.53\00:40:14.56
problems later,
not doing homework,
00:40:14.56\00:40:16.43
being bored at
school, not finishing
00:40:16.43\00:40:18.26
high school and
hating school the researchers
00:40:18.26\00:40:20.20
found. 14 year olds
who added 1 more daily
00:40:20.20\00:40:23.36
hour of TV doubled
their risk of academic
00:40:23.36\00:40:26.16
failure at age 16.
And unfortunately it's not
00:40:26.16\00:40:29.53
just a problem of
teenagers, that can be
00:40:29.53\00:40:31.16
problem of
college students as well.
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.10
And what we are
finding out, entertainment
00:40:33.60\00:40:36.30
television does
suppress the frontal lobe of the
00:40:36.30\00:40:38.56
brain you can see
on pet scans etcetera,
00:40:38.56\00:40:40.73
and this is the
area where spirituality,
00:40:41.50\00:40:44.10
morality and the Will
are centered, this is the
00:40:44.10\00:40:46.03
area where the Lord
can communicate with us
00:40:46.03\00:40:48.03
through the Holy
Spirit. But interestingly what
00:40:48.03\00:40:50.96
we're also finding
out is what suppresses the
00:40:50.96\00:40:53.73
frontal lobe seems
to also effect physical
00:40:53.73\00:40:56.96
health and
longevity. For instance when the
00:40:56.96\00:40:59.33
frontal lobe is
suppressed far greater
00:40:59.33\00:41:01.30
you're gonna have
an anxiety disorder or
00:41:01.30\00:41:03.30
depression come about
as a result. This study
00:41:03.30\00:41:06.23
was done in Australia
and published just one
00:41:06.23\00:41:08.30
month ago from a
study in Victoria,
00:41:08.30\00:41:11.73
compared with adults
who watch less then two
00:41:11.73\00:41:14.93
hours of TV that
day, those who watch more
00:41:14.93\00:41:17.40
then four hours had a
46 percent higher risk of
00:41:17.40\00:41:19.96
death from all causes
and an 80 percent higher
00:41:19.96\00:41:23.36
risk of cardiovascular
death during the six
00:41:23.36\00:41:25.33
year study period.
Each hour is spend in the
00:41:25.33\00:41:27.80
front of the TV per
day raised a person's risk
00:41:27.80\00:41:30.70
of death from
cardiovascular disease by
00:41:30.70\00:41:32.93
18 percent and the
risk of cancer by nine
00:41:32.93\00:41:35.80
percent. In fact
the study's authors were
00:41:35.80\00:41:38.40
stymied, at first
they thought it was the
00:41:38.40\00:41:40.10
sitting but then they
realized it wasn't just
00:41:40.10\00:41:42.20
the sitting, the
pattern held even after the
00:41:42.20\00:41:44.33
researchers took
into account the education
00:41:44.33\00:41:46.43
level, the overall
health of the participants,
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.50
their age, whether they smoked,
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.26
their cholesterol
and blood pressure.
00:41:50.26\00:41:51.80
What's more, exercise
doesn't necessary make
00:41:52.10\00:41:54.66
up for the long
seasons in front of the tube.
00:41:54.66\00:41:57.03
Dunstan and his
colleagues figured into
00:41:57.90\00:42:00.06
their analysis how
much study participants
00:42:00.06\00:42:02.50
exercise when they
compared groups of adults
00:42:02.50\00:42:05.06
who exercise the
same amount but watch
00:42:05.06\00:42:07.10
varying amounts of
TV, those who watch
00:42:07.10\00:42:09.56
more TV were still at
a higher risk of dying,
00:42:09.56\00:42:12.43
during the six year
study. Reading or doing
00:42:12.43\00:42:15.46
homework doesn't
seem to be associated with
00:42:15.46\00:42:17.53
risk factors in
regards to death. So, it's not
00:42:17.53\00:42:20.93
just sitting 'cause
reading homework and
00:42:20.93\00:42:23.46
sitting in a class is
not associated with it and
00:42:23.90\00:42:28.23
thus, notice that last
quote, we are not sure if
00:42:28.23\00:42:31.80
it's the
sedentary behavior itself or
00:42:31.80\00:42:34.40
something inherent
about or associated with
00:42:34.40\00:42:38.20
TV viewing. And I
think that it's clear by
00:42:38.20\00:42:40.96
other studies is
that association is what
00:42:40.96\00:42:43.16
suppresses frontal
lobe function is bad for the
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.93
health, it can even
increase the risk of
00:42:45.93\00:42:48.46
and heart disease.
Music also has a role to
00:42:48.46\00:42:51.83
play in regards to
IQ. I can go through a
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.33
number of studies
showing that even this 11
00:42:55.33\00:42:58.06
year old burning to
play the cello at an
00:42:58.06\00:43:00.13
age increased his
IQ as a result of that.
00:43:00.13\00:43:04.33
And having your
children learn an
00:43:05.73\00:43:08.96
instrument is important.
Music enters the brain
00:43:08.96\00:43:11.10
through its emotional
regions, which include
00:43:11.10\00:43:12.80
the temporal lobe
and limbic system.
00:43:12.80\00:43:14.23
From there, some
kind of music tend to
00:43:14.86\00:43:16.53
produce a frontal lobe
response that influences
00:43:16.53\00:43:18.96
the Will, moral
worth, and reasoning power.
00:43:18.96\00:43:21.40
The type of music
that shown to be most
00:43:21.40\00:43:23.70
beneficial is the
traditional classical
00:43:23.70\00:43:26.43
music, this was a
picture that I took
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.76
myself at the
Dallas symphony during the
00:43:28.76\00:43:31.66
Christmas concert
not long ago. Beautiful
00:43:31.66\00:43:34.30
music, it sold out
12 nights in a row,
00:43:34.30\00:43:37.70
they don't have to
advertise it and there is
00:43:37.70\00:43:41.33
upsurge of classical
music occurring around
00:43:41.33\00:43:45.66
the globe simply
because, part of the reason is
00:43:45.66\00:43:48.70
the study showing
the benefit as far as
00:43:48.70\00:43:50.93
organizing the
brain is concerned and in
00:43:50.93\00:43:53.53
regards to IQ. In
fact an interesting,
00:43:53.53\00:43:56.80
interestingly other
kinds of music will evoke
00:43:56.80\00:44:00.13
very little if any
frontal lobe response but will
00:44:00.13\00:44:02.36
produce a large
emotional response with very
00:44:02.36\00:44:04.80
little logical or moral
interpretation and that's
00:44:04.80\00:44:07.80
characterized by the
syncopated rock and roll
00:44:07.80\00:44:10.00
rhythms they are
prevalent in our day.
00:44:10.00\00:44:12.20
Showing that upbeat
music is not necessarily
00:44:12.20\00:44:15.10
uplifting music. In
fact last week I was
00:44:15.10\00:44:18.43
speaking in
Melbourne and the person who
00:44:18.43\00:44:20.26
took me to the,
picked me up from the airport
00:44:20.26\00:44:22.63
is getting his PhD in
sports psychology at the
00:44:23.36\00:44:27.20
university down
there. He is into sports
00:44:27.20\00:44:29.70
himself but he is
every interested in what can
00:44:29.70\00:44:32.10
enhance the sports
performance and so he has
00:44:32.10\00:44:35.83
gone along with his
professors some study on
00:44:35.83\00:44:38.16
music and sports
performance and the first
00:44:38.16\00:44:41.76
study he did was on
accuracy of shooting a
00:44:41.76\00:44:45.16
pistol and music
associated with it,
00:44:45.16\00:44:48.10
the first music
they used was the type of
00:44:48.10\00:44:50.16
music that you
would normally see on TV
00:44:50.16\00:44:52.56
when people are shooting pistol.
00:44:52.56\00:44:54.66
For sport what type
of music that would be?
00:44:56.20\00:44:58.40
It's the syncopated
rock and roll rhythms that
00:44:59.66\00:45:02.00
are there and they
would play that to them
00:45:02.00\00:45:04.20
and they found out it
decreased their accuracy
00:45:04.20\00:45:06.56
significantly. They
were tended to be all over
00:45:06.56\00:45:09.60
the place when that
music was played during
00:45:09.60\00:45:11.76
or before, then
they played them more
00:45:11.76\00:45:15.03
peaceful,
classical music or even more
00:45:15.03\00:45:18.20
energetic classical
music and they find out
00:45:18.20\00:45:20.83
it increased their
accuracy significantly,
00:45:20.83\00:45:25.46
multiple fold as
a result of music.
00:45:26.00\00:45:28.56
And so music can
organize the brain,
00:45:28.80\00:45:30.66
the baroque music by
Boch, Handel seems to
00:45:30.66\00:45:33.36
be very
beneficial, there are other
00:45:33.36\00:45:35.20
composers like
Giuseppe and even more
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.70
modern composers
that write in the
00:45:37.70\00:45:39.66
classical realm
that are helpful.
00:45:39.66\00:45:41.90
Fortunately most of
our hymns are actually
00:45:42.33\00:45:44.80
classical music. They
were written by classical
00:45:44.80\00:45:47.23
composers, the hymns
can be a very beneficial
00:45:47.23\00:45:49.63
thing as far as
the brain is concerned.
00:45:49.63\00:45:52.13
This study, 24
university students performed
00:45:52.70\00:45:55.80
two tasks of
attention. Positive moods were
00:45:55.80\00:45:58.00
induced by
playing Bach's Brandenburg
00:45:58.00\00:45:59.80
Concerto No. 3
and negative moods by
00:45:59.80\00:46:02.73
Prokofiev piece
played at half speed.
00:46:02.73\00:46:05.36
Now that tells you
something else, not all
00:46:05.80\00:46:07.73
classical is helpful.
Prokofievs doesn't have
00:46:07.73\00:46:10.86
that melodious
classical and particularly when
00:46:10.86\00:46:15.53
its played it will
induce problems to the brain
00:46:15.53\00:46:18.60
but when its played at
half speed its even more
00:46:18.60\00:46:20.66
problematic and it
will induce depression in
00:46:20.66\00:46:23.43
anybody who listens to
it. Interestingly the up,
00:46:23.43\00:46:26.43
the opposite would
be in fact in Bach's
00:46:26.43\00:46:28.66
Brandenburg Concerto.
Even if you don't have
00:46:28.66\00:46:30.80
a relish for classical
music, if you listen to
00:46:30.80\00:46:33.43
Bach's Brandenburg
Concerto you'll actually
00:46:33.43\00:46:35.50
improve your frontal
lobe and your happiness
00:46:35.50\00:46:39.03
scale. To produce a
neutral mood participants
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.86
read a series of
facts and figures about
00:46:41.86\00:46:44.06
Canada. Hopefully
there aren't any Canadians
00:46:44.06\00:46:46.90
here but if there are
that's how they induce
00:46:46.90\00:46:49.83
the neutral mood.
The study showed when
00:46:49.83\00:46:53.03
they were in a
positive mood participants
00:46:53.03\00:46:55.20
scored higher on
remote associates task - a
00:46:55.20\00:46:58.20
measure of creative thinking.
00:46:58.20\00:46:59.70
When feeling
happy, Anderson explained,
00:47:00.86\00:47:02.83
"your attentional
window is actually bigger
00:47:02.83\00:47:05.73
- it's like looking
through a big widow versus
00:47:05.73\00:47:07.90
a small window." And
so creativity along with
00:47:07.90\00:47:10.96
frontal lobe function
significantly improves.
00:47:10.96\00:47:13.96
Alvin Toffler comes
from the very secular
00:47:14.70\00:47:16.80
perspective as many
of these scientists do,
00:47:16.80\00:47:18.86
but he states this
constant stimulation of
00:47:18.86\00:47:21.76
the senses shuts down
the analytical processes.
00:47:21.76\00:47:25.60
And this I think
underscores one of the
00:47:25.60\00:47:28.20
reasons why we are
seeing an all time high
00:47:28.20\00:47:32.26
rates of depression
in the western world to a
00:47:32.26\00:47:35.43
large degree. We
have more fun things to do
00:47:35.43\00:47:38.20
than ever before in
human history and if
00:47:38.20\00:47:40.36
these fun things
prevented or treated
00:47:40.36\00:47:42.10
depression what
should we see? We should
00:47:42.10\00:47:45.10
see the lowest
rates of depression ever
00:47:45.10\00:47:47.30
recorded in human
history, but yet we have
00:47:47.30\00:47:49.26
higher rates and part
of those higher rates is a
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.53
lot of the
entertainment and fun things
00:47:51.53\00:47:53.76
including the
music, videos games, other
00:47:53.76\00:47:57.26
forms of entertainment
actually suppress the
00:47:57.26\00:47:59.93
analytical
processes. As Alvin Toffler says
00:47:59.93\00:48:02.63
constant stimulation
of the senses shuts down
00:48:02.63\00:48:05.10
the analytical
processes and ultimately shuts
00:48:05.10\00:48:08.10
down the ability to
face life rationally.
00:48:08.10\00:48:10.73
What will happen?
He says, this leads to
00:48:10.73\00:48:12.90
escape techniques
that involve withdrawal,
00:48:12.90\00:48:14.90
apathy and rejection
of disciplined thinking
00:48:14.90\00:48:17.80
when faced with
difficult duties and decisions,
00:48:17.80\00:48:20.23
and what sets it all
off? It's that constant
00:48:20.23\00:48:23.23
stimulation. You not
only have the syncopated
00:48:23.23\00:48:25.73
rock and roll music,
you have the essential
00:48:25.73\00:48:27.63
images on the
screen, moving in rapid
00:48:27.63\00:48:30.13
succession we call
it MTV, showing a very
00:48:30.13\00:48:33.80
profound effect in
regards to reducing
00:48:33.80\00:48:36.93
frontal lobe
function in a profound adverse
00:48:36.93\00:48:39.63
effect in regards to IQ as well.
00:48:39.63\00:48:43.33
Well the brain is a
lot like a muscle, if we
00:48:44.76\00:48:48.03
don't use it
what's going to happen?
00:48:48.03\00:48:50.40
We are going to lose
it. And so we actually
00:48:51.23\00:48:53.13
need to use our
analytical portions of
00:48:53.13\00:48:56.16
our brain to preserve
as well as to expand our
00:48:56.16\00:49:00.10
intelligence. There
is a book written called
00:49:00.10\00:49:03.00
education by the
pen of Ellen White.
00:49:03.00\00:49:05.10
Secretary of
Education California recently
00:49:06.30\00:49:08.63
said it's far ahead of
its time and if the state
00:49:08.63\00:49:11.16
of California would
apply these principles in
00:49:11.16\00:49:14.33
their educational
system they would lead the
00:49:14.33\00:49:16.26
world in education.
No doubt a lot of the
00:49:16.26\00:49:18.96
statements that she
has made have been now
00:49:19.53\00:49:22.30
shown to be true in
educational studies,
00:49:22.30\00:49:24.56
but in the middle
of this book she says,
00:49:25.03\00:49:26.50
as a means of
intellectual training
00:49:26.50\00:49:28.76
the Bible is more
effective than any other
00:49:29.66\00:49:32.16
book, or all
other books combined.
00:49:32.16\00:49:34.73
This is why the
complete AYC experience can
00:49:35.86\00:49:38.83
actually enhance
your IQ, because we are
00:49:38.83\00:49:41.96
studying the Bible.
She says, the greatness of
00:49:41.96\00:49:44.40
its themes, the
dignified simplicity of
00:49:44.40\00:49:46.53
its utterances, the
beauty of its imagery,
00:49:46.53\00:49:49.16
quicken and uplift the
thoughts as nothing else
00:49:49.16\00:49:51.10
can. No other study
can impart such mental
00:49:51.10\00:49:54.10
power as does the
effort to grasp the
00:49:54.10\00:49:56.46
stupendous truths of Revelation.
00:49:56.46\00:49:58.50
The mind thus
brought in contact with the
00:49:59.46\00:50:01.10
thoughts of the
infinite cannot but expand and
00:50:01.10\00:50:03.83
strengthen. And so I
ask you they actually
00:50:03.83\00:50:08.80
I had, this is not a
comprehensive lecture on
00:50:10.56\00:50:12.53
improving your
IQ, I'm reaching the
00:50:12.53\00:50:14.10
highlights, but if
you want to get more
00:50:14.10\00:50:16.90
comprehensive
presentation I would
00:50:16.90\00:50:18.63
encourage you to do
what T. Colin Campbell
00:50:18.63\00:50:20.63
recommends. He is
the author of The China
00:50:20.63\00:50:23.13
Study, professor at
Cornell University in
00:50:23.13\00:50:27.70
nutritional biochemistry
and one of the most well
00:50:27.70\00:50:30.50
thought researcher
in America. And recently
00:50:30.50\00:50:33.73
well about a few
years ago he was interviewed
00:50:33.73\00:50:36.50
on February 24,
2005. He is not really a
00:50:36.50\00:50:39.90
Christian per se but a
member of our faith and
00:50:39.90\00:50:42.70
someone showed
him actually picked up
00:50:42.70\00:50:45.46
himself I believe
or someone showed him
00:50:45.46\00:50:47.30
some of the multiple
books written by Ellen
00:50:47.30\00:50:51.90
White. And he says I
am not aware of anyone
00:50:51.90\00:50:55.03
who was more on
point than Ellen White.
00:50:55.03\00:50:58.16
Given her background
she is truly an amazing
00:50:58.63\00:51:01.03
woman. I am
convinced that almost 100
00:51:01.03\00:51:04.00
percent of her
statements are now
00:51:04.00\00:51:05.80
substantially
supported by the scientific
00:51:05.80\00:51:08.00
evidence that has
been developed during the
00:51:08.00\00:51:09.73
past 2-3 decades.
And then he went on,
00:51:09.73\00:51:12.80
what I have come to
realize to even deeply
00:51:12.80\00:51:16.06
worry about is why it
is that this message of
00:51:16.06\00:51:19.10
Ellen White and
others has been so mislaid on
00:51:19.10\00:51:21.70
shelves out of sight.
It is abundantly clear to
00:51:21.70\00:51:26.23
me that now is the
time to bring this forward
00:51:26.23\00:51:28.63
in whatever way that
each of us are able to
00:51:28.63\00:51:32.46
do. So, I ask you
here this afternoon do you
00:51:32.46\00:51:36.43
want to be more
intelligent. Do you want
00:51:36.43\00:51:39.83
to be more
analytical? You want to make
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.70
better decisions? You
want to have a greater
00:51:42.70\00:51:45.20
capacity to empathize
with others, that's also
00:51:45.20\00:51:48.20
very much connected
with the frontal lobe of
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.00
the brain. You
want to have a better
00:51:50.00\00:51:52.13
discernment? You
want to have a greater
00:51:52.13\00:51:54.46
ability to see into
the future, to reason from
00:51:54.46\00:51:57.00
cause to effect? You
want to have a greater
00:51:57.00\00:51:59.50
ability to
overcome an addiction?
00:51:59.50\00:52:00.80
That also requires
an intact frontal lobe.
00:52:01.13\00:52:03.60
You want to have a
greater power to follow
00:52:04.30\00:52:05.90
your conscience and
finally do you want to be
00:52:05.90\00:52:08.90
more open to
understanding and doing
00:52:08.90\00:52:10.76
the will of God. If
you answer yes to any of
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these questions, I
would encourage you to
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review your life
habits and what you do on a
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daily basis and see
what you can do to change
00:52:20.20\00:52:23.90
your lifestyle to
optimize your brain
00:52:23.90\00:52:27.50
function, particularly
the frontal lobe of your
00:52:27.50\00:52:30.53
brain, your life is
in front of you and your
00:52:30.53\00:52:33.60
success and happiness
in this life is directly
00:52:33.60\00:52:36.96
dependent upon your
ability to make those
00:52:36.96\00:52:40.13
positive changes that
can also help the Holy
00:52:40.13\00:52:44.06
Spirit influence
you to a greater degree.
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Daniel chapter 1,
Daniel had a tremendous
00:52:46.20\00:52:50.40
disappointment in
his life and verse 8 says
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Daniel purposed in his
heart that he would not
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defile himself with
the King's meat nor with
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the wine which he
drink. Therefore he
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requested the prince
of the eunuchs that he
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might not defile
himself. Daniel purposed in
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his heart and other
way of saying that is
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Daniel stepped out in
faith and followed the
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Lord's plan. Now
some people might say well
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wait a minute we
don't have the King's meat.
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I saw right here in
Sydney, Australia Burger
00:53:19.13\00:53:22.80
King. I found, I
even saw a Dairy Queen,
00:53:22.80\00:53:28.40
there is lot of royal
food around here still,
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and so you have the
choice between the royal
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food or what the
culture is saying that
00:53:35.00\00:53:37.56
you should eat or
you have a choice of
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purposing in your
heart and like Daniel
00:53:40.30\00:53:43.30
stepping out in
faith. Verse 9 says,
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the Lord poured favor
and tender love into the
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prince of the eunuchs
for Daniel. And so who
00:53:51.50\00:53:57.00
was it that poured
that favor and tender love.
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It was the Lord who
poured at him in response
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to Daniel's faith.
Now another word for favor
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and tender love is
great, so Daniel stepped out
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in faith and the
Lord poured grace into his
00:54:09.90\00:54:12.83
life and the Lord
is wanting to pour more
00:54:12.83\00:54:16.56
grace into your life
and he is just waiting for
00:54:16.56\00:54:20.30
your to step out in
faith and follow his
00:54:20.30\00:54:23.00
plan. In ten days
the first and in fact the
00:54:23.00\00:54:27.16
American medical
association recently said
00:54:27.16\00:54:29.30
it's the first perspective
epidemiological study
00:54:29.30\00:54:32.23
ever recorded in
human history, in Daniel
00:54:32.23\00:54:34.73
chapter 1, in ten
days they were healthier,
00:54:34.73\00:54:37.66
they looked better
and in one year and half
00:54:37.93\00:54:40.80
their mental acuity
was far above what had
00:54:40.80\00:54:43.76
ever being
recorded there in Babylon.
00:54:43.76\00:54:45.63
Far better than
the highest IQ people,
00:54:46.03\00:54:48.10
not just Daniel but
anyone who participated
00:54:48.10\00:54:50.90
in Daniel's program.
In fact Ellen White says
00:54:50.90\00:54:54.90
this, "dear youth,
God calls upon you to do a
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work which through
his grace you can do."
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Who is she writing
this to? The youth,
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I thought the
health message was just for
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people that were
old and starting to get
00:55:07.13\00:55:08.86
disease. Now, the
health message was much
00:55:08.86\00:55:11.96
more for the young
people than it was the
00:55:11.96\00:55:13.76
older people but
here is what else she says
00:55:13.76\00:55:16.00
show a purity of
tastes, appetite and habits that
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bears comparison
with who? Daniel's.
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God will reward you
she says with four things,
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calm nerves, a
clear brain, unimpaired
00:55:26.20\00:55:30.26
judgment, keen
perceptions. The youth of
00:55:30.26\00:55:34.40
today whose
principles are firm and
00:55:34.40\00:55:36.76
unwavering will be
blessed with health of
00:55:36.76\00:55:40.63
body, mind, and
soul. And I am seeing many
00:55:40.63\00:55:44.80
young people take
hold of this message more
00:55:44.80\00:55:46.93
than just less
fortunately, then I told
00:55:46.93\00:55:48.86
you in the story of,
to begin with, who is now
00:55:48.86\00:55:52.60
in medical school
following the Lord's will
00:55:52.60\00:55:55.40
and will be
powerfully used of God.
00:55:55.40\00:55:57.46
The wisest man who
ever lived said, wisdom
00:55:57.86\00:56:00.16
is better than
rubies, and he had lots of
00:56:00.16\00:56:03.30
rubies, lots of riches
in fact he is estimated to
00:56:03.30\00:56:06.20
be the richest ever
that walked the planet,
00:56:06.20\00:56:09.63
as far as the amount
of money in the total
00:56:09.63\00:56:11.90
monetary supply.
That's how you measure
00:56:11.90\00:56:13.76
wealth. And he says
if you have a choice
00:56:13.76\00:56:17.40
between rubies and
wisdom what should you
00:56:17.40\00:56:19.10
choose? Wisdom, and
then he says all the
00:56:19.10\00:56:23.50
things that may be
desired are not to be
00:56:23.50\00:56:25.36
compared to it.
Whatever it is that your heart
00:56:25.36\00:56:28.20
desires, there
is something equally
00:56:28.20\00:56:31.10
important or more
important and that is
00:56:31.10\00:56:34.10
wisdom. I will
close with a couple of
00:56:34.10\00:56:38.63
statements by the
pen of Ellen White.
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Be determined to
become as useful and
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.46
efficient as God
calls you to be. Be thorough
00:56:43.46\00:56:47.13
and faithful in
whatever you undertake.
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Procure every
advantage within your reach for
00:56:50.90\00:56:54.63
the strengthening of
the intellect. And then a
00:56:54.63\00:56:59.13
wonderful promise
that she tells us.
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The Lord has given
man capacity for what
00:57:01.70\00:57:04.50
type of improvement? Continual
00:57:04.50\00:57:06.96
improvement, he
has created us for the
00:57:06.96\00:57:09.90
potential for
continual improvement,
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in fact I have to
remind people sometime the
00:57:11.90\00:57:14.03
biggest room in the
world is the room for
00:57:14.03\00:57:16.80
improvement. And so
don't get discouraged,
00:57:16.80\00:57:19.56
there is room for
improvement for you as
00:57:19.56\00:57:22.06
well and the Lord has
given you the capacity
00:57:22.06\00:57:24.33
for continual
improvement, has granted
00:57:24.33\00:57:26.43
all possible aid in the
work. And then this very
00:57:26.43\00:57:29.10
interesting statement
through the provision of
00:57:29.10\00:57:30.96
divine grace we may
attain almost to the
00:57:30.96\00:57:35.46
excellence of what?
Angels. Almost to the
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excellence of unfallen,
very intelligent beings.
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If we step out in
faith and follow the Lord's
00:57:46.13\00:57:49.36
plan for continual improvement.
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