Hi friends, and welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART Now.
00:00:23.42\00:00:27.45
I have in our
studios today, Elton Elliot
00:00:28.00\00:00:32.15
For those of you who would like
to lose weight, pay attention!
00:00:32.60\00:00:37.18
Let's take a look at
when Elton first arrived.
00:00:37.33\00:00:40.15
I was hit about 15 years ago
00:00:41.42\00:00:43.63
with rheumatoid arthritus,
00:00:44.06\00:00:45.60
and gradually it's
been more and more painful
00:00:45.69\00:00:48.51
more and more
diffulct for me to walk.
00:00:48.72\00:00:51.42
I had a brief
problem with angina
00:00:52.09\00:00:54.84
I guess it was the arterial
junction wasn't load-bearing
00:00:55.18\00:00:59.72
it was a
secondary arterial junction.
00:00:59.75\00:01:02.03
Before I leave
the NEWSTART program
00:01:02.21\00:01:04.54
I want to be able to do what
I could not do when I came here.
00:01:05.18\00:01:09.15
I had to be
driven in a wheelchair
00:01:09.72\00:01:13.81
through the Portland
and the Sacramento airports.
00:01:14.21\00:01:17.51
When I leave this program,
I want to be able to walk
00:01:18.09\00:01:21.18
through the Sacramento
and the Portland airports,
00:01:21.48\00:01:24.48
and be able to continue
this lifestyle of nutrition
00:01:24.78\00:01:29.48
and exercise as an ongoing
part of my personal life.
00:01:30.12\00:01:37.12
Welcome back,
friends! In our studio...
00:01:40.81\00:01:43.15
How are you Elton? -Good!
00:01:43.42\00:01:45.21
You look good.
-Thank you You look better
00:01:45.30\00:01:47.24
and I got to ask
you the first thing now,
00:01:47.51\00:01:50.45
Are you walking now? -Absolutely
00:01:50.72\00:01:53.66
Today I've walked about
a half a mile, maybe more
00:01:54.18\00:01:58.03
I walked from the lodge here
to the doctor's office downhill,
00:01:58.81\00:02:03.78
then turned around
and walked back uphill.
00:02:04.09\00:02:06.45
So if you can do that you
can make it through the airport!
00:02:07.21\00:02:09.63
If I can walk up and
downhill, I can go through
00:02:09.66\00:02:12.33
a straight airport
concourse without a problem.
00:02:12.34\00:02:13.84
Now let's remind the
viewers that this is a guy
00:02:14.75\00:02:17.45
who came here in a wheelchair!
00:02:17.54\00:02:20.15
You had to be pushed
around because you didn't
00:02:20.42\00:02:22.51
have the
wherewithal to walk. -Absolutely
00:02:23.03\00:02:26.00
Tell us more now, How
much weight have you lost?
00:02:26.39\00:02:28.48
Well I've lost
conservatively 15 pounds
00:02:28.87\00:02:31.27
and my blood pressure is down,
00:02:32.21\00:02:36.09
my cholesterol is down, my
blood sugar levels are down
00:02:36.42\00:02:40.54
all the good things, all
the good indicators are positive
00:02:41.15\00:02:45.15
but the most
spectacualr thing for me is
00:02:45.42\00:02:48.09
that my pulse
rate went from 88 to 64
00:02:48.51\00:02:53.03
And you know, as we talked
about just before filming this
00:02:53.84\00:02:58.42
this particular
show, we know that
00:02:58.51\00:03:02.30
when you get to that
weight you want to be
00:03:02.54\00:03:05.36
your pulse rate
will drop into the 50's,
00:03:05.81\00:03:07.69
you'll have an
athletic heart! -Yep
00:03:08.09\00:03:10.18
You've been blessed in
that way, -Yeah I have been
00:03:10.30\00:03:13.39
Actually I've been blessed
with a very powerful body
00:03:13.87\00:03:16.54
I just didn't
take advantage of it
00:03:16.63\00:03:19.27
and I allowed my work,
and computers, and writing
00:03:19.60\00:03:23.39
I'm a novelist
00:03:23.84\00:03:25.24
and I allowed that to get
in the way of normal exercise
00:03:26.03\00:03:29.27
and bad eating habits
and other things to get
00:03:29.48\00:03:32.87
in the way of a normal diet
00:03:33.18\00:03:36.09
and so with a
proper diet, with a
00:03:36.42\00:03:39.39
low-fat, whole plant,
vegetarian-based diet,
00:03:39.75\00:03:44.66
a "vegan" diet they call it,
00:03:45.03\00:03:47.09
I'll be a lot better of in
terms of what I put in my body
00:03:47.72\00:03:50.33
and then the exercise I'll
be a lot better of in terms of
00:03:50.69\00:03:53.51
how my body will feel. -Yes
00:03:53.75\00:03:55.75
and the interesting
thing is that the inflamation
00:03:56.15\00:03:58.57
has gone way down. -Way down
00:03:59.09\00:04:01.18
Way down. -And how
do you attribute that?
00:04:01.54\00:04:03.81
According to the research
I've been provided with here
00:04:04.39\00:04:07.81
and the research
that I've read on my own
00:04:08.12\00:04:10.24
when you eat this
type of low fat based diet,
00:04:10.66\00:04:16.36
that's whole plant,
00:04:16.84\00:04:19.06
you have something in
your body called prostaglandins
00:04:19.30\00:04:22.09
and the
protaglandins do two main things
00:04:22.27\00:04:24.54
they reduce inflamation, and
increase the blood flow capacity
00:04:24.84\00:04:29.18
to your arteries. -Yes
00:04:29.27\00:04:30.87
If you're a diabetic and suffer
from peripheral neuropathy
00:04:31.24\00:04:34.81
this is the
diet for you, this is
00:04:35.12\00:04:37.75
the exercise
program for you. -Absolutely
00:04:37.84\00:04:40.21
And I can tell by
what your answer was
00:04:40.57\00:04:43.30
that you've been
talking to Dr. Lukens.
00:04:43.39\00:04:45.84
Absolutely!
00:04:46.03\00:04:47.63
He's always telling me
about these prostaglandins
00:04:48.18\00:04:51.06
how they make the veins
and the arteries more elastic
00:04:51.39\00:04:55.33
and they
decrease the inflamation!
00:04:55.45\00:04:58.21
And as we know, and
some of the heart patients
00:04:58.42\00:05:01.15
know about inflamation,
00:05:01.16\00:05:02.78
because this is what has hurt
our hearts and our arteries.
00:05:03.00\00:05:07.30
And I can see it in
peripheral skin tone
00:05:07.69\00:05:11.78
where you have people
that have bad circulation
00:05:12.45\00:05:17.42
have trouble, and I can see
already differences in that.
00:05:17.78\00:05:22.72
And that's due to
the prostaglandins -Yes
00:05:22.75\00:05:24.27
and then of course
there's the exercise which
00:05:25.00\00:05:27.36
everybody should
do after every meal.
00:05:27.60\00:05:29.72
Everybody should
exercise, and the reason why is
00:05:30.06\00:05:32.27
that it opens up
the gates in your body
00:05:32.57\00:05:35.09
so that insulin
flows more normaly,
00:05:35.15\00:05:37.30
it allows the growth of HDL's,
00:05:37.45\00:05:41.12
high density lipoproteins,
00:05:41.36\00:05:43.09
and that enables cardio
rehab, it enables them to move
00:05:43.39\00:05:47.36
the placque out of the
arteries in a normal fashon,
00:05:47.45\00:05:50.75
and that's what's
important, because
00:05:51.30\00:05:53.33
anybody can give you a drug
with an artificial reaction,
00:05:53.45\00:05:56.57
but this is real,
this is what you do,
00:05:56.63\00:05:59.72
this is the food that you eat,
00:05:59.78\00:06:02.18
this is the
exercising that you do
00:06:02.42\00:06:05.12
and that has a
natural response to your body.
00:06:05.24\00:06:08.03
That always has to be
better than artificial.
00:06:08.09\00:06:10.27
Something to get an
amen, that's wonderful
00:06:11.00\00:06:13.60
Well said! Have you ever thought
about coming to work here?
00:06:14.09\00:06:18.30
Maybe you could do
something! -I would,
00:06:18.42\00:06:21.09
All kidding aside,
you are a remarkable guy
00:06:21.24\00:06:24.42
you've got that brain
that God has given you,
00:06:24.51\00:06:27.63
you've been gifted
with this clear thinking
00:06:28.06\00:06:30.39
being able to dissect and really
get to the bottom of things
00:06:30.78\00:06:35.09
and I like that that's
coming out in this interview
00:06:35.12\00:06:37.30
because there are many
people that need to hear this
00:06:37.63\00:06:40.69
from lay people,
not just our doctors.
00:06:40.75\00:06:43.48
And by the way,
Dr.Lukens will be here in a bit,
00:06:43.72\00:06:46.21
we'll be discussing the
changes you've now gone through.
00:06:46.30\00:06:50.78
It is, if I could say anything
to the people out there,
00:06:51.27\00:06:55.39
If I could say anything to you
00:06:55.40\00:06:57.39
If you're
concerned about your weight,
00:06:57.72\00:06:59.51
if you're
concerned about your health
00:06:59.75\00:07:01.84
If there is any
possible way that you can get
00:07:02.39\00:07:05.87
to Weimar, you should come.
00:07:06.33\00:07:08.24
Because I'm a living testament
00:07:08.78\00:07:11.54
to the ability to literally get
out of a wheelchair and walk.
00:07:11.69\00:07:15.75
And if I can do
it in three weeks,
00:07:16.18\00:07:18.63
and I don't have the
best work ethic in the world,
00:07:19.00\00:07:22.09
So if you've got a good
work ethic, if you realy like
00:07:22.51\00:07:25.87
to get out there, if you
really like to push yourself,
00:07:26.27\00:07:28.66
you could easily
do as well as I have.
00:07:29.06\00:07:31.63
Amen! So what about the,
00:07:31.72\00:07:33.81
I cut you off, I'm sorry
-That's alright, go ahead
00:07:34.45\00:07:37.00
What about the food? Have
you adjusted to this vegan,
00:07:37.15\00:07:40.81
plant-based
diet? -Well, and here's
00:07:41.15\00:07:43.00
where I have the
advantage over most people
00:07:43.09\00:07:45.12
I've been a
vegetarian all my life,
00:07:45.13\00:07:47.30
I've been, however, a
special type of vegetarian
00:07:47.33\00:07:50.27
I haven't just been
an ovo-lacto vegetarian
00:07:50.48\00:07:52.72
I've been a
junk food vegetarian!
00:07:53.06\00:07:55.51
Ok!
00:07:55.87\00:07:56.87
-The truth coms out!
-The truth comes out,
00:07:57.48\00:07:59.48
As they like to say,
'Aint no meat in potato chips,
00:07:59.60\00:08:03.72
'Aint no meat in French fries,
unless you get MacDonalds'
00:08:04.33\00:08:09.15
'Aint no meat in maple bars...
00:08:09.81\00:08:12.33
So you go along
with enough of that
00:08:13.03\00:08:17.00
and it puts on weight, if you
don't eat at the right times...
00:08:17.27\00:08:20.09
You see I've developed a
theory while I've been here,
00:08:20.36\00:08:24.60
and that is that
humans are like bears.
00:08:24.84\00:08:28.24
Bears hibernate for a
certain percentage of the year
00:08:28.51\00:08:31.15
humans hibernate for a
certain percentage of the day,
00:08:31.33\00:08:34.00
when we get up in the morning
our metabolism is the best
00:08:34.12\00:08:37.00
and then it goes downhill
through the rest of the day.
00:08:37.09\00:08:39.39
and therefore what our body
does towerd the end of the day
00:08:39.63\00:08:42.36
is it says, I'm going
back to hibernate and I'm going
00:08:42.54\00:08:45.06
to need that food for fat.
So you should eat in the morning
00:08:45.12\00:08:49.24
and eat at noon, if
you eat past two 'o clock
00:08:49.51\00:08:51.72
the chance of all of
that food going to fat, or
00:08:51.87\00:08:55.18
a good percentage of it,
is increased because your
00:08:55.24\00:08:57.06
body's ready to go
back into hibernation.
00:08:57.30\00:08:59.75
This is my theory, -Your theory
00:09:00.03\00:09:01.72
This is nobody else's
theory, this is my theory!
00:09:01.84\00:09:04.51
-That's Ok, you can share
your theory...you just did!
00:09:04.66\00:09:07.78
I did, I'm not shy
about it! -That's good,
00:09:07.84\00:09:11.63
I'm glad you're not shy.
-You know because I really think
00:09:11.78\00:09:14.39
there's something to
that, because if we start
00:09:14.51\00:09:17.03
thinking of ourselves
as hibernating creatures
00:09:17.15\00:09:19.27
then we'll realize we need
to eat and do a lot of things
00:09:19.72\00:09:23.63
early, so that later when our
metabolism begins to slow down
00:09:24.24\00:09:28.09
we don't load ourselves up
with a bunch of food and end up
00:09:28.36\00:09:31.24
literally gaining
weight while we're asleep.
00:09:31.60\00:09:33.84
Very good. Now
what about prayer?
00:09:34.63\00:09:37.33
Do we need to pray?
-I think we ned to pray
00:09:37.54\00:09:40.51
I think it is
awfully important beacuse
00:09:40.81\00:09:43.87
it's not only the body
that's being taken care of here,
00:09:44.15\00:09:47.30
it's not only the mind
that's being taken care of here,
00:09:47.45\00:09:50.03
It's the spirit, I can feel
the spirit, the Holy Spirit here
00:09:50.18\00:09:54.54
I can feel the spirit of Christ,
I can feel the spirit of God
00:09:54.78\00:09:57.78
This is a powerful place,
this place does a powerful work
00:09:58.48\00:10:02.78
and we need to understand that
healing is not just a physical
00:10:03.57\00:10:08.72
thing, it's a mental, an
emotional, it's a spiritual
00:10:08.75\00:10:12.48
journey, and none
of us are perfect,
00:10:12.84\00:10:17.36
We've all fallen short
of the glory of the Lord,
00:10:17.54\00:10:20.39
we've all fallen short
of our own expectations.
00:10:20.45\00:10:23.21
So this is a journey that
we're on, it's not a moment
00:10:23.69\00:10:27.12
I want to thank you
for coming on our set,
00:10:27.63\00:10:29.87
We've run out of
time, thank you very much
00:10:30.00\00:10:32.21
God be with you, -Thank you
00:10:32.36\00:10:34.21
Friends, don't go away we
have an important tip for you
00:10:34.42\00:10:37.06
right now.
00:10:37.07\00:10:39.06
Well, You've done very well.
00:10:40.03\00:10:42.60
Do you have diebetes, heart
disease, high blood pressure
00:10:47.51\00:10:51.36
or do you weigh too much?
00:10:51.63\00:10:53.42
Hi, my name is Dr. Ing,
and I'd like to tell you
00:10:53.78\00:10:56.54
about our 18-day
newstart lifestyle program.
00:10:56.75\00:11:00.12
It includes a
comprehensive medical evaluation
00:11:00.21\00:11:03.39
with labratory studies
and a exercise stress test,
00:11:03.66\00:11:06.51
physician
consultation, culinary school
00:11:06.75\00:11:10.69
and an oportunity to
walk on beautiful trails
00:11:11.18\00:11:14.12
in the foothills of the Sierras.
00:11:14.48\00:11:17.57
Your health is one of
the most important things
00:11:17.87\00:11:20.06
that you have, don't wait!
00:11:20.30\00:11:22.30
Welcome back,
friends, and in our studio...
00:11:45.54\00:11:47.78
Dr. Lukens! My good
friend, how are you?
00:11:48.51\00:11:51.42
-Good to be back. What a grip!
00:11:52.03\00:11:54.54
Well, I want to get
right into this and talk about
00:11:54.66\00:11:58.15
this gentleman, you know
he has a lot of weight issues
00:11:58.18\00:12:02.15
but how are we going
to deal with this, what do
00:12:02.87\00:12:05.51
we need to do with
him that's different
00:12:05.72\00:12:07.84
than anyone else here.
00:12:08.33\00:12:10.12
Well as you can tell from some
of the things he was telling you
00:12:10.51\00:12:14.63
he's a very
interesting individual,
00:12:15.33\00:12:17.60
Yes, he's telling us
about the bears in the woods.
00:12:18.30\00:12:21.30
and intellegent, he
knows a lot of people
00:12:22.45\00:12:26.15
I was really surprised at
some of the people he knows
00:12:26.24\00:12:29.69
He's not a name
dropper, he knows these people,
00:12:29.87\00:12:32.72
some in pretty high places
00:12:33.39\00:12:36.69
he's intellegent and
he's had a lot of experience
00:12:37.18\00:12:41.78
in a lot of technical things,
in a lot of media type things.
00:12:42.15\00:12:45.66
Also he's an
author, he was telling us
00:12:46.27\00:12:51.30
But his mind is
constantly active.
00:12:51.60\00:12:54.60
And when it comes to the
weight, he is morbidly obese
00:12:55.27\00:13:00.69
and a person could
tell that he was overweight,
00:13:01.51\00:13:04.78
but when the body
mass index is above 40
00:13:05.45\00:13:08.57
and his is well above that,
then that's morbid obesity.
00:13:09.42\00:13:13.30
And so that's a big thing.
00:13:13.72\00:13:15.78
Now the thing is with him
is that when he came in here
00:13:16.36\00:13:21.06
he was really a diabetic,
-He did'nt know that, or did he?
00:13:21.24\00:13:25.09
Well, he did'nt know about
it, but when i told him about it
00:13:25.27\00:13:29.00
with the obesity and rheumatoid
arthritius and all this
00:13:29.30\00:13:32.24
kind of stuff, I don't
think he wanted to deal with it.
00:13:32.39\00:13:35.42
There is a test that we
can take, it's called the
00:13:36.27\00:13:38.51
Hemoglobin A1C, and
that gives you an average
00:13:38.63\00:13:42.48
blood sugar for the last three
months. It's a wonderful test
00:13:43.24\00:13:49.12
I'm really glad we have it.
00:13:49.21\00:13:50.81
He did'nt want that
done, so we didn't do it,
00:13:51.09\00:13:53.18
so I asked him to
get his finger stuck and
00:13:53.60\00:13:55.84
he got that done and it...
00:13:56.33\00:13:59.57
he was probably borderline, but
00:13:59.84\00:14:01.87
when you're fasting and
your blood sugar is over 140
00:14:02.21\00:14:05.15
that's diabetes
in any book. -Yes
00:14:05.21\00:14:08.21
And now his is down to
really close to normal fasting.
00:14:08.30\00:14:12.36
This soon! -O yeah,
00:14:13.30\00:14:15.84
Wow! -But I
mean, he was sedentary
00:14:16.00\00:14:19.18
which he's not now. That
was the exciting part for him
00:14:19.45\00:14:23.78
and then he has
changed his diet,
00:14:24.24\00:14:28.66
Now when people say
vegetarian, they don't mean
00:14:29.66\00:14:33.06
vegan. -Right, -And we
have to watch that, you know,
00:14:33.09\00:14:36.03
and some authorities
in this field say that
00:14:36.51\00:14:39.30
when you're drinking milk
and eating the food we have
00:14:39.63\00:14:46.39
that have animal products
in them, even if their not
00:14:46.51\00:14:50.00
flesh foods they still
have those animal fats and
00:14:50.12\00:14:55.51
animal cholesterols
and stuff, and those are
00:14:55.72\00:14:57.87
the things that
are really important.
00:14:58.15\00:15:00.57
So now we've got a guy
here who's way overweight,
00:15:00.66\00:15:03.84
what do you think
that's doing to his joints?
00:15:04.66\00:15:07.81
-Oh it's putting a lot
of pressure on there...
00:15:08.18\00:15:10.45
But you know I wanted to
stop you for a moment and
00:15:10.57\00:15:12.60
let you know this, that
you'd have been really proud
00:15:12.66\00:15:15.12
because all of a sudden
he gave us a dissertation
00:15:15.84\00:15:19.09
on prostaglandins!
-Yeah I heard that,
00:15:19.18\00:15:22.12
you were talking about
the veins and the arteries and
00:15:22.51\00:15:26.24
different things! Just
parenthetically what that does
00:15:26.27\00:15:31.72
is only in the
arteries. It dilates them up
00:15:32.21\00:15:35.81
it dosen't really make
them more elastic because they
00:15:36.33\00:15:38.63
can go right back
down again. -Really?
00:15:38.72\00:15:41.27
and they have to be
able to do that because
00:15:41.42\00:15:43.45
if your arteries
couldn't respond within a
00:15:43.60\00:15:46.78
split second, you
couldn't get out of that chair.
00:15:47.15\00:15:49.72
So when you decide to get
up, your heart beats faster
00:15:50.48\00:15:54.09
and there's a little bit
of adrenalin that comes out.
00:15:54.33\00:15:56.27
it's really complicated, we
are fearfully and wonderfully
00:15:56.54\00:15:59.81
made, and the blood
goes into the right areas
00:16:00.15\00:16:03.33
when that happens, but
when you eat meat milk and eggs
00:16:03.57\00:16:07.42
and flesh foods especially,
00:16:07.69\00:16:10.27
they're always
tending to be constricted
00:16:10.48\00:16:13.18
so that oxygenated bood
that needs to go out with
00:16:13.48\00:16:17.27
just a tiny bit of
dilation to go into those areas
00:16:17.30\00:16:20.81
it just really never happens.
00:16:21.09\00:16:23.24
We had patients this
time that were post stroke,
00:16:23.48\00:16:26.84
and other things
and you could see them
00:16:27.00\00:16:28.87
getting better already. -Yes
00:16:29.00\00:16:31.21
The prostaglandins, you know
that's one of my favorite things
00:16:31.75\00:16:35.60
the last time I looked there
was three and three-quarter
00:16:35.81\00:16:38.45
million hits on that, and
that was a couple years ago.
00:16:38.60\00:16:42.57
Now I looked at it
within the past two months
00:16:42.63\00:16:45.30
and there's 22,800,000
hits on prostaglandins,
00:16:45.54\00:16:50.30
So somebody is looking at it,
00:16:50.51\00:16:51.87
somebody's talking
about it -Millions!
00:16:52.57\00:16:55.15
That's the reason why, for him,
00:16:55.75\00:16:58.39
that he has rheumatoid arthritus
00:16:58.51\00:17:01.00
and there's probably a
component of austio arthritus
00:17:01.21\00:17:04.36
when the bone edge has
been grinding against others,
00:17:04.39\00:17:07.54
But the rheumatoid
arthritus is a type where the
00:17:07.63\00:17:11.09
joints and the linings of
the bones and inside the joints
00:17:11.33\00:17:17.06
are actually
eating at each other.
00:17:17.36\00:17:19.42
That's where your
body attacts itself.
00:17:19.81\00:17:23.69
When you go on
a plant based diet
00:17:23.84\00:17:26.27
the body dosn't so that as much.
00:17:26.66\00:17:29.54
and we've seen young
people with juvenile arthritus
00:17:31.03\00:17:34.75
and it's just like a
miracle, it is a miracle of
00:17:35.42\00:17:38.75
God's healing, but it goes
really fast for younger people.
00:17:39.03\00:17:42.75
Now I see promise with him,
00:17:43.66\00:17:46.75
in that I think he
is going to go back home
00:17:46.84\00:17:50.33
and continue this program...
00:17:50.60\00:17:52.33
and I asked if he would
be willing to come back down
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.72
and visit us in a few
months and he said he would.
00:17:55.84\00:17:59.24
That's a real big thing,
and it would be really great
00:17:59.63\00:18:04.09
for all our patients, especially
those who are overweight
00:18:04.36\00:18:07.72
because they have that
desire while their here
00:18:08.78\00:18:13.66
I'm going to go home,
I'm going to do it all
00:18:13.78\00:18:16.21
I'm going to conquer the world,
and do all the things I couldn't
00:18:16.24\00:18:19.12
but if they get too
many things in their plate
00:18:19.30\00:18:20.87
that they want to change
all at once, and they don't
00:18:21.15\00:18:23.66
keep track of the
things they really need to do
00:18:23.72\00:18:27.33
in the right order,
they're going to end up just...
00:18:27.42\00:18:31.57
it only takes a few days, or
a few months of discouragement
00:18:31.84\00:18:36.36
and then your brain says,
well it wasn't really my fault
00:18:36.75\00:18:40.30
this happened
and that happened...
00:18:40.57\00:18:42.39
You know, we've been
working here for many years
00:18:42.54\00:18:45.54
and we know the things
that mess up their program.
00:18:45.78\00:18:48.66
There's probably
viewers that don't know anything
00:18:50.48\00:18:55.57
about prostaglandins
and the benifits of these,
00:18:55.66\00:18:59.66
Where do we find them?
00:18:59.78\00:19:01.84
Well, the body makes them.
00:19:02.36\00:19:03.87
-The body does? -Yes
00:19:04.21\00:19:06.48
The ones that come from plants
00:19:07.12\00:19:09.36
are 18-Carbon fatty acids.
00:19:09.57\00:19:11.87
And the ones that come
from meat, milk eggs and fish
00:19:12.24\00:19:14.78
are 20-Carbon fatty acids.
00:19:15.00\00:19:17.24
That's such a long fatty acid
chain that you think, what could
00:19:17.39\00:19:21.18
two carbon extras on
a fatty acid make any
00:19:21.48\00:19:25.69
difference among friends?
But it's a huge difference.
00:19:25.81\00:19:29.84
It's not just that, it makes
the platelets not as sticky
00:19:30.00\00:19:34.12
that's causes the clots; we can
talk about that another patient
00:19:34.30\00:19:39.27
and then there's
also the leucotrienes
00:19:39.30\00:19:42.57
and that's how the body
communicates with itself.
00:19:42.75\00:19:46.33
We know so much more
about it since they've
00:19:46.36\00:19:48.33
spent so much time
recently on cancer and AIDS
00:19:48.36\00:19:51.78
In the past 20 or 30
years, volumes have been
00:19:52.09\00:19:56.09
discovered on how
the immune system works.
00:19:56.27\00:19:59.18
But if the message units
between the cells are not clear,
00:19:59.27\00:20:04.09
then they get confused and the
body starts to attack itself.
00:20:04.39\00:20:08.78
And that's what's happening
in rehumathoid arthritus.
00:20:08.84\00:20:13.00
-Now what about his lab work,
00:20:13.78\00:20:15.60
I know we do two blood
draws, one when they arrive
00:20:15.81\00:20:18.84
and one just before they leave.
Has he had any improvements?
00:20:19.27\00:20:23.09
Yeah he has. It's not
as good as some do but
00:20:23.42\00:20:27.48
that wasn't his problem,
his numbers weren't way out.
00:20:27.57\00:20:31.51
But he was really happy.
00:20:31.66\00:20:33.69
He was just like a kid who
had, excuse the expression,
00:20:34.45\00:20:37.36
just come out of a candy store!
00:20:37.42\00:20:39.18
I told him, take your time
and walk slowly up the hill
00:20:39.45\00:20:44.21
where you're going
to have your interview
00:20:44.33\00:20:46.21
So I did something and
turned around and went out
00:20:46.36\00:20:48.87
and I expected him to be making
his way up past the parking lot
00:20:49.27\00:20:53.00
but he was already at the top
of the hill, and I shouted up,
00:20:53.12\00:20:55.78
"You're going too fast!"
00:20:55.84\00:20:58.75
Now for a guy who came here in
a wheelchair, he's doing good!
00:20:59.87\00:21:04.00
Physically he could do
it, but I mean, just think.
00:21:04.45\00:21:07.69
if every time you moved a
joint, you get a stabbing pain.
00:21:07.78\00:21:13.03
-Ow, that hurt!
00:21:13.48\00:21:15.81
You don't want to move.
00:21:16.36\00:21:18.06
Doc, thanks for
joining us today!
00:21:18.30\00:21:20.54
It's always a pleasure -Yep
00:21:20.81\00:21:22.57
Friends, thank you, but don't
go away, we have a tip for you!
00:21:22.60\00:21:25.42
Hello, I'm Dr. David DeRose.
00:21:26.36\00:21:28.54
Helping a friend, neighbor or
relative have better health is
00:21:28.87\00:21:32.42
one of the most practical forms
of health ministry available
00:21:32.48\00:21:36.03
However, if you're
not a health professional
00:21:36.30\00:21:38.18
it can be extremely difficult
to know how to help someone
00:21:38.33\00:21:41.15
access reliable, credible,
up-to-date health information.
00:21:41.27\00:21:44.84
That's why I recommend
NEWSTART Lifestyle Club.
00:21:45.21\00:21:48.81
The club is based on the
world-famous newstart principles
00:21:48.82\00:21:52.09
which have helped millions
be well naturally without drugs.
00:21:52.21\00:21:55.72
The club offers streaming
video, expert health advice,
00:21:55.87\00:21:59.00
wellness tips, tools and more!
00:21:59.09\00:22:01.15
And when it comes to
ministry, NEWSTART club provides
00:22:01.24\00:22:04.84
for sponser churches
and health organizatons
00:22:05.06\00:22:07.69
to connect with club members
in their own communities.
00:22:07.72\00:22:11.03
If you'd like to learn
how NEWSTART Lifestyle Club
00:22:11.39\00:22:14.60
can make a difference in
your health outreach, call:
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.24
Ask for your free copy of
Health Evangelism Made Simple
00:22:23.36\00:22:27.12
Hello and welcome
to NEWSTART at Home
00:22:42.63\00:22:44.30
we're glad that you're with
us, and we're glad today also
00:22:44.31\00:22:47.45
that in the studio
we have Dr. Doug Plata.
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.69
Welcome to the program.
00:22:49.75\00:22:50.81
-Thank you
00:22:50.82\00:22:51.87
-You were a physician that's
trained in family practice
00:22:51.88\00:22:54.48
and also preventive medicine
00:22:54.49\00:22:56.18
So in other words it's
better to prevent than to
00:22:56.19\00:22:58.84
-than to treat preferably, sure.
00:22:59.72\00:23:01.36
-But in terms of day to day work
00:23:02.00\00:23:05.06
what kind of work do you do?
00:23:05.12\00:23:06.57
I work in an urgent care setting
00:23:07.00\00:23:09.15
so basically anything
that walks off the street
00:23:09.16\00:23:11.21
I go ahead and treat.
00:23:11.30\00:23:12.66
And also occupational medicine.
00:23:12.81\00:23:14.36
-Ok great. So
speaking of urgent care,
00:23:14.48\00:23:17.03
what's one of the main things
00:23:18.06\00:23:19.36
that happens
when people come in?
00:23:19.37\00:23:20.78
What are one of the main things?
00:23:21.24\00:23:23.00
-Well, there's a
lot of different things.
00:23:23.24\00:23:25.30
There's a lot of upper
respiratory infections,
00:23:26.12\00:23:28.42
perhaps
injuries... just a whole host.
00:23:28.54\00:23:31.12
You've worked in an ER
00:23:31.21\00:23:32.30
so you know good an well
what sort of things come in.
00:23:32.42\00:23:34.12
-What about
foreign bodies in the eyes?
00:23:34.21\00:23:36.18
-Yes, that's the topic isn't it.
00:23:36.21\00:23:38.75
Foreign bodies meaning
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.39
they're not supposed to
be there, they're foreign.
00:23:41.51\00:23:43.03
-Yes, exactly.
00:23:43.06\00:23:44.24
Things that are
foreign to our body
00:23:44.42\00:23:45.87
getting into eyes, ears,
different places like that.
00:23:46.21\00:23:48.87
-So let's click
off some of those,
00:23:49.09\00:23:50.27
let's say, most
common may be dust.
00:23:50.28\00:23:52.48
-Absolutely.
00:23:53.15\00:23:54.36
By far and away the most
common is people get something
00:23:54.57\00:23:56.75
in their eye, it's really small.
00:23:56.81\00:23:58.27
They have, perhaps, no
idea really what it is.
00:23:58.57\00:24:01.63
But it's really small dust,
I mean it could be any sorts of
00:24:01.69\00:24:04.54
Particles. -Wood
chips, anything like that
00:24:04.72\00:24:08.24
-From animals... just
dirt is the most common.
00:24:08.33\00:24:12.24
-So, what do you do?
00:24:12.42\00:24:13.72
What do you do initially,
00:24:14.06\00:24:15.42
let's say you're at home, you
really don't want to go see you
00:24:15.48\00:24:18.24
or go to the urgent care.
00:24:18.33\00:24:19.36
Not because they don't
like you, but you know...
00:24:19.66\00:24:21.60
What should they do?
00:24:22.42\00:24:23.81
-Well by far and away
00:24:24.15\00:24:26.27
the most important
thing to do is for people
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.21
to go ahead and try to
wash it out themselves.
00:24:28.27\00:24:30.33
Now, immediately
the eye starts tearing,
00:24:31.09\00:24:32.72
so God has placed
within us mechanisms to try to
00:24:32.78\00:24:35.09
get out those foreign bodies.
00:24:35.15\00:24:36.60
But...
00:24:36.84\00:24:38.21
for the most part that works.
00:24:38.36\00:24:40.12
But often it doesn't work,
00:24:40.27\00:24:42.63
so really
irrigating, taking water,
00:24:42.66\00:24:45.66
a glass of water,
of if you have a hose
00:24:45.84\00:24:48.48
spray it into your eyes.
00:24:49.24\00:24:50.72
-You don't have to worry about
00:24:50.78\00:24:52.36
damaging your eye
with that at all...
00:24:52.51\00:24:54.51
-No, water is
soft, what can I say.
00:24:54.69\00:24:56.78
-So you irrigate it.
Anything else you could do,
00:24:57.66\00:25:00.33
like do you have any techniques
in terms of getting stuff out?
00:25:00.51\00:25:03.39
-Sure, but before we get to
that let me just say that...
00:25:03.48\00:25:06.24
How long should
you irrigate it for?
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.09
Basically,
00:25:09.18\00:25:11.27
as long as you can
00:25:11.66\00:25:13.03
especially if it's
some sort of substance
00:25:13.12\00:25:15.24
some sort of
cleaning fluid or whatnot.
00:25:15.27\00:25:17.30
You really
should be looking out...
00:25:17.51\00:25:19.09
I love it when
people come in and
00:25:19.42\00:25:21.03
say they did it
for 15 or 30 minutes
00:25:21.06\00:25:23.00
to me that's far more
00:25:23.30\00:25:24.33
important than
getting to a doctor
00:25:24.39\00:25:26.12
first go ahead
and do what you can
00:25:26.21\00:25:27.63
and try to just wash it out.
00:25:27.66\00:25:28.81
-Ok so, 15, 30 minutes
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.63
and especially if
it's an acid or something
00:25:32.09\00:25:34.06
-Yeah.
00:25:34.18\00:25:35.48
-So we've talked
about dust in the eye,
00:25:35.87\00:25:37.51
wood chips in the
eye... what if somebody just
00:25:37.54\00:25:39.30
Maybe we should
talk about metal,
00:25:40.72\00:25:42.15
what if it's
like a piece of metal?
00:25:42.21\00:25:43.54
Well before we get to metal,
let me talk about the technique,
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.30
One thing you
can do often times,
00:25:47.42\00:25:49.72
people feel
that when they blink,
00:25:50.03\00:25:52.33
it's like "Ouch,
ouch" every time they blink.
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.24
And often times what it
is is there's a foreign body
00:25:55.45\00:25:59.48
on the inside of
the upper eyelid,
00:25:59.51\00:26:01.57
and as they blink they're
going right across the cornea
00:26:01.81\00:26:04.45
and causing an abrasion,
a scratch on the surface
00:26:04.46\00:26:06.72
And one of the
things you can do is
00:26:07.18\00:26:09.36
to grab the eyelashes of
the upper lid, pull it out
00:26:09.45\00:26:12.87
and pull it down
over the lower eyelid
00:26:13.15\00:26:15.48
and then lifting up like that
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.15
and sometimes it
will come off down here
00:26:17.30\00:26:19.45
and you just
wipe it off like that.
00:26:19.51\00:26:20.72
So that's sort of
a technique if the
00:26:21.00\00:26:22.66
watchers could remember that.
00:26:23.09\00:26:25.30
-Ok so you try that, and
let's say it didn't work.
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.45
-Then you might
want to come to me.
00:26:28.84\00:26:30.78
Although I'd go ahead
and try it several times.
00:26:31.57\00:26:33.60
-Now what are you going to do
that we can't do at the house?
00:26:33.72\00:26:35.78
Well, several things actually,
00:26:36.09\00:26:37.57
we have a number
of different things,
00:26:37.58\00:26:40.63
we have slit lamp in the office,
00:26:40.69\00:26:42.75
and that's just a
really excellent microscope
00:26:42.84\00:26:45.30
that we can see very
close in and be able to see it.
00:26:45.39\00:26:48.51
We can also use
what's called fluorescein
00:26:48.75\00:26:50.84
it's basically
like highlighter fluid
00:26:51.03\00:26:52.66
that we drop in the eye,
00:26:52.81\00:26:54.39
and it tends to pool in
areas where there are scratches
00:26:54.48\00:26:57.03
and makes things just stand out.
00:26:57.06\00:26:58.42
We use an ultraviolet
lamp to just light it up.
00:26:58.63\00:27:02.03
-And then have... they used
to use something called Alcaine
00:27:02.12\00:27:05.66
or something that they put on
there, I'm not sure what it is.
00:27:05.75\00:27:08.00
-Yeah, just a
couple of numbing drops in
00:27:08.06\00:27:10.21
boy people love it, but
it's just a temporary thing.
00:27:10.27\00:27:12.42
Well the pain
actually is your friend
00:27:12.48\00:27:14.36
cause it helps you
know there's a problem.
00:27:14.45\00:27:15.60
-Right.
00:27:15.69\00:27:16.75
Ok well we're going to come back
00:27:17.09\00:27:18.18
and talk a little bit
more about another aspect of
00:27:18.24\00:27:20.63
foreign bodies in the eye.
00:27:20.66\00:27:21.66
We've been
talking to Dr. Doug Plata,
00:27:21.72\00:27:23.69
he's an urgent care physician
00:27:23.81\00:27:26.18
and we've talked about
what to do with your eye
00:27:26.36\00:27:28.42
You know these programs
are very helpful and useful
00:27:28.45\00:27:31.30
and if you want more
information about this or other
00:27:31.36\00:27:33.60
like issues you
might be dealing with,
00:27:34.03\00:27:36.57
you can go to:
00:27:36.75\00:27:37.84
We hope you take
advantage of that resource
00:27:41.33\00:27:43.06
we're glad you've been with us,
00:27:43.09\00:27:44.09
and thank you
doctor for being with us.
00:27:44.12\00:27:45.39
-My pleasure.
00:27:45.40\00:27:46.57
Well friends,
that's it for today.
00:27:53.09\00:27:54.78
Pick up the phone
and give us a call at:
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.24
May the Lord bless you.
00:28:04.57\00:28:06.18