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01:11 Hi, friends, and welcome to another edition
01:13 of NEWSTART Now. 01:15 I'm your host Ron Giannoni. 01:17 In our studio with me is a young man 01:20 by the name of the Emanuel Sims. 01:24 Emanuel come to us pretty sick about 16 days ago, 01:30 let's take a look at when he first arrived. 01:34 And the reason that I came, 01:36 I wanted to fix all of my diabetes, 01:39 I have kidney issues, higher cholesterol, 01:44 high blood pressure. 01:46 Well, first of all I would like 01:48 to leave here 01:50 learning good health but great health, 01:52 but l would like to be off of insulin, 01:55 all the medication that I'm on right now, 02:00 be able to control my outcome 02:05 of my diabetes, kidney problem 02:09 and eventually get off all my medications that I'm on. 02:12 So that's what I would like 02:14 to have NEWSTART to help me do 02:17 and control that part of my life. 02:21 I'm thankful for my church for sending me 02:24 to NEWSTART and after they talked to Ron, 02:28 he gave me so much information 02:31 that I could use to come up here 02:34 and be a part of the NEWSTART. 02:37 And I really think it's going to help in my life situations 02:42 that I have today. 02:45 Hi, friends and welcome back, help me welcome Emanuel. 02:50 Good to see you, brother. Nice seeing you too. 02:52 You know, I want to get right into a story 02:55 that I want to tell 02:58 about you getting here on the Sunday... 02:59 Okay. 03:01 And then having to leave on Monday 03:04 and, you know, you made a commitment, 03:07 and I applaud you for this, 03:09 that ain't the point of the story. 03:11 Yeah. 03:12 I applaud you, you made a commitment to some kids 03:15 that you're going to do a barbecue... 03:17 You know, you're a chef 03:19 and I understand you're a good chef. 03:22 So you went and barbecued for 800 children... 03:27 Yeah. 03:28 Two days in a row 03:30 and when you got back I asked you 03:31 if you cheated at all? 03:34 No. And you said no. 03:35 No, not at all. 03:36 And you're one of the few people 03:38 I would believe... 03:39 'Cause you're an honest man... 03:41 You know, how you know when someone is honest? 03:43 By your smile? 03:45 Maybe that's it, I don't know, but you have something in you 03:48 that tells me you're speaking the truth, and I believe that. 03:51 Right, right. 03:52 And so you lost 25 pounds... 03:56 And that was an opportunity and you didn't do it, 04:00 tell me why you didn't do it? 04:02 Why didn't you eat some of that pork 04:04 or beef or sausages? 04:06 Well, I've been doing it so long, man, 04:09 see I wasn't tempted 04:11 but, you know, I've been doing it so long, 04:13 you just know as it comes off the grill, 04:16 you just know it's right, you know... 04:17 Right... 04:18 'Cause I've been doing it for 20 years plus... 04:20 Oh, wow. 04:21 So I just know and it's, 04:24 you know, when you're cooking meat, 04:26 you know, little pieces fall off 04:28 and back in the day 04:30 you have a tendency to put that in your mouth to... 04:32 Right. 04:33 See, that was tempting, 04:35 I picked it, I was like, no, I can't do that. 04:38 Can't do this. Don't rely on me. 04:41 You know, Dr. Gallant was really against you going. 04:44 Yeah, I know. 04:46 And we all were against it but you did so well... 04:48 Yeah, yeah. 04:49 In spite of that you came back Wednesday afternoon, 04:52 late Wednesday afternoon about six... 04:54 Yeah, yeah. 04:56 'Cause I was waiting for you, remember? 04:57 I missed my appointment, yeah. You missed your appointment. 04:58 Yeah, yeah, I remember that. 05:00 But anyway you've done marvelously well. 05:03 Let's talk about your blood pressure. 05:05 My blood pressure, when I first came here, 05:08 well, go back a little bit further, 05:10 I was in a car accident before I came 05:13 and my blood pressure, 05:15 I had to go to the emergency room, 05:17 my blood pressure was 220 over 120. 05:21 And as soon as I got into ambulance, 05:23 they put me IV and they asked me 05:26 where I was and you know... 05:29 What's your name was... 05:30 Yeah, I was cut out over there, I wasn't seeing too good. 05:34 But after I got here, 05:35 you know, after everything calm down I got here, 05:39 my blood pressure was 179 over 92. 05:43 And that's what... 05:45 With medication. Yeah, with medication. 05:47 How much meds you're taking for that? 05:49 Well, I was taking three meds for that. 05:53 Okay. 05:54 And my blood pressure was still high of course. 05:58 You know, because 06:00 I was just doing everything, not... 06:02 Everything you shouldn't be doing. 06:04 Yeah, what I was supposed to be doing and... 06:06 Well, that'd be a good segue to go back a few months... 06:11 To last year... 06:12 Okay. 06:14 Weren't you here last year? 06:15 Yeah, I was here last year, 06:16 done wonderfully well on the NEWSTART program. 06:18 What happened? Why do you need to come back? 06:22 Well, you know, it's like, 06:26 when you first got here at least in my case, 06:28 Ron, there was too much information 06:33 and I was overwhelmed with all, 06:36 just believing the program because, you know, 06:40 it just sounds too far fetched that, 06:42 you know, you can cure your diabetes 06:44 or get your kidneys better, 06:46 you know, because all of my life, 06:48 you know, I was saying, 06:49 we need to do this and we need to do that... 06:52 So anyway you've backslidden, right? 06:53 Yeah. 06:55 Then I backslidden. But now you're a believer. 06:57 Now you're, 06:59 I see the difference in your attitude, 07:01 in the way you're believing and you know, 07:05 you know that this will straight it out. 07:07 Yes, right. Yeah. 07:10 Well, this time when I came this time, 07:13 it's just like reading the Bible 07:14 or you hear things about in the Bible, 07:16 the Lord said, 07:17 "I want you to come with an open mind..." 07:19 "And receive that what I have to give you." 07:22 So I heard a sermon one time, the pastor said, 07:28 "You know, we've been writing our own story 07:29 for years and years and years 07:31 and we haven't gotten it right yet. 07:32 So now it's time for the Lord to write your story." 07:35 So that's what I do when I came this time. 07:38 I came with an open heart, listen to what I, 07:41 even though I've heard, 07:42 you know, things over and over again 07:45 and people at NEWSTART 07:49 begin to came to me and you know, 07:52 "Well, why are you here? 07:53 Why did you come back again?" 07:55 And I was, you know, just spitting out these words 07:58 and I said, "I sound like Dr. Gallant." 08:03 Yeah, you do. 08:04 So, you know, I said, 08:07 "Man, why don't you listen to yourself? 08:10 You know, you tell a lot of these people 08:11 what's good about NEWSTART and you didn't follow us." 08:14 Let's take a look at that picture." 08:17 So you know I just, like I said I had a open mind 08:20 and I know I'm not going to say I was a failure the first time 08:27 but I just needed more information to know that, 08:31 you know, this is the program for me. 08:33 Yeah... 08:34 You know, I'm so happy to hear you 08:36 say all this because, you know, I see that, 08:39 I recognize what you've gone through 08:42 and what you're going through now 08:45 and all the stress and anxiety and but get back to the pills, 08:50 the blood pressure pills, are you on all three still? 08:55 Actually I'm only on two now. And you've cut those down? 08:58 And I only take half a pill. 09:00 And your blood pressure is now what? 09:03 Today it was 130 over 72, yeah. Man, you're there. 09:09 Yeah. You're there. 09:10 Yeah. 09:12 So I'm just so happy, the Lord has blessed me... 09:15 Yeah. 09:16 And it's all because, you know, of the Lord, 09:19 you know, but the walking and the food 09:24 and listening to the doctor, with the help, 09:27 you know, they got me back on the right path again. 09:29 Amen, amen. Yeah, yeah. 09:31 Well, we run out of time... 09:33 But I want to thank you and let you know 09:35 that I'm going to be following up 09:37 and checking in on you. 09:38 Oh, yeah, I'm coming back up here, yeah. 09:39 Yeah, I got to believe it. Yeah, yeah. 09:41 But thank you. Yeah. 09:42 But I'll be in touch. Okay, all right. 09:44 And thank you, friends, 09:45 but don't go away 'cause Dr. Gallant is up next. 09:51 Every year in America, 09:52 there are over one million deaths 09:54 because of Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 09:56 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 09:59 That's 6.5, 747s crashing every day. 10:02 What's even more surprising is that the fix is easy. 10:06 It's your lifestyle. 10:07 Wouldn't it be nice 10:09 if you could actually add quality years to your life 10:11 rather than dying one organ at a time? 10:13 Obesity and diabetes are the cause 10:15 of over million deaths per year. 10:18 Most diseases are reversible 10:20 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, 10:23 especially Type 2 diabetes and chronic obesity. 10:26 Seriously now, 10:28 they can be reversed and the quality of your life 10:30 can be renewed. 10:32 Call NEWSTART today 10:33 at 1-800-525-9192. 10:38 You will see dramatic changes 10:40 in the first few days of our program 10:42 and you'll be on the road to a better 10:43 more robust quality of life. 10:46 The NEWSTART programs are simple and effective. 10:53 Welcome back, friends, help me welcome Dr. Gallant. 10:57 Ron, good to be with you. It's good to be with you. 11:00 I like your shirt by the way. Thank you, you too. 11:03 You know, here's a guy Emanuel, 11:08 I said before we sat down, 11:10 this is the kind of guy I want to have as a friend. 11:12 Amen. I agree. 11:13 He's just such a sweet soul, a loving spirit. 11:18 Yeah, he's like a big teddy bear. 11:20 Yeah. Yeah. 11:21 You know, it's interesting you say that, 11:26 when he first came using a room that was a little bit tight 11:28 and he's a big guy and somebody had moved rooms 11:31 and so room became available, so I said to him, 11:33 "Hey, Emanuel, I think we can get you a better room, 11:36 a bigger room." 11:37 'Cause he needs a little space to stretch 11:40 and we did and he was so thankful, 11:42 he was so appreciative. 11:44 So when I would go in to see him, 11:45 I had to take a chair 11:47 in because there weren't two chairs 11:48 in his room. 11:49 And after the second visit, 11:51 he started bringing a chair in for me to sit on 11:53 so I didn't have to take one in, 11:55 just the thoughtful kind of guy that he is. 11:57 Yeah, yeah, yeah... 11:58 You know, a good friend. 12:00 I think so and you know, what really impressed me? 12:03 Now I know this guy, 12:04 you know, how sometimes you talk to someone 12:07 and they say something 12:08 and you know it's the absolute truth, 12:10 you know, we all have that ability... 12:12 Yeah, yeah. 12:13 When he said he was going away and you were all against that, 12:16 I remember it. 12:17 Yeah, we talked... 12:18 I don't want him to go and I said, 12:20 "Well, I don't either but he is committed." 12:22 He goes to a barbecue for 800 children... 12:24 Yeah. 12:26 For two days he's gone and we're both... 12:28 Oh, no, look what's going to happen. 12:30 He didn't eat any of that food. 12:32 No, no, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't even taste it. 12:35 Isn't that's amazing? Praise the Lord. 12:37 You know, though he came and saw me the week 12:40 before the program started. 12:42 Emanuel had been here before 12:44 and he came to see me in the clinic 12:46 and when I saw him, 12:48 I knew that things were not good. 12:50 Yeah. 12:51 And I said, you need to get back here. 12:53 Yeah. 12:54 And he says, "Well, I've got this commitment." 12:56 And I said, is there any way? 12:58 He says, "Well, I might be able 12:59 to get somebody to cover it for me." 13:00 I remember we talked about that, yeah. 13:02 But he couldn't. 13:03 But he realized when we talked how serious this was, 13:07 this was life threatening for him 13:09 because again, another patient with kidney problems 13:12 that they're threatening to put on dialysis. 13:14 I know. 13:15 The week we started our program, 13:17 he was supposed to go 13:18 and get a shunt to start his dialysis. 13:22 And you know, I praise the Lord that he took it seriously. 13:26 Yeah, he did. 13:27 He called me, you know, after... 13:28 That this is, yeah... 13:30 After his visit with you. Right. 13:31 He said, "Dr. Gallant thinks I need to come back." 13:34 And after I talked to him, I said, "You certainly do." 13:37 So we did a lot to get him here. 13:40 Praise the Lord and I'm so glad... 13:41 But he really, 13:43 he was a testament to some of the other guests 13:46 by the fact that he could do what he did 13:49 and still stay on the program 13:51 'cause at that time we were even doing something fast... 13:54 Oh, right. 13:55 And he fasted through his going to work. 13:58 All he did was drink water. 13:59 Can you imagine barbecuing, 14:01 you know, the smell of all that food... 14:03 Yeah. 14:05 And then you're not eating and you're fasting, oh... 14:08 But praise the Lord, 14:10 it worked out because that helped him 14:11 to get some of the money he needed to be here. 14:13 That's right, that's right. 14:15 Now what about those numbers? How do they all look? 14:19 Well, you know, he did well. 14:21 He lost 23 pounds while he was here. 14:25 When he came, 14:26 you know, he was really challenged 14:28 before he got here. 14:29 I think he might have talked about this too. 14:31 He had a little accident with a vehicle... 14:33 Oh, yeah. Ran over his foot. 14:35 So when he first came he could barely walk, 14:37 but praise the Lord, 14:39 he didn't have any broken bones, 14:40 he didn't have any cuts and scrapes and anything, 14:42 he looked pretty healthy. 14:44 And as he was here, 14:46 many a morning I would see him up early, 5:30. 14:50 6 o'clock out walking 14:53 and he had a special loop 14:54 that he did and he walked on that 14:56 and while I was walking we'd say hi to each other 14:59 and by the time he left, 15:01 he was able to walk four miles a day. 15:03 Wow. 15:05 That's quite a testimony there. It makes a difference. 15:08 It does make a difference. It makes a difference. 15:09 But you know, I'll bet he came in all the meetings. 15:12 He did, he did. 15:13 You know, like we talked about in the past, 15:16 some people will pay all this good money... 15:18 It's kind of like, 15:20 "Oh, I'll pay the money and I'll get well." 15:22 And they don't show up for some of the meetings... 15:24 Some, they come in late, they don't do the walking, 15:29 they go to a store, 15:30 down the street at one of the grocery stores 15:32 and they buy the, 15:34 what's a little candy and so on, 15:37 he stuck to the program... 15:40 Because again, he realizes... 15:42 This is it. 15:43 This is it, you've got to do it. 15:45 He got little fire under him. Yeah, well, praise the Lord. 15:48 But no, he's, you know, I just, I appreciate him, 15:52 I appreciate him, 15:54 he's got this booming deep voice 15:55 and every now and then 15:56 he'd speak up in lecture and he would say, 16:00 we had this little saying from the time 16:01 he was here before, 16:03 when something was put up on the screen in lecture 16:06 or so on that was worthy of taking notice, 16:12 he would say, "That's deep." 16:14 But it would be, "That's deep!" "That's deep!" 16:16 Yeah, yeah, well... 16:17 And so I just, I love hearing him say that, 16:20 you know, it just does makes my heart feel good. 16:22 Yeah, that's deep. 16:24 Yeah, that's right. That's right. 16:26 That's real deep. Yeah. 16:28 His heart... 16:29 Yeah, exactly. 16:31 Well, God bless that man. Yeah, yeah. 16:33 You know, we'll follow up. I know you will. 16:35 Absolutely. 16:37 He's going to be coming and see you... 16:38 And yeah, he's promised me, 16:39 he said, you know, he wants to come see me 16:41 about every six weeks in the clinic. 16:42 Good. 16:44 Because he wants to use that as a motivating tool 16:48 to keep him on track. 16:49 Because he can't afford to slip again. 16:52 And so I admire him. 16:53 I really, I'm pleased for what has happened already 16:57 but I know God's not done working 16:58 with him yet, 16:59 He's going to finish the good work 17:01 that He has started in him. 17:03 Dr. Gallant, I want to thank you. 17:05 Thank you, Ron, good to be here. 17:06 I know your valuable time and it's precious, 17:10 especially on your anniversary, happy anniversary. 17:12 Thank you. 17:13 Well, friends, thank you for being here 17:14 but don't go away, Pastor Snead is up next. 17:21 Welcome back, friends, help me welcome Pastor Snead. 17:24 How you doing? 17:25 I'm doing good, good to see you. 17:27 Thank you, friend. 17:28 You know, we're going to talk about Emanuel 17:32 and I got to start this off, 17:34 if you don't mind 17:35 'cause really this is your show, 17:37 this next segment, 17:39 but Emanuel came to me 17:40 and he said he had to leave, 17:42 I said, "Wait a minute, you just got here, 17:43 what do you mean you're leaving?" 17:45 He said, "Well, I promised 800 children 17:48 that I'd be barbecuing for them." 17:50 You know, this guy can cook, you know what I mean? 17:53 So he goes and leaves Monday, 17:56 he doesn't get back till Wednesday 17:58 and I'm thinking, oh, oh, we lost him again. 18:03 So he gets back, let's take it up 18:05 from there or somewhere in the middle, okay... 18:08 Yeah, with Emmanuel, the first time I met him was, 18:13 you know, the first time he came here... 18:15 And we go through the whole paradigm of spirit, 18:19 spiritual teachings, 18:20 really going through the message of the gospel, 18:24 salvation and what God can do for you 18:25 and how when we get to that idea 18:27 and sanctification, 18:28 it's really for God to come in and transform and help, 18:30 his problem was his diet, his lifestyle. 18:33 And we went through everything, 18:35 I remembered some of our sessions, 18:36 we talked about how God's going to help you, 18:38 well, he leaves like everyone else graduates 18:42 and then I get this story that he's coming back 18:45 and when he comes back, he's worse than when he left. 18:49 That's right. That's right. 18:51 And I'm like, "Well, what happened, brother?" 18:55 'Cause my first interview with him, 18:56 when he came into the counseling session, 18:59 we were going through the plan of salvation again and he said, 19:02 "No, Pastor. No, I didn't believe you." 19:08 You know, he believed it theoretically, 19:10 but unlike what we talked about with Michelle 19:12 who actually implemented into her life, 19:15 he heard it and many people do this, 19:17 they hear this idea of the gospel 19:19 and how God can help you, 19:21 but they really don't embrace it 19:23 and experience it. 19:25 And so with Brother Sims, 19:27 he realized that he's got to embrace it. 19:30 He must embrace this thing and if he will, 19:34 he can have the same results as our sister Michelle did. 19:36 So what do you think, 19:37 did he eat any of those ribs he was cooking? 19:39 No. No and I believe it. 19:41 I believe, he told me he didn't but... 19:44 Yeah, well, that's amazing and that goes to show 19:47 because when I talked to him later, 19:48 you know, this past week 19:50 when we went right back into that room 19:51 and serve an idea, 19:53 the battle between the flesh and the spirit, 19:54 he put his head down, he says, 19:56 "I know, Pastor, 19:57 I know that it's a battle and when..." 19:59 I said, "So what are you going to do 20:00 when you feel that, 20:02 you know, fallen nature coming back wanting to eat, 20:05 wanting to express itself, wanting to have, 20:08 you know, these feelings of satisfaction?" 20:10 He said, "I'm gonna call on the name of the Lord." 20:11 Amen, amen. I said, "That's right. 20:13 You call on His name 20:14 and the moment you call on His name, 20:16 almost instantaneously 20:17 you'll desire to do what's right." 20:19 And so he's been doing that here 20:21 and I got great hope for the guy, 20:22 I think that he's going to be a real success. 20:24 I got great hope. 20:25 I believe him, the man speaks the truth, 20:28 he wouldn't lie if he was dying. 20:30 That's right. 20:32 You know, he's just a great guy 20:34 and, you know, I'm pleased to even meet him, 20:37 back then and now too. 20:39 But so we both agree, 20:41 he didn't eat 'cause he said he didn't, 20:43 but what can we do in the future for Emanuel 20:48 and all the Emanuels that come through our program? 20:51 I think from the pastoral point of view here 20:54 at fresh start or NEWSTART is 20:57 I want to stay in touch with these guys and keep them, 21:00 I'm trying, I'm working on a follow up program with them 21:02 so that I can keep in touch with them 21:04 at least on a weekly basis reminding them 21:07 of the spiritual battle. 21:09 You know, when you wake up in the morning, 21:10 it ain't business as usual, 21:12 you've got to know 21:13 the minute your feet hit the floor, 21:14 you're going to want to go back, 21:16 you're going to want to eat, 21:17 you're not going to want to exercise, 21:19 you're going to want to forget, 21:20 you're going to let stress or lie 21:21 for all the world come in 21:23 and that is where we've got to be vigilant, 21:25 that is our skin in the game is to be vigilant 21:28 and call on God and remember that it's a battle. 21:30 And I think if he'll do that and I'm pretty sure he will... 21:33 Because he's committed to that idea. 21:36 Yeah, see that. 21:37 I think that's a powerful word, commitment. 21:40 He's committed this time. 21:43 He's committed to do all and use all the tools 21:47 that you've taught him, 21:48 that the doctors have taught him 21:50 and all the lectures, 21:51 he's there, this guy, he's going to do great, 21:54 he's going to be one of our next poster child. 21:57 I thinks so. Yeah. 21:58 I really believe so, 22:00 and I think this guy has got great potential. 22:02 I believe from his own admission, 22:05 I'm going to follow these spiritual tools 22:07 and mix them with the health and together 22:10 he's going to be all right. 22:11 We're going to hear great things from him. 22:14 I want to thank you again, thank you so much, 22:17 God bless you, brother. 22:18 God bless you too, 22:19 don't go away, Dr. Nedley is up next. 22:25 Welcome to NEWSTART Now. 22:27 I'm Dr. Neil Nedley 22:28 and with me today is Dr. Eddie Ramirez, 22:31 one of the researching 22:32 physicians here at Weimar Institute 22:35 who also teaches 22:36 the research methods and design class 22:39 at the Weimar Institute College 22:41 which is an exciting place for pre-med 22:43 and health career type of searching students. 22:48 But today, we are actually going 22:51 to discuss a study 22:52 that has been accepted for publication in The Journal, 22:55 atherosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular biology. 23:00 And many of our studies that we produce here at Weimar 23:03 is looking at thousands of patients 23:06 or at least hundreds of patients. 23:08 Sometimes we'll take a look 23:09 at like just the pediatric group 23:12 and look at, you know, 11 child cases 23:15 that came through with obesity. 23:17 But today, 23:19 I'd just like to focus in on a study 23:23 that was published for one patient. 23:26 Now why is The Journal allowing one patient? 23:29 Here is the thing, 23:30 every one of our studies is actually real people, 23:34 this isn't data and we're dealing hundreds 23:36 and tens and thousands of patients, 23:39 those are all real lives and sometimes 23:41 it's good to just focus in on one patient 23:45 and what they came with here to NEWSTART. 23:48 And this guy was a sick guy, tell us a little bit about him? 23:52 He had what we called the metabolic syndrome. 23:55 He had diabetes, he had hypertension, 23:58 his lipids were not very good and even though 24:03 he was taking three medications, 24:05 he was out of control. 24:07 His blood pressure were 150 over 78 24:10 when he came first here to the NEWSTART, 24:13 he was taking three medications 24:15 and still his glucose was not under control, 24:18 his blood pressure was not under control. 24:20 Now ideally, you're systolic blood pressure 24:23 should be less than a 115 24:27 and so he was 150 despite three different... 24:30 That's right, two medications for the blood pressure. 24:33 Okay, so he used two medicines for blood pressure, 24:36 plus he was on a medicine for diabetes. 24:39 How much did this gentleman weigh? 24:41 Well, when he came here 24:43 he was weighing 381 pounds... 24:48 And just in 18 days, 24:51 he was able to lose 16 pounds and one of the first things 24:55 that change was his blood pressure, 24:57 he end up with a blood pressure of 116 over 72, 25:02 we have to actually decrease 25:03 some of the medication he was taking. 25:04 Okay. 25:06 So now he's getting close to that ideal 116 25:08 and that's very good coming down from 150 25:12 and you're actually reducing 25:14 the medicines at the same time, 25:18 otherwise it really would have gotten too low. 25:20 So this was in August when he came. 25:23 After he finished, he didn't say, 25:25 "Oh, I finished, 25:26 I'm going to go back to my old lifestyle." 25:27 No, he made a commitment 25:29 to change his life so permanently. 25:31 So in August he comes, 25:33 by the time that he continues interacting 25:35 with his head physician, by May, the next year, 25:39 his physician had to suspend old medication, 25:42 he no longer needed that medication. 25:45 So now he's off all medicines 25:47 and what is he weighing about this time? 25:49 Two hundred and seventy pounds. 25:51 Okay, so he's lost a 100 pounds, 25:55 that's amazing 25:56 and that's without the complications 25:58 of this gastric bypass surgery. 26:00 That's right. 26:01 Lot of people are going for gastric bypass 26:03 and I can tell you, 26:04 if you would find out 26:06 the complications of this surgery, 26:08 vitamin deficiencies, all sorts of things, 26:11 the skin changes that take place, 26:13 all of a lifestyle change 26:14 that you're going to be forced to do, 26:17 you're much better coming to NEWSTART, 26:19 not only is it far less expensive 26:21 but it's a much healthier way to go. 26:23 And then by July, that happened in May, 26:26 by July we do a lab test, everything perfectly normal, 26:29 cholesterols and most encouraging 26:32 hemoglobin A1c of 5.5, 26:36 he was no longer consider a diabetic, 26:38 he actually had stopped his diabetes completely. 26:42 Wow, so he reversed the diabetes, 26:44 so he didn't even have to be called a diabetic, 26:47 no longer having high blood pressure 26:49 and what is his weight around this time then? 26:51 So I don't have the weight by then but by August, 26:56 I do have his final weight, 26:59 so we started in August 2003, 27:02 by January 2005 he had lost 141 pounds. 27:07 A 141 pounds. 27:10 So a totally new person, now energetic, 27:14 now able to sleep because of the excess weight 27:18 he was having issues with sleep apnea 27:21 and these type of things, those things reversed 27:23 as a result of this intensive lifestyle intervention. 27:27 A normal, healthy, 27:29 good looking individual now disease free 27:33 as a result of coming to NEWSTART. 27:36 He was 380 pounds 27:37 and way out of control at first. 27:40 Well, Eddie it's exciting, 27:41 I know why The Journal accepted 27:42 this for publication 27:44 because this can also be someone 27:46 you know or maybe yourself. 27:49 And I'm Dr Neil Medley and this is NEWSTART Now. 27:52 Join us again next week. 27:57 Well, friends, that's it for today 27:58 but join us next week for another episode. 28:01 In the meantime, pick up the phone 28:03 and give us a call at 800-525-9192. 28:09 Mention the NEWSTART Now program 28:12 and receive the NEWSTART special. |
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