Hello, the more we know about
foods and techniques of eating
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the better the
health is likely to be.
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We'll be talking about a number
of principles that have to do
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with these health
giving processes so we hope you
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will join us.
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Welcome to Help Yourself to
Health, with Dr. Agatha Thrash
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of Uchee Pines Institute,
and now here is your host
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Dr. Thrash.
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There are things about eating,
even not eating, that can be
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health giving.
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As those who are in charge
of the most marvelous piece
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of equipment on this
planet, we need to learn as much
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as we possibly can
about these techniques,
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and about these processes.
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Physiologic law is that
thing that can guide our health
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so that good health is
usually not just an accident,
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we usually are in good
health because we plan to be
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in good health.
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So today we would like to talk
with you about some of these
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wonderful health principles
that if you follow them
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and you plan to have good health
you can have the best health
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that you possibly can
with this most marvelous
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piece of equipment.
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Now I've asked
Cal Thrash to join me,
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welcome I am glad you are
with us today because I want you
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to talk about the
subject of fasting.
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In our family we have
from time to time promoted
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that family members fast
for one reason or another,
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would you like to say something
about your experience or
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knowledge about fasting
and why it is beneficial?
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- Well fasting can strike
terror into most people's hearts
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here in the United States.
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Yes! I think about it
with a good bit of dread,
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yet when I get into it, it
doesn't bother me that much.
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- It shouldn't really, because
fasting can actually do some
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pretty good things, it can
help us to detoxify, it can also
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clear a good little bit of fluid
from our bodies and help us
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to have some much needed
rest in our digestive system.
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- It can also make
you lose a few pounds too,
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if you tend to be a
little bit corpulent.
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- It certainly can
help you go that direction.
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Most people won't find any
problem with fasting for a few
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days even, if they don't have
some serious medical condition
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that they have to worry about,
but my own personal experience,
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recently I did a little bit
of fasting, and I went into it
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thinking that I was going
to be having some real trouble,
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in actual fact, it
wasn't to bad, certainly after
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the first day or so I...
- How many days did you fast
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altogether? - I
fasted four days total,
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which doesn't seem like to much
probably but when you consider
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that that was about six meals
it was plenty but not to bad
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after the first few hours,
the hunger started to go away.
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When I was about your
age I had a five day fast,
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and I remember very well that
after about the beginning of the
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third day I didn't
have any more hunger,
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I could see that food looked
nice, but I could look at food
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that I could never resist
before and I could resist it
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did you have that experience?
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- It certainly was my
experience, now I have to say
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that probably those who
are having trouble eating
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a good diet, you won't have
to much trouble after you have
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skipped several meals in a row,
pretty soon you are ready to eat
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pretty much what is before you
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and if it's healthful
food, you can stand to eat that
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even though perhaps
you aren't able to before.
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- Now you mentioned that it
can be a cleansing thing for us,
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the liver is cleansed, the
intestinal tract is cleansed,
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what about other
organs of the body, like skin,
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have you ever noticed
anybody's skin clearing up
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when they are on a fast?
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- Personal experience has been
that many times skin problems
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and even allergy problems will
clear up almost miraculously
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with just a
little bit of fasting,
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it doesn't even have
to be a complete fast.
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Somebody could fast with
leaving off a meal or two,
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or perhaps go on a juice
fast, just drink tomato juice
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if they are not sensitive
to that, or whatever it may be
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they can skip a meal or
maybe two and experience some
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wonderful benefits with
allergies even clearing up,
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and symptoms.
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- I understand that you
have a student or had a student
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recently who was having
a big problem with acne,
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and especially acne on her neck
and she would wear band aids
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on her neck to cover her
pimples and she went on a fast,
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did she get
cleared up with that?
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- I believe
totally cleared up in fact.
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- That's what I heard,
that she was pretty much clear
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when she got through with...
and she didn't have a full fast,
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she had a juice fast wasn't it.
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- That's right a juice
fast, which was juicing,
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she actually did
the juicing herself,
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now I don't
believe that you have to
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do that, but certainly it's
the nicest thing to have fresh
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juiced vegetable juice or even
fruit juice that you put through
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the juicer yourself.
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- What made you think that
it was possible to even do that,
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anything scientific or inspired
that might make a person think
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that it was alright to
fast, just leave off food
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for a few days.
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- Well I've heard several
doctors say that it certainly
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wouldn't hurt us to fast for
several meals, in fact probably
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it wouldn't hurt most
people, most Americans to fast
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for a day, or even
two, pretty much every week.
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Now I can hear people out there
saying, I don't know if I could
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fast a whole day,
every single week.
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If you get into the
routine pretty soon your body
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gets to the place were
you realized that the fast
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is coming and you prepare for
it and actually it's not to bad,
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now I wouldn't climb Mt. Everest
on that day, but probably
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it will be something that you
will get used to and actually
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began to get to the
place to where you enjoy having
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that time off, and
certainly can use the extra time
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to other things.
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- Now what adjustment do
you think a person ought to make
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in their daily schedule on
their fast day, let's say they
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decide to do one or two
days of fasting every week,
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what adjustments if any
do you say they should make?
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- Probably would be good
to schedule any heavy activity
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on some other day, especially
toward the end of the day
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you might be running
out of steam a little bit
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on the fast day, but
it's actually not to bad,
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if you've had pretty
good meals up until that time
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you shouldn't
have to much trouble.
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- I had a colleague one
time who was greatly overweight
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and his doctor told him
that if he didn't loose weight
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he was going to have
a heart attack and die.
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He was a fellow pathologist and
he took that advice seriously,
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and his wife told me
that he fasted for 89 days,
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now he took certain
minerals and certain vitamins,
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but he didn't eat any
food for almost three months,
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and I thought how could a
person possibly fast that long.
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So one day when I saw
him at a medical meeting,
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I asked him about that,
he said yes, I fasted from
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something like
September to maybe New Years.
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But the only thing he ate
was a tiny bit of stuffed celery
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at some kind of Thanksgiving
meal that everybody went to
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that was all that
he ate for that long,
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what do you think
about such a prolonged fast?
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- Well I don't know, that's
the first time I have heard of
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someone fasting
quite that long I believe,
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but I think that probably
most of us Americans are stuffed
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in various ways that we could
probably stand to get rid of...
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You stop and think about
when we celebrate anything,
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an anniversary, a
birthday, Thanksgiving,
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just about any kind
holiday what do we do,
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we go to some place to
eat, and usually to eat to much.
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To much food, and to
rich of varieties and so forth
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so it certainly wouldn't
hurt us to back off on what
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we are eating, even on a daily
basis at each meal, each portion
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and you could consider that to
be somewhat of a fast by itself,
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just leaving off one meal of
the day, if you eat three meals
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a day then go to two,
that would be a fast of sorts,
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I don't know about
the long extended fasts.
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- To tell you
frankly, I don't know either,
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I don't know about those
and I think that probably
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it is not the wise
thing, short fast say five days,
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I can freely endorse
that, for people who do not have
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either diabetes type 1,
or gout, either one of those
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types of diseases,
these people should not fast,
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because the gout person is
likely to spill more uric acid
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in the urine, form some uric
acid stones, or get deposits
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in arteries or joints or muscles
and that would not be good.
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And for the type 1 diabetic
they may become acidotic
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and even land in the
hospital with a fast,
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so they should not be fasting.
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- That's good.
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- Well thank you for
highlighting this thing of
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fasting and it's an interesting
thing that when we talk about
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eating we should
also talk about fasting.
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But I have some more things
that I would like for you to
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learn about eating and
I've asked Rhonda Clark
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if she will join me in
presenting some of these things,
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this is Rhonda Clark
who is one of my colleagues
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at Uchee Pines and does
teaching there, counseling,
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patient counseling,
and telephone counseling,
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and you wear a number of hats,
we're very appreciative of your
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work there for us. - Thank you!
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And I'd like to know you
have a number of props here,
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and I'd like to know what
you are planning to tell us
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about today.
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I wanted to talk today a
little bit about portion sizes,
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and how to know if the
portion sizes that we are eating
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are healthful.
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Even if we are taking a healthy
diet if we are overeating
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we can interfere with proper
digestion and gain weight,
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even if we are eating
the best possible diet.
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So I wanted to let you
know a wonderful tool I learned
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from a nutritionist a long
time ago is that with this we
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always have our hand, the
ability to measure portions
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and gauge whether or not
items we are eating fit with the
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portion size we
know to be appropriate.
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Your fist, a loosely made
fist represents about one cup,
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or would also represent
for example about eight ounces
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of the potato or an
apple, and I brought...
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- so you mean all of this much
of your hand represents about
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one cup, and I brought an
example with me of a potato
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that's fairly close is size
to my fist, this would represent
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an appropriate serving
size, it's a little bit bigger
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but appropriate
serving size of a baked potato.
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- So if a person had a
smaller hand, they would have a
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little smaller serving size.
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- A child's serving
size of course is smaller,
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a large man needing a
little bigger size so that's
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a healthful tip, also
on our hand the first joint
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our thumb down to tip of
our thumb, this represents about
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a tablespoon, or about
how much you would want to use
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of salad dressing for example
maybe a spread on your bread
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would represent about that
much of how large your thumb is.
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- So a person with a big
thumb might be able to take in
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and tolerate quite
well in the body still about
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that much volume,
that's a good little tool.
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- Then on our index finger
another first joint to the tip
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the finger, this is a little
smaller and in most people
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represents about what a
teaspoon would represent.
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So this might again represent
if you are using a nut butter
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or more concentrated spread the
appropriate portion size to use.
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Now for many vegetables and
fruits we're told portion sizes
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by nutritionists, a nutritionist
might give you a list
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of appropriate
portion sizes and tell you,
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a portion of fruit for example
is a medium size piece of fruit
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and then you go to the
market and you have this apple
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and this apple, and oh
boy which one is a medium size
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piece of fruit, I really
like the look of this apple,
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it is fine to take the
bigger apple, while this would
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more likely fit in your palm
and represent the serving size
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the medium size piece of fruit.
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We are encouraged to
increase the number of fruits
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and vegetables in our diet
and so this apple while it might
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represent one and a
half servings of fruit,
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that's fine if you are taking
into account the fact that
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this is a little more than
a quote serving size of fruit.
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Now one of my favorite
foods especially for breakfast
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is cereal, I love cereal,
and I brought with me today
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a cereal bowl, if I
were really hungry and it's
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breakfast time, I would
probably fill this cereal bowl
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one third to one half of the
way full of cereal, most likely
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before I put some
soy milk on it to enjoy.
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But we need to be sure
we read if we are using
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packaged cereals especially
Granola cereal is a little more
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concentrated.
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What the appropriate
serving size is for this,
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today I brought with me a
generic whole grain cereal
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and as we read the
label we see the serving size
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for this cereal is a half
cup, well a half a cup is really
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a rather small amount of cereal
and when I pour that into my
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cereal bowl, well you might
feel a little bit deprived,
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I'm not sure, let's see how
this looks, I'm measuring out
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I've got my half a
cup of cereal well!
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- That's disappointing!
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- That is very disappointing
and this brings out the point
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that our dishware
can help us or hurt us,
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when we are learning
about appropriate portion sizes.
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Instead of using a
large cereal bowl like this,
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you may wish to use
your half cup of cereal
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in a cereal bowl more like this.
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- That gives room also for
something chopped up in it.
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- Yes! - Like an
apple or a banana.
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- Of course, we still have room
for the fruit but it doesn't
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look quite so
disappointing in a smaller bowl.
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I also brought with me
today and example of two
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different serving
plates and it's not uncommon
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now days to see serving
plates that are quite large
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and when you set your potato
on this plate, it looks a little
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pitiful, you feel like you need
more things to fill the plate,
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really an appropriate size
may be something more like this.
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- Yes this is what
we might consider to be
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a breakfast plate.
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- Yes! - But it
would really be good
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for a dinner
plate as well. - Indeed!
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- That's more like a
serving platter for the family.
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- If people are used to
eating in restaurants their idea
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of portion sizes will
be a little distorted,
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restaurants tend to serve
greatly enlarged portion sizes.
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I mentioned labels and I
want to call out something
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important this is a little bit
different than portion sizes.
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With portion sizes we
do have to read labels
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very carefully if we
are looking to see the
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nutritional value of
foods, this package of pasta
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for example, how many
people would you suspect this is
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supposed to feed?
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- Well, let's see, one,
two, three, four, maybe five.
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- This is supposed to
feed according to it's label
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eight people. - Eight people.
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- This is just a handful of
pasta, now I could see where
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this might even feed
three people if they are hungry
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and working out doors, and
yet if you are looking to see
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how many grams of fat am I
getting, how many grams of salt,
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milligrams of salt am I getting,
look at the portion size as well
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when you are reading the labels.
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Nutritional labels I
will say can be very deceptive
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in this age where foods are
marketed to appeal to health
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reasons, like you will see
things like no cholesterol,
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no trans fats, it's
still very important to read
00:17:26.99\00:17:31.10
the ingredients label.
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Not all foods that are
labeled with many lovely
00:17:32.54\00:17:36.38
healthy messages like we
found a little snack food here
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no cholesterol, dairy
free, no additives, vegan,
00:17:39.47\00:17:42.91
and wheat free, no
preservatives, doesn't this
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look wonderful?
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- All natural. - All
Natural Cashew Crunch,
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it sounds delicious,
actually I think some of us have
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sampled it and it is delicious,
but a serving size is seven
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pieces, and let me show
you the size of one piece,
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this is one piece, like
a little piece of popcorn.
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- One serving is seven
pieces. - Seven pieces almost
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200 calories, 12 grams of fat.
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- Let's see seven pieces, let's
see how much, one, two, three,
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four, five, six,
seven, that's not very much,
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so that's a handful, but
I know people, I myself if I
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enjoy a snack this
might be the beginning of...
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- One snack with the intention
of eating three or four snacks.
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- Some food manufacturers
will provide a small
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serving size on the
label this then as you read the
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nutritional label,
you'll say well this only has
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one gram of fat, or
this has very little sodium,
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always look at the serving size,
sometimes packaged candy bars
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for example will have
nutritional information
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on there, and you will
think well that's not so bad.
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But it represents
two and a half servings,
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or something very unusual
when you know you will eat
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the whole candy bar,
this gives food manufacturers
00:19:04.90\00:19:08.61
also the opportunity to
put labels like no trans fat.
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If the article of fat is less
than one gram of fat per serving
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then they can say it has
no trans fats, if you read
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on the label and partially
hydrogenated fats are still
00:19:24.00\00:19:27.27
in the ingredients list,
you can guarantee that you will
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get trans fats in that
product, even if it is labeled
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on the front no trans
fats, just some precautions.
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- I have seen some labeled
negligible quantities of fats,
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or negligible quantities of
trans fats, I assume now with
00:19:43.54\00:19:48.79
with what you have said
that this means per serving.
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Negligible
amount. - Yes per serving.
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- But a serving is usually not
what one would consider to be
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adequate quantity for a meal.
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- Frequently not, so always
look at the ingredient list
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carefully, don't
choose products that have any
00:20:07.06\00:20:10.07
amount of something
harmful, trans fats,
00:20:10.10\00:20:12.76
partially hydrogenated or
hydrogenated oils really should
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completely eliminated from
the diet, they are very harmful,
00:20:15.72\00:20:18.68
carcinogenic in fact, and
so even if you see no trans fat
00:20:18.71\00:20:23.89
all across the box
of crackers if it says
00:20:23.92\00:20:27.18
partially hydrogenated
oils and the ingredients list.
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You can know that you
are going to be getting some,
00:20:30.84\00:20:33.05
you may not be getting a
lot per their size serving
00:20:33.08\00:20:37.26
but if you are going to
eat a reasonable quantity
00:20:37.29\00:20:40.10
it's going to be more. - Indeed!
00:20:40.13\00:20:42.69
- Thank you so much, I
appreciate the research
00:20:42.72\00:20:45.32
that you've done on this,
00:20:45.35\00:20:46.46
and how you have let us
know how much trans fat might
00:20:46.49\00:20:52.00
be in a serving. - Yes!
00:20:52.03\00:20:53.97
- Thank you. - You're welcome!
00:20:54.00\00:20:55.58
- Now we can see that we
need to become label readers,
00:20:55.61\00:20:59.62
and we need to be knowledgeable
about labeling practices.
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I have asked Dr. Don
Miller if he would join me in
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another aspect of talking
about this matter of foods,
00:21:09.60\00:21:13.94
and I'm constantly amazed at
the lead way that manufacturers
00:21:13.97\00:21:22.82
and people who serve can
take with the foods that we eat,
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Dr. Miller
welcome to the program.
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- Thank you.
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- Tell me what you are
planning for us for today.
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- Well this thing about
food portions has always been
00:21:33.59\00:21:37.31
interesting to me, we had a
young man come to Uchee Pines
00:21:37.34\00:21:40.94
quite a few years ago and
he was stumbling over this
00:21:40.97\00:21:44.45
idea, how much am I supposed
to eat, and so he had gone
00:21:44.48\00:21:48.44
to the Bible and see
what does the Bible say,
00:21:48.47\00:21:51.05
he found here in Exodus
the 16th chapter this thing
00:21:51.08\00:21:55.15
called an Omer.
00:21:55.18\00:21:56.15
So he estimated
how much an Omer was
00:21:56.16\00:21:58.63
and how many Omer's each
person was supposed to have
00:21:58.66\00:22:01.10
and so he would go out
every day from his room
00:22:01.13\00:22:05.09
and bring a little scale,
little measuring container
00:22:05.12\00:22:09.03
which contained as much
as he was supposed to eat
00:22:09.06\00:22:12.07
for that breakfast, so he
would go into the cafeteria
00:22:12.11\00:22:15.09
and let's say this was his
Omer and he would fill it up
00:22:15.12\00:22:19.99
with that much food and he
would sit down and he would
00:22:20.02\00:22:21.80
eat this amount of
food, he would eat his Omer.
00:22:21.83\00:22:24.89
When he got done, he was
a big fellow and he thought,
00:22:24.92\00:22:28.08
still a little bit
hungry, so he would go back and
00:22:28.11\00:22:31.88
he would borrow some of
this Omer food for lunch
00:22:31.91\00:22:35.41
and eat the rest of it for
breakfast, then he got there
00:22:35.44\00:22:38.51
at lunch time, well he
didn't have quite as much in his
00:22:38.54\00:22:41.46
Omer scale, so he
filled it up to that much,
00:22:41.49\00:22:44.20
that he's allowed to have,
and he ate that and he is still
00:22:44.23\00:22:46.18
a little bit hungry...
- So I know what he did,
00:22:46.21\00:22:48.85
he must have
borrowed from tomorrow did he?
00:22:48.88\00:22:51.02
- Tomorrow morining's
breakfast, that's right,
00:22:51.05\00:22:52.30
and in a couple of days he
had nothing for the next meal,
00:22:52.33\00:22:55.35
and he finally gave up on this.
00:22:55.38\00:22:57.12
So what I've always been
told the best amount of food is
00:22:57.15\00:23:02.14
enough food to
maintain your weight,
00:23:02.17\00:23:04.17
as long as your weight is right.
00:23:04.20\00:23:05.89
I like another quote, I
was over in Europe recently
00:23:05.92\00:23:10.51
and someone asked me
a question about why,
00:23:10.54\00:23:12.79
but I like this, I
like that, I said well,
00:23:12.82\00:23:14.94
I just want you to
read in Proverbs 23:2:
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And put a knife to
your throat If you are a man
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given to appetite.
00:23:27.72\00:23:28.81
But it's interesting
it follows verse one:
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When thou sittest to eat with
a ruler, Consider diligently
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what is before you;
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That takes my mind to
a man named Thomas Parr,
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have you ever
heard of Thomas Parr?
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- Don't think so.
00:23:41.85\00:23:42.95
- Well there was a book
written about him called
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The Old Old Very Old Thomas
Parr, this man was born in 1483,
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he lived to the reigns of
10 monarchs, kings and queens,
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he lived to be 153
years and 9 months of age.
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He was a farmer, he
ate very simple food,
00:24:02.42\00:24:05.65
maybe one of the secrets to
his longevity is that he got
00:24:05.68\00:24:07.99
married the first
time at the age 80.
00:24:08.02\00:24:09.74
Sorry about that, anyway
he went on through his life
00:24:09.77\00:24:14.50
he had married twice, the
second time he was married
00:24:14.53\00:24:17.00
in his 120's, he
fathered a child at 100,
00:24:17.03\00:24:21.41
he was cooking along
really well, I mean the guy
00:24:21.44\00:24:24.75
was doing great.
00:24:24.78\00:24:25.99
- Sounds as if he had
a strong constitution,
00:24:26.02\00:24:28.83
he was taking care of it.
00:24:28.86\00:24:30.16
This was his... you know every
time someone dies, no I'm sorry,
00:24:30.19\00:24:34.71
every time someone lives to 100.
00:24:34.74\00:24:35.71
They interview them and
say sir, what's your secret for
00:24:35.74\00:24:39.91
longevity, and they put
the microphone in his mouth
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.59
and he might say this or
that, sometimes they will say
00:24:42.62\00:24:45.01
well I only smoked
hand rolled cigarettes,
00:24:45.04\00:24:46.84
and people think if I
smoked hand rolled cigarettes
00:24:46.87\00:24:49.84
that will be my key.
00:24:49.87\00:24:51.16
Well this was his secret and
he really did live a long life
00:24:51.19\00:24:55.92
here it is, keep your
head cool by temperance,
00:24:55.95\00:24:59.24
your feet warm by exercise,
rise early, go to bed soon,
00:24:59.27\00:25:05.14
and if you want to
grow fat or prosperous,
00:25:05.17\00:25:08.04
keep your eyes
open, and your mouth shut.
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.96
So anyway, he's living a
great life, he's an old man
00:25:10.99\00:25:17.08
but he's not really that old,
I mean I've seen his death mask
00:25:17.11\00:25:21.17
the painting and the mask
the made of him upon his death
00:25:21.20\00:25:24.97
and he looks like a young
compared to our old age now
00:25:25.00\00:25:30.18
he did not have gray hair
but the Earl over the estate
00:25:30.21\00:25:34.43
where this old man
worked discovered this man,
00:25:34.46\00:25:35.43
work discovered this man
and he said ohhh! King Charles
00:25:35.46\00:25:39.02
has to meet him because it
was during King Charles reign.
00:25:39.05\00:25:41.10
So he takes him to meet
King Charles, can you imagine,
00:25:41.13\00:25:46.14
you've got a man here
who is 153 years of age,
00:25:46.17\00:25:50.17
who has lived
through 10 Monarchs,
00:25:50.20\00:25:52.57
he's got a good
memory, he's very lively,
00:25:52.60\00:25:55.65
he has lots of health, he
regaled the entire King's court
00:25:55.68\00:26:01.28
with his stories and his
antidotes, and the King says
00:26:01.31\00:26:04.52
come live with me, eat at my
table, we really want you here,
00:26:04.55\00:26:08.67
the guy says that sounds like
a super idea, he moved in with
00:26:08.70\00:26:11.94
the King, should have read
Proverbs 23:1, within two weeks
00:26:11.97\00:26:16.66
he was dead.
00:26:16.69\00:26:17.75
Upon autopsy they found
that he had the digestive tract
00:26:17.78\00:26:22.00
of a young man, there's the
key, is how well we take care
00:26:22.03\00:26:26.34
of this digestive tract,
but that young digestive tract
00:26:26.37\00:26:30.19
was in a severe state of
inflammation, the rich foods,
00:26:30.22\00:26:34.81
of the King's table
killed him in two weeks,
00:26:34.84\00:26:38.15
what it took brown bread
and the simple things he ate,
00:26:38.18\00:26:42.05
potatoes, for 152, 153 years
to do, and it couldn't kill him.
00:26:42.08\00:26:47.17
So, it's so
important to eat simple foods.
00:26:47.21\00:26:50.31
- Absolutely!
00:26:50.34\00:26:51.54
- Simple foods, that's
simplicity is one of the
00:26:51.57\00:26:55.72
great keys of life, thank you
so much for this good thought.
00:26:57.69\00:27:01.59
I have a few things that
I would like to bring you
00:27:01.62\00:27:04.65
about how to live healthfully,
one is about blueberries,
00:27:04.68\00:27:09.35
I have a little blueberry patch
myself and I invite my friends
00:27:09.38\00:27:13.98
and neighbors and just
people I meet on the street
00:27:14.01\00:27:16.96
to bring a bucket and pick
blueberries at blueberry time,
00:27:16.99\00:27:20.41
and I tell them this:
that blueberries will be good
00:27:20.44\00:27:23.89
for their eyes, blueberries
will help them to live into
00:27:23.92\00:27:27.79
advanced old age, blueberries
will help to reduce the
00:27:27.82\00:27:31.81
cholesterol levels, it
will keep the bladder healthy,
00:27:31.84\00:27:35.26
because it has a substance
in it that prevents germs
00:27:35.29\00:27:38.77
from being able to get their
colonization activities into
00:27:38.80\00:27:43.95
high gear, it helps against
glaucoma, and against cataracts.
00:27:43.98\00:27:48.96
So with such good
recommendations for blueberries
00:27:48.99\00:27:53.19
I can recommend them
whole heartedly to you.
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