Hey friends, welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART NOW.
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I'm your host Damon Snead
filling in for Ron Gianonni
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and we have in our studio
today guest Miss Daisy Vaughn.
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But first, let's go to
her life before Newstart.
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I'm here as a companion for
Beverly Hoffner, she's a friend
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of mine from Youngfield and
we live at a Retirement Center
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there and she asked me to be her
companion as she has a problem
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but I also have some
issues myself health wise.
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The issues are my voice,
it's very difficult sometime
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to be understood and low energy,
not knowing how to really relax.
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I would like to feel good again,
to be able to do a few more
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things that I haven't
been able to do recently
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and that is to walk further
than I have been for many years,
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and just to be
energized to work for the Lord.
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Welcome back friends.
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Miss Daisy, how are you doing?
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Doing great. Doing great.
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Well tell me, what's your
experience been like here?
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Was it a good
experience for you?
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Well, this has been a
really great experience for me,
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I really didn't expect for
me to come but I was so thankful
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to be invited, to be a
companion for a lady that lives
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in the same facility
that I live, Beverly.
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And she surprised me
one day by asking me to come
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and I said Praise
the Lord, thank you.
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We talked a little
bit about Miss Beverly,
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she was actually
praying she said. Yes.
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And all of a sudden she
hears the name Weimar across the
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room and so she knows
that God wanted you here,
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and we know that because
you have been such a blessing
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to this entire group.
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You' all two have been like
the grandmothers of the group
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and we really
really appreciate ya'all.
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You've made a lot of friends
too, a lot of people told me.
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I have and it's been
a wonderful experience
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and we are hoping to continue
it as we return to our home.
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But the amazing part of
this was the night before
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Beverly called me, my
daughter in Oregon had called me
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and said, mom, I think we should
try to go to Weimar together.
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And I so oh, that
would be just wonderful,
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I always wanted to go.
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And so she did
check and said well,
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we won't be able
to make it this time
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because of the expense.
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But the very next morning
Bev called me and asked me
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to go with her and so I said
God must want me to go there.
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Yes ma'am.
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Now how...now as far
as exercise and things go,
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how was that for you? I know
there is a lot of challenging
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courses and there
can be hills and stuff,
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how did you do
with your exercise here?
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Well, I didn't do as
well as I should have,
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I do enjoy walking at times
but I was a little lazy today.
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[Laughter]
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I think everybody has a
day or two of laziness but
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the doctor's will
get you, or your coaches
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will surely get
you. That's for sure.
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But I did do some walking.
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I did a lot of walking...
in the halls is a long hall.
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At the Weimar it's large and
so a lot of times I just walked
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inside, up and down the halls
and I figured I was getting
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a little
exercise there. Yes ma'am.
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But I hope to do
better when I get home.
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Now what kind of changes
did you experience here in your
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health or did you notice any-
thing or any numbers that...
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Well yes, I came I had a cough
which I had been experiencing
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for since November of
last year and I've had...
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The doctor
treated me for Bronchitis
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and that helped a lot.
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And then I was given
chest fomentation. Oh yes.
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And that really helped, whereas,
I am coughing very little now.
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Now how did you
like those fomentations?
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Now did you do the...what
kind of hydro did you do?
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Was it the pads
or... It was the pads.
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Hot and then the ice cold.
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I know, I could hear
ya'all squealing sometimes
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when I go by there when
they put the cold on you.
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But it helps tremendously
doesn't it? It helps.
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It helped a lot and I am
not coughing nearly as much.
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Right. Very good.
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So any other changes in
your health that you noticed?
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Well, I'm enjoying the food.
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Oh, let's begin the food now.
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Now that's usually
something we like to talk about.
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So what was your favorite dish?
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You know, I really enjoyed most
of them but I enjoyed the...
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there was a saucy red
bean... Oh yeah, with the...
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The polenta. That
was just wonderful.
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If my stomach
could have held more,
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I would have gone back for more.
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Yeah, that's
one of my favorites.
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That was very good and
I like the Tofu omelet.
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Yeah! That was good.
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Um hum. Well
breakfast is my favorite meal.
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And breakfast with the doctor,
was that a good experience?
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Oh, yes it was.
That's the best usually.
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That was really good.
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Yeah, you
usually can't beat that.
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So tell me now,
who's your doctor?
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Dr. Gallant. How was
your experience with Dr. G?
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Oh I loved him. I
wished he was in Napa.
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Oh yeah, ya'all can't have him.
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It was a very good
experience with him.
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Yeah, he's knowledgeable,
he's a very spiritual man.
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Yes he is. And I
bet...I'm not sure
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but I bet he
prayed a little with you.
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Oh, mercy yes.
Twice, in the same time.
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Um hum, it was really a
good experience with him.
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Right. So would you say the
program met your expectations?
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It most certainly did
and I'd love to come again.
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Right. So what would be a
big take away from the health
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point of view, the
health side of this?
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To follow the instructions
that you've learned.
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How to eat healthy and
the exercise would be a
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great benefit if you
can implement it into your
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everyday life.
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Yes, it's very
important. Very important.
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We were talking to Peter
earlier and when he came,
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he could barely move and it
hurt to get him going at first.
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A lot of guests experience
that they hurt, it's painful
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they're not used to moving,
but all of a sudden, they start
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getting fluid and
they are feeling better
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and then the more exercise,
the better it is for them.
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It is better, the more you
walk, the stronger you get.
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So, I was just telling the
doctor, I feel weak and tired.
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He says if I get back
to walking like I should,
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I'll get stronger.
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Now you had another experience
here that was a surprise.
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I mean, you're, I think
you are the oldest person here
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on our guests are 87.
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Yes, I'll be 87 this month.
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And now you were
re-baptized this session,
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Yes I will. Before I
came I had made the decision
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to re-dedicate my life
but I kept putting it off
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and then when I came
and you made the invitation,
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that made it just perfect
for me to make the decision
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and to go through with it.
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And the Lord told me, He did
it, you need to be re-dedicated
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and so that's what I
did and I felt very happy,
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very... I can't explain it.
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Well that's why we bring
the spiritual and the health
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together here is because we
know that yes, we want to make
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sure you understand
your relationship with Christ
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and the solid foundation
you must be standing on.
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But in a secondary way, those
same principles that you learn
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spiritually are going to be
the tools that help you to keep
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this health thing
going because it is difficult
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when you go home. Oh, it
will be, I know it will be.
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And so you need that confidence
that help that we talked about
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dying to self, die to the
old ways and we want a newness
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and we need the spirit
to battle between the spirit
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and the flesh, we need
that spirit to be whispering
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in our ears. Well, the
way you presented it was just
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a wonderful experience for me.
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I mean, you know when
you read about these things,
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but the way you went into
depth, that is what got me.
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Yeah, I got to admit
that it was a bit of surprise.
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You know, we have a lot of
elderly people come through
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the program but...
Well, I had...It's been over
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50 years from
when I was baptized.
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Yeah, a lot of life
has happened in 50 years.
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Yes ma'am.
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So now going back home,
what's got to be something that
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you really are looking forward
to implementing that you learned
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here from your doctors
and your nutritionists?
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Well for one thing, to be
more careful in making choices
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in what I eat and to be more
persistent in my exercising,
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especially digestive
exercise right after eating.
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You know. Yeah.
Getting that walk in.
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So you learned a lot from
Miss. Eileen our dietician?
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I did. Was she good? Yes she is.
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Yeah she know what
she is talking about.
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She does.
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She goes around and she
helps you to learn the por...
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and that's big,
the portions isn't it.
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You don't really
think about those portions.
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Well I know you don't
cause in the dining room
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I was used to the
lady that was serving us,
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but then when I got to serving
it myself, I began to make
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a little bit more extra scoops.
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Right, right.
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Yeah, Miss Helena is good
helping us and so it's a great
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team here and I'm glad that
you've had a great experience
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and I am glad that you were
here, that we got to meet you
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and that you can go home
and maybe inspire other people
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from that community to come
out and visit us and be a part..
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Well Miss Daisy unfortunately
we are out of time,
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it's been a real blessing
to be a part of your life.
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Thank you so much and God bless.
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I'm lookin forward to getting
that CD from you. Yes ma'am.
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Don't go away friends, we will
be right back with Dr. Gallant.
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Welcome back friends, we
have with us today Dr. Gallant.
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Dr. Gallant. Good to
see you. How are you doing?
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Very well, thank you.
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So we are going to talk a
little bit about Miss Daisy.
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Yes. Um, 87 years old...
Doesn't look like it by the way.
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No she doesn't. She gets around
really well, she was like a
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grandma out here. We all
looked at her like a grandma.
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she was very quiet at first
when they came, very active,
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very gregarious,
everyone loved her...
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But she had some
health issues earlier in life
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and you would think someone
at 87 would be like well,
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my life is nearing its
end, why come to Newstart at 87
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years old?
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Yeah, you know, she
doesn't look at life that way,
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she looks that she
still has some life to live
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and she had a friend
who was coming and she said
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I should go too and so she
came and it's been a blessing.
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You know, Daisy had a history
of tuberculosis and that impacts
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your life. But then she
also had cancer and she survived
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lung cancer. They actually
took out a lobe of her lung
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and she's done well since then
so praise the Lord for that.
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So how do you see someone
that's come through a disease
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like that, but a place like
this being a preventive measure?
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Well, you know cancer is one of
those diseases that is truly a
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lifestyle disease.
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The way we live, the choices
we make, what we eat and drink,
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what we breathe and
what we expose our bodies to
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impacts our risk of
cancer significantly
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and if our immune
system is not in optimal shape,
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then we are at greater
risk of getting cancer.
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Our immune system
is what protects us.
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You know we all...like you go
and get a sunburn for example,
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we all can develop a cancerous
cell, a cell that changes.
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But our immune system, typically
if it's in optimal health
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can take care of that.
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It's when our immune system
is not functioning optimally
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or we are shifting the
balance towards making it easier
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for cancer to grow that we start
to develop things like cancer.
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And so being in a program
like this, where you're learning
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to be balanced, you're
learning to have good nutrition
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that will support your
normal cells and will not give
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what cancer cells need to grow.
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When you're getting exercise,
when you are improving your
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circulation so you can get
your immune system to every part
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of your body to fight off any-
thing that could be a problem.
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When you are on a plant based
diet, a plant based diet is
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crucial for fighting
cancer because animal protein
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shifts our balance towards
being more acidic which makes us
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more prone to cancer and
animal protein actually can
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impact how well our immune
system is fighting off cancer.
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So even if you are
young, in perfect health,
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you need to stay that way.
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Yeah!
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Cause things can
change overnight.
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Absolutely.
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And one of the best
ways to stay that way is to
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change your lifestyle,
to do things differently.
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So an 87 year old woman
who is in now, in good health
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somewhat, she can benefit, she
could easily live another years.
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By the grace of God,
absolutely, absolutely.
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So, yeah, I was
excited to see her improve,
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I was excited to see
that she kind of felt sick
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for a little while
but is feeling better now
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and I just praise God
that she was able to come
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and for her as well, the
spiritual component of health
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plays an integral role
in how she's doing today.
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Well yeah, she was a
surprise to me, she was actually
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the first one that
came and said pastor,
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I want to be
re-baptized. Praise the Lord.
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And so you see, it's always
this way of rejuvenation and
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health and a
rejuvenation of the spiritual,
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she's leaving here with
this really great attitude
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and she's got a whole...
who knows how much life she
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has ahead of her.
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But she's benefited...she's
taken it serious and it's
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interesting, a lot of
people that you see at her age
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just seem to kind of give up,
but she's not, she's coming here
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to a place and she's getting
a re-boot and she's got no
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intention on slowing down.
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Right, right. And I just
encourage her to continue doing
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these things
that we have started,
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these habits
that we've made here.
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I encourage her to
continue those at home because
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that is going to be important
for her to be healthy and
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to be able to share.
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Because I think that's going
to be an integral part of her
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health continuing, is
taking what she has learned
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and what she has re-learned
and sharing that with others.
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When people see
the change in her life,
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they're going to know
that something has happened
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by the grace of God.
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Yeah because she's going
back to a retirement community.
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That's right. And
she's got a lot of friends
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and they're going to
see something different.
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Yes. She's going to be
able to share and inspire
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other people to take a similar
route. Absolutely, absolutely.
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So as far as someone her
age, what would you say is a big
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challenge she will
face though going back home?
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Well I think because she lives
in a structured environment
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she's going to have to be a
little more creative to continue
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eating a plant based diet be-
cause food is prepared for her.
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Oh, that's right. That's
right. So she's going to have to
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sort of look at ways to
make sure that she's getting
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what she needs.
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She is going to have I think
a little more of a challenge
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with trying to get her
regular exercise maybe.
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But I think she...We've
talked about some of this,
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I think she's got good plans
of ways to make these principles
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work in the
environment in which she is in.
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Yeah and I think that is
going to be key for her and Ms.
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Beverly as well. Yeah. The
friend that she came up here
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with is... I think a lot of
people face that going home,
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you've got to.. They are all
telling me this too... The exit
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surveys, they're we got to
go home, we got to do what we've
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learned here. If we want to stay
healthy, if we want to continue
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to do what's right. I
think that this lady's got a...
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I think she's got a great
future ahead of her as far as
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her health, her
life, her vitality. Yes.
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If she just keeps doing
the things that she is doing.
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So what do you think
about some of these issues that
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elderly people get
in... Something that even with
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my own mother, she's only
70, she's nowhere near that age
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but she's been diagnosed
with bones crumbling so...
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I noticed Ms. Daisy, she was a
little concerned about falling..
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Sure. Sure. So what is the cause
of that with elderly people?
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Is it just being old or?
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Well as we age, our bodies
change. I think we can prevent
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some of these things that
are considered the normal things
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that everybody should
expect as they get old.
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Simple things to help your
bones for example is you want
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to make sure you are getting
good calcium in your diet.
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I say in your diet, not in
your supplement because our body
00:20:41.74\00:20:45.61
uses calcium in our diet a lot
better than it does if we get it
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from a supplement.
00:20:48.91\00:20:50.25
So you get calcium in your diet
from green leafy vegetables,
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you also get some calcium
from almonds, but one of the
00:20:53.75\00:20:57.65
key things is Sesame Seeds.
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.42
Now Sesame Seeds are so
small we don't break them open
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very well just by chewing them.
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So I recommend you grind
them up is like a coffee grinder
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or something like that
and sprinkle that on your food
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and then you want to have a
little bit of weight bearing
00:21:09.60\00:21:11.87
exercise. So if
you have a back pack,
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you can put a couple cans
of beans or something in there
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and walk with that, it's
weight bearing on your core
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and that helps to strengthen
your body. Just a simple thing
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you can do to help prevent
some of these things like
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osteoporosis and osteopenia.
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Very good. Well Dr.
Gallant, we are out of time
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but thank you so
much friend once again.
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Thank you Pr.
Snead, good to see you.
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Don't go away,
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Welcome to Weimar
Institute Research.
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Today we have a study
that was actually designed and
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carried out by
Dr. Ramirez himself,
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the director of Weimar
Institute Research and also
00:22:52.63\00:22:57.04
very involved in the Weimar
College and teaching research.
00:22:57.07\00:23:00.71
Dr. Ramirez, a lot of the
studies you are analyzing data
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from multiple countries, but
this is actually a group that
00:23:05.45\00:23:10.99
you yourself were involved in.
00:23:11.02\00:23:13.22
Tell us a little
bit about this group.
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That's right. As soon as
we are able to get a hold of
00:23:14.82\00:23:17.33
this data and help publish
this paper, the focus of this
00:23:17.36\00:23:22.73
study was what happens when
you get the Newstart principles
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and you teach them
in a community setting?
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Okay. Now Newstart is
well known to have its
00:23:29.20\00:23:32.61
Residential Lifestyle Program
and we have published a lot
00:23:32.64\00:23:36.08
in regards to the improvement
in lipids and many other
00:23:36.11\00:23:39.38
health parameters by
spending 19 days with us here at
00:23:39.41\00:23:43.55
Newstart. But this is taking
a look at intensive community
00:23:43.59\00:23:48.12
program where they are
not having to live here.
00:23:48.16\00:23:50.69
That's right. So did you
feed them like we do here
00:23:50.73\00:23:53.40
in Newstart?
Nope, not necessarily,
00:23:53.43\00:23:55.20
I just went, this was a Sunday
Church, a non-denominational
00:23:55.23\00:23:57.70
church. The pastor invited
me to go to his church...
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.37
There were many health issues
in that church and he said
00:24:00.40\00:24:03.34
could you help us
improve our health?
00:24:03.37\00:24:05.34
So the pastor himself
as a result of this program
00:24:05.37\00:24:09.41
became a full plant based
person and the participants
00:24:09.44\00:24:15.32
of this study were enthusiastic,
it was a senior population,
00:24:15.35\00:24:19.75
most of them. I
remember one of them,
00:24:19.79\00:24:22.79
he came and talked
to me and said look,
00:24:22.82\00:24:25.33
my wife brought me to
this two week program...
00:24:25.36\00:24:27.73
Forget it, I am not
going to change my diet.
00:24:27.76\00:24:30.20
At the end of the two
weeks he came to apologize.
00:24:30.23\00:24:33.00
I'm sorry that I told you that,
we decided to switch our diet
00:24:33.03\00:24:36.97
to a vegan diet, we went
to the shelter and gave away
00:24:37.01\00:24:39.31
all of our fridge food and
we are going to start a new...
00:24:39.34\00:24:41.74
with the new diet. So it
created a long term change.
00:24:41.78\00:24:45.65
Wow! Amazing! So someone
who was very resistant to change
00:24:45.68\00:24:49.55
as a result of true education...
actually totally change
00:24:49.58\00:24:54.16
what they were putting into
their mouths in ways that they
00:24:54.19\00:24:57.19
thought that they never would.
00:24:57.23\00:24:58.56
The reason why they were
so enthusiastic is that a the
00:24:58.59\00:25:03.67
beginning of the
program we took blood samples
00:25:03.70\00:25:06.23
and their cholesterol was
way above what should be normal.
00:25:06.27\00:25:10.74
It had a 234 points that
cholesterol, the guideline says
00:25:10.77\00:25:17.31
200 but the ideal should be
150 but still that's way above
00:25:17.35\00:25:22.62
those two guidelines.
00:25:22.65\00:25:23.99
It's interesting, years ago
I remember Dr. Scharffenberg
00:25:24.02\00:25:28.22
talking to a group of pastors
who asked him a question.
00:25:28.26\00:25:31.36
How can we get people
more interested in issues of
00:25:31.39\00:25:35.33
salvation? He says, I
will tell you take their blood,
00:25:35.36\00:25:38.67
find out what their cholesterol
is, give them the result
00:25:38.70\00:25:42.34
and they will cry out,
what must I do to be saved?
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That's exactly what happened.
00:25:45.51\00:25:48.81
They cried out, what
must I do to be saved?
00:25:48.84\00:25:51.18
And were you able to save them?
00:25:51.21\00:25:53.11
Well, even their
LDL, very worrisome 147...
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That's very high. LDL very high.
00:25:57.82\00:26:00.52
Some of them taking statins,
even with statins they had
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.56
this type of high levels of
cholesterol and fat cholesterol.
00:26:03.59\00:26:07.43
After those two week change,
I spoke to them three times
00:26:07.46\00:26:13.70
before the next blood sample
and by the end of that two weeks
00:26:13.74\00:26:19.11
their cholesterol had gone down
to 177, so it went down beyond
00:26:19.14\00:26:27.25
that 200 and their bad
cholesterol, the LDL cholesterol
00:26:27.28\00:26:31.12
went down to 122.
00:26:31.15\00:26:34.72
So those are dramatic
differences from 224 to 177
00:26:34.76\00:26:40.03
in just two weeks
with an educational program
00:26:40.06\00:26:43.50
and their LDL's
plummeting from a very high 147
00:26:43.53\00:26:48.57
where that's stroke,
heart attack rate down to 122
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.27
in just two weeks and who
knows what it would have been
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.34
at six weeks I
had you measure it.
00:26:54.38\00:26:56.75
As a result of this, actually
this had a community wide
00:26:56.78\00:27:01.12
implication. I went and talked
to the businessmen and told them
00:27:01.15\00:27:04.29
I need for you to bring
healthy food because it was not
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.45
to many options.
He didn't believe me,
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.29
he brought two or three things-
bam, people bought these things,
00:27:08.32\00:27:11.59
people got upset with him...
00:27:11.63\00:27:13.06
Hey the doctor said you
are going to have these things,
00:27:13.09\00:27:14.93
He now knew that this was
serious so he starts stocking
00:27:14.96\00:27:18.47
up his store with healthy
products so that people could
00:27:18.50\00:27:21.70
continue with this
healthy lifestyle long term.
00:27:21.74\00:27:24.81
It's consumerism that
drives the commercial aspect,
00:27:24.84\00:27:28.51
not the other way around.
And so they learned that.
00:27:28.54\00:27:32.15
Now our students at Weimar
Institute actually took a look
00:27:32.18\00:27:35.98
at the results and compiled
them along with yourself
00:27:36.02\00:27:39.42
and was this published then?
Yes, this was actually published
00:27:39.45\00:27:42.96
in an American Heart
Association Journal called
00:27:42.99\00:27:46.59
Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis
and Vascular Biology Journal.
00:27:46.63\00:27:50.23
Wow! Amazing the difference
with just health education
00:27:50.27\00:27:55.07
provided by Dr. Eddie
Ramirez Director of Research
00:27:55.10\00:27:59.97
at Weimar Institute.
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.44
Thank you for joining us
at Weimar Institute Research.
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