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>>John Bradshaw: This is It
Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thanks for joining me today.
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We're all familiar with dieting,
some of us very familiar.
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And dieting is today a
multi-billion-dollar industry.
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And there are diets everywhere.
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The South Beach
diet, and the Atkins diet,
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and the paleo diet.
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And many people try
these diets with success,
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and many don't.
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You're not surprised,
or wouldn't be surprised,
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if you walked by a bookstore
today and saw a brand new diet
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book right there being
advertised in the window of your
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favorite bookstore.
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You wouldn't be surprised.
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But what if I was to tell you
today that there is an original
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diet given us by God,
found in the holy Bible?
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And I might suggest to you today
that it is the most effective,
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healthy diet ever conceived.
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Well, I'm being joined
today by Dr. John Westerdahl,
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a nutritionist with
the Bragg Health Institute
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in Santa Barbara, California.
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Dr. Westerdahl,
thanks for joining me today.
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>>Dr. John Westerdahl: Oh, great
to be with you today, John.
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>>John: Now, you're of
the opinion that this book,
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the Bible,
contains the original diet.
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Tell me something about that.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, it does.
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I look at the Bible as the
greatest book on preventive
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medicine ever written.
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And there's a lot of things in
here about diet and nutrition,
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and mentioning all
different types of foods.
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>>John: Why should
a Christian believer
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be worried about
his or her health,
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other than you might
avoid a heart attack,
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not that that's a bad thing,
or live another year or two?
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Why is it
important to a believer?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
you know, the Bible tells us
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that our body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit,
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and that we should take
care of it and honor it,
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and put things in it
that promote good health
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as opposed to things
that may destroy this temple,
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this living temple.
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It's a
magnificent creation of God,
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and we need, need
to treat it that way.
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>>John: Tell me about
some of these health principles
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you find in the Bible.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: Because the
Bible is good for us,
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body, mind and spirit,
containing principles that,
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that minister to
all of those things.
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Now, we can go back,
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I guess, all the way
to the Old Testament...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: ...and find health
principles given us by God.
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What are some of those?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
some of those principles,
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of course, in spending time with
God in prayer and meditation,
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that's a health principle.
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>>John: It's good
for your health, huh?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
It's good for your health.
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It helps to control stress.
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It gives us peace of mind.
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And that's really important.
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That's like
nutrition for your brain,
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and for your mind,
and for your spirit.
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Also, the Bible,
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if you go back to the
old times in the Bible,
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the Old Testament and so forth,
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there are principles that God
tells us of ways we should eat.
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From the very beginning,
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in the Garden of
Eden diet in Genesis 1:29.
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>>John: There was a, a certain
diet in the Garden of Eden.
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>>Dr.
Westerdahl: Yes, there was.
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>>John: The Garden of Eatin'.
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What were they eatin' in Eden?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
Well, they were eating
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an all plant-based diet.
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There's no killing
in the Garden of Eden.
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It was all plant foods.
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It was a vegetarian diet.
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>>John: So what'd they eat?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: So
they ate fruits and nuts.
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Later on, uh,
they ate vegetables.
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God provided those foods to us,
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because He knew that those
were the best for our health.
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He supplied all the nutrients
that our body needs for good
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health and for wellness.
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And that's what
science today is showing,
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that eating more plant
foods, fruits and vegetables
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and whole grains,
nuts, legumes, beans, seeds,
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these things
actually have things in them
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that help prevent disease.
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Not only give us good nutrition,
but also prevent disease.
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And in some cases
can reverse disease,
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if we follow this type of diet.
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>>John: There's that
famous old quotation,
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“Let your food be your medicine
and your medicine be your food."
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
Yes, that was Hippocrates,
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the father of modern medicine,
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and he, uh, pointed that out.
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And that's very good counsel.
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Because if we follow
that rule and that guidance
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that we would live
longer, healthier lives.
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And something to think about,
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when you look at all
the cultures of the world.
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Before there was
medicine, there was food.
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Food was the medicine.
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It was not only food to
give you good nutrition,
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but it also was your medicine.
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>>John: The whole
concept of food being medicine,
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the best medicine being
food, is interesting, isn't it?
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What were some of these
health laws God introduced
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back in Old Testament times?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, one
of the biggest ones that I note
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is that, uh, to
not eat animal fat
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or eat the blood of animals.
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And when you think about that,
those are the disease components
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of those foods.
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>>John: God said eons
ago, don't eat fat or blood.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: And
someone's going to say,
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well, that was Moses,
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and we don't do all
that Mosaic stuff now.
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But let me come to
Acts, chapter 15 and verse 20,
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and this is at
the Jerusalem Council,
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where the New Testament
church, the early church,
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was wrestling
with certain ideas.
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What principles must we
enforce upon gentile believers?
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Acts 15, verse 20:
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“But that we write unto them
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that they abstain
from pollutions of idols,
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and from fornication,
and from things strangled,
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and from blood.”
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The New Testament book of Acts,
very plainly, don't eat blood.
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And again, why?
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Why, why is that principle good?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
blood carries the impurities
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of the body.
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So any illness of that cow
or whatever the animal may be,
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we're eating that.
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You know, there's been
concerns about mad cow disease
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in recent years.
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But what happens when
we eat all this blood?
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And when you eat meat,
that's what gives it its color,
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you know.
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You have blood; that juicy
hamburger has a lot of blood
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in it that you're eating.
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>>John: Um-hmm.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: So the
concept of not eating blood,
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not eating the animal fat,
is very good advice, I think,
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from the Bible.
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>>John: But
didn't Jesus eat meat?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, he did.
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>>John: The way
Jesus ate meat then,
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did it differ substantively from
the way people eat meat today?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
he followed the principles
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taught of not eating the
animal fat and the animal blood.
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He did eat fish,
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which is different than
some of those other animals.
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>>John: Now, somebody suggested
to me that in Bible times
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the way they drained the
blood out of all of the meat...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: ...it
wouldn't have tasted markedly
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different from the
sole of one's shoe.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
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>>John: Unless, of course,
it had been seasoned otherwise.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: They
would, uh, actually cut it up,
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wash out all that
blood, take all that fat out,
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and it would be just the,
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the description is
it tastes like blah.
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>>John: Yeah.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
There's no flavor,
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but they would season it.
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>>John: Yeah.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: So, but
they would remove all the blood
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and all the fat.
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>>John: You see those pictures
of the piece of steak that has
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been cut with a knife, and it's
beautifully pink on the inside.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
That's all the blood.
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>>John: Jesus
wasn't eating that, was he?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: No, he wasn't.
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>>John: And
there's no way around that.
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He, certainly he ate meat.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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Well, Jesus ate
the Mediterranean diet.
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Now, the
traditional Mediterranean diet,
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not the
Mediterranean diet of today,
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which incorporates a
lot of Western foods.
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But, uh, that was
largely a plant-based diet.
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Lots of fruits,
vegetables, whole grains,
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beans and legumes, with small
amounts of fish and so forth.
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>>John: And another thing
too: he ate that diet without
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owning an
automobile or riding the bus.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
A lot of exercise.
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>>John: A lot of exercise.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
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>>John: Yeah.
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So if we, perhaps, incorporated
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that type of exercise
regime into our diet today,
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that alone would
make a big difference.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
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It's all part of
having a balanced lifestyle.
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And including, nutrition is key,
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but exercise is
very important too.
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>>John: The original diet.
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It's just plain good for you.
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And it comes to you
right here, from the Bible.
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How good for us is it?
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And in what ways can
we learn to incorporate
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not only the
principles of this diet,
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but the blessings of
this diet into our lives?
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I'll be back with more
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from Dr. John
Westerdahl in just a moment.
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>>John: The same killer diseases
which have taken the lives of
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millions and
millions of people every year
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are taking the lives
of Christian believers,
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even though God has
told us plainly and clearly
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how we can avoid those diseases.
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>>John: This is It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thank you for joining me today.
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I'm joined by
nutritionist Dr. John Westerdahl
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from the Bragg Health Institute
in Santa Barbara, California.
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We're talking today
about the original diet.
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Not the South Beach diet;
that came a little bit later on.
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Not the paleo diet; that
was added kind of recently.
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But the original diet.
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The Bible diet.
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Now, Dr. Westerdahl,
very interesting Bible verse
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I wanted to share with you...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
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>>John: ...you right now.
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Exodus 15, verse 26.
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God said this:
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“If you will diligently harken
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to the voice of
the Lord thy God,
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and do that which
is right in His sight,
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and give ear to His statutes
and keep His commandments,
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I will put none of
these diseases upon you
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that I have put
upon the Egyptians.
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For I am the Lord
that healeth thee.”
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
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>>John: So follow my plan,
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you will not get
the Egyptian diseases.
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What did those
Egyptians suffer from?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Those
Egyptians had heart disease,
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they had cancer,
they had arthritis,
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they had diabetes.
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When we look at the
diseases of ancient Egypt,
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because they didn't follow
God's diet or His diet plan,
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we look at diseases
that are very similar
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to what we have in
the United States today.
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The same diseases
they had in ancient Egypt
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are the same
diseases we have today.
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You know, it's getting back to,
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going back to God's
principles of healthful living.
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And if we follow those, we
would not have those diseases.
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>>John: Now,
there are some cancers
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that are going
to get you anyway.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: It might be because
of environmental factors.
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It might be hereditary.
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It might have genes
that are predisposed.
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So we can't be
too strident and say,
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everybody who eats
like me will never get sick.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay. Yeah.
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>>John: Can we?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
What you would do,
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you would reduce your
risk of those diseases.
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>>John: Enormously, right?
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>>Dr.
Westerdahl: And enormously.
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>>John: Yeah.
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>>Dr.
Westerdahl: Seventy percent
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of all hospital admissions are,
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the patients that
are in the hospital today
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are there because of
their diet and lifestyle.
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So if we followed more
healthful living principles,
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uh, a lot of those
people won't be there.
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By following this original
diet that God has given us,
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we can substantially reduce
those risks of those diseases.
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>>John: The point is, by simply
making some small changes,
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by incorporating God's
principles into our lives,
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there are many people who
are flat out going to avoid
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doctor's visits,
emergency room visits.
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And they're going to arrive
20 years later to their funeral.
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>>Dr.
Westerdahl: That's correct.
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And what's
interesting to see is,
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when you take people who are
following the typical American
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diet, we call it the
standard American diet,
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SAD, S-A-D,
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when you take people
away from that and get them on
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a plant-based diet,
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they can actually
reverse some of these diseases,
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such as diabetes.
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And there have been
studies by one of my friends
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and colleagues, Dr.
Dean Ornish, for instance,
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who did a study where he
put people on an all plant-based
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diet, a
vegetarian diet, low fat,
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and showed that you can
actually reverse heart disease.
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Actually, the plaque buildup
on the walls of the arteries
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can actually be
reversed to some degree.
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Actually, 82 percent of the
patients he put on this diet,
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uh, had reversal
of heart disease.
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>>John: And this is
important we reiterate,
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because the
Bible says our bodies
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are the temple
of the Holy Spirit.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: You've
got people who say,
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well, you gotta
die of something,
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as they eat
another T-bone steak.
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And my response is,
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yeah, but you don't
have to die of everything.
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Now, I spoke to a
doctor friend of mine,
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and he told me about
some of the frustrations
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that he has working with people.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
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>>John: He said
this in a very nice way.
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He said he had a
patient there coming to see him,
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and he said to the patient,
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“You know, if you just
drank more water, you'd be okay.
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If you just drank more
water.” That's a simple change.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, it is.
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>>John: And the
patient responded by saying,
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so I'm sharing this
with you to challenge,
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to challenge
people watching right now.
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The patient responded by saying,
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“Doctor, are you going
to write me a prescription,
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or am I going to have
to go to another doctor
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who will write
me a prescription?”
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
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>>John: So
unfortunately, in many case,
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some cases, the remedy
is there and it's available,
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but there's a little
unwillingness on the part of
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some of us to make
even slight changes.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Right.
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I've known people,
young men, in fact,
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I remember one young man
that told me he's taking blood
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pressure medications, he
was just like in his thirties,
00:13:03.04\00:13:05.45
blood pressure medication
and high cholesterol medication.
00:13:05.48\00:13:08.95
And I told him, um, “Well, what
if I work with you and I can
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help you get off
those medications by
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following a
healthy diet?” And he said,
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“Well, I don't know if I
want to make those big drastic
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changes in my
lifestyle to do that.
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I'd rather eat
the way I want to.”
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And that's where we are today.
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We have to get into what
we call lifestyle medicine.
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That's the medicine
of the 21st century,
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where doctors are treating
their patients with lifestyle,
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instead of all these medications
and medical procedures.
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>>John: I want to ask you about
the article that I have here.
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It's from the
Wall Street Journal.
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I'm not going to drill
down too deep into the article.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
00:13:45.72\00:13:46.69
>>John: Headline:
“The Questionable Link
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between Saturated
Fat and Heart Disease.”
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And I saw this
just the other day
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from another perspective in a
British newspaper, front page.
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Why we can now
eat, bup, bup, bup,
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unhealthy food.
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Why is it that increasingly
there's pushback against this,
00:14:01.17\00:14:05.04
and people are reading
in reputable newspapers and
00:14:05.07\00:14:07.74
reputable websites, it's
okay to eat this bad stuff?
00:14:07.78\00:14:14.15
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
this is one of the frustrations
00:14:14.18\00:14:15.98
most Americans have today,
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‘cause they read one
day you should eat this way,
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and the next day you
should go another way.
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And sometimes it
happens, in this case,
00:14:21.62\00:14:24.03
for instance, a study has
come out where they're saying,
00:14:24.06\00:14:26.80
well, it looks like
saturated fat and cholesterol is
00:14:26.83\00:14:29.53
not all that bad for you.
00:14:29.56\00:14:31.27
That is totally
contradictory to the,
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the decades of
research which, uh,
00:14:34.24\00:14:36.24
substantiates that eating a
diet high in saturated fat and
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cholesterol will increase
your risk of heart disease.
00:14:40.38\00:14:44.58
You know, people like to
hear good news about bad habits.
00:14:44.61\00:14:47.22
When these studies come out,
00:14:47.25\00:14:48.95
they promote them
in the news media,
00:14:48.98\00:14:51.25
you'll see on the time, top
of Time magazine and so forth.
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But there are a lot of very
reputable scientists that are
00:14:54.76\00:14:57.66
questioning the results of this
study and the way it was done.
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I think the thing
is, we need to look at,
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as opposed to just one
study, look at the hundreds,
00:15:04.03\00:15:07.64
thousands of studies that
have been done over the years,
00:15:07.67\00:15:10.27
decades, actually, that
are saying the opposite.
00:15:10.31\00:15:13.94
>>John: And there might
be a couple of other things
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that we could factor in here.
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One, common sense.
00:15:16.24\00:15:17.68
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
00:15:17.71\00:15:18.95
>>John: Feed a guy junk food,
feed his brother healthy food.
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After a couple of years,
they're going to look different.
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After a few decades,
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they're going to
look very, very different.
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We all know.
00:15:27.76\00:15:28.29
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Right.
00:15:28.32\00:15:29.19
>>John: Eat
better. Exercise more.
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Lose weight.
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Do better.
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There's the common sense aspect.
00:15:32.49\00:15:34.23
And then,
there's the Bible aspect.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
00:15:36.56\00:15:37.50
>>John: What did God
say in the beginning?
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And, in fact,
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I think what I'll do is
I'll read this Bible verse.
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We eluded to it a moment ago.
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In Genesis,
chapter 1 and verse 29:
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“And God said,
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Behold, I have given
you every herb bearing seed,
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which is upon the
face of all the earth,
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and every tree, in the which
is the fruit of a tree yielding
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seed; to you it shall
be for meat.” Or for food.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
00:16:00.72\00:16:01.62
>>John: That's
how God described it.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's
the original diet of man.
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>>John: Okay, yeah.
00:16:03.76\00:16:04.93
Now, Dr. Westerdahl, there
are eight biblical principles,
00:16:04.96\00:16:09.93
eight biblical
laws that kind of sum up
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God's optimal
original dietary plan.
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In just a moment,
those eight natural laws
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and the example of Daniel,
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who incorporated
those laws into his life
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and saw enormous
spiritual benefits as a result.
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We'll be back in just a moment.
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A provincial government in the
Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu
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is about to ban junk food.
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The reason is,
massive amounts of Vanuatuans
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are suffering from lifestyle
diseases including diabetes.
00:17:01.88\00:17:05.09
While the United States
has a diabetes rate of 9.3%
00:17:05.12\00:17:08.66
which is a disaster.
00:17:08.69\00:17:10.33
Vanuatu has a rate of 24%,
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closely linked one study says
00:17:12.63\00:17:14.60
“with consumption
of animal proteins
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and simple carbohydrates.”
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They are sick of being sick,
00:17:18.77\00:17:20.27
and so they're
getting rid of a major cause.
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So, are there things in
your diet that are harming you
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that you ought
to just get rid of?
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And number two,
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are there things in your life
that are harming you spiritually
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things you could just let go?
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Jesus said in Matthew 18:8,
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“If your hand or
foot causes you to sin,
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cut it off and
cast it from you.”
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It's better to stumble into
heaven that to run into hell.
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I'm John Bradshaw
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Let's live today by every Word!
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>>John: Thanks for joining
me today on It Is Written.
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My special guest
today is a nutritionist,
00:17:53.07\00:17:55.70
Dr. John Westerdahl.
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Dr. Westerdahl, a moment ago
I mentioned that there are eight
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natural health laws.
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Real simple points...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: They are.
00:18:06.08\00:18:06.92
>>John:
...people can remember easy
00:18:06.95\00:18:08.48
and incorporate
into their lives.
00:18:08.52\00:18:09.65
I'd like you to walk
me through what those are.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
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They are nutrition.
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They are
exercise, water, sunshine,
00:18:13.12\00:18:16.62
temperance, being moderate in
all things and abstaining from
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harmful items, air, rest,
and trust in divine power.
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>>John: Okay, let's
walk through these...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
00:18:26.13\00:18:26.97
>>John: ...set
them up a little bit.
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>>John: Nutrition.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Nutrition we
talked about quite a bit today.
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>>John: So be
careful about what you eat.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Be
careful about what you eat.
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You know, you are what you eat,
and medical research is showing
00:18:32.34\00:18:34.91
that you've got
to eat healthy foods.
00:18:34.94\00:18:35.98
And, and we talked
about the original diet
00:18:36.01\00:18:38.85
that God has given us.
00:18:38.88\00:18:39.88
>>John: Okay.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Exercise,
we don't get enough exercise.
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We're sitting
around all the time.
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You know, we're
sloths in many ways,
00:18:43.82\00:18:45.75
just sitting in
front of, watching TV.
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>>John: Something I read
that bothered me somewhat.
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The longer people sit down...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
00:18:52.43\00:18:53.60
>>John: ...the more
prone they are to die early.
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And clearly, it's not
just sitting or standing,
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I wouldn't think, but
if you're sitting down
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you're not exercising.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
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And at the workplace,
get up and get some walking.
00:19:02.57\00:19:04.11
But getting out,
getting what we cardiovascular,
00:19:04.14\00:19:06.78
respiratory type of exercise.
00:19:06.81\00:19:08.51
Getting fresh air.
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Get that heart beating.
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It's very important.
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It's one of the, um,
things for longevity.
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>>John: Water?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Water.
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Now, that's water on the
inside, getting fresh water,
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pure water,
drinking it, because,
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.49
you know, 70 percent
of our bodies are water.
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We need water.
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>>John: So soda
doesn't count for water?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Soda
does not count for water.
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You've got to
drink that pure water.
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>>John: Coffee?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
Coffee, there's water in it,
00:19:31.13\00:19:32.80
but there's diuretics in it
too, in the form of caffeine,
00:19:32.83\00:19:35.50
so you're losing
a lot of that water.
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>>John: Okay.
00:19:37.04\00:19:37.94
>>Dr. Westerdahl:
So getting pure water.
00:19:37.97\00:19:38.47
>>John: Pure water.
00:19:38.51\00:19:39.74
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And then water
on the outside is important too,
00:19:39.77\00:19:41.64
because what that does,
00:19:41.68\00:19:42.71
it helps with our
hygiene, cleanliness.
00:19:42.74\00:19:45.05
There's what we
call hydrotherapy,
00:19:45.08\00:19:46.65
people getting into Jacuzzis and
getting water treatments that
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are healing, and they
are natural remedies as well.
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>>John: Now, the T,
the first T in these eight,
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the fourth point was...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Temperance.
00:19:58.53\00:19:59.29
>>John: Okay, so.
00:19:59.33\00:20:00.53
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And
that's an old term that's used,
00:20:00.56\00:20:01.60
uh, Christians of old
time knew that all the time.
00:20:01.63\00:20:04.43
The temperance
movement, you know.
00:20:04.47\00:20:05.77
>>John: Temperance.
00:20:05.80\00:20:06.87
Moderation in all things.
00:20:06.90\00:20:07.94
Does that mean
moderation in M&Ms
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and moderation in pork chops,
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or does that mean
moderation in the good stuff?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
In the good stuff.
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Temperance means staying
away from the bad things.
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And even the good
things, you need to be balanced
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and be
temperate, and not overdo.
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>>John: You know what we did?
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We missed one. We missed...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Oh, sunshine.
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>>John: We
missed S for sunshine.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
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>>John: Now, somebody
like me, I mean, look,
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I'm the whitest
guy that ever lived,
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and I can get, I can
get sunburned in the dark.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: Sunshine.
What's the deal there?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: There's
temperance with that too.
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Sunshine is really good for you.
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In fact, there's a certain type
of cholesterol under your skin
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that, when the sun shines on it,
it converts it into vitamin D.
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It's important to help in making
certain hormones in the body.
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And you need some sun every day.
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It's very important.
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However, don't overdo it,
because too much can lead to
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skin cancer and, uh,
premature aging of the skin.
00:20:54.52\00:20:57.85
>>John: Okay. The A is for air.
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We all know we need air.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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And yes, getting out
and getting some fresh air.
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Some people are more fortunate
to live in non-polluted cities
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where they can get
really good fresh air.
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But, uh, getting
out, getting fresh air,
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is really important
because we need that oxygen.
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And air is the, uh,
invisible staff of life.
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>>John: Umm.
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R for rest.
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Rest.
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>>John: How much, how much sleep
should a person be getting?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, you
know, there's debate on that.
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You know, I think most experts
would say try to get at least
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eight hours of
sleep a day, if possible.
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So that's important.
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We need to take some
time to get some rest.
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And it's not just sleeping.
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It's taking some
time during the week
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to get away from the
stresses of daily life.
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And another biblical principle
is having a Sabbath day.
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In fact, taking one day in seven
is a restful thing spiritually,
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it's important for
our spiritual nutrition,
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but it also helps
us in having physical,
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mental and
spiritual rest at one time.
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>>John: The final
T in this thing...
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
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>>John: ...T for trust in God.
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How does trust in
God benefit a person,
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body, mind and
spirit, regarding,
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in terms of their health?
00:22:06.09\00:22:07.69
>>Dr.
Westerdahl: Well, you know,
00:22:07.72\00:22:08.59
it's interesting
you brought that up,
00:22:08.62\00:22:09.72
because there's some
scientific evidence now to show
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that people who go
to church regularly,
00:22:11.36\00:22:13.29
that have a faith,
00:22:13.33\00:22:15.23
that practice and live a faith,
00:22:15.26\00:22:16.97
have lower risk
of heart disease.
00:22:17.00\00:22:19.50
They're able to have
lower rates of blood pressure,
00:22:19.53\00:22:21.90
better marital satisfaction,
generally being able to control
00:22:21.94\00:22:25.94
and handle the stresses
of daily living as well.
00:22:25.97\00:22:29.01
>>John: Now, let's look at
a biblical example of somebody
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who put these good
biblical health principles
00:22:31.68\00:22:33.68
into practice and was
blessed spiritually as a result.
00:22:33.72\00:22:37.65
The Israelites
had just suffered a,
00:22:37.69\00:22:40.76
a crushing blow.
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.32
Nebuchadnezzar from
Babylon had come up to Jerusalem
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and destroyed the place,
00:22:44.96\00:22:46.33
sacked the temple,
00:22:46.36\00:22:47.86
and taken many of
the people prisoners,
00:22:47.93\00:22:50.17
marching them across
the desert to Babylon.
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It was terrible.
00:22:52.13\00:22:53.10
Daniel was now a
slave in Babylon.
00:22:53.13\00:22:57.21
And the Bible says,
00:22:57.24\00:22:58.77
“The king appointed them a daily
provision of the king's meat,
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[the king's food],
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and of the wine which he drank:
so nourishing them three years,
00:23:03.24\00:23:06.58
that at the end thereof they
might stand before the king.”
00:23:06.61\00:23:09.75
So the king
said, "Dinner's on me."
00:23:09.78\00:23:13.52
Daniel said, "no way."
00:23:13.56\00:23:15.56
Verse 8: “Daniel purposed
in his heart that he would not
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defile himself with the
portion of the king's meat,
00:23:19.86\00:23:23.16
nor with the
wine which he drank:
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therefore he requested
of the prince of the eunuchs
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that he might
not defile himself.”
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And as we come
down a little further,
00:23:29.90\00:23:32.47
uh, in verse 12,
Daniel requested,
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“Prove your servants,
I beseech thee, ten days;
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and let them give us pulse
to eat, and water to drink.”
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Firstly, what's pulse?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl:
Some people refer to it as,
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like lentils might be a pulse.
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>>John: All right.
00:23:47.22\00:23:48.02
So it's
certainly, uh, plant-based,
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and it's healthy stuff.
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How well did Daniel do as a
result of this dietary plan?
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>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well,
they were healthier and stronger
00:23:55.06\00:23:57.33
than the king's men.
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>>John: In fact, if
I were to look at this,
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I would find where the Bible
says that when the king checked
00:24:01.20\00:24:05.37
them out, he found
them to be ten times wiser.
00:24:05.41\00:24:10.55
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That's right.
00:24:10.58\00:24:11.58
>>John: Isn't that remarkable?
00:24:11.61\00:24:12.28
>>Dr. Westerdahl: It is.
00:24:12.31\00:24:12.85
>>John: Ten times wiser.
00:24:12.88\00:24:14.08
Now, I don't know
if there was an IQ test
00:24:14.12\00:24:15.55
and they had ten times the
IQ points or not, but still,
00:24:15.58\00:24:18.19
the biblical
terminology makes it dramatic.
00:24:18.22\00:24:21.52
Daniel and his
friends prospered.
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.29
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
00:24:23.32\00:24:24.39
>>John: If they
were just healthier,
00:24:24.43\00:24:26.43
that would be one thing.
00:24:26.46\00:24:28.63
>>John: But I believe it's no
coincidence that the very next
00:24:28.66\00:24:31.00
chapter, Daniel, chapter
two, finds a spiritual crisis.
00:24:31.03\00:24:35.84
King Nebuchadnezzar has a
dream that he can't remember.
00:24:35.87\00:24:38.97
None of the wise men can
tell him what the dream was
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.54
or what it means.
00:24:41.58\00:24:43.31
But Daniel and his
friends pray to God.
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.35
God gives Daniel the
interpretation of the dream.
00:24:46.38\00:24:50.62
I think it's fair to say that if
Daniel had not been preserving
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.56
himself physically, God would
not have been able to bless him
00:24:53.59\00:24:56.76
so well spiritually.
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.36
Would you agree?
00:24:58.39\00:24:58.99
>>Dr. Westerdahl: I agree.
00:24:59.03\00:24:59.96
>>John: Dr. Westerdahl,
00:25:00.06\00:25:00.93
God's healthcare
plan is pretty simple.
00:25:00.96\00:25:03.30
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, it is.
00:25:03.33\00:25:04.37
>>John: No trips to
the bookstore necessary
00:25:04.40\00:25:05.83
unless you don't
have one of these Bibles.
00:25:05.87\00:25:07.80
It's pretty
succinctly explained,
00:25:07.84\00:25:10.57
and the science demonstrates
00:25:10.61\00:25:12.31
that it's
effective and it works.
00:25:12.34\00:25:14.61
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, it does.
00:25:14.64\00:25:15.91
>>John: What's your
advice, in a nutshell,
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.38
to somebody thinking, I
need to make some changes?
00:25:17.41\00:25:21.08
>>Dr. Westerdahl: I
would say go back to this book.
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.68
Look at the original diet of
man that was given to us by God,
00:25:22.72\00:25:26.55
and it'll make some
great changes in your life.
00:25:26.59\00:25:30.09
>>John: The same killer diseases
which have taken the lives of
00:25:31.06\00:25:33.56
millions and
millions of people every year
00:25:33.60\00:25:36.63
are taking the lives
of Christian believers,
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.27
even though God has
told us plainly and clearly
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.80
how we can avoid those diseases.
00:25:40.84\00:25:43.44
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>>John: Today we've
looked at the original diet,
00:26:32.45\00:26:35.26
given to us by God
and promised by God
00:26:35.29\00:26:39.53
to be a blessing in our lives.
00:26:39.56\00:26:41.90
Dr. John Westerdahl, thank you
so much for joining me today.
00:26:41.93\00:26:44.73
>>Dr. Westerdahl: It's great
to be with you today, John.
00:26:44.77\00:26:46.50
>>John: It's been a
pleasure to have you here.
00:26:46.53\00:26:47.70
You've blessed immensely.
00:26:47.74\00:26:48.50
Let's pray together...
00:26:48.54\00:26:49.37
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Sure.
00:26:49.40\00:26:50.44
>>John: ...and ask
God's blessing on all of us,
00:26:50.47\00:26:52.37
particularly those of us who've
decided that we're going to make
00:26:52.41\00:26:55.38
some changes in our lives.
00:26:55.41\00:26:56.91
Our Father in Heaven, we
thank you today for Jesus,
00:26:56.95\00:27:00.45
the Great Physician.
00:27:00.48\00:27:01.88
We thank you for the Bible,
00:27:01.92\00:27:03.99
the best book on
health ever written,
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.29
and for that original diet that,
00:27:06.32\00:27:08.19
when followed has been
demonstrated again and again
00:27:08.22\00:27:11.69
not only to make us healthier,
00:27:11.73\00:27:13.73
but happier and contribute to us
being holier, more like Jesus.
00:27:13.76\00:27:19.30
Fill us with your Spirit,
and guide us in your way.
00:27:19.33\00:27:21.97
I pray that we can
live that more abundant life
00:27:22.00\00:27:25.11
promised us by God.
00:27:25.14\00:27:26.88
We thank you
today for being with us,
00:27:26.91\00:27:28.31
and we pray, gratefully,
00:27:28.34\00:27:30.35
in Jesus' name.
00:27:30.38\00:27:31.95
Amen.
00:27:31.98\00:27:33.31
>>John: Thank you
for joining me today.
00:27:33.35\00:27:34.42
I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
00:27:34.45\00:27:36.58
Until then, remember:
00:27:36.62\00:27:38.45
"It is written:
00:27:38.49\00:27:40.02
'Man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:27:40.06\00:27:42.79
but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
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