Hello and welcome to
"Health for a Lifetime"
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I'm your host Don Mackintosh
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and we're glad
you're joining us today.
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We're also
delighted to have with us,
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Dr. Richard
Nelson Welcome doctor!
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Thank you Don, I'm
glad to be here today.
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Doctor, you're the vice
president for medical affairs
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at Weimar Institute...
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What exactly does
that mean? What do you do?
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Well, Weimar Institute
has a number of different
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health programs.
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Probably the most famous is the
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"NEWSTART Lifestyle
Program" where... the last
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23 years, people come to change
their lifestyle and to gain
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new health.
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I understand you're also
an international traveler...
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What do you do around the world?
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We take the
NEWSTART Lifestyle Program,
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which has been SO
successful in California,
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and take it around the world.
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We've been in about 217 cities
as of now, about 30 countries
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since 1982; so we just
turned 18 years old as far as
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the "health expo"
wing is concerned.
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And you've been with the
institute for quite some time?
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Yes, this is my 4th
year at Weimar Institute.
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My first 3 years was as
a volunteer, when I also
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was working as an assistant
clinical professor with
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Loma Linda University
out in Saudi Arabia...
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And during my
vacations, I would join the
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preventive
medicine, or health expo team
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in various places of the world.
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What exactly is a
lifestyle-related illness?
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Well, the leading causes
of death in North America
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right now include heart disease.
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Most heart diseases
are lifestyle-related.
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They're related to how we live.
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The typical American
lifestyle will result in
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coronary artery disease,
of course someone who is
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overweight, type 2 diabetes,
cancer, and the list goes on.
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I'm sure your viewers have
been seeing this in this program
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the different types
of lifestyle diseases.
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The NEWSTART Program is designed
not only to prevent the diseases
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but, in many cases,
actually reverse it.
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That sounds exciting...
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You mean, so you don't have
to just be doomed to a life of
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type 2 diabetes,
obesity, hypertension,
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all these different things,
you can actually REVERSE those.
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In some cases, the
first one you mentioned,
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type 2 diabetes, is exciting
because 35%, and as much as
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50% of type 2
diabetics who undergo intensive
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lifestyle modification,
can actually be medication-free
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within a short period of time...
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We're talking less than a month,
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and actually have
normal blood sugars providing
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they stick with the program.
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Is this those that
take just oral medications,
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or is it those that are also
on injections, or insulin shots?
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If we look at people who are
taking both oral hypoglycemics
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and also insulin...
put them all together,
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our average is above 35%,
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can be OFF of their
medication in just 3 weeks.
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Above 35%... That's right.
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And if we're looking at people
who are insulin-resistant,
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and just borderline,
getting to the point where they
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need medication, more
than three-fourths of those
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people can
actually AVOID developing
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type 2 diabetes. Very good news!
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I heard recently in the
news that they are doing some
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new treatments where they're
actually implanting cells
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within the pancreas that
now are producing insulin.
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Right, and I
certainly applaud these efforts.
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Our program is not alternative
medicine... to say...
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We like to think of it
more of complementary medicine.
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Now, those terms are kind
of getting blended together.
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Our program is
physician-monitored.
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It's university
professor affiliated.
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Our patients who come in
undergo a complete evaluation,
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blood work, etcetera, and the
physicians that work with them
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that changed their lifestyle,
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most physicians
know that if a patient
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changes their lifestyle,
they're going to be less
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dependent on medication...
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But is it SAFE to take
them off their medication?
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And the answer is...
Probably not, unless the patient
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is really going
to make a change.
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So what we do at
Weimar is we give a person
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and 18-day lifestyle change.
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We show them how
to eat different,
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how to exercise better,
and all the 8 components of
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the NEWSTART lifestyle.
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So, how does that
work in the real world...
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I mean, you take someone away...
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you kind of rapture
them away to this place,
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in and it's beautiful, and I'm
sure that Weimar has probably
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beautiful, nice vistas around,
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and there's room service,
or there's this and that...
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What do you do when
they leave that place?
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Our greatest
challenge is alumni follow-up.
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We have about 3,000
alumni now, and following them
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and getting them to
stay with the program...
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is our greatest
challenge, and not long ago,
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the "Physician's Committee
for Responsible Medicine"
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out of Washington, DC,
ranked various lifestyle centers
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for long-term
success, and weight loss.
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You'll see a lot of
signs that will say,
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"30 pounds in 30 days"...
We don't make those promises.
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What we emphasize
is a lifestyle change
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for the rest of your life.
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And that's why one of
the reasons we are ranked
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the top 2 in the
nation... by this think tank
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in Washington, DC for
our long-term results.
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And what exactly do you
DO for alumni follow-up?
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Well... One, we
have direct mailing.
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We have an alumni coordinator
who contacts our alumni.
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Another thing we do...
we put together resources
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so our alumni can actually
bring NEWSTART into their home,
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and share it
with their community.
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This year, we're video-taping
all the physician lectures again
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because our last
video series is outdated,
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so we're putting
together a new video series.
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We also have
annual wellness weekends,
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and times when people
can come back to Weimar,
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and go through the
program in a refresher.
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And so once you're an
alumnus, can you come through
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free the second
time, or at a reduced cost?
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We do make special deals.
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I notice, also, that
you have a website for the
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NEWSTART
Program... www. newstart. ws
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Is that an
alumni-type thing too?
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Can they go there, and then
get updates on that webpage?
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Right... Our website
updates on the dates of our
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upcoming programs, educational
resources that are available.
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This year, we
produced a dynamic CD-ROM
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on how people get sick...
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How heart disease, or I should
say, coronary artery disease
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and diabetes not only
can be prevented but reversed
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with cartoon
animation, etcetera,
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and that CD is now
available through our website.
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Wonderful! So there are
some resources that they
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go home and say...
"This is what I do,"
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and they say, "Where did
you GO, the planet Zolar?"
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"No, I went to Weimar, and it's
#1 of these types of programs
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or in the top 3," and all
the different things you've said
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It's all right
for them to look at.
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Let me ask you this...
We talked a little bit about
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diabetes type 2, and the
fact that it was reversible
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in 35% of the cases, or on
oral hypoglycemics even more
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than that, but let's
talk just for a minute about
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heart disease... I
think it kills now, what?
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How many people in
America, and what happens
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in the program to heart disease?
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Okay, I had the
privilege of working with an
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international heart
surgery team as a non-physician
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before training
as a physician...
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And I used to look at
what was being done after
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the patients
underwent heart surgery.
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And, one of the
surgeons remarked to me,
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"You know, Richard, probably the
best thing we've done for this
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patient was going
through this procedure... Sure,
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we fixed those 4 inches
of arteries; we've given him
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a new chance on life,
but this dramatic procedure
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has MADE this
person make up their mind"
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"I'm ready for a change. "
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But the results
haven't been out there until
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just a couple of years ago...
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in the "Journal of
American Medical Association"
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1998, December issue,
the Lifestyle heart trial
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results were published
that Dr. Dean Ornish has done
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and he has demonstrated, in
a very well-controlled study,
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that coronary artery disease
not only can be stopped in its
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progression, but also can be
reversed to a certain degree.
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This was a fairly
small group of patients,
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but the results were so
promising, that now a large
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scale prospective study
is under works right now
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being sponsored by the
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"Healthcare
Finance Administration"
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One other thing to note though,
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the coronary arteries
only opened up about 4.5%
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in the first year...
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The group that
was on the vegan diet,
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had less than half the
coronary events that the group
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who was following the step
2 American Heart Association
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Program experienced...
which has made researchers
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question, should
we study this further,
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is there something
about a whole plant food diet,
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a low fat diet that really
can help reverse heart disease.
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So, they have found,
really a difference in the
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reversal rates of
those that just...
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Or is there ANY reversal in a
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step 2 diet that
you're talking about?
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I guess that would have...
What's the difference between
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a step 2 diet and a vegan diet?
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Well, let's take
it a little further...
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The vegan diet
uses whole plant foods,
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with protected fat...
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And the step 2 diet is
more of a percentage of fat.
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And in the NEWSTART Lifestyle
Program, our concern is
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that the fat used in
the diet is not refined fat,
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which would be
subject to oxidation.
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We've been holding to
this now for over 20 years
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and there has been
a lot of questions as
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whether that's a valid position.
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Just this year, some notable
cardiologists are coming out
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and saying, "You know, it
appears that the immune system
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is key to the repair of
coronary artery disease.
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It's not the area of the
angiogram that's so narrowed
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that may be the
biggest concern...
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But rather, it's the
unstable plaque along the walls
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of the coronary arteries.
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And, they have discovered
that if you have a more oxidized
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LDL cholesterol, that that
actually interferes with the
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immune system in
repairing the coronary artery...
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which, when I heard
this, I thought to myself,
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"Again the value
of whole plant foods"
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because whole plant
foods have fat in it
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which is
protected from oxidation.
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That may sound like a
big theory, but more and more
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evidence is out there
that the whole plant food diet
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without refined
products subject to oxidation
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are better in the
treatment or prevention of
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lifestyle diseases.
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So foods as grown, and it
doesn't really necessarily
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mean... I remember working
on a cardiology unit as well...
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as a nurse, and looking
at these different patients,
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as they came back
from their little session
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with the cardiologist who
would show them... well look
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"This is where it's really
narrowed," and really that's
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not where the problem is
really... it's those unstable
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areas that are
sometimes not as narrow,
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but they cause problem.
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Well the narrow sites are
certainly great for discussion.
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Yes they are... Look
at your coronary arteries,
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YOU'VE GOT to make a change.
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We can make some
emergency plumbing right now
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...that's
important; but right now it is
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important that if you
do have heart disease,
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that you be followed by
a competent cardiologist.
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We have, on our board
of directors, a leading
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board certified
cardiologist, we have internists
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on our staff, and we work
side-by-side with the specialist
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and look how we can
optimize someone's lifestyle
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both WITH and
WITHOUT medication.
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You may be watching
right now, as we're talking to
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Dr. Richard Nelson, and
you're saying, "Look I want more
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information about
this program now!"
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I think probably the best
place for you to go right now
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...If I'm wrong correct
me, is www. newstart. ws
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All the contact numbers are
there if you're on the internet,
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and you may want to go there
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and check out
some more information.
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When we come back, I want
to talk and ask Dr. Nelson
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some questions, more
specifically about what
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NEWSTART really means.
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Of course, it sounds like a
new start, but is there more
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to that acronym, and what
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does it mean...
when we come back.
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We're glad that
you've joined us...
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Join us when we come back!
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Welcome back! We're
glad you've joined us.
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If you've JUST joined us,
you're in for a real treat...
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We're talking to
Dr. Richard Nelson
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from the Weimar Institute.
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He's the vice president
for medical affairs there,
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and we've been talking
about not just disease,
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but how to REVERSE the disease.
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There's GOOD NEWS! That's right.
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If you're listening today,
and you really want to get
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more information, you may
want to just go to a webpage
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www. newstart. ws
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We were talking about what
NEWSTART really stands for...
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Help us with what it stands
for, but put a few stories
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in there about what
really happens when you follow
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the NEWSTART Program.
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Okay, NEWSTART is an acronym.
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We didn't come up with
it, it came up from one of our
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patients or participants.
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We were presenting the 8
natural principles of health
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as we know them, and they were
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put into an
acronym called NEWSTART.
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The "N" is for nutrition.
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And, our nutritional
program, we think of good,
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better and best.
Okay, what's good?
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Good may be following a typical
American Heart Association
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step 2 diet... for example,
you may be using leaner meats
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...limiting your dairy products
1 or 2 cups of coffee a day,
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and that's the typical
HEALTHIER American diet.
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And "better" would be somewhere
in-between the best and the good
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And we have to meet
people where they're at...
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And where you're at is
probably early atherosclerosis.
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Maybe you're developing
high blood pressure...
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Maybe you're insulin resistant.
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And now it's time to reevaluate
your lifestyle, make a change.
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So that if we were
to move to the best diet
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from a physician who
believes in creation,
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I know that man wasn't
originally designed to run
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on nonplant food.
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And, we do a lot of work in
former Soviet Union countries,
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and I notice they have different
types of octane there...
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They have this 76
octane, and they have the
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90-something octane.
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And when you're driving
the 76 octane, it's going
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ping, ping, ping,
ping, ping all the time!
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But you still
can get from A to B
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And I think a lot of
us Americans are going
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ping, ping,
ping... and what happens is
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is over time, we are
wearing out our bodies.
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So if we can
approximate the best diet,
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and the best diet we describe
is whole plant foods eaten whole
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I'm not talking about
just piling your table with
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raw fruits and vegetables.
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But when you use a
recipe, use the whole plant,
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and then combine
it in a tasty way.
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So, do people like the
food when they're there,
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or do they just kind
of like... "What is this?"
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Recently, we just started
another one of our sessions
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at NEWSTART, and I was
there for the opening...
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And I was surprised
to see the reactions.
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They said, "The food is so good"
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Because we take
popular recipes and change them
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in such a way to put
in nutritious components
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and we can end up with almost
the same variety and taste.
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So, it's high carbohydrates, or
is it high proteins, what is it?
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Okay, predominantly
complex carbohydrates,
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low protein, low fat,
and with a good variety...
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And for some
conditions like type 2 diabetes,
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we may change the
time that they have fruit,
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and change the way they exercise
in combination with the meals.
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So it's a Genesis 1:29 diet,
then adding the vegetables in,
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but let me ask this...
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You know, I mentioned high
protein diet for a reason...
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because, you
know, some people say,
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That IS the WAY
you should lose weight,
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and they do say, "You can
help your diabetes with that. "
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What do you think
about that, and what's the
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NEWSTART philosophy on that?
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Our philosophy is
very much contrasting.
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We have found that a
high complex carbohydrate diet
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combined with effective
exercise, and the other
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components of
the NEWSTART Program
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actually can
reverse the condition.
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The reason people get
short-term results with
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the high protein diet
is they're just taking away
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the
carbohydrate or sugar load...
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But if you look, for example,
a study was done a few years ago
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in "The Lancet" a famous
British journal in Africa.
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They looked at 1,300
Africans who had an 80%
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complex carbohydrate diet.
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How many diabetics
were found... Not one!
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And so the myth that high
complex carbohydrate diets
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don't go along with
the treatment of diabetes
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is out the window as
far as we're concerned.
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The high protein diet
which is so popular today,
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I think we're going to
learn a little bit more
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about it as time goes on.
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We know that diabetics, we have
to be ESPECIALLY careful about
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their kidneys, and
a high protein diet is
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hard on your kidneys.
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So do you have people that come
through the NEWSTART Program
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that have tried a high
protein diet, and then they
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come back to you...
I've had people come and say,
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"Look, I've lost a lot of
weight on it, I'd like to see if
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your program is more effective"
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Our program, though,
is dependent on following
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all the 8
principles, and that includes
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getting a lot of exercise.
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Some people come up to
our program, by the way...
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the "N" is for nutrition;
the "E" is for exercise.
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They come up to our program
and some of them can only
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walk around our flagpole...
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And by the end of the 18
days, they're walking as much as
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3 to 5 miles a day.
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Wow, that's really miraculous,
but there are reasons for it...
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but it would
appear to be a miracle.
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What's the "W" for?
The "W" is for water,
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and we want to get at least 6
to 8 glasses of water every day
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and when I speak overseas,
there's always a danger
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that your translator
may make a mistake...
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I had a chieftain
come to me in East Malaysia
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and his hand, when
I pinched his skin,
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it just stuck up, like this.
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And he said, "I don't like to
drink water, I don't like water"
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"And I have
headaches, BAD headaches. "
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And just briefly told this
chieftain go home and drink
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your 6 to 8 glasses of water
a day, and come back and see us.
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And 3 days later, he came, and
he said, "This NEWSTART Program
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it just doesn't work. "
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"There's just no way.
I've tried and tried. "
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"My headache is gone,
but I just can't get the
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68 glasses of
water down every day. "
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A lot of our programs,
that we depend on translators
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and in the former Soviet Union,
a number of new Christians
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who are with our programs,
are people who attended our
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NEWSTART Health Expos.
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In just the former Soviet
Union alone, we've done about
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65 health expos
in different cities.
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So the physical changes seem
to lead to spiritual changes.
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Oh, absolutely, especially when
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we see the real
point of 3 John 2...
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"Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper
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and be in health, even
as your soul prospers. "
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Our Creator wants
us to be healthy today.
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He's not commanding
us... "Don't' use this, or
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don't use that
or I won't love you"
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He's saying, "I love
you, and I don't want you to
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experience the same diseases
that the pharaohs experienced. "
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The same diseases
brought on by refined foods,
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lack of exercise that had
been plaguing the human race
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for thousands of years.
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What does the "S" stand for?
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Sunlight!
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And, the sunlight is
important for the immune system.
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We need a little bit of
direct sunlight on our faces
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every day, and we
don't want to get too much.
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Sunlight! So, N-E-W-S-T...
What does the "T" stand for?
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The "T" is an old word for
temperance or self control.
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Basically is you
know it's right for you.
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Eat in moderation...
that's what's good for you,
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and avoid things
that are harmful.
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Some people say
you can eat more,
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and weigh less... Is that true?
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Well if you're eating
complex carbohydrates,
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and you're not
adding refined foods,
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such as the hibernation fuel
of vegetable oil for example
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or the ROCKET
fuel of white sugar.
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Take a sugarcane for example...
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How much sugarcane would
it take to make 1 candy bar?
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It could be
anywhere from 10 to 30 feet?
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How long will it take you to
eat 10 to 30 feet of sugarcane?
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You could just chew, and chew,
and chew... it doesn't happen.
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But you can eat a
candy bar in about a minute.
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And take, for example, what
I'm calling hibernation fuel...
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Some of the vegetable oil;
it takes about 14 ears of corn
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to make 1
tablespoon of vegetable oil,
00:22:47.68\00:22:49.78
and that's where you
can pack on the calories...
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And that's also where you
can get a source of oxidized fat
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which, today, is
showing to be playing a role
00:22:57.62\00:23:01.55
in adversely
affecting the immune system...
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lots of evidence yet to follow.
00:23:04.91\00:23:07.08
What does the "A" stand for?
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Fresh air.. tobacco-free.
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Tobacco in the developing world
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is the #1
preventable cause of death.
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Fortunately, in North
America, we've caught on.
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I just came from a
Central Asian Republic
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where the president had
to undergo bypass surgery,
00:23:20.87\00:23:24.11
and his physician said,
"You've GOT to stop smoking. "
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So he came home and he
said, "Well, in that case,
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if it's not good for
me, I'll write a decree"
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And he made a decree, no smoking
in public or in any restaurant,
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or place of entertainment.
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He didn't want to
be reminded of it.
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That's right, and he
happened to get a hold of a
00:23:41.56\00:23:45.10
NEWSTART book, and was
witnessed to raising it above
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his head and saying, "This is
our future ministry of health"
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Is that right? And
so, the NEWSTART lifestyle
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in a public form of
something called "Health Expo"
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has been taken around the
world, and, as I mentioned,
00:23:57.19\00:24:00.75
over 200 cities
in some 30 countries
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where we are showing
people that they can make
00:24:03.96\00:24:06.47
changes in their homes.
00:24:06.50\00:24:07.77
And I believe that, you know,
that's another component here;
00:24:07.80\00:24:10.09
we're talking about the NEWSTART
00:24:10.10\00:24:11.46
We want to finish
that up in just a minute,
00:24:11.49\00:24:12.80
but you mentioned "Health Expo"
00:24:12.83\00:24:14.30
I think there's another webpage
for people that are interested
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in that... maybe
they're watching the program
00:24:16.80\00:24:18.64
somewhere else around the world
00:24:18.67\00:24:19.80
and they want to
be involved in that.
00:24:19.83\00:24:22.52
I think that's
www. healthexpo. org
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is that right?
That's right, and on the
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Health Expo website, you
can learn about how you can
00:24:27.13\00:24:30.05
participate in some
form of NEWSTART Health Expo
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evangelism or community support.
00:24:34.33\00:24:37.24
That includes wellness
weekends and health expos,
00:24:37.27\00:24:41.82
and other followup seminars.
00:24:41.85\00:24:44.63
So, a good way to
get good things happening
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wherever you might be...
what was it, 233 countries
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Actually 217
cities in 30 countries...
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30 countries... Okay! Well
I was even more optimistic.
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But we hope that that happens.
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And what we do
is, we'll put together
00:24:58.75\00:25:00.65
health expo panels in any
language, culture-specific,
00:25:00.68\00:25:04.04
develop them for that
country and then deliver them,
00:25:04.07\00:25:07.54
and then work with those
individuals, and the power
00:25:07.57\00:25:12.20
of the health message
can never be underestimated.
00:25:12.23\00:25:17.07
Nutrition, Exercise,
Water, Sunlight, Temperance,
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Fresh Air... and
then the final 2...
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The "R" is for rest,
and "T" for trust in God.
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And "R" is one of
the toughest areas
00:25:27.65\00:25:30.14
I've had to deal with
because getting enough
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sleep, and also
managing stress...
00:25:32.04\00:25:35.04
Managing stress
is so important for a
00:25:35.07\00:25:37.81
healthy lifestyle.
00:25:37.84\00:25:39.36
And if you follow a
healthy whole plant food diet,
00:25:39.37\00:25:42.48
and exercise, but yet don't
have stress under management,
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you WILL have
lifestyle-related disease
00:25:45.76\00:25:49.33
in most cases.
00:25:49.36\00:25:50.46
The "T" is for trust in God.
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God has given us
the guidelines for a
00:25:52.30\00:25:54.60
healthy lifestyle.
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He wants us to live an
abundant and robust life.
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Good health!
00:25:59.46\00:26:00.56
He doesn't wish upon us
diabetes, heart disease,
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.52
and high blood
pressure, for example...
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And we can show that
with a whole plant food diet
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exercise NEWSTART
program 76% of men taking
00:26:11.05\00:26:15.02
high blood pressure
medication can be off with a
00:26:15.05\00:26:17.48
normal blood
pressure, and 50% of women.
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God has given us
this as an example for us.
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We can use it... He
loves us just the same
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but He doesn't choose in many
people to prevent these diseases
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from coming upon us.
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So for the "T"
is for trust in God.
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You're a Christian physician,
do you pray with your patients?
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Absolutely!
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Do the people there at
NEWSTART take advantage
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of that vertical relationship?
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We have people who
come from all faiths,
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and no faiths.
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But rarely would we ever
have a patient who wouldn't
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want us to pray with them.
00:26:49.20\00:26:50.48
But you're respectful if
they don't want you to...
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Absolutely.
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And I have worked in
many Moslem, and also atheists
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countries, and we've been
respected because of our beliefs
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Thank you for being
with us, Dr. Nelson.
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I want to just give
the information that people
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may need to get in touch with
00:27:08.06\00:27:09.36
some of the things
you've been saying.
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If you're interested
in the NEWSTART Program,
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and you want to
get in touch with them,
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there's a webpage you can
go to right now if you have
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the internet, or access to it.
00:27:17.01\00:27:18.40
It's www. newstart. ws
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That's right... newstart. ws
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And then if you're
interested in the program with
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Health Expo maybe here
where we are positioned
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right here in North America,
00:27:33.64\00:27:35.84
you can have a
weekend, a special weekend,
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or you can have culture-specific
weekend around the world
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If you'd like to get in
touch with that information,
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the webpage is
www. healthexpo. org
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So we hope that you can
get in touch with one of
00:27:47.99\00:27:50.48
those 2 things, or
contact us here at 3ABN,
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and the
information will be here.
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Thanks for joining
us, and we hope that
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YOU will have health
that lasts for a lifetime!
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