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 with me we
have Luis Capote from 3ABN.
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And Luis came to
us about 18 days ago.
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Let's take a look at
when he first arrived.
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The reason why I came to
the program here at Weimar,
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it's like
everything was hurting.
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I could barely
get up in the morning.
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I have no energy.
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You know when I
wake up in the morning,
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and then I do my work,
when I come back from work,
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I have to sit down on the couch
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and then it's
just a regular routine.
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All the joints are
hurting, and it's not,
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you know it gave me that feeling
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that I'm not serving
God the way that I need to.
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I'm involved in
prison ministries,
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I'm involved
with different things,
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and I kind of feel like
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I'm not
representing God in the things
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that I'm doing and
I'm looking for a lifeline
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and this is it for me.
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I'm just, I'm
tired all the time.
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I don't know, you
know, a lot of times
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when I go to work, I
barely have any energy.
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Twenty five years
ago, I was size 32,
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now I weigh 350 pounds.
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You know, it's so sad
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because I don't have
the time to be able to spend
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with my daughter,
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I don't have the
time to be able to change,
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to do anything at all.
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While I'm doing the ministry,
when I'm working for God,
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I don't feel like
I'm representing God
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the way I should.
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I'm hoping that NEWSTART is
going to change all of that.
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I know I've seen
your program several times
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and I've seen the changes
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that individuals
have gone through,
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and I believe what
you guys are doing here
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is life changing,
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and this is pretty
much my last resort.
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This is, you know, a lifeline
that you guys are giving me,
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and I want to be able to,
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I want to go home
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and return the
husband that my wife married.
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And that's something
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that I haven't given
her in at least 20 years.
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And it's sad
because when we are at home,
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there is a picture of
us when we got married,
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and we tell everybody,
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"Oh, that's my
wife's first husband."
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You know because
I don't look nothing
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like him anymore.
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And I'm hoping that
by the grace of God,
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Weimar is going to
return that person to me,
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that, you know,
that is going to help.
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Welcome back, friends,
and in our studio, Luis.
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Thank you. Thank
you for having me.
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No, thank you for coming here
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and willing to
share your testimony
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about this awesome
place called NEWSTART.
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Yes.
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It' actually Weimar,
and NEWSTART is the program
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that you just went through.
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You know, I know
that everyone's excited
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when they come here.
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And I want you to share with us
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what's the most exciting thing
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that happened to you
since you've been here?
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To be totally honest with
you, it's the three-day fast.
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Really?
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I'm telling you,
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it was the
probably the worst time
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that I've had
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but the results of it has
been the most phenomenal thing
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that has happened in my life.
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You know, I knew
about the walking,
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and I new about the diet,
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and I knew about
all of these things,
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but to know that in three days
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I could actually
change my way of thinking,
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the way that I eat,
the portions that I eat,
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the food that I taste.
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Now tomatoes
taste so sweet to me.
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It has completely changed
my palate, my taste palate,
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and I believe is probably
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the one thing that
I want to take back
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that has
completely revolutionized
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and has changed my life.
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Now when you get back to 3ABN,
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are you going to
be teaching everybody
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about this program...
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Oh, I tell you...
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They're going to
be all over you going,
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"Hey, man,
what's happened to you.
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Where are you?"
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You know, it's interesting
because when I first got here,
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I thought I was
doing this for myself.
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You know and then as
I go, as I went through,
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God has been
taking away little things
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that I used to do like,
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everyday, almost, when
I went back to the house,
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to the room,
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God would tell me
to take one less out
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from my phone,
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so one less thing
that the enemy had,
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you know, wasting time.
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And then He told me you
are not here for yourself.
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You are here
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because there are going
to be countless individuals
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that are going to
be looking at you,
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and are going to be
saying, what did you do?
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How did you make
such a drastic change?
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And now, I'm going
to be able to tell them,
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all I did is return
back to the natural laws
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that God set up for us
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at the beginning
when He created us.
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And I believe that's the one way
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that I'm going
to be able to impact
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the lives of
countless individuals,
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to be able to let them know
that in as simple as three days
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or as little as 18 days,
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you could
completely change your mindset,
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your way of life
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and have a new
start in your life.
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And when you trust God,
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everything will
be possible for you.
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Amen, amen. Well,
that was pretty good.
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I should play that...
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Well, we are playing it.
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You know that kind
of testimony inspires
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and encourages people
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and that's, you know, basically
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this is one of the
reasons we do what we do.
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We broadcast over
3ABN and other affiliates.
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And, you know, people
see your testimony and go,
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"Wait a minute.
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This guy can do
it, I can do it."
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That's right.
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Tell us, while we
are on the subject,
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what was the first
reason that you came here?
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I can barely walk.
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You know when I first got here,
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the first thing
they have you do is have,
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go through a half-a-mile walk.
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I couldn't do that.
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I was hyperventilating
half the way through.
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And now,
yesterday with Dr. Lukens,
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we were going a mile
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and a half
walking and we were just,
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you know talking...
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Getting ready. And
just having a lot of fun.
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And I'm like, once the
mile and a half was over,
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I was still saying,
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"Wait, wait a
minute, let's keep on going."
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So it completely changed.
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I can barely, you
know, get my work done,
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my mind is so much clearer.
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There are so many
things that has changed.
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My sugar was at
212, now it's at 160.
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No, my sugar was
120, now it's at a 100.
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My cholesterol was
at 210, now it's at 160.
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Wow. In 18 days.
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In 18 days, I have been able to,
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praise God I didn't come
here because I'm diabetic,
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but there's many of our friends
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that are diabetics
that have not had to worry
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about their insulin
or things of that matter.
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And completely their
body is fixing itself.
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God has given us
such an amazing engine
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that it heals itself.
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You don't have to
try any of the medicines
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that are there,
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that have so many
side-effects that have...
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You know when you
hear a commercial,
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half of it is the side-effect,
not what is beneficial.
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You no longer need that,
your body can do it by itself.
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Your body can
actually rejuvenate itself
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in as little time as 18 days.
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That's amazing.
It's absolutely amazing.
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You know,
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it's one of those
things that I'm telling you,
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I want to let
those that are out there.
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I'm the person that
when it came to sweet,
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there was
nothing that we can do,
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and I have not
touched one dessert here.
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I have no desire for
dessert, I have none whatsoever.
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I look at it and half the
time I leave it in the park.
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I found out that a
piece of bread shot
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my sugar up, I
will not touch bread.
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You know, so you
get to learn exactly
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what the things
are damaging your body
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and those are the things
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that you want to make
sure that you gravitate to.
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If I can do it, you can do it.
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I'm telling you if I can do it,
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you need to understand
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that God has an
amazing plan for you.
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And God has created
an amazing machinery
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that if you go
back to the NEWSTART,
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the fundamental
aspect, the sun, the sleeping,
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and the trust in God
that you can be a new person.
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You can be
completely change your life
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in such a little time.
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You know, I tell
people when they call in
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that your body knows
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what to do with the
food that you give it.
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It knows whether they clog
up your arteries or your kidneys
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or your heart or it knows
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to expand those
capillaries, arteries, and veins
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through the
lifestyle that we show here,
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that's why so
many people get well.
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But I got to ask you,
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it feels like I
don't need to ask
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but I'm going to.
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Did the program meet
your expectations, one,
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and when you get home,
what are you going to do?
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The program
surpassed my expectation,
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and this is a lifestyle change.
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There's no going back.
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You know the one thing
that the doctor told me
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is that one pound of fat equals
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to one mile of
veins in your body
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that your heart has to pump.
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I have taken away
20 of those pounds,
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and that means there's 20 miles
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lesser that my
heart has to go through.
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They told me
here that you can...
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I have seen Dr. Lukens, 72
years old, running with me,
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going up and down,
playing basketball.
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I mean, like,
where do you find that.
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You know, I saw
Pastor Keys came here,
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he is such an
inspiration for me,
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same height of me.
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He was exactly the same
weight as I am right now,
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he lost a 120 pounds.
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That is for me,
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when I see something like that,
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if they can do
it, I see your story,
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the way you were
talking how you changed,
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they have given me,
now I have the tools.
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Now I know it can be done.
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You know when
you are sitting there
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at your chair,
and you're saying,
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"Oh, I can't do it."
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You know, you're
looking at all of these shows,
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The Biggest Loser,
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you're looking at
all these individuals
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that have done it
and you're saying,
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"Oh, that's not for me."
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And I'm the same
person, I'm the same way,
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I kept on saying the same thing.
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My daughter wants me
to take a trip to Spain,
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to walk all
Spain, it's 500 miles,
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you know I couldn't do it,
a week ago I couldn't do that,
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now I can do it,
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now I can give that
gift to my daughter.
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And I can easily
walk the 500 miles.
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It's going to take me
30 days, but not a problem.
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I could do it today.
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Well, we have run out of time,
Luis, I know that goes fast.
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But I want to thank
you for taking your time
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and be willing to
reveal to the world your story.
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So God bless you,
brother. Thank you.
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We'll be in touch.
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And, friends, thank
you, but don't go away
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'cause the doctor
will be right with us.
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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 lifestyle.
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Wouldn't it be nice
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if you could actually add
quality years to your life
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rather than dying
one organ at a time.
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Obesity and
diabetics are the cause
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of over million deaths per year.
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Welcome back, friends.
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Help me welcome
Dr Roger Gallant.
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Ron, good to see you.
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It's good to see
you, Doctor, as usual.
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You know, I want to
let our viewers know
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that you are our director
for the medical department
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of the NEWSTART program.
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And now you've been
with us almost two years.
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Almost two years,
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absolutely, it's
been two great years.
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Yeah, you are like an
old timer at this point.
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Let's talk about Luis.
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Here's a
wonderful guy. Great guy.
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You've known him for some time.
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You've met him
what, how many years ago.
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Five years ago.
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We were actually
moving to come to Weimar
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from the East
Coast coming through
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and they invited
me to speak in Arizona
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at the camp
meeting, at Camp Yavapines,
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and that's the
first place I met him.
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Uh-huh.
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And we talked,
became good friends.
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And I said, "Hey,"
he was very interested
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in what we were teaching
about health and I said,
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"Luis, we need to do some more."
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And then we kept in
touch over the years,
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and I saw him again
a couple of more times,
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but most recently I saw him
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last holiday season at GYC,
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and he'd gained some weight.
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He gained some weight, I
was just going to ask you.
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He gained some weight.
How much you figured, maybe?
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I think... A lot.
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Yeah, he gained
weight. Yeah, okay, all right.
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And so I said,
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"Luis, we really need
to get you to NEWSTART."
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And he says, "I
know, I know, I know."
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And then about six months ago,
his wife contacted me and said,
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"Hey, can you give Luis a call."
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And then when she calls me,
I know that's not a good thing,
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so we talked, and by God's grace
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he was here for this session.
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Yeah, I called him.
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Of course, you know,
maybe the viewers don't,
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but he works for 3ABN.
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That's right. He is
the program coordinator.
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And, you know, this is
going to be played over 3ABN.
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And you'll be seeing Luis
live when you see this program.
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Nonetheless, he is
doing real, real well.
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He is so happy,
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he wanted to lose like 40 pounds
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before he left.
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I said, "Luis,
that's a little ambitious."
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But how's he
doing on his weight?
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He is doing well.
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He actually, he lost a
little less than 20 pounds,
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and he has done well.
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You know the thing
that really impressed me
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about Luis is his commitment
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to all the
principles that we taught him.
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He has been out early
in the morning walking.
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He, we get offered
some healthy desserts here,
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and he refused dessert
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because he wanted to make
sure his blood sugar was normal,
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and he wanted to make
sure that he was losing weight.
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How is his blood sugar,
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I never even
asked him about that?
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His blood sugar has come down.
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It's not exactly
where we want it yet,
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but it is much better...
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Oh, good, good. Much better.
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And so, I'm
really excited to see
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how God is going to
finish this process in his life,
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but his body habitus
and shape is changing.
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He says he used to have a shelf
that he could set his plate on
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which was his
abdomen, and that's going away.
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Yes. It's great, it's great.
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Did you let him know though
that 20 pounds of whatever
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that he lost may
have been replaced,
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even after the 20 pounds,
with maybe 10 pounds of muscle?
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Yeah, he is gaining muscle
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because he is
walking a lot more,
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walking better,
going up and down
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the hills at Weimer.
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He is not getting out
of breath like he used to.
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And here's the other thing,
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he didn't realize
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that his blood
sugar was abnormal.
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No, he never told me.
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Yeah, he didn't realize
that until he came here.
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I was suspicious
that it could be,
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that he could be a
borderline diabetic,
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but he didn't
realize until he got here.
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Well, when I asked him,
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you know, I
interviewed him over the phone,
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I said, "Do you have diabetes
or high blood pressure?"
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He said, "No." And I
said, "That's wonderful.
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At your weight,
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you should be having
all kinds of the issues."
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But, go on, tell
me more about it.
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Right, right, but it runs
very strongly in his family.
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And so because he had allowed
his health to deteriorate,
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it's very easy for those
things to start popping up,
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because if you have
a predisposition to it,
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if your body is such
and your family history
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is such that
those things can happen.
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It's like two strikes.
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Yeah, when you
start to let things go,
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it's very easy for
them to start popping up.
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So I understand now
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that you're going to be at GYC,
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and you're going to do an
interview with Luis there.
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Probably do an interview
with Luis or with somebody
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from the 3ABN team
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just to kind of see the progress
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through to the end.
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Maybe CA Murray.
Maybe CA Murray, yeah.
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Yeah, that's
our target guy. Yes.
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CA, if you're
watching, you be the guy.
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Well, that will be wonderful,
that will be wonderful.
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And, of course,
you hooking up again,
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you will be
monitoring him, I'm sure.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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And I'll stay in close touch,
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but what else do you
think that he can do to change
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or has he really
accepted this new lifestyle.
00:18:53.90\00:18:58.73
And is your feeling
that he will stick with it?
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He is very committed.
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I really do feel
he'll stick with it.
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The other thing
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that has been a
blessing in his life
00:19:06.01\00:19:07.41
is that he has seen
the spiritual component,
00:19:07.44\00:19:11.35
how that impacts not
only your physical health,
00:19:11.38\00:19:14.12
but also your emotional health.
00:19:14.15\00:19:16.38
And so he has really
been impressed by that.
00:19:16.42\00:19:20.69
He has been very helpful
to some of the other guests
00:19:20.72\00:19:23.29
who have been in this program,
00:19:23.32\00:19:25.53
in helping to keep them on task,
00:19:25.56\00:19:27.86
and keep them on track,
00:19:27.90\00:19:29.93
and motivate and encourage them
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at the times when,
00:19:31.87\00:19:33.20
you know we all are up
and down with our emotions,
00:19:33.23\00:19:35.97
and he has really
been a blessing to help
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some of these other people
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with what they're
dealing with as well.
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He's a motivator. He
is, he is a great guy.
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He is a motivator,
he should be a coach.
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Yes, and you know, when
this is all said and done,
00:19:46.92\00:19:50.02
you never know, he may
be using his experience
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to be able to
coach and help others.
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I'm sure, you
know, a lot of people
00:19:56.79\00:19:58.23
that come to our program,
00:19:58.26\00:20:00.06
and I like our
viewers to realize
00:20:00.10\00:20:02.33
is Dr. Nedley
said to me one day,
00:20:02.36\00:20:04.77
"You know, people
coming through this program
00:20:04.80\00:20:06.60
is like getting
a PhD in lifestyle.
00:20:06.63\00:20:10.74
Not medicine or anything else,
but certainly in lifestyle.
00:20:10.77\00:20:14.54
It's true, it's true.
00:20:14.58\00:20:15.91
We give them a
lot of information
00:20:15.94\00:20:18.01
and sometimes it's
hard to put it all together,
00:20:18.05\00:20:21.25
and so it's good
to sort of review
00:20:21.28\00:20:23.89
and good to keep practicing it
00:20:23.92\00:20:27.76
because that then
makes the principles stick.
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Can we share with our viewers
how and why people do so well.
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I know that a lot
of people watching us
00:20:37.63\00:20:40.50
are aware of the meals
that we serve and the exercise,
00:20:40.54\00:20:44.37
but what about the
lectures that you give,
00:20:44.41\00:20:47.54
and other doctors might give.
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Does this have
an effect you think?
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It does, it does.
00:20:52.85\00:20:54.18
We share current up-to-date
scientific information
00:20:54.22\00:20:57.15
to back up the health principles
00:20:57.19\00:20:58.69
that we're teaching.
00:20:58.72\00:21:00.06
And you know I'm always amazed
every time we go through it,
00:21:00.09\00:21:05.53
how very simple things can have
00:21:05.56\00:21:07.23
such a profound
effect on people's health.
00:21:07.26\00:21:10.77
Just drinking
more water for example.
00:21:10.80\00:21:14.07
Drinking more
water is as beneficial
00:21:14.10\00:21:17.51
as if your blood
pressure were normal.
00:21:17.54\00:21:20.04
So when people come here
who have high blood pressure
00:21:20.08\00:21:22.88
and they start
drinking more water,
00:21:22.91\00:21:24.28
it protects them
00:21:24.31\00:21:25.78
until their body starts to heal.
00:21:25.81\00:21:27.62
Wow.
00:21:27.65\00:21:28.98
Drinking more water
00:21:29.02\00:21:30.35
is as if they had
a normal body weight.
00:21:30.39\00:21:32.69
So Luis' body weight is
above where we want it to be,
00:21:32.72\00:21:35.96
but as he's taking
in better hydration,
00:21:35.99\00:21:38.73
his body is actually protected
00:21:38.76\00:21:40.60
from the risks of heart diseases
00:21:40.63\00:21:42.46
because of the hydration.
00:21:42.50\00:21:44.40
Drinking more water is as if
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.74
he had a normal
cholesterol level.
00:21:46.77\00:21:49.30
That's amazing. It is.
00:21:49.34\00:21:50.67
I never heard that before.
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.04
Simple things
have a profound effect
00:21:52.07\00:21:53.98
on our overall health.
00:21:54.01\00:21:56.11
Well, doctor, I
want to thank you
00:21:56.14\00:21:57.61
for taking your
time and joining us here.
00:21:57.65\00:22:00.62
And I know the viewers
will enjoy this program,
00:22:00.65\00:22:05.52
So God bless you and
keep up the good work.
00:22:05.55\00:22:06.89
You too, Ron. Good to see you.
00:22:06.92\00:22:09.42
Friends, don't go away.
We have a message for you.
00:22:09.46\00:22:11.83
Hi, I'm Dr. Neil Nedley,
President of Weimar Institute,
00:22:44.79\00:22:48.23
and this is NEWSTART Now.
00:22:48.26\00:22:50.67
With me today is
Dr. Eddie Ramirez,
00:22:50.70\00:22:52.90
researcher, physician, and
professor at Weimar College
00:22:52.93\00:22:57.54
teaching research design methods
00:22:57.57\00:22:59.64
and advanced
research design methods.
00:22:59.67\00:23:01.84
And today,
00:23:01.88\00:23:03.21
we're actually
taking a look at patients
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.81
that needed to have improvement
00:23:05.85\00:23:08.98
in depression and anxiety.
00:23:09.02\00:23:11.45
They were so severe
00:23:11.49\00:23:13.25
that the
home-based version program
00:23:13.29\00:23:14.86
was not for them
00:23:14.89\00:23:16.22
or the community-based
program wasn't for them.
00:23:16.26\00:23:18.59
They actually
were severe enough,
00:23:18.63\00:23:19.96
they came to the
residential program.
00:23:20.00\00:23:22.46
Most of the patients
that come to our program
00:23:22.50\00:23:25.53
have significant
suicidal thoughts,
00:23:25.57\00:23:28.27
and they are pretty
severe types of cases.
00:23:28.30\00:23:31.44
And the program is designed
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.58
over a comprehensive approach
00:23:33.61\00:23:37.75
to actually
leave no stone unturned
00:23:37.78\00:23:40.75
in improving the
mental health of patients.
00:23:40.78\00:23:43.72
And this is an interesting twist
00:23:43.75\00:23:47.02
because this isn't just,
00:23:47.06\00:23:49.69
you know, typical
NEWSTART types of things
00:23:49.72\00:23:52.66
which are
nutrition, and exercise,
00:23:52.69\00:23:54.53
and water which
can help mental health,
00:23:54.56\00:23:56.70
but this is
utilizing a particular modality
00:23:56.73\00:24:01.00
in doing a
little comparison trial.
00:24:01.04\00:24:02.80
Tell us about this
study, Dr. Ramirez?
00:24:02.84\00:24:04.64
There are many patients
00:24:04.67\00:24:06.01
that come to our
depression program
00:24:06.04\00:24:08.21
that are taking benzodiazepines,
00:24:08.24\00:24:11.11
and one of our goals in
the therapy is to decrease
00:24:11.15\00:24:13.65
those
short-term benzodiazepines.
00:24:13.68\00:24:16.48
And what we found out
00:24:16.52\00:24:17.85
is that as you're
decreasing the dosage,
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.52
anxiety level goes
up, and we're finding out
00:24:20.56\00:24:24.13
that this lavender oil
taken orally actually helps
00:24:24.16\00:24:29.93
with that transition
period as they're decreasing
00:24:29.96\00:24:33.17
those benzodiazepines and
anxiety starts shooting up,
00:24:33.20\00:24:38.37
the lavender oil
has that calming effect
00:24:38.41\00:24:42.21
in order to
substitute from something
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.25
that is potentially
very addictive to something
00:24:44.28\00:24:47.12
that is not as
addictive as this lavender oil.
00:24:47.15\00:24:50.59
Okay, yes, lavender
oil, the active ingredient
00:24:50.62\00:24:53.92
that was studied
is called Silexan 80,
00:24:53.96\00:24:56.59
so it's a particular molecule
that comes from lavender oil,
00:24:56.62\00:25:00.60
and it's been shown
00:25:00.63\00:25:01.96
to actually improve
depression and anxiety.
00:25:02.00\00:25:05.47
Is that what it
showed in this study as well?
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.54
Yes, absolutely.
00:25:07.57\00:25:09.57
The group of patients
00:25:09.60\00:25:11.84
that we were
studying had an average,
00:25:11.87\00:25:14.98
an anxiety level of 23.5
00:25:15.01\00:25:18.71
which is very
high type of anxiety,
00:25:18.75\00:25:22.25
the type of anxiety
that you see in the ER,
00:25:22.28\00:25:25.45
the type of person that feels
that they cannot handle it,
00:25:25.49\00:25:29.02
they have to run to the ER.
00:25:29.06\00:25:31.19
And we were showing
that, as we were combining
00:25:31.23\00:25:34.93
the lifestyle
interventions and lavender oil,
00:25:34.96\00:25:39.87
three times a
day, PRN as needed.
00:25:39.90\00:25:43.77
By the end of the
program that anxiety level
00:25:43.81\00:25:47.04
from 23.5 came down
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.94
to 10.5 on average.
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And that's even while
they are reducing benzos...
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That's right.
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And, of course, the
benzos are being reduced
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'cause that
worsens your frontal lobe,
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and that worsens your ability
to actually be on a program
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that's conducive to
improving depression
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and anxiety like
changing your thoughts,
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and going through
other lifestyle changes.
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And so the benzos are reduced,
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and the anxiety
level went down to,
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way less than half.
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What happened to
the depression scores?
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And their depression scores
also improved hand by hand.
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Some of them, by the
end of the intervention
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which is just
ten days by the way,
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were no longer
classified as depressed.
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Some had mild
levels of depression.
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And the beauty of this
is that we were giving them
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the tools so they
could continue at home,
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improving their mental health.
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And it is our hypothesis
that this is a 20 week program.
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So as they continue to
do their lifestyle changes,
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their mental health
continues to improve.
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Yeah, so they are
coming to Weimar to do
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the first 10 days
of a 20 week program,
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and we see
dramatic changes in 10 days.
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And you'll be hearing
some follow-up research
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that shows you
what happens in 20 weeks
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after they leave the program.
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But this is an
exciting, additional modality
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that has been published
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in the journal of International
Neuropsychological Society.
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I'm Dr. Neil Nedley,
this is NEWSTART Now.
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