Hello and welcome to
"Health for a Lifetime"
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We're glad that
you've joined us today,
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and we hope that as a
result of today's program,
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you WILL have health
that lasts for a lifetime!
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Today we're going to be
talking about healthy eating.
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The Bible, that ancient
Book that now many are seeing
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as a book of health, is
something you might want to
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go and get right now.
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Do you have a Bible at home?
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If you do, keep listening,
but go and get your Bible.
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We're going to be looking at
some texts today from the Bible.
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We're joined today
with Dr. Glen Wiltse
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He is from South
Dakota, actually North Dakota,
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but you work in South
Dakota; you consult for the
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Black Hills Health
and Education Center.
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Right.. And, so
you've been teaching
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people about healthy
eating for MANY years!
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The Bible says, "Why do you
spend money for that which is
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not food?" And He
asks the question...
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Why do you spend money for
things that really are not bread
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Those types of things,
the prophet Isaiah tells us.
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Well what should we be eating?
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What is a healthy diet?
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Well eating, of course, is
one of THE most fundamental
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actions of our entire lives.
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We need to have
it to keep us going.
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And, we need to eat the right
things prepared in the right way
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And there are
actually two basic problems
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with the foods that we eat.
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#1 is that we eat too much.
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#2 is that we
eat the wrong kind.
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And if we can just
straighten out those 2 things,
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we'd be okay.
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Someone said once that
the average American eats
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7-10 of the same
things day in and day out.
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The problem is that
they are the wrong things.
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Would that be a
good way to put it?
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That is a good way to put
it... That's exactly right, yes!
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Well, why is it that
we have this problem?
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We have deviated from
the original instruction.
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I think we need to go
to the operator's manual.
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You know you buy a new
vehicle, you by a new car,
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you buy a new lawn mower...
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An instruction book comes along
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and tells you how
to take care of it.
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Well, can't we just
watch maybe programs like this
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or others and watch the
commercials and live by those?
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We could if we're looking
at the right commercials,
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but you know,
these programs are okay,
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but there are some commercials
out there in the world
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that aren't the best.
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They promote things
that aren't the best for us.
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We hope that
you've gotten your Bible,
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or you've found a Bible at home,
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an you can follow along.
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We're going to be looking at
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the original Book
on health, the Bible.
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And Dr. Wiltse,
where should we go first?
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Let's go to the beginning.
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Let's go to the
Book of the Beginnings!
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GENESIS! If we look there,
we're going to look at some
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facts, some verses, some
information that a lot of
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our viewers are probably
pretty familiar with already.
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But sometimes we need
to have a little reminder
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It's easy to backtrack...
it's easy to backslide,
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and so I think a reminder
once in a while is okay.
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Let's look at Genesis
1:28 to see what did God say?
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He planted man in
the Garden of Eden.
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He gave him the
beautiful surroundings,
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and all the animals to look at,
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and a beautiful
climate, and then He said,
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"I've given you food to eat. "
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In verse 28, He says,
"I've given you the seeds,
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the trees bearing
fruit, the grains,
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everything that
grows from the ground that
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comes from the flower. "
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So He didn't pass out
T-bone steaks that day.
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He didn't put the
gravy on the table.
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It was fruits, nuts
and grains. That's right.
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And they stayed on
this until after the fall...
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And if we go to Genesis 3,
we find that after the fall...
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...A couple of chapters over
Genesis 3, after the fall of man
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you meaning the falling into
sin and they fell away from God
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Right... So God
changed their diet.
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Now I'm not sure
exactly why that was...
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We could do some study and try
to figure out, physiologically,
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WHY they had to add vegetables,
the plants, the stems,
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the leaves, the tubers.
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Before that, they were just
eating the seeds, the grains,
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the legumes, the nuts,
the fruits, and so forth.
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But then the rutabagas
and potatoes and carrots,
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and then the plants...
the celery and Swiss chard
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and so forth... All of
these things were added
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to man's diet at that time.
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And they stayed on this diet
or were supposed to at least
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until after the
time of the flood.
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And following that, if we
go on a little further over in
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Genesis 9, we find there
that God gave permission,
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on an emergency
situation, to use a flesh diet.
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BUT, there were
some restrictions...
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So in Genesis 9, He said
you can use a flesh diet...
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This was after the flood...
assuming that maybe there wasn't
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as much vegetation; there wasn't
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this or that after they
got out of the big boat. Okay
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So they were not
to eat the blood;
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they were
restricted to not eat the fat,
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and they were not
to eat unclean animals.
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What would meat like that taste,
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if they had no fat or no blood?
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It would be pretty bland.
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If don't know whether
any of our viewers have
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ever tried eating it or not,
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but if you eat an animal which
the blood has all been drained,
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it's a pretty flat taste.
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So you couldn't get a...
like say a hamburger from a
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hamburger stand
with no blood in it.
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It would be impossible, they're
just not slaughtered that way.
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So even people that are eating
meat, may think that's okay
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because maybe the Bible says
to do that if it has taste...
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a lot of taste, then it probably
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doesn't have all
the blood taken out.
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Yeah, that's probably true.
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But the best
thing is to, even today,
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especially with the
disease that's coming into the
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animal kingdom now, even the
permission that man was given
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at that time, I
think that God is revoking.
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Now, each person has to
make his own decision on this.
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We all know that a
vegetarian diet has been proven
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scientifically to
be the more healthy.
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But it's not a prerogative
for church membership,
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or for anything you
do, but I think each person
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needs to make up his
own mind whether he's
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going to follow a vegetarian
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diet, or continue to
eat some animal products.
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You are a Seventh-day Adventist
Christian and you're talking
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in your church and the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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they don't make that a
TEST of being a member,
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but it's looking more and more
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like really the
original diet is the best.
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You mentioned clean and unclean
foods, tell us about that.
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The first intimation
that we have that there was a
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distinction between clean
and unclean is at the time Noah
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was admitting the
animals into the ark.
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At that time, the record states
7 clean and 1 pair of unclean
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animals into the ark.
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So there was a distinction
there... Even before the flood.
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Even before the flood! Okay
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This was enlarged upon
when Moses was bringing the
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Children of Israel
out of the land of Egypt,
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and the
ceremonial laws were given.
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But if we analyze the
eating habits of these animals,
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we find that, in
general, the unclean animals
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are the scavengers...
Clean up all the trash.
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The pig, the hawk, the vulture,
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the fish that eat
often the bottom and scavenge
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what's on the ocean
floor, and lake floor.
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You know recently, a lot
of people have talked about
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what we eat and why... I
mean there are things like
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mad cow disease; there's all
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these other different
things that are coming up.
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Really, it's focused the
scientific community on this.
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What do you think
of the food pyramid?
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Well I think that it's
something that serves as a
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fairly good guide,
but it does need to have a
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little bit of modification
if a person is going to
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REALLY follow the
very best lifestyle.
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We'll notice that... and
this is a new food guideline
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that was introduced
just a few years ago,
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and it is considerably
better than what it used to be,
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but the foundation, of course,
is complex carbohydrates;
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you know the fruits
and vegetables, and so on.
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Then the higher up, we
have on one side, they do allow
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some milk and some
eggs and so forth...
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But as vegetarians, we
feel that this should be a total
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vegetarian pyramid.
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And then, of course, at
the very top there are the
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fats, the refined
products, the fats and sugars
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which should be eaten in
extremely small quantities.
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So this pyramid can be used by
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a vegetarian with only a
little bit of modification.
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I know the 4 food groups,
it's been shown now that there
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were some special
interest groups that
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monkeyed around
with that a bit...
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Do you think there has been any
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monkeying around
with this pyramid?
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At the time that this
pyramid was recommended,
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by a select group that
was appointed to do this work,
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and to analyze whether there
was a need for improvement,
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there was a lot of change
between what they recommended
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and what the Department of
Agriculture finally came up with
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as the food pyramid there.
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It's pretty good as it
is, but it could be better.
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It should be total
vegetarian to be real good;
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it should be less fat,
less animal products in it.
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You know, I have a lot of
friends that talk to me and
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they know that I'm a vegetarian,
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but they say, "So am
I," and then they say,
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"I eat fish, I eat
chicken, I eat this,"
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and then they said,
"but I'm a vegetarian. "
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Are there different
types of vegetarians?
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I found this through the years
that many times my patients
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will say, "Well, I'm a
vegetarian, but I eat some fish"
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Or, I come up to eat a
meal at a banquet or something
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and they say, "Well, could
we bring you some chicken?"
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...when I tell
them I'm a vegetarian.
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As though that chicken
didn't eat or didn't breathe.
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So there are
different types of vegetarians.
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Of course the omnivorous diet
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is the typical
American diet most people eat.
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And then there
are those that use...
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Omnivorous means they eat
anything... They eat anything.
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Then there's the
lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.
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They eat vegetables, plus
eggs, milk and dairy products.
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And then some people
even break that down to the
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ovo-vegetarian; they eat
just vegetables and eggs.
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And then there are those
that are pure vegetarian...
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They don't eat
any animal products.
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And then this is something that
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a lot of people
don't understand well is
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"Who is a vegan?"
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A lot of people
think... A "veegan" or "vaagan"
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The people who classify
themselves in this category
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used to consider that
if they just ate vegetables
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and nothing
else they were vegan.
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But actually, a true
vegan not only doesn't
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eat animal products,
but he also doesn't use any
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animal products;
no leather shoes,
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nothing that comes from
the animal kingdom at all.
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So it's more than just a diet!
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There are probably
less vegans watching
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right after that
comment than before.
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Probably so!
Probably more pure vegetarians
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than pure vegans.
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Well, what is so great
about a vegetarian diet?
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What are the advantages of it?
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What I like about it is
that it makes it so that
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we follow the Bible dictum
of preserving the body temple.
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We have learned that
the standard American diet
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which is SAD... S- A-D
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People who follow that
have a shorter lifespan,
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and they found that
total vegetarians...
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Their lifespan is, on
the average, 12 years longer
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than that of the average
population. Is that right?
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SO, if we are trying to
preserve that body temple,
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to preserve it in just the way
that God would have it to be,
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if we're going to avoid
breaking the commandment that
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that says,
"Thou shalt not kill,"
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actually we're
killing ourselves...
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if we allow ourselves to
eat a diet that causes us
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to die sooner than
we would otherwise.
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Is it cheaper?
Actually, it is...
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And a lot of
people don't believe that.
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They think that... No, it costs
more to eat a vegetarian diet.
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But it really doesn't.
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There have been a lot
of financial consultants
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and the statisticians
who have studied this out,
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and it's cheaper...
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A lot of other
advantages too, you know.
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Like? A cleaner
kitchen! Less grease in the air.
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Another thing,
there's less protein in it,
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and so we'll be discussing
this in another program.
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The relationship
between protein and osteoporosis
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and loss of calcium
from the body is very marked.
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Are you able to
have as much endurance,
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or do you need that
meat to be able to run those
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15 miles you run every morning.
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We don't have time to
go into all of the tests
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that were done on them,
but there have been a number of
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studies done that have
definitely proven that an
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athlete's endurance is
increased by using a total
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pure vegetarian diet,
lots of carbohydrates...
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And not only are they
able to endure longer,
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but they feel better during
the time that they're doing it.
00:13:01.93\00:13:04.31
Less cancer, less
heart disease, less diabetes,
00:13:04.32\00:13:07.52
less all those different things.
Less obesity, more longevity.
00:13:07.55\00:13:10.36
They're just
healthier all the way around.
00:13:10.39\00:13:12.63
Even arthritis is less
common among people who are
00:13:12.66\00:13:15.36
following a total vegetarian
diet than those who don't.
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You even mentioned to me
kidney stones. That's right.
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Kidney stones are
less common as well.
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Primarily because of
the lower amount of protein
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The average American eats
about 95 grams of protein a day,
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whereas the authorities
determined that about
00:13:29.79\00:13:31.60
45 to 55 grams is enough...
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And the extra load on the kidney
to get rid of that extra protein
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causes problems with the kidneys
and produced kidney stones.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Glen Wiltse
00:13:41.33\00:13:44.14
He's a health
educator. He's a physician.
00:13:44.17\00:13:46.44
He is suggesting to us
that the vegetarian diet
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is the best diet,
and when we come back
00:13:49.27\00:13:51.28
we're going to learn
MORE about why that is.
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If you have your Bible, go
and get it during the break.
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We've been
looking at some texts,
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and when we come back,
we hope you'll join us.
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Welcome back, we've been
talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse
00:15:26.05\00:15:29.51
He's a physician and he has been
00:15:29.54\00:15:32.33
a health
educator for many years.
00:15:32.37\00:15:33.76
We're talking
about healthy eating.
00:15:33.80\00:15:35.84
We've talked about the
validity of the vegetarian diet.
00:15:35.87\00:15:40.42
Why is it so much better?
00:15:40.45\00:15:41.71
It has a lot of chemicals
that are favorable to the
00:15:41.74\00:15:47.99
metabolic processes in our body.
00:15:48.02\00:15:50.34
So vegetables, the things...
plants, they have chemicals
00:15:50.37\00:15:53.24
that help us. That's right!
00:15:53.27\00:15:54.45
They're there naturally;
the Lord outlined this diet
00:15:54.48\00:15:57.84
for us and He put in it
the things that we need.
00:15:57.85\00:15:59.92
And the chemists have
been analyzing the content of
00:15:59.95\00:16:04.81
these foods and they found
out a lot of different things.
00:16:04.84\00:16:06.91
There are things that
are called "phytochemicals"
00:16:06.94\00:16:08.78
"Phyto" is a Latin
word which refers to plants,
00:16:08.81\00:16:11.07
so these are really
just plant chemicals.
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Things like antioxidants,
vitamin A, vitamin E,
00:16:13.40\00:16:17.80
and vitamin C.
00:16:17.83\00:16:20.38
And what do
antioxidants do? Briefly
00:16:20.41\00:16:22.53
Okay, they remove the
byproducts of tissue metabolism.
00:16:22.56\00:16:26.07
Our cells burn up the
food that we supply it,
00:16:26.10\00:16:28.44
and is a waste
product just like the exhaust
00:16:28.47\00:16:31.31
from your automobile that
needs to be gotten rid of.
00:16:31.34\00:16:33.77
If it stays in the cell,
it can be damaging to it.
00:16:33.80\00:16:36.51
So these antioxidants
are things that are present
00:16:36.54\00:16:39.15
in the foods that we
eat, and help to remove these
00:16:39.18\00:16:42.25
harmful agents called
"free radicals" from the cells
00:16:42.28\00:16:45.51
so that they don't do damage
to our cells. Okay, what else?
00:16:45.54\00:16:48.21
And also, there are others
that are called "flavonoids"
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They have other functions in
00:16:50.90\00:16:52.63
helping our cells
to function better.
00:16:52.66\00:16:54.29
And then, of course,
there are the phytoestrogens.
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You know, women need estrogen...
00:16:56.88\00:16:59.02
It's a normal part of
their metabolic processes.
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Their hormone level of
estrogen is necessary for
00:17:02.26\00:17:06.66
the preservation
of good health...
00:17:06.69\00:17:08.39
And the estrogens that are
supplied in plants are more
00:17:08.40\00:17:12.50
healthful for them
than the artificial elements
00:17:12.53\00:17:16.05
that may be
taken in a pill form.
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And so the plants provide
these estrogens for women.
00:17:18.42\00:17:21.20
Now there may be sometimes
that they'll need to take
00:17:21.23\00:17:22.94
some extra, but
generally speaking,
00:17:22.97\00:17:24.37
they get along very well
just with the estrogens that are
00:17:24.40\00:17:26.95
present in the plants.
00:17:26.98\00:17:27.99
So ALL this is in the plants...
They have the helpful effects
00:17:28.02\00:17:29.74
without the harmful effects.
00:17:29.77\00:17:31.25
Okay, all right, we
have our pharmacy right there
00:17:31.28\00:17:33.56
in what we eat if we
eat the right things.
00:17:33.59\00:17:34.96
Right, less fat,
there's no cholesterol.
00:17:34.99\00:17:37.16
There's the right
amount of protein.
00:17:37.19\00:17:38.52
More fiber, less calorie dense,
00:17:38.55\00:17:40.64
so it's really
the best thing for us.
00:17:40.67\00:17:42.83
You know I've worked with
many physicians over the years
00:17:42.86\00:17:45.09
and most of them, as I
worked in the hospital setting,
00:17:45.12\00:17:47.58
haven't done what
you've done today.
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You've pointed to the Bible
and said... "Hey, look at these
00:17:49.65\00:17:51.69
texts and look at this"
and now you're beginning to
00:17:51.72\00:17:53.70
give some scientific evidence.
00:17:53.73\00:17:55.55
Is the Bible a scientific book?
00:17:55.58\00:17:57.48
Well, I guess there
was a Master Scientist
00:17:57.51\00:18:01.19
who was behind
the writing of it...
00:18:01.23\00:18:02.72
The men who penned the words
probably were not scientists.
00:18:02.76\00:18:05.49
They were given information
which is very valuable
00:18:05.52\00:18:08.24
for us today.
00:18:08.27\00:18:09.84
But interestingly enough,
we find that the scientists
00:18:09.87\00:18:12.53
today who are
going through the foods,
00:18:12.56\00:18:16.39
and through the
lifestyle that we follow
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come forth with some very
interesting conclusions...
00:18:18.47\00:18:21.57
and here's a quotation from
a medical magazine called...
00:18:21.60\00:18:24.56
"Patient Care" back in
1990, so it's fairly recent...
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You can read it
here on the screen...
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So here's a conclusion
from a medical writer,
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and this is corroborated by
other medical researchers too.
00:18:45.58\00:18:48.12
This is not just isolated.
This is just an example of many.
00:18:48.15\00:18:49.96
Right, exactly!
00:18:49.99\00:18:52.26
What kind of
advantages or diseases...
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You know it
mentioned some diseases,
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probably one of the biggest
ones that people think about
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is a disease they
don't want to get is cancer.
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Does the vegetarian diet
help protect against cancer?
00:19:00.72\00:19:03.55
The epidemiologic studies...
the research, definitely show
00:19:03.58\00:19:06.99
that various cancers are
much less common among people
00:19:07.02\00:19:10.35
who follow a vegetarian diet.
00:19:10.38\00:19:11.89
Cancer of the breast,
cancer of the prostate,
00:19:11.92\00:19:13.76
cancer of the uterus, cancer
of the colon, the pancreas;
00:19:13.79\00:19:16.53
all of these are much
less frequent among people
00:19:16.54\00:19:19.00
who follow a vegetarian diet.
00:19:19.03\00:19:20.85
And it has been found that,
actually, just one specific food
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can even make a difference.
00:19:24.30\00:19:25.64
They've discovered
that, in a large survey,
00:19:25.67\00:19:28.56
the people who ate
beans 3 or more times a week
00:19:28.59\00:19:31.85
had a 30% reduction in
the incidence of colon cancer.
00:19:31.88\00:19:35.57
Wow, so beans
instead of red meat!
00:19:35.60\00:19:37.40
Go get those red beans
if you want something red,
00:19:37.43\00:19:39.47
not red meat. Exactly!
00:19:39.50\00:19:41.40
And they found out that
people who ate meat regularly,
00:19:41.43\00:19:44.85
2 to 4 times a week, actually
had twice as much cancer
00:19:44.88\00:19:48.91
of the bladder than people
who didn't eat meat at all.
00:19:48.92\00:19:51.60
So there's a lot of
evidence from the researchers
00:19:51.63\00:19:54.74
to demonstrate that
we really are better off.
00:19:54.77\00:19:56.69
And then of
course, mad cow disease...
00:19:56.70\00:19:58.47
We've all heard about this,
and we know how that's spread.
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Lots of people are becoming
00:20:00.58\00:20:01.93
vegetarians in
England, I understand.
00:20:01.97\00:20:03.66
That's what I've heard.
Yes, and understandably so!
00:20:03.69\00:20:07.01
And heart disease?
00:20:07.04\00:20:08.17
Heart disease... Well, we've
discussed heart disease on a
00:20:08.20\00:20:10.34
previous program, and
actually pure vegetarians
00:20:10.37\00:20:14.15
compared with the
average population,
00:20:14.18\00:20:16.18
had only 12% of heart attacks...
the average population had.
00:20:16.21\00:20:20.09
I mean, that's significant,
and that's enough to make
00:20:20.12\00:20:21.92
a person want to make a change.
00:20:21.95\00:20:24.05
But don't we need milk?
00:20:24.08\00:20:25.50
Milk is something that
we absolutely do not need.
00:20:25.53\00:20:28.78
In fact, humans are the
only species who continue to
00:20:28.81\00:20:32.62
eat milk after
the age of weaning.
00:20:32.65\00:20:34.99
There must be a reason for that.
00:20:35.02\00:20:39.24
Another problem with milk
too, is that a lot of people are
00:20:39.27\00:20:41.59
allergic to it; a lot of
people don't have the enzyme
00:20:41.62\00:20:44.53
in the stomach
that digests milk sugar,
00:20:44.56\00:20:46.43
so they have reactions from it.
00:20:46.46\00:20:48.46
So, there are a
lot of good reasons
00:20:48.49\00:20:50.41
why a person
should leave milk alone.
00:20:50.45\00:20:51.93
So the milk
moustache isn't everything
00:20:51.96\00:20:53.41
that it's cracked up to
be. That's exactly right!
00:20:53.44\00:20:55.36
What about fish?
00:20:55.39\00:20:56.50
"Pesco," I guess they
call them vegetarians...
00:20:56.53\00:20:59.23
Yes, the pesco-vegetarians.
00:20:59.26\00:21:00.98
We have some information
on that that we'd like
00:21:01.01\00:21:02.91
to show our viewers here.
00:21:02.94\00:21:04.45
Actually, 38-95% of all
fish that have been analyzed
00:21:04.48\00:21:09.86
have been found
to contain cancer...
00:21:09.89\00:21:11.95
depending on the source
from which it was taken,
00:21:11.98\00:21:14.35
whether it was from a lake.
00:21:14.38\00:21:15.47
...1 in 10 hogs have trichinosis
in them, even in spite of
00:21:15.48\00:21:21.14
care that the farmers give them.
00:21:21.17\00:21:22.97
Trichinosis is what?
00:21:23.00\00:21:24.61
That's a little worm
that burrows into the muscles
00:21:24.64\00:21:27.73
of the body and stays
there for the rest of your life.
00:21:27.76\00:21:29.42
It doesn't sound too
appetizing. It isn't.
00:21:29.43\00:21:31.04
It isn't good at all;
it's a microscopic-size worm.
00:21:31.07\00:21:33.50
And then, of course, chickens!
00:21:33.53\00:21:35.28
Kentucky Fried
Chicken is great stuff...
00:21:35.31\00:21:38.17
But actually, those
chickens as they go through the
00:21:38.20\00:21:40.48
packing plant, are inspected...
1 chicken is inspected
00:21:40.51\00:21:45.82
every 2 seconds;
so you know they don't
00:21:45.85\00:21:47.92
get a very careful inspection.
00:21:47.95\00:21:50.03
So a lot of diseases
come through from them.
00:21:50.06\00:21:52.61
In fact, 81 out of 84 meat
inspectors who were interviewed,
00:21:52.64\00:21:57.94
said that birds that
were formerly taken off
00:21:57.97\00:22:01.58
the production
line because of disease,
00:22:01.61\00:22:03.99
pass at the present time.
00:22:04.02\00:22:05.66
Is that right? So they're not
really watching out for you..
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.95
Just because it's on the shelf,
00:22:07.98\00:22:09.07
it doesn't mean that it's
going to be the best for you.
00:22:09.10\00:22:11.06
That's right; in fact,
there was just a recent report
00:22:11.07\00:22:13.24
about the number of
salmonella infections that were
00:22:13.27\00:22:15.74
directly related to chickens.
00:22:15.77\00:22:18.07
And, there were over 300,000
cases of salmonella last year,
00:22:18.10\00:22:22.05
and 20 cases of death.
00:22:22.08\00:22:23.25
So fish is not what
it's cracked up to be...
00:22:23.28\00:22:25.53
Chicken is not what
it's cracked up to be.
00:22:25.56\00:22:27.29
The other white meat is
the other white meat that can
00:22:27.32\00:22:30.26
cause problems and we
have to be careful with
00:22:30.29\00:22:33.24
the chickens and the inspectors
as well... Anything else?
00:22:33.27\00:22:35.80
Well, even when they find a
cancer on a beef, or a chicken
00:22:35.83\00:22:39.66
that's going
through the production line,
00:22:39.69\00:22:41.14
they'll just cut out the cancer,
00:22:41.17\00:22:42.97
sell the rest of it off at
the meat markets so you can
00:22:43.00\00:22:46.44
take your chances there.
00:22:46.47\00:22:49.53
If there was
cancer in that animal,
00:22:49.54\00:22:51.18
there probably was metastases
and so there could be cancer
00:22:51.21\00:22:53.99
cells in the part of it
that you're getting actually.
00:22:54.02\00:22:56.38
And sometimes also,
spoiled meat, and meat that has
00:22:56.41\00:22:59.34
gotten off-color will be
sent back to the processors;
00:22:59.37\00:23:01.84
they re-color it and
send it back for resale again.
00:23:01.87\00:23:05.36
There are a lot of bad things
about the animal industry.
00:23:05.39\00:23:09.01
Most of the
world doesn't eat meat,
00:23:09.04\00:23:10.37
it's only the affluent
places, right? That's right!
00:23:10.40\00:23:12.29
So, are there
environmental issues?
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.22
What if everybody
started to eat meat?
00:23:14.23\00:23:16.05
We would really be
unable to supply the whole world
00:23:16.08\00:23:19.71
with meat if we
were to try to do such.
00:23:19.74\00:23:23.20
In addition to that,
much more water is used
00:23:23.23\00:23:27.86
to produce a pound of meat
than a pound of vegetable foods.
00:23:27.89\00:23:32.59
In fact, if we can get
the next slide on here...
00:23:32.60\00:23:36.55
Environmental - it shows that
16 pounds of grain or soybeans
00:23:36.58\00:23:40.89
to produce only 1 pound of beef.
00:23:40.90\00:23:42.73
So see what a waste!
00:23:42.74\00:23:45.14
A person could eat the 16
pounds of grain or soybeans
00:23:45.17\00:23:47.78
but if he eats it
in the form of meat,
00:23:47.81\00:23:50.34
he just gets 1 pound of it.
00:23:50.37\00:23:52.37
Wow... 5,000 gallons of water
to produce 1 pound of beef!
00:23:52.40\00:23:56.29
That must be for the
feed, for what the cow eats,
00:23:56.32\00:24:00.27
and then, I don't know
where the other water...
00:24:00.30\00:24:03.43
There was a
researcher several years ago,
00:24:03.46\00:24:05.34
who analyzed the
amount, and they said that
00:24:05.37\00:24:07.17
the amount of meat
that's eaten by 1 family
00:24:07.20\00:24:10.56
...the amount of water
to make this amount of meat,
00:24:10.59\00:24:13.18
would be enough to float
the Queen Elizabeth! Wow!
00:24:13.21\00:24:15.56
And so, that's a lot
of wasted water there.
00:24:15.59\00:24:17.78
We mentioned that it
takes 25 gallons of water
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.40
to produce a pound of wheat.
00:24:20.43\00:24:22.95
You mentioned earlier
something I think that I really
00:24:22.96\00:24:25.25
want you to share...
00:24:25.28\00:24:26.66
It's CHEAPER to be a vegetarian!
00:24:26.69\00:24:28.37
That's right, it
really is. Tell us why...
00:24:28.40\00:24:30.81
Okay, this is
part of it right here.
00:24:30.84\00:24:33.44
It takes so much raw produce
to develop that pound of meat.
00:24:33.45\00:24:37.48
If we're putting 16 pounds
of grain or soybeans to produce
00:24:37.51\00:24:40.61
1 pound of beef,
that's a lot of waste.
00:24:40.64\00:24:44.50
A lot of it is going to waste.
00:24:44.53\00:24:46.16
In addition to that, the
conversion of plant protein
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to the animal protein
is so inefficient that
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man could just as well eat
the protein as it grows from
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the soil rather than
taking it secondhand.
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Plus the fact
that the secondhand
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is not as
healthy for him anyway.
00:25:06.37\00:25:08.56
Do you go to the doctor less?
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Do you go to the
hospital less if you eat...
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Exactly right! It's
been well-proven that
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vegetarians have less
incidence of doctor visits.
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They have to go to the
hospital less frequently,
00:25:18.02\00:25:20.01
and less medical
expenses as well.
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.03
We've got about 2 minutes left.
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I want you to share something...
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You know, some
people always have concerns
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about a vegetarian diet...
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What are some common concerns,
00:25:28.89\00:25:30.55
and why should or
shouldn't they be concerned?
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You know, you may be
eating a vegetarian diet,
00:25:33.29\00:25:36.62
but somebody may have
been messing around with those
00:25:36.65\00:25:39.58
vegetables!
00:25:39.61\00:25:40.67
They may have
been highly processed.
00:25:40.70\00:25:42.20
They may have a lot
of fat added to them.
00:25:42.23\00:25:44.12
They may have
sugar added to them.
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So our motto should be to...
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EAT THE FOODS IN AS
NEARLY THE WAY THAT THEY GREW
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as we possibly can.
00:25:49.41\00:25:50.80
We need to be
concerned about proteins.
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That's one of the concerns
that a lot of people have
00:25:53.32\00:25:55.55
when they go on
a vegetable diet.
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Are they getting enough protein?
00:25:56.94\00:25:58.16
We don't need to
worry about that;
00:25:58.19\00:25:59.40
if you eat enough
calories, you're automatically
00:25:59.43\00:26:01.88
going to get enough protein.
00:26:01.89\00:26:04.01
A lot of people
worry about iron...
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Is a vegetarian
going to get enough iron?
00:26:06.14\00:26:08.02
Iron is present in
dried beans, greens and beets,
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and prunes; dried fruits.
00:26:11.64\00:26:13.39
You don't need
to worry about that.
00:26:13.42\00:26:14.64
Calcium is present in
our greens, our broccoli...
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Don't need to
worry about the milk!
00:26:16.90\00:26:19.44
Vitamin B12...
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There has been a
lot of research on that,
00:26:21.44\00:26:23.00
and probably the
vegetarian doesn't need
00:26:23.03\00:26:25.37
to supplement with vitamin B12.
00:26:25.40\00:26:26.91
I always tell my patients
00:26:26.94\00:26:28.74
if they're going on a
total vegetarian diet,
00:26:28.77\00:26:30.87
just to play safe, take a
vitamin B12 tablet once a week.
00:26:30.90\00:26:35.74
A yes or no question for you...
00:26:35.75\00:26:37.09
Is it safe for children?
00:26:37.12\00:26:38.16
It's interesting
that Dr. Benjamin Spock,
00:26:38.19\00:26:41.23
who wrote the children's bible,
00:26:41.26\00:26:43.88
best seller next to
the Bible for many years,
00:26:43.91\00:26:46.32
made this statement...
I'll read what he said,
00:26:46.35\00:26:48.66
"We should rear
children on a plant-based diet
00:26:48.69\00:26:51.89
devoid of dairy
products after the age of 2."
00:26:51.90\00:26:55.86
So his reasons were
better weight control,
00:26:55.89\00:26:59.00
less heart disease, less
diabetes, less hypertension,
00:26:59.03\00:27:01.78
less cancer.
00:27:01.81\00:27:02.92
It's just better, even
by the baby specialist,
00:27:02.95\00:27:05.89
Americans' baby doctor.
00:27:05.92\00:27:07.21
In the last 30
seconds, let's put up that
00:27:07.24\00:27:09.74
graphic that you showed me
00:27:09.77\00:27:11.34
earlier about
implementing the change.
00:27:11.37\00:27:13.00
How can we make this change?
00:27:13.03\00:27:14.06
Okay, I think that's important.
00:27:14.09\00:27:15.08
Don't taper off, just
make a change right away.
00:27:28.44\00:27:31.07
It may seem difficult at
first, think of the rewards.
00:27:31.10\00:27:33.72
Think of the
dividends and make the change.
00:27:33.75\00:27:36.06
Doctor, thanks so
much for sharing with us.
00:27:36.09\00:27:38.75
I know that at the end
here, we could talk a lot more
00:27:38.76\00:27:41.94
about this very
important subject.
00:27:41.97\00:27:44.32
We hope that as
you have been watching,
00:27:44.35\00:27:45.84
you have heard some things
that make you think seriously
00:27:45.87\00:27:48.24
about what you're eating,
00:27:48.27\00:27:49.52
about what you shouldn't
eat, about what you should eat,
00:27:49.55\00:27:52.42
about HOW to do it.
00:27:52.45\00:27:53.78
If you have questions, call us.
00:27:53.81\00:27:55.63
We hope that you have health
that lasts for a lifetime!
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