Hi, friends, and
welcome to another edition
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of NEWSTART Now.
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I'm your host Ron Giannoni.
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In our studio is with me,
we have a lovely young lady
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from Seattle, Washington,
Jeanette Spreadborough.
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And I'd like to take a
look at when she first arrived.
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I went to camp meeting
this year, and I was inspired
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by the talk about
the power of prayer.
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So I said a prayer to
the Lord, I said, you know,
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"Dear Lord, I've gained
weight, I've got some ailments,
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some rheumatoid arthritis,
and I want to be healthy,"
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and so I prayed about it.
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And within a week, I got a
text message from this lady
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that I had just met about
a month ago, and she goes,
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"Do you want to go to Weimar?"
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And I was like, "Oh, the
Lord wants me to go to Weimar,
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this is how..."
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I was like...
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and then I was able to
get the time off from work
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'cause I was already scheduled
to work during this month
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and they gave me time off
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and I was able to
get a scholarship,
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some other families and
church members helped me,
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my husband's off-work.
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So it was just like
the Lord made it happen.
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So here I am, and
I'm so happy to be here.
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So my ailments, I was
diagnosed back in 2005
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with rheumatoid arthritis.
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It stays in remission
so I take a medication
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called HUMIRA and
it's a sub-q injection.
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But I do get
fatigued and I work fulltime
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as a registered
nurse on ICU units,
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so I'm under a lot of stress.
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What I would like to get
out of the NEWSTART program
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is to get a newly sound life,
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I'd like to not
have to take my HUMIRA
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and not have the aches
and pains of the rheumatoid.
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I'd like to gain the knowledge
so I can share it with others
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and be a light for the
Lord and to be an example
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of what a healthy lifestyle is.
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So I'm hoping that
the cyst in my liver that
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that will shrink
and also I'm hoping
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that my liver enzymes are lower,
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they take a little
bump, not real high
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but enough to make me concerned.
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So I'm just hoping
to just gain my health
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and so that I can
live a strong healthy life
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and be an example for others
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and share the
knowledge that I gain from here.
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Welcome back, friends.
In our studio, Jeanette.
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Good to see you. Thank you.
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It's good to see
less of you. Yes, me too.
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Yes, I'm happy for that.
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Tell me, let's start off that
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'cause I know
that's one of the issues.
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You came here, you
want to lose some weight.
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Yes. Why?
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Well, I've gained like
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50 pounds over
the last couple years
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and just was
concerned about that.
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How did that happen?
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Stress. And?
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Poor eating
habits and I needed...
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Comfort foods? Comfort foods.
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Like ice cream?
Like ice cream, yes.
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Comfort foods...
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I had to pry that
out of you. I know.
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Yes, it was
definitely comfort foods.
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I would look for
that quick side of,
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you know, gratification.
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Oh, sure.
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I work, I've a
really busy position
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in an ICU unit as a...
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I'm a nurse.
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So I'm even aware
about the health effects
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but not as much, I
really was educated
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since I've been here.
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Yeah, you are.
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You think you know
a lot but, you know,
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I'm a nurse and I
learnt so much about nutrition.
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You didn't know anything?
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Yes, I learnt that I didn't know
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as much as I thought I did.
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Well, the kind of
work you do is different
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than what we
teach here obviously.
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Oh, definitely.
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And that's what
you're speaking about
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and I know that nurses,
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especially your kind of nursing,
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you're highly
educated in that field.
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However, this is a
new type of field for you.
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Yes, this is.
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And ironically, I
work on open heart unit.
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Oh, wow.
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So I've worked in
a cardiac cath lab.
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So, you know, I see
the patients that come in
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that have these heart blocks
and they have to have stents
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or they are not
candidates to have stents
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because there's so much
blockage and heart disease.
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And, you know, our surgeons,
trauma surgeons take them
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to do open heart, and
then they come back to my ICU,
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and we help care for them.
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So yeah, so I was like, "I
don't want to be a patient,
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I want to be healthy."
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So when I learned
about this program
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and knowing about
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'cause my cholesterol
levels were going up.
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Yes.
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And I was like, "Oh,
I need to cure this."
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Yes.
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And so how much
weight have you lost here
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in last 17-16 days?
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I've lost a
good solid 10 pounds.
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When they first
weighed me, they said...
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On the chart, it
shows seven but I know that
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when I first
came, I weighed myself.
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That was one of
the first things I did
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and I'm down seven pounds.
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How much muscle have you gained?
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Oh, I've gained a lot of muscle.
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Yeah, so muscle
weighs too. Right, right.
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So you've lost
more fat... I have.
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Than you're
really giving credit to.
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Yes, in fact today,
they did my circumference
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and I'm down four
inches around my waist.
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Wow.
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So it's easier
like to bend over.
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So yes, I'm just like...
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And the trails was like
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I've been hiking all the trails,
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and when I first got here,
I had to stop on the inclined,
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you know, going up.
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I couldn't do it
without getting short of breath
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and just be like,
"Okay, I got to wait
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and get my energy back up."
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Now I'm just climbing
all over and, you know,
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my endurance has
really increased.
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How many miles a
day are you walking?
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I average, I'm
saying I go about six miles,
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I got my little Fitbit.
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Oh, amazing. It's amazing.
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Oh, you do? Yes.
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Oh, you like that little Fitbit?
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I like it 'cause
you can have competition
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with my daughters on it.
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So you can... But
it keeps you motivated.
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Yes.
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And yeah, so...
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You got a
little plug for Fitbit.
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Yeah, yeah.
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It's actually,
it's an incentive.
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Yes.
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And it helps you keep
track of your calories
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and also it
tracks your heart rate
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and so my heart rate,
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my resting heart rate
used to be in the 70s.
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While I'm
sitting in the meetings,
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I'm all relaxed,
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I'm learning all
this information,
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I look and I'm
down in the low 60s
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for my resting heart rate.
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Just sitting, not sleeping,
not just when I first get up.
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Yes.
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But sitting actively,
participating, and watching,
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and my resting
heart rate is in the 60s
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without a beta blocker.
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Isn't that
amazing? It's amazing.
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So I know that my
health is just improving.
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And it gets
better. It gets better.
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I was sitting
couple of weeks ago
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I so want to take
my blood pressure,
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I don't usually,
but I felt yeah okay,
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looks like 112/60, I
use to have like 200/100.
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Yeah. My resting
pulse was like 54.
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Wow, that's wonderful.
That's just amazing for me.
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Nonetheless,
we're talking about you.
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Yeah no, but that's
amazing 'cause you're not
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on any medicine
and that's amazing.
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None. Yeah.
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Like you I got
off all my medication
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when I came here.
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Yes.
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But you had another
very interesting thing
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happened to you
while you were here.
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You came here, you
were taking arthritis meds.
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Right.
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On a weekly
basis, and they would...
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Tell us a little
bit about what happened.
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So back in 2005, I was diagnosed
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with rheumatoid
arthritis, interestingly enough,
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during that time, I
had done another diet
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that promotes low
carbs, high protein.
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Oh, no. And it
was the Atkins diet.
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Oh, no. I did do that.
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And it was that year that
I came down with arthritis.
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So the correlation
plus a lot of stress
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'cause once again I was
working in neurotrauma ICU,
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working night shifts.
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So I had lot of
strikes to get me.
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I was in night shift,
they were 12-14-hour shifts,
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I was committing
it and having to sleep
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during the day
against my circadian rhythm,
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plus I was
doing a low-carb diet.
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And I lost weight with
it, I lost like 20 pounds.
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Oh yeah, oh yeah, it works.
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I did it just before I
had open heart surgery.
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So yeah...
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Did you catch that?
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Yeah, open heart
surgery, yes. Yeah.
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So that high protein
and fat, it's no good.
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By the way that doctor
died from heart attack.
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Nonetheless, the arthritis,
did you know back then
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what was causing the pain?
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No, I didn't know
what was causing the pain
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but I was in so much
pain, I couldn't even...
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and I'm like, I
consider myself young,
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and I couldn't bend
over and tie my shoes.
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By the way, I
consider you young.
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Yeah, I was like I
couldn't, you know...
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I was in my late
30s, I wasn't even 40
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and I couldn't even
tie my shoes, I couldn't...
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My knees were so sore,
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all of my joints
were just inflamed.
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What did you
discover while you were here
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about inflammation?
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I discovered
that the cholesterol
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from the meat products,
anything that has a face,
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or a mother that
has a face contributes
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to that inflammation process.
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And the inflammation
is what causes what?
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The autoimmune
that it can contribute
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to the autoimmune diseases.
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And so now that you've changed
your lifestyle, anymore pain?
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I've no pain,
in fact, I'm amazed
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because I haven't taken my...
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So there was two
types, I used to take ENBREL,
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it was once a week.
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But now, I'm taking HUMIRA
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which is a
tumor necrotic factor,
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protein receptor I believe.
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And not only is
it very expensive
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but you have to give
yourself an injection
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and I'm just going to
talk to my rheumatologist
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but I'm feeling like my
body is going into just changing
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and not going to need
to have that medication.
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No.
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I'm not having any pain
and normally by this time
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my feet start
aching and I'm over a week
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since my last,
since I'm due for it.
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So I'm excited to
have them run the labs
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because normally
when somebody with RA,
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I believe they have like
an elevation of the TNF factor
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which is Tumor necrotic factor.
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So those are kind of
marker, so I'm looking forward
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to staying very faithful
to my new lifestyle, you know,
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eating a plant-based
diet, exercise, lots of water,
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and getting that good sleep.
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Yes.
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And not being stressed out,
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and to say my
prayers to the Lord,
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and get it up to Him
because He brought me here,
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and He has plans for me.
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And I'm looking
forward to following up on you,
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and I want to thank
you, we've run out of time.
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Okay. God bless you.
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Oh, thank you.
We'll be in touch.
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Okay.
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But, friends, don't go away
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'cause 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,
it's alarming to see
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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
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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
00:12:50.60\00:12:52.70
an enriching program
where patients can get
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a healing of
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 Weimar Centre 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,
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, 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's 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. Dr. Gallant.
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Ron, good to see you my
friend. Good to see you.
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You know, it's been a while
since I've actually told folks
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who exactly you are,
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you're the director
of the clinic now, right?
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I'm actually
the medical director
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for NEWSTART
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and one the
physicians in the clinic.
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Yes, right. Yeah, that's right.
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And we're really
proud that you are here.
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Well, praise the
Lord, I'm glad to be here.
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I hear nothing but
good things about you.
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Well, God is good.
00:14:29.70\00:14:31.03
God is good, and the
guests are real pleased
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with the
treatments and, you know,
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the non-invasive
treatments especially.
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And, you know, let's
talk about Jeanette if we can.
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Yes.
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And tell us, you know,
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she was a delight
during our interview.
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And she's made a
lot of progression.
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She is pretty
smart. Oh yes, she is.
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She is an ICU nurse. Yes.
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They have to be sharp
00:14:56.32\00:14:57.66
and they have to be
independent thinkers
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to be able to sometimes manage
those acute care situations.
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Yeah...
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But she is
wonderful lady, wonderful.
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So we've seen some progress.
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Tell us from a
doctor's perspective
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what do you think is going on.
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Well, she has a
history of Rheumatoid arthritis
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and has had a lot
of aches and pains,
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especially in her hands.
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And since coming here,
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she noticed that her
inflammation has decreased
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and she is feeling a lot better,
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really has not had a
flare of rheumatoid arthritis
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since she came here.
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And as, you know,
our lifestyle and diet
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is a low inflammation lifestyle.
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And so if we can
decrease her inflammation,
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we're going to
decrease our things like
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rheumatoid arthritis,
other diseases as well.
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Now this is a message
that I think our guests
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that are watching
really need to hear that.
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I've been told and you
could correct me I'm sure
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that most lifestyle
diseases are from inflammation
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generally caused
by what we eating,
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what we're putting
in our body, correct?
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And also how we live, you know,
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inflammation
impacts all of our body.
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It creates what we
call oxidative stress.
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And oxidative
stress impacts the function
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of our immune system.
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If our immune system is
not functioning properly,
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we're more prone to
infection, bacterial,
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viral, fungal
infections, all of those.
00:16:32.09\00:16:35.12
And then if our immune system
is not functioning properly,
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it may make us prone to
autoimmune type diseases
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where our body
starts to attack itself.
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And if our immune system
is not functioning properly,
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we're at increased risk
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for all kinds of other ailments,
00:16:48.77\00:16:50.61
all kinds of
other little things.
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Cancer is one of the
things that can hide sometimes
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when we have
increased inflammation
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in our body.
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They hide, they
clothe themselves
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I understand.
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That's exactly right.
00:17:02.15\00:17:03.49
They clothe themselves
to prevent our immune system
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from recognizing.
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Isn't that
amazing? It is. It is.
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Yeah and because we
change our lifestyle,
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and we reduce the stress,
and we're eating these plants
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and all of a
sudden, the killer cells...
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The natural
killer cells get boosted.
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You know, this is fascinating
since you brought this up.
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One of the things that happens
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is when we're on an
animal protein diet,
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the cancer cells can
use that animal protein
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to coat
themselves and there by hide.
00:17:32.21\00:17:36.08
And some of the
digestive enzymes
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our bodies use
to kill cancer cells
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get used up in
digesting the protein
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and the meat that we eat.
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Isn't that interesting.
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So it's a double whammy. Yeah.
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Whereas when you're
on a plant-based diet,
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you actually are able to
strengthen your immune system.
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So it'll work better,
it'll pick up on things better
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and it will help to
destroy things like cancer
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and other
sources of inflammation.
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We know...
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She had mentioned,
Jeanette had mentioned
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her arthritis seemed to...
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no pain.
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Right.
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And she is lost some weight,
and are there any other issues
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that she was dealing with it?
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You know, one of
the interesting things,
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she is on shots for
her rheumatoid arthritis
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and was getting them
about every two weeks.
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She has been with us
for little over two weeks
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and had a shot before she
came and has not had a flare up.
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So we're recommending
that we start to space
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those shots out
farther and farther.
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And who knows, by
God's grace, may be over time
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she will be able to
get off of that medicine.
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Wouldn't that be a blessing?
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That would be a
tremendous blessing.
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Looks like she is
heading in that direction.
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It looks that way. And
she is totally onboard.
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Oh yeah, oh
yeah, she is excited.
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And her husband at home,
she's been sharing information
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with him, and he is
excited and onboard as well.
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Oh, that's a blessing.
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That means, you know,
00:19:07.08\00:19:08.41
that makes all the
difference in the world.
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When you have support of family,
00:19:09.81\00:19:11.15
it makes you so
much more successful.
00:19:11.18\00:19:13.92
You know, you've
bring up a good point.
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If there are people watching
and they are going to come
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to the NEWSTART program,
00:19:18.39\00:19:20.19
don't you think
it's really important
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that they bring
their significant other,
00:19:22.72\00:19:24.59
be it their husband,
wife, child, or mother
00:19:24.63\00:19:29.36
because if I had to go
home and explain to my wife
00:19:29.40\00:19:33.13
what I learned here in 18
days, I couldn't have done it.
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It's hard.
00:19:36.81\00:19:38.14
I don't know that I
would have succeeded
00:19:38.17\00:19:39.81
as well as I have.
00:19:39.84\00:19:41.18
Yeah.
00:19:41.21\00:19:42.54
You know, when we
made our lifestyle change,
00:19:42.58\00:19:43.95
we did it as a family.
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And it makes it so much
easier, you support each other,
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and besides that, you also
hold each other accountable,
00:19:49.08\00:19:52.29
and that goes a
long way to success.
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Yes, it does. "Ah,
shouldn't eat that."
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Yeah, exactly.
00:19:56.49\00:19:57.83
We had a guest over for
lunch one day and he said,
00:19:57.86\00:20:00.60
"What's in that dressing?"
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.80
And he had only
been here a week,
00:20:02.83\00:20:05.27
you know who I'm talking about?
00:20:05.30\00:20:06.63
Yeah, Harry.
00:20:06.67\00:20:08.00
Yeah.
00:20:08.04\00:20:09.37
And he, "What's in
there, I can't eat that.
00:20:09.40\00:20:11.47
No, is that real cheese?"
00:20:11.51\00:20:12.87
I said, "Come on,
this is all vegan."
00:20:12.91\00:20:14.64
That's right. But
he was testing us.
00:20:14.68\00:20:16.51
Yeah.
00:20:16.54\00:20:17.88
What showed me that he
is listening as, you know,
00:20:17.91\00:20:21.98
all our guests listen
and they learn and in fact,
00:20:22.02\00:20:26.76
Jeanette was sharing
how much she has learnt
00:20:26.79\00:20:29.42
even though she
is in the business.
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.49
Yeah.
00:20:32.53\00:20:33.86
She is not a doctor
obviously but she is a nurse.
00:20:33.90\00:20:35.60
No, very knowledgeable nurse.
00:20:35.63\00:20:36.97
Very, very knowledgeable.
00:20:37.00\00:20:38.33
But she learned a lot by
attending the lectures here.
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Praise God. Yeah, amen.
00:20:42.44\00:20:43.84
Praise God.
00:20:43.87\00:20:45.21
Anything that you
might add to that?
00:20:45.24\00:20:48.34
You know, I would
just say this that people
00:20:48.38\00:20:52.71
who make lifestyle
change reap so many benefits.
00:20:52.75\00:20:57.05
Some of them are
things that we expect
00:20:57.09\00:20:59.45
but some of them are
things that we don't expect.
00:20:59.49\00:21:02.22
She has bubbly
personality to begin with,
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.09
but she is so excited
about where she is now
00:21:05.13\00:21:08.36
compared to where she
was when she first came
00:21:08.40\00:21:10.93
that I really
think this excitement
00:21:10.97\00:21:14.87
and enthusiasm is
going to be contagious.
00:21:14.90\00:21:16.81
And she's going to
be able to tell others
00:21:16.84\00:21:18.64
some of the things
that she has learned.
00:21:18.67\00:21:20.31
Yeah. She is rather bubbly.
00:21:20.34\00:21:23.04
Oh yes, she is. She
is a wonderful person.
00:21:23.08\00:21:25.31
She was real excited
about losing several inches
00:21:25.35\00:21:29.08
in her waist and hips, and...
00:21:29.12\00:21:30.49
In fact, I think she lost
over five inches in her waist.
00:21:30.52\00:21:33.46
Yeah. Which is fantastic.
00:21:33.49\00:21:35.66
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:35.69\00:21:37.03
That's excellent.
00:21:37.06\00:21:38.63
And, you know, these nurses,
they have these 12-hour shifts,
00:21:38.66\00:21:42.50
and they got to eat on the
run, and they grab something
00:21:42.53\00:21:45.17
in the cafeteria which probably
shouldn't be fed to anybody.
00:21:45.20\00:21:49.74
Nonetheless, doc, I
want to thank you again
00:21:49.77\00:21:52.51
for taking your time.
00:21:52.54\00:21:54.04
Thank you.
00:21:54.08\00:21:55.41
It's always a
pleasure to have you here.
00:21:55.44\00:21:56.78
Likewise, likewise.
00:21:56.81\00:21:58.15
And, friends, it's a
pleasure having you here too,
00:21:58.18\00:22:00.28
but don't go away, we
have an important message
00:22:00.32\00:22:02.92
following this.
00:22:02.95\00:22:06.05
Caffeine is the
world's most popular drug.
00:22:06.09\00:22:08.99
You can find a Starbucks
on almost every corner.
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.69
Recent statistics show
00:22:12.73\00:22:14.06
that 83 percent
of American adults
00:22:14.10\00:22:16.10
consume coffee, three
cups a day on average.
00:22:16.13\00:22:19.37
But what exactly is caffeine
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.34
and how does it
affect our bodies?
00:22:21.37\00:22:24.37
Caffeine is known
as an energy booster.
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.74
Many people claim
that they need coffee
00:22:26.78\00:22:28.38
to improve their focus,
stamina, and productivity.
00:22:28.41\00:22:31.28
And several studies
seem to support these claims.
00:22:31.31\00:22:34.18
There's just one problem.
00:22:34.22\00:22:35.68
Many studies have
used faulty methods failing
00:22:35.72\00:22:38.12
to account the caffeine
habits of their participants.
00:22:38.15\00:22:41.49
One study performed
00:22:41.52\00:22:42.86
by John Hopkins
Medical School reveals
00:22:42.89\00:22:44.49
that the performance boost
of the caffeine only occurs
00:22:44.53\00:22:47.56
in people who are
already experiencing
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.60
withdrawals from it.
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.13
This is not a result of caffeine
00:22:51.17\00:22:52.73
truly increasing performance
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.57
but rather a short term reversal
00:22:54.60\00:22:56.50
of caffeine withdrawal.
00:22:56.54\00:22:58.47
When researchers
choose participants
00:22:58.51\00:23:00.28
who are not
experiencing withdrawal,
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.54
caffeine did not
improve performance.
00:23:02.58\00:23:05.31
And one of the
things we find with caffeine
00:23:05.35\00:23:07.98
is that even though people seem
to be able to do things fast
00:23:08.02\00:23:12.55
and for a longer period of time,
00:23:12.59\00:23:14.96
it's not uncommon that
they make more mistakes.
00:23:14.99\00:23:17.69
They've even had
notes about the sports teams
00:23:17.73\00:23:21.16
and so they want
them to have more energy,
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.67
they give them...
00:23:23.70\00:23:25.07
So they have them
take sports drinks
00:23:25.10\00:23:26.67
or probably just
containing caffeine
00:23:26.70\00:23:29.07
and they do have more energy
00:23:29.10\00:23:30.44
but they make more
mistakes and errors.
00:23:30.47\00:23:32.47
This is also been
shown like in people type,
00:23:32.51\00:23:35.21
they can type faster
but they make more mistakes.
00:23:35.24\00:23:38.05
So all in all, you're
going to be much better off
00:23:38.08\00:23:40.95
not using caffeine.
00:23:40.98\00:23:43.18
Caffeine is a stimulant.
00:23:43.22\00:23:44.65
The chemical name
is trimethylxanthine.
00:23:44.69\00:23:47.52
It speeds up the heart rate,
increases the blood pressure
00:23:47.56\00:23:50.63
'cause it causes
vessel constriction
00:23:50.66\00:23:52.69
which is making the
blood vessels smaller.
00:23:52.73\00:23:56.10
And it's very interesting,
00:23:56.13\00:23:57.63
many patients
who I've worked with,
00:23:57.67\00:24:00.00
who have high blood
pressure and I asked them,
00:24:00.04\00:24:02.20
"Do use coffee or tea?"
00:24:02.24\00:24:03.57
which of course the
traditional coffee, tea,
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.24
both contain
caffeine and they say,
00:24:06.27\00:24:08.14
"Yes." I said,
"Hasn't anyone told you
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.48
that it would be helpful for you
00:24:10.51\00:24:12.75
to control your blood
pressure to stop the caffeine?"
00:24:12.78\00:24:15.65
So this is another
common effective caffeine,
00:24:15.68\00:24:19.82
it raises the blood
pressure as well as...
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.39
as we mentioned increase
in the gastric secretions.
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So if people have
trouble with ulcers,
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gastroesophageal
reflux disease or GERD,
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again they are
going to be better off
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to avoid beverages
containing caffeine.
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High caffeine
consumption is associated
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with many negative symptoms
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including
irritability, insomnia, anxiety,
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stress on the heart,
elevated blood pressure,
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headaches, heartburn,
upset stomach, and dehydration.
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Many people use
caffeine to stay awake.
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This may work
temporarily but in the long run,
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caffeine causes
serious sleep disturbances.
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It makes it more difficult
to fall and stay asleep,
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and disturbs the important
REM phase of the sleep cycle.
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Caffeine users often
fall in to vicious cycle,
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the same caffeine they depend
on to wake up in the morning
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keeps them from
getting quality sleep at night.
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One of the things we
look at with caffeine
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is what we call the
half-life of caffeine,
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and the half-life of caffeine
is between four and five hours.
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Now as you take a dose
of caffeine in the morning
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say at 8 o'clock,
you know, to wake up
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and in four hours
half of that will be gone,
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and in another four hours half
of what's left would be gone.
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So even though people
may only take one or two cups
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of coffee in the morning,
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the effects of that
last throughout the day.
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And if people have
trouble with sleep,
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they definitely
should avoid beverages
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containing caffeine.
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If you're using
coffee to wake you up,
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an alternative to
coffee would be exercise,
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that would be really good.
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Also good brisk
shower finishing off
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with cold would
help you wake you up.
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Caffeine is especially
dangerous for children,
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infants, and pregnant mothers.
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It has been linked
to low birth weight
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as well as a variety of
health and behavioral problems.
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I would not encourage
children use caffeine,
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again, it's a stimulant.
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And I remember
when I was working
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in the Marshall
Islands, I would see
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these little children probably
one to two years of age,
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they would be running
around and they would have
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a can of caffeinated
soda pop in their hand
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and they would be drinking that.
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And sometimes
later on in the evening
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when I would have to go back
to the hospital late at night
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to see a patient, I
would see these little kids
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running around wide awake,
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they were wide from the caffeine
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which they had
earlier in the day.
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So if you want your children
to be nice and cooperative
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and raise them so
that they will be obedient,
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and loving, and responsive,
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you really want
to keep them away
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from caffeine.
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So be safe,
treat your body right
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and fill yourself with plenty
of good old fashioned water,
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which naturally increases
brain function and energy.
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Your body, mood, and
pocketbook will thank you.
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