Hello and welcome to
"Health for a Lifetime"
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I'm your host Don Mackintosh
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We're glad that
you've joined us today!
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Today, we're going to be talking
about a subject that many are
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talking about - carbohydrates!
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Are they good for
you? Are they bad for you?
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What about carbohydrate diets
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or low-carb diets
or high-carb diets?
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Maybe you've heard about this.
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And talking with us today
about this important subject
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is Dr. Tim Arnott
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He is a physician at the
Lifestyle Center of America
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in Oklahoma - which
focuses on teaching people
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about these very
things and helping them
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reverse lifestyle problems
or diseases that are related to
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lifestyle by looking at what
they eat or what they don't eat,
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or what they do or don't do.
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We're glad you are with
us Dr. Arnott... Thank you
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You've been a physician for
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what was it - about
14 years? About 14 years.
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And in family
practice? Family practice
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Preventive...
Preventive lifestyle medicine
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That's something that I've been
doing for, well about 5 years.
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So day-in and day-out there at
the Lifestyle Center of America
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in Oklahoma, you're dealing
with subjects just like this.
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Absolutely! We have people come
from all around the country,
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and their
friends, their neighbors,
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their commentators
on the news programs
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are telling them low
carbohydrate diets...
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That's what you
want to get into.
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Yes, this seems
to be a big buzz.
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I'm sure a lot of
people are talking
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about that at your center.
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What about carbohydrates?
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We hear so much about them...
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Are they our enemies
or are they our friends?
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Well it's interesting,
we had some data that we
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recently collected at the
Lifestyle Center of America
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and it was presented at
the most recent meeting of the
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American Dietetic Association.
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Basically, what we did was
take a number of our patients,
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about 20 patients, we
took them as they came through
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the program and we measured
what happened to these patients
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when they were on
our program which is a
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high complex carbohydrate
diet about 60-65% carbohydrates,
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about 20% fats
and 15-20% protein.
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And what was
shocking to the individuals
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there at that conference,
was that they actually saw
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blood sugar levels drop
on a high carbohydrate diet,
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and they measured this in
the form of a fructosamine,
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which is a test that
measures your blood sugar level
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over the last 2 weeks and it
actually dropped significantly.
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And all of the numbers were
highly statistically significant
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Not only the
fructosamine dropped,
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but we saw
cholesterol come down.
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Those who were on a
statin medication like Lipitor
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The stuff that makes all
your cholesterol go down...
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Yes, exactly!
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You know, they came in with
average total cholesterol levels
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on a medicine now in the 150s,
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and most people would think...
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"Well that's just
right where you need to be,
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and you probably don't
need to get any better"
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But on our program, the
average total cholesterol
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dropped from the
150s down into the 120s
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for the average
total cholesterol on a
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high carbohydrate diet.
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I can just hear people gasping
- A high carb diet? EXACTLY!
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Everything around
us saying "low carbs"
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Well after this
meeting, people were coming up
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and talking with our
dietician who gave the lecture,
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and our former Medical Director,
Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel,
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and they were so ASTOUNDED
that somewhere in America
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they were treating diabetes
with a HIGH carbohydrate diet,
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and they were getting success.
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So it's actually
exciting to work there.
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It's actually
exciting to see these changes.
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Well there has got to
be something then about
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carbs that I don't know about
or most people don't know about.
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Why aren't they
saying some are bad?
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Are there some that are
bad and some that are good?
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Well there are...
there are differences,
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and that's probably
one of the most important
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messages we
want to get across...
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is that NOT ALL
FOODS are created equal,
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most people know that but not
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all carbohydrates
are created equal.
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And, recently we've heard a lot
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about how NOT ALL
FATS are created equal.
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Before, it was low
fat and now it's GOOD FAT.
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Well, the same can be
said for carbohydrates.
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And right now, we're in a
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LOW CARBOHYDRATE -
that's what is good.
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Actually, what you
want is GOOD CARBOHYDRATE,
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and we're going to get to
that discussion in a minute.
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But first of all, we'd like
to back UP and just state that
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there is actually a foundation
for a high carbohydrate diet.
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Is this looking back
to the original diet?
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Is that what you are suggesting?
Well, that's exactly right!
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Going all the way
back... That's exactly right
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I think you have
a graphic on this.
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That's right, we
have a graphic...
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And I was doing some research
into the makeup of what the
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Creator gave us
as an original diet.
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And I have a food
processing software...
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ESHA Research puts it
out there is Salem, Oregon
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And basically what I
did was to take about 200
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of the commonly
eaten plant foods
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in the fruit, vegetable,
grain and bean category,
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and just see what was in them.
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So this is essentially
most all of the plant foods
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with the exception
of the nuts and seeds
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that we would be
accustomed to eating.
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And as you can see,
the carbohydrate content,
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the average carbohydrate content
of those nearly 200 foods
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is not 40% which
is what's often...
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78% is that what it
says? 78% - almost double
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what is currently recommended
by some diet enthusiasts.
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So your point is that if
you look at the original diet
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of the Bible, that
being Genesis 1:29,
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you're finding a
high carb diet. Exactly!
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I mean, if you want to find
out what the Creator designed
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for His creators, you want
to go to the owner's manual
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and check it out!
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And it's actually
very interesting that the
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PROTEIN content of
the Creator's foods
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NEVER CHANGES from 15%
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It's 15% and most of the foods
are BASICALLY very similar,
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except for the nuts and seeds
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and we can go to
that graphic now...
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And you'll see that when
you add the nuts and seeds
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to those other plant foods...
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The fat goes up a bit it looks
like. The fat certainly goes up.
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It goes up from
around 7% to about 25%
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Now this is putting
the nuts and seeds as EQUAL
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with the other food categories
which is not what is recommended
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But if you were to DO
that, that would give you the
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LOWEST carbohydrate content
of the Creator's diet possible!
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And as you can
see, it's still at 60%
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Sixty percent and
the fat goes up to 25
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And as you can
see, the protein doesn't
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change one iota...
it's right there at 14-15%
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So, in a sense, the Creator's
diet is NEVER high protein.
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Okay, NEVER HIGH PROTEIN!
... And always high carb
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And it could be a little
bit higher fat or lower fat
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depending on how many
nuts you eat... Exactly!
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And if you eat
them as they were grown,
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it takes you a while to
get through those shells,
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so it's not going
to be too high Exactly!
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In fact, if you were
to eat the nuts and seeds
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as you recommended.
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The Creator put
them in hard shells,
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kind of a clue there,
to use them more sparingly,
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THEN you'll be at a carbohydrate
content of about 65-70%
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Fat right around
15% and THAT'S THE DIET
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that's been shown to
give us the greatest benefit
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against all of
the chronic diseases
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we're dealing
with in this country.
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So, the amazing thing to me is,
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many times I'll hear...
Actually I've even heard some
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Christian physicians
and whatnot saying...
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"No, low carb is the way to go"
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But they're going against
the actual ultimate source
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in their trade -
that being the Bible,
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when they say that in
a sense... Absolutely!
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Absolutely - you know,
there's the old saying,
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"If all else fails, go back to
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Genesis and look
at the owner's manual"
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And I was excited to see this,
that the Creator's original diet
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ENDORSES a lot of the
research that is coming out.
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Now there are a few studies
coming out that would suggest
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that perhaps a low carbohydrate
diet that's high in protein
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can actually
help you lose weight,
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but what
individuals need to KNOW is that
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diets that will help you
lose weight when you look at the
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final analysis, those
diets are lower in calories.
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That's why people lose weight.
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Well, why do you think
the Creator loaded His food
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with carbohydrates...
60% if you add the nuts,
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and 75% if you're just
looking at it without the nuts.
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Why did He load it up with that?
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Well, you know, there are a
lot of good reasons for that.
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In fact, we can go to the
next graphic to get us started.
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But the Creator actually LOADED
His food with carbohydrates
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first of all - because
carbohydrates have actually
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been shown to raise
the serotonin levels.
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And one of the
ways... What is serotonin?
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Serotonin is a neurotransmitter.
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It's a chemical that the
nerves in the brain use to
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communicate with each other.
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Does it make you
feel good or bad?
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Well, it actually
helps to improve your mood.
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In fact, one of the most
common reasons that people
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see a physician today is
for the diagnosis of depression.
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And, the most common
treatment for that condition
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is what we call
"SSRIs" which are
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"serotonin reuptake inhibitors"
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which essentially,
one nerve will actually
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put serotonin OUT in the
synapse between the nerves
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to stimulate the
next nerve in line,
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and that nerve that put
out the serotonin will then
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retake that up out
of the space there...
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And this drug gets in
there and blocks that reuptake
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and so there is more serotonin
in that space between the nerves
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and this helps to boost the...
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So the carbs do that naturally.
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Well, actually what some people
may not understand is that
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there are some important
amino acids that are in the food
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and one of
these is tryptophan...
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And tryptophan is the raw
material that the body uses
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to make serotonin.
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Okay, so it's a
little different mechanism,
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but the bottom line is
it increases those levels,
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and it increases
well-being. Absolutely!
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You see, the plant kingdom being
relatively moderate in protein,
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doesn't overload the
body's system with some of these
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competing amino acids.
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You know, tryptophan
has some competitors,
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and if you eat a
high protein diet,
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you get more of
these competing amino acids
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and so you get lower
blood levels of tryptophan,
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and you get less
serotonin made in a brain.
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And you don't feel as good
about yourself and basically...
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That's exactly right!
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What's another reason to
have a diet high in carbs?
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Well, some of the other reasons,
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and we can again
go to our graphics...
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But some of the other reasons
is that right alongside the
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carbohydrates are some
of the protective nutrients,
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and we'll get more
to that in a minute.
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In fact, I want to show
a document that I have here
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but there is also
important receptors that are on
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each of the cells in our bodies.
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"Glucoproteins" and
glycolipids, is that right?
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Glycolipids and glycoproteins.
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Okay, and what do they do?
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Well actually, for example,
most people are familiar with
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their blood type, you
know, A positive or A negative
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Actually these letters
in your blood type refer to
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the carbohydrates,
the specialized sugars
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that are actually hanging off of
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proteins on your red
blood cell membranes.
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And so all of the cells
in the body have receptors;
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they have proteins on the
surface and also have fats,
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of course, in the membrane,
and off of these proteins,
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and off of these fats are
different specialized sugars
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and these sugars
are what help the body
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to communicate with itself.
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In fact, the immune system
can recognize a cell in the
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body based on that
sugar, that carbohydrate that is
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sticking out there in space
off of the cell membrane...
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And so, carbohydrates are
very important for communication
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in the body and these very
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sophisticated
immune system mechanisms.
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So if you have a low
carb diet, your body wouldn't
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be maybe as apt
at communicating.
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Well that's exactly right!
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So it's like having more
than 2 or 3 telephone lines.
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You know, if you don't have
the raw material to make these
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communications and to send
those messages over those lines,
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the communication
is going to break down.
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What's another reason for...
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Well some of the
other reasons are...
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Probably my most popular
reason is the fact that people
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are able to actually endure
and actually have a stronger
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sense of strength.
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Physical endurance,
you are talking about.
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One of the things that has
been found as a side effect
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of these low carbohydrate diets
is that people have fatigue.
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In fact, that was the
#2 complaint of individuals
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that get on these kind of diets.
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The most common
complaint was constipation
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because fiber and carbohydrates
are stuck right there together.
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So physical
endurance is important.
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In fact, there were studies
done a number of years ago,
00:14:02.23\00:14:07.07
several decades
ago by Dr. Ostrand,
00:14:07.10\00:14:10.00
who actually put
these athletes on a bicycle,
00:14:10.03\00:14:14.42
and they actually
pedaled those bicycles
00:14:14.45\00:14:16.34
until they were no
longer able to continue...
00:14:16.37\00:14:18.89
until they were
TOTALLY EXHAUSTED!
00:14:18.92\00:14:20.74
And they gave these athletes
3 different diets in succession
00:14:20.77\00:14:24.95
with the washout
periods in between,
00:14:24.98\00:14:27.42
and what they found is
when they put these individuals
00:14:27.45\00:14:30.18
on a HIGH PROTEIN, LOW
CARBOHYDRATE diet, they were
00:14:30.21\00:14:34.91
able to go about an hour on
the bicycle before they were...
00:14:34.94\00:14:37.93
That's not very long...
Not very long before they
00:14:37.96\00:14:39.68
were totally exhausted; these
are fit, well-trained athletes.
00:14:39.71\00:14:42.94
Now, then they put them on a
mixed diet which we might call a
00:14:42.97\00:14:46.17
meat and potatoes diet
which has sort of a moderate
00:14:46.20\00:14:49.72
amount of protein,
moderate amount of carbohydrate.
00:14:49.75\00:14:52.06
Then they went about 2
hours on these bicycles before
00:14:52.09\00:14:54.73
they were totally exhausted...
00:14:54.76\00:14:56.61
And THEN, they put these
same trained athletes on a
00:14:56.64\00:15:02.04
HIGH carbohydrate,
low protein diet...
00:15:02.07\00:15:04.76
Creator's diet type
thing. Creator's diet!
00:15:04.79\00:15:06.68
Plant-based diet and
they went for almost 3 hours.
00:15:06.71\00:15:11.35
Now there are researchers
in Finland who have been
00:15:11.38\00:15:14.36
experimenting with this
and in one of their reviews,
00:15:14.39\00:15:17.38
they have noted that you don't
actually need meat for endurance
00:15:17.41\00:15:22.77
in physical athletes, you know,
00:15:22.81\00:15:25.97
endurance
athletes, don't need meat.
00:15:26.01\00:15:27.65
In fact, they discovered
that individuals are able to
00:15:27.69\00:15:30.72
go at sprints anywhere
from 2 to 7 minutes LONGER
00:15:30.75\00:15:35.50
...They call these anaerobic
sprints because basically,
00:15:35.53\00:15:39.37
they're moving their muscles
so rapidly that they have to use
00:15:39.40\00:15:43.92
more than just oxygen burning
in the cell to get the job done,
00:15:43.95\00:15:47.09
and on a high carbohydrate diet,
00:15:47.12\00:15:49.11
they were able to go
several minutes longer.
00:15:49.14\00:15:50.90
We've been talking
with Dr. Tim Arnott
00:15:50.93\00:15:53.65
He is a physician at the
Lifestyle Center of America
00:15:53.68\00:15:56.41
in Oklahoma, and we're learning
some fascinating things about
00:15:56.44\00:16:00.27
these low carb diets.
00:16:00.30\00:16:01.67
We found that the Creator's
prescription is actually better!
00:16:01.70\00:16:04.96
When we come back,
we're going to look at
00:16:04.99\00:16:06.36
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carb and high carb diets.
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Welcome back, we've been
talking with Dr. Tim Arnott
00:17:13.36\00:17:16.30
He is a physician at the
Lifestyle Center in Oklahoma
00:17:16.33\00:17:20.01
And, every day you are helping
people kind of sort out these
00:17:20.04\00:17:23.35
things about low carb
diets or high carb diets,
00:17:23.38\00:17:26.58
what's healthy
for them, and whatnot.
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.19
Let's summarize a
little bit what we've learned.
00:17:28.22\00:17:30.46
Even though there is a
lot of wisdom out there
00:17:30.49\00:17:33.98
supposedly saying that we
need to look at low carb diets,
00:17:34.01\00:17:37.28
there are really
good reasons to look at
00:17:37.31\00:17:40.45
complex
carbohydrates in the diet.
00:17:40.48\00:17:43.06
Absolutely, we basically
have learned that not all
00:17:43.09\00:17:46.15
carbohydrates are created equal.
00:17:46.18\00:17:48.88
There are good carbohydrates
and there are bad carbohydrates.
00:17:48.91\00:17:51.61
And the good ones
are the complex ones;
00:17:51.64\00:17:53.40
foods as grown. Exactly!
00:17:53.43\00:17:55.05
In fact, one of the things that
is driving this whole discussion
00:17:55.08\00:17:59.61
and this whole interest in
low carb diets is the fact that
00:17:59.64\00:18:02.48
most of the carbohydrates
that have been available
00:18:02.51\00:18:04.38
in this country
have been the BAD kind;
00:18:04.41\00:18:07.14
the white flour, the refined
pasta, the white potatoes,
00:18:07.17\00:18:12.87
and these are the kind of
foods that frankly are just not
00:18:12.90\00:18:17.11
helping a society
that is largely overweight.
00:18:17.14\00:18:19.46
What is the most
important reason to choose
00:18:19.49\00:18:22.89
a good carbohydrate-rich food?
00:18:22.92\00:18:27.76
I think, frankly, one
of most important reasons
00:18:27.79\00:18:31.35
is reflected in
this document here,
00:18:31.38\00:18:33.86
the U.S. Department
of Agriculture database
00:18:33.89\00:18:36.69
for the flavonoid
content of selected foods.
00:18:36.72\00:18:39.74
Now flavonoids are one
of the protective chemicals
00:18:39.77\00:18:43.40
that the plants actually
use and generate when they are
00:18:43.43\00:18:47.96
trying to protect themselves.
00:18:47.99\00:18:49.84
I mean, it's a
harsh world out there,
00:18:49.87\00:18:51.81
and apples, pears and
different fruits and vegetables
00:18:51.84\00:18:56.01
generate these
protective nutrients...
00:18:56.04\00:18:59.10
Flavonoids sounds
almost like a flavor to me,
00:18:59.13\00:19:00.96
but you're saying
it's a protective thing.
00:19:00.99\00:19:02.49
It's a protective
chemical that the plant makes
00:19:02.52\00:19:05.08
in order to protect
itself from its environment.
00:19:05.11\00:19:07.21
When you EAT those flavonoids,
those chemicals actually
00:19:07.24\00:19:11.39
protect your cells
from injury and damage.
00:19:11.42\00:19:14.27
So an apple a day keeps
the invaders away... truly!
00:19:14.30\00:19:17.03
Absolutely, we're told
that apples are probably
00:19:17.06\00:19:19.68
one of THE MOST
beneficial fruits out there.
00:19:19.71\00:19:23.13
Macintosh apples -
perhaps? Absolutely!
00:19:23.16\00:19:27.12
Now this is 60 pages right here
00:19:27.15\00:19:30.82
from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture...
00:19:30.85\00:19:32.99
It just goes through
in regular small print,
00:19:33.02\00:19:37.43
all of the different flavonoids
that have been discovered
00:19:37.46\00:19:41.17
in PLANTS! I emphasize PLANTS.
00:19:41.20\00:19:43.30
They are ONLY found in
plants and you are only going to
00:19:43.33\00:19:46.42
find them in foods
that contain CARBOHYDRATES.
00:19:46.45\00:19:51.37
So carbohydrates are
packaged by the Creator
00:19:51.40\00:19:54.11
next to protective foods.
00:19:54.14\00:19:56.41
And if you don't
get the carbohydrates,
00:19:56.44\00:19:58.61
you are going to miss what is
packaged with the carbohydrates.
00:19:58.64\00:20:01.53
Not only will you not
have a sense of well-being
00:20:01.56\00:20:04.44
because there is
not enough serotonin,
00:20:04.47\00:20:05.93
not only will you not have
the communication you need,
00:20:05.96\00:20:08.58
not only will you
not have the endurance,
00:20:08.61\00:20:10.00
but then you're a sitting duck,
00:20:10.03\00:20:11.40
you are not going to
be able to be protected!
00:20:11.43\00:20:13.40
Absolutely, and there are other
nutrients, not just flavonoids.
00:20:13.43\00:20:16.59
There are antioxidants,
the vitamin C, vitamin E,
00:20:16.62\00:20:21.56
the carotenes, beta,
gamma, and all these different
00:20:21.59\00:20:25.30
nutrients that
provide color for the plant.
00:20:25.33\00:20:28.05
Now those pigments that
provide the red of the tomato,
00:20:28.08\00:20:32.77
the yellow-orange
of the sweet potato...
00:20:32.80\00:20:34.85
when they get inside the body...
00:20:34.88\00:20:36.95
You know, in the plant,
they were used to absorb the
00:20:36.98\00:20:39.67
ionizing radiation that's
from the ultraviolet light
00:20:39.70\00:20:42.73
protecting that tomato
from a sunburn when it sits
00:20:42.76\00:20:45.92
out there in the sun
for 8 hours in Oklahoma.
00:20:45.95\00:20:48.33
When you eat that lycopene,
when you eat that pigment,
00:20:48.36\00:20:51.37
that colored chemical, it
actually protects YOUR body
00:20:51.40\00:20:55.62
from the damaging effects
of what we call "free radicals"
00:20:55.65\00:20:58.93
which are these highly reactive,
highly unstable oxygen chemicals
00:20:58.96\00:21:03.27
I know a couple of those people!
00:21:03.30\00:21:04.83
Free radicals -
but it's really food.
00:21:04.86\00:21:06.82
Okay, I think you've convinced
everybody to really take
00:21:06.85\00:21:10.32
another look at this if
they were leaning towards the
00:21:10.35\00:21:12.98
low carb or maybe even
on that low-carb thing,
00:21:13.01\00:21:15.79
but what problems
are really created by
00:21:15.82\00:21:18.98
low carb, high protein diets?
00:21:19.01\00:21:21.13
I think you have
a graphic on this.
00:21:21.16\00:21:22.53
Yes, we do and one
of the major concerns
00:21:22.56\00:21:25.97
of researchers that are looking
at these high protein diets,
00:21:26.00\00:21:31.20
these low carbohydrate diets...
00:21:31.23\00:21:35.66
Leach minerals
from bones it says?
00:21:35.69\00:21:37.14
One of the major groups that are
looking to lose weight in this
00:21:37.17\00:21:41.15
country are those that have
insulin resistance and diabetes.
00:21:41.18\00:21:45.20
Well if you have
insulin resistance and diabetes,
00:21:45.23\00:21:48.48
your kidneys are at risk.
00:21:48.51\00:21:50.43
Your kidneys are already
injured to a certain extent
00:21:50.46\00:21:54.28
and certainly when
you get into diabetes,
00:21:54.31\00:21:55.94
you have early kidney injury,
00:21:55.97\00:21:58.25
and, I mean, your
kidneys can actually FAIL,
00:21:58.28\00:22:01.38
and that's one of the
major causes of kidney failure.
00:22:01.41\00:22:04.30
Well, to put those individuals
with insulin resistance,
00:22:04.33\00:22:08.45
diabetes and kidneys at
risk, on a HIGH protein diet
00:22:08.48\00:22:12.96
is just ASKING for
trouble because the kidney
00:22:12.99\00:22:16.26
is the major burden-bearer
of all this excess protein -
00:22:16.29\00:22:20.07
because protein
cannot be stored;
00:22:20.10\00:22:21.87
it simply has to be
broken down, turned into waste
00:22:21.90\00:22:24.93
and it goes out
through the kidneys.
00:22:24.96\00:22:26.51
So if somebody has diabetes or
if someone in their family did,
00:22:26.54\00:22:29.40
or different
things, ESPECIALLY avoid
00:22:29.43\00:22:31.25
these high
protein, low carb diets,
00:22:31.28\00:22:34.31
but on the graphic we
looked at, it talked about
00:22:34.34\00:22:36.78
leaching things from
the bones; what's that?
00:22:36.81\00:22:39.76
What actually happens
when you have TOO MUCH protein,
00:22:39.79\00:22:43.86
when you have 2 or 3 times
the recommended daily allowance
00:22:43.89\00:22:48.07
of protein - this
actually increases the
00:22:48.10\00:22:50.99
acid level of the blood.
00:22:51.03\00:22:52.42
In fact, these proteins
are converted into ammonia;
00:22:52.45\00:22:55.94
they are converted
into sulfates from the
00:22:55.97\00:22:58.34
sulfur-containing amino
acids and as soon as these acids
00:22:58.37\00:23:03.04
are released
into the bloodstream,
00:23:03.07\00:23:05.18
they stimulate a cell that lives
00:23:05.21\00:23:08.56
in your bones
called the "osteoclast"
00:23:08.59\00:23:11.37
which its job is
just like a sound...
00:23:11.40\00:23:15.39
It's kind of a removal of bone
matrix inside of your bones -
00:23:15.42\00:23:20.67
because there are
buffers in your bones,
00:23:20.70\00:23:23.13
the citrate and the carbonate.
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.35
So the protein does this and it
00:23:25.38\00:23:26.75
stimulates that,
and then what happens?
00:23:26.78\00:23:28.25
It starts to suck
things out of the bone?
00:23:28.28\00:23:29.74
The cell actually is
activated inside your bone
00:23:29.77\00:23:33.81
to get out the buffers that are
going to get rid of that acid.
00:23:33.84\00:23:36.91
And these buffers, again,
are citrate and carbonate...
00:23:36.94\00:23:40.31
So this can cause
osteoporosis if you're on these.
00:23:40.34\00:23:42.24
Right, as those buffers are
being released from the bones,
00:23:42.27\00:23:44.36
the calcium goes out with it.
00:23:44.39\00:23:45.92
And so calcium
levels go up in the urine;
00:23:45.95\00:23:48.09
you're at higher
risk for kidney stones,
00:23:48.12\00:23:49.97
and it's just an
increased burden on the kidney.
00:23:50.00\00:23:53.47
We have some other
problems we want to look at.
00:23:53.50\00:23:54.99
Let's look at them quickly
because we only have about
00:23:55.02\00:23:57.02
4 minutes and I want to get to
00:23:57.05\00:23:58.91
also some good
news at the end here.
00:23:58.94\00:24:00.94
What are some of
the other problems?
00:24:00.97\00:24:02.34
We've got high
cholesterol levels.
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.18
How does that work,
briefly - How does that work?
00:24:04.22\00:24:07.11
Well, actually a very
interesting study was done by
00:24:07.15\00:24:10.01
Dr. O'Dea and her colleagues
00:24:10.04\00:24:11.70
at the University of
Melbourne in Australia,
00:24:11.73\00:24:14.49
and what Dr. O'Dea found is
she actually studied individuals
00:24:14.52\00:24:18.34
WITH diabetes.
00:24:18.37\00:24:19.74
She put them on
4 different diets.
00:24:19.77\00:24:21.87
And, in short,
one of these diets was
00:24:21.90\00:24:24.09
HIGH carbohydrate, HIGH fiber;
00:24:24.12\00:24:26.98
in other words, a plant
diet, foods eaten as grown
00:24:27.01\00:24:30.58
as you mentioned earlier.
00:24:30.61\00:24:31.98
And one of the other diets was
a HIGH protein, low fat diet,
00:24:32.01\00:24:37.67
low carbohydrate diet.
00:24:37.70\00:24:39.49
And, they actually
found that both of those diets
00:24:39.52\00:24:43.38
LOWERED cholesterol.
00:24:43.41\00:24:46.10
But they discovered
something very interesting,
00:24:46.13\00:24:47.72
and that was that the high
carbohydrate, high fiber diet
00:24:47.75\00:24:51.48
lowered cholesterol
TWICE as good, TWICE as well
00:24:51.51\00:24:55.61
as the low
carbohydrate, high protein diet.
00:24:55.64\00:24:58.77
So when the Atkins'
diet, or something like that,
00:24:58.80\00:25:01.02
says cholesterol is
going to go down, it WILL,
00:25:01.05\00:25:03.02
but you can DOUBLE that if you
00:25:03.05\00:25:05.16
are on a complex carbohydrate
diet instead of a low carb diet.
00:25:05.19\00:25:09.86
Exactly, and one thing
that people should know...
00:25:09.89\00:25:11.67
ANY DIET that
restricts your calories,
00:25:11.70\00:25:15.07
is going to lower cholesterol.
00:25:15.10\00:25:17.31
So it doesn't matter - it's
not a big thing that a diet will
00:25:17.34\00:25:20.20
lower cholesterol.
00:25:20.23\00:25:21.60
Okay, another problem -
let's look at another one here
00:25:21.63\00:25:23.09
on our graphic that
you wanted to mention.
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.55
High urine calcium -
I guess you've already
00:25:25.58\00:25:28.16
talked about that.
00:25:28.19\00:25:29.56
Yes, as soon as the body
tries to get at those buffers
00:25:29.59\00:25:32.87
in the bone to
get rid of the acid,
00:25:32.90\00:25:34.66
you're going to
be losing calcium,
00:25:34.69\00:25:36.38
and it will go
out through the urine
00:25:36.41\00:25:38.64
at greater risk
of kidney stones.
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.04
Well doctor, you've talked
about why we should avoid those
00:25:40.07\00:25:43.44
low carb diets and move
to the complex carbohydrates.
00:25:43.47\00:25:48.20
As we close-up, let's
look at some of these reasons
00:25:48.23\00:25:51.23
why medical
researchers have found
00:25:51.26\00:25:52.90
low carb diets safe and
effective... why is that?
00:25:52.93\00:25:55.76
Well actually, Dr.
Brevata and her colleagues,
00:25:55.79\00:25:59.84
at Stanford University,
have actually found that
00:25:59.87\00:26:03.49
these diets that a
lot of people are adopting
00:26:03.52\00:26:06.74
have not been
studied very thoroughly...
00:26:06.77\00:26:09.38
And in fact, one of the diets
that is LOWEST in carbohydrates
00:26:09.41\00:26:13.08
has only been studied
in 71 people since 1966.
00:26:13.11\00:26:16.60
So the low for
these high protein diets,
00:26:16.63\00:26:19.08
they really don't have the
research to back-up. Exactly!
00:26:19.11\00:26:21.58
We have about
1-1/2 minutes left,
00:26:21.61\00:26:23.27
what are some other reasons that
00:26:23.30\00:26:24.93
we should look at
carbohydrate diets?
00:26:24.96\00:26:28.06
Well I would just like to refer
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to a study by Dr.
Richard Fleming in Omaha
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who actually put 2 groups of
individuals on 2 different diets
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One, was a HIGH carbohydrate
diet, around 70% carbohydrate;
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and another group went
on a HIGH protein diet...
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And he actually does nuclear
medicine studies to see how much
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blood is getting
to the heart muscle.
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And what he
discovered was if you went on a
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high carbohydrate
diet that was low in fat,
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he had about 40% increase in
blood flow to the heart muscle
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of those patients
with coronary disease.
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But those who went on the high
protein diet as their choice,
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and preferred that,
they actually had worsening
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of the blood flow
to the heart muscle,
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and so there
actually was progression
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of their coronary disease...
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the #1 problem in this country,
and so if you've got a diet
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even if it is
lowering your cholesterol,
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but if it's
worsening the artery situation,
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that's really a liability.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Tim Arnott
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He is a physician at the
Lifestyle Center of America
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in Oklahoma
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We've been talking about
high versus low carb diets.
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We've seen here
on this program that
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carbohydrates are not all bad.
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The Creator's diet is actually
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very high in
complex carbohydrates,
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and, you know, why is it
that people are many times
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interested in these other diets.
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They want good news
about maybe their bad habits.
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If that has been your
case, take a second look...
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We hope that as a result, you'll
have Health for a Lifetime!
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