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01:11 Hey friends, welcome to a new edition to Newstart Now.
01:15 I'm your host Damon Snead, standing in for Ron Giononni 01:19 and we have in our studio today Miss Beverly Haffner. 01:22 Let's take a look at her life before Newstart. 01:26 I am here because I love this place, 01:34 I worked here for four years, I've been to an 18 day program 01:38 and I like what happens when I am here. 01:42 I want to lose weight...more weight and I want to get off 01:48 medications. I am not on a lot but want back to where I was 01:52 none. I'd like to get off of the medications if I can. 01:56 I do, I take Timolol for my eyes, but that's another doctor 02:00 and another problem. 02:02 So, um, but that's all I'm on and I'd like to get off of the 02:08 blood pressure and so forth, I don't want to have to take 02:11 medication, if I can avoid it. 02:47 Welcome back friends. 02:48 Miss Beverly, welcome to the program. Thank you. 02:52 How are you doing? 02:53 I'm doing very well, thank you. 02:55 I had a good report. 02:57 So tell us a little bit about your experience here 03:00 at Newstart. This time. Yes ma'am. 03:04 Oh yeah because you were here before. 03:05 I worked here for four years and then I came back for the 03:08 eighteen day program four or five years ago. 03:11 And so now you are back again. Back again. 03:13 So what's been something that stood out to you this time 03:17 that's really been a blessing to you? 03:19 I see a lot of changes, I feel that it's beautifully run, 03:26 everything runs smoothly, they have it well planned. 03:29 And the speeches that we hear, the meetings have been very 03:35 inspirational,yours was especially inspirational 03:39 and fulfilled my dream of being re-baptized, for which I am very 03:44 excited about. 03:46 Yeah, now you bring that out in the beginning here 03:49 about your re-baptism that you had. 03:52 Can you tell us a little bit about that, 03:54 what brought you to that decision or... 03:55 Well, I had been thinking about it for six or eight months 04:00 and thinking about it at home of course, 04:03 and trying to figure out what I wanted to do and so forth. 04:08 But when I decided to come here, I thought it would be fun 04:12 to be baptized in Moses' rock. 04:15 Just to something exciting about that. 04:18 And I have to bring someone with me because of my eyesight 04:23 and I can't see to do things, so they make me bring a 04:25 companion and I thought, who can I take? 04:30 I want to take someone who also needs something from Weimar 04:34 so they could get some good out of it too. 04:36 And I heard a friend across the room at her table during lunch- 04:43 time, and I heard her say the word Weimar. 04:48 I don't know what she said before or after, 04:51 what the sentence was, I just heard the word. 04:54 And since it was in my head, it popped out. 04:58 And after lunch, I saw her outside in the hall and I said, 05:02 did you say you wanted to go to Weimar? 05:03 She said well, I think I need to. I said you are going. 05:09 And that's Miss Daisy. That's Miss Daisy. 05:12 We'll be talking to her later. Yeah and I just immediately 05:15 thank God because that was Him talking. 05:18 That's right, providential speaking, this is who 05:21 He wanted to come now... It's interesting you know... 05:23 Cause she doesn't remember saying Weimar at the table 05:25 either. -That's right. 05:27 Now how was the experience here with the food for you, 05:32 was that a good experience? 05:34 It's been delicious and you know the things I don't like, 05:39 It's alright, I don't like everything at home either. 05:41 Alright. [Laughter] And part of it is you just 05:44 have to change your taste buds and so... 05:47 Now what kind of medical changes did you...did you experience 05:50 any positives, or any medicines that you may have been of off? 05:54 Well, they are trying to get me off blood pressure medicine 05:57 and I think he's going to make it because it's going down 05:59 and...- So you had good gains in that then. 06:02 Yeah, everything has gone down, the sugar, the blood 06:06 pressure and the weight, so the weight hasn't gone much, 06:11 but they told me last night that I'd lost 3" in my waist 06:15 so that was worth... Well that's a big deal. 06:17 So you see everything moving down, the weight's down, 06:21 the high blood pressure is going down, the blood sugars 06:24 have dropped. This is what this program does. 06:26 That's what I came for. 06:27 Yeah and to boot, you got the spiritual side as well. 06:30 - Exactly. So tell us a little bit about your doctor, 06:32 Dr. Kuninobu...I guess... Dr. K-Yeah, we call him Dr. K. 06:38 He tells you, just say Dr. K. So what was your experience 06:41 with him. Oh, he's been very good, he's kept up with it and 06:45 ordered what I need so he can tell how I am going and 06:48 I just had an appointment with him and he said everything 06:50 is going the right direction and so he's happy. 06:53 Yeah. So. Yeah, so he's a good man too, he's another praying 06:58 doctor. You don't see too many of those in the world today. 07:01 No, you don't. 07:03 So now your overall experience you would say it was wonderful, 07:09 great... I've been very happy. Very very nice. 07:13 And Daisy has been a magnificent companion. 07:17 Well, you all two have been the grandmothers of the program. 07:21 We're the oldest ones here. 07:22 Yeah. I can't call her mom though because she is only 07:25 six months older than I am. Right, she's almost at your age? 07:28 She's at 87? She will be next month and I'll be 87 in 07:32 January. Yeah, that says a lot, at that advanced age with 07:37 many more years to come, that you could come here in your 07:41 late 80's, both of you 'all and both experience a rejuvenation 07:47 of spiritual and health. 07:49 Well she didn't think she could have anything done, 07:52 she was just going to be my "COMPANION" 07:55 but we worked it out so that she has and I am so thrilled 08:00 cause she needs help too. 08:02 She has some problems, physical problems that need to be 08:06 taken care of and I didn't want to bring her here and 08:08 take her home sick, so... 08:10 So now, how did you do with exercise out here, how was that 08:13 for you? Well the walking was wonderful, I walk a lot 08:17 at home, so that was no problem and the water, 08:20 I drink lots of water at home so that was no problem. 08:24 It's the up and down the hills, like at the baptismal 08:31 and when we went to the mine and the breakfast... 08:34 You know it's hard in some areas because I can't see 08:37 where I'm stepping and that's... 08:38 But you did well physically though. 08:40 Physically I am all right... The very first day I tried 08:44 to do the morning exercises, the stretchercises 08:48 and one of them is to put your leg back and I did the 08:54 prosthetic side where my prosthetic hip is and 08:58 that was a no-no, I shouldn't have and so my hip has been 09:02 hurting the whole time. But I did it to myself 09:05 and it will get better. 09:07 So...So, yeah...So how did you find the various parts 09:12 of the program, the various directors and therapists 09:15 working together. Was it...how did you feel about all of that? 09:18 It's incredible. I just feel that God has led in every area 09:22 of this place because I thought it was great when I was here 09:25 and it just seems to get better each time I come. 09:28 Yeah, this is a great group that is here. Yes. 09:30 A great praying group...Yes, everyone works together well, 09:33 everything runs smoothly, the food is good and even the 09:38 way they serve that and get it through and get it out and I've 09:42 been very impressed. 09:43 Very well, so what is going to be the thing you take away 09:47 from here from the health perspective and from the 09:51 spiritual perspective, what will be the one things that you are 09:53 going to remember most about both aspects? 09:56 Well health wise they helped me get to a place where I can 10:01 improve. Because the eyes are not going to improve 10:07 and I know that, that's no problem. 10:09 I'm living with it and have for some time, but the other part, 10:15 the physical, the exercise and all, I'll just keep doing 10:19 what I've been doing and it should be getting better. 10:23 The spiritual part has been very very good, 10:27 I appreciated every...your programs in the morning and 10:32 the part of the baptism and everything and having 10:35 Daisy do it with me, was just beyond belief. 10:39 Yeah, you' all two have been a real blessing for the whole 10:44 program. She's precious. 10:45 Both of you. 10:47 So now going home, what are your plans, 10:50 what are your thoughts? 10:51 I'm already in my head thinking how I am going to change my room 10:56 get rid of...I've been there for 12 and 1/2 years 10:58 and when I came, I had two weeks to plan, get rid of stuff 11:05 and get here, and I didn't get rid of enough stuff. 11:10 The earthquake took care of some of it, but the rest of it 11:16 I am trying to get rid of and see what I can give to Dorcas 11:18 and so forth and pare down, that's what I'm trying to do. 11:23 I think that has worked well, I mean I am planning on it 11:27 working well. Yes yes. 11:29 And we have worship every morning where I am 11:33 and the church is across the street from where I live 11:36 so spiritually we are well fed and I appreciate that. 11:42 So you going to keep on doing what is good? 11:44 Oh yes. I hope to do better. 11:46 And do better and get rid of what's no good? 11:50 That's what I like about this program, they teach you 11:53 not just here but they are caring for you when you go home. 11:55 They want you to be successful so they give you 11:58 that information going back home, ok let's do this, 12:02 let's keep doing this and I think that you are 12:04 in a good place. I appreciate that so much 12:07 because just having it here and going home with nothing 12:11 kind of did that the last time and so... 12:14 Well listen Beverly, we are almost out of time, 12:17 we appreciate you so much. Thank you, I appreciate you too. 12:22 Friends don't go away, we will be right back with Dr. Kuninobu. 13:30 Welcome back friends. 13:32 Today in the studio we have with us Dr. Kuninobu 13:35 Welcome my friend, how are you doing? 13:38 I am doing well Damon, thank you. 13:39 So today we are going to be talking about Miss Beverly. 13:43 Oh yes. 13:44 Yeah, and she has a very interesting story she tells 13:47 about coming here and I think that story reflects something 13:52 that's very important, especially to women of her age, 13:57 how important it might be and so what was your impression 14:02 about Miss Beverly? 14:03 I met Miss Beverly, well let's talk about that story... 14:07 Well, I think the point with her is as she shared in the 14:12 interview, so there's no secret that she's 87, 14:15 she turned 87 I think while she was here, 14:17 if I am not mistaken. So by anyone's stretch, 14:21 they wouldn't call that still young. 14:22 Nearly nine decades. 14:25 Nearly nine decades, right. 14:26 And she doesn't look it, she doesn't act like it, 14:30 even though she has many challenges, legally blind, 14:34 she uses a walker and has difficulty there... 14:37 But at any age, what I think is important is that she recognize 14:42 that she could do something to help her health to be better. 14:46 She knew that even though she was 87, she could use the 14:50 Newstart principals and get healthier and then beyond that, 14:54 she also knew that she was going to need help 14:57 because of her sight, but she didn't want to just have 14:59 anybody help her, she wanted somebody who Newstart would help 15:01 them. So she used the principle of bringing in a friend 15:06 who needed help. 15:08 I don't know if she shared that in the interview... 15:11 Yes, she shared about how God... She just started praying 15:15 and then someone out of the clear says Weimar. 15:20 Um hum. And she knew right then. 15:21 And it's been such a blessing and she's repeated over and over, 15:24 God arranged this so that my friend could come with me 15:27 because she really needed to be blessed by this as well. 15:30 Yes, so companionship is a big thing and the right companion... 15:35 because those two have been like grandmothers to the program, 15:37 they have been a blessing to everyone... 15:40 Just such sweet ladies really really sweet ladies. 15:42 Yes, so you know, what can you gather from...I mean, 15:47 why would an 86 year old and a 87 year old lady come to 15:51 Newstart? To re-boot their life when most people would think 15:56 okay, at 87 you lived pretty much all your life, 15:59 why come to places like that? You see so many people in 16:02 elderly care homes that are just wasting away, 16:06 but here are two women that come and they are just getting 16:09 ready to take off. How important is that? 16:11 I think they would probably be the first to say that they 16:13 recognize that they have a life to live to glorify God. 16:20 Um hum. You know I think that they would probably say 16:23 that and so knowing that there is anything that they can do 16:29 to represent Him better, why not. 16:34 And she came wanting to be able to exercise better, 16:39 to walk better, she wanted to lose some weight, 16:42 she had been told she had pre-diabetes and she wanted 16:45 to get that blood sugar to back off a bit. 16:48 And that's a point that we should probably bring out 16:51 regardless of age...there are many viewers out there I'm sure 16:54 who have been told they are pre-diabetic, 16:56 or maybe their parents have diabetes and a lot of people 17:00 out there hear that and think oh well, here it comes. 17:04 It's genetic, if I can't help... I can't do anything about it... 17:07 Which is not true, you know they...she knew that, 17:11 She knew that she could keep it at bay, 17:13 if she could just keep it at bay...she took her sugar, 17:16 which was on the edge of pre- diabetes when she did her 17:19 blood work at the beginning of the program. 17:21 And it has backed it off almost down to low normal, 17:26 not just normal but into low normal so she's actually done 17:30 very well with that. 17:31 And I think there are viewers that need to know that. 17:32 You don't have to succumb to the genetics that you've been given. 17:39 This is true. Called epi-genetics, our diet, 17:42 our lifestyle can affect that tremendously. 17:45 in other words, the genes may load the gun, but it's our 17:48 lifestyle that pulls the trigger. 17:49 Right! And she knew that and that's why she came here 17:52 and she's done very well. 17:54 Yeah and at 87 if you can change at 87 years old, 17:57 then there is no reason why any of us can't come to a place- 18:02 The adage of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" 18:04 isn't true. Is not true, we've learned this 18:08 from these two ladies, Miss Beverly. That's right! 18:11 That you can re-learn to do things and even at that age, 18:15 you know. Oh, they're set in their ways, you hear that 18:17 all the time, they're never going to change 18:19 well, that's not true if you want more life and 18:22 abundant life. There is no reason why you can't apply these 18:26 principles and I know that her sugar's come down, 18:28 her blood pressure came down, she was very happy about 18:32 losing three inches off of her waist. 18:34 Yeah and she lost very well. 18:36 She's done very very well. 18:38 She's much more mobile, she's moving around a little bit more, 18:43 so yeah. 18:44 So how do you see older people like this benefiting? 18:53 Being able to come here, like her, what would be 18:57 appeal to people her age? 19:00 Good appeal to people her age. 19:03 It really doesn't matter how old we are, 19:08 the same God created that body and the machinery can improve. 19:14 The same, no matter what age you are. 19:17 No matter what age. 19:18 You know, there's a...I love the phrase that says more of us 19:23 rust out than wear out. 19:24 Because we don't do enough and there really is no limit 19:29 and they've done studies on this and even in nursing home 19:32 patients who aren't able to even get out of bed, 19:33 if they put them on an exercise programs, 19:35 they can do things more for themselves than they were able 19:38 to before the exercise program. 19:39 So there is no limit to the age in which we can improve 19:43 our fitness level. 19:45 So if you have elderly parents, if you have someone you are 19:49 dealing with grandparents, this is a great place to bring them 19:54 to get them going again. I would never have dreamed 19:57 that my grandmother, you know she became really infirmed... 20:01 I wish I would have known something like this, 20:02 it's not that expensive compared to what they can gain from that, 20:07 to get off medicines, to be able to have a more fruitful 20:12 life, more mobile life at her age. 20:14 Because she could easily vege out with her sight and just 20:17 give up but she hasn't done that. She hasn't done that. 20:20 No, so I think that's a great impetus for anybody 20:23 to come here. 20:25 Especially their age, it's a wonderful thing... 20:27 So what else struck you about her? 20:28 Maybe even from her prayer, right, her prayer life 20:32 and at that age still actively asking God to...Whew! 20:36 And she's still praying about asking Him to lead her, 20:39 she's not just stuck where she is, she's looking for to improve 20:42 where even she lives, she has been talking about moving 20:45 and finding...she's really excited, she found a place 20:48 that has a Vegan Chef in an Assisted Living place. 20:54 Isn't that something? 20:55 And so those places, we've talked about this other guests, 20:59 those places can be death traps for the diet for the 21:02 elderly people. So she's going back and who knows what kind of 21:05 changes can come in people's lives. 21:06 She's been very proactive about her diet. Um hm. 21:09 Yeah, she was a very blessing even talking to her, 21:15 she'd just tear up and cry, just so thankful that she came here. 21:19 And she's helped me to look at some of these older people 21:22 coming to these programs in a different way. 21:24 I now know, from her personal witness, she has taught me 21:28 that anyone at any age... So some of these people 21:32 that come, I'm like man, you can get out there, 21:33 you can do what she did. 21:35 She can probably tell you, it wasn't just a physical blessing 21:38 that she got her. Oh yes! 21:40 The spiritual blessing that she received. 21:43 Yeah, because she was one who really delved down deep into 21:48 the gospel. 21:50 Dr. K., unfortunately we are almost out of time. 21:52 It goes so fast. God bless. Blessing. 21:56 Don't go away friends, we will be right back. 22:01 Welcome to Weimar Institute Research. 22:04 Glad you're with us here today and today Dr. Eddie Ramirez 22:08 the head of our research department at Weimar College 22:12 who publishes about as much research or more than 22:16 the typical Harvard professor is with us here today 22:20 and Dr. Ramirez, who did you do this research with? 22:25 Yes, we are looking at the participants of the 22:28 Newstart program, there's a particular sub-group of patients 22:32 that worries us as doctors. 22:34 And that is after females go through their menopause 22:39 sometimes things are fine and suddenly they go through 22:42 menopause and things to out of whack 22:45 and we are focusing on that particular group of people. 22:49 The female hormones actually protect them some from chronic 22:52 diseases like heart disease and stroke and it actually 22:58 raises their HDL cholesterol, their good cholesterol some. 23:02 And for years we thought that just being a male was a risk 23:07 for factor for heart disease. 23:08 But then when we started taking a look at post-menopausal 23:11 women, we find out that their heart disease is just as bad as 23:15 males. In fact within ten years of going through menopause, 23:18 the rates are identical again and so we're concerned 23:22 about this post-menopausal period. 23:24 Now for years, doctors though the solution is to keep 23:30 these hormones around, so they would give them 23:32 more hormones as they are going through menopause 23:35 to help prevent the heart diseases and strokes, 23:38 but actually the women's health initiative showed that it 23:41 actually increase their risk of stroke and heart attack more. 23:45 Cause these female hormones if they are used exogenously, 23:48 meaning that we are swallowing them or we're using them as a 23:52 patch or something like that, for the typical American, 23:54 actually thickens their blood. 23:56 So they are even more likely to experience thrombosis 23:59 heart attack, stroke, even venous thrombosis and those 24:03 sorts of things and so doctors quit prescribing those drugs 24:06 or those hormones carte blanche. 24:09 But it's still a dangerous period non-the-less 24:13 and what did you particularly study? 24:16 So we are focusing on risk factors, we are focusing on 24:20 their weight, we are focusing on their cholesterol levels 24:24 and their bad cholesterol, their LDL. 24:27 What happens when they participate of the 24:30 Newstart program? Ok! 24:32 So they are coming to Newstart, their post-menopausal, 24:37 they have high cholesterol, they're overweight, 24:40 their bad cholesterol particularly is elevated, 24:44 and what happened here in 19 days? 24:47 So as a result of this intervention, 24:51 their weight came down, they lost an average of six pounds. 24:55 Now people say oh, that's not a lot, well what happened 24:59 is that the objective is to help the person lose weight 25:03 little by little and keep that weight off. 25:06 Those type of crash diets in which the people loses a lot of 25:10 weight, usually they have to yo-yo effect which actually 25:13 end up being worse in the long term. Exactly! 25:16 So this was a very healthy weight loss, about two pounds 25:19 a week for the three weeks, a little more than two pounds 25:22 if they lost six pounds. 25:23 And that actually is a very good healthy way to lose weight, 25:26 two pounds a week on a healthy plant based diet. 25:30 And what else did you find out? 25:32 So, we were also checking their cholesterol, 25:35 their cholesterol at the beginning of the program 25:38 was 222 on average and by the end of the Newstart intervention 25:45 they have come down to 195, which is a good progress. 25:50 As they continue home, eating the food that they learned 25:54 and applying those principles, that cholesterol will keep 25:57 coming down and down and down. 25:58 Yeah, the blood is actually drawn in about two weeks 26:01 afterwards so we know it would be even more in a three and 26:05 four week period but that's a dramatic drop. 26:07 So 222 or so and down to 195, plus they lost weight 26:14 and what happened to their bad cholesterol? 26:16 And also their bad cholesterol went down from 136 at the 26:22 beginning of the program to 117 by the end of the program. 26:27 Okay, well that's a dramatic difference, 26:28 we know that in LDL above 130 is a heart attack and a stroke 26:32 waiting to happen and to be really protected, 26:36 we want our LDL's down to less than 90 or even ideally 26:40 70 if we are trying if we are trying to reverse something 26:42 but they got down out of that dangerous range in just 19 days 26:47 and of course it was still dropping. 26:49 So if you have a family or yourself or beyond that 26:54 menopause time, this may be one of the best investments 26:59 you can do to come to the Newstart program to 27:01 improve those health risk factors. 27:04 Don't get on the hormones, come to Newstart 27:07 and you will do far better than hormones. 27:10 Thank you for tuning in to Weimar Institute Research. |
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