Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Andy Seaver
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000139A
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00:12 Every year in America, there are over 1 million deaths
00:15 because of type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:18 This includes heart attacks and strokes 00:20 that's six and half 747s crashing everyday. 00:24 What's even most surprising is that the fix is easy. 00:27 It's your lifestyle. 00:28 Wouldn't it be nice 00:29 if you could actually add quality years to your life 00:32 rather than dying one organ at a time? 00:34 Obesity and diabetes 00:36 are the cause of 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 00:50 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 our program 01:03 and you'll be on the road 01:04 to a better more robust quality of life. 01:07 The Newstart programs are simple and effective. 01:14 Hi, friends, and welcome 01:15 to another edition of Newstart Now. 01:18 I'm your host Ron Giannoni. 01:20 In our studio with me I have a gentleman 01:23 from Admin Washington, Andy Seaver. 01:28 Now, Andy we have an interesting story here. 01:31 Let's take a look at when Andrew first arrived. 01:37 And round about three and half weeks ago, 01:40 I was in an ICU 01:42 for the third time in less than a year, 01:47 and I felt like as a wake up call 01:51 that something needed to be changed 01:55 or I was not going to be around the year from now. 01:59 And sent me home with two medications 02:01 that I've previously had not taken 02:04 and doubled up on one that I had 02:07 and taking for years. 02:10 And I said at that point, you know, 02:14 I'm ready, let's go. 02:19 My impression had gone from zero to about man 02:25 over last three years. 02:30 I'd increase the amount of time 02:32 I was sleeping and decrease the amount of time 02:35 that I was with my wife and with my friends, 02:39 so wasn't much afraid of me. 02:42 And... 02:44 so I know that I was going downhill. 02:50 Taking life from here the ability to... 02:55 you know, to understand and be reinforced. 03:04 I just cherish that. 03:08 It's really good. 03:11 Welcome back, friends, here in the studio. 03:14 Andy, how are you? Good. 03:15 I'm glad you can make it today 03:17 and I'm excited to hear your story. 03:20 We saw when you first arrived, you had an episode. 03:25 I had one, so we're like brothers here. 03:29 Tell us what has happened now 03:31 that you are here, have you seen any hope? 03:36 Thank you very much for asking that question. 03:39 In the two weeks I've been here, 03:42 my blood pressure has come down by 20 points. 03:46 I've lost 16 pounds. Oh, well, that's good. 03:49 I had no exercise program going when I came here. 03:54 So far I've walked 105 miles. 03:58 Well, you've counted each mile. I never did that. 04:01 And my best day was 12 miles walking. 04:05 Good for you. 04:07 I was taking 21 pills a day, now taking none. 04:11 You are all from-- zero pill, 04:12 you're having zero pill. Zero pill. 04:14 You were taking 21. 21 pills. 04:17 And I will bet you that you were taking 04:19 some of them more than once a day. 04:21 Yes, sir, including those pills 04:25 were two for diabetes, two for hypertension. 04:30 And additionally I was on an insulin pump when I came. 04:33 Wow. 04:35 The first evening, 04:37 the physician after interviewing me said, 04:41 I want you to cut your insulin level, 04:43 your base rate, in other words 04:46 an hourly rated pump puts out in half. 04:49 And I want you to stop your oral insulin. 04:53 Now who is your doctor? Dr. Lukens. 04:54 Dr. Lukens. I know it. 04:56 Yes. 04:57 He cut your insulin in half in first day. 05:00 The first day. 05:03 The morning of the third day after the stress test, 05:08 he said turn the insulin pump off. 05:11 Now, let me stop you right there. 05:13 Were you little nervous? 05:16 When someone's telling to cut off your lifeline. 05:19 I had never heard about reversing diabetes. 05:24 I was awestruck, I was dumbfounded, 05:29 but I'm a registered nurse 05:32 and have been for 40 some odd years. 05:35 And I said we're on campus, 05:38 we have a doctor within three minutes. 05:40 Yeah. 24 hours a day. 05:42 More than one doctor-- 05:43 Right and we have nurses on duty 05:46 from 6 in the morning till 10 at night 05:49 and our call as well. 05:50 Let me stop you just a minute. 05:52 You nurses out there pay attention, 05:54 I've met a lot of nurses 05:55 and you're all God bless you for the work you do. 05:58 However here's the nurse 40 years he said, 06:02 had never heard of reversing diabetes. 06:05 And we reverse a lot of other diseases 06:08 because we know that most diseases 06:11 are lifestyle diseases. 06:14 Continue please. 06:15 Okay, anyway I took it on faith 06:20 and I've had no insulin since I've been here. 06:25 And what's your blood sugar in the morning? 06:27 It's still up, it's still-- between 148/220 fasting. 06:34 Now that means I've had nothing to eat 06:37 during the night time hours. 06:39 Exactly. 06:41 However there's a cell portion, 06:46 the power plant of the cell for non scientific crowds, 06:50 it's the power plant, it's called mitochondria. 06:53 And Dr. Lukens explained that I've been packing 06:57 that full of sugar for so long 07:00 that it needs 6 to 12 weeks for that to rejuvenate itself. 07:06 And God bless, it's only 10 more weeks, of course. 07:13 So I'm very, very happy. 07:16 I've dropped two waist sizes in my pants. 07:20 You're wearing the same pants you've brought. 07:22 Yes, sir... 07:29 I think that pretty much covers it. 07:31 I guess I would have to say though 07:33 that my faith has increased multifold. 07:39 Now why would your faith increased 07:44 just for coming to a lifestyle program? 07:48 There is no outer person on campus, 07:50 staff, visitor, family of workers. 07:57 There are some positives, he doesn't reach on the trail 08:00 and say hi, he doesn't wave at you, 08:04 if they're riding in the car. 08:06 There's not a person who doesn't sit down with you 08:10 before a treatment and pray with you. 08:13 Dr. Lukens did from the very start. 08:17 Dr. Hellman did as the nutritionist. 08:23 Of course the chaplain would, and that was just amazing. 08:27 And the massage therapist? The massage therapist Elias. 08:31 We don't want to miss anybody. Oh, my goodness. 08:36 You know, it was amazing 08:41 to get here and see that happen. 08:44 It's been amazing to see the nurses. 08:47 I had headaches the first day, my migraines were terrible 08:53 and the nurses came in to do the foot baths. 08:58 Your feet in warm water, 09:00 your head in ice water or an ice rag in prayer, 09:07 that doesn't happen in most hospital settings 09:10 that I have worked in. 09:11 Yeah. 09:14 I... you know, it's kind of-- 09:18 as I mentioned in the beginning interview 09:22 just to get here was the miracle. 09:25 I was at my wit's end. 09:27 I had come to the end of my road and said, okay, 09:35 if you can get us in, I'll go to my wife. 09:38 Yeah. 09:40 Andy, let me ask you a question now. 09:43 Did the Newstart program meet your expectations? 09:47 Far exceeding my expectations. My wife was here 10 years ago. 09:53 Yes. 09:54 And the questions I ask of her, her memory failed her. 09:57 So I came as the new babe in the woods 10:00 just like most people who arrive here 10:03 not knowing anything about what was going to occur? 10:07 What I need to do to wear? 10:12 What's the food was gonna be like 10:15 and it's just been beyond my wildest expectations. 10:21 I enjoyed everything that has come to me. 10:27 I was on a three day fast at the beginning 10:31 and they kept promising, they, the staff kept promising 10:35 that my taste buds were going to change. 10:39 I kind of-- Yeah. 10:42 As the peasant see to that 10:44 and ironically my first meal after coming off the fast 10:50 were the three foods in all of God's creation 10:56 that I dislike the most 11:01 and yet they tasted wonderful. 11:04 Yeah. 11:05 And my taste buds have changed. 11:09 They've taken on a whole different way 11:13 of feeding my brain. 11:16 Would you recommend the Newstart program? 11:19 To everyone. Amen. 11:23 So I came here with some expectations 11:29 but not anywhere close to what God has granted to me. 11:36 Amen. 11:39 Andy, I want to thank you 11:40 for taking the time to be with us 11:43 and sharing your story 11:45 to hopefully millions of people who are watching. 11:49 And, you know, I'll be following up with you 11:52 in the near future. 11:54 That's one of my jobs here. So I've heard. 11:57 I'm looking forward to that. 11:58 So, God bless you brother and again thank you so much. 12:00 Thank you. Friends, don't go away. 12:02 After this little bit information, 12:04 Dr. Lukens is gonna be with us. 12:40 Welcome back friends in our studio, Dr. Lukens. 12:44 Yes. Good to see you here. 12:45 I'm so excited about this patient. 12:47 I'm really excited about it too. 12:49 And you know what I'm most excited about 12:51 is that you follow up with these patients now 12:53 and that is huge. 12:56 Yes, it is. Yeah. 12:57 And I enjoy that work so much, 13:01 because people, you know, they stay here for 18 days. 13:05 They learn about this new lifestyle, 13:07 then they go home and they forget this 13:10 or they forget that. 13:11 So I'm there every month calling them, 13:13 the ones that want me to call 13:15 and helping them with their new lifestyles. 13:18 That's a wonderful thing. 13:19 And thank you 'cause it was your idea to do that. 13:21 Yeah, it's been everybody's idea 13:23 but you are doing it. 13:24 So that's the wonderful thing. 13:26 So let's talk about Andy, 13:27 he's had some remarkable change. 13:28 Okay, Andy. 13:29 When they come in on that first night, 13:32 we have realized that if they continue on 13:36 even just eating one, two meals or something like that. 13:39 If we see them in the afternoon on Monday, 13:41 they might have already had an insulin reaction. 13:44 That's how fast it works. Yes. 13:47 And so he asked me probably three times 13:51 and I didn't realize he was embarrassed, 13:52 you know, we don't know everything about it 13:53 when we're first seeing them. 13:54 What we do know when they have that 13:57 and I had seen somebody else previously 14:00 that was constantly having insulin reaction. 14:03 So I said look just cut whatever you are doing, 14:05 just cut in half because I know 14:07 that a high blood sugar over a short period of time 14:11 isn't going to be a real problem. 14:12 So he kept asking me and so you want me to just-- 14:15 Yeah, and I said until I see you, 14:17 just cut in half. 14:18 Cut in half. 14:19 And so then right after that he went on the fast 14:23 and that we do a three day fast, 14:25 I mean if a person is fasting, no sugar is coming in 14:30 and they are on a full replacement dose. 14:32 You-- you know, you may... 14:34 Could have a problem. 14:35 Oh, you might have a real emergency 14:38 on your hand, you know. 14:39 And so anyway we cut it down, 14:43 cut in half and then when I was able to see him. 14:45 I said why don't we stop this 14:47 because you are not gonna be eating. 14:49 We always have to do that and it's kind of a novel thing 14:53 but our sister institution used to do that. 14:56 They used to do that in at lifestyle center in Oklahoma 15:02 and so they were the ones that brought that to us 15:04 and so that was a really neat thing. 15:05 So anyway here he goes and he's on that 15:08 and his blood sugars were going up. 15:11 And they were high but they weren't out of line 15:14 from what he had before. 15:16 I have one other patient 15:17 that she never got her blood sugar below 350. 15:20 And she had that for eight years 15:22 and so I'm thinking well, 15:24 you know, let's do this and let's see what happens 15:27 and that's the reason why it's so important. 15:30 If he's not followed up and he thinks 15:32 hey, you know, we did this 15:35 and it was just wonderful and all this stuff you know. 15:38 They go back to their other way, 15:40 they're going to see their doctor 15:41 and the doctor's just you know 15:43 he's either thinking about P.T. Barnum, 15:46 there's a sucker born every minute 15:49 or he's thinking about how can people be so gullible 15:52 because there isn't such a thing 15:54 as reversing diabetes. 15:56 But now when he left, 15:57 his blood sugars were acceptable 15:59 for the stage that he is in. 16:01 Now you see he's out here, 16:05 he's got the metabolic syndrome. 16:07 He's got all the parts of the metabolic syndrome 16:10 and now he's working on that. 16:13 And we know from people 16:15 that have worked with the metabolic syndrome 16:18 which is killing our teenagers 16:20 in this generation of teenagers. 16:22 We know that when they start exercising 16:25 and what did he tell you 16:27 about his exercise in that one day. 16:29 Oh, he walked 12 miles in one day. 16:30 Absolutely. 16:32 He's never done that before in his life. 16:34 The people that are doing this 16:36 have to be walking 6 to 10, in one day he did 12. 16:40 Let me add something right here, 16:42 I got to cut you off. 16:43 Friends, I want 16:44 you to pay attention to what doctor is saying. 16:47 This is just not a guy 16:48 that's telling you about another guy. 16:51 He's got 25 years here at Newstart, 16:56 here at Weimar and he's seen 16:59 thousands of patients over the years 17:02 and helped many, many people. 17:03 This is just one of many, 21 medications this guy had 17:08 and he was taking some of them two or three times a day. 17:11 How is it possible, doc? 17:14 Well, after you've been out on the trails with somebody 17:17 that's on the picnic and stuff like that, 17:19 and they are lying on the ground 17:21 and you've got their head tilted down. 17:22 Then you get a little bit more conservative 17:25 on how much you're gonna get them. 17:27 But anyway that's just a side thing. 17:29 So what's so important is that he continues to do this 17:33 because as the fat comes out of the inside of his abdomen, 17:37 as the fat comes out of his liver 17:40 which is the metabolic syndrome, 17:42 his cholesterol comes down, his triglycerides comes down. 17:45 He doesn't eat the refined sugars 17:48 but he can eat the complex carbohydrates. 17:51 The way they are packaged, 17:52 the way God made the grains and the legumes 17:55 and all these things and he'll be doing fine. 17:58 Hence, whole foods Whole plant foods. 18:02 Plant foods. Eaten whole. 18:03 Eaten whole. 18:04 No added oil and no added sugar 18:07 and you with that amount of exercise 18:09 you will be on the way to abundant health. 18:13 Now, you know, I came through the program, 18:17 by the way it will be 9 years this coming August. 18:21 You get a handshake for that. 18:24 That's a month away from now. 18:26 Yeah. 9 years ago. 18:27 I'm excited about you doing this 18:29 because you are the one that should be doing it. 18:30 Well, I'm doing it 18:32 and I'm real grateful to be doing it. 18:35 And I-- you know sometimes 18:37 I say is this possible 18:39 that this could really be happening to me, 18:41 9 years I'd been free of... 18:44 And it has been progressive for you too, isn't it? 18:46 Yes, yes, it has. 18:47 And so we have to always encourage people 18:49 but that's why the follow up. 18:51 Yes. 18:52 Yeah, you just told me the other day 18:53 that some of the people have forgotten 18:55 almost everything we told them. 18:56 That's not unusual, that's a short period of time. 18:59 That's right. 19:00 And even after 9 years sometimes 19:02 I come to you and say, 19:03 hey, what about this, that and the other thing. 19:05 Yeah. 19:06 But I'm always encouraged because I get to talk to people 19:09 and encourage them and it triggers that, 19:12 oh, wow, I have a responsibility here. 19:15 Yeah, yeah, it does. 19:16 Anyway let's talk about Andy 19:17 a little bit more rather than me. 19:19 Okay, so what's gonna happen is that as he can-- 19:23 as he just keep shrinking down and getting smaller, 19:28 his insulin requirements are going to be less and less 19:31 to get the energy units into the cells 19:36 and he talked about that. 19:37 He understands this kind of stuff 19:39 and then he will essentially have 19:42 reversed his metabolic syndrome 19:44 which says more things than just the diabetes. 19:47 It is so awesome to see what's happened to him 19:51 and I was impressed with the miles 19:54 that he's walked and his whole life is changed. 19:57 Yeah. 19:58 Can we actually say that most people 20:02 who come to the Newstart program 20:05 will have the same kind of change? 20:09 While they are here, it's wonderful 20:11 and almost everybody will say look, 20:13 I'm on it and we talked about 20:17 when we talked about his wife Debby, 20:19 the fact that the two of them were there 20:21 but I have to warn them, don't ride herd on each other. 20:25 Because then they can fight against you 20:27 instead of against the Holy Spirit 20:29 when he's trying to help you do your very best. 20:32 And yeah and it's the thing in-- 20:34 it'll be encouraging to them 20:35 and you know if something comes up, 20:37 sometimes they were just-- there's one little thing 20:40 that has to be done to adjust and it's a huge thing 20:44 but it doesn't take much of a change 20:46 and they do it well. 20:48 You know, doc, 20:49 one of the things that impressed me 20:51 as I think back was I remember you 20:56 or one of the doctors said, you know, 20:59 we prayed for you before you got here. 21:02 We're praying for you while you are here 21:05 and we'll pray for you after you've gone 21:08 and I feel those prayers everyday. 21:12 And the great physician is the one who-- 21:14 is the only one who can heal. 21:16 Amen. The only one. 21:18 Amen. 21:20 And he's made it so easy for us. 21:23 He's made it so easy. 21:25 He even gave us someone to write books about this. 21:28 He begs it to do it. And I'm grateful. 21:33 I want to thank you for all the work you do, 21:36 not just here at the Newstart program, 21:39 the work you've done overseas 21:41 and Africa and else where, I know that-- 21:45 Now, there was a blessing to us. 21:46 Yeah, I'm sure it was, but I want to thank you. 21:50 And thank you for being my friend 21:52 and my doctor as well. 21:54 Yeah, very good. 21:55 You're doing a good work, I know. 21:57 And thank you friends, 21:58 but don't go away 'cause up next, 22:00 we have a short cooking demonstration with artichokes 22:03 and then Dr. David DeRose will join us 22:07 with the little information on vitamins. 23:15 Welcome to "Ask the Doctor." I'm Dr. David DeRose. 23:19 Today your questions are our concern, our focus, 23:23 we're going to Mathew in Washington State, 23:26 he's got a question for us. 23:28 I'm a pretty healthy person and I eat healthy. 23:31 Should I be taking vitamins? 23:35 Well, Mathew, this is the question 23:36 that often comes up in the real question 23:38 about vitamin supplementation is the real one. 23:41 Let's talk a little bit about it. 23:42 If you are eating lots of fruits, 23:45 whole grains, vegetables, nuts, seeds 23:47 you're getting a vast array, 23:49 not only of conventional vitamins 23:52 but also micronutrients 23:53 and what we call phytochemicals. 23:55 The more you eat of these foods, 23:57 generally they're healthier the diet. 23:59 Are there though any possible pitfalls, 24:01 any areas where you could be falling short 24:03 even with an excellent diet? 24:04 One that often comes up on the radar screen 24:07 and especially relevant for someone 24:08 living in Washington State is vitamin D. 24:11 It seems we were designed to get vitamin D from the sun. 24:14 The problem is if you are living 24:16 above the 35 degree latitude line. 24:20 Some people want to move that higher 24:21 at least in the northern hemisphere, 24:23 we use the same measures in the southern hemisphere 24:26 but then we've got some problems 24:27 in the winter months with getting 24:29 adequate amounts of vitamin D. 24:32 Further from the equator than 35 degrees latitude. 24:36 If you say living in northern California 24:39 that may amount to three months. 24:41 In the winter where you can't make 24:42 adequate vitamin D. 24:44 As you go up further north, 24:45 you'll reach places like Bergen, Norway, 24:49 it's actually been studied 24:50 fully six months out of the year 24:52 they cannot make adequate vitamin D. 24:54 What do you do in this situation? 24:56 You supplement or you go into a tanning bed. 24:59 You want to get vitamin D exposure 25:02 either through the sun or the equivalent of sun 25:05 through what we call UVB light. 25:07 And if you don't get it, 25:08 you need to take that in an oral form, 25:11 just kind of an interesting sidelight from many years 25:13 I lived in the state of Maine. 25:15 In Maine I found that the old Mainers 25:17 had some traditional wisdom 25:20 as far as how to deal with the winter. 25:23 They took cod liver oil. 25:25 Actually cod liver oil we now know 25:27 is a rich source of vitamin D. 25:28 They were supplementing. 25:29 In other words with Vitamin D without knowing it. 25:32 You don't need to take cod liver oil today, 25:33 I know that may not sound very appealing 25:35 and I know you may be worried about all the toxins and fish. 25:38 Vitamin D supplements are readily available. 25:41 Anything else on the list 25:42 that commonly may not be included in the diet 25:44 that you may need to watch for. 25:46 Another one is vitamin B12. 25:48 B12, one of the B vitamins 25:51 is something that many people get into trouble with. 25:54 A lot of people say 25:55 well, that's a vegetarian problem Dr. DeRose, 25:57 I eat plenty of meat, milk, eggs and cheese 26:00 so I don't worry about B12. 26:01 That is not a guarantee. 26:03 In fact if you look at absolute numbers, 26:05 the largest number of people in America 26:07 who have B12 deficiency are eating 26:09 things like milk, meat, eggs and cheese. 26:12 And that's because as we get older, 26:13 we often do not absorb B12 as well. 26:17 Truly if you are on a vegan diet 26:18 less exposure to B12, 26:20 but all of us need to be concerned about this vitamin. 26:23 If you want to know where you stand, 26:24 you can have your blood level checked. 26:25 You are able to store this B vitamin for many years, 26:28 but if you're not getting a reliable source 26:30 especially if you are on a vegetarian or vegan diet, 26:33 we do recommend a B12 supplement 26:35 on a daily basis. 26:36 B12 absorb best if it's chewed or dissolved in the mouth. 26:40 Keep that in mind as well. 26:42 B12 and vitamin D, it's a major concerns, 26:44 most of the other things they take care of themselves 26:47 when you are on an excellent diet, 26:48 of course there can be individual differences. 26:50 If you've got personal questions, 26:52 see a doctor. 26:53 Have some of those test checked out on yourself 26:56 and make sure that you are getting 26:57 everything that you need. 27:03 You are killing me. 27:05 Actually, dad, you are killing yourself. 27:10 With the only program scientifically proven 27:12 to prolong life by 10 years, 27:14 the Newstart lifestyle program can significantly decrease 27:17 the risk of disease including diabetes. 27:19 Done with that? I think I am. 27:23 Go to Newstart.com now to learn more, 27:25 the Newstart lifestyle program. 27:27 We bring you back to life. 27:29 Well, friends, that's it for today 27:30 but join us next week for another episode. 27:34 In the mean time pick up the phone 27:35 and give us a call at 1-800-525-9192. 27:41 Mention the Newstart now program 27:44 and receive the Newstart special. |
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