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00:15 This is 3ABN Now
00:17 with John and Rosemary Malkiewycz. 00:20 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Now. 00:24 It's really good to have our audience with us again today 00:26 because we have got a great subject. 00:29 We do! It's a very important one, too. 00:31 We do! It's one that I am very interested in myself 00:35 and I think that you should be as well 00:38 because it's to do with the health of our bodies 00:41 and our minds, and through our bodies and our minds 00:44 being healthy we can appreciate God better 00:47 and have a better relationship with Him. 00:49 So if you are experiencing ill health 00:52 or you know someone who does... 00:54 and that will be nearly everybody... 00:57 you need to be watching this program today. 00:59 We're going to be talking about how the gut 01:03 and the brain work together for either our ill health 01:07 or our good health. 01:09 And today we have a couple that have been on this program - 01:12 3ABN Now - before. Um-hmm. And we really enjoyed our time 01:16 with them and they are here with us now 01:19 to talk to us about this subject 01:21 because they lecture around the world about it. 01:24 And this is Chad and Fadia Kreuzer. Welcome back! 01:29 Thank you for having us. It's really good to have you 01:31 here because this is an important subject 01:33 and you are going to take us through a whole lot of 01:36 information today. Yes! Yeah! 01:39 You know, one of the most fascinating things to me is 01:43 medical historians have looked back... Right now there is... 01:47 there is this research coming out 01:50 almost it seems daily in the medical journals 01:53 on the scientific studies on the gut/brain connection 01:56 and how what's going on in the gut can actually affect 02:00 the brain either to make you happy or depressed 02:03 or anxious. Or to dull or enhance. 02:06 That's right... exactly. 02:07 And one of the things that is fascinating is 02:11 between the human gut like our intestines and our brain 02:16 is a nerve that connects them called the vagus nerve. 02:19 Um-hmm. And the vagus nerve basically sends information 02:23 both ways, but what researchers have discovered is that 90% 02:26 of the information that travels through this nerve 02:29 actually goes from the gut to the brain 02:32 not the other way around meaning our guts 02:34 are telling... our intestines and our guts... 02:36 are actually telling our brains more 02:38 than our brains are telling our guts. 02:40 So they're talking to the brain. That's right. 02:42 And they've actually found that amazingly enough you can 02:44 sever the nerve so that it's not connected... 02:47 And you know, most of the time if you sever the connection 02:50 to the brain you're going to have serious trouble. 02:52 Something will not function after you do that. 02:54 But when it comes to the gut it can function without any 02:57 information coming from the brain. 02:59 And so researchers actually now call the gut 03:01 "the second brain. " 03:03 And back to the medical historians: they've looked 03:07 back through history to find what is the oldest scientific 03:12 study in all of recorded history. 03:14 And the National Institutes of Health in the United States 03:18 is the most well-funded medical institution on the planet. 03:22 They have a 26 billion dollar fund every year. 03:26 And there's an article that's found in the NIH 03:31 in the National Library of Medicine in the United States 03:34 and it tells us that looking back through all of history 03:37 the oldest recorded scientific study that they can find 03:41 they say is in the book of Daniel in the Bible. 03:44 Um-hmm. And that's fascinating. 03:46 And it's actually in Daniel chapter 1, and the Bible 03:49 tells us the history. Daniel was taken as a young man 03:52 from Jerusalem, the city of Jerusalem that he grew up in, 03:56 and he was taken captive by a king from Babylon: 03:59 modern-day Iraq. And he was taken as a captive 04:02 to Babylon. And he was given this food there 04:06 and it was the best food of the king, you know. 04:08 Because the best food would obviously be the meat 04:10 and you know all these luxuries that the king... 04:12 And the wine and the rich pastries or cakes or whatever. 04:17 Exactly. But Daniel... he knew there were certain foods that 04:19 he wasn't supposed to eat that were in Scripture 04:23 that God said: "these are not healthy; these are unclean 04:25 and not healthy. " And so Daniel decided 04:29 that he would actually, avoid these things - 04:33 he and his three friends - and then you begin to 04:35 see... this is actually as medical historians tell us... 04:38 the first scientific study in all of recorded history. 04:40 And maybe you could read that to us. It's found in Daniel ch. 1 04:44 and verse 12. It goes like this: 04:46 'Prove thy servants I beseech thee 04:49 ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat 04:54 and water to drink. " Boy! That's a very simple diet, 04:57 isn't it? It is! That's all for ten days? 05:00 I mean, what difference is ten days gonna make 05:03 to someone's health? And that's the fascinating thing. 05:05 You'd think: "Come on! A diet change? 05:06 It takes years for a diet to change someone. " 05:08 But the research actually today is showing 05:11 "No, it can actually take ten days. " 05:12 This has actually been tested 05:14 and Dr. Neil Nedley out of the United States 05:18 has probably the best depression program in the world. 05:22 Depression Recovery Program out of Weimar, California. 05:25 They have a 10-day program that implements this very same thing. 05:28 They find fantastic results there within ten days 05:31 reversing depression in about 99% of people. 05:34 They have a benefit to their depression in just ten days. 05:37 And so this study was done 2,000 years ago 05:41 meaning the first clinical study in all of recorded history. 05:44 And what it showed at the end of this time period 05:47 and then following that... They first thought: "Oh, you're 05:49 going to be healthy. Where are you going to get your protein? " 05:52 Maybe they didn't say that but they said: 05:54 "You're going to get unhealthy; you're going to look bad 05:56 and so forth. " It'll be bad for us. The king will think 05:59 we're not looking after you. " Yeah! 06:01 "We could be killed. " That's right! 06:03 I mean, it was scary but yet Daniel said: "No, no. Let's 06:05 just try it. " And they tried it for ten days 06:08 and Daniel and his 3 friends - we know them as Shadrach, 06:10 Meshach, and Abednego - 06:12 they ended up doing better in their "examinations " 06:15 than any of the other wise men of Babylon. 06:18 And now it makes an incredible story coming from 2,000 years 06:23 ago. But the interesting thing, too, about the study is 06:25 that it's a study of the gut/brain connection. 06:29 Meaning it's not just ANY study. 06:31 What they were eating affected their cognition. 06:33 It actually affected their mental state. Um-hmm. 06:37 And you know... Just in case someone's wondering 06:41 what pulse means, pulse means things grown from seeds. 06:45 Yes! So they went on a plant-based diet to clarify. 06:48 So Daniel and his friends go from a... the other wise men 06:52 in Babylon are on a standard meat-based diet. 06:55 The standard Babylonian diet we might say. 06:57 And the go-to a plant-based diet, and it enhances 07:00 their cognition. And some people might think: 07:03 "Well, that's neat... it's done 2,500 years ago 07:05 but does it apply to us today? " somebody might be 07:08 wondering. "Is it really really legitimate and true? " 07:11 But we actually have a video clip here 07:13 and in this video... This is from a documentary 07:15 that my wife and I produced called Ancient Health. 07:18 And the interesting thing is we're told that this has 07:21 actually been put to the test in our modern era. 07:24 And we'll see what it says. OK... let's have a look. 07:29 But the main thing that folks should be concerned about 07:32 is how long you live 07:33 and how likely are you to get disease. 07:36 And there have been three major studies published 07:38 on this subject: big meta analyses. 07:40 And these meta analyses - 07:42 and only three big ones have been published - 07:44 they show consistently that low-carb diets - 07:48 in other words low plant-food diets, 07:50 high animal-food diets - consistently they show 07:54 that they are associated with more heart disease 07:56 and more death, more mortality. 07:59 If you look around the world and you look at these people 08:03 in the blue zones, the average percentage of calories 08:07 from carbs ranges from about 08:10 50% to about 80%. 08:13 Carbs are not the enemy... refined carbs are the enemy. 08:17 There have been a number of recent studies 08:19 Dr. Beezhold out of Phoenix, AZ. First, she did an observational 08:24 study showing that plant-based diet actually significantly 08:29 improves your depression and anxiety stress score. 08:33 It's called the DASS score. 08:36 So the mood actually is improved 08:39 when you get the right amount of carbohydrates 08:42 but also the right type of carbohydrates & less protein. 08:46 Then she followed up with an interventional study, 08:48 and that's where she took people who are not on a plant-based 08:52 diet and put them on a plant- based diet for two weeks. 08:54 She also put them on a plant-based diet plus fish 08:57 for two weeks to see which one would be superior. 09:00 And it turned out the fish diet wasn't any more superior 09:03 than the carnivore diet. But the plant-based diet 09:06 significant dramatic changes - 09:09 statistically significant changes - in just two weeks 09:12 in their mental ability. 09:14 We see when people go on this diet and drink plenty of water, 09:17 get plenty of rest... follow these natural remedies 09:20 that they... it's just like something snaps in their brain. 09:23 And it doesn't take like weeks or months. 09:25 Plant-based diet is key in our program for depression 09:28 and anxiety recovery. The results are outstanding 09:32 because it's a comprehensive approach. It's not just diet. 09:35 We also utilize exercise and we're utilizing correct thoughts 09:38 and a lot of different modalities. 09:40 But the diet is a key element. 09:46 I went on a plant-based diet about five weeks ago. 09:48 It's amazing because even if they had not told me 09:53 he had the diet change the first thing I noticed 09:57 was he was bringing his schoolwork in. 09:59 My teacher has actually been 10:03 bragging on how much better I've been behaving 10:06 since I've been on the diet. 10:08 In class he wasn't getting as distracted. 10:11 That he was paying attention; he was able to listen 10:14 more closely. He was being alert. 10:16 His discernment was better. 10:18 He was more diligent. Everything! 10:21 I can pay attention more. My mind is more clear 10:24 since I've been on the diet. 10:26 It's just a HUGE improvement 10:28 and I also noticed he lost a lot of weight. I mean 10:31 but the main thing I noticed was behavioral. 10:34 A study in a middle school has showed clearly 10:38 that switching the menu from animal source 10:41 to plant-sourced diet almost eliminated absenteeism, 10:45 increased and enhanced attention and the homework performance 10:52 and performance at school. 10:53 It almost eliminated acts of violence 10:57 as well as teen pregnancies. 10:59 And so they just feel better everywhere the blood flows. 11:03 Everywhere that perfect circu- lation goes they feel better... 11:05 not just in body but in mind. 11:08 Clears up their thoughts even. 11:10 And every single day since I've been on a plant-based diet 11:13 the clarity continues to increase 11:15 and my face continues to look younger 11:18 and my body feels... I feel like I look more vibrant. 11:22 I've looked at pictures of myself before and after 11:24 and I looked 5 years older - even just ten months ago - 11:28 than I do now. 11:29 What we eat does get turned into neurotransmitters. 11:33 It actually helps us or hurts us, depending on 11:36 what we're eating in regards to our brain chemistry 11:39 and it plays a vital role in health of the brain. 11:44 They'll say within 3 or 4 days 11:46 they seem to have clarity. They're alert; 11:50 they listen in class better; they absorb more; 11:53 and they do better on their tests. 11:55 The fog has been lifted out of my head. 11:57 I think clear. I've got better ideas I believe. 12:00 I can put two and two together faster 12:03 and just in general I'm happy. 12:10 In fact, diet alone... Studies show that diet 12:12 alone will reduce your depression and anxiety scores 12:17 by half just by dramatically changing your diet 12:22 to a plant-based. And so that's significant. 12:24 Now we go for more than just half 12:28 and so that's why we have a whole program that includes 12:31 more than this. But just the diet alone 12:33 can make a big difference. You don't have to choose 12:36 between high-quality living and longevity. 12:38 It's the same program... the same NEWSTART approach 12:42 to living helps you live longer and it helps you live better. 12:48 I found that information really really interesting. 12:53 I mean, there's these guys getting this food ready. 12:57 You're talking about good food 12:58 and there's these two guys who are obviously overweight. 13:01 You're talking about good food and I'm thinking 13:04 what's the connection. What was the connection? 13:06 Yeah, we became great friends with them. 13:08 So a couple young men who were coming to a class 13:12 where they were changing their diet 13:14 and we followed them around for four months. 13:16 One of them was from Hawaii. The other one was from Samoa. 13:20 And we followed them around for four months 13:22 as their blood pressure their cholesterol came down. 13:26 Also their weight came down. One of them 13:29 he even started running again. I mean, just amazing 13:32 how fast and how rapid these changes can take place 13:36 when people move from kind of more of a meat-based diet 13:39 to a plant-based diet. A junk food diet? 13:40 And so that was obviously earlier on 13:44 when they were still going through the system 13:46 so they lost a lot more weight. Yes, they ended up... 13:49 they ended up looking significantly different. 13:51 It's really a lifestyle change, isn't it? 13:52 It is. You have to adopt that. If you don't do that, 13:55 it's not going to be of benefit to you. 13:57 But you find, too, though, that you can do more. 13:58 You can start doing exercise. There are things 14:01 you used to be able to do which you CAN do again 14:04 so your lifestyle should change. 14:05 Yes, and especially after changing the diet 14:07 because what happens is, you know, we can get so large 14:09 that it's even hard to do significant amounts of exercise. 14:12 That's right. But the diet is the primary factor 14:15 even in weight loss. That's the most important factor. 14:17 Exercise is actually... it's much less of a factor 14:21 in weight loss than the diet itself. 14:22 So even people who say: "Man, I just can't 14:24 exercise" there's still hope for you 14:27 by changing the diet. Once your body starts losing 14:29 the weight your body feels better 14:31 and you're then able to exercise once again. 14:33 And also in that clip they were talking - the teacher was - 14:37 talking about his student. Do you know what his name is? 14:40 Delmar Junior. Yes. Oh, that's right, Delmar. 14:43 And she said in five weeks 14:47 there was a noticeable change 14:50 just changing his diet. Yes. 14:53 We read... we read there in the book of Daniel 14:57 in the Bible that Daniel only asked for 10 days 15:01 trial... which is nothing. 15:05 And there was a noticeable difference. They looked 15:08 healthier than the others who had spent their 10 days 15:10 eating the king's food. 15:12 But this is five weeks and there's a phenomenal change 15:15 in this young man - yes - in the school. 15:18 Actually Delmar Junior... the change came within 15:22 the five weeks. She's just saying it's been five weeks 15:24 since his change. Yes, that's true. But she was noticing 15:27 you know even right from the beginning she's just like 15:30 "Wow! Something's changing about this young man! " 15:32 You know, his behavior. And then she says eventually 15:35 they saw the weight come off. "But who cares about the weight" 15:38 she said. "It's just incredible that his behavior 15:41 has changed and he wants to be at school now. " 15:44 He's more obedient and doing his work. 15:48 A happier person obviously. 15:50 There is nothing untoward or fantastic about 15:53 you know what we're talking about in the sense 15:55 the God who made us... He made us; He formed this body. 15:59 He knows exactly how this body will function 16:02 at its best. Yeah! At its peak. 16:05 And really it's very simple. 16:07 The diet is very simple. 16:09 You don't have to spend hours in the kitchen 16:12 preparing the gourmet meals when you can have something 16:15 very simple - yes - and it will benefit you 16:18 a thousand fold. Yes! 16:19 You know, and it's interesting, too, because 16:21 so the first clinical trial or study in all of recorded history 16:26 which we just mentioned... 16:28 medical historians say Daniel chapter 1 is the oldest 16:31 scientific study in recorded history... 16:33 when replicated today finds similar results. 16:36 Which is fascinating because much of ancient "so-called" 16:39 science if you were to look at it today it would be laughable. 16:42 You know, you say: "Oh, that's just silly! " 16:44 Bleeding people because they're sick. 16:46 Yes. They think it's going to help them. Putting leaches on 16:49 or whatever. Totally. But then you look at this 16:51 and when replicated we're finding similar benefits 16:53 that people within days of changing their diet 16:56 their cognition, their mental state, begins to do better. 16:59 They feel a clearer mind. 17:01 And what we saw Dr. Nedley mention in this was that 17:04 within two weeks... So they took people from... 17:07 They were on a meat-based diet. They had three groups then. 17:10 One group stayed on the meat- based diet. One group went on 17:12 a fish and plant-based diet. 17:13 And the other one went on a total plant-based diet. 17:16 And the only one that saw the cognitive or the mental 17:19 benefit was the one who went just on the plant-based diet. 17:22 It lowers inflammation and it was within two weeks. 17:25 So within two weeks and he said the study showed 17:28 that they lowered their depres- sion by 50% within two weeks. 17:32 So this is not some long, drawn-out process 17:34 where you just have to suffer through it. No! 17:36 You can actually increase your happiness very very rapidly. 17:40 And it's interesting because this is once again 17:42 that gut/brain connection. 17:45 And not only does Daniel mention the gut/brain connection 17:48 it's mentioned multiple times in the Bible. 17:50 It says in Lamentations 1 verse 20 it says: 17:53 "Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress. 17:56 My bowels are troubled. " 17:59 You know, and it sounds kind of funny to us, right? 18:00 Oh you know: "I'm in distress; my bowels are troubled. " 18:02 But now the research is showing... and depression... 18:05 yes... in the gut. That's right. I believe that people are 18:08 actually more in tune with their bodies many times. 18:11 We've sometimes gotten away from noticing how our body 18:13 functions. But this gut/brain connection 18:16 is very very real. And one of the studies which is 18:19 an animal study, but we begin to see the ties that 18:22 lead into humans is a study on? Mice. 18:26 So Fadia, maybe you can tell us about that. 18:27 They did a study with mice and they put them on a high-fat 18:31 diet. And these mice that were put on a high-fat diet 18:34 the behaviors that they exhibited were being anxious, 18:39 repetitive behaviors, inflammation, 18:43 and impaired memory. 18:46 So they had this happening when they put them on 18:49 a high-fat diet. And they had another group 18:51 that was on a regular fat diet. 18:53 And they didn't exhibit any of these behaviors. 18:55 But what's interesting is they did this: 18:58 they took the microbes out of the guts. 19:01 They transplanted them - the bacteria - 19:03 from the high-fat diet mice 19:06 and they transplanted them into the guts of the regular fat 19:09 diet mice and guess what happens? 19:11 They changed? They changed. They exhibited the same 19:13 behaviors: the anxious behaviors, 19:16 the repetitive behaviors. And by the way, 19:20 the repetitive behaviors: when you're depressed 19:23 you typically think the same negative thing 19:26 over and over. We call it rumination. 19:28 You're thinking the same sad or negative thing 19:31 over and over and over. And it's hard to 19:33 switch that behavior off, right? Yes. 19:36 And you're seeing the gut/brain connection, right? 19:39 These mice get the bad microbes in their gut 19:43 and then they start to be anxious. 19:45 Start exhibiting the bad behavior. Right. 19:47 And then impaired memory: that has to do with your brain. 19:50 And inflammation is a marker for depression. 19:53 Right? Most people who have depression 19:56 will have inflammation in the body. 19:58 And other lifestyle diseases also exhibit inflammation 20:02 as a marker. So 20:05 those mice you see just from a transplant 20:09 of the microbes so there's something going on 20:12 with the gut bacteria that affects our behavior, 20:16 that affects the gut/brain connection. 20:18 And more and more that's being seen. 20:21 And we were told many years ago that if we eat 20:25 too frequently too much of rich, unwholesome food 20:30 it not only affects our gut but ultimately 20:33 our brains as well. 20:35 And we're told also if we want to seek 20:40 patience and self-control we'll have to give more thought 20:44 to our guts than we do. 20:46 Isn't that interesting? And science is showing that today. 20:49 Well see, just looking back at Daniel 20:52 Daniel got this experiment for 10 days. He passed... 20:55 he and his friends passed it... so they stayed on that diet. 20:59 And after a period of time... I don't know, I think it was 21:03 supposed to be three years of learning or something - 21:05 um-hmm - that they had to do before they went before the king 21:08 At the end of the first chapter of Daniel in verse 17 21:11 it talks that God had given them knowledge and skill 21:14 and understanding and learning and wisdom. 21:17 And that then they had to go before the king 21:19 to be tested. And when all of these young people 21:23 went before the king it says in verse 19 21:28 that the king did not find among any of them 21:31 anyone like Daniel and his three friends. Yes. 21:33 And in verse 20 it actually says: 21:36 "In all matters of wisdom. " This is ALL matters of wisdom 21:40 and understanding... "that the king inquired of them... " 21:44 So he tested them. 21:46 "he found Daniel and his three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, 21:51 and Abednego, ten times better than all the magicians 21:57 and astrologers that were in his realm. " 22:00 So better than everybody who were supposed to have been 22:04 understanding and having wisdom. 22:06 They were ten times better. Yes! Now that is a real 22:10 gut/brain connection. It is! It is! And then to think that 22:14 simple changes can make such a significant... In fact, 22:17 in the short run for sure meaning within ten days 22:21 but that benefit continues. That's one of the great things 22:24 about this that it can actually... It gets better! 22:26 It does! And one of the things are is we know 22:28 that people on plant-based diets have lower levels of 22:31 heart disease meaning atherosclerosis 22:34 or the plaque that fills our arteries 22:37 that actually #1 you can reverse it. 22:39 Research has shown that a plant-based diet - 22:41 a low-fat plant-based diet - can actually reverse, 22:43 take away the plaque. We used to think it was just 22:45 a progressive disease that as we get older it just happens. 22:49 Now we know you can actually through Dr. Esselstyn, 22:52 Dr. Dean Ornish. Both of them have done studies 22:54 that show it can be reversed. 22:55 But the thing is is that also things like 22:58 dementia and Alzheimer's 23:00 are diseases that one of the correlations 23:04 is the plaque within the arteries. 23:05 If the arteries in your brain, the blood vessels I should say 23:09 within your brain, as they begin to fill up... 23:11 There's more to it than that. I don't want to make it 23:13 that simple, but we can actually damage our brains. 23:16 So this can help us not only in the short term 23:19 be healthier, happier, but it can in the long run too. 23:22 So the gut/brain connection... what we put into our mouths 23:25 affects not only our gut but ultimately our mind as well 23:29 in the short term... And also our body in all sorts of 23:31 of physical ways. And I'm talking about the... 23:34 Alzheimer's and things that 23:39 then has a bit of an idea of a circulation problem - 23:45 yes - involved in it. That's right! 23:46 The brain's not getting fed properly. Yep, and 23:49 so you know we're told that perfect health 23:52 depends upon perfect circulation. 23:55 The Bible says that the life of the flesh is in the blood. 23:59 And what we eat makes... literally makes... either good 24:03 or bad blood depending on what we are digesting. 24:06 And you know, they did a particular... 24:08 there's a Scientific American periodical 24:13 that talks about the gut/brain connection. 24:15 That article talks about researchers now calling the 24:19 gut "the second brain, " but then it goes on to talk about 24:22 how having a sour stomach 24:26 can make people have sour moods. 24:29 That sounds kind of interesting but there is also a book 24:32 called Counsels on Diet & Health that tells us the very same. 24:35 It says, and this is a quote: 24:36 "People who have a sour stomach are very often 24:39 of a sour disposition, and they are inclined to be 24:43 peevish and irritable. " 24:44 It's interesting that what's going on here... 24:46 And you think often: "OK, yeah, if I have a stomach ache 24:49 that negatively impacts my mind. " 24:51 But it's not just that actually. 24:53 There can be no pain in the gut... 24:56 We have found - and we'll talk maybe more about it later - 24:59 but my wife and I, we come from a background 25:01 of arguing and these kinds of things. 25:04 And as we learned how to change our diet... 25:07 And I'm not proud about arguing. We didn't want to. 25:10 We want to be good Christians who are at peace 25:13 all the time and so forth. But as our diet changed 25:16 it actually gave us literally a peaceful marriage. 25:21 Well that's good. That's the aim, isn't it? Yes! 25:23 And so the blessing of it is... You know, you think: 25:27 "Oh, yeah, but you have to ruin your life 25:29 by eating food you don't like! 25:31 You may be happy but... " The strange thing is 25:33 as you change... At first it's a little difficult, right? I mean 25:37 any change... for instance if you don't exercise 25:39 for years and then you start exercising you get sore 25:41 and you think: "Oh, man, this is why I never exercise: 25:43 'cause you get sore. " But then when you keep it up... 25:45 "I've got muscles I didn't know I had! " Exactly! 25:47 And then over time you get used to it 25:50 and when you exercise you don't get in so much pain 25:52 and you feel better and then you enjoy how you feel. 25:55 So too with this. And they actually did a study on... 25:58 Dr. Neal Barnard did a study in the United States 26:01 and they compared a plant-based diet 26:03 taking diabetics and helping to reverse their type II diabetes. 26:07 And they put one group on a plant-based diet 26:10 and they put the other group on what is called the American 26:12 Diabetic Association diet which is a normal diet of 26:15 meat and milk, eggs, cheese, and then plant foods. 26:19 But you have to eat very little servings. You know, a little bit 26:21 of meat, a little bit of cheese, 26:23 a little bit of bread, a little bit of veggies. 26:25 And so you end your meal and you're probably not full. 26:27 Well does anybody like to finish a meal where you've not 26:29 had enough? I don't! NO! I sure don't. 26:32 We don't. But the plant-based diet: 26:35 they were told they could eat what's called at libitum ... 26:37 which means as much as you want. 26:39 They could eat till they were comfortably full 26:41 at meal time. And at the end of the study you think 26:44 "Yeah, those other people: they got meat. They must have 26:46 enjoyed it more. " Right? So they asked them: 26:48 "Did you feel restricted on the diet? " 26:51 And actually the meat-based eaters disliked their meals 26:54 better than the people who were eating the plant-based foods 26:57 because everybody wants to finish the meal 26:59 where you're comfortably full. 27:01 And yet you would still lose weight actually eating 27:03 till you're comfortably full 'cause there's less calories 27:05 in that food than there are in these heavy foods. 27:08 And so it's not as if it's a torture for the rest of your 27:11 life. You actually can begin, over time, 27:14 to learn to enjoy it more than before. 27:16 So not only does it have that cognitive benefit 27:18 reversing depression but it also is something you begin to 27:22 enjoy. And thinking about that 27:25 Fadia, maybe you could tell us a little bit about the study 27:28 on the Cesarean sections. Maybe how this impacts - OK - 27:32 the gut/brain connection. 27:34 So when the child is in the womb 27:37 they're mostly in a sterile environment, right? 27:40 And when they come through the birth canal 27:43 is when they're inoculated with the bacteria from mother. 27:46 Right? This is when they're introduced. 27:49 And you know, it's a traumatic experience. 27:52 But they are really getting as they're going through that 27:55 birth canal they're getting inoculated. 27:57 They're getting the bacteria that they need to live 27:59 outside the womb because 2/3 of your immune system 28:03 is found in your gut. 28:04 So it's very important that you have the bacteria that you need 28:08 for a healthy immune system, right? 28:10 And so that's why you need... When you come out of that 28:12 womb you need all of that bacteria coming from mother. 28:16 And what they found is children who have 28:20 had C-section babies - Cesarean section - 28:23 when they come out they don't go through the womb 28:25 and so the first thing that they're inoculated with 28:29 is the gloves of the doctor, right? 28:31 Or the hospital. Or the hospital, and Chad was 28:33 actually a C-section baby himself. 28:35 And what they're finding is... They did a long 28:39 like 35-year study of over 2 million babies. 28:45 That's a lot of people. 28:47 And what they found that statistically 28:50 that C-section babies have a higher rate of disease. 28:53 And it makes sense. High rates of allergies, 28:57 asthma, bowel disorders, rheumatism, leukemia. 29:01 So higher disease rates of... Some things are significant 29:04 like leukemia, and some are just annoying. 29:07 I mean, allergies. Well although asthma could be 29:09 worse than annoying... it could be deadly potentially. 29:12 But what is one of the factors they think why? Why does it 29:15 happen? So they think it's because... When they're doing 29:19 a study now where they're swabbing the mother 29:21 and then all the crevices and everywhere they can 29:26 they inoculate the baby so that they can get some bacteria 29:30 from the mom. And what they're finding is 29:32 that the good gut bacteria 29:35 helps you create a good microbiome 29:39 so that you can fight off diseases and things like that. 29:42 Because 2/3 of your immune system is found in your gut. 29:45 And so somehow the lack of good gut bacteria 29:48 is affecting not only mental illnesses 29:52 but then also physical ailments 29:55 like he mentioned: all the allergies and leukemia 29:58 and things like that. So it's important 30:02 that we make sure that children have good gut bacteria. 30:06 'Cause now they're finding that 30:09 children who have temper tantrums actually - toddlers, 30:12 the young children - 30:14 they're finding that they have less diversity 30:17 of good gut bacteria. Interesting! Yes. 30:20 And so if they had a better diversity of good gut bacteria 30:24 they were more social and out- going. Had less temper tantrums. 30:28 And now that we've discovered this - Chad and I - 30:31 when we see a 3-year-old come up to us and shake our hand 30:35 and say hello and talk to us like: "You've got a good gut. " 30:38 Yes! We say: "Wow! That kid's got good gut bacteria. " 30:42 It's like our new thing once we become aware of it. 30:46 And for sure, when Chad was going through the things 30:49 that he was going through he was forced because of 30:52 the work he was doing to be social 30:54 but it physically was wearing him out. 30:58 Like let's say he would speak for the day 31:00 and then socialize with people. By the end of the day 31:02 he was wiped out... he was done. Um-hmm. 31:05 Social activity was overwhelming for him. 31:08 But once he got his gut bacteria... It changed my life! 31:12 I mean, it really, really... Now it doesn't... it doesn't 31:15 tire me out to spend all day every day with people. 31:18 Meaning it literally changed, you know, reversing depression, 31:23 reversing so much of the anxiety... social anxiety. 31:27 It was just... it literally changed my life. 31:29 It's like being almost a new person. Right, and he used to 31:31 call himself an introvert and then realize: "Wow! 31:34 it was mostly due to my gut that I was an introvert. " 31:37 I don't feel that way anymore. 31:39 It's been such a... I would have never known 31:42 that it could make such a significant impact 31:44 unless I had gone through it myself. 31:46 And he used to also identify himself as having 31:49 and addictive behavior. Right? Addictive personality. 31:53 You know, people like: I had been a heavy drinker, 31:55 smoker, and so forth and there were certain things 31:58 I never tried because I thought: "I don't want to 32:00 because I know whatever I do I'm prone to get addicted to. " 32:03 You know, this is before giving my life to the Lord. 32:05 And... But even after giving my life to the Lord 32:07 I still felt like I had an addictive personality 32:11 until the changes that took place in the gut 32:14 actually began to really change my mental health too. Yeah. 32:18 That's amazing! It really is. 32:20 One of the things I was just thinking about 32:23 was so they... Fadia mentioned that even children 32:26 with less diversity of gut bacteria 32:29 are more cranky, more social, have more temper tantrums. 32:32 Antisocial. Antisocial. 32:34 And the children who have a greater diversity 32:36 of gut bacteria are more social, more outgoing. 32:39 And so the question is: "Well how can we get 32:42 a greater diversity of gut bacteria? " 32:44 I've just got a little comment I want to make if you don't mind. 32:48 The impact on children 32:53 if they've been on medications 32:56 to their gut bacteria? Yes. 32:59 Has there been anything researched on that? 33:02 And also when I've read about the gut bacteria 33:06 people often know them as probiotics. Yep, yep. 33:11 That there are different probiotics for different parts 33:15 of your health and there are certain ones 33:18 that are very good for depression. Others are good for 33:21 anxiety and stress. 33:24 There are some that are very good for building your 33:26 immune system. Some actually lower your LDL. 33:30 Some are good for metabolizing fat. 33:34 And all these different things. They're finding out 33:36 all the different microbes have a different job within the body 33:39 to keep you well. But anyway... medication? 33:42 So the medication... they have done a study 33:44 specifically in Israel looking at... I love scientific studies. 33:48 And Israel's great for doing medical research. 33:50 Yes, I believe so. 33:53 Long story short: so they did one study 33:56 on antibiotics specifically. 33:58 And antibiotics - antibiotics - just the word - 34:02 it basically means anti. They're killing something, right? 34:05 And they kill bacteria specifically. 34:08 And once again so as they... We know 34:12 the research shows that as it kills bacteria 34:14 it changes the bacterial make-up of your body 34:18 and your gut specifically. 34:20 And so what they found is that for every round 34:22 of antibiotics - and what I mean by round is for every bottle 34:25 that your doctor says: "Take these till they're done" 34:27 that's a round, prescription, 34:29 it increases your chances of depression by about 25%. 34:33 And for every 2 to 5 rounds 34:36 it increases your chances of depression by about 50%. 34:39 So we're not telling people they can never have antibiotics 34:43 but sometimes - and the medical institutions know 34:46 that they're being overprescribed in some cases. 34:48 For... someone may have a viral infection and 34:51 antibiotics don't do anything for virus. They kill bacteria. 34:54 And so people are maybe overusing them. 34:56 And so you could be negatively impacting your mental health. 34:59 And that's what actually happened with me. 35:02 Ultimately I had gut trouble. So did my wife 35:06 and so did another person. We were living in a foreign nation 35:09 and I won't even say where it was. 35:10 So you were trying to get good food. Yes! And there it was 35:14 actually the water. We drank bad water 35:16 and we had two years of stomach trouble. 35:18 And so it was long, drawn-out. Went through depression. 35:22 Went through 8 years of seasonal depression 35:25 and then I got bit by a tick and took some antibiotics. 35:29 A doctor friend said: "Oh, you should take these 35:31 just to make sure you don't get Lyme disease. " 35:33 I took it, and then I went into year-round depression. 35:36 And then the next year I got bit by another tick. 35:38 Took more antibiotics. Continued the year-round depression. 35:41 And I didn't know back then. I didn't know all... 35:44 I didn't know the connections and I didn't realize 35:45 that my depression had stemmed initially from the gut issue 35:49 and it would continue. And then I would have seasonal 35:51 depression. In the Northern Hemisphere 35:54 you get dark in the winter and that's common. 35:56 You get depression. But long story short 36:00 as I began... as my diet began to change 36:04 it began to reverse the depression. 36:07 And once again they said on the video two weeks, right? 36:09 That's exactly what happened in my life. 36:11 I noticed about two weeks into changing my diet... 36:15 I actually saw... actually heard a quotation 36:18 from a little old lady named Ellen White 36:21 and she had mentioned this. She mentions multiple things. 36:25 She talks about if people are depressed or they're anxious 36:27 she talks about adding more fruit to the diet. 36:30 Many people are afraid of fruit. They think it has sugar. 36:32 Strangely enough, when the British Medical Journal 36:34 studied various fruits it shows that almost 36:36 every single kind of fruit lowers your chances of diabetes. 36:39 Does not increase it. 36:40 God made it in the right package. 36:42 Yeah... it's processed sugar that... 36:45 It's when you process it it's that when the change 36:47 takes place. When you remove the fiber from the food 36:50 you increase the concentration of the sugars 36:52 or oils or proteins. 36:55 But you need the fiber within your food for 36:58 the body to utilize it the best. 37:01 Yeah, now Chad, you mentioned you changed your diet. 37:03 I know there'll be a lot of people thinking out there 37:05 "Well what did you do? " Yes! 37:06 What was it exactly? Yes... finish the story. 37:09 I want to hear what happened. So what happened with me 37:11 and I do not suggest people do exactly what I did. 37:14 What I did was a bit extreme. 37:15 It was short-term... I didn't do it forever. 37:17 But I... There is a quotation talking about 37:21 we are coming to the time when recipes for cooking 37:23 will not be needed for God's people will learn 37:27 that "the food God gave Adam in his sinless state 37:30 is the best for keeping the body in a sinless state. " 37:33 That's a quote. And I heard that. 37:35 And I thought: "Well that's strange. The food God gave 37:36 Adam. " And so I thought: "Well, that would probably 37:39 be a lot of fruit, right? So I did something a little 37:41 extreme that I don't suggest everybody do. 37:43 But I literally ate fruit for two weeks 37:46 and two weeks into it my depression began to go away. 37:50 And I noticed I could control... Instead of going over 37:52 and over and over the same guilty, depressed... 37:56 I was trying to make my heart right with God. 37:57 I literally would confess... meaning if I had said something 38:00 about you: "Oh sister, I'm sorry for what I said. " 38:02 I literally was trying to make my heart right. 38:04 I gave thousands of dollars away to try to make right 38:06 some wrong from the past and doing anything I could... 38:09 but nothing would give any peace. 38:11 And he kept thinking it was a spiritual problem. 38:14 It was a spiritual problem and trying to fix that. 38:16 And I mean he was being faith- ful. He was doing everything 38:19 right. He was even living a healthy lifestyle 38:23 compared to what he had in the past. Yes. 38:25 And yet still... Exercising every day. 38:28 Getting out in the sunlight. Drinking adequate amounts 38:30 of water... I was doing all those things. 38:32 But as I began to change my diet within two weeks 38:35 the changes began to take place. 38:36 And here's the thing... So the question is: 38:38 "Why? Why did it work? " 38:40 So I began to eat this for two weeks 38:41 and the depression began to go away. 38:43 And I still eat a lot of fruit. I don't just eat fruit. 38:45 I eat fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, 38:47 all of these things today. 38:49 So I eat a diversity of plant-based foods. 38:51 And so as I get... We suggest that people... 38:55 There's a quotation also in Counsels on Diets & Foods 38:58 where it says: "In many cases of sickness 39:00 the very best remedy is for the patient to fast 39:03 for a meal or two. " Not a week or two. 39:05 A meal or two. One day of a meal or two. 39:07 "that the overworked organs of digestion may have 39:10 an opportunity to rest. " 39:11 And then it says: "And then a fruit diet 39:14 for a few days. " 39:16 I don't know two, three, four... it's up to you. 39:18 You know, no pressure. 39:20 "A fruit diet for a few days has often brought great relief 39:22 to brain workers. " And then it says: 39:24 "and abstemious, or a simple diet, for a couple of months... 39:28 for a month or two has often brought great relief 39:32 to brain workers. " And so we suggest 39:35 that people do it as long as I did. 39:36 It was quite extreme, but if they do something 39:39 very simple... Let your gut rest. 39:41 Eat fruit for a few days. 39:43 And you can eat plenty at your meals and then begin to add 39:46 back the grains if you don't have celiac 39:49 disease you can have wheat. Vegetables. Exactly. 39:52 And the vegetables and the nuts and so forth. 39:54 And so the question is: "Why did it work though? " 39:57 I mean, OK, I did it but what research has shown 40:00 is there's something called the Bulgarian Journal of Plant 40:02 Physiology, and what they found 40:04 was that there's animal neurotransmitter substances 40:09 found in plants. We can make it simple and say 40:11 "Brain chemicals are found in plants. " 40:15 So the good chemicals you need for your health 40:18 and happiness are actually found in plants. 40:20 So as you eat the plants you get that. 40:22 There's a secondary issue when it comes to bacteria, right? 40:25 So what they found is an apple 40:27 has its own bacterial make-up: various different microbes 40:30 on the apple. Then you take a pear, 40:33 and a pear may have some similar but it will have different 40:35 bacteria from the apple. 40:36 And if you go into a plum you'll find different there. 40:39 And a potato or a sweet potato... 40:41 A variety? So variety. So if you just eat one 40:43 you only get the bacterial make-up there, 40:45 but if you eat a diversity of plant-based foods 40:49 what it does is it feeds what's called the microbiome: 40:52 the bacteria within our guts. 40:54 And as we eat that it increases the amount of... 40:57 of good bacteria. And one of the things that it does 41:00 is it lowers inflammation in the body. 41:03 And depression is actually often an inflammatory disease. 41:08 We have inflammation with the body, 41:09 achy joints, and various health issues with it. 41:13 So doing this you get the greater diversity. 41:16 So the two ways that people get gut bacteria... 41:19 two of the ways I should say... there's actually more 41:21 but two of the ways they get it are number one: 41:23 from a diversity of plant-based foods. 41:25 And that's the safest way to get it. 41:27 That's the safest way. The other option is 41:29 taking the probiotics. At least one study has found 41:33 there's a potential danger, and so what's best is if you 41:36 can get it once again in the whole form. 41:38 But if somebody really needs to, there can be cases 41:41 to also take it in a pill-type form 41:43 where they have various strains of bacteria 41:46 that can help you potentially digest better 41:49 and these kinds of things. And so 41:51 it goes back to what the Bible says in Genesis. 41:54 You know, the Bible says in Genesis chapter 1:29 it says: 41:57 "And God said: 'Behold, I have given you 41:59 every herb bearing seed which is on the face of all the earth 42:02 and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding 42:06 seed. To you it shall be for food. ' " 42:09 Right? Meaning God gave these plant-based foods. 42:12 And it was in the Garden of? Eden. Eden, right? 42:14 The word in the Hebrew means pleasure. 42:17 So it was the garden of pleasure. 42:18 So their home was to bring them happiness. 42:20 The work they did was to bring them happiness. 42:23 But even their food was to bring pleasure. 42:25 So if you were thinking from a Biblical standpoint 42:27 you'd think: "That would probably mean that the food 42:30 God gave Adam and Eve 42:32 would bring about the highest levels of pleasure in life. " 42:35 And this is what research now shows us. 42:38 And when it talks about the tree with the 42:41 seed bearing fruit, well that means... that's what we 42:45 think of as fruit today: 42:47 the thing that's got the seed in it - yes - 42:49 Inside - that's right - or you know like strawberries... 42:53 they've got the seed around them. Right. 42:55 But it's the same thing... it's the seed is there. 42:57 Yes. Whereas vegetables don't have 43:00 the seed in them. That's right; that's right. 43:02 So there's things that we would typically standardly 43:04 in a standard way we would think certain things are vegetables. 43:07 We eat them like a vegetable. Like a tomato. 43:08 Yeah, because it's not real sweet compared to you know 43:12 a pear. And you don't have them for dessert normally. 43:14 I like the thought of diversity of all this fruit. Yes! 43:18 So if you live in different parts of the world 43:20 you discover different fruits. 43:21 And one of those is durian and I LOVE durian. 43:24 I do too! Oh, wonderful! Wow! 43:26 No... not here, no. 43:28 Got those mango seeds and all those things. 43:30 How could you improve on that really in your kitchen 43:34 to be able to get a mango, you know? 43:37 There's a mango in Thailand called nam doc mai 43:39 which means nectar of flower. 43:41 When you slice that it just dissolves in your mouth. Oh! 43:44 How can you make anything like that? 43:46 And the custard apples in Thailand and the pears... 43:48 The thing is you think of all this diversity 43:51 in the food that God gave to bring pleasure 43:54 it's not some bitter root that nobody likes. 43:57 No! It's the food that we all naturally like 44:00 but maybe just don't eat enough of, right? 44:01 And we wish we had the trees in our garden! Yes! 44:03 Right! And so that's some of the... like even in Australia 44:07 the University of Queensland did a study 44:09 and they titled an article on it that 44:11 fruit is a depression buster for women. 44:14 Meaning what they found is women who consume more 44:16 fruit have lower levels of depression. 44:18 So we don't have to worry so much about the sugar in it - 44:21 especially if we're not diabetic or whatever - but 44:23 in general even if we are diabetic it lowers level 44:26 of diabetes but it brings happiness along with it 44:29 and that's one of the great blessings. 44:31 That is... it's true. So going back to medication - 44:34 um-hmm - because I've had a lot of different 44:37 antibiotics through my life for different reasons. 44:41 And some people have had to have stronger drugs - 44:44 yes - for... a lot of it is acute. Yes. 44:48 There's nothing you can do. I mean, like I had my appendix 44:50 rupture. I needed to have two types of antibiotics 44:53 for that to keep me from peritonitis. Yes. 44:55 And so sometimes it's not some- thing you can do anything about. 44:59 It's not that you've got a predisposition 45:01 with a health problem - yes - that you've gotta take 45:03 medication for you diabetes, your high blood pressure, 45:06 whatever. It can be an acute situation 45:09 and so you've gotta take medication. But any medication 45:12 really can mess up your gut. Yeah, it's true. 45:15 And so you've really got to get into something 45:17 I would say probably do something radical 45:21 in some cases - that's right - to try and get your gut 45:24 functioning properly again because of the effects 45:28 that will be long term let alone short term with medication. 45:31 And so options are potential things like you mentioned 45:34 probiotics. Another is yogurt... which 45:38 you can even buy plant-based yogurt if you would like to 45:41 do that where they have strains of bacteria in there. 45:44 And once again, eating and maybe even eating simple 45:47 for a while: maybe more of the fresh fruit 45:49 and these things so you can get that diversity of gut bacteria. 45:53 And you know, it changed my life as I did it. 45:56 My depression went away; social anxiety went away. 45:59 My joint pain went away; migraines went away. 46:02 I mean I could just go on and on literally. 46:04 I mean it's almost unbelievable how much it changed. 46:07 But they did something in the United States in a prison. 46:12 There was a SDA business- man who started a prison. 46:14 And he got a contract with the government of California 46:18 called the CDC: the California Department of Corrections. 46:21 And what they did was he decided they would make 46:24 two sides to the prison. He's a multi-millionaire 46:27 successful man but he wanted to actually help these people. 46:29 So one side of the prison would be on a plant-based diet, 46:32 no animal foods, and the other side would be a meat-based side. 46:36 And so they gave the people the opportunity to choose 46:39 which side they would go on. And one of the government workers 46:42 said: "No way... no way! 46:44 These guys would rather burn the place to the ground 46:47 than become vegan. " 46:50 But they gave them the opportunity 46:52 because as Adventists we don't believe that people force people 46:55 to... You shouldn't force people to follow God. 46:57 You shouldn't force people to eat healthy. 46:59 God gives us choice, and that's all throughout Scripture. 47:02 "Choose you this day, " right? It's not about force. 47:05 And I don't think anybody should be forced into this. 47:07 It should be willingly. So they gave them the choice. 47:10 And you imagine well what percentage of these gangbangers, 47:13 these thugs, these hardened criminals 47:15 would choose willingly to go vegan? 47:17 So what do you think? What percentage do you think? 47:20 Not very high. I think a lot! 47:21 One says not many, one says... I think a lot. 47:24 85% of them chose to go vegan. 47:26 Yeah, that's what I thought! Isn't that amazing? 47:28 And my thought is: "Well gang members, thugs, 47:31 they're not afraid of looking different. " 47:33 So they're like: "I don't care what people think about me. 47:35 I'll do it. " And so they chose to do it 47:37 'cause they thought: "Well maybe it will help me. " 47:39 Listen to what happened. So this prison 47:41 as it was running at that time in California 47:45 the recidivism rate... which recidivism is the statistical 47:49 rate at which if you go to prison one time 47:51 when you get out of prison what's the statistical rate 47:54 at which you will commit another crime and go back to prison. 47:57 Well at that time... So while this SDA businessman 48:01 was running this prison the rate as they went on a total 48:04 plant-based diet... There were also Bible studies 48:06 and other things, but all prisons in America have Bible 48:09 studies. You have the opportunity for it anyway. 48:12 And so in this prison the recidivism rate 48:14 at that time in California was 95%. 48:17 Meaning if you went to prison once there was a 95% chance - 48:20 that's high! when you got out you'd commit 48:22 a crime again and go back. Another felony! 48:23 So that's not very much of a correctional facility! 48:27 You know how we call our prisons correctional facilities. 48:29 They're just like hotels! Yeah, exactly. 48:32 Or teaching you how to be a criminal even more, right? 48:35 Yes. And so the recidivism rate 48:38 dropped from 95% to 2%. You're kidding! Two percent. 48:44 In that prison. In that prison, and so 48:46 other prisons began to be interested in California. 48:48 So the idea began to spread; people wanted to know about... 48:52 more about it. And so what ended up happening 48:54 we were told by one of the people that was working there - 48:57 we interviewed him - and what happened was 49:00 they realized if this continued they could potentially shut down 49:04 90% of the prisons in California. Oh my! 49:06 Wouldn't that be incredible? People would be out of a job! 49:08 So you know what they did? They shut this prison down 49:12 because prisons are big business 49:15 and you can't allow... You need repeat customers 49:18 for good business, right? That's right. And so this place 49:21 ended up being shut down. It's absolutely sad because 49:26 you think: this could have changed the world. 49:27 I mean, America has the highest incarceration rate 49:29 on the planet. And so back to the point 49:33 of what are we talking about. The gut/brain connection. 49:35 Now could it be... and we're actually told... 49:39 we're told in one of these old books once again 49:42 we're told that one of the great reasons for crime 49:46 and wretchedness in our world today is what? 49:50 Our stomachs. How we eat. 49:53 Intemperance in diet. And this is exactly what we see. 49:57 When you change the diet of these criminals 49:58 they become upstanding citizens. 50:01 You think: "Could it be? Could the gut/brain connection? " 50:03 And there's more to it. There's so many more things 50:05 we could share, but obviously... They had the opportunity 50:08 for Bible studies, to learn about God. That's right. 50:10 To change their lives - yeah - exercise 50:12 through God as well as through their diet. 50:15 It's interesting Chad and Fadia, when you go into a supermarket 50:18 store what's there at the front? It's always there at the front? 50:22 The closest thing to the checkout is all those foods 50:26 that are not really good for your gut. Yes. 50:30 Refined junk foods. That's right. Yes. 50:33 And many of them are plant-based, but once again 50:35 they're refined. Highly processed. That's right. 50:37 The plant in its whole form has the great beneficial 50:40 health effects, but once you take away the fiber, 50:43 you take away protein, you take away the healthy fat 50:46 and you just have junk basically. 50:48 You know it's very interesting. We did a program 50:51 here and it's available at 3ABN in the online store 50:55 where you can go to a store and buy food 50:59 and it's very interesting. If you want to save 51:01 your grocery bill by something like $2,000 a year 51:05 when you weigh up just taking vegetables and those 51:09 foods that are processed - junk foods - well, you can call 51:12 it processed foods, the weight, what you can live on 51:16 for the weight of vegetables and fruits 51:19 exceeds this a hundred times. Wow! Wow! Incredible! 51:23 It's really really incredible! Saves you a lot of money. 51:25 I'm just going to take a break right now, 51:27 and we're going to look at the address roll for you 51:32 because we're talking with Chad and Fadia Kreuzer 51:36 and they run Anchor Point Films. 51:39 And they have lots of things available there on their website 51:44 including DVDs about the gut/brain connection. 51:49 And so I want to give you the opportunity to write down 51:52 their details and get in touch with them to come and talk. 51:56 To have a look at their website 51:59 so that you can find out what they have there 52:02 in store for you that you can get hold of to help yourself 52:06 and people you know. Here's their details: 52:50 Contact them today. 52:54 I hope you wrote that down because they've got some 52:57 very very good things for you to help your life 53:00 and those you know. 53:02 Now Chad, we want to know where do we start with all of this? 53:06 A great question. Two studies have been conducted: 53:09 one in Britain, one in the United States 53:11 on looking at the quantity of plant-based foods eaten 53:15 meaning how many servings a day of fruits and vegetables. 53:18 And what they found is that for every serving of fruit 53:22 or vegetable that you eat in a day 53:24 the chart shows if you eat zero in a day you're statistically 53:27 at your lowest level of happiness. 53:29 Hmm. But if you eat one it makes a tiny difference. 53:31 If you eat two there's ac- tually a statistical difference 53:35 and it continues to go up until you eat eight pieces 53:37 of fruit or vegetables... servings of fruit or vegetables 53:41 I should say. In a day? You can choose, and what they 53:44 found was that it will not only tell how happy you'll be today 53:48 but it will forecast how happy you'll be tomorrow. 53:51 So if you ate zero yesterday maybe begin to eat 1 or 2 pieces 53:54 of fruits and vegetables today 53:56 and slowly work your way up to that 8 pieces of fruits 53:59 or vegetables in a day or servings of fruits or vegetables 54:02 and you'll find that your mental health, your body, you just 54:05 start feeling better. I won't make this long 54:08 but they also found that alcoholics with lower levels 54:12 of gut diversity - bac- terial diversity in their guts - 54:15 also find it harder. So this affects so many 54:18 different areas of our lives. 54:19 That's going on with the addictive - yes - type of thing 54:22 that you spoke about earlier. That's right. 54:24 And it changed my life as I changed diet, not feeling like 54:26 just this addict all the time. 54:28 We've been talking about the gut/brain connection. 54:31 So important, but what are some of the other things 54:33 that you do? We've got three minutes. Yes. 54:35 So... And I would say one thing that was already stated: 54:38 if you have any interest, contact us. We'd love to come 54:40 and share on more because we have a whole series 54:43 on this at anchorpointfilms.com 54:47 You can contact us there. 54:49 We've got things like Transform Brain, Transform Life 54:52 and that talks about how neuroplasticity changes 54:56 your brain. Fantastic subject! Bible memorization. 54:59 We talk about overcoming habits, addictions. 55:02 Lack of forgiveness... that's our overcoming seminar. 55:04 Of course the gut/brain connection. 55:07 And then also we do one on overcoming diabetes 55:10 because so many people are dealing with that issue today. 55:13 We had a need. My dad died of diabetic complications. 55:17 His dad has come down with diabetes 55:19 and we said: "We need to make one on diabetes. " 55:21 And so we have done that as well, and we've shared that 55:24 around and it really transforms people's lives 55:26 in short order. It's amazing. We had a man come with 55:29 what's called neuropathy. You can go numb in your feet 55:32 or you have pains like razor blades in your feet 55:35 all the time. We had an 80-year-old man. He's 80. 55:37 You know, there's not much hope. No! 55:39 He began to implement the things coming to our seminar. 55:42 With two weeks... Actually within 3 days the neuropathy 55:45 began to go away and within 2-1/2 weeks 55:48 it was 99% gone he told us. 55:50 99%! He was depressed; walking with a cane 55:54 the first day he came into the seminar. 55:56 And within 2 weeks no more cane. 55:57 He's walking without a cane; he's smiling. Yes! 56:00 He's teaching, and he was even... after doing this for 56:03 a couple weeks he came and taught people how to eat 56:06 this way himself because he had just learned himself. 56:09 And so you think: "Oh, I'm too old. 56:11 There's no hope for me. " 56:12 But it's not true. Our bodies want to be healthy. 56:16 God made our bodies. The Bible says our bodies 56:18 are "fearfully and wonderfully made. " Oh definitely! Um-hmm. 56:20 And as we implement the simple strategies God gives us 56:24 in His Word... There's a verse in Psalm 103 verse 5 56:27 that says that "God is the One that satisfies our mouth with 56:31 good things so that our youth is renewed like the eagle's. " 56:34 And I can tell you... Well, you think: "Well you're still 56:37 young. " I'm 38 years old. I felt better 56:40 as a 38-year-old man than I did when I was 56:43 16 or 18 years old. So God's Word is true. 56:46 "He satisfies our mouth with good things 56:48 so that our youth is renewed like the eagle's. " 56:51 That's right. So what I'm thinking of 56:54 is the information that you gain and when you put it into 56:57 practice these are the results. And you can have those 57:00 same results. Yes! And wouldn't you want to have 57:04 a brain that is functioning "righter? " Absolutely! 57:08 It's easier to remember things. Yes. 57:11 It is not growing old with Alzheimer's or dementia. 57:15 Yes! And it's just staying healthy and strong 57:18 the way that God wanted it to be. And you can have a closer 57:21 relationship with God as you eat the right food. 57:25 As your gut is healthy you actually can worship God 57:29 better and relate to Him better. 57:31 And that is what God wants more than anything. 57:34 Chad and Fadia, thank you so much for being with us. 57:38 We have really enjoyed this as much as we did last time 57:40 we spoke with you. 57:42 Meanwhile we pray that God will bless you 57:44 and keep you until we meet you again. |
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