Hello and welcome to Health for a Lifetime. 00:00:44.40\00:00:46.12 I'm your host Don Mackintosh. 00:00:46.15\00:00:47.48 And today we're delighted you're with us. 00:00:47.51\00:00:49.56 I'm also delighted that Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel 00:00:49.59\00:00:52.72 from the Lifestyle Center of America with us. 00:00:52.75\00:00:54.64 Welcome, Doctor! 00:00:54.67\00:00:55.94 Thank you very much. 00:00:55.97\00:00:57.20 What an interesting name - Zeno Charles Marcel - is that French? 00:00:57.23\00:01:01.01 That is a French origin name. 00:01:01.04\00:01:03.72 The first name, Zeno, is actually Greek. 00:01:03.75\00:01:06.03 It's Greek, ok, what does it mean? 00:01:06.06\00:01:08.89 Well, it means a sign or a symbol. 00:01:08.92\00:01:11.33 A sign, it's a good sign that you're here today because 00:01:11.36\00:01:14.05 the doctor is in! 00:01:14.08\00:01:15.60 Tell us a just little bit about what you do, what you've done, 00:01:15.63\00:01:19.31 what the Lifestyle Center of America is. 00:01:19.34\00:01:21.65 Well, the Lifestyle Center of America is a residential 00:01:21.68\00:01:24.86 lifestyle program. 00:01:24.89\00:01:25.86 People who have chronic illnesses such as diabetes, 00:01:25.87\00:01:29.10 high blood pressure, heart disease, can come and actually 00:01:29.13\00:01:34.36 learn how to live so that they don't have to depend on 00:01:34.39\00:01:37.59 medications and so on. 00:01:37.62\00:01:39.20 Now not everybody can be taken off their medications but if 00:01:39.23\00:01:42.39 they can reduce the amount of medications that they have to 00:01:42.42\00:01:45.92 rely on and actually learn how to live better, feel stronger, 00:01:45.95\00:01:50.74 be more energetic, think better, do better in life totally. 00:01:50.77\00:01:54.35 If you're interested in the Lifestyle Center and what 00:01:54.38\00:01:58.17 Dr. Marcel has to say today and you want to get in touch 00:01:58.20\00:02:01.02 with him, maybe you have an internet right now and you can 00:02:01.05\00:02:03.47 get in touch and check things out while you're watching 00:02:03.50\00:02:06.16 here's a website for you: www. lifestyle center. org 00:02:06.19\00:02:11.58 all one word, lifestyle center. org 00:02:11.61\00:02:14.29 So I'll give that to you again so it's pretty easy to remember. 00:02:14.32\00:02:17.33 Today we want to talk about the best choices we can make. 00:02:17.36\00:02:24.30 And so we're going to entitle today's program: 00:02:24.33\00:02:26.88 Best Choice, isn't that right? 00:02:26.91\00:02:29.05 You actually are working, I think, on a series of books 00:02:29.08\00:02:33.02 with this same acronym as the title "Best Choice. " 00:02:33.05\00:02:37.36 What are the best choices we can make? 00:02:37.39\00:02:39.58 Well, if you look at it as an acronym, then each letter 00:02:39.61\00:02:44.12 stands for a different aspect of what we would call 00:02:44.15\00:02:46.89 total health. 00:02:46.92\00:02:47.89 And total health for anybody really involves the physical 00:02:47.90\00:02:52.65 dimension - the body, thinking, and emotions or mind and also 00:02:52.68\00:02:56.64 the spiritual dimensions. 00:02:56.67\00:02:59.00 So mind, body, and spirit. 00:02:59.03\00:03:00.52 So the total health involves all of this. 00:03:00.55\00:03:02.90 Working with the total health and helping people to regain 00:03:02.93\00:03:06.40 total health then we have this acronym. 00:03:06.43\00:03:09.96 I have worked on this little acronym so people can remember 00:03:09.99\00:03:13.47 the components. 00:03:13.50\00:03:14.61 The "B" stands for Balanced Nutrition. 00:03:14.64\00:03:17.18 And maybe we can talk about each one in a little while. 00:03:17.21\00:03:20.85 But the "B" stands for Balanced Nutrition. 00:03:20.88\00:03:22.93 Yes, and maybe if you're watching at home and you want to 00:03:22.96\00:03:25.83 jot down... just jot that acronym down. 00:03:25.86\00:03:30.35 Get your paper and pencil and just write down "Best Choice. " 00:03:30.38\00:03:35.88 And then just write down these tid bits as we go along. 00:03:35.91\00:03:39.66 But before we do that, you're a specialist in 00:03:39.69\00:03:42.40 internal medicine, is that correct? 00:03:42.43\00:03:44.27 Which just simply means what? 00:03:44.30\00:03:46.91 It means that I work with all kinds of chronic diseases 00:03:46.94\00:03:50.88 and acute diseases that does not involve surgery. 00:03:50.91\00:03:55.03 Ok, so you know a lot about all the internal organs and whatever 00:03:55.06\00:04:00.00 is happening there, that's really been your focus of study. 00:04:00.03\00:04:03.15 That's correct. 00:04:03.18\00:04:04.15 I'm also a sub specialist, if you will, in geriatrics. 00:04:04.16\00:04:08.02 And my practice, actually, focuses on a cluster of disease 00:04:08.05\00:04:13.00 that we call syndrome X. 00:04:13.03\00:04:14.34 Syndrome X - the so called deadly quartet. 00:04:14.37\00:04:16.86 That's correct. 00:04:16.89\00:04:18.14 Hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease 00:04:18.17\00:04:21.50 and obesity. 00:04:21.53\00:04:22.50 Ok, we're glad that you're here. 00:04:22.51\00:04:25.18 Let's go to the "Best Choice" and start working through that. 00:04:25.21\00:04:27.72 And you were starting with "B" for Balanced Nutrition. 00:04:27.75\00:04:30.52 Balanced Nutrition. 00:04:30.55\00:04:31.52 I'll just go ahead and list the things out. 00:04:31.53\00:04:33.82 "B" is for Balanced Nutrition. 00:04:33.85\00:04:35.42 "E" is for Exercise. 00:04:35.45\00:04:38.44 Everybody knows about that one even though not every one wants 00:04:38.47\00:04:41.70 to do it. 00:04:41.73\00:04:42.70 "S" is for Simple, Natural Remedies First. 00:04:42.71\00:04:48.83 Starting with the first things first we use simple, 00:04:48.86\00:04:51.38 natural remedies. 00:04:51.42\00:04:52.49 "T" is for Trust in the Creator God. 00:04:52.52\00:04:54.99 Ok, so that takes care of "Best. " 00:04:55.02\00:04:57.37 You're a Christian physician. 00:04:57.40\00:04:58.46 Yes sir. 00:04:58.49\00:04:59.46 Ok, great. 00:04:59.47\00:05:00.44 I know from where we come and hopefully we can get to where 00:05:00.45\00:05:05.03 we're going. 00:05:05.06\00:05:06.03 The "Choice" word: the "C" stands for cleanliness. 00:05:06.04\00:05:10.97 A simple concept but actually a very important - cleanliness. 00:05:11.00\00:05:15.23 "H" is for Hibernation - that is sleep and rest and things 00:05:15.26\00:05:19.06 like that and also for hydration. 00:05:19.09\00:05:21.14 When I sleep I don't know if I come close to hibernation. 00:05:21.17\00:05:24.68 But I like it when I wake up and it feels like I've been 00:05:24.71\00:05:27.22 hibernating. 00:05:27.25\00:05:28.22 You know, get refreshed. 00:05:28.23\00:05:30.01 The "O" is for Outdoor Activities. 00:05:30.04\00:05:36.44 So having a part of your life that you spend outdoor in the 00:05:36.47\00:05:39.24 fresh air, the sunshine, clean environment. 00:05:39.27\00:05:42.75 "I" is for Inner Peace. 00:05:42.78\00:05:45.61 We move from outdoor activities to inner peace. 00:05:45.64\00:05:48.24 We want to have peace and tranquility on the inside. 00:05:48.27\00:05:50.94 Stress reduction and things like that. 00:05:50.97\00:05:53.63 "C," the second "C" is for Connectedness or Community. 00:05:53.66\00:06:00.95 Now we are social beings and therefore to have this part of 00:06:00.98\00:06:04.62 our life actually enhances the way we were made. 00:06:04.65\00:06:08.28 "E" is for Elimination of Harmful Substances. 00:06:08.31\00:06:12.12 Ok, so we want to go back now and look more 00:06:12.15\00:06:14.47 specifically at these. 00:06:14.50\00:06:15.54 Let's look at "Balanced Nutrition. " 00:06:15.57\00:06:17.36 What does it mean to balance? 00:06:17.39\00:06:20.14 Do I have to have as many French fries in this hand as I have 00:06:20.17\00:06:23.19 hamburgers in this hand? 00:06:23.22\00:06:25.15 What are talking about? 00:06:25.18\00:06:26.36 We are talking about the best choice. 00:06:26.39\00:06:28.00 And what the best choice is about often times is leaving off 00:06:28.03\00:06:32.79 even things that might seem to be good and choosing what is 00:06:32.82\00:06:36.04 better and then leaving the things that are better and going 00:06:36.07\00:06:38.55 to what is best. 00:06:38.58\00:06:39.55 Sometimes we get side tracked by what we might say is ok to eat 00:06:39.56\00:06:43.42 or ok to deal with. 00:06:43.45\00:06:45.35 But there's another side to this as well. 00:06:45.38\00:06:48.13 Many people with the interest in getting a healthy diet, etc. 00:06:48.17\00:06:52.79 move from a position of what we call health reform - you know 00:06:52.82\00:06:55.92 reforming the health - to health deform. 00:06:55.95\00:06:59.03 They go to an extreme that was not intended. 00:06:59.06\00:07:02.11 I'm a product of the 60's and 70's. 00:07:02.14\00:07:06.53 During that time there were people who were saying, 00:07:06.57\00:07:09.37 "I'm going to be eating healthy and what-not. " 00:07:09.41\00:07:10.71 And what they ended up doing was just eating sprouts. 00:07:10.75\00:07:13.90 You know a whole diet of sprouts. 00:07:13.94\00:07:15.96 That is not a balanced diet. 00:07:15.99\00:07:18.66 Basically we're looking at a wide variety of fruits, grains, 00:07:18.69\00:07:23.17 vegetables, legumes, or beans and peas, and nuts. 00:07:23.20\00:07:28.13 This actually constitutes the best choice that anybody can 00:07:28.17\00:07:32.05 have for a balanced diet. 00:07:32.08\00:07:33.71 Now some people say that because you've eaten too many 00:07:33.74\00:07:37.92 carbohydrates and different things that they try and say, 00:07:37.95\00:07:40.98 "Well, you need to go off that for a while and go to a totally 00:07:41.02\00:07:45.96 or a very high protein diet to get your balance back and you 00:07:45.99\00:07:50.90 can be in a so called zone where you're balanced. " 00:07:50.93\00:07:55.81 What is your comment on that? 00:07:55.85\00:07:57.96 Well, there's lots of theories going about, lots of books 00:07:58.00\00:08:01.61 and money being made by people writing about these things. 00:08:01.64\00:08:05.18 The truth be told, people do get some benefit from going on these 00:08:05.22\00:08:10.40 various kinds of diets, there's no question about that. 00:08:10.44\00:08:13.39 On the other hand though we ought to look at what is 00:08:13.42\00:08:16.36 actually the best choice that somebody can make. 00:08:16.39\00:08:18.60 The way our bodies were meant to operate we need a fairly large 00:08:18.64\00:08:26.33 amount of the currency of the body. 00:08:26.37\00:08:28.75 The currency of the body is nothing but carbohydrates. 00:08:28.78\00:08:32.24 That's the primary currency that the body needs. 00:08:32.27\00:08:34.25 So when you say carbohydrate someone is probably is thinking 00:08:34.28\00:08:38.05 "I don't know what a carburetor is, I don't know what 00:08:38.08\00:08:39.98 carbohydrate is. " 00:08:40.01\00:08:41.24 What exactly is carbohydrate? 00:08:41.27\00:08:43.93 That's a chemical designation for a particular kind of 00:08:43.97\00:08:48.66 constituent in food. 00:08:48.70\00:08:50.50 It's what you would find in things you might call sweets 00:08:50.53\00:08:54.12 or sugars. 00:08:54.16\00:08:55.21 It's also what you would find in the starches - like potatoes, 00:08:55.24\00:08:59.27 and rice, and pasta, and things like that. 00:08:59.31\00:09:01.71 So it's those complex carbohydrates, that with the 00:09:01.74\00:09:06.43 fiber and everything? 00:09:06.46\00:09:07.79 Exactly. 00:09:07.82\00:09:08.79 And then the simple ones are basically sugars, honey, things 00:09:08.80\00:09:11.96 like that. 00:09:11.99\00:09:13.15 So we need to have... how much of our diet needs 00:09:13.19\00:09:16.63 to come from carbohydrates? 00:09:16.67\00:09:17.80 Probably about 55 to 65 percent of our diet should come from 00:09:17.83\00:09:21.77 carbohydrates. 00:09:21.81\00:09:22.78 And that carbohydrate should be what we call fiber rich, 00:09:22.79\00:09:26.76 as close to the way it comes on the tree as possible. 00:09:26.79\00:09:30.85 So complex. 00:09:30.89\00:09:32.02 But not the honey and the sugars? 00:09:32.05\00:09:35.65 There might be a place for a little bit of honey in the diet 00:09:35.68\00:09:39.57 a little bit of sweetness in the diet in the sense of the 00:09:39.60\00:09:43.45 natural sweetness. 00:09:43.48\00:09:44.45 You know fruits are naturally sweet and to have fruit in the 00:09:44.46\00:09:47.92 diet to sweeten the food that's more than reasonable. 00:09:47.95\00:09:51.89 That's actually very good. 00:09:51.92\00:09:53.07 Any health food store you go into has a section of all 00:09:53.10\00:09:57.10 kinds of different things. 00:09:57.14\00:09:58.20 But one section that they have that's a huge section is all of 00:09:58.23\00:10:01.89 these vitamin pills and mineral pills. 00:10:01.92\00:10:04.63 Do we need those? 00:10:04.67\00:10:07.44 For the most part if one is eating a balanced diet 00:10:07.47\00:10:10.58 they don't need to take all these things. 00:10:10.62\00:10:13.14 What's interesting we have the ability to take any kind of food 00:10:13.17\00:10:20.62 and break it down to its constituent parts. 00:10:20.65\00:10:23.88 The problem is even when we break it out to its constituent 00:10:23.91\00:10:27.19 parts, to put it back together and have it grow, 00:10:27.22\00:10:30.53 we can't do that. 00:10:30.56\00:10:31.54 So there is something that is beyond our reach when it comes 00:10:31.57\00:10:36.24 to what has been packaged in foods. 00:10:36.27\00:10:38.05 And that's a very important issue. 00:10:38.09\00:10:39.86 Whole foods that grows on a tree is different from even somebody 00:10:39.90\00:10:46.05 working with it in the laboratory and trying to put 00:10:46.08\00:10:49.51 all those constituents together. 00:10:49.54\00:10:50.85 Therefore, when we take things out of the food and give it as 00:10:50.88\00:10:54.28 supplements we're actually not fully receiving all the benefit 00:10:54.31\00:10:58.43 of what would have been obtained from having it in the food 00:10:58.46\00:11:00.64 in the first place. 00:11:00.67\00:11:02.01 So instead of having those parts and pieces, get the whole thing 00:11:02.04\00:11:06.01 The whole thing, that's right, that's the best choice. 00:11:06.04\00:11:09.08 We better move on because I know balance with nutrition, we could 00:11:09.11\00:11:12.63 talk about that all day, but... 00:11:12.66\00:11:15.69 "E" - Exercise, what about that? 00:11:15.72\00:11:19.84 Exercise is a relatively modern concept. 00:11:19.87\00:11:25.83 In the days when people used to go out and work and work hard 00:11:25.86\00:11:29.80 when they came in the evening they didn't say, "Honey, I'm 00:11:29.83\00:11:33.62 home, let me just relax for a little bit and then I'm going 00:11:33.65\00:11:37.48 to the gym and work out. " 00:11:37.52\00:11:38.81 No, you came in and you've already worked out. 00:11:38.85\00:11:40.71 But the kind of work that people did that was physically 00:11:40.74\00:11:45.17 active is what provided them with a large degree of health 00:11:45.20\00:11:50.13 benefits of just their work. 00:11:50.16\00:11:51.63 Basically what we're looking at, if we were to look at exercise, 00:11:51.66\00:11:54.97 is if the work entails aerobic activities, such as what we've 00:11:55.00\00:12:01.73 considered, running, walking, swimming, things like that... 00:12:01.76\00:12:03.67 We won't consider what we're doing work. 00:12:03.70\00:12:05.69 Oh, what we're doing sitting down here, no, this is not 00:12:05.72\00:12:07.63 work at all. - laughter - 00:12:07.66\00:12:09.49 We're not physically active, it's just our mouths are working 00:12:09.52\00:12:12.37 and our brains are working a little bit. 00:12:12.40\00:12:13.89 Even if we talked as fast as we could, it would not be work. 00:12:13.92\00:12:17.18 I wouldn't consider it so. - laughter - 00:12:17.21\00:12:19.53 Ok, so they have to get out and exercise. 00:12:19.56\00:12:22.52 Get out and exercise. 00:12:22.55\00:12:23.52 Get out and be active. 00:12:23.53\00:12:24.63 And from my point of view, a combination of flexibility, 00:12:24.66\00:12:28.75 strength training, and aerobic activity is what really 00:12:28.78\00:12:32.31 constitutes a good exercise regiment. 00:12:32.34\00:12:35.11 What do you do personally? 00:12:35.14\00:12:36.11 I know you talk about it but what do you do personally? 00:12:36.12\00:12:38.09 Personally, I walk. 00:12:38.12\00:12:39.52 I like to walk. 00:12:39.55\00:12:41.60 Mind you the way I like to walk is not just to get out there 00:12:41.63\00:12:45.63 and walk. 00:12:45.66\00:12:46.83 I actually take things with me. 00:12:46.86\00:12:49.71 I'm the kind of person if I can get two things done at the same 00:12:49.74\00:12:52.67 time I enjoy that. 00:12:52.70\00:12:54.00 Now some people they would walk and at the time that 00:12:54.03\00:12:56.59 they're walking they would meditate, they look at things, 00:12:56.62\00:13:00.22 I tend not to derive the most benefit 00:13:00.25\00:13:03.14 from doing things that way. 00:13:03.17\00:13:04.46 You're reading a book, you're listening to a tape, you're 00:13:04.49\00:13:06.92 doing different things? 00:13:06.96\00:13:08.05 Yes, that kind of stuff. 00:13:08.09\00:13:09.11 And actually my favorite thing to do when I'm walking is 00:13:09.14\00:13:12.02 actually go through my mail. 00:13:12.06\00:13:13.85 Because I become very efficient in tossing things - laughter - 00:13:13.88\00:13:18.19 when I'm walking. 00:13:18.23\00:13:19.33 You go down the street where there's a lot of waste baskets. 00:13:19.36\00:13:20.85 Ok, so exercise, how often a week and for how long? 00:13:20.88\00:13:25.71 About five times a week if one could work into their schedule 00:13:25.75\00:13:32.05 to have about an hour or so of physical activity a day. 00:13:32.09\00:13:36.32 five times a week, six times a week, that would work out well. 00:13:36.35\00:13:39.66 And at the Lifestyle Center, I've actually been able to visit 00:13:39.70\00:13:42.49 there once, they have beautiful trails and different things. 00:13:42.53\00:13:45.29 That's what they do when they come there, right? 00:13:45.32\00:13:48.86 We have outdoor activity on outdoor trails. 00:13:48.89\00:13:51.72 We also have indoor activities for when the weather 00:13:51.76\00:13:53.63 is inclement. 00:13:53.66\00:13:55.02 And also we tend to do a little bit more indoors simply because 00:13:55.06\00:13:59.53 in the controlled environment that we have, we're able to 00:13:59.57\00:14:02.95 measure things better indoors. 00:14:02.99\00:14:05.06 Sure, and then some people who come there are probably very, 00:14:05.09\00:14:06.93 very sick and they are just starting to exercise 00:14:06.96\00:14:11.51 and they want to be close to home. 00:14:11.55\00:14:12.92 Right. 00:14:12.95\00:14:13.92 But it's beautiful. 00:14:13.93\00:14:15.08 I've been there and it's on top a nice little mountain. 00:14:15.12\00:14:16.64 It's beautiful place. 00:14:16.67\00:14:18.47 I really like it there 00:14:18.50\00:14:20.23 "S" - Simple Natural Remedies 00:14:20.27\00:14:24.46 If we start off looking at first things first most people 00:14:24.50\00:14:28.88 who take care of the dietary habits and take care of the 00:14:28.92\00:14:33.23 physical activity or exercise, most people actually don't need 00:14:33.27\00:14:36.63 to take very much more. 00:14:36.67\00:14:37.90 You know what, we need to take a break. 00:14:37.94\00:14:40.75 We'll come back and simply look at Simple Remedies 00:14:40.78\00:14:43.07 when we come back. 00:14:43.11\00:14:44.09 Have you found yourself wishing that you could 00:14:46.29\00:14:48.05 shed a few pounds? 00:14:48.09\00:14:49.19 Have you been on a diet for most of your life? 00:14:49.23\00:14:51.55 But not found anything that will really keep the weight off? 00:14:51.59\00:14:54.90 If you've answered yes to any of these questions, then we 00:14:54.94\00:14:58.22 have a solution for you that works. 00:14:58.26\00:15:00.80 Dr. Hans Diehl and Dr. Aileen Ludington 00:15:00.84\00:15:03.11 have written a marvelous booklet called, 00:15:03.15\00:15:05.36 Reversing Obesity Naturally, and we'd like to send it to you 00:15:05.39\00:15:08.93 free of charge. 00:15:08.97\00:15:10.08 Here's a medically sound approach successfully used 00:15:10.11\00:15:13.12 by thousands who are able to eat more 00:15:13.16\00:15:15.26 and loose weight permanently 00:15:15.30\00:15:17.13 without feeling guilty or hungry through lifestyle medicine. 00:15:17.17\00:15:20.71 Dr. Diehl and Dr. Ludington have been featured on 3ABN 00:15:20.74\00:15:24.34 and in this booklet they present a sensible approach to eating, 00:15:24.37\00:15:27.90 nutrition, and lifestyle changes that can help you prevent 00:15:27.94\00:15:31.07 heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. 00:15:31.10\00:15:33.72 Call or write today for your free copy: 00:15:33.75\00:15:36.33 Welcome back 00:15:47.21\00:15:48.34 We're glad that you've joined us. 00:15:48.38\00:15:49.92 I'm talking today with Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel. 00:15:49.95\00:15:52.81 And we're talking about the best choices that you can make 00:15:52.84\00:15:55.72 concerning your health. 00:15:55.75\00:15:56.81 We're going to talk a little bit more about where we left off 00:15:56.84\00:15:59.61 which was Simple Remedies first - try those first. 00:15:59.65\00:16:02.51 But I just want to give that web page again if you would like 00:16:02.55\00:16:05.54 more information about the Lifestyle Center of America. 00:16:05.57\00:16:08.95 You can go on the internet at www. lifestyle center. org 00:16:08.98\00:16:18.02 and it's a great web page. 00:16:18.06\00:16:19.52 It has all the information you need about time, schedules, 00:16:19.56\00:16:22.84 prices, location, personnel, everything you might need to 00:16:22.88\00:16:26.13 make that decision. 00:16:26.17\00:16:27.14 Dr. Marcel, we're talking now about Simple Natural Remedies. 00:16:27.15\00:16:34.14 Well, where we left off we were talking about if someone is 00:16:34.17\00:16:39.02 actually doing first things first - that is, they're eating 00:16:39.05\00:16:42.78 right, exercising, they're physically active, most people 00:16:42.81\00:16:47.06 won't need to do very much more to keep their health 00:16:47.10\00:16:51.18 or regain their health. 00:16:51.21\00:16:52.52 However, when you do come down with some conditional illness or 00:16:52.55\00:16:57.12 disease or whatever, particularly the chronic 00:16:57.15\00:16:59.68 illnesses, using the simple, natural remedies first 00:16:59.71\00:17:03.30 make the most sense. 00:17:03.33\00:17:05.41 So what are they? 00:17:05.44\00:17:07.08 Such as using herbs, using water therapy, changing the lifestyle, 00:17:07.11\00:17:14.00 of course that's first, and then looking at the use of 00:17:14.03\00:17:18.75 supplements and minerals and things like that. 00:17:18.78\00:17:23.87 And then on to medications, or surgery, or whatever. 00:17:23.90\00:17:29.69 So walk, water, all those different things first. 00:17:29.72\00:17:34.74 Now you said minerals and different things, and herbs. 00:17:34.77\00:17:42.38 What are some of the things that you use there at the lifestyle 00:17:42.41\00:17:47.63 center or do you? 00:17:47.66\00:17:48.63 We do and it all depends on what the person's condition might be. 00:17:48.64\00:17:51.91 Goo Goo Lipid? 00:17:51.94\00:17:53.89 - laughter - What's Goo Goo Lipid? - laughter 00:17:53.92\00:17:57.76 Have you never heard about that? 00:17:57.79\00:17:58.78 No, I don't know. 00:17:58.81\00:17:59.79 Lowering lipids and different things. 00:17:59.82\00:18:01.78 Oh yes, we have... 00:18:01.81\00:18:02.91 Some people respond very nicely. 00:18:02.94\00:18:05.87 If the lifestyle alone is not what's taking care of things 00:18:05.90\00:18:09.55 then we might use Guar or Psyllium or a combination 00:18:09.58\00:18:12.89 of the two and we get very good results. 00:18:12.92\00:18:15.42 So you know all those different things there if need be but you 00:18:15.45\00:18:20.49 start off simple and then get more in depth. 00:18:20.52\00:18:22.80 Ok, you have "Trust in God. " 00:18:22.83\00:18:24.61 What is science telling us about that? 00:18:24.64\00:18:26.80 We know that's something that is common in a lot of 00:18:26.83\00:18:29.53 religions, but what's the scientific evidence of that now? 00:18:29.56\00:18:33.03 Let me give you one little tid bit. 00:18:33.06\00:18:34.32 What has been shown in scientific studies, documented, 00:18:34.35\00:18:39.23 is that people who utilize their trust in the Divine, they do 00:18:39.26\00:18:44.72 better with regard to if they have a disease whether they 00:18:44.75\00:18:48.35 will do well with that disease and actually people avoiding 00:18:48.38\00:18:51.97 diseases. 00:18:52.00\00:18:54.52 So whichever way one would like to look at it, 00:18:54.55\00:18:57.47 trusting in God, having a growing relationship with God 00:18:57.50\00:19:01.19 actually is a health measure. 00:19:01.22\00:19:04.22 Now of course it has other benefits but it's also a 00:19:04.25\00:19:06.39 health measure. 00:19:06.42\00:19:07.39 Recently the New England Journal of Medicine 00:19:07.40\00:19:09.45 came out with an article that was kind of casting a negative 00:19:09.48\00:19:13.35 reflection on that. 00:19:13.38\00:19:14.35 I think it was kind of a backlash because that same 00:19:14.36\00:19:16.32 journal and others have come out with very positive things. 00:19:16.35\00:19:19.38 There seems to be sort of a "wishy, washy" approach to 00:19:19.41\00:19:24.66 spiritual issues but not at the Lifestyle Center. 00:19:24.69\00:19:27.50 Not at the Lifestyle Center. 00:19:27.53\00:19:29.05 You know, part of the issue is that scientists really have a 00:19:29.08\00:19:36.06 difficult time trying to think of how we can incorporate 00:19:36.09\00:19:40.84 this or whether we should incorporate this whether the 00:19:40.87\00:19:43.54 rank and file physician across the country should be meddling 00:19:43.57\00:19:48.51 in spiritual and religious things when it comes 00:19:48.54\00:19:51.00 to dealing with patients. 00:19:51.03\00:19:52.01 And I think part of the negativity, if you will, that 00:19:52.04\00:19:55.20 we find in literature has more to do with whether people 00:19:55.23\00:19:59.32 should, you know whether clinicians should or should not, 00:19:59.35\00:20:01.44 as opposed to whether people, that is patients, individuals, 00:20:01.47\00:20:08.22 the rank and file person, whether they should practice 00:20:08.25\00:20:10.49 religious practices and whether that produces a healthy benefit 00:20:10.52\00:20:14.45 or not. 00:20:14.48\00:20:15.73 Yes, and I think it's a good thing to think about. 00:20:15.76\00:20:19.39 You don't want to be conscripting someone in a 00:20:19.42\00:20:21.78 certain way or whatever, but you got to be who you are 00:20:21.81\00:20:24.65 and you got to share with people the strength that you've 00:20:24.68\00:20:27.12 received yourself with others as well. 00:20:27.15\00:20:31.39 Ok, "Choice," we need to look at that now 00:20:31.42\00:20:33.89 And we have "Cleanliness. " 00:20:33.92\00:20:35.11 Cleanliness, they say, is next to Godliness, but what is it 00:20:35.14\00:20:37.66 as a physician that you talk to about, as you're talking 00:20:37.69\00:20:41.32 to people about cleanliness? 00:20:41.35\00:20:42.37 What's important about that? 00:20:42.40\00:20:43.43 You might be surprised that such simple things as taking a bath, 00:20:43.46\00:20:47.87 or washing your face, and brushing your teeth, and 00:20:47.90\00:20:50.70 cleaning your body properly, these things might seem very 00:20:50.73\00:20:55.29 simple but they can go a long way, because many people 00:20:55.32\00:20:59.80 actually never learned or didn't learn properly, or become sloppy 00:20:59.83\00:21:04.06 as time goes on and they really don't take care of themselves. 00:21:04.09\00:21:07.91 A little bit of cleanliness in this sense, personal hygiene, 00:21:07.94\00:21:13.21 actually can go a long way in preventing a lot of infectious 00:21:13.24\00:21:16.30 disease and chronic... 00:21:16.33\00:21:17.63 Are you including dental cleanliness? 00:21:17.66\00:21:20.39 Yes, sir. 00:21:20.42\00:21:21.44 Dental cleanliness is very important. 00:21:21.47\00:21:24.19 We've made lots of strides in the dental field by just having 00:21:24.22\00:21:30.47 people brush and floss. 00:21:30.50\00:21:31.85 I've heard that there's a connection between 00:21:31.88\00:21:33.90 heart disease or diabetes, insulin resistance, and how 00:21:33.93\00:21:37.19 people take care of their teeth. 00:21:37.22\00:21:38.38 That's correct. 00:21:38.41\00:21:39.38 There's some evidence that there's an increase risk 00:21:39.39\00:21:42.54 of having a heart attack by not brushing your teeth and 00:21:42.57\00:21:47.64 not flossing your teeth well enough and it may be related 00:21:47.67\00:21:50.52 to an inflammatory response that develops because of some 00:21:50.55\00:21:53.03 of the bacteria that we carry in our mouth. 00:21:53.06\00:21:55.05 So if you can brush your teeth while you're watching the 00:21:55.08\00:21:57.10 program today, you might want to do that. 00:21:57.13\00:21:59.35 We're talking with Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel 00:21:59.38\00:22:01.63 from the Lifestyle Center of America. 00:22:01.66\00:22:03.42 We're looking at the Best Choice. 00:22:03.45\00:22:05.63 This is the acronym. 00:22:05.66\00:22:06.63 We move next now to Hibernation and Hydration. 00:22:06.64\00:22:11.78 Well, Hibernation - it's just a catchy word to let people be 00:22:11.81\00:22:16.82 aware that we need rest. 00:22:16.85\00:22:18.35 We need rest every day. 00:22:18.38\00:22:21.32 We need rest every week. 00:22:21.35\00:22:23.29 We need rest because the body functions best 00:22:23.32\00:22:26.40 when it has adequate rest. 00:22:26.44\00:22:27.50 How long should we hibernate? 00:22:27.53\00:22:28.58 Well, if we were to look at it from a daily standpoint, 00:22:28.61\00:22:32.92 we need to get a least 7 to 8 hours of sleep, quality sleep, 00:22:32.95\00:22:37.15 per 24 hours. 00:22:37.18\00:22:38.83 Before 12:00 at night or after? 00:22:38.86\00:22:41.88 It works better if a significant proportion of that occurs before 00:22:41.91\00:22:45.67 midnight. 00:22:45.70\00:22:46.73 And that has to do in large part to the cycle of hormones that 00:22:46.76\00:22:51.66 we have in our Circadian rhythm. 00:22:51.69\00:22:53.91 So by getting some sleep before midnight, actually getting 00:22:53.94\00:22:58.14 ample sleep before midnight, that actually allows the body to 00:22:58.17\00:23:00.85 do a lot of the repair work that it needs to do. 00:23:00.88\00:23:03.80 You have children, does this go along with your 00:23:03.83\00:23:05.67 hibernation principles? 00:23:05.70\00:23:08.39 Yes, they do, but they're children, so the parents, we, 00:23:08.42\00:23:12.43 my wife and I, we have to set the standard 00:23:12.46\00:23:14.84 and the tone for them. 00:23:14.88\00:23:15.91 "Hydration. " 00:23:15.94\00:23:16.91 Hydration - many people in the United States are actually 00:23:16.92\00:23:19.80 under-hydrated. 00:23:19.83\00:23:21.12 We don't drink enough water. 00:23:21.15\00:23:23.00 Water is the key word, good, clean, fresh water. 00:23:23.03\00:23:27.34 Now the use of water, going back to cleanliness, we should use it 00:23:27.37\00:23:31.37 outside to clean the body. 00:23:31.40\00:23:32.75 Water on the inside actually helps to clean the body as well 00:23:32.78\00:23:36.30 but it can actually do more than that. 00:23:36.33\00:23:38.20 It helps the chemical reactions in the body occur in a much 00:23:38.23\00:23:42.62 better fashion. 00:23:42.65\00:23:43.98 It also reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes. 00:23:44.01\00:23:46.87 That was done in some research out in California at 00:23:46.90\00:23:50.34 Loma Linda University. 00:23:50.37\00:23:51.64 There is benefit to drinking water. 00:23:51.67\00:23:56.15 So water on the outside actually decreases the risk 00:23:56.18\00:23:58.14 of heart disease? 00:23:58.17\00:23:59.14 No, water on the inside. 00:23:59.15\00:24:00.12 Because of the fluid it causes and less breakdown of the cells? 00:24:00.13\00:24:05.68 We don't have the full mechanism but that is a 00:24:05.71\00:24:09.77 relationship that has been documented and presented in 00:24:09.80\00:24:12.08 scientific papers. 00:24:12.11\00:24:13.85 Ok, Outdoor Activities. 00:24:13.88\00:24:15.30 Outdoor Activities - that's fresh air and sunshine. 00:24:15.33\00:24:18.47 These are invigorating and health enhancing. 00:24:18.51\00:24:23.26 The fresh air, for instance, the negative ions in the fresh air 00:24:23.29\00:24:26.71 actually enhances a sense of well-being, improves the immune 00:24:26.74\00:24:30.70 system, and the immune system's response to infections, and 00:24:30.74\00:24:34.99 keeping things away, getting some air during the time that 00:24:35.03\00:24:38.91 you're asleep for instance, having the window just cracked 00:24:38.94\00:24:42.64 a little bit so that air, not a draft, just some clean air. 00:24:42.67\00:24:46.49 That allows you to actually get better respiratory function and 00:24:46.53\00:24:50.31 actually improves your rest. 00:24:50.34\00:24:51.31 I've heard that the air right after a thunder storm 00:24:51.32\00:24:53.10 is the best, is that true? 00:24:53.14\00:24:54.40 Yes, it has the most negative ions. 00:24:54.56\00:24:55.53 It even smells better! 00:24:55.56\00:24:57.37 If it's negative, it's positive for you. 00:24:57.41\00:24:59.02 That's right. 00:24:59.06\00:25:00.88 Inner Peace. 00:25:00.91\00:25:02.66 Inner Peace - You know stress is something that's everybody's 00:25:02.69\00:25:06.64 experience with stress, right? 00:25:06.68\00:25:08.23 The only people who we say don't have stress are 00:25:08.26\00:25:09.77 those who are dead. - laughter - 00:25:09.81\00:25:11.97 So that's not a good place to be either. 00:25:12.00\00:25:13.83 But inner peace is conducting one's self, and developing 00:25:13.86\00:25:18.56 the sense of who you are, where you are, where you're going, 00:25:18.59\00:25:22.85 so that you don't have to be stressed out by the things that 00:25:22.89\00:25:26.70 impact us and impinge on us all day long, all week long, 00:25:26.74\00:25:30.52 all year long. 00:25:30.56\00:25:32.16 So to be able to cultivate a sense of inner peace actually is 00:25:32.20\00:25:36.78 health enhancing and it settles the individual then they become 00:25:36.82\00:25:41.37 more responsive to things in their environment 00:25:41.40\00:25:44.26 rather than being just reactive to the things 00:25:44.29\00:25:46.32 in their environment. 00:25:46.36\00:25:47.42 We've got two more letters and about two minutes. 00:25:47.46\00:25:50.39 And that being Connectedness and 00:25:50.43\00:25:53.01 Elimination of Harmful Substances. 00:25:53.05\00:25:55.56 I think that the issue of Connectedness is one that 00:25:55.59\00:25:58.62 we're seeing more and more in scientific papers of people 00:25:58.66\00:26:02.22 belonging, being involved in society as a family. 00:26:02.26\00:26:05.17 This is very important for the development of children and 00:26:05.20\00:26:08.94 actually for the well being of everyone. 00:26:08.98\00:26:11.49 With regard to Elimination of Harmful Substances, I think that 00:26:11.53\00:26:14.32 should speak for itself. 00:26:14.35\00:26:15.63 There are things that we engage in that around in society that 00:26:15.67\00:26:20.90 really we shouldn't be doing. 00:26:20.94\00:26:22.38 We should get this out of our habits and remove them such as 00:26:22.41\00:26:28.72 tobacco, alcohol, various kinds of drugs. 00:26:28.76\00:26:31.18 These are not things that were meant to be a part of... 00:26:31.22\00:26:34.55 I was sitting on a plane once with a young man who looked like 00:26:34.58\00:26:37.35 he had been under the influence of every substance known to man. 00:26:37.38\00:26:40.12 I was telling him about health principles and he told me, 00:26:40.15\00:26:44.11 "Well, my four food groups are alcohol, tobacco... " 00:26:44.14\00:26:47.10 and he went on. 00:26:47.14\00:26:48.11 It was sad. 00:26:48.12\00:26:49.09 In avoiding those harmful substances. 00:26:49.10\00:26:53.64 You know as a Christian physician, we have about a 00:26:53.67\00:26:56.80 minute left, and that Inner Peace can't be something 00:26:56.83\00:27:00.09 that's manufactured or connectedness can't be either. 00:27:00.12\00:27:04.09 How have you found inner peace and what would you say 00:27:04.12\00:27:08.12 spiritually as a physician, to people as we close? 00:27:08.16\00:27:12.09 I would say that start off with some of the basics we've been 00:27:12.13\00:27:15.99 dealing with since childhood. 00:27:16.02\00:27:18.43 Which is open the Word of God. 00:27:18.47\00:27:20.84 Read for yourself. 00:27:20.88\00:27:22.47 Understand for yourself what God says about you. 00:27:22.51\00:27:26.81 I have learned to get my cues from what God says about me. 00:27:26.85\00:27:32.11 What He says directly. 00:27:32.15\00:27:33.36 I read the Bible as letters to me, they were to other 00:27:33.39\00:27:38.42 people too, but they are letters to me. 00:27:38.46\00:27:40.35 I take it very personally. 00:27:40.39\00:27:41.39 We've been talking with Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel 00:27:41.43\00:27:44.37 at the Lifestyle Center of America. 00:27:44.41\00:27:45.91 If you'd like more information contact them at their website. 00:27:45.95\00:27:49.42 Or call us here at 3ABN and we'll give you that information. 00:27:49.45\00:27:52.88 We hope today's program has helped you and 00:27:52.92\00:27:54.82 that as a result you will have health 00:27:54.86\00:27:56.40 that lasts for a lifetime. 00:27:56.44\00:27:58.23