Hello and welcome to
"Health for a Lifetime"
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I'm your host Don Macintosh,
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and today we're going
to be talking about a very
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interesting subject.
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We have in the studio
with us Dr. Glen Wiltse
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He is a specialist
in family practice,
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and also one of his great
interests is preventive medicine
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...that is preventing things
from happening before they do.
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And today, we're going to be
talking about "excitotoxins,"
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or the taste that kills.
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Now Dr. Wiltse is a
consultant for the institute in
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South Dakota, "Black Hills
Health and Education Center"
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Welcome Dr. Wiltse, and
we're talking about a subject
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that I think is really
something that has interested me
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as we've been
talking before the program...
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"The Taste That Kills"
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The Bible mentions that in many
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people, their
stomach is their god,
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and there can be
destruction because of that.
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What are excitotoxins?
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We're talking about a group
of substances that have been
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discovered just
during the last few years;
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at least the major
information about them has been
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uncovered in the last few years.
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Actually one of them has been
known for several thousand years
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But they're poisonous substances
that are commonly used
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in our food substances,
and they have a toxic effect
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on the nervous
system of the body.
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Well, we're going
to come back to that...
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But why do you think
people are so caught up
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in eating these things,
or taking these things in?
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Well I think it's like you
referred here previously...
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that many people look upon
their stomach as their gods...
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Whatever it tells
them, that they want,
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or that they should desire,
they're going to go ahead
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and indulge in that,
and they begin worshipping
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this god, and as a
result of this worship,
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they start patronizing
various places out there.
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We could mention a few names,
but I think everybody knows
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where the fast
food comes from...
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And many of these
foods are permeated;
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they're taste-enhanced by
these so-called excitotoxins.
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So they put... A
toxin is something that's
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toxic to us, and excite probably
means they're exciting to us too
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But what exactly
are excitotoxins?
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Let's talk a little
bit more about that.
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Okay, well the term was first
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coined by a Dr. Russell
Blalock, who is a neurosurgeon,
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Associate
Professor of Neurosurgery at
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the University of
Mississippi Medical School...
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And he became interested
in this partly as a result of
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his work as a neurosurgeon
and taking care of people
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with the
neurodegenerative diseases,
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and this interest was
sparked specifically because his
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father was a victim
of Parkinson disease,
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and finally
succumbed to this disease.
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So this really started him on a
journey of trying to help others
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to avoid this terrible
injury from the substances.
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So what are they exactly?
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Well, we have a graphic
that we could show that will
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list these for us.
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Actually, monosodium glutamate,
or MSG as everybody knows it by.
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The second one is
aspartame which is commonly used
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as a sweetener
in food substances.
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It's known as Equal
or NutraSweet, Spoonful,
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NatraTaste, and I think there
are other names for it as well.
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And then, there's a third
one that's less well known,
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a hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
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And this was found to be
apparently just as effective
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as producing ill
health as these other two.
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So many times, I hear this...
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There's a problem that developed
and then someone who is in
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medicine, or another
one of the scientists says,
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"Look, I want to figure out
what's causing the problems,
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what's happening. " Dr.
Blalock, you mentioned...
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But really, what IS the
problem with excitotoxins?
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The problem with them is
that they have an adverse
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effect on the nervous system.
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They interfere with the
proper transmission of our
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nerve impulses,
and actually work in an
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adverse way to cause the nerves
to overreact, and to overwork
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so finally they
wear themselves out.
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The nervous impulse that
causes our nervous system to
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function actually starts
out as an electrical impulse
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and it's transmitted
from one nerve to another one
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at an area called the synapse,
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and the neurotransmitter,
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the thing that helps to
transfer this electrical impulse
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is actually an amino acid.
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And these excitotoxins
are actually amino acids,
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and so when they're too
many of them, too much of that,
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in the body... it causes
these nerves to overreact.
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They just keep
firing and finally wear
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themselves out and die.
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Well, I want to come
back to that and maybe you can
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explain that a
little bit more to us.
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But what are some of
the kinds of problems...
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You know, you
mentioned Parkinson's,
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but anything else that
the excitotoxins can lead to?
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Yes, there are a number
of diseases that are present
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in people who use
these things to excess.
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We might just name them.
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I think that most of them
are things that people will
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recognize... Parkinson disease
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which Dr.
Blalock's father died of;
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Alzheimer disease
which is extremely
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common in our world today;
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Huntington disease which
actually is a hereditary disease
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but it seems to be accentuated
by these excitotoxins...
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And then we have
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
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commonly known as "Lou
Gehrig disease" or ALS,
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and then multiple sclerosis.
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We have lupus erythematosus,
and even birth defects
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are caused by
these toxic substances.
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You were mentioning
to me, all of those,
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we can do a program on
each of those, I'm sure,
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and I know people that
are watching today maybe knows
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someone that has one of
these situations, or whatnot...
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So I know that you're listening
very closely. Anything else?
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You had mentioned before
the break, some other things
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that they're thinking that maybe
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these
excitotoxins are related to.
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Yes, the ones that we
talked about that we showed
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just before on the
previous graphic here,
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are things that are
pretty well proven...
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that the substances at least
play a part in causing them...
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But there are some
other diseases which is
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suspected that the
excitotoxins may play a part...
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Include things like even
the desert storm syndrome
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which has caused a lot of
furor in the last few years.
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It's not been
proven that it caused it,
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but there's a strong suspicion.
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Strokes, various
types of brain injury.
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If a person has a brain
injury, he's more likely,
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or more susceptible to the
adverse effects of excitotoxins
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Even hypoglycemia
seems to be accentuated
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or aggravated by them.
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And seizures, migraine
headaches hypoxic brain disease.
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In other words, a person
is in the condition which his
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respirations
are interfered with,
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and doesn't have enough oxygen
in his body; becomes hypoxic,
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then the brain cells are
more susceptible to damage
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from these excitotoxins.
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...Then well, the
common problem of fibromyalgia
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is something that has become
very prevalent in the world
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in the last decade or so,
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and there's the suspicion
that these excitotoxins may even
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play a part in the development
of this disease as well.
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So something as simple
as someone watching today
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as a headache, maybe they
need to look at their diet,
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and different things and say,
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"Hey, are there some of
these excitotoxins here"
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"Maybe this could
be part of the problem"
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And certainly simplifying
our life could be helpful.
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Let me ask you
another question...
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There's another thing
I wanted to bring in...
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One of the problems in
diagnosing what causes diseases
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is the lag time that it
takes many times from when a
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person ingests a certain
substance or begins to ingest
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it over a long period of time,
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and the
development of that disease.
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So that this is one of
the reasons that we don't know
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whether these things are
really caused by excitotoxins...
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Could be something we ate 6
months ago. Yes, that's right!
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Well, take me back...
You know, how did this get in
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I'm sure that Dr. Blalock is not
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the only one
that knows about this;
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although he probably
did a lot of the research...
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but what's some of the
history of some of these things;
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maybe NutraSweet, or
some of these others that
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you've mentioned,
artificial sweeteners...
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How did they get
where they are now?
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Well I think it's kind of
interesting to go into the
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background of some of these.
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MSG for instance, has been used
by the Japanese for many years.
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It comes from a seaweed...
they call it "sea tangle"
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or the Japanese
word for that is "kombu"
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And I was looking at
something in the food store
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just the other day,
and I noticed that kombu
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was listed as one of
the ingredients on it there.
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But now, once it was discovered,
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it's become a
multimillion dollar business.
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And the way it was discovered
is kind of interesting...
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As I said, it was used by
the Japanese for a long while,
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but during World War II,
as our allied forces were
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coming up,
island-hopping up the Pacific,
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they captured the Japanese.
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They found that their
field rations were much more
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delectable, much more tasty
than the Gls' field rations was
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which were
abominable. Oh, I see...
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And so the Americans
sampled the Japanese food;
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found it tasted delicious, and
they found out that it was the
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MSG that the Japanese
were adding to it that made it
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taste so good,
and so out of this,
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became a
multimillion dollar business!
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You know, people like
Oscar Mayer and Pillsbury
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and Campbell's food, and
a lot of the rest of them
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started using this...
and actually the use of it
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has doubled every
decade since the 60s.
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So it was exciting to them,
but we're finding out that now
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there could be some toxic
things that are involved as well
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Any other
histories, this is interesting!
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Well on this one, in
1957, was the first discovery
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in laboratory animals that
there might be... this is MSG,
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there was damage to the nerve
cells in the retina of the eye,
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and in the 1967, it was found
out it was toxic to the brain,
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and it's been found that it's
particularly harmful to infants.
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Their nervous systems
are much more delicate,
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and it has a
worse effect on them.
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Now back to aspartame, or
on to aspartame, NutraSweet,
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or Equal, whatever
you want to call it,
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it's been found that this is
a very similar neurotoxic effect
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as MSG, and it's interesting
how it was discovered!
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There was a chemist who
was working for a drug company
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with the chemical
called "aspartame"
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and they were investigating it
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as a possible
treatment for ulcers...
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And as he was working with it,
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of course, he got some on
his fingers, and then he was
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turning in his notebook and
licking his fingers in order to
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turn his notebook pages,
and found that it had that
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it had that sweet
taste, and so out of this
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a multibillion
dollar industry came.
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In fact, it promoted
G.D. Searle who is the
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people who manufacture
and sold it to the #9
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and the Fortune 500
businesses just in a short time.
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Just by taste and just by
exciting people's taste buds
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all that money
was made and so...
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follow the money
here. Right, exactly.
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Then the third item in
the excitotoxin list is a
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"hydrolyzed vegetable protein"
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This one is less well
known among the general public.
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It can be used as
a substitute for MSG.
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It has a very similar taste
enhancing effect as MSG has.
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Actually, it's made
from junk vegetables;
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vegetables that are no longer
saleable from the supermarket.
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They want to do
something with them.
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They salvage what
they can from them.
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So they take these and
they boil them with an acid
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and then they neutralize
this with caustic soda,
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and the protein
is then separated out
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and it floats to the
surface, and them skim it off,
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and dehydrate it,
and then this becomes
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hydrolyzed vegetable protein,
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and it's used as a
seasoning for our foods.
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So this has a similar
effect to aspartame and MSG.
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They all have a harmful
effect on the nervous system,
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and then they interfere with the
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transmission of
the nerve impulse.
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In just a few moments
we're going to go to a break,
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but we've been
talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse
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He is a consultant for the
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Black Hills Health
and Education Center
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We're talking
about excitotoxins.
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Just before we go to the break,
you mentioned how these work...
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You said that the
nerves in our bodies,
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they fit together somehow...
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Let's say, you had
mentioned this is one nerve
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and this is the next one;
they kind of fit together...
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And then these excitotoxins,
they act right here,
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at this place? Is
that where they're acting?
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That's right. This is
called the "synapse. "
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And the nerve impulse
starts down... comes down here,
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and in order to make this
transfer to the next nerve cell
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to transfer the
impulse on these amino acids,
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from side-to-side,
they make that transfer
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from one nerve cell to the next,
00:13:38.50\00:13:39.82
and when there are
too many of them there,
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the nerves
continue to be stimulated,
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and actually causes
the nerve cells to die.
00:13:43.69\00:13:46.52
And that results in...
00:13:46.55\00:13:48.28
And that's what
those excitotoxins do...
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that's where they're
acting. That's where they work.
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That's where
they do their damage.
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So our decisions,
whatever they make,
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they end up right there
at every little connection,
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and every little
intersection in our body.
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Would that be a way to say it?
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That's exactly right.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Glen Wiltse
00:14:01.41\00:14:03.74
from the Black Hills
Health and Education Center
00:14:03.77\00:14:06.75
where he is a consultant,
00:14:06.78\00:14:07.80
and has been a physician in
family practice for many years.
00:14:07.83\00:14:11.11
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going to talk a little bit more
00:14:11.14\00:14:13.04
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whether or not you've been
00:14:13.07\00:14:16.12
taking in these
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Welcome back, we've been
talking about a very interesting
00:15:49.33\00:15:53.17
subject today; the taste
that kills, "excitotoxins"
00:15:53.20\00:15:57.14
These are the things
that we eat that excite us.
00:15:57.17\00:15:59.64
We want to come back
for more of them because
00:15:59.67\00:16:01.50
we like
excitement as Americans...
00:16:01.51\00:16:04.29
But they're also
toxic, and Dr. Glen Wiltse
00:16:04.30\00:16:08.15
has been letting us
know that these substances
00:16:08.18\00:16:10.94
are not really the best for us.
00:16:10.97\00:16:12.79
What types of things
happen when we take these in?
00:16:12.82\00:16:15.64
What kind of symptoms,
what kind of things can we
00:16:15.67\00:16:17.68
look for to know whether or not
00:16:17.71\00:16:20.30
we are on a dangerous road here?
00:16:20.33\00:16:22.47
Actually the
symptoms are very subtle,
00:16:22.50\00:16:24.51
and they're not very specific.
00:16:24.54\00:16:26.22
They are symptoms that many
of us have time and time again.
00:16:26.25\00:16:29.55
We have them listed here...
things like muscle spasms,
00:16:29.58\00:16:33.58
dizziness, or
vertigo... Vertigo is what?
00:16:33.61\00:16:36.93
That's where a
person feels unsteady.
00:16:36.96\00:16:38.92
They feel like they're whirling
around, and they're unsteady.
00:16:38.95\00:16:41.58
...Headaches, ringing in
the ears, or tinnitus is the
00:16:41.61\00:16:45.21
medical term for that.
00:16:45.24\00:16:46.69
Sometimes they have joint pains.
00:16:46.72\00:16:48.34
People may think
they have arthritis.
00:16:48.37\00:16:50.15
Depression is
one of the results.
00:16:50.18\00:16:52.18
...Anxiety, slurred speech,
blurred vision, memory loss.
00:16:52.21\00:16:58.59
Of course this makes us
think of Alzheimer's which is
00:16:58.62\00:17:00.53
one of the things that they
feel pretty sure that this is
00:17:00.54\00:17:02.73
at least a partial cause for.
00:17:02.76\00:17:04.79
It's certainly
not the entire cause,
00:17:04.82\00:17:07.16
and many of these other diseases
that are associated with
00:17:07.19\00:17:10.57
excitotoxins... they are
probably not the total cause,
00:17:10.60\00:17:14.32
but they apparently are at
least a contributing factor.
00:17:14.35\00:17:16.94
So you were saying that
right here at that junction,
00:17:16.97\00:17:20.25
that little intersection
between all the nerve things,
00:17:20.28\00:17:22.56
it kind of overloads
the system, is that right?
00:17:22.59\00:17:24.66
That's exactly right, and
the nerve cells actually die
00:17:24.69\00:17:27.13
as a result of being overloaded
or excited in a hyper manner.
00:17:27.16\00:17:31.29
So if it's overloaded where
your sense, or in your brain
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where you remember things that
would cause the memory problems,
00:17:34.34\00:17:37.42
or your speech centers...
00:17:37.45\00:17:38.71
I mean, is that too simplistic,
or is that what's happening?
00:17:38.74\00:17:41.47
Well, I think that's the way
to help the layman understand it
00:17:41.50\00:17:43.64
You know, things
like Lou Gehrig disease,
00:17:43.67\00:17:45.52
which a person loses the
use of his peripheral muscles,
00:17:45.55\00:17:48.42
the skeletal muscles;
headaches because of the
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abnormalities that are
taking place in the nerve cells
00:17:52.20\00:17:56.13
within the brain...
00:17:56.16\00:17:57.14
So all of these symptoms
are a result of that one thing
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apparently, the
damage to the synapse,
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the junction from one
nerve cell to another;
00:18:02.81\00:18:05.29
overexciting them, and
actually causes them to be
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first diseased, and
then actually to die.
00:18:07.60\00:18:10.28
I could tell that you've
talked to a lot of people about
00:18:10.31\00:18:12.64
health things over the years,
you know, being a consultant
00:18:12.67\00:18:15.12
there at Black Hills
and helping so many people
00:18:15.15\00:18:17.28
really is going to help
us now because I want to know
00:18:17.31\00:18:21.43
what should I avoid?
00:18:21.46\00:18:22.81
I mean, I'm talking to
myself... I know that others
00:18:22.84\00:18:25.65
are probably
asking that same question.
00:18:25.68\00:18:27.29
What should I
avoid? What should I do?
00:18:27.32\00:18:28.87
Okay, well there are a number
of things that we can do to help
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First of all, we need to
avoid a number of things...
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There are a number of terms that
we need to become familiar with
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so that we can look for
them when we're looking at
00:18:38.36\00:18:40.91
ingredient labels on foods.
00:18:40.94\00:18:43.79
"Plant protein
extract" is one of those.
00:18:43.82\00:18:46.69
So if it says that
on the label, watch out!
00:18:46.72\00:18:48.96
We ought to
leave it on the shelf,
00:18:48.99\00:18:50.29
and let someone
else buy it. All right.
00:18:50.30\00:18:53.39
Sodium or calcium caseinate.
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Now casein is a milk
protein, an amino acid,
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and it's present in milk.
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It's an excitotoxin. ...
And it is an excitotoxin.
00:19:02.90\00:19:05.40
So if it has casein,
or sodium caseinate in it,
00:19:05.43\00:19:08.68
you should avoid
that; best to leave it.
00:19:08.69\00:19:11.31
Okay, in addition to
that, there's yeast extract,
00:19:11.34\00:19:14.09
or autolyzed yeast.
00:19:14.12\00:19:15.89
Now, we were talking about
hydrolyzed vegetable protein
00:19:15.92\00:19:18.39
but autolyzed is
another term that's used
00:19:18.42\00:19:20.77
in association with
yeast and some other products
00:19:20.80\00:19:23.23
that causes the same damage,
the same injurious effect
00:19:23.26\00:19:27.08
as hydrolyzed protein.
00:19:27.09\00:19:29.53
Also, as you mentioned
before, most commercial soups
00:19:29.56\00:19:32.76
contain MSG, or
hydrolyzed vegetable proteins,
00:19:32.77\00:19:36.69
so that we need to
be careful for those.
00:19:36.72\00:19:39.19
Then there are some
others that sometimes have
00:19:39.22\00:19:42.96
MSG in them
such as malt extract,
00:19:42.99\00:19:45.60
malt flavoring, which
we see frequently used as a
00:19:45.63\00:19:48.02
sweetener, or as
a flavor in foods.
00:19:48.05\00:19:50.44
That also may
contain MSG or aspartame...
00:19:50.47\00:19:54.96
And bullion, or stock, or
if it just says flavoring,
00:19:54.99\00:19:59.64
or seasoning, or spices...
00:19:59.67\00:20:01.17
This may be a cover-up word
that can cover up the fact that
00:20:01.20\00:20:05.39
the MSG is present.
00:20:05.42\00:20:06.73
There's an
interesting thing about MSG...
00:20:06.76\00:20:11.40
If a substance has
been prepared by a company,
00:20:11.41\00:20:15.66
and they use one of
the ingredients in that,
00:20:15.69\00:20:18.99
has MSG in it, but it's only
an additive to that substance,
00:20:19.02\00:20:23.12
all they need to do is
give the generic name of
00:20:23.15\00:20:26.35
that particular additive
that's put in that soup,
00:20:26.38\00:20:28.44
and they don't have to mention
the fact that that additive
00:20:28.47\00:20:30.90
has MSG in it.
00:20:30.93\00:20:32.41
So they're pretty sneaky how
they get this... That's right!
00:20:32.44\00:20:36.61
Now, I know that this
program will air in America...
00:20:36.62\00:20:40.29
It may air, of
course, with our affiliates
00:20:40.32\00:20:42.90
in other places
around the world...
00:20:42.93\00:20:44.95
In America, they look pretty
closely at the different labels,
00:20:44.98\00:20:49.71
but let's just take
labels out of the picture.
00:20:49.74\00:20:52.11
Is the best thing to
try and prepare things
00:20:52.14\00:20:53.97
from raw foods
that you have yourself?
00:20:54.01\00:20:56.06
Is that the best thing to
get away from excitotoxins?
00:20:56.09\00:20:58.24
That's exactly
the best way to do it.
00:20:58.27\00:20:59.83
To use the foods in
the way they're grown;
00:20:59.86\00:21:02.70
prepare them by
cooking or grinding.
00:21:02.73\00:21:05.08
Add some known seasonings
that you know are safe,
00:21:05.11\00:21:08.34
like salt, and maybe some
food yeast which is safe to use.
00:21:08.37\00:21:14.62
It's not autolyzed, but
we watch for that word...
00:21:14.65\00:21:17.24
"autolyzed" or "hydrolyzed"
00:21:17.27\00:21:19.36
Eat foods as nearly
the way God gave them to us
00:21:19.39\00:21:22.27
as we possibly can.
00:21:22.30\00:21:23.81
Let's come back to that MSG...
00:21:23.84\00:21:25.16
You know, I've heard
lots of people talk about MSG
00:21:25.19\00:21:27.48
and these types of things...
00:21:27.49\00:21:29.38
Anything else you need
to tell us about those?
00:21:29.41\00:21:31.10
Well I think that one
thing we need to think about
00:21:31.11\00:21:33.99
is some other things,
some additives that may be put
00:21:34.02\00:21:37.43
in the foods that contain
MSG; they may not say MSG,
00:21:37.46\00:21:41.22
so we might just look at
a list of some of those...
00:21:41.25\00:21:43.42
Thinks like carrageenan,
I'm not sure how it's pronounced
00:21:43.45\00:21:48.50
and it may say just "enzymes,"
00:21:48.53\00:21:50.21
or it may say
"soy protein isolate,"
00:21:50.24\00:21:53.30
or "soy protein
concentrate" ... that's right,
00:21:53.31\00:21:55.91
maybe an MSG added to it.
00:21:55.94\00:21:58.79
It could be a
hydrolyzed vegetable protein
00:21:58.82\00:22:01.05
that's added there too.
00:22:01.08\00:22:02.11
Whey is another one.
00:22:02.14\00:22:03.77
Whey has casein
which is an amino acid,
00:22:03.78\00:22:07.23
which is one of
the excitotoxins,
00:22:07.26\00:22:08.68
so we need to leave
whey out of our foods...
00:22:08.71\00:22:10.60
And even some types of
soy milk, and I'm not sure
00:22:10.63\00:22:14.18
exactly how to tell
which ones do have it,
00:22:14.21\00:22:16.64
and which ones don't,
but we certainly need to be
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.28
careful to watch for
these particular terms that
00:22:18.31\00:22:21.82
may be used as a camouflage for
00:22:21.85\00:22:24.63
the products that
are harmful to us.
00:22:24.66\00:22:26.87
Are there
camouflage words for aspartame?
00:22:26.91\00:22:29.09
Yes there are! Diet
sodas will have aspartame.
00:22:29.12\00:22:33.43
In all the diet sodas
the sweetening agent used
00:22:33.46\00:22:36.48
is aspartame
because it doesn't have the
00:22:36.51\00:22:38.79
calories in it that sugar has.
00:22:38.83\00:22:40.80
So in order to make a
low calorie diet drink,
00:22:40.83\00:22:42.89
they use aspartame
as the sweetening agent.
00:22:42.92\00:22:45.22
So anything that's had
NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful,
00:22:45.25\00:22:48.61
or NatraTaste added
to it, should be avoided.
00:22:48.64\00:22:52.28
Then if we're talking
about health, in general,
00:22:52.31\00:22:54.47
there are some things
that have nothing to do
00:22:54.50\00:22:56.20
with MSG or
aspartame that we should avoid
00:22:56.23\00:22:58.76
Things like eggs and red meat,
and a lot of fried foods...
00:22:58.79\00:23:03.02
and the things that
we know are harmful.
00:23:03.05\00:23:05.64
We've talked about
what we should avoid.
00:23:05.67\00:23:07.59
We've talked about excitotoxins.
00:23:07.62\00:23:09.50
We've talked about how
they excited a lot of people.
00:23:09.53\00:23:13.50
They made a lot of
money for some people,
00:23:13.53\00:23:15.74
and so they continue
to be presented to us.
00:23:15.77\00:23:24.05
We've talked about how they
damage in-between the nerves,
00:23:24.08\00:23:27.17
but anything else you want to
add about the damaging effects
00:23:27.20\00:23:29.78
and then I want to come
back as we're nearing the end
00:23:29.81\00:23:32.83
of our program
to some GOOD news.
00:23:32.86\00:23:34.37
What can we do
in place of those?
00:23:34.40\00:23:35.90
But any other things we should
00:23:35.93\00:23:37.30
talk about in terms
of damaging our systems?
00:23:37.33\00:23:39.19
Well I think the big thing is
that a person needs to remember
00:23:39.22\00:23:42.67
that these
things are so insidious;
00:23:42.70\00:23:45.32
they're so widely
used, and their use
00:23:45.35\00:23:47.97
maybe camouflaged...
00:23:48.00\00:23:49.36
In fact, there seems to have
been, and Dr. Blalock brings
00:23:49.39\00:23:52.27
this out in his book,
there seems to be a collusion
00:23:52.30\00:23:55.15
between the FDA and the
aspartame and MSG association.
00:23:55.18\00:24:01.47
You know, money talks!
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.17
We see this in
many parts of the world,
00:24:03.20\00:24:05.62
and many parts of our country.
00:24:05.63\00:24:07.17
Do you think
someday they'll be...
00:24:07.20\00:24:08.65
I remember a few years
ago when the CEOs of all
00:24:08.66\00:24:12.96
the smoking companies were
there in front of Washington, DC
00:24:12.99\00:24:15.86
and they were all
saying, "This is not right"
00:24:15.89\00:24:17.78
...and they all
took a stand together...
00:24:17.81\00:24:19.38
Do you think some day there
will be an excitotoxin senator
00:24:19.41\00:24:23.29
or someone that says,
"Hey, I want to get to
00:24:23.32\00:24:24.91
the bottom of this. "
00:24:24.92\00:24:26.04
I wouldn't be
surprised to see that happen.
00:24:26.07\00:24:27.95
There is enough risk
there, there's enough hazard,
00:24:27.98\00:24:31.41
there's enough damage
that's being done by these
00:24:31.44\00:24:33.35
substances, that I'm
sure that somebody...
00:24:33.38\00:24:35.76
In fact, there is a
rather large network of people
00:24:35.79\00:24:39.08
who are interested
in MSG and excitotoxins
00:24:39.09\00:24:41.65
who I've ran across on
a website the other day,
00:24:41.68\00:24:46.00
and so there's a lot
of information going out;
00:24:46.03\00:24:48.44
a lot of agitation; a lot
of people interested in this.
00:24:48.45\00:24:51.21
So let's say
we've damaged ourselves,
00:24:51.24\00:24:52.75
we understand
what's going on now,
00:24:52.78\00:24:54.92
or maybe someone is
going to try this...
00:24:54.95\00:24:56.81
What kind of
foods should they eat?
00:24:56.84\00:24:58.93
Are antioxidants
something they should look to?
00:24:58.96\00:25:02.42
You know, what kind of foods
should they put in place of it?
00:25:02.43\00:25:05.80
Well, as we mentioned
before, we should eat our foods
00:25:05.83\00:25:08.43
in nearly the form in
which they grew from the ground
00:25:08.46\00:25:11.25
as we possibly can.
00:25:11.28\00:25:12.30
Avoiding foods that have
been processed by some animal
00:25:12.33\00:25:16.01
and then we eat the animal.
00:25:16.04\00:25:17.62
So, get them firsthand,
not secondhand. That's right.
00:25:17.65\00:25:19.64
We don't want to
eat secondhand foods.
00:25:19.67\00:25:21.12
We don't like to
buy a secondhand car
00:25:21.15\00:25:22.64
if we can afford a new one...
00:25:22.67\00:25:24.37
So we don't want
secondhand foods either.
00:25:24.40\00:25:26.54
But some of these substances,
even the metabolic processes
00:25:26.57\00:25:32.76
of good foods
produce harmful byproducts,
00:25:32.79\00:25:36.29
just as a byproduct
of cellular metabolism.
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Free radicals are
formed, and then the substances
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that are known as
antioxidants which are present
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in these foods that
grow from the ground,
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they protect against
and help to remove these
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free radicals that
cause damage to our cells...
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Things like selenium,
vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E,
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and vitamin K, beta
carotene which is present in our
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green, yellow, and orange
foods, fruits and vegetables;
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all of these things help
to remove the things that
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may be harming our
cells, the cells of our body.
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They cannot apparently
completely counteract the
00:26:13.50\00:26:16.75
effects that may have been
produced by the excitotoxins,
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but they can prevent
further future damage,
00:26:20.23\00:26:24.26
and maybe even
repair some of the damage
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that's been done already.
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You told me a cute story...
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We've got about a
minute, 30 left before
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this segment is
over... about a little boy.
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You've told this to lots
of people, tell me that story
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briefly because I
think some people may want
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.55
to make a change, and this
is a story that will help them
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maybe think about how to
make a change. That's right!
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There was a couple that had a
little boy about 3 years old...
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The wife came home from
the hospital with a new baby.
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So Junior had to be
moved to a junior bed,
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so the baby could have the crib.
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And about 2 o'clock in
the morning, the father hears
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.70
a thud, and he realizes that
Junior has fallen out of bed.
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He gets up, puts
him back into bed.
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The next night, the same
things happen about 2 o'clock.
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By the third night when this
happens, dad wakes Junior up
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and sits down beside
him on the bed and says...
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"Junior, what's going on here?"
What do you think is the matter?
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Junior had a very
insightful response...
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He said, "Daddy, I think I stay
too close to where I get in. "
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And I think when we're making
changes in our lifestyle...
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we may start to make
some changes already,
00:27:21.01\00:27:23.79
but we stay too
close to where we are...
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we need to progress.
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We need to hold on to
those things that we really
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really enjoy!
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We've been talking
with Dr. Glen Wiltse
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He's a health educator,
a physician that consults
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with the Black Hills
Health and Education Center
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He's been in family
practice for many years.
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He has done a lot of
study concerning excitotoxins.
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We hope that what
you've learned today
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has been helpful to you,
00:27:47.77\00:27:49.17
and that whatever you
eat, or whatever you drink,
00:27:49.20\00:27:52.12
you'll do it ALL
to the glory of God,
00:27:52.13\00:27:54.61
and that you'll have
health that's really exciting
00:27:54.64\00:27:57.28
and lasts for a lifetime!
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