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01:11 Hey friends, welcome to another edition of NEWSTART NOW.
01:16 I'm your host Damon Snead filling in for Ron Gianonni 01:19 and we have in our studio today guest Miss Daisy Vaughn. 01:24 But first, let's go to her life before Newstart. 01:31 I'm here as a companion for Beverly Hoffner, she's a friend 01:36 of mine from Youngfield and we live at a Retirement Center 01:44 there and she asked me to be her companion as she has a problem 01:50 but I also have some issues myself health wise. 01:56 The issues are my voice, it's very difficult sometime 02:01 to be understood and low energy, not knowing how to really relax. 02:12 I would like to feel good again, to be able to do a few more 02:18 things that I haven't been able to do recently 02:22 and that is to walk further than I have been for many years, 02:29 and just to be energized to work for the Lord. 02:35 Welcome back friends. 02:39 Miss Daisy, how are you doing? 02:43 Doing great. Doing great. 02:45 Well tell me, what's your experience been like here? 02:49 Was it a good experience for you? 02:51 Well, this has been a really great experience for me, 02:55 I really didn't expect for me to come but I was so thankful 03:00 to be invited, to be a companion for a lady that lives 03:05 in the same facility that I live, Beverly. 03:08 And she surprised me one day by asking me to come 03:12 and I said Praise the Lord, thank you. 03:15 We talked a little bit about Miss Beverly, 03:17 she was actually praying she said. Yes. 03:20 And all of a sudden she hears the name Weimar across the 03:23 room and so she knows that God wanted you here, 03:27 and we know that because you have been such a blessing 03:30 to this entire group. 03:31 You' all two have been like the grandmothers of the group 03:35 and we really really appreciate ya'all. 03:37 You've made a lot of friends too, a lot of people told me. 03:40 I have and it's been a wonderful experience 03:44 and we are hoping to continue it as we return to our home. 03:48 But the amazing part of this was the night before 03:53 Beverly called me, my daughter in Oregon had called me 03:57 and said, mom, I think we should try to go to Weimar together. 04:01 And I so oh, that would be just wonderful, 04:04 I always wanted to go. 04:06 And so she did check and said well, 04:09 we won't be able to make it this time 04:11 because of the expense. 04:12 But the very next morning Bev called me and asked me 04:17 to go with her and so I said God must want me to go there. 04:21 Yes ma'am. 04:22 Now how...now as far as exercise and things go, 04:27 how was that for you? I know there is a lot of challenging 04:29 courses and there can be hills and stuff, 04:32 how did you do with your exercise here? 04:33 Well, I didn't do as well as I should have, 04:36 I do enjoy walking at times but I was a little lazy today. 04:44 [Laughter] 04:46 I think everybody has a day or two of laziness but 04:49 the doctor's will get you, or your coaches 04:52 will surely get you. That's for sure. 04:54 But I did do some walking. 04:56 I did a lot of walking... in the halls is a long hall. 04:59 At the Weimar it's large and so a lot of times I just walked 05:06 inside, up and down the halls and I figured I was getting 05:10 a little exercise there. Yes ma'am. 05:12 But I hope to do better when I get home. 05:15 Now what kind of changes did you experience here in your 05:18 health or did you notice any- thing or any numbers that... 05:21 Well yes, I came I had a cough which I had been experiencing 05:27 for since November of last year and I've had... 05:32 The doctor treated me for Bronchitis 05:37 and that helped a lot. 05:39 And then I was given chest fomentation. Oh yes. 05:46 And that really helped, whereas, I am coughing very little now. 05:51 Now how did you like those fomentations? 05:53 Now did you do the...what kind of hydro did you do? 05:55 Was it the pads or... It was the pads. 05:57 Hot and then the ice cold. 06:00 I know, I could hear ya'all squealing sometimes 06:03 when I go by there when they put the cold on you. 06:05 But it helps tremendously doesn't it? It helps. 06:08 It helped a lot and I am not coughing nearly as much. 06:12 Right. Very good. 06:14 So any other changes in your health that you noticed? 06:19 Well, I'm enjoying the food. 06:23 Oh, let's begin the food now. 06:25 Now that's usually something we like to talk about. 06:28 So what was your favorite dish? 06:30 You know, I really enjoyed most of them but I enjoyed the... 06:35 there was a saucy red bean... Oh yeah, with the... 06:40 The polenta. That was just wonderful. 06:43 If my stomach could have held more, 06:45 I would have gone back for more. 06:47 Yeah, that's one of my favorites. 06:49 That was very good and I like the Tofu omelet. 06:53 Yeah! That was good. 06:55 Um hum. Well breakfast is my favorite meal. 06:58 And breakfast with the doctor, was that a good experience? 07:00 Oh, yes it was. That's the best usually. 07:02 That was really good. 07:04 Yeah, you usually can't beat that. 07:06 So tell me now, who's your doctor? 07:08 Dr. Gallant. How was your experience with Dr. G? 07:11 Oh I loved him. I wished he was in Napa. 07:15 Oh yeah, ya'all can't have him. 07:17 It was a very good experience with him. 07:21 Yeah, he's knowledgeable, he's a very spiritual man. 07:23 Yes he is. And I bet...I'm not sure 07:25 but I bet he prayed a little with you. 07:27 Oh, mercy yes. Twice, in the same time. 07:34 Um hum, it was really a good experience with him. 07:37 Right. So would you say the program met your expectations? 07:40 It most certainly did and I'd love to come again. 07:42 Right. So what would be a big take away from the health 07:46 point of view, the health side of this? 07:47 To follow the instructions that you've learned. 07:52 How to eat healthy and the exercise would be a 07:59 great benefit if you can implement it into your 08:03 everyday life. 08:04 Yes, it's very important. Very important. 08:07 We were talking to Peter earlier and when he came, 08:10 he could barely move and it hurt to get him going at first. 08:13 A lot of guests experience that they hurt, it's painful 08:16 they're not used to moving, but all of a sudden, they start 08:18 getting fluid and they are feeling better 08:20 and then the more exercise, the better it is for them. 08:24 It is better, the more you walk, the stronger you get. 08:27 So, I was just telling the doctor, I feel weak and tired. 08:30 He says if I get back to walking like I should, 08:34 I'll get stronger. 08:35 Now you had another experience here that was a surprise. 08:40 I mean, you're, I think you are the oldest person here 08:44 on our guests are 87. 08:45 Yes, I'll be 87 this month. 08:48 And now you were re-baptized this session, 08:50 Yes I will. Before I came I had made the decision 08:59 to re-dedicate my life but I kept putting it off 09:04 and then when I came and you made the invitation, 09:09 that made it just perfect for me to make the decision 09:14 and to go through with it. 09:16 And the Lord told me, He did it, you need to be re-dedicated 09:20 and so that's what I did and I felt very happy, 09:25 very... I can't explain it. 09:29 Well that's why we bring the spiritual and the health 09:34 together here is because we know that yes, we want to make 09:37 sure you understand your relationship with Christ 09:39 and the solid foundation you must be standing on. 09:42 But in a secondary way, those same principles that you learn 09:46 spiritually are going to be the tools that help you to keep 09:50 this health thing going because it is difficult 09:53 when you go home. Oh, it will be, I know it will be. 09:56 And so you need that confidence that help that we talked about 10:00 dying to self, die to the old ways and we want a newness 10:04 and we need the spirit to battle between the spirit 10:07 and the flesh, we need that spirit to be whispering 10:10 in our ears. Well, the way you presented it was just 10:15 a wonderful experience for me. 10:17 I mean, you know when you read about these things, 10:20 but the way you went into depth, that is what got me. 10:25 Yeah, I got to admit that it was a bit of surprise. 10:28 You know, we have a lot of elderly people come through 10:32 the program but... Well, I had...It's been over 10:35 50 years from when I was baptized. 10:37 Yeah, a lot of life has happened in 50 years. 10:40 Yes ma'am. 10:42 So now going back home, what's got to be something that 10:46 you really are looking forward to implementing that you learned 10:50 here from your doctors and your nutritionists? 10:54 Well for one thing, to be more careful in making choices 10:58 in what I eat and to be more persistent in my exercising, 11:04 especially digestive exercise right after eating. 11:07 You know. Yeah. Getting that walk in. 11:10 So you learned a lot from Miss. Eileen our dietician? 11:13 I did. Was she good? Yes she is. 11:15 Yeah she know what she is talking about. 11:16 She does. 11:18 She goes around and she helps you to learn the por... 11:20 and that's big, the portions isn't it. 11:22 You don't really think about those portions. 11:24 Well I know you don't cause in the dining room 11:28 I was used to the lady that was serving us, 11:31 but then when I got to serving it myself, I began to make 11:35 a little bit more extra scoops. 11:37 Right, right. 11:39 Yeah, Miss Helena is good helping us and so it's a great team here 11:44 and I'm glad that you've had a great experience 11:47 and I am glad that you were here, that we got to meet you 11:49 and that you can go home and maybe inspire other people 11:53 from that community to come out and visit us and be a part.. 11:56 Well Miss Daisy unfortunately we are out of time, 11:59 it's been a real blessing to be a part of your life. 12:03 Thank you so much and God bless. 12:04 I'm lookin forward to getting that CD from you. Yes ma'am. 12:08 Don't go away friends, we will be right back with Dr. Gallant. 12:48 Welcome back friends, we have with us today Dr. Gallant. 12:51 Dr. Gallant. Good to see you. How are you doing? 12:54 Very well, thank you. 12:55 So we are going to talk a little bit about Miss Daisy. 12:58 Yes. Um, 87 years old... Doesn't look like it by the way. 13:03 No she doesn't. She gets around really well, she was like a 13:06 grandma out here. We all looked at her like a grandma. 13:09 she was very quiet at first when they came, very active, 13:13 very gregarious, everyone loved her... 13:15 But she had some health issues earlier in life 13:19 and you would think someone at 87 would be like well, 13:23 my life is nearing its end, why come to Newstart at 87 13:28 years old? 13:29 Yeah, you know, she doesn't look at life that way, 13:32 she looks that she still has some life to live 13:36 and she had a friend who was coming and she said 13:38 I should go too and so she came and it's been a blessing. 13:42 You know, Daisy had a history of tuberculosis and that impacts 13:50 your life. But then she also had cancer and she survived 13:58 lung cancer. They actually took out a lobe of her lung 14:02 and she's done well since then so praise the Lord for that. 14:06 So how do you see someone that's come through a disease 14:11 like that, but a place like this being a preventive measure? 14:15 Well, you know cancer is one of those diseases that is truly a 14:19 lifestyle disease. 14:21 The way we live, the choices we make, what we eat and drink, 14:25 what we breathe and what we expose our bodies to 14:29 impacts our risk of cancer significantly 14:34 and if our immune system is not in optimal shape, 14:38 then we are at greater risk of getting cancer. 14:41 Our immune system is what protects us. 14:43 You know we all...like you go and get a sunburn for example, 14:46 we all can develop a cancerous cell, a cell that changes. 14:51 But our immune system, typically if it's in optimal health 14:55 can take care of that. 14:56 It's when our immune system is not functioning optimally 15:00 or we are shifting the balance towards making it easier 15:04 for cancer to grow that we start to develop things like cancer. 15:08 And so being in a program like this, where you're learning 15:13 to be balanced, you're learning to have good nutrition 15:17 that will support your normal cells and will not give 15:22 what cancer cells need to grow. 15:24 When you're getting exercise, when you are improving your 15:28 circulation so you can get your immune system to every part 15:31 of your body to fight off any- thing that could be a problem. 15:35 When you are on a plant based diet, a plant based diet is 15:40 crucial for fighting cancer because animal protein 15:45 shifts our balance towards being more acidic which makes us 15:49 more prone to cancer and animal protein actually can 15:52 impact how well our immune system is fighting off cancer. 15:57 So even if you are young, in perfect health, 16:02 you need to stay that way. 16:05 Yeah! 16:06 Cause things can change overnight. 16:07 Absolutely. 16:09 And one of the best ways to stay that way is to 16:11 change your lifestyle, to do things differently. 16:14 So an 87 year old woman who is in now, in good health 16:19 somewhat, she can benefit, she could easily live another years. 16:24 By the grace of God, absolutely, absolutely. 16:27 So, yeah, I was excited to see her improve, 16:32 I was excited to see that she kind of felt sick 16:37 for a little while but is feeling better now 16:39 and I just praise God that she was able to come 16:44 and for her as well, the spiritual component of health 16:50 plays an integral role in how she's doing today. 16:53 Well yeah, she was a surprise to me, she was actually 16:57 the first one that came and said pastor, 16:58 I want to be re-baptized. Praise the Lord. 17:02 And so you see, it's always this way of rejuvenation and 17:06 health and a rejuvenation of the spiritual, 17:09 she's leaving here with this really great attitude 17:12 and she's got a whole... who knows how much life she 17:16 has ahead of her. 17:17 But she's benefited...she's taken it serious and it's 17:20 interesting, a lot of people that you see at her age 17:22 just seem to kind of give up, but she's not, she's coming here 17:26 to a place and she's getting a re-boot and she's got no 17:29 intention on slowing down. 17:30 Right, right. And I just encourage her to continue doing 17:33 these things that we have started, 17:35 these habits that we've made here. 17:37 I encourage her to continue those at home because 17:39 that is going to be important for her to be healthy and 17:44 to be able to share. 17:47 Because I think that's going to be an integral part of her 17:50 health continuing, is taking what she has learned 17:53 and what she has re-learned and sharing that with others. 17:56 When people see the change in her life, 17:58 they're going to know that something has happened 18:01 by the grace of God. 18:03 Yeah because she's going back to a retirement community. 18:05 That's right. And she's got a lot of friends 18:07 and they're going to see something different. 18:10 Yes. She's going to be able to share and inspire 18:14 other people to take a similar route. Absolutely, absolutely. 18:20 So as far as someone her age, what would you say is a big 18:26 challenge she will face though going back home? 18:29 Well I think because she lives in a structured environment 18:36 she's going to have to be a little more creative to continue 18:41 eating a plant based diet be- cause food is prepared for her. 18:45 Oh, that's right. That's right. So she's going to have to 18:47 sort of look at ways to make sure that she's getting 18:51 what she needs. 18:53 She is going to have I think a little more of a challenge 18:56 with trying to get her regular exercise maybe. 19:05 But I think she...We've talked about some of this, 19:09 I think she's got good plans of ways to make these principles 19:14 work in the environment in which she is in. 19:16 Yeah and I think that is going to be key for her and Ms. Beverly 19:21 as well. Yeah. The friend that she came up here with is... 19:24 I think a lot of people face that going home, you've got to.. 19:28 They are all telling me this too... The exit surveys, 19:32 they're we got to go home, we got to do what we've learned 19:36 here. If we want to stay healthy, if we want to continue 19:39 to do what's right. I think that this lady's got a... 19:47 I think she's got a great future ahead of her as far as 19:50 her health, her life, her vitality. Yes. 19:52 If she just keeps doing the things that she is doing. 19:54 So what do you think about some of these issues that 20:02 elderly people get in... Something that even with 20:05 my own mother, she's only 70, she's nowhere near that age 20:08 but she's been diagnosed with bones crumbling so... 20:13 I noticed Ms. Daisy, she was a little concerned about falling.. 20:17 Sure. Sure. So what is the cause of that with elderly people? 20:21 Is it just being old or? 20:22 Well as we age, our bodies change. I think we can prevent 20:26 some of these things that are considered the normal things 20:31 that everybody should expect as they get old. 20:33 Simple things to help your bones for example is you want 20:38 to make sure you are getting good calcium in your diet. 20:41 I say in your diet, not in your supplement because our body 20:45 uses calcium in our diet a lot better than it does if we get it 20:48 from a supplement. 20:50 So you get calcium in your diet from green leafy vegetables, 20:53 you also get some calcium from almonds, but one of the 20:57 key things is Sesame Seeds. 20:59 Now Sesame Seeds are so small we don't break them open 21:02 very well just by chewing them. 21:03 So I recommend you grind them up is like a coffee grinder 21:06 or something like that and sprinkle that on your food 21:09 and then you want to have a little bit of weight bearing 21:11 exercise. So if you have a back pack, 21:15 you can put a couple cans of beans or something in there 21:17 and walk with that, it's weight bearing on your core 21:20 and that helps to strengthen your body. Just a simple thing 21:23 you can do to help prevent some of these things like 21:26 osteoporosis and osteopenia. 21:28 Very good. Well Dr. Gallant, we are out of time 21:30 but thank you so much friend once again. 21:32 Thank you Pr. Snead, good to see you. 21:34 Don't go away, we'll be right back. 21:41 Every year in America there are over 1 million deaths 21:44 because of Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Obesity. 21:46 This includes heart attacks and strokes. 21:49 That's six and a half 747's crushing every day. 21:52 What's even more surprising is the fix is easy. 21:56 It's your lifestyle. Wouldn't it be nice if you could 21:59 actually add quality years to your life rather than dying 22:02 one organ at a time? 22:03 Obesity and diabetes are the cause of over a million deaths 22:07 per year. Most diseases are reversible 22:10 because most diseases are lifestyle diseases, especially 22:14 Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Obesity. 22:16 Seriously now, they can be reversed and the quality 22:19 of your life can be renewed. 22:29 You will see dramatic changes in the first few days of our 22:31 program and you will be on the road to a better more robust 22:35 quality of life. 22:41 Welcome to Weimar Institute Research. 22:44 Today we have a study that was actually designed and 22:49 carried out by Dr. Ramirez himself, 22:52 the director of Weimar Institute Research and also 22:57 very involved in the Weimar College and teaching research. 23:00 Dr. Ramirez, a lot of the studies you are analyzing data 23:05 from multiple countries, but this is actually a group that 23:11 you yourself were involved in. 23:13 Tell us a little bit about this group. 23:14 That's right. As soon as we are able to get a hold of 23:17 this data and help publish this paper, the focus of this 23:22 study was what happens when you get the Newstart principles 23:26 and you teach them in a community setting? 23:29 Okay. Now Newstart is well known to have its 23:32 Residential Lifestyle Program and we have published a lot 23:36 in regards to the improvement in lipids and many other 23:39 health parameters by spending 19 days with us here at 23:43 Newstart. But this is taking a look at intensive community 23:48 program where they are not having to live here. 23:50 That's right. So did you feed them like we do here 23:53 in Newstart? Nope, not necessarily, 23:55 I just went, this was a Sunday Church, a non-denominational 23:57 church. The pastor invited me to go to his church... 24:00 There were many health issues in that church and he said 24:03 could you help us improve our health? 24:05 So the pastor himself as a result of this program 24:09 became a full plant based person and the participants 24:15 of this study were enthusiastic, it was a senior population, 24:19 most of them. I remember one of them, 24:22 he came and talked to me and said look, 24:25 my wife brought me to this two week program... 24:27 Forget it, I am not going to change my diet. 24:30 At the end of the two weeks he came to apologize. 24:33 I'm sorry that I told you that, we decided to switch our diet 24:37 to a vegan diet, we went to the shelter and gave away 24:39 all of our fridge food and we are going to start a new... 24:41 with the new diet. So it created a long term change. 24:45 Wow! Amazing! So someone who was very resistant to change 24:49 as a result of true education... actually totally change 24:54 what they were putting into their mouths in ways that they 24:57 thought that they never would. 24:58 The reason why they were so enthusiastic is that a the 25:03 beginning of the program we took blood samples 25:06 and their cholesterol was way above what should be normal. 25:10 It had a 234 points that cholesterol, the guideline says 25:17 200 but the ideal should be 150 but still that's way above 25:22 those two guidelines. 25:24 It's interesting, years ago I remember Dr. Scharffenberg 25:28 talking to a group of pastors who asked him a question. 25:31 How can we get people more interested in issues of 25:35 salvation? He says, I will tell you take their blood, 25:38 find out what their cholesterol is, give them the result 25:42 and they will cry out, what must I do to be saved? 25:45 That's exactly what happened. 25:48 They cried out, what must I do to be saved? 25:51 And were you able to save them? 25:53 Well, even their LDL, very worrisome 147... 25:57 That's very high. LDL very high. 26:00 Some of them taking statins, even with statins they had 26:03 this type of high levels of cholesterol and fat cholesterol. 26:07 After those two week change, I spoke to them three times 26:13 before the next blood sample and by the end of that two weeks 26:19 their cholesterol had gone down to 177, so it went down beyond 26:27 that 200 and their bad cholesterol, the LDL cholesterol 26:31 went down to 122. 26:34 So those are dramatic differences from 224 to 177 26:40 in just two weeks with an educational program 26:43 and their LDL's plummeting from a very high 147 26:48 where that's stroke, heart attack rate down to 122 26:52 in just two weeks and who knows what it would have been 26:54 at six weeks I had you measure it. 26:56 As a result of this, actually this had a community wide 27:01 implication. I went and talked to the businessmen and told them 27:04 I need for you to bring healthy food because it was not 27:06 to many options. He didn't believe me, 27:08 he brought two or three things- bam, people bought these things, 27:11 people got upset with him... 27:13 Hey the doctor said you are going to have these things, 27:14 He now knew that this was serious so he starts stocking 27:18 up his store with healthy products so that people could 27:21 continue with this healthy lifestyle long term. 27:24 It's consumerism that drives the commercial aspect, 27:28 not the other way around. And so they learned that. 27:32 Now our students at Weimar Institute actually took a look 27:36 at the results and compiled them along with yourself 27:39 and was this published then? Yes, this was actually published 27:42 in an American Heart Association Journal called 27:46 Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Journal. 27:50 Wow! Amazing the difference with just health education 27:55 provided by Dr. Eddie Ramirez Director of Research 28:00 at Weimar Institute. 28:01 Thank you for joining us at Weimar Institute Research. |
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