This is 3ABN Now
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with John and
Rosemary Malkiewycz.
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN Now.
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It's really good to have
our audience with us again today
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because we have
got a great subject.
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We do! It's a very
important one, too.
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We do! It's one that I
am very interested in myself
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and I think that
you should be as well
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because it's to do with
the health of our bodies
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and our minds, and
through our bodies and our minds
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being healthy we can
appreciate God better
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and have a better
relationship with Him.
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So if you are
experiencing ill health
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or you know someone who does...
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and that will be
nearly everybody...
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you need to be
watching this program today.
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We're going to be
talking about how the gut
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and the brain work together
for either our ill health
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or our good health.
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And today we have a couple
that have been on this program -
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3ABN Now - before. Um-hmm.
And we really enjoyed our time
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with them and they
are here with us now
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to talk to us about this subject
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because they lecture
around the world about it.
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And this is Chad and
Fadia Kreuzer. Welcome back!
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Thank you for having us.
It's really good to have you
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here because this
is an important subject
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and you are going to
take us through a whole lot of
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information today. Yes! Yeah!
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You know, one of the most
fascinating things to me is
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medical historians have looked
back... Right now there is...
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there is this
research coming out
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almost it seems daily
in the medical journals
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on the scientific studies
on the gut/brain connection
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and how what's going on in
the gut can actually affect
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the brain either to
make you happy or depressed
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or anxious. Or
to dull or enhance.
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That's right... exactly.
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And one of the things
that is fascinating is
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between the human gut like
our intestines and our brain
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is a nerve that connects
them called the vagus nerve.
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Um-hmm. And the vagus nerve
basically sends information
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both ways, but what researchers
have discovered is that 90%
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of the information that
travels through this nerve
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actually goes from
the gut to the brain
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not the other way
around meaning our guts
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are telling... our
intestines and our guts...
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are actually
telling our brains more
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than our brains
are telling our guts.
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So they're talking to
the brain. That's right.
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And they've actually found
that amazingly enough you can
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sever the nerve so
that it's not connected...
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And you know, most of the
time if you sever the connection
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to the brain you're
going to have serious trouble.
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Something will not
function after you do that.
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But when it comes to the
gut it can function without any
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information
coming from the brain.
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And so researchers
actually now call the gut
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"the second brain. "
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And back to the medical
historians: they've looked
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back through history to find
what is the oldest scientific
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study in all of
recorded history.
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And the National Institutes
of Health in the United States
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is the most well-funded medical
institution on the planet.
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They have a 26 billion
dollar fund every year.
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And there's an article
that's found in the NIH
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in the National Library of
Medicine in the United States
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and it tells us that looking
back through all of history
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the oldest recorded scientific
study that they can find
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they say is in the
book of Daniel in the Bible.
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Um-hmm. And that's fascinating.
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And it's actually in
Daniel chapter 1, and the Bible
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tells us the history.
Daniel was taken as a young man
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from Jerusalem, the city of
Jerusalem that he grew up in,
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and he was taken
captive by a king from Babylon:
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modern-day Iraq. And
he was taken as a captive
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to Babylon. And he
was given this food there
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and it was the best
food of the king, you know.
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Because the best food
would obviously be the meat
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and you know all these
luxuries that the king...
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And the wine and the rich
pastries or cakes or whatever.
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Exactly. But Daniel... he knew
there were certain foods that
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he wasn't supposed to
eat that were in Scripture
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that God said: "these are
not healthy; these are unclean
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and not healthy. "
And so Daniel decided
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that he would
actually, avoid these things -
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he and his three
friends - and then you begin to
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see... this is actually as
medical historians tell us...
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the first scientific study
in all of recorded history.
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And maybe you could read that to
us. It's found in Daniel ch. 1
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and verse 12. It goes like this:
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'Prove thy
servants I beseech thee
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ten days, and let
them give us pulse to eat
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and water to drink. "
Boy! That's a very simple diet,
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isn't it? It is!
That's all for ten days?
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I mean, what difference
is ten days gonna make
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to someone's health? And
that's the fascinating thing.
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You'd think:
"Come on! A diet change?
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It takes years for a
diet to change someone. "
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But the research
actually today is showing
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"No, it can
actually take ten days. "
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This has actually been tested
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and Dr. Neil Nedley
out of the United States
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has probably the best
depression program in the world.
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Depression Recovery Program
out of Weimar, California.
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They have a 10-day program that
implements this very same thing.
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They find fantastic
results there within ten days
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reversing depression
in about 99% of people.
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They have a benefit to their
depression in just ten days.
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And so this study
was done 2,000 years ago
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meaning the first clinical study
in all of recorded history.
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And what it showed at
the end of this time period
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and then following that...
They first thought: "Oh, you're
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going to be healthy. Where are
you going to get your protein? "
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Maybe they didn't
say that but they said:
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"You're going to get unhealthy;
you're going to look bad
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and so forth. " It'll be
bad for us. The king will think
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we're not looking
after you. " Yeah!
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"We could be
killed. " That's right!
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I mean, it was scary but
yet Daniel said: "No, no. Let's
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just try it. " And
they tried it for ten days
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and Daniel and his 3 friends
- we know them as Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego -
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they ended up doing
better in their "examinations "
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than any of the
other wise men of Babylon.
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And now it makes an incredible
story coming from 2,000 years
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ago. But the interesting
thing, too, about the study is
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that it's a study of
the gut/brain connection.
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Meaning it's not just ANY study.
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What they were eating
affected their cognition.
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It actually affected
their mental state. Um-hmm.
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And you know... Just in
case someone's wondering
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what pulse means, pulse
means things grown from seeds.
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Yes! So they went on a
plant-based diet to clarify.
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So Daniel and his friends
go from a... the other wise men
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in Babylon are on a
standard meat-based diet.
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The standard
Babylonian diet we might say.
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And the go-to a plant-based
diet, and it enhances
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their cognition. And
some people might think:
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"Well, that's neat...
it's done 2,500 years ago
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but does it apply to us
today? " somebody might be
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wondering. "Is it really
really legitimate and true? "
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But we actually
have a video clip here
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and in this video...
This is from a documentary
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that my wife and I
produced called Ancient Health.
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And the interesting thing
is we're told that this has
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actually been put to
the test in our modern era.
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And we'll see what it
says. OK... let's have a look.
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But the main thing that
folks should be concerned about
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is how long you live
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and how likely are
you to get disease.
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And there have been
three major studies published
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on this subject:
big meta analyses.
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And these meta analyses -
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and only three big
ones have been published -
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they show consistently
that low-carb diets -
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in other words
low plant-food diets,
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high animal-food diets
- consistently they show
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that they are associated
with more heart disease
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and more death, more mortality.
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If you look around the world
and you look at these people
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in the blue zones, the
average percentage of calories
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from carbs ranges from about
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50% to about 80%.
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Carbs are not the enemy...
refined carbs are the enemy.
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There have been a
number of recent studies
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Dr. Beezhold out of Phoenix, AZ.
First, she did an observational
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study showing that plant-based
diet actually significantly
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improves your depression
and anxiety stress score.
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It's called the DASS score.
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So the mood actually is improved
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when you get the right
amount of carbohydrates
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but also the right type of
carbohydrates & less protein.
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Then she followed up
with an interventional study,
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and that's where she took people
who are not on a plant-based
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diet and put them on a
plant- based diet for two weeks.
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She also put them on a
plant-based diet plus fish
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for two weeks to see
which one would be superior.
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And it turned out the fish
diet wasn't any more superior
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than the carnivore
diet. But the plant-based diet
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significant dramatic changes -
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statistically significant
changes - in just two weeks
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in their mental ability.
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We see when people go on this
diet and drink plenty of water,
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get plenty of rest...
follow these natural remedies
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that they... it's just like
something snaps in their brain.
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And it doesn't take
like weeks or months.
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Plant-based diet is key
in our program for depression
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and anxiety recovery.
The results are outstanding
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because it's a comprehensive
approach. It's not just diet.
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We also utilize exercise and
we're utilizing correct thoughts
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and a lot of
different modalities.
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But the diet is a key element.
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I went on a plant-based
diet about five weeks ago.
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It's amazing because
even if they had not told me
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he had the diet change
the first thing I noticed
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was he was
bringing his schoolwork in.
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My teacher has actually been
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bragging on how much
better I've been behaving
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since I've been on the diet.
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In class he wasn't
getting as distracted.
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That he was paying
attention; he was able to listen
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more closely.
He was being alert.
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His discernment was better.
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He was more
diligent. Everything!
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I can pay attention
more. My mind is more clear
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since I've been on the diet.
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It's just a HUGE improvement
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and I also noticed he
lost a lot of weight. I mean
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but the main thing I
noticed was behavioral.
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A study in a middle
school has showed clearly
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that switching the
menu from animal source
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to plant-sourced diet
almost eliminated absenteeism,
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increased and enhanced attention
and the homework performance
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and performance at school.
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It almost
eliminated acts of violence
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as well as teen pregnancies.
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And so they just feel better
everywhere the blood flows.
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Everywhere that perfect circu-
lation goes they feel better...
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not just in body but in mind.
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Clears up their thoughts even.
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And every single day since
I've been on a plant-based diet
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the clarity
continues to increase
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and my face
continues to look younger
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and my body feels... I
feel like I look more vibrant.
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I've looked at pictures
of myself before and after
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and I looked 5 years older
- even just ten months ago -
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than I do now.
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What we eat does get
turned into neurotransmitters.
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It actually helps us
or hurts us, depending on
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what we're eating in
regards to our brain chemistry
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and it plays a vital
role in health of the brain.
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They'll say within 3 or 4 days
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they seem to have
clarity. They're alert;
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they listen in class
better; they absorb more;
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and they do
better on their tests.
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The fog has been
lifted out of my head.
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I think clear. I've
got better ideas I believe.
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I can put two and
two together faster
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and just in general I'm happy.
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In fact, diet
alone... Studies show that diet
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alone will reduce your
depression and anxiety scores
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by half just by
dramatically changing your diet
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to a plant-based. And
so that's significant.
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Now we go for
more than just half
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and so that's why we have
a whole program that includes
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more than this.
But just the diet alone
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can make a big difference.
You don't have to choose
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between high-quality
living and longevity.
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It's the same program...
the same NEWSTART approach
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to living helps you live longer
and it helps you live better.
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I found that information
really really interesting.
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I mean, there's these
guys getting this food ready.
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You're talking about good food
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and there's these two guys
who are obviously overweight.
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You're talking about
good food and I'm thinking
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what's the connection.
What was the connection?
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Yeah, we became
great friends with them.
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So a couple young men
who were coming to a class
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where they were
changing their diet
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and we followed them
around for four months.
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One of them was from Hawaii.
The other one was from Samoa.
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And we followed them
around for four months
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as their blood pressure
their cholesterol came down.
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Also their weight
came down. One of them
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he even started running
again. I mean, just amazing
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how fast and how rapid
these changes can take place
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when people move from kind
of more of a meat-based diet
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to a plant-based
diet. A junk food diet?
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And so that was
obviously earlier on
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when they were still
going through the system
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so they lost a lot more
weight. Yes, they ended up...
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they ended up looking
significantly different.
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It's really a
lifestyle change, isn't it?
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It is. You have to adopt
that. If you don't do that,
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it's not going to
be of benefit to you.
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But you find, too,
though, that you can do more.
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You can start doing
exercise. There are things
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you used to be able to
do which you CAN do again
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so your lifestyle should change.
00:14:04.04\00:14:05.54
Yes, and especially
after changing the diet
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because what happens is,
you know, we can get so large
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that it's even hard to do
significant amounts of exercise.
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That's right. But the
diet is the primary factor
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even in weight loss. That's
the most important factor.
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Exercise is actually...
it's much less of a factor
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in weight loss
than the diet itself.
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So even people who
say: "Man, I just can't
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exercise" there's
still hope for you
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by changing the diet.
Once your body starts losing
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the weight your
body feels better
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and you're then able
to exercise once again.
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And also in that clip they
were talking - the teacher was -
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talking about his student.
Do you know what his name is?
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Delmar Junior. Yes.
Oh, that's right, Delmar.
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And she said in five weeks
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there was a noticeable change
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just changing his diet. Yes.
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We read... we read
there in the book of Daniel
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in the Bible that
Daniel only asked for 10 days
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trial... which is nothing.
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And there was a noticeable
difference. They looked
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healthier than the others
who had spent their 10 days
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eating the king's food.
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But this is five weeks and
there's a phenomenal change
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in this young man -
yes - in the school.
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Actually Delmar
Junior... the change came within
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the five weeks. She's just
saying it's been five weeks
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since his change. Yes, that's
true. But she was noticing
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you know even right from
the beginning she's just like
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"Wow! Something's
changing about this young man! "
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You know, his behavior.
And then she says eventually
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they saw the weight come off.
"But who cares about the weight"
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she said. "It's just
incredible that his behavior
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has changed and he
wants to be at school now. "
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He's more obedient
and doing his work.
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A happier person obviously.
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There is nothing
untoward or fantastic about
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you know what we're
talking about in the sense
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the God who made us... He
made us; He formed this body.
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He knows exactly how
this body will function
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at its best. Yeah! At its peak.
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And really it's very simple.
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The diet is very simple.
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You don't have to
spend hours in the kitchen
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preparing the gourmet meals
when you can have something
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very simple - yes -
and it will benefit you
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a thousand fold. Yes!
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You know, and it's
interesting, too, because
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so the first clinical trial or
study in all of recorded history
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which we just mentioned...
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medical historians say
Daniel chapter 1 is the oldest
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scientific study
in recorded history...
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when replicated today
finds similar results.
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Which is fascinating because
much of ancient "so-called"
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science if you were to look at
it today it would be laughable.
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You know, you say:
"Oh, that's just silly! "
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Bleeding people
because they're sick.
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Yes. They think it's going
to help them. Putting leaches on
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or whatever. Totally.
But then you look at this
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and when replicated
we're finding similar benefits
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that people within
days of changing their diet
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their cognition, their mental
state, begins to do better.
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They feel a clearer mind.
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And what we saw Dr.
Nedley mention in this was that
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within two weeks... So
they took people from...
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They were on a meat-based diet.
They had three groups then.
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One group stayed on the meat-
based diet. One group went on
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a fish and plant-based diet.
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And the other one went
on a total plant-based diet.
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And the only one that saw
the cognitive or the mental
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benefit was the one who went
just on the plant-based diet.
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It lowers inflammation
and it was within two weeks.
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So within two weeks and
he said the study showed
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that they lowered their depres-
sion by 50% within two weeks.
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So this is not some
long, drawn-out process
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where you just have
to suffer through it. No!
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You can actually increase your
happiness very very rapidly.
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And it's interesting
because this is once again
00:17:40.72\00:17:42.46
that gut/brain connection.
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And not only does Daniel
mention the gut/brain connection
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it's mentioned
multiple times in the Bible.
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It says in
Lamentations 1 verse 20 it says:
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"Behold, O Lord,
for I am in distress.
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My bowels are troubled. "
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You know, and it sounds
kind of funny to us, right?
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Oh you know: "I'm in distress;
my bowels are troubled. "
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But now the research is
showing... and depression...
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yes... in the gut. That's
right. I believe that people are
00:18:05.21\00:18:08.25
actually more in tune
with their bodies many times.
00:18:08.45\00:18:10.92
We've sometimes gotten
away from noticing how our body
00:18:11.12\00:18:13.36
functions. But this
gut/brain connection
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is very very real. And
one of the studies which is
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an animal study, but we
begin to see the ties that
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lead into humans
is a study on? Mice.
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So Fadia, maybe you
can tell us about that.
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They did a study with mice
and they put them on a high-fat
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diet. And these mice that
were put on a high-fat diet
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the behaviors that they
exhibited were being anxious,
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repetitive
behaviors, inflammation,
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and impaired memory.
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So they had this
happening when they put them on
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a high-fat diet. And
they had another group
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that was on a regular fat diet.
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And they didn't
exhibit any of these behaviors.
00:18:53.50\00:18:55.60
But what's
interesting is they did this:
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they took the
microbes out of the guts.
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They transplanted
them - the bacteria -
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from the high-fat diet mice
00:19:03.71\00:19:06.01
and they transplanted them
into the guts of the regular fat
00:19:06.21\00:19:09.48
diet mice and
guess what happens?
00:19:09.68\00:19:11.25
They changed? They
changed. They exhibited the same
00:19:11.45\00:19:13.42
behaviors: the
anxious behaviors,
00:19:13.62\00:19:16.25
the repetitive
behaviors. And by the way,
00:19:16.45\00:19:19.89
the repetitive
behaviors: when you're depressed
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you typically think
the same negative thing
00:19:23.39\00:19:26.29
over and over. We
call it rumination.
00:19:26.49\00:19:28.46
You're thinking the
same sad or negative thing
00:19:28.66\00:19:30.83
over and over and
over. And it's hard to
00:19:31.03\00:19:33.54
switch that
behavior off, right? Yes.
00:19:33.74\00:19:36.00
And you're seeing the
gut/brain connection, right?
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These mice get the
bad microbes in their gut
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and then they
start to be anxious.
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Start exhibiting
the bad behavior. Right.
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And then impaired memory:
that has to do with your brain.
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And inflammation is a
marker for depression.
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Right? Most people
who have depression
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will have
inflammation in the body.
00:19:56.73\00:19:58.36
And other lifestyle diseases
also exhibit inflammation
00:19:58.56\00:20:02.26
as a marker. So
00:20:02.46\00:20:04.97
those mice you see
just from a transplant
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of the microbes so
there's something going on
00:20:09.80\00:20:12.47
with the gut bacteria
that affects our behavior,
00:20:12.67\00:20:16.01
that affects the
gut/brain connection.
00:20:16.21\00:20:18.71
And more and more
that's being seen.
00:20:18.91\00:20:21.38
And we were told many
years ago that if we eat
00:20:21.58\00:20:25.32
too frequently too much
of rich, unwholesome food
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it not only affects
our gut but ultimately
00:20:30.76\00:20:33.50
our brains as well.
00:20:33.70\00:20:35.16
And we're told
also if we want to seek
00:20:35.36\00:20:38.93
patience and self-control
we'll have to give more thought
00:20:40.80\00:20:44.14
to our guts than we do.
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Isn't that interesting? And
science is showing that today.
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Well see, just
looking back at Daniel
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Daniel got this experiment
for 10 days. He passed...
00:20:52.48\00:20:55.42
he and his friends passed it...
so they stayed on that diet.
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And after a period of time...
I don't know, I think it was
00:20:59.95\00:21:02.96
supposed to be three
years of learning or something -
00:21:03.16\00:21:05.49
um-hmm - that they had to do
before they went before the king
00:21:05.69\00:21:08.03
At the end of the first
chapter of Daniel in verse 17
00:21:08.23\00:21:11.47
it talks that God had
given them knowledge and skill
00:21:11.67\00:21:14.14
and understanding
and learning and wisdom.
00:21:14.34\00:21:16.94
And that then they
had to go before the king
00:21:17.74\00:21:19.64
to be tested. And when
all of these young people
00:21:19.84\00:21:23.45
went before the
king it says in verse 19
00:21:23.65\00:21:27.82
that the king did not
find among any of them
00:21:28.02\00:21:30.82
anyone like Daniel and
his three friends. Yes.
00:21:31.02\00:21:33.56
And in verse 20
it actually says:
00:21:33.76\00:21:36.12
"In all matters of wisdom. "
This is ALL matters of wisdom
00:21:36.32\00:21:40.20
and understanding... "that
the king inquired of them... "
00:21:40.40\00:21:44.13
So he tested them.
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"he found Daniel and his three
friends, Shadrach, Meshach,
00:21:46.43\00:21:51.17
and Abednego, ten times
better than all the magicians
00:21:51.37\00:21:57.11
and astrologers
that were in his realm. "
00:21:57.31\00:22:00.12
So better than everybody
who were supposed to have been
00:22:00.32\00:22:03.95
understanding and having wisdom.
00:22:04.15\00:22:06.15
They were ten times
better. Yes! Now that is a real
00:22:06.72\00:22:09.96
gut/brain connection. It is!
It is! And then to think that
00:22:10.16\00:22:13.83
simple changes can make
such a significant... In fact,
00:22:14.03\00:22:17.67
in the short run for
sure meaning within ten days
00:22:17.87\00:22:21.14
but that benefit continues.
That's one of the great things
00:22:21.34\00:22:23.84
about this that it can
actually... It gets better!
00:22:24.04\00:22:26.27
It does! And one of
the things are is we know
00:22:26.47\00:22:28.54
that people on plant-based
diets have lower levels of
00:22:28.74\00:22:31.71
heart disease
meaning atherosclerosis
00:22:31.91\00:22:34.05
or the plaque
that fills our arteries
00:22:34.25\00:22:37.02
that actually #1
you can reverse it.
00:22:37.22\00:22:38.82
Research has shown
that a plant-based diet -
00:22:39.02\00:22:40.89
a low-fat plant-based
diet - can actually reverse,
00:22:41.09\00:22:43.12
take away the plaque. We
used to think it was just
00:22:43.32\00:22:45.43
a progressive disease that
as we get older it just happens.
00:22:45.63\00:22:49.00
Now we know you can
actually through Dr. Esselstyn,
00:22:49.20\00:22:51.97
Dr. Dean Ornish. Both
of them have done studies
00:22:52.17\00:22:54.14
that show it can be reversed.
00:22:54.34\00:22:55.67
But the thing is is
that also things like
00:22:55.70\00:22:58.41
dementia and Alzheimer's
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.48
are diseases that
one of the correlations
00:23:00.68\00:23:03.81
is the plaque
within the arteries.
00:23:04.01\00:23:05.38
If the arteries in your brain,
the blood vessels I should say
00:23:05.58\00:23:08.88
within your brain, as
they begin to fill up...
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.59
There's more to it than
that. I don't want to make it
00:23:11.79\00:23:13.69
that simple, but we can
actually damage our brains.
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.66
So this can help us
not only in the short term
00:23:16.86\00:23:19.06
be healthier, happier, but
it can in the long run too.
00:23:19.26\00:23:22.46
So the gut/brain connection...
what we put into our mouths
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.40
affects not only our gut
but ultimately our mind as well
00:23:25.60\00:23:29.44
in the short term... And
also our body in all sorts of
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.47
of physical ways. And
I'm talking about the...
00:23:31.67\00:23:34.24
Alzheimer's and things that
00:23:34.44\00:23:39.51
then has a bit of an idea
of a circulation problem -
00:23:39.91\00:23:45.05
yes - involved
in it. That's right!
00:23:45.25\00:23:46.59
The brain's not
getting fed properly. Yep, and
00:23:46.65\00:23:49.12
so you know we're
told that perfect health
00:23:49.32\00:23:51.99
depends upon
perfect circulation.
00:23:52.19\00:23:54.83
The Bible says that the life
of the flesh is in the blood.
00:23:55.03\00:23:58.83
And what we eat makes...
literally makes... either good
00:23:59.03\00:24:02.87
or bad blood depending
on what we are digesting.
00:24:03.07\00:24:05.94
And you know, they
did a particular...
00:24:06.34\00:24:08.51
there's a
Scientific American periodical
00:24:08.71\00:24:12.95
that talks about the
gut/brain connection.
00:24:13.15\00:24:15.18
That article talks about
researchers now calling the
00:24:15.38\00:24:19.42
gut "the second brain, " but
then it goes on to talk about
00:24:19.62\00:24:22.76
how having a sour stomach
00:24:22.96\00:24:26.33
can make people have sour moods.
00:24:26.53\00:24:29.50
That sounds kind of interesting
but there is also a book
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.13
called Counsels on Diet & Health
that tells us the very same.
00:24:32.33\00:24:34.80
It says, and this is a quote:
00:24:35.00\00:24:36.37
"People who have a
sour stomach are very often
00:24:36.57\00:24:39.71
of a sour disposition,
and they are inclined to be
00:24:39.91\00:24:43.08
peevish and irritable. "
00:24:43.28\00:24:44.75
It's interesting that
what's going on here...
00:24:44.95\00:24:46.48
And you think often: "OK,
yeah, if I have a stomach ache
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.82
that negatively
impacts my mind. "
00:24:49.02\00:24:51.32
But it's not just that actually.
00:24:51.52\00:24:53.36
There can be no
pain in the gut...
00:24:53.56\00:24:56.29
We have found - and we'll
talk maybe more about it later -
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.99
but my wife and I, we
come from a background
00:24:59.19\00:25:01.76
of arguing and
these kinds of things.
00:25:01.96\00:25:03.87
And as we learned
how to change our diet...
00:25:04.07\00:25:07.40
And I'm not proud about
arguing. We didn't want to.
00:25:07.60\00:25:10.31
We want to be good
Christians who are at peace
00:25:10.51\00:25:13.07
all the time and so
forth. But as our diet changed
00:25:13.27\00:25:16.01
it actually gave us
literally a peaceful marriage.
00:25:16.21\00:25:19.91
Well that's good.
That's the aim, isn't it? Yes!
00:25:21.05\00:25:23.72
And so the blessing of it
is... You know, you think:
00:25:23.92\00:25:26.96
"Oh, yeah, but you
have to ruin your life
00:25:27.16\00:25:29.39
by eating food you don't like!
00:25:29.59\00:25:30.96
You may be happy
but... " The strange thing is
00:25:31.16\00:25:33.53
as you change... At first it's a
little difficult, right? I mean
00:25:33.73\00:25:37.07
any change... for
instance if you don't exercise
00:25:37.27\00:25:39.27
for years and then you
start exercising you get sore
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.10
and you think: "Oh, man,
this is why I never exercise:
00:25:41.30\00:25:43.51
'cause you get sore. " But
then when you keep it up...
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.57
"I've got muscles I
didn't know I had! " Exactly!
00:25:45.77\00:25:47.38
And then over
time you get used to it
00:25:47.58\00:25:50.35
and when you exercise
you don't get in so much pain
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.48
and you feel better and
then you enjoy how you feel.
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.92
So too with this. And
they actually did a study on...
00:25:55.12\00:25:57.85
Dr. Neal Barnard did a
study in the United States
00:25:58.85\00:26:01.32
and they compared
a plant-based diet
00:26:01.52\00:26:03.63
taking diabetics and helping to
reverse their type II diabetes.
00:26:03.83\00:26:07.40
And they put one
group on a plant-based diet
00:26:07.60\00:26:09.96
and they put the other group
on what is called the American
00:26:10.17\00:26:12.23
Diabetic Association
diet which is a normal diet of
00:26:12.43\00:26:15.60
meat and milk, eggs,
cheese, and then plant foods.
00:26:15.80\00:26:18.87
But you have to eat very little
servings. You know, a little bit
00:26:19.21\00:26:21.64
of meat, a little bit of cheese,
00:26:21.94\00:26:23.28
a little bit of bread,
a little bit of veggies.
00:26:23.31\00:26:24.85
And so you end your meal
and you're probably not full.
00:26:25.05\00:26:27.22
Well does anybody like to
finish a meal where you've not
00:26:27.42\00:26:29.68
had enough? I
don't! NO! I sure don't.
00:26:29.88\00:26:32.02
We don't. But
the plant-based diet:
00:26:32.22\00:26:35.32
they were told they could
eat what's called at libitum ...
00:26:35.52\00:26:37.73
which means as much as you want.
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.29
They could eat till
they were comfortably full
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.06
at meal time. And at the
end of the study you think
00:26:41.26\00:26:44.27
"Yeah, those other people:
they got meat. They must have
00:26:44.43\00:26:46.23
enjoyed it more. "
Right? So they asked them:
00:26:46.43\00:26:48.54
"Did you feel
restricted on the diet? "
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.94
And actually the meat-based
eaters disliked their meals
00:26:51.14\00:26:54.21
better than the people who were
eating the plant-based foods
00:26:54.41\00:26:57.01
because everybody
wants to finish the meal
00:26:57.21\00:26:59.48
where you're comfortably full.
00:26:59.68\00:27:01.02
And yet you would still
lose weight actually eating
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.42
till you're comfortably full
'cause there's less calories
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.62
in that food than there
are in these heavy foods.
00:27:05.82\00:27:08.29
And so it's not as if it's
a torture for the rest of your
00:27:08.49\00:27:11.39
life. You actually
can begin, over time,
00:27:11.59\00:27:14.13
to learn to enjoy
it more than before.
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.03
So not only does it
have that cognitive benefit
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.40
reversing depression but it
also is something you begin to
00:27:18.60\00:27:22.10
enjoy. And thinking about that
00:27:22.30\00:27:25.37
Fadia, maybe you could tell
us a little bit about the study
00:27:25.57\00:27:28.08
on the Cesarean sections.
Maybe how this impacts - OK -
00:27:28.28\00:27:32.61
the gut/brain connection.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.22
So when the child is in the womb
00:27:34.48\00:27:37.02
they're mostly in a
sterile environment, right?
00:27:37.22\00:27:40.16
And when they come
through the birth canal
00:27:40.46\00:27:43.63
is when they're inoculated
with the bacteria from mother.
00:27:43.83\00:27:46.53
Right? This is
when they're introduced.
00:27:46.73\00:27:48.80
And you know, it's a
traumatic experience.
00:27:49.00\00:27:52.33
But they are really getting
as they're going through that
00:27:52.53\00:27:55.17
birth canal
they're getting inoculated.
00:27:55.37\00:27:56.97
They're getting the
bacteria that they need to live
00:27:57.17\00:27:59.34
outside the womb because
2/3 of your immune system
00:27:59.54\00:28:02.91
is found in your gut.
00:28:03.11\00:28:04.45
So it's very important that you
have the bacteria that you need
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.42
for a healthy
immune system, right?
00:28:08.62\00:28:10.55
And so that's why you need...
When you come out of that
00:28:10.95\00:28:12.75
womb you need all of that
bacteria coming from mother.
00:28:12.95\00:28:15.72
And what they found
is children who have
00:28:16.73\00:28:20.00
had C-section
babies - Cesarean section -
00:28:20.20\00:28:22.63
when they come out they
don't go through the womb
00:28:23.60\00:28:25.70
and so the first thing
that they're inoculated with
00:28:25.90\00:28:28.90
is the gloves of
the doctor, right?
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.07
Or the hospital. Or
the hospital, and Chad was
00:28:31.27\00:28:33.58
actually a
C-section baby himself.
00:28:33.78\00:28:35.44
And what they're
finding is... They did a long
00:28:35.64\00:28:39.75
like 35-year study of
over 2 million babies.
00:28:39.95\00:28:45.49
That's a lot of people.
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.02
And what they
found that statistically
00:28:47.49\00:28:50.36
that C-section babies
have a higher rate of disease.
00:28:50.56\00:28:53.13
And it makes sense.
High rates of allergies,
00:28:53.33\00:28:56.83
asthma, bowel
disorders, rheumatism, leukemia.
00:28:57.03\00:29:00.87
So higher disease rates of...
Some things are significant
00:29:01.07\00:29:04.31
like leukemia, and
some are just annoying.
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.48
I mean, allergies. Well
although asthma could be
00:29:07.68\00:29:09.78
worse than annoying... it
could be deadly potentially.
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.98
But what is one of the factors
they think why? Why does it
00:29:12.18\00:29:15.72
happen? So they think it's
because... When they're doing
00:29:15.92\00:29:18.82
a study now where
they're swabbing the mother
00:29:19.02\00:29:21.39
and then all the
crevices and everywhere they can
00:29:21.59\00:29:26.46
they inoculate the baby so
that they can get some bacteria
00:29:26.66\00:29:30.63
from the mom. And
what they're finding is
00:29:30.83\00:29:32.33
that the good gut bacteria
00:29:32.53\00:29:34.97
helps you create
a good microbiome
00:29:35.37\00:29:39.44
so that you can fight off
diseases and things like that.
00:29:39.64\00:29:42.11
Because 2/3 of your immune
system is found in your gut.
00:29:42.31\00:29:44.95
And so somehow the
lack of good gut bacteria
00:29:45.15\00:29:48.55
is affecting not
only mental illnesses
00:29:48.75\00:29:52.32
but then also physical ailments
00:29:52.52\00:29:55.02
like he mentioned: all
the allergies and leukemia
00:29:55.22\00:29:58.59
and things like
that. So it's important
00:29:58.79\00:30:02.30
that we make sure that
children have good gut bacteria.
00:30:02.50\00:30:06.63
'Cause now they're finding that
00:30:06.84\00:30:09.17
children who have temper
tantrums actually - toddlers,
00:30:09.37\00:30:12.54
the young children -
00:30:12.74\00:30:14.08
they're finding that
they have less diversity
00:30:14.38\00:30:17.35
of good gut
bacteria. Interesting! Yes.
00:30:17.55\00:30:20.48
And so if they had a better
diversity of good gut bacteria
00:30:20.68\00:30:24.45
they were more social and out-
going. Had less temper tantrums.
00:30:24.65\00:30:28.49
And now that we've
discovered this - Chad and I -
00:30:28.69\00:30:31.76
when we see a 3-year-old
come up to us and shake our hand
00:30:31.96\00:30:35.03
and say hello and talk to us
like: "You've got a good gut. "
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.97
Yes! We say: "Wow! That
kid's got good gut bacteria. "
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.87
It's like our new thing
once we become aware of it.
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.74
And for sure, when Chad
was going through the things
00:30:46.14\00:30:49.24
that he was going
through he was forced because of
00:30:49.44\00:30:52.48
the work he was
doing to be social
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.32
but it physically
was wearing him out.
00:30:54.52\00:30:57.82
Like let's say he
would speak for the day
00:30:58.02\00:30:59.95
and then socialize with
people. By the end of the day
00:31:00.16\00:31:02.09
he was wiped out...
he was done. Um-hmm.
00:31:02.29\00:31:04.99
Social activity was
overwhelming for him.
00:31:05.39\00:31:08.10
But once he got his gut
bacteria... It changed my life!
00:31:08.30\00:31:11.93
I mean, it really, really...
Now it doesn't... it doesn't
00:31:12.13\00:31:15.47
tire me out to spend all
day every day with people.
00:31:15.67\00:31:18.47
Meaning it literally changed,
you know, reversing depression,
00:31:18.67\00:31:22.81
reversing so much of the
anxiety... social anxiety.
00:31:23.01\00:31:27.12
It was just... it
literally changed my life.
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.92
It's like being almost a new
person. Right, and he used to
00:31:29.12\00:31:30.95
call himself an introvert
and then realize: "Wow!
00:31:31.15\00:31:34.42
it was mostly due to my
gut that I was an introvert. "
00:31:34.62\00:31:37.29
I don't feel that way anymore.
00:31:37.49\00:31:39.09
It's been such a... I
would have never known
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.83
that it could make
such a significant impact
00:31:42.03\00:31:44.20
unless I had gone
through it myself.
00:31:44.40\00:31:46.17
And he used to also
identify himself as having
00:31:46.37\00:31:49.54
and addictive behavior.
Right? Addictive personality.
00:31:49.74\00:31:52.97
You know, people like: I
had been a heavy drinker,
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.68
smoker, and so forth and
there were certain things
00:31:55.88\00:31:58.51
I never tried because I
thought: "I don't want to
00:31:58.71\00:32:00.45
because I know whatever I do
I'm prone to get addicted to. "
00:32:00.65\00:32:03.22
You know, this is before
giving my life to the Lord.
00:32:03.42\00:32:05.05
And... But even after
giving my life to the Lord
00:32:05.45\00:32:07.62
I still felt like I had
an addictive personality
00:32:07.82\00:32:10.66
until the changes
that took place in the gut
00:32:11.06\00:32:14.23
actually began to really change
my mental health too. Yeah.
00:32:14.43\00:32:18.33
That's amazing! It really is.
00:32:18.53\00:32:20.37
One of the things I
was just thinking about
00:32:20.77\00:32:23.00
was so they... Fadia
mentioned that even children
00:32:23.20\00:32:26.37
with less
diversity of gut bacteria
00:32:26.57\00:32:28.68
are more cranky, more social,
have more temper tantrums.
00:32:29.08\00:32:32.68
Antisocial. Antisocial.
00:32:32.88\00:32:34.72
And the children who
have a greater diversity
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.28
of gut bacteria are
more social, more outgoing.
00:32:36.48\00:32:39.62
And so the question
is: "Well how can we get
00:32:39.82\00:32:42.02
a greater
diversity of gut bacteria? "
00:32:42.22\00:32:44.36
I've just got a little comment I
want to make if you don't mind.
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.93
The impact on children
00:32:48.76\00:32:52.70
if they've been on medications
00:32:53.84\00:32:56.37
to their gut bacteria? Yes.
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.81
Has there been
anything researched on that?
00:32:59.01\00:33:02.54
And also when I've
read about the gut bacteria
00:33:02.74\00:33:06.72
people often know them
as probiotics. Yep, yep.
00:33:06.92\00:33:10.52
That there are different
probiotics for different parts
00:33:11.69\00:33:15.36
of your health and
there are certain ones
00:33:15.56\00:33:18.49
that are very good for
depression. Others are good for
00:33:18.69\00:33:21.73
anxiety and stress.
00:33:21.93\00:33:23.97
There are some that are
very good for building your
00:33:24.17\00:33:26.67
immune system. Some
actually lower your LDL.
00:33:26.87\00:33:30.31
Some are good
for metabolizing fat.
00:33:30.71\00:33:33.64
And all these different
things. They're finding out
00:33:34.04\00:33:36.01
all the different microbes have
a different job within the body
00:33:36.21\00:33:38.98
to keep you well.
But anyway... medication?
00:33:39.18\00:33:42.18
So the medication...
they have done a study
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.42
specifically in Israel looking
at... I love scientific studies.
00:33:44.62\00:33:48.46
And Israel's great for
doing medical research.
00:33:48.66\00:33:50.76
Yes, I believe so.
00:33:50.96\00:33:53.36
Long story short:
so they did one study
00:33:53.56\00:33:56.13
on antibiotics specifically.
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.03
And antibiotics -
antibiotics - just the word -
00:33:58.23\00:34:01.87
it basically means anti. They're
killing something, right?
00:34:02.24\00:34:05.14
And they kill
bacteria specifically.
00:34:05.54\00:34:07.91
And once again so
as they... We know
00:34:08.31\00:34:11.95
the research shows
that as it kills bacteria
00:34:12.15\00:34:14.35
it changes the
bacterial make-up of your body
00:34:14.55\00:34:18.19
and your gut specifically.
00:34:18.39\00:34:20.16
And so what they found
is that for every round
00:34:20.36\00:34:22.12
of antibiotics - and what I mean
by round is for every bottle
00:34:22.32\00:34:25.66
that your doctor says:
"Take these till they're done"
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.70
that's a round, prescription,
00:34:27.90\00:34:29.56
it increases your chances
of depression by about 25%.
00:34:29.76\00:34:33.67
And for every 2 to 5 rounds
00:34:33.87\00:34:36.00
it increases your chances
of depression by about 50%.
00:34:36.20\00:34:38.94
So we're not telling people
they can never have antibiotics
00:34:39.14\00:34:43.01
but sometimes - and the
medical institutions know
00:34:43.21\00:34:45.85
that they're being
overprescribed in some cases.
00:34:46.05\00:34:48.48
For... someone may
have a viral infection and
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.95
antibiotics don't do anything
for virus. They kill bacteria.
00:34:51.15\00:34:54.39
And so people are
maybe overusing them.
00:34:54.59\00:34:56.46
And so you could be negatively
impacting your mental health.
00:34:56.66\00:34:59.76
And that's what
actually happened with me.
00:34:59.96\00:35:01.36
Ultimately I had gut
trouble. So did my wife
00:35:02.36\00:35:06.13
and so did another person. We
were living in a foreign nation
00:35:06.33\00:35:09.17
and I won't even
say where it was.
00:35:09.37\00:35:10.71
So you were trying to get
good food. Yes! And there it was
00:35:10.91\00:35:14.34
actually the
water. We drank bad water
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.21
and we had two
years of stomach trouble.
00:35:16.41\00:35:18.38
And so it was long, drawn-out.
Went through depression.
00:35:18.58\00:35:22.05
Went through 8 years
of seasonal depression
00:35:22.25\00:35:24.82
and then I got bit by a
tick and took some antibiotics.
00:35:25.02\00:35:29.66
A doctor friend said:
"Oh, you should take these
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.36
just to make sure you
don't get Lyme disease. "
00:35:31.56\00:35:33.13
I took it, and then I went
into year-round depression.
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.66
And then the next year
I got bit by another tick.
00:35:36.06\00:35:38.67
Took more antibiotics. Continued
the year-round depression.
00:35:38.87\00:35:41.50
And I didn't know back
then. I didn't know all...
00:35:41.70\00:35:43.84
I didn't know the
connections and I didn't realize
00:35:44.04\00:35:45.71
that my depression had stemmed
initially from the gut issue
00:35:45.91\00:35:48.94
and it would continue.
And then I would have seasonal
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.48
depression. In the
Northern Hemisphere
00:35:51.68\00:35:54.12
you get dark in the
winter and that's common.
00:35:54.32\00:35:56.48
You get depression.
But long story short
00:35:56.69\00:35:59.05
as I began... as my
diet began to change
00:36:00.12\00:36:04.13
it began to
reverse the depression.
00:36:04.33\00:36:07.10
And once again they said
on the video two weeks, right?
00:36:07.30\00:36:09.73
That's exactly what
happened in my life.
00:36:09.93\00:36:11.27
I noticed about two
weeks into changing my diet...
00:36:11.43\00:36:14.80
I actually saw...
actually heard a quotation
00:36:15.00\00:36:18.07
from a little old
lady named Ellen White
00:36:18.27\00:36:21.21
and she had mentioned this.
She mentions multiple things.
00:36:21.41\00:36:25.41
She talks about if people
are depressed or they're anxious
00:36:25.61\00:36:27.68
she talks about adding
more fruit to the diet.
00:36:27.88\00:36:30.09
Many people are afraid of
fruit. They think it has sugar.
00:36:30.92\00:36:32.69
Strangely enough, when
the British Medical Journal
00:36:32.89\00:36:34.52
studied various
fruits it shows that almost
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.59
every single kind of fruit
lowers your chances of diabetes.
00:36:36.79\00:36:39.13
Does not increase it.
00:36:39.33\00:36:40.66
God made it in
the right package.
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.60
Yeah... it's
processed sugar that...
00:36:42.80\00:36:45.47
It's when you process it
it's that when the change
00:36:45.70\00:36:47.27
takes place. When you
remove the fiber from the food
00:36:47.47\00:36:50.04
you increase the
concentration of the sugars
00:36:50.24\00:36:52.67
or oils or proteins.
00:36:52.87\00:36:55.61
But you need the
fiber within your food for
00:36:55.81\00:36:58.15
the body to utilize it the best.
00:36:58.35\00:37:00.85
Yeah, now Chad, you
mentioned you changed your diet.
00:37:01.05\00:37:03.22
I know there'll be a lot
of people thinking out there
00:37:03.42\00:37:05.12
"Well what did you do? " Yes!
00:37:05.32\00:37:06.65
What was it exactly?
Yes... finish the story.
00:37:06.86\00:37:09.32
I want to hear what happened.
So what happened with me
00:37:09.52\00:37:11.43
and I do not suggest
people do exactly what I did.
00:37:11.63\00:37:14.30
What I did was a bit extreme.
00:37:14.50\00:37:15.83
It was short-term...
I didn't do it forever.
00:37:15.86\00:37:17.20
But I... There is a
quotation talking about
00:37:17.57\00:37:21.07
we are coming to the
time when recipes for cooking
00:37:21.27\00:37:23.54
will not be needed for
God's people will learn
00:37:23.74\00:37:27.51
that "the food God gave
Adam in his sinless state
00:37:27.71\00:37:30.21
is the best for keeping
the body in a sinless state. "
00:37:30.41\00:37:33.55
That's a quote.
And I heard that.
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.35
And I thought: "Well that's
strange. The food God gave
00:37:35.55\00:37:36.89
Adam. " And so I thought:
"Well, that would probably
00:37:36.99\00:37:39.69
be a lot of fruit, right?
So I did something a little
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.69
extreme that I don't
suggest everybody do.
00:37:41.89\00:37:43.53
But I literally
ate fruit for two weeks
00:37:43.73\00:37:45.96
and two weeks into it my
depression began to go away.
00:37:46.16\00:37:49.83
And I noticed I could
control... Instead of going over
00:37:50.03\00:37:52.13
and over and over the
same guilty, depressed...
00:37:52.33\00:37:56.00
I was trying to make
my heart right with God.
00:37:56.20\00:37:57.57
I literally would confess...
meaning if I had said something
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.58
about you: "Oh sister,
I'm sorry for what I said. "
00:38:00.78\00:38:02.41
I literally was trying
to make my heart right.
00:38:02.61\00:38:04.25
I gave thousands of dollars
away to try to make right
00:38:04.45\00:38:06.65
some wrong from the past
and doing anything I could...
00:38:06.85\00:38:09.62
but nothing
would give any peace.
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.32
And he kept thinking it
was a spiritual problem.
00:38:11.52\00:38:14.12
It was a spiritual
problem and trying to fix that.
00:38:14.32\00:38:16.32
And I mean he was being faith-
ful. He was doing everything
00:38:16.52\00:38:19.46
right. He was even
living a healthy lifestyle
00:38:19.66\00:38:22.60
compared to what he
had in the past. Yes.
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.43
And yet still...
Exercising every day.
00:38:25.63\00:38:28.37
Getting out in the sunlight.
Drinking adequate amounts
00:38:28.57\00:38:30.47
of water... I was
doing all those things.
00:38:30.67\00:38:32.01
But as I began to
change my diet within two weeks
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.98
the changes began to take place.
00:38:35.18\00:38:36.68
And here's the
thing... So the question is:
00:38:36.88\00:38:38.58
"Why? Why did it work? "
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.12
So I began to eat
this for two weeks
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.68
and the
depression began to go away.
00:38:41.88\00:38:43.72
And I still eat a lot of
fruit. I don't just eat fruit.
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.45
I eat fruits and
vegetables, nuts, grains,
00:38:45.65\00:38:47.66
all of these things today.
00:38:47.86\00:38:49.32
So I eat a diversity
of plant-based foods.
00:38:49.52\00:38:51.59
And so as I get... We
suggest that people...
00:38:51.99\00:38:55.36
There's a quotation also
in Counsels on Diets & Foods
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.27
where it says: "In
many cases of sickness
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.14
the very best remedy
is for the patient to fast
00:39:00.34\00:39:02.80
for a meal or two.
" Not a week or two.
00:39:03.00\00:39:04.84
A meal or two. One
day of a meal or two.
00:39:05.04\00:39:07.48
"that the overworked
organs of digestion may have
00:39:07.68\00:39:09.81
an opportunity to rest. "
00:39:10.01\00:39:11.35
And then it says:
"And then a fruit diet
00:39:11.48\00:39:14.48
for a few days. "
00:39:14.68\00:39:16.45
I don't know two,
three, four... it's up to you.
00:39:16.65\00:39:18.55
You know, no pressure.
00:39:18.75\00:39:20.09
"A fruit diet for a few days
has often brought great relief
00:39:20.12\00:39:22.19
to brain workers.
" And then it says:
00:39:22.39\00:39:24.43
"and abstemious, or a simple
diet, for a couple of months...
00:39:24.63\00:39:28.53
for a month or two has
often brought great relief
00:39:28.73\00:39:32.10
to brain workers.
" And so we suggest
00:39:32.30\00:39:34.80
that people do
it as long as I did.
00:39:35.00\00:39:36.40
It was quite extreme,
but if they do something
00:39:36.60\00:39:39.41
very simple...
Let your gut rest.
00:39:39.61\00:39:41.18
Eat fruit for a few days.
00:39:41.38\00:39:43.48
And you can eat plenty at
your meals and then begin to add
00:39:43.68\00:39:46.21
back the grains if
you don't have celiac
00:39:46.41\00:39:49.72
disease you can have
wheat. Vegetables. Exactly.
00:39:49.92\00:39:52.15
And the vegetables
and the nuts and so forth.
00:39:52.35\00:39:54.52
And so the question is:
"Why did it work though? "
00:39:54.82\00:39:57.33
I mean, OK, I did it
but what research has shown
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.33
is there's something called
the Bulgarian Journal of Plant
00:40:00.53\00:40:02.73
Physiology, and what they found
00:40:02.93\00:40:04.67
was that there's animal
neurotransmitter substances
00:40:04.87\00:40:08.90
found in plants. We
can make it simple and say
00:40:09.10\00:40:11.67
"Brain chemicals
are found in plants. "
00:40:11.87\00:40:14.71
So the good chemicals
you need for your health
00:40:15.11\00:40:17.98
and happiness are
actually found in plants.
00:40:18.18\00:40:20.02
So as you eat the
plants you get that.
00:40:20.22\00:40:21.85
There's a secondary issue when
it comes to bacteria, right?
00:40:22.05\00:40:25.22
So what they found is an apple
00:40:25.42\00:40:27.52
has its own bacterial make-up:
various different microbes
00:40:27.72\00:40:30.79
on the apple.
Then you take a pear,
00:40:30.99\00:40:32.96
and a pear may have some similar
but it will have different
00:40:33.16\00:40:35.26
bacteria from the apple.
00:40:35.46\00:40:36.80
And if you go into a plum
you'll find different there.
00:40:36.83\00:40:39.40
And a potato or
a sweet potato...
00:40:39.60\00:40:41.47
A variety? So
variety. So if you just eat one
00:40:41.67\00:40:43.77
you only get the
bacterial make-up there,
00:40:43.97\00:40:45.67
but if you eat a
diversity of plant-based foods
00:40:45.87\00:40:49.11
what it does is it feeds
what's called the microbiome:
00:40:49.31\00:40:52.18
the bacteria within our guts.
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.38
And as we eat that it
increases the amount of...
00:40:54.58\00:40:57.12
of good bacteria. And one
of the things that it does
00:40:57.32\00:41:00.52
is it lowers
inflammation in the body.
00:41:00.72\00:41:03.22
And depression is actually
often an inflammatory disease.
00:41:03.43\00:41:08.16
We have
inflammation with the body,
00:41:08.36\00:41:09.73
achy joints, and
various health issues with it.
00:41:09.93\00:41:13.54
So doing this you get
the greater diversity.
00:41:13.74\00:41:16.54
So the two ways that
people get gut bacteria...
00:41:16.74\00:41:19.14
two of the ways I should
say... there's actually more
00:41:19.34\00:41:21.28
but two of the ways
they get it are number one:
00:41:21.48\00:41:23.61
from a diversity
of plant-based foods.
00:41:23.81\00:41:25.25
And that's the
safest way to get it.
00:41:25.45\00:41:26.98
That's the safest
way. The other option is
00:41:27.18\00:41:29.05
taking the probiotics.
At least one study has found
00:41:29.25\00:41:33.39
there's a potential danger,
and so what's best is if you
00:41:33.59\00:41:36.62
can get it once
again in the whole form.
00:41:36.83\00:41:38.19
But if somebody really
needs to, there can be cases
00:41:38.39\00:41:40.96
to also take it
in a pill-type form
00:41:41.16\00:41:43.40
where they have
various strains of bacteria
00:41:43.60\00:41:46.27
that can help you
potentially digest better
00:41:46.47\00:41:48.84
and these kinds
of things. And so
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.77
it goes back to what
the Bible says in Genesis.
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.84
You know, the Bible says in
Genesis chapter 1:29 it says:
00:41:54.24\00:41:57.08
"And God said:
'Behold, I have given you
00:41:57.28\00:41:59.11
every herb bearing seed which
is on the face of all the earth
00:41:59.31\00:42:02.25
and every tree in the which
is the fruit of a tree yielding
00:42:02.45\00:42:06.02
seed. To you it
shall be for food. ' "
00:42:06.22\00:42:09.02
Right? Meaning God gave
these plant-based foods.
00:42:09.22\00:42:12.06
And it was in the
Garden of? Eden. Eden, right?
00:42:12.26\00:42:14.63
The word in the
Hebrew means pleasure.
00:42:14.83\00:42:16.93
So it was the
garden of pleasure.
00:42:17.13\00:42:18.53
So their home was to
bring them happiness.
00:42:18.73\00:42:20.64
The work they did was
to bring them happiness.
00:42:20.84\00:42:23.20
But even their food
was to bring pleasure.
00:42:23.41\00:42:25.44
So if you were thinking
from a Biblical standpoint
00:42:25.64\00:42:27.78
you'd think: "That would
probably mean that the food
00:42:27.98\00:42:30.15
God gave Adam and Eve
00:42:30.35\00:42:32.01
would bring about the highest
levels of pleasure in life. "
00:42:32.21\00:42:35.25
And this is what
research now shows us.
00:42:35.45\00:42:38.52
And when it talks
about the tree with the
00:42:38.72\00:42:41.69
seed bearing fruit, well
that means... that's what we
00:42:41.89\00:42:45.49
think of as fruit today:
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.20
the thing that's got
the seed in it - yes -
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.43
Inside - that's right - or
you know like strawberries...
00:42:49.63\00:42:53.40
they've got the
seed around them. Right.
00:42:53.60\00:42:55.24
But it's the same
thing... it's the seed is there.
00:42:55.44\00:42:57.37
Yes. Whereas
vegetables don't have
00:42:57.57\00:43:00.01
the seed in them.
That's right; that's right.
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.18
So there's things that we
would typically standardly
00:43:02.38\00:43:04.55
in a standard way we would think
certain things are vegetables.
00:43:04.75\00:43:07.35
We eat them like a
vegetable. Like a tomato.
00:43:07.55\00:43:08.88
Yeah, because it's not
real sweet compared to you know
00:43:08.92\00:43:11.92
a pear. And you don't
have them for dessert normally.
00:43:12.12\00:43:14.06
I like the thought of diversity
of all this fruit. Yes!
00:43:14.26\00:43:17.99
So if you live in
different parts of the world
00:43:18.19\00:43:20.16
you discover different fruits.
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.73
And one of those is
durian and I LOVE durian.
00:43:21.93\00:43:24.27
I do too! Oh, wonderful! Wow!
00:43:24.47\00:43:26.27
No... not here, no.
00:43:26.47\00:43:28.60
Got those mango
seeds and all those things.
00:43:28.80\00:43:30.51
How could you improve on
that really in your kitchen
00:43:30.71\00:43:34.58
to be able to get
a mango, you know?
00:43:34.78\00:43:37.05
There's a mango in
Thailand called nam doc mai
00:43:37.25\00:43:39.55
which means nectar of flower.
00:43:39.75\00:43:41.45
When you slice that it just
dissolves in your mouth. Oh!
00:43:41.65\00:43:44.79
How can you make
anything like that?
00:43:44.99\00:43:46.49
And the custard apples
in Thailand and the pears...
00:43:46.69\00:43:48.52
The thing is you
think of all this diversity
00:43:48.72\00:43:51.03
in the food that God
gave to bring pleasure
00:43:51.23\00:43:54.46
it's not some bitter
root that nobody likes.
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.10
No! It's the food
that we all naturally like
00:43:57.30\00:44:00.14
but maybe just don't
eat enough of, right?
00:44:00.34\00:44:01.70
And we wish we had the
trees in our garden! Yes!
00:44:01.90\00:44:03.41
Right! And so that's some of
the... like even in Australia
00:44:03.61\00:44:06.98
the University of
Queensland did a study
00:44:07.18\00:44:09.38
and they titled
an article on it that
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.51
fruit is a
depression buster for women.
00:44:11.71\00:44:14.12
Meaning what they found
is women who consume more
00:44:14.32\00:44:16.42
fruit have lower
levels of depression.
00:44:16.62\00:44:18.75
So we don't have to worry
so much about the sugar in it -
00:44:18.95\00:44:21.46
especially if we're not
diabetic or whatever - but
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.56
in general even if we
are diabetic it lowers level
00:44:23.83\00:44:26.33
of diabetes but it
brings happiness along with it
00:44:26.53\00:44:29.63
and that's one of
the great blessings.
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.27
That is... it's true. So
going back to medication -
00:44:31.47\00:44:34.00
um-hmm - because I've
had a lot of different
00:44:34.20\00:44:37.51
antibiotics through my
life for different reasons.
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.44
And some people have
had to have stronger drugs -
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.25
yes - for... a lot
of it is acute. Yes.
00:44:44.41\00:44:47.85
There's nothing you can do.
I mean, like I had my appendix
00:44:48.05\00:44:50.15
rupture. I needed to
have two types of antibiotics
00:44:50.35\00:44:53.19
for that to keep me
from peritonitis. Yes.
00:44:53.39\00:44:55.39
And so sometimes it's not some-
thing you can do anything about.
00:44:55.59\00:44:58.89
It's not that
you've got a predisposition
00:44:59.09\00:45:01.26
with a health problem -
yes - that you've gotta take
00:45:01.46\00:45:03.60
medication for you diabetes,
your high blood pressure,
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.90
whatever. It can
be an acute situation
00:45:06.10\00:45:09.24
and so you've gotta take
medication. But any medication
00:45:09.64\00:45:12.74
really can mess up
your gut. Yeah, it's true.
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.38
And so you've really
got to get into something
00:45:15.58\00:45:17.61
I would say
probably do something radical
00:45:17.81\00:45:21.62
in some cases - that's
right - to try and get your gut
00:45:21.82\00:45:24.72
functioning properly
again because of the effects
00:45:24.92\00:45:28.19
that will be long term let alone
short term with medication.
00:45:28.39\00:45:31.76
And so options are potential
things like you mentioned
00:45:31.96\00:45:34.46
probiotics.
Another is yogurt... which
00:45:34.66\00:45:38.07
you can even buy plant-based
yogurt if you would like to
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.90
do that where they have
strains of bacteria in there.
00:45:41.10\00:45:43.97
And once again, eating
and maybe even eating simple
00:45:44.17\00:45:47.08
for a while: maybe
more of the fresh fruit
00:45:47.28\00:45:49.68
and these things so you can get
that diversity of gut bacteria.
00:45:49.88\00:45:52.55
And you know, it
changed my life as I did it.
00:45:53.05\00:45:56.08
My depression went away;
social anxiety went away.
00:45:56.28\00:45:59.25
My joint pain went
away; migraines went away.
00:45:59.45\00:46:02.22
I mean I could just
go on and on literally.
00:46:02.42\00:46:03.99
I mean it's almost unbelievable
how much it changed.
00:46:04.19\00:46:07.00
But they did something in
the United States in a prison.
00:46:07.43\00:46:11.87
There was a SDA business-
man who started a prison.
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.64
And he got a contract with
the government of California
00:46:14.84\00:46:18.57
called the CDC: the California
Department of Corrections.
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.48
And what they did was
he decided they would make
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.25
two sides to the
prison. He's a multi-millionaire
00:46:24.41\00:46:27.08
successful man but he wanted
to actually help these people.
00:46:27.28\00:46:29.48
So one side of the prison
would be on a plant-based diet,
00:46:29.68\00:46:32.49
no animal foods, and the other
side would be a meat-based side.
00:46:32.69\00:46:36.16
And so they gave the
people the opportunity to choose
00:46:36.36\00:46:39.69
which side they would go on. And
one of the government workers
00:46:39.89\00:46:41.80
said: "No way... no way!
00:46:42.00\00:46:44.03
These guys would rather
burn the place to the ground
00:46:44.23\00:46:47.07
than become vegan. "
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.80
But they gave
them the opportunity
00:46:50.01\00:46:52.07
because as Adventists we don't
believe that people force people
00:46:52.27\00:46:55.08
to... You shouldn't
force people to follow God.
00:46:55.28\00:46:57.65
You shouldn't force
people to eat healthy.
00:46:57.85\00:46:59.28
God gives us choice, and
that's all throughout Scripture.
00:46:59.48\00:47:02.08
"Choose you this day, "
right? It's not about force.
00:47:02.28\00:47:05.32
And I don't think anybody
should be forced into this.
00:47:05.52\00:47:07.22
It should be willingly.
So they gave them the choice.
00:47:07.42\00:47:09.99
And you imagine well what
percentage of these gangbangers,
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.93
these thugs,
these hardened criminals
00:47:13.13\00:47:15.50
would choose
willingly to go vegan?
00:47:15.70\00:47:17.73
So what do you think?
What percentage do you think?
00:47:17.93\00:47:19.90
Not very high. I think a lot!
00:47:20.10\00:47:21.44
One says not many,
one says... I think a lot.
00:47:21.50\00:47:23.87
85% of them chose to go vegan.
00:47:24.07\00:47:26.24
Yeah, that's what I
thought! Isn't that amazing?
00:47:26.44\00:47:28.08
And my thought is:
"Well gang members, thugs,
00:47:28.28\00:47:31.11
they're not afraid
of looking different. "
00:47:31.31\00:47:33.42
So they're like: "I don't
care what people think about me.
00:47:33.62\00:47:35.38
I'll do it. " And
so they chose to do it
00:47:35.58\00:47:37.15
'cause they thought:
"Well maybe it will help me. "
00:47:37.42\00:47:38.99
Listen to what
happened. So this prison
00:47:39.19\00:47:41.62
as it was running at
that time in California
00:47:41.82\00:47:45.43
the recidivism rate... which
recidivism is the statistical
00:47:45.83\00:47:49.53
rate at which if you
go to prison one time
00:47:49.73\00:47:51.53
when you get out of prison
what's the statistical rate
00:47:51.73\00:47:54.57
at which you will commit another
crime and go back to prison.
00:47:54.77\00:47:56.91
Well at that time... So
while this SDA businessman
00:47:57.31\00:48:01.14
was running this prison the
rate as they went on a total
00:48:01.34\00:48:04.25
plant-based diet...
There were also Bible studies
00:48:04.45\00:48:06.48
and other things, but all
prisons in America have Bible
00:48:06.68\00:48:08.92
studies. You have the
opportunity for it anyway.
00:48:09.12\00:48:12.09
And so in this
prison the recidivism rate
00:48:12.29\00:48:14.76
at that time in
California was 95%.
00:48:14.96\00:48:17.19
Meaning if you went to prison
once there was a 95% chance -
00:48:17.39\00:48:20.50
that's high! when
you got out you'd commit
00:48:20.70\00:48:22.23
a crime again and go
back. Another felony!
00:48:22.43\00:48:23.77
So that's not very much
of a correctional facility!
00:48:23.93\00:48:26.94
You know how we call our
prisons correctional facilities.
00:48:27.14\00:48:29.57
They're just like
hotels! Yeah, exactly.
00:48:29.77\00:48:32.31
Or teaching you how to be
a criminal even more, right?
00:48:32.51\00:48:35.14
Yes. And so the recidivism rate
00:48:35.34\00:48:38.08
dropped from 95% to 2%.
You're kidding! Two percent.
00:48:38.28\00:48:44.09
In that prison. In
that prison, and so
00:48:44.29\00:48:46.39
other prisons began to
be interested in California.
00:48:46.59\00:48:48.79
So the idea began to spread;
people wanted to know about...
00:48:48.99\00:48:52.36
more about it. And so
what ended up happening
00:48:52.56\00:48:54.63
we were told by one of the
people that was working there -
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.30
we interviewed him -
and what happened was
00:48:57.50\00:49:00.37
they realized if this continued
they could potentially shut down
00:49:00.57\00:49:04.21
90% of the prisons
in California. Oh my!
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.07
Wouldn't that be incredible?
People would be out of a job!
00:49:06.51\00:49:07.84
So you know what they
did? They shut this prison down
00:49:08.24\00:49:11.91
because prisons are big business
00:49:12.65\00:49:15.32
and you can't allow...
You need repeat customers
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.19
for good business, right?
That's right. And so this place
00:49:18.39\00:49:21.16
ended up being shut down.
It's absolutely sad because
00:49:21.39\00:49:25.96
you think: this could
have changed the world.
00:49:26.16\00:49:27.56
I mean, America has the
highest incarceration rate
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.60
on the planet. And
so back to the point
00:49:29.80\00:49:33.44
of what are we talking
about. The gut/brain connection.
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Now could it be...
and we're actually told...
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we're told in one of
these old books once again
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we're told that one of
the great reasons for crime
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and wretchedness in
our world today is what?
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Our stomachs. How we eat.
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Intemperance in diet. And
this is exactly what we see.
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When you change the
diet of these criminals
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they become upstanding citizens.
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You think: "Could it be? Could
the gut/brain connection? "
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And there's more to it.
There's so many more things
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we could share, but obviously...
They had the opportunity
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for Bible studies, to
learn about God. That's right.
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To change their
lives - yeah - exercise
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through God as well
as through their diet.
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It's interesting Chad and Fadia,
when you go into a supermarket
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store what's there at the front?
It's always there at the front?
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The closest thing to the
checkout is all those foods
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that are not really
good for your gut. Yes.
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Refined junk
foods. That's right. Yes.
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And many of them are
plant-based, but once again
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they're refined. Highly
processed. That's right.
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The plant in its whole
form has the great beneficial
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health effects, but
once you take away the fiber,
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you take away protein,
you take away the healthy fat
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and you just
have junk basically.
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You know it's very
interesting. We did a program
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here and it's available
at 3ABN in the online store
00:50:51.18\00:50:55.68
where you can go to
a store and buy food
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and it's very
interesting. If you want to save
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your grocery bill by
something like $2,000 a year
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when you weigh up just
taking vegetables and those
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foods that are processed -
junk foods - well, you can call
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it processed foods, the
weight, what you can live on
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for the weight of
vegetables and fruits
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exceeds this a hundred
times. Wow! Wow! Incredible!
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It's really really incredible!
Saves you a lot of money.
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I'm just going to
take a break right now,
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and we're going to look
at the address roll for you
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because we're talking
with Chad and Fadia Kreuzer
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and they run Anchor Point Films.
00:51:36.49\00:51:39.36
And they have lots of things
available there on their website
00:51:39.56\00:51:44.23
including DVDs about
the gut/brain connection.
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And so I want to give you
the opportunity to write down
00:51:49.10\00:51:51.97
their details and get in touch
with them to come and talk.
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To have a look at their website
00:51:56.38\00:51:59.11
so that you can find
out what they have there
00:51:59.31\00:52:02.08
in store for you that you
can get hold of to help yourself
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and people you know.
Here's their details:
00:52:06.02\00:52:08.02
Contact them today.
00:52:50.33\00:52:52.73
I hope you wrote that
down because they've got some
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very very good things
for you to help your life
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and those you know.
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Now Chad, we want to know where
do we start with all of this?
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A great question. Two
studies have been conducted:
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one in Britain, one
in the United States
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on looking at the quantity
of plant-based foods eaten
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meaning how many servings a
day of fruits and vegetables.
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And what they found is
that for every serving of fruit
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or vegetable
that you eat in a day
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the chart shows if you eat zero
in a day you're statistically
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at your lowest
level of happiness.
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Hmm. But if you eat one
it makes a tiny difference.
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If you eat two there's ac-
tually a statistical difference
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and it continues to go up
until you eat eight pieces
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of fruit or vegetables...
servings of fruit or vegetables
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I should say. In a day?
You can choose, and what they
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found was that it will not only
tell how happy you'll be today
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but it will forecast how
happy you'll be tomorrow.
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So if you ate zero yesterday
maybe begin to eat 1 or 2 pieces
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of fruits and vegetables today
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and slowly work your way
up to that 8 pieces of fruits
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or vegetables in a day or
servings of fruits or vegetables
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and you'll find that your mental
health, your body, you just
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start feeling better.
I won't make this long
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but they also found that
alcoholics with lower levels
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of gut diversity - bac-
terial diversity in their guts -
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also find it harder.
So this affects so many
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different areas of our lives.
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That's going on with the
addictive - yes - type of thing
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that you spoke about
earlier. That's right.
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And it changed my life as I
changed diet, not feeling like
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just this addict all the time.
00:54:26.63\00:54:28.66
We've been talking about
the gut/brain connection.
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So important, but what
are some of the other things
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that you do? We've
got three minutes. Yes.
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So... And I would say one
thing that was already stated:
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if you have any interest,
contact us. We'd love to come
00:54:38.21\00:54:40.64
and share on more
because we have a whole series
00:54:40.84\00:54:43.75
on this at anchorpointfilms.com
00:54:43.95\00:54:47.25
You can contact us there.
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We've got things like
Transform Brain, Transform Life
00:54:49.52\00:54:52.45
and that talks about
how neuroplasticity changes
00:54:52.65\00:54:56.79
your brain. Fantastic
subject! Bible memorization.
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We talk about
overcoming habits, addictions.
00:54:59.59\00:55:02.30
Lack of forgiveness...
that's our overcoming seminar.
00:55:02.50\00:55:04.53
Of course the
gut/brain connection.
00:55:04.73\00:55:06.84
And then also we do
one on overcoming diabetes
00:55:07.04\00:55:10.61
because so many people are
dealing with that issue today.
00:55:10.81\00:55:13.61
We had a need. My dad
died of diabetic complications.
00:55:13.81\00:55:16.88
His dad has come
down with diabetes
00:55:17.08\00:55:19.15
and we said: "We need
to make one on diabetes. "
00:55:19.35\00:55:21.68
And so we have done that
as well, and we've shared that
00:55:21.88\00:55:24.22
around and it really
transforms people's lives
00:55:24.42\00:55:26.55
in short order. It's
amazing. We had a man come with
00:55:26.76\00:55:29.49
what's called neuropathy.
You can go numb in your feet
00:55:29.69\00:55:32.36
or you have pains like
razor blades in your feet
00:55:32.56\00:55:35.26
all the time. We had an
80-year-old man. He's 80.
00:55:35.46\00:55:37.77
You know, there's
not much hope. No!
00:55:37.97\00:55:39.30
He began to implement the
things coming to our seminar.
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With two weeks... Actually
within 3 days the neuropathy
00:55:42.27\00:55:45.24
began to go away
and within 2-1/2 weeks
00:55:45.44\00:55:48.01
it was 99% gone he told us.
00:55:48.21\00:55:50.65
99%! He was
depressed; walking with a cane
00:55:50.85\00:55:53.92
the first day he
came into the seminar.
00:55:54.12\00:55:55.92
And within 2 weeks no more cane.
00:55:56.12\00:55:57.62
He's walking without a
cane; he's smiling. Yes!
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He's teaching, and he was
even... after doing this for
00:56:00.16\00:56:02.86
a couple weeks he came
and taught people how to eat
00:56:03.06\00:56:06.23
this way himself because
he had just learned himself.
00:56:06.43\00:56:08.83
And so you
think: "Oh, I'm too old.
00:56:09.03\00:56:11.20
There's no hope for me. "
00:56:11.40\00:56:12.73
But it's not true. Our
bodies want to be healthy.
00:56:12.77\00:56:16.27
God made our bodies.
The Bible says our bodies
00:56:16.47\00:56:18.37
are "fearfully and wonderfully
made. " Oh definitely! Um-hmm.
00:56:18.57\00:56:20.41
And as we implement the
simple strategies God gives us
00:56:20.61\00:56:24.45
in His Word... There's a
verse in Psalm 103 verse 5
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that says that "God is the One
that satisfies our mouth with
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good things so that our youth
is renewed like the eagle's. "
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And I can tell you... Well,
you think: "Well you're still
00:56:34.79\00:56:36.96
young. " I'm 38
years old. I felt better
00:56:37.16\00:56:40.26
as a 38-year-old man
than I did when I was
00:56:40.46\00:56:43.26
16 or 18 years old.
So God's Word is true.
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"He satisfies our
mouth with good things
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so that our youth is
renewed like the eagle's. "
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That's right. So
what I'm thinking of
00:56:51.64\00:56:53.84
is the information that you
gain and when you put it into
00:56:54.04\00:56:56.95
practice these are the
results. And you can have those
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same results. Yes! And
wouldn't you want to have
00:57:00.22\00:57:03.99
a brain that is functioning
"righter? " Absolutely!
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It's easier to
remember things. Yes.
00:57:08.26\00:57:11.29
It is not growing old
with Alzheimer's or dementia.
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Yes! And it's just
staying healthy and strong
00:57:15.70\00:57:18.33
the way that God wanted it
to be. And you can have a closer
00:57:18.53\00:57:20.84
relationship with God
as you eat the right food.
00:57:21.04\00:57:25.37
As your gut is healthy
you actually can worship God
00:57:25.57\00:57:29.01
better and relate to Him better.
00:57:29.21\00:57:31.45
And that is what God
wants more than anything.
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Chad and Fadia, thank you
so much for being with us.
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We have really enjoyed
this as much as we did last time
00:57:38.45\00:57:40.69
we spoke with you.
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Meanwhile we pray
that God will bless you
00:57:42.26\00:57:44.26
and keep you
until we meet you again.
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