Participants: Ron Giannoni
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000131
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00:12 Every year in America
00:13 there are over one million deaths 00:14 because of Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:17 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 00:20 That's six and half 747s crashing every day. 00:23 What's even more surprising is that the fix is easy. 00:27 It's your lifestyle. 00:28 Wouldn't it be nice if you could actually 00:30 add quality years to your life 00:31 rather than dying a one organ at a time? 00:34 Obesity and diabetes are the cause of 00:36 over million deaths per year. 00:39 Most diseases are reversible 00:41 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, 00:44 especially Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:47 Seriously now they can be reversed 00:49 and the quality of your life can be renewed. 00:53 Call Newstart today at 1-800-525-9192. 00:59 You will see dramatic changes 01:01 in the first few days of the program 01:03 and you'll be on the road to a better more robust 01:05 quality of life. 01:07 The Newstart programs are simple and effective. 01:13 Hi, friends, and welcome to 01:15 another edition of Newstart Now. 01:17 I'm your host Ron Giannoni. 01:20 In our studio with me is Rick John, 01:23 a gentleman that's been with us before. 01:26 So he's got a great story. 01:28 Stay with us to listen to his testimony 01:31 and also to listen to Dr. Bivens 01:35 talk at the end of this program about trust. 01:39 So let's break away, take a look at when 01:42 Rick first arrived. 01:46 Well, I came to Newstart because I was having 01:48 severe neuropathy at that time in 2010 01:55 where I had almost no ability to walk. 01:58 I could not even lift my arms above my waist. 02:02 And after 18 days I was walking five miles, 02:06 my arms had been released and were strengthened again 02:11 and I left here feeling on top of the world. 02:15 So not being able to sleep very well, 02:19 the gaining of weight, 02:20 be again starting to feel the apathy and tiredness. 02:26 It's almost like the same warning signs I had 02:28 but I didn't do anything about them. 02:30 Well, this time I knew where to go. 02:32 Coming the first time I was extremely cynical, 02:36 I didn't even know what this place was about. 02:38 My family really pressured me at gunpoint to come. 02:42 And when I came I wasn't happy at all. 02:44 I was not a happy camper. 02:46 And after those 18 days, miracles happened in my life 02:52 not just physically 02:53 but spiritually and mentally and emotionally 02:58 that when I started to get into trouble again 03:01 having some new health issues that have come up 03:04 I knew exactly where to come 03:06 and I knew why I needed to be here. 03:09 What I like to see happen when I leave here this time, 03:12 I want to see a bigger path, a longer path of health. 03:18 I think, when I first came I was happy with results 03:22 and I was doing okay, but then 03:26 things got in the way and you forget. 03:29 And this time I'm prepared to come in here 03:33 and say I don't want to go back again. 03:35 I don't need to learn this lesson again. 03:37 So this is where I needed to be. 03:44 Welcome back, friends, and as I promised 03:46 Rick, how are you my friend? 03:47 Very good, sir. Thank you. 03:48 It's good to see you again. 03:51 It's good to be back. 03:52 I mean, in some ways, in some ways it's not 03:55 but I enjoy your company a lot. 03:58 Thanks. 03:59 And I know you have a story to share with us 04:02 because you've not only come through 04:04 the Newstart program once, you've done it twice. 04:08 That's true. Why did you do it twice? 04:12 Well, I didn't plan it that way, Ron. 04:16 In 2013 I had a pretty serious injury. 04:20 I ruptured my Achilles 04:23 so that I couldn't walk for three months. 04:26 The other was a serious family tragedy 04:30 that was devastating for me. 04:33 With the combination of both you could say I lost my way. 04:38 And I'm not returning here the way I was the first time 04:43 in terms of the severity of my illnesses 04:46 but I came here because this is where I knew 04:48 I wanted to be to get back on track 04:50 and to get my health where I need it to be. 04:56 Yeah, now when you at first-- 04:57 Rick, I know you are dealing with some neuropathy? 05:00 Correct. 05:01 Did that actually comeback that you were 05:03 starting to get numbness in your feet 05:06 and your hands or where? 05:08 The numbness never left. 05:09 It was degraded to the point where I was now 05:14 more below my knees 05:16 but with the stress of the family, 05:18 the injury it just seemed to be mounting a large comeback. 05:24 And so those things were indicators that 05:28 they reminded me where I was 05:30 and what I had to do to get back. 05:32 Now what's that from, what was the numbness from? 05:35 To this day there still is no diagnoses. 05:37 The doctors here don't know. 05:38 They call it fibromyalgia. 05:40 They could call it MS, they could call it-- 05:41 MS or whatever. 05:43 Someday and I hopefully it doesn't happen 05:45 that there will be a diagnoses. 05:46 Yes. 05:47 I would prefer they're not big diagnoses 05:49 and I whip this thing with God's help. 05:52 Now Rick, we know that you got 05:55 I use the term "not to loosely," 05:58 better the first time you are here. 06:01 Is it your hopes to get better this time 06:04 and if that's the case my mind tells me if you got better 06:09 if you just stuck with this thing 06:12 drop the few more lbs, really hit this thing hard, 06:16 start walking and every thing, 06:18 wouldn't in fact correct itself? 06:20 I think so. I believe so. 06:23 I was hoping you would say that 06:24 because there is a sense that is so and-- 06:31 so you were here once, 06:33 you come back the second time. 06:35 We know why you went off track, 06:38 now you're here to get back on track. 06:40 What are you gonna do different this time? 06:44 Well, you know, I think when I was here the first time 06:46 I was happy with what I had. 06:48 In other words, there is such a thing or a word 06:51 as its good enough. 06:52 Yeah. 06:53 And I think I realized that good enough 06:55 wasn't really good enough for me. 06:58 And it didn't take much of a punch 07:01 from life to knock me down. 07:05 And so doing it the second time 07:08 I want to do it for different reason 07:10 in that I want this to be-- I want to keep growing. 07:14 I want to-- I want to keep climbing the ladder. 07:17 I got a pie enough on the ladder 07:18 I was pretty happy with, 07:20 but I realized that I need to go 07:22 a lot higher on that ladder to sustain this. 07:25 So that's why I'm here. 07:27 You know, that's a-- I had a visual 07:30 while you said I need to go higher on that ladder 07:32 and the visual you gave me is 07:35 if we are on a 10 foot ladder 07:37 and I would say a 100 foot ladder 07:40 and you went up to the 60 feet and you slip back 07:43 and now you are in the slum. 07:46 My mind says if you went to the 100 feet 07:48 you slipped back it would still be okay. 07:51 That's a good, that's the way I'm looking at. 07:53 I think that's where I want to be. 07:54 I want to be-- But I don't want you to slip. 07:56 But I don't want to stop climbing. 07:58 I know. Yeah. 07:59 So we got it-- that ladder has to be infinite. 08:04 Well, you know, being away from here 08:07 you do forget a few things. 08:08 Sure. 08:09 Coming back it's no different than continuing education. 08:12 Right. 08:14 You know, it's not necessarily that I 08:17 no longer believe the teachings here. 08:21 It's just that I need to be reminded again. 08:24 And it's not for everybody, 08:25 some people can do that within their own will, 08:27 other people I think like myself 08:30 I knew what it did for me the first time 08:33 and I had a better-- I came here with a better 08:35 overall feeling in terms of what I expected. 08:40 And a better attitude. 08:41 Much better attitude as you remember. 08:44 You didn't come at gunpoint? 08:46 No, actually when my wife suggested it, 08:49 it took about 10 seconds for me to say, 08:51 yeah, I can sure go. 08:52 Wow. 08:53 Where I was kicking and screaming 08:54 coming the first time. 08:56 So the attitude makes a big difference 08:58 I think in the way you absorb the things 09:01 that they are teaching you. 09:03 Getting on the program quicker. 09:05 You know, when I got here 09:06 I was walking more and more and more 09:09 than I did before by twice as much. 09:12 Rick, what would you have to say to those viewers, 09:17 there's plenty of them that are afraid. 09:21 What they are afraid of is 09:22 right now they are dealing with a situation, 09:25 what if it gets worse? 09:27 What could you say to those people? 09:30 I've been there where you feel 09:34 somewhat hopeless that you hope and pray 09:37 that it doesn't get any worse. 09:39 But you realize that your life isn't very well. 09:42 It's not that great. 09:43 You are not happy. 09:45 You think you are but until you get your health back, 09:49 do you realize what happiness is all about. 09:52 That's what you find here. 09:54 And is that why they should come here? 09:56 Absolutely. 09:57 Is there other places they could go to 09:59 throughout the country? 10:01 I'm not aware of any. 10:02 Well, they are. Okay, you know. 10:04 I just thought I bring that up. 10:05 This is close to my, close to the-- 10:07 I live on the west coast so this is close for me. 10:09 It makes sense to me. 10:11 And it's convenient for lot of people 10:13 because there is trust 10:15 because of the number of years 10:16 that the Newstart program has been here, 10:19 the number of years that Weimar has been open 10:23 which is like 35 years now or maybe it's greater than that 10:27 but nonetheless I do-- 10:32 I would like to hear from you 10:35 a short dissertation on the benefits 10:39 of just doing a Newstart program 10:43 in one minute or less. 10:46 In doing the Newstart program 10:49 it takes what your lifestyle is like 10:52 and turns it upside down. 10:55 It gives you the resources to understand 10:58 why you want to clean up your life. 11:02 Why exercise makes you feel better after you eat? 11:07 Why you want to drink the amount of water? 11:10 Why you want to get off medications? 11:12 Medications again slip back in my life 11:16 because it was quick and easy for doctors to deal with that. 11:19 If I'm feeling depressed, 11:21 if I'm having high blood pressure 11:22 it's a medication, it's a medication, 11:24 it's a medication. 11:25 It's a slippery slope. 11:27 And coming here, I would say one of the things 11:32 that I did not have the first time 11:34 is that with them getting off, the few medications I was on 11:38 and now I'm not any longer is I have clarity of mind 11:43 and that's something that helps with your overall health. 11:45 When you have that clarity, 11:47 you can attack this with vengeance. 11:52 So you have learned. 11:55 I better. You said-- 11:56 I'm not gonna do it a triple play here. 11:58 This is it. 11:59 You said, in your testimony when we did that first 12:02 the little clip you looked at that you hadn't learned 12:05 and you hope to learn that this time. 12:09 It sounds to me like you have and you've done a good job. 12:12 You have also a huge responsibility, 12:14 you're taking this back home 12:16 to people and friends and family that are going, 12:19 "Oh, Rick's back at that program again." 12:23 When they see me coming back, 12:25 there will be more coming here. 12:27 As a matter of fact there is already a couple of people 12:29 that decided to go on the Weimar program 12:33 because I'm here as their way to support me. 12:36 All right. 12:37 People who have been here or know of the program 12:39 are starting it over again because I'm here. 12:42 Rick, I want to thank you so much for taking your time. 12:45 You're welcome. 12:46 God bless you. God bless you too. 12:47 You know, I'll be in touch. 12:49 I'll be contacting you from month to month. 12:52 I'll be waiting for that phone call. 12:53 All right, buddy. Thanks. 12:55 And friends don't go away because Dr. Ing 12:58 will be with us in just a moment. 13:32 Welcome back, friends, in our study with Dr. Clarence Ing. 13:35 It's a pleasure to be here. 13:37 It's my pleasure to have you here. 13:38 Doctor, you are the director at the Newstart program 13:42 and have been for about 18 years. 13:44 Is that-- Not quite. 13:46 Not quite. Maybe 15 or 16. 13:47 Oh, 15 or 16. 13:49 Trying to finish up my 17th year. 13:51 Okay. 13:53 Doctor what did you do prior 13:55 to coming to the Newstart program? 13:57 Well, I'd been missionary most of my life 14:00 and worked in Puerto Rico, worked in the Marshall Islands 14:04 and Singapore. 14:06 And I have done both ophthalmology 14:09 and also preventive medicine. 14:10 So I've been blessed, the Lord gave me an opportunity 14:14 to get an MPH in nutrition. 14:16 My hospital gave me an opportunity 14:19 to do another residency in preventive medicine 14:21 so I have two specialties 14:22 and I now do lifestyle medicine and medical ophthalmology 14:26 and enjoy them very much. 14:28 Now is there much difference between 14:30 the typical doctor that you might go to 14:33 out in the world that takes your blood pressure 14:36 and gives you couple of pills 14:38 and the doctors that work here. 14:40 Well, you said the biggest difference is 14:43 most of them try to take care of your problem with pills 14:47 and we try to help people improve their lifestyle 14:51 because many times by changing and modifying their lifestyle, 14:55 they can get their blood pressure under control 14:59 without having to use pills. 15:01 That brings us to Rick John, 15:04 two first names interesting name. 15:07 I remember Rick because we-- if I don't know if you recall 15:11 we interviewed him a couple of years back 15:14 and then he went home 15:16 and I guess he fell off the wagon or so to speak. 15:21 Meaning he did not continue his new lifestyle, 15:25 can you elaborate a little bit? 15:27 Well, that sometimes happens to people, you know, 15:29 we encourage them to follow the principles and do them 15:33 and sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. 15:36 Something I've tried to impress upon them I say, 15:40 I don't like you to play something called 15:42 the "what if" game. 15:44 Now "what if" game goes like this, you know, 15:47 you go home and few years later whatever 15:50 you're afflicted with some problem 15:52 or your problem has come back and maybe worse 15:55 and they say, what if I had followed all the advice 16:00 that doctor Lucan's and Dr. Ing and the Newstart team gave me 16:04 but I now be where I'm. 16:06 So I said, please don't play that game. 16:10 I haven't played that game. 16:13 Fortunately for me. Congratulations. 16:16 But you know, Rick tells me that this time is different. 16:21 I think he is a lot more serious about his life 16:24 than he was the first time. 16:26 The first time he had an attitude 16:28 oh, well, I don't know, and he shares that with me. 16:32 He says, I don't know this is gonna work, I don't know. 16:35 But why are people I know for me what the reason was 16:39 but why has Rick come back this time with an attitude of, 16:44 this time I'm gonna do it. 16:45 Is something happened that-- 16:47 Well, he probably doesn't want to have 16:49 the medical problems that he is facing. 16:52 And you now, you get serious 16:54 you need to make some changes. 16:56 One of the things we found out that people with diabetes 16:59 when they, you know, if they done really well the first time 17:04 and they start to revert to their former lifestyle 17:08 it's much harder to get their diabetes under good control 17:12 if they kind of wandered away. 17:14 You know, you get a good chance 17:15 and if you take that first chance 17:17 they usually do very, very well. 17:19 If they wander back and forth, 17:22 it's harder to come back and get the same results 17:25 in the second and third times. 17:27 So it's fair to say that Rick didn't keep the lifestyle 17:34 but still what has changed this time, 17:37 have we taken him off any medications? 17:41 How much weight has he lost? 17:43 Have we spoken to him since he is left? 17:46 Anything you could fill us in with? 17:48 Well, he lost 17 pounds while he was here. 17:52 He stopped his blood pressure medicine. 17:54 His blood pressure is pretty much better 17:57 when he got finished with the program. 18:00 I did talk to him today 18:01 and he is continued to follow the principles 18:04 and so he is doing very well 18:06 and he is very pleased with his progress 18:08 and what he came and what he has done. 18:11 And I'm relatively certain his intention 18:15 to continue to do this and stick with it. 18:17 I kind of got that feeling myself 18:19 that he is pretty serious about this. 18:22 What a nice man. 18:25 I really grown found of him while he was here 18:28 and when he was away. 18:32 Doctor, what can you share with our viewers 18:35 that might encourage them-- I'm speaking of the people 18:39 who perhaps are overweight and have high blood pressure 18:44 and even diabetes or anyone with the diseases, 18:49 a lifestyle kind of diseases. 18:51 Well, those are three very common problems 18:55 in our population. 18:57 Diabetes, 26% of those over age 65 have diabetes 19:04 and probably two thirds of them have high blood pressure 19:07 and we found that again with lifestyle 19:09 that we can make a significant impact. 19:11 With diabetes and the protocol 19:14 that we use here with our patients with Type 2 diabetes 19:17 we found that about 40% of them can have normal blood sugars 19:22 if they follow the protocol 100% without any medication. 19:27 And if those who still need to use medicine 19:30 we can get that 60% they usually can have better control 19:35 with less medication. 19:37 So all in all those are very good results. 19:40 Absolutely. 19:42 And people can practice lifestyle at their home. 19:47 Do they need to come to a place like Newstart, Weimar. 19:51 Well, if you are very strong willed 19:53 and you are from Minnesota 19:57 you may be able to be strong willed enough 19:59 so that you can just read about it and do it. 20:02 But if you are like the average American 97%-98% 20:07 all the rest they would probably do much better 20:10 if they come to Newstart because we can help them, 20:13 introduce them to the principles, 20:15 work with them, teach them how to prepare 20:18 and enjoy a good plant based diet 20:22 and see all the advantages that happen 20:24 when they follow these principles. 20:27 There was a gentlemen, a doctor gentleman 20:29 who died several years back that had a lifestyle 20:36 if you will by eating lots of protein 20:39 and the people I talk to on a daily basis 20:43 they all have a similar story, 20:45 my doctor said, my dietician said 20:48 to eat this much protein every day. 20:52 That doctor subsequently died from a heart attack 20:55 I believe. 20:57 Do you know who I am speaking of? 20:59 I think you are referring to Dr. Atkins. 21:02 Yes. Yes. 21:04 By the way I did his-- 21:06 I read his book it was believable. 21:09 I read the book, I started eating 21:10 all the meats and fats 21:13 and that's just before I had my open heart surgery. 21:17 So what we are reading out there 21:19 isn't necessarily the truth 21:24 but we do have books on lifestyle. 21:27 I know that Weimar is loaded with various kinds of books. 21:31 But for me I had to come here and go through the program. 21:35 Any closing words about that? 21:37 Rather than reading his book 21:39 I will say read Dr. Esselstyn's book 21:41 and Ornish's book on how to reverse heart diseases 21:44 and come to Newstart. 21:46 Amen. 21:47 Dr. Ing, I want to thank you for joining us here. 21:50 It's always the pleasure to talk with you. 21:52 Thank you very much, Ron. 21:53 Have a wonderful day. And you too. 21:56 Friends, don't go away, Dr. Randy Bivens 21:59 has a tip for you following this. 22:07 Hi, I'm Dr. Randy Bivens. 22:10 New brain scan research has shown that 22:12 spiritual practices can actually improve memory 22:15 and may even slow down the aging process itself. 22:19 Dr. Andrew Newberg wrote a book entitled, 22:22 How God Changes Your Brain. 22:24 Through extensive research and brain scans, 22:27 he shows that spiritual practices 22:29 are inherently good for our body, 22:31 especially our brains. 22:33 According to Newberg, both meditation and prayer 22:36 play significant roles in strengthening 22:39 important circuits in our brains 22:41 which make us more socially aware and alert 22:44 while we do say, anxiety, depression 22:47 and neurological stress. 22:49 Consider this, in our goal to live longer 22:53 does trust in divine power play a role? 22:56 In a study entitled Religious Involvement 22:59 and U.S. Adult Mortality it was found that people 23:02 who never attended religious activities 23:04 exhibited close to two times the risk of death 23:08 compared with those attending religious activities 23:11 more than once a week. 23:13 This amounts to a seven year difference in life expectancy. 23:17 In other words, the health benefits 23:19 of regularly attending religious activities 23:22 is comparable to not smoking. 23:26 So does this mean having faith in God 23:28 changes our brains and our bodies? 23:31 Is it really a valid means of living happier, 23:34 healthier, and longer lives? 23:37 Well, for starters different studies 23:39 have shown a connection 23:41 between a lack of religious service attendance 23:44 and the likelihood of having respiratory disease, 23:47 infectious disease, or diabetes. 23:50 The health risk extends so far as having 23:53 high blood pressure, depression, suicide, 23:55 lung cancer, coronary heart disease, 23:58 chronic obstructive lung disease 23:59 and hospital admissions. 24:02 It is also more likely to become physically disabled 24:05 and suffer from weaker immune systems. 24:08 In contrast regular church attendees 24:11 were more likely to stop smoking, 24:13 increase their physical activity, 24:15 become more social, and stay married. 24:19 It's all pretty startling and you might be thinking 24:22 how does it all work? 24:24 Well, organized religion usually provides 24:28 a social support system that's been shown 24:31 to improve overall health. 24:33 In a study of cardiac surgery patients, 24:36 people with low social support, who did not depend 24:39 on the religious faith for strength 24:41 had a mortality rate that was 12 times higher 24:45 than people who did have 24:47 a strong religious support network to rely on. 24:51 Many who hear this and think well, 24:53 then it's the social support that boost health not God. 24:57 It's a question that's been asked often enough 24:59 that a study was conducted to examine it. 25:02 The study followed 22 kibbutzim 25:05 which are essentially collective 25:07 Jewish farming communities. 25:09 For 16 years the study compared 25:12 11 religious kibbutzim in Israel 25:15 with a 11 secular kibbutzim. 25:17 The study carefully matched them 25:19 to make them as statically similar as possible. 25:22 Yet, despite their statically similarities 25:25 the results were striking. 25:27 Nearly twice as many people in the secular community died 25:31 during the study. 25:34 Ever considered the phrase power of prayer? 25:37 Academic studies show that 25:38 prayer has beneficial health effects 25:41 particularly for the person who is doing the praying. 25:44 Studies of petitionary prayer in which a person prays for his 25:48 or her own health or peace of mind 25:51 showed tangible statistical results. 25:54 Science backs up the benefit of praying 25:57 for your own health especially 25:59 when it comes to mental health like clinical depression. 26:02 So, does God change our brains or as our Creator 26:07 does God know what makes us the most healthy? 26:11 I believe that God wants to be in a relationship with us. 26:16 When we allow Him into our lives 26:19 our brains are turned on, 26:22 our bodies are made more efficient, 26:24 our immune systems are strengthen, 26:26 thinking becomes clearer and we feel great. 26:31 In our goal to live longer, healthier lives 26:35 being rooted firmly in God and fellowshipping 26:38 with like minded believers has been shown to be 26:42 one of the most effective strategies. 26:45 My suggestion, 26:46 consider stepping into your local church this weekend. 26:50 Hello, I'm Dr. David DeRose. 26:53 You know, helping a friend, neighbor 26:54 or relative have better health 26:56 is one of the most practical forms 26:58 of health ministry available. 27:00 However if you are not a health professional 27:02 it can extremely difficult to know how to help someone 27:05 access reliable credible up-to-date health information. 27:09 That's why I recommend the Newstart Lifestyle Club. 27:13 The club is based on the world famous 27:15 Newstart principles that have helped millions 27:17 be well naturally without the use of drugs. 27:20 The club offers streaming video, 27:22 expert health advice, wellness tips, tools and more. 27:25 And when it comes to ministry the Newstart Lifestyle Club 27:28 provides a way for sponsor, churches 27:30 and health organizations to connect with club members 27:33 in their own communities. 27:35 If you would like to learn more about 27:37 how the Newstart Lifestyle Club 27:38 can make a difference in your health outreach. 27:41 Call 1-800-525-9192 27:45 and ask for your free copy 27:47 of Health Evangelism Made Simple. 27:53 Well, friends, that's it for today 27:55 but join us next week for another episode. 27:58 In the mean time pick up the phone 28:00 and give us a call at 800-525-9192. 28:05 Mention the Newstart now program 28:08 and receive the Newstart special. |
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