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Understanding Protein

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00:01 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, LIVE
00:02 HEALTHY WITH DR. FERREIRA.
00:03 I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. "IT IS WRITTEN"
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00:22 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME
00:24 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE
00:26 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
00:30 IT IS WRITTEN . . .
00:33 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:37 (MUSIC)
00:50 >>BILL: LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO TODAY'S "IT IS
00:51 WRITTEN" PROGRAM. WHEN YOU SEE THE FOOD OUT ON THE
00:52 TABLE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT MEANS THAT DR.
00:56 FERREIRA IS HERE. >>DR.
00:57 FERREIRA: WE'VE GONE SHOPPING. >>BILL: WE'VE
00:59 GONE SHOPPING. THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, DR. FERREIRA,
01:00 WELCOME BACK. >>DR.
01:01 FERREIRA: THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
01:02 >>BILL: IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE
01:04 OUR VIEWERS HERE WITH US WELL, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
01:05 NUTRITION AND TRYING TO DISPELL SOME MYTHS THAT
01:06 ARE OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT WE EAT. AND SO, WE'VE DONE
01:15 THIS ALREADY, WE'VE HAD SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK;
01:19 LET'S - TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROTEIN. >>DR.
01:20 FERREIRA: OKAY. >>BILL: BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER
01:24 OF MYTHS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEAR AS AN
01:27 ARGUMENT TO NOT BECOMING A VEGETARIAN IS BECAUSE
01:28 I NEED PROTEIN AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO GET
01:32 THAT FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTS, ETCETERA. AND I THINK
01:40 THERE'S SOME ALSO, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MYTH, BUT
01:41 SOME CONFUSION AROUND HOW MUCH PROTEIN WE ACTUALLY
01:45 NEED. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK
01:50 ABOUT, LET'S INCREASE, YOU KNOW, PROTEIN, REDUCE
01:51 CARBOHYDRATES. SO, YOU'RE THE EXPERT, SO WE'RE
01:55 LOOKING TO YOU FOR SOME ANSWERS. >>DR. FERREIRA:
01:58 WELL, LET'S TRY TO GIVE THEM. >>BILL: NOW, LET'S
01:59 START WITH PRO - WHAT IS A PROTEIN? >>DR. FERREIRA:
02:02 OKAY. PROTEINS ARE LIKE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE
02:06 BODY. >>BILL: OKAY.
02:07 >>DR. FERREIRA: WE LOOKED AT CARBOHYDRATES IN OUR
02:09 PREVIOUS PROGRAM.
02:10 CARBOHYDRATES ARE LIKE THE ENERGY, THE GASOLINE THAT
02:14 YOU NEED FOR YOUR CAR, OKAY. THAT WE NEED
02:15 CARBOHYDRATES FOR OUR BODY. PROTEINS ARE THE
02:18 BUILDING BLOCKS. THEY ARE LIKE THE BRICKS WITH WHICH
02:22 YOU BUILD. >>BILL: OKAY.
02:23 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS A CHILD
02:28 I REMEMBER HAVING THIS GREAT EMPHASIS ON PROTEIN
02:30 YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF PROTEIN THEREFORE IT'S THE
02:35 EGGS AND THE MILK AND THE CHEESE AND THE MEAT AND
02:38 THE FISH. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT THOSE FOOD STUFFS ARE
02:39 RICH IN PROTEIN, OKAY, BUT I THINK THERE IS, LIKE
02:48 YOU SAY, A BIG MYTH. IT'S TRUE. WHEN PEOPLE BECOME A
02:56 VEGETARIAN THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT ABOUT
02:57 THE PROTEIN? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT FROM?
02:58 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR.
02:59 FERREIRA: AS IF THERE WAS NO PROTEIN IN ANYTHING
03:01 ELSE.>>BILL: IN ANYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT. >>DR.
03:03 FERREIRA:.WHICH IS WRONG. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
03:04 FERREIRA: TODAY WE KNOW WE SHOULDN'T EAT AS MUCH
03:06 PROTEIN AS WE THOUGH WE SHOULD. >>BILL: OKAY.
03:09 >>DR. FERREIRA: YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO, THAT'S THE
03:10 FIRST ONE AND SECOND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO EAT
03:14 MEAT OR FISH TO HAVE GOOD PROTEIN. >>BILL: OKAY.
03:18 >>DR. FERREIRA: SO, BUT YOU ASKED THE QUESTION,
03:19 WHAT ARE PROTEINS? WHAT'S A PROTEIN? WELL, PROTEINS
03:24 AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS, USUALLY IN THE BODY, THEY
03:28 ARE AMONGST THE BIGGEST MOLECULES, OKAY. NOW,
03:29 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CARBOHYDRATES AND REMEMBER
03:31 WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE LITTLE BEADS. >>BILL: YES.
03:35 >>DR. FERREIRA: WELL, PROTEINS ARE HUMONGOUS.
03:37 THEY ARE VERY BIG COMPARED TO THOSE LITTLE BEADS.
03:39 AND PROTEINS ARE INVOLVED IN MANY PROCESSES OF LIFE.
03:43 THEY CHANNEL CERTAIN THINGS; THEY MAKE SOME
03:44 CHEMICAL REACTIONS HAPPEN.
03:49 YOU'VE HEARD OF ENZYMES.
03:50 >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
03:51 FERREIRA: OKAY. ENZYMES ARE PROTEINS. >>BILL:
03:53 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: AND SO OUR BODIES ARE FULL OF
03:55 PROTEIN BUT THE BASIC STRUCTURE, AND LET'S GO
03:56 BACK TO.>>BILL: LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR.>>DR.
04:01 FERREIRA:.TO SCHOOL DAYS TO SCHOOL DAYS. WE DREW
04:03 BEADS OR MARBLES FOR OUR CARBOHYDRATES, HERE I'M
04:04 GOING TO DRAW SOMETHING, IT MIGHT MAKE YOU LAUGH,
04:11 BUT THAT'S A TRAIN CARRIAGE, OKAY. >>BILL:
04:19 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO, OKAY, THERE IT IS. THAT'S
04:20 A FREIGHT TRAIN AND THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE.
04:24 THAT'S A PASSENGER COACH, OKAY, WITH THE WINDOWS AND
04:32 SO ON. YOU SEE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT OTHER TYPES
04:33 YOU'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT CARRY GASOLINE, YOU
04:38 KNOW THOSE TANKERS AND SO ON. YOU'VE GOT ALL OF
04:45 THESE TOGETHER AND THEY ARE LONG AND SOME OF THESE
04:46 TRAINS ARE VERY LONG. EVEN HERE IN CANADA AND IN THE
04:50 U.S., THESE ARE VERY LONG, FULL OF COACHES, OKAY.
04:55 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
04:56 FERREIRA: NOW, THE WHOLE THING IS A PROTEIN.
05:00 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
05:01 FERREIRA: NOW, AND THE SIZE AND THE COMBINATION
05:08 OF WHAT COACHES YOU HAVE WILL MAKE A SPECIFIC
05:09 PROTEIN. OKAY. NOW, THAT'S THE PROTEIN. NOW, WHAT
05:15 IS EACH ONE? EACH ONE IS CALLED AN 'AMINO ACID'.
05:23 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
05:24 FERREIRA: OKAY. LET'S PUT 'AA', AN AMINO ACID. SO,
05:29 PROTEIN IS MADE UP OF A SEQUENCE OF AMINO ACIDS
05:30 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
05:31 FERREIRA: OKAY, NOW, HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
05:32 AMINO ACIDS ARE THERE?
05:34 >>BILL: I HAVE NO IDEA.
05:35 >>DR. FERREIRA: THERE ARE ABOUT TWENTY, OKAY, OF
05:37 WHICH WE NEED TO TAKE EIGHT OF THEM IN OUR DIET
05:38 THE OTHER ONES YOU CAN MAKE, YOU CAN ASSEMBLE OUT
05:48 OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHERS THAT YOU TAKE. BUT THERE
05:52 ARE EIGHT THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO TAKE. >>BILL:
05:53 SO EIGHT ESSENTIAL ONES.
05:56 >>DR. FERREIRA: THEY ARE ESSENTIAL ONES. IN KIDS
05:57 THERE ARE MORE, THERE ARE ABOUT 10 OF THEM. >>BILL:
06:00 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY, BUT AS THEY GROW
06:02 THEY DON'T HAVE THE NEED FOR TWO OF THEM, THEY ARE
06:03 NOT ESSENTIAL, BUT THERE ARE EIGHT ESSENTIAL AMINO
06:09 ACIDS. AND SO, THOSE YOU NEED TO TAKE. NOW, ONE OF
06:14 THE MYTHS ASSOCIATED TO VEGETARIANISM IS WHERE CAN
06:16 YOU GET THE EIGHT AMINO ACIDS IN GOOD PROPORTIONS?
06:23 BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOOD. >>BILL: SURE.
06:28 >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY, WELL, IN MEAT YOU DO HAVE
06:29 THAT; FISH, THEY ALSO HAVE THE EIGHT AMINO.>>BILL:
06:34 THE EIGHT ESSENTIAL, OKAY.>>DR. FERREIRA: .IN
06:36 RIGHT PROPORTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, LET 'S LOOK AT
06:37 THIS BREAD. THIS BREAD HAS THE EIGHT AMINO ACIDS.
06:42 >>BILL: THAT ONE HAS IT.
06:43 >>DR. FERREIRA: OH YEAH.
06:44 IT HAS BUT IN PROPORTIONS, YOU KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE
06:45 MORE AND SOME OF THEM ARE LACKING BUT THEY
06:49 ARE THERE. LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE. YOU'VE GOT
06:53 SOME VEGETABLES THERE.
06:55 THEY DO HAVE AMINO ACIDS.
06:56 THEY ALL HAVE THE EIGHT AMINO ACIDS BUT IN
06:58 PROPORTIONATES THAT IF WE ONLY ATE THAT, WE WOULD
07:03 BE.>>BILL: DEFICIENT.
07:04 >>DR. FERREIRA:.DEFICIENT.
07:05 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
07:07 FERREIRA: OKAY, HERE, BUT THIS IS JUST A BY THE
07:09 WAY, OKAY, IF YOU ONLY ATE POTATOES AS YOUR - LET'S
07:11 SAY YOU ONLY ATE POTATOES TODAY AND YOU WOULD EAT
07:20 2,000 CALORIES OF POTATOES. THAT'S A LOT
07:21 OF POTATOES. >>BILL: YES.
07:26 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU WOULD GET ALL THE ESSENTIAL
07:27 AMINO ACIDS THAT ARE NEEDED IN QUANTITIES THAT
07:31 WOULD BE OKAY FOR YOU.
07:32 IF YOU ONLY ATE POTATOES.
07:37 >>BILL: JUST EATING POTATOES. >>DR. FERREIRA:
07:38 OKAY. LET'S SAY YOU ONLY EAT CARROTS. >>BILL: OKAY.
07:45 DR. FERREIRA: OKAY, 2,000 CALORIES WORTH OF
07:46 CARROTS, YOU WOULD GET EIGHT ESSENTIAL AMINO
07:47 ACIDS IN THE CARROTS.
07:49 OKAY. OR SOMETHING ELSE, ONE OF THE VEGETABLES
07:50 HERE, OH, BROCCOLI. ONLY ATE BROCCOLI TODAY, UP TO
07:58 2,000 CALORIES, YOU WOULD GET THE EIGHT AMINO ACIDS,
08:01 THE ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS IN RIGHT AMOUNTS. SOME OF
08:03 THEM WOULD BE A LOT, SOME OF THEM WOULD JUST MAKE
08:08 IT BUT YOU WOULD GET - BUT I DON'T EAT BROCCOLI ONLY.
08:14 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR.
08:15 FERREIRA: FOR ONE DAY.
08:16 IT'S JUST A - SO WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE.>>BILL: DIET.
08:17 >>DR. FERREIRA:.DIET, SO, BUT THE IDEA THAT MEAT AND
08:27 FISH ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT EIGHT IN THE RIGHT
08:28 PROPORTIONS MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TO
08:31 EAT.>>BILL: ONLY EAT MEAT, RIGHT? >>DR. FERREIRA:.BUT
08:35 IT'S NOT TRUE. THERE ARE VEGETABLE SOURCES
08:36 OF PROTEIN THAT HAVE ALL EIGHT AMINO ACIDS IN VERY
08:40 GOOD PROPORTIONS. THERE IS ONE WHICH WE ACTUALLY CALL
08:44 A COMPLETE PROTEIN, JUST LIKE THE MEAT, WHICH IS
08:45 THIS ONE, OKAY. I BROUGHT THE SOURCE HERE AND LET ME
08:50 SEE IF THE VIEWERS CAN - CAN ANYONE GUESS WHAT THIS
08:57 IS? THEY ARE THE SMALLEST BEAN THAT WE HAVE HERE ON
08:58 THE TABLE, its SOYA BEANS.
09:02 >>BILL: SOYA BEANS. >>DR.
09:03 FERREIRA: YES. IT'S A VERY SMALL SOYA BEAN. THERE YOU
09:05 ARE. IF YOU COMPARE THIS BEAN WITH A PINTO BEAN OR
09:06 THE WHITE BEAN, THEY'RE, OF COURSE, MUCH SMALLER.
09:14 AND SOYA BEANS HAVE THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS OF AMINO
09:18 ACIDS. AND.>>BILL: SO JUST LIKE MEAT? >>DR.
09:19 FERREIRA:.JUST LIKE MEAT.
09:24 >>BILL: WOW. >>DR.
09:25 FERREIRA: IN FACT, AND IN GOOD AMOUNT. IF YOU TAKE
09:28 THE SOYA BEANS, THE DRY SOYA BEANS, FOR ABOUT 100
09:29 GRAMS OF SOYA BEANS YOU GET ABOUT 30 GRAMS OF
09:35 PROTEIN. NOW, THAT'S MORE THAN MEAT OR FISH BUT I
09:40 DON'T EAT DRY SOYA BEANS.
09:41 >>BILL: RIGHT. OKAY. >>DR.
09:42 FERREIRA: I SOAK THEM. SO FOR SOAKED SOYA BEANS OR
09:43 COOKED SOYA BEANS YOU GET ABOUT 14 OR 15 GRAMS PER
09:49 100 GRAMS, OKAY? NOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE
09:51 THAN THE REST OF THE BEANS. NOW, THAT'S A SOYA
09:56 BEAN. OUT OF SOYA BEANS YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE VARIETY
09:59 OF FOOD. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT A PROTEIN RICH
10:00 SOYA MILK. IT'S VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO NORMAL MILK,
10:09 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO COWS MILK BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE
10:13 CHOLESTEROL WHICH IS ONLY PRESENT IN ANIMAL FOODS,
10:14 OKAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE CHOLESTEROL, IT IS BASED
10:18 ON SOY AND FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT PROTEIN, PER
10:26 CUP OR PER SERVING OF SOYA MILK YOU GET 7 GRAMS
10:28 >>BILL: OKAY. NOW, HOW MANY GRAMS DO YOU NEED
10:34 A DAY IN PROTEIN? >>DR.
10:35 FERREIRA: HOW MANY GRAMS A DAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, NOW.
10:40 CHILDREN OR VERY SMALL CHILDREN NEED MORE, OKAY?
10:42 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY. THEY ARE GROWING,
10:43 THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR MUSCLES BUT AN ADULT
10:45 PERSON, AN ADULT MAN NEEDS ABOUT 60 GRAMS, 60 - 70
10:50 GRAMS OF PROTEIN A DAY. THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT
10:52 .758 GRAMS OF PROTEIN PER KILOGRAM OF WEIGHT. OKAY,
11:00 SO, AVERAGE MAN MAYBE 60 GRAMS PER DAY. NOW, OF
11:08 COURSE, IF YOU'RE A BODY BUILDER AND IF YOU WANT TO
11:09 KEEP YOUR MUSCLES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT MORE
11:13 IF YOU ARE GROWING YOUR MUSCLES. TO MAINTAIN YOUR
11:15 MUSCLES YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH. OKAY. BUT, SO,
11:16 IF YOU TAKE A CUP OF SOYA MILK.>>BILL: YOU'VE
11:23 GOT 7 GRAMS ALREADY. >>DR.
11:24 FERREIRA: YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 7 GRAMS. NOW, YOU TAKE TWO
11:26 CUPS OF SOYA MILK A DAY, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 14 GRAMS
11:29 OUT OF 60. BUY, YOU DON'T ONLY DRINK SOYA MILK
11:30 >>BILL: OF COURSE. >>DR.
11:32 FERREIRA: SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ARE VERY GOOD SOURCES
11:34 OF PROTEIN, THE LEGUMES ARE VERY GOOD SOURCES OF
11:37 PROTEIN EVEN THOUGH YOU FIND PROTEIN EVERYWHERE
11:41 ELSE. BUT THESE ARE THE BIGGEST SOURCES. WE ARE
11:42 TALKING ABOUT SOY, SOYA MILK, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE
11:45 IS TOFU. TOFU IS - LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COTTAGE
11:52 CHEESE OF VEGETARIANS.
11:53 >>BILL: OKAY, OKAY. >>DR.
11:54 FERREIRA: NOW TOFU IS MADE FROM SOY, IT'S SOY CURDLES
11:56 AND IT'S A - THE VIEWERS CAN SEE, IT'S A WHITE
12:07 SUBSTANCE, IT'S VERY - THERE'S A FIRM, AN EXTRA
12:08 FIRM, THERE'S THE SILK OR SOFT AND I'M NOT GOING TO
12:11 TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX BUT IT'S TASTELESS. >>BILL:
12:16 RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO YOU NEED TO COOK IT
12:17 AND GIVE IT THE TASTE YOU WANT. OKAY, THAT'S TOFU.
12:20 AND THEN, OF COURSE, NOT JUST THE LEGUMES HAVE
12:24 PROTEIN BUT THE NUTS THEMSELVES AND YOU'VE GOT
12:25 DIFFERENT KINDS OF NUTS.
12:30 YOU'VE GOT WALNUTS, YOU'VE GOT HAZELNUTS, YOU'VE
12:31 GOT ALMONDS. THEY ALL HAVE PROTEIN, WELL, EVENTHOUGH
12:35 THESE ONES YOU SHOULDN'T EAT A LOT. YOU SHOULD EAT
12:40 A SMALL AMOUNT OF NUTS EVERY DAY BUT NOT A LOT
12:41 TO BE AN HONEST SOURCE OF PROTEIN. THEN OUT OF NUTS,
12:47 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT PEANUT BUTTER, IT'S A GOOD
12:51 SOURCE OF PROTEIN. LET'S SAY, ONE TABLESPOON OF
12:52 PEANUT BUTTER HAS ABOUT TWO GRAMS OF PROTEIN.
12:57 OKAY, SO YOU SPREAD THAT ON - TWO TABLESPOONS HAS
13:07 ABOUT FOUR GRAMS, THEN YOU'VE GOT ALMOND BUTTER
13:08 SO THE BUTTER FROM THAT AND, OF COURSE, ANOTHER
13:11 GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN, NOW, FROM THE DAIRY SIDE,
13:13 IT'S THE MILK, OF COURSE.
13:14 AND I'VE GOT COTTAGE CHEESE HERE WHICH IS A
13:20 GOOD SOURCE OF PROTEIN.
13:21 LET'S SEE, COTTAGE CHEESE PER 100 GRAMS HAS 15 GRAMS
13:23 OF PROTEIN. I WOULD LIKE THE VIEWERS TO SEE, I
13:24 THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THE COTTAGE CHEESE. AND I
13:33 CHOSE A LOW FAT COTTAGE CHEESE. >>BILL: OKAY.
13:37 >>DR. FERREIRA: WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF
13:38 FATS IN ONE OF THE FUTURE PROGRAMS. >>BILL: YES.
13:41 >>DR. FERREIRA: SO YOU'VE GOT A GOOD SOURCE AND IT'S
13:44 EASY FOR AN ADULT PERSON TO GET TO THE 60 GRAMS.
13:45 OF COURSE, A WOMAN NEEDS A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE
13:49 SHE'S GENERALLY SMALLER, SO WE RUN ABOUT 50 GRAMS
13:55 OF PROTEIN. SO, IT'S VERY EASY. NOW, THE TRUTH IS
13:56 THAT MOST NORTH AMERICANS EAT ABOUT 140 GRAMS OF
13:59 PROTEIN A DAY. >>BILL: WOW, SO YOU NEED 60, SO
14:04 ABOUT DOUBLE. WHAT DOES THE BODY DO WITH THE EXTRA
14:05 PROTEIN? >>DR. FERREIRA: WELL, IT TRIES TO GET RID
14:10 OF IT. PROTEIN IS EXCRETED IN THE URINE, SO EXCESS
14:15 PROTEIN PUTS A LOAD ON THE KIDNEYS BECAUSE PROTEINS
14:16 ARE BIG AND THE KIDNEYS ARE FILTERS. SO, BLOOD
14:24 GOES THROUGH AND GETS FILTERED. SO EXCESS
14:28 PROTEIN CAN ACTUALLY PROMOTE RENAL DISEASES,
14:29 OKAY. SO, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO EAT A LOT OF PROTEIN,
14:36 THEY ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF GETTING SOME RENAL
14:40 DISEASES. SO, EXCESS PROTEIN, IT'S THOUGHT
14:41 THAT IT CAN ACTUAL PROMOTE OSTEOPOROSIS. >>BILL:
14:45 HOW INTERESTING. >>DR.
14:46 FERREIRA: NOW, THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR. >>BILL:
14:48 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: IF IT DOES OR NOT BUT THERE'S
14:51 ACTUALLY SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT COULD BECAUSE
14:52 IT ROBS CALCIUM FROM THE BONES. SO, YOU THINK
14:54 I AM TAKING MY CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS SO I AM SAFE,
14:58 I DON'T HAVE OSTEOPOROSIS.
14:59 IN FACT, IF YOU TAKE A LOT OF CALCIUM AND A LOT OF
15:05 PROTEIN, ESPECIALLY FROM ANIMAL SOURCES, IT MAY BE
15:07 THAT YOUR HIGHER PROTEIN INTAKE MAY ACTUALLY
15:12 BE ROBBING THE CALCIUM.>>BILL: THE
15:15 CALCIUM. >>DR.
15:16 FERREIRA:.AND PROMOTING OSTEOPOROSIS. ALSO, EXCESS
15:18 PROTEIN MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED ENDURANCE,
15:19 PHYSICAL ENDURANCE AND ALSO, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO
15:25 TAKE A LOT OF PROTEIN, DO IT FROM ANIMAL SOURCES
15:29 WHICH ARE RICH IN FAT, CHOLESTEROL, SATURATED
15:30 FAT, THEN THEY'D ACTUALLY BE, NOT DIRECTLY BUT
15:35 INDIRECTLY, BUT THEY MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO HEART
15:40 DISEASE AND STROKE. REAL PROBLEMS. >>BILL: YES. SO,
15:41 YOU CAN GET THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTEIN WITHOUT THE
15:45 RISK OF.>>DR. FERREIRA: THAT'S RIGHT, YES.
15:49 >>BILL:.CHOLESTEROL, THE FAT. NOW, ONE OF THE
15:50 THINGS YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS A BALANCED
15:53 VEGETARIAN DIET. >>DR.
15:54 FERREIRA: YES. >>BILL: AND, IN FACT, YOU LIKE TO
15:58 USE A LITTLE PICTURE.>>DR.
15:59 FERREIRA: YES. >>BILL:.A SORT OF, A GUIDE FOR
16:01 PEOPLE. MAYBE WE COULD - THIS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD
16:05 TIME TO INTRODUCE THAT.
16:06 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY PRACTICAL, VERY
16:07 VISUAL WAY OF HOW THAT NEEDS TO BE, RIGHT. >>DR.
16:08 FERREIRA: A BALANCED VEGETARIAN DIET BASICALLY
16:11 IS A DIET THAT HAS ALL THE NUTRIENTS THAT WE NEED IN
16:15 A BALANCED AMOUNT, EXCLUDING THAT WHICH COULD
16:17 BE BAD FOR US. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA:
16:27 OKAY, NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY PLATE,
16:30 THE ?, NOW THAT'S NOT A DIET. THAT'S ONE MEAL OUT
16:31 OF THE DIET. I'M GOING TO GO THERE. YOU MENTION
16:34 ABOUT HAVING THE PLATE, OKAY. NOW WHEN I TELL MY
16:42 PATIENTS, LET'S DRAW A PLATE, NOW LET'S CUT THE
16:43 PLATE IN HALF, THEY ALL THINK I'M GOING TO ONLY
16:48 ALLOW THEM TO EAT HALF BUT THEN I SAY, YOU'RE
16:53 GOING TO EAT THE FULL PLATE BUT - OKAY, LET'S
16:54 CUT THIS IN HALF, OKAY.
16:59 AND IF YOU'VE GOT A MARKER AT HOME, A BLACK OR
17:00 WHATEVER COLOUR YOU LIKE, GO TO YOUR PLATE AND
17:04 DIVIDE IT IN TWO. NOW, ON THIS SIDE YOU'RE GOING TO
17:10 PUT IN - SO IT'S HALF THE PLATE, OKAY. >>BILL: YES.
17:11 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT VEGETABLES
17:16 AND SALADS. LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE BECAUSE
17:21 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU COOK OR
17:22 YOU STEAM SOME BROCCOLI, OKAY, NOW THAT'S NOT A
17:27 SALAD. YOU CAN HAVE A BROCCOLI SALAD. IT'S A
17:30 COMBINATION OF COOKED PLUS RAW VEGETABLES. SO,
17:31 VEGETABLES AND SALADS ON.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
17:36 FERREIRA:.HALF OF THE PLATE. A COMBINATION -
17:40 NOW, YOU COULD HAVE BOILED CARROTS, CABBAGE, KALE,
17:41 BROCCOLI, CARROTS, YOU KNOW, LETTUCE AND TOMATOES
17:46 AND CUCUMBER - HALF THE PLATE. >>BILL: SO, A
17:52 COMBINATION OF COOKED AND RAW. >>DR. FERREIRA: YES.
17:53 THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF YOU DIVIDE IT
17:57 INTO HALF. >>BILL: GOT IT.
17:58 >>DR. FERREIRA: NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IN
18:02 THE 25% OF YOUR PLATE THAT'S YOUR STARCH.
18:04 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
18:05 FERREIRA: I WOULD LIKE TO REFER THE VIEWERS TO THE
18:07 PROGRAM ON CARBOHYDRATES.
18:08 NOW, THAT'S YOUR STARCH.
18:09 TYPICALLY FOR US HERE IT'S POTATOES. >>BILL: YES.
18:13 >>DR. FERREIRA: THEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE A PASTA,
18:20 SPAGHETTI AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THE RICE
18:21 >>BILL: GOT IT. >>DR.
18:25 FERREIRA: IN OUR CULTURE, THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE
18:26 TYPICALLY EAT. NOW, WHAT'S LEFT IS THE BOTTOM 25%
18:29 HERE AND THIS IS WHERE THE PROTEIN COMES IN. OKAY.
18:34 ALL RIGHT, WHICH TYPICALLY PEOPLE EAT MEAT OR FISH
18:35 AND I SAY OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO - I THINK WE NEED
18:42 TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN
18:46 WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IF I TELL THEM, LOOK, YOU MUST
18:47 BECOME A VEGETARIAN. THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T
18:50 FEEL SAFE IN BEING A VEGETARIAN. WELL, I DO
18:52 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A VEGETARIAN FOR OVER 20
18:53 YEARS AND I'M HEALTHY, OKAY. >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
18:57 FERREIRA: AND I DON'T HAVE ANY HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT I
18:59 KNOW OF. OKAY, IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT I NEVER
19:00 GET SICK. OF COURSE, THERE ISN'T. WE LIVE IN A SINFUL
19:04 WORLD AND I TELL YOU WE ARE INFLUENCED BY LOTS OF
19:08 THINGS. >>BILL: SURE.
19:09 >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT WHEN - YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO
19:11 GAIN CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THEY DO. THEY NEED TO
19:12 FEEL IT IS SAFE. AND, OF COURSE, THE TASTE BUDS
19:17 NEED TO ACCOMPANY THAT SO, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
19:21 VEGETARIANS BUT WOULD BENEFIT, EVERYBODY WOULD,
19:22 BUT LET'S SAY SOMEBODY HAS HEART DISEASE OR THEY WANT
19:27 TO PREVENT DIABETES OR HAVE DIABETES ALREADY, I
19:30 SAY THREE DAYS A WEEK JUST CUT OUT THE MEAT AND FISH
19:31 COMPLETELY. CAN YOU DO THAT? OH YES, DOC, THREE
19:37 DAYS A WEEK, THAT'S OKAY YOU KNOW, EVERY SECOND DAY
19:41 I HAVE.>>BILL: SURE. >>DR.
19:42 FERREIRA: SO WHAT YOU DO FOR PROTEIN? WELL, HAVE
19:47 YOU EVER TASTED LENTILS?
19:48 >>BILL: YES. I LOVE LENTILS. >>DR. FERREIRA:
19:50 LENTILS AND I'M GOING TO PUT A FEW HERE. I THINK
19:51 MOST VIEWERS KNOW WHAT LENTILS ARE AND YOU CAN
19:53 GET - THESE ARE - YOU CAN GET ORANGE LENTILS WHICH
19:58 ARE MUCH EASIER TO COOK.
19:59 IT'S A SMALL LEGUME, RICH IN PROTEIN - YOU CAN MAKE
20:03 A LENTIL STEW OR IT CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO THE OVEN
20:04 AND MAKE A NICE ROAST, A NICE LENTIL ROAST, WHICH
20:13 IS DELICIOUS. OF COURSE, NOW, YOU NEED THE
20:16 IMAGINATION OF THE COOKS THERE AT HOME. IT'S NOT
20:17 JUST TO BOIL SOME WATER AND POUR IT OVER THE
20:21 LENTILS AND BOIL IT AND EAT IT. I WOULDN'T LIKE
20:25 THAT. >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
20:26 FERREIRA: BUT YOU CAN MAKE A LENTIL STEW, YOU CAN
20:28 MAKE A BEAN STEW. HAVE YOU EVER TASTED A GOOD BEAN
20:29 STEW? >>BILL: YES I HAVE.
20:32 I HAVE. >>DR. FERREIRA: SOME FANTASTIC BEAN STEWS.
20:33 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR.
20:34 FERREIRA: AND YOU CAN MIX A LOT OF THE VEGETABLES
20:36 WITH THAT. YOU CAN HAVE SOY OR YOU CAN HAVE
20:38 - THESE ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES. >>BILL:
20:43 GARBANZO'S OR CHICK PEAS.
20:44 >>DR. FERREIRA: GARBANZO OR CHICK PEAS, YES. VERY
20:46 RICH IN PROTEIN, EXCELLENT - OUT OF THIS YOU CAN
20:48 ACTUALLY MAKE THIS, THIS SMELLS GOOD. >>BILL:
20:52 HUMUS. >>DR. FERREIRA: HUMUS. A VERY TYPICAL,
20:57 SORT OF, MEDITEREANIAN TYPE OF FOOD WHICH IS
20:58 MADE OUT OF CHICK PEAS, GARBANZO'S, OKAY. SO,
21:03 YOU CAN HAVE THAT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT - OF
21:07 COURSE YOU CAN GO TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THESE COOKED
21:09 BEANS. SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, THOSE ARE VERY
21:15 HIGH IN SALT. IT IS TRUE.
21:16 IF YOU LOOK AT THE SODIUM CONTENT IT IS MUCH HIGHER,
21:20 IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN IF YOU HAVE THE BEANS, JUST
21:28 NATURAL BEANS. BUT LOOK FOR THE ONES WITH THE
21:29 LOWER SALT. >>BILL: OKAY.
21:31 >>DR. FERREIRA: WE HAVE TO BE PRACTICAL AS WELL. WHEN
21:32 I GET HOME AND I ONLY HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF
21:36 TIME TO COOK AND IF I AM GOING TO COOK BEANS IT'S
21:41 GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
21:42 FERREIRA: SO THAT IS A SOLUTION. >>BILL: AN
21:44 OPTION, RIGHT? >>DR.
21:45 FERREIRA: IT'S NOT FOR EVERYDAY. >>BILL: YOU
21:46 HAVE SOME OF THIS. >>DR.
21:47 FERREIRA: OH YES. I KEPT THIS ONE FOR YOU. OKAY,
21:48 NOW, VIEWERS, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS CALLED 'VEGGIE
21:55 DOGS'. NOW, TRADITIONALLY THESE ARE MADE OUT OF
21:56 MEAT. THIS IS A HOT DOG LOOKING STUFF, SOMETHING,
22:01 SO, THESE ARE MADE OUT OF SOY. IT'S ONE OF THOSE
22:09 PRODUCTS MADE OUT OF SOY AND LOOK AT THE PROTEIN
22:10 CONTENT. SEE WHERE THE PROTEINS ARE. YOU KNOW,
22:15 ONE SAUSAGE, ONE SAUSAGE HAS NINE GRAMS OF PROTEIN.
22:21 >>BILL: WOW. >>DR.
22:22 FERREIRA: NOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT'S A HIGHLY
22:24 PROCESSED FOOD. YES, IT IS A HIGHLY PROCESSED FOOD
22:25 AND I DON'T RECOMMEND TO BE TAKING A LOT OF
22:28 IT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OR FOR A PICNIC
22:32 OR ONCE IN A WHILE.
22:33 >>BILL: SURE. >>DR.
22:34 FERREIRA: IT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION. THE KIDS, SOME
22:35 OF THESE KIDS THEY LIKE TO BE LIKE THEIR FRIENDS.
22:41 THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE VEGETARIANS BUT THEY STILL
22:42 NEED TO FEEL INCLUDED IN THE GROUP AND THAT IS
22:46 A NICE SOLUTION. >>BILL: SURE. >>DR. FERREIRA: AND
22:50 SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS MIGHT SAY CAN I HAVE A
22:51 TASTE AND THEY LIKE IT.
22:53 IT'S TO PROMOTE - SO THAT'S ANOTHER SOURCE OF
22:54 PROTEIN. >>BILL: TOFU.
22:56 >>DR. FERREIRA: TOFU, OKAY, THE TOFU CAN BE
22:58 PREPARED VERY EASILY AND HERE IT IS, THE TOFU,
23:00 AGAIN, AND YOU CAN - THEY HAVE RECIPES OUT THERE -
23:05 MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING FOR 'IT IS WRITTEN'.>>BILL: A
23:06 RECIPE BOOK. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >>DR. FERREIRA:.A
23:10 RECIPE BOOK ON ALL THESE THINGS. SO, I THINK THERE
23:12 IS A GOOD VARIETY OUT THERE. SO I TELL MY
23:14 PATIENTS, THREE DAYS A WEEK, CAN YOU DO THAT? OH
23:17 YES. AND THEY DO. NOW IF YOU TELL THEM, YOU NEED TO
23:21 BECOME A VEGETARIAN NOW.>>BILL: TODAY. >>DR.
23:22 FERREIRA:.THEY LOOK AT YOU AND SAY OK, DOCTOR, BUT
23:24 THEY ACTUALLY DON'T DO IT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN
23:27 AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO AS CLOSE AS
23:28 POSSIBLE TO VEGETARIANISM.
23:31 IT'S GOOD FOR YOU BUT YOU NEED TO GET CONFIDENCE AND
23:32 IT NEEDS TO TASTE GOOD.
23:36 >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
23:37 FERREIRA: SO, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. OF COURSE,
23:39 DURING BREAKFAST YOU ALSO HAVE PROTEIN, SOYA MILK
23:40 AND SO ON. AND IN SUPPERS, OF COURSE,
23:43 YOU KNOW WHAT SUPPERS I RECOMMEND.>>BILL: SMALL.
23:46 >>DR. FERREIRA:.VERY SMALL. IT COULD BE A
23:47 YOGURT; IT COULD BE A SOY YOGURT OR A LOW-FAT YOGURT
23:50 WITH SOME FRUITS, SOME CEREALS, OR SOUP. THERE'S
23:54 SOME PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE
23:55 A NICE SOUP AT NIGHT.
23:59 >>BILL: YES. WELL, IN OUR PORTUGUESE CULTURE THAT'S
24:00 VERY IMPORTANT. >>DR.
24:02 FERREIRA: YES, A NICE VEGETABLE SOUP AND THEN A
24:03 YOGURT AND THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NEED MORE.
24:07 >>BILL: WELL, ONCE AGAIN YOU PUT IT OUT IN WAY
24:10 THAT'S VERY DOABLE. VERY PRACTICAL. >>DR. FERREIRA:
24:11 I THINK SO. I THINK MYSELF I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO
24:15 BE VERY REASONABLE WITH ME BUT TO MOVE STEADILY
24:20 TOWARD A GOOD THING.
24:21 >>BILL: YES. ABSOLUTELY.
24:22 WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU DISPELLING SOME OF
24:24 THESE MYTHS, GIVING US THE STRAIGHT FACTS, AND I HOPE
24:31 THAT'S ENCOURAGED SOME OF OUR VIEWERS TO MAKE SOME
24:32 OF THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES.
24:34 THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU BACK BECAUSE WE
24:35 WANT TO TALK ABOUT FATS BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER
24:37 AREA THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF CONFUSION.
24:41 BUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER NOW BEFORE
24:42 WE END THIS PROGRAM.
24:46 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
24:47 LOVING KINDNESS TOWARDS US. FATHER, AT THIS TIME
24:49 I THINK OF THOSE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM THAT ARE
24:51 THINKING ABOUT MAKING THESE KINDS OF CHANGES IN
24:52 THEIR LIVES. FATHER, BE WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM
24:57 THE WISDOM THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF
25:01 CHANGES, GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH. FATHER, THOSE
25:02 THAT ARE IN SICKNESS RIGHT NOW, MAY YOU TOUCH THEM
25:07 WITH YOUR HEALING HAND AND RESTORE THEM TO HEALTH.
25:10 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US
25:11 AND BLESS EACH AND EVERY VIEWER, I PRAY IN
25:14 JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
25:18 >>DR. FERREIRA: AMEN.
25:27 >>BILL: WELL, IF YOU ENJOYED TODAY'S PROGRAM
25:29 AND YOU ARE THINKING TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF HEALTH
25:31 CHOICES IN YOUR LIFE, WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU A
25:34 MAGAZINE THAT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION
25:36 AND MORE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU. IT IS A GIFT
25:39 FROM "IT IS WRITTEN". HERE IS THE INFORMATION THAT
25:42 YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY.
26:43 >>BILL: WELL, DOCTOR, WE'VE COME TO THE END
26:44 OF ANOTHER PROGRAM BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A
26:47 QUICK STORY FOR US. >>DR.
26:48 FERREIRA: MANY TIMES I ASK MY PATIENTS, MY OLDER
26:50 PATIENTS, WHAT DID YOU EAT WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? OF
26:54 COURSE I AM TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE FROM THE
26:55 MEDITEREANIAN REGION. AND THEY SAY, OH, DOCTOR,
26:59 YOU KNOW, OVER THE WEEK WE USED TO EAT CHICK PEAS AND
27:02 BEANS AND CABBAGE AND POTATOES AND CARROTS, ALL
27:03 VEGETABLES. AND I WILL SAY, WHAT ABOUT MEAT
27:05 AND FISH? AND THEY SAY, OH, NO, THAT'S ONLY THE
27:10 WEEKEND. ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS AND IT WAS
27:11 A SMALL AMOUNT AND ON SPECIAL DAYS. SO I SAY,
27:14 WELL, JUST GO HOME AND DO THE SAME. BUT, OF COURSE,
27:18 PEOPLE TODAY ARE - IF YOU TELL THEM THAT THEY THINK
27:20 IT IS VERY UNHEALTHY BUT IT IS ACTUALLY THE BEST.
27:26 AND, OF COURSE, THE BEST WOULD BE A VEGETARIAN DIET
27:30 WHICH IS EVEN BETTER.
27:31 IT'S THE NEXT STEP BETTER >>BILL: WELL THANK YOU.
27:33 GOING BACK TO THAT OLD WORLD DIET. THANK YOU FOR
27:34 YOUR TIME. >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU ARE WELCOME. >>BILL:
27:38 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE. LET ME REMIND YOU
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27:42 THERE YOU CAN SEE THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, YOU CAN
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27:47 ON-LINE IF YOU ARE SO MOVED TO DO THAT. OUR
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27:53 BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THEN,
27:55 REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY
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