Participants: Ron Giannoni (Host), Harry Salvini
Series Code: NSN
Program Code: NSN000170A
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00:10 Every year in America,
00:12 there are over one million deaths 00:13 because of type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:16 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 00:18 That's six and half 747s crashing everyday. 00:22 What's even more surprising is that the fix is easy, 00:25 it's your lifestyle. 00:27 Wouldn't it be nice 00:28 if you could actually add quality years 00:30 to your life rather then dying one organ at a time. 00:33 Obesity and diabetes are the 00:35 cause of over a million deaths per year. 00:37 Most diseases are reversible 00:39 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, 00:42 especially type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 00:46 Seriously now, they can be reversed 00:48 and the quality of your life can be renewed. 00:52 Call NEWSTART today at 1-800-525-9192. 00:58 You'll see dramatic changes 01:00 in the first few days of our program 01:01 and you will be on the road 01:03 to a better more robust quality of life. 01:06 The NEWSTART programs are simple and effective. 01:10 Hi, friends, and welcome to another edition 01:13 of NEWSTART Now. 01:14 I'm your host, Ron Giannoni. 01:17 In our studio with me is a young man 01:20 from Grass Valley, 01:21 Harry Salvini. 01:24 Now I want you to take a look at when Harry first arrived. 01:29 I'm here because 01:30 I've gone through 01:34 numerous, 01:37 numerous attempts to lose weight. 01:42 I've sabotaged everything Kathy's tried to do. 01:48 So I've tried all the different programs, 01:51 different plans falling off the wagon every time, 01:54 NEWSTART has given me the opportunity 01:56 to give me a series of days 01:59 in which I've got not just class work 02:02 but there's also the diet, 02:04 how to prepare the foods 02:06 and it gives me the opportunity to get into a habit situation. 02:10 So I am currently on Losartan and Carvedilol 02:16 and there's another medication for restless leg syndrome. 02:20 I tend to take lots of Tylenol or Aleve for back pain. 02:25 And it's... 02:26 I would like to stop doing all of that. 02:30 I use an inhaler a lot and every once in a while, 02:33 I have to take Prednisone 02:35 and I'd prefer not to be doing that. 02:39 My goal is to get rid of the weight 02:43 that I'm carrying around, 02:44 it feels like an old box of paper everywhere I go 02:47 and that equalizes with the pain in the back 02:50 and my stamina isn't there. 02:54 Recently did a wedding up here 02:57 and I had a lot of trouble carrying 02:59 the equipment to the reception. 03:02 So my plan is, my goal after this is done. 03:06 My goal is to be off of my medications 03:09 and also to have not only started losing weight 03:13 but have it so ingrained in me that 03:16 I want to continue what I'm doing, 03:20 support my wife as she's trying to help me with better food, 03:24 better diet and be able to just push through, 03:28 become what I used to be and in doing so, 03:32 be a better example for my kids 03:33 and friends and loved ones 03:36 that are also going on the same path I went. 03:40 That's my goal. 03:44 Welcome back, friends, in our studio. 03:46 Harry Salvini, how are you? 03:48 Doing good. You look good. 03:49 Thank you. 03:50 You look happy. Thank you, so do you. 03:52 And I'm happy. Yes. 03:54 I'm happy 'cause you're happy. 03:57 But, you know, Harry, I didn't know... 03:59 I've known you almost 11 years now, 04:03 that you're a huge figure, 04:06 maybe, that's the wrong term. 04:09 You're very well known in our church. 04:10 Yes. 04:12 And... 04:13 Huge figure works. 04:15 It fits but not soon. 04:17 Not much longer 04:19 I didn't know you were on medications. 04:21 Yes. 04:22 I suspected that if you didn't do something 04:25 you might soon be on medications 04:28 but you told me before we started the interview, 04:32 you're off your medications. 04:33 Yes, I am. 04:34 Which were they? 04:36 I was on Losartan and Carvedilol 04:38 and they're both... 04:39 They lower your heart, your blood pressure. 04:42 Okay. 04:43 They don't do anything for you 04:45 but they lower your blood pressure. 04:46 They'll help but they'll lower the pressure, 04:48 don't you find that kind of odd? 04:50 That kind of got me upset. 04:52 Yeah, when I found that out, 04:54 that they lowered the numbers but really didn't do anything. 04:57 Wasn't healing, wasn't helping. 04:59 No. 05:00 So now you're off the blood pressure meds 05:03 and your blood pressure's way lower than 05:06 even when you're on the blood pressure meds. 05:08 That's correct. 05:10 What is it lately? What is your... 05:12 Right now, it's averaging 193, I'm sorry, 05:15 139 over 89 I think was the last one. 05:18 Wow. 05:20 And that was after doing the treadmill. 05:21 Wow, that's good. Yeah. 05:24 Yeah, you know, 05:26 you're gonna a reach a point where like me, 05:29 when I hit 105 over 60, now when, 05:32 wait a minute, something's wrong, 05:34 'cause I used to be like 200 over 100, 05:37 really bad, you know. 05:40 So but you also lost some weight. 05:43 I did. 05:44 And how many weights did you lose? 05:46 I lost 22 pounds. 05:47 And how many inches? 05:49 They haven't measured me yet but I do know, 05:51 I've had the experiences with that. 05:53 Oh, 05:56 tell us that experience. 05:58 Come on, you're only gonna... 06:00 People all over the world will love to hear that. 06:01 So my belt was already in bad shape, 06:04 it was kind of fractured a little bit there 06:08 and I came back from class last Friday, 06:11 as I'm coming up to the door, the belt broke 06:13 and the pants that have always been really tight, 06:16 dropped to the floor. 06:19 So I looked both directions, 06:20 nobody happened to be in the hallway, 06:21 so I just ran right in the room, 06:23 so on one hand, 06:25 I was really mortified that it happened, 06:26 on the other hand, I was excited 06:28 because these jeans just slipped past, 06:32 they had just fall. 06:33 And they were skin tight? They were. 06:36 I had to suck it in... 06:37 Wow. 06:38 To button them up and so, yeah. 06:40 So, Harry, tell me 06:42 what was your favorite part of this 06:46 last 17 days or 18? 06:49 It was partially the classes, I learned a lot, 06:53 I've been blogging every day on Facebook so that, 06:57 my friends, you know, and enemies, 06:59 I guess, everybody has chance to read in 07:01 and it's actually affected a couple of people 07:03 that are pre-diabetic, I found out last night. 07:05 Really. 07:06 People I know or... 07:08 No, no, some former friends, the former coworkers. 07:10 Okay. 07:12 That was a big part but I got to be honest, 07:14 Chef Michel, 07:16 the cooking class has been amazing. 07:18 I've never thought that I would enjoy vegan food 07:22 as much as I am. 07:24 She herself prepare it. 07:26 She is... 07:27 I've never had met a chef that prays for you 07:29 and then dedicates the food to God 07:32 and then teaches us how to do it, 07:33 the way that's just incredibly good. 07:35 Isn't that amazing? Yeah. 07:37 Hey, how is your... 07:38 You went somewhere for Sabbath lunch... 07:41 I did. 07:42 Last week. I did. 07:44 How was that? It was fantastic. 07:45 We had a really great soy curl with the barbecue sauce 07:50 type mix infused in it that was very delicious. 07:54 I'll get you the recipe. 07:55 Yeah, that'll be good. 07:56 I'd like to try that, 07:58 since my wife made it. 07:59 Yes, your wife made it as a matter of fact. 08:01 Yes, but you had that over basmati brown rice? 08:04 Basmati brown rice. 08:05 And corn? Yes. 08:07 And what else? 08:09 Had an incredible asparagus and string bean combination, 08:12 I mixed them, 08:13 I didn't realize it was two different things 08:15 but they were absolutely delicious. 08:17 Really? 08:19 And then Susan bring a salad or... 08:20 Susan brought a delicious salad. 08:22 Absolutely delicious. 08:24 And I remember asking about making sure that 08:27 the salad dressing was okay. 08:28 Yeah, you were questioning me a lot. 08:31 I was questioning everything that was on the table. 08:33 You know, I was so happy to hear you questioning me 08:36 because I knew then that you baited, 08:38 that you really turned the corner. 08:40 Yeah. 08:41 Because you couldn't ask those questions 08:43 if you weren't paying attention. 08:44 I would have asked you for the other salad dressing. 08:46 You would have. 08:48 From your neighbor. 08:49 Oh, yeah, there's no fat salad dressing in our house. 08:52 It's right. 08:53 And then the dessert. 08:54 Oh, tell us about that. 08:56 That was a strawberry, 08:57 was it strawberry and blueberry 08:59 and then we put sliced banana on it... 09:00 Yes. 09:01 And these coconut flakes? Yes. 09:03 Well, we have a champion juicer 09:06 and we froze the bananas 09:09 and strawberries and blueberries 09:11 and we put them through the champion juicer 09:14 and it comes out, ice cream. 09:15 Yes. It was... 09:17 It was very delicious and no sugar added. 09:19 And no sugar and it was absolutely done, yeah. 09:22 And no dairy. 09:23 No dairy, no dairy, that's right. 09:26 So what about when you get home now? 09:30 Well, Sabbath morning, 09:32 Kathy came up with the really cute thing 09:34 as I was coming out of the room, 09:35 she had a... 09:36 We have a rooster that has a black board belly. 09:39 It's like a ceramic rooster and she'd written down, 09:42 "You have a choice of oatmeal, you have corn meal, granola, 09:46 half a slice of this and a half of an orange 09:49 and then Weimar bread." 09:51 And then in behind that, she had little mason jars 09:54 and each mason jar had one serving 09:56 so I could pick, you know, 09:57 in so many to make sure you don't, 09:58 is that the fact that I'm supposed to have it, 10:02 can't have more than two of these. 10:04 So she's on board with this whole thing 10:06 and I think that's the biggest thing. 10:07 Is it? 10:09 I think having... 10:10 If there's two adults in the house, 10:12 if those two adults are together on it, 10:15 I'm incredibly blessed with that. 10:18 You know, we know for a fact that 10:22 when the spouse of the guest, 10:26 as we call you, 10:29 comes and assist, 10:32 things work better. 10:33 Yes. 10:34 Now I could imagine going home and telling my wife 10:38 what I learned here in 18 days, 10:41 how could you do that? 10:42 It won't work. 10:43 It just won't work. No. 10:45 I barely remember myself and now after 11 years, 10:49 I've attended these lectures over and over and over again 10:52 and I can almost memorize them but even so, 10:56 it's still difficult. 10:58 So but you're blessed, Kathy came with you. 11:01 Kathy was able to come. 11:03 And, friends, let me just say right now, 11:05 if you plan to come to the NEWSTART program, 11:09 it would be in your best interest 11:11 to bring your significant other 11:14 or a father or a son or whatever, you know, 11:18 someone who lives with you that can participate 11:22 and you kinda help one another along, you know. 11:24 That's right. 11:26 Okay, now, I know 11:27 when you went around the half mile loop. 11:29 You had the rest. 11:31 The first times? 11:32 The first day. 11:33 I couldn't do the... 11:35 Couldn't come up the hills without stopping. 11:36 How many times did you have to stop and rest? 11:39 It was at least two times. 11:40 The first I walked around, 11:42 I had to stop twice for a significant amount of time. 11:44 Okay. 11:46 Now how many miles a day are you walking? 11:50 Between seven and ten. 11:51 Seven and ten. 11:53 Would you ever have believed 11:54 if I would have told you 18 days ago, 11:57 "Harry, you're gonna be walking seven to ten miles." 12:01 You would have said, "Oh, no. No way." 12:03 Right? Not a chance. 12:05 Yeah. 12:06 Why would you have believed that? 12:07 Because I couldn't. 12:09 You couldn't, right, and now you can? 12:10 And now I can. Yeah. 12:12 I would get winded just going upstairs in our house 12:14 to my office. 12:16 So I understand that you've got messages 12:18 from our church family... 12:19 Yes. 12:20 That said, "Oh, no. 12:22 Not another run..." 12:23 Run, Giannoni Jr. 12:25 Now we're gonna get them in stereo. 12:28 Yeah. 12:29 We're gonna have to convert the entire church. 12:32 The difference is we didn't know you that well 12:34 when you came to Grass Valley. 12:35 Everybody's known me for a long time, 12:37 growing and bigger and bigger and more and more unhealthy. 12:40 You're gonna be a huge impact. 12:43 I'll be able to kneel on the platform. 12:47 We'll have a worship later. 12:49 I'm so happy for you, brother. 12:51 I love you so much. 12:53 That's why if you've noticed the men's group, we stand. 12:55 I know. 12:56 We never kneel 'cause I can't get back up or I couldn't. 12:59 I know, I know. 13:00 Yeah. 13:02 I want to thank you for taking your, you know, 13:04 for having a goal to come and speak here 13:07 in front of millions of people potentially 13:11 and I want to thank you 13:13 and God bless you and... 13:14 I gotta thank you. And I'll see you tonight. 13:16 Yes. Okay, at our graduation. 13:17 Yes. 13:19 Friends, thank you, 13:20 but don't go away 13:21 because the doctor's gonna be right with us. 13:56 Welcome back, friends, 13:58 and in our studio, Doctor Lukens. 13:59 This is the neat way Oh, yeah. 14:02 Wow, we're doing that 'cause my arm... 14:04 My shoulders, still hurt me. 14:05 Yeah. Yeah. 14:07 After a couple of months. 14:08 Yeah, but those things take a while. 14:09 And you wanted to go play golf? 14:11 Oh, okay, we'll do then. 14:13 Next week. Next week, sure. 14:14 Yeah. 14:16 I'm really excited about Harry and... 14:18 He's a crazy fun guy. 14:20 He's a crazy a fun guy, he's a brother and, you know, 14:24 Harry and I go to the same church... 14:27 Mm-hm. 14:28 And, you know, a lot of people were concerned about Harry. 14:33 And right, they should be. 14:34 Right, they should be. 14:36 You know, Harry is a big guy. 14:38 Too big. 14:39 Too big and, of course, 14:41 our biggest concern was that he might have an advent, 14:47 and as a doctor I'm sure you... 14:50 When I got him on a treadmill, I thought he was having... 14:53 You said he wanted to saw stars or something 14:55 Yeah, yeah, well, that's an extreme exercise, yeah. 14:59 And that's just kind of prior to a blackout. 15:02 Yeah, yeah, yeah, if he had to keep going, yeah, 15:06 something would have happened. 15:08 What he told me about the limit the other day, 15:10 he improved quite a bit. 15:12 Oh, yeah, and, yeah, he was, you know, before, 15:16 he looked like he was ready to drop, 15:19 and on this time, 15:20 I wasn't even sure that he couldn't have gone longer. 15:22 Well, you know, 15:24 he's walking like seven, eight miles in a day 15:27 and when he got here, 15:28 he could not do the half mile loop, 15:31 just as I couldn't 15:33 and he had to rest two or three times. 15:35 He told me there was somebody, this morning, 15:38 he was going with somebody 15:39 in the other program and he said, 15:41 the person had to stop and they were, you know. 15:46 And so he said, "You know, 12 days ago..." 15:50 Or 16 days ago now I guess it is... 15:52 Yeah. 15:54 He said, "I was just like you." 15:55 And it really encouraged the other person, you know, 15:57 because... 15:58 I know the guy he's talking about, 15:59 I think it was a guy. 16:01 Yeah. 16:02 I interviewed with yesterday. 16:03 he came and visited me, 16:05 he might be coming to our next NEWSTART program. 16:06 That's good. 16:07 So, doc, what's the prognosis here? 16:11 I mean, I know Harry is getting better 16:15 and I really want to encourage the viewers 16:18 because there's many people out there, 16:20 there's many Harrys that are morbidly obese, 16:23 they're sitting around not knowing 16:26 that there's something they could do 16:28 about their weight, 16:29 about their blood pressure, their diabetes, their... 16:32 Tell us a little bit. 16:33 Well, you know, in his situation, 16:35 his is different than most people 16:39 because he's Armenian and I guess, 16:43 Austrian or something background 16:45 and the Austrian part doesn't help but evidently, 16:47 the Armenian does or since his family background 16:51 because his cholesterol triglycerides 16:54 and his lipids are always good. 16:55 Really? 16:57 I mean, they're good, yeah. 16:58 And most people they have that, you know, 17:00 as the incentive or the pointed stick to, you know, 17:04 you've gotta do this or that 17:06 but the thing is that he knows 17:08 from his past experience that 17:12 he's really, really on the cusp 17:16 and that's the reason why the whole church 17:19 was really interested in him. 17:21 Now the thing is, 17:23 he has a son and this is really a good deal, 17:28 he has one son that's closer to home 17:32 and he's gonna do some of this 17:35 and he's not gonna jump into it, you know... 17:37 Right. 17:38 But he had helped him along but the other son, 17:41 he told me what he weighed and he says, 17:44 as his weight is coming down 17:45 and his other son's weight is going up 17:48 because he's a big, big guy too. 17:51 He said, "When he starts getting below his son, 17:53 his son's gonna be very interested." 17:55 Very. 17:56 "He's gonna..." 17:57 But, you know, the thing is 17:59 when I told the people that on the review that we did, 18:02 people are more interested in their weight, 18:06 in their looks than they are in their health. 18:08 Isn't that amazing? 18:10 Well, no, it's just the way it is. 18:11 Well, it is what it is. 18:12 I mean, I'm concerned of my weight 18:14 and the way I look and so on so forth 18:16 but my motivation was, I was afraid. 18:20 I was afraid I was gonna die. 18:22 Yes, that you knew. 18:23 Well, I didn't know. 18:24 Your symptoms and your stuff 18:26 were enough to get you on board. 18:28 Yes, yes. 18:30 But some people there, they never gets to that place. 18:34 I don't want to discourage any people who're overweight, 18:37 that would strictly like to come here to lose weight. 18:40 We can do that. 18:42 I don't want to discourage anyone else 18:44 for any other reason 18:46 because it's my belief and you can correct me 18:48 if I'm wrong that most diseases 18:51 come from the lifestyle we live. 18:54 How I dare correct you, you're older than I. 18:56 I mean, the Bible says, 18:57 "Rebuke not an elder" No, no, no, look... 19:01 Well, you got a good point there. 19:02 The reason why he's gonna do good 19:04 because there's so many people writing on him, you know. 19:08 Then somebody said, 19:10 "Oh, you're not gonna be another 19:11 Giannoni walking around here, 19:13 telling us all how to live, you know." 19:15 Oh, man, you know what? 19:17 I'm so... They need it. 19:19 I know... They do... 19:20 They need a stereo. 19:22 They do and I could just... 19:23 I envision, I had a dream the other night 19:24 that Harry and I were up on the pulpit preaching, 19:28 Little knock there you guys. 19:30 You, NEWSTART. 19:31 You, NEWSTART." 19:33 And just picking them out, you know. 19:34 But, you know, the saddest thing is that 19:38 people sometimes have to have an event. 19:40 Yeah. 19:42 And they never, you know, fortunately, 19:45 a lot of the people in a year or so, you know, 19:48 they're able to walk again but they're, you know, 19:50 they're like this, 19:51 their heart is such that they say, 19:53 "Well, you know, you're in trouble 19:56 and you'll be a cardiac cripple." 19:58 But the thing is we've had people here, 20:00 they're cardiac cripples 20:05 and two sessions ago and three sessions ago, 20:07 these people were told 20:08 they would never be able to be healthy again 20:12 and they're on their way. 20:14 I love it, I love it. 20:15 Yeah. 20:17 Tell the viewers what an event is, 20:19 some people just don't know what an event... 20:21 Yeah, well, it can be either a stroke or a heart attack. 20:23 And how many people die with the first heart attack? 20:28 Well, the trouble is, is that people say, 20:31 "Well, I've never had any pain 20:33 and I don't think it's in the family." 20:35 And so they'll say, "I haven't had that. 20:38 What do you call it? 20:39 Angina, angina, what do you call that chest pain thing? 20:41 Okay." 20:42 Good, well, just to make you feel better, 20:45 more than 40% of the time, 20:48 the first symptom you have 20:49 that you've got a problem is sudden death. 20:52 And you don't know, and just you're out. 20:54 Yeah, yeah, you're just gone. 20:55 And the stroke, what about stroke? 20:57 Well, people can frequently have more warning on those, 21:03 we call it a transient ischemic attack, 21:06 they try to reach for a pen 21:08 or their vision is gone for a little bit 21:10 or they can't... 21:13 They can't formulate their words 21:15 and that usually goes away in about 20 minutes 21:17 to half hour and they say, 21:19 "Oh, man, I'm so glad that's gone 21:21 and I hope it never happens again." 21:23 That's a precursor to a mini stroke 21:25 and then a mini stroke is a precursor to a larger one. 21:29 But I've heard in your lectures or maybe, 21:31 it was Doctor... Somebody. 21:33 One of the doctors, 21:35 that most people have many strokes frequently, 21:40 maybe, hundreds even in a life time. 21:42 Is that something? 21:44 Oh, it's in areas that isn't part of their function, 21:48 you see, so they'll, yeah, they'll look at the X rays now, 21:52 say there's a little white stuff here 21:53 and you probably had a little infarct there in your brain. 21:58 So let's back to Harry. 22:00 We kind of drifted off of that. 22:03 Anything else you want to say about Harry's future? 22:08 I'll tell you about Harry that's really, really good 22:11 and when somebody is planning on coming here, 22:13 bring your spouse. 22:15 Yeah. 22:16 Because they're already on it, you know, 22:20 and they're already doing and that's a, 22:22 I would say, bring your spouse, 22:24 you've got to pretty then was charging clear back in the 80s, 22:27 he was charging $12,000 but then, 22:31 then the spouse could come for free... 22:34 Wow. 22:35 Or the significant other whatever 22:37 could come for free to help the person along the way 22:40 and that's a real beneficial thing, yeah. 22:43 Well, as you know, my wife, Cindy, came with me 22:46 and she didn't have anything going on with her 22:49 but she still lost 40 pounds. 22:52 Yeah, over a period of time. 22:53 Over a period of time. 22:55 Yeah. Yeah. 22:56 And you always feel better when, you know, 22:58 when you're like that. 23:00 America is hooked to this scale 23:03 and what they should be hooked to is a treadmill. 23:06 Well, I gotta hook to wind this up 23:08 because we're running out of time. 23:09 Okay. It's always good to see... 23:11 Easy on that shoulder. 23:12 Thank you so much. Yeah. 23:14 Good bless you. 23:15 I'm thankful that you went through it, you know. 23:17 Well, I am thankful, you're thankful. 23:20 Folks, don't go away. 23:21 I know you're thankful for watching this. 23:22 Don't go away, we got a tip for you. 23:29 The next deadly psychological sin is worry. 23:32 It's worry. 23:34 Worry reacts to the possibility of danger 23:40 versus the probability of danger. 23:42 In psychology, we call it 'Hypervigilance' 23:46 not that vigilance is completely unnecessary, 23:49 we need to be on guard, there are dangers in the world 23:51 but worry reacts to the possibility of danger 23:55 and the possibility of danger is almost unlimited. 23:59 The problem with hypervigilance or worry is that 24:02 it doesn't achieve the protection 24:05 that one hopes it will achieve. 24:07 It's a known fact in abuse counseling, 24:09 counseling victims of abuse that 24:11 those that have been abused, 24:13 those that have been victimized are often re-victimized 24:16 and we think the reason for this is that 24:18 they are hypervigilant, 24:20 they're so afraid of everything 24:21 that their nervous systems literally get worn out 24:24 and they miss the actual threat 24:26 and they're not able to defend themselves against that. 24:29 "Worry is blind and cannot discern the future." 24:32 The reason we worry is that we hope it's going to help us, 24:35 predict any kind of potential threat out there 24:39 but actually it doesn't work that way at all. 24:41 It doesn't discern the future. It's blind. 24:44 So for no other reason, reject this habit of worry 24:47 because it just doesn't achieve 24:49 what you think it's going to achieve. 24:50 The replacement for worry is trust. 24:54 Now I know trust sounds like a very dangerous proposition, 24:59 particularly to some of you. 25:00 Those of you whose trust has been horribly violated 25:03 but it's worse for you to never trust 25:07 than it is for you to distrust. 25:09 So I suggest that you learn to trust 25:12 but that you learn to trust intelligently. 25:16 All institutions, all social entities 25:21 whether it be a family or a church 25:23 or even a society, function on the basis of trust. 25:28 When trust falls away from a given society, 25:30 that society makes a cultural descent. 25:35 A society cannot prosper 25:37 when there's no trust between the members of society, 25:40 the same thing is true to smaller societies like 25:42 families and friendships. 25:44 Trust provides a foundation 25:46 for healthy functioning in relationships 25:49 and healthy functioning in individuals as well. 25:52 What we find in psychology is that 25:54 there's a little chemical in your brain called oxytocin 25:57 that is kind of the mediator for trust, 25:59 it's the thing that's working in your brain 26:02 when you're forming a trust bond. 26:04 Let me read some information to you about oxytocin. 26:08 "Research shows that injected oxytocin 26:11 increases the willingness to take social risks." 26:15 So if I were to inject you with oxytocin, 26:17 this little chemical in your brain, 26:19 then you would be more inclined to talk to a stranger 26:22 or more inclined to form a new friendship. 26:25 There's research on loneliness and how it relates to trust. 26:30 "Loneliness was negatively correlated with each measure 26:33 of trust beliefs and trusting behavior." 26:37 The bottom line is that trust is worth the risk. 26:41 Even though it does bring certain risk factors, in fact, 26:45 there is no such thing as trust without risk, 26:49 you do away with risk, you do away with trust. 26:52 But even though there's a risk involved in trusting, 26:55 it is worth the risk, particularly, 26:57 if you learn how to choose your friends well 27:00 and how to choose confidants well 27:03 and how to conduct your life in an intelligent manner, 27:06 what you will find is you'll be disappointed 27:09 in other people less and less 27:11 and that those trust bonds will build 27:13 and that the trust itself will form the foundation 27:16 for healthy functioning in you and in your relationships. 27:20 Well, friends, that's it for today 27:23 but join us next week for another episode. 27:26 In the mean time, 27:27 pick up the phone and give us a call 27:29 at 1-800-525-9192. 27:33 Mention the NEWSTART NOW program 27:36 and receive the NEWSTART special. |
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