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 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 are the cause
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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
today at 1-800-525-9192.
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You will see dramatic changes
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in the first few
days of our program
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and you'll be on the road
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to a better more
robust quality of life.
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The NEWSTART programs
are simple and effective.
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Hi, friends, and
welcome to another addition
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of NEWSTART Now.
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I'm your host, Ron Giannoni.
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And we have a young lady
in our studio today, Maureen,
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that I want you to meet.
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But first let's
take a look at a clip
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when she first arrived.
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I have diabetes.
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I would like to lose
quite a bit of weight.
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I see everybody here who is thin
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and I know that
they are experiencing
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a lot more energy and health
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and I think weight is
one of our biggest problems
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in the world today,
at least in our country.
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I have hypertension.
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And little things,
getting up in the morning
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with stress on my mind raises
my blood pressure immediately,
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and I'm on
medication for both of those.
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I have a lot of pain.
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I have pain in
my feet, my hands,
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and I'm hoping that if
I adopt a new lifestyle
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and get a kick
start while I'm here
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that I can reverse
all of those things.
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I believe that I can.
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Welcome back, friends.
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And as I promised,
Maureen. How are you doing?
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Hi, I'm good, thank you. Good.
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Now, officially you're
Maureen Norris from Virginia.
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Yes.
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And so you've come
all the way from Virginia
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to attend our NEWSTART program.
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And why did you come here?
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Why didn't you go somewhere
close to where you live?
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I have heard about
Weimar for many years,
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I've always wanted to come here.
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I've talked about
it and my daughter,
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my eldest
daughter who is in her 30s,
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just decided she
was gonna send me
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and that was it.
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She wasn't gonna
take no for an answer.
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My mother died
when she was my age.
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She had high blood
pressure and diabetes
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and she died very suddenly,
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and my daughter
didn't want to go
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through the same thing
that she saw me go through.
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Well, let's
talk about you. Okay.
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So when you got
here as we've just seen,
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you had diabetes,
you were overweight,
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you had high blood pressure,
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high
triglycerides, high cholesterol.
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Of course, you
didn't know all these things
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until you had a blood draw here.
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But tell us the results
of the second blood draw.
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How do these numbers
look now? Tell us about that?
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My triglycerides have gone down.
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My total cholesterol
went from 181 to 153.
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I'm not taking any medication.
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You're off of
all the medications?
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Yes, my blood sugars
have been in the normal range
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and so is my blood pressure.
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Oh, wonderful.
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So you're good to go. Yes.
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Do you have any issues
about maintaining this lifestyle
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once you leave here?
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I'm gonna take it
one day at a time.
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I'm determined.
And I love the food.
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I don't see how
anybody could miss eating
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any other foods
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when you've
tasted the food here.
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One of my favorite
parts was the cooking class.
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The food is just
really, really good.
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Now you had 11 cooking
classes while you were here.
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And did you learn a lot
in these cooking classes?
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I'm over the top with
all the information, yes.
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Yes, I've taken a lot of
notes and plan to go home
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and start
practicing all of those recipes
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and feeding my
family and showing them
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how to do it the right
way, so they'll be healthy.
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Did The NEWSTART
program meet your expectations?
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More than met my expectations.
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More. It usually
does. I did mean it.
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It does most people
and I'm so happy and glad
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and praise God
that you're able to see
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what lot others
have seen in the past.
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And so you could take
that back to your family
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and teach them.
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I wish they could
all come, everybody.
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Yeah.
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It's just a new way of living
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and the people walk
together in sweet accord.
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I will really miss that.
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The facility is phenomenal.
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It's just very, very
beautiful and well cared for.
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I couldn't have
expected all of this.
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It's like a touch of heaven.
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It is, absolutely.
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So how did you
like the massages?
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Those were wonderful, wonderful.
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Marta was my masseuse
and she was just as sweet
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as she could be.
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She prayed with us every
time we would start and finish
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and so did
everybody did all the prayer.
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And even the doctors?
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Yes, everybody.
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You mean when you
went to the doctor,
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they prayed with you?
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Yes, they did.
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When's the last
time you went to a doctor
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and they wanted to
stop and pray with you?
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Never.
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Usually they don't
even want to talk to you.
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They want you get in and
out, you know, sorry guys.
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Any doctors out
there, my apologies,
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but our doctors really do spend
a lot of time with our guests.
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Not only do you have one on one,
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but they eat lunch with you.
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Yes. They eat
breakfast with you.
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And when we are
sitting across the table,
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you could pick their
brains for any questions.
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Now tell me about your walking?
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A lot of people
come here, like myself,
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couldn't walk a half a
mile if my life depended on it.
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What's say ye?
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It was hard at
first and then we went
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right into a three-day fast
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which made me feel
very weak at first.
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I did walk at least
a mile the first week
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but after the fast and I
felt, I felt exhilarated.
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I was so glad that I
had gone through that
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because it taught me,
it taught me self control,
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especially when we
had our cooking classes
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and we couldn't sample the food.
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Oh, no.
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But I have been up to
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seven miles a day for this week.
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You're kidding. Yeah.
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Seven miles a
day. Seven miles, yes.
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And it's not
that hard to do. Wow!
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The paths are gorgeous
and we're walking with friends
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and talking and bonding the...
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I have a new
family. You know what.
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Not just the staff
here, but the people
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that I went
through the program with.
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Encouraging one another. Yes.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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You know, I want
the viewers to hear
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something you said to me
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before we went
on to record here.
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You said you lost some inches.
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I have lost five
inches on the hips.
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In one spot? Yeah.
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Five inches? Yes.
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You know, that's
like, that's a lot.
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So now what? You're
gonna lose five more?
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Absolutely. Oh, girl.
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You know, it's wonderful.
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We had a lady
come to the program,
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I got to tell you this.
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She lost four dress
sizes but not a pound.
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She didn't lose any weight
but lost all these dress sizes.
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So as you're building muscle,
all of a sudden everything
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becomes more compact
but did you ever wonder
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were all that fat goes? Yes.
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Where does it go, does
it just evaporate in...
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I don't know, I'm just
kind of kidding with you.
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I'm leaving my legacy behind.
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Well, that's excellent.
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Now what about
when you get home,
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you're gonna be
teaching this when you get home,
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teaching this new lifestyle?
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I believe in this saying,
"If you really want to know
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how to do something,
you see it done, you do it,
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and then you teach it."
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You're a teacher
though, aren't you?
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I'm a nurse. Same thing.
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Okay. We do a lot of teaching.
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You're an RN, so
you're a very educated woman.
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Yes. I hope so, most nurses are.
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Well, not just in
nursing but in life, yes.
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Yes. You're a
mother of how many?
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I have six. Wow!
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So you got quite a
tribe to minister to.
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And others you can
pass this legacy on
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that you can break the mold,
you don't have to check out
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at 40-50 or 60
years old, you know that.
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I am also from a
very large family,
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they were 12 of us originally.
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You mean large in
size? I have siblings.
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Okay. Many siblings.
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So I have been feeding
them a little bit of information
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as I have been
hearing, repairing them.
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Are they believing
what you're telling them?
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Yes, yes. Really?
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They're really
excited for me. Oh, awesome.
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You know, you look so...
You're vibrant more so then...
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I feel it, I
feel more energetic.
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Yeah. And I'm...
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My skin feels softer too.
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You have your
red likeness cheeks
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and that's the
blood, you know, reaching
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where maybe it didn't
a couple of weeks ago,
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and this is only 16 days.
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Yes. Wait for 16 years.
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Anyway, you're doing good
now, and I'm so happy for you.
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Thank you.
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And, you know, I will
be sending out an email
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that we'll be keeping in touch.
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I'd like you to
answer that email.
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Let us know how you're doing.
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And then we can
talk every now and then.
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If you need any
prodding, I'll be there for you.
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That's good to know, Ron.
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You've been an
inspiration to all of us.
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Thank you. Thank
you for taken your time.
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And thank you,
friends, but don't go away
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because the doctor
will be right with us.
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When we look at
the health status
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of Americans today,
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it's alarming to see that 60%
are either overweight or obese.
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In addition, diseases
such as Type 2 diabetes,
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cancer and heart
disorders are the leading cause
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of so many complications
and deaths every year.
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Could it have something
to do with what we eat?
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After all, every
one in four Americans
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visits a fast
food restaurant daily,
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and with such easy
access to quick fix foods,
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we tend to forget
the poor health value
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those foods actually offer.
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Maybe it's the
sedentary lifestyle,
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and lack of exercise that
we've become so accustomed to
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as a media dependant world.
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Whatever the
cause of these diseases,
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a solution has arrived.
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The NEWSTART Lifestyle
Center offers enriching program
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where patients can
get a healing of mind,
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body, and soul.
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Located in the
outskirts of Sacramento,
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the NEWSTART Center is
situated on the beautiful campus
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of Weimar Center of
Health and Education
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with scenic walking and
hiking trails all around.
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With a whole plant
foods eating whole motto,
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the NEWSTART Center promotes
a healthy plant-based diet
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with an emphasis
on natural foods.
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The NEWSTART staff are made
up of California board certified
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nurses, doctors,
dieticians, and therapists
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who work together to
assist each patient personally.
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The staff are dedicated
to each patient's success
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in the program,
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and are always there to
guide, advise, and encourage.
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In addition to a
healthy lifestyle,
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NEWSTART also promotes a
healthy exercise routine.
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You're both in sequence,
that's good, all right.
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As part of the balance program,
there is much opportunity
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to get in the fair
share of physical activity
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from utilizing
our fitness center
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to taking a stroll around
the peaceful grounds of Weimer.
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It's amazing what a
NEWSTART can do for you.
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Welcome back, friends.
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And as I promised,
Dr. Lukens in the house.
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Yes, sir.
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Man, you know, it's really great
00:13:38.95\00:13:41.68
to have a medical person.
00:13:41.72\00:13:43.39
Go ahead and ask
me some questions.
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I am supposed to say
that. You took my line.
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You're reading my script.
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It is really great
to have a medical person
00:13:51.96\00:13:54.36
and one like you, exactly you,
00:13:54.40\00:13:58.43
that's been here 26 years
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and for that I
thank you, Brother.
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Well, the reason why I'm
here is I see the Lord working.
00:14:03.67\00:14:08.38
It's real. I know.
00:14:08.41\00:14:10.08
And we are seeing the
Lord working in Maureen
00:14:10.11\00:14:12.21
and that's what I want
to talk about right now.
00:14:12.25\00:14:14.38
I like to talk about you,
but let's talk about Maureen.
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Well, that's
what we are here for.
00:14:16.82\00:14:18.35
Okay. She's done great.
00:14:18.39\00:14:21.76
She's told us today
00:14:21.79\00:14:24.46
that she lost five-six
inches around her hips.
00:14:24.49\00:14:29.13
Yeah. That's a lot, isn't it?
00:14:29.16\00:14:31.37
That's funny
because, you know, you think
00:14:31.40\00:14:33.87
when somebody's
measuring the girth,
00:14:33.90\00:14:35.84
you know, or
something like that,
00:14:35.87\00:14:37.47
may be it's gas, you know.
00:14:37.51\00:14:39.51
Well, I don't know what it was.
00:14:39.54\00:14:41.01
But you can't have gas
around your hips, you know.
00:14:41.04\00:14:44.41
True.
00:14:44.45\00:14:46.28
Yeah and a couple of the gals,
00:14:46.31\00:14:49.15
you know, I mean
some of the ladies,
00:14:49.18\00:14:51.29
you know,
they're pulling down like
00:14:51.32\00:14:52.89
this all the time
trying to cover the hips up
00:14:52.92\00:14:55.46
and they lose
five inches in 18 days,
00:14:55.49\00:14:58.09
I mean that's something to
do somersaults about, yeah.
00:14:58.13\00:15:01.83
I told her the story that
you often share about the lady
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who lost four dress sizes.
00:15:05.73\00:15:08.54
And didn't lose any
weight, but she lost four...
00:15:08.57\00:15:10.47
Yeah, people can't believe that.
00:15:10.51\00:15:12.44
Yeah.
00:15:12.47\00:15:13.81
Well, tell us from a
professional perspective...
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Is that what I am?
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I thought I was
a NEWSTART doctor
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who just followed the lentils,
the rice, and walking people.
00:15:22.82\00:15:28.86
Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.
00:15:28.89\00:15:30.23
Well, from a
modified... How's that?
00:15:30.26\00:15:33.60
No, from your
perspective, you know,
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I have my own perspective,
00:15:36.23\00:15:38.47
things mostly I
learned from you, but...
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Oh, dear. Yeah, go ahead.
00:15:41.04\00:15:43.61
How do you see that she's done?
00:15:43.64\00:15:46.37
Well, you know,
that's it because
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she's very
analytical and she's been...
00:15:48.81\00:15:51.55
She's a nurse.
00:15:51.58\00:15:52.91
Yeah, but she... You
know, what I'm saying.
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She came out of a similar mold.
00:15:54.32\00:15:55.68
Yeah and she
is, she's, you know,
00:15:55.72\00:15:58.45
I can't say an old nurse
because people don't get old,
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she's about ready to
retire, and she's seen it
00:16:01.82\00:16:04.03
from the olden days
like me, and then you,
00:16:04.06\00:16:07.96
and then coming up
through what's happening now,
00:16:08.00\00:16:10.13
but yeah, she's very
interested in the numbers
00:16:10.17\00:16:12.90
and why are they that way.
00:16:12.93\00:16:14.54
I just got through
talking to somebody
00:16:14.57\00:16:16.57
and they could not understand
how the cholesterol numbers
00:16:16.60\00:16:21.08
can be low on the statins,
00:16:21.11\00:16:24.11
and it doesn't
make any difference,
00:16:24.15\00:16:25.95
and I explained in
five different ways,
00:16:25.98\00:16:28.45
and that's how the
medical profession,
00:16:28.48\00:16:32.85
and that's how
the pharmaceuticals,
00:16:32.89\00:16:34.36
and that's how the public
they are duped by the numbers
00:16:34.39\00:16:37.03
and I'm not trying
to say this as proud
00:16:37.06\00:16:39.13
but the morbidity and
mortality doesn't come in,
00:16:39.16\00:16:43.70
so I'm willing to
talk to that about anyone.
00:16:43.73\00:16:46.00
But see the thing
that's so interesting
00:16:46.03\00:16:48.67
about her is
that a few years ago
00:16:48.70\00:16:52.11
she was working
with dialysis patients.
00:16:52.14\00:16:55.04
Oh.
00:16:55.08\00:16:56.41
And dialysis patients, you
lose five percent per year,
00:16:56.44\00:17:00.72
ten percent per year.
00:17:00.75\00:17:02.88
So in ten years...
00:17:02.92\00:17:06.22
You have to count your fingers.
00:17:06.25\00:17:08.09
Yeah, in ten years you
don't have any patients
00:17:08.12\00:17:11.89
that started ten years ago.
00:17:11.93\00:17:13.93
And some die in one year,
and three years and so forth.
00:17:13.96\00:17:17.93
And I said, well, you know,
00:17:17.97\00:17:19.67
what was your
relationship with that?
00:17:19.70\00:17:21.87
She said, "I was in the hospital
00:17:21.90\00:17:23.91
and the people that
weren't doing well came in."
00:17:23.94\00:17:27.48
And I said, "Well, you
know, does this impress you?"
00:17:27.51\00:17:30.85
And she said, "Impress me?"
00:17:30.88\00:17:33.11
She sees all these
people off their insulin
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and their numbers are
getting better and everything.
00:17:35.22\00:17:37.32
That's why she is so,
00:17:37.35\00:17:38.69
she wants to work here, you see.
00:17:38.72\00:17:40.29
She is on the right side.
00:17:40.32\00:17:42.16
She wants to see
people turn it around.
00:17:42.19\00:17:44.49
So you see, I said,
"Well do you have any cases,
00:17:44.53\00:17:46.96
you know, that
stick out in your mind?"
00:17:47.00\00:17:49.00
she said, "Yes, a 30
year old woman came in
00:17:49.03\00:17:53.80
and the next time she
comes in one foot's cut off."
00:17:53.84\00:17:57.51
Oh.
00:17:57.54\00:17:58.87
The next time, the other
leg is amputated below the knee,
00:17:58.91\00:18:03.35
then both knees were
cut off at the thigh,
00:18:03.38\00:18:06.88
you know, at the groin level,
00:18:06.92\00:18:11.02
and this lady comes in at 30,
00:18:11.05\00:18:14.06
and she doesn't
make it to 40 years,
00:18:14.09\00:18:15.72
even though she
doesn't make 40 years of age...
00:18:15.76\00:18:17.89
It's terrible. And she's gone.
00:18:17.93\00:18:20.63
You see that
shouldn't happen, you know.
00:18:20.66\00:18:22.33
Here I say it
again, John McDougall,
00:18:22.36\00:18:25.30
who a lot of people appreciate
and some people don't,
00:18:25.33\00:18:28.94
95% of diabetics
who would do this,
00:18:28.97\00:18:32.97
would be off of their medicines
and their numbers would be good
00:18:33.01\00:18:36.64
and their
diseases would be reversed.
00:18:36.68\00:18:39.25
Isn't that amazing?
Well, it's wonderful.
00:18:39.28\00:18:42.18
It's true and that's why
I still want to work here.
00:18:42.22\00:18:44.39
You know, soon we're
gonna have our researchers,
00:18:44.42\00:18:49.49
and you know them both,
Eddie Ramirez and Dr. Sanchez,
00:18:49.52\00:18:54.06
these men are putting together
00:18:54.10\00:18:56.63
the stats over a
several-year period.
00:18:56.67\00:18:59.63
We'll be able to have them
publicized, well I'm going...
00:18:59.67\00:19:02.94
I'm jumping the gun,
00:19:02.97\00:19:04.31
but it's nice that
they'll be able to get this
00:19:04.34\00:19:08.54
and show and have proof.
00:19:08.58\00:19:10.85
We talk about it and
we're airing right now,
00:19:10.88\00:19:13.55
all over the world people
are watching this interview.
00:19:13.58\00:19:15.75
And we're going to do
a progressive study too.
00:19:15.78\00:19:19.09
We want 50 to 70
people, especially the ones
00:19:19.12\00:19:23.86
that are ready for
dialysis and the ones that,
00:19:23.89\00:19:27.46
you know, their
diabetes is out of control
00:19:27.50\00:19:30.97
and three sessions
ago we had two people
00:19:31.00\00:19:33.34
that didn't have
to go on dialysis
00:19:33.37\00:19:35.67
and they are thrilled.
00:19:35.70\00:19:37.04
That's what I want to
speak to you right now.
00:19:37.07\00:19:38.77
For those of you who
have a kidney condition,
00:19:38.81\00:19:42.44
you need to get here
right now, not next year,
00:19:42.48\00:19:46.85
not when you gonna afford
it, you need to call up...
00:19:46.88\00:19:50.29
Pick up the phone, call
1-800-525-9192, call us,
00:19:50.32\00:19:56.52
and I will make sure I'll
do all I can to get you here.
00:19:56.56\00:20:00.50
But doc, we gotta
help these people.
00:20:00.53\00:20:05.10
You know, one of
them had a business,
00:20:05.13\00:20:08.80
and I can't break
HIPAA laws, but in a state
00:20:08.84\00:20:12.77
that's way across in
the east in the south,
00:20:12.81\00:20:15.04
is that good enough?
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.44
They'll never find her.
00:20:16.48\00:20:19.21
Anyway, she was so busy
and it was a family deal
00:20:19.25\00:20:23.49
and stuff and her best friend,
she was a doctor's wife...
00:20:23.52\00:20:28.72
This lady that was
ready for dialysis,
00:20:28.76\00:20:32.99
she came in from Europe
00:20:33.03\00:20:36.97
and her friend
met her at the airport
00:20:37.00\00:20:39.20
and she says, "I've
got everything packed,
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.00
you've been resistant to this,
00:20:41.04\00:20:43.04
next week the doctor's
gonna put a shunt in your arm."
00:20:43.07\00:20:46.17
In fact, while she was
here the doctor called up,
00:20:46.21\00:20:48.01
"Where are you?" I know.
00:20:48.04\00:20:49.88
So she flew out with her,
she even packed her suitcase,
00:20:49.91\00:20:54.85
if anything came from home,
and she had to get back there,
00:20:54.88\00:20:57.65
no chance.
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.15
And she was just
absolutely thrilled.
00:20:59.19\00:21:01.92
These are the kind of
people we want to help
00:21:01.96\00:21:03.79
because dialysis is
not life, it's a sentence.
00:21:03.83\00:21:08.63
Yeah. Wow, that was a mouthful.
00:21:08.66\00:21:13.47
So as far as
Maureen is concerned,
00:21:13.50\00:21:17.37
she is doing so very
well and she is very excited,
00:21:17.41\00:21:22.41
will you be
keeping in touch with her?
00:21:22.44\00:21:24.78
Yeah, that's why
the eight-week calendar,
00:21:24.81\00:21:26.75
they need to fill that
out so we can know, yeah.
00:21:26.78\00:21:29.75
Okay.
00:21:29.78\00:21:31.12
And how do you
see that she's done?
00:21:31.15\00:21:34.42
Has she done
better or not as well?
00:21:34.46\00:21:37.53
Now she's off of her medication,
00:21:37.56\00:21:40.53
the one that whips the
pancreas and the other one,
00:21:40.56\00:21:44.90
and her numbers are the
same as when she was on it.
00:21:44.93\00:21:47.90
I mean, her numbers weren't bad
00:21:47.94\00:21:50.44
when she came in
with the two medications,
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.81
but off the medications
now for more than two weeks
00:21:52.84\00:21:56.85
and her numbers are
as good as they were
00:21:56.88\00:21:58.95
and she just started.
00:21:58.98\00:22:00.48
Yeah. This is 18 days.
00:22:00.52\00:22:02.52
Actually just two weeks
between the two blood draws.
00:22:02.55\00:22:05.15
That's awesome.
00:22:05.19\00:22:06.92
You know, it's always a
pleasure to have you here.
00:22:06.96\00:22:10.23
And the time
always goes so fast.
00:22:10.26\00:22:13.43
We could talk like
this for hours I know,
00:22:13.46\00:22:16.26
but we don't want
to bore our viewers,
00:22:16.30\00:22:18.83
I want to thank you
though for taking your time
00:22:18.87\00:22:21.77
and God bless you
and your work here.
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.74
Thank you for
helping him to get in.
00:22:23.77\00:22:25.57
You bet.
00:22:25.61\00:22:26.94
And thank you,
friends, for being with us
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.38
but don't go away
00:22:29.41\00:22:30.88
because we have a
tip following this.
00:22:30.91\00:22:33.21
Welcome to Ask the Doctor.
00:22:39.65\00:22:41.29
I'm Dr. David DeRose.
00:22:41.32\00:22:42.99
Today your questions
are our concern, our focus.
00:22:43.02\00:22:46.93
We're going to
Matthew in Washington State.
00:22:46.96\00:22:50.07
He's got a question for us,
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.03
"I'm a pretty healthy
person and I eat healthy.
00:22:52.07\00:22:55.40
Should I be taking vitamins?"
00:22:55.44\00:22:58.47
Well, Matthew,
this is a question
00:22:58.51\00:22:59.84
that often comes up
and the real question about
00:22:59.87\00:23:02.04
vitamin
supplementation is a real one.
00:23:02.08\00:23:04.65
Let's talk a
little bit about it.
00:23:04.68\00:23:06.01
If you're eating lots
of fruits, whole grains,
00:23:06.05\00:23:09.28
vegetables, nuts, seeds,
you're getting a vast array,
00:23:09.32\00:23:13.36
not only of
conventional vitamins,
00:23:13.39\00:23:15.56
but also micronutrients
00:23:15.59\00:23:17.29
and what we call phytochemicals.
00:23:17.33\00:23:19.39
The more you eat of these foods,
00:23:19.43\00:23:20.76
generally the
healthier the diet.
00:23:20.80\00:23:22.63
Are there though
any possible pitfalls,
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.03
any areas where you
could be falling short
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.74
even with an excellent diet?
00:23:26.77\00:23:28.57
One that often comes
up on the radar screen
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.51
and especially
relevant for someone living
00:23:30.54\00:23:32.27
in Washington
State is vitamin D.
00:23:32.31\00:23:35.34
It seems we're designed to
get vitamin D from the sun.
00:23:35.38\00:23:38.45
The problem is, if
you're living above
00:23:38.48\00:23:41.02
the 35 degree latitude line,
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.92
some people want
to move that higher
00:23:43.95\00:23:45.52
at least in the
northern hemisphere,
00:23:45.55\00:23:47.16
we use the same measures
in the southern hemisphere
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.69
but then we got some
problems in the winter months
00:23:49.72\00:23:52.83
with getting
adequate amounts of vitamin D.
00:23:52.86\00:23:56.13
Further from the equator
than 35 degrees latitude,
00:23:56.16\00:24:00.14
if you are say living
in northern California
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.84
that may amount to
three months in the winter
00:24:02.87\00:24:05.67
where you can't
make adequate vitamin D.
00:24:05.71\00:24:07.98
As you go up further north,
00:24:08.01\00:24:09.64
you reach places
like Bergen, Norway.
00:24:09.68\00:24:13.28
It's actually been studied
00:24:13.31\00:24:14.65
fully six months out of the year
00:24:14.68\00:24:16.35
they cannot make
adequate vitamin D.
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.45
What do you do
in this situation?
00:24:18.49\00:24:19.89
You supplement or you
go in to a tanning bed.
00:24:19.92\00:24:23.49
You want to get
vitamin D exposure
00:24:23.53\00:24:26.36
either through the sun
00:24:26.39\00:24:27.76
or the equivalent of sun through
00:24:27.80\00:24:29.13
what we call UVB light
and if you don't get it,
00:24:29.16\00:24:32.47
you need to take
that in an oral form.
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.74
Just kind of an
interesting sidelight,
00:24:34.77\00:24:36.14
for many years, I
lived in the state of Maine.
00:24:36.17\00:24:38.87
In Maine I found
that the old Mainers
00:24:38.91\00:24:41.04
had some traditional wisdom
00:24:41.08\00:24:43.88
as far as how to
deal with the winter.
00:24:43.91\00:24:46.35
They took cod liver oil.
00:24:46.38\00:24:48.92
Actually cod liver oil,
00:24:48.95\00:24:50.29
we now know is a
rich source of vitamin D,
00:24:50.32\00:24:52.32
they were supplementing.
00:24:52.35\00:24:53.69
In other words with
vitamin D without knowing it.
00:24:53.72\00:24:55.56
You don't need to
take cod liver oil today.
00:24:55.59\00:24:57.39
I know that may not
sound very appealing,
00:24:57.43\00:24:59.09
and I know you may be worried
about all the toxins in fish.
00:24:59.13\00:25:02.03
Vitamin D supplements
are readily available.
00:25:02.06\00:25:04.60
Anything else on the list
00:25:04.63\00:25:05.97
that commonly may not
be included in the diet
00:25:06.00\00:25:08.47
that you may need to watch
for, another one is vitamin B12.
00:25:08.50\00:25:12.67
B12, one of the B vitamins,
00:25:12.71\00:25:15.08
is something that many
people get into trouble with.
00:25:15.11\00:25:17.58
A lot of people say,
00:25:17.61\00:25:18.95
"Well that's a
vegetarian problem,
00:25:18.98\00:25:20.75
Dr. DeRose, I eat plenty
of meat, milk, eggs and cheese
00:25:20.78\00:25:23.59
so I don't worry about B12."
00:25:23.62\00:25:25.29
That is not a
guarantee, in fact,
00:25:25.32\00:25:27.12
if you look at absolute numbers,
00:25:27.16\00:25:28.96
the largest number
of people in America
00:25:28.99\00:25:30.83
who have B12 deficiency
are eating things like
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.76
milk, meat, eggs, and cheese.
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.90
And that's
because as we get older
00:25:35.93\00:25:37.27
we often do not
absorb B12 as well.
00:25:37.30\00:25:40.64
Truly if you
are on a vegan diet,
00:25:40.67\00:25:42.37
less exposure to B12
00:25:42.40\00:25:44.34
but all of us need to be
concerned about this vitamin.
00:25:44.37\00:25:46.88
If you want to
know where you stand,
00:25:46.91\00:25:48.24
you can have a
blood level checked,
00:25:48.28\00:25:49.61
you are able to store
this B vitamin for many years.
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.18
But if you're not
getting a reliable source
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especially if you are on
a vegetarian or vegan diet,
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we do recommend a B12
supplement on a daily basis.
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B12 absorb best if it's chewed
or dissolved in the mouth.
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Keep that in mind as well.
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B12 and vitamin D
some major concerns,
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most of the others things,
they take care of themselves
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when you are on
an excellent diet,
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.23
of course, there can
be individual differences.
00:26:12.27\00:26:14.40
If you got personal
questions, see a doctor.
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Have some of those
tests checked out on yourself
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and make sure
that you're getting
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everything that you need.
00:26:21.28\00:26:22.74
I'm Dr. David
DeRose with Ask the Doctor.
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If you've got questions for us,
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simply send them to us
at ask@lifeandhealth.org.
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that's it for today,
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