In John chapter 8 and
verse 12 the Bible reads:
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"Then spake
Jesus unto them saying:
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'I am the Light of the
world. He that followeth Me
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shall not walk in darkness
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but shall have
the light of life. ' "
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Praise the Lord everyone
and welcome to From Sickness
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To Health. I'm
your host Rico Hill
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and this is my co-host,
the blue guy, also known as
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Sickness. Not
time for all those.
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Here... take
these... quick. What is this?
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It's sunglasses,
sun block, and a hat.
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Hurry... it's
coming. Put them on.
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Ah, it's coming, it's
coming! What... what is coming?
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The S-U-N. The sun is coming
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and you're going
to die of skin cancer.
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So you're concerned that
I'm going to get skin cancer.
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You? No, not really.
Look: I am scaring these people
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to death. Play along please.
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I'm not playing along because
if you're trying to conceal
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the fact that there are
healing and health properties
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in the sun then you know
what? You've got the wrong guy.
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Oh no! Rico, your
brain is already fried!
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You're not even making
sense. I'M not making sense?
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You're telling people that they
need to be afraid of the sun
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and not go
outside and experience it
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then guess what? I
think something has happened
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to YOUR brain. But we're
going to tell you that there is
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absolutely healing
and health benefits
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to the sun and you
need not be afraid of it.
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You don't have to
be afraid of the sun.
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Or do you? Roll it!
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Hello and welcome
to the program today.
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This is From Sickness To Health
and I am your host Rico Hill.
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I thank you for
joining us here in the studio.
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Today we have a riveting
program to share with you.
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We're going to be talking
about sunshine or sunlight.
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A lot of misconceptions
about this, a lot of myths.
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And joining me here in
the studio to talk about it
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I have Dr. Schubert Palmer
who is chair of the cardiology
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department there at
White Memorial Medical Center
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in Los Angeles, California.
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He is also an author. He
is a minister of the gospel
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so we're going to perfectly
blend these things together
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as we talk about health
as it relates to sunshine.
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But also joining
us we have with us
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a good friend, Namiko Madden,
who is a health evangelist.
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And he has some
really insightful things
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from scripture to
share with us as well.
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So... welcome to
the program, gentlemen.
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Let's jump right in, shall
we? All right, let's talk about
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this: sunshine. People
are afraid of the sun, yes?
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Um-hmm. It's recommended
by a lot of dermatologists.
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Some doctors put on copious
amounts of SPF something or
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another to cover the
skin. Yes? Yes... right.
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Before we get into all
the things that we can share -
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the health benefits and
some other facts about the sun -
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let's give... we want
to be fair and balanced...
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let's give our friend
Sickness an opportunity
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to share some
things... what he's found out.
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Let's hear from him.
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Thank you Rico.
Aah... look at her.
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Nice and cozy in the daytime
because she worked all night.
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I love people
that work all night.
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You know, those
who work at night...
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They call it the graveyard shift
and there's a reason for that:
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because it gets you to
the grave that much quicker.
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Those working all night and
sleeping all day... they don't
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experience the healing
benefits of the sunshine.
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And then when they do
try and go into the sunshine
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they take their
sunglasses and their sunscreen
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to, get this: block out the sun.
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Sleep on, night
owl! Sleep the day away.
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Back to you Rico.
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Well, so according to Sickness
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I mean people are... you
know... they're working at night
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and they're sleeping during
the day. They're not getting
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the benefits that you were
just starting to talk about.
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So we want to... I think we
should let those people know
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that there are some things that
they could really benefit from
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by actually getting out in
the sun. You were starting with
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some of the things that
have to do with the heart.
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Can you continue that? Yes,
some interesting research that's
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just mind boggling - they're
still trying to sort out -
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is looking at some of the
effects between say vitamin D
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which we have talked
how it ties in with the sun
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and what it has to
do with heart disease.
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They have found that
in the non-Hispanic white
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and the Chinese population
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if your vitamin D levels -
which they generally have a
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higher level... baseline -
if their levels are very low,
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their chances of getting
heart disease or heart attacks
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are off the chart.
Interestingly, it's not the same
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with blacks and Hispanics
whose levels are typically low
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to begin with. Um-hmm. So
there is a lot of information
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that's coming out now about
vitamin D and it's relationship
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to heart disease and
a host of other things.
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Congestive heart
failure. Again, on my street.
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There is a direct link,
and we're not quite sure
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how the link all works... but
there is a very definite link.
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A link. Those who
spend more time in the sun
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have better heart health.
Is that what you're saying?
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That's what would be
you would translate to, yes.
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Excellent... continue.
Now whenever you talk about
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sunlight you have to
talk about vitamin D.
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It's like one of the
most important elements.
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And vitamin D, it's kind of
interesting how you can make it.
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It is... The body makes it.
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It needs cholesterol. Oh
wait a minute. So it doesn't
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come from the sun?
Because you always hear people
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if we had an in-studio audience
if I were to have them raise
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their hand and say
"How many of you believe
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vitamin D comes
directly from the sun? "
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I believe more than half
would say: "Yes, it comes from
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the sun. " But it doesn't
actually come from the sun.
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There is a process
that takes place by being
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exposed to the sun.
Talk about that as you go on.
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Right under your skin as the
sunlight hits the cholesterol
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that is there, it gets
converted to - by a process -
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ultimately to vitamin D.
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Vitamin D is a hormone
essential for a host of things.
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It slows down the growth of
tumor cells for example. Oh wow!
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And we will talk about
the interesting correlation
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between countries, or even here
in the US where we are filming,
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where there is
the winter belt season
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you can see colon
cancer is off the chart.
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Winter belt season?
What is that exactly?
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Well maybe I made up the word
winter belt... but coming from
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California, you know, the
rest of the country is winter.
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Amen, brother. So
anyway when you look at
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Michigan and going across where
you have long winters - yes -
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you can find a direct
correlation with the rate of
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colon cancer and a
host of other cancers.
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So researchers
started to figure out: "Well,
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what could be
happening? " And it was obvious
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you know. As
they traced the path
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they found that
the vitamin D itself...
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This kind of led to
this research that has now
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tied vitamin D to
cancer prevention if you will.
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Wow! And you know what?
It's interesting that you should
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say that because
in just a few moments
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we're actually going to
show a newsclip that shows
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the value of sunlight and
vitamin D in fighting cancer.
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But before that, we want
to continue the discussion
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and I want to bring
Nwamiko into the conversation.
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There are some facts
about sunlight and sunshine.
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Can you share
some of those with us?
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Right. I did some research on
sunlight because I was preparing
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a presentation. And one
of the most amazing things
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that we in science... or
I shouldn't say we 'cause
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I'm not really a scientist...
but science doesn't completely
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understand what light is. I
mean, when you think about it
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it's like it
can make plants grow
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and it can kill bacteria. Wow!
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It can blind you but it's
also what allows us to see.
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And recently one of the
things that they discovered
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is that the wavelengths
of light are actually -
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and this is not the
heat... the actual light -
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will energize your mitochondria.
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So your mitochondria
are the cells, excuse me,
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the battery... the powering
engine for your cells, you know.
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So light
energizes your mitochondria.
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Which helps us to do what?
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Well it helps your
body cells to operate. OK.
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Your body is made up
of the cells that it has
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and the cells are all
doing different things.
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And when you have more energy
when the cells have more energy
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it gets better function. So
I was preparing a presentation
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because I wanted to know where
the cancer rates were the lowest
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across the board
in the United States.
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And you might be interested
to know because this is your
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home state - oh, OK -
but the state of Arizona
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across the board actually
has the lowest rate of cancer.
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Wait a minute; wait a
minute; wait a minute.
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This is confusing everybody
because everyone's been
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told that if you're
getting too much sunlight
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or sunshine and if you're
in a state where there's a lot
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of it, there's gotta be a higher
incidence of skin cancer, right?
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But hold on...
hold that thought. OK.
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Let's see what the news is
saying, and then we'll come back
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and we'll pick it up
there, all right? OK.
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So let's take a look.
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We've known for many
years that a lack of vitamins
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can lead to sickness,
but now an eye-opening study
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is linking vitamin
D and cancer in a way
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we've never seen before.
Morning anchor Anita Bland
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explains why the common
nutrient has never had so much
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potential. It's NEW AT 6.
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The studies just keep
coming; the evidence mounting.
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Low levels of vitamin D
are now linked to so many
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illnesses from breast,
colon, and prostate cancer,
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type I diabetes and asthma,
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to multiple
sclerosis and heart disease.
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I even think of vitamin
D as the fountain of youth
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if you will in that
it allows us to age well.
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That's the hope, and nowhere
is the evidence more compelling
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than here in this
laboratory completely devoted
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to research on vitamin D.
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Take a look at this flask. These
are human breast cancer cells
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taken from a woman
who had breast cancer.
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Now watch what happens when you
add a potent form of vitamin D.
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They appear to
just shrivel up and die.
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The longer they are treated
with vitamin D the more of an
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affect we see. What happens is
that vitamin D enters the cells
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and it triggers
the cell death process.
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It's similar to what we
see when we treat cells with
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tamoxifen: a drug used
to treat breast cancer now.
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And when researchers
took human breast cancer cells
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and injected them into mice,
well the tumors in those mice
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given vitamin D drastically
decreased or disappeared.
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Whoa... I am blown away!
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You mean to tell
me? Did you hear that?
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The longer someone is
treated with vitamin D
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the less chance the
cancer has to stand against it.
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Um-hmm. That's
amazing! Yes it is!
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So why are we so
afraid of the sun?
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And even more spectacular in
my mind is 20 min. of sunshine
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talking about the vitamin D
that an average person would get
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that would be the... to
get that amount from eggs
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you'd have to eat 100 eggs.
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Hmm. Sounded like
you said 100 eggs.
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Oh yes. Well you know
it's interesting. They measure
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the amount of sunlight or
vitamin D in international
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units, is that right?
Um-hmm. And I've seen that
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when you just get
that 15 to 20 minutes
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of sunlight it's like 10,000
international units. Right.
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And I think with supplementation
you can really only kind of get
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about 2,000 to 5,000 in
a dosage. Is that right?
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Well they can
sometimes make mega-doses...
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You can make mega
doses? But then again, you have
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to be careful.
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Oh, what's the... What's
the cautionary tale there?
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You can have too
much of a good thing.
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Better to get is from the source
and get it in the time that
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you need to get it. And I
would say also: get it for free
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because sunlight is free and
you don't have to pay for it.
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You know what? Whereas when
you contrast with the vitamin
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that you have to pay
for you understand you just
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definitely want to
be easy on the wallet.
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But what's really interesting,
tying it with what we were
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saying before, is that
your home state of Arizona
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is the state which has
the lowest rates of cancer
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according to the
CDC, right? Uh-huh.
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But I thought about that and
I was like: "That's interesting.
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I wonder why. " And I
did some more research
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and I found out that
Arizona is actually the state
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which has the most amount
of sunlight hours in the year
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out of all states.
Well, you know, I can attest
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to that because it is the
hottest place I've ever seen.
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I never have understood
why a place that gets so hot
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can also then get so
cold. But whether hot or cold
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you've got sunlight - yes -
and that's a beautiful thing.
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But I was going to say earlier
that the sunlight IS FREE!
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It's absolutely free.
And I was looking at the cost
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of just buying the
vitamin D supplementation...
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you know, supplements.
It's expensive! Um-hmm.
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And you can only get some
for a little bit of a time.
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So we want to do what God
has already prepared for us...
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and it is free. I think what
we... I just need to interject.
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As a physician
here, having said all that
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you know, there are
cases where the supplementation
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is
appropriate... it's indicated.
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You know, sometimes just
thinking where the weather
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does not permit
to have the sunshine.
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You need to do
what you have to do.
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But you can't be free.
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Now, doc, you just brought
up a good point. Now sometimes
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there is a need
for supplementation
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but better to get the free.
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What would be an indicator? Now
can you check your vitamin D?
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Could you just know it? Or what
do you have to do to find out?
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Remove the guesswork.
You can have your physician
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or your care
provider do a vitamin D level.
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And that's through blood
work? And that's a blood test.
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OK? Yes. Simple blood test.
And there are numbers, right?
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If you are somewhere between
25 and 50 that's a good number?
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The numbers are
supposed to be like 30 to 100
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or some folk might
might say 40 to 100.
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And if you know you've
not been... For example,
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I work in the hospital
so a lot of the nurses,
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you know, graveyard shift.
And in the graveyard shift
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most of the time you go
home you never see any sunlight.
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I have some friends
that have been near death
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because their vitamin D
levels were down to zero.
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And yes, they had to be
in the sunshine and they had
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to get supplements in that case.
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Wow! Wow! The point is it
happens, and it is one of the
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most frequently
underdiagnosed conditions.
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Hmm! 'Cause most people
don't know their levels.
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Absolutely. Unless you ask your
doctor to actually test for that
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you wouldn't know. That
is correct. Is that right?
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That is correct.
So how much sunshine
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should someone get?
Because we want to be balanced
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and we want to be correct in
what we're talking about here.
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But we don't want to tell
people: "just go out there and
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spend all day on
their yacht" - right?
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Um, so... Hold on a second.
We want to make sure that people
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are getting a healthy
balanced amount of time
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for sun exposure and not
something that's going to be
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unhealthy. So what is the
right amount of time that?
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You mentioned 20
minutes. Is that for everybody?
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No it's not.
Sunshine or sunlight has...
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The process, you know...
Some folks come endowed with
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more melanin than
others... the skin coloring. OK.
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So the more melanin
the darker skinned you are.
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the longer it takes for
the sunlight to penetrate,
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to get through, to do
its work with the cholesterol
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under your skin. So,
doc, I need a little more
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than say Mwamiko, is that right?
Actually it's the other way
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around. He looks a
little darker than you.
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So he needs more - yes, yes
- he needs more than I need.
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Right. OK... OK. So...
And if you are fair skinned
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15-20 minutes is
considered adequate.
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If you are darker skinned then
that might need to be pushed up
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over half an hour
or more... to an hour.
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Aah... OK. Now I want to
continue this, but let's...
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We've heard what we
are talking about here
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and we've gotten some
understanding, but then
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we looked at the newsclip. Got
some understanding from that.
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We should revisit that
as it relates to cancer.
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But let's see what people
are saying on the streets.
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Sickness is out there.
Let's see what they have to say.
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Now I've got blue skin.
You've got a little darker skin
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than I do. Maybe I
need some more sunshine
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so I can get some skin cancer.
What do you think of the sun?
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Spending time in the sun? Umm...
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Overrated, huh? Dangerous?
Could be, yes... could be.
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Do you know some people who
have had too much sun exposure?
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Not really. But
people can overdo it.
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People can overdo the sun. Yeah.
00:17:17.47\00:17:19.27
So maybe we could tell
them to stay in their office
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buildings all day
long... stay safe.
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You're looking at me like
I'm crazy again, aren't you?
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No, you need a
certain amount of sun.
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You need a certain amount?
Do you know what you sound like?
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You sound like
my friend Rico. OK.
00:17:29.64\00:17:31.18
He likes to talk about
sunshine - oh really? -
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and how much we need. I think
he's crazy and all these people
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around here? Probably got skin
cancer with advice like that.
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You need to be careful.
It's like practicing medicine
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without a license.
Um-hmm. Be careful of that.
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What about this sunshine though?
All you guys have got way too
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much sunshine around
here. What's that about?
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Umm. The stuff will kill people.
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Skin cancer... look at that!
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That guy is suffering
from severe skin cancer!
00:17:51.63\00:17:54.37
That's the sun's fault.
00:17:54.57\00:17:55.94
All right, what
about the sunshine?
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Umm. You ever get in
the sunshine? Unh-um.
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Unh-um. Why don't
you like the sunshine?
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I don't want to get any darker
than this. You're tan enough.
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You know what? Maybe I
need a little more sunshine.
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Naah... who needs the
sunshine? It causes skin cancer.
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Doesn't it cause
skin cancer? Yep.
00:18:09.82\00:18:11.15
Too much "bathing"
in it. Crystal clear:
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the sun is bad for you!
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Well... I think our
understanding is correct.
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People don't really spend
much time in the sun, do they?
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Hmm. They're afraid and,
you know, they're just...
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A lot of people just
aren't getting recreation,
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getting exercise.
And if they do, even are
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exercising in gymnasiums so
they're not getting sunlight
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there. I always say you
get the triple threat when you
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go out: you get some
fresh air, you get some exercise
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and some sunshine... all at
the same time. Um-hmm. Right?
00:18:40.02\00:18:42.38
OK, let's get back to what
we were talking about though
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'cause sun exposure, the
amount of time and all that
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and different
hues also play a part.
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But then we saw in the news-
clip and you mentioned that
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vitamin D has an effect
on the fighting of cancer
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because it's actually shoring
up the immune system, isn't it?
00:18:56.77\00:19:00.57
It's doing that and it's
slowing the rate of growth.
00:19:00.97\00:19:03.77
Actually shrinking the rate
of growth for certain cells...
00:19:03.97\00:19:08.14
the tumor cells. Wow! So
this really is a clear point
00:19:08.34\00:19:12.48
that people
need to get sunshine.
00:19:12.68\00:19:15.98
But should they go out there
all day long and to the point
00:19:16.18\00:19:19.79
of almost like
worshiping the sun?
00:19:19.99\00:19:22.16
'Cause some
people do that, you know.
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Some people go out there
and they spend the whole day
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and they just don't... you
know... so what about that?
00:19:26.49\00:19:29.96
Or they just need a
tanning salon just to have
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the same effect.
Right. Dangerous.
00:19:32.83\00:19:36.34
Why? Too much of a good thing.
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Melanoma is tied
directly to sunburn.
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Um-hmm. A deadly cancer.
Basal and squamous cell cancers.
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They're the ones that are
connected to over exposure
00:19:47.52\00:19:51.22
to the sunlight. So... like
so many other things in life
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there is benefit.
00:19:55.92\00:19:58.66
You could drown from
drinking too much water
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or you could have
problems from taking too much
00:20:00.80\00:20:04.17
of something that is
a good thing. Um-hmm.
00:20:04.37\00:20:06.40
So we want to always
make sure that we are being...
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doing things in moderation
and we're being temperate.
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And I might add one more
thing, too, because sometimes
00:20:13.84\00:20:16.48
folks say: "I'm going to go out
in the sunlight, enjoy this..."
00:20:16.71\00:20:19.08
and so you put on
your skin blockers. Yes.
00:20:19.28\00:20:21.35
Well, if you're
putting on your skin blockers
00:20:21.55\00:20:23.85
OK if you're going to
be in the sun for 3 hours.
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But that means that your
body has not gotten any benefit
00:20:26.92\00:20:29.82
from being in the sun
as far as vitamin D goes.
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So if you want to get the
benefit, you have to allow
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some time for the natural
sunlight to fall on your skin
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and the skin only happens -
unblocked - for a short time...
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at least for your 20
to 30 minutes. Um-hmm.
00:20:44.47\00:20:46.47
So someone who's really really
dark... they'd probably need to
00:20:46.71\00:20:49.38
be exposed to the sun
without any kind of block
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up to maybe 45
minutes to an hour maybe?
00:20:52.01\00:20:54.78
Maybe. Really dark complexioned?
00:20:54.98\00:20:56.82
Because I notice
that sometimes you'll find
00:20:57.02\00:20:58.82
that in the African-American
community that there is
00:20:59.02\00:21:01.96
very very low rates
or levels of vitamin D.
00:21:02.16\00:21:05.89
And it's typically because we
don't like to go out in the sun.
00:21:06.19\00:21:09.76
Some people have
theories about that.
00:21:09.96\00:21:11.30
We don't like to hang
out in the sun too much.
00:21:11.33\00:21:12.67
But... Yeah, the
average level is around 19
00:21:12.83\00:21:15.54
in the African-American
community. It's around 30
00:21:15.74\00:21:18.17
or so in that
neighborhood for white
00:21:18.37\00:21:20.94
and Asian is around 35.
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.81
Hmm... 19? Um-hmm.
Normal level being 30 to 100.
00:21:24.11\00:21:28.42
So that would require
some supplements, wouldn't it?
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.89
It would require supplementing
it with being out in the sun
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to begin with - uh-huh -
and you take it from there.
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So you never want to go
straight to the supplement.
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You want to go
to the source first.
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That's how I like to do it.
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I write for pills, but I...
you know I have a heavy heart
00:21:42.16\00:21:46.30
every time I
write a prescription.
00:21:46.50\00:21:48.04
Well, not so heavy...
because I need the work.
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.24
Well, let's go to the source
00:21:52.34\00:21:54.28
because the Bible actually shows
that the sun was important.
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God created the sun. He
spoke and it stood up in the sky
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and it's been there ever
since, hasn't it? Um-hmm.
00:22:01.62\00:22:03.42
And when we consider
that when God took Adam
00:22:03.62\00:22:07.36
and He placed him in the garden
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.13
I always like to say He put him
00:22:10.53\00:22:11.86
in the eastern
part of the garden.
00:22:11.89\00:22:13.80
Is there a reason
why He put him in the
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.33
eastern part of the garden?
00:22:15.53\00:22:16.87
Catch the sunrise. The sun
rises in the east, doesn't it?
00:22:17.23\00:22:20.30
Um-hmm. So this is a little
indicator there in Genesis
00:22:20.50\00:22:22.97
that God had... He knew
something that a lot of us
00:22:23.17\00:22:26.64
don't know: that Adam was going
to need that burst of sunlight
00:22:26.84\00:22:31.15
to actually keep
him in a healthy state.
00:22:31.35\00:22:34.08
And the studies show that
the earlier part of the day
00:22:34.28\00:22:37.39
is when you get the best
benefit for the sunlight.
00:22:37.59\00:22:40.22
I think they call it blue
light. Um-hmm. Blue light...
00:22:40.42\00:22:42.96
where there is the
ultra-violet rays - um-hmm -
00:22:43.16\00:22:45.43
entering into the eye and
all that it does in terms of...
00:22:45.63\00:22:48.70
of setting the
clocks of the body.
00:22:48.90\00:22:52.57
It's serotonin... stored
in the eye. Yes, yes, yes.
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.64
And not to mention...
Oh, I should mention it;
00:22:55.84\00:22:58.44
this is a program, I
need to talk about...
00:22:58.64\00:23:00.08
But we need to talk about
the fact that there is something
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.78
called liquid
sunshine. Liquid sunshine.
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.61
Chlorophyll...
Um-hmm... chlorophyll.
00:23:05.91\00:23:08.08
Again, going to the
spiritual aspect of this
00:23:08.28\00:23:10.52
the sun actually is... this
process called photosynthesis:
00:23:10.72\00:23:14.99
this is how our plants grow.
00:23:15.19\00:23:16.73
And they store up
the energy from the sun
00:23:16.93\00:23:19.69
and then they transfer it to us.
00:23:19.89\00:23:22.70
So again, in the diet
that God gave in the Bible -
00:23:22.90\00:23:27.10
the first one being
fruits, nuts, grains, and seeds
00:23:27.30\00:23:29.24
in Genesis
chapter 1 and verse 29
00:23:29.44\00:23:31.87
we see that He adds the
leafy herbs or the greens
00:23:32.07\00:23:36.81
to the diet, and chlorophyll
was a big part of that.
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.42
So again, God is doing
something with sunshine
00:23:40.62\00:23:44.15
and sunlight for our
health. Um-hmm. The Bible says
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.12
that He shall be like
"the Sun of righteousness
00:23:47.32\00:23:50.09
rising with
healing in His wings. "
00:23:50.39\00:23:52.83
So we see that there are some
spiritual applications that can
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.30
be made. What do you
all think about this?
00:23:56.50\00:23:58.03
Yeah. One of my
favorite texts is I Peter 2:9
00:23:58.23\00:24:02.04
which is a message directly
for this generation which says:
00:24:02.44\00:24:05.54
And as we were just discussing,
that's physical light
00:24:16.58\00:24:19.52
but I believe it's
also spiritual light.
00:24:19.72\00:24:21.96
Because an unenlightened person
definitely won't make the right
00:24:22.16\00:24:25.33
choices as
pertains to their spiritual
00:24:25.53\00:24:27.40
and their physical life.
00:24:27.60\00:24:28.90
So God wants us
to experience both:
00:24:28.93\00:24:31.47
not only the sun
00:24:31.67\00:24:34.50
but also the Son.
00:24:34.80\00:24:38.44
Mmmm.
00:24:38.64\00:24:40.28
Getting from sun
worship - S- U-N worship -
00:24:41.08\00:24:45.38
to worship... I like
that. S- O-N worship.
00:24:45.78\00:24:48.58
Well I think we
can conclude that
00:24:49.65\00:24:52.32
we don't have to
be afraid of the S-U-N
00:24:52.52\00:24:55.82
nor do we have to
be afraid of the S-O-N.
00:24:56.02\00:25:00.33
You kind of have to have
your spelling right on this,
00:25:00.53\00:25:02.90
know what I
mean? But nonetheless,
00:25:03.10\00:25:04.73
we're talking about two
entities that give us warmth,
00:25:04.93\00:25:08.84
give us heat. It
gives us life, yes?
00:25:09.04\00:25:12.94
And healing. And
healing. Healing in the Son.
00:25:13.14\00:25:16.51
There's healing in the Son.
In fact, we quoted - um-hmm -
00:25:16.75\00:25:19.91
Malachi 4:2 which says
that the Sun of righteousness
00:25:20.12\00:25:23.89
shall come with
healing in His wings. "
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.32
And it spells it S-U-N, but
we know it's also the S-O-N.
00:25:26.62\00:25:29.79
So until next time,
we invite you to tune in
00:25:30.03\00:25:34.20
for another program
where we will be talking about
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.40
how you can live a healthy
life according to God's Word
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.34
and good science. Thank
you so much for being with us.
00:25:40.64\00:25:43.71
We'll see you next time.
00:25:43.91\00:25:45.24
In Malachi chapter 4 and verse 2
00:25:48.01\00:25:49.84
the Bible states: "But
unto you that fear My name shall
00:25:50.05\00:25:53.88
the Sun of righteousness rise
with healing in His wings. "
00:25:54.08\00:25:58.15
Friends, we need
not fear the sun.
00:25:58.55\00:26:01.42
Neither should we
revere it or even worship it
00:26:01.82\00:26:04.99
as the ancients did. However,
00:26:05.19\00:26:07.96
a healthy, balanced respect
for the sun is necessary.
00:26:08.16\00:26:12.30
Now when God says: "He
that fears My name... "
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.24
well He doesn't mean that we're
supposed to be afraid of Him
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.84
in the
traditional sense of fear.
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No! He's talking about
reverencing and standing in
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awe of His power
and majesty, His name.
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Why? Because when you
consider that big ball of fire
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that's in the sky, it is
just a faint representation
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of His power and glory.
Not to burn you or burn you up
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but to heal you... to warm you.
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Even sustain life as we know it.
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So we should reverence
and appreciate His name
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because He created
that great big ball of fire
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for our benefit. In
fact, you can go out
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and you can experience
the sun. Not only the S-U-N
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but the S-O-N Son.
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Both of them
have healing powers.
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Well there you have it.
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Do you have
anything else to say?
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Nothing else to say as
long as people are using
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sun block,
sunglasses, and hats like this
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I think people will be
just fine. No, no, no, no.
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Please, keep your
stuff. I've had enough of that.
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The thing is is that
your whole scare tactic
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it's not working. Oh,
it's working very nicely.
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People in their
cars on the way to work,
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in the house all day...
they're never out in the sun.
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I think I'm winning.
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Well, regardless
of what he just said
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our bodies were designed by God
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to sleep when it's night
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but during the day we
are to be awake, outside
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enjoying and experiencing
the wonderful benefits
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of sunlight. Well
that's our show for today.
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And I'd like to leave
you with this as always:
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III John 2 says: "Beloved,
I wish above all things
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that thou mayest
prosper and be in health. "
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Go out and experience
the sun... both of them.
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I'm Rico Hill,
and I'm the blue guy.
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Maranatha.
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