Hi friends, and welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART Now.
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In our studio
with us today is Ratibu
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from Loma Linda, California,
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and he came to
us about 17 days ago
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with a laundry list,
if you will, of problems.
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And rather than
me tell you about it,
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let's watch a film
clip when he first arrived.
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Well, the reason I'm here
at NEWSTART Center is because
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I had prostate cancer
according to the doctors.
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That was their biopsy.
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But I already knew that
I had high blood pressure,
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cholesterol - high cholesterol,
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and diabetes.
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So with those four issues, I
thought it would be worth the
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financial obligation
that I made to come here.
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From being here at this
facility, the NEWSTART program,
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I would love not to
have to get up and take
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blood pressure
medication, diabetes medication,
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and I don't think I'm taking
anything with the cholesterol.
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No medication there,
but I have to exercise,
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and I'll continue to do that.
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But I don't want
that on my record.
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That's what I really
want - a clean record.
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And then I will
be a better testimony
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for people who think that
they are enslaved to medication.
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Welcome back, friends,
and in our studio, Ratibu.
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Hi, hi! - How are you, brother?
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I'm fantastic. -
Now I've got to ask you,
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where did you get
that precious name?
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Well, I did research, and
it's more of a personality trait
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and occupational name, title,
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than a name itself.
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And Ratibu means
"one who puts things
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in its proper place,"
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from...it's a Swahili name.
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- Swahili. Swahili name.
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And that's why-- -
So you're an organizer?
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Very much so. I'm an organizer.
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Well, we saw the clip
when you first arrived.
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Tell us the good news.
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What has happened?
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Well, the good news is
I've had 17 days of vacation.
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I could stop
right there. [laughter]
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I have enjoyed myself
here at the NEWSTART program.
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But the better news is,
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and I think I'm a little
surprised at how the medication
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has been decreased.
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And I was taking 2000
grams of metformin for my
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high, I mean,
diabetes, - For your diabetes.
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and I'm almost ready to
get rid of it completely.
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- Now, what are you
taking now, currently?
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Right now I'm taking
about a fourth of that,
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about 500 mg, because
that last pill was cut in half.
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And I believe I can
cut it all the way off
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when I go back and
see my personal doctor.
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I'm sure he will take it off.
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What's your
fasting blood sugar been?
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It was around a
hundred, a hundred and...
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I mean, 98, 96...
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Yeah, see, I'd be
off it if I was...
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See, that's what happened to me.
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When I got under 100, I stopped.
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Well, I didn't want to stop yet.
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I want my doctor to say.
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Because they were ready
before I came here, Ron,
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they were ready
to give me insulin.
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I don't think I'd told you that,
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but they were really
calling me every day,
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and I just told them, Ed Kaiser,
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that I'm not going to do
anything until I come back.
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So they said, "Okay."
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- Good. It's best you
check with them anyway.
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And I wanted to do that. - Good.
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Okay, that takes
care of the diabetes.
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What about...what's next?
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I didn't know I was
takin cholesterol medicine,
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but I was. I
brought the whole sack.
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I brought the whole sack with me
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and I was taking cholesterol...
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That's cut in half. - Yes.
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- And that's half now.
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The high blood pressure is
cut in half, the medication.
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All of these
things are cut in half.
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The prostate
cancer, I'm not sure.
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I told Doctor Ing, I said,
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"What are you going to say when
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the doctor says,
'That's reversed'?"
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And he said, "Give me a call."
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But I don't know
about that until I get back.
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And the last thing that
I failed to mention, Ron,
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is that I was
grieving the loss of my mother.
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She died and
was buried on the...
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She died on the 11th, and
she was buried on the 15th.
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I got here on the 18th.
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- Oh, I didn't know that.
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I didn't
mention that because I--
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So maybe you weren't
even aware of that yourself.
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That she had died?
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No, no, no, no! No--
that you were grieving.
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Oh! Well, I knew I
was grieving, but I--
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it was a subject that I
didn't want to talk about then,
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and I'm more open
to talk about it now.
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And let me tell you this.
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I've taken walks
around the various paths,
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and two places you can
hear my mother gurgling,
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and her death
gurgling-- in the water.
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Two places. - Wow.
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And it's a
really refreshing thing,
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and I hope...I don't know
if I'll be able to go back,
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but I'll come back on a vacation
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and listen to that
again as she's really...
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that's her last moments
with me, and we were together,
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and I heard those sounds,
and I only heard it here.
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And that's a really
good thing. It was really...
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therapeutic for me to hear that.
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Well, then
you're blessed. - Yes.
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If that was therapeutic
and you feel good about it,
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- I feel good about everything.
- Then I feel good about it.
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I'm happy. I'm really excited.
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Tell us about how
they treated you here.
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Well, at first I
was a little suspicious.
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[laughter]
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Now I'm laughing because
so was I when I came here!
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There's something different
about these people here!
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Yeah, I said, "What
are they trying to do?
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Are they trying to brainwash me,
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or are they really sincere?"
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And I'd like to just
talk about Ronda Smith,
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the director of the program.
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I have never seen her
without giving me a smile,
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a genuine smile.
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And I've seen her
early, I've seen her late.
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I know she's tired sometimes,
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but she's always smiling.
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And that's the truth
with most of the people--
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the cooks, even Dorothy who...
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- Even Dorothy!
[laughter] - Even Dorothy.
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She's my best friend.
She cleans up the room...
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I won't tell her you said that.
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"I even saw Dorothy smiling!"
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Dorothy is smiling, and it's...
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She's our
housekeeper. She takes care of
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everybody's bedding.
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She does so many
things, she runs the laundry...
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You know she has some of
the students working with her.
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Yes, and they
are friendly as well.
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I haven't found complaints.
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Rod, the therapist
for the hydrotherapy,
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which I have done
3 to 4 times a week
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since I've been here.
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So you had hydro
and massage therapy,
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three and four times a
week for the last three weeks.
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So no wonder you're
calling it a vacation.
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Yes, it's a vacation.
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So you didn't do any
work while you were here!
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No! I didn't
have to wash dishes,
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I didn't have to
take out the trash,
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didn't have to make up my bed.
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- Didn't have to
sweep or nothing.
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- I didn't have to
do anything, vacuum...
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All I had to do
was to get up, stretch,
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And I'd do that
before breakfast.
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I exercised
again after breakfast.
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I was walking,
jogging, about a mile
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every day before I came here.
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I'm up to about 5 miles
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brisk walking, and it's
hilly country up here, so
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it's harder to walk
than it is around the track.
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But I'm up to 5
or 6 miles a day.
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Praise God.
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Hey, how about the food?
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Tell me about the food.
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Did they give you any chitlins
or anything like that here?
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Well, it tastes like it.
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[laughter]
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But it really was
those whole plant foods.
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They are really tasty if you...
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Did you feel that that
made such a difference?
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I really do. I
don't eat between meals,
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and one of the things
I did before I came here,
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I ate only one meal a day.
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But that was all the time.
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- Oh, you ate all
day long? - All day long.
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- And Doctor Ing
said I was grazing.
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[laughter]
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He called it grazing.
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And I ate a lot.
Now I, after lunch,
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I don't eat
anything, and I'm not hungry.
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So you eat breakfast?
- Yeah, a good breakfast.
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A good--like a king. - Yes.
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For lunch you eat like a prince,
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- Yes.
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And the you pass on
the... - I pass on the...
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But I'm also drinking juice.
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And they give certain
of us participants juice.
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And that's to fight off
and ward off the cancer.
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So I'm drinking that.
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I do drink that
juice around 5 o'clock
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in the evening, but that's all.
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I'm not hungry.
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Now, we talked
before we went on the air.
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You're active with
the Baptist church,
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and we're going to get together
and see if we can't put together
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a Reversing Diabetes program
down in Loma Linda, right?
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Yes. It's really Rialto.
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I'm near Loma Linda.
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But that's good,
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and yes, my
pastor, Pastor Turner,
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he's the head of the ministerial
alliance in that area.
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And I'm sure he
will be excited to
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know what I have
done and where I've been.
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We're running out of time.
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I've got to thank
you, - Oh, thank you.
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and thank you so
much. God bless you.
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I'll see you again.
Don't go away, folks,
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because we'll be right back
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with an
important message for you.
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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 as I promised,
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Doctor Ing in our studio.
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- It's great to be here.
It's always great to see you.
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You know, I want to
talk about this guy,
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but don't mind if I say his name
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like I know what
I'm talking about.
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It's Ratibu,
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And I want to say
it that way because
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that's the way it
just rolls out of my mouth.
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But tell us about him.
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We had a nice interview
with him, and I want you to
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maybe elaborate on
his health condition.
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Well, his health challenges were
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his cholesterol was
high, he has diabetes,
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his blood pressure is high,
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and he's a little bit short.
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- Meaning he's a
little overweight.
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He's a little overweight.
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And he was also
recently diagnosed
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with cancer of the prostate.
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So these are the
challenges that he faces,
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his health challenges.
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I have to stop you there,
because during the interview
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it sounded like he
didn't believe he had
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cancer of the prostate.
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Does he, or doesn't he?
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Well, according to the
medical reports he does.
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It was just diagnosed I
think in February of this year.
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So this is a few months later.
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Now in order to be conclusive,
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do you not need to go
in and get little samples,
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like they take 8 or 10 and
then send them off to the lab.
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Yeah, little biopsies, you know.
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- I've had that
procedure, by the way.
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With a needle, you
know. - Oooohhhh....
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I've had that procedure.
It does not feel good!
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I've been able to avoid that.
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I'm doing my best to
avoid that situation.
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Okay, so what's happened?
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I know that he's
gotten somewhat better,
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but tell us about this.
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Well, we find that some of
his blood pressure medicines,
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we've been able to
leave some of them off,
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and decrease
some of them. - Some?
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Yeah, I mean, he was on several.
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He was on at least 3 medicines
for his blood pressure,
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three or four. - Why?
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Why three blood
pressure medications?
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Don't know. Must be
his lifestyle and so on.
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But anyhow, here, we're able
to cut back on his medicines,
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his blood
pressures have come down,
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and also we've been able to
decrease some of the medication
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that he uses for his diabetes.
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He's still on some, but
his blood sugars are lower,
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and he has better
control with less medication.
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What has he been
taking for his diabetes?
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I think the primary
medicine he was taking
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is something called metformin,
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which is a very
common medication.
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It's really a good medication.
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If a patient needs
medication, it's one of the ones
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that we frequently
start them out with.
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It's one that you take by
mouth. This is not like insulin.
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It's not an injectable.
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It's what we call
an oral medication.
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And it usually works--
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Is oral better
than the injection?
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Well, if your
pancreas still is working
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and you can take
the oral medication,
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most people prefer to
put something in their mouth
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than to get it
in a needle. - Yes.
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- Don't like those
needles. Sorry, Doc.
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The needle just
injects something
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that their body's not
making, and it's very nice,
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and there's minimal
side effects from that.
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But most people that
I meet who have diabetes
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would much rather
take a medication.
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One of the
advantages about metformin
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over some of the
other medications is that
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with some of the
other medications
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the blood sugars can go too low.
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And with metformin
this is seldom a problem.
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It helps to keep the blood
sugars from going too high.
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But when they come here
and they follow the guidelines
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or rules or commandments
for people with diabetes,
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we find that many of them...
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most of them will be able
to get by with less medication,
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and about 40
percent of them, in time,
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will be able to stop using
their medicine for the diabetes
00:15:16.52\00:15:20.03
and they'll have
normal blood sugars.
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And that's
really kind of exciting.
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In fact, I've
given a presentation
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at the American College of
Preventive Medicine about this.
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One year we had a
poster presentation
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where we told about
the work here at Weimar
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that we do with
people with diabetes.
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And then
subsequently I actually had a
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talk or an oral
presentation where I
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told the doctors there
how we manage diabetes.
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There's other
doctors throughout the US
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who are using the same approach
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with similar success rates.
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And it's really
exciting to know that
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since diabetes is getting
to be such a big problem.
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You know in the present
time in the United States
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we have between...
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Currently isn't it around 25
million Americans with diabetes?
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And about 57 million with
what we call pre-diabetes.
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- I mean, they just don't
know, the 57, that they...
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Well, right. Well, you know,
00:16:13.06\00:16:14.45
if they don't make some changes,
00:16:14.46\00:16:15.72
they're going to
end up with diabetes.
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And the other thing is,
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out of the 24
million who have diabetes,
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one third it
hasn't been diagnosed in.
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The diagnosis hasn't been made.
00:16:24.18\00:16:28.39
And you know, the development
of diabetes is kind of slow,
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It takes between 5 and 7 years
before it's finally diagnosed.
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The way it
happens is the cells don't
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use the insulin
like they should.
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They develop what we
call insulin resistance.
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And is that true
for children now?
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I'm understanding
that we have young people
00:16:49.28\00:16:52.60
who are coming up with diabetes.
00:16:52.61\00:16:54.39
Yes, we do have young
children developing diabetes.
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Which I find
strange, by the way--
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excuse me for interrupting.
- No, no, that's okay.
00:17:00.09\00:17:01.51
They call it
onset, or adult onset,
00:17:01.52\00:17:04.72
but then now the
children are getting it.
00:17:04.87\00:17:06.78
Right. So that's what
they used to say before.
00:17:07.18\00:17:09.39
Childhood, you know,
or juvenile diabetes,
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and now we call it...
00:17:12.54\00:17:13.66
and also adult
onset. Now it's termed
00:17:14.03\00:17:16.18
type 1 diabetes,
which is usually the ones
00:17:16.24\00:17:19.09
that we used to call childhood,
00:17:19.10\00:17:21.54
or juvenile diabetes, and
now we say type 2 diabetes
00:17:21.84\00:17:25.57
for the ones
that the adults have.
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In any case, it could relate to
whether you're young or older.
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Uh, yeah,
really... in other words,
00:17:32.33\00:17:34.81
type 1 and type 2 doesn't have
anything to do with the age.
00:17:34.82\00:17:37.60
So, there are some teenagers
00:17:38.18\00:17:40.72
who are developing what
we now term type 2 diabetes,
00:17:40.73\00:17:43.84
and that is again
because of the lifestyle.
00:17:43.85\00:17:45.51
So many of American
teenagers are overweight.
00:17:45.69\00:17:48.30
And when they're
overweight, you know,
00:17:48.42\00:17:50.42
this is one of the very
00:17:50.51\00:17:53.15
important risk
factors for diabetes.
00:17:53.16\00:17:55.12
And that's one of the reasons
why so many more Americans
00:17:55.18\00:17:57.57
are developing diabetes,
00:17:57.58\00:17:58.69
because so many more
Americans are overweight.
00:17:58.70\00:18:00.75
Now, let's get back to the
children just for a minute.
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And I don't want to get
too far away from Ratibu,
00:18:04.21\00:18:07.09
but the children
are getting diabetes
00:18:07.33\00:18:09.54
because they're overweight
00:18:09.57\00:18:10.57
because of the
food they're eating.
00:18:10.58\00:18:11.87
Yeah, well this is
more probably the teenagers.
00:18:12.45\00:18:14.30
But the real young children, no.
00:18:14.39\00:18:16.66
The real young children,
it's a different mechanism.
00:18:16.72\00:18:20.21
Some of them may
develop a viral illness
00:18:20.36\00:18:23.21
or some type of illness.
00:18:23.30\00:18:24.48
And this, for
some reason or another,
00:18:24.60\00:18:26.63
damages the part of the pancreas
that produces the insulin.
00:18:26.78\00:18:30.06
So they end up, you
know, needing insulin.
00:18:30.33\00:18:32.87
There's insulin
dependent diabetes,
00:18:32.88\00:18:35.03
and that's now
called type 1 diabetes.
00:18:35.24\00:18:37.60
There's another
theory, and that is that
00:18:37.69\00:18:40.54
some of the children
may end up with diabetes
00:18:40.55\00:18:43.60
because of what we call
an auto-immune type reaction.
00:18:43.61\00:18:46.60
Because there's a
protein in regular milk,
00:18:47.06\00:18:49.69
cow's milk we're talking about,
00:18:49.78\00:18:51.30
which is similar to a
protein that's found in
00:18:51.31\00:18:54.21
the part of the
pancreas that makes the insulin.
00:18:54.45\00:18:56.69
So the body forms
antibodies to this protein,
00:18:57.03\00:19:01.30
which then destroy
the part of the body
00:19:01.42\00:19:04.78
in the pancreas,
in the beta cells,
00:19:04.87\00:19:06.78
that's supposed
to make the insulin.
00:19:06.79\00:19:08.54
So that's one of the
theories of the origin
00:19:08.55\00:19:12.03
of some of the cases of
00:19:12.12\00:19:14.12
type 2, I mean, of
type 1 diabetes in children.
00:19:14.18\00:19:17.21
In fact, just last
night I was talking to a lady
00:19:17.45\00:19:20.51
back East and
she had two children
00:19:21.39\00:19:23.78
who had
developed type 1 diabetes.
00:19:24.21\00:19:26.63
So we had a little discussion
about what she could do
00:19:27.03\00:19:30.36
and how she could help manage
the children with diabetes.
00:19:30.39\00:19:33.09
But either one--
type 1 or type 2--
00:19:33.36\00:19:36.39
when they follow all the
suggestions and guidelines
00:19:36.40\00:19:39.36
that we have for
management of diabetes,
00:19:39.51\00:19:44.03
invariably they
get better control,
00:19:44.12\00:19:46.54
they have a better understanding
of the disease process,
00:19:46.55\00:19:49.39
and they can usually
get by with less medication
00:19:49.42\00:19:52.09
and some even
with no medication.
00:19:52.15\00:19:53.75
Now with Ratibu, how's he doing?
00:19:54.09\00:19:58.15
I know that we've taken him
down on some of his medications.
00:19:58.45\00:20:02.12
Will he continue getting better?
00:20:02.18\00:20:05.03
Hopefully he'll
continue to get better.
00:20:05.30\00:20:06.87
- If he stays on the lifestyle.
00:20:07.24\00:20:08.72
Right, he's got to
continue with the lifestyle.
00:20:08.73\00:20:10.81
So what we teach, basically,
00:20:11.12\00:20:13.42
is a lifestyle-- what
to eat, when to exercise,
00:20:13.60\00:20:16.00
those types of things.
00:20:16.01\00:20:17.66
Yeah, all of those
things make a difference.
00:20:17.69\00:20:19.06
And I'm expecting
that we could probably
00:20:19.09\00:20:22.18
stop the medicine that he has
used to lower his cholesterol,
00:20:22.21\00:20:25.51
and if he sticks
with this type of program
00:20:25.66\00:20:28.12
it's very possible that
his cholesterol will stay down.
00:20:28.24\00:20:30.81
He may be able to
get along without it.
00:20:31.00\00:20:32.60
If your cholesterol is high,
00:20:32.63\00:20:34.33
it makes good
sense to stop eating
00:20:34.34\00:20:35.66
food containing cholesterol.
00:20:35.67\00:20:37.21
And that's whole
plant foods eaten whole.
00:20:37.51\00:20:39.45
Yes.
00:20:39.48\00:20:40.72
Well, he seems committed to me,
00:20:40.75\00:20:43.03
and you know, of all
the people we interview,
00:20:43.09\00:20:45.72
I think he's on track to
help him get a better body.
00:20:45.78\00:20:51.06
Yeah, well that's good,
because if he does that,
00:20:51.33\00:20:53.33
he will have better health
and better quality of life.
00:20:53.39\00:20:56.33
Doctor Ing, before
we run out of time,
00:20:56.60\00:20:58.42
is there something you could say
00:20:58.51\00:21:00.27
to the viewers that
might encourage them,
00:21:00.33\00:21:03.03
give them hope, if they
have a similar situation?
00:21:03.09\00:21:05.63
Well, if you've got diabetes,
00:21:05.81\00:21:07.45
you need to make
changes in your lifestyle,
00:21:07.69\00:21:09.78
lose your weight,
a plant-based diet,
00:21:09.84\00:21:12.30
regular exercise, and
the most important thing
00:21:12.45\00:21:15.87
probably for them
would be to come to NEWSTART
00:21:15.88\00:21:17.87
where they can learn why
and how to do these things.
00:21:18.00\00:21:20.75
Wonderful.
00:21:21.12\00:21:22.51
Again I want to thank you
for joining us in the studio.
00:21:22.63\00:21:26.15
It's a pleasure.
00:21:26.33\00:21:27.78
- And God bless you and
the work you do here, Doctor.
00:21:28.00\00:21:30.27
And thank you,
friends, but don't go away,
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.42
because we have a tip
for you right after this.
00:21:32.66\00:21:35.18
Welcome to NEWSTART at
Home. I'm Dr. David DeRose.
00:21:49.24\00:21:51.87
With me today is
someone who's got some answers
00:21:52.06\00:21:54.63
for muscle tension headaches.
00:21:54.69\00:21:56.66
His name is Jerry Flores.
00:21:56.67\00:21:58.24
Jerry, it's great to
have you with us today.
00:21:58.42\00:22:00.09
It's great to be here.
00:22:00.10\00:22:01.18
Many of our viewers know you.
00:22:01.30\00:22:03.12
You're one of our
main hydrotherapists
00:22:03.21\00:22:05.66
and massage therapists at
00:22:05.72\00:22:07.09
Weimar Center of
Health and Education.
00:22:07.10\00:22:08.60
And you and I both know,
being in the medical field,
00:22:09.00\00:22:12.18
muscle tension
headaches are huge problems.
00:22:12.24\00:22:15.33
Even people who
think they have migraines
00:22:15.36\00:22:17.48
often have a lot of tension
in their neck and head muscles.
00:22:17.49\00:22:21.18
Is there really
anything simple we can offer
00:22:21.33\00:22:23.72
people with this problem?
00:22:23.81\00:22:25.12
Yes, there is.
00:22:25.21\00:22:26.78
One of the
solutions to that is that
00:22:27.06\00:22:29.63
most people don't
stretch on a regular basis.
00:22:29.81\00:22:33.30
And that's the
reason tension builds up.
00:22:33.51\00:22:35.81
When muscles
are nice and relaxed
00:22:36.12\00:22:38.12
and they got optimal blood flow,
00:22:38.33\00:22:40.27
they don't ache.
00:22:40.33\00:22:42.42
But when we have
bad postural habits
00:22:42.63\00:22:45.24
of stooping our head,
00:22:45.33\00:22:46.72
of just working on the computer,
00:22:46.84\00:22:48.60
washing the dishes, or driving,
00:22:48.61\00:22:50.69
what ends up
happening is that all of our
00:22:51.00\00:22:53.24
eight neck muscles
and some of the chest,
00:22:53.57\00:22:56.81
shoulder, and upper back,
00:22:57.00\00:22:58.54
and even lower
back muscles tighten up,
00:22:58.55\00:23:00.63
restrict blood flow,
00:23:00.75\00:23:02.54
and most people
are also dehydrated
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.81
from not drinking enough water.
00:23:05.06\00:23:06.51
So that builds up tension
00:23:06.63\00:23:08.78
by pulling, and it tightens up.
00:23:08.84\00:23:11.66
Therefore the term
muscle tension headache.
00:23:11.72\00:23:14.21
Okay, so one of the
principles that we're trying to
00:23:14.45\00:23:17.30
come to grips
with here then, Jerry,
00:23:17.31\00:23:19.15
is we've just
got to be more limber
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.48
if we want to have less
problems with muscle tension.
00:23:21.69\00:23:23.60
Right. And right now,
00:23:23.84\00:23:27.00
I'm going to demonstrate,
00:23:27.06\00:23:28.54
and if you like,
you could follow along.
00:23:28.55\00:23:30.45
And I'm just going to show what
we do at our NEWSTART program
00:23:30.51\00:23:33.51
at 6 am in the morning,
00:23:33.69\00:23:35.33
and we get people and
that's where we start--
00:23:35.42\00:23:37.42
with stretching
our head, shoulders,
00:23:37.51\00:23:40.36
and our chest and back.
00:23:40.51\00:23:41.78
I'm ready to
try to follow along.
00:23:42.51\00:23:44.27
Alrighty, so I'm just
going to show what we do,
00:23:44.28\00:23:46.75
and it's very simple.
00:23:47.00\00:23:48.42
You just put your
hand over your head,
00:23:48.51\00:23:50.75
and we call
this ear-to-shoulder,
00:23:50.78\00:23:53.21
and then you could
just massage it gently
00:23:53.30\00:23:55.66
on your side of
your neck, like that.
00:23:55.67\00:23:58.18
- So we're just
rubbing on there, Jerry?
00:23:58.51\00:23:59.87
We're just rubbing on there.
00:24:00.15\00:24:01.36
And then we switch sides
after about a count of 7,
00:24:01.37\00:24:04.30
or about 2 to 3 deep breaths.
00:24:04.31\00:24:07.48
Right. And then--
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.57
- Am I doing this
right? Yes, you are.
00:24:09.66\00:24:11.54
Right, just nice. And then,
00:24:11.84\00:24:14.12
we bring it back to
the neutral position.
00:24:14.30\00:24:16.06
And now we're going to
put our chin to our chest,
00:24:16.15\00:24:18.24
interlace our fingers,
00:24:18.25\00:24:19.75
and put it behind your
head. Take a deep breath,
00:24:19.84\00:24:23.30
and exhale, and bring it down.
00:24:23.57\00:24:25.87
Then you could
massage with your hands
00:24:26.00\00:24:28.57
while you're down
there, for about a count of 7,
00:24:28.87\00:24:31.00
2 or 3 deep breaths,
00:24:31.03\00:24:33.27
and then back up, right,
00:24:33.63\00:24:35.51
and then you could repeat that.
00:24:35.52\00:24:37.15
Then you turn
your head 45 degrees,
00:24:37.16\00:24:40.84
let your hand
rest gently on there,
00:24:40.85\00:24:42.75
and then again
you could massage.
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.87
- So I'm pulling
the head down, or...?
00:24:45.06\00:24:46.60
Yeah, you're letting
it rest on there gently.
00:24:46.69\00:24:49.27
You gotta give a slight tug.
00:24:49.45\00:24:52.24
And then you switch sides.
00:24:52.51\00:24:56.33
Nice big deep breaths.
00:24:56.63\00:24:59.51
Okay, back forward.
00:25:01.30\00:25:02.84
And then what you do is
you turn your head 45 degrees
00:25:02.85\00:25:05.57
and this time
you do the opposite.
00:25:05.66\00:25:07.27
You put your finger
right above your collar bone
00:25:07.33\00:25:09.27
and you stretch it out.
00:25:09.51\00:25:12.57
Nice big deep breaths.
00:25:13.87\00:25:16.06
And then you bring it down,
00:25:16.07\00:25:17.51
and then turn the head
45 degrees the other way,
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right above the collar bone.
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Nice big deep breaths.
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Alright, and you
bring it back down.
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Then you just could
massage each side a little bit,
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a little bit of the
neck and shoulder muscles.
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It releases the
tension, brings more blood flow,
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more fluid, oxygen,
nutrients to the area.
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And that relaxes
all your neck muscles.
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- So this is a
preventive for muscle tension,
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or is it actually a treatment
if someone's having a headache?
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Well, you could
use it for prevention.
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I always prefer
prevention to cure.
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But if someone does
have a tension headache,
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this will help it.
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Now, is it really
that much of a problem
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what angle your
head is at when you work?
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Does that make
much of a difference?
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Yes it does,
because you want to move it
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in all the ranges of motion.
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Down, up, side to side.
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All the ways.
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And add that little
massage at the same time.
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That's optimal.
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Jerry, thanks so much.
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I mean, this is information
that may seem very simple,
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but it's powerful.
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If you drink plenty of water
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and keep your
neck muscles limber,
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you can decrease your risk
of muscle tension headaches.
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That's the
experience of Jerry Flores,
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therapist at Weimar Institute,
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or Weimar Center of
Health and Education.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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