Hi friends, and welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART Now.
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In our studio with us
now we have Al Weatherington
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from Sacramento, California,
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and Al has an unusual condition.
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But before we get
into this interview,
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I'd like to show you a segment
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of his condition
when he first arrived.
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Prior to coming to
NEWSTART, I had a bad experience
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with my health as
far as losing control.
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And by that I mean I was
not eating on a regular basis.
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And as a result, I
lost consciousness one day.
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When I lost consciousness
I fell out on the floor,
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and I had absolutely no control.
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I was flailing
around on the floor,
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and I managed somehow
to crawl up on the bed.
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And I recognized
what the symptoms were
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even though I
couldn't even say "Help."
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Currently I have diabetes,
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as well as hypertension,
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as well as kidney
or renal difficulties.
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What I'd like to get
out of the program is
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I want to feel closer to God.
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I want to reverse the diabetes,
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the symptoms that I
experience from diabetes,
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as well as the kidney problems.
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And I want to
live a complete life,
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the way it was
before I had these symptoms.
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Hi friends, and welcome back,
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and as I promised,
Al is in our studio.
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Al, forgive me, I said
your name "Weatherington,"
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But it's
Weathington. - That's correct.
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And we'll drop
the "er". - Thank you.
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So, tell us what's happened.
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I know you came here,
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you've got a lot of
things you're dealing with.
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What's transpired?
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Well, since I've been here,
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I've even changed my objective.
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You know, I had
the opportunity to read
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and stay in touch
with my Bible, and it says,
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness,
and all these things
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will be added unto you."
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- Amen.
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Well, I've taken that to heart.
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And I know that I should seek
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a closer relationship
with the Lord first,
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and my health will
fall in line with that
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as I do that. I
believe that very strongly.
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Very strongly.
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And you've learned
that while you've been here?
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I have.
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And the chaplain help,
and the fellowship help,
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the help from all
of the staff members,
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they've been extremely helpful,
and I've come to that conclusion
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that it's God
that does the healing.
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And we can do
various things to assist,
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but it's God that
actually does the healing.
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Amen. I'd like our
viewers to really take notice
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of what Al is saying,
and we believe that here
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at our NEWSTART program.
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And I want to ask
Al a question here, Al.
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I was told, and
correct me if I'm wrong,
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that you were told
that you had to get
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dialysis treatment
within a week or two
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prior to you even coming here.
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While I was
here, I was scheduled
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to have an operation
to have the tubes put in
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for the dialysis.
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And I had to call my
doctor and notify him
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that I will not be
there for that operation.
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In other words, "You go
ahead and start without me."
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[laughter] There
you go, that's correct.
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- Well, you know,
this is marvelous news.
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And we're going to be
tracking you, as you know.
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We, meaning Doctor
Lukens is going to be
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right in your back
pocket every step of the way
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to support you through
this time, this crisis.
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And we'll be praying
with you and for you,
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to our Father, who
did say that you ask,
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and you shall receive.
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And we really believe that.
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And we want you to
receive what is necessary.
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God has a plan for you.
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- Yes, He does.
And you know He does,
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He's going to be working on you.
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You've got a job to
do, and it ain't over yet.
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- Yeah, that's correct.
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- And I know I have
to do my part, as well.
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- Yes, yes.
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I have to exercise,
I have to, you know,
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take medications if necessary
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until I get to the
place that I don't need any.
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But I know the Lord
is going to be with me,
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and He's going
to do the healing.
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Now what has taken place
from the time you arrived
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till now, that you notice
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something different in you?
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My blood sugars are much better,
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due to exercise
and proper eating.
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I feel stronger and more vibrant
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because I do exercise.
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I get proper rest,
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and this open air and
beautiful surroundings
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really aids in that.
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And so I just feel more vibrant.
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since I've been here. - Alright.
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And so the
doctor is telling you,
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that's Doctor Lukens,
he's saying to you that...
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Does he have any proof,
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from a doctor's point of
view, that things are changing?
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Not just the
blood glucose dropping,
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but any other signs of
renal condition making a change?
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My creatine
figures have gone down,
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so he says that's
a positive direction,
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meaning that my
kidneys have responded
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to the treatment that
I've had since I've been here,
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in a positive way.
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Yes!
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I love to hear that.
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So you're on
your way to recovery,
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and just think--
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three weeks, four
weeks ago, you were thinking,
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"Oh my goodness, I have to go
into this surgical procedure."
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I understand it's no big deal.
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But I don't
want to have it done.
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- No, no.
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And praise God, you don't have
to have it done now, either.
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- That's
correct, that's correct.
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So, what are you
going to do from here?
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I know you've learned
what you needed to learn.
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What happens now
when you get home?
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I just have to continue
what I learned while I was here.
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I have to continue
that on a daily basis.
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Again, focus on God
and what He will do for me,
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and the the exercise and
the other tools that I'll use
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that I learned while I was here,
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and put them into my daily life.
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And so I have a New Start.
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- Amen.
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Now, tell our brothers
and sisters who are watching,
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what can they do, these
people who've been told,
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"Okay, next week we're
going to put the tube in you."
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What can they do?
Give them some hope.
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Like me, I would advise
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anyone that was in
the position that I was in
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with renal conditions,
fatal renal conditions,
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to come to Weimar and see
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what they will do for you.
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They will explain it
all before you actually,
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you know, enter the program,
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but let them explain to you.
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And again, make
certain that you have
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first in mind your
relationship with the Lord,
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and all those other
things, including your health,
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will be improved likewise.
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And have your
priorities squared away,
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and the Lord will bless you.
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- Amen. Thank you so
much for sharing that.
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It means so much.
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Coming from me or
one of the doctors,
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it has some meaning.
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But when it comes from someone
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who's going
through that experience,
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it means a whole lot more.
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So, we have a
couple minutes left here.
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Tell us what you have learned
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that's helping you right now.
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Well, I really have learned
the importance of exercise.
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I was a couch potato.
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You know, I had the
remote, and I would, you know...
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sit in front of that
tube and change channels.
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A lot of people
are in my position.
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And especially in a
retired age like I am,
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it's easy to do.
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But the Bible
brings it out very clearly
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as it brings in the analogy
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of a man in a race.
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And we have to
get up and exercise
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so that we can
stay in that race,
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and there's no way to win
it if you're not in the race.
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And so we have to
get up and exercise.
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We have to eat properly, we
have to experience fresh air.
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We have to be
temperate in all things.
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Don't overdo anything.
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And you know, we
need the sunlight.
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And there's so many things
that I learned while I was here
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that we need to include.
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And most of all,
our trust in God,
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that He will bring us through.
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We've run out of time.
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I want to thank you for
joining us in our studio.
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- Thank you very
much for having me.
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God bless you,
and we'll be in touch.
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And thank you, friends.
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Don't go away,
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because Doctor Lukens
will be right with us.
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Well, you've done very well.
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Do you have diabetes,
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heart disease,
high blood pressure,
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or do you weigh too much?
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Hi, my name is Dr. Ing,
and 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 evaluation
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with laboratory studies
and an exercise stress test,
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physician consultations,
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culinary school,
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and an opportunity to
walk on beautiful trails
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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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Welcome back friends, and
in our studio, Dr. Lukens.
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- Very good. I'm
excited about this one.
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I know you're excited
about this, and so am I.
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Why don't you tell our viewers
why we're both excited about it.
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Well the thing is, is
that what we're trying to do
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is we're trying
to get this going
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so that we can show
people what will happen
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when they have kidney disease,
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especially when
they're diabetic.
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What can happen for them,
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so that they don't
have to go on dialysis.
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And has there
ever been any research
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about renal
failure, that you know of?
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Well there's a huge amount of
research going on all the time.
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- Documented
research? Oh yes, yeah.
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And you know, as the
numbers of diabetics expand
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and the kidneys fail,
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I don't know how
the healthcare system
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is going to be
able to put everybody
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on dialysis that needs it.
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But we've never
done any research
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here at the NEWSTART program.
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No, we've just
had anecdotal cases,
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but now we want to
try to follow this up.
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And the
anecdotal cases have been
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encouraging enough so
that we want to do that.
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Now with Al's case,
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tell us about
some of the changes
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that you are
witnessing as his doctor.
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Well, one of the things is
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when I saw him, they
said, "Would NEWSTART help us?"
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And I said, "Well, we
have seen this in the past."
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Frequently what
will happen, though,
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is that their numbers
stay the same or they get worse
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for some reason
while they're here,
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but his didn't.
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His BUN and his creatinine are
going in the right direction.
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And that's exciting to see that.
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But typically they get
worse before they get better?
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They can.
Sometimes the BUN changes
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more quickly than
the creatinine does.
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And that may come
down a little bit,
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but the creatinine
may go up a little bit,
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and I'm not sure how
that happens, but it does.
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But in his
situation, his numbers
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both went in
the right direction.
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So we've got a candidate
for a reversal situation here,
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hopefully, or
prayerfully, I should say.
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Yeah, and the 2 things that are
very important to realizing this
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is that when it's
hypertensive kidney disease,
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it's harder, because
it's a different mechanism.
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With the
diabetic kidney disease,
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what's happening is that
those tiny little blood vessels
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are slowly, slowly getting
less and less circulation
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right there to the cells,
and the cells are getting sick,
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they're getting weak, and
they're actually dying off.
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And then, I mean, he's down to
where he should be on dialysis,
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and in fact
they've already said that
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they want to get
him started for that.
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He would do the one where
they do it in the peritoneum,
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They'll put a cannula in there,
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and then he'll be
able to hook into that,
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and every night he'll
have to have the fluids
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going in and out, in and out.
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And yeah, it's a different life.
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But we have a
cure, more or less.
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We know-- I'm saying "we,"
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the NEWSTART program
aided by our doctors--
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know that a plant-based diet...
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Healed by God.
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- Healed by God.
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And he kept saying that.
00:15:06.61\00:15:07.72
And he said that in our
interview if you recall.
00:15:08.15\00:15:11.06
And every kind of
healing comes from God.
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Well tell our
viewers about this...
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what is extracted by our bodies
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as we eat this plant-based diet.
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Okay, well there's
two things that happen.
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One of them is that you have
a smaller load on those kidneys.
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And the reason is, is
that the proteins that we eat
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are different.
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The amino acids are the same,
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but the ratio of amino acids,
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that keep coming in
from the plant sources
00:15:41.63\00:15:44.03
and the ones at our
bodies are using up.
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When we get the ones
from the meat, milk, and eggs,
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those are going to overload in
the areas that we're not using.
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And so the kidneys have
to filter all that stuff out,
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and it's a
bigger and bigger load.
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The second thing is,
that's so important to know,
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is that when those kidneys start
getting the blood circulation
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going to them,
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then they're going to
get healthier and healthier.
00:16:08.78\00:16:12.51
And so as those little
filtration units in the kidneys,
00:16:12.60\00:16:16.63
the little nephron
units, get healthier,
00:16:16.75\00:16:18.72
then they start
doing their work again.
00:16:18.84\00:16:21.15
And the way that we know
that they're getting healthier
00:16:21.27\00:16:25.00
is that frequently
the amount of protein
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that's dumped
into the urine is less.
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Protein
shouldn't be in the urine.
00:16:29.51\00:16:31.33
But we're going to be reassured
00:16:31.51\00:16:33.45
that if we go on
a plant-based diet
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that there's a certain chemical
that comes from these plants
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that expands those
little capillaries and arteries.
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It's the prostaglandins.
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The prostaglandins,
there's that word again!
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Yep, there it is.
00:16:46.00\00:16:47.12
And we can see it at work in Al.
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- And can we tell our viewers...
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- Is that all they need
to do, is just become vegan?
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Yes, drink lots of water, and
get their exercise, and do all--
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NEWSTART is a whole program.
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It's something that gives
health to all parts of the body.
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The heart has to be
strong and able to pump,
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so that the blood can be pumped
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through the
kidneys and filtered out.
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So all of these
things all work together.
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It's very harmonious.
00:17:18.75\00:17:20.18
And I like what Al has said
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about the Lord
working in his life.
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And he knows that you
have to have this trust in God.
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And that's one of the...
part of the acronym of NEWSTART.
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And I'd like you to
tell our viewers once again,
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and I know we've
discussed it in the past,
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but what is that
acronym, NEWSTART?
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N stands for Nutrition,
and E stands for Exercise,
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Water, Sunlight, Temperance--
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That's a big one.
- That's a big one.
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Air, Rest-- We don't
get that as we should.
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A lot of people are
on the NEWSTAT program.
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Go, go, go, go, go!
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Never get their rest,
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never give the
body a chance to heal.
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And then of course the last
one is Trusting in the Healer.
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The thing that I'd like to come
back and say, though, about Al,
00:18:11.87\00:18:15.60
is that his
diabetes was hard to control.
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And they had him on
a long-acting insulin,
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and that was a
wonderful thing, you know.
00:18:24.33\00:18:25.75
He needed to have that.
00:18:25.78\00:18:27.66
But he had such a low
blood sugar at one stage
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that he actually
went into insulin shock,
00:18:32.55\00:18:36.42
and while he
was thrashing around
00:18:36.48\00:18:38.75
he hit himself on the shin here.
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He has a big ole
sore like that that's...
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Yeah, and his
blood sugars have been
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hard to control
while he was here.
00:18:46.67\00:18:48.63
And the blood pressure itself
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has responded some,
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but it's still
going up and down.
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So this is a long haul,
00:18:54.24\00:18:56.09
but what we've seen in the past
00:18:56.18\00:18:57.66
is people that
should have been on dialysis
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that haven't had to go on it.
00:19:00.30\00:19:02.66
We followed one
lady for seven years.
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And other people have come with
a shunt already in their arm,
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or the shunt is plugged up
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and now they're going to
have to use the other arm.
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And this is really...
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This dialysis
thing isn't a fun thing.
00:19:16.75\00:19:19.87
And people would
say, "Well, you know,
00:19:19.88\00:19:21.57
they've got these
things that work so well now,
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.30
and I'm just going to go in,
00:19:24.39\00:19:26.21
and I'll just have
to go in and have them
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cleanse my blood
every once in a while."
00:19:28.42\00:19:30.36
But it's not like that.
00:19:30.37\00:19:32.33
And they're always hoping
and thinking, "Hey, you know,
00:19:32.45\00:19:35.45
in the future we're
going to get better stuff.
00:19:35.63\00:19:37.69
And you can always
get a kidney transplant."
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But the thing is,
is there just aren't
00:19:40.84\00:19:42.84
enough of those to go around.
00:19:42.85\00:19:44.54
And so do it, do it
early, so that you don't...
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you know, you can have a
lot more of your body working.
00:19:48.81\00:19:52.27
You can still have
your pancreas working.
00:19:52.48\00:19:54.57
And we know that when we
bring the blood sugar down,
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and when we get the body
healthy so that we don't have to
00:19:57.72\00:20:00.51
take the medications to
try to get this to happen,
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we know that
health is going to come.
00:20:04.12\00:20:08.12
And now more and more in
the literature they're saying
00:20:08.21\00:20:11.12
the more
medications you have to take,
00:20:11.27\00:20:13.18
the more insulin
that you have to give,
00:20:13.21\00:20:15.24
the tougher it is on your body.
00:20:15.36\00:20:17.81
And when we do it
with the lifestyle,
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it's a win-win situation.
00:20:21.21\00:20:23.51
I'm so grateful that you're here
00:20:23.84\00:20:26.66
and that we have a
program to help diabetics,
00:20:26.78\00:20:30.09
especially people
with this renal condition.
00:20:30.24\00:20:33.75
And I know that you're going to
be following him pretty closely,
00:20:33.87\00:20:37.06
as well as I will.
- And others, yeah.
00:20:37.21\00:20:39.03
And if there's people
in our area here, you know,
00:20:39.27\00:20:42.30
that are within
about an hour's drive,
00:20:42.31\00:20:45.00
or even maybe two hours,
00:20:45.01\00:20:46.57
if they know about this,
come through the program.
00:20:46.69\00:20:48.75
We'd like to follow you.
00:20:48.87\00:20:50.45
And he's already
ready for dialysis.
00:20:50.51\00:20:53.72
They want to do it.
They said, you know,
00:20:53.78\00:20:56.45
"You can't continue to live.
00:20:56.81\00:20:58.06
You can't be
healthy unless you have it."
00:20:58.07\00:20:59.63
And that's true, except that
00:21:00.00\00:21:01.63
his kidneys are
starting to work better already.
00:21:01.64\00:21:04.48
I think, Doctor Lukens,
you've given some people here
00:21:04.84\00:21:07.72
watching us right now,
you've given them some hope.
00:21:07.87\00:21:10.45
Well, I hope that that's true,
00:21:10.69\00:21:12.72
because it really, really works.
00:21:12.78\00:21:14.63
And is there any
last-minute advice?
00:21:15.00\00:21:17.45
We've got just a
few seconds left.
00:21:17.63\00:21:19.06
Yeah, come! Do it,
00:21:19.21\00:21:20.75
and see what it will do for you.
00:21:20.87\00:21:22.84
Doctor Lukens,
thank you for joining us.
00:21:23.27\00:21:25.57
It's always a
pleasure to have you here.
00:21:25.72\00:21:27.78
It's my pleasure, my pleasure.
00:21:28.00\00:21:30.75
And friends, there you have it.
00:21:31.00\00:21:32.39
You have it from
Doctor Lukens and from Al,
00:21:32.48\00:21:36.48
that you can
come to this program,
00:21:36.49\00:21:38.75
and you too can get well.
00:21:38.76\00:21:40.45
Don't go away.
We'll be right back.
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Welcome to NEWSTART at Home.
00:21:57.87\00:21:59.48
I'm Dr. David
DeRose, your host today,
00:21:59.49\00:22:01.81
and with me is
Hildelisa Flickinger,
00:22:02.00\00:22:04.24
a masters-trained nutritionist
and registered dietician.
00:22:04.36\00:22:08.09
Hildelisa, it's great to
be on the show again with you.
00:22:08.15\00:22:10.72
Glad to be here.
00:22:10.84\00:22:12.24
You've been looking at
a real important topic,
00:22:12.51\00:22:15.24
and that is the
topic of beverages.
00:22:15.30\00:22:18.15
There's a lot of stuff
out there in the shelves
00:22:18.24\00:22:20.45
of stores and gas stations.
00:22:20.48\00:22:23.51
Should we be thinking
about what we're drinking?
00:22:23.54\00:22:26.12
Is that important?
00:22:26.15\00:22:27.21
Oh, definitely! We
all know the importance
00:22:27.39\00:22:29.57
of proper
hydration for our bodies.
00:22:29.63\00:22:31.45
And as you well know,
00:22:31.66\00:22:33.09
there's no system in the body
that does not depend on water.
00:22:33.15\00:22:36.51
So now people may be asking,
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.33
"Well, how much
water should we drink?"
00:22:38.39\00:22:40.09
And just a basic rule is
00:22:40.24\00:22:42.51
8 to 10 eight-ounce
glasses of water a day,
00:22:42.57\00:22:45.36
or just enough to
keep the urine pale.
00:22:45.37\00:22:48.36
Okay, now that's for
an adult, presumably.
00:22:48.66\00:22:50.30
Yes.
00:22:50.33\00:22:51.33
Because I know you've
got some young children.
00:22:51.34\00:22:52.84
You're not making them drink
00:22:53.00\00:22:54.33
8 to 10 glasses of
water a day, are you?
00:22:54.34\00:22:56.21
No, that might
be too much. - Okay.
00:22:56.22\00:22:58.51
Now, another question
that people often have is
00:22:58.87\00:23:02.09
"Should we wait
until we're hungry?
00:23:02.18\00:23:03.51
I'll just wait until I'm thirsty
00:23:03.63\00:23:05.84
to drink water."
00:23:06.00\00:23:07.30
Well no, you should not wait,
00:23:07.39\00:23:09.15
because by that time you
have some degree of dehydration.
00:23:09.16\00:23:12.69
And of course dehydration
has many symptoms and problems,
00:23:12.84\00:23:16.84
one of which is that it
lowers your metabolic rate.
00:23:16.87\00:23:20.33
And of course, if
someone's trying to lose weight,
00:23:20.51\00:23:22.72
that is not good news.
00:23:22.78\00:23:24.42
So drinking more
water can actually
00:23:24.60\00:23:26.75
help a person lose weight?
00:23:26.76\00:23:28.36
Yes, and not only that.
00:23:28.51\00:23:30.18
Studies have shown
that adequate water intake
00:23:30.21\00:23:33.57
can help decrease
the risk of some cancers,
00:23:33.63\00:23:36.87
and cardiovascular
disease, and so on and so forth.
00:23:37.06\00:23:40.33
So water is really good stuff.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.39
But there's a lot
of people, Hildelisa--
00:23:42.45\00:23:44.03
you know it as well as I do--
00:23:44.12\00:23:45.48
that they say, "Listen.
00:23:45.49\00:23:46.60
I just don't like water."
00:23:46.72\00:23:48.66
What do you do for those people?
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.12
That's right.
00:23:50.13\00:23:51.15
Now, there are so
many beverages out there
00:23:51.18\00:23:53.36
of course, and so
many options for people.
00:23:53.37\00:23:55.84
But still, what do
you think is the best
00:23:55.85\00:23:57.75
option for
supplying our fluid needs?
00:23:58.03\00:24:00.54
Well it seems pretty clear
to me from the medical research
00:24:00.69\00:24:02.87
literature that
it's just pure H2O.
00:24:03.03\00:24:05.63
That's right - water.
00:24:06.00\00:24:07.24
Now there are some
recent trends out there
00:24:07.33\00:24:10.00
in beverages,
specifically in bottled waters.
00:24:10.03\00:24:13.45
And you've probably seen them.
00:24:13.57\00:24:16.48
You really can't miss them.
00:24:16.49\00:24:18.15
When you go to the grocery
store you see the big displays,
00:24:18.24\00:24:21.09
the colorful bottles.
00:24:21.10\00:24:22.48
And one of the most popular is
00:24:22.51\00:24:25.09
one that they
have added vitamins
00:24:25.10\00:24:27.45
and other ingredients to.
00:24:27.46\00:24:30.72
So these
so-called flavored waters,
00:24:30.84\00:24:32.69
is that what
we're talking about?
00:24:32.81\00:24:34.03
Yes, they're
called enhanced waters.
00:24:34.15\00:24:36.30
Okay, enhanced waters.
00:24:36.36\00:24:38.06
That's right, and I have
a bottle of it right here.
00:24:38.24\00:24:41.15
This is one of
the most popular ones.
00:24:41.16\00:24:43.51
And I gave you a label,
00:24:43.63\00:24:45.48
and you're going to
help me read the label.
00:24:45.54\00:24:47.54
We're going to see what comes
00:24:47.57\00:24:49.30
together with
those added vitamins.
00:24:49.33\00:24:51.15
So what is the serving size?
00:24:51.16\00:24:53.09
Okay, serving size...per...
00:24:53.18\00:24:55.69
That container there,
00:24:55.70\00:24:57.66
it's got 2 -1/2
servings, it says.
00:24:57.67\00:25:00.63
That's right. The
serving size is 8 ounces,
00:25:00.75\00:25:03.66
but it is a 20-ounce bottle.
00:25:03.78\00:25:05.87
So it has 2-1/2 servings.
00:25:06.09\00:25:08.12
Now how many calories
per serving does it say?
00:25:08.15\00:25:10.54
Okay, I'm looking here.
00:25:10.69\00:25:12.42
Wow, it's got 13
grams of sugar in it,
00:25:12.57\00:25:15.84
and calories, 50!
00:25:16.06\00:25:18.42
Fifty calories!
00:25:18.45\00:25:19.51
And that is per serving.
00:25:19.66\00:25:20.87
So in a bottle you're
going to have 125 calories
00:25:21.06\00:25:24.18
and 32-1/2 grams of sugar.
00:25:24.21\00:25:26.75
That's 8 teaspoons of sugar,
00:25:26.78\00:25:28.30
just a little less
than a can of soda.
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.54
Eight teaspoons of sugar?
00:25:30.57\00:25:32.15
And they're selling this as...
00:25:32.21\00:25:33.60
Why do they call that enhanced?
00:25:33.63\00:25:35.12
I like flavored
better than enhanced.
00:25:35.21\00:25:37.24
Enhanced makes it
sound like it's better.
00:25:37.27\00:25:38.60
Yes, it's enhanced
because it has added vitamins.
00:25:38.84\00:25:41.69
They've added vitamin A,
vitamin C, and B vitamins.
00:25:41.70\00:25:45.57
But if you look
closely at the label,
00:25:45.63\00:25:47.66
you'd have to
drink the whole bottle
00:25:47.75\00:25:49.84
to get 100 percent of
the RDAs for the B vitamins.
00:25:50.00\00:25:53.33
So basically if
you're eating a balanced diet
00:25:53.48\00:25:58.39
or just taking a multivitamin,
00:25:58.42\00:26:00.42
you're just not
going to get any benefit
00:26:00.51\00:26:02.78
from drinking
these enhanced waters.
00:26:02.84\00:26:05.18
So this is looking
more like a soft drink,
00:26:05.30\00:26:07.87
not a nutrition supplement.
00:26:08.09\00:26:09.78
Wow, so I would be better
off if I'm concerned about
00:26:09.81\00:26:12.51
my vitamins, to
just take a pill,
00:26:12.57\00:26:14.57
a multivitamin, with a
good, pure glass of water,
00:26:14.78\00:26:19.81
maybe even from my tap.
00:26:19.84\00:26:21.48
That's right, and you won't
get all the calories from this,
00:26:21.78\00:26:24.30
which is not going
to help your weight.
00:26:24.33\00:26:27.06
Tremendous.
00:26:27.21\00:26:28.30
Hildelisa Flickinger has just
given us another great insight
00:26:28.39\00:26:31.33
into how we can
improve our health
00:26:31.34\00:26:33.39
and prevent weight gain.
00:26:33.45\00:26:35.72
Make a point of drinking
adequate amounts of water
00:26:35.75\00:26:38.81
and choose the
simple variety of water
00:26:38.87\00:26:42.39
that God made in the
beginning-- just pure H2O.
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.78
I'm Dr. David DeRose.
00:26:45.03\00:26:46.27
You can get more information at:
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Modern views of
evolution stem all the way back
00:26:58.30\00:27:00.81
to theories
developed in the mid-1800s.
00:27:00.84\00:27:03.33
Out of the same time
period came ideas that shape
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our educational system today.
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The Common School
Movement, for example,
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saw schools more like a factory,
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with students blindly
memorizing instruction
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rather than
thinking for themselves.
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Their curriculum was
rigid and theoretical.
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Instead of being
flexible and practical,
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it was designed to
conform the individual
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into a specific ideological mold
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that fit the needs
of an old industrial era
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long since passed.
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Just like our view of
creation in six literal days,
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we believe the Bible contains
an educational blueprint
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radically different
from the one we see now.
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Well, friends,
that's it for today.
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Pick up the phone
and give us a call at:
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