II Chronicles
chapter 29 and verse 16
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states: "And the priest
went into the inner part
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of the house of
the Lord to cleanse it
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and brought out all uncleanness
in the temple of the Lord. "
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The parallels of
God's temple and our bodies
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being the temple of God
are astounding. Imagine!
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The priest would go into
the inner part of the temple
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and they would cleanse it
and they would bring out all
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the things that were unclean.
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Hi. I'm Rico Hill
and I'm the host of
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From Sickness to
Health and I'm joined by
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the enemy of health, the
blue guy... Sickness himself.
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That's me. Today we're
going to be talking about
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something nobody
wants to talk about.
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Isn't that right Sickness? Look,
I don't want to talk about it.
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Yes, yes... I know you
don't want to talk about it.
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But it's something
that affects so many people
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and they don't even
know it. Ignorance is bliss!
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In fact, it is
estimated that 63 million people
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in North America will
experience it at some point
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in their lifetime. Now
this is a small problem
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that leads to...
leads to embarrassment.
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Socially awkward
moments like right now.
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Discussing other
people's business...
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That's why they call
it "doing YOUR business"
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because it's not
other people's business.
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So the topic today is that...
is people should have the right
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to choose to go to
the bathroom or not.
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Actually is the
constitution of constipation.
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I can't believe we're talking
about constipation! Why not?
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Because it's none
of their business.
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If people want to do
#2 it's a private matter.
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Look, some of us want to
use the bathroom 1 time a week.
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That's OUR
business. Wait a minute.
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Number 2's are private.
Wait a minute... wait a minute.
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I think you're talking
about yourself, aren't you?
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You're talking about yourself.
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No habla espaņol...
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Ah yes! That's
it... you're constipated.
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That's why you're
so grumpy. That's it!
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No entiendo senor.
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All right, I'll tell you
what: we're going to talk today
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about this touchy subject
and hopefully we're going to
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get him some help and
get you some information.
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Stay tuned. Roll it.
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Well thank you for
joining us here in the studio.
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I know by now you
know that we have a very
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fascinating topic today.
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Well, joining me here in
the studio is our good friend
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Dr. Jim Said who
is a board-certified
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chiropractor - if I could
just get that out of my mouth -
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and a naturopathic
doctor. And he is a friend to
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this program. But today we
have someone else joining us.
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We also have a friend of
mine: Vera Onkoba. She is a
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registered nurse. She's
one who is on the front lines
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as it were seeing all the things
that are happening in the ICU
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where she works. So I know
that she has some things that
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she can share with
us regarding this topic
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that will be
riveting. So with that said
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I welcome both of you
to From Sickness to Health
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as we talk about constipation.
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Thank you! Now before
we get into this topic
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we know that millions of
people are affected by it
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and it's that sensitive topic
that no one wants to talk about,
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right? Right. But
today we must talk about it
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because I think there's a
lot of help for people out there
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and we're going to get
into the topic. But before we do
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we want to give our
friend Sickness an opportunity.
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We gave him a camera.
He's out and he's talking -
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not with people,
we'll see that later on -
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but he is out there and he
has something that he wants us
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to see on this. So let's
take a look at the monitor here.
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THIS is a normal toilet.
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When the plumbing gets
backed up the toilet overflows
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and the elimination
system stops working...
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much like the human body.
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It's quite amazing. When
people eat their meats and their
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cheeses and not a lot of
fiber it all gets backed up
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and makes them much
more prone to sickness.
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Take this guy for instance.
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Look at him... he's all in pain.
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He decided to
enjoy some delicious food
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and let it marinate for
a few weeks in his bowels.
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Oh man! Now he's all clogged up.
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That's the
beauty of constipation.
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I bet you wish you
didn't eat all that cheese now,
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don't you? Back to you Rico.
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Well well well...
I tell you, you know.
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Imagine that! Many
diseases begin in the gut.
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Doctor, what do we
have to say about this?
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Oh boy. A lot, right? A lot.
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What people don't realize
is the significance of the gut.
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It is hardwired to the brain,
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to the immune system, to the
glandular or endocrine system,
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and to the psyche. So
what happens in our gut
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affects how we
think and how we feel.
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That in some circles this
is pretty much who we are.
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That's who you are
as the character. Yes.
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So if you're thinking
lousy and feeling lousy
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then you are...
dare I say? lousy.
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Well we want to help people
change that for their situation,
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right? Amen. So go ahead.
Let me give a concept. OK.
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When we eat, our body
has to digest that food -
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that is, break it
down into small foodstuffs,
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small molecules - that
can go across the gut wall
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and be put back together
as components of our body
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and build our
tissues, our cells,
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our glands, our hormones, etc.
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Getting it into the
body and across the gut wall
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is a major task. In fact
I call it a violent action
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in the body. Because if you
could see the cauldron of what's
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going on in the
small intestines especially
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and the stomach, there's
a major churning going on
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to break down that
food into small constituents
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that we can take into the body.
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Now, our food has in it fiber,
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vitamins, minerals, proteins,
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carbohydrates, fats...
these are all parts of food.
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If we take
those out of the food,
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the food doesn't have in
it what the body requires
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to digest and
assimilate and use that food.
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Which leads then
to constipation. Yes.
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But I think what we need
to do for our audience is
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define what is constipation
because you know why?
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Vera, not that we turn to
you on this particular point,
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but I'm turning to you
on this particular point.
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People don't
understand what constipation is.
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They figure if I go to the
bathroom at least a couple times
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a week I'm not constipated.
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I go to the bathroom.
Or even if I go once a day
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I'm not
constipated. Is that true?
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That's not true.
Why is it not true?
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Well because the body is
created in a way that it's
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supposed to eliminate
as it takes in as well.
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So as you take in food
that food should be leaving.
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Right. So is that a fair
assessment that with every meal
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there should be a
corresponding movement?
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Elimination is called
the gastrocolic reflex
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from the stomach to the colon.
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So as we take food in
we have to make room for it
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and now we eliminate
what we no longer need.
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And by the time the
food hits the stomach
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to the time it's eliminated
is on average about 36 hours.
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OK. So after every meal
the body is designed to have
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a normal evacuation.
Ask any baby how they work.
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That's right! A baby has a
meal they have a corresponding
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bowel movement.
Exactly. So if we're not having
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bowel movements as we saw from
what Sickness just showed us
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then a person is clogged
up or as he put it "backed up"
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clogged up like a toilet - yes -
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and you become a
little septic? A little toxic?
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What happens? You
become auto-intoxicated.
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Auto-intoxicated? When I hear
intoxicated that sounds like
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drunk. Like from?
People are thinking
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intoxication? Auto-intoxication?
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What is that exactly?
The body in eliminating
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has bacteria that are designed
to digest out what we can't use
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in the body...
we can't assimilate.
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For example: fiber which
is also called cellulose.
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So our bacteria have enzymes
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cellulase - um-hmm -
that breaks down the fiber.
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That's... the
fiber's their food.
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If we're not giving
fiber to those bacteria,
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they're not fed.
And if they're not fed,
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they're not colonizing the gut.
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And a great part of the stool
is made up of dead bacteria.
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Of dead bacteria? Yes.
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Hold that thought right
there. Vera, you're working in
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intensive care, are you seeing
people come who are constipated?
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I think you have some stories
about some real-life issues
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with constipation... people
who have ended up in the ER.
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Is that right? Absolutely.
I want you both to hold that
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thought. We're going to hear
what you have to say, but let's
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take a listen from this
video and see what some people
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who are on the news are
saying. Let's take a look.
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You know what I hear on my
website and I know you do too.
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I'm just going to
get like down with it:
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women can't poop and
that's all I hear. Right.
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"How can I go to the bathroom? "
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Why is everybody so constipated?
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I think it's from the onslaught
of what you talk about.
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We talk about this
issue a lot and all bloating.
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I feel like we're
on the phone. I know.
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But the issue is it's the
onslaught of what you talk about
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in the book Sexy Forever.
It's the toxins in the food
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that we're eating. It's
too many prescribed antibiotics
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that kill all the friendly bac-
teria in our digestive tracts.
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I read a study
recently... It kills everything.
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So when it kills the
friendly bacteria then does the
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bad bacteria take
over? And what does it do?
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What happens is
imagine this much bacteria
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in that digestive tube.
It's about the size of a brick.
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So just saying you have
two rounds of antibiotics.
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It kills all the
friendly bacteria.
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So the bad guys are
there, too, and the yeast
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and they proliferate in the
digestive tract too and they
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create fermentation. And
what do people feel? Bloating.
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And they also produce alcohol
which gives people brain fog
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and they don't even drink!
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Whoa! Well, we see here that
this is a big problem. Right.
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And according to this news clip
or this little clip we just saw
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it's affecting women quite a
bit to the point where there's
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bloating and
there's all types of issues.
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Is this something
you're seeing in your practice?
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Is this what you're
seeing in the hospital?
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First you, Dr. Said.
Yes. Especially women
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around menopause. What
happens around that time of life
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is what's called the intrinsic
factor, and the stomach starts
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to go down... meaning they can't
digest proteins efficiently.
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When they can't
digest proteins efficiently
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they will sit longer
in the gut and ferment.
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Actually they
rot... they putrify.
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And sugars stay
too long and ferment -
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ferment, yes -
turning into gas and bloating.
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Constipation is a
necessary result of that process
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because those proteins are
not going all the way through.
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Also if a person is taking
antibiotics as we well know
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their gut flora is wiped out.
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It's destroyed. That's what
we just heard in the clip. Yes.
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OK. So it interferes
with the process of the flora
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the microbes digesting fiber
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to turn into eliminative waste.
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So constipation is a
necessary result of that.
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And I see that
consistently in practice.
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Also, if people are eating
foods that are not only low
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in fiber but also allergic or
hyper sensitive to their bodies.
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Like for example eggs and
dairy and soybeans and wheat.
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These are common allergens
or hyper sensitive food.
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And let's break down
dairy 'cause we're talking about
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ice cream - dairy,
cheese on our pizza.
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Dairy, yes? Yes. So these
are the things. Milk, right?
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These are our dairy
products. Dairy products.
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Wheat like in the
pizza dough and bread.
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A lot of times they're putting
cheese inside the dough now.
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Yes. OK. Sadly.
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So we start taking in these
foods to which we respond by
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inflammation.
Now the gut inflames,
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and when the gut inflames we
can't digest foods efficiently.
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So wait a minute here.
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Most people think that
if I just have some fiber -
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you know, over-the-counter
fiber... whatever -
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I can actually
have good elimination.
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But you're saying
that's not the case.
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No. That's not the
whole story at all.
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OK... all right.
Well the story, I'm sure,
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plays out often in your work
because you have people who are
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showing up. And I think you have
a story that you were telling me
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about. What was this?
Yeah, I think one of the most
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recent experiences that I
had was a patient who came in
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who was completely backed up
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and came in with constipation.
And as a result of how
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toxic her environment was
she actually went into complete
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failure of all
her different organs.
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Did she live? The sad
thing is she passed on
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but after so many different
measures that we had to
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try and do to save her life.
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But her entire colon system
was completely clogged up.
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And I think it was for me
something that really helped me
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understand the seriousness
of how constipation is really
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an issue. We want to
hear what people are saying
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and thinking on the
street. But before we do that
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let's get a sense from you both.
What's causing constipation?
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What is causing people
to not be able to eliminate
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properly? Is it food?
Is it diet? Is it exercise?
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Not enough water? What?
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Yes. Just yes? A simple answer.
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We need water. 75%
of the stool is water.
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75% of the stool is
water. We need exercise.
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Exercise is essential
for movement of the gut,
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for movement of the
liver, for digestion efficiency.
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We need food high in
fiber that is plant-based diet.
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Does meat have fiber? No.
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No meat has fiber? No.
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So plant-based... we're talking
about things from the garden
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again. Yes. OK.
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And things from the garden
that we can digest without
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a reaction allergically
or hyper sensitively.
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So nothing that
triggers inflammation
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otherwise inflammation
will slow things down.
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Narcotics slow down the
gut. Morphine for example.
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Some of these strong pain
killers will paralyze the gut.
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So these are
very serious issues.
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As I mentioned, if a woman
is perimenopausal it's an issue.
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So we need to deal with
also enzymes from the pancreas,
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B12, these kinds of needs
nutritionally for some people
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to support their
digestive efficiency.
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Oh boy. Now some people are
going to be a little hot about
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this one: snacking. Ooh!
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Snacking. I'm glad you asked.
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The body requires
four hours between meals
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to complete the digestive
sequence of the meal we ate.
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Now, if we snack or chew gum
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or do anything
that has to be digested
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or swallowed that is a food or
the body perceives it as a food
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we now interrupt
the digestive process
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so food that's trying to
get digested never finishes.
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Now many people
out there are thinking:
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"Well I don't usually snack"
because they think snacks are
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some cookies or
cakes and things like that.
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But snacking... that's
not what we mean, do we Vera?
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Right. Snacking can be what?
Chewing gum like he mentioned.
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Or, you know, drinking juice.
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Between a major meal
anything that you take in
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is actually considered snacking.
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Because you should have
one full meal and you wait
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until the next one. Correct.
But a lot of times people think
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"It's a couple of hours later...
I'll have something light
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as a snack. "
There's a fallacy to that
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because we never finish
digesting the last meal.
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So now we set ourselves up
for allergy or hyper sensitive
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reactions to foods,
incomplete digestion,
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incomplete
protein assimilation. Wow!
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And we now set ourselves up
for even auto immune conditions
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that attack the
body. It's very serious.
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You know, I always like to
say when I share health talks
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with people I say:
"You know, never invite
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a guest into your house
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that doesn't want to leave
or doesn't know when to leave
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because this body is a
house, isn't it? Right.
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We're going to look at
that from the scriptures
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to see just how
this body is a temple.
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But why don't we turn to
the monitor, and let's see
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what people are
saying on the streets.
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Mark, I want to ask you
about... how do we say this?
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Constipation.
Umm... not a good thing.
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Backed up... can't release.
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But you have all that goodness
in you, just get to enjoy it
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for a few hours longer.
Don't want to hold all that in.
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Why wouldn't you
want to hold it in?
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Hold in all the extra
goodness? Not a good thing.
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How often do you think we should
have to go to the bathroom?
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Oh twice a day at least.
Twice a day? That's disgusting!
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What about once a week? Unh-um.
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I'm trying to get people
to go on the once a week plan.
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Mark, will you sign up for the
once a week go to the bathroom
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plan? Ooh... Just
gonna hold it in. No.
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Ah man, I need
you to do this for me.
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A few days?
There's no way. Ah, man!
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How often do you go to the
bathroom? Let's get a little
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personal. Maybe like
three or four times a day?
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She's disgusting. Can
you give me a real answer?
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I mean it depends on
how much coffee I drink.
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I might be on
there ten times a day!
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I don't really want to
know about your business - OK -
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except right now. Um-hmm.
What do you think about goin'
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you know #2? Once a week?
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Oh no! Oh no... that's right.
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Once every two weeks? Oh no.
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Well what are we
talking? Just be honest.
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Daily... daily! Daily?
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Twice a day. You are getting
more disgusting by the moment!
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OK... I'm in good company.
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Oh, you mean I'm
disgusting too, huh?
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Well that's just
wonderful. Um-hmm.
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Yep, it's the blues. People
were not "moved" by this topic!
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They wanted to
eliminate the conversation.
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The business of
doing your business
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was not
interesting. Back to you, Rico.
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Well, we've heard
it from the street.
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I don't know if
it's credible, though.
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So let's take this
more down the spiritual path
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because as I mentioned
just before we went to the...
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the man on the
street and Sickness
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they're sharing with us
what people are saying there.
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I mentioned that
this body is like a house,
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and we don't want things to
come in that don't know when
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to leave... like cheese.
Like different types of meat
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that don't have fiber.
Let's turn to the scriptures
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because it talks about
this body being a temple
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or a building... but not just
any kind of building - right -
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but a building where who wants
to live? God wants to live.
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So let's take a look. Amen.
Let's turn to II Corinthians.
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II Corinthians
chapter 6 and verse 16.
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And I'm going to read
from the King James version
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of the Bible. And it says:
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Now early on in the program
you said that we're hardwired.
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That we are more
than just a body.
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There are other
dynamics at work here, right?
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Absolutely. Talk about
that and I'm going to want to go
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to you, Vera. I'll
give you an example.
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We know full well that the
gut is hardwired to the brain.
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We see this in
autistic children for example.
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When we change their
diets we start seeing their
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temperaments change. We
see it in ADD kids routinely.
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But it's deeper than
that. If our gut is toxic,
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then that toxic material
must process through the liver.
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The liver gets overwhelmed.
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.69
It has to process through the
kidneys. They get overwhelmed.
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It processes the
lymphatics in the skin.
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All the while the brain is also
having to contend with this.
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They don't get enough
sleep: the brain can't detoxify.
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This is known
science. When this happens
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then we become so
clouded in our thinking -
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foggy headed... we
can't think clearly -
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that even when we hear the
Word of God we can't discern
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its meaning. We can't
hear that still small voice
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and respond.
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Whoa. Nor can we appreciate
the atoning sacrifice of Christ
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and the value of His
blood. What a thought!
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Now Vera, I think
what we're hearing here:
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if you're backed up physically
then you may be backed up
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in these other two
areas of man's make up.
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Yes. And I believe it's
because when God made man
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He made him mind
and body and spirit.
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And when God talks about healing
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He wants a whole
man... not just physical
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but He also wants spiritual
healing and mental healing.
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And this is what's
so valuable about health
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and even the principles
found in the scriptures is
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to help tie the whole man.
And one of my favorite verses
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in the book of
Ephesians chapter 2 verses 19-22
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if we can turn there is
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the promise of why the
body is made the way it is
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and what God seeks to
do as a result of us being
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cleansed spiritually,
physically, mentally.
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Ephesians 2:19-22:
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"So then you are no
longer strangers and aliens
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but you are fellow citizens
with the saints and the members
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of the household of God.
Built on the foundation of
00:23:54.66\00:23:57.53
the apostles and
prophets, Christ Jesus Himself
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.27
being the Cornerstone.
In whom the whole structure
00:24:00.47\00:24:03.10
being joined together
grows into a holy temple
00:24:03.30\00:24:06.61
in the Lord. In Him
you also are being built
00:24:06.81\00:24:10.38
together into a
dwelling place for God
00:24:10.58\00:24:13.38
by the Spirit. " That is
a powerful text and concept!
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Can you believe it?
We're built up as a house.
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Ah, we could go on all
day but our time is done.
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You're going to have to just
join us the next time here on
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From Sickness to Health. We
look forward to the next time
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when we bring the physical
and the spiritual together.
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You know, I remember the
first time that my doctor
00:24:35.74\00:24:38.04
asked me how
often I did my business.
00:24:38.34\00:24:40.78
I have to admit I thought
it was a little inappropriate.
00:24:40.98\00:24:43.35
At the same time I
realized that talking openly
00:24:43.75\00:24:46.82
about your bathroom
habits is very important.
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We don't want you
to be constipated.
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There... I've said
it. Yep, you've said it.
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That's right. Sharing
your business has brought this
00:24:56.73\00:24:59.89
program to rock bottom.
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.16
It had to be
discussed. Hey... nonetheless
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.03
people don't care.
We love our cheese.
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We love our pizza... our
hamburgers, our french fries.
00:25:07.50\00:25:09.87
We hate veggies,
and you know what?
00:25:10.07\00:25:11.77
When it is a
problem take a laxative
00:25:11.97\00:25:14.34
or an enema or
leave it in there.
00:25:14.54\00:25:16.78
Or leave it in there?
Not if you believe that your
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body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit
00:25:20.28\00:25:22.72
and that God
wants to dwell in you.
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Well, that's our time for today.
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I'm Rico Hill...
I'm cramping up here...
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and this has been our
show. We'll see you next time.
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You're cramping up?
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