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has stood the test of time.
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God's book, the Bible.
Still relevant in today's
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complex world. It Is
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JB: This is It Is
Written. I'm John Bradshaw;
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thanks for joining me today.
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God managed to make a
masterpiece when, in the
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Garden of Eden, He got
down close to the ground
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took some soil, formed
it into the shape of a man
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and then did
something very intimate, when He
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breathed into the nostrils
of that as-yet-inanimate
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man, the breath of life.
Adam came to life and God had
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produced this beautiful,
incredible thing called
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the human being. And
within the head of every
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last one of us there's
an organ that's vital to our
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lives and our spiritual lives.
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God gave every one
of us a nerve center.
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We call it the brain.
Here to discuss the brain
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with me and the role and
the way you can experience
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better brain health is
Dr. Neil Nedley, who's the
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president of
Nedley Health Solutions.
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Dr. Nedley, thanks
for joining me today.
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NN: Thank you. Good to be here.
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JB: As we talk about the brain
there are certain things that
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many people are surprised
to learn can be done to improve
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the function of
a person's brain.
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One of them is
nutrition.. NN: That's right.
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JB: How significant is nutrition
when it comes to brain function?
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And the reason I ask this is not
nearly because I'd like my brain
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to fire on all cylinders, but
as it does I can have a better
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relationship with
God. NN: Absolutely.
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JB: How significant is
nutrition to that whole process?
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NN: It's very significant.
I mean, we talk about 10 major
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factors that affect the brain.
Nutrition is one of those 10
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and it's certainly probably,
in rank order - number two
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or three out of those 10
as far as level of importance
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is concerned. JB:
When we're talking about
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nutrition, what you eat.
So what you eat affects brain
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function. NN: Absolutely.
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JB: Why is that? I
know why it affects
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heart function. You
eat a bunch of fat, it ends
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up clogging up the inside
of your arteries and ultimately
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there's a heart
attack. What happens with brain
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function? NN:
Well, we also have a
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circulation to the brain itself.
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So a lot of the things
that adversely affect the heart
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also adversely affect the brain.
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But in addition to that,
what we eat does get turned into
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neurotransmitters. It
gets turned into neurons.
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It gets turned into the
cells that actually supply the
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structural support of the brain.
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And it's crucially important
for clear thought processes to
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be on a good diet. JB:
I've met a lot of people who
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just don't know that what
you eat gets turned into various
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things. Can you
describe that process?
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How does that happen? I
mean, this really is "you are
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what you eat." NN: Yes.
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JB: So, how does, I sit down and
I eat a tomato sandwich, and my
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tomato sandwich gets turned into
neurotransmitters and neurons.
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How? NN: How does that happen?
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Well, tomatoes are a good
source of what we call tyrosine.
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Tyrosine in a tomato, because
tomatoes have carbs in them
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as well, will
actually get into the brain.
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And then once tyrosine gets into
the brain we can make dopamine
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out of it and
norepinephrine out of it.
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And those are important
for focus, for memory, and for
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pleasure, and to be
able to even have a love of
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learning, we need to
have those chemicals.
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JB: What's a neurotransmitter?
NN: That's the form of
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communication
between one neuron and
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another. JB: What's a neuron?
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NN: A neuron is what sends an
electrical signal in our brain.
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Our brain is really an
electrical center of the
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whole entire body, and
in order for the brain to
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communicate
with itself, from one
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area to another, we need to have
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neurotransmitters.
And that's a vital role.
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There are actually 100 trillion
connections in our brain, and
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those connections would
be meaningless unless there
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were neurotransmitters
to help with that
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communication. JB: Omega 3s.
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What are these things, where can
I get them, and how do they help
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me when I get them? NN:
Omega 3s are essential fats.
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Human beings and actually
most of the animals as well,
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including fish, have no
ability to make omega 3s
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from anything else in our body.
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We have to get it in our
diet. JB: Good cholesterol is
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manufactured by
our liver, correct?
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NN: Uh-huh. JB:
Okay, but this omega 3 that
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we have to have
isn't manufactured by it?
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NN: It's not manufactured.
JB: We've got to eat or drink
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it. NN: We've
got to eat or drink
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it, correct. JB:
Okay, so where do I get
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some? NN: Where
most people get their
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omega 3 from is from fish.
The reason why is the plants of
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the waters tend to
have quite a bit of omega 3.
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Fish don't make it themselves,
particularly the cold water,
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ocean plants are
quite high in omega 3.
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The fish get it from there
and then we can get it from the
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fish. JB: Wouldn't
we be better served
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just getting it from
the plants? NN: Absolutely.
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JB: Oh, you agree
with that? NN: Yes.
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Absolutely. You
know, 100 years ago I think
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fish was a great way to
get your omega 3 because the
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waters were kind of
pure and nontoxic, but our
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waters have become
quite toxic, and there
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are heavy metals in
them and all sorts of things,
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and mercy is now in
every fish anywhere.
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And mercury actually
inhibits our brain function.
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It's going to cause irritability
and it can cause depression, it
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can cause the mood to go down,
and it can also actually lower
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your IQ permanently. So
we want to stay away from
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mercury, and that's why
we really need to change the
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way we're getting
our omega 3 these days.
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Whatever is in a
toxic parts-per-million,
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for instance, in the
ocean or in the river is
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going to be a concentrated
a thousand to a million fold
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in the fat of fish. So
even though it's a small
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amount in the ocean,
ramp it up by a million and
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that's how much
you're getting from the fat
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of fish that you're consuming.
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JB: That's a significant amount.
NN: It's the most toxic food
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supply in
America today, is fish.
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JB: Well, where then,
where would I get it if I'm not
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going into the fish itself.
NN: Well, there are plant
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sources of omega 3; fortunately
land plants as well as sea
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plants. JB: So
there's something I can
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buy at the supermarket? NN:
Yeah, spinach, for instance,
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is very high in omega 3 fat.
Whole wheat, wheat germ is a
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good source of omega 3.
Edamame, which is green soy
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beans, they are
very high in omega 3.
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JB: I understand walnuts?
NN: Walnuts are a good source,
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and there are two
sources that are higher.
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In fact, these sources
are higher than any fish on
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the planet, and
that's chia seeds and
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flax seed.
Extremely high sources of
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omega 3. JB:
There are some fats that
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aren't helpful. In a
moment we'll discuss this.
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This is interesting. It's
more than interesting--it's
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vital, because what becomes
apparent and obvious is that
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you can eat your way
to good brain health.
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Clearly, then, you can eat
your way to poor brain health.
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And if we're going to have
a relationship with God that
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stands the test of time,
we want good brain health.
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We'll be back with
more in just a moment.
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God and in ways
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spiritually. But
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JB: This is It Is Written.
I'm John Bradshaw, joined today
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by Dr. Neil Nedley,
the president of Nedley
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Health Solutions. God
made us, the Bible says,
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fearfully and wonderfully.
And in all of us He placed a
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brain. And
clearly, we want that brain
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to be functioning as well
as possible if we want to have
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a great relationship with God.
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Dr. Nedley, a moment ago we were
talking about a good fat, an
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essential fat for
brain health, omega 3s.
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But are there bad fats?
Fats that you want to avoid if
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you want to have
good brain health?
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NN: Yes.
Arachidonic acid is one fat that
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I would avoid.
JB: What pray tell is
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arachidonic acid?
NN: Arachidonic acid is a
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20-carbon molecule
that's present in particularly
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animal fat. It's
going to be in flesh foods,
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that actually
causes inflammation in the
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body. As it's
metabolized you will get
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some very pro-inflammatory
molecules coming out of
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arachidonic acid. And
that adversely affects brain
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health. It
adversely affects it to the
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degree where in a recent study
out of Phoenix, Arizona, they
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took people who were regular
American diet, carnivores we
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might call them, omnivores,
and they had them stay on
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their same diet or
they changed them to a
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plant-based diet
with fish only to
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get the omega 3s,
the EPA and the DHA
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that's present in fish.
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And then, the other diet was no
exogenous form of fish omega 3.
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So in other words, they
were totally plant based, except
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they could have dairy.
But no eggs, because eggs have
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arachidonic acid
and dairy is low in it.
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And they were going to see which
is better for us, to get more
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omega 3 and some arachidonic
acid or no omega 3 from fish
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and then have no
arachidonic acid.
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And so in two weeks they
measured their anxiety-stress
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scale and they
measured their mood states.
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There were a number of different
tests they took before and
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after. And the
only group that had
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statistically significant,
in fact dramatic, improvement
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in their mental health
was the group that had no
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arachidonic acid. It
was the plant-based group.
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And that surprised them.
They thought the omega 3 might
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have helped to counterbalance
the arachidonic acid.
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Omega 3 helps, but if we can
get omega 3 without arachidonic
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acid, we're in far better shape
even though we might get less
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omega 3. JB: You get it in fish?
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NN: You do. Yeah,
that's the problem, that's
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why even the no-meat, fish-diet
people did not do statistically
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better than even the meat diet
because they were getting all
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the arachidonic acid from fish.
JB: Can we go to the Bible and
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find an example of somebody
who made a dietary change
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and experienced an enhancing
of their mental health?
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Where is that
in the Word of God?
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NN: Well, in the book of Daniel.
In fact, the Journal of the
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American Medical Association
recently stated that the first
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prospective epidemiological
study ever recorded in human
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history is from
the book of Daniel.
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JB: They stated that. NN:
And that scene is the gold
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standard study.
So, a prospective
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epidemiological
study is when you make a
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change in a group
and then you compare them
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with another group who
does not make the change.
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JB: Right. That's
the story in Daniel
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chapter 1. NN: That's right.
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And it was actually proposed,
that experiment was proposed
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by Daniel himself,
because he was getting pushback
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from the ones in charge
of him in changing his diet.
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JB: Perhaps it's
worth going to that story.
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NN: Yeah. JB:
Daniel chapter 1, and the
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Bible says in Daniel 1:5,
"The king appointed them a
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daily provision of the king's
meat and of the wine which
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he drank, so nourishing
them for three years so
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at the end thereof
they might stand before the
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king." However,
verse 8, what a verse.
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"Daniel purposed in his heart
that he would not defile himself
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with the portion
of the king's meat."
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The king ate much like people
eat today, the average American
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diet. NN: Exactly.
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JB: Yet the Bible says that
for Daniel to eat that, he would
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have been defiling himself.
What is so defiling about the
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standard American diet?
NN: Well, we just mentioned it.
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Arachidonic acid and
also cholesterol, saturated
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fat. It's not
good for our heart,
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it's not good for our
blood vessels, not good for our
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brain. JB: I
want to challenge you,
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doctor.
Everything in moderation.
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NN: Okay. JB: Have
your patients ever told
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you that,
everything in moderation?
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Doctor, I thought
everything in moderation.
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NN: More than just
patients. I remember I was on a
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television program,
on a news program with a
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cardiologist, who was
telling the news program
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as we were being interviewed.
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"Well, I believe in
everything in moderation."
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There was a new stint that
was coming out and they were
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interviewing about
this, and I didn't argue with
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him on the set, But
as soon as the set turned
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off I said, "You know, Doctor,
do you really believe in being
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a moderate cigarette
smoker?" JB: There you go.
00:14:05.84\00:14:08.71
NN: And he says, "Well,
no, I didn't really mean that."
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And I said, "Well, you
said moderation in all things.
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And the problem is when we're
moderate in things that are
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unhealthy, it not only is bad
because it's unhealthy but it
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actually undermines our ability
to enjoy a lifestyle that is
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free from that agent.
And so we actually get far
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better compliance. You
know, this is the amazing
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thing. A lot of
people say, well, you
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know, you don't want to put
him just totally plant based
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because it's really hard to do.
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Did you know it's actually
much harder to limit your meat
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intake to three ounces a
day as some people state, than
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to just not eat it at all.
If it is going to be unhealthy
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for you, just make
the choice not to eat it.
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And what studies show is,
you have more variety and more
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taste in your
diet, more enjoyment,
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than if you would just try
to limit yourself in portions of
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food that it not
so healthy for you.
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JB: How is it that you can
read the data that seems to very
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clear, and somebody
else can read presumably the
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same data, or perhaps
there are other studies,
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and say a little really
isn't going to hurt you.
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Can you help me understand that
attitude so that we may be able
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to even combat it somehow?
NN: Well, it is true that less
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of bad things is better. I
mean, I'll certainly go along
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with that. But in
reality the best program
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is actually higher compliance.
That's what the other group
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doesn't understand.
They think we're going to
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decrease our compliance
if we tell them to give up
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something in their
diet that they might have a
00:15:44.84\00:15:48.28
loving relationship
with, and say well, no, don't
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do that. We're not
going to get as much
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compliance, let's
allow it for a little bit.
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But in reality, because these
foods tend to be addictive in
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nature, we might limit it
for a short time, but then we're
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struggling and we're
back to where we were again.
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And so, what studies are showing
is compliance, the ability for
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the patient or the person
to completely comply with an
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ideal lifestyle is actually
much higher than if we try
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to just limit the bad.
JB: It seems to me that if you
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want to boost your brain and
therefore your relationship with
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God, it's virtually a
matter of life and death.
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And when there's a slight change
you can make, I just wonder,
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surely it's worth
making that change.
00:16:30.42\00:16:32.65
NN: Yeah, Daniel did it.
He didn't suffer from it.
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JB: In just a moment, I want
to ask you, we'll fast forward a
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little bit and see if there
are some modern examples of the
00:16:38.86\00:16:41.73
Daniel phenomenon.
We'll be right back with more
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boosting your brain here
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her hopes on Jesus.
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She had tried doctors, and one
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she knew, and now came to
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Christ. She said,
"If I may touch but
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his clothes, I shall
be whole." Mark 5:28.
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And she was - the moment
she acted on her faith and
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touched Jesus'
clothing - just His clothing!
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She was made completely well.
Anyone can find the answer to
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JB: This is It Is Written.
Thank you for joining me today.
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Boosting your brain, what can
you do to get peak performance
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from your gray matter
and how does that affect your
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relationship with God?
Dr. Neil Nedley is my guest
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today. A moment
ago we talked about
00:18:46.49\00:18:48.02
Daniel in the Bible. He
made a choice, a dietary
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choice that was seen very
clearly to have tremendous
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benefits. Now, that was then.
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What have you seen now?
NN: Oh, amazing stories as a
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result of a change in diet.
JB: Share something with me.
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NN: You know, I remember
the first time when I was
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researching diet
and mental health.
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There was a patient who I
was asked to consult on in the
00:19:09.38\00:19:13.72
behavioral medicine
unit for nutritional reasons.
00:19:13.72\00:19:16.35
The other doctors were realizing
that I was learning a lot about
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nutrition and mental health, so
the psychiatrists would consult
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me a lot in regard to nutrition.
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And this lady, the reason
why she sticks out is, she was a
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charge nurse that I
worked with on the oncology
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floor. A very good nurse.
00:19:28.70\00:19:30.73
And she had become anorexic.
In fact I'd noticed her losing
00:19:30.73\00:19:36.04
weight prior to that and then
I didn't see her for a while
00:19:36.04\00:19:39.17
and then I realized she had
gotten so severely depressed
00:19:39.17\00:19:41.98
and anorexic. She was
admitted to the hospital
00:19:41.98\00:19:45.51
ward and had an NG tube down
to actually feed her into her
00:19:45.51\00:19:48.25
stomach. We
changed her diet and in two
00:19:48.25\00:19:51.59
weeks her depression was
gone and her anorexia was gone.
00:19:51.59\00:19:55.69
And it was pretty dramatic,
and that was the only thing we
00:19:55.69\00:19:58.16
changed in her.
JB: Just her diet.
00:19:58.16\00:20:00.70
NN: Just the
diet. And she did well.
00:20:00.70\00:20:02.86
Six months later she was
working, doing very well, and
00:20:02.86\00:20:07.37
she thought, you know,
let me just go back, now that
00:20:07.37\00:20:10.07
I'm doing so well let me
just go back to the other
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way I was eating. And
so she went back and within
00:20:12.21\00:20:15.68
three weeks she was severely
depressed and anorexic again.
00:20:15.68\00:20:19.28
Now, at that point she
was educated, so she didn't
00:20:19.28\00:20:21.98
have to be
readmitted to the hospital.
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She thought, all
right, I know what I've done.
00:20:23.79\00:20:25.85
I've changed my diet, I
should not have done it.
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Let's go back onto the
diet that Dr. Nedley gave me.
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And, within a couple of weeks,
it took two weeks again, she
00:20:31.69\00:20:35.70
was back mentally healthy again.
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And that was the, that's when
I realized hey, this is very
00:20:37.43\00:20:40.70
dramatic stuff. And of
course now we utilize a
00:20:40.70\00:20:43.41
nutritional approach in
virtually all of our patients
00:20:43.41\00:20:46.11
that have a mental
health issue and can see some
00:20:46.11\00:20:50.25
significant benefits.
In fact, even the medical
00:20:50.25\00:20:53.62
literature is describing it as
drug-like benefits without any
00:20:53.62\00:20:57.52
of the side effects,
just by changing the diet.
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JB: I had a fellow share
his story with me recently.
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He was a great big guy.
His diabetes, the doctor told
00:21:02.99\00:21:07.03
him he would
have to go on insulin.
00:21:07.03\00:21:09.20
He had all kinds of problems
--this is really a diabetes
00:21:09.20\00:21:12.03
story, I suppose. But
at the end of the day he
00:21:12.03\00:21:15.47
said, "No, no, no.
Doctor let me take another
00:21:15.47\00:21:17.31
approach." The
doctor said, "It's your
00:21:17.31\00:21:18.87
health." He said,
"Give me a month."
00:21:18.87\00:21:20.78
And he researched, got onto
a program just like what you
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--not a program; he implemented
lifestyle changes the same as
00:21:24.71\00:21:28.55
what you're talking about--
and what's significant is he
00:21:28.55\00:21:31.59
said food started tasting
better, he lost a lot of weight,
00:21:31.59\00:21:34.56
no longer diabetic, and he
said he'd never been happier.
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His mental health was
the best it had ever been.
00:21:39.19\00:21:43.20
Diet and lifestyle change.
NN: Interestingly, a diabetic
00:21:43.20\00:21:48.47
diet normally is the best
diet for mental health as well.
00:21:48.47\00:21:51.84
There's reasons for that, yeah.
JB: Obesity is a big problem
00:21:51.84\00:21:55.58
confronting our
nation, confronting the western
00:21:55.58\00:21:57.71
world. Is there a
link between obesity
00:21:57.71\00:22:00.18
and mental health? NN: There is.
00:22:00.18\00:22:02.75
There's a link in a
couple of different ways.
00:22:02.75\00:22:04.72
One is, if you are obese chances
are you have what's called
00:22:04.72\00:22:08.16
metabolic syndrome. The
way of knowing that is check
00:22:08.16\00:22:11.66
your blood sugar
one hour after you eat.
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If it's more than
140, metabolic syndrome.
00:22:14.63\00:22:18.10
You're going to have fatigue.
You're going to be sluggish.
00:22:18.10\00:22:20.37
Your mental acuity is
not going to be as sharp.
00:22:20.37\00:22:23.37
And, just getting on a
weight-loss diet, even though
00:22:23.37\00:22:26.78
you're not down to ideal
weight, but just losing the
00:22:26.78\00:22:28.88
first 5 pounds of that
will actually improve the
00:22:28.88\00:22:32.01
metabolic syndrome. Keep
the post-meal blood sugars
00:22:32.01\00:22:34.52
less than 140, and actually
you will have a far better mood.
00:22:34.52\00:22:40.02
I think that's what was
happening with the example
00:22:40.02\00:22:41.69
that you gave, with
the diabetes example.
00:22:41.69\00:22:45.26
And so reversing that
obesity trend can be helpful.
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.80
The other issue in regard
to obesity and mental health is
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.27
that many people with depression
actually try to make themselves
00:22:51.27\00:22:54.57
feel better by eating
high sugary foods and high-fat
00:22:54.57\00:23:00.31
foods. JB: And
that will give you a
00:23:00.31\00:23:01.81
high for a while, won't it?
NN: That's right, the actual
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.08
sugar can transiently improve
serotonin levels, cause a nadir
00:23:04.08\00:23:08.38
afterwards, and so they always
feel like they have to snack
00:23:08.38\00:23:12.12
on something and
they're always taking out--
00:23:12.12\00:23:14.59
in fact I have a lot
of patients that have come
00:23:14.59\00:23:16.52
to me and tell me about
the chocolate they carry
00:23:16.52\00:23:18.73
around in their
purses, and they have to have
00:23:18.73\00:23:20.96
this much every 20 minutes
or they're going to crash.
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.33
That's how bad it can be.
But in reality that can all be
00:23:23.33\00:23:26.67
reversed if we take care of
the real underlying problems
00:23:26.67\00:23:30.24
and then there's not the
need for this chocolate and
00:23:30.24\00:23:32.67
these dopamine rushes by
consuming the super-sweet
00:23:32.67\00:23:36.51
foods that our
society has to offer.
00:23:36.51\00:23:38.95
JB: Someone is watching and
they're saying "Yeah, that's
00:23:38.95\00:23:40.75
good, but I could never do that.
00:23:40.75\00:23:44.05
I don't have the willpower;
I can't make that change;
00:23:44.05\00:23:47.26
I'll never eat sea
plants because they'll never
00:23:47.26\00:23:51.66
taste good to my taste buds."
00:23:51.66\00:23:53.53
I think we might want to come
to the conclusion of this by
00:23:53.53\00:23:58.63
pointing people to the
fact that there is power
00:23:58.63\00:24:02.74
in the Word of
God. NN: Yes. Yes.
00:24:02.74\00:24:05.21
JB: The God who made you has the
power to keep you, to improve
00:24:05.21\00:24:13.21
you, to change you.
There's power in the Word of
00:24:13.21\00:24:16.75
God, isn't there. "Now
unto him," Jude verse 24,
00:24:16.75\00:24:20.76
"who is able to
keep you from falling."
00:24:20.76\00:24:23.69
How about that person who can't
live without chicken nuggets or
00:24:23.69\00:24:27.40
whatever the case might be,
and you've told me there's more
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.43
cholesterol in
chicken than beef.
00:24:30.43\00:24:33.80
NN: That's right.
JB: And that's a shocking
00:24:33.80\00:24:35.54
statement for some people.
So you can't get by without your
00:24:35.54\00:24:38.14
fix of whatever it is.
Could be beer, could be
00:24:38.14\00:24:41.61
marijuana, could be chocolate.
00:24:41.61\00:24:45.18
But listen to this, would
you please: "There hath no
00:24:45.18\00:24:48.12
temptation taken you
but such as is common
00:24:48.12\00:24:51.22
to man. But God is
faithful who will not
00:24:51.22\00:24:55.26
suffer [or allow you] to
be tempted above that you
00:24:55.26\00:25:00.46
are able. But will,
with the temptation,
00:25:00.46\00:25:04.03
also make a way to escape that
you may be able to bear it."
00:25:04.03\00:25:08.77
1 Corinthians 10:13.
There is no challenge, no
00:25:08.77\00:25:12.94
struggle, too big and
bad that God can't get you
00:25:12.94\00:25:16.08
through it. So if
you're wanting to boost
00:25:16.08\00:25:17.78
your brain and fire
on all cylinders and get
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.95
everything working
right, the neurotransmitters and
00:25:20.95\00:25:23.75
the neurons and
these other things working
00:25:23.75\00:25:28.12
just like they
should, you can, because you
00:25:28.12\00:25:30.73
know Who's on your side?
00:25:30.73\00:25:32.69
God is on your side.
And remember what the Bible
00:25:32.69\00:25:35.10
promises: "God's strength
is made perfect in weakness."
00:25:35.10\00:25:39.63
So if you are weak,
God can deliver you.
00:25:39.63\00:25:44.17
He will unite His strength
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00:25:44.17\00:25:47.58
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JB: Dr. Nedley,
thanks for joining me today.
00:26:47.30\00:26:49.10
NN: It's great being here.
JB: A lot of people are being
00:26:49.10\00:26:51.04
tremendously benefited
as you've shared, and I'm
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looking forward
actually to hearing back from
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people who've said
it changed my life.
00:26:55.51\00:26:58.81
NN: Great. JB: I know we will.
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.65
Let's pray together.
Pray with us, and we'll thank
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God for His blessings.
Father in heaven, we want to
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experience the abundant
life that Jesus said He came to
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give us. So give
us the grace now to
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allow you to work in us
to will and to do for Your
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good pleasure. Let
our brains be Yours.
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Live in us, and prepare
us for eternity with you.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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JB: Thank you
for joining me today.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then remember,
it is written: Man shall
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not live by bread
alone but by every word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God.
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