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01:12 Hi, friends, and welcome to another edition
01:14 of NEWSTART Now. 01:15 I'm your host Ron Giannoni. 01:18 In our studio with me is LeJon Stan... 01:21 I just love that name, LeJon Stanley 01:24 from Lancaster, California. 01:27 Let's take a look at a clip when she first arrived. 01:32 I came to the NEWSTART program 01:34 because I have high blood pressure, 01:39 high cholesterol, pre-diabetic, and I was having chest pains. 01:47 So along with all the medication 01:49 that I was taking for the blood pressure 01:52 and the doctor wanted me to take another medication 01:55 for the cholesterol, and I refused. 01:59 I said, no. No more medicine. 02:01 I was barely taking that. 02:03 And I was investigating, you know, 02:08 programs that I could go to and never heard of NEWSTART. 02:14 And through my research, NEWSTART came up 02:18 and that was on a Sunday evening 02:20 and Monday morning, 02:22 I was speaking to a gentleman named Ron. 02:24 Before I leave NEWSTART, 02:27 I would love for all my numbers to be down. 02:33 I would love to have lost some weight. 02:37 And I would love for my spiritual connection 02:44 to God to be closer. 02:47 And I want all this because I want to live 02:51 the latter part of my life healthy and strong 02:56 for my grandchildren 02:57 and my great granddaughter, Carter. 03:01 And I just believe that being here at NEWSTART 03:08 will do just that, give me that new start 03:11 that I'm looking for. 03:13 Hi, friends. And heartily welcome, LeJon. 03:16 How are you, dear? Great. 03:18 It's so good to see you. 03:19 It's good to see you too. 03:21 Yeah, I love your smile by the way. 03:22 Oh, thank you. 03:23 You know, you got this really great, great smile. 03:26 Thank you. I'm very excited. Good. 03:29 I want to talk about what's happened to you, 03:32 since you've been here. 03:33 Now, I interviewed you over the phone, 03:36 I know you remember that? 03:37 Yes. 03:38 And from that day, tell us what happened 03:42 real briefly about how you got here 03:45 and what's happened since you been here? 03:47 Well, after talking to you, 03:50 I immediately began to get prepared to come 03:55 because I knew I needed to be here. 03:58 And when I came in, I had medical issues, 04:01 high blood pressure, cholesterol, 04:04 little depression going on, and obese. 04:08 And since I've been here, 04:11 my blood pressure has gone down to normal. 04:14 What's normal? 04:15 Normal, now I'm averaging like 120 04:19 and under over 80 and under. 04:24 So it's... Wow. 04:25 Yes. Are you on medication? 04:27 No. So no medication? 04:29 No medication. 04:30 Your blood pressure is normalized. 04:31 Yes. 04:33 My cholesterol was 229 when I came in 04:36 and it has gone down to 217. 04:39 So it's gone down a little bit which is great. 04:43 And let's see, oh, I've lost ten pounds. 04:47 All right. 04:49 Yes, five inches off the waist. 04:52 Five inches? Five whole inches. 04:55 You know, we've had people here in the past, 04:57 the lady in specifically. 05:00 She lost four dress sizes. Wow. 05:03 And not one pound. And not one pound. 05:05 Oh, she lost all inches. 05:07 She lost inches, gained muscle, got rid of some fat of course. 05:11 Yes, yes. 05:13 So we see people start to shrink this way, 05:15 so the weight isn't really that important. 05:18 No. 05:19 It'll fall away as you continue on the path. 05:23 And I was telling someone earlier that I know 05:27 that you're going to be a good instructor 05:28 for some of your church family. 05:31 Oh, yes. 05:32 I'm going to start with my family first. 05:33 Yes. 05:35 And then as I teach them then I will, you know, 05:38 reach out to my church family, those that want to learn, 05:42 because it is a phenomenal program 05:45 and I won't say a program, I'll say lifestyle. 05:48 Amen. 05:50 Because I've learned to cook the foods, 05:52 because if anyone had said to me before, you know, 05:56 eating vegan, I would have said, 05:58 "No, thank you." 06:00 Because it just sound boring, but I'm just so excited 06:04 about the foods and learning to cook them 06:07 and, you know, they look good, 06:09 they taste good, they smell good, 06:11 and so it has all the components, 06:13 so, and I'm satisfied. 06:15 I am satisfied. 06:17 You know, aside from the food, what revelation have you, 06:21 I mean, you had an epiphany while you're here, 06:25 is the term that I would use. 06:26 Yes. 06:28 Well, while here I have reconnected. 06:32 I thought that I had a connection with God 06:35 and I do but I have reconnected because I've realized 06:41 that the overeating and depression, 06:48 those are not from God and by having that 06:52 fresh start every morning with the word, 06:55 it just gave me the... 07:01 I can't think of the word, but it gave me what I needed 07:04 to reconnect with God. 07:06 And the spiritual component of it 07:08 is the most important part. 07:11 So we're talking about NEWSTART now. 07:14 Right. 07:15 Which is an acronym. Right. 07:17 Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunshine, Temperance, Air, 07:22 Rest and Trust in God. 07:26 Yes. 07:27 So all these things put together 07:30 is what you're experiencing now and that's helping you 07:33 with a new lease on life so to speak. 07:36 Yes. Your depression is subsided. 07:38 Yes. 07:39 It's no longer... You see the smile? 07:42 Do I look depressed? 07:43 No, you don't look depressed. Right. 07:45 When I first met you, you didn't look depressed. 07:47 I know. 07:49 Well, you know, depression can be hid. 07:50 Yes. It definitely can be hid. 07:52 You did a pretty good job. Oh, thank you. 07:54 So now I'm just... 07:57 I feel like I'm 95 percent of the LeJon 08:02 that God wants me to be. 08:03 Amen. 08:04 And as I continue on this road of NEWSTART, 08:10 you know, I'm going to be fine, I'm going to be fine. 08:14 And it's amazing how each component 08:17 works together like you said, I was this kind of blown away 08:21 learning about how important air, fresh air and rest... 08:27 And I used to stay up late and get things done 08:30 because I thought everything needed to be done, 08:32 you know, before I went to bed and now I realize, you know, 08:36 going to bed, going to sleeping, 08:38 getting the proper rest gives me a fresh start 08:41 for the next day. 08:43 You know, and nothing is as important as your health. 08:48 And I wish I had learned that 40-50 years ago. 08:53 Don't we? Yes, yes. 08:56 But the good part is you can turn it all around. 08:59 That's right. Yes. 09:00 And God can do wonders. Yes. 09:02 All you got to do is ask. 09:03 Ask. Amen. 09:05 And you could ask too, 09:06 but then you got to come here, right? 09:08 That's right. So what about water? 09:11 I know you've learned something about water. 09:14 Yes, water. 09:16 Oh, wow. 09:18 Well, there's drinking water 09:20 and then there's water therapy, right? 09:22 Yes, tell us about both. 09:24 Okay, well, drinking water just gives your body new life. 09:31 It... 09:35 You don't have to get scientific with me. 09:38 I just want to know. 09:39 Well, it just refreshes your body 09:41 and nourishes your body, you know, and... 09:42 Okay. You gotta drink it. You gotta drink it. 09:44 Yeah, and if you don't drink it, 09:46 you get dehydrated. 09:47 Exactly. And then you get depressed. 09:48 Exactly. 09:50 And a whole lot of other illnesses. 09:51 And I did exactly and I didn't drink 09:53 a lot of water before I came. 09:54 And when I got here, one of the first things 09:56 they did was to give me a water bottle. 09:59 Welcome to NEWSTART, you know. 10:01 With your name on it? Yes, with my name on it. 10:04 And I... 10:05 now it's like where's my water bottle? 10:07 You know, where's my water bottle? 10:09 Who is your doctor? Dr. Lukens. 10:11 And what do you think of Dr. Lukens? 10:13 Oh, I love Dr. Lukens. 10:15 He was there every part of the way, you know, 10:21 I went into to visit him as a doctor 10:24 but then he ate with us in the cafeteria, 10:28 he prayed with me every time I saw him, 10:31 we went hiking, and everybody was like, 10:34 "If Dr. Lukens can do it, we can do it." 10:38 You know, I have to ask this question. 10:39 When was the last time you went to a doctor 10:43 and they took you to lunch? 10:46 Or even talk to you except to say, 10:49 "Okay, take two of these, see you in a month" 10:51 or three months or whatever. 10:53 I don't want to put down the doctors 10:54 but we have an unusual group of doctors here. 10:57 Right. 10:58 They are totally dedicated to the well-being of all of us 11:03 who come through the NEWSTART program. 11:04 Yes. Staff. 11:06 Yes. I just love them. 11:08 Everybody. 11:10 And with each session... 11:12 like you said not only the doctor, 11:14 the therapists, the gentlemen who did 11:19 the stretchercise in the morning, 11:21 we prayed every time before we began 11:26 and when we finished. 11:28 And I just love that. 11:30 I even had the opportunity to pray with them 11:34 because I know they always pray for everybody. 11:36 So I took the opportunity to pray with them 11:39 and it's just a new start. 11:44 A new start. LeJon, let's wrap it up. 11:45 We're really out of time here. Okay. 11:47 But I want to thank you for your willingness 11:49 to come on the program and give your testimony 11:52 and just speak your word of truth. 11:55 Amen. 11:56 Well, thank you, Ron, for sharing your testimony, 11:58 that's what got me here. 12:00 Amen. Amen. 12:01 And, friends, thank you for joining us 12:03 but don't go away, 12:04 Dr. Lukens will be right with us. 12:10 Every year in America 12:11 there are over one million deaths 12:12 because of Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 12:15 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 12:18 That's six and half 747s crashing every day. 12:21 What's even more surprising is that the fix is easy. 12:25 It's your lifestyle. 12:26 Wouldn't it be nice if you could actually add 12:28 quality years to your life 12:29 rather than dying one organ at a time? 12:32 Obesity and diabetes are the cause 12:34 of over million deaths per year. 12:36 Most diseases are reversible 12:39 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, 12:42 especially Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 12:45 Seriously now, they can be reversed 12:47 and the quality of your life can be renewed. 12:51 Call NEWSTART today at 1-800-525-9192. 12:57 You will see dramatic changes in the first few days 13:00 of our program and you'll be on the road 13:02 to a better more robust quality of life. 13:05 The NEWSTART programs are simple and effective. 13:11 Welcome back, friends. 13:13 Help me say hello to Dr. Lukens. 13:16 Very, very good. Good to be back. 13:17 Good to see you. Yeah. 13:19 It's really nice. So much good to see you. 13:20 You're looking well. So are you. 13:23 And your numbers have gotten so good, 13:26 I think that it's hard to keep you humble anymore. 13:29 I know, I know. Yeah. 13:30 Well, you know, we... 13:32 Well, it's been 11 years. 13:33 It's about time. Yeah. 13:35 I just had read the draw, I guess they're wondering 13:39 what we're talking about. 13:40 The best numbers I've had in 11 years. 13:43 So I'm grateful. 13:45 And they're all in the safe range. 13:46 Yes. Totally safe. 13:47 So I'm safe. Yeah. 13:49 I can go run marathons now. 13:50 Okay, all right. Yes. 13:52 I want to talk about LeJon, isn't that a beautiful name? 13:55 Yeah, it is. 13:57 And, you know, when she got here, 13:58 she was dealing with a number of issues. 14:02 Tell us about that real quick? 14:04 Well, one of the things is that, you know, 14:06 when you get up every day and you start working 14:10 and you're doing your routine and stuff like that, 14:13 she was getting depressed. 14:15 Yes. 14:16 And she was getting anxious, and her blood pressures 14:19 were going up, and they're getting her 14:21 on different medications and so she just... 14:27 she was getting more and more down all the time. 14:30 So she comes here and, you know, 14:34 that the joints are the problem and, you know, 14:37 this hip and that knee and so forth 14:41 which is kind of common. 14:42 Because people that are eating the diet 14:45 like the standard American diet, 14:47 they have so many things that go wrong with them. 14:50 And after a while, you know, she's had a lot of stress 14:57 and we might talk about that later. 14:58 But anyway, so being in a situation like this 15:03 is just like I must be getting old, 15:07 I must be wearing out, 15:09 there must be no future for me, and I'm still young, you know. 15:13 So, you know, it's tough to see 15:15 these things going wrong with you. 15:17 And some people say when you're 40, 15:19 then you're over the hill and you're going down. 15:22 But, you know, she didn't want that. 15:24 No, 60s and then the 40s now. 15:27 Well, I don't know what it is. 15:28 But I want to touch on something you just said, 15:31 because I know there's a lot of viewers out there 15:34 that are depressed. 15:36 Some of them don't even know it. 15:38 But the majority of people come here. 15:40 When you say the majority are depressed 15:42 and then they leave 15:44 and they're not depressed anymore. 15:45 Well, that's how we see and you know why that is. 15:49 My wife... 15:50 I got a feeling that you're going to tell me. 15:53 My wife's psychiatric... 15:55 Clinical Psychiatric News, years ago said, 15:59 "If you're going to put somebody 16:01 on an antidepressant, 16:03 50 percent of their therapies are exercise." 16:07 And, you know, if you've got a joint that hurts 16:10 and you can only go to a swimming pool to, 16:13 and the doctor says, "You know, 16:15 you've got a bad hip or a bad knee" or whatever, 16:17 you got to take care of that. 16:19 And then, you know, 16:21 there's a muscle twitch or a pain, 16:24 you know, in an area then you just say, 16:26 "Well, every time I move, it hurts 16:29 and you're telling me to move." 16:31 So they'll come in and they'll be walking 16:33 maybe just around the flagpole and then when they get 16:37 to the place where they can walk 16:39 the half mile loop, especially the up part 16:42 and then, you know, they're just kind of like... 16:45 you know, and when they start feeling better and... 16:50 I guess we should talk about the depression part. 16:53 Her mother has quite advanced Alzheimer's disease. 16:56 And when she goes there, you know, 16:58 it's getting worse and her mom really, you know, 17:02 isn't her mom anymore. 17:04 But she said, "You know, 17:06 I retired a couple of years ago." 17:08 And I said, "Well, what are you going to do, 17:11 you know, you're only, you know, 17:12 you're two or three years from retirement." 17:14 She said, "You know, 17:16 I'm going to go back to school." 17:17 But the greatest thing that has happened with her 17:20 is that she's having a spiritual renewal, 17:22 and that's why we're opened. 17:24 Amen. Yeah. 17:25 Yeah. 17:27 You know, a lot of people don't realize 17:28 but there's a spiritual aspect of the program. 17:31 You know, NEWSTART acronym, the last letter "T" 17:35 Trust in God and, you know, there's an emphasis here 17:40 because truly, God's presence is here on the campus. 17:45 He's everywhere, He's with our doctors, 17:47 He's with our nutritionists, certainly our cafeteria, 17:52 our massage therapist, and with Beth and myself 17:56 as we work together to help bring people into the program. 18:01 And I think we need to elaborate on that trust 18:05 that we have in God and how He performs miracles. 18:09 You're looking at one. Absolutely. 18:12 You know, I would be dead if I didn't come here 18:16 to the NEWSTART program. 18:17 Yeah. Yeah, I know. 18:18 You know that and I know that. 18:21 Now, one of the things is we have a chaplain here 18:24 that takes people through a spiritual journey 18:27 right out of the Bible. 18:29 I left him out, I'm sorry. 18:31 No, no, no but this is her, what do you call it 18:36 the epiphany, this is her spiritual epiphany, 18:39 and she is so thrilled that she has a loving savior 18:44 who is the great physician, 18:46 and she's doing these eight natural remedies 18:49 and one supernatural. 18:52 And we put everybody in the hands 18:54 of the great physician and he says, 18:58 "Look, this is my way of healing people. 19:01 And when you do it, I'm right there 19:04 and I'm going to make it happen." 19:05 You know, when she gets back home, 19:07 I can just see, she's going to be a teacher. 19:10 She is going to be teaching at her church. 19:13 An example. She'll be a living example. 19:16 People will look at her and go, "Wow, what happened?" 19:19 And she'll be talking about the NEWSTART program 19:22 as most people do. 19:24 So, you know, I want to encourage you... 19:27 But I want to tell people don't get overly exuberant 19:31 and make them, you know... 19:33 Live the life, and when they keep seeing it 19:36 like one of our other patients, everywhere he goes 19:39 people look at him and they say, 19:41 "You've got to tell me now." 19:42 Because he was way overweight and now he's coming down 19:46 and coming down and people give anything 19:47 to be able to do that. 19:49 And they look at his face and they say, 19:51 "I can see it in your face." 19:52 You're talking about the Rabbi? 19:54 No. No? Okay. 19:55 You don't want to mention any names. 19:57 It's okay. 19:58 We have a lot of people like that 20:00 that call us all the time. 20:01 Yeah. 20:02 Send us emails and thanking us. 20:04 It's just so... 20:05 Well, then there are advertisement 20:06 and that's where... 20:08 Well, we did a survey one time and 95 percent of the people 20:11 that come here, it's not a blast, 20:13 it's not a brochure, 20:14 it's not a big claim or something like that. 20:16 They say, "Listen, you tell me what you're doing, you know." 20:21 And they say, "Well, you know, I changed my diet." 20:23 And they keep watching and they say, 20:25 "Listen, you tell me, I'm readying." 20:29 I used to talk to people telling her eyes 20:31 are glazed over, you know. 20:33 The funny thing, how do I get this 20:35 none out of you, you know. 20:37 I've got my half of my shopping card 20:40 filled with beef and fish and... 20:43 Oh, here comes Dr. Lukens, let's go that way. 20:45 No, no, no they don't know me from anybody. 20:47 Okay. 20:48 But I'm so excited about was that, 20:49 that's when I first got here. 20:51 Now I'm learning to temper it down 20:52 just a little bit. 20:54 And I was just telling Dr. Gallant, 20:56 how well poised you are that it's no big deal 21:00 if people's numbers are high, 21:02 because you've been doing this for 27 years, 21:05 you know that the numbers will come down. 21:07 If they will keep in touch with us. 21:10 And that's what we're doing now. 21:12 Yes. Yeah. 21:13 And you're doing a good job. 21:15 We're trying to follow people that are ready for dialysis 21:17 and keep them off of it. 21:19 Yes. 21:20 And we have plenty of people who have been here 21:22 with kidney failure in the last several sessions. 21:25 Yeah. We've had seven or eight. 21:27 Yeah, yeah, we have. 21:28 And now they're all doing well. 21:30 So if you've got a kidney condition, 21:31 you should get here real quick. 21:33 Even if it's hypertensive. 21:35 Even if, whatever that is. Yeah. 21:36 Most of them are diabetic with hypertensive ones, 21:39 they said, "There's nothing you can do." 21:41 And we found out that... 21:43 Some people are told that they have to go 21:45 on dialysis four and a half years out, 21:47 they haven't started. 21:48 We're out of time. I got to cut you off. 21:50 Thanks Doc. 21:51 It's always good to see you. Yes, sir. 21:53 And, friends, don't go away, 21:54 we have an important message for you. 21:59 Hi, I'm Dr Neil Nedley of NEWSTART Now. 22:03 And with me today is Dr. Eddie Ramirez. 22:06 We, at the NEWSTART program have been publishing a lot 22:10 in the peer reviewed scientific literature 22:12 on what is happening to even the average patient 22:16 that comes through Weimar's NEWSTART program. 22:21 And, you know, one of the major problems 22:22 we have in the world today, Dr Eddie Ramirez, is obesity. 22:27 Tell us a little bit about the problem of obesity. 22:30 It's not just an American problem anymore. 22:33 That's right. 22:34 Both of us have traveled quite a bit around the world 22:36 and this is a problem we very often see. 22:40 The problem with obesity is that as you gain weight 22:43 apart from talking about the statics 22:45 or this other type of topics, the health, 22:49 it has a negative effect on your health. 22:51 You increase many other risk factors 22:55 that actually increased your risk 22:57 of dying sooner than what you should be. 23:01 And that's why authorities around the world 23:04 are investing lots of money to try to understand, 23:06 why people are gaining weight and what can we do about it? 23:09 Well, I think we have a very tangible solution 23:12 to that problem. 23:13 Yes, you know, in America, over one out of three people 23:17 are overweight. 23:18 Almost one out of two people are overweight. 23:22 And that is a major problem 23:24 in regards to their future health. 23:27 And fortunately, it's something we can reverse. 23:29 You know, we've often thought, you know, if you're just obese, 23:32 it's kind of your metabolism or you're kind of born 23:34 with those genes 23:36 and there's not much you can do about it. 23:39 But as you have discovered along with other researchers, 23:43 and my own name as on this trial 23:46 obesity reviews in April 2016, published a study. 23:51 And tell us a little bit about how you did this 23:54 and what came forward? 23:56 That's right. 23:57 Here we're using 17 years of data. 23:59 We're talking about close to 1, 200 patients 24:03 in this important study. 24:05 And what we were doing? 24:06 We were separating people 24:07 according to their different weights. 24:09 There are some people that have normal weight that participate, 24:12 some are underweight, some are overweight 24:14 and some are obese. 24:16 And what we found out here as we divided the groups 24:21 is that the plan based diet and the interventions 24:24 that we're doing with the NEWSTART program, 24:27 if you are underweight, you shouldn't worry 24:30 because you're not going to lose weight 24:31 on this full plant based diet 24:33 that you're going to be receiving. 24:35 If you have normal weight also, you should not be worrying, 24:39 your weight will maintain the same. 24:41 But if you have overweight or obesity, 24:45 your weight loss will be proportionate 24:48 to how much excess weight you have. 24:50 In other words, the more obese you are, 24:53 the more weight you will lose in these 18-day programs 24:56 according to their data as we process it. 24:59 Well, that's pretty exciting because a lot of people think, 25:01 you know, "I'm probably too fat to experience those benefits." 25:07 But actually the fatter the people are 25:09 the better their response... 25:11 That's right. When they come to NEWSTART. 25:13 And the beauty of this is that, you know, 25:16 this is not like a crash program 25:18 that you're going to lose 30 pounds 25:21 or some incredible number, 25:23 those type of programs in which you lose 25:25 a lot, a lot of weight very rapidly studies show 25:29 those people are going to gain that weight back. 25:30 Yeah, called yo-yo dieting. 25:32 So rather we're going to give you the tools 25:36 so that you can start losing weight 25:39 step by step as you are enjoying 25:42 the good food, and the exercise, and so forth. 25:46 This is something that you can maintain 25:49 at the long-term. 25:50 This is not just a plan of 18 days 25:53 and then you go home to the old lifestyle, 25:55 we'll train you, we'll give you the tools, 25:57 so you can learn how to maintain this change at home. 26:00 Well, that's exciting. 26:01 You know, the study looked at BMI 26:04 which is Body Mass Index 26:05 and if you want to look that up at home, 26:08 just know your weight in pounds, 26:10 and how tall you are, and you can calculate your BMI. 26:14 So this works for BMIs over 25, 26:16 which means that you're overweight, 26:18 if you're over 30, you're obese. 26:20 And I would encourage you overweight, underweight, 26:24 or normal weight experience the benefits of NEWSTART 26:28 and invest in coming to this nice vacation land here 26:32 at Weimar Institute. 26:34 Dr. Ramirez, any closing words? 26:36 Yes, I just want to tell you that the patients 26:41 as we interview them at the end, 26:43 they were saying, "You know what? 26:45 It's so easy to lose this type of weight." 26:48 As some people have been struggling for years and years 26:51 and now they're able to finally get a solution to that problem 26:54 that they were facing. 26:56 For NEWSTART Now, I'm Dr. Neil Nedley. 26:58 Join us again next week. |
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