Hello, I'm Agatha
Thrash, a staff physician
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from Uchee Pines Institute...
and very interested in foods!
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We're going to be talking about
some foods that will help you
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to be in the very best
of health and to ward off
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the aging process... as much
as it's possible for you to do
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in the surroundings of
your life having to do with your
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genetics and the
accidents that you've had
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and the lifestyle that you keep.
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And so, we hope
that by presenting this,
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you will be much blessed
and so we hope you will join us!
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Welcome to "Help
Yourself to Health"
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
of Uchee Pines Institute
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And now, here's
your host, Dr. Thrash
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Nutritionists and
physical therapists, and
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physical trainers,
coaches, and people who teach
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physical education in
high schools and colleges
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are ALL talking about how
we can avoid the aging process.
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And, of course, some
of the ways that we age
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includes our
muscles, our skin...
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That's of course something
that we are very accustomed
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to seeing... the
wrinkling, the graying...
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Those things we see quite a lot,
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and we're
accustomed to seeing those.
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But then, there are
some things like brain-aging,
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heart-aging.
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We aren't
accustomed to seeing those.
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We don't SEE the
wrinkles on the heart.
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We don't SEE the graying
that might occur in the brain
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We don't see these kinds of
things, and so we tend to think
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that these organs are
free from the aging process.
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And, since they
tend to work pretty well,
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no matter what kind
of lifestyle we have,
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except maybe if we lose
sleep, or if we get overtired,
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then we know that these
organs aren't functioning well
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But otherwise, we tend to
think that they're merrily
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going on their way being
healthy no matter what we do.
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But that just isn't the case.
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The way we eat, the way we
exercise, the regularity we have
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...even cleanliness and
orderliness in our surroundings
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all of these things
tend to affect us and
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encourage the way that we age.
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And so, we'd like to talk
with you about some things
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having to do with foods first,
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and then we'll talk about some
other things having to do with
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the aging process.
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So I have with me
today, Lidia Seda,
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who is going to help me
talk with you about foods.
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And, I am SO glad that
you came here because you
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brought this nice dish with
you and I want to hear about it
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What do you have here?
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Well, basically, this is
what's called a haystack,
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or some of you may
know it as a taco salad.
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It has corn chips and
beans and a salsa, guacamole
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and a sour cream dip as well.
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The nice thing about all these
ingredients is that they're
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fat-free, have fiber,
and also one important
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thing that can help against
aging... is melatonin. Um hm
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Melatonin actually is
a powerful antioxidant
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and what they have done
in experiments with mice...
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They have taken 2
different groups of mice
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They have placed them
under very stressful situations
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They have injected them
with some very dangerous
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viruses... but one group
they injected with melatonin
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and one group, they did not.
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What they found after 30 days,
was that the group that had
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not been injected with the
melatonin, 92% of them died
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and only 16% of the group
that had been injected with
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melatonin died... Um hm
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So we can see that melatonin
guards against, not only aging,
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but actually helps to guard
the health and keep us healthy.
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Now, 2 things about this
dish I want to ask you about.
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First, you said it
was fat-free... Um hm
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You mean no free
fats... Exactly, exactly
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Because I can see these
corn chips, well they're baked
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Those were baked...
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They're not fried... Exactly
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But corn has oil
in it. That's true
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That's good... and
it's a good oil... Um hm
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I like the corn oil...
that's a good oil for humans.
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And then I see a layer of beans.
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Is that what you
put on next? Exactly
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Beans have a nice oil in them.
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That's good too.
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And then, I see the guacamole.
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Guacamole is made
from avocados... Um hm
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And that has some
delightful fats in it... Exactly
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They taste good and, of course,
they are very good quality...
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Good for the human being.
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And then, what kind of
dressing is this on top?
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That's a sour soy
cream. A sour soy cream!
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Okay so soy also has some fat in
it unless it has been defatted
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Now, you know, there are
tomatoes, and there are some
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peppers and, even they,
have a little fat in them...
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it's not very much.
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Even lettuce has some fat in
it and apples have a little fat.
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So we can't get away
from fat and there's probably
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not much of a diet
called a "fat-free diet. "
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But when a nutritionist
says a fat-free diet,
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it means they just
haven't added any...
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Exactly... There
are no oils in this
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Not even olive oil
has been placed in this.
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Because all those fats
are concentrated fats... Ah ha
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Corn oil, olive oil, even
though they are vegetable based
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it's still a concentrated oil.
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Even though, overall, they are
healthier than, let's say, lard
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which is a
saturated type of fat.
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Yes, we certainly would
want to stay away from lard.
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It's most unhealthful.
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Now, you mentioned melatonin,
and melatonin in foods
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is maybe a new idea...
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So, we know that melatonin
is a little bit in corn,
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tomatoes... it's a
good bit in tomatoes
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And there's something here
that it has, that we don't have
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actually in this recipe but
oats are very high in melatonin.
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What other foods
are high in melatonin?
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All the grains are
also high in melatonin
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as well, especially barley
is one of the highest as well.
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And something else I would
like to share with our audience,
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is on flavonoids.
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Flavonoids which are high
in grapes and many individuals
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think that when they drink wine,
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and they get some of
the benefits from wine,
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that they're getting it because
of the wine because of the
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fermented product.
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ACTUALLY, the benefits they're
getting are from the grapes.
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They have the flavonoids.
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They are potent antioxidants...
even more so than vitamin E.
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So, Dr. Agatha, when
individuals drink wine,
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the wine is not going
to keep them youthful.
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Actually the alcohol,
the fermented product can
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actually deter certain organs
from working as well as they
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can, but the GRAPES
can actually work against
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free radical formation.
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Now, I would rather have
my grapes in the fresh form
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like I had them this
morning for breakfast.
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And I can tell you, also,
that grape juice is a great
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improvement over wine.
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And it has so many things
in it that can be beneficial
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to the body and can protect it.
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Now, Lidia, if I wanted
to get recipes for this,
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is there a recipe
that you have for it?
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Well, if anyone is interested,
what we'd like you to do is
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to go to your computer online:
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WWW.3ABN.org
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Press links and
go to... Uchee Pines
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and you'll be able
to get these recipes.
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Well that sounds
very encouraging and
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I'm very happy
that I can do that.
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Now, we age in different
ways and I'd like to show you
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something here... that I
think can be helpful to us
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to capture the importance
that we can see in being very
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careful about
the food that we eat.
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I'd like to show you
here, a section of a human brain
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This comes from my museum,
and I have these glass rods
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so that I can hold it better
without having to touch it
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because it's
been fixed in formalin
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and so, I'd like to
show you just the gray matter
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which you can easily
see here on the edge...
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that's the gray matter...
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And then the white matter
is that that's on the interior
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that's a little lighter color.
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It's not actually white,
although in the fresh brain,
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it looks a lot more
white than it does here,
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and the gray part looks a
lot more tan than it does here
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But the fixing process
sort of makes the colors
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blend a little bit more.
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But you can see in this
section, that the gray matter
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is where we do
the THINKING part.
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We make all of
our decisions here.
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In order for the brain
to be able to function,
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it must get EXCELLENT nutrients.
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Now we may think,
"Well, the brain principally
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runs on glucose,"
and that's true, it does.
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But in order to get a
FULL complement of everything
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that the brain needs in
order to continue to be healthy,
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the BODY
generally must be healthy...
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Because the brain is
simply an organ of the body.
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And, if the heart is
unhealthy, then the brain is not
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going to be as
healthy as it could be.
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If the intestinal tract
is unhappy, and unhealthy,
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you can be sure it's
going to make an unhappy and
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an unhealthy brain.
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If the brain is
not healthy and happy,
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then the thoughts
are not going to be good.
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And it is the THOUGHT that
is the product of the brain.
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So ALWAYS, we need
to be keeping in mind
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that the diet, our lifestyle
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...All of this needs to
be of such a nature that it
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can keep us in
the best of health.
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Now, one thing that a
lot of Americans pay little
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attention to is that
of the fats that they eat
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and the rancidity of them.
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As Lidia showed you, in the
food that she showed to you,
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that you can have a diet that
does not have rancid fats in it
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for the most part...
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Although grains can become
rancid even on your shelf,
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or even in the grocer's shelf.
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So, you need to be careful
about grains that they are fresh
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...they haven't been stored
for years, and that they don't
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have rancidity already.
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And, maybe I could have
Don Miller to talk with you
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some things about
the antioxidant process
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and the rancidity process.
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Well let me ask you a
question first, Dr. Thrash...
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How do you know
if a fat is rancid?
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Well, there are several ways.
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One way... you can smell of it.
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Another way... is you
can ask how old it is.
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If the grocer says, "Well, this
is a common item that I have,
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I keep it here all the time. "
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And you look at the package
and it looks as if it's old...
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that may tell you something.
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If you have had it in
your own house and it's been
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NOT under
refrigeration and it's ground,
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you can be pretty
certain that it's rancid.
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If it's 6 months or a year old,
you can KNOW that it's rancid.
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...Like flour or nut meals...
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I'm not very
happy with nut meals.
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They're very inexpensive
but I wonder if they're not
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expensive in the long run
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Because by the time we get
them, they may be rancid already
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which means that they are
not going to be good for us.
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Now, one thing that I
do when I'm at the store...
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If I'm going to buy
something and I'm unclear about
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whether it's rancid, I
go ahead and pay for it
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...then I just open
the package and I sniff.
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And if it is rancid, I
just take it back to the cashier
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and I say, "Dear, this
is rancid. I just bought it
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from you. Here
it is on my ticket.
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I either want a refund,
or I want to exchange it
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for something
that's not rancid. "
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That saves me a trip back...
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And if I take it home
and I put it on my shelf,
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there's a greater likelihood
that I will serve that.
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Than if I deal with
it there in the store...
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because to take it
back a day or so later,
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it's another trip to the store.
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We frugal types don't want
to throw things out, do we?
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No, we don't like to throw
things out.. that's a good point
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Not only don't we
want to throw things out,
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but I'm the type that doesn't
want to take it back either.
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And so you're
stuck in that dilemma...
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And I have often
opened up a bag...
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Basically, if you're
buying a processed food,
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and if you look in the
ingredients and it has some
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type of fat in it, there's a
good chance that it may well be
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rancid and one
sniff will tell you.
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Now, there's a good clue to
tell you if something has been
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heated, because
there are a couple of ways
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of making your
fats very bad for you...
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Basically turning it from a
"cis" fat into a "trans" fat.
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Now, those are
interesting sounding words.
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Basically, all that means is
the alignment of the hydrogen
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molecule to the carbon molecule.
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And, you know if
it's been heated basically
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if it's been fried food.
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Fried foods are all heated fats
and many times you don't know.
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As a matter of fact, the
oils that you buy in the store
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for the most part,
have been heated...
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and they go through a
horrendous process of refining.
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They go through caustic things.
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As a matter of
fact, they go through...
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One product in their refining
process, which is equivalent
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to what we use what we
call Drano in the drain.
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They add it to the oil, then
they take it back out of the oil
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to try to keep it to
get a longer shelf life
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because that's the
name of the game...
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Not HEALTH but SHELF.
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We want a longer shelf life...
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and quite frankly, I
want a longer HEALTH Life
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and so, I would
like to stay away from
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these particular products...
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So we try to stay away from
things that have fat already
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added to them.
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The GOOD fats are things
like flaxseed oil, and walnuts
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are very good forms of fat.
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Now, Dr. Thrash talked about
nuts and getting nut meal...
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How long ago was that
nut ground up and made into
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meal before you
have it on your shelf?
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I often find, if I eat
nuts that have been taken out
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of the shell... because you see,
God knew all about these fats
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God is NOT surprised,
Dr. Thrash, about nuts
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And so, how
does He package them?
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He packages them in an
airtight, light-tight container.
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So we don't want cracked nuts
then... Don't want cracked nuts!
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I often... you know, you
go to the store and you spend
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all that money for
cashews or walnuts...
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and you take that
first bite, and you say,
00:15:25.10\00:15:27.71
"It doesn't taste
right and it's rancid. "
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And it takes a lot of...
inside of me to dump them out
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because nuts are
very expensive nowadays.
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God realized that a nut
was a concentrated nutrient
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He realized that the fat inside
the nut was quite necessary
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for us, but He put
them inside of a shell...
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And like I've just said,
the shell is airtight and it's
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light-tight.
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And there are 3
enemies to fats...
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One is light, one
is air, and one is heat
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And as soon as we separate
oil from its constituent
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coating, it's exposed to the
light and it's exposed to oxygen
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You can take an ear of
corn and squeeze it all day long
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and you will not
squeeze oil out of there
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But once you have extracted
the oil usually through a
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high-speed auger
system, from the corn,
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it's exposed immediately to
air, it's exposed immediately
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to light... and at that point,
it starts to become rancid.
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And so REALLY, the BEST
thing to do is start moving away
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from using fats...
visible fats to bottled fats.
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And if you're going
to buy bottled fats,
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get it in the dark bottles.
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These clear glass bottles...
and you let them sit there
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on your counter...
being exposed to the light
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Now what they do... to
keep those from going rancid
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is they
hydrogenate these things.
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They infuse it with hydrogen
which then makes it even
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worse for our bodies.
00:16:52.55\00:16:54.05
Look at statistics...
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Today, nearly one-half of people
in this country, Dr. Thrash,
00:16:55.57\00:16:59.62
die of a coronary
vessel disease... A BIG killer.
00:16:59.65\00:17:05.26
In 1900, 1 in 7... Um hm...
There's been a big difference.
00:17:05.29\00:17:10.15
Nowadays, we have
a lot of cancer...
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Basically, almost a third
of people will die of cancer.
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Go back to 1900, 1 in
30 were dying of cancer.
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We have seen that the exposure
to these altered fats...
00:17:20.75\00:17:25.34
these hydrogenated
fats, these trans fats
00:17:25.37\00:17:28.34
increase cancer and
increase coronary artery disease
00:17:28.37\00:17:32.83
and atherosclerosis.
00:17:32.86\00:17:35.40
Basically what happens,
when we take in a trans fat,
00:17:35.41\00:17:38.42
an altered fat, it RAISES
the cholesterol in the blood
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And if we're
eating a cholesterol diet,
00:17:42.67\00:17:45.00
then it raises it even more.
00:17:45.03\00:17:47.94
Even a vegetarian diet will
raise it 15% somehow stimulating
00:17:47.97\00:17:52.00
our liver to
produce more cholesterol...
00:17:52.03\00:17:53.99
And it will shoot up
the triglycerides by 47%
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And this extra fat in the body
will find ways to accumulate
00:17:58.83\00:18:03.40
on the artery walls,
which is atherosclerosis
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and this is going to lead
to coronary artery disease.
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And so, really,
the best step is...
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EAT YOUR FATS IN A COMPLEX FORM
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Eat the nuts... and
because of the fact that they're
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concentrated, because of
the fact that their oil so
00:18:16.67\00:18:19.86
easily becomes rancid...
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Buy it in the shell and that
way it's a little bit harder to
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overeat on nuts.
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As a matter of fact, I seem
to find this in my experience...
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The higher the
fat content of a nut,
00:18:31.74\00:18:34.28
the harder it is
to get into that nut!
00:18:34.31\00:18:36.16
A Brazil nut, it's tough...
00:18:36.19\00:18:38.03
You're not going to
put that thing in your
00:18:38.06\00:18:39.25
mouth and break it open.
00:18:39.28\00:18:40.41
And then you take a
Macadamia nut, Dr. Thrash
00:18:40.44\00:18:42.83
I've lived in
Hawaii... those Macadamia nuts,
00:18:42.86\00:18:44.94
you've got to break
them open with a hammer!
00:18:44.95\00:18:46.65
And you'll be tired before
you overeat on Macadamia nuts.
00:18:46.68\00:18:52.31
Well, it sounds as if
that would be the ideal.
00:18:52.34\00:18:55.06
To take your nuts in
the shell in that way.
00:18:55.09\00:18:58.26
Now most of us, like
myself, I'm not likely to buy
00:18:58.29\00:19:04.04
nuts in the shell,
except I have a pecan tree,
00:19:04.07\00:19:08.70
so I'll have
pecans in the shell,
00:19:08.71\00:19:10.62
and sometimes I'll buy peanuts
in the shell... I like that.
00:19:10.65\00:19:13.79
But almonds, I
always buy them shelled.
00:19:13.82\00:19:16.24
But I want to be certain
that they are whole... Um hm
00:19:16.27\00:19:19.94
And I also want to be certain
that they are this year's nuts,
00:19:19.97\00:19:22.75
and not last year's nuts.
00:19:22.78\00:19:24.52
You know, another way
that you can tell that they are
00:19:24.53\00:19:26.90
fresh nuts, is if
they have not been toasted.
00:19:26.93\00:19:31.56
If you buy them raw and
you toast them in your own oven
00:19:31.59\00:19:35.54
that's another way that
you can tell that they are
00:19:35.57\00:19:38.54
probably fresh...
00:19:38.57\00:19:39.63
Because once they start
to go over-the-hill, then
00:19:39.66\00:19:42.61
the nut is likely to get toasted
because then you can't tell
00:19:42.64\00:19:49.87
so well that it's over-the-hill
with its rancidity.
00:19:49.90\00:19:53.56
So, that's another
thing that can protect you
00:19:53.59\00:19:55.48
But just always know that
the more it has been broken
00:19:55.51\00:19:58.65
or ground, the more likely it is
to start having some rancidity
00:19:58.68\00:20:04.20
Now, Don Miller, I think
may also know something about
00:20:04.21\00:20:09.17
cholesterol.
00:20:09.20\00:20:13.03
Are there certain fats that
will balance your fats inside
00:20:13.06\00:20:16.77
your body?
00:20:16.80\00:20:18.86
Well I've mentioned some of the
"cis" fats like the flax oil,
00:20:18.89\00:20:22.62
like the walnuts...
00:20:22.63\00:20:23.88
And of course now, you're going
to find, in the media today,
00:20:23.91\00:20:26.04
they're telling you to eat
oil from a cold-water fish.
00:20:26.07\00:20:30.15
We find that these cis fats
WILL lower cholesterol... Ah ha
00:20:30.18\00:20:34.41
But as I have learned,
over my years of study about the
00:20:34.44\00:20:39.30
accumulation of toxins in fish,
00:20:39.31\00:20:41.04
I'd rather not squeeze
a fish and get its oil out
00:20:41.07\00:20:43.31
So, I'll stay with the flax oil.
00:20:43.34\00:20:45.19
But even the flax oil,
the best is going to come in a
00:20:45.22\00:20:49.33
dark container,
completely opaque...
00:20:49.36\00:20:51.31
and you store it in the
refrigerator because, again,
00:20:51.34\00:20:53.73
it is the HEAT and that's where
you talked about the heating
00:20:53.76\00:20:57.53
of the nuts... toasting
the nuts in the store somewhere
00:20:57.56\00:21:00.91
...that has made it
into more of a trans fat too.
00:21:00.94\00:21:04.27
So any kind of
toasting that we do,
00:21:04.30\00:21:07.52
we want it to be lightly done...
00:21:07.55\00:21:08.99
Lightly done and
VERY, VERY, lightly done
00:21:09.02\00:21:11.54
As a matter of fact,
the way I sometimes do it...
00:21:11.57\00:21:13.41
if I'm going to toast a nut,
00:21:13.44\00:21:14.60
Although, you know, toasted
nuts is an acquired taste too
00:21:14.63\00:21:18.43
We get used to a toasted nut,
when a raw nut is just as good.
00:21:18.46\00:21:22.04
It's once of those
wonderful foods you can eat raw.
00:21:22.07\00:21:24.54
But I will take, sometimes,
a hot air popcorn popper
00:21:24.57\00:21:27.53
and put some nuts in
there and I'll turn it on
00:21:27.56\00:21:30.45
And when I hear the first crack,
I stop it and dump them out.
00:21:30.48\00:21:35.17
It's heated up just
enough that what it's doing is
00:21:35.20\00:21:38.14
heating up the oil
and the moisture content
00:21:38.17\00:21:40.12
just like popcorn will explode
because of the moisture content
00:21:40.15\00:21:44.26
a nut will just...
you'll hear CRACK once.
00:21:44.29\00:21:47.36
The first one that
cracks, it's out of there.
00:21:47.39\00:21:49.11
Or put it on a
tray, about 200 degrees
00:21:49.14\00:21:51.99
for a couple of hours...
it will toast it just right
00:21:52.02\00:21:54.78
But I don't toast up
enough for a week. Um hm
00:21:54.79\00:21:57.24
I toast up enough for right now.
00:21:57.27\00:21:59.49
Well that's good.
00:21:59.52\00:22:00.70
And I thank you very
much, I appreciate that.
00:22:00.73\00:22:02.95
Now, there are so many
things in our kitchens that will
00:22:02.98\00:22:08.69
SLOW DOWN this
oxidation process.
00:22:08.72\00:22:11.07
I'll just mention
a few, like turmeric.
00:22:11.10\00:22:13.40
Turmeric has that ability
to cause some slowing down
00:22:13.41\00:22:19.08
of the oxidation process
00:22:19.11\00:22:20.89
And so does pycnogenol
and various phytosterols.
00:22:20.92\00:22:25.13
Pycnogenol is from grapeseed
and many of the phytosterols
00:22:25.16\00:22:31.42
are from things like apples
cherries, nuts and whole grains
00:22:31.43\00:22:38.84
And the emphasis
should be on the WHOLE grains.
00:22:38.87\00:22:42.52
The already polished and nicely
packaged white grains have
00:22:42.55\00:22:50.42
lost most of their protective
value so far as being able to
00:22:50.45\00:22:55.74
slow down the aging process.
00:22:55.77\00:22:57.56
Then olive oil... a lot
of research is being done on
00:22:57.59\00:23:01.59
olive oil today or olives.
00:23:01.62\00:23:02.78
And they are much better
at slowing down the aging
00:23:02.81\00:23:08.90
process than we
have known in the past.
00:23:08.93\00:23:11.04
So, we should take a bit of
a moderate view on olive oil
00:23:11.07\00:23:15.37
It should not be heated
high because that causes
00:23:15.40\00:23:19.18
some serious problems with it.
00:23:19.19\00:23:20.95
But if we are very careful about
the way that we treat olive oil
00:23:20.96\00:23:25.77
a little bit of it can be used.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.70
Of course, no oil should
be used in heavy quantities.
00:23:27.73\00:23:31.36
Then, I showed you the
section of the brain...
00:23:31.39\00:23:35.01
The brain,
itself, is susceptible to
00:23:35.04\00:23:38.54
gluten sensitivity.
00:23:38.57\00:23:39.98
Now gluten is present
in rye, wheat, and oats
00:23:40.01\00:23:46.06
And these are the so-called
gluten grains and barley
00:23:46.09\00:23:50.94
And these grains can
cause the susceptible person
00:23:50.97\00:23:55.26
to have a sensitivity.
00:23:55.29\00:23:57.64
And a brain sensitivity
is a very common thing.
00:23:57.67\00:24:01.19
And individuals may have
various kinds of problems
00:24:01.22\00:24:05.40
with the brain and with
the nervous system because of
00:24:05.43\00:24:09.21
the gluten sensitivity.
00:24:09.24\00:24:10.68
There are other manifestations
of gluten sensitivities
00:24:10.71\00:24:16.03
such as an acne-like rash,
or a gastrointestinal problem.
00:24:16.06\00:24:20.25
Now here's one on guar gum
and there are some cautions
00:24:20.26\00:24:27.76
on that, and if you use
guar gum in your kitchen,
00:24:27.79\00:24:31.14
you should probably check
those out on the internet.
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.26
Here's one on daidzein and
genistein which are very high
00:24:34.29\00:24:39.72
in soy but also
present in a number of other
00:24:39.75\00:24:46.56
vegetarian foods.
00:24:46.59\00:24:47.72
And these tend to slow down
the aging process for bones.
00:24:47.75\00:24:52.12
We're very happy to know
that because bones can become
00:24:52.15\00:24:56.78
aged at a more rapid rate
than other organs of the body
00:24:56.81\00:25:01.49
So we want to be able to
SLOW DOWN this aging process...
00:25:01.52\00:25:05.26
So the vegetarian cuisine, even
though it may not be as high
00:25:05.29\00:25:09.73
in calcium as
other cuisines might be,
00:25:09.76\00:25:13.81
because of a HOST of other
nutrients present in plants,
00:25:13.84\00:25:19.65
we don't have any problem
keeping a vegetarian woman
00:25:19.68\00:25:23.37
with firm bones...
especially if she will add
00:25:23.40\00:25:26.24
to a good vegetarian routine...
00:25:26.27\00:25:28.36
Also, plenty of
good quality exercise.
00:25:28.39\00:25:32.81
The lowly soybean, both
the tiny, little, round ones
00:25:32.84\00:25:37.95
that are usually
used to express the oil,
00:25:37.96\00:25:40.46
as well as the nice, large
greener ones, the soy limas
00:25:40.49\00:25:45.42
which taste so
buttery and good...
00:25:45.45\00:25:47.95
These are now under a
great deal of research
00:25:47.98\00:25:51.53
and you may hear both positive
and an occasional negative
00:25:51.56\00:25:57.28
voice on soy
00:25:57.31\00:25:59.14
But to me, it seems that
the negative voices on soy
00:25:59.15\00:26:03.77
may have some kind of
bur under their saddle
00:26:03.80\00:26:08.19
that I don't quite understand.
00:26:08.22\00:26:09.80
Because some of the
same things that they say,
00:26:09.83\00:26:12.75
a lot of main research done well
is saying the very opposite.
00:26:12.78\00:26:19.72
Here is a very nice research
paper that shows that it will
00:26:19.75\00:26:25.08
lower the lipid content
of the blood and it will also
00:26:25.09\00:26:28.98
improve the quality and the
functioning of the lining cells
00:26:29.01\00:26:34.60
of the arteries.
00:26:34.63\00:26:35.76
Now, if you've studied this
at all, you know that the lining
00:26:35.79\00:26:39.48
cells of the arteries are
KEY to many of the functions
00:26:39.51\00:26:46.09
of the blood vessel and also
the KEY to many of the diseases
00:26:46.12\00:26:51.79
of the blood vessels...
00:26:51.82\00:26:53.15
So it's very important
that we know about that.
00:26:53.18\00:26:55.97
Now, we also know that
in the vegetarian diet,
00:26:56.00\00:27:00.54
there may be a downside...
00:27:00.57\00:27:02.20
Because, not a lot of B12 is
present in the vegetarian diet
00:27:02.23\00:27:08.09
The person who is a vegetarian
might become B12 deficient.
00:27:08.10\00:27:12.82
So they need to check
themselves for homocysteine,
00:27:12.83\00:27:16.72
which can increase your risk
of getting heart disease and
00:27:16.75\00:27:20.76
Alzheimer disease and cancer,
00:27:20.79\00:27:22.89
and also methylmalonic
acid, which is an evidence
00:27:22.90\00:27:26.70
that you don't have enough B12.
00:27:26.73\00:27:28.95
And if you do
have low levels of B12,
00:27:28.98\00:27:33.90
then this can be
supplied by a pill.
00:27:33.93\00:27:37.21
It isn't necessary for
you to eat a dangerous food
00:27:37.24\00:27:40.03
just because you
have a low level of these.
00:27:40.06\00:27:43.21
There's SO much written
today that helps us to know that
00:27:43.24\00:27:47.56
the original diet
that our Creator gave to us
00:27:47.59\00:27:50.36
is still very
much a protective diet.
00:27:50.39\00:27:53.81
May the Lord bless you!
00:27:53.85\00:27:57.00