Proverb 16:24 states,
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"Pleasant words
are as a honeycomb,
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sweet to the soul,
and health to the bones."
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Hello and welcome to
"From Sickness To Health."
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I'm your host Rico Hill
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and I'm here
with Blue Guy Sickness
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and today's topic is--
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Woo-hoo!
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You all right? Oh,
man, I'm good, real good.
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Just drank five sodas,
a tall glass of sweet tea
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and I think I'm on a sugar high.
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Wow, you know what?
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That's interesting
because today's topic is sugar.
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Really? Oh, yeah.
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Oh, that's great.
I mean, real great.
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Because I love
sugar baby, sugar donuts,
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sugar candy, sugar cookies
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but, man, when
I wash it all down
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with the big gulps
64 ounces of goodness.
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Mmm, outstanding.
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You should know
that sugar happens
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to be the leading cause of many
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lifestyle diseases like
diabetes, heart disease--
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Oh, did you know
that I don't care?
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Oh, well, as you know,
this is a health program
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where we use biblical principles
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and we go to the
Bible for answers.
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So sit back and
enjoy the program.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute.
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Now why do you think they
say, your kiss is so sweet?
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I don't know.
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Oh, baby, give me
some sugar. Come on.
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I'll tell you why,
because sugar is good for you.
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And you know what?
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Two particular kinds
of sugar are good for you.
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Number one, pure
refined white sugar,
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number two, high fructose
corn syrup, mmm, good stuff.
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Good stuff, huh? Good stuff.
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Yeah. Good stuff.
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All right, let's
roll the program.
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Roll it.
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All right, would
you pass me the sugar?
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Ah, thank you.
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Oh, thank you so
much for joining us
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here in the studio
"From Sickness to Health"
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I'm your host Rico Hill
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and I'm joined by my good friend
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Dr. Milton Mills, who
was a critical care physician
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at the United Medical
Center in Washington DC.
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But he's also the
associate director
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of preventative medicine
for the physicians committee
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for responsible medicine.
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So he is a health educator
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and we appreciate
that on this program.
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Today we're talking about sugar.
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You've heard a little
bit about this in our segment
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just before we got
started here in the studio.
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I welcome you
here to the program
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to talk about sugar.
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Glad to be here. I'm
passing it back to you.
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Thank you so much for
being here with us, doc.
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We're gonna talk
about sugar diabetes.
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We're gonna talk about how this
is affecting our communities,
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how it's affecting our health
but we dive into our very,
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very serious
topic on this subject,
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let us take at
look at what our friend
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Sickness has to
say about this subject.
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Sure. Let's take a look.
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Here I am coming out of
my favorite super market.
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Got some of my
favorite goods here.
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If it comes in a
box, a can or a bag,
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it's good for you.
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Now some of the
brands here are blurred out,
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the reasons for that is
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to protect their
excellent identity
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that the health nuts
don't want you to know about.
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Here in cereal we've got
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21 grams of sugar
in a box of cereal.
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And one of my
favorites in bread,
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a lot of people don't
know there's sugar in bread.
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And last but not least,
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no one would ever
imagine canned vegetables,
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sugar in a can,
an excellent idea.
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Back to you, Rico.
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Well, sugar is in
everything, isn't it?
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Yes, it is.
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But here's the
big question for us.
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Is it the culprit?
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Is it responsible for this thing
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which we've
termed sugar diabetes?
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Not necessarily and
not in and of itself.
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It certainly plays a role. Okay.
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And-- But it is not the primary
cause of the diabetes epidemic
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that we're seeing
in the country today.
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And it is an epidemic
because they're saying
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that by the year 2020,
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something like half of
us would be type 2 diabetic.
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Absolutely, and
that is for the general--
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for the population in general.
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The levels and
prevalence of diabetes
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is actually much worse
in communities of color.
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We see much higher rates in
African American communities
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and Hispanic communities.
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And we also, and also in
Native American communities,
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and we also see that in
Asian American communities,
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they tend to get diabetes
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at much lower body
weights than other Americans,
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if they're eating
the typical western diet.
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Ah, so they--
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you don't necessarily
have to have the obesity
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associated with diabetes
in the Asian communities.
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If you're eating the wrong food.
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So it's really come--
So what I'm hearing you say
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is that it's sort of
coming down to the food again.
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Absolutely.
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All right, let's
drill down on this.
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First of all let's talk
about, what is diabetes?
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What are we talking?
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What's the difference between
type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
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Okay, that's a very,
very excellent question
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because type 1 daib--
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They're very, very
different diseases.
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They used to be
called juvenile onset,
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type 1 used to be referred
to as juvenile onset diabetes.
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And type 2 used to be referred
to as adult onset diabetes.
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Type 1 diabetes is an
autoimmune disease that--
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and what that
means is that's a disease
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where the body's
immune system attacks
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and destroys the
cells in our pancreas
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that actually make insulin.
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Is that the beta
cells? The beta cells exactly.
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And the beta cells make insulin
and insulin is the hormone
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that tells all of
the cells in the body
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to take up blood sugar,
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to keep the blood sugar
level within the normal range.
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Well, if the body destroys
all of those beta cells,
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then there is no
insulin in the body.
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The blood sugar level
goes completely out of control,
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but more importantly the body
is unable to metabolize glucose
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and that becomes a
life threatening condition.
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That's type 1 diabetes.
That's type 1 diabetes.
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So this is where the pancreas
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is not producing insulin at all.
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Any insulin whatsoever. Okay.
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And just to make a
very important point,
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that can also be
related to diet in this way.
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Studies have
shown that if children
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are introduced to cow's milk
before there are a year old,
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it will markedly inc-- or
significantly, I should say,
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increase their risk
of going on to develop--
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to develop type 1 diabetes.
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Cow's milk. Cow's milk.
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We're talking about the
milk that many, many of us drink
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and give to our
children at a very young age.
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Absolutely. Cow's milk in store.
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Right, so the American
Academy of Pediatrics recommends
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that children not be
introduced to cow's milk
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until they are more
than one year of age.
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Personally, I will recommend
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that you not
introduce it to them at all.
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The best milk to
feed your children,
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of course, is mom's breast milk.
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But certainly
you should absolutely
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not give them cow's milk
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until they are
more than a year old.
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But let's talk
about the main culprit
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in this epidemic of diabetes.
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Hold it, before we do that,
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let's hear, what
is type 2 diabetes.
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That's what we're
about to talk about.
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Okay, good, good.
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That is the
so-called adult onset
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and the reason we
no longer refer to it
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as adult onset diabetes
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is because we're now seeing
type 2 diabetes in children
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as young as 11
and 12 years of age.
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Because of the
epidemic of pediatric obesity
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and type 2 diabetes is
related to something called
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insulin resistance.
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So-- Insulin resistance.
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Right. Okay.
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And type--
Remember, in type 1 diabetes,
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the body is not
making any insulin.
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Well, in type 2 diabetes,
the body is making insulin,
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it's just that the cells
no longer respond to insulin
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in a normal fashion.
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So what I-- the way I
explain it to my patients,
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I tell them it's
like the body becomes
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partially deaf to insulin.
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So what happens is just
like when we become deaf,
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people try to make us hear them
in a couple of different ways.
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One, they try to
shout at us or speak louder.
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So of the things
that pancreas does
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is it starts to pump
out more and more insulin.
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So the amount of insulin
in our body tends to go up
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and we end up with
very high insulin levels
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that tends to make
people gain weight,
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it tends to make
them accumulate fat,
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it can also raise a risk
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for a number of
inflammatory conditions
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and over time, it
doesn't work as well.
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So let me just
make sure I'm clear.
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So the first way that the body
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or the pancreas may respond
in this sort of death analogy
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that you're using is, it
will begin to speak louder.
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It's going to make
an extra added effort
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to try to communicate.
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But hold on, I want
to hear the other ways
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that that may happen.
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But let's take
a look at a video,
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a news clip that
may give us some insight
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that may
corroborate what we're saying
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because we like to
hear from them as well.
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So let's take a look.
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In this morning's Health Watch,
the alarming rate of diabetes,
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a new study finds
a number of adults
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around the world
living with the disease
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has more than
doubled in the past 30 years.
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Medical correspondent,
Dr. Jennifer Ashton
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has more on this
epidemic for us this morning.
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Doc, good morning.
Good morning to you, Chris.
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In the US alone,
experts predict that more than
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half the adult
population will be dealing
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with some form of
diabetes by the year 2020.
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And while some cases
are tied to family history,
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many more are tied to obesity
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and unhealthy
life style choices.
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Three years ago, 32 years
old Gwen Seton began feeling
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exhausted after
almost every meal.
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When she went to her
doctor, a routine blood test
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quickly diagnosed
her problem as diabetes.
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I was actually quite shocked
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when I got it as young as I did,
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usually it's a later
onset disease in my family.
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Seton was at
high risk for diabetes
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because of her family history.
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Now she must follow
strict dietary rules,
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take insulin injections
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and test her blood sugar
level up to seven times a day,
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all to make sure her
diabetes is kept under control.
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It gets frustrating,
it's a constant consideration.
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It's not impossible to deal with
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but it is something that you
always have to be mindful of.
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A new study
indicates that more people
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than ever before are now living
with the debilitating disease.
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In 1980, an estimated
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153 million people
were living with diabetes.
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In 2010, that number more than
doubled jumping to 347 million.
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You know, doctor, I
really feel for this--
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this woman because you see
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that she has to check her
blood sugar seven times a day.
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That's pricking
herself seven times a day.
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This is not a
pleasant experience, is it?
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No, it's not.
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And I would even add that
she is not your typical profile
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for someone who
has type 2 diabetic.
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Now in that little
clip we saw, they said
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it's because of
her family genetics.
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Right, right.
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Absolutely
that-- It's very clear
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that certain people have
a genetic predisposition...
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Yeah. ...To type 2 diabetes.
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Now does that mean that
if several family members
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of yours have a
history of diabetes
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that you are bound to get it?
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No.
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Depending on the
lifestyle choices you make,
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you can make choices
that will make it less likely
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that you will go on
to develop diabetes.
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Something we always
say on this program,
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we say, you know,
genetics loads the gun
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but your
lifestyle pulls the trigger.
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And I think that
they have a science now,
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it's called epigenetics.
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Sure.
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How the genes
will express themselves
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is how you
basically live your lifestyle.
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And we heard some
of that in that clip.
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But before we
went over to the clip,
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you were breaking
down that the pancreas
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and the insulin will begin to--
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or the pancreas
will release the insulin
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but it will be
shouting, trying to get--
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to communicate to the cells.
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But you had some
other-- had to cut you off.
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Well, let me just give
you one quick little analogy
00:13:30.08\00:13:32.58
that I always
give to my patients.
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Because I hear this a
lot, they say well, you know,
00:13:34.23\00:13:36.22
my grandmother had diabetes,
00:13:36.25\00:13:37.89
my parents have
it, my brother has it.
00:13:37.92\00:13:40.29
Yeah. I'm gonna get it.
00:13:40.32\00:13:41.51
And I tell 'em, you
know what, having lungs means
00:13:41.54\00:13:44.59
that you are genetically
predisposed to drowning
00:13:44.62\00:13:47.47
but only if you get
into water over your head.
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And likewise... I like that.
00:13:50.68\00:13:51.73
...You may have a genetic
predisposition to diabetes
00:13:51.76\00:13:55.20
but only if you are in
a high-risk environment,
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by which I mean,
00:13:57.71\00:13:58.74
if you're
eating the type of diet
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that will predispose you
to developing that diabetes.
00:14:01.04\00:14:04.16
And what kind-- what
are those risk facts?
00:14:04.19\00:14:06.60
It's a diet that's
high in fat, low in fiber,
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high in animal protein
and processed carbohydrates.
00:14:10.13\00:14:14.33
And we can talk about
what those things are.
00:14:14.36\00:14:17.46
There are other
factors that play a role:
00:14:17.49\00:14:19.47
smoking, a lack of exercise
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and of course,
gaining excess weight.
00:14:21.95\00:14:24.84
Okay, so and you have some--
I want you to walk us through.
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We have some
slides and things like
00:14:28.77\00:14:30.10
that we're gonna talk about.
00:14:30.13\00:14:31.38
But I wanted to-- I was really
caught up on the first way
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it's gonna do it,
it's gonna yell to the--
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to the cells, open up so
that we can insert some glucose.
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What other ways
will the-- the insulin
00:14:42.51\00:14:45.32
try to communicate to the cell?
00:14:45.35\00:14:46.69
Well, I mean,
basically what happens is
00:14:46.72\00:14:49.23
the pancreas continues to
pump out more and more insulin
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but eventually that
simply becomes ineffective.
00:14:53.48\00:14:57.63
The cells become so
resistant to the insulin,
00:14:57.66\00:15:01.37
it just stops
working effectively.
00:15:01.40\00:15:03.98
And then at that point,
00:15:04.01\00:15:05.61
the person's blood sugar
rises out of the normal range
00:15:05.64\00:15:09.64
and they have frank diabetes.
00:15:09.67\00:15:11.91
And so that's the point at
which people begin to notice
00:15:11.94\00:15:14.88
that they are thirsty a
lot, that they are peeing a lot.
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Excessive urination.
00:15:18.03\00:15:19.27
Exactly. Yeah.
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And that they may
have-- Excessive hunger.
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Right, or infections
or wounds that won't heal.
00:15:22.74\00:15:26.23
And they go to the doctor
or like the lady in the clip,
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she's tired all the time.
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They go to the doctor,
they measure their blood sugar
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and they find, oh, my
goodness, my blood sugar's 300
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and they are
diagnosed with diabetes
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and they have to
go on medication.
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And if the diabetes is mild,
they may go on oral medications
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which will
stimulate the pancreas
00:15:47.92\00:15:49.83
to release even more insulin.
00:15:49.86\00:15:52.73
Which will bring
the blood sugar down
00:15:52.76\00:15:55.80
but if nothing is done to
change the diet lifestyle,
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that's eventually gonna become
ineffective in and of itself--
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And then what
do they have to do?
00:16:02.60\00:16:04.13
Well, then they will--
00:16:04.16\00:16:05.32
Again, if they don't
change their diet lifestyle,
00:16:05.35\00:16:08.54
they're eventually
gonna end up injecting insulin
00:16:08.57\00:16:12.01
because-- and it
becomes kind of a vicious cycle
00:16:12.04\00:16:15.59
because the problem is
that they're not treating
00:16:15.62\00:16:19.00
the underlying
disease, which is the lifestyle
00:16:19.03\00:16:23.07
that is creating
the insulin resistance.
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Okay, now, right here,
you're listening at home
00:16:26.26\00:16:29.32
and you're saying,
wait a minute, that's me.
00:16:29.35\00:16:32.20
I'm either taking
the oral medication
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or I'm taking the
daily injections of insulin.
00:16:34.69\00:16:38.60
And I'm trying to regularly--
00:16:38.63\00:16:39.87
but it's not getting any better.
00:16:39.90\00:16:41.46
Is this thing reversible?
00:16:41.49\00:16:42.67
Now we just
started out the program,
00:16:42.70\00:16:44.08
sort of tongue-in-cheek
with the passing of some sugar,
00:16:44.11\00:16:48.42
because most
people believe that,
00:16:48.45\00:16:51.77
you know, if my
issue is due to not bec--
00:16:51.80\00:16:56.83
anything other than
I've had a lot of pies.
00:16:56.86\00:16:59.40
I've had a lot of
cookies and cakes and--
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there are just
replete with sugar
00:17:01.44\00:17:03.51
but that's really not
the whole truth, is it?
00:17:03.54\00:17:05.73
No, it is not.
00:17:05.76\00:17:06.79
We want to really give people
the practical understanding
00:17:06.82\00:17:09.73
of what's really
behind this-- this culprit.
00:17:09.76\00:17:13.43
What's really happening here
00:17:13.46\00:17:15.64
when people are having to
regulate their blood sugar
00:17:15.67\00:17:18.65
with all these medications
00:17:18.68\00:17:20.12
that really don't
help them ultimately.
00:17:20.15\00:17:22.50
Don't reverse the disease.
00:17:22.53\00:17:23.87
Let's share that
with the audience.
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Okay, well, let's look at--
00:17:25.79\00:17:27.96
Let's just focus in
on African Americans.
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Okay.
00:17:30.83\00:17:32.32
If you look at the
prevalence of diabetes
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and pre-diabetes in the
African American communities,
00:17:35.77\00:17:41.14
in African American community,
it is very, very high.
00:17:41.17\00:17:45.38
But if you actually
look at the prevalence
00:17:45.41\00:17:47.07
in West Africa,
it's very, very low.
00:17:47.10\00:17:50.19
The genetic backgrounds of
those populations is the same.
00:17:50.22\00:17:53.66
Because we know
African Americans
00:17:53.69\00:17:55.30
were drawn from West Africa.
00:17:55.33\00:17:57.23
Sure.
00:17:57.26\00:17:58.39
What's different? It's the diet.
00:17:58.42\00:18:01.30
Traditional West
African diets are low in fat,
00:18:01.33\00:18:04.31
they're plant-based,
00:18:04.34\00:18:05.68
they contain no dairy and
very small amounts of meat.
00:18:05.71\00:18:10.39
Let's break
that down for people.
00:18:10.42\00:18:11.48
So we're talking
about, it's low fat
00:18:11.51\00:18:13.79
so there's not a lot of animal
saturated fat, flesh foods.
00:18:13.82\00:18:18.03
It's plant-based so
we're talking about--
00:18:18.06\00:18:20.15
Very high in fiber. Fiber.
00:18:20.18\00:18:22.39
Lots of grains, lots of
green leafy vegetables...
00:18:22.42\00:18:24.94
Lots of beans, yes, absolutely.
00:18:24.97\00:18:27.27
Fruits and things like that.
00:18:27.30\00:18:29.02
Fruits and vegetables. Okay.
00:18:29.05\00:18:30.20
Yes, and no dairy foods.
00:18:30.23\00:18:32.17
So and when we say dairy,
00:18:32.20\00:18:33.31
we're talking about--
we're talking about milk.
00:18:33.34\00:18:35.82
Right. We're
talking about cheese.
00:18:35.85\00:18:37.31
We're talking about even
the beloved ice cream, right?
00:18:37.34\00:18:40.21
Yes, absolutely.
00:18:40.24\00:18:41.27
Butter, all those things
come under the dairy category.
00:18:41.30\00:18:43.89
Category. Continue.
00:18:43.92\00:18:45.29
Yes, and, um, and
as I said low in meat.
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They don't eat a lot of--
00:18:48.41\00:18:49.68
a lot of beef
and pork and chicken.
00:18:49.71\00:18:53.65
And they have very
small amounts of meat.
00:18:53.68\00:18:56.14
If they do eat some, it's very--
00:18:56.17\00:18:58.21
It's not-- It's
not their main staple.
00:18:58.24\00:19:00.12
Exactly. They are small amounts.
00:19:00.15\00:19:02.58
They're eating primarily
the, you know, the beans,
00:19:02.61\00:19:06.03
the grains and the
green leafy plant foods
00:19:06.06\00:19:10.29
or root vegetables
like yams and so forth.
00:19:10.32\00:19:13.84
And as a result,
very low rates of diabetes
00:19:13.87\00:19:17.36
but when they move
to, say, Europe or...
00:19:17.39\00:19:22.91
America.
00:19:22.94\00:19:23.97
Transfer to America,
00:19:24.00\00:19:25.41
adopt a more
western style lifestyle,
00:19:25.44\00:19:28.87
their rates of diabetes
climb and become equal to ours.
00:19:28.90\00:19:32.34
Okay, that tells me it's
the food that they are...
00:19:32.37\00:19:36.54
Eating.
00:19:36.57\00:19:37.60
...Consuming
once they come here.
00:19:37.63\00:19:39.94
Right. It's not the genetics.
00:19:39.97\00:19:41.81
You know, doc, a
lot of people don't know
00:19:41.84\00:19:43.45
that it's more than genetics.
00:19:43.48\00:19:45.17
So and clearly
this is demonstrated
00:19:45.20\00:19:48.87
in what people are saying
00:19:48.90\00:19:51.42
and we always like to
hear what they're saying.
00:19:51.45\00:19:53.42
Let's take a look real quick
before we bring in some graphs
00:19:53.45\00:19:55.79
and some slides to
really prove this point.
00:19:55.82\00:19:57.82
Let's hear what
Sickness found out on street.
00:19:57.85\00:19:59.73
Sure.
00:19:59.76\00:20:01.87
I'm here with Damien today
in this awfully sunny place
00:20:01.90\00:20:07.41
and my friend, Damien, I
want to ask you some questions.
00:20:07.44\00:20:10.01
What do you think of sugar?
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.52
It's bad for you.
00:20:12.55\00:20:15.24
Don't you think sugar
would be insulted right now?
00:20:15.27\00:20:17.10
Totally.
00:20:17.13\00:20:18.16
Stevie, what do
you think of sugar?
00:20:18.19\00:20:20.38
It's yummy. It's yummy.
00:20:20.41\00:20:22.21
Boy, these are
words I like to hear.
00:20:22.24\00:20:24.27
What types of ways do
you like to eat your sugar?
00:20:24.30\00:20:26.95
On tarts, on anything, really.
00:20:26.98\00:20:30.50
I love these people.
00:20:30.53\00:20:31.82
Now you noticed that accent.
00:20:31.85\00:20:32.94
It's from Australia, right?
00:20:32.97\00:20:35.05
How do you feel
after you eat sugar?
00:20:35.08\00:20:37.59
Shaky.
00:20:37.62\00:20:38.65
Shaky, like in
a good way, right?
00:20:38.68\00:20:40.25
Yeah.
00:20:40.28\00:20:41.31
Lots of energy. Yeah.
00:20:41.34\00:20:42.39
Just want to tackle the
day with all that energy.
00:20:42.42\00:20:44.01
Yeah.
00:20:44.04\00:20:45.07
Oh, man, I love these people
from down under, lots of sugar.
00:20:45.10\00:20:47.77
Lot's of love. You
don't eat any sugar?
00:20:47.80\00:20:49.41
I do, it depends if
it's organic or not.
00:20:49.44\00:20:52.03
Organic.
00:20:52.06\00:20:53.09
Oh, man, you sound
like those vegetarians.
00:20:53.12\00:20:55.28
What do you think of sugar?
00:20:55.31\00:20:57.21
Got to have it. Got to have it.
00:20:57.24\00:20:58.86
I already liked
this one. I love it.
00:20:58.89\00:21:01.51
Love it? Love it.
00:21:01.54\00:21:02.59
Would you say you
love it too? Yeah.
00:21:02.62\00:21:05.31
We love sugar!
00:21:05.34\00:21:07.07
How do you like
to eat your sugar?
00:21:07.10\00:21:08.35
I like to eat it with coffee
or my cereal in the morning.
00:21:08.38\00:21:14.92
These refined people love sugar.
00:21:14.95\00:21:17.73
Need I say more?
Back to you, Rico.
00:21:17.76\00:21:22.30
Anybody know of a
place to get a donut?
00:21:22.33\00:21:24.88
Down the
street. Down the street.
00:21:24.91\00:21:27.11
Again, you know, as you can see,
00:21:29.55\00:21:32.05
people think it's popsicles,
they think it's sodas,
00:21:32.08\00:21:34.22
they think it's, you
know, just the sugary things
00:21:34.25\00:21:36.33
but the picture's much
broader than that, isn't it?
00:21:36.36\00:21:39.00
Absolutely, absolutely.
00:21:39.03\00:21:42.10
It's more than just refined
sugars and carbohydrates.
00:21:42.13\00:21:46.56
One of the biggest
factors is dietary fact,
00:21:46.59\00:21:51.29
as this slide here shows.
00:21:51.32\00:21:53.28
Let's take a look at that.
00:21:53.31\00:21:54.34
This is a slide
showing three different
00:21:54.37\00:21:59.76
blood sugar
profiles in one subject
00:21:59.79\00:22:02.41
as a result of three diets
with different levels of fat.
00:22:02.44\00:22:07.63
The red is a high fat diet.
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.52
The yellow is an
intermediate fat diet
00:22:10.55\00:22:13.22
and the green is a low fat diet.
00:22:13.25\00:22:16.78
And the-- in the red
you have high-fat low-carb,
00:22:16.81\00:22:20.13
in the green you
have high-carb low-fat.
00:22:20.16\00:22:22.88
And what you see is
that on the high fat diet
00:22:22.91\00:22:25.84
you have very poor
blood sugar control.
00:22:25.87\00:22:29.69
The blood sugar spikes
to extremely high levels,
00:22:29.72\00:22:33.31
stays high for an
extended period of time
00:22:33.34\00:22:36.65
and then slowly comes down.
00:22:36.68\00:22:39.51
Whereas on the
high-carb low-fat diet,
00:22:39.54\00:22:43.66
you have a much more
favorable blood sugar profile.
00:22:43.69\00:22:47.73
Where the blood sugar level
rises only to a modest degree
00:22:47.76\00:22:52.42
and then stays in a
relatively constant range
00:22:52.45\00:22:55.77
for an extended period of time.
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.36
And that's exactly what you want
00:22:57.39\00:22:59.73
because when you eat a meal,
00:22:59.76\00:23:01.24
you want that energy
level to come into your body
00:23:01.27\00:23:04.89
in a controlled fashion.
00:23:04.92\00:23:06.49
So you have the
energy to exercise
00:23:06.52\00:23:08.28
and do your
activates of daily living.
00:23:08.31\00:23:09.98
Sure. And do
what you need to do.
00:23:10.01\00:23:12.65
So what we know is
that dietary fat interferes
00:23:12.68\00:23:17.36
with the ability of
insulin to do its job.
00:23:17.39\00:23:20.35
And that's one of the primary
problems with the western diet,
00:23:20.38\00:23:23.43
it's extremely high in fat
00:23:23.46\00:23:25.44
and that's what causes a
lot of insulin resistance.
00:23:25.47\00:23:29.23
But other
factors that contribute
00:23:29.26\00:23:31.50
to insulin resistance are
not only the amount of fact
00:23:31.53\00:23:34.96
that we eat but animal protein.
00:23:34.99\00:23:37.92
Animal protein
increases insulin resistance.
00:23:37.95\00:23:41.80
So the more
animal protein you eat
00:23:41.83\00:23:44.37
and that could be beef,
chicken, pork, shellfish,
00:23:44.40\00:23:48.83
you name it, that's gonna also
00:23:48.86\00:23:51.20
increase your
insulin resistance.
00:23:51.23\00:23:53.02
Why does-- I say I want
to-- I want to understand that--
00:23:53.05\00:23:55.23
I want our
audience to understand
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.75
that insulin resistance,
00:23:56.78\00:23:58.06
we're talking about
the amount of fat or we--
00:23:58.09\00:24:01.55
I've heard it referred to as
like bathing the cells in fat,
00:24:01.58\00:24:04.82
coating the outside
of the cell to the extent
00:24:04.85\00:24:08.12
that the
receptors to receive that--
00:24:08.15\00:24:12.31
that insulin that unlocks
the cell to put in the glucose,
00:24:12.34\00:24:17.23
it's bathed in fat and grease.
00:24:17.26\00:24:21.17
Or is it fat that's on
the inside or is it both?
00:24:21.20\00:24:23.76
Well, it's-- I guess
you could think of it
00:24:23.79\00:24:27.13
as sort of coating the
cell in these fatty molecules
00:24:27.16\00:24:31.61
that don't allow the
receptors to work properly.
00:24:31.64\00:24:35.00
We don't-- Quite frankly,
00:24:35.03\00:24:36.96
we don't know all of
the molecular mechanisms
00:24:36.99\00:24:39.65
by which fat interferes
with insulin's activity.
00:24:39.68\00:24:42.49
We just know that it
in fact doesn't hurt.
00:24:42.52\00:24:45.84
We don't know the--
00:24:45.87\00:24:47.68
all of the precise
molecular mechanisms
00:24:47.71\00:24:49.71
by which animal protein
00:24:49.74\00:24:51.58
interferes with
insulin's activity.
00:24:51.61\00:24:54.21
But we just, we
know that it occurs.
00:24:54.24\00:24:56.30
We know that when people switch
00:24:56.33\00:24:58.14
from animal
proteins to plant proteins,
00:24:58.17\00:25:01.03
their blood sugar
profiles improve dramatically.
00:25:01.06\00:25:05.00
Other factors that
improve insulin decrease,
00:25:05.03\00:25:09.31
insulin
resistance are eliminating
00:25:09.34\00:25:12.23
dairy foods from the diet.
00:25:12.26\00:25:14.48
Stopping smoking
and also, of course,
00:25:14.51\00:25:18.48
increasing the
amount of fiber in the diet.
00:25:18.51\00:25:21.07
And fiber actually does
this in a number of ways.
00:25:21.10\00:25:25.03
One, it increases satiety,
00:25:25.06\00:25:29.63
so that you tend to eat less.
00:25:29.66\00:25:32.07
You're full.
Right, you feel full.
00:25:32.10\00:25:34.23
Delays the
emptying of the stomach
00:25:34.26\00:25:36.75
so that food is released
into the small intestine
00:25:36.78\00:25:40.16
in a more controlled fashion.
00:25:40.19\00:25:42.24
But the other thing is that,
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.67
when fiber gets to
your large intestine,
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it's broken down by
the bacteria into compounds
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called short-chain fatty
acids that go to the liver
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and stop the liver
from making glucose.
00:25:53.85\00:25:57.56
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.43
So someone's
watching and they're saying,
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I'm a type 2 diabetic.
00:26:02.62\00:26:04.45
Okay, I've heard
all the information,
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it sounds great.
00:26:05.79\00:26:07.38
But I-- What I want to
know is can I reverse it?
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Yeah. Can I get
off this medication?
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Now we don't recommend,
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suggest anybody get
off any kind of medications
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without
consulting your physician,
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but people are wondering,
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can I turn this around
and how long would it take?
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Yes, there is--
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Real quick 'cause
we're running out of time.
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Sure, there is no question
that you can reverse diabetes.
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I've done it with my
patients that if you--
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if a patient is willing
to make the kinds of changes
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it takes to get
off these medicines,
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yes, you can reverse diabetes.
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I've had patients
who've become vegan vegetarians
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and they were able to get
off all of their medicines.
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I've had-- I had a patient,
I won't give out her name
00:26:49.57\00:26:52.31
because that's not appropriate,
she was on insulin twice a day,
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plus oral tablets,
00:26:56.66\00:26:58.12
she became a vegan vegetarian
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over the course
of about 45 days,
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took her off all of
her diabetic medications,
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plus two of her three
blood pressure medicines,
00:27:05.60\00:27:08.67
the claudication in
her legs cleared up,
00:27:08.70\00:27:11.09
her heart grew
new blood vessels.
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She became a new woman,
00:27:13.40\00:27:14.44
she was able to go back to work.
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All I can say is amen to that.
00:27:15.91\00:27:17.42
And I know
you're saying amen too.
00:27:17.45\00:27:19.98
Thank you so much,
doctor, for being with us today.
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This has been great information.
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I hope you'll take it to heart
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and you'll make
the changes necessary.
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Live healthy. Thank
you so much, doctor.
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My pleasure.
00:27:27.92\00:27:28.95
May God bless you
and God bless you.
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Look, who doesn't love sugar?
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I still love my sweets.
00:27:40.12\00:27:42.02
You don't believe me?
00:27:42.05\00:27:43.16
You try to take my
cookie from me, you'll see.
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All I'm saying is, in
this show we have learned
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that there are
healthy alternatives,
00:27:48.89\00:27:51.06
healthier sugars
that you can use.
00:27:51.09\00:27:53.11
White refined sugar
is toxic to the system
00:27:53.14\00:27:55.73
and lead to
lifestyle diseases like,
00:27:55.76\00:27:58.16
diabetes, cancer
and heart disease so--
00:27:58.19\00:28:00.80
Cut. Look, I've had enough.
00:28:00.83\00:28:03.84
I'm gonna let you
in on a little secret.
00:28:03.87\00:28:06.52
Sugar is an
amazing source of sickness.
00:28:06.55\00:28:10.10
Yeah.
00:28:10.13\00:28:11.16
It's because it
tastes so good on everything.
00:28:11.19\00:28:15.09
So, you know what, good luck
00:28:15.12\00:28:16.80
getting people to stop using it.
00:28:16.83\00:28:19.18
Or guess what, we
don't want to stop
00:28:19.21\00:28:21.25
anybody from
enjoying their sweets.
00:28:21.28\00:28:23.00
That's why we began this program
00:28:23.03\00:28:24.26
with a biblical
principle that states
00:28:24.29\00:28:26.78
that the honeycomb
is sweet to the soul.
00:28:26.81\00:28:31.16
That's a sugar. Yeah, okay.
00:28:31.19\00:28:33.33
So you enjoy your sweets.
00:28:33.36\00:28:35.57
All we're saying is
enjoy them in a healthier way.
00:28:35.60\00:28:39.77
That's our program today.
00:28:39.80\00:28:41.47
I'm Rico Hill, your
host, and this is...
00:28:41.50\00:28:44.25
Sickness, the Blue Guy.
00:28:44.28\00:28:46.82
And as always, I'd
like to just say to you,
00:28:46.85\00:28:49.34
3 john 2 says, "Beloved,
I wish above all things
00:28:49.37\00:28:54.02
that thou mayest
prosper and be in health."
00:28:54.05\00:28:56.35
Stay healthy. Maranatha.
00:28:56.38\00:28:59.40
Hello, ladies, would
you like some white sugar?
00:29:09.70\00:29:12.93
White sugar? Oh, okay.
00:29:12.96\00:29:14.86
Want some white
sugar? White sugar.
00:29:14.89\00:29:17.61
Hi, ma'am, would you
like some white sugar?
00:29:17.64\00:29:20.08
Sugar? Why are
you passing out sugar?
00:29:20.11\00:29:21.85
Because
everyone-- I have diabetes.
00:29:21.88\00:29:23.55
My mom has
diabetes. Why would you--
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Hey! Hey. Come back here.
00:29:25.40\00:29:27.17
I've got to get-- Hey!
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