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>> Welcome to
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It Is Written Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Have you ever noticed
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how we are constantly bombarded
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with new diets and proposed ways
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of eating to better our health?
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When one health care
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professional claims one thing
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and another professional claims
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something completely different,
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it causes way too much confusion
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and questions begin to arise.
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>> Dr. Darlene Blaney,
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who has a PhD in nutrition,
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is with us today to lay out some
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simple guidelines
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concerning whether or not
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we should be calorie counting,
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eating or avoiding
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carbohydrates, fats and sugars,
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and how to get enough protein.
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Dr. Blaney's guidelines
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will help us understand
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and achieve the simplicity of
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God's ultimate diet plan.
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>> Dr. Darlene Blaney,
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thank you for joining us
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on It Is Written Canada.
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>> Thank you.
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Thank you for having me.
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>> So, Dr. Darlene,
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is it important for us
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to count our calories
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with every meal or for every day
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just to make sure that we get
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adequate nutrition?
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>> Well, to be honest,
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I hate calorie counting,
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[laughs]
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so my answer is no.
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I usually try to teach my
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clients to just eat
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a variety of foods
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from the basic food groups.
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And when I say
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the basic food groups,
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I mean like fruits, vegetables,
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nuts, grains,
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seeds, legumes,
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and the food
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in their full form
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as grown.
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And you can eat as much of those
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as you would like.
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And then the foods that are
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more refined, high in calories,
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sugar, fat, that sort of thing,
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you would definitely decrease on
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as much as you can.
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And if you can make the majority
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of your diet based on those
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whole foods as grown,
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you don't have to worry about
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counting calories
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and you can eat
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until you're satisfied.
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>> Oh, that's great!
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>> So there's a lot of talk
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about carbohydrates,
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and people are worried that if
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I eat too much carbohydrates,
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I'm gonna get fat.
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And that's not what people want.
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And so tell us about
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carbohydrates.
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>> Yes, when it comes to
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carbohydrates, usually
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the unfortunate thing is
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we put them all into one basket.
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But there's actually two kinds
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of carbohydrates.
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We have a complex carbs
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and we have the simple carbs.
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So complex carbs
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are the foods as grown
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that I was just mentioning.
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Those are high in nutrients,
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but very low in calories.
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So you're able to eat
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and enjoy those.
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They don't add directly
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to your body fat,
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and so they don't make you fat.
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They're very high in fibre.
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They do quite the opposite.
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It will actually speed up
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your metabolism because
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they give you energy.
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Now if you go to the other side,
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the simple carbs.
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A lot of times I kind of chuckle
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and say, "This is where
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man thinks they can improve on
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what God has created."
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So we take the whole foods
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and we remove the fibre
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and remove that bran or
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remove the germ and remove
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some of the nutrients.
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And we're left with white flour,
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white sugar, white pastas,
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white rice.
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These are very high in calories
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but very low in nutrition.
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So they would be what
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we would call empty foods,
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empty nutrition.
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And those are the ones that will
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add directly to your body fat.
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Those are the ones that will
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make you tired,
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don't give you the energy,
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and will work against
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your metabolism
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and your immune system.
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>> So we call them refined...
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[laughs]
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...but they're not really
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refined, they're actually just
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depleted...
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>> Absolutely.
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>> ...of all the goodness.
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>> So then we take in those
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refined foods like the
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white flour and the white sugar,
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and then using those to make
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pizza or pasta
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or bread.
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And those are the ones
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that you're saying that are
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really depleting our bodies
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from the nutrients.
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>> Absolutely.
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And if you think about it,
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you know, I like to use
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Christmas as an example,
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where we go and we eat until
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we're so stuffed we could
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roll away from the table,
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and in an hour or two,
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we can still somehow manage
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to find room to put more in.
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And so we can fill up
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on these simple carbs,
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but we're not
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nutritionally filled.
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And so then your body is still
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crying out for more nutrients,
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and we start to eat more
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and we overeat
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because we're trying to get
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more nutrients in,
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but instead we just keep
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taking in these simple foods,
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these simple carbs.
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And then that, the fat
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is harder to break down
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so it ends up being stored.
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And yes, we gain weight
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on those kind of foods then.
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And the neat thing is
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your taste buds change.
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Every 14 days according to
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what you eat.
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And so, you know, if we're
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used to a lot of these cakes
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and pies and ice cream,
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we will crave more cakes,
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pies, and ice cream
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and the apple doesn't
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taste so great.
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But if we can force ourselves
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to eat all this fresh fruit
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instead, in 14 days, you will
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actually crave that fruit.
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And you will find that apple
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sweeter than you remembered it
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before.
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>> Right.
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And I remember
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us going to
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British Columbia,
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and we ate
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organic cherries
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off the tree and plums and...
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And if I say to someone now,
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"Eat that.
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Now think about eating
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a doughnut.
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It's like sugar rush
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all of a sudden.
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Now do you wanna eat the fruit?
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No, it tastes kind of
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sour to you."
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>> Dr. Blaney, what about
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sugar?
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Should diabetics just be
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concerned and avoid sugars?
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>> No.
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Actually, anybody,
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in reality,
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sugar plays havoc
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on our immune system
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particularly.
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So just to kind of
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give you an example,
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each of your white blood cells
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go out and fight for you,
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for your immune system.
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If there happens to be bacteria
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or a virus or something invades,
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each white blood cell is able to
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kill off and destroy
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14 bacteria,
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if your immune system is
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working optimally.
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By the time you take in about
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25 teaspoons of sugar,
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which sounds like a lot.
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So let me say the average person
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takes in 35 teaspoons of sugar
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a day.
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The average person.
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I mean, I'm not even talking
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a teenager who's just
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drinking pop all day.
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And so at 25 teaspoons of sugar,
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each white blood cell is only
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able to destroy and kill off
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one bacteria.
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So sugar
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immobilizes, paralyzes
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those white blood cells,
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and they don't go out and
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fight for you on your behalf.
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So if we're running around on
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35 teaspoons of sugar,
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the average person,
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what immune system do we have?
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We don't, right?
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So it's not just
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a diabetic situation,
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it's any of us.
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I once had a diabetic who had
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taken my course, and I was
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teaching this type of thing,
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and he came up to me
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and he said, "So tell me,
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if I followed your way and I
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reverse my diabetes,
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am I able to eat as many
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chocolate bars as I want,
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whenever I want?"
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And I said, "No, your sugars are
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still gonna go up."
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He says, "Well then you didn't
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help me reverse my diabetes,
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did you?"
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I said, if I eat those
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chocolate bars, my sugars go up.
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That's anybody."
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You don't have to be a diabetic
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to have your sugars go too high,
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which, you know, affects all
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sorts of things in our body.
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>> I remember it was
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an eye opener for myself
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and Mike when someone at
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Fountainview who was working in
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the cafeteria,
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she had also done, you know,
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nutrition courses.
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And she said to us that
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she learned that four grams
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of sugar is equal to
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one teaspoon.
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Because then we would go to,
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like, the grocery store.
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Let me use a granola bar
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as an example, because
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that's something that
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I would think is healthy.
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You know, when you look at
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the sugar content on there,
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sometimes it's 24 grams of sugar
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or, you know, 28 grams of sugar.
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Well, if there?4 grams of
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sugar in that granola bar,
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I'm eating 6 teaspoons
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of sugar in there.
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>> But like juice,
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like we were saying,
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even about the apple pie,
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when you're saying one slice
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has how many apples in it?
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Same with the juice, right?
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You remove the fibre,
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you're left with the sugars,
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and the fibre is what slows down
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those sugars going into
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the bloodstream.
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And so that is where we want to,
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yeah, really focus on that more.
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>> So you really eat the apple
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rather than drink
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the apple juice.
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>> Correct.
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Absolutely.
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Any time in the whole food form.
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Yes, yeah.
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You'll get the most benefit.
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>> You get the most benefit
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and you don't get a sugar spike.
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>> Exactly.
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>> So, Darlene, what about
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fats?
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I know when I was growing up,
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there was always fat free,
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everything was fat free.
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There was like a war on fat.
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Should we avoid all fats?
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>> No, and that's
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a good question, because
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a lot of times when we used to
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talk plant-based or vegetarian,
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we would also assume no fat.
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And that is where an issue
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became a problem, because
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no fat, I mean, if you pictured
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back in that day when we would
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say about someone vegetarian,
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how would you picture a person?
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Sunken-in eyes,
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skeleton feature,
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white complexion, right?
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Not looking healthy.
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And so we need fat.
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But the key is a good fat.
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So we have a good fat
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and we have a bad fat.
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So the bad fats are more
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your saturated type fats.
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And animal products do have
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saturated fat.
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Other saturated issues would be
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taking a good plant oil,
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heating it up so it becomes
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saturated or a trans fat, right?
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So that's not a good fat for us.
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A good fat would be again
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in the whole food form.
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And so like our raw nuts,
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our raw seeds.
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When you cook those or when you
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roast those with extra oil
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on it, you change the molecular
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shape of that, of the oil
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and it becomes a carcinogen
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in many cases.
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But those good fats are
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what we would call especially
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essential fatty acids.
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Your omega-3, your omega-6.
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Omega-6 is very commonly found
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in a lot of foods that we eat
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green leafy vegetables, legumes.
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So we tend to get a fair bit of
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omega-6.
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Omega-3 we have to work
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harder for.
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And the most common foods,
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our easiest foods to get a
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good supply of omega-3
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is flax seeds and walnuts.
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If you think of a walnut,
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what does that look like?
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>> A brain.
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>> A brain.
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So those omega fats do a lot for
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our system, our immune system,
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but also our brain
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cognitive function,
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dealing with depression,
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anxiety...
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...fighting allergies.
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There's hormone balancing.
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We need, cells need the fat
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to reproduce.
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So lots of good uses to fat.
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The key is to stay within
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our requirement.
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So let's say the average person
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takes in about a
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2000-calorie diet approximately.
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Twenty percent of that,
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the most you would want of fat.
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You want to emphasize
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working on the good fat
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in that 20%, so that would be
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around 40 grams of fat,
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the highest amount.
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And it can add up quite quickly.
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Even your good fats can add up
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quite fast.
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So like a tablespoon of a
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liquid oil, let's say olive oil
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because it's good for you,
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can be like 12 grams of fat
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right there, 12, 14 grams.
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So it can add up quickly.
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But the key is to replace
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the bad fat with the good fat.
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>> Okay.
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So I'm thinking avocado.
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>> Yes, monounsaturated.
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So a very good fat
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for you, again.
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Now, again, in the
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whole-food form, so you're
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gonna get the fat, the fibre,
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and all the other vitamins
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that go with that as well.
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[MIKE] Right. Okay.
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>> So your
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unsaturated fats
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are your healthy ones
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and your saturated fats
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are your unhealthy ones
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because those are processed
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just like in the carbohydrates,
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your complex carbohydrates
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are your healthy ones,
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but your simple carbohydrates
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are the ones that are
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processed now and refined
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and that changes the
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molecular structure,
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which makes them not as healthy.
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>> That is correct.
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Now, I also think, though, we do
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have some plant-based foods that
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do have saturated fat in them.
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Coconut, right, peanuts...
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So these type of fat
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in these plant-based foods,
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it just means it's
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very concentrated.
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So you just don't want to go
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overboard on it, right?
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But being in a plant-based form,
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you don't have the things like
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cholesterol, you still have
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the fibre.
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So in that case
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it's still good for you,
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it's okay as long as you're
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within that requirement.
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Because being saturated,
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the grams of fat are high.
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And it's just gonna add up
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really fast.
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>> Darlene, what about protein?
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Can we really get enough protein
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when we follow a whole-food,
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plant-based diet?
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>> Yes, we can actually.
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A lot of times we assume not
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just because we're always taught
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that animal protein, you know,
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it is, it's very concentrated.
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And in fact, in our society
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today, our diseases are
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coming from too much protein,
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not the fact we're not
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getting enough.
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So on average, a woman might
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need approximately 45 grams of
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protein, depending of course
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size and so forth.
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Males about 55 grams.
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The average takes in
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three times that amount per day.
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And then on top of that, we're
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still doing protein shakes.
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So we've got this thing
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embedded in us that we need
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all this protein,
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but we don't need as much as
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what people are always claiming.
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And so plant-based foods do have
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protein in them.
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In fact, a lemon has protein
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equivalent to many grains.
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If you get into some of your
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seeds, your hemp hearts,
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your chia seeds,
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these are anywhere from
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4 to 7 grams of protein
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per tablespoon.
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So definitely.
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And if you think about,
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I like this analogy as well,
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if you think about the animals
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that are out there,
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some of the greatest,
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largest, strongest animals
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are vegetarian.
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Right, so...
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[MIKE] So you got, what,
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gorillas...
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>> Elephants, hippos,
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rhinoceros.
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>> Yeah.
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And they're strong.
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>> Absolutely, right?
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>> And they're not eating meat.
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>> I wouldn't take
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one of them on.
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[laughs]
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>> And they're vegetarian.
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>> Completely vegetarian.
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>> That's right.
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And they have a lot of muscle.
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So we're always thinking
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we need all this protein if we
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want to gain muscle.
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Where do they get it from?
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>> Dr. Blaney, what about
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combining foods to get
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a complete protein?
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>> Yes, I'm happy to say
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that's old school. [laughs]
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A lot of people think
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they still need to, you know,
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making sure you have your
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rice and your beans in the same
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meal or your whole wheat bread
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with, you know, and those are
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all great foods, if you can
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combine them all, it's good,
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but you don't have to.
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As long as you're eating, like,
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a well-balanced variety.
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Lots of variety is the key diet.
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Your body stores the
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amino acids.
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Your amino acids are what
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build together like a train
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and make your whole proteins.
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So your body stores those
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amino acids and over a
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48- to 72-hour time frame,
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it'll just take what it needs
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and keep making those
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complete proteins.
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So that takes a lot of
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pressure off of us.
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We can just enjoy eating now.
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>> It does take a lot of
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pressure.
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And just to think we're so
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fearfully and wonderfully made,
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that our bodies can just
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do that.
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>> It is amazing, it is amazing.
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And then of course there are
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complete proteins, though, too,
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that you can eat if you're
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concerned.
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You know, like the hemp hearts
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I mentioned or chia seeds,
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edamame beans, soy beans,
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quinoa, green peas,
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anything like these are
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complete protein.
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So all your necessary
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amino acids are in it.
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So if you have a concern,
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just eat a little bit more
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of those foods, particularly.
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But otherwise, yeah, you won't
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lack protein as long as you're
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eating a good variety.
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>> Dr. Darlene, you mentioned
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a balanced diet.
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So what does a balanced diet
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look like?
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>> So again I like to
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keep things simple.
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The easiest way that I try to
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describe it to my clients
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is picture a dinner plate.
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Two thirds of that dinner plate
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are your complex carbohydrates.
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So whole foods as grown.
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So two thirds.
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The other one third
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would be your protein and then
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your fat would be your garnish.
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So some of that might kind of
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fall into both categories,
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right, you might have like a
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nut roast, and of course
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some of your nuts have
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the protein, you know,
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but also carbs.
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And then your carbs would be
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your salad,
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your steamed veggies,
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your baked potato.
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And then your fat would be your
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nice homemade salad dressing,
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some olives, some avocado,
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right, hemp seeds on it.
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And you've got a complete
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balanced meal.
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A lot of times, especially when
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we eat meat, we always think of
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a big steak with few vegetables
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around it.
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I'm just asking people to
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flip that around.
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Yes.
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>> So if you eat
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plant-based,
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what kind of diseases would that
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help to alleviate?
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>> You know a number of diseases
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actually.
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So heart disease, cancer,
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these two things are our
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number-one killers today.
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And so clean our arteries.
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Protein will feed cancer.
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And let me say specifically
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animal protein because it's
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so concentrated.
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They've done studies.
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It's like turning on
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the light switch
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of cancer genes
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the minute you go over
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your required amount of protein.
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You could do the same with
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plant protein and it never
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turns on those cancer genes.
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In fact, our plant foods
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have the cancer fighting agents
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in them, right?
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And then other things like even
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osteoporosis, for example,
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arthritis.
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That was a big one that helped
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change my life.
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My mom had severe arthritis
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as I was growing up.
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And watching the pain and
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inflammation disappears for her
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as she turned towards
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a plant-based diet.
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Mentally, you know,
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we're just clearer.
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It affects in so many ways.
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Blood pressure, cholesterol.
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The list can go on, really.
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>> In the Bible, in the book of
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Genesis, it mentions that
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God gave us so many different
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kinds of trees with fruits
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and with seeds inside
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for us to use as our food
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and to eat those.
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Is that still applicable today,
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Dr. Darlene?
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>> Yes, I think more than ever
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actually.
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With sin in our world today,
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we need to rely on
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God's creation to get
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the nutrients that we need.
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It's definitely not a diet
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of deprivation.
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I mean, the colours, the smells,
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the tastes.
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You know, it's not a
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boring diet.
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Today, our diet and lifestyle
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has changed.
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It's, you know, we're-
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our world is becoming sicker.
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I think we all know that.
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We think of heart disease
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and cancer, like I mentioned
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as the number one killers today,
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diabetes has become an epidemic
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you know, strokes,
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and the list goes on.
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This is from a refined diet,
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from foods that have
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their nutrients taken away.
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The high fats, the high sugars,
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the diseases of the animals
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today as well, right?
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So the foods
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as grown that God has given us,
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it was created for us.
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We were created in His image
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and this is medicine to us.
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What we put in our mouths
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needs to count, you know,
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either for us or against us.
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It can go either way.
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So it's about making
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good choices.
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Yeah, so definitely important
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today, probably more than ever.
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And especially as we know
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our world is coming to an end,
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we want clarity of mind.
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And the only way to
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nourish our brain is through
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good nutrition and good health.
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It needs nourishment as well
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to make those right decisions
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and hear God's voice.
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>> So, Darlene, what about the
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Bible and spiritual connections
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between what we eat,
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you know, and...
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...and God?
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>> Yes.
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Yeah, those stories are in the
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Bible for our sake, for us to
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be able to benefit us now
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more so today, again.
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We think of
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Daniel,
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right, and his friends
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and that opportunity he had
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to show the king and his,
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their, the king's servants,
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you know, how they could live
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on such a good diet.
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They were the same,
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they were questioned
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Are you gonna get
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enough protein? [laughs]
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Are you gonna get enough
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of this food?
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We don't want you frail.
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We want you to be strong
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and muscular.
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And he said, "Test us."
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And I think we're being
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put at that same test today.
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The same test today, you know.
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So again, in the Bible,
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it was mentioning how
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our bodies are
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the temple of God.
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If we want God to dwell
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and the Spirit to dwell in us,
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we need to give, you know,
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the Lord that environment
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that He can work through
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and be willing to do His will.
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>> Right.
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And very interesting that
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Daniel's...
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...was taken away
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from his country,
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where he was taken away from his
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temple, right, the temple of
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God, the sanctuary.
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But he was really saying,
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"My body
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is not going to be defiled.
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I have a decision right here."
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And he and
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his three friends,
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they made that decision
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and they said, they determined,
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right, determined in
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their heart.
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And I think that's a
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place of willpower.
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We need that.
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We need wisdom and we need
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willpower to be able to
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make these decisions.
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And it's very difficult
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because there's pressure there.
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And the Book of Daniel was
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written for, when it comes to
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the end of the book and it says,
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"This is written for the
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last days."
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That's what it says.
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And so...
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And Daniel consists of stories
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and prophecies,
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and those stories tell us
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how to live in the last days
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and the prophecies tell us
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when those last days will come.
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And so you can see
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the timelines, you can see
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what's happening there.
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And Jesus says, look at the
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signs of the times.
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We know we're living in
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the last days.
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And one of the very first things
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is Daniel chapter one,
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where he says I'm gonna decide
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what goes into my body.
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And he makes that decision.
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He determines in his heart
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to do that.
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And he says, "Just give me
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a test.
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Just test me."
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Because he knew that
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God's plan is the best.
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And to be able to follow that.
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>> Yeah.
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And we're being tested today.
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>> We are being very much
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tested, and it's all around us
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and it's so easy.
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I mean, René and I,
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we fly a lot,
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and so we're going from
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place to place and it's hard to
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get good nutrition
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because it's just, you know,
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fast food and you have to make
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the decision and decide
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ahead of time.
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Determine in your heart,
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I'm gonna, this is how I'm gonna
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live, because it's gonna be
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healthier for my mind,
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for my emotions,
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and getting enough sleep and
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all of the rest of it as well.
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>> Yeah, for sure.
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>> So we've come to the end of
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our time together.
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I wonder if you could pray
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for our viewers.
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Maybe there's someone who's
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who's looking at this
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and saying, I need
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willpower
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and I need wisdom to be able to
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live by what God is telling me
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in His Word, and also
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what we know from science.
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And you as a nutritionist,
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as having a PhD in nutrition,
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you understand this is important
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that we make these decisions.
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But where do you make
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your first decision?
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As a baby, put something in a
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baby's mouth they don't wanna
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eat and they just spit it out,
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right?
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And so you make your decisions
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with what goes into your mouth.
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No one can choose that for you.
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>> That's right.
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>> So maybe we can pray
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for that right now.
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>> Absolutely.
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Father in Heaven, we thank You
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so much for creating us
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in Your image.
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When we begin to study
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our bodies and how magnificently
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they were created, we are in awe
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right down to the finest detail
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of our cells.
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Lord, we struggle.
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We're in a world that
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surrounds us and bombards us
00:25:22.92\00:25:25.39
with different diets and
00:25:25.39\00:25:26.59
fads and ideas,
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.32
and we struggle with
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what our choices should be.
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And so, Lord, we're just asking
00:25:32.29\00:25:33.83
that You will give us strength,
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that we will be able to
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set aside our own will
00:25:36.80\00:25:38.47
and be able to take up
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Your will, Lord, that we will
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do Your will, that we will
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make those right decisions.
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make those right decisions.
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Change our taste buds,
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change our thoughts,
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and help us to just strive
00:25:49.84\00:25:52.58
and want to be more and more
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like You.
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This is our prayer and we thank
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You for being with us always.
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We pray in Your holy name, amen.
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[MIKE & RENÉ] Amen.
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>> Dr. Darlene, thank you
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so much for joining us on
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It Is Written Canada.
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Jesus Himself found His
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assurance to defeat the devil
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through the Word of His Father
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when He declared...
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