¤[music ends]¤¤
00:00:16.78\00:00:18.75
¤[reflective music]¤
00:00:18.78\00:00:19.81
>>John Bradshaw: It's no
secret that people living
00:00:19.85\00:00:21.52
in the Western
world are suffering
00:00:21.55\00:00:23.08
from serious health challenges.
00:00:23.12\00:00:25.12
Obesity rates
are through the roof.
00:00:25.15\00:00:27.49
Diabetes and prediabetes
are out of control, it seems.
00:00:27.52\00:00:30.86
And everything from dementia
to autism is running amok.
00:00:30.89\00:00:34.86
Here's what you need to know.
00:00:34.93\00:00:36.40
You don't have to suffer
from illnesses and disorders.
00:00:36.43\00:00:39.90
In the vast majority of cases,
00:00:39.93\00:00:42.14
you can
experience better health.
00:00:42.17\00:00:44.64
¤[music continues]¤
00:00:44.67\00:00:49.31
Thanks for joining
me on "It Is Written."
00:00:49.34\00:00:51.81
Good health is a good
idea, but for some people
00:00:51.85\00:00:55.18
good health seems
to be out of reach
00:00:55.22\00:00:57.02
because good health costs real
money, or at least it seems to.
00:00:57.05\00:01:00.89
Health insurance can
be horrendously expensive.
00:01:00.92\00:01:03.66
Visit a health food
store and you'll understand
00:01:03.69\00:01:05.56
why many people simply
shop where they can afford
00:01:05.59\00:01:08.30
to buy food to put on the table,
00:01:08.33\00:01:10.53
even though it might
not be the best quality.
00:01:10.57\00:01:12.87
But having better health
does not have to break the bank.
00:01:12.90\00:01:15.97
We're going to discuss
better health on a budget.
00:01:16.00\00:01:19.24
I'm going to share
ideas and principles with you
00:01:19.27\00:01:21.58
that pretty much anyone
can follow and implement.
00:01:21.61\00:01:24.58
But first, why
talk about this at all?
00:01:24.61\00:01:27.42
Primarily, better
health is God's idea,
00:01:27.45\00:01:31.85
and your physical
health is connected
00:01:31.89\00:01:33.49
to your spiritual health.
00:01:33.52\00:01:35.29
God's wish is that you "prosper
in all things and be in health,"
00:01:35.32\00:01:39.69
according to 3 John, verse 2.
00:01:39.73\00:01:41.53
You want to thrive spiritually.
00:01:41.56\00:01:44.00
You want to thrive physically,
as far as you're able.
00:01:44.03\00:01:46.47
In the Bible,
"Daniel purposed in his heart
00:01:46.50\00:01:48.64
"that he would
not defile himself
00:01:48.67\00:01:50.24
"with the portion of
the king's delicacies,
00:01:50.27\00:01:52.37
nor with the
wine which he drank."
00:01:52.41\00:01:54.88
When the king's
unclean and unhealthy food
00:01:54.91\00:01:57.71
and his fermented wine were
served, Daniel refused them.
00:01:57.75\00:02:01.92
And after 10 days of
honoring God in his diet,
00:02:01.95\00:02:05.05
Daniel and his
friends were visibly healthier
00:02:05.09\00:02:07.72
than the rest of the young men.
00:02:07.76\00:02:09.59
As a result, Daniel was
blessed with spiritual wisdom
00:02:09.62\00:02:12.86
and insight, and he wrote one
of the most consequential books
00:02:12.89\00:02:16.20
in the entire Bible.
00:02:16.23\00:02:18.13
Paul wrote that
"your body is the temple
00:02:18.17\00:02:20.64
"of the Holy Spirit..., and
[that] you are not your own?
00:02:20.67\00:02:23.97
"For you were bought at a price;
00:02:24.01\00:02:25.71
"therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit,
00:02:25.74\00:02:29.81
which are God's."
00:02:29.84\00:02:31.31
So, this matters.
00:02:31.35\00:02:32.75
Now, consider that
global health statistics
00:02:32.78\00:02:35.52
make for scary reading and this
becomes important for survival.
00:02:35.55\00:02:39.85
This is Dr. James
Elsey, professor of surgery
00:02:39.89\00:02:42.79
at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston,
00:02:42.82\00:02:46.16
writing for the
American College of Surgeons:
00:02:46.19\00:02:49.03
"Currently the US, compared
to similar Western countries,
00:02:49.06\00:02:52.80
"has the lowest
life expectancy at birth,
00:02:52.83\00:02:55.60
"highest reported
maternal and infant mortality,
00:02:55.64\00:02:58.94
"highest hospitalization
rate from preventable causes,
00:02:58.97\00:03:02.38
"highest death
rate for avoidable
00:03:02.41\00:03:04.41
"and treatable conditions,
highest suicide rate,
00:03:04.45\00:03:07.82
and highest chronic disease
burden rate in the world."
00:03:07.85\00:03:12.15
He also says health
care in the U.S. "has evolved
00:03:12.19\00:03:15.09
"into a highly
corporatized system controlled
00:03:15.12\00:03:18.06
"by a decreasing number
00:03:18.09\00:03:19.53
"of increasingly
powerful conglomerates
00:03:19.56\00:03:22.36
"where profit is
often the main metric
00:03:22.40\00:03:25.10
of performance and success."
00:03:25.13\00:03:27.54
And that isn't going to change.
00:03:27.57\00:03:29.90
Health care in the U.S.
is a for-profit industry,
00:03:29.94\00:03:32.87
which is good in some
ways, not so good in others.
00:03:32.91\00:03:36.48
The primary responsibility
of a for-profit enterprise
00:03:36.51\00:03:39.41
is...profitability.
00:03:39.45\00:03:41.65
If you need surgery or if
you've been in an accident
00:03:41.68\00:03:44.12
and you need someone
to put you back together,
00:03:44.15\00:03:46.02
you can't beat the
U.S. health care system.
00:03:46.05\00:03:49.42
But if you actually want
to get well and stay well,
00:03:49.46\00:03:53.63
you really have to take
matters into your own hands
00:03:53.66\00:03:55.90
and start making
decisions that will benefit you.
00:03:55.93\00:03:59.47
Now, when you start to
talk about better health
00:03:59.50\00:04:01.37
on a budget, there
are a couple of places
00:04:01.40\00:04:03.10
your mind might predictably go.
00:04:03.14\00:04:05.31
If you want to
pay less for food,
00:04:05.34\00:04:07.18
you might want to buy in bulk.
00:04:07.21\00:04:08.78
But for many
people, buying in bulk
00:04:08.81\00:04:10.38
simply isn't really an option.
00:04:10.41\00:04:12.41
Not everyone has enough
money to buy 48 of everything.
00:04:12.45\00:04:15.52
And not everyone has the
space to store 48 cans of beans
00:04:15.55\00:04:18.55
or 25 pounds of rice.
00:04:18.59\00:04:20.62
Buying in bulk is a good idea,
but it isn't practical for all.
00:04:20.66\00:04:24.23
But we'll put that on
our list with an asterisk.
00:04:24.26\00:04:27.36
You could buy generic.
00:04:27.40\00:04:28.53
Store brands can be cheaper,
and the quality is the same.
00:04:28.56\00:04:32.03
Supermarket X doesn't have its
own factory making pasta sauce.
00:04:32.07\00:04:36.17
It's made by one of the big
manufacturers and relabeled.
00:04:36.20\00:04:39.07
So you're
getting regular quality,
00:04:39.11\00:04:41.48
and it isn't costing
you so much. So that's good.
00:04:41.51\00:04:44.08
We'll put that on our
list without an asterisk.
00:04:44.11\00:04:46.98
But at the end of the day
00:04:47.02\00:04:48.42
you've saved $14
on your grocery bill.
00:04:48.45\00:04:51.39
And while that's something,
00:04:51.42\00:04:52.99
it isn't changing a
whole lot about your situation.
00:04:53.02\00:04:56.52
You could shop
around for health insurance.
00:04:56.56\00:04:58.59
But it's all expensive.
00:04:58.63\00:04:59.79
So it's a bit like saving
$10 on a designer handbag,
00:04:59.83\00:05:02.73
still costing you a ton.
00:05:02.76\00:05:05.03
Medication is expensive.
00:05:05.07\00:05:07.40
Trips to the
doctor can be expensive.
00:05:07.44\00:05:10.47
An unexpected visit
to the emergency room
00:05:10.51\00:05:12.87
or an urgent care
clinic can break the bank,
00:05:12.91\00:05:16.21
especially given
that one in four Americans
00:05:16.24\00:05:18.68
have less than
$1,000 in savings.
00:05:18.71\00:05:22.45
What's better is to
not need the medication
00:05:22.48\00:05:26.02
or the visit to the doctor.
00:05:26.05\00:05:27.52
Of course, that's
not always possible
00:05:27.56\00:05:29.89
for a variety of reasons.
00:05:29.92\00:05:31.13
Sometimes things just happen.
00:05:31.16\00:05:34.20
But what if you could
keep them from happening?
00:05:34.23\00:05:36.67
The good news is, in
many instances, you can.
00:05:36.70\00:05:40.80
I'm going to come at this
00:05:40.84\00:05:41.70
from a couple of
different directions.
00:05:41.74\00:05:43.34
If we're looking at
better health on a budget,
00:05:43.37\00:05:45.81
then we want to know,
00:05:45.84\00:05:46.94
A, how to
experience better health,
00:05:46.98\00:05:49.78
and, B, how to
positively impact our budget,
00:05:49.81\00:05:53.52
free up resources that
we can invest in our health.
00:05:53.55\00:05:58.29
Right now in California,
venture capitalist Bryan Johnson
00:05:58.32\00:06:02.29
is trying to live forever.
00:06:02.32\00:06:04.86
He's following a regimen
that can only be described
00:06:04.89\00:06:07.46
as remarkable or extreme.
00:06:07.50\00:06:10.97
Mr. Johnson is taking dozens
of supplement pills a day.
00:06:11.00\00:06:13.80
One report said 54;
some reports say 100.
00:06:13.84\00:06:17.51
He eats a very
carefully curated diet
00:06:17.54\00:06:20.58
and is being assisted
by a team of 30 doctors
00:06:20.61\00:06:23.21
and regenerative experts.
00:06:23.24\00:06:25.28
It's all costing him
two million dollars a year.
00:06:25.31\00:06:29.12
The results he's achieving
are mind boggling, really.
00:06:29.15\00:06:32.29
According to
doctors, Mr. Johnson,
00:06:32.32\00:06:34.99
while in his late 40s,
"has the heart of a 37-year-old,
00:06:35.02\00:06:39.06
"the skin of a 28-year-old
and the lung capacity
00:06:39.09\00:06:42.30
and fitness of an 18-year-old."
00:06:42.33\00:06:44.50
Whereas normal
aging is measured at 1.0,
00:06:44.53\00:06:47.60
Mr. Johnson is aging at .64,
00:06:47.64\00:06:51.61
meaning that every year he ages
only seven and a half months.
00:06:51.64\00:06:56.44
But improving your
health doesn't have to be
00:06:56.48\00:06:58.41
that complex or expensive.
00:06:58.45\00:07:00.12
You and me? We're
never going to be able to do
00:07:00.15\00:07:02.28
all that Bryan Johnson is doing.
00:07:02.32\00:07:03.69
And, of course, he's
not going to live forever.
00:07:03.72\00:07:06.89
But he is proving
something very important.
00:07:06.92\00:07:10.89
If you do certain things, and
if you don't do certain things,
00:07:10.93\00:07:15.63
you do better.
00:07:15.66\00:07:17.17
You can radically
impact your health.
00:07:17.20\00:07:20.80
So, what can you do that
won't break the bank and that
00:07:21.80\00:07:23.94
will almost certainly improve
your health significantly?
00:07:23.97\00:07:27.31
Now, to be clear,
I'm not making promises.
00:07:27.34\00:07:29.71
I hope you'll do your
own research and speak
00:07:29.74\00:07:31.71
with your doctor,
but here's what we know.
00:07:31.75\00:07:34.22
The system, as it
currently is, has failed us.
00:07:34.25\00:07:37.69
The foods we eat in the U.S.
00:07:37.72\00:07:39.09
are filled with preservatives,
dyes, and chemicals
00:07:39.12\00:07:41.59
which many other
countries have banned.
00:07:41.62\00:07:44.66
There was a
controversy for years
00:07:44.69\00:07:46.39
about a food
coloring known as Red #3.
00:07:46.43\00:07:49.30
In 1990--in 1990!--it was banned
00:07:49.33\00:07:54.30
for use in the United States
00:07:54.34\00:07:55.84
in topical drugs and cosmetics
after the FDA determined
00:07:55.87\00:08:00.11
the dye caused cancer
when eaten by animals.
00:08:00.14\00:08:03.78
But for more than 30
years after that, it was allowed
00:08:03.81\00:08:08.15
in foods,
supplements, and oral drugs.
00:08:08.18\00:08:11.62
And even the ban on Red 3
allowed manufacturers to use it
00:08:11.65\00:08:14.46
for two more years.
00:08:14.49\00:08:15.69
Bottom line, it was known
for years that Red 3 is harmful,
00:08:15.72\00:08:19.66
but nothing was done to
take it out of the food supply.
00:08:19.69\00:08:23.16
Another one:
00:08:23.20\00:08:24.23
There's a huge debate
about glyphosate in food,
00:08:24.27\00:08:27.24
with people claiming
it's linked to cancer
00:08:27.27\00:08:29.80
and other disastrous outcomes.
00:08:29.84\00:08:32.27
A chemical, glyphosate
is the active ingredient
00:08:32.31\00:08:34.78
in the world's most
widely used weed killer.
00:08:34.81\00:08:38.38
While it can no longer
be used by home gardeners,
00:08:38.41\00:08:41.18
largely due to a
massive amount of lawsuits,
00:08:41.22\00:08:44.02
farmers can still use it.
00:08:44.05\00:08:46.05
In other words, glyphosate
still gets sprayed on plants,
00:08:46.09\00:08:50.66
which become the food you eat.
00:08:50.69\00:08:53.23
The challenge is, of course,
proving glyphosate is harmful.
00:08:53.26\00:08:56.43
You just can't do tests
in which you expose people
00:08:56.46\00:08:59.13
to a potential carcinogen.
00:08:59.17\00:09:01.07
One big
challenge with all of this
00:09:01.10\00:09:02.57
is that "much of the
epidemiological data we do have
00:09:02.60\00:09:06.78
"comes directly
from scientists employed
00:09:06.81\00:09:10.21
by the companies
producing herbicides."
00:09:10.25\00:09:13.15
How do you spell
"conflict of interest"?
00:09:13.18\00:09:16.02
Pesticides are
sprayed about with enthusiasm,
00:09:16.05\00:09:19.69
and the potential for that
to negatively impact humans
00:09:19.72\00:09:22.16
is obviously huge. It's
hard to imagine that it doesn't.
00:09:22.19\00:09:26.63
It reminds me of what
happened with cigarettes.
00:09:26.66\00:09:28.53
Years ago doctors
would recommend them.
00:09:28.56\00:09:30.80
Then we learned they
were killing us, and yet
00:09:30.83\00:09:32.67
big tobacco maintained
cigarettes were not harmful.
00:09:32.70\00:09:35.30
So if tobacco
companies maintained that
00:09:35.34\00:09:37.11
their harmful
product wasn't harmful,
00:09:37.14\00:09:40.54
you think the same
could be happening today
00:09:40.58\00:09:42.21
with other products?
00:09:42.24\00:09:43.88
Add to that, drug companies
often run their own tests
00:09:43.91\00:09:47.88
to determine whether or
not their drugs are safe.
00:09:47.92\00:09:51.95
So what can you expect the
results of those tests to be?
00:09:51.99\00:09:55.22
And today, we eat food
that's so highly processed
00:09:55.26\00:09:58.43
it barely even resembles food.
00:09:58.46\00:10:00.43
The system is failing us.
00:10:00.46\00:10:03.30
When I was growing
up, autism was unheard of.
00:10:03.33\00:10:06.23
In the year 2000, one in
150 U.S. kids had autism.
00:10:06.27\00:10:11.71
Today, it's one in 31.
00:10:11.74\00:10:14.61
In California,
it's close to one in 20.
00:10:14.64\00:10:18.98
That's catastrophic!
00:10:19.01\00:10:21.35
While no one will
tell you the cause,
00:10:21.38\00:10:23.42
it's impossible to imagine that
the soup of chemicals and dyes,
00:10:23.45\00:10:29.22
and highly processed
items that are barely food,
00:10:29.26\00:10:32.93
and drugs and
medications and all of that
00:10:32.96\00:10:35.36
can't have
anything to do with it.
00:10:35.40\00:10:38.00
Add to that, we are more
sedentary than ever before.
00:10:38.03\00:10:40.97
People are glued
to their devices.
00:10:41.00\00:10:42.87
Fewer kids are raised where
they have room to run and play.
00:10:42.90\00:10:47.21
We're caught in a
trap of our own making,
00:10:47.24\00:10:49.48
and if you live
like everyone else lives,
00:10:49.51\00:10:51.95
you're going to die
like everyone else dies.
00:10:51.98\00:10:55.12
But ya don't have to.
00:10:55.15\00:10:57.32
Now, a couple of things--
00:10:57.35\00:10:58.59
one, yes, some people
find it hard to make changes.
00:10:58.62\00:11:01.76
Yes, that's true.
00:11:01.79\00:11:03.06
But not making changes
is not really an option.
00:11:03.09\00:11:06.13
And I'm not against
people enjoying junk food
00:11:06.16\00:11:08.86
or snack food.
No one wants to see
00:11:08.90\00:11:10.87
french fries disappear entirely.
00:11:10.90\00:11:13.00
We're not going to
ban cheesecake or M&Ms.
00:11:13.03\00:11:16.37
But it would be good
to see foods like this
00:11:16.40\00:11:18.14
produced without
potentially harmful dyes
00:11:18.17\00:11:21.21
and other harmful ingredients.
00:11:21.24\00:11:23.45
But whatever
happens or doesn't happen,
00:11:23.48\00:11:25.31
there is a way you can
coexist with these things
00:11:25.35\00:11:27.98
so that you don't have
to become another statistic.
00:11:28.02\00:11:31.42
Everyone in your family
has diabetes or heart issues?
00:11:31.45\00:11:34.86
Doesn't mean you have to.
00:11:34.89\00:11:36.69
One more thing:
00:11:36.73\00:11:38.03
There are more than 8
billion people in the world.
00:11:38.06\00:11:41.70
There will be
exceptions to every rule,
00:11:41.73\00:11:45.40
even to what I'm
about to tell you.
00:11:45.43\00:11:47.74
We've got something for you
at It Is Written that combines
00:11:47.77\00:11:50.11
good health principles
and the study of the Bible:
00:11:50.14\00:11:53.14
The New Beginnings
Health and Bible Study Guides,
00:11:53.17\00:11:56.64
20 lessons covering many of the
major teachings of the Bible,
00:11:56.68\00:12:00.35
each study
introduced by health principles
00:12:00.38\00:12:03.42
that will impact
your life for the good.
00:12:03.45\00:12:05.49
The New Beginnings
Health and Bible Study Guides,
00:12:05.52\00:12:08.72
visit itiswritten.shop
00:12:08.76\00:12:11.69
or call 888-664-5573.
00:12:11.73\00:12:17.37
So, first,
healthy, and then, budget.
00:12:18.37\00:12:23.81
Let's make this easy.
00:12:23.84\00:12:25.11
Ninety-nine percent or
more of all people can do this.
00:12:25.14\00:12:30.25
The Journal of the American
Medical Association reported
00:12:30.28\00:12:33.15
that people who walk 7,000 steps
per day--that's a minimum--
00:12:33.18\00:12:39.05
experience--get this--
70 percent lower mortality
00:12:39.09\00:12:43.83
from all causes
compared with those
00:12:43.86\00:12:46.36
who don't walk
7,000 steps a day.
00:12:46.39\00:12:49.06
Thousands of people
were tracked for a decade,
00:12:49.10\00:12:51.00
and that's what was found.
00:12:51.03\00:12:52.53
You want to be
healthier? Move. Walk.
00:12:52.57\00:12:55.30
If you can't, you
can't. I understand.
00:12:55.34\00:12:57.24
But most of us can, and
yet most who can do not.
00:12:57.27\00:13:01.84
A doctor friend of mine
advises his patients to add
00:13:01.88\00:13:04.31
a 45-minute brisk walk
to their daily schedule.
00:13:04.35\00:13:08.12
If you need to take
breaks at first, do that.
00:13:08.15\00:13:10.29
If you need to go slow, do that.
00:13:10.32\00:13:12.39
But he says, "Aim
to get to 45 minutes
00:13:12.42\00:13:15.36
of continual walking a day."
00:13:15.39\00:13:17.36
Again, this might
not be easy for everyone.
00:13:17.39\00:13:20.23
But if you can do it, do it.
00:13:20.26\00:13:21.90
And I'm telling
you, get exercising
00:13:21.93\00:13:23.67
and it's hard to quit.
You'll end up loving it.
00:13:23.70\00:13:27.54
Walking is free, and
it's one of the best things
00:13:27.57\00:13:30.81
you can do for your health.
00:13:30.84\00:13:32.07
Or run or bike or whatever
it is that you like to do.
00:13:32.11\00:13:36.18
What did we learn
earlier about the body?
00:13:36.21\00:13:38.51
The Bible says it is "the
temple of the Holy Spirit."
00:13:38.55\00:13:42.42
There's another thing that
doesn't have to cost you money,
00:13:43.42\00:13:45.39
and that is...lose weight.
00:13:45.42\00:13:48.12
Unless you're in a
tiny minority, you can.
00:13:48.16\00:13:51.93
Move more, eat
less, and eat less junk.
00:13:51.96\00:13:56.06
It might not be
that simple for everyone,
00:13:56.10\00:13:58.53
but it is for almost everyone.
00:13:58.57\00:14:00.90
And if you don't
eat after 6:00 p.m.,
00:14:00.94\00:14:04.11
you'll make it
even easier on yourself.
00:14:04.14\00:14:06.81
Eating late causes extra
calories to be stored as fat
00:14:06.84\00:14:10.61
while you sleep instead of
being burned throughout the day.
00:14:10.65\00:14:14.75
Making that change might
take some getting used to,
00:14:14.78\00:14:16.75
but at the very least,
00:14:16.79\00:14:18.12
try to eat less at
night and don't eat late.
00:14:18.15\00:14:20.66
It's just hard on your body.
00:14:20.69\00:14:22.82
Here's something most
people don't want to hear.
00:14:22.86\00:14:24.76
Better health on a
budget? Are you ready?
00:14:24.79\00:14:27.66
Don't eat between meals.
Just don't. You don't need to.
00:14:27.66\00:14:32.30
Eat a real breakfast and
don't eat again until lunch.
00:14:32.33\00:14:36.30
No candy bars, no bags of chips.
00:14:36.34\00:14:38.77
Just cutting out that
midmorning sugary snack
00:14:38.81\00:14:41.88
will do wonders for you.
00:14:41.91\00:14:43.85
If you ate breakfast at 7:00,
00:14:43.88\00:14:45.55
you're not hungry
at 9:00 or even 10:00.
00:14:45.58\00:14:48.65
What you think is hunger
is just the digestion process
00:14:48.68\00:14:52.09
doing its thing.
00:14:52.12\00:14:53.32
Drink some water,
and you'll be fine.
00:14:53.36\00:14:56.12
Eat real food at lunch,
and you won't need to eat
00:14:56.16\00:14:59.59
until you get
home. And trust me,
00:14:59.63\00:15:02.56
it might take some getting used
to, but you'll get used to this.
00:15:02.60\00:15:06.20
And think of the money
you'll save and, therefore, have
00:15:06.23\00:15:10.04
to invest in your health.
00:15:10.07\00:15:12.37
Cut out soda--entirely.
00:15:12.41\00:15:15.98
That will cost you
nothing, cutting it out.
00:15:16.01\00:15:18.08
Drink water. Oh, you really can.
00:15:18.11\00:15:20.15
Drink all the water you want.
00:15:20.18\00:15:21.98
And there's no point drinking
expensive water. It's all H20.
00:15:22.02\00:15:26.25
Drink it out of your
tap if it tastes okay.
00:15:26.29\00:15:28.72
Filter it if you want to.
00:15:28.76\00:15:30.66
Soda is liquid sugar.
00:15:30.69\00:15:33.23
It's
catastrophically bad for you.
00:15:33.26\00:15:36.30
You can drink in
just one can of soda
00:15:36.33\00:15:38.47
close to 10 teaspoons of sugar.
00:15:38.50\00:15:41.80
And some people will drink two,
three, four cans of soda a day--
00:15:41.84\00:15:45.71
or more. That might be 40
teaspoons or more of sugar
00:15:45.74\00:15:51.71
in one day, just from soda.
00:15:51.75\00:15:54.45
And if you're
drinking bigger sodas,
00:15:54.48\00:15:57.22
you're getting even more sugar.
00:15:57.25\00:16:00.16
Then there's the
sugar you get from food.
00:16:00.19\00:16:03.32
It seems it's in everything.
00:16:03.36\00:16:05.69
Sugar is in applesauce.
00:16:05.73\00:16:07.73
Sugar is in peanut butter often.
00:16:07.76\00:16:10.37
Why? There's no need for that.
00:16:10.40\00:16:12.63
It's in ketchup.
00:16:12.67\00:16:14.24
It's in breakfast cereal
like you wouldn't believe.
00:16:14.27\00:16:17.11
Some breakfast cereals
should be called candy,
00:16:17.14\00:16:20.61
containing almost six
teaspoons of sugar per serving,
00:16:20.64\00:16:23.78
and a serving size is small.
00:16:23.81\00:16:26.38
What if your
child eats two servings?
00:16:26.41\00:16:28.82
And you wonder why
your kid isn't healthy.
00:16:28.85\00:16:31.09
Even cereals marketed as healthy
00:16:31.12\00:16:33.59
can contain a pile of sugar.
00:16:33.62\00:16:36.93
And all of that sugar
adds up to...not good.
00:16:36.96\00:16:41.23
Better health on a budget--
00:16:42.23\00:16:43.93
avoid alcohol--completely.
00:16:43.97\00:16:47.27
Among other things,
alcohol is cancer causing.
00:16:47.30\00:16:50.47
It's an utter curse.
00:16:50.51\00:16:53.07
The problem is alcohol has
become part of the culture.
00:16:53.11\00:16:55.94
So, be countercultural.
00:16:55.98\00:16:58.75
I just saved you a
pile of money right there.
00:16:58.78\00:17:01.32
And, and don't smoke.
But you knew that already.
00:17:01.35\00:17:05.12
Okay, so you don't like water,
you don't want to quit alcohol,
00:17:05.15\00:17:09.12
you don't want to
adjust your eating schedule,
00:17:09.16\00:17:10.99
you love M&Ms too
much to even cut back,
00:17:11.03\00:17:14.10
and you don't want to exercise.
00:17:14.10\00:17:16.70
Well, it sounds like
what you do want is to take
00:17:16.73\00:17:19.40
blood pressure medication
and diabetes medication
00:17:19.43\00:17:22.07
and heart meds and go to your
own funeral at 66 instead of 86.
00:17:22.10\00:17:27.38
I've been told, "But I
don't want to live forever."
00:17:27.41\00:17:30.71
Oh, yes, you do.
00:17:30.75\00:17:31.95
You most certainly don't
want to die early. It isn't fun.
00:17:31.98\00:17:34.85
You're robbing God,
you're robbing yourself,
00:17:34.88\00:17:37.22
and you're robbing
those that love you.
00:17:37.25\00:17:39.15
Now, here's another one: sleep.
00:17:39.19\00:17:41.86
Getting enough sleep
is vital to good health.
00:17:41.89\00:17:46.16
And it doesn't cost you a cent.
00:17:46.19\00:17:48.26
You'll have more
energy. You'll be happier.
00:17:48.30\00:17:51.30
You'll fight depression.
00:17:51.33\00:17:53.07
And it even makes it
easier to keep weight off.
00:17:53.10\00:17:55.64
The science is indisputable.
00:17:55.67\00:17:57.97
Get good sleep
and you'll thrive.
00:17:58.01\00:18:01.54
Now, I know that in a
country that has a love affair
00:18:01.58\00:18:03.78
with caffeine, this
might not be easy to hear.
00:18:03.81\00:18:07.98
But what people won't tell you
00:18:08.02\00:18:09.08
is that caffeine causes
cerebral vasoconstriction--
00:18:09.12\00:18:12.82
that is, the veins
in your brain narrow.
00:18:12.85\00:18:16.96
You don't want that.
00:18:16.99\00:18:18.39
Chronic coffee
drinking increases the risk
00:18:18.43\00:18:21.23
of cardiac arrhythmia
and sudden cardiac death.
00:18:21.26\00:18:25.80
Caffeine isn't good for you.
00:18:25.83\00:18:28.80
And don't give me,
"I'd die without my coffee."
00:18:28.84\00:18:31.71
You really won't.
00:18:31.74\00:18:33.07
And you can do this
because God is able.
00:18:33.11\00:18:35.78
Philippians 4:13,
00:18:35.81\00:18:37.31
"I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me."
00:18:37.35\00:18:41.45
All things.
00:18:41.48\00:18:42.85
Philippians 1, verse 6:
00:18:42.88\00:18:44.32
"He who has begun
a good work in you
00:18:44.35\00:18:46.02
will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ."
00:18:46.05\00:18:49.89
God will do in you the
things that need to get done.
00:18:49.92\00:18:54.93
So there's the better health:
00:18:54.96\00:18:57.50
Cut out caffeine, get exercise,
get sleep, get exercise,
00:18:57.53\00:19:00.74
cut down on sugar, get exercise,
00:19:00.77\00:19:02.87
cut out alcohol--none of
this costs you anything--
00:19:02.90\00:19:05.87
quit drinking soda
or sugary beverages,
00:19:05.91\00:19:08.08
don't eat between
meals, don't eat late,
00:19:08.11\00:19:10.45
drink water-- did I
mention get exercise?--
00:19:10.48\00:19:13.28
and there's more
that I could have said.
00:19:13.31\00:19:14.62
Eat more whole foods.
00:19:14.65\00:19:16.58
Eat more
grains, more vegetables.
00:19:16.62\00:19:18.69
Many people just
don't eat vegetables.
00:19:18.72\00:19:23.02
And if you eat too
much fried food, cut back.
00:19:23.06\00:19:26.49
You might find out that
you can cut it out altogether.
00:19:26.53\00:19:29.70
So, better health.
00:19:29.73\00:19:32.87
But what about
better health on a budget?
00:19:32.90\00:19:36.87
Okay. First, it's important
to look at your overall budget.
00:19:36.91\00:19:42.04
Sometimes you need to
invest in your health,
00:19:42.08\00:19:44.55
and you can't do that if
you don't have the money.
00:19:44.58\00:19:46.78
For example, you
commit to sleeping more
00:19:46.82\00:19:49.02
to bless your health,
but you have a lousy bed.
00:19:49.05\00:19:52.12
You want to be able
to afford a new bed.
00:19:52.15\00:19:54.62
But maybe the
resources aren't there.
00:19:54.66\00:19:57.16
Let's think that through.
00:19:57.19\00:19:58.63
Financial expert Dave Ramsey
had a caller on his radio show
00:19:58.66\00:20:02.23
who shocked even Mr. Ramsey.
00:20:02.26\00:20:06.10
Even though the
man was unemployed,
00:20:06.13\00:20:07.70
he bought a $64,000 car
00:20:07.74\00:20:11.01
and was making
payments of $1,200 a month.
00:20:11.04\00:20:14.18
And he's $94,000 in debt.
00:20:14.21\00:20:18.01
No. No. You just don't do that.
00:20:18.05\00:20:20.72
Buy a bicycle. Walk.
Buy a $3,000 vehicle.
00:20:20.75\00:20:26.62
Unemployed and
spending $64,000 on a car?
00:20:26.65\00:20:31.59
What that means is if
you want to buy vitamins,
00:20:31.63\00:20:33.43
or you need to pay
for a visit to the doctor,
00:20:33.46\00:20:35.20
or you want to eat
better quality food,
00:20:35.23\00:20:36.77
which may cost
you a little more,
00:20:36.80\00:20:38.73
you can't afford to.
00:20:38.77\00:20:40.24
You can buy a whole lot
of healthy food for $64,000.
00:20:40.27\00:20:45.07
The idea is cut
unnecessary spending.
00:20:45.11\00:20:50.15
Stay out of financial
trouble and free up more money
00:20:50.18\00:20:54.62
that you can
invest in your health.
00:20:54.65\00:20:56.58
Don't make
unnecessary car payments
00:20:56.62\00:20:58.99
and you can afford that bed,
00:20:59.02\00:21:01.36
and you'll sleep better,
and your health will improve.
00:21:01.39\00:21:06.59
Now, this is practical.
00:21:06.63\00:21:08.86
If you're concerned about
your budget, eat out less.
00:21:08.90\00:21:14.04
You go to your local
Chinese place or whatever
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.67
and you're getting
General Tso something-or-other
00:21:16.71\00:21:19.14
or, or sweet-and-sour this or
that, and what's it costing you?
00:21:19.17\00:21:22.64
Twelve dollars, $15, maybe more.
00:21:22.68\00:21:25.81
Do that four times a week and
you're spending $60 on lunch;
00:21:25.85\00:21:31.42
that's $3,000 a year.
00:21:31.45\00:21:34.99
Let's add to that
the coffee you buy.
00:21:35.02\00:21:37.23
What is that? Five dollars
a day? Let's call it $5 a day,
00:21:37.26\00:21:39.89
$25 a week, $1,250 a year.
00:21:39.93\00:21:43.80
You're looking at between
$3,500 and $4,500 a year,
00:21:43.83\00:21:49.54
none of which you need to spend.
00:21:49.57\00:21:53.27
Make your lunch at home
and take it to work with you.
00:21:53.31\00:21:57.05
Yes, that's going
to cost you something,
00:21:57.08\00:21:59.31
but you're not going to spend
00:21:59.35\00:22:00.55
anything like what you'd
be spending at a restaurant.
00:22:00.58\00:22:03.72
You don't have time
to cook rice and beans
00:22:03.75\00:22:06.02
or make
sandwiches or whatever it is?
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.72
Maybe you don't.
00:22:07.76\00:22:09.19
But what you
really don't have time for
00:22:09.22\00:22:11.23
is a week in the hospital
and then two or three more weeks
00:22:11.26\00:22:14.50
recovering from a heart attack.
00:22:14.56\00:22:16.67
If you don't have time
to prepare healthy food,
00:22:16.70\00:22:19.67
you definitely don't
have time to be ill or die.
00:22:19.70\00:22:23.84
Another thing, make a shopping
list. Don't impulse buy.
00:22:23.87\00:22:27.64
Go to the supermarket and
buy what you need and no more.
00:22:27.68\00:22:31.48
Don't even walk
through the junk food aisle.
00:22:31.51\00:22:34.32
Make a list and stick with it.
00:22:34.35\00:22:37.05
Everyone has had those
times where you stop at Walmart
00:22:37.09\00:22:39.52
for just two things and you
end up spending $100 or more.
00:22:39.55\00:22:42.82
We've all been there,
I think. That's not good.
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.13
So, make a
shopping list and mean it.
00:22:45.16\00:22:48.33
Now, that was easy. So,
here's another suggestion.
00:22:48.36\00:22:51.80
Don't buy junk food. Just don't.
00:22:51.83\00:22:56.37
"But I want junk food, John."
00:22:56.40\00:22:58.04
No, you don't. What you
really want is better health.
00:22:58.07\00:23:02.11
At least cut right back.
00:23:02.14\00:23:04.78
You'll save money that
you can invest in your health,
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.88
and you'll be looking after
your health while you do it.
00:23:07.92\00:23:10.45
Now, before you think I'm
trying to squeeze all the fun
00:23:10.49\00:23:12.42
out of your life, I
promise you I'm not.
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.52
The occasional indulgence
is probably not too bad to you.
00:23:14.56\00:23:17.66
So, if you're going to have
something occasionally, okay.
00:23:17.69\00:23:21.60
But let's be honest. It ain't
easy to stop at just one cookie.
00:23:21.63\00:23:27.17
A couple more, quickly:
00:23:27.20\00:23:28.70
Where you can,
grow your own food.
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.47
Even if you grow a little,
it's really good for you.
00:23:31.51\00:23:34.74
And it'll save you money.
00:23:34.78\00:23:36.91
Also, don't shop for
food when you're hungry.
00:23:36.95\00:23:42.32
We'll be grocery shopping,
00:23:42.35\00:23:43.32
and I'm piling things
into the shopping cart.
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.29
My wife will look
at me, and she'll say,
00:23:45.32\00:23:47.62
"You're hungry, aren't you?"
00:23:47.66\00:23:49.26
You'll spend more when
you're hungry, and you'll find
00:23:49.29\00:23:51.93
you're usually putting into
the shopping cart those things
00:23:51.96\00:23:54.23
that are less good for you
rather than more good for you.
00:23:54.30\00:23:58.43
Look after your budget
and you'll have more money
00:23:58.47\00:24:01.40
to spend on your health.
00:24:01.44\00:24:03.20
You don't want
lotions and potions
00:24:03.24\00:24:05.04
with all those chemicals
in them, endocrine disrupters?
00:24:05.07\00:24:08.68
The alternatives
might cost a little more.
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.71
Eat rice and beans
with tomato and avocado
00:24:11.75\00:24:14.25
instead of going out for lunch.
00:24:14.28\00:24:16.18
Do that twice and you
can afford those products
00:24:16.22\00:24:19.65
that are better for your health.
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.26
There's a lot you can do.
00:24:22.26\00:24:24.39
The key is to make a
start, even if you start small,
00:24:24.43\00:24:28.36
and do something
and grow from there.
00:24:28.40\00:24:31.23
Remember what the Bible says,
1 Corinthians 10, verse 31:
00:24:31.27\00:24:34.14
"Therefore, whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you do,
00:24:34.17\00:24:38.84
do all to the glory of God."
00:24:38.87\00:24:41.71
Sometimes, of course,
ill health is unavoidable.
00:24:41.74\00:24:45.31
Sometimes it just
comes out of nowhere.
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.62
But there's a lot you can
do to improve your health,
00:24:47.65\00:24:51.05
to bless your
life and honor God.
00:24:51.09\00:24:54.42
God will bless you richly
as you put this into practice.
00:24:54.46\00:24:58.46
>>Announcer: Imagine a
world in which better health
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.63
wasn't expensive,
complicated, or out of reach.
00:25:01.66\00:25:05.83
What if better
health was actually simple?
00:25:05.87\00:25:08.70
In today's world of confusing
advice and rising health costs,
00:25:08.74\00:25:12.44
there's hope and help.
00:25:12.47\00:25:14.61
"Better Health Made Simple"
is a powerful, practical guide
00:25:14.64\00:25:17.91
that shows how simple
steps can lead to real results.
00:25:17.95\00:25:21.22
You don't have
to be a statistic.
00:25:21.25\00:25:23.08
Discover what really works.
00:25:23.12\00:25:24.92
Learn what science is
saying about taking charge
00:25:24.95\00:25:27.09
of your health
without breaking the bank.
00:25:27.12\00:25:29.49
Get ready to turn the page
on the challenges of the past
00:25:29.52\00:25:32.66
and step into an abundant
life of blessing and health.
00:25:32.69\00:25:36.06
Get your free copy of "Better
Health Made Simple" right now.
00:25:36.10\00:25:39.40
Call 800-253-3000.
00:25:39.43\00:25:42.10
Visit us online at iiwoffer.com.
00:25:42.14\00:25:45.97
Write to It Is Written,
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.28
P.O. Box 6,
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401.
00:25:47.31\00:25:52.08
Or text "freehealth" to 71392.
00:25:52.11\00:25:55.62
Get your free copy of "Better
Health Made Simple" today.
00:25:55.65\00:25:58.62
>>John: Thank you for
remembering that It Is Written
00:25:59.62\00:26:01.59
exists because of the kindness
of people just like you.
00:26:01.62\00:26:05.36
To support this international
life-changing ministry,
00:26:05.39\00:26:07.93
please call us
now at 800-253-3000.
00:26:07.96\00:26:12.30
You can send your
tax-deductible gift
00:26:12.33\00:26:13.97
to the address on your screen,
00:26:14.00\00:26:15.44
or you can visit us
online at itiswritten.com.
00:26:15.47\00:26:19.51
Thank you for your prayers
and your financial support.
00:26:19.54\00:26:21.71
Our number
again is 800-253-3000,
00:26:21.74\00:26:25.45
or you can visit us
online at itiswritten.com.
00:26:25.48\00:26:29.05
>>John: Let me
pray with you now.
00:26:30.29\00:26:31.42
Father in heaven, we come
to You in the name of Jesus,
00:26:31.45\00:26:34.82
recognizing that
we are not our own,
00:26:34.86\00:26:37.49
that we've been
bought with a price.
00:26:37.53\00:26:40.30
And far too many of us
are experiencing ill health
00:26:40.33\00:26:43.93
when we don't need to.
00:26:43.97\00:26:45.90
Too many people are dying young
who could otherwise die elderly.
00:26:45.93\00:26:50.87
So, I am praying that where
we need help with our health,
00:26:50.91\00:26:55.48
You will be there to
sustain us and uphold us.
00:26:55.51\00:26:58.31
Give us the grace to step
out and attempt to make changes
00:26:58.35\00:27:01.95
in Your strength, knowing that
what we read before is true:
00:27:01.98\00:27:05.65
"I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me."
00:27:05.69\00:27:08.82
We want to do this
because we wish to honor You.
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.79
You are our Creator.
00:27:11.83\00:27:13.63
The Bible says we are "fearfully
and wonderfully made."
00:27:13.66\00:27:18.03
So, while You remake us
spiritually--and we thank You
00:27:18.07\00:27:21.30
for that through Jesus--
we ask that You'll bless us
00:27:21.34\00:27:24.57
physically, which
we believe, in turn,
00:27:24.61\00:27:27.58
will bless us spiritually.
00:27:27.61\00:27:30.08
And thank You, above all things,
for Jesus, the Bread of Life,
00:27:30.11\00:27:33.92
the Word made flesh,
00:27:33.95\00:27:35.92
"the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world."
00:27:35.95\00:27:38.65
Give us growing faith in Him.
00:27:38.69\00:27:41.32
We thank You, and we love You.
00:27:41.36\00:27:43.99
We ask Your
blessing, in Jesus' name, amen.
00:27:44.03\00:27:48.46
Thank you so
much for joining me.
00:27:48.50\00:27:50.63
Looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
00:27:50.67\00:27:52.10
Until then, remember:
00:27:52.13\00:27:53.40
"It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread alone,
00:27:53.44\00:27:56.74
but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
00:27:56.77\00:28:00.81
¤[dramatic,
triumphant theme music]¤
00:28:00.84\00:28:05.35
¤[music ends]¤¤
00:28:25.83\00:28:27.84