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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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I'm joined by Dr. Neil Nedley,
president of Nedley Health
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Solutions. Together,
we're going to discuss
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something that's affecting
millions of people, and it
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seems like this disease
is just going to explode.
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There are around 26
million Americans suffering from
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diabetes. Now, you
can translate that into
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just about any other Western
nation and the incidence is
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about the same per capita.
There are 80 million pre-
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diabetics in the United States.
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This is a disease that
is running rampant, and in
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spite of our advancements
in medical science, it seems
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like this is a train that's
running out of control and
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we can't make it slow
down. Dr. Nedley, thanks for
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joining me today. NN:
Oh, it's great to be here.
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JB: We know about diabetes,
because everybody's got it;
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but, what's diabetes?
NN: Diabetes is actually a
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problem with glucose getting
into your cell, where you
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can have energy
produced by the cells that,
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of course, need to function.
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And so there is in most cases--
the ones that you mentioned,
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the pre-diabetics and
most of those diabetics--it's a
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problem with insulin resistance.
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They have insulin but unless
there's insulin going to a
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receptor it doesn't
allow glucose into the cell.
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And that's when it accumulates
out in the bloodstream, and
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that's why the
blood sugars go up.
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JB: Okay, so you've got to
get the glucose into the cell.
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Now, what is glucose? NN:
Glucose is a carbohydrate,
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and it's one of the primary
forms of energy in the body.
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JB: Okay, so we've got to
get energy, we've got to have
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carbs. Glucose is a good one.
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NN: Yes. JB: What's insulin?
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NN: Insulin is something that's
produced by the pancreas to
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allow glucose to
get into the cell.
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JB: So you want glucose for
energy; you need insulin to get
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the glucose into the
cell. If the insulin isn't being
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produced by the pancreas
like it should, the glucose
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collects outside the
cell: high blood sugar.
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NN: Correct. And low energy.
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JB: High blood
sugar and low energy.
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NN: That's right. High
blood sugars and low energy
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go together. JB:
This equals diabetes.
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NN: That's right. JB:
How do you know if you've
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got diabetes? NN:
Well, a blood test.
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If you're fasting blood
sugar is greater than 125 on two
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occasions, that's
a definite diagnosis.
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But there's a better blood
test than just the fasting blood
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sugar. It's called
the hemoglobin A1c;
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and that tells you what
your average blood sugar's been
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for the last three months,
and that's more accurate.
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JB: So how do I get that test?
NN: It's just a blood test.
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JB: I've got to go to a doctor?
NN: Got to go to a doctor,
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a laboratory, and
get your blood test.
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JB: Should I be
asking for this? NN: I would.
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If you're in America today,
since 1 out of 3 people have
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diabetes or pre-diabetes,
and half of diabetics don't even
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know that they're diabetic,
it's a good test to have.
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JB: Okay. You
know, I'm pretty fit.
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I'm certainly not overweight,
probably a little underweight
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right now. I'm not
likely to be diabetic.
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I don't have any
of the warning signs.
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But should I go ahead and say,
hey, doc, could you check me
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out? NN: It's
not that expensive a
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test. You could
at least find out if
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you have the gene
for diabetes. JB: Okay.
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NN: And if you're prone.
JB: If I wasn't thin; if I maybe
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was big and had some of the
other warning signs, I really
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should get tested. NN: Really.
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Yeah, absolutely. JB:
Is my doctor likely to say,
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hey, John--if I'm in
that group--hey, John or Joe
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or Jack, I want to check you.
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Or, should the
patient take the initiative?
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NN: It's good for the patient to
take the initiative, and part of
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the reason is that doctors can't
necessarily doctor like they
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used to, because
there's insurance plans.
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And some of the insurance plans
say, do not do a hemoglobin A1c;
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it's going to cost
money. Unless this patient is a
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diabetic. So,
there's a lot of insurance
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plans where you're prohibited
from ordering that unless the
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patient is a diabetic.
But yet there's half, as I
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mentioned, that are
diabaetic and don't know it.
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How are we going to pick it
up unless we actually do it?
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JB: Well, the reason we're
talking is the Bible says that
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Jesus came to give us life
more abundantly, and we want you
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to be living, I want to
be living, an abundant life.
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It's not just a matter
of physical well-being; it's
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a matter of our spiritual
well-being, because our
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health and our spiritual
well-being are inextricably
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linked together.
So, blood sugar--is that
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the issue? Is
that really the issue?
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Or are there other
things involved with diabetes?
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NN: Well, there are
other complications that occur,
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but because that
glucose is not able to get into
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the cell, there's a
lot of complications that
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occur as a result of that.
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Eye complications--one of the
leading causes of blindness is
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actually uncontrolled diabetes.
High blood pressure is one of
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the
complications. Heart disease.
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Neuropathy. Poor
circulation of the limbs--
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a lot of
amputations are due to that.
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And kidney failure. Half
of the patients that are on
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dialysis are there because their
diabetes was not controlled
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earlier. JB: Boy,
so this is something
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you really need to
get a lid on. NN: Yes.
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JB: Now, it's one thing we're
saying, have the doctor test
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you--and that's
wise, that's smart to do.
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Is it feasible to be
talking about diabetes can be
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reversed,
diabetes can be avoided?
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NN: Absolutely. Absolutely.
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In fact, if it's caught early
enough it can be completely
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reversed to the point
where you don't even show up as
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being a diabetic on these tests.
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And so it is
crucial to understand this.
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JB: Let me ask you this: these
type 1 diabetes, these type 2
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diabetes. What
are they, what's the
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difference? NN: Well,
type 1 diabetes is due
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to not producing enough
insulin in our pancreas.
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Actually the pancreatic,
the beta cells are destroyed by
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an autoimmune condition.
And that normally occurs in
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young people. And
those people are dependent
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on insulin shots, or
now there's insulin that you
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can get through
your nose, you know.
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The new nares
insulin that's out there.
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And so they're depending
on insulin; otherwise they're
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going to die in a
matter of a couple of weeks,
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if they don't get it. JB:
Can we talk about reversing
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that, is that feasible? Or
is that a different ballgame?
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NN: We can control it
but we can't reverse it.
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So you're not going to cure type
1 diabetes, but you can control
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it so you don't have all
of those complications that
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type 1 diabetics run
into. JB: Now type 2?
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NN: Type 2 is an
insulin receptor problem.
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They're making insulin, but
the receptors get gummed up.
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And the receptors get gummed
up due to two things combined:
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Genetics loads the gun
and lifestyle pulls the
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trigger. And so
there are lifestyle
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things that are gumming
up those insulin receptors if
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you have that gene,
and thus glucose goes up in
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the blood stream, and it
doesn't get into the cell
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and we end up with
all those complications.
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JB: So if this is a lifestyle
issue, that's how we can
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safely say masses of
people being confronted
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by diabetes now can avoid that.
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NN: Exactly. JB: If
they make some lifestyle
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changes. NN: That's right.
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JB: Well, what sort of lifestyle
change ought a person to make
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if they're wanting to
avoid, or perhaps I can say--
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and tell me if I
cannot --reverse type 2
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diabetes. NN: Exercise.
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JB: Oh yeah? NN:
Yeah, exercise works just
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like insulin, and so it
will drive the glucose into the
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cell. So,
because a diabetic needs
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insulin every day,
we recommend that they
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exercise every day without fail.
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JB: How much exercise?
NN: The more the better, but a
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minimum of 60 minutes a day.
And of good, aerobic exercise.
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It's crucially important
to helping reverse this
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disease. JB: And
this is where I want to
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challenge people, because
someone will say "60 minutes
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a day! Oh my goodness."
Hey, do you value your health
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or not? NN: Exactly.
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JB: And diabetes can lead
to so many real difficulties;
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it's certainly
worth giving it a shot.
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NN: It's a
tremendous investment in time.
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You'll save time. That
60 minutes, if you add it
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up over the course of years,
you're going to add way more
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than that in regard to quality
of life and quantity of life.
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JB: Just
exercise. NN: That's right.
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JB: That simple. As a
percentage of the whole,
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how important is, or how
large a component is exercise
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in dealing with diabetes? Is
that half the battle, is that
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part of the battle? NN:
It's part of the battle.
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I wouldn't say it's
half, but it is almost half.
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JB: Diabetes, is it
possible to live without it?
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Is it possible to reverse
it? We're finding out that the
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answer is yes, because
we can live an abundant life
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through Christ, as far
as possible, a believer can
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be assured that
God's will is for them to
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live without
illness, without disease.
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Not always, but very,
very often, and when it's a
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lifestyle illness, well,
this is the sort of thing
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that a lifestyle change
can reverse and help you
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to avoid. We're
going to find out just how
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in just a moment.
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JB: We know the Bible is a
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in harmony with God and
in ways that demonstrate His
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love to those around us.
God knows what's best for us
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spiritually. But
does He also know what's
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best for us physically? If
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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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My guest is Dr. Neil Nedley,
president of Nedley Health
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Solutions, and
we're discussing today
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diabetes. Jesus
came into this world to
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give us an abundant
life, yet we discover there are
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millions and millions of
Americans--about 10 percent
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of the population--who
are suffering from diabetes,
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and 80 million who are
classified as pre-diabetic.
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Now, what we've learned is that
diabetes can be avoided in many,
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many cases. It can
be successfully treated
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through lifestyle adjustments;
it can be even reversed.
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Dr. Nedley, a moment
ago we discussed exercise.
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It is a very important
part of reversing diabetes.
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What does diet have to do
with getting diabetes, and then
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with reversing
diabetes? NN: A lot.
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Type 2 diabetes comes
about really as a result of too
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much energy in and
not enough energy out.
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So, the not enough
energy out we're correcting with
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exercise. But we
need to actually lower
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the energy that's coming in.
And so that means lowering the
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fat intake, lowering the sugar
intake, and actually attempting
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to lose weight down
to your ideal weight.
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JB: I remember hearing diabetes
is too much sugar, but you just
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said too much fat. And
this, we are growing in our
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understanding of this.
High fat diets lead to diabetes,
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don't they? NN: Correct.
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JB: Yeah, explain that for me.
NN: Well, fat actually gums up
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those insulin receptors,
and so it actually causes the
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problem to get worse
as far as the original
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cause of the type 2 diabetes.
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Now, in yesteryear we used
to treat diabetes--since we
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thought it was just
sugar-- we used to treat it with
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a high protein, high
fat diet, very low in carbs.
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And you know, the amazing thing
is we could control the blood
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sugars a little better that way,
because you're just not getting
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any that's coming in.
But the complications of the
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disease skyrocketed, so
you had more blindness, more
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kidney failure,
more neuropathy, more of
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all of the problems
that diabetes causes:
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strokes, heart attacks
- because a high protein,
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high fat diet is normally
high in cholesterol, high in
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saturated fat. But we
now know that if you're
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eating natural carbs, in their
natural state, and having a low
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fat diet and a lower
protein diet, we can control the
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blood sugars just as
well, because the fat isn't
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gumming up the
insulin receptors, and we can
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lower the risk of all
of those complications.
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JB: So what's the ideal diet
for a diabetic and some who has
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diabetes and wants
to reverse diabetes?
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NN: The ideal diet is
high in vegetables and legumes,
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whole grains are
part of the equation.
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Nuts in moderation, and when you
eat fruit--the northern fruits.
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JB: What are they? NN:
Those are going to be pears,
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apples, as compared to
the tropical fruits which are
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much higher in
the simple sugars.
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JB: Okay, so out
with the mangoes, out with
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the pineapples.
NN: That's right.
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JB: In with the
pears and apples.
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NN: Exactly. JB: Now
that doesn't sound so
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bad. NN: Yeah.
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JB: I'm thinking from
the perspective of somebody
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who's saying, "Oh, what
do I have to give up now?
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I'll tell you what you've got
to give up, man, you've got to
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give up diabetes. That's okay.
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NN: Exactly. If
you don't manage your
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diabetes, it's
going to manage you.
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JB: Yeah, well said. So
it's that a low fat, high
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natural diet. NN: Yeah.
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We have people that are on high
doses of insulin, that are out
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of control, and they
leave actually on no insulin and
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completely controlled
in their diabetes, and
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their complications reverse.
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Their painful neuropathy
is gone; they're able to walk
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and exercise five miles
a day, where they thought
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it was impossible for
them to do so because of pain
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in their feet.
Actual, real physiological
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changes can occur far
more powerful than medicine by
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getting on the right
diet and lifestyle, and it's
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not that hard to
do if you're educated.
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JB: I've told you the story once
before; I'll tell you again.
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A friend of mine was a great
big guy, way overweight, doing
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everything wrong,
eating junk and so forth.
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The doctor said, the diabetes is
at the place where we're going
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to have to put you on insulin.
I think that's how it was.
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It was time for insulin, anyway.
And he said, you know, I don't
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really want to do that.
Well, you're going to have to do
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it. My friend
said, will you give me
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a month? Give me a
month, and I'm going
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to see if there are some
things I can do naturally.
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And this is a guy that
hadn't done anything naturally.
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It was natural for
him to just get bigger.
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You know. And the
doctor said, it's your
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health, if that's
what you want to do.
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He said, well, I'll
check back with you in 30 days.
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He started to make the
very changes you're talking
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about. The very changes.
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And at the end of 30 days
he went to see his doctor, and
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the doctor said, whatever
you're doing, keep doing it.
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And now, this guy
is at his ideal weight.
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He exercises and loves to.
He says he's eating healthy food
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and he loves how it tastes.
The guy was like, sparkling.
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He said, I just can't tell
you how good food tastes now.
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No insulin, no
drugs, no nothing.
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And he turned it
around naturally.
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So, that's why I said
to you, is this quackery?
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I know the
answer: It isn't. But.
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But, why didn't his doctor
say to him, hey friend, this is
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what you've got to do?
NN: Doctors sometimes have a
00:16:11.53\00:16:13.90
paternalistic attitude
that says this is going to be
00:16:13.90\00:16:17.91
too hard for the
patient, so why even tell him
00:16:17.91\00:16:20.38
about it. And one
of the reasons why they
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have a tendency to think that
is because they're not on an
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ideal lifestyle themselves,
and they don't really want
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to do it themselves
so they assume nobody
00:16:28.85\00:16:30.95
else does either. But I
find it's much better to
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tell the patient what is
the most ideal, and then have
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them make the choice.
And so, there's a lot more
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people willing to
follow a program like that than
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many doctors believe.
JB: I have physician friends
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who've told me about patients
who say, you know, Doc, I've
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got this going on, and
the doctor says, well, if you
00:16:48.50\00:16:52.47
drink more water and
walk a mile a day, everything
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will be okay. And
the patient then says,
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Doctor, are you going
to write me a prescription,
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or am I going  have to
go and find me a doctor
00:17:01.65\00:17:03.92
who will? So
there's that to contend with
00:17:03.92\00:17:06.55
as well, isn't
there, in some minds?
00:17:06.55\00:17:08.62
NN: That's right. Yeah, exactly.
00:17:08.62\00:17:10.16
People anticipate when they
go to a doctor, they're going to
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get a pill, and if they
don't somehow they feel they've
00:17:12.63\00:17:15.63
been cheated. JB:
People are funny old things.
00:17:15.63\00:17:19.10
Sometimes they don't want
to help themselves even when
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the results are just
so dramatically good.
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And I think this is why we want
to approach this and everything
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else through the
lens of the Bible.
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Arm in arm or
heart in heart with God.
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Because ultimately what
we want to do is God's will.
00:17:33.52\00:17:36.79
NN: Yes. JB: And
going God's direction,
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doing things God's way.
There's much more to talk about.
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JB: Thanks for joining me.
An article I read suggested
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that if you eat out less
and eat with your family more,
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you're likely to
see these five benefits:
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You'll lose weight; your
children will be healthier;
00:18:18.46\00:18:20.93
you'll save money;
your family's bond will
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be stronger; and
your kids will have a
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healthier future.
I'm not sure if these are
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guarantees, but
they're sure good sense.
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God wants us to consider our
health for spiritual reasons.
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He said, "You were bought with a
price, therefore glorify God in
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your body and in your
spirit, which are God's."
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1 Corinthians 6:20.
Whatever you can do to give
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yourself a physical
edge is a good thing.
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While nobody's suggesting that
a person would never eat out,
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it's been proven that
eating together more as a family
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is good not only for
your health, but good for your
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well-being. And
that's something that's good
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for all of us.
I'm John Bradshaw for
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It Is Written. Let's
live today by every word.
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JB: Thanks for joining
me today on It Is Written.
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Dr. Nedley, when it comes to
diabetes let me ask you about
00:19:07.48\00:19:10.41
sugar, because there's this
thought that says if you're not
00:19:10.41\00:19:13.82
a diabetic, well hey,
it's okay to eat all you want.
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That cannot be the
right thought, but please,
00:19:16.48\00:19:21.12
you explain. NN:
Well, sugar even in a
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nondiabetic will
increase free radicals.
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In fact, there are studies
showing 14 times the free
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radical production
after drinking two sodas as
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compared to
drinking two glasses of
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water. JB:
What's a free radical?
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NN: A free radical is something
that's going to cause damage to
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your system; it's going to cause
blood vessel damage and it can
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get into the cells actually.
It's one of the reasons why
00:19:42.84\00:19:45.35
sugar has been
associated with several cancers.
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And so yes, you might not
get diabetes from it, if you
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don't have the gene,
but you can get something
00:19:51.95\00:19:55.62
else bad from it as well.
00:19:55.62\00:19:57.43
And of course it's one of
the main causes of premenstrual
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dysphoric disorder
in college students.
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It's a cause of dental carries.
You know, and these are in
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nondiabetics. The
American Heart Association
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recently stated that if you are
getting more than 150 calories
00:20:13.17\00:20:18.88
a day in sugar and you're a
female, you are dramatically
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increasing your risk of
heart disease and stroke
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because of the
blood vessel changes.
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Over 200 calories a day in
sugar--and that's not much--
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and so the headlines came
out after that, because one
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soda has more than
that. One soda a day can kill.
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And you know, heart disease and
vascular disease is still the
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number one cause of death in
this country, and we've focused
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in on cholesterol and
those things, and yeah, they're
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important, but we've
ignored the sugar part of this
00:20:47.44\00:20:49.94
disease. JB: Right,
sugar does some real
00:20:49.94\00:20:51.98
harm, doesn't
it? NN: That's right.
00:20:51.98\00:20:53.82
Refined sugar. JB:
I think too, sugar's
00:20:53.82\00:20:56.08
everywhere. NN: It is, yeah.
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JB: There are some breads loaded
with sugar, ketchup, loaded with
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sugar. It's not just candy.
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NN: That's right. JB:
There are some breakfast
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cereals that could practically
be classified as candy because
00:21:06.53\00:21:10.17
of the sugar
content. NN: That's right.
00:21:10.17\00:21:12.40
JB: And we tend to think if it's
in the cereal aisle, it's good
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for our kids. And
maybe it's anything but.
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NN: Average American is eating
140 pounds of it per year.
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140 pounds. JB: What
should that number be?
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Much less. NN: Much less.
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Less than 10. I eat
less than 10, and that
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means someone else is eating
about 300 to average me out.
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JB: Whew! I eat
less than 10 as well, so
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there's somebody getting
their share and my share, too.
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You see patients about this, you
consult with patients who are
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diabetic and
they're wrestling with this.
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So, do they listen to you?
And those who do, what do they
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experience? NN: They
do actually listen to
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.84
me, in most cases. I'm
not going to say everybody
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follows 100 percent
of what I recommend.
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But what I have found is,
if we show them the benefit
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and we also show them what
will happen if they don't go
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on this approach, and we
leave the choice to them,
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they're very willing
to be educated and to go
00:22:10.53\00:22:13.33
through this. So
they'll come to nutrition
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seminars we hold, they'll go
to reversing diabetes seminars
00:22:15.16\00:22:18.20
at Weimar. They'll
even go through the
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Weimar New Start Program.
They'll achieve optimal health.
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But one of the key components of
this, that a lot of people are
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not aware of, is the fact
that self-control is possible.
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A lot of people say well, that
might be true if I were able to
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change my lifestyle,
but I don't think I can.
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JB: Well, what's the
secret to self-control?
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.29
NN: The secret to self-control
is actually self-sacrifice.
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It's a self-sacrificing love.
And you know on the front end
00:22:51.07\00:22:55.40
it looks like a
tremendous sacrifice.
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You mean I'm going to have
to give up my Reese's Peanut
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Butter Cups? And I'm
going to have to give up
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.71
my four Dr. Peppers? I
don't think can do that.
00:23:01.71\00:23:05.35
But actually if we
take hold--this is where the
00:23:05.35\00:23:09.32
spiritual part
comes in--self-sacrificing
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love does not come from within.
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It comes from outside of
us. It's called the love of God.
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And the love of God changes
people, and it can change
00:23:18.79\00:23:22.30
the world. And if
we open ourselves up
00:23:22.30\00:23:25.07
to learning more about that love
and embracing the love of God
00:23:25.07\00:23:28.84
in our lives, we can have
comprehensive self-control.
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And we think it's self-sacrifice
on the front end, but it
00:23:33.51\00:23:36.88
actually is far
more life enhancing.
00:23:36.88\00:23:39.48
We're going to have a far
more pleasurable existence by
00:23:39.48\00:23:42.65
following the Lord's
will for us in a diabetes-
00:23:42.65\00:23:45.02
control program
than not controlling it.
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JB: I'd like to challenge
people to give it a try.
00:23:47.59\00:23:50.69
NN: Yeah. JB:
'Cause you know something
00:23:50.69\00:23:52.39
about
Christianity. Faith in God.
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.60
It isn't about how strong you
can be; it isn't about how much
00:23:54.60\00:23:58.73
self-control you can muster
up. It's really about your
00:23:58.73\00:24:02.80
willingness to take God at His
word and believe the promises
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.84
God makes to you. Many
people want to promise God,
00:24:05.84\00:24:08.31
I'll do this and I'll do
that. I'll just forget it.
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.95
Instead, believe
God's promises to you.
00:24:10.95\00:24:14.32
And when the Bible says My
God shall supply all your need,
00:24:14.32\00:24:17.55
and you need self-control,
you go to God and say,
00:24:17.55\00:24:20.39
here's the
promise. Philippians 4:19.
00:24:20.39\00:24:23.22
It's time for You to keep Your
promise, because this is what
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.79
I need and I can't do it myself.
00:24:25.79\00:24:27.66
NN: God will help
you. JB: That's right.
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.10
Not I, but Christ lives in me,
Paul wrote to the Galatians in
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chapter 2, and
verse 20 of that book.
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It's about coming to God
and saying I've tried it my way.
00:24:35.17\00:24:37.84
That's a dead-end street.
Time for me to try it Your way.
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Come and do in me
what YOU want to do.
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That's a surrendered life.
Jesus didn't even want to die on
00:24:44.05\00:24:46.98
the cross. Three
times he cried out, if
00:24:46.98\00:24:49.88
it's possible please no.
But He would follow that by
00:24:49.88\00:24:53.52
saying, Nevertheless not
my will but Your will be done.
00:24:53.52\00:24:58.23
And that's a
big key right there.
00:24:58.23\00:25:00.56
NN: Absolutely. JB: I
want to challenge you to
00:25:00.56\00:25:02.50
take God at His word.
If you don't have the self-
00:25:02.50\00:25:04.63
control, no sweat.
God's got plenty to give you.
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.44
If you don't even have the will.
Oh look, I'm out of control,
00:25:07.44\00:25:11.94
I'm spiraling out
of control, there's no
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.31
way I can do this right.
00:25:14.31\00:25:15.84
Ask God to give you the
will. Right now I don't want to,
00:25:15.84\00:25:19.25
God, but I would like
You to make me willing.
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And that's faith in God.
It's about turning your life
00:25:21.68\00:25:24.62
over to Christ and allowing
the Spirit of God to dwell
00:25:24.62\00:25:28.52
in you richly and do
the sorts of things that you
00:25:28.52\00:25:31.09
are not able to do.
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JB: If you'd like to know
what the Bible says about how to
00:25:40.47\00:25:41.97
live the longest, healthiest
life possible, let me send
00:25:41.97\00:25:45.41
you our free booklet,
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JB: Dr. Nedley, again,
thank you for joining me today.
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NN: It's been great being here.
JB: This has been a blessing.
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Lives have been helped.
As far as we want, our lives
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have been helped,
because you know the key is not
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to go and religiously
do all the new things I've
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learned, but it's to
go to God and say God,
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You do in me what You can do.
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And when we learn to do
that, the sky's the limit.
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NN: Yes. Absolutely.
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JB: Thanks again.
NN: You're welcome.
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JB: Let's pray together.
Our Father in heaven, we are
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grateful that there is a
God who would live His life
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in us. There is a
God so merciful to
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sinners that He would
forgive us and cleanse us.
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There is a God so powerful that
He can help us even when our
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lifestyle choices have led
us in unfortunate directions.
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You can lead us back
in the right direction.
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And we're
thankful for that today.
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And so keep and bless
us, let Your will be done.
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In Jesus' name, amen. NN: Amen.
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JB: I thank you for joining
me today, and I look forward to
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seeing you again next
time. Until then remember,
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it is written:
Man shall not live
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by bread alone
but by every word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God.
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