Every year in America,
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there are over
one 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 half,
747s crashing everyday.
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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
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if you could actually 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,
they can be reversed
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and the quality of
your life can be renewed.
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Call NEWSTART
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You will see dramatic changes
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in the first few
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and you will be on the road
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to a better, more
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The NEWSTART programs
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Hi, friends
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and welcome to another
edition of NEWSTART Now.
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I'm your host Ron Giannoni.
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In our studio
with me is Nancy Conway
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from Fresno, California.
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I'd like you to
take a look at the clip
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that when Nancy first
arrived, we interviewed her.
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Take a look at this.
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About just a little over
a year ago at Thanksgiving,
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I had an
emergency quadruple bypass.
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And quite a frightening moment
to live through that surgery,
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I mean, thankfully
I lived through it.
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This past year I
found out in December
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that my bypass
was less-than-stellar.
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And so I had heard about
Weimar through a friend of mine,
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her and her husband
came this past year.
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And it wasn't something
that was affordable to me.
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And so I'd started
thinking about it again
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when I heard about
the results for my test.
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And when I spoke
to my doctor about it,
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he thought it would be
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an excellent
choice for me to try this.
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So that's what brought me here.
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Well, I want to learn
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how to eat to
live, not live to eat.
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It's really the biggest
thing which is a problem for me.
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I eat for many
reasons, you know,
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celebrations, joy,
sorrow, all those things.
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So I hope to
change my way of thinking
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and do other things for that.
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Instead of eating for
that, do other things for that.
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Ultimately that,
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because of the lifestyle
change here and going forward,
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that my heart would be healthier
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and that I can
live a longer life.
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And, you know, I've
read a lot of things
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that say that this
can make a difference
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in my veins and my arteries
and so that's what I hope.
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I hope that it will help
me to have a healthier heart
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so that I can live
longer, be right for my kids.
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Welcome back
friends in our studio.
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Nancy, how are you, dear?
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Great. Thank you, Ron.
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You look different than
when you first got here.
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And I know that look,
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because you
remember, I'd been there?
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Yup, absolutely.
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I think the look has a word.
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And what would that word be
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that you have now
that you didn't have?
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Hope. Bingo.
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And that wasn't rehearsed.
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No, absolutely not.
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We didn't rehearse this. No.
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That's it. That's the look.
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Let's tell the viewers
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'cause they have seen
when you first arrived.
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Sure.
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Let's tell them a little bit
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about the episodes
that you've had in the past
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and how been here has
changed your outlook at life.
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Sure.
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Well, a year ago
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I had emergency
quadruple bypass.
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And this past
December I just found out
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that it was less-than-stellar,
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the procedure which was
very disappointing to me.
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And I wasn't
really given any options
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of what to do, where to go,
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you know, what my prognosis was.
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There is nothing
positive from that outcome.
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And so because of
that I sought you guys out
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at NEWSTART to see, you know,
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exactly what I could
do to make a difference
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because I felt like I
had no hope whatsoever.
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Why do you have hope now?
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Why, what's changed? Knowledge.
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Knowledge gives you hope.
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And empowerment, you know. Yes.
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I feel like my
lifestyle changed.
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I feel a lot better physically,
mentally, emotionally.
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And I feel
empowered that I'll be able
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to move on into the next,
you know, 20 years of my life.
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And so that's
very hopeful for me.
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And the reason
that I feel that way
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is from what I've learned,
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from Dr.
Gallant, from Dr. Lukens.
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Dr. Lukens has especially,
spent a lot of time with me,
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you know, at
dinner and breakfast.
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I mean, I felt like
I had my own special,
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you know, consultant with me.
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Seriously, I mean,
it's been amazing, yeah.
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It's been, I feel
very, very fortunate.
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Now is Dr. Lukens your
doctor? No, no. He's not.
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Is Dr. Gallant? Yes, yes.
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So you go to see Dr.
Gallant for exams and--
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I do. Yeah. And so on.
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But Dr. Lukens has been there
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eating lunch with
you and breakfast.
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Well, that's as
Dr. Gallant as he.
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But I approached Dr. Lukens
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one evening
after one of his talks
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and you know,
just started asking him
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all these different questions
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and you know, now you
can't get away from here,
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of course, you know.
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He probably tries to run
when he sees me, I don't know.
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But, so no, he spends a
lot of extra time with me
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and I'm very
appreciative of that.
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You know, last
night, in fact, he gave me
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some extra articles of things
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that he had
reference to me in talking.
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And so he mentioned
also, and I saw it on,
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throughout our
trainings about different books
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that are written
by Dr. Esselstyn.
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And I've read both of
those since I've been here.
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And that really
solidified the hope for me.
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Yeah, Dr.
Esselstyn is quite a guy.
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He's come here and spoken
to our guest and our staff
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and it's
remarkable what he's done
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and what he's taught us to do.
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I remember him saying
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and I'm gonna
kind of paraphrase.
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He said the chances of
a stroke or a heart attack
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when you are a strict
vegan are slim to none.
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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So whenever I hear those words,
I refrain from excess fat.
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Listen, I'm gonna put
that on my refrigerator.
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Good for you. I'm not kidding.
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We just, the constant reminder,
you know, whatever it takes to,
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you know, scare you straight,
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if you will,
that's what we need.
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Or you know, give you
hope to keep you straight.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, I think I told you
that I had a five way bypass.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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And I've never gone
back to the cardiologist
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since coming here
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to see if there is
any clogged arteries.
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I'm hopeful and feeling that
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I'll live a long
and healthy life.
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But it is, I won't say but.
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And it is essential
for me as well as you
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and other people watching.
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I want you to
listen to this carefully
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that we avoid excess fats.
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Absolutely.
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I talked to a
lady the other day,
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yesterday in fact.
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Excuse me, it was an email.
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"I don't know what's happened.
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I've gained 20 pounds
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since I've left
the NEWSTART program."
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Yikes.
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Well, I know what's happened.
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What do you think has
happened? What she ate.
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Well, the Vegenaise,
it's vegan but it's fat.
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Hummus, well, it's
vegan but it's fat.
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"Well, I only use a
little bit of olive oil."
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But it's fat.
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And my good friend
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who is in the studio
with us right now, Paul Zenk,
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he says, "Do you know
how many olives it takes
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to make a
teaspoon of olive oil?"
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A lot.
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And when would you sit
down and eat nothing but olives?
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You just can't do it.
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That's too much for the body.
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Well, and one of the
messages that I took away too
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for someone like
myself, a cardiac patient
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is to avoid all nuts.
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Also, it's recommended avocados.
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So you know, for me,
it's not a problem really.
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I mean, I don't
crave nuts obviously
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and I'm not a
saucy person so you know,
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it takes a lot of
those to make those things.
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So I feel very strong, you know,
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leaving here that I'll
be able to eat just fine.
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I have my shopping list ready,
I have all my recipes flagged.
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You know, my husband is
ready, we're ready to go.
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Yeah, and you're
gonna be a good companion
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for our buddy Bob.
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Yeah. I hope so, I hope so.
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I hope so. Yeah.
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This is a guest who's
come through the program
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that I think he told you
about the NEWSTART program.
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Yeah. Absolutely.
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He and his wife
are friends of mine.
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Yeah. Yes.
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And I know you'll be
good for one another.
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So you seem very excited.
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And I'm so pleased
that you've learned so much.
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And of course,
you've read two books,
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you know about Dr. Esselstyn.
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And you've met the
doctors on campus here.
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But can I ask you a question?
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Sure.
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Have you ever had a
doctor invite you to his home
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and cooked a meal for you
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or just hang out
with you for few hours
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and walk with
you and talk with you
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like our doctors here
at the NEWSTART program?
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No. It's very extraordinary.
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It just blew my mind, you
know, here, so what's going on?
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These guys are,
these are real doctors.
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Right.
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Forgive me if
there's any MDs out there.
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I'm not putting
anybody down here.
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I'm just boasting
about our NEWSTART doctors.
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Yeah, I called my
husband, in fact, last night
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and I said, "I can't believe it.
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I just, I feel like
I just had another hour
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with the doctor, just me."
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You know, I
mean, it's just great.
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It's just great.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So when you get home,
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are you going to
kind of make sure
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that everyone in the
household become vegan or--
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Well, I only have
to worry about my dog.
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So yes, 'cause my
husband is totally on board.
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Oh, good. Yeah.
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And so is he vegan
before you get home?
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No, he wasn't, no.
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And he was gonna`
just go about his own,
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you know, strategic path
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but he's come to visit me
twice while I've been here
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and he's told me
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that he's gonna do
exactly what I'm doing.
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So I'm really
excited. Oh, that's wonderful.
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That will make life
easier, I assure you.
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It sure will.
Yeah. It sure will.
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You know, now I want to take
just a few minutes to thank you
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and in particular, your hope,
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that look you have
is inspiring to me.
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And this is perhaps why I
stay on the program like I do
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is because of guests like you.
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And I want to thank you
for sharing with the world
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what you've learned here.
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And perhaps,
there's someone watching
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that you've given hope to.
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Well, thank you very much.
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I really appreciate it.
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We'll be in touch.
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I look forward to it.
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And thank you, friends.
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But don't go away
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because Dr.
Gallant is gonna be with us
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in just a few minutes.
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Welcome back, friends
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and help me welcome Dr. Gallant.
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Thank you, doctor, for
taking your valuable time.
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A doctor was telling me
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you spent 24 hours at
an ER before you came here
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and I know that
you are kind of tired
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but we won't
keep you long, doctor.
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No. Listen. It's my
pleasure to be here.
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Thank you for having me, Ron.
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I did spend 24 hours.
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Emergency medicine is my
tent making if you would.
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But I am happy to be
here to talk about our guests.
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Yeah. And first,
before we begin that
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I'd like our viewers
to know of your recent,
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how should we say
that you are the New--
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maybe that's even a
wrong way of introducing.
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But you are now
taken the position
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of the NEWSTART
Medical Director.
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That's correct.
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As of January 2015, correct?
Yes. That's correct. Yeah.
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We're right pleased
to have you here, doctor.
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Well, praise the Lord. I
am very happy to be here.
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Yeah.
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And Nancy.
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Nancy is such a delightful lady.
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She is.
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During our interview
just before you came on set,
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she looked like she was glowing.
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Can you elaborate a little bit?
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What's
happened? I would love to.
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You know, when Nancy came,
she didn't have that same glow.
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No. She didn't.
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She was not feeling
as well as she wanted to
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and she was looking to come here
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and looking to
experience this program.
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And just before the time came,
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she had an accident, a
fall and broke her ankle.
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Ouch.
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So that really made it
hard for her to be here
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and be as
involved with the exercise
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and activities that we do here.
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But Nancy is a real trooper.
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And she really committed herself
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to the program
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and to doing what she
could with her exercise.
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She couldn't
exercise with her lower body
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so she chose to
exercise with her upper body
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and she and I had
several great discussions
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and you know, I
told her one day.
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She came in for a
doctor's appointment
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and I told her that her
countenance had changed.
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She started to glow
as you said, you know.
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Her face just
completely changed.
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And it was such a rich blessing.
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So we really
appreciated seeing the change
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that look place in Nancy
over the 18 days she was here.
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You know, for me,
when I came to the program,
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I was one of those who was
like suspicious and depressed
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and didn't know
if it'll would work
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but as soon as I
found and saw hope,
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everything changed.
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It's amazing. Yeah.
Everything just changed.
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Praise the Lord.
Yeah. Praise God.
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I'm just so grateful.
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It's been ten
years this year for me.
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Wow. So back to Nancy.
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What's the prognosis?
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What can someone
expect in their life
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if they are serious
about taking a new start?
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What can happen?
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Well, let me put
it to you this way.
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Nancy came.
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She has a very
strong family history
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for heart
disease, high cholesterol,
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things that are
real life threateners.
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And she had
actually had bypass surgery.
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And a year later
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was starting to have
reoccurrence of her disease.
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And so Nancy came
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and I don't know if she
said she was skeptical or not
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but she may have been
about what was happening here.
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And she started to buy
into what we were doing,
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what we were
teaching, what we were saying.
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She did as much as she
could with her exercise
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based on what
her limitations were.
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And you know, the
real blessing is that
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in a short period of time
she started to see results.
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At first they were
slower than she wanted.
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And I told her to be patient.
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But the real crowning
jewel of her experience,
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I think, was the
last doctor's visit
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when we got to go
though her repeat lab work.
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Really? Yeah.
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It was wonderful.
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So the numbers were
fantastic, I guess so.
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The numbers were fantastic.
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She had high triglyceride count.
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She did. She did.
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And in a matter
of about ten days
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she was able to cut
it pretty much in half.
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Wow.
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And that's-- forgive me
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but what I get
from our conversation
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is then that's without walking
or biking or any of the thing,
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just doing kind of upward body.
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She did do a
little bit of walking.
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She was doing a lot
of upper body exercise
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and she still was
taking some medication.
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But despite of all of that,
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she had such dramatic
results that we talked about
00:17:13.80\00:17:17.93
maybe getting her
off of her medicines.
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Yes. What a blessing.
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That is a blessing. Yeah.
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You know, getting
back to my experience,
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I was off my
diabetes medications
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in three days.
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Praise the Lord. I
was just like so happy.
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Yes, yes. Absolutely.
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Doctor, can these guests
that come through the program,
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can they call you and
talk to you about their--
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in the future about their plans
00:17:43.66\00:17:46.13
and the results of
their latest blood draw
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and would you assist them?
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Absolutely.
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Every guest that came
to the program and left
00:17:51.83\00:17:54.80
received a contact
sheet that has information
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to contact all of
us, myself included.
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Email, telephone
numbers, things like that.
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We want to know
what's happening,
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we want to know
if there are things
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that we can do to help people
00:18:07.58\00:18:09.65
and we want to see them
succeed when they leave here.
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You know, and I do as well.
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And as you know,
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I do a follow up
after they leave.
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And encourage as best I
can and see how they're doing
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and I just want
the viewers to know
00:18:26.00\00:18:29.27
that they just
don't come to our program
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and then they are
gone or left hanged.
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We do follow up
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and the doctors in the
past have been available
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and we're so glad to hear
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that you're
keeping that tradition.
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Absolutely, absolutely.
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In fact, some
people have posted pictures
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on the NEWSTART
Facebook page of going home
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and as one of
our staff calls it,
00:18:52.83\00:18:55.53
"purging their pantry."
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So they went home
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and they took
pictures of clearing stuff out
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and then stalking
their pantry to prepare them
00:19:01.50\00:19:04.64
to make lifestyle change.
00:19:04.67\00:19:06.37
And it was just so
exciting to see those pictures.
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Yeah.
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Doctor, we've run out of time.
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I want to thank
you for being with us
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and God bless you
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.08
and bless your new
work here at Weimar.
00:19:15.12\00:19:17.32
And, friends, don't go away.
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We have an
important message to follow.
00:19:18.72\00:19:20.49
The next deadly
psychological sin is self-pity.
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And I have a personal experience
00:19:30.70\00:19:33.03
with self-pity, in fact,
00:19:33.07\00:19:34.40
with my kind of
artistic temperament
00:19:34.44\00:19:37.01
and my tendency
toward depression,
00:19:37.04\00:19:39.51
I have raised
self-pity to an art form
00:19:39.54\00:19:42.21
at various points in my life.
00:19:42.24\00:19:44.35
And I have repented
of the sin of self-pity
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and I've learned a better ways.
00:19:46.55\00:19:47.88
So I want to
share that with you.
00:19:47.92\00:19:49.38
But first, I
want to share with you
00:19:49.42\00:19:50.79
what science
says about self-pity.
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Self-pity has been
correlated with depression,
00:19:53.36\00:19:56.76
with what we call,
externality beliefs,
00:19:56.79\00:19:59.69
the belief that
everything that affects me
00:19:59.73\00:20:02.06
is happening outside of
me that I have no power.
00:20:02.10\00:20:05.93
Self-pity is correlated
with internalized anger,
00:20:05.97\00:20:09.64
increased rumination
00:20:09.67\00:20:11.41
thinking over and over
and over and over and over
00:20:11.44\00:20:13.54
about things,
ruminating on things.
00:20:13.58\00:20:15.91
Self-pity is
correlated with loneliness
00:20:15.94\00:20:18.81
and with distrust.
00:20:18.85\00:20:21.18
Self-pity is
founded on the assumption
00:20:21.22\00:20:24.42
that I am a victim.
00:20:24.45\00:20:27.76
That foundation needs to change
00:20:27.79\00:20:30.49
in order for us to get
over the self-pity thing.
00:20:30.53\00:20:33.40
We have to move
from what is called
00:20:33.43\00:20:35.53
an external locus of control
00:20:35.56\00:20:38.23
to an internal locus of control.
00:20:38.27\00:20:40.77
An external locus of control
00:20:40.80\00:20:42.57
sees everything
that happens to me
00:20:42.60\00:20:44.97
as being in the power
of things outside of me,
00:20:45.01\00:20:48.44
life just kind of happens.
00:20:48.48\00:20:50.51
But an internal
locus of control says
00:20:50.55\00:20:53.65
what can I do about the
things that happened to me.
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I'm one of those people
00:20:57.42\00:20:58.85
who have a number of mysterious,
00:20:58.89\00:21:03.12
difficult-to-define illnesses
that caused me a lot of pain
00:21:03.16\00:21:06.93
but don't end up killing me off.
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.30
Sometimes I wish they would.
00:21:09.33\00:21:11.37
When this first
started happening,
00:21:11.40\00:21:12.73
I was just in my early 30s
00:21:12.77\00:21:14.30
and the first mysterious illness
00:21:14.34\00:21:16.20
that came upon me,
00:21:16.24\00:21:17.57
catapulted me I could say
into an abyss of self-pity.
00:21:17.61\00:21:21.38
It went on for months
and months and months.
00:21:21.41\00:21:24.35
But ultimately I
got a handle on things.
00:21:24.38\00:21:26.38
And I realized that the
way that I was processing
00:21:26.41\00:21:29.38
what was happening to me
00:21:29.42\00:21:30.75
was making it
worse instead of better.
00:21:30.79\00:21:33.05
Recently, I had another
health problem developed
00:21:33.09\00:21:35.59
but this time I knew
the pitfall of self-pity
00:21:35.62\00:21:39.49
and I didn't fall
into that Slough of Despond
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.66
yet another time.
00:21:42.70\00:21:44.03
This time, instead, I thought
00:21:44.07\00:21:45.97
what can I do to
manage this problem
00:21:46.00\00:21:48.97
and I have to say
comparing those two approaches,
00:21:49.00\00:21:51.37
I really like the
second one a lot better.
00:21:51.41\00:21:53.81
The replacement for self-pity
is responsibility taking.
00:21:53.84\00:21:58.01
You know, for some reason
00:21:58.05\00:21:59.55
human being's responsibility
taking mechanism is off.
00:21:59.58\00:22:03.89
We either tend to blame
other people for our stuff
00:22:03.92\00:22:08.26
or we take upon ourselves
the blame that belongs to them.
00:22:08.29\00:22:13.23
It's a sign of maturity
when we can accurately take
00:22:13.26\00:22:18.83
appropriate responsibility
for our situation.
00:22:18.87\00:22:21.60
So I recommend that
the first thing you do
00:22:21.64\00:22:23.81
in taking responsibility
is you list five things
00:22:23.84\00:22:27.18
that might help
your current situation.
00:22:27.21\00:22:29.01
Write them down on paper.
00:22:29.04\00:22:31.35
Then ask an
accountability partners,
00:22:31.38\00:22:33.31
someone you trust
to step in and help you
00:22:33.35\00:22:36.85
take responsibility
for your situation
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.85
and pursue those five options.
00:22:38.89\00:22:41.09
And finally, I recommend that
you learn the serenity prayer
00:22:41.12\00:22:44.63
that you learn to say,
"God, grant me the serenity
00:22:44.66\00:22:48.66
to accept the
things I cannot change,
00:22:48.70\00:22:51.13
the courage to
change the things I can
00:22:51.17\00:22:53.64
and the wisdom to
know the difference."
00:22:53.67\00:22:55.54
Welcome, friends, in
our NEWSTART kitchen.
00:23:01.11\00:23:03.55
What I'm going to show you
00:23:03.58\00:23:05.15
and present
today is almond milk.
00:23:05.18\00:23:08.38
It's a very simple recipe.
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.09
You'd be actually able to do
it with even simpler equipment
00:23:10.12\00:23:14.76
that we have here at your home.
00:23:14.79\00:23:18.63
And it actually
requires only three ingredients,
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.56
almonds, the ones that
I am using for this recipe
00:23:22.60\00:23:26.60
are blanched almonds.
00:23:26.63\00:23:28.90
But for those guys
who don't have the option
00:23:28.94\00:23:32.37
to buy blanched almonds,
00:23:32.41\00:23:34.64
you can just use regular almonds
00:23:34.68\00:23:36.98
and the way how you can get
off the skin from the almond
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.68
is just to soak it in
water for several hours
00:23:40.72\00:23:44.85
and then you will
find out it's really easy,
00:23:44.89\00:23:46.62
just squeeze in
the almond a little bit
00:23:46.65\00:23:49.09
to pull the skin off.
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.69
And then, you'll get
just the same product
00:23:50.73\00:23:52.69
like I have in my hand.
00:23:52.73\00:23:54.60
So that's what we'll need.
00:23:54.63\00:23:56.53
We need blanched
almonds, salt and water.
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That's it. Simple.
00:24:01.07\00:24:02.84
So then we need some blender.
00:24:02.87\00:24:05.44
I'm using Vitamix and
it's kind of something
00:24:05.47\00:24:08.44
that we use here at
Weimar at our kitchen.
00:24:08.48\00:24:11.55
We like it
because it's really strong
00:24:11.58\00:24:13.75
and it can cook.
00:24:13.78\00:24:16.85
But if you don't
have Vitamix, don't worry.
00:24:16.89\00:24:18.99
You can use just
a regular blender
00:24:19.02\00:24:21.72
that you have at your house.
00:24:21.76\00:24:24.16
So what you do,
00:24:24.19\00:24:25.53
you pour the
water in the blender
00:24:25.56\00:24:27.20
and then you put
the almonds there,
00:24:32.53\00:24:34.10
and the salt.
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.41
You probably noticed that
I'm not using any sweetener.
00:24:39.44\00:24:41.88
The reason why is because
00:24:41.91\00:24:45.31
when you use a
little bit of salt,
00:24:45.35\00:24:47.05
the almonds, they already
have certain amount of sugar
00:24:47.08\00:24:51.15
and when you use the
salt, the salt actually,
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.62
really improves the flavor,
especially, the sweetness.
00:24:54.66\00:24:58.69
That's what you will find out.
00:24:58.73\00:25:00.13
So even the milk
doesn't have any sugar,
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.56
it's slightly
sweet and that just,
00:25:02.60\00:25:04.30
you know, it's just
enough for us to enjoy.
00:25:04.33\00:25:07.07
Also, for those who would
like to bring some flavor to it,
00:25:07.10\00:25:10.87
you can use, you
know, that's optional,
00:25:10.91\00:25:12.84
you can use
whatever flavors you like.
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.41
You can use vanilla flavor,
you can use maple flavor.
00:25:15.44\00:25:18.95
It's up to you,
whatever you like,
00:25:18.98\00:25:20.55
you can really help
this milk to stand out.
00:25:20.58\00:25:23.49
So that's what we do.
00:25:23.52\00:25:24.92
We put all the
ingredients in the blender
00:25:24.95\00:25:26.72
and then we turn it on.
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And it's about, you know,
five minutes in the blender.
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The time is really important
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because you really want to make
the pulp really nice and fine.
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So the five minutes is
kind of about the good time
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that the blender is
able to take care of
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the coarseness of the product,
so it will be nice and fine.
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If you actually turn
it off after five minutes,
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and you find out that
it still kind of coarse,
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you can leave it
a little bit longer,
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depends how
strong is your blender.
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With Vitamix,
actually, what is the advantage
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is that Vitamix also cooks.
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So after five
minutes of blending,
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you'll find out that it's almost
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to the point of boiling
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and that
actually makes it better
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because you know, when it boils,
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the stuff, the ingredients
that are in the almonds
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are released to the liquid
and milk tastes much better.
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Also, you know, if
you want to use the milk
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for like pouring
over your cereals,
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then you just blend it
up and use it right away.
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For somebody who might be a
little bit picky on the pulp,
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on the coarseness,
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you might use
like a cheese cloth
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and strain it
through the cheese cloth
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and that way you will get
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a really nice,
fine milk, almond milk
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that would be good for drinking.
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So okay. I will turn it on.
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All right. Five minutes is over.
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And I'll take the lid off.
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It's nice and foamy.
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And so now let's see and
see how nice, white it is.
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Actually it almost looks,
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I would actually say it
looks like, like real milk.
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And just you know,
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enjoy it over your
cereals or just for drinking.
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It's good you know,
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when you take it off
to put it in the cooler
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because the milk can
be a little bit warm.
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But when you take
it off from the cooler,
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and it's nice and chilled,
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you will see that
almond milk, it's the thing.
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Well, enjoy it.
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