Every year in America,
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there are over 1 million deaths
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because of type 2
diabetes and chronic obesity.
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This includes heart
attacks and strokes,
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that's six and a half
747s crashing every day.
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What's even more surprising
is that the fix is easy.
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It's your lifestyle.
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Wouldn't it be nice
if you could actually
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add quality years to your life
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rather than dying
one organ at a time?
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Obesity and diabetes
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are the cause of over
million deaths per year.
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Most diseases are reversible,
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because most diseases
are lifestyle diseases,
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especially type 2
diabetes and chronic obesity.
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Seriously now,
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they can be reversed
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and the quality of
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Hi, friends, and
welcome to another edition
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of NEWSTART NOW.
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I'm your host Ron Giannoni.
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In our studio with me
today, I have Mike Milburn,
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and I'd like you to
take a look at his interview
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when he first arrived.
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My wife was very interested
in the program and she said,
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"Mike, you need
to try this out."
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So I said, "Sure."
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You know, you have
to keep your wife happy.
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So I signed up with my
daughter as a companion with me,
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and she was very
excited about it.
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I have been putting on weight
not recently but gradually,
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and finally I decided,
you know, this is enough.
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I am partial--
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well, I'm
diabetic, type 2 diabetes.
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And my physician at
home said, you know,
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"Lose the weight,
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and it'll take
care of your diabetes
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and your hypertension."
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My blood pressure
was up a little bit.
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Anyway, this program
meeting with the physicians
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and the dietician
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and this is
exactly what I needed.
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I want to get
everything under control
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before I start falling apart.
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You know,
before I get neuropathy
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and some of those other problems
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related to diabetes.
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But fortunately
I have nothing now,
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and I just want to put
a halt to my weight gain
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and lose weight.
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And I know I'll
feel much better.
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Even though I feel good
now I'll feel much better
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and that's why I'm here.
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Welcome back, friends.
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As I promised,
Mike, how are you, sir?
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Good, very good.
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Good to see
you. Good to be here.
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And it's good to
see you healthier.
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Yeah. Than when
you first arrived.
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Yes.
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Well, I'd like to
ask you some questions
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I know the
viewers would like to hear
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part of your testimony
as to what has transpired
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since you arrived here.
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And I'll kind of ask you
specific questions, like,
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I know you were
taking medications
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when you got here.
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How many medications
were you taking and how often?
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I took three of them
and both twice a day.
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Okay. Morning and evening.
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And how many are
you taking today?
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I'm not taking any of them.
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You're not taking any of them.
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Right.
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And we know,
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since you and I have
already talked about it,
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you were taking
diabetes medications,
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two of them.
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Yes, two of them.
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You were taking two
high blood pressure meds?
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One hyper. One of those, okay.
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And anything else? That's it.
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That was it.
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Well, my regular vitamin tablet.
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That doesn't count.
Yeah, that doesn't count.
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So why were you taking
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high blood pressure medications?
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Well, my blood ranged
from 150 to 160 over 80 or so,
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80, 90 sometimes.
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Yeah, on a bad day
how high would it go?
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Well, that's about
it. That's about it?
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Yeah. Okay.
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Mine was like 200 over 110. Oh.
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On a bad day.
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Yeah, yeah, well,
mine was never that high,
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but it was too high for me.
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Well, what is
your blood pressure now
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that you are off
blood pressure meds,
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and you've been here
a little over 2 weeks,
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what is your blood
pressure reading now?
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Well, I usually take it
when I get up in the morning
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and blood pressure's
running about 120 over 70.
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Okay. 126 maybe.
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So--
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After I walk and
stuff and exercise
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it's about 130 over 70.
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Oh, sure. Yeah.
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That's okay. Yeah.
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So you've
accomplished plenty of goal
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by getting all those medication.
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Now what about the diabetes?
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You're off the
diabetes medication.
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Don't you have diabetes?
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Yes, I do,
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but my diet and
exercise is controlling it,
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pretty much
still controlling it.
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You know, when
people ask me that story
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'cause they know that
I used to be diabetic,
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I say, well, I still am.
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Oh, I thought you
reversed it. I did reverse it.
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However, I'm like an alcoholic
that doesn't drink anymore.
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Yes.
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So we're kind of
like brothers in diabetes
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that no longer have diabetes.
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Yeah, it's under
control, but you still have it.
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Yes, it's under control.
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And that's the biggie.
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So now what about weight?
How did you do on your weight?
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Oh, I've lost 14
pounds since I've been here.
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Wow.
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And that's, you know,
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after eating
breakfast I weigh, so...
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After you eat
breakfast you weigh, okay.
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Yeah, so...
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Yeah, 14 pounds, so...
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That's good. That's a good--
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I did 22 in 18 days.
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That was from the day
one, I weighed right away,
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and then before I left.
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So that was a
little different than
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visiting with the doctor.
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Yeah.
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How was your doctor visits here?
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I enjoyed them very much.
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And why would you
enjoy seeing the doctor?
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Well, he could relate
to what's going on with me.
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And much
encouragement there. And--
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Did he spend
enough time with you?
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Oh, yeah, yeah, he did. We
enjoyed our talks immensely.
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Yeah.
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And your doctor
is Dr. Lukens, right?
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Yes, yes, he is.
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Yeah, he's a Godly man.
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Yeah, he's good. He's great.
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A lot of people have a
problem with two things
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when they come here.
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Not everybody but
some people I should say.
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One is the food, they get--
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try to get adjusted to it.
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How have you
adjusted to the food?
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Oh, I thought it was wonderful.
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I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.
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I'm pretty much of
a vegetarian at home.
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You know, I mean occasionally
I eat a little meat,
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but I never buy it at the store.
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Good for you.
Never have any at home.
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And anyway, so
it was easy for me,
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and the cooks were excellent.
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Very good cooks. Yeah.
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What about walking?
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Have you had a
problem with your walking?
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No, and my daughter
helps me along there.
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Oh, really?
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I brought my
daughter along with me
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and we get up
5:30 every morning.
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We're out walking
by 6, take a shower,
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freshen up and go out walking.
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Before you came here,
did you walk all the time?
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No.
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And how much
are you doing today?
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How many miles a
day are you doing?
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Well, we try to get
5, maybe 6 miles a day.
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Five or six miles a day. Yeah.
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On bad day, well,
on some days it's four.
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At least four, but, you
know, we try for five or six.
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You know,
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when I came here I
never walked anywhere.
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If I had to go to
the grocery store,
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and it was a block way, I drove.
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That's what cars were for.
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Yes.
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And when I'm at the hospital,
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instead of taking the
steps I take the elevator.
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Yes, so now you're
gonna take the steps?
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Oh, you bet.
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Now you're a
administrator for nurses.
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I work nursing administration.
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Yes, yes, that's a
very, very challenging--
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It's an enjoyable job.
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Enjoyable? Yes.
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Well, good, I'm glad
to hear you say that.
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I get to visit
with all the nurses.
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Sometimes I go and see
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the patients, families you know.
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I enjoy it very much.
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Good for you.
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Now which city did
you say you were from?
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Dickinson, North Dakota.
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Dickinson, North Dakota.
I've never heard of that.
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Yeah,
southwestern part of the state.
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Okay.
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That doesn't mean anything
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just because I haven't
heard of it, by the way.
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People are watching--
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There's a big
oil boom there now.
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Yeah, I heard of that.
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In that area,
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not in Dickinson
but throughout the area.
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Yeah.
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And has it brought a
lot of revenue to there?
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Revenue and a lot of people.
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Yeah.
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Now over all,
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is there any
particular part of the program
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that you liked most?
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You want me to be honest?
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Yeah, want you to
be totally honest.
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The meals.
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So the meals were great.
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Yeah, but also
the whole program.
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I mean the way
it's put together.
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You know, diet,
they emphasize diet,
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they emphasize exercise
and, you know, essentially,
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you know, the
whole being, spiritually,
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everything is being fed.
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So you met Viola. Yeah.
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And she has
morning worship. Yes.
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And she's a
sweet woman. Very nice.
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And very godly woman at that.
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Yes.
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Has anybody here that--
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I shouldn't say that,
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I don't want to
point anybody out.
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Is there any areas you
think we can improve on?
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No, no, I think
everything is good.
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All right. Just
like it should be.
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So now when you go home,
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how are you gonna deal
with this new lifestyle?
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Well, I'm gonna go shopping
and get a couple of things.
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A food processor for one thing
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and one of those
Vitamix, you know.
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What do you call them?
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The blenders or
whatever. Yeah, blender.
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Yeah, yeah. One of those.
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And then I'll get a
few of the ingredients
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that I
particularly enjoyed here.
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Now what about the food
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you already have in your freezer
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or in your refrigerator?
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Some of it will go. Uh-huh.
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Yeah, some of it's gonna go.
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Good for you.
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You heard what I
did with mine. No.
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You weren't in
the room then. No.
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Well, I just threw all mine out.
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I couldn't
conceivably give any meats
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or fish or
chicken to anybody I knew
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after learning
what I learned here.
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So I just threw it all out.
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Yeah.
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Well, I think I still have a
quart of cow's milk in there.
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And it's probably been
in there for a month or two.
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So it's ready to
go. That's ready to go.
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But I've started getting
that almond, almond milk.
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Yes.
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And I think I have that
in the fridge right now.
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So I have to throw
the cow's milk out.
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Good for you. Yeah.
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It sounds like you've learned
a lot since you've been here.
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Oh, yes, I've
enjoyed it very much.
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I want to thank you
for taking your time.
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I know this is your time,
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and I just want to thank you
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and let you know
I'll be following up.
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You're right.
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And we'll be
chatting in the near future.
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Good, sounds great.
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Friends, don't go away,
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'cause Dr. Lukens is gonna
be with us right after this.
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Today we'll be teaching you
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how to make an
all fruit smoothie.
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And this recipe calls for
one can of your coconut milk
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that you can get
at your grocery store.
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2 to 4 frozen
bananas depending on size,
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about 4 cups.
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2 cups of your
frozen strawberries
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and 1 teaspoon of
your vanilla extract.
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And the vanilla extract
that we're gonna be using
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is alcohol free
because this is a smoothie
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that we're not
gonna cook obviously,
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and you won't burn
off the alcohol in vanilla
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that you typically get.
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But you can find this
at a health food store.
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Some grocery
stores carry that as well.
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Okay, so it's so simple.
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The materials that you'll
need is a high speed blender,
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and then just a measuring cup.
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Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead
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and add all these
ingredients to my blender.
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Coconut milk
incidentally is really healthy.
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It has caprylic
acid and lauric acid,
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and what you really
need to know about that is
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that it's really good
for your immune system.
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I'm gonna add my
frozen strawberries here.
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And that's the other
thing, you could use just fresh
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but you'd want to get
kind of a ice consistency,
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so you'd want to add
some fresh ice to this.
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Okay, 1 teaspoon
of my vanilla extract.
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And I'm gonna go ahead
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and just process this on high
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until
everything's nice and creamy.
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And there you have it,
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your all fruit
smoothie with some coconut milk.
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I'm gonna show
you what I would do.
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I would put this
in a parfait glass
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or any kind of a glass.
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And then I would add some,
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some beautiful
granola that you made
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and just top that off,
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and you can get our
recipe on the website.
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And then just put any
kind of fruit in this.
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I'm just gonna show
you what I would do,
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put some strawberry in there,
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you can add some
fresh blueberries,
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even some bananas
would be delicious.
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And this is a
gorgeous breakfast,
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and not only that,
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you could have this for dessert.
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So you could do the same thing
and serve it to your family.
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Bon appetit.
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Welcome back, friends.
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Help me to welcome Dr. Lukens.
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Good. How are you, my friend?
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I'm always happy to be
here and talk about something
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that's so dear to my heart.
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I know.
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You've been doing
this for a long time.
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Yeah.
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How long has it been by the way?
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June, this June it was 25 years.
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Well, 25 years you've been
helping people like Michael
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who's had a series
of things and events
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that have
transpired in his life.
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How did he do,
from your perspective,
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how did he do on this program?
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Well, first of all,
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let me say that
why it's so exciting
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and why I'm still here
is because over 25 years,
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every 3 months, every 6 months,
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something comes up
that we had no idea
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that the natural remedies
and the supernatural remedy.
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Placing all of our patients
in the great physician's hand
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changes things that
we never even knew about,
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never heard about.
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Really?
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And we can't go into all that,
but I've told you this before,
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it's a real challenge.
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And I know you used
to be in sales and stuff,
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but it's a real challenge.
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I still am.
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For three
different groups of people,
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to get them to come
onboard to something.
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And I'll list
them first, preachers,
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sales people and medical people.
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And doctors.
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Medical people.
Medical people in general.
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Yeah, all medical people.
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And the reason is that
their job, their profession,
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their interest
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and their expertise
is in telling people
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what to do, you see.
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And sometimes they
can't internalize it.
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Now for Michael's or Mike's--
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On his side,
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he had to go back
and he's the supervisor
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and the
administrator for a hospital,
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it's a big area, and
it was already scheduled.
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And he bumped into this
time and so to give him a break,
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I realized that he had
to go back there because,
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you know, you
have things like that.
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Now he came here
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and was engaged in
the program and Elaine,
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his daughter was here,
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and she
encouraged him a lot and,
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you know, sometimes a
child takes the parent role
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and so things
are all different now
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in the 21st century.
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She really encouraged him,
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but right in the
middle of the session
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he had to go
back and do a weekend,
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so that was tough on him.
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That was tough. Yeah.
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And so he started
out with a 3-day fast
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and you go off of everything
that you possibly can.
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He was on metformin,
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which is a very safe medication,
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and one of the ones
that whips the pancreas.
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And so he did that
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and he got off
of his medications,
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he was only on four or five.
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Let me interrupt.
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I know you've dealt
with people around 20 or 30,
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but to me 4 or 5 is significant,
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especially the
ones like I was taking.
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It was killing me.
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And we don't know,
I mean, I don't know,
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maybe this was killing Mike.
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That's one of the
reasons he came here.
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Well, 8 to 12 for
people in his situation, yeah.
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So he has--
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That's not uncommon.
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So he has high blood
pressure, he's overweight,
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he got more and more overweight.
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He did lose
weight while he was here.
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Even though he
left for a weekend,
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he lost about 12 pounds.
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Yeah.
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But this is not a
weight loss program.
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No, that's-- But
everyone loses weight.
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When you start
eating this kind of food,
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and to his credit,
00:19:22.37\00:19:24.78
he tried to stay on the program
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even when he was
away for that weekend.
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But, so what he does
is he goes on the fast
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in his highest blood sugar,
of course, no medications,
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but no food.
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He was about 150, you see.
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Yeah.
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So then he goes
back on the food,
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he's sleep deprived
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because he's flown
back to North Dakota,
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he's under stress
there, he comes back again.
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And with all of that,
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sleep deprivation will make
a person who isn't diabetic,
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if you're sleep
deprived for about 3 weeks
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and we take your
blood and check it,
00:20:02.34\00:20:04.56
we can find that you
look like a diabetic.
00:20:04.59\00:20:06.96
So all these stresses are big.
00:20:06.99\00:20:09.16
So he came back and
he went back on the food
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without his medication
00:20:12.37\00:20:13.46
and his blood
sugars were over 300.
00:20:13.49\00:20:16.59
So we had to go back
on the medicines again.
00:20:16.62\00:20:19.49
But what was good
was that when he came in,
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his blood sugar was over 200.
00:20:23.12\00:20:25.97
And although he was
back on the medications
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because he hasn't been
able to do all the things
00:20:28.65\00:20:30.98
we needed him to do,
00:20:31.01\00:20:33.41
his blood sugar was 125 fasting.
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So that means his medications
were doing him a lot more good.
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Right.
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Now he agreed with just
about everything I said.
00:20:42.73\00:20:47.06
In fact he was so
agreeable I was worried.
00:20:47.09\00:20:51.59
But his daughter said
that she would ride him down
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as much as she could.
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And, you know, Mike,
00:20:55.40\00:20:56.43
if you ever see
this and stuff like that,
00:20:56.46\00:20:58.59
I know what it's like to be
in a situation like you're in,
00:20:58.62\00:21:03.99
and trying to
juggle so many balls
00:21:04.02\00:21:06.59
and wear so many hats
00:21:06.62\00:21:08.30
and do all the different things.
00:21:08.33\00:21:09.82
He has a ranch there
00:21:09.85\00:21:11.72
and parenthetically
he raised his cattle.
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Oh, no.
00:21:15.36\00:21:17.79
Mike, don't take this
personally, please don't.
00:21:17.82\00:21:20.83
But we know that
when a person stops meat,
00:21:20.86\00:21:23.43
they can stop insulin
much, much more easily.
00:21:23.46\00:21:25.85
Sure. And they can stop the--
00:21:25.88\00:21:28.51
The ones equip the pancreas,
we call them sulphonylureas.
00:21:28.54\00:21:32.62
So blessings on you, Mike. Yeah.
00:21:32.65\00:21:35.99
And, you know, I'm so glad
that you're following people up.
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Yes, I am as you know.
00:21:39.38\00:21:41.33
And, you know, Mike, overall,
00:21:41.36\00:21:43.80
he did pretty good
in spite of everything
00:21:43.83\00:21:46.20
that he was dealing with.
00:21:46.23\00:21:47.97
His triglycerides went
down, his cholesterol went down,
00:21:48.00\00:21:51.62
the good guys came up,
the bad guys went down,
00:21:51.65\00:21:53.95
and so on and so forth.
00:21:53.98\00:21:55.52
So, you know, he did okay.
00:21:55.55\00:21:57.87
Yeah, as long as
we follow him up.
00:21:57.90\00:21:59.45
We will. Okay.
00:21:59.48\00:22:01.55
Doctor, I want to
thank you for being here.
00:22:01.58\00:22:03.58
It's a pleasure again.
00:22:03.61\00:22:04.65
God bless you
and your work here.
00:22:04.68\00:22:07.04
And thank you,
friends, but don't go away,
00:22:07.07\00:22:09.23
we have a message
for you following this.
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If you're
thinking about switching
00:22:17.98\00:22:19.26
to a plant based diet,
00:22:19.29\00:22:20.74
one of the
concerns you may have is
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.49
if you'll get
enough vitamin B12.
00:22:22.52\00:22:24.76
What is vitamin
B12? Why do you need it?
00:22:24.79\00:22:27.11
And where can you get it?
00:22:27.14\00:22:28.95
B12 is one of those vitamins
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.36
that must be
consumed in your diet
00:22:30.39\00:22:32.57
because your body doesn't
produce it for its own use.
00:22:32.60\00:22:35.44
It's only needed
in trace amounts,
00:22:35.47\00:22:37.34
and it's commonly consumed
00:22:37.37\00:22:39.12
via animal products such
as beef, chicken, fish, eggs,
00:22:39.15\00:22:42.56
and milk.
00:22:42.59\00:22:44.11
Why is B12 so necessary?
00:22:44.14\00:22:46.55
Well, deficiency in
this vitamin leads to
00:22:46.58\00:22:48.60
what's called pernicious anemia.
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.76
Pernicious because
00:22:50.79\00:22:51.82
it's irreversibly destructive
to nerve and brain cells,
00:22:51.85\00:22:54.95
and anemia because
it affects your blood.
00:22:54.98\00:22:57.65
A lack of B12 will cause
your red blood cells to enlarge
00:22:57.68\00:23:00.95
which keep the
cells from dividing.
00:23:00.98\00:23:03.52
B12 is very unique, in that,
00:23:03.55\00:23:06.39
it's incorporated
into the nervous system
00:23:06.42\00:23:08.99
and you can have issues of
00:23:09.02\00:23:10.37
peripheral
neuropathy numbness and tingling
00:23:10.40\00:23:12.02
or more likely imbalance,
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.36
inability to sense
where you are in space.
00:23:14.39\00:23:17.17
Additionally you
can get a B12 deficiency
00:23:17.20\00:23:20.23
that manifests as dementia.
00:23:20.26\00:23:22.68
And the challenge is that
00:23:22.71\00:23:24.13
the problems with the neuropathy
00:23:24.16\00:23:26.83
may not be reversible,
00:23:26.86\00:23:28.02
which is why it's very important
00:23:28.05\00:23:30.30
to not wait until
your B12 levels are low
00:23:30.33\00:23:33.00
to do something about it.
00:23:33.03\00:23:34.83
So what are some good
plant based dietary sources?
00:23:34.86\00:23:38.48
Plant sources with
naturally occurring B12
00:23:38.51\00:23:40.89
include some
fermented soy products
00:23:40.92\00:23:42.80
such as Tempeh and
Miso and also some seaweeds.
00:23:42.83\00:23:46.60
But since natural
levels of B12 can vary
00:23:46.63\00:23:49.04
and may not be as reliable,
00:23:49.07\00:23:50.77
a good way to ensure
00:23:50.80\00:23:52.01
you're getting
sufficient B12 is to consume
00:23:52.04\00:23:54.25
plant foods fortified with B12.
00:23:54.28\00:23:57.22
These foods include
many dairy alternatives
00:23:57.25\00:23:59.36
from milk and cheese
such as soy, almond and rice.
00:23:59.39\00:24:03.03
The nutritional labels
should list whether or not
00:24:03.06\00:24:05.20
it's been fortified with B12
00:24:05.23\00:24:06.89
and it'll also be
included in the ingredient list.
00:24:06.92\00:24:10.57
The common American
dietary source of B12
00:24:10.60\00:24:12.89
is animal products.
00:24:12.92\00:24:14.27
But where do the
animals get it from?
00:24:14.30\00:24:16.45
Well, as it turns
out B12 is produced by
00:24:16.48\00:24:18.86
soil microbes located
in the root of plants.
00:24:18.89\00:24:22.12
However, because
plants get a good scrubbing
00:24:22.15\00:24:24.30
before we eat them to remove
00:24:24.33\00:24:25.89
the potentially
harmful components,
00:24:25.92\00:24:28.11
most, if not all, of
its B12 content is removed.
00:24:28.14\00:24:31.53
How long can our body store B12?
00:24:31.56\00:24:34.47
It's a good question to ask
00:24:34.50\00:24:36.22
because we don't
really have an answer.
00:24:36.25\00:24:39.24
We know that we can
recycle the B12 in our body
00:24:39.27\00:24:42.50
through the bile.
00:24:42.53\00:24:43.76
It gets reabsorbed then
into the small intestine
00:24:43.79\00:24:46.94
and then it's used again.
00:24:46.97\00:24:48.59
Unfortunately we
don't have a clear picture
00:24:48.62\00:24:50.72
as to how long
that lasts in the body.
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.58
It may be up to several years.
00:24:52.61\00:24:55.25
Depending on other deficiencies
that a person may have,
00:24:55.28\00:24:58.86
it could be as
few as a few months.
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.34
It's hard to
store several years'
00:25:01.37\00:25:03.45
worth of vitamin B12
00:25:03.48\00:25:04.74
if you do not
consume enough to start with.
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.45
Groups that are greatest
risk of vitamin B12 deficiency
00:25:07.48\00:25:10.43
include older people,
those with Crohn's disease,
00:25:10.46\00:25:13.08
celiac disease,
gastritis type A or B, vegans,
00:25:13.11\00:25:16.72
those who are pregnant,
people who take acid blockers,
00:25:16.75\00:25:19.75
or anyone who's
had surgery to remove
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or block
portions of their stomach
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or small intestine.
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Those who fit into any
of these at-risk categories
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may consider getting a
B12 test from their doctor
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in order to determine if
they have sufficient levels.
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If you are a
total plant based vegan
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and you don't
consume any dairy--
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any animal products at all,
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then you should make sure that
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you get a reliable
source of vitamin B12.
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And that could be
either through fortified foods
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and or a supplement.
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You could have a
supplement like this,
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this is a sublingual B12 tablet,
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and it has 500
micrograms in each tablet,
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and you can just
stick it under your tongue
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and let it dissolve there.
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You can do that once
a week or once a day.
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But the best way
really to know is to get your
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B12 levels checked
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so that you
know where you stand.
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.73
The recommended
daily allowance is about
00:26:17.76\00:26:20.16
20 micrograms.
00:26:20.19\00:26:21.44
Often times when you
go into the grocery store
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and you look for B12,
00:26:23.33\00:26:24.36
you'll see it in
doses of 100 micrograms,
00:26:24.39\00:26:27.34
1,000
micrograms, 2,000 micrograms.
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Part of the reason may
be that we may not absorb
00:26:30.15\00:26:32.67
all of the B12 that we
necessarily take in orally.
00:26:32.70\00:26:37.69
Given that we usually recommend
00:26:37.72\00:26:41.18
if someone is supplementing B12,
00:26:41.21\00:26:43.39
taking about
1,000 micrograms daily
00:26:43.42\00:26:46.26
and then periodically
checking your B12 levels,
00:26:46.29\00:26:49.42
especially if someone
chooses not to supplement B12,
00:26:49.45\00:26:53.58
they definitely
need to make sure that
00:26:53.61\00:26:55.28
they're rechecking
their levels at least yearly
00:26:55.31\00:26:58.24
because deficiencies in B12,
00:26:58.27\00:27:01.10
especially the nerve
damage that can occur with it
00:27:01.13\00:27:03.40
and the dementia
may be irreversible.
00:27:03.43\00:27:06.10
So if you're thinking of
moving to a plant based diet,
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remember to get enough
B12 from four to five sources.
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It's not hard
in this day and age
00:27:12.77\00:27:14.20
to get plenty of B12
00:27:14.23\00:27:15.55
and it shouldn't
be a concern for you
00:27:15.58\00:27:17.28
and certainly not a
reason to keep from moving
00:27:17.31\00:27:19.71
to a plant based diet.
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