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 with Dr. Tim Arnott
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Dr. Arnott is a physician at the
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Lifestyle Center
of America in Oklahoma
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where he helps treat the major
diseases in the Western culture
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and treats those
through lifestyle.
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And today we're going to
be talking about something
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that afflicts 1 in
3, some statistics say,
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1 in 3 American males,
that is cancer of the prostrate
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Did I say that right?
Prostate - that's right.
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Prostate... and tell us
a little bit about this.
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Is there any good news that
we have about this thing that
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commonly afflicts
most American males.
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Well there is good news...
and the good news is that
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there are many researchers
today who are looking into
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the underlying
cause of prostate cancer,
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and they're coming up with some
very interesting information...
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And one of the things that
we can start off with is that
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there are important
nutrients that the body needs
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to have a
strong immune system...
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To have a strong
ability to fight off cancer.
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And so that's good news?
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How is that good news?
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Well it's good news because
we could ADD things to our diet.
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We could add things to our
lifestyle that could actually
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lower our risk for
this important disease.
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Okay, so the good news
is that we can actually
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eat things or do things
that help us NOT be one of the
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statistics of 1
in 3... Absolutely
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And I would mention
right at the outset here that
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this information is
not only important for men
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and for avoiding prostate cancer
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but it's important for
avoiding cancer in general...
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So it's also
important for women.
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Okay, you women that are
watching today - come back!
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Don't leave us - this is
going to help you as well.
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We're going to be
talking about physiology,
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and we're going to be talking
about how the Creator has
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designed our body so
that if you cooperate with
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His physiology by what you eat,
what you drink, what you do,
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you could strengthen
your ability to fight cancer.
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Some people have said there's
a substance called "selenium"
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that protects the prostate?
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That's right - there are
studies going on right now...
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Looking at perspective
studies where they are giving
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one group -
placebo, a water pill.
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They're giving
another group selenium.
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And what is selenium?
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Selenium is a trace mineral
and it's found in WHOLE GRAINS.
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I emphasize WHOLE GRAINS because
MOST grains that Americans
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eat are refined and processed.
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We call it
"enriched" in this country,
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but one thing they
don't put back is selenium.
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And selenium is
important because there is an
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enzyme system that the Creator
put inside of our bloodstream
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and this machinery - its
job is to mop up, to get rid of,
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to sponge away - free radicals.
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Free radicals are highly
reactive, highly unstable
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oxygen chemicals
that are being thrown off,
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being produced by the
cells of our body continually.
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The Loma Linda Nutrition
and Health Letter stated
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some months ago that
every cell in the body,
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the DNA of every cell, the
genes in the genetic material
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has about 10,000 hits every
day from these free radicals.
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From every cell - in
every cell? EVERY CELL
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So, in other words, if
you're going to protect yourself
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from damaged DNA which
is the cause of cancer,
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then you better be able to
get rid of these free radicals.
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Well, you can do that
with this enzyme system
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that the Creator put
in our bloodstream...
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And this enzyme
system glutathione
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depends upon selenium...
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And so if you don't have
enough selenium coming IN,
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the body is not going to
be able to make enough of the
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enzyme system to
protect you adequately.
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So this is like our homeland
security system of the body.
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That's EXACTLY right!
Gotta have the selenium!
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That is exactly right.
So - like my body right now,
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right inside it's just popping!
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There are all kinds of different
things happening, is that right?
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You can think of it that way.
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I'm like a popcorn
machine! That's exactly right
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And that's why Dr.
Brooks at Duke University
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has discovered that individuals
with the HIGHEST selenium levels
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have about a 70% LOWER
risk of prostate cancer
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than those men with
the lowest selenium level.
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So 70% lower risk -
all those things are
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smashing around inside
but if you got the selenium,
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they can make sure
that doesn't impact you.
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That's one of the
factors, but again, this is an
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enzyme system that ALL
of us have - men and women,
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and so they've actually recently
shown that individuals with
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the highest glutathione
activity in their bloodstream
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have the lowest risk of
developing a coronary event -
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a heart attack or a bypass...
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So it not only protects from
prostate but also heart attack.
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Because these free
radicals not only damage DNA -
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which can lead to cancer if
you get enough damaged hits,
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and you get them in the
right places on your DNA,
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but the free radicals
can also damage cholesterol,
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oxidizing it and that's what
leads to coronary artery disease
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So again, what's the highest...
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Give me the top 3
highest foods in selenium.
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Well, the very
highest food is Brazil nuts.
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BRAZIL NUTS... high in fats?
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Well, they are
high in GOOD fats.
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You see, the Creator
put GOOD fats in the nuts.
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It's the animal products
that have the saturated fat,
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and it's
packaged foods that have
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the trans fatty
acids... those are the bad fats.
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Brazil nuts... what's
another high food with selenium?
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Well before we move
away from Brazil nuts,
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3 Brazil nuts will
have 400 mcg of selenium,
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and that is the amount
being used in a study right now
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to see if men can actually lower
their risk of prostate cancer.
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So you can join the
study and get the benefits
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before 10 years are up
and they finally tell us...
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So take 3 nuts a day...
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Three nuts a day or
you can get whole grains.
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Red winter wheat - different
whole grains, garlic...
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There are a
number of good sources,
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but whole grains are
really the one you want to
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remember and Brazil nuts.
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Okay, about that
stuff we can eat,
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what about stuff that
we drink or beverages...
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I mean a lot of
people in America drink the
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good old cow's milk.
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Is that good for
the prostate situation?
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Well actually - a
very interesting study,
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the Adventist Health Study,
Dr. Jacobsen and his colleagues
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there in Norway, found in
the Adventist Health Study,
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that men who
were drinking soymilk,
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more than one serving a day,
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so, you know, 1-1/2- 2
servings a day of soymilk,
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had again about 70%
lower risk of prostate cancer.
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So this graphic -
help me with it...
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It says 0.3 there, what's that?
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Well, what you want to
remember about the graphic
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is the shorter
that bar, the BETTER...
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Okay, so soymilk is 0.3 versus
1.0 and so you're saying...
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1 is like 10 minus 3 is
70%... That's exactly right
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So that 0.3 is only a third
of the prostate cancer risk
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of someone who does not drink
soymilk rarely or not at all.
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So do you drink
soymilk? Yes I do
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Do you like it?
Well, I must say this...
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It's wet and it
gets the cereal moist,
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but I don't drink
it as a beverage. Okay
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But there are some
that are reasonably tasty.
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There are all different types
of soymilk... Yes there are
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What about the
chocolate soymilk?
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Well, I'll tell ya - some
of the better soymilks are
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going to be those
that do not have cane juice
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as a sweetener for
one thing. Oh, I see...
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Cane juice is a higher...
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BUT this study didn't
get into that right? No
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If you've been switched to
chocolate soymilk, you're okay?
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Uhhh - I think as we move
along, we're going to discover
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it probably
wouldn't be a wise idea.
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Because remember - 60%
of Americans are either
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overweight or obese which means
they are insulin resistant,
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which means if you're
taking refined sugars,
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and they put more of
the refined sugar sweeteners
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in these chocolate beverages,
carob-sweetened beverages,
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then you're going to
have higher insulin levels,
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and higher insulin drives
cell division to levels that are
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cancer-promoting...
Boy, you took that away
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from me so fast, doctor!
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I was trying to get chocolate
soymilk for everybody watching,
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and you didn't
quite let us have that.
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It might be a place to start.
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But switching
from the cow's milk
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to the soymilk
is good. Absolutely!
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All right, well you can
keep that chocolate soymilk
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just for a couple of minutes;
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you might have to take it
away later in the program.
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It might be
something to start with.
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Well, let's move on then...
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What about - you said that
there's a connection between
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lowering the prostate
cancer risk and SUNLIGHT.
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That's right - sunlight as
we mentioned on other programs,
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individuals who actually are
getting the MOST sun exposure,
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and that means they have
the highest vitamin D levels,
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specifically, the highest
25-hydroxyvitamin D level...
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these men have the
lowest risk of prostate cancer.
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So, what part of the
body should we be exposing?
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Is this location-dependent?
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Well actually, you only need to
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expose the face,
the hands, and the arms
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15 minutes 3 times a
week to get the minimum
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amount of vitamin D that
you need to maintain health.
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That doesn't sound that
hard at all... It's really not
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But for someone
that works nightshift...
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It would be - for
someone who works nightshift,
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frankly, you can get
a full spectrum light
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that does put out ultraviolet.
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Now you wouldn't
want to look at it,
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but if you were in its
presence, face, hands and arms
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you can make
vitamin D that way as well.
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So you have a
graphic here about vitamin D
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that we want to look at.
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Yes, it graphically will
show that individuals with
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the LOWEST vitamin D levels
are at 3-1/2 times GREATER RISK
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of prostate cancer.
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Okay, so that 3.5 is
the lowest vitamin D level,
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and that shows
their risk at the bottom.
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Yes, it shows their risk MUCH
GREATER - 3-1/2 times greater
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than those individuals with
the highest vitamin D levels
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which the lowest risk would be
set at 1 and then the research -
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What if someone already
has prostate cancer, you know?
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That's a very
interesting question...
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In fact, Dr. Dean Ornish has
looked, and other researchers
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at Duke University, for example,
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have looked at individuals who
already have prostate cancer,
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and they have taken
these prostate cancer cells,
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and they put them
in the cell culture,
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and they've exposed them
to serum of the patients...
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for example, Dr.
Ornish - serum of the patients
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BEFORE they went on a
special lifestyle program,
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and then the prostate cancer
cells AFTER a lifestyle program
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And, for example, one of
those lifestyle programs,
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they simply put
these individuals on a diet
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that was about 10% fat and
that's basically a plant diet,
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a whole plant diet is
about what it is, 10% fat...
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They put them on flaxseed,
a couple of tablespoons a day,
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some exercise and they
were actually able to show that
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those cancer cells died
off faster and they divided
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less rapidly than when
they were put with the serum
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BEFORE they went on the program.
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So if someone has
got that diagnosis,
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go ahead and start doing this
stuff right now - ABSOLUTELY
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and it will help it
not, at least progress.
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It may help it slow down,
it may be less of a problem
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as far as advancing, you
may actually buy some time.
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So, run outside in
the sun... but seriously
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what is the MOST
important thing a person can do
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to avoid prostate cancer?
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Well, Dr. Singh and his
colleagues have actually
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done a very interesting
study on some Chinese men.
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And, they actually took men and
they watched these individuals;
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they divided them
into 2 categories.
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They divided them into a
category of the LOWEST distance
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around the waist, in
other words, the SMALLEST
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waist, the LOWEST insulin
level and watched for their
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incidence of prostate cancer...
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And then they took men
with the LARGEST waist,
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and the HIGHEST insulin
level and they watched for
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THEIR development
of prostate cancer,
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and what they discovered was...
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Individuals with
the greatest waist size,
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and the highest INSULIN levels
had up to 8-fold greater risk
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of prostate cancer.
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I think you have this
on a graphic, don't you?
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Yes we do... in
fact, it dramatically shows
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that if you have a
lot of insulin resistance,
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which means you're carrying
a lot of extra fatty tissue
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in the abdomen and you have
a high fasting insulin level,
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you could be up to 8-fold
greater risk of prostate cancer,
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and this is one of the greatest
differences in risk that we see.
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So, if I see someone that looks
like a pear instead of an apple,
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in other words they have that
big belly and they are diabetic,
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and they know that or
even if they don't know that...
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With those individuals,
also would typically get
00:13:52.18\00:13:55.29
prostate cancer EARLIER in life,
00:13:55.32\00:13:57.51
and it will be more of an
aggressive prostate cancer.
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It will be a higher grade and so
00:14:00.11\00:14:02.51
it will be more
difficult to deal with.
00:14:02.54\00:14:04.51
Many prostate cancers
are indolent and may not be
00:14:04.54\00:14:08.66
anything clinically that you
00:14:08.69\00:14:11.23
need to do to really
help your situation...
00:14:11.26\00:14:13.02
BUT, if you're carrying
extra weight in the midsection,
00:14:13.05\00:14:15.73
high insulin levels,
those are often more aggressive.
00:14:15.76\00:14:19.94
We're talking
with Dr. Tim Arnott
00:14:19.97\00:14:21.64
We're talking
about prostate cancer.
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It afflicts many
people, the same principles;
00:14:23.96\00:14:26.13
however, that we've
talked about in relationship
00:14:26.16\00:14:28.49
to what men can do to
avoid, prevent or at least
00:14:28.52\00:14:31.22
stop the development,
if it is already going on,
00:14:31.25\00:14:33.64
of prostate cancer,
are applicable to women.
00:14:33.67\00:14:36.17
When we come back,
we're going to continue
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Welcome back, we've been
talking with Dr. Tim Arnott
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We've been talking
about prostate cancer,
00:15:43.96\00:15:45.83
and doctor, as we
were talking about this,
00:15:45.86\00:15:48.57
you talked about some of
the things you do there at the
00:15:48.60\00:15:50.55
Lifestyle Center of America,
you're a physician there,
00:15:50.58\00:15:55.28
and you help people...
00:15:55.31\00:15:56.68
Do many people come in
- are they diagnosed with
00:15:56.71\00:15:58.48
this while they're there?
00:15:58.51\00:15:59.88
Diagnosed with
prostate cancer? Yes
00:15:59.91\00:16:01.72
Well, one of the tests that you
could do, of course is the PSA
00:16:01.75\00:16:04.93
which doesn't
give you a diagnosis,
00:16:04.96\00:16:06.81
but it can tip you off
that perhaps you need a biopsy.
00:16:06.84\00:16:10.20
So I would say that the
diagnosis of cancer is not
00:16:10.23\00:16:14.65
something that we specialize in.
00:16:14.68\00:16:16.05
What we do is to deal
with insulin resistance. I see
00:16:16.08\00:16:20.33
And insulin resistance
is the underlying cause of
00:16:20.36\00:16:24.39
high insulin levels.
00:16:24.42\00:16:25.85
Many Americans have
very high insulin levels.
00:16:25.88\00:16:28.61
Insulin is a
growth-promoting hormone.
00:16:28.64\00:16:31.92
It is a hormone that helps
to encourage cell division.
00:16:31.95\00:16:36.32
Cancer is cell division,
too rapid, out-of-control,
00:16:36.35\00:16:40.04
and so high insulin
levels could encourage
00:16:40.07\00:16:42.58
the whole process
of cancer formation.
00:16:42.61\00:16:44.84
In our first segment,
we talked about the fact
00:16:44.87\00:16:48.02
that selenium
can give protection
00:16:48.05\00:16:50.33
against prostate
cancer, and about Brazil nuts,
00:16:50.36\00:16:53.47
and how they're
very high in that.
00:16:53.50\00:16:54.87
Are there any other
foods that are very helpful
00:16:54.90\00:16:58.39
to us if we're trying
to prevent prostate cancer?
00:16:58.42\00:17:01.46
Yes and I want to say again
that for those women who are
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listening, we're going to
be talking about some foods
00:17:05.04\00:17:07.76
...These foods are important
not only to help us protect
00:17:07.79\00:17:11.18
prostate but to help us
protect from breast cancer,
00:17:11.21\00:17:14.54
from coronary
disease, so these are important
00:17:14.57\00:17:16.84
protective foods
for both the genders
00:17:16.87\00:17:20.80
and many of the
diseases that we deal with -
00:17:20.84\00:17:23.39
cancer, heart disease
and stroke, for example.
00:17:23.43\00:17:25.95
And one of these, we're
going to mention first of all
00:17:25.98\00:17:28.26
is tomatoes!
00:17:28.29\00:17:31.64
Dr. Giovannucci and his
colleagues have discovered
00:17:31.67\00:17:34.45
that individuals who
take in MORE than 10 servings
00:17:34.48\00:17:38.40
of tomato a week,
have about 35% lower risk
00:17:38.43\00:17:43.73
of prostate cancer as in men who
00:17:43.76\00:17:46.30
are taking in
1-1/2 or fewer servings.
00:17:46.34\00:17:49.22
So this is your recipe...
00:17:49.25\00:17:52.35
You know, many of us
are short on time and yet we
00:17:57.03\00:17:59.50
don't like to eat our food
dry without any real taste...
00:17:59.53\00:18:05.33
And, maybe we don't have
time to get the blender out,
00:18:05.36\00:18:07.86
and put together a cashew sauce
or a tofu sour cream sauce.
00:18:07.90\00:18:12.95
Just tomatoes! Just
open a can of tomato puree!
00:18:12.98\00:18:16.29
There is no salt
added to tomato puree.
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Many of you have tried to find
00:18:19.34\00:18:20.90
tomato products without
salt, it's very difficult.
00:18:20.94\00:18:25.39
Tomato puree... just pour
it over and it is lycopene
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is what causes that
RED COLOR in the tomato.
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And that lycopene is a red
pigment that protects the tomato
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from the ionizing
damaging ultraviolet radiation
00:18:39.08\00:18:42.54
from the sun and
when you eat that pigment,
00:18:42.57\00:18:44.96
it protects YOUR cells from
the free radicals that we were
00:18:44.99\00:18:48.73
talking about
earlier in the program.
00:18:48.76\00:18:50.38
So instead of that free
radical hitting your DNA,
00:18:50.41\00:18:53.93
damaging it, breaking a
strand which can lead to cancer,
00:18:53.96\00:18:57.88
it hits the lycopene.
00:18:57.91\00:18:59.72
So it can't be green tomatoes,
it's got to be red tomatoes.
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Well, actually not...
any color is protective.
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Any color is protective - it's
just that researchers like to
00:19:05.86\00:19:09.65
look at one, for example, and
they like to do studies with one
00:19:09.68\00:19:13.11
But, they've actually
shown if you do 3/4 of a cup
00:19:13.14\00:19:17.68
of tomato sauce a day,
you can significantly lower...
00:19:17.71\00:19:20.67
Ketchup
protective? YES, actually...
00:19:20.70\00:19:23.78
I mean, I wouldn't
recommend that because of the
00:19:23.81\00:19:26.26
SUGAR that's in
there and high sugar intake
00:19:26.29\00:19:29.38
can actually increase
your risk of cancer...
00:19:29.41\00:19:30.78
But yes, the lycopene in ketchup
can actually be protective.
00:19:30.81\00:19:35.99
In fact, MANY of the foods
that are protective of Americans
00:19:36.02\00:19:39.24
are not really the healthiest
foods but there is something
00:19:39.27\00:19:41.96
healthy in there and they
still get some of the benefit.
00:19:41.99\00:19:44.31
What's the next
one on our list here?
00:19:44.34\00:19:45.88
Well, one of the other
things that we should mention is
00:19:45.91\00:19:49.09
just dairy
products, for example.
00:19:49.12\00:19:50.88
Well we have Brazil nuts here...
00:19:50.91\00:19:52.33
Okay, well we'll
talk about Brazil nuts.
00:19:52.36\00:19:54.05
Brazil nuts,
again, are the selenium.
00:19:54.08\00:19:56.54
The selenium in Brazil
nuts is very important for
00:19:56.57\00:19:59.55
feeding the
glutathione reductase enzyme
00:19:59.58\00:20:03.43
which job it is to get
rid of those free radicals.
00:20:03.46\00:20:06.43
Those ping-pong balls
smashing around in the body!
00:20:06.46\00:20:09.42
You know, DISEASE is largely
00:20:09.46\00:20:11.07
an issue of what you
do with free radicals.
00:20:11.10\00:20:13.23
Whether they just
ravage through the body
00:20:13.26\00:20:15.44
and damage your tissue at will
00:20:15.47\00:20:17.22
or WHETHER you have taken
into your body these pigments,
00:20:17.25\00:20:21.76
these colors whether
it's the red of the grape
00:20:21.79\00:20:25.64
or whether it's the
purple of the blackberry,
00:20:25.67\00:20:27.82
whether it's the
green of spinach...
00:20:27.85\00:20:30.53
Spinach is one of the highest
00:20:30.56\00:20:31.93
antioxidant foods in
the vegetable kingdom.
00:20:31.96\00:20:34.20
And, in bringing those into
the body can get rid of those
00:20:34.23\00:20:37.18
free radicals at protecting
your prostate, your breasts...
00:20:37.21\00:20:39.80
What's the next one on
our list here, we have...
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Okay... switch
from skim milk to soy.
00:20:41.87\00:20:47.22
Recently in the "American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition"
00:20:47.25\00:20:49.52
there was an article that showed
that individuals who drink
00:20:49.55\00:20:53.38
the most dairy products
- and we're talking about
00:20:53.41\00:20:55.84
2-3 servings a day - they have
00:20:55.87\00:20:58.63
the highest risk of
prostate cancer versus men who
00:20:58.66\00:21:02.42
use the LEAST dairy.
00:21:02.45\00:21:03.82
It's about a 35%
increase risk in prostate cancer
00:21:03.85\00:21:07.56
for those men
using the most dairy.
00:21:07.59\00:21:09.55
So, putting that
together with our earlier study
00:21:09.58\00:21:13.54
by Dr. Jacobsen, if you
switch from dairy to soy,
00:21:13.57\00:21:18.19
you're going to get a
significant improvement
00:21:18.22\00:21:21.84
in prostate cancer risk.
00:21:21.87\00:21:23.26
Okay, our next
thing on our list...
00:21:23.29\00:21:25.15
We're just going
through a number of these...
00:21:25.18\00:21:27.03
We have - Choose
scrambled tofu in place of eggs.
00:21:27.06\00:21:32.19
You know, it's well known
that testosterone, for example,
00:21:32.22\00:21:37.17
increases the
production of prostate cancer.
00:21:37.20\00:21:40.55
In fact, one of the reasons
why men are discouraged from
00:21:40.58\00:21:44.19
injecting it or having
testosterone injections
00:21:44.22\00:21:46.80
is it could increase
your risk of prostate cancer.
00:21:46.83\00:21:49.34
Well there are, in the
foods that the Creator has made,
00:21:49.37\00:21:53.15
there are
steroid-like compounds.
00:21:53.18\00:21:57.14
We call them phytoestrogens,
for example, phytoprogesterones,
00:21:57.17\00:22:00.85
phytotestosterones.
00:22:00.88\00:22:02.25
These are plant
compounds that are like those
00:22:02.28\00:22:06.42
sex hormones and
what they can do is...
00:22:06.45\00:22:09.94
They can bind to the
testosterone receptor,
00:22:09.97\00:22:13.07
for example, for the
estrogen receptor in the case of
00:22:13.10\00:22:15.68
breast tissue and they
can actually LOWER the overall
00:22:15.71\00:22:20.39
sex hormone
effect on that tissue...
00:22:20.42\00:22:23.50
And of course, the
testosterone promotes growth.
00:22:23.53\00:22:26.67
Estrogen promotes growth.
00:22:26.70\00:22:28.39
And so if you can
lower the net effect of those
00:22:28.42\00:22:31.54
sex hormones in the
body, you're going to have
00:22:31.57\00:22:33.40
lower risk of promoting a cancer
00:22:33.43\00:22:36.86
in those
hormone-sensitive tissues.
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.81
So moving away from a dairy
product towards a soy product
00:22:38.84\00:22:41.78
would do that. Absolutely
00:22:41.81\00:22:43.18
Okay, our next thing
on our list as we look at
00:22:43.21\00:22:45.16
foods that protect...
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.56
Use cashew or tofu-based
sauces in place of cheese.
00:22:46.59\00:22:51.26
Oh - everyone is gasping!
YOU'RE TAKING THE CHEESE
00:22:51.29\00:22:54.99
How does this work?
00:22:55.03\00:22:56.40
Well actually,
it's very similar.
00:22:56.43\00:23:00.47
There have been studies showing
that the high fat intake,
00:23:00.50\00:23:04.65
especially the
high animal fat intake,
00:23:04.68\00:23:07.97
the saturated fat
intake can actually increase
00:23:08.00\00:23:10.35
your risk of cancer.
00:23:10.38\00:23:11.75
And so cheese has more saturated
fat than meat, actually.
00:23:11.78\00:23:16.20
In fact, it has
more saturated fat
00:23:16.23\00:23:18.11
than another other
food that's out there.
00:23:18.14\00:23:20.43
And it actually has
more cholesterol than meat
00:23:20.46\00:23:23.81
as well by a little bit.
00:23:23.85\00:23:25.22
So cheese is something
that you DON'T want to switch to
00:23:25.25\00:23:29.39
if you're trying to
move away from meat.
00:23:29.42\00:23:31.26
You want to move PAST
the cheese and on to the
00:23:31.29\00:23:34.69
nuts and seeds, olives,
avocado, those are the good fats
00:23:34.72\00:23:38.98
and those are the kind of fats
that are going to actually help
00:23:39.01\00:23:42.59
lower risk of cancer.
00:23:42.62\00:23:44.18
Next on our list, we
have as we're moving down
00:23:44.21\00:23:46.75
foods to protect -
Spend 15-30 minutes
00:23:46.78\00:23:48.99
in direct sunlight daily.
00:23:49.02\00:23:50.40
I guess this has to do
with the vitamin D... Absolutely
00:23:50.43\00:23:53.09
Vitamin D is something that
we've talked about it before,
00:23:53.12\00:23:56.60
but it's worth
talking about again
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.50
because people really
aren't getting the message.
00:23:58.53\00:24:01.30
We hear about it but
we need to act on this.
00:24:01.33\00:24:04.55
We need to get out
in the sunlight because
00:24:04.58\00:24:06.61
there are actual vitamin D
receptors on the prostate tissue
00:24:06.64\00:24:12.52
And in fact, it has
recently been discovered that
00:24:12.55\00:24:14.86
prostate cells are actually
able to produce the active form
00:24:14.89\00:24:20.53
of vitamin D - right
there in the prostate tissue.
00:24:20.56\00:24:23.93
We actually thought
it was just the kidney,
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.77
but studies out of
Boston University revealed that
00:24:25.80\00:24:29.40
the prostate cells are
actually able to make this
00:24:29.43\00:24:32.00
active form in the vitamin D.
00:24:32.04\00:24:33.41
BUT, they must have
the 25-hydroxy to do it,
00:24:33.44\00:24:36.77
and you only get that
when you get that sunlight
00:24:36.80\00:24:40.53
on your skin producing that
pre-vitamin D which can then go
00:24:40.57\00:24:44.75
to the prostate cancer cell.
00:24:44.79\00:24:46.16
So vitamin D
supplements won't help then.
00:24:46.19\00:24:47.56
Well actually, vitamin
D supplements WILL help.
00:24:47.59\00:24:50.17
In fact, we would
recommend that you do both.
00:24:50.20\00:24:53.33
That you go out and
get 15 minutes of sunlight
00:24:53.36\00:24:56.46
twice a day... As
you're walking to buy
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.49
those supplements...
That's exactly right!
00:24:58.52\00:25:01.00
Because you know, the reality is
that we ARE an indoors culture,
00:25:01.03\00:25:04.13
and I don't know if that's
going to change anytime soon.
00:25:04.16\00:25:06.39
So get out when you
can, 15 minutes twice a day,
00:25:06.42\00:25:09.52
hopefully you can do that.
00:25:09.55\00:25:11.53
Also take a
vitamin D supplement.
00:25:11.56\00:25:13.83
And currently it's
recommended that we get at LEAST
00:25:13.86\00:25:17.48
1,000 IU a day.
00:25:17.51\00:25:20.26
Now I can tell you that
that probably won't raise
00:25:20.29\00:25:23.06
your level if your level is low.
00:25:23.09\00:25:24.94
In fact, you may need to take...
00:25:24.97\00:25:26.84
In fact, what we do at the
Lifestyle Center of America
00:25:26.87\00:25:28.78
is we put individuals
on 50,000 IU once a week
00:25:28.81\00:25:33.43
for 4-6-8 weeks, get
their level up to about
00:25:33.46\00:25:36.95
30-40-50 that's the safest level
00:25:36.98\00:25:41.23
and will give you the
lowest risk of prostate cancer
00:25:41.26\00:25:43.82
in these epidemiologic studies.
00:25:43.85\00:25:45.77
So, it can get too
high; someone has said
00:25:45.80\00:25:48.02
over 150 is too
high. That's correct
00:25:48.05\00:25:50.46
So if you're taking any
kind of supplement that's not a
00:25:50.49\00:25:53.89
water soluble type thing,
you know, you don't get rid
00:25:53.92\00:25:57.61
of it by urinating, you need
to make sure and get that level
00:25:57.64\00:26:00.98
checked now and
then, right? That's correct
00:26:01.01\00:26:02.38
And, you know, actually
to be very honest with you,
00:26:02.41\00:26:05.18
it's going to be very
difficult for the average person
00:26:05.21\00:26:08.32
to get a D level that's
toxic because researchers have
00:26:08.35\00:26:12.19
actually shown that you
need about 10,000 IU a day
00:26:12.22\00:26:16.47
to get to a toxic level.
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.49
Two questions I want to ask you.
00:26:18.52\00:26:20.08
One is - what do these
things, these recommendations
00:26:20.11\00:26:23.14
do to help a
woman's risk again cancer...
00:26:23.17\00:26:25.63
And then, lastly, what kind
of screening should we be doing
00:26:25.66\00:26:28.69
and we have about 1-1/2 minutes.
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.41
Well if we talk about
vitamin D, for example,
00:26:30.44\00:26:33.36
remember that our
vitamin D levels are the highest
00:26:33.39\00:26:38.49
vitamin D levels are
not only helpful for men,
00:26:38.52\00:26:41.84
protecting them from prostate
cancer and colon cancer,
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but women with the
highest vitamin D levels also
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have the lowest risk of
ovary cancer and breast cancer,
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so that's important.
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Lycopene is important
not only for the protection
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of the prostate DNA against
damage from the free radicals
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but it will also
protect breast cell DNA,
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and ovarian cell DNA against the
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damaging effects
of free radicals.
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So this is a program for women
as well as men. Absolutely!
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Now, I want to put up
that last graphic about
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a test that we need to have.
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What is this test we need
and when do we need to have it?
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It's a prostate
specific antigen test.
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It should be done
at age 50 in a man,
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and if you've
had a family history
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of prostate
cancer, then at age 40.
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It should be done with a
digital rectal exam where
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a urologist or other
physician puts their finger
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on your prostate to make sure
there are not any hard nodules
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or something that
would indicate a cancer.
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Even after 40 is
okay, right? Absolutely
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We've been
talking to Dr. Tim Arnott
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He's a physician at the
Lifestyle Center of America
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in Oklahoma
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And we hope that
today's program will help you
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avoid prostate
cancer and that you'll have
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health that lasts as a result
for a lifetime and beyond!
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Thanks for joining us!
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