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 6.5, 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 life style.
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Wouldn't it be nice
if you could actually add
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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 because most diseases
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are lifestyle diseases
especially Type 2 diabetes
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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 will be on
the road to a better more
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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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In our studio
today, we have a man
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all the way from
Philadelphia Ron Christman.
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I'd like to take a
look when Ron first arrived.
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I'm overweight.
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I have trouble breathing
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because of a
damaged heart which is weak,
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which needs to be strengthened.
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I have diabetes,
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high cholesterol, and so on.
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There's more besides that
yet I couldn't even tell you
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all what else is wrong with me.
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I have swelling in the legs.
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You name it, I got it.
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So I heard a lot
about this place.
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And they have lot
of good accomplishments
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through it.
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Well, I want to
lose all the weight I can
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plus, you know,
be off the medicine,
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all the medicine I'm on it,
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I'd like to be off
most of that medicine
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'cause I'm on a ton of it.
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I'm taking about 10
medications plus supplements.
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Once a day? No, I take...
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Well, I take 9
or 10 in the morning
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and 9 or 10 at night.
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Welcome back, friends.
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And in our studio,
Ron, how are you, sir?
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I'm good, thank you.
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Good. Good to see less of you.
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Yeah, about 12 pounds.
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About 12 pounds less.
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Is that good?
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It's good.
You're happy with that?
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Yeah, it's only in
how many days, you know.
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Sixteen, but who's
counting. Yeah, yeah.
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So tell me what is it
about the NEWSTART program
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that you like the most.
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Okay, I'm completely off,
practically, all my pills.
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Your pills, you
mean your medication?
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My medication. Now
you were taking what?
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I was taking 9
to 10 in the morning
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and 9 to 10 at night.
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Every day? Every day.
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And how many you're taking now?
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I'm taking one. One?
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One right now. For what?
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The one I'm taking
is for a blood thinner.
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Okay.
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That I must stay
on for a while, yeah.
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For a while, and
then you'd be able
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to weighing off of that.
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Just like I did.
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Well, that's good. Good news.
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Congratulations. Thank you.
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So your diabetes is
reversing, your cardiovascular,
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everything is doing well.
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But, you know, one of the things
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I was really
interested in is your breathing
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and this little
apparatus that you're carrying.
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Tell us about that.
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Well, that was a
pain in the neck,
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and I have to
carry that all around.
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But if I wanted to
breathe, I carry it around.
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Yeah.
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Any time I exerted myself,
I would really need that.
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And you'd have to
suck air through it?
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Yeah, I have to. And
that would help you...
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Breathe. Breathe.
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Gives me the oxygen. And...
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My heart wasn't strong
enough to pump enough so.
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Right. And my lungs so.
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Right.
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And whenever I
exert myself and then,
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we think we're getting
stronger now, the heart.
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But you've learned
that since you've been here.
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Yup.
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And so now you know
because your heart is stronger,
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pumping more oxygen
into the peripherals,
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you don't need that old device.
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You're off of it? Right.
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A 100%? A 100%.
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You're going to stay
off of it? I hope so.
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You hope so? Yeah.
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You got to know. Yeah.
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And, you know, just keep
doing what you learned here.
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So what is it
that you learned here
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that's helped you?
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Well, I learned to eat properly.
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And exercise,
exercise, exercise,
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and drink water, water, water.
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Isn't that interesting?
So simple, yet so complex.
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And two meals a
day is all you need.
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Only two?
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And you never feel hungry.
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Really? Never.
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I never feel hungry. I
don't either with two meals.
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That's awesome.
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And coming from a
chef, that's really good.
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I never would've
believed that, you know?
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No.
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I was always eating three
meals and plus snacks at night.
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Sometimes four. Yeah.
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That's why I
weighed 100 pounds more.
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Well, you're doing
good. I'm happy for you.
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I think it's a blessing
that you found this place,
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and you're doing
as well as you are.
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So how did you like
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the transition to the foods
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that you're currently eating?
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I find them most powerful.
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There's nothing
whatsoever wrong with them.
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I've had a lot of
good food here, a lot.
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Good. You don't
miss meat at all.
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No meat? No.
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No dairies? No dairies.
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No eggs. No eggs.
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No cheese. No cheese.
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But, you know,
they have vegan cheese.
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Right.
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Did you learn how
to make some of that?
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Yeah.
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We've learned all
this, little secrets
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of making on our own.
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And you learned
that in a cooking class.
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Now we do have
11 cooking classes
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while you're here.
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Three the first week,
three of the second I think,
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and maybe two are the last.
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And being a chef now you told me
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you've cooked at
some pretty nice places.
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I'm going to assume they're nice
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because being Italian,
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you said you
cooked Italian food.
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And I asked you, "Did
you learn any tricks?"
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Well, did I learn any tricks?
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Vegan cooking is nothing
at all like regular cooking.
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Nothing? Nothing at all.
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Isn't that
interesting? Nothing at all.
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It's astonishing of
what you can turn out of nuts
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for instance or tofu.
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It's just amazing.
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Did you learn how
to scramble the tofu?
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Yup. We had that yesterday.
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What did you think of
that? Yeah, I loved it.
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That's one of my
favorite dishes now.
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The scrambled tofu.
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Do you use
potatoes too? No, we didn't.
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Well, the
scrambled tofu I like to do,
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like the scramble eggs,
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but then if you
toss some potatoes
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and brown them, you know,
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I love them
together, just excellent.
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So you're walking,
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I understand your first
visit to the medical center,
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which is about 75
to 100 yards away,
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I understand that
you're huffing and puffing
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by the time you got down there.
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Oh, yeah.
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How much walking
are you currently doing?
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Miles wise I'd say,
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probably three
miles a day without...
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Three miles a day? Yeah.
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And you, before you got here,
you didn't walk three blocks.
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Right.
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A day? You got that.
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Right? Yeah.
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I thought cars were designed
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to take you to the
store a block away.
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If I had to go to the
store, I jumped in the car,
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and I drove even if
it was a block away.
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You were the same way? Yeah.
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Ain't that crazy?
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We're creatures of
habit, and of course,
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now you're
learning some new habits.
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So did the program
meet your expectations?
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Oh, yes. Yes.
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Did it go
beyond? Oh, yes, it did.
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I was hoping you'd say that.
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I never would
imagine lose that much weight
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in so few days.
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I've been on many
diets myself at home,
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and I know how long it
takes to lose some pounds.
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Yes. Yeah.
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You know, but I
want the viewers to know
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this isn't a diet.
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I know, it's a
lifestyle. It's a lifestyle.
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And although you lost weight,
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what I think is
equally important
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is you're off all
these medications,
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you can breathe
now without assistance,
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your heart is getting stronger,
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you're pumping more
oxygen through your blood.
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All these things,
drinking the water,
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all these simple things
are giving you a future.
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And I could see
the difference between
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when you first arrived
and how you're looking now.
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So what would you
say to the viewers
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that are watching right now
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that have
cardiovascular disease,
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diabetes or host of
other lifestyle diseases?
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What would you say to them?
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To start the fresh start.
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Start the fresh start? Yeah.
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I would say get here. Get here.
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Right. Get here...
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Yeah, it really
works. It really works.
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I'm glad to hear
you doing so well.
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What about
family, when you get home,
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do you have...
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I live by myself.
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You live by
yourself? I'm a widower.
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So it won't be any difficulty,
but do you have relatives
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that you're frequent with?
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Here and there,
yeah, occasionally.
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And friends that are
going to look at you, and say,
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"What have you done?"
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Yeah, but
they're not vegan though.
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They won't go vegan.
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No, well, I once said
that about my friends,
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but once they came over
and ate what we had to prepare,
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they're all like,
"Wow, I can do this."
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Ron, I want to thank
you for taking your time
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to come into the
studio, and meet with us,
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and share with the
world what you've done.
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And we're going to
be in touch with you.
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I'm going to be
contacting you via email.
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And I just thank God
for your positive results.
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And thank you for
being here. Thank you.
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And, friends, don't go away
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'cause Dr. Gallant
will be with us in a moment.
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When we look at
the health status
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of Americans today,
it's alarming to see that
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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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visit 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
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so accustomed to 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 an enriching program
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where patients
can get a healing of
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mind, 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 the Weimar Center
of Health and Education
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with scenic walking and
hiking trails all around.
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With the whole plant
foods eaten whole motto,
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the NEWSTART Centre 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
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certified nurses, doctors,
dietitians 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,
and are always there
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to guide, advice, 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 Weimar.
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It's amazing what a
new start can do for you.
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Welcome back, friends.
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And in our studio,
Dr. Gallant, how are you?
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Doing well,
Ron. Good to see you.
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Always good to see you.
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I want to talk about, Ron,
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get right into
this interview with.
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You know, you told me story
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about his first
trip to the clinic.
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Which from the lobby
where they are housed,
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they meaning our guest,
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to the clinic
is 75 to 100 yards.
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Not very far. Not very far.
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Tell us about that if you would.
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So Ron came to us, his
first appointment with me.
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And when he came
in, his lips were blue,
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he was breathing hard,
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and he had his
oxygen concentrator on.
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Now why were his lips
blue? He was craving for oxygen?
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Yeah, he didn't have
enough oxygen in his blood.
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Okay.
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And so going
that short distance,
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and most of it is downhill.
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It got him really
winded and short of breath.
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Ain't that amazing? Yeah.
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And then how did he
do on the treadmill?
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So the next day, we do
an exercise stress test,
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treadmill test on him,
and he didn't go very long,
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little bit over a
minute, and he again,
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was very short of breath.
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We had to stop it, sit him down,
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and put his concentrator back on
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so he could get
oxygen 'cause again his lips
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were a little bit blue.
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Wow.
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So I assume now
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that he's gotten
better 'cause I've seen him
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out there walking.
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Tell us more.
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Yeah, you know, it wasn't
but a few more days after that,
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and part of this
maybe related to...
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he comes from an area
where it's a lower elevation.
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Here at Weimar,
we're about 2200 feet.
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And so it's a
little higher elevation
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so the air is a
little bit thinner.
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But it wasn't but a
few more days after that,
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that he came to
me and said, "Look,
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I'm able to walk
without my oxygen."
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Oh, without the oxygen.
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And we just did
another exercise stress test,
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treadmill test yesterday.
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After he's been here 16 days?
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After he's been
there for 16 days.
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Okay.
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He went more than twice the time
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that he did on the first one.
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He didn't turn blue, and
he didn't need his oxygen.
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Isn't that
awesome? Praise the Lord.
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How's his weight?
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He mentioned in the
interview his weight,
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but how's he done on that?
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You know, Ron is a
chef, retired chef,
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and he likes to cook.
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And when you like to cook,
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you got to
sample the food, right?
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So he did have a
little bit of weight problem,
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he does have a weight problem,
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and he's lost weight
since he's been here.
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He's lost about 15 pounds.
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And so that's
not bad for 18 days.
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Not bad. No. Yeah.
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You don't want to
lose weight too quickly.
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'Cause what I find
is when patients get on
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some of these diets that
are a little bit extreme,
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they tend to
lose weight quickly,
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but often, it'll
rebound and come back.
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I'd rather see a
patient lose weight slowly.
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And keep it off.
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Rather than have it bounce back.
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Now what about his
numbers as far as the...
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when we do the blood
draws, we do two, as you know.
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Tell our viewers
about his cholesterol
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or triglycerides, etcetera.
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He, when he came
here he was on medicine
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for cholesterol
and triglycerides.
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And so we took him off
of that medicine carefully,
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and since he's been off,
it's common for your numbers
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to go up a little bit.
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Yeah, because
they were suppressed...
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Suppressed by the
medicine. By the medicine.
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Yeah. Exactly.
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So his numbers have
gone up a little bit.
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But I see that he is starting
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to trend in the right direction.
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Again, it's only been
little over two weeks.
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Right.
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But I really believe
that he's going to do well,
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his numbers are going
to continue to come down,
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he is been exercising,
and he is able to exercise
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more now than
when he first came.
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And he goes between walking,
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and also he uses
a stationary bike,
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and he's actually even told me
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he did a little bit
of strength training.
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Wow.
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This is probably a
first for him then.
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At least in a long time.
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In a long time. Yes.
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Now what about the heart disease
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and the diabetes?
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Is the diabetes still there?
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Did it go away?
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Is he on his
medications for that?
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His diabetes is improving.
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It's not gone away.
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But I believe, by God's
grace, that it will go away.
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And his
medications, we have decreased
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his medication significantly.
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Well, which is a sign that...
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That things are getting better,
and he is feeling better.
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I'm going to ask you a question
that only a layman can ask.
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When you're a
diabetic, I like in it
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to be an alcoholic.
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Okay.
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An alcoholic stops drinking,
he's no longer drinking alcohol
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but he's still an alcoholic.
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Is the same true for a diabetic?
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It's a good question.
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I think
initially, the same is true.
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I think you're still a diabetic.
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But over time,
given time, I believe that
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we can reverse the diabetes.
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Yes.
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And I believe that we
can take away that label
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of saying that
you're still a diabetic.
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And that would be
me, 11 years, 11 years.
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But here's the key.
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Whatever you had to do,
you had to stay on the plan.
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That's right.
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Here's what I
tell our diabetics.
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I tell them that,
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"If we take you off
your diabetes medicine,
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we have to replace it
with a different medicine."
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And that new medicine
that I put them on is walking.
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Walking for one
hour a day for a diabetic
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is equivalent to
five units of insulin.
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Wow.
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So I tell them, they need
to walk at least an hour a day.
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What about the food?
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Food plays a big role
too. The food that we...
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So you really have, you can't...
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Let me ask that rather
than say what it can do.
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Can I walk an hour a day,
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and go back eating
meat, and chicken, and fish,
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and olive oil,
and all that stuff.
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No, because here's what happens.
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When you're on poor diet,
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you can't exercise the
poorness of the diet away.
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Okay. All right?
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So then you got to double...
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You've got to double
whammy, so you really have
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to change your lifestyle.
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And when you
change your lifestyle,
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your body starts to
heal and repair itself.
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That's the way God created
us. Ain't that marvelous?
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The other thing I
told the diabetics,
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it's really important
is they have to make sure
00:20:14.78\00:20:17.21
and stay well hydrated.
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A lot of people come to us
00:20:20.18\00:20:21.75
and they are
chronically dehydrated.
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I know I used to be
chronically dehydrated.
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Ain't that amazing how
we could be that way...
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Yeah, that's right.
And not even know it.
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It's not until you find out
what it's like to be hydrated
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that you realize how bad it
was when you weren't hydrated,
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you know.
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But when diabetics, for example,
00:20:38.70\00:20:40.97
or people with
high blood pressure
00:20:41.00\00:20:42.40
drink extra fluid,
00:20:42.44\00:20:44.97
it helps to
dilute their blood sugar.
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It makes it
easier for their body
00:20:48.44\00:20:50.45
to start to deal with
an elevated blood sugar.
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Makes sense. It makes...
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When they drink more
water, it thins their blood,
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makes it easier for
their heart to pump the blood
00:20:57.32\00:21:02.42
because it's not as thick,
the viscosity has changed.
00:21:02.46\00:21:06.39
And when that
happens, the blood pressure
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will start to come down.
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You're making me
thirsty. That's right.
00:21:09.46\00:21:11.93
But I have my bottle over there,
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and I'll wait till after...
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That's perfect.
The program is over.
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Perfect.
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Any further info about Ron
00:21:18.04\00:21:21.58
that you can give us
in the next 30 seconds.
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Sure.
00:21:24.88\00:21:26.21
Ron also used to
take arthritis shots.
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Shots?
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Yeah, shots of medicine to
help him with his arthritis.
00:21:30.22\00:21:32.75
Wow.
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Since he is been here, he says
his arthritis is a lot better.
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In fact, it's not
bothering him right now.
00:21:37.56\00:21:39.83
So I've told him, let's
not do the shots right now.
00:21:39.86\00:21:42.60
Let's continue
doing the lifestyle
00:21:42.63\00:21:44.77
and see how your
body responds to that.
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Wow.
00:21:47.34\00:21:48.67
I believe and I've
prayed about this with him.
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.27
I believe that by God's grace,
00:21:50.31\00:21:52.37
he will not need
those shots anymore.
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That is awesome.
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Doc, I want to thank
you again. Ron, thank you.
00:21:56.91\00:21:59.81
And Ron, as your name
sake too. That's right.
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Two Rons, don't make
it right, one has a go.
00:22:03.35\00:22:06.02
Thank you.
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.66
And, friends, don't go away,
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.29
we have an
important tip for you.
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.36
Welcome to Ask The Doctor.
00:22:17.83\00:22:19.40
I'm Dr. David DeRose,
taking your questions again
00:22:19.43\00:22:22.37
on today's
edition of the program.
00:22:22.40\00:22:24.44
We're going to a
question from Canada.
00:22:24.47\00:22:26.78
Danny asks from Winnipeg,
00:22:26.81\00:22:29.18
this very relevant
and practical question.
00:22:29.21\00:22:32.41
"Is juicing
fruits and vegetables
00:22:32.45\00:22:35.05
an effective way
to get my 5 servings
00:22:35.08\00:22:38.09
of fruits and
vegetables per day?"
00:22:38.12\00:22:41.02
Well, first of all,
Danny, let me commend you,
00:22:41.06\00:22:42.79
you've got that message
that public health professionals
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.96
have been trying to get out
for many years, and that is,
00:22:45.99\00:22:48.16
we need to be getting a
minimum of five servings
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.57
of fruits and vegetables a day.
00:22:50.60\00:22:51.93
Many are pushing that
number up to 9 or more.
00:22:51.97\00:22:54.64
But your perplexity is exactly
where many people are at,
00:22:54.67\00:22:58.41
and they're simply saying,
"How can I get all this in?
00:22:58.44\00:23:00.94
Should I just start juicing?"
00:23:00.98\00:23:02.31
I know it's become very popular.
00:23:02.34\00:23:03.91
But let me tell you,
00:23:03.95\00:23:05.28
many of the patients
that I see in my clinic,
00:23:05.31\00:23:07.15
their problem is not so
much what they're eating
00:23:07.18\00:23:11.15
as how much they're
eating in total calories.
00:23:11.19\00:23:14.49
When it comes to juices,
there's an intrinsic problem.
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.69
If we're eating our plant foods
or any foods as a whole food,
00:23:17.73\00:23:22.00
as we're chewing
that food, we're getting
00:23:22.03\00:23:23.60
a lot more satiety,
a lot more satisfaction
00:23:23.63\00:23:26.07
from the food than
if we reduce it to,
00:23:26.10\00:23:28.47
let's say a pureed
state or even a juice state.
00:23:28.50\00:23:33.61
Let me give you
some insight into this.
00:23:33.64\00:23:35.48
Classic study was
done many years ago.
00:23:35.51\00:23:37.61
They took apples, had
volunteers in this study,
00:23:37.65\00:23:41.25
eat the same number of
calories as whole apples,
00:23:41.28\00:23:44.02
then compare it to
apple sauce or apple puree,
00:23:44.05\00:23:47.19
and then compare
that to apple juice.
00:23:47.22\00:23:49.66
What they found is
those who ate the whole apples
00:23:49.69\00:23:51.73
for a given number of calories,
those whole apples give them
00:23:51.76\00:23:54.53
much more satisfaction,
and helped them much longer
00:23:54.56\00:23:57.83
before they wanted to eat again
as compared to the apple sauce.
00:23:57.87\00:24:01.27
What do you
think feared the worst?
00:24:01.30\00:24:03.14
Yes, the apple juice.
00:24:03.17\00:24:05.17
Bottom line, the
more juices you eat,
00:24:05.21\00:24:06.98
you'll tend to
take in more calories
00:24:07.01\00:24:09.18
which will often make
it more difficult for you
00:24:09.21\00:24:11.51
to trim down if you're
carrying some extra pounds.
00:24:11.55\00:24:13.62
Said another way,
if you're an athlete,
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.68
you're doing a lot of exercise,
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.19
you're on a
vigorous training program,
00:24:17.22\00:24:19.35
juice actually could
be added to your program.
00:24:19.39\00:24:22.02
Sometimes they
have people take it
00:24:22.06\00:24:23.39
a half an hour before their meal
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.13
so it doesn't interfere
with their appetite too much,
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.50
and doesn't really give
them the effect of an added meal
00:24:27.53\00:24:31.33
but it kind of extends
the benefits of a given meal,
00:24:31.37\00:24:33.74
can get some more
calories in that way.
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So sometimes I will
in unusual circumstances,
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I say unusual
because most of my patients
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aren't athletes.
00:24:40.48\00:24:41.81
They are people that
are trying to trim down,
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so the message is to
cut back on the juices
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rather than increasing it.
00:24:45.65\00:24:46.98
Let me tell you another
concern I have that I don't hear
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many people
speaking about is probably
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on the tip of
some of your tongues.
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It actually has to do with
your tongue and your mouth,
00:24:52.45\00:24:54.19
it's something
called urogastrone.
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I know I took the words
right out of your mouth,
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didn't I?
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Urogastrone is
actually a compound
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that is made in the
mouth when you chew your food.
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It's important for
optimal gastrointestinal health,
00:25:04.27\00:25:07.90
if you want a healthy stomach,
stomach lining, by the way,
00:25:07.94\00:25:11.07
we've got an
epidemic in our country,
00:25:11.11\00:25:12.97
of gastro intestinal problems.
00:25:13.01\00:25:14.64
Something that can help
is making more urogastrone.
00:25:14.68\00:25:17.28
How do you make more of it?
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.65
You simply chew
your food thoroughly.
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Isn't it
amazing? So again, juices?
00:25:20.82\00:25:23.72
Bypass that natural
protective mechanism.
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Juices also can have
some deleterious effects
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on your blood sugar.
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What's the bottom line?
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For the average person I say,
eat your fruits and vegetables
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definitely, but eat
them as whole foods.
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That's what I do
on regular basis.
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That's what I
recommend my patients too.
00:25:39.00\00:25:40.84
If you've got an
unusual situation
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where you're trying
to increase your calories
00:25:42.74\00:25:44.74
or you're on some
kind of special fast
00:25:44.77\00:25:46.37
or something on a
doctor's supervision,
00:25:46.41\00:25:48.54
there may be a place
there, of course, for juices.
00:25:48.58\00:25:50.95
But in general,
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not the best
thing in my experience
00:25:52.35\00:25:54.45
or in the research
literature's experience
00:25:54.48\00:25:57.59
to include in your program.
00:25:57.62\00:25:59.29
I'm Dr. David DeRose,
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