Hi friends, and welcome to
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another edition of NEWSTART Now.
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I want to say a
special hello to my
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friends at the
Grass Valley SDA Church.
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Hi there!
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Today, we have
David Sands with us.
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David is from San Francisco, CA
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which happens to be
my home town as well.
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David came to us
approximately 8 or 9 days ago
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with many problems
and I'd like to look at
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when he first arrived here.
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Can we see that now?
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Well, before I
heard about the NEWSTART
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I seemed to be focusing a lot
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on my life as I
was growing older
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and my kids are grown up.
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the things that happened
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in my lifetime
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some were good,
some were not so good.
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I found myself
focusing as my wife
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would tell you on
the not so good things.
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well, I got pretty unhappy and
a little depressed about that.
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and then I went for
a check up for my gout
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and found out that my kidney
function was not up to date,
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even though it is
improving a little bit
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and I want to lose more weight
even though I feel comfortable
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fairly
comfortable with the way I am
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because it doesn't
stop any of my activities
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but my wife and
I talked about it
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quite a bit for
the last month or so
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and we decided that we
are going to come up here
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and try and get the
whole thing pulled together
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and see what the future will
bring and change our diet and
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our lifestyle.
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I want to learn what I can do to
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improve my medical condition
and help me prolong my life
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not only prolong
it, but live it better
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and easier health wise,
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and take care of my family.
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Welcome back friends, and
in our studio we have David.
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How are you David?
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How are you? It's
nice to see you again.
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Well, I think we have to tell
our friends, our viewers here
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the truth about this story of
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you coming to
the NEWSTART Program.
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It's my understanding that you
didn't even want to come here.
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Is that right?
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Ah. My wife started
nagging on me a year ago
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Nagging on...?
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Nagging, yeah. After we
first learned about NEWSTART
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she kept a brochure
tacked on the kitchen room wall
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so I saw it every time I ate
my breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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And why did your wife want to
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you come to the
NEWSTART Program?
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Well, she felt I was
doing the things that I
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said I was
doing, like going to the
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gym and
exercising, but I wasn't really
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improving my health
weight wise, and food wise.
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Can we say that you weren't
firing on all eight cylinders?
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No, I was on like
three cylinders, probably.
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Three cylinders!
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Okay, so you
arrived here on a Sunday
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just about ten days ago
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and tell us what happened.
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We know you had some
resistance to being here.
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But you got here... tell us
what happened the first day.
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We decided to
come up very early.
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We had been here before for a
couple days just to check it out
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but we came very early
so that we could really
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see what was going on
ahead of the people that
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came in the afternoon.
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So we had lunch
already here and walked around
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and went to all
the different places.
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Did you have any problem
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walking the first
day you were here?
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No, I don't have
any problems walking.
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You had none at all?
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Well, this morning I happened to
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meet you on the
trail about six o'clock
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and we walked together
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and you said, "Yeah,
I can walk better..."
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What do you mean by that?
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Well, I walk
longer than I used to.
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- Oh, you do?
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I've always been able to walk,
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but I walk munch
longer since I have been here
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Now, we also saw in
your initial interview
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that you have had in
the past, some depression
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have you had any change?
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That's been much, much better
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thanks to Viola
and all the people here
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have really helped a
lot. It's been wonderful
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It has?
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In which way has
this depression changed?
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Not to focus on the past, but
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focus on the
present and the future
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and put the past behind you as
best you can, and move forward.
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So, also in the interview,
I noticed that you said
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some things in the past that
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you've dont that
your not so proud of
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and was this
causing some depression?
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Absolutely. Yes.
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So is it fair to say that
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many depressed people could
come to our NEWSTART Program?
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I think it would be a
great place for them to come.
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Not only the
exercise and the food
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and the consultation they
get from the wonderful staff
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It would all help
instead of trying to stay
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home and do it
yourself, that doesn't work.
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So, you've been here only...
I hate to use the word only, but
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you've been here ten days.
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Right.
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And there is an 18 day
program, however your program
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- is 11 days is that
correct? - 11 days, right.
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And you feel that 11
days is enough time to
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deal with the issues
you've had and get better?
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Right. When I
first signed up for the
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11 days I
analyzed what my doctor had
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checked me out
back in San Francisco
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and felt I really
didn't need the 18 days
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at this time.
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and it's worked out
very well so far and I
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do plan to come back
for a restart program.
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Good, and the
restart program . . .
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I'm sorry I interrupted you.
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The restart program is a kind
of finish up to the 11 days.
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Yes.
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And we have those anytime for
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people who have
been through the program
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that can attend the last four
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days of any
session they like, right?
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And so I think
when I get some things
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done in San
Francisco, I need to come back.
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Good.
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Now so, we've
talked about Viola,
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and who is Viola?
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Viola is the chaplain here.
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And she gives counsel?
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She gives lectures and counsel,
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I seen her three times actually,
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in person, not just
listened to her lectures.
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She's helped you a lot.
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Oh they've all
been, yea, everybody,
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from Kathy, the
staff, to yourself,
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just talking to
you and walking around,
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it's endless how many
names I can think of, you know,
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everybody in the lodge, the
kitchen and the whole works.
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Yes. - Yes, I think,
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it's something I didn't expect.
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I expected, you
know, just to come up
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here and eat some
food and do some exercises,
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and go home, but. . .
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You came up here,
correct me if I'm wrong,
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I think you came
with the attitude,
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"Look, my wife's been
grinden me for a year,
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I'm going to go do this
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get it done with
and get back home,
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was that kind of like
what you were thinking?
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Uh, sort of halfway,
half and half I said.
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I knew I needed to do something
besides sit around in the house,
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and grumble about
what was good and what was
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bad in the past, and
get it out of my system.
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So what are you taking home with
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you that you know
your going to use,
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that is going to
help your depression,
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help your
cardiovascular situation,
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meaning your high blood
pressure or potential diabetics,
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or whatever, what are
you taking home with you?
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I'm taking home
a better attitude,
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I'm taking home a
better health feeling.
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I've already cut my
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medicine down on
my blood pressure.
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Really! Tell me
about that just briefly,
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what do you mean by that?
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Well I met with Dr.
Ing several times and
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I'm going to have one
last visit with him today.
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You have been here ten days you
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have meet with
him several times,
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and you are
going to meet with him
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again today? - Yes my last one.
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And has he suggested that
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you cut your
blood pressure meds?
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Yeah we talked
about it, and I said,
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How can I cut it?
and he said, Try it.
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He said cut it in half,
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and see how your
blood pressure is.
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And how is it?
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- It's fine right
now, it's right on.
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The same thing
happened to me by the way,
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I got off two high blood
pressure medications in 6 days!
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And I know the same thing
can happen to you, so uh . . .
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Well it makes me thing that
maybe my doctor in San Francisco
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could have gotten
me off it a long time
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ago if he tried. -
Maybe, I don't know.
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Coming here, and . . .
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it's been great, if I
can get off my medicine
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I'm home, man, I'm
home. No medication then.
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You know it's really
good to see you smile Dave,
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you got a great smile.
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I know why your wife
has brought you here,
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I know your wife
is with you today.
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She has been
here as a companion,
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she didn't go
through the program,
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but she's been very
supportive, and . . .
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I love her very much.
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I know.
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- and I thank her
for bringing me here.
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So I'm going to take her
to play golf with me tomorrow!
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David thank you so
much for sharing with us
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Thank you, it's
been great experience,
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thank you very much.
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God bless you. -
Thank you, you too.
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Folks, you know it's interviews
like this that touch my heart.
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We've seen a man come
here kind of hardened,
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and saddened, and depressed,
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and we see that he is making
great strides to improve it.
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Don't go away,
we'll be right back.
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Well you've done very well.
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Do you have
diabetes, heart disease,
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high blood pressure ,
or do you weigh too much?
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Hi my name is Dr.
Ing. I'd like to tell you
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about our 18 day
Newstart lifestyle program.
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It includes a
comprehensive medical
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evaluation with
laboratory studies
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and a exercise stress test,
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Physician consultations,
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Culinary schools,
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and an opportunity
to walk on beautiful
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trails in the
foothills of the Sierras.
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Your health is one of the most
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important things
that you have, don't wait.
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Give us a call at:
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Or visit our website:
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Hi friends, in our
studio I have Dr. Clarence Ing.
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How are you Dr. Ing?
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Good to see you Ron.
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You know, we go on
these programs every week,
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and we talk
about various guests,
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and yet it still amazes me when
I see the numbers coming down,
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and perhaps you can
tell us a little bit about
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Mr. Sands, it's David right?
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Right. David came here,
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and when he came
here he was concerned
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about the way his
kidneys were working.
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He had been told by
his previous physician
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that he had some
impairment of his kidneys
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because of various
things that had happened,
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and also his
blood pressure was high.
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So we had the
privilege of working with him,
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examining him, monitoring
him, and see what happened
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and see what happened
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during the time
that he was here.
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And it was really true,
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he did have the
impaired kidney function
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as confirmed by some of
the blood tests that we did,
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his glomerular
filtration rate was low,
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his creatinine was high
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his BUN was, you know,
it was in the normal range.
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And then when he
left, or before he left,
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we had the opportunity
to repeat some of his tests
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and see what had happened
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during the time
that he was here,
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and it was definitely better.
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Now Doctor, I know that
we don't use any supplements,
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but can you tell the
viewers, we do this. . .
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how does this happen?
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Well . . . my favorite
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supplement is
called food, so. . .
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if you want to
call food a supplement,
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then we say we use supplements.
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And we like to say
whole plant foods eaten whole.
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And just in case the
group that I'm talking to
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aren't really
familiar with what that is
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because they'll often
say, well that's fine Doc,
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I don't eat meat I
just use fish and chicken.
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I said, Oh you like those
swimming and flying vegetables!
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Well they really aren't
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vegetables as
everyone knows, but . . .
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in some cultures in some
areas of the world they say
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they don't consider
fish and chicken meat,
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but I said it very
definitely is meat.
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And if you have
impaired kidney function,
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one of the ways that
they work with people with
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impaired kidneys or
kidneys that aren't working well
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is put them on a
low protein diet,
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and what better way to on a low
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protein diet than to
go on a plant based diet
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You have more
than adequate protein,
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but you don't have
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the burden that
you place upon the
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kidneys if you're
eating animal protein.
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You know, the kidneys have to
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work harder to
process animal protein
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than they do with the
plant protein, so . . .
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As we worked with David,
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sure enough as I charted his
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blood pressure
when I first saw him
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his blood
pressures gradually came down
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and when we repeated his blood
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tests his kidney
function had improved
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because his creatinine was lower
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and also his
glomerular filtration rate
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had improved and was higher
than was on his initial exam.
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Were those the two main
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difficulties that
David came here for?
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Well yes, yes, he had
some other problems, but . . .
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the main thing that he was
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concerned about was
his kidney function.
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And the blood pressure
you said is normalized now?
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Yes, his blood
pressure came down as well.
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Initially I think his
blood pressure was in the 150s
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and you know,
by the time he left
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it was down to
110-120 over 60 or 70
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so his blood
pressure was normal.
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Now was that with medication,
or without medication?
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He was using some
medication as I recall
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we even decreased the amount
of medication that he was using,
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and his blood
pressure was lower.
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In fact, when he
went home I said,
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Continue to monitor
your blood pressure,
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check it every day,
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and if your blood pressure
stays below a certain level,
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you know, below 130 over 90
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you can cut your blood
pressure down even further
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after a few
weeks if it stays down,
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just cut it out.
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And you don't need
to take any unless your
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blood pressure is
consistently over 140 over 90,
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so that is an easy
way to follow that,
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you know, they can buy a
device where they can check
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their blood pressures regularly,
see how things are going.
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And I will be very
interested what he finds out the
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next time he takes another
blood panel or blood test
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to check on his creatinine and
his glomerular filtration rates,
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if he does that anywhere from
three to six months from now.
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I would anticipate
that with what he's learned
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but more importantly
with what he's doing,
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if he continues to follow
the principles that he's learned
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that those should be where they
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were when he
left, or even better.
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Now what about weight?
00:16:16.09\00:16:17.21
David shared with
me, maybe in secret,
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I thought it was
during the interview
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that he wanted
to lose some weight.
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He wanted to regain
some youthful energies
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so he can
participate better in life,
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do you see any changes there?
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As I recall he
did lose some weight,
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I don't recall exactly how much,
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but most of our
guests do lose some weight,
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some lose more than others
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I really don't recall the exact
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number but that
can easily be checked.
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Yes. Now the creatin,
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is that what you
were talking about?
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Creatinine -
Creatinine, how is this gaged?
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Through blood work?
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Through a blood
test, you do a blood test,
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and if the creatinine levels
are within the normal range,
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then everything is working fine,
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when the kidneys
are not working well,
00:17:02.39\00:17:04.66
there's
impaired kidney function,
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then the creatinine and often
the blood urea nitrogen or BUN
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will be elevated or increased.
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So I thought that once
you had a kidney problem,
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and maybe some of our
viewers think this way too,
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that that's it, it's all over,
it's just a question of time
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before they shut
down, is this not true?
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Well, not really.
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In other words, if
you pick it up soon enough
00:17:28.39\00:17:30.78
and you are wanting to make
00:17:30.79\00:17:32.21
changes and
modify your lifestyle.
00:17:32.22\00:17:33.78
Many times we
have been able to help
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people who have
been told, you know,
00:17:37.22\00:17:40.06
the way your going now, you are
00:17:40.15\00:17:41.54
going to end up
having to go on dialysis,
00:17:41.55\00:17:43.36
because you kidneys, you know,
00:17:43.45\00:17:45.21
they say have
chronic, renal disease,
00:17:45.22\00:17:47.27
or chronic kidney disease.
00:17:47.36\00:17:49.06
And with their
creatinine levels being high
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that their two choices then
are dialysis three times a week,
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or if they are eligible and
they are in good enough health
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and they can find a match,
00:18:03.72\00:18:05.24
then the other thing
is a kidney transplant.
00:18:05.25\00:18:07.57
But we have worked with
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patients where
they've been able to
00:18:08.88\00:18:10.51
change things and
do things differently,
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we've been able to
stabilize them for several
00:18:12.75\00:18:15.84
years so they can delay
having to go on dialysis
00:18:15.85\00:18:19.15
or delay having to
have the kidney transplant.
00:18:19.16\00:18:21.33
And that's good,
because having to go on dialysis
00:18:21.57\00:18:24.45
you got to make a commitment of
going into the dialysis center
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usually about 3 times a week
00:18:28.42\00:18:30.48
and that's going to take
between four to six hours
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where you're sitting there,
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and you're
connected up to the machine.
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Or if you are
eligible for kidney transplant,
00:18:38.36\00:18:41.06
then you can have
the kidney transplant,
00:18:41.07\00:18:43.36
and you know they have to
find the donor, number one,
00:18:43.57\00:18:46.69
and there has to be a match.
00:18:46.81\00:18:49.51
And then after that you've
got to take the medications
00:18:49.78\00:18:53.45
you know, to avoid
rejecting the kidney.
00:18:53.46\00:18:56.24
So, you know, if you can live on
00:18:56.48\00:18:59.09
whole plant foods,
a healthy lifestyle,
00:18:59.10\00:19:02.21
it's certainly a lot simpler
00:19:02.30\00:19:03.66
than either one
of those options,
00:19:03.67\00:19:05.30
but those options can be
00:19:05.42\00:19:06.78
lifesaving if
that's all you have left.
00:19:06.79\00:19:09.09
Now I thought there was a
direct correlation with diabetes
00:19:09.21\00:19:12.57
and the kidneys, or the lack of
00:19:12.58\00:19:15.30
them working
properly, is this correct?
00:19:15.31\00:19:18.54
This is correct. . .
00:19:18.63\00:19:20.54
Did he have diabetes by the way?
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I . . . don't think that he did,
00:19:24.15\00:19:26.57
I would have to
review his chart,
00:19:26.58\00:19:29.12
but the thing is,
with chronic . . . well no,
00:19:29.21\00:19:32.42
with diabetes,
poorly controlled diabetes,
00:19:32.48\00:19:36.66
many of the
patients that have diabetes,
00:19:36.75\00:19:39.12
if they don't
control their diabetes well
00:19:39.13\00:19:41.39
can end up with chronic
renal disease, or even worse,
00:19:41.48\00:19:45.12
end stage renal disease
00:19:45.24\00:19:47.21
they then need to go on
dialysis or have a transplant.
00:19:47.30\00:19:50.78
The key is, if a
person has diabetes,
00:19:51.06\00:19:53.60
he recognizes
that he has diabetes
00:19:53.61\00:19:56.06
he takes responsibility
00:19:56.15\00:19:58.87
and he manages his
00:19:59.06\00:20:00.36
diabetes so that
the numbers are not. . .
00:20:00.37\00:20:02.66
his blood sugars
are not real high.
00:20:02.67\00:20:05.15
Because the other thing is,
00:20:05.30\00:20:06.75
as an ophthalmologist,
I find that many times
00:20:06.76\00:20:09.09
if they have kidney problems,
00:20:09.10\00:20:10.63
they also have
problems in the eyes,
00:20:10.72\00:20:12.66
they parallel the
changes in the eye,
00:20:12.69\00:20:15.39
from diabetes with
the high blood sugars
00:20:15.48\00:20:19.12
produce what we
call diabetic retinopathy
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.63
and this is
manifested or shown in
00:20:21.72\00:20:24.00
the eye with
little small hemorrhages,
00:20:24.01\00:20:26.21
micro-aneurysms, which is
distention of the blood vessels
00:20:26.30\00:20:30.24
and also bleeding inside the eye
00:20:30.33\00:20:32.51
and when this happens
usually we see in the kidneys
00:20:32.60\00:20:35.87
that their
function starts to go down
00:20:36.06\00:20:39.51
this is first
manifested or shown in
00:20:39.60\00:20:42.06
tests by the presence
of protein in the urine.
00:20:42.07\00:20:45.03
So the changes are parallel,
00:20:45.24\00:20:47.63
if the patient has diabetes,
00:20:47.72\00:20:49.69
they need to see
an ophthalmologist,
00:20:49.70\00:20:52.09
and IMD, at least once a year,
00:20:52.18\00:20:54.24
and get a complete eye
exam where the pupil is dilated
00:20:54.25\00:20:57.81
so the doctor can
look at the back of
00:20:58.00\00:21:00.84
the retina and make
sure everything is ok,
00:21:00.85\00:21:04.06
because if it
advances to a certain stage
00:21:04.12\00:21:06.27
then the patient
needs to have treatment
00:21:06.28\00:21:08.30
and this
treatment is usually with
00:21:08.39\00:21:10.63
what we call
laser photocoagulation.
00:21:11.06\00:21:13.06
and this can help
a person save their
00:21:13.15\00:21:17.33
vision so that
they do not go blind.
00:21:17.34\00:21:19.21
And if it's left
untreated, diabetes is the
00:21:19.30\00:21:23.09
number one cause of
00:21:23.10\00:21:24.36
blindness here in
the United States.
00:21:24.37\00:21:26.27
We just ran out
of time, thank you
00:21:26.36\00:21:28.69
Dr. Ing for
coming into our studio.
00:21:28.70\00:21:31.06
Folks, don't go
away, we'll be right back.
00:21:31.15\00:21:33.69
Hi, and welcome.
My name is Kathy,
00:21:48.15\00:21:49.84
and today we have
with us Jerry Florez,
00:21:49.85\00:21:52.18
and Jerry is the
massage therapist here
00:21:52.24\00:21:54.63
at Weimar Institute
of Health and Education
00:21:54.64\00:21:57.27
Jerry, thank you
for being with us today,
00:21:57.36\00:21:59.48
and who do you have with us
00:21:59.49\00:22:00.87
and what are you
going to for us today?
00:22:01.06\00:22:02.48
Well, here we are
with our daughter today,
00:22:02.57\00:22:05.78
Naomi, who is going
to be our model today
00:22:05.79\00:22:08.87
and we are going to teach
00:22:09.06\00:22:10.87
people how to
do a chair massage,
00:22:10.88\00:22:13.33
Ok - Here we have
00:22:13.42\00:22:15.09
a professional chair
00:22:15.10\00:22:16.63
that you might have seen at a
airport or mall or other places,
00:22:16.72\00:22:20.54
and they charge
about a dollar a minute,
00:22:20.63\00:22:23.42
and it's very comfortable
00:22:23.43\00:22:25.15
it decompresses the spine and
you can get relief of tension
00:22:25.24\00:22:29.39
you know, and
pain, by just a simple 5
00:22:29.48\00:22:32.66
or 10 or 15 minute
head and neck massage
00:22:32.67\00:22:36.06
Wow, yes it must be
quick because I've seen
00:22:36.12\00:22:37.72
them at airports I've
seen them at shopping malls,
00:22:37.73\00:22:39.60
so it must be a quick way
to just get tension relief.
00:22:39.69\00:22:42.09
Show us what you want to do,
what are you going to do for us?
00:22:42.18\00:22:44.36
Well, this is what you
would get done at mall,
00:22:44.45\00:22:48.54
Where you pay, you
know, a dollar a minute,
00:22:48.63\00:22:51.48
they just massage
your head a little bit,
00:22:51.63\00:22:54.78
your neck, your
shoulders, your upper back,
00:22:55.09\00:23:00.15
and sometimes your
middle and lower back too,
00:23:00.16\00:23:03.09
to get some blood
circulating there,
00:23:03.21\00:23:05.57
take out some of those
knots, and get the tension out.
00:23:05.69\00:23:09.48
We're going to show folks today,
00:23:09.60\00:23:12.75
how to get rid of
that tension at home,
00:23:12.84\00:23:18.30
on just a simple chair.
00:23:18.39\00:23:19.60
Alright, so you can
actually within just
00:23:19.87\00:23:21.84
a few minutes
relieve tension fell better?
00:23:21.85\00:23:23.87
I mean does it
help with headaches,
00:23:24.06\00:23:25.30
does it help when
you have a stiff neck
00:23:25.31\00:23:26.69
it helps with all of that all
within just a few short minutes?
00:23:26.78\00:23:28.60
Yes it can . . . - Wow
00:23:29.06\00:23:30.06
in as little as
five minutes you can get
00:23:30.09\00:23:32.24
great relief from
even sometimes a headache
00:23:32.25\00:23:34.48
Wow, and it's something simple,
I mean what you are doing
00:23:34.60\00:23:36.84
here looks like
something I could do
00:23:36.85\00:23:38.39
and I'm not a massage therapist.
00:23:38.48\00:23:40.36
So I could
actually give my daughter
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.12
massage or my husband
and it actually will work
00:23:42.13\00:23:44.69
I don't have to be really
00:23:44.78\00:23:45.84
strong or
anything like that? -No.
00:23:45.85\00:23:47.36
- Actually most
people could do it
00:23:47.45\00:23:49.24
if they just do it
with tender loving care.
00:23:49.33\00:23:51.42
Oh, ok, so they can just do
it at home just real simply.
00:23:51.48\00:23:53.69
Ok, so they don't have to have
this nice fancy chair either?
00:23:53.78\00:23:57.18
They can just us a
regular chair at home
00:23:57.27\00:23:59.06
that they might
have? any kind of a chair?
00:23:59.07\00:24:00.84
Any kind of a chair, and we're
00:24:01.06\00:24:02.36
going to
demonstrate that right now,
00:24:02.37\00:24:04.06
so we're going to go
move over to this chair,
00:24:04.09\00:24:07.45
Ok. - and we are
00:24:07.54\00:24:08.75
going to demonstrate
00:24:08.76\00:24:10.12
a simple chair massage
that you folks can do at home
00:24:10.21\00:24:14.51
Great. - and we start
00:24:14.57\00:24:16.48
at the base of the neck,
00:24:16.49\00:24:18.36
and something very important,
when you touch someone
00:24:18.45\00:24:22.78
and give them a
massage, you want
00:24:22.87\00:24:24.48
to do three types of pressure:
00:24:24.49\00:24:26.21
light, medium,
and more pressure,
00:24:26.27\00:24:28.78
and I like to put
them in these terms,
00:24:28.79\00:24:31.69
green which is light,
yellow which is more pressure,
00:24:31.78\00:24:36.45
it's a little discomfortable
00:24:36.54\00:24:38.42
but it loosens up the muscles
00:24:38.43\00:24:40.06
and red which means stop!
00:24:40.12\00:24:43.09
That way you
won't get in conflict
00:24:43.33\00:24:45.18
with anyone and
them telling you, Ouch!
00:24:45.19\00:24:47.21
So, just remember to stay
within the green and the yellow,
00:24:47.30\00:24:51.06
and sometimes a
little more pressure.
00:24:51.07\00:24:53.27
And you just start at
the base, do little circles
00:24:53.33\00:24:56.69
you make your hand
into a C, just like that
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.63
and you put it
right on the outside of
00:24:59.72\00:25:02.81
the muscles on the
spine, and you go down
00:25:02.82\00:25:06.06
Ok. - all the way to the middle,
00:25:06.12\00:25:08.06
then you can use both hands,
00:25:08.09\00:25:10.27
do the same
thing, and move it in.
00:25:10.28\00:25:12.42
So it's always
circular motions, I notice you
00:25:12.51\00:25:14.36
are always going in circular
motions with your hands.
00:25:14.37\00:25:15.57
- Yes, for this
type of massage, yes.
00:25:15.58\00:25:17.39
Or you can just hold
just the pressure right there,
00:25:17.40\00:25:20.06
for one to three seconds,
00:25:20.09\00:25:21.63
then you can squeeze,
squeeze the neck and shoulders
00:25:21.72\00:25:25.15
- Ok, so it's basically
loosening everything up.
00:25:25.24\00:25:27.60
- loosing up the
tissues, nice circular motions.
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.33
And of course we are
going to have a sheet
00:25:30.42\00:25:32.69
for them at the end of
the program, I believe.
00:25:32.70\00:25:35.18
Ok, yeah we'll have
something they can download,
00:25:35.30\00:25:37.66
and it will have different
steps that they can use.
00:25:37.67\00:25:40.18
Now as opposed to
a full body massage,
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what I had said before
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was that in just a few short
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minutes you can
do a chair massage,
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and you can
relieve some tension.
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So for people who don't have
time for a full body massage
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this is just
something that they could
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just do in the
comfort of their own home.
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This is
something great to relieve
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that everyday
stress that students,
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parents, that everyone
feels at the end of the day,
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and it can be a
very good de-stresser
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Yes. And so
breathing is important too
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while you are
doing this with someone?
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Yes, you ask the person to
take a deep breath through out,
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about every 30
seconds to a minute.
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For example, Naomi can
you take a deep breath?
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And let out slowly.
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And then, you just
manipulate the tissues
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and get more
oxygen to the head, neck,
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shoulders, and that
tension is released.
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- Do you ever go down for
the arms part too a little bit?
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- You could also do the arms,
but this is just a chair massage
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for basic tension in the head.
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