Welcome to
"Prevent Cancer Naturally,"
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another of our shows in
the LifeStart Seminars series.
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I'm Doctor David
DeRose, a board-certified
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specialist in internal
and preventive medicine.
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I'm your host,
guiding you through this
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very important subject.
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No doubt, you've been
confronted with cancer.
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If you haven't
experienced cancer in
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your own life, the odds are
that someone around you has.
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It is now the leading cause of
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death in many
segments of the population of
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the Western world.
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Lifestyle and
cancer, though, are
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two things that
actually interrelate.
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The good news is
that lifestyle choices
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can dramatically decrease
your risk of cancer. Indeed,
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you can, in many cases,
prevent cancer naturally.
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That's not just my message.
It's an encouraging message that
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cancer experts, oncologists, and
cancer researchers are sharing.
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One of the seminal publications
on this topic is "Food
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Nutrition, Physical Activity,
and the Prevention of Cancer."
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It's an extensively
documented work, put out
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by the World
Cancer Research Fund
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and the American
Institute for Cancer Research.
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It was just last year
that I was invited to speak
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in Europe at an
international conference.
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In addition to giving a
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plenary lecture, I was also
going to be giving a workshop.
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I was especially
delighted to hear
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that workshop
would be given in concert
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with Doctor Mark Connor.
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Doctor Connor, a
surgeon from Europe,
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was someone I had
met many years ago.
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I had not seen him in, actually,
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several decades.
I was looking for to
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to seeing Mark, working
together with him. We had
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corresponded electronically,
some prior to the
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conference that was held in
Prague (in the Czech Republic).
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When I got there, I was
shocked to see Doctor Connor.
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This guy was
significantly older than me.
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When I was
looking at him, he looked
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like he was
much younger than me.
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This is something that will
definitely get your attention
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when it comes to lifestyle
and the benefits you can get
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from following healthy
lifestyle practices. Some of you
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are wondering,
"Well Doctor DeRose,
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I thought you were
following a healthy lifestyle?"
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Maybe I should tell
you the rest of the story.
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It turned out that
the Mark Connor I knew
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(the surgeon) was the father
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of the fellow presenting
with me. I didn't realize that
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until we were actually
there together in Europe.
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I was taken aback
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by his youthful appearance.
I mention that because
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the material that I'm
sharing with you was, actually,
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largely gathered
by Doctor Connor.
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It was such an
amazing presentation.
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When we were talking about
the LifeStart Seminar series,
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I thought the material that
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Doctor Connor shared with
those other health professionals
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would be just perfect
for sharing with lay people.
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There could be
just a little bit more
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explanation, a little bit more
detail, and highlighting some
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things a different
way that we wouldn't
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do for a professional audience.
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With that in mind,
if you're as excited
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about this presentation as I am,
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thank doctor
Connor, the folks at the
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World Cancer
Research Fund, and the
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American Institute
for Cancer Research. They
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have really highlighted these
important lifestyle factors.
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If you don't like
something in the program,
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it's probably
my fault. It's easy
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to take something
that's great and not always
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follow-through on that
highest level of performance.
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Remember the title of the
work that were referencing.
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Just start with the title.
If you've been engaged already
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by LifeStart Seminars,
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you're already thinking.
The mind is is working, saying,
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"This is sounding
like it fits right in
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with the
LifeStart Seminars concepts"
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Indeed it does. This
might be your first time
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listening to a
presentation from me or
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anyone else on this
series. Let me tell you
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that LifeStart is a
life- changing paradigm.
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It highlights nine
essential elements.
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They can revolutionize
your health. We're going to see
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that those nine
elements (at least
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we'll highlight some
of them) actually have a
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bearing on preventing cancer.
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If you do get cancer,
we'll find it many of these
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same principles can
help you get the upper hand.
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We'll be sure so that
literature with you as well.
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If you haven't
heard of LifeStart before
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(or if you have),
let me just quickly walk
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you through those nine elements.
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"L" stands for Liquids.
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These are beverage choices.
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They make a big difference
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in the area of cancer.
We'll see that as we go along.
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"I" stands for
Interpersonal Relations, or
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Interpersonal Relationships.
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Hopefully,
you've had the privilege
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to go through this series
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with someone else. This
might sound strange to you.
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You've possibly just found the
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LifeStart Seminars Website.
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If you're not already logged in,
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go to lifestartseminars.com.
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There are many communities,
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throughout the
United States and abroad,
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sharing these materials.
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They are actually
offering these seminars
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in community centers, churches,
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and other places where
people can come together.
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If you can
connect with other people,
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the likelihood of you
making lifestyle changes,
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and sticking with them,
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will be
increased. Keep that in mind.
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"L" is for liquids, "I"
for Interpersonal Relations.
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The "F" stands for Foods. This,
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of course, is
going to be highlighted.
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It's the first word
in the title of the work
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that inspired
Doctor Connor to give
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that excellent presentation.
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We're basing this on the
synopsis of that material.
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You've got "E,"
which stands for exercise.
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We'll touch on
that subject as well.
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As you go through
LifeStart paradigm further,
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you've got "S" for
Sunlight, "T" for Temperance.
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Temperance is the idea
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of total avoidance of
things that are harmful,
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using things that
are good in moderation.
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We move on then to
Air--good, fresh air.
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We'll talk some
about that as well. Rest
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is the "R," and then "T"
for Trust in Divine Power.
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With that background,
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let me just
mention one other thing.
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On our LifeStart
Seminars Website,
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you can get an
overview of the entire LifeStart
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paradigm. It's a free e book.
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I invite you go there if you've
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not already picked up your copy.
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That'll help you crystallize
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this LifeStart
approach in your mind.
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There's another free
resource I want to mention,
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if you're engaged
by the topic of cancer.
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We've got a study guide
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available, also
free of charge on the
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lifestartseminars.com Website.
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Let's move on now
and talk in some detail
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about the
exciting information that's
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coming out about
cancer and how it is
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preventable with
lifestyle choices.
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Ten key recommendations
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grow out of that work of
the World Cancer Research Fund
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and the American
Institute for Cancer Research.
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Let's just put those right
out there at the beginning.
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The first one is body weight, or
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excess weight, more precisely.
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The second one is
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physical activity. These
things deserve our attention,
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if we want to prevent cancer.
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The third one is
energy-dense foods.
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The next topic that's
highlighted are plant foods.
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Then there's talk
about animal foods.
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These are one set of foods
derived from plant sources.
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Another set of foods
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is derived from animal sources.
We'll find they have different
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effects, if
you're not already aware.
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These groups then looked at
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liquids, like
alcoholic beverages.
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Salt and preservation and
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dietary supplements are topics.
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These are some of the
areas that we'll discuss,
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looking at the
current research as summarized
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in that excellent book.
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One of the issues I
just have to mention
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is that sometimes
drawing these connections
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between lifestyle and
cancer are not the easiest.
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The reason is that
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we're not typically
doing lifestyle studies
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of people with
cancer. We're only observing.
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We then say, "Okay,
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here are these who
have developed cancer.
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Here are those who didn't.
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Let's compare them,
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to see if we can find
lifestyle differences.
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Sometimes, that's
done in what's called a
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case-control study.
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That's started
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by identifying the
cases (individuals with,
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let's say, breast cancer).
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Then we try to find women who
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appear to be similar in
all other respects, except
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they don't have breast cancer.
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You then try to
look at differences.
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Those studies are
helpful, but not as
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powerful as what
we call longitudinal,
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or cohort studies.
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That's where a group of
people are followed over
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time. We will be sharing
with you research like that.
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Some might say, "These
two groups look the same.
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We follow them over time.
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This person gets
cancer, this doesn't.
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What was different?"
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When you look at many people,
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you can sometimes draw some very
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interesting conclusions.
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Here are the "three
big ones" that we want to
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talk about. This is
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what was highlighted in that
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very important work.
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The three big issues as,
far as cancer prevention,
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are weight
management, physical activity,
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and diet. You might
say, "Wait a minute!
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That sounds a lot
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like what I've
heard you, Doctor DeRose,
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speak about in
Reversing Diabetes Naturally."
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That's one presentation
here, in LifeStart Seminars.
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It's these very
same fundamentals
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that set the stage
for a host of diseases.
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Cancer is right on the list.
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The point is, we can
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decrease our risk of cancer by
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changing our
lifestyle. Before we go too far,
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I would be negligent
not to put, in bold letters,
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one of the most
important factors.
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It is embodied in
the LifeStart paradigm.
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It's the letter "A,"
which stands for (fresh) Air.
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What is the single worst
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pollutant that
people are exposed to today?
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Some of you living
in industrial areas
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might say, "That
factory over there
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keeps spewing that
junk out." I am not saying
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that some of those industrial
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byproducts,
whether in the air or the
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water, are not dangerous.
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They pale in comparison
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to one single
air pollution device,
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the cigarette. Are you aware
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that scientists
have identified over
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7,000 chemicals
in cigarette smoke?
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Speaking about cancer,
I've got to tell it to you,
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right out.
There are four classes
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of chemicals in tobacco smoke
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that increase your
likelihood of having cancer.
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There are things
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called carcinogens,
cancer-causing substances.
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Co-carcinogens are
substances that work with
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the carcinogen to
cause cancer. Tumor promoters
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promote cancer
growth. If that's not enough,
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there are chemicals
called tumor accelerators.
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Those also speed up
the growth of cancer.
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Do you see how powerful
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tobacco smoke is
in inducing cancer?
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This is not just in the lungs,
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voice box, or other areas
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directly exposed to smoke.
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It's also in
places like the bladder.
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Those chemicals get
into the bloodstream.
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They're shipped
throughout the body.
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You increase your risk
of cancer in multiple sites
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by cigarette smoking.
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If you needed another
reason to quit, there it is.
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Get rid of the
tobacco smoke, and you
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will decrease
your risk of cancer.
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We're talking about preventing
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cancer naturally.
If you're serious,
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you're going to get
rid of the cigarettes.
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That's probably
enough said, isn't it?
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Let me tell you one other thing.
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When you're a
specialist in internal
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and preventive medicine,
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it's not as
dramatic and as glamorous
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a specialty as being a surgeon.
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Let's say someone is
dying, and the surgeon does
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an operation
that saves that life.
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They may say, "You
saved my life, Doctor."
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I'm very glad
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we have many
wonderful surgeons in the world.
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When you're a
preventive medicine specialist,
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you're just trying
to prevent disease.
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Let's say you kept smoking,
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and developed lung cancer that,
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by chance, was caught early.
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Do you realize most lung cancers
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are caught at a point
where they're not curable?
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Most people die within a very
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short time of being diagnosed.
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Let's say yours
was caught early.
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The surgeon goes in, maybe
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removes a lobe of your lung,
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and you're
healed. You may have some
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difficulties.
You've already damaged
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the lungs due to
emphysema. Now you've got
00:13:21.73\00:13:23.70
less lung
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volume. You're having
some breathing difficulties,
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but you're alive.
You're a survivor, just
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thanking that
surgeon who saved your life.
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Let me tell you something
better, that I can offer.
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You haven't yet
been diagnosed with
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cancer, but there is a
statistical possibility
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the cancer has
already begun in your lungs.
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It is possible.
If you keep smoking
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from this day onward,
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that practice
(smoking) is feeding the cancer.
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You can end up dying.
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If you stopped right now,
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you'll stop feeding the cancer.
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Your immune system
can get the upper hand,
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leaving you cancer-free
for the rest of your life.
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You actually had early
lung cancer. It could not
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be detected, wouldn't show
up on an x-ray or blood test.
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Because you
listened to this program, and
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I encouraged you to
stop smoking, you quit.
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You're not going
come to me, saying,
00:14:15.82\00:14:17.59
"Dr. DeRose, I'm
so glad to see you!
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You saved me from lung cancer."
00:14:20.06\00:14:21.52
You didn't know you had it,
00:14:21.56\00:14:22.99
but isn't that much better
00:14:23.02\00:14:24.46
than having your chest
opened up, your ribs broken,
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part of your lung
removed? Let's move on.
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Our focus is on other areas
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that were highlighted in
that study, such as weight.
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When it comes to
weight, the message is that
00:14:36.64\00:14:39.37
we should try to
be as lean as possible
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(within the normal range).
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We're not
advocating anorexia nervosa.
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It means you're on
a healthy lifestyle,
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exercising
regularly. You're taking
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time to eat good, healthy foods
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(giving yourself
adequate time to eat meals).
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You're not going to
be severely underweight
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(unless you have
some disease process).
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You will decrease dramatically
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your risk of a host to cancers.
Let me give you some examples.
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One of those
cancers is colon cancer.
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If you're
carrying excess weight and
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diagnosed with colon cancer,
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your likelihood
of dying is increased
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by carrying those extra pounds.
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Carrying extra weight
does a number of things.
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When you carry extra
weight, it causes your body
00:15:28.69\00:15:32.03
to be more insulin-resistant.
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When you're insulin resistant,
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the pancreas
pumps out more insulin.
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Insulin is actually a compound
00:15:40.74\00:15:44.34
that feeds cancer.
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You're saying, "Wait
a minute, Doctor DeRose.
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How can insulin be bad for us?
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We need insulin to live."
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You're exactly right.
We need insulin to live.
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We need it in modest amounts.
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If you have insulin
resistance, your pancreas is
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pumping out large
amounts of insulin.
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You could have diabetes,
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and you're overweight,
taking insulin shots.
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That insulin is really
more than optimal for your body.
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You need it to keep
your blood sugar controlled.
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Don't misunderstand me. I'm not
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saying to cut
back on the insulin.
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You should
change your lifestyle,
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lose some of that weight.
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You'll need less
insulin, and excess insulin
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feeds cancer. By
the way, this is true
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with breast cancer as well.
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If a woman is diagnosed with
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breast cancer and overweight,
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she's going to have a worse
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chance of survival.
You get the picture?
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Whether it's breast cancer
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or colon cancer, excess weight
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ramps up a variety of processes.
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It's not just insulin that rises
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in women, but estrogen as well.
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A woman who is overweight
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will have
higher estrogen levels.
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She will be at
greater risk of breast cancer,
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as well as cancer I've
the womb (endometrial cancer).
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You men who are
listening are probably saying,
00:16:58.25\00:17:00.95
"I'm glad I'm a guy! I
don't have to worry about
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endrometrial cancer.
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There's a very low risk
of breast cancer for men.
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I'm sitting easy, even
though I'm overweight."
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These hormonal,
growth-activating
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compounds are not
limited to estrogen
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and insulin. There's
another compound called IGF-1,
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Insulin-like Growth Factor-1.
Again, it feeds cancer.
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If you're heavier,
IGF-1 is ramped up.
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You increase your risk
for colon and prostate cancer.
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You want to decrease your risk
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and prevent cancer naturally.
00:17:35.85\00:17:37.62
If you're carrying extra
weight, you want to trim down.
00:17:37.65\00:17:41.86
Let's move on
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to another very
important concept
00:17:44.53\00:17:46.29
in the LifeStart paradigm.
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All the experts
are talking about it.
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If you want to
decrease your risk of cancer,
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you need to be on a
regular exercise program.
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Experts today are
telling us to get 30 minutes
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of exercise everyday.
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That's what you need to plan.
00:18:01.84\00:18:03.21
To be honest,
00:18:03.24\00:18:04.68
I often recommend
my overweight patients
00:18:04.71\00:18:06.98
work up to an hour a day.
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If you're nothing, don t go
out and walk for 60 minutes.
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If you've got questions about
00:18:12.85\00:18:14.06
the safety of
exercise, by all means,
00:18:14.09\00:18:15.86
speak with your physician.
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Most of us don't
need a prescription
00:18:16.93\00:18:19.36
to go shopping
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in Wal-Mart, for example.
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Some of those
stores can be pretty big.
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The local mall might be bigger.
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Did you need a prescription
to walk in the mall?
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If you're able to do
that, it's probably safe
00:18:29.77\00:18:32.57
to walk at that same pace
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around your block.
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The benefits of exercise are
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cumulative. They add
up throughout the day.
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When we speak speak
about 30 minutes every day,
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you can do five minutes here,
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10 minutes
there, then 15 minutes,
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until it adds up to 30 minutes.
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All forms of physical activity
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protect against some
cancers. That's really the
00:18:52.49\00:18:54.73
take-home message.
Do something, be active.
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Cancer of the bowel,
the colon--there's powerful
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cancer protection, if
you're physically active.
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Keep that in mind.
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How does
exercise influence cancer?
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It actually impacts
in many the same ways
00:19:09.98\00:19:13.21
as obesity, only it
reverses those processes.
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Exercise helps you
lose weight. Exercise
00:19:17.92\00:19:21.22
keeps blood estrogen
levels lower. Exercise keeps
00:19:21.26\00:19:25.06
IGF-1 levels lower.
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Exercise does something
else that's interesting.
00:19:28.26\00:19:30.23
I mentioned this
connection with colon cancer.
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Exercise speeds up transit time
00:19:32.63\00:19:35.94
throughout the intestines,
and the bowels work better.
00:19:35.97\00:19:39.47
If the bowels work better,
00:19:39.51\00:19:41.14
and if there are
carcinogens in them,
00:19:41.18\00:19:43.45
it's moved through quicker.
00:19:43.48\00:19:45.48
There's less
exposure to the bowel wall.
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You say, "Wait a minute.
I'm not eating any carcinogens."
00:19:47.98\00:19:51.29
Let me just tell you one
of the most shocking things
00:19:51.32\00:19:54.66
about carcinogens in the bowel.
00:19:54.69\00:19:56.42
The very bile your
liver makes helps digest
00:19:56.46\00:20:00.46
fatty foods.
00:20:00.50\00:20:01.80
(It actually doesn't digest, but
00:20:01.83\00:20:03.40
technically
emulsifies, or helps it to mix
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.13
with the
intestinal contents.) The bile
00:20:06.17\00:20:08.54
is made by the liver,
stored in the gallbladder.
00:20:08.57\00:20:10.84
That bile is converted
00:20:10.87\00:20:13.94
into carcinogenic compounds
in the colon. It's most
00:20:13.98\00:20:18.45
likely to be converted into
large amounts of carcinogens
00:20:18.48\00:20:21.72
if you're eating a
lot of animal products.
00:20:21.75\00:20:24.15
If you're eating
plant products, that process
00:20:24.19\00:20:26.72
is limited significantly.
00:20:26.76\00:20:29.79
That brings us
to our next topic,
00:20:29.82\00:20:31.96
what kind of
foods we eat. That's
00:20:31.99\00:20:33.50
the "F" in LifeStart,
which is very important.
00:20:33.53\00:20:36.67
Researchers are telling us we
should limit our consumption of
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.67
energy-dense foods.
Examples are deserts,
00:20:39.70\00:20:43.30
soft drinks, pastries,
fast foods. You get the message.
00:20:43.34\00:20:47.21
The opposite of
calorie- dense foods are fruits,
00:20:47.24\00:20:51.08
whole grains, and vegetables.
00:20:51.11\00:20:53.52
Processed foods tend
to be more energy-dense
00:20:53.55\00:20:56.38
than fresh foods.
00:20:56.42\00:20:57.62
Make those fresh
foods your friends.
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Calorie-dense foods
are feeding that epidemic
00:20:59.82\00:21:03.69
of weight gain.
00:21:03.73\00:21:05.36
Do you see see how
that all fits together?
00:21:05.39\00:21:07.23
Let's look more at some specific
00:21:07.30\00:21:10.33
dietary choices that
can make a difference
00:21:10.37\00:21:12.63
as as far as you
getting the upper hand,
00:21:12.67\00:21:15.20
never developing
cancer in the first place.
00:21:15.24\00:21:18.47
Let's talk about a good fat.
00:21:18.51\00:21:21.21
If you've heard my series
"The Brain Health Revolution,"
00:21:21.24\00:21:24.58
you heard me touting
the benefits of omega-3 fat.
00:21:24.61\00:21:27.85
They're great for
your brain and have cancer-
00:21:27.88\00:21:31.25
preventive properties.
00:21:31.29\00:21:32.69
Did you know, men, that
you can decrease your risk
00:21:32.72\00:21:35.72
of aggressive prostate cancer,
by increasing your amount
00:21:35.76\00:21:39.13
of omega-3 fat intake?
00:21:39.16\00:21:40.80
You're saying, "I'm heading
right over the fish market."
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.50
I recommend you
get your omega-3 fats
00:21:43.53\00:21:46.53
from something that doesn't
have the heavy metal toxins,
00:21:46.57\00:21:50.44
often found in
the tissue of fish.
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.07
I recommend you get
it right from the source.
00:21:52.11\00:21:54.48
Fish do not make omega-3 fats,
00:21:54.51\00:21:57.45
but only concentrate
the fats from plant sources.
00:21:57.48\00:22:00.88
You can get it from plants, or
00:22:00.92\00:22:02.75
flax seed (you have
to grind the flax seed
00:22:02.78\00:22:05.32
to get the the
benefit of the omega-3 fat).
00:22:05.35\00:22:09.12
Get it from walnuts.
00:22:09.16\00:22:10.66
Get it from soybeans.
They are a modest source
00:22:10.69\00:22:13.16
of omega-3 fat. Eat
those whole plant foods,
00:22:13.19\00:22:17.43
get those omega-3 fats.
00:22:17.47\00:22:19.13
They will help
you get the upper hand
00:22:19.17\00:22:22.07
when it comes to
preventing cancer
00:22:22.10\00:22:24.84
naturally. In fact,
researchers are telling us
00:22:24.87\00:22:28.54
to focus your
attention on plant foods.
00:22:28.58\00:22:30.98
Some specific recommendations
expert groups are giving us are:
00:22:31.01\00:22:42.72
That means no white bread.
00:22:42.76\00:22:44.86
It doesn't mean
you can never eat it.
00:22:44.89\00:22:47.40
If you understand
how powerful fiber and
00:22:47.46\00:22:52.20
phytochemicals (plant chemicals)
are in preventing cancer,
00:22:52.23\00:22:55.10
you'll do what I did
at one point in my life.
00:22:55.14\00:22:58.17
I had become a vegetarian,
eating a lot of meat and
00:22:58.21\00:23:01.44
living the average
American lifestyle.
00:23:01.48\00:23:03.91
I got serious about
this as a young adult.
00:23:03.95\00:23:06.18
After I became a
vegetarian, I was still eating
00:23:06.21\00:23:10.69
some refined grain products. I
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.62
was raised in an Italian home.
We had a lot of white pasta.
00:23:12.65\00:23:15.62
When I started
learning the science,
00:23:15.66\00:23:17.89
the health-giving properties of
00:23:17.93\00:23:19.83
fiber and phytochemicals,
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.43
I'd look at that
white pasta and say,
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.50
"Why would I want to
fill my stomach with this,
00:23:24.53\00:23:26.60
when I could eat the
whole grain variety?"
00:23:26.63\00:23:28.64
That whole grain pasta
didn't taste very good at first.
00:23:28.67\00:23:32.54
Once I got used to it, I
preferred the whole grain pasta.
00:23:32.57\00:23:38.08
Are you catching the message?
00:23:38.11\00:23:39.48
If you haven't heard
it before, if you haven't
00:23:39.51\00:23:41.68
heard my seminar on
"Changing Bad Habits for Good,"
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.49
we can develop new
enjoyments. Don't shy away
00:23:44.52\00:23:48.36
from the optimal
cancer preventive program.
00:23:48.39\00:23:51.16
Don't say, "I just
couldn't live like that.
00:23:51.19\00:23:53.83
I wouldn't enjoy life at all!
00:23:53.86\00:23:55.46
I'd rather die of cancer early."
00:23:55.50\00:23:57.83
You can develop new enjoyments.
00:23:57.87\00:24:00.24
You can develop an enjoyment
for those whole grains.
00:24:00.27\00:24:03.14
Listen to one of
the recommendations:
00:24:03.17\00:24:10.58
Eat the starchy ones,
too, but the whole grains,
00:24:10.61\00:24:14.72
their whole form. "Whole
plant foods eaten whole,"
00:24:14.75\00:24:17.35
as some of my
friends like to say.
00:24:17.39\00:24:19.62
With the other vegetables, get
00:24:19.65\00:24:24.43
five servings of non-starchy
vegetables and fruits
00:24:24.46\00:24:28.26
each day. Also,
00:24:28.30\00:24:34.44
This will go a long
way toward preventing
00:24:34.47\00:24:36.44
cancer. The
research is very clear.
00:24:36.47\00:24:38.64
It makes a difference.
00:24:38.67\00:24:39.84
You eat these
phytochemically-rich
00:24:39.87\00:24:42.64
things, and you are
eating an anti-cancer diet.
00:24:42.68\00:24:46.45
Stock up on the
legumes, the beans, vegetables,
00:24:46.48\00:24:50.62
and whole fruits.
These are powerful
00:24:50.65\00:24:53.29
foods in preventing
cancer. How do they work?
00:24:53.32\00:24:56.62
Are you aware that some of the
00:24:56.66\00:24:58.03
phytochemicals
(the plant chemicals)
00:24:58.06\00:25:00.36
found in the whole plants
00:25:00.40\00:25:03.20
actually have the
ability to detoxify carcinogens?
00:25:03.23\00:25:07.00
If you eat a
cancer-producing compound, those
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.17
plant chemicals actually
get in there and destroy
00:25:10.21\00:25:13.78
that
carcinogen. Plant foods also
00:25:13.81\00:25:17.08
boost the health
of the immune system.
00:25:17.11\00:25:19.51
They can actually interfere
00:25:19.55\00:25:21.18
with the work
cancer tries to do,
00:25:21.22\00:25:23.32
signaling the body
to give it more blood.
00:25:23.35\00:25:25.85
Plant foods can
interfere with that.
00:25:25.89\00:25:28.32
The experts are telling us to
00:25:28.36\00:25:35.36
Study after study
00:25:35.40\00:25:36.60
shows connections
between eating more meat,
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.77
and more cancer.
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The message is pretty
simple. In the food department,
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we want to be plant eaters.
The optimal diet is really a
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whole plant foods diet.
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It's powerful.
00:25:53.11\00:25:54.75
One other thing that comes
up in all the recommendations is
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the emphasis on
avoiding alcoholic beverages.
00:25:58.65\00:26:02.62
In the World Cancer
Research Fund report,
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it talks about
limiting alcoholic drinks.
00:26:05.76\00:26:08.13
They're being very
gentle. Many expert groups
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say if you're serious about
decreasing your cancer risk
00:26:12.03\00:26:14.64
as much as possible,
00:26:14.67\00:26:15.84
you have got to
leave the alcohol off.
00:26:15.87\00:26:18.54
A large data set has
been generated by the
00:26:18.57\00:26:22.28
study known as the European
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.65
Prospective Investigation
into Cancer and Nutrition,
00:26:24.68\00:26:27.35
abbreviated EPIC.
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It's been found
convincingly that
00:26:28.52\00:26:30.22
any amount of
alcohol consumption
00:26:30.25\00:26:32.12
increases the risk
of cancer. The experts
00:26:32.15\00:26:35.16
are telling us
to leave that off,
00:26:35.19\00:26:38.03
if you want to lower
your risk of cancer optimally.
00:26:38.06\00:26:42.90
A couple of other
problems are worth
00:26:42.93\00:26:45.07
noting. If you're
stocking up on salty or salt-
00:26:45.10\00:26:48.37
preserved foods,
these are not your friends.
00:26:48.40\00:26:51.91
The other thing may
seem to go without saying,
00:26:51.94\00:26:54.78
saying, but moldy
cereals and legumes
00:26:54.81\00:26:57.68
can contain
carcinogenic substances.
00:26:57.71\00:27:01.05
I do enjoy peanut butter,
but we do need to be careful.
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Many producers are not
ensuring that all those
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peanuts are free from mold.
00:27:10.36\00:27:12.09
It's probably
best to make your own.
00:27:12.13\00:27:13.96
The molding peanuts
have a particularly nasty
00:27:14.00\00:27:18.03
compound called aflatoxin,
which is a carcinogen.
00:27:18.07\00:27:23.00
Dietary supplements
are not recommended,
00:27:23.04\00:27:26.44
but one that is
would be vitamin D.
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Vitamin D can decrease the
risk of a number of cancers,
00:27:29.58\00:27:32.51
such as prostate,
colon, breast, and lung cancer.
00:27:32.55\00:27:35.68
Get out in the sun.
Don't burn, don't get too much.
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If you can't get
enough sunshine to make enough
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.39
vitamin D, and you've
had your blood checked,
00:27:41.42\00:27:43.36
take a supplement.
There's a lot we can do
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to prevent cancer naturally.
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