Hi and welcome to
Issues and Answers
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My name is Melissa Summers
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and thank you so much for
joining us. Now today our issue
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is a very serious issue. We are
talking about cancer. The Lord
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has blessed us with
two very special guests
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Dr. Carol Richardson along with
Darlene Hall who is a registered
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nurse. They are both with
DESTINY Health and Life Style.
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Ladies thank you so
much for joining us.
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Well, I should have brought
my tissues because cancer is a
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very serious thing to talk
about. But to open first if you
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would just
explain what is cancer.
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Well when you look at cancer,
Melissa, you want to look at
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the cellular level. When you
look at the cells what you have
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are cells that have
basically gone out of control.
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You know, our Creator God made
each cell of our body with the
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set of instructions and those
instructions dictate to the cell
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how long they will last, when
they will die, how they will
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grow and mature and their
function. When that set of
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instructions is misinterpreted
or mutated in some way then
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the instructions are not given
to the cells as they should be
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and you have chaos.
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You know what, I like to think
of cancer as terrorist cells.
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If you give a terrorist an
opportunity to get in, it will
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come and take control. And that
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is how cancer cells are invading
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not only the surrounding tissues
but spreading through the body
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to other parts. Okay,
so cancer is a cell that's
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gone crazy.
Haywire, out of control.
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So what are some things that
cause our cells to cause cancer
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in our body?
There are many factors.
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Pesticides, herbicides,
insecticides. Now cide, what is
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that? It means to kill. We are
inhaling, ingesting and walking
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on these chemicals that
are cancer causing. Also EMF,
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electric magnetic fields, and
we are surrounded by these every
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day. EMF - electric magnetic
fields. We spend hours watching
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the TV, in front of the computer
talking on the cell phone,
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simple appliances such as
your microwave, electric razors,
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electric blankets. These
magnetic fields have been shown
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to penetrate walls and also
it can penetrate the human body
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causing structural
damage to the DNA of the cells.
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Well that's not only scary but
it's very disheartening because
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we live in a society where we
can't get around it. I mean the
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majority of us have cell phones,
we have microwaves, we use them
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daily and we can't stop living.
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Well what we want to stress
is this point, Melissa. We don't
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want our viewers to go away
thinking that everything they
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come in contact with is going
to cause cancer. We want them
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to know that these things
are potentially serious and they
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have a potential to cause cancer
but let's look at things that
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we can prevent. For instance
tobacco smoke. We know for
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instance that across the world
about 1.3 billion people smoke.
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Every time someone takes a
cigarette and lights up they
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are getting about 4000 chemicals
inhaled into their body.
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We already know that 65
of those are potential cancer
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causers. Alcohol.
Alcohol causes damage
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to the cell and it would leave
the cell more vulnerable to
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other carcinogens.
Okay, what about someone who's
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watching and says, I don't
do any of that. You know I eat
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healthy, or according to what we
call healthy and I still ended
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up with cancer. How
do you explain that?
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Anything that will cause
the body to be vulnerable.
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You might eat right, you
might exercise. Stress... that's
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another major factor that can
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can cause alterations in the
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tissue of the cells.
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Because when you think about it,
Melissa, in the immune system
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God gave us cells that can
basically go throughout the
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body and scavenger these foreign
invaders. If anything decreases
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our immune system we are
exposed to these carcinogens.
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In some of my research I note
that at any given moment our
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body is fighting and killing
cancer cells. So on a daily
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basis we literally have
cancer cells in our body.
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All the time. You know, it
has been estimated that we come
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in contact with 300
killer cancer cells every day.
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And the difference is between
a healthy immune system and
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one that isn't. Okay,
well let's talk about a
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healthy immune system, because
apparently the immune system
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is vital to the health of the
cell thus to not getting cancer.
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So explain that to me.
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Well when you think about it
there are various cells in our
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bodies that basically
go throughout the body and
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scavenge. They look for foreign
invaders and that's why it is
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so important, and we are going
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to talk about that later about
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prevention. Prevention is the
key. So what we want to do is
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we want to do things that
are going to build up our immune
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system, build up the natural
forces that God gave us to ward
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off these invaders and these
cancer invaders. One of the
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cells that is very, very
important in fighting cancer
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is the natural killer cells and
we'll talk about that a little
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bit when we talk about the
foods and we go into prevention.
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Now don't forget. No we
won't forget that, that's
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very important. Yes
this is very important,
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you know from cancer to viruses
and we see all these diseases
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going around especially cancer.
Now am I correct that cancer
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has now superseded heart disease
in its rating at least in the
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western part of the world?
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No not really. Cancer is not
the number one cause of death;
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heart disease still remains
number one. But when you think
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about it, Melissa, in America
over 1.5 million people will be
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diagnosed with cancer in
2005 alone. Of that, about half
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a million people will die.
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You know actually I really
think and unfortunately I can't
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pinpoint the research but cancer
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has now surpassed heart disease.
Now don't quote me on that but
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I'm trying to figure
out where I've read that.
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If it hasn't surpassed, it's
very close. But I don't think
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it's the number one as
yet. But when you think about it
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it's a major issue because 1500
people will die a day in America
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from getting the
diagnosis of cancer, 1500.
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And of that 1.3 million new
cases, 175,000 of those cases
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will be due to tobacco and
165,000 people will die this
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year from lung cancer due
to tobacco; something that's
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preventable.
That's unbelievable.
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Okay, well the things that we
can do with the immune system.
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I know we're talking about
prevention. What can we do to
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boost our immune system,
to strengthen it, to hopefully
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help ward off cancer?
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Well maybe before we go into
that, Melissa, say for instance
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we're in a doctor's office.
I know as being a physician
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I have had to give that
diagnosis; Ma'am, you have
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cancer. it's like a death
sentence. And the patient who
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hardly can hear you, but when
they collect themselves they
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want to know well what can I
do? And in the medical community
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we basically have three things
that we tell patients. Number
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one: You can have surgery.
Number two: You can undergo
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chemotherapy, that's where very
powerful drugs are sent through
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the venous system to hopefully
get the cancer that might not be
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visible at the
site and also radiation.
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So cut it out, poison
it out or burn it out.
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The thing with these modalities
is that chemotherapy and
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radiation are going to
kill everything in sight, normal
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cells as well as cancerous
cells and that's a fact and
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that's why it's important that
we stress to our audience that
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we need to build
up our immune systems.
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Melissa, I've been a nurse
for over 20 years and I've seen
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just about everything. I have
been there when the doctor has
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given that diagnosis, "You have
cancer. " I've been there with
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the surgery, then followed
up by chemo and radiation.
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So basically you've seen a
patient from the diagnosis,
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the prognosis,
all the way through.
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And unfortunately when the
doctor is there to say you have
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six months to live, I've
seen all of that. Despite the
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billions of dollars that we
are spending, the technological
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advances, the fact remains that
we are not winning the war on
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cancer and so
prevention is the key.
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Let's talk about prevention.
Where do we start, what do we do
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One of the most exciting topics
that we want to get across to
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our viewers is by the way of
nutritional therapy. Nutrition.
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And you know, while I was
in medical school, Melissa,
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spending close to 12 years
studying, very little time is
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spent teaching physicians how
to order and counsel patients
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regarding their diets. I don't
know about Darlene. Was that
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true with you too? We
received very little training
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in nutrition. Maybe
that was just the school
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you went to. I mean, I can't...
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I think it's universal. Really!?
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I'm sorry. You know I'm not
a doctor or nurse. I don't know
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any of this stuff. But you're
telling me that my physician
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has probably had very little
education as far as nutrition?
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Exactly. But
doesn't the Bible say you
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are what you eat? So how could
that play such a little role in
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caring for and curing
the illnesses of people?
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Well Darlene when you're at
the bedside I think the viewers
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might want to know, what
do you see at the bedside?
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Well, it's interesting because
I go into the patient's room and
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I see the tables just
lined with junk food; you know,
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cookies, chips, soda. And a
cancer patient's appetite is
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usually not there. And in an
attempt to get the patient to
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eat anything family members will
bring in this junk. I know that
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that's the worst thing any
patient could have, especially
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a cancer patient. Well,
they're saying well they
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are dying. You know, there
are some people that have that
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attitude; let them enjoy while
they can because they're dying
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from cancer. The doctor already
said they only have a few months
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to live and there's nothing
they can do so what would you
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tell them with that
attitude and these foods?
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You know, these foods are
fueling those cancerous cells.
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It just makes them take off and
grow like crazy. That's why diet
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is just so important. I look
at these patients and I say, my,
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how different it could
have been had they only known;
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you know, fruits, nuts, grains,
and vegetables. Those are foods
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that will build health,
that will strengthen the immune
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system. So
you're saying it's not
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necessarily a death sentence
although they have been given
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one, if they look at
nutrition? Absolutely.
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You have to elaborate.
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Well when we go to our
acronym, DESTINY, for instance
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DESTINY Health and
Lifestyle, that's your ministry.
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Exactly. We believe that destiny
is not a matter of chance,
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It's a matter of choice and if
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we can empower people to know
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that cancer does not have to
be a death sentence. Now that's
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not to say that in incorporating
these healthy lifestyles
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everybody is going to be saved,
but what we want to do is stress
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the fact that there is hope.
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Well, what is that hope?
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You know, when I go through the
grocery store, the produce aisle
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I look at foods totally
differently. I don't see just an
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apple or an orange. I see the
chemicals, the chemicals that
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are health building in these
foods. Exercise. We're going to
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talk about exercise. Let me
just go through the acronym.
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D is for divine trust. E is
for exercise. S is for sunshine
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and fresh air. T is temperance.
I is increased water intake.
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N nutrition and Y is
for your nightly rest.
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When we incorporate all of
these into a plan, it will build
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a healthy immune system.
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Let's just take for instance
D. Let's start at the beginning.
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When we read studies now
physicians are noting that
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people who have a trust in a
higher power, which we know is
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God our Creator. We know that
when people pray we know that
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they have a hope that they
know that they can build their
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confidence on something other
that themselves. These people
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tend to have healthy immune
systems. These people tend to
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have decreased levels of stress.
We know that these people have
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have higher survival rates
even if they are diagnosed with
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cancer. Prayer. We have seen
reports in the literature even
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places like Harvard that show
what trusting in God can do.
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Physiologically explain
because we really get the health
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principles based on the Bible
and the verse (and I've said it
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before in another show) where
it says a merry heart doeth good
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like a medicine but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.
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There's a physiological
aspect to that about the bone.
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Explain that. When you
think about it, Melissa
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where do the immune cells
grow? In the bone marrow. Okay.
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So you know our heavenly Father
did not explain all the details
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but he gave us simple principles
that we can build on and when
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we go to nutrition, fruit,
grains, vegetables and nuts;
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that's the diet that we were
given in the beginning. God knew
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that they would have these
chemicals and phytochemicals
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that would help
build up the immune system.
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Okay, so back to the acronym.
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So E, when you think
about exercise there is clear,
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compelling, scientific evidence
that exercise decreases your
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risk of developing some types
of cancer. How does this work?
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Exercise stimulates the
production of natural chemicals
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Interleukin I which stimulates
another natural chemical
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Interleukin II and these
two combine to release a natural
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killer cell that has been
shown to decrease cancer rates.
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Exercise is simple. You don't
really need a lot of money;
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just getting out there and just
moving that body will decrease
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your risks. I heard
also that some exercises
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stimulate the lymphatic system
which also boosts the immune
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system. Exactly, because you're
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stimulating the
circulation. And S.
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S - Sunshine. For years we have
heard stay out of the sun, you
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know, you'll get skin cancer.
Well studies are now showing
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sunshine can prevent more
cancers than what it causes.
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Really? Definitely. Lymphatic,
breast cancer, lung cancer.
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It stimulates the immune system.
When we're out that vitamin D
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is what is released. So we need
to get out there and get that
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sunshine. So the
risk comes when you take
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in too much fat; is that
correct? Is that when you're at
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a higher risk of getting skin
cancer from overexposure to the
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sun? Exactly. That is one of the
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things that is being discussed
right now regarding the reason
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why maybe we are being more
susceptible to the rays of the
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sun is because of that increased
fat content in our diets.
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And then sunshine, as I said,
stimulates the production of
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vitamin D. Vitamin D
lowers the cholesterol level.
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Now when we go to T
temperance. Now we hear reports
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today, and that's why we can't
listen to everything that we
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hear, that we can take alcohol
in moderation because we're
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going to get five flavonoids.
We're going to talk about that
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a little later. But we know
science has already shown how
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alcohol can increase the risk
of certain cancers. So we want
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to eliminate alcohol from
our diet, especially the cancer
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patient. In addition, we've
already talked about tobacco.
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So we want to eliminate these
from our diets and we want to
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use in moderation those things
that are good. That's where
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temperance comes in. So
that saying everything in
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moderation is not the
true definition of temperance.
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No it is not. What is
it, totally abstaining?
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Totally abstaining from those
things that are deleterious to
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the body and using in moderation
those things which are healthy
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for the body. I. I
is for increased water
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intake. We have trillions
of cells in our bodies and they
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are just crying out for
water, I'm thirsty, I'm thirsty.
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I like this analogy. Let's say
you have a sink full of dirty,
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grimy dishes and you just pour
a cup of water on those dishes.
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It's not going to clean them.
So we need to increase our water
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intake; not soda, not
tea, not Coca Cola, not juice.
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Water. So how much water do you
need? Well it depends upon your
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weight. There is a formula but
on average 8-10 glasses a day.
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So once again getting back to
the body's ability to fight off
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disease, infection and cancer
cells. How do these cancer
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fighters get to the site where
they can do their job? They need
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water. They need a liquid
environment so that they can
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move freely throughout the body.
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Now I heard a wonderful example
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that I was sharing with someone
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before about water. It's like
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you look at a lake and the water
is stagnant. It draws all kinds
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of bugs and toxins and so forth.
It's like how the blood in the
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system is the same way. It does
not flow smoothly, it's stagnant
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and it holds toxins. They
say water is a natural blood
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thinner to help it flow.
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Exactly. So more water to flush
out those toxins in the body.
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But before we get to nutrition
we're going to do why your
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your nightly rest;
why is that important?
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You know, Americans are driven
people. We're burning the candle
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not only on both ends but in the
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middle now. And the time that we
sleep is so important, because
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the body is able to rejuvenate,
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to restore and to rebuild
at night and there are certain
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times of a night that hormones
and chemicals are released and
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if you've missed that sleep
you've missed that opportunity.
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So it's best to get your sleep
before 10. After 12 o'clock
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you've missed the opportunity
for that immune system to kick
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into high gear and to release
and rebuild for the next day.
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Now we come to the point,
Melissa, where we're talking
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about nutrition and that's
exciting. We don't want our
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viewers to leave this program
looking at a carrot the same
00:20:50.87\00:20:54.62
way or looking at broccoli the
same way. We want them to see
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those phytochemicals. First
when we think about it, why is
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it important? We think about
free radicals, phytochemicals,
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antioxidants. Free radicals are
just oxygen molecules that have
00:21:04.92\00:21:09.18
lost an electron. When they have
lost an electron they're angry
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and they are looking to
cause damage. When we given them
00:21:13.47\00:21:17.74
phytoantioxidants that will
replace that electron, we are
00:21:17.78\00:21:21.56
decreasing that damage and
restoring. So we want to make
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sure that our viewers know that
it is the free radicals in our
00:21:25.35\00:21:29.09
environment that we have no
control over that can eventually
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damage the cell and cause
mutation leading to cancer.
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So what are these foods, what
are these antioxidants? Broccoli
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Broccoli, cauliflower,
cabbage have chemicals called
00:21:40.93\00:21:44.88
endolphlicarbonals. These
are antioxidants which look for
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cancer cells and destroy
them once again building up our
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immunity. Broccoli? Broccoli,
cabbage, cauliflower, brussel
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sprouts. Not only that, they
also decrease women's risk of
00:22:00.26\00:22:05.18
breast cancer because they act
to naturally prevent the excess
00:22:05.22\00:22:10.06
estrogens that can
cause cancer of the breast.
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So this is a good think not only
to prevent but with cancer to
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help fight it. Exactly.
You never look at food as an
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assistance to help
the body fight disease.
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Exactly and that's the point,
the message that we want to get
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out to our viewers. And it's
so important, because research
00:22:30.84\00:22:34.30
now is only beginning to scratch
the surface of what God told us
00:22:34.34\00:22:38.71
over 6000 years
ago regarding diet.
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You know, we've heard let your
food be your medicine and your
00:22:41.94\00:22:46.39
medicine you food. Carotenoids
are powerful antioxidants.
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What are carotenoids? There are
over 600 that are found in your
00:22:50.84\00:22:55.40
colorful fruits and vegetables;
your red, orange, yellow and
00:22:55.43\00:23:00.99
greens. These foods, sweet
potatoes, kale, squash, mangos,
00:23:01.03\00:23:06.56
(my favorite). You know
these foods are bursting with
00:23:06.59\00:23:12.56
antioxidants which are
powerful against cancer.
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You know, I really appreciate
the two of you because you're
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professional; you're a doctor,
you're a nurse and of course
00:23:19.28\00:23:23.35
you support your livelihood but
you're also bringing in a whole
00:23:23.39\00:23:27.43
different element that
many do not hear and that's the
00:23:27.46\00:23:31.41
importance of nutrition.
It's really amazing. You'll hear
00:23:31.45\00:23:34.66
people just downing what
the doctors do and the doctors
00:23:34.69\00:23:38.72
downing what the nutritionists
do, but you've got a balance
00:23:38.76\00:23:42.75
and you've got scientific
research and I so appreciate
00:23:42.79\00:23:46.14
that. So we've got four minutes.
You have a patient that has been
00:23:46.18\00:23:50.94
given absolutely no hope or
you have one that has cancer
00:23:50.98\00:23:54.28
and they're going through these
treatments. What can you tell
00:23:54.32\00:23:57.38
them, what can they do. I know
we've already gone through it,
00:23:57.41\00:24:00.43
but you're sitting there and
they've got a note pad and they
00:24:00.47\00:24:03.66
are taking notes, quickly run
it down to them some things that
00:24:03.70\00:24:07.85
will help fight by God's grace
this sickness that has been
00:24:07.88\00:24:11.60
given to them that they
look at as a death sentence.
00:24:11.63\00:24:14.25
I think what we need to stress
is that we want to tell people
00:24:14.29\00:24:19.97
that there is hope. We want to
00:24:20.01\00:24:21.51
tell them that with trust
and faith in God, there is a
00:24:21.55\00:24:25.64
solution, there is an answer.
We want to tell them that we
00:24:25.67\00:24:29.69
want to make sure they get their
exercise to boost their immune
00:24:29.73\00:24:33.07
system. We make sure that they
are getting proper nutrition.
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Now there are other things that
they can incorporate into their
00:24:36.26\00:24:39.41
diet which are important. When
we think about the flavonoids
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there are over 4000 flavonoids
that have been discovered.
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We're just scratching the
surface. Where do they get their
00:24:47.73\00:24:52.41
flavonoids? These are actually
really cancer scavengers and
00:24:52.44\00:24:57.34
the dark fruits; the black
berries, the blue berries, the
00:24:57.37\00:25:03.10
raspberries, the grapes. Once
again we want to help them to
00:25:03.13\00:25:08.83
build up their immune systems.
00:25:08.86\00:25:10.43
You know, the cure is in the
cause. What caused that patient
00:25:10.46\00:25:15.33
to develop cancer? What life
style changes. Are they smoking?
00:25:15.37\00:25:20.20
Are they drinking? Are they
00:25:20.23\00:25:22.49
having hours that would lead
to poor health. So we need to
00:25:22.52\00:25:27.29
look at those factors. The
detoxification of the body is
00:25:27.33\00:25:32.03
also important. Foods such as
garlic (it sounds really simple)
00:25:32.06\00:25:36.92
there are over 100 compounds
that are in garlic; it's a
00:25:36.96\00:25:42.64
natural antibiotic, antifungal,
antiviral and research is
00:25:42.68\00:25:48.33
showing that it will inhibit
certain cancerous growths.
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Really, inhibit, so that
means stops it in its tracks.
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It can inhibit, it can
inhibit. You know so God gave us
00:25:55.77\00:26:01.19
everything that we need
to heal the body. So when we
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incorporate lifestyle changes,
your water, the exercise, trust
00:26:06.65\00:26:11.92
in God, getting your rest
cancer does not have to be
00:26:11.96\00:26:15.81
a death sentence. And
you know another thing we
00:26:15.84\00:26:19.63
haven't talked about a great
deal, but people who get this
00:26:19.66\00:26:23.57
this cancer diagnosis (I don't
like to call it a death sentence
00:26:23.60\00:26:26.87
of course) but when people get
the news that they have a cancer
00:26:26.91\00:26:30.14
diagnosis, stress levels
immediately rise and we know
00:26:30.18\00:26:34.77
that based on the physiology of
the adrenal glands when stress
00:26:34.81\00:26:39.09
is produced in the body cortisol
is produced. When cortisol is
00:26:39.12\00:26:43.37
produced it decreases the
immune function. So when people
00:26:43.40\00:26:47.51
have a hope, a trust in God,
and they incorporate healthy
00:26:47.54\00:26:51.96
life style choices into their
lives those levels are going to
00:26:52.00\00:26:56.35
go down. We want to give so that
people have a fighting chance to
00:26:56.38\00:27:01.95
build their immune systems
to increase their chances.
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Do you get a chance as a nurse
to kind of share this life style
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information? I do.
Every opportunity I talk
00:27:12.93\00:27:16.65
with my patients. I let them
know, you know, listen, these
00:27:16.68\00:27:20.87
foods that you are eating you
know what's in them. I talk to
00:27:20.90\00:27:24.90
them about fruits, nuts, grains
and vegetables. I love doing
00:27:24.94\00:27:28.91
that. Dr. Richardson, Nurse Hall
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thank you so much for coming,
for sharing this information
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.95
this vital information. And
for you God bless you. If you've
00:27:34.99\00:27:38.55
heard the word cancer applied
to your life or a loved one's
00:27:38.59\00:27:42.08
there is hope. You are not dying
you are living. Give it to God
00:27:42.12\00:27:46.16
seek your physician for
counseling but the great
00:27:46.19\00:27:48.60
physician for the
answer and the cure.
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May God bless you until
next time. We love you and are
00:27:50.84\00:27:53.84
praying for you. Bye.
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