Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Dr. Clarence Ing, Maurice "Big Moe" Huffman
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000002
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00:23 Welcome to another edition to Newstart Now.
00:27 A program that showcases guests 00:29 attending our 18-day Newstart program 00:32 here at Weimar, California. 00:35 My name is Ron, I'll be your host today. 00:38 We have a special guest with us Maurice Huffman, 00:42 otherwise known as "Big Moe." 00:45 We're gonna hear a little bit of 00:46 moose music here in a moment, 00:48 but first we'd like to show you a clip. 00:52 Yeah, I gained 150 pounds 00:55 since I moved to the States. 00:57 I moved in 1989, I moved to California from Germany 01:01 and change of lifestyle and I also fell victim of a, 01:07 I'll admit the fast food at the time, 01:10 didn't know much about it's traps 01:11 and poisons and I gained 150 pounds. 01:16 I got up to 410 pounds. 01:19 And with that came a lot of pain 01:22 and other illnesses, you know breaks 01:25 thinking that I am felling lighter, 01:27 doing things that should be doing, 01:29 breaking bones here and there 01:30 and then getting sleep apnea. 01:37 And then diabetes set in 01:39 and higher blood pressure. 01:42 So you know there's not many, I'm 48, 01:45 there are not may be 50 year old 410 pounders 01:48 around I think, so it's just, 01:51 I'm just at the end of the road, 01:52 I tried everything myself. 01:54 I tried different exercises, different diets 01:57 and different and just don't seem 02:00 to get a grip on myself. 02:02 I think that I know what I need to do, 02:05 I just can't get convert it, 02:07 my goal is to feel better. 02:10 I felt bad long enough now and I know you're not 02:14 supposed to feel tired like that on daily basis. 02:16 That just can't be right. So, you get used to it 02:21 because it sneaks upon you 02:22 and you forget how it feels good. 02:25 Yeah. And you just put up with it 02:28 and you get power on to the pain 02:29 to the daily things you adjust to it. 02:32 You know you go to a King size catalog. 02:35 I can get off, I could get of with Glucophage 02:38 and the high blood pressure medicine, 02:41 due to what you learn here 02:43 and the diet and the exercise 02:45 and really look forward to that happening. 02:51 So Moe, it seems to me that you're just sick 02:55 and tired of being sick and tired. 02:57 That's exactly right. Why don't you elaborate 03:00 a little bit about our first interview, 03:03 tell us where you've come to from that point. 03:07 From that point very first thing of course 03:11 I've explained was the food here 03:13 and I think it was a great introduction. 03:17 I don't know that's planned that way or not but. 03:19 It's a great thing because 03:21 there's a little bit of fear of course 03:22 you know when you will first hear 03:24 the word vegan or whole plant, 03:28 whole food diet like that 03:29 and but I was taking it away right away 03:32 because it was a tasty lunch. 03:35 So that was a good introduction, 03:37 good, and so that fear kind of went away. 03:41 But what I've learned is that if you concentrate on 03:46 what's good for you and you actually do it 03:49 with the guidance of the people here it's easy. 03:53 It's much easier than I thought, 03:55 to get myself on a bicycle and ride 03:58 and walk in that beautiful area and the lectures 04:04 who really wants to be lectured usually right. 04:06 I mean that's another possible fear oh 04:08 I have to listen to lectures 04:11 but they gravely sank in. 04:13 They really, it's amazing, it took 2 or 3 for me 04:16 to listen and the good thing about the lectures 04:19 are that they are repaired from the 04:21 sense of the message that needs to come through 04:24 and it just sink in. 04:26 And it's just been a greater awakening, 04:29 all the things I've learned about the things 04:32 I've been eating and it's just eye opening. 04:36 Now because you are eating now 04:38 that you're expressed to us, 04:40 what is the change are you. 04:44 Well I've lost 12 pounds already probably on 14 04:49 if you count in today and wait yet tomorrow. 04:52 Which has been great, I got another 400 mark. 04:55 Oh congratulations. It's been about time 04:59 and the cholesterol's down, 05:03 stopped taking the medication the Glucophage 05:05 and the cholesterol 05:06 and the heart medication the last week. 05:08 So you stopped the diabetes medication? 05:10 Yup I went down to one pill on out of four 05:14 and out of five and one, 05:18 and then I've totally stopped heart medication, 05:23 blood pressure and the cholesterol medication 05:25 and my numbers are still lower than 05:27 when I got here without the medication. 05:30 So then you are doing fine basically. I've been great. 05:32 You don't need the medication. 05:34 No, no just need to continue this lifestyle. 05:38 Is there any one particular thing 05:40 that you think is most important? 05:44 Dr. Lukens said something that really stuck with me 05:46 and said if you don't wanna exercise one day 05:49 that's fine, just don't eat. 05:55 And you know it can have that happen. 05:57 No. No. So yeah, what stuck with me is 06:01 it's not hard to prepare the food, it's tasty food. 06:07 The message that comes across 06:09 from the people here, like I tell you 06:12 I am very happy about how 06:15 the genuine care of the people here. 06:18 I've been to doctors where all it seems like 06:20 they want to do is just get you out of their office. 06:22 You're 5 minutes are up take another medication, 06:26 see you soon hopefully. Alright. 06:28 And that's basically I hate to say it like that 06:30 but that's kind of how it's been here, 06:33 the people here genuinely care. 06:35 I have never experienced something like that 06:37 in the medical field or anywhere ever, 06:40 you can just feel everybody in the 06:42 massage area, the doctors, the staff. 06:46 There is some real genuine care 06:48 for the heart and that's just huge. Yeah. 06:50 And that motivates, makes me wanna 06:53 do the program and it makes me 06:56 wanna continue the program. 06:58 And I have some serious goals. 07:00 Tell us what your goals are? 07:02 I wanna get down to 250 pounds in the next year, 07:05 I know it's gonna take that long 07:07 and it's not long you know it took me 07:09 six years to put it on, so a year to take it off 07:12 isn't that bad? And I wanna feel better 07:15 and get healthier and get rid of all the medications 07:19 and be able to do a much better show my music 07:22 and I have also must have been touched 07:25 by the spiritual part of this place. 07:27 Really; tell us about that, 07:28 I am interested in knowing about that. 07:30 You know I haven't had the affiliation much with, 07:33 I haven't been in touch with that side of my life 07:37 too much and my other side away for this 07:39 or the reason and that was a bit of fear too 07:44 about coming to a place where I know 07:46 God plays a big role. And I've been distant 07:50 from that for some unknown reason not for sure 07:53 to tell you the truth, but it's probably 07:54 much closer to that and actually for the first time 07:58 in my life I think so to give it way more thought, 08:01 because I feel the spirit with the people here. 08:04 Amen. That's not man made. 08:07 Right good, good. 08:10 So is there something that you can tell 08:13 our viewing audience that they might start today 08:17 that would help them, I mean you are 410 pounds 08:21 when you get here. Yeah. 08:22 You've lost about 15 pounds, 08:24 those people out there that weigh 250 08:26 that want to lose 20 pounds. Yeah. 08:29 That's not a big deal to you but to them it is. 08:32 It is and it's not easy. You have to stick 08:36 to the program and the most important thing 08:38 is what I learned here is 08:40 two thirds of the program is walking exercise. 08:44 And make it sport that you like you know 08:46 it's whether ride a bicycle or walk 08:48 or walk in area that you like. 08:50 So you can enjoy it and eat as much as you 08:53 want there's no starvation in this program. 08:57 Right. Eat the right foods, they're tasty, 08:59 what ever the dish, no problem about portions. 09:02 And stick with it and it just works, 09:07 it's not a diet. Correct. 09:10 It's a lifestyle program the way it's called 09:12 and it works great. Great. 09:14 Now you mentioned your music and I see that 09:17 you brought your guitar here, 09:20 can you get us just a short gestation on 09:24 what do you do with the guitar? 09:25 I am a blue singer and guitar player song writer 09:29 and I travel around the blue shows 09:32 and wanted to give you a little sample here of 09:35 a song that I wrote about my parents. 09:45 My ma and my daddy 09:47 worked themselves to their bone. 09:54 My ma and my daddy 09:56 worked themselves to their bone, 10:03 when the man from the bank came, 10:06 he wanted to foreclose our home. 10:14 Fantastic, thank you Mo. Folks, you know when 10:18 you're hearing it direct from big Mo 10:22 and Mo came here a couple of weeks ago 10:25 with some serious problems. 10:28 Extremely overweight, but he is doing good now, 10:31 he is on track and this is just one of thousands 10:35 of stories that we hear here 10:37 at the Newstart program. I would like you to call 10:42 right away, come and visit us at Weimar 10:45 if you would like at our Newstart program, 10:48 call and sign up for our next program. 10:51 Thank you once again, I am your host Ron Giannoni 10:55 and I look forward to seeing 10:57 you again. God bless you. 10:59 Well, you have done very well. 11:07 Do you have diabetes, heart disease, 11:10 high blood pressure or do you weight too much. 11:13 Hi my name is Dr. Ing, and I'd like to tell you 11:16 about our 18-day Newstart Lifestyle program. 11:20 It includes a comprehensive medical evaluations, 11:23 laboratory studies and a exercise stress test, 11:26 physician consultations, culinary school 11:31 and an opportunity to walk on beautiful trials 11:34 on the foot hills of the Sierras. 11:38 Your health is one of the most important things 11:40 that you have, don't wait. 11:41 Give us a call at 800-525-9192 11:46 or visit our website newstart.com. 12:05 Welcome back folks, to my left I have 12:08 Dr. Clarence Ing, Dr. Ing is the 12:11 Newstart Medical Director here at Weimar. 12:15 Dr. Ing, I am hearing the stories especially 12:19 about Mo and the progress that 12:22 he's made, are all these true? 12:24 These stories actually happened? 12:26 These stories actually happened, 12:28 and it's exciting to see what happens in people's 12:32 lives when they change the way that they live. 12:35 It's been really exciting to work here at Weimar 12:39 and other areas where I worked in the area 12:41 of lifestyle medicine, which I have been doing 12:43 since 1978. People come in with their 12:47 various challenges, complaints, illnesses 12:51 whatever you want to call them. 12:52 They are very felling less when they come in 12:55 because they are sick and tired of being sick 12:56 and tiredness. Say, well you came 12:58 to the right place. And so as you work with them, 13:02 as they make changes and they are activity 13:04 levels exercise and their food intake, 13:08 we find that those with diabetes their 13:12 blood sugars come down, their blood pressures 13:15 come down and in our experience 40% of the 13:19 people were type 2 diabetes are able to 13:23 have normal blood sugars, after they've adapted 13:27 the program within 3 months without having 13:29 using any medication. And even those who 13:31 still have to use some medication, 13:33 usually can get by with less medication and have 13:36 better control of their diabetes. 13:38 We have seen this time and time again. 13:40 That's right, you are telling me, you're telling 13:41 the audience here that all one needs to do 13:45 is change their lifestyles and they can get rid of 13:47 diabetes and high blood pressure, 13:49 losing weight itself. Well depending on 13:54 your definition of getting rid of diabetes, 13:57 if your definition means having 13:58 a normal blood sugar, yes then 40% of the 14:02 individuals with type 2 diabetes in our experience 14:05 have been able to have normal blood sugars 14:08 without having to use their medication 14:10 if they follow the guide lines that they 14:12 are given here. It's a matter of adjusting 14:15 their activity levels, adjusting their food 14:17 intake and you know it's changing their lifestyle 14:21 because basically most of the diseases which 14:24 people suffer from here in the United States 14:27 are related to their lifestyles you know. 14:29 Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, 14:33 high cholesterol, cancer and all of these 14:36 so called chronic diseases like even 14:39 arthritis are related to our lifestyles. 14:42 Do you have any statistics lately of the 14:48 number of, let's just start with diabetics. 14:51 Both pre-diabetic and diabetic people here 14:56 in this country? Well, according to the latest 15:00 information now, there is approximately 15:02 24 million people in the United States with 15:06 diabetes and probably 90% of these individuals 15:11 have type 2 diabetes and type 2 diabetes is very 15:16 closely related with lifestyle and we're finding 15:19 even teenagers are developing type 2 15:23 diabetes and that's related to the problem 15:27 we have with teenagers being obsessed 15:28 and the epidemic of obesity we have in teenagers. 15:31 And the incidence throughout the number 15:35 of cases of diabetes in US is also related to 15:38 if you want to call it, the fattening of America. 15:42 Now there is two thirds of adult Americans 15:45 are overweight and as Americans become 15:49 more and more over weight, 15:51 of course your risk of diabetes goes up, 15:53 your risk for heart disease goes up, 15:55 higher blood pressure. Is there anything 15:57 specifically that as a doctor that you 16:00 do to the guest that come to Weimar, 16:03 the Newstart program, any thing that you do, 16:07 any kind of medication that you give them? 16:10 I think probably the main medication you give them 16:14 is hope. You know as we work with them 16:17 they find that with simple changes 16:20 in their activity, simple changes in their 16:23 food intake. Wonderful things happen as far as 16:27 their pain levels go, as far as their 16:29 cholesterol go, their blood sugar levels go 16:32 and they're just you know really overjoyed. 16:35 And also those who are what most people 16:39 call overweight, I call them too short. 16:41 They find that they are able to lose weight as well 16:45 and it's remarkable how fast this can happen. 16:49 Now is it pretty common as Mo said that after 16:54 just a few days, he was taken off of certain 16:57 medications. Does this happen quite frequently? 16:59 This happens very frequently those who 17:01 come in with diabetes, we start to have to 17:05 decrease their medicines and stop some of them 17:08 because if we don't the blood sugars will 17:10 go too low. So this is very, something that 17:13 we're very aware of and we work for the patients 17:16 and monitor them carefully so that they do well. 17:19 So you monitor them as the Fredder say 17:22 you monitor every day, doing blood test 17:27 and how does that happen? Well, with the patients 17:30 who have diabetes we have them check their 17:32 blood sugar or blood glucose levels at least 17:35 four times a day and as their sugar levels change, 17:39 we adjust their medication as is necessary. 17:42 Oh wonderful, now what about the food, 17:46 you mentioned the certain foods, 17:48 is there a certain type of food that you recommend 17:51 for people with diabetes and cardio vascular 17:54 disease and such? Well, we have 5 words which 17:58 we used to describe the foods that people should 18:02 choose and those five words are whole plant 18:06 foods eaten whole. Very simple, whole plant 18:11 foods eat in whole, five words, five letters 18:15 for each word but if you use those five words 18:19 to govern your food choices, you are going 18:23 to have a lot better health, your cholesterol 18:25 if it is high will usually go down. 18:27 It will help individuals who are too short, 18:30 overweight to lose weight and you know 18:34 it's remarkable how simple food choices 18:37 make a profound difference. 18:38 Not only the food that they eat but how often 18:41 they eat and when they eat makes a 18:43 difference as well. So we found that with those 18:45 who are overweight, one of the things that helps 18:49 them to lose weight very nicely is eliminating 18:53 their evening meal. You can have a breakfast 18:55 in a lunch, we prefer that they get the food 18:58 in before, now their food intake be completed 19:00 by the latest at 3 O'clock in the afternoon 19:04 and that when they make these adjustments. 19:06 It's a lot easier for them to lose weight 19:09 because if we eat later in the day. 19:11 We eat a larger evening meal as is the custom 19:13 here in the United States, I'm not sure you're 19:16 going to go out and exercise and burn up 19:19 or use up those calories it's got to be stored. 19:22 It's either going to be stored in our cells 19:24 or the liver as glycogen and if those areas are 19:29 already filled then it's gonna be stored as fat. 19:32 And fat's a three letter word that most 19:35 people don't like. Now do you work with doctors 19:39 outside of the Newstart program for instance 19:43 Mo's doctor before he got here. 19:46 You need some sort of clearance for anyone to 19:49 come the program here. Well you know if the 19:52 doctor wants to talk us, we're happy to talk 19:54 with the doctor. We request that 19:57 the patients bring as much information about 20:00 their medical history and 20:01 what they have been doing. 20:03 You know any diagnostic test and lab work with in 20:05 when they come but sometimes people 20:08 of a kind, they don't have any of those things. 20:10 But we do a thorough evaluation of the patient 20:13 and advice them what appropriate measures they 20:17 need to implement in their life to get the 20:21 improvement that they desire. 20:23 Well I'm hearing a lot of information from 20:26 various people, almost like there is 20:28 miracles that actually takes place there. 20:31 Is it fair to say that most people who come to 20:33 the program actually get better, 20:36 meaning their energy goes up, 20:39 they lose weight; they might be taken off 20:41 certain medications. Does that work for 20:43 everyone that comes for the program? 20:45 I think well when you say does it work for most 20:47 people I would say unequivocally yes, 20:50 it does work for most people. 20:52 If it works for everyone I would no, 20:54 not everyone, not a 100%. But there again, 20:57 the more carefully the patients follow the 21:00 suggestions and advice the better they do. 21:03 Because we also realize we have some of our 21:05 patients have cancer and other things and 21:08 sometimes when they come with cancer, 21:10 they're really what are preterminal medical, 21:15 you know medical science has given up and they 21:17 say you know there is no hope, 21:18 there is nothing we can do for you, 21:20 go on home, enjoy yourself and do what you can. 21:24 Well Dr. Ing, I really like to thank you this 21:26 time for joining us here our studio and I 21:30 appreciate the work you're doing at the 21:31 Newstart program and we'll look forward in 21:36 the future for another interview perhaps. 21:38 It's great to be here, thank you very much Ron. 21:40 Yes, and thank you folks, thank you for joining 21:44 us once again, we look forward to seeing 21:46 you next week, good night. 22:03 Hi and welcome, my name is Cathy 22:05 and today we have with us Pastor Jim Brackett. 22:08 Pastor Brackett, you taught college nutrition 22:10 for 10 years, there must be a lot of 22:11 exciting things you can share with us 22:13 about nutrition. Well it's so fascinating, 22:16 because the world of the cell and getting 22:19 nutrients from our food, that whole thing is just 22:22 so fascinating. It's just marvelous, 22:25 the mechanics and the transport and the 22:28 of course the digestion and absorption. 22:31 It's just endless, I mean you can get 22:33 PhDs in the most new area and still we're 22:36 scratching the surface. Wow, wow. 22:38 But one of the things that I'm always enjoy 22:42 helping audiences understand is this issue 22:45 of what we call fiber. Okay. 22:47 And I have people do it with me just for fun, 22:51 I have been put their fingers together like 22:53 this and then draw their fingers toward their 22:55 hand like that and I say that's how much 22:58 fiber is in all animal products. 23:03 How much? Nothing. Zero, zero, 23:05 it doesn't matter if it's milk or cheese or eggs 23:10 or fish or foul or any kind, 23:12 there will be zero fiber. Now fiber comes in 23:15 two broad categories, we call it soluble and 23:18 insoluble. And the insoluble fiber, 23:24 when it gets mixed with water, it doesn't, 23:28 I am sorry, the soluble fiber 23:30 when it gets mixed with water it doesn't dissolve 23:32 like sugar would in a glass of lemonade or 23:37 something, but it absorbs the water and makes 23:40 a gelatinous slurry. This is in the 23:44 small intestine and the purpose of that 23:49 gelatinous slurry is to slow the movement of the 23:53 nutrients. It's like if everybody was in a 23:55 swimming pool, playing volleyball 23:58 or something and somebody said everybody out of 24:00 the pool. They could all quickly get over to the 24:02 steps and climb out, but if the pool was full 24:04 of molasses, it will take a while to get out. 24:09 So the analogy is that you have a meal and 24:12 the time it takes for the meal to be digested 24:15 and absorbed is too brief for when there is no 24:19 fiber there. Okay. And however if the 24:22 fiber is there it might take 5 or 6 hours for all 24:26 this and there are many ramifications of that. 24:30 One is that Americans have an unrefined, 24:33 a refined diet and in terms of carbohydrates 24:39 and so these carbohydrates are digested up into 24:43 sugars and the sugars get into the blood 24:45 stream rapidly because there is no fiber there 24:48 and they get these big sugar spikes and then 24:49 they get these big sugar drops. 24:52 And they know exactly what to do when that 24:54 drop occurs, just have a piece of pie or doughnut 24:57 or something and they get another spike and then 24:59 they get another drop and so this is the 25:02 condition known as what people call it 25:04 hypoglycemia, but what we use in the 25:08 clinic is reactive hypoglycemia, 25:12 that is to say the body is reacting the way you 25:14 are treating it. If fiber is present, 25:17 the sugar is delivered slowly to the blood steam 25:20 and the sugar rises slightly after as the 25:22 meal's being digested and it kind of starts to 25:25 fall slightly and the body can completely control 25:27 that very easily. Yeah. This reacting 25:29 hypoglycemia is the forerunner to diabetes, 25:34 it is one of the contributing factors 25:36 we don't exactly know the mechanism but it's 25:39 real common and people come to our classes and 25:45 we feed them plant based diet, 25:46 so they can get well and they look at this 25:48 breakfast and they think, I'm gonna get my M&Ms, 25:51 I am gonna be hungry pretty soon, 25:52 they can't believe it. Yes. It's not that there 25:55 is not enough food there, but they look at it 25:56 but come on you know that breakfast at 7 O'clock 25:59 and then by 1 O'clock. They are hardly hungry, 26:02 they can't believe it. Yes. Because the fibers 26:06 see has made it digest slowly. 26:08 Yes. Which is what the body really needs, 26:11 now the unsoluble fiber, it provides bulk and 26:16 that's a whole another question maybe we can 26:18 get into sometime in terms of the health of the 26:20 colon without that present. 26:22 It's a very interesting topic. 26:25 But this is absent in all animal products and in 26:28 most of what Americans eat from plants from 26:32 the store in a box or a bag is also without it, 26:35 almost completely. Yes. Americans are just, 26:38 it's just insane the way we treat our bodies. 26:41 Create that sad diet, don't we? 26:42 It really is too bad. Right now that most 26:44 people really need the information about 26:45 the fiber. It's really very very important 26:47 you see it on cereal box and every thing. 26:48 Well for those of you who would like more 26:50 information on fiber and the importance of fiber, 26:53 please visit our website at www.newstart.com, 26:56 thank you for joining us and thank you 26:58 pastor Brackett for being here with us 26:59 and sharing that information. 27:09 Hi, I hope you have enjoyed as much as I have 27:11 this edition of Newstart Now. 27:13 I am Jim Brackett, Executive Vice President 27:15 here at the Weimar Center. I'll take just a moment 27:18 to give you an idea of some of the wonderful 27:20 resources we have here at the bookstore, 27:22 such as Dr. Nedley's book called Proof Positive. 27:26 Now in addition to Dr. Nedley's book he has 27:28 a series on depression recovery. 27:29 We have the Newstart lifestyle series on DVD by 27:33 our Newstart physicians, relating to topics and 27:36 diabetes, heart disease, cancer. 27:38 We have a number of authors who have 27:40 cook books here, including some in the raw field. 27:44 Now we'd love to have you stop by and visit us 27:46 for your shopping but you can do it online at 27:48 newstart.com, click the link that says bookstore 27:52 or use our 800 number, 525-9192 and by the way, 27:58 anytime your order is a $100 or more, 28:00 we'll see that you get free the 28:03 Newstart lifestyle cook book. |
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