Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Alice Jackson, Dr. Richard Lukens
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000004
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00:23 Welcome to another edition of Newstart now.
00:27 A program that showcases guest 00:30 in our 18-day Newstart Lifestyle session here at 00:33 Weimar, California. My name is Ron Giannoni 00:35 and I'm your host today. With me to my left I've 00:39 Alice Jackson. Alice has an amazing 00:42 testimony to tell us about, but before we get 00:45 into that Alice I'd like to show the viewers 00:51 our interview when you first got here, 00:53 is that okay? Okay, go. 00:56 For the last couple of years I've had 00:58 difficulties with Iron Deficiency particularly 01:03 ferritin, which is the iron that stored a the 01:06 tissues and it's a prolonged program 01:11 to get it built back up again and during that 01:13 time a person is really low in energy and so 01:19 over the last couple of years I've been lying 01:22 around a lot, so in these last couple of years 01:25 while I was having difficulty with my 01:28 health, drinking caffeine and smoking 01:31 cigarettes and eating sugary snacks became 01:38 worse for me. I've got worse added 01:41 instead of better, and so all that time I was 01:45 thinking that if I had the opportunity to come up 01:47 here and reverse that and get some definite 01:51 instruction on how to eat better and how to, 01:55 how to take care of myself? 01:58 Well, that's an amazing testimony to start with, 02:01 but my question now is how you're feeling, 02:04 what's going on? Well, I feel, I feel a big 02:09 difference in my well being and my energy 02:12 level, my health, much better. 02:14 You look different. Do I? Yeah, 02:17 you look better more vibrant, but tell me how 02:19 is the sugar cravings and? Well, I think I'm an 02:24 expert withdrawals now because I had to 02:27 withdraw from just about everything I was 02:29 doing in my life, but sugar withdrawals was 02:34 probably last just a couple of days I would 02:37 say and they weren't that bad because we ate 02:40 as much food as we wanted at our meal 02:42 times, and so there was no hunger just the habit 02:47 of having sweets, had to deal with that. 02:51 The caffeine I notice right away, the first day 02:56 I noticed that I was reaching for my cup of 02:58 coffee and wasn't there, but 03:00 I got over that pretty quickly too. 03:02 And then cigarette smoking of course was 03:05 the hardest and I still wonder how, 03:09 what I will have to do at home to make sure I'm 03:12 not tempted, you know, what things I may have 03:14 to do differently, but being up here in 03:16 environment where there is no smoking, 03:19 I think I'm doing very well. 03:21 Let's go back to the caffeine. 03:23 Now before you got here you drank, 03:25 how much coffee did you drink a day? 03:30 If you can little cups I used big cups, 03:34 but I think the average cup size I probably 03:37 drink about five or six cups of coffee a day. 03:39 Okay very strong or. Yes. And you felt 03:42 withdrawal from that. Yes. And the cigarettes 03:45 you felt withdrawal, are you still withdrawing 03:47 or you feel it's physical? No, no I don't feel 03:51 physical any kind of distress. 03:54 I think that's a chemical withdrawing. 03:58 I think right now it's mostly how I lived my 04:03 life before, was I worked things around 04:06 my cigarette habit because it's not polite 04:09 to smoke anywhere now. Yeah. 04:11 And so I had to fit my life around 04:14 my cigarette habit. So now I have to 04:17 kind of rethink that when I get home. 04:19 Okay, good. Now tell us a little bit about the 04:22 program you've been through, did you have fun? 04:26 Yes, definitely. It's been a lot of fun even though 04:29 that I had my personal struggles to go through 04:33 in the early days, but everyone all the guests 04:37 were like a, I know it sounds cliché, but we're 04:40 like a family. We were very supportive 04:43 of each other and I would think most 04:46 groups are probably like this one. 04:50 We have a lot of fun. And getting out walking 04:55 and being in a beautiful place like this 04:58 is certainly fun and exhilarating, so yes it's 05:02 very enjoyable. Okay, all the things that 05:05 you've experienced here at Weimar, what is this 05:08 memorable moment that you'll take home 05:11 with you, any one particular thing that happened? 05:14 Well, I was sitting in our lectures. 05:17 We lectured frequently, daily and sometimes 05:20 more than once a day, and realized probably in 05:25 about the fifth or sixth lecture that the person 05:30 giving the lecture is a doctor, a medical 05:35 doctor, and it struck me. It took a couple of times 05:39 before I really realized that what a rare 05:41 opportunity this is to be, to be trained and taught 05:45 by these professionals who lived this lifestyle 05:50 themselves and have for many years and just to 05:54 have them up-close and available for 05:57 questioning day after day after day I realized 06:01 that was just very rare, rare opportunity. 06:03 Now you say there are available for 06:05 questioning, I mean you can just walk into their 06:08 office or where they on campus available to you 06:12 most of the time. The doctors are visible 06:17 on campus and at meal times and 06:20 just different times during the day. 06:22 You mean they eat with you? 06:24 They eat with us, okay, and they if nothing else 06:27 walk through, I mean say hello, they stop. 06:30 If anyone has something to say to 06:33 them they stop, they're never in a hurry. 06:36 Yes, they're completely accessible. 06:38 Well, surely you found that your doctors at 06:40 home were about the same, weren't they? 06:41 No, no, very hard to get a hold of and to get 06:45 their attention very lengthy time yeah at home. 06:48 Okay, and now I understand that you're 06:51 walking quite a bit how far you walking each day? 06:54 Well I've walked more than three miles a day 06:57 and this is from at home I wasn't walking at all, 07:00 so I had to start up gradually, but the most 07:03 I've gonna I think in a day where I counted 07:06 measured was probably a little under four miles. 07:08 Well, that's excellent, good. 07:11 What about the food now. I'm hearing that you 07:13 had a ordeal with the food or was it you that 07:16 I heard that about? I had no ordeal with the food. 07:18 Not at all. No. So you love the food? 07:20 I love the food, everything is fresh and 07:24 beautifully displayed, it all looks appetizing, 07:27 it smells good and after a couple of days your 07:32 appetite gets used to the routine of when the 07:34 meals are and it's much easier to switch over to 07:40 this diet than I thought it would be. 07:44 That was not difficult at all. 07:46 Now you're a married lady I know, 07:48 I met your husband, and when you go home 07:51 you're gonna be doing the cooking at home, 07:53 and as he is gonna address to you a new lifestyle. 07:56 Everybody at home is anxiously awaiting me 07:59 to get there and start cooking for them. 08:02 They come up to visit here and joined us for 08:05 different meals. My husband, 08:07 probably had about six meals here and my son 08:12 had one and they are trying to duplicate it at 08:18 home right now by themselves and they're 08:20 just they're gonna be happy for me to come 08:22 home and start cooking the real thing. 08:26 Now we have about 30 seconds left. 08:28 Is there anything you'd like to convey to the 08:31 viewing audience that might inspire them in anyway? 08:35 Well, I'm just happy that I did this because 08:39 there's so much conflicting information 08:41 out there about how we should eat or how we 08:44 should leave. If we find out that one thing 08:47 is not good for us, if we look hard enough we 08:49 can find someone saying that it might be 08:51 okay to have, you know, exercise this 08:55 much or exercise that much. 08:57 And I wanted to go somewhere where the 08:59 people could teach me without a doubt that 09:02 there is a system, a way of living that includes 09:05 all these elements that really works. 09:07 And here at Weimer, it's taught by people 09:11 who are actually living the lifestyle themselves 09:14 and like I said they've been doing it for a while. 09:17 So they are, it's not, it's much different from 09:20 reading a book, or trying to figure this 09:23 out on your own. And I'm glad that 09:26 I'll be able to go home and not second guess 09:29 my choices when I make a menu or a shop. 09:32 I know what to do now without a doubt. 09:36 Alright! Alice, thank you for joining us. 09:39 Folks don't go away we have an exciting 09:41 program for you ahead, we'll be back in 09:44 just a moment, God bless. 09:47 Well, you've done very well. 09:55 Do you have diabetes, heart disease, 09:57 high blood pressure, or do you weight too much? 10:01 Hi, my name is Dr. Ing. I'd like to tell you about 10:04 our 18-day Newstart Lifestyle Program. 10:07 It includes a comprehensive medical evaluation for 10:10 laboratory studies and an exercise stress test, 10:14 physician consultations, culinary school and an 10:18 opportunity to walk on beautiful trails and the 10:21 Foothills of the Sierras. Your health is one of 10:26 the most important things that you have, 10:28 don't wait, give us call at 800-525-9192 or visit 10:34 our website newstart.com. 10:53 Welcome back folks. I've an exciting guest 10:57 here right now, Dr. Lukens to my left. 11:01 Welcome Dr. Lukens. It's good to see you again. 11:03 Thank you. So, tell me, we've just 11:06 seen this testimony. It can't be that easy. 11:10 What's going on here tell me in your own 11:12 doctor words, what's happening? 11:16 Well, you know, when Alice came I saw 11:19 someone there was very timid, very fearful and 11:24 frankly very defeated, and she had tried for 37 11:28 years, that's how long she had been smoking 11:31 since age 11. Wow! To give this habit up 11:36 and I said, well do you have children? 11:38 She said yes I have two. I said well did you 11:42 know during the time that you're having 11:44 children that tobacco smoking was harmful? 11:48 And she said, yes I did. I said, well then why 11:51 did you do? She said I tried my hardest 11:55 to give up cigarette smoking. 11:57 She said I just did the very, very best that 12:00 I could, and she said I'd kind of way, way down, 12:04 but I always had to know that that cigarette 12:06 was there. Well, had she ever? 12:08 Nothing happen. Had she ever tried 12:10 anything else like I know there are products 12:12 on the market, you take this pill you could quit 12:15 smoking in a couple of days. 12:17 She ever done anything like that or is it? 12:18 The thing is. Truly Weimar or the Newstart 12:21 Program that has helped her stop this addiction. 12:25 The thing is that all of those situations it still 12:28 takes that personal commitment what she 12:32 had, but she had to have the realization that she 12:38 could be strong enough to do it, and that's what 12:42 it had been lacking. She would get down 12:44 to where she might just smoke one or two or 12:46 three cigarettes during her old pregnancy, 12:49 I mean during per week during her pregnancy. 12:52 So she was trying a very hardest, 12:55 but she had to know that cigarette was still 12:58 there if she needed it. Well, let me ask you 12:59 this, let me ask you this. Okay and, and I agree, 13:04 but what is it about the Newstart Program 13:07 that assisted her in stopping those addiction? 13:13 Well, I think there are a lot of different things, 13:15 but one of the things is this huge as in we got 13:19 her exercising. She just come off of a prolonged 13:22 illness and she mentioned that. 13:25 Or she just didn't have any energy so she 13:28 hadn't done any physical exercise and 13:30 that can make the person feel defeating 13:32 right there. And so she started moving, started 13:36 exercising, and that was big. 13:39 Then we had food that wasn't stimulating and 13:42 it was wholesome and nutritious. 13:47 There was calming to her as well. 13:48 She also talked about the caffeine and that's 13:49 another thing. Those two seemed to go 13:52 together you know it's just a habit. 13:55 Caffeine and cigarettes? Yeah, you sit down and 13:57 you have your cup of coffee and you have 13:59 your cigarette and it just, it just like that, 14:02 but the main thing was is that she had to know 14:05 that she could do it. And on day three when 14:07 it was probably the hardest she almost quit. 14:12 They called me up in the morning and they 14:14 said, Alice's bags are packed and she is on 14:18 her way. Oh really! And this was day three? 14:21 This is day three, yeah. Oh! And so fortunately 14:25 we're able to get there and I said look, 14:28 let's kneel down and let's pray about this. 14:30 God has wonderful power and He can help you stop. 14:34 And I talked to her husband later and he 14:36 says I don't wanna be hardnosed doc, 14:38 but he said I was able to quit because at one 14:43 stage it just I saw somebody smoking, 14:47 it was so detestable to me I thought I don't 14:49 ever wanna do that again. But she had tried so 14:52 many times even through the pregnancies and stuff. 14:56 And so I said let's pray about it and a friend of 14:59 her's came and so she went off the campus for 15:02 a while and talked to her friend and then her 15:05 friend says, now what do you're gonna do? 15:07 And she says, I've got to go back. 15:09 Right, right, right. And then by day four and 15:13 five, the physical addictions were over 15:15 with, pretty much and we know that, 15:18 that's what the five day plan to stop smoking 15:21 day, but she still needed that extra length of time 15:25 to settle into it and realize that hey, 15:28 by God's help I can't do this. 15:31 By being on these, on these simple principles 15:36 of health, so, we're going to be able to 15:39 make this journey. So what I hear you saying, 15:41 correct me if I'm wrong, is first exercise and then 15:45 food and then third you mentioned obviously 15:50 trust in the Lord, is that way it works 15:53 or can anybody do this? Can anyone come here 15:55 to the Newstart Program and stop smoking? 15:59 Well, they're, they're all, they're altogether. 16:01 They all have to hit at the same time, 16:03 otherwise it won't work. But, you know, a very 16:07 famous American writer said, oh! It's 16:10 really easy to stop smoking. 16:11 I've done it a thousand times, and that's what 16:15 people you know, they think well I assure you 16:16 know, she is here 18-days and she is a 16:18 special situation. But I think that she 16:21 has a confidence now and as we follow her 16:24 and keep encouraging her she realizes it now 16:28 she can do it because she did it for longer 16:31 than she has ever done in the last 37 years. 16:34 Now aside from the smoking addiction, 16:39 were there any other elements that she was 16:42 dealing with or is that pretty much as I know 16:45 there is someone to lose some weight, 16:47 she mentioned? Yeah, you know and like 16:49 I say she had been defeated for a year-and-half. 16:52 She just had no hope that she was gonna be 16:55 able to get her energy back. 16:57 She was anemic. She had always other 16:59 problems and after a while you know day in 17:02 and day out, you just lose, you lose hope, 17:05 you lose confidence and you have to get that back. 17:08 She has a walk with the Lord, but it was 17:11 something that she needed extra to help 17:14 and that's what she got when she came. 17:16 Now, what about now that she is going leave 17:20 the Newstart Program, she is leaving Weimar 17:24 and she goes home, what about then, 17:26 what do we, what do we have in place to assist 17:29 her at that point or doing? 17:32 It'll be the, it'll be the follow-up, yeah. 17:34 She is supposed to fill out an eight week chart, 17:36 but of the things that I told her is as I said, 17:38 you know, your family is going to gain 17:43 victories in areas in their life when they see 17:47 you victorious and that will also make a 17:50 huge difference for her. Amen. 17:55 So, we appreciate the fact that people can 17:59 dump here and stop smoking, are there any 18:03 other addictions that perhaps we can help 18:06 people with it? You know smoking 18:08 maybe the hardest as twice as addictive, 18:10 of course when you're addicted, 18:12 you're addicted but somebody told me that 18:14 just very recently I said, it was easier for me to 18:17 give up heroin and it was to give 18:20 up tobacco smoking. Goodness. 18:22 And I was you know, I was surprised with that. 18:27 But it's so pervasive and it's acceptable, 18:30 you know, you can't be shooting up heroin and 18:33 stuff like that. There is a lot of things, 18:34 but society is getting down on it and now the 18:37 most recent thing I heard is there a third 18:40 hand smoke. So it's in the hair, it's in the 18:43 clothes and they can actually measure some 18:45 of these products in infants and children that 18:50 are held by these people who have a close 18:53 contact with smokers and now there is a new 18:55 term, they call it Third Hand Smoke. 18:59 This was just this month I heard that. 19:02 Now, since she has been here, has she 19:05 smoked at all? No. Not at all. 19:08 She stopped the very day she came through 19:11 and that was the problem, day three 19:13 every part of her body was just screaming out 19:16 for something and, so like I said she didn't 19:18 have the confidence that she could do it, 19:21 but she realized where to go, to get that confidence. 19:24 And what did her husband have to say 19:26 to you when he has found out that she quit? 19:28 Oh! What do you think? Because he has been 19:32 smoke free since about 1990. 19:36 Any final words to our viewing audience as to 19:40 what someone might do? 19:44 Well, people think that if they tried to quit 19:48 smoking and they don't, each time they try and 19:52 they fail that there is less of a chance that 19:56 they're gonna ever be able to stop, but it's just 19:59 the opposite. The more times you try, 20:02 the more likely it is that you will finally succeed. 20:05 So, don't ever give up. Alright, thank you 20:10 Dr. Lukens for joining us, God bless and we 20:13 appreciate your wisdom. 20:15 It's really, really my pleasure. 20:16 I'm happy to be here. Thank you, and folks 20:19 don't go away because in our final segment 20:22 we're gonna find out how you too can begin 20:24 your journey to wellness. Don't go away. 20:27 We'll be right back, God bless. 20:43 Hi, I'm Cathy. Welcome to Newstart@Home. 20:46 Today, I have with us Don Mackintosh. 20:48 And Don you're gonna share with us little bit 20:49 about trust. Yes, trust I mean, have you 20:52 ever heard the express 'trust me'? 20:53 Yeah. And what is trust? It's really putting your 20:56 confidence, your faith in someone. 20:58 I have a Bible here today and one of my 21:00 favorite texts is from Proverbs, it says: 21:02 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean 21:06 not unto thine own understanding, in all thy 21:08 ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct 21:11 thy paths. Did you know they did studies 21:13 of people that actually trusted in the Lord with 21:16 all their heart, did you know that? 21:18 No, I didn't know that. And they found amazing 21:21 outcomes with these people. 21:22 For instance, they had fewer symptoms of or 21:26 in better health outcomes concerning 21:28 cancer, high blood pressure, heart diseases 21:30 all of these different areas, and people that 21:34 that end up going to Church what do you 21:36 suppose happens to them? What do you think? 21:38 Gain more trust. They even have more 21:40 trust and it's not just because going to 21:43 Church is good, but because they really 21:45 believe in God. Those that have 21:46 called Intrinsic Religiosity, in other 21:49 words it really was from within, trust in the Lord 21:51 with all thy heart. They had lower death 21:54 rates from all diseases, no matter what else 21:57 they didn't like. And also, if you trust in 21:59 Lord you have an increase in your 22:02 immune system. It just seems to you know, 22:04 if you trust in Lord you trust in the take care of 22:06 things it seems like the immune system goes up. 22:09 Now get this, let me ask you this question. 22:11 Do you suppose that people have more trust 22:13 or less trust, if they attend weekly or 22:16 monthly a Church? Oh! I would think weekly, 22:19 I would hope weekly. Well, I supposed 22:20 depending on the pastor, right. 22:22 But I think any other people of the Church, 22:24 but it is true those that go weekly they have an 22:28 increase benefit across the board. 22:32 And get this, the best part is that people that 22:35 are suffering from various conditions like 22:38 for instance let's take depression. 22:40 All kinds of people struggling with 22:42 depression maybe even some today. 22:44 And those people, they have a hard time even 22:46 believing in God. But once they start 22:49 believing in God and once they start trusting 22:52 Him, did you know they recover from 22:55 depression, 70% sooner than other people. 22:59 So trust is really kind of important. 23:01 Wow! That's very exciting. 23:03 So depressed people, they recover 70% 23:06 sooner, and they have fewer complications 23:10 just about from everything. 23:11 So, bottom-line is I think that trust is 23:14 something that is very important and how do 23:18 you gain trust? You know that might 23:19 be someone to go, but how do you do this at home? 23:22 Can you be trusting at home? 23:24 Sure, yeah how can you 23:25 demonstrate your trust in God? 23:27 Maybe just by calling out to Him, 23:29 laying your cares upon Him, casting your 23:31 burdens upon Him, saying I trust you to 23:34 take care of it. I can't do anything more about it, 23:36 so just help me with it and take care of it for me 23:40 and when that happens then that burden is 23:43 rolled off your chest, rolled off your mind, 23:45 and you can start out. In other way, you 23:47 demonstrate trust is by being with people who 23:51 are trust in God and drawing strengths from 23:54 their faith and you know what do you do? 23:56 I noticed that was some of our guest they come 23:58 through here they are trying to quit smoking 23:59 that they say that they do gain their trust from 24:02 other people when the other people are here, 24:03 the workers that work here, and I've had 24:06 people say that to me that you know I don't 24:07 have enough faith, but put my trust and then 24:10 and they're praying for me and they are gaining 24:12 that trust almost secondhand. 24:14 I mean so they learned to make that habit 24:15 themselves. You know, that's the great thing 24:17 about our program like Newstart, but you can 24:19 do it at home as well Newstart@Home. 24:22 We do this here at the program over 19 days. 24:24 People come from all walks of life. 24:26 They come together. They start to gain trust 24:28 in the people that are giving, 24:29 putting the program on. They put their faith in 24:31 them, and then they see physical outcomes that 24:33 increase their trust more and more over that 24:36 19-day period. They see amazing things, 24:38 but it's not to be done here. 24:39 You can start it right at home, right? 24:42 Yes, you can. What's that text? 24:43 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean 24:46 not to thy own understanding in all thy 24:48 ways acknowledge Him, whether you're 24:49 eating, sleeping, drinking whatever it is, 24:52 and He will direct thy paths. 24:56 Don, is there more information about this 24:58 topic on trust? Of course! I mean 25:00 I think that's the reason that you folks started 25:02 that wonderful website, 25:03 what's the name of that website? 25:05 Newstart.com! Newstart.com, 25:07 and if you go to newstart.com 25:09 trust me there is all kinds of more tidbits on 25:12 this, on this issue of trust and we'll walk you 25:15 through different steps there you get all kinds 25:17 of more resources and your trust will increase 25:20 and of course you can avoid all those diseases 25:22 and the things that we talked about. 25:24 You'll see not only physical resources, 25:25 but emotional, social and spiritual resources 25:28 on the website as they're willing to trust. 25:30 Well, thank you Don for joining us today. 25:32 And for more information about trust 25:34 and about the 18-day Lifestyle Program, 25:36 please visit our website www.newstart.com. 25:49 Hi, I hope you've enjoy this much as I have this 25:51 edition of Newstart now. I'm Jim Brackett, 25:54 Executive Vice President here at the Weimar Center. 25:58 I'm gonna take just a moment to give you an 25:59 idea of some of the wonderful resources we 26:01 have here at the book store such as 26:03 Dr. Nedley's book called Proof Positive. 26:05 Now, in addition to Dr. Nedley's book he has 26:08 a series on Depression Recovery, we have the 26:11 Newstart Lifestyle series on DVD by our 26:14 Newstart physicians relating to topics in 26:17 diabetes, heart diseases, cancer. 26:19 We have a number of authors who have 26:21 cookbooks here including some in the raw field. 26:25 Now we'd loved to have you start buying visitors 26:26 for your shopping, but you can do it online 26:29 at newstart.com. Click the link that says book 26:32 store or use our (800) number 525-9192. 26:38 And by the way, anytime you order is a 26:40 $100 or more we'll see that you get free the 26:44 Newstart Lifestyle Cookbook. 26:49 Hi friends, we hope you enjoy this edition of 26:52 Newstart now. Well, let sit back and take a look 26:55 at what happened here. Alice came to us with a 26:58 lot of different problems; addictions if 27:01 you will coffee, cigarettes perhaps a 27:04 little bit depression or anxiety and I'm here to 27:07 tell you that we can overcome these things. 27:10 I too when I came to Weimar, I was 27:13 morbidly obese, depressed, I drank 27:16 coffee and alcohol and I smoked at one time in 27:19 my life, all these things are gone. 27:22 Why are they gone? Because I came here, 27:25 I came here I got well. Like Alice I was healed 27:29 and the reason is, as we have an environment 27:33 that supports well being. So, when you come 27:36 here you're interviewed with doctors and nurses 27:40 and you're looked after. So, don't be afraid to 27:44 pick up that phone and give us a call. 27:47 Call us now in fact, call us at 800-525-9192, 27:54 call us right now 800-525-9192. 28:00 And yes, even you, you're little afraid or 28:03 apprehensive, pick up that 28:04 phone and call us, God bless. |
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