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Program Code: IIWC201135


00:02 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM ANOTHER
00:03 ONE IN OUR LIVE HEALTHY SERIES WITH DR. FERREIRA.
00:05 I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US.
00:05 WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:11 (MUSIC)
00:24 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . .
00:26 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE.
00:29 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD.
00:34 IT IS WRITTEN . .
00:34 . SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:42 (MUSIC)
00:55 WELL, LET ME WELCOME ALL OF OUR VIEWERS TO THIS
00:56 WEEKS "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, EVERY
00:58 SO OFTEN WE LIKE TO RUN THESE LIVE HEALTHY
01:01 PROGRAMS WITH SOME VERY PRACTICAL LIFESTYLE CHANGE
01:02 CHOICES FOR OUR VIEWERS AND TO HELP US TODAY WE
01:05 HAVE OUR RETURNING GUEST DR. FERREIRA. DOCTOR,
01:09 WELCOME BACK. >>DR.
01:10 FERREIRA: THANK YOU.
01:10 >>BILL: YOU KNOW, THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HELPED MANY,
01:13 MANY PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT
01:17 ISSUES THAT WE THINK ARE RELEVANT. ON TODAY'S
01:18 PROGRAM WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS
01:21 OF A SERIOUS NATURE AND IS BECOMING MUCH MORE
01:28 WIDESPREAD AND THAT IS DIABETES. WE'VE TALKED
01:29 ABOUT THIS BEFORE.>>DR.
01:34 FERREIRA: YES.
01:34 >>BILL:.BUT, I GUESS, RECENTLY THERE'S SOME NEW
01:37 INFORMATION THAT'S COME OUT AND WE THOUGHT IT
01:38 WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR
01:40 VIEWERS. MAYBE WE COULD START WITH A DEFINITION OF
01:44 WHAT IS DIABETES? >>DR.
01:45 FERREIRA: DIABETES IS A DISEASE THAT'S CAUSED BY
01:51 HAVING SWEET BLOOD. WE ALL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
01:52 GLUCOSE, WHICH IS SUGAR, CIRCULATING IN OUR BODY,
01:59 OUR BLOOD. AND AFTER WE EAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
02:05 AMOUNT INCREASES.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA:.AND,
02:06 WHICH IS NORMAL, AND THEN AFTER A FEW HOURS IT'S
02:11 COMING BACK TO NORMAL.
02:11 AND THERE IS, YOU KNOW, NORMAL, THERE IS A RANGE
02:15 THAT YOU CONSIDER NORMAL SO, IN A DIABETIC THE
02:21 SUGAR DOESN'T REALLY COME DOWN. IT STAYS HIGH AND IT
02:22 CAN GO HIGHER AND HIGHER.
02:27 AND IT HAS EFFECTS IN YOUR BODY. IT AFFECTS DIFFERENT
02:28 SYSTEMS, IT STARTS DAMAGING THE BODY AND
02:32 THAT'S DIABETES. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA:
02:36 BASICALLY IT'S SWEET BLOOD.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
02:37 FERREIRA:.SWEET BLOOD.
02:39 >>BILL: NOW, YOU KNOW, I MADE REFERENCE TO THIS
02:40 AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. HOW WIDESPREAD IS THE PROBLEM
02:44 OF DIABETES TODAY? >>DR.
02:44 FERREIRA: WELL, IT'S VERY WIDESPREAD. IN FACT,
02:46 YOU KNOW, THE STATISTICS CHANGE EVERY YEAR, YOU
02:50 KNOW. I REMEMBER THAT NOT SO LONG AGO, FOR EXAMPLE,
02:51 IN NORTH AMERICA ABOUT 6 - 7% OF THE POPULATION WERE
02:56 DIABETICS. THAT'S VERY, VERY HIGH ALREADY. NOW,
03:02 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10 - 11%. >>BILL: WOW. >>DR.
03:03 FERREIRA: SO, AND IT'S ESTIMATED, FOR EXAMPLE,
03:06 THAT BY THE YEAR 2050, ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE ADULTS
03:11 WILL HAVE DIABETES. CAN YOU IMAGINE.>>BILL: WOW.
03:12 >>DR. FERREIRA:.THAT ONE OUT OF THREE? AND THAT'S,
03:14 AND MOST OF THESE CASES, IN FACT 90 - 95% HAVE,
03:19 WHAT WE CALL, DIABETES TYPE 2 OR DIABETES OF LATE
03:20 ONSET, WHICH IS NOT SO LATE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING
03:28 YOUNG PEOPLE NOW EVEN CHILDREN WITH DIABETES
03:32 TYPE 2. SO, 95%, 95% ARE RELATED TO DIABETES TYPE
03:33 2.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
03:42 FERREIRA:.WHICH IS LARGELY A LIFESTYLE RELATED
03:43 DISEASE. >>BILL: SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WOULD IT BE
03:47 PROPER TO SAY IT COULD BE PREVENTABLE? >>DR.
03:50 FERREIRA: YES. YES.
03:50 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
03:51 FERREIRA: ABSOLUTELY.
03:53 ABSOLUTELY. SEE, THIS INCREASE IN DIABETES, IN
03:54 THE NUMBER OF DIABETICS HAS ONE ONLY REASON WHICH
04:03 IS LIFESTYLE, BASICALLY SEE, THE DIABETES TYPE 1,
04:06 THOSE WHO NEED TO TAKE INSULIN FROM THE TIME
04:07 THEY'RE DIAGNOSED, THOSE ARE A MINORITY AND THAT
04:12 PERCENTAGE HAS REMAINED VERY MUCH CONSTANT. IT'S
04:18 THE TYPE 2'S, THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DO, THAT
04:19 HAVE DIABETES RELATED TO LIFESTYLE THAT'S ON
04:23 THE INCREASE AND THAT IS PREVENTABLE. >>BILL: WOW.
04:26 SO, DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT WE ARE EATING AND
04:27 HOW WE ARE TREATING OUR BODIES? >>DR. FERREIRA:
04:37 THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE'VE HAD A
04:39 PROGRAM ON DIABETES.>>BILL: YES,
04:40 WE HAVE. YES. >>DR.
04:42 FERREIRA:.MAYBE THE VIEWERS COULD EVEN CALL IN
04:43 AND ASK FOR THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE THE
04:45 BASIS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE SECOND PROGRAM, OKAY.
04:51 NOW, I SAID IN THAT PROGRAM THAT ONE OF THE
04:52 THINGS THAT REALLY AFFECTS THE ONSET OF DIABETES IS
04:57 THE FAT, OKAY? THE AMOUNT OF FAT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
05:05 BODIES AND THE AMOUNT OF FAT THAT WE EAT,
05:06 OKAY >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
05:09 FERREIRA: THAT STILL HOLDS TRUE. WE KNOW MORE ABOUT
05:10 IT. WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE OVEREAT
05:13 THE EXCESS ENERGY OR SOME OF THE NUTRIENTS, THE
05:21 EXCESS ENERGY IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO
05:22 FAT.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
05:27 FERREIRA:.OKAY? SO, IT'S LIKE THE BODY IS SAYING,
05:28 I DON'T KNOW IF BILL IS GOING TO HAVE FOOD
05:31 TOMORROW SO, LET ME STORE WHAT'S IN EXCESS TODAY SO
05:33 IF TOMORROW HE NEEDS I'LL JUST GO BACK TO STORAGE
05:34 AND TAKE THAT. >>BILL: YEAH, MY STORAGE IS
05:38 ALMOST OVERFLOWING RIGHT NOW, BUT.(LAUGHTER)>>DR.
05:41 FERREIRA: WHAT, WHAT, AND SO WE ALL HAVE THAT
05:42 CAPABILITY. >>BILL: RIGHT.
05:45 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THAT
05:46 CAPABILITY. SO, AND WE HAVE SPECIAL CELLS TO
05:51 STORE FAT. >>BILL: OKAY.
05:51 >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY. SO, LET'S SAY YOU EAT A
05:56 BISCUIT TODAY, YOU DON'T NEED IT SO THE BODY SAYS,
05:59 OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO HAVE TOMORROW SO
06:00 LET'S PUT THIS BISCUIT IN A STORAGE PLACE. >>BILL:
06:06 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO, SO THAT BISCUIT GETS
06:09 CONVERTED INTO FAT AND THAT GOES INTO SPECIAL
06:09 CELLS.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
06:11 FERREIRA:.CALLED 'FAT CELLS'. >>BILL: OKAY.
06:11 >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY. NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND
06:13 THERE'S SOME GENETICS HERE AS WELL. THERE ARE PEOPLE
06:17 WHO CAN JUST INCREASE THE SIZE OF FAT AND THEY
06:18 ACTUALLY MAKE NEW FAT CELLS TO STORE MORE AND
06:22 MORE FAT. SO, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE BODY JUST
06:29 STARTS INCREASING IN SIZE, OKAY. SO, THERE ARE MORE
06:30 FAT CELLS, I'M BIGGER AND SO ON. BUT PEOPLE
06:33 WHO SEEMS TO HAVE LESS CAPACITY TO DO THIS AND
06:39 WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT ONCE, LET'S SAY, THAT THRESHOLD
06:40 OR THAT MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF FAT CELLS IS REACHED,
06:45 THE BODY JUST STARTS DEPOSITING FAT EVERYWHERE.
06:53 IN PLACES WHERE NORMALLY YOU DON'T FIND MUCH
06:54 FAT >>BILL: OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. >>DR.
06:57 FERREIRA: IN MUSCLES, AROUND THE INTERNAL
07:02 ORGANS, IN THE LIVER. THE LIVER IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
07:03 BE A FAT STORAGE PLACE, PER SE, YOU KNOW. SO, THE
07:07 LIVER BECOMES FATTY. EVEN THE INTESTINES, YOU KNOW,
07:15 THEY STORE FAT, THE MUSCLES STORE FAT. SO, IF
07:16 YOU HAVE TO DO SURGERY ON SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND
07:21 YOU OPEN UP AND YOU SEE FAT STORAGE EVERYWHERE AND
07:29 THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. IT'S
07:30 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR ONE'S HEALTH. >>BILL: SO,
07:31 IS THERE A TESTING? IS THERE A WAY THAT SOMEONE
07:34 CAN KNOW IF THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO STORE FAT IN
07:35 CELLS OR IN OTHER ORGANS?
07:42 I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN.>>DR. FERREIRA
07:43 YES. WELL, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ABDOMINAL FAT, FOR
07:47 EXAMPLE. >>BILL: RIGHT.
07:47 >>DR. FERREIRA: WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE
07:54 PEOPLE WITH THIN LEGS, THIN ARMS BUT THEY'VE GOT
07:56 A BIG ABDOMEN. WE KNOW THAT IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS,
07:57 THE ORGANS ARE MOST LIKELY COVERED WITH FAT, THEY
08:03 STORE FAT. >>BILL: OKAY.
08:03 >>DR. FERREIRA: NOW, IS THERE A TEST THAT ONE CAN
08:09 DO, FOR EXAMPLE? LIVER FAT, LIVER FAT CAN BE
08:12 SEEN. YOU DO AN ULTRASOUND WHICH IS A SPECIAL TEST
08:13 WITH A LITTLE TV AND YOU PUT A LITTLE PROBE ON THE
08:21 PERSON'S ABDOMEN AND YOU LOOK INSIDE AND SO, YOU
08:27 CAN SEE A FATTY LIVER.
08:27 IN FACT, I'M BEGINNING TO THAT MOST OF MY PATIENTS
08:33 ACTUALLY HAVE FATTY LIVERS. >>BILL: WOW. MOST
08:34 OF THEM. >>DR. FERREIRA: I WOULD SAY MOST OF THEM.
08:38 I DON'T HAVE FIGURES HERE WITH ME.>>BILL: YES. >>DR.
08:42 FERREIRA:.BUT I SEE ULTRASOUND AFTER
08:43 ULTRASOUND ON PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY ARE NOT OBESE
08:47 BUT THEY'VE GOT FATTY LIVERS, OKAY. SO, BECAUSE
08:52 THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT, PERHAPS, GENETICALLY THEY
08:53 ARE LESS PREDISPOSED TO BECOME OBESE BUT IT
08:58 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEIR BODY'S.>>BILL: IT'S NOT
09:02 STORING FAT. >>DR.
09:03 FERREIRA: IT'S NOT STORING FAT. >>BILL: OH, I SEE.
09:05 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND SO, THEY'VE GOT FATTY LIVERS
09:06 AND THEY SAY, DOCTOR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I
09:07 DON'T WEIGH THAT MUCH. AND I SAY, WELL, SOMEHOW THE
09:10 BODY IS STORING IN YOUR LIVER. NOW, THAT IS, WHEN
09:11 WE SEE THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM, OKAY?
09:17 THIS PERSON IS AT HIGHER RISK OF DEVELOPING
09:20 DIABETES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND PROBLEMS. NOW, AFTER A
09:21 WHILE OF DOING THIS, THAT CAN ACTUALLY, YOU CAN
09:27 ACTUALLY HAVE INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. THE LIVER
09:31 STARTS GETTING SICK AND YOU CAN SEE SOME CHANGES
09:32 IN THE LIVER ENZYMES AND THAT'S A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST
09:37 THAT DOCTORS DO EVERY DAY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT. BUT
09:41 THE FIRST SIGN ACTUALLY CAN BE SEEN ON AN
09:42 ULTRASOUND OF THE LIVER.
09:46 >>BILL: NOW, ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR TYPES
09:47 OF SYMPTOMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL BEGINS
09:50 TO FEEL.>>DR. FERREIRA: YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING.
09:52 >>BILL: I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE DANGERS, ISN'T IT
09:54 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING, NO. >>BILL:
09:55 IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET A PAIN.>>DR. FERREIRA: NO.
09:57 >>BILL:.OR A DISCOMFORT.>>DR. FERREIRA
09:58 NO. >>BILL: YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING. >>DR. FERREIRA:
10:00 NO. AND THAT'S, FOR A FATTY LIVER, YOU DON'T.
10:01 SOMETIMES YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT, THE
10:02 DIGESTION'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BUT IT HAS
10:06 TO BE, THE BILE ACIDS AND SO ON. BUT MOST OF THE
10:10 TIME WE DON'T FEEL ANYTHING. AND WITH
10:10 DIABETES, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
10:13 DIFFERENT.>>BILL: YES.
10:14 >>DR. FERREIRA:.DIABETES, MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE
10:16 DIABETES DON'T FEEL ANYTHING. ESPECIALLY IN
10:21 THE FIRST FEW YEARS UNLESS YOU GET IT SO HIGH THAT
10:22 YOU GET INTO A COMA OR THAT IS QUITE DRAMATIC,
10:27 OKAY? BUT MOST PEOPLE WITH SWEET BLOOD CAN HAVE BLOOD
10:33 SUGARS IN 200'S, SOMETIMES 300'S. I'VE
10:34 SEEN PEOPLE WITH 500'S. IN INTERNATIONAL UNITS YOU
10:40 CAN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 12 AND PEOPLE NOT FEEL
10:45 ANYTHING. >>BILL: NOW, SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING
10:46 ABOUT THE ROLE OF FAT IN DIABETICS BUT DOES SUGAR
10:52 PLAY A ROLE HERE ALSO >>DR. FERREIRA: YES. YES.
10:56 YOU KNOW, THE ROLE OF SUGAR IS INTERESTING
10:57 SUGAR IS YOUR GASOLINE.
11:05 NOW, YOU CAN HAVE SUGAR THAT IS SWEET AND I
11:06 RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO HAVE THE FIRST PROGRAM.>>BILL:
11:13 YES. >>DR.
11:13 FERREIRA:.BECAUSE THEY'LL REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M
11:16 SAYING.>>BILL: YES. >>DR.
11:16 FERREIRA:.IF THEY WATCH THE FIRST PROGRAM.>>BILL:
11:18 YES. >>DR. FERREIRA:.OKAY.
11:19 YOU CAN HAVE SUGAR THAT IS SWEET AND YOU CAN HAVE
11:21 SUGAR THAT'S NOT SWEET PEOPLE ASK, WELL, HOW?
11:24 >>BILL: YEAH. HOW CAN YOU HAVE SUGAR THAT'S NOT
11:25 SWEET? >>DR. FERREIRA: HOW CAN YOU HAVE SUGAR THAT
11:27 IS NOT SWEET? WELL, SUGAR THAT IS SWEET, LET'S
11:29 CLARIFY THIS. SUGAR THAT IS SWEET IS SUGAR THAT
11:30 IS VERY SIMPLE. IT'S LIKE SUCROSE WHICH IS THE
11:34 NORMAL SUGAR, TABLE SUGAR YOU HAVE FRUCTOSE WHICH IS
11:40 THE MOST COMMON SUGAR FOUND IN FRUIT. YOU KNOW,
11:41 WHEN YOU PUT THAT TO YOUR MOUTH IT'S
11:45 SWEET.>>BILL: YES. >>DR.
11:45 FERREIRA:.IMMEDIATELY.
11:47 >>BILL: YES. >>DR.
11:47 FERREIRA: NOW, THERE ARE SUGARS THAT ARE MUCH MORE
11:50 COMPLEX LIKE THE ONES FOUND IN CEREALS, IN
11:51 BREAD, IN CAKES, IN SPAGHETTI. THOSE ARE
11:55 SUGARS BUT THEY ARE BIT BIGGER AND WHEN YOU PUT
12:01 THEM IN YOUR MOUTH THEY DON'T TASTE SWEET BUT WHEN
12:02 IT GETS INTO YOUR SYSTEM IT BREAKS DOWN INTO SUGAR.
12:05 SO, NOW, I THINK YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SUGAR
12:11 THAT IS SWEET. DOES THE SUGAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
12:12 FRUCTOSE.>>BILL: YEAH.
12:16 >>DR. FERREIRA:.THE SUCROSE. WELL, THINK OF
12:17 IT AS ENERGY. AND, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T USE
12:20 IT TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO STORE IT. OKAY. AND WHERE
12:26 DOES IT GET STORED? IN THE SAME PLACES WHERE THE
12:27 OTHER ONE GETS STORED.
12:32 OKAY, SO, IF YOU TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE A
12:33 SWEET DRINK, A SODA DRINK THAT IS LOADED WITH SUGAR,
12:38 YOU DON'T NEED THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO GO INTO YOUR
12:43 LIVER AND, FIRSTLY TO YOUR FAT CELLS, AND THEN,
12:44 YOU KNOW, INTO YOUR LIVER, YOUR MUSCLES, AND YOU
12:49 CAN ACTUALLY HELP THOSE MUSCLES AND THAT LIVER TO
12:54 GET FULL OF FAT. AND SO, IT DOES AFFECT. AND
12:55 WE THINK, TODAY, THAT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY INCREASE
12:59 YOUR RISK OF DIABETES SEE, THERE WAS A TENDENCY,
13:01 FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THAT AND THEN IT
13:02 WAS FAT AND NOW IT'S A MIXTURE. YOU KNOW, IT'S
13:06 NOT A SPECIFIC THING, IT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS
13:12 AND SWEET DRINKS DEFINITELY INCREASE YOUR
13:13 RISK OF OBESITY. YES.
13:16 >>BILL: DOES FISH, MEAT, YOU KNOW, RED MEATS, YOU
13:17 KNOW, POULTRY, FISH, DOES THAT PLAY ANY ROLE IN
13:25 DIABETES? >>DR. FERREIRA: WELL, YES, YES BECAUSE
13:31 WHAT HAPPENS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TAKE MEAT. MEAT HAS
13:32 FAT, OKAY. IT'S NOT JUST PROTEIN. IT HAS FAT. THAT
13:39 FAT IS HIGHLY CALORIC. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE
13:47 CALORIES PER GRAM OF FAT THAN YOU HAVE, FOR
13:47 EXAMPLE, IN A SWEET, OKAY?
13:53 SO, THAT FAT WHICH IS ENERGY WHICH IS HIGHLY
13:54 CONCENTRATED, IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, YOU'RE GOING TO
13:59 STORE IT. >>BILL: RIGHT.
13:59 >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY. SO, IT DOES INCREASE YOUR
14:03 CHANCES OF HAVING LIVER, FATTY LIVER, FATTY ORGANS
14:09 AND SO THAT, AND FISH AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THE FATS
14:10 FROM FISH ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. YOU GET, YOU
14:15 GET HEALTHIER FATS IN MOST FISH, OKAY. ESPECIALLY THE
14:21 FATTY FISH BUT IT'S STILL FAT. IF YOU DON'T NEED IT,
14:22 YOU DON'T NEED THE ENERGY YOU'RE GOING TO STORE IT.
14:27 SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EAT?
14:32 SHOULD WE EAT THIS STUFF OR NOT, YOU KNOW? FIRST, I
14:34 THINK WE SHOULD EAT LITTLE AMOUNTS AND WE SHOULD EAT
14:38 TAKI WE NEED FOR THE DAY. AND
14:43 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE
14:44 NEED FOR ONE DAY, WE'LL BE SURPRISED. >>BILL: SO,
14:48 HOW, THIS IS A LITTLE OFF THE SUBJECT, I MEAN, A
14:56 LITTLE ON THE SIDE MAYBE BUT AVERAGE CALORIE INTAKE
14:57 FOR AN ADULT MALE? >DR.
14:58 FERREIRA: OKAY. >>BILL: DAILY REQUIREMENT.
14:59 >>DR. FERREIRA: DAILY REQUIREMENT. IT DEPENDS
15:02 ON HOW MUCH ACTIVITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY YOU
15:06 HAVE. MOST PEOPLE, TODAY, HAVE COMPLETELY, 100%
15:07 SEDENTARY LIVES. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY.
15:14 SO THAT MEANS WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, GOING TO THE
15:16 BATHROOM, GOING TO THE KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING
15:17 SOMETHING TO EAT, GETTING IN YOUR CAR; FROM YOUR CAR
15:21 TO THE OFFICE; FROM THE OFFICE BACK TO THE CAR;
15:25 BACK HOME, TV, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, VERY
15:26 LITTLE... >>BILL: YES.
15:32 >>DR. FERREIRA:.FOR MEN AND WOMEN. FOR A PERSON
15:33 LIKE THAT, LET'S SAY A PERSON WEIGHS 160 POUNDS,
15:37 A MAN, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD NEED PROBABLY ABOUT
15:42 1600, 1700 CALORIES PER DAY, OKAY. PEOPLE ARE
15:43 TAKING MUCH MORE THAN THAT, USUALLY THREE,
15:51 FOUR, 500 CALORIES MORE SOMETIMES EVEN A THOUSAND
15:56 CALORIES MORE. WHERE DO ALL THOSE CALORIES GO
15:57 >>BILL: STORAGE. >>DR.
16:02 FERREIRA: INTO THE STORAGE. INTO THE STORAGE.
16:03 NOW, IF YOU INCREASE YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THEN,
16:05 OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE. SO, IF YOU TAKE
16:09 IN MORE CALORIES THAN WHAT YOU NEED AND YOU DON'T
16:10 WANT TO DECREASE THEN, FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU DON'T
16:16 WANT TO, YOU JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, THEN YOU
16:19 NEED TO INCREASE YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO BURN
16:21 OFF THE EXCESS. BECAUSE WHAT'S IN EXCESS GOES TO
16:25 YOUR STORAGE. AND YOU EAT ABOUT 500 CALORIES EXTRA A
16:29 DAY, FOR A WEEK YOU GET AN EXTRA POUND OF WEIGHT.
16:30 AND TO LOSE IT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DEFICIT OF THOSE
16:40 500 CALORIES TO LOSE A POUND A WEEK. >>BILL:
16:45 RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO, IT'S, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
16:46 AROUND IT. YOU EITHER EAT LESS OR YOU EXERCISE
16:50 MORE. >>BILL: EXERCISE MORE. RIGHT. IT'S PRETTY
16:53 STRAIGHT FORWARD.
16:54 WHAT ABOUT VITAMIN D? DOES VITAMIN D PLAY ANY ROLE IN
16:58 DIABETES? >>DR. FERREIRA: IT'S NOT CLEAR. IT'S NOT
16:59 CLEAR BUT IT SEEMS SO. IT SEEMS SO. AND ONE WOULD
17:04 THINK WELL, IT'S STRANGE, HOW DOES SUNLIGHT AFFECT
17:11 DIABETES? WELL, IT SEEMS TO DO THAT. OKAY.
17:12 AND IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW,
17:16 BASICALLY, I THINK IF WE HOLD ON TO WHAT WE KNOW AS
17:23 BEING HARD CORE OF DIABETES PREVENTION, IT'S
17:24 LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE, OKAY. NOW,
17:31 VITAMIN D IS NOW BECOMING KNOWN AS A BIG FACTOR, OR
17:39 LACK OF IT, A BIG FACTOR IN MANY PROBLEMS.
17:40 FROM PROSTATE, TO HEART DISEASE. WE KNOW ABOUT
17:44 OSTEOPOROSIS.>>BILL: YES. ABSOLUTELY. >>DR.
17:47 FERREIRA:.WELL, THAT'S A NORMAL ONE, OKAY? >>BILL:
17:48 RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT DIABETES, SOMETIMES EVEN
17:51 IN DEPRESSION SO, SUNLIGHT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT
17:59 THAN.>>BILL: WE THOUGHT.
18:00 >>DR. FERREIRA:.WE REALIZED. YEAH. I DON'T
18:02 KNOW IF IT WAS EVER GOD'S PLAN THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN A
18:03 SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE SUNLIGHT. >>BILL:
18:06 RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA: FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE NORTHERN
18:08 COUNTRIES, IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND EVEN THE
18:09 SOUTHERN ONE, IN WINTER, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
18:12 COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 6 HOURS OF
18:16 SUNLIGHT A DAY. AND SOME OF THEM, YOU GO TO
18:17 ICELAND, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS AND SMETIMES NO
18:21 SUNLIGHT. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA:
18:24 OKAY. SO, THAT IS NOT HEALTHY. AND SO, MAKE SURE
18:25 THAT IF YOU DO NOT GET ENOUGH SUNSHINE
18:29 THAT YOU TAKE VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS. AT LEAST 400
18:34 INTERNATIONAL UNITS A DAY.
18:35 DON'T GO BEYOND 600 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S 400. IN
18:39 FACT, THERE'S A BLOOD TEST THAT YOU CAN DO. ASK YOUR
18:40 DOCTOR TO SEE HOW MUCH VITAMIN D YOU HAVE IN
18:44 YOUR BLOOD. >>BILL: OH, THAT CAN BE TESTED? >>DR.
18:46 FERREIRA: THAT CAN BE TESTED. UNFORTUNATELY,
18:47 MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOW LEVELS WHICH,
18:50 OF COURSE, CAN TRANSLATE INTO.>>BILL: ALL KINDS OF
18:56 DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT?
18:56 >>DR. FERREIRA: YES.
18:56 >>BILL: IT'S INTERESTING HOW VITAMIN D IS BECOMING
18:59 MUCH MORE PROMINENT. WE'RE TALKING A LOT MORE ABOUT
19:02 IT. OKAY. SO, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS
19:03 TYPE 2 DIABETES YOU TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS THE
19:07 PREVENTABLE ONE. >>DR.
19:07 FERREIRA: YES. >>BILL: LET'S LOOK AT SOME, AGAIN,
19:09 SOME DO'S AND DON'TS. AND SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
19:14 THINGS THAT OUR VIEWERS COULD BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT,
19:15 YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT AFTER THIS PROGRAM GOES
19:17 OFF THE AIR, THAT CAN BEGIN TO HAVE A POSITIVE
19:23 EFFECT. NOW, LET ME JUST INTERRUPT YOU AND ASK
19:24 ANOTHER QUESTION. SOMEONE WHO HAS TYPE 2 DIABETES
19:28 RIGHT NOW.>>DR. FERREIRA YES. >>BILL:.IS IT, IS
19:32 THERE A POSSIBILITY OF REVERSING THAT. >>DR.
19:33 FERREIRA: YES. YES.
19:34 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR.
19:34 FERREIRA: YES THERE IS.
19:35 >>BILL: SAME PRESCRIPTION.
19:37 >>DR. FERREIRA: SAME PRESCRIPTION. >>BILL:
19:38 OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: YES.
19:42 YES, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING CONSIDERED RECENTLY
19:43 AS A REVERSIBLE DISEASE.
19:48 >>BILL: THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
19:48 >>DR. FERREIRA: THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT'S GOOD
19:50 NEWS. NOW, BUT LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE HARDEST THING
19:51 FOR PEOPLE TO DO IS TO GET OUT OF THEIR SEATS, WHERE
19:53 THEY ARE AT HOME, GO TO THE REFRIGERATOR OR TO
19:59 THEIR CUPBOARD IN THE KITCHEN, LOOK AT THAT
20:00 AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS RUBBISH. I'M GOING TO
20:04 THROW IT AWAY. IT'S VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO DO.
20:12 THEY'VE INVESTED THEIR MONEY IN THIS. >>BILL:
20:13 YES. YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: THEY'VE GOT AN EMOTIONAL
20:14 RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FOOD. YOU BUY CHEESE YOU
20:18 LIKE, YOU BUY THE MEAT YOU LIKE, YOU BUY THE BISCUITS
20:19 YOU LIKE, YOU BUY THE MAYONNAISE, YOU BUY THE
20:23 KETCHUP YOU LIKE. THERE'S AN EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
20:28 BETWEEN YOU AND THAT. AND I WATCHED A PROGRAM ONE
20:29 DAY, YOU KNOW, A PERSON WAS ON A WEIGHT LOSS
20:34 PROGRAM AND SHE WENT TO THE REFRIGERATOR AND THE
20:42 PERSON WAS HELPING HER TO GET ONTO THEIR PROGRAM AND
20:43 SHE SAID, WELL, THIS IS OUT, THIS IS OUT, THIS
20:46 IS OUT, AND THE LADY SAID, NO, THE MAYO IS NOT GOING.
20:51 IT'S STAYING. OKAY?
20:51 (LAUGHTER) AND THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING
20:56 BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU
20:57 NOW IT'S AN EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP. FOR SOMEBODY
21:01 TO GO, THIS IS GOING, THIS IS GOING, THIS BISCUITS
21:04 HERE, I'LL START IT NEXT WEEK. SO, IT NEEDS TO BE A
21:05 DECISION. IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION BUT PEOPLE NEED
21:11 TO REALIZE I'M GOING TO DO THIS. OKAY. I'M NOT GOING
21:17 TO SUCCUMB TO THIS PROBLEM. SO, DIET, VERY
21:18 IMPORTANT. GET ON TO A LOW-FAT, PREFERABLY
21:23 VEGETARIAN BALANCED DIET WITH LOTS OF FRUITS AND
21:33 VEGETABLES. YOU KNOW, DIABETICS SAY, DOCTOR,
21:34 YOU'RE TELLING ME TO EAT FRUIT, IT'S SWEET. LOOK,
21:39 BETWEEN A FRUIT AND A BUN, I WOULD RATHER GO FOR THE
21:47 FRUIT. THEY'VE GOT THE SAME TYPE, THE SAME NUMBER
21:48 OF CALORIES. OKAY. SO, PLENTY OF VEGETABLES,
21:50 FRUIT, NUTS, VERY LITTLE FAT AND THEN FOR SOURCES
21:55 OF PROTEIN GO FOR BEANS AND SO ON. OKAY,
21:56 SO, DIABETICS WHO ARE CONTROLLED ON MEDICATION,
22:03 MANY OF THEM ARE NOT CONTROLLED, THEY NEED TO
22:07 WATCH. YOU KNOW, WE'D RATHER INVEST MUCH MORE IN
22:08 VEGETABLES INITIALLY THAN NECESSARILY ON FRUIT, EAT
22:12 FRUIT, YOU KNOW, AND DO IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR DOCTOR.
22:15 OKAY. THE DOCTOR NEEDS TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING
22:16 TO CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS
22:19 THAT IF YOU'RE TAKING MEDICATION FOR YOUR
22:21 DIABETES TO LOWER THAT, SUDDENLY YOU'VE GOT A
22:22 SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GETTING BETTER. WHERE THAT
22:28 MEDICATION MAY ACTUALLY WORK AGAINST YOU.>>BILL: I
22:31 SEE. >>DR. FERREIRA:.AND DROP YOUR BLOOD SUGAR
22:32 TOO.>>BILL: TOO LOW. >>DR.
22:34 FERREIRA:.LOW AND YOU GO INTO A COMA. >>BILL:
22:35 RIGHT. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO, THESE MUST BE DONE
22:37 IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR DOCTOR. OKAY. SO TELL HIM,
22:40 I'M GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE,
22:41 DOCTOR, I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. I'M GOING TO TRY
22:42 AND IMPROVE MY CONDITION, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW.
22:48 BUT THEN DIET IS VERY IMPORTANT. SECOND IS
22:49 EXERCISE. >>BILL: OKAY.
22:54 >>DR. FERREIRA: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY,
22:55 AFTER A MEAL OR ANY MEAL.
22:58 DO IT FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. BUT IF YOU CAN'T DO
22:59 IT FOR HALF AN HOUR, 15 MINUTES IS GOOD. VIGOROUS
23:05 EXERCISE. LIKE WALKING, BRISKLY. BRISK WALKING,
23:11 THAT'S GOOD, SO, EXERCISE AND DIET. BRING THAT
23:12 WEIGHT DOWN BUT THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES THAT SHOW
23:20 THAT, LET'S SAY, PEOPLE WHO ARE OBESE, THEY ARE
23:26 DIABETICS. IF YOU PUT THEM ON A CALORIC RESTRICTION
23:27 DIET, YOU DON'T NOTICE, IMMEDIATELY, THE WEIGHT
23:33 LOSS. GREAT WEIGHT LOSS.
23:34 BUT THEY'VE GOT A FATTY LIVER. THAT FAT IN THE
23:42 LIVER DECREASES AND MANY OF THEM IMPROVE
23:47 DRAMATICALLY, JUST IN A FEW DAYS, IMPROVE THEIR
23:48 BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS.
23:53 >>BILL: SO, EVEN BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO SEE A CHANGE
23:54 IN THEIR BODY.>>DR.
23:56 FERREIRA: EXACTLY. YOU MAY SEE IF ALREADY IN
23:57 YOUR BLOOD BECAUSE YOU DECREASED YOUR FAT
24:00 INTAKE OR YOU DECREASED YOUR LIVER FAT WHICH IS A
24:03 RESULT OF YOU EATING LESS, EXERCISING MORE. OKAY. SO,
24:05 GO ON TO THAT PLAN AND I TELL YOU THERE'S MORE
24:15 THAN, MOST CASES, MORE THAN 70% OF CASES, COULD
24:23 BE COMPETELY CONTROLLED JUST BY FOOD AND EXERCISE
24:24 WITHOUT THE NEED OF MEDICATION. >>BILL:
24:30 WITHOUT NO MEDICATION.
24:30 >>DR. FERREIRA: WITHOUT THE NEED OF MEDICATION.
24:34 >>BILL: WOW. >>DR.
24:35 FERREIRA: IT COULD. OKAY, NOW, PEOPLE FIND
24:37 IT DIFFICULT. THEY SAY, DOCTOR, AS I SAID, IT'S AN
24:40 EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LIFESTYLE. YOU
24:40 KNOW, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING, IT'S THE END
24:43 OF THE DAY, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK.>>BILL: YOU'RE
24:46 TIRED. >>DR. FERREIRA:.THE NEWS IS COMING ON, YOU'RE
24:47 TIRED, THE REFRIGERATOR IS FULL OF PIZZA AND WHATEVER
24:49 AND YOU'VE, YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING
24:57 IT. YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING IT. YOU'VE HAD A
24:58 HARD DAY. MAYBE YOU'VE COME TO WORK AT HOME, YOU
25:02 BRING, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING BUT IT'S SOMETHING
25:07 YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
25:08 DO YOU WANT THE HEART DISEASE THAT COMES FROM
25:13 DIABETES? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR CONDITION? YOU
25:14 KNOW, 80% OF DIABETICS, 80% OF DIABETICS DIE WITH
25:18 CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS >>BILL: WOW. EIGHTY
25:25 PERCENT. >>DR. FERREIRA: EIGHTY PERCENT OF
25:26 DIABETICS DIE WITH HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE.
25:29 THINK ABOUT THAT. AND ONE IN THREE PEOPLE IN NORTH
25:32 AMERICA WILL HAVE DIABETES, IF NOTHING
25:33 HAPPENS, BY THE YEAR 2050.
25:39 THAT'S NOT SO LONG IN THE FUTURE. >>BILL: THAT'S
25:40 RIGHT. THOSE ARE SOME VERY SOBERING STATISTICS
25:44 BUT SOME VERY PRACTICAL ADVICE. THANK YOU DOCTOR.
25:48 LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
25:49 THE INFORMATION WE HAVE HEARD TODAY. WE THANK YOU
25:53 FOR USING MEN AND WOMEN LIKE DR. FERREIRA TO
25:58 PROVIDE THIS ADVICE AND COUNSEL. FATHER, EMPOWER
25:59 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THE KINDS OF CHANGES WE
26:03 NEED TO MAKE IN OUR LIVES SO WE CAN LIVE LIFE AND
26:05 LIVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
26:06 IN JESUS' NAME. >>DR.
26:06 FERREIRA: AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN.
26:13 (MUSIC)
26:27 >>BILL: YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM DR.
26:28 FERREIRA REFERRED TO A PROGRAM ON DIABETES WE DID
26:30 SOME TIME AGO. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET THAT PROGRAM
26:35 SO YOU GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
26:36 DIABETES IS AND HOW TO PREVENT IT, WE'D LIKE TO
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26:43 HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY.
27:36 >>BILL: WELL, DOCTOR, ANOTHER PROGRAM. THANK YOU
27:38 SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION HERE WITH
27:39 US. >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU'RE WELCOME. >>BILL: LET ME
27:40 THANK OUR FAITHFUL VIEWERS THAT TUNE IN EACH AND
27:43 EVERY WEEK. NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN ENJOYING THIS, THESE
27:44 LIVE HEALTHY PROGRAMS WE WANT TO MAKE AVAILABLE
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