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01:11 Hi friends and welcome to another edition of NEWSTART Now. 01:14 I'm your host, Ron Giannoni. In our studio today I have a 01:18 young lady all the way from Augusta, Georgia and I'd like 01:22 you to take a look before I give you her name, take a look at 01:27 when she first arrived at our NEWSTART program. 01:37 I am here because I have cancer, I'm diabetic, hypertensive and 01:40 my bones and muscles hurt. Blood pressure medicine, diabetic 01:43 medicine. I got off of the cancer medicine that was making 01:47 me sicker and hopefully when I leave here I won't have to have 01:52 any medicine and I can just run on out of here. 01:54 Welcome back friends. Help me welcome Janice into our studio. 02:02 Thank you. 02:03 Janice you have an amazing story here and although we just broke 02:09 away and saw your first interview, tell us in your own 02:13 words now why you came here. Has anything changed? 02:16 Well I came here because of my breast cancer, the diabetes and 02:21 having problems with my liver and my doctors were about to put 02:26 me on insulin where I would have to shoot myself and I just 02:31 didn't want to do that and I knew that I needed help. And I 02:35 wanted something that would benefit me but not cause me 02:38 other side effects. 02:40 You also had a high blood pressure, right? 02:43 Yes, well the highest my blood pressure's ever been was 236/110 02:48 Something like that. 02:50 Yeah, that's high. And what is is now? 02:52 Well now they run between 104/66 to about 117/68 03:00 something like that. 03:01 So you've got that under control Now what about the diabetes? 03:06 Well my diabetes, when I came here, I was running in the late 03:10 200s to 300s and now this morning without medicine or 03:15 anything it's 122. 03:16 Praise God! So and you've lost some weight. 03:22 I believe so. 03:24 You've lost inches I know. You told me that earlier. 03:28 Definitely. 03:29 Great. Now you're staying for a second session. Yes. That's 03:35 marvelous. And you're staying because? 03:38 This has been the best decision that I've made in my life 03:42 besides I've given my heart to Jesus and I know that if I stay 03:47 longer that I can get right at the levels I want being 03:51 confident that I can continue it 03:52 So did the program meet your expectations? 03:56 Beyond. 03:57 It went beyond? 03:59 It went beyond, yes. I never knew that you can use water 04:03 treatments to fight cancer and I was able to participate in the 04:09 fever reduction and they would just give me a fever and keep 04:13 it for 20 minutes and then cool my body and let me rest and take 04:18 my blood pressure, no, they took my pulse and my temperature 04:23 every five minutes. And I've been going to that treatment 04:27 and I know that those white blood cells are doing what 04:30 they're supposed to do because I feel real strong. I have a lot 04:33 of energy now. When I came I didn't have much energy at all. 04:36 Those fever treatments can be intense. Yes. And what 04:40 you're talking about they submerge you in hot water about 04:44 103, 104 degrees, yes, they raise your body core temperature 04:48 because cancers cannot live in heat and it builds the immune 04:55 system. So you're doing both. Yes. Well I'd say that it's wise 05:01 of you to stay for a second session just to put the icing 05:06 on the cake, so to speak, or the carrot on the lettuce. 05:13 Yes, the beans on the plate. 05:15 Well you're doing great. So when you get home is there 05:20 anything you have planned for your family, your community or 05:24 your church? 05:25 Well first of all as far as my home is concerned I live by 05:28 myself but my God Dad I already asked him to go in 05:31 my cabinet and take out all the chips and the cookies and the 05:35 other stuff that I do not need. Just take it all out and he can 05:38 give it away or whatever so that when I go back home I'll 05:42 be going grocery shopping for the healthy foods and fill the 05:45 cabinet with the healthy foods. Then as far as my church is 05:49 concerned I will become a part of the health team there and 05:53 they're waiting for me to share my experience here because I've 05:57 been talking to them and showing them pictures and they can see 06:00 the difference. 06:02 All right. Now what was your favorite part of this program? 06:05 Well all of it. The spiritual component has been excellent 06:13 and I even got rebaptized and it was because there was more I 06:19 needed to do for God and I want to be stronger and more 06:22 dedicated to his service. Then I've made so many 06:26 wonderful new friends here. And my doctors, I never had a doctor 06:31 that hugged you, doctors that are out there on the ball field 06:34 playing with you and laughing with you and it's just been so 06:39 much love and so much of God everywhere in the whole program. 06:42 It's been the best experience. 06:45 That's so good to hear. I kind of knew that you would say that 06:48 although I never talked to you about it, but a lot of people 06:53 who have come through the program, they say during 06:57 graduation, you know I thought I came here for diabetes but I 07:01 really came here to increase and have a better walk with Jesus 07:05 and it's good to hear you say that. Pastor Damon, we're going 07:10 to interview also. He's a wonderful pastor. Yes. He's 07:16 baptized many people who come through the program. 07:19 Can I just tell you this: This morning I had a blessing because 07:23 I had made my decision to stay but I forgot to notify the 07:29 airport. So today, just this morning, I called. I explained 07:34 my situation and I have a non changeable ticket but the lady 07:37 said, is this a hospital that you're at. I said no it's not 07:41 a hospital. It's a health institute that teaches you how 07:44 to cure cancer and diabetes and other things the natural way. 07:49 She said, really. I said, yes ma'am and I said I'm doing so 07:53 much better and I just want to stay a little longer. I said I 07:56 think it would be better. She said hold on. She put me on hold 07:59 Then she came back on the phone and she said young lady we're 08:03 not going to charge you the $200 She said, so now I need to find 08:06 you need to find you another flight. She said the flight cost 08:09 may be different and higher. But then when she came back on the 08:13 phone she said you know God is blessing you. I've found you a 08:17 flight on American Airlines on September the 20th and you're 08:21 going to get a refund because the flight's cheaper. Amen. 08:24 So I'm just letting you know that I'm doing what God wants 08:27 me to do right now because he's opening all the doors 08:28 for me. 08:30 Praise God. We've run out of time. I want to thank you Janice 08:34 You're welcome. 08:35 But we'll see you in a couple weeks in the next session. 08:37 Don't go away friends because Dr. K will be right with us. 08:45 Help me welcome Dr. Andrew Kuninobo. 08:48 Hi, how you doing? 08:49 I'm doing good. 08:51 Good. It's good to see you. 08:52 It's always good to see you but I haven't seen you in quite a 08:54 while. 08:55 Does seem kind of like it's been a while doesn't it? 08:56 Yeah, well I was away for a few days and then, anyway, 09:02 our jobs take us in different directions. 09:03 That's right, it does. 09:04 I'd like to talk about this young lady. You know, as you've 09:09 just seen her interview she's off her diabetes medications 09:13 is our understanding and cut back on her blood pressure. 09:22 She's staying another session. 09:23 Yes she is. 09:25 Was that by your recommendation? 09:26 Well partly, yes. She had so many different things going on 09:31 the diabetes, high blood pressure, weight, arthritis, 09:34 and then recent diagnosis of cancer on top of it all. 09:37 So that's a lot to be dealing with and probably most important 09:44 development of all though is that she has pretty significant 09:49 past in terms of emotional trauma and that has affected her 09:54 for many, many, many years. And you know she asked me if she 10:01 should stay and I said I thought it would be a good idea, but she 10:04 was the one that was thinking of it. She felt like it would 10:06 really help her. 10:07 Well don't we have someone coming here next week that 10:10 she might hook up with? 10:13 Yeah, actually we do, the academy has a speaker coming 10:16 and the speaker who's coming is going to be talking about some 10:19 of the very things that she's had challenges with in the past. 10:23 And God has brought her a long way with the healing in that 10:27 area of her life. But there's still room for some more healing 10:31 there and because that's kind of this gentleman's area of 10:34 specialty, I just kind of see God working things out. 10:37 You know, timing is everything. And God has impeccable timing. 10:41 Ha, I wish I'd have said that. We could name this show God Has 10:47 Impeccable Timing. 10:49 Well we actually could. Not just for Janice, but for every 10:57 session we have we're just impressed by the way God works 11:00 on people at the time that they need it and brings them to 11:05 NEWSTART when it's needed the most. We've had people that have 11:08 been delayed in coming and then came right at the right time 11:11 because they met up with people that were instrumental in what 11:16 they needed. For example, there was one session that we had, of 11:19 all things, I think people from, what country was it the 11:26 language they spoke, from the middle east, I've forgotten. Now 11:28 was it Egyptian maybe or something. I've forgotten. 11:32 Ethiopia maybe. 11:34 Maybe I don't know if was Ethiopia, but anyway whoever it 11:35 was it was about a year ago. It was amazing how God brought 11:39 a couple and another couple, totally didn't know each other, 11:44 at the same time and they both needed to be here at the same 11:47 because they spoke the same language. 11:50 Yeah, I remember that. 11:51 They made a tie of friendship and especially the one couple 11:54 really needed the ones that were more bilingual to be here at 11:58 that time. You know, it wasn't something that we have commonly 12:03 like Spanish or Portuguese or something like that. It was 12:06 middle eastern. I don't know if it was Farsi. It was quite 12:09 amazing that that happened that was, but it happens at every 12:12 session that God puts these groups together and so I know 12:18 there are probably some viewers that have had road blocks 12:20 sometimes come up. Trust God that there are reasons for why 12:23 things happen in the timing that it does happen. 12:26 His timing seems to be a little different than ours. 12:29 Oh yes it is. 12:30 And most better. 12:32 Yeah speaking of when it comes to health and the other side of 12:36 that some people get blessings so rapidly and immediately. 12:40 You know they come here 20 years on a medication and in two weeks 12:43 they're off the medication and their numbers are perfect. 12:46 Then we have other people who come here and they do everything 12:54 and just tiny little changes you know are taking place. 12:58 Isn't that something? 12:59 And God knows who needs a miracle at the time it happens 13:05 but he also knows those that he is working with something else 13:10 in their life. In fact that just happened to one of our guests 13:13 this time. They said, this is my second time here. The first time 13:18 God gave me a miracle. Completely took away all 13:20 cravings for cigarettes the first day I was here. I never 13:22 smoked since. I've never smoked since. And she said but this 13:26 time I can see that he's working on my character because 13:30 he's trying to teach me patience and perseverance. Wow! And she 13:36 said you know it's a different blessing but it's a blessing 13:38 nonetheless. And she recognized that the second day she was 13:41 here. So God's timing is different from ours. Yes. 13:46 There's an old book that was written when I was growing up 13:50 that said Lord give me patience but hurry up about it. 13:52 Do it now will you. 13:58 But when it comes to our health the great physician knows what's 14:02 best for us and his timing is impeccable. 14:04 I know that you doctors, both yourself, Dr. Gallant and 14:10 Dr. Lukens pray with our guests. Is this typical in the medical 14:18 profession? 14:19 Well it wasn't typical in most of the medical world I "grew" 14:22 up in that I practiced in for most of my life and yes in my 14:27 early days in school it wasn't very typical, but the longer 14:34 I've been in practice the more I realize that the great 14:37 physician is needed in the exam room and at the decision making 14:43 process and most of all in the patient's life more than 14:46 anything else. 14:48 That's what happened to me when I came here. My doctor prayed 14:51 with me and prayed with me and that's what drew me to Christ. 14:55 But I want to thank you. We've run out of time, but thank you 14:59 so much. 15:01 My pleasure Ron. 15:02 God bless you. 15:04 Hope to see you soon. 15:05 But friends don't go away because Pastor Damon's up next. 15:10 When you look at the health status of American's today it's 15:13 alarming to see that 60 percent are either overweight or obese. 15:22 In addition, diseases such as type II diabetes, cancer and 15:26 heart disorders are the leading cause of so many complications 15:30 and deaths every year. 15:35 Could it have something to do with what we eat. After all 15:39 every one in four Americans visits a fast food restaurant 15:42 daily and with such easy access to quick fixes we tend to forget 15:47 the poor health values those foods actually offer. Maybe it's 15:51 the sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise that we've become 15:55 so accustomed to as a media dependent world. Whatever the 15:59 cause of these diseases a solution has arrived. 16:04 The NEWSTART Lifestyle Center offers an enriching program 16:08 where patients can get a healing of mind, body and soul. 16:11 Located in the outskirts of Sacramento, the NEWSTART Center 16:15 is situated on the beautiful campus of Weimar Center of 16:18 Health and Education with scenic walking and hiking trails all 16:23 around. With the whole plant foods eaten whole motto the 16:27 NEWSTART Center promotes a healthy plant-based diet with 16:31 an emphasis on natural foods. The NEWSTART staff are made up 16:35 of California board certified nurses, doctors, dietitians and 16:40 therapists who work together to assist each patient 16:44 personally. The staff are dedicated to each patient's 16:46 success in the program and are always there to guide, advise 16:50 and encourage. In addition to a healthy lifestyle NEWSTART also 16:54 promotes a healthy exercise routine. You're both in 16:57 sequence. That's good. All right. As part of a balanced 17:00 program there is much opportunity to get in a fair 17:03 share of physical activities from utilizing our fitness 17:07 center to taking a stroll around the peaceful grounds of 17:11 Weimar. It's amazing what a new start can do for you. 17:16 Welcome back friends. Help me welcome Pastor Snead. 17:20 Good to see you brother. 17:21 Thank you friend. 17:23 You know I'm excited talking about this young lady because 17:27 she's excited and that excites me when I see someone come 17:31 through the program that's pretty beaten up and it seemed 17:36 apparent to me that she was flogged majorly throughout her 17:41 life. Now she's got a different attitude to the degree that 17:51 she's staying for another session. That's a smart decision 17:55 She's been healed I know in many ways but what I'd like to talk 18:00 to you 18:01 about Damon is the spiritual healing that she's experiencing. 18:07 Yeah, now she fooled me at first because she's so bubbly 18:11 and joking and full of laughter. She's just a wild card. And I 18:16 never would have guessed that she was harboring a lot of pain 18:21 from childhood and if you've listened to her story she wrote 18:26 that book The Sun Still Shines Through Broken Panes or 18:30 broken glass or something like that. And she's got a traumatic 18:35 life story, but she comes here and she's all happy. You know, 18:41 going through the wheel of faith going through each one of those 18:43 and when I get to the one on forgiveness and confession, you 18:47 know, to be free, to be dead to self, she lit up on that one, 18:54 you know, emotionally. And on that sermon I will invite people 19:02 to be rededicated if that's what they would like to do and be 19:05 rebaptized as part of, you know, this is part of how we're healed 19:07 is to let go of the past. And that was something that she 19:11 needed to go through. She needed to let go of all of that baggage 19:17 those feelings of unworthiness, abandonment. And as she did that 19:23 you could see her life immediately begins to 19:27 change. You know, attitude, like you said. She's got this whole 19:30 new attitude about life and, of course, the health plays into 19:35 that. You know, the eating good, the feeling better, the getting 19:38 the sleep and getting away from all the stimulants. But the 19:41 spiritual is what took over with her and you could really see a 19:46 different attitude. 19:47 Yeah, that really came out in our interview. Not so much the 19:52 first one but the second one we just did. She's one that I could 20:00 see taking this program and taking it back home and being 20:06 an angel to many, many people and a shepherd, if you will. 20:10 Yeah, and the fact that she wants to come back is pretty 20:15 interesting and she said something to me that stuck in 20:18 my head about this is that it's all new and she's got this 20:23 newness of life now, this new direction. She's letting go of 20:25 the past. She's got a new spiritual outlook, a new 20:29 emotional outlook, a new health outlook but it's all fragile. 20:32 It's like it's new and that's why she's going to pay again and 20:36 come again because she now wants to just ground herself in it. 20:41 She doesn't want to lose it, it means that much to her. 20:43 That's a wise choice. 20:45 And she told me that. She said you know it's another X amount 20:49 of dollars and another chunk of time of my life but what is that 20:53 in comparison to your well being your eternal life, your health. 20:57 What's three weeks and another couple of grand. What does that 21:00 matter really when the results and the payoff are so tremendous 21:05 for the rest of your life. You know she still a relatively 21:09 young woman. 21:11 Yeah relatively she is young especially to me. Well she's 21:18 doing great and I know she's going to continue doing good and 21:23 I know that you and Dr. Andrew are working with her. She's 21:29 going to come the rest of the way that she needs, she needs. 21:34 I don't think, I don't know what she needs but God does and he's 21:38 bringing her back and he's planted that seed in her heart 21:42 and she does loves everybody here, which I think is not 21:47 unusual but good to hear especially from someone who 21:51 wants to return. Because she's never experienced the kind of 21:55 love that is shared, not only with staff here but with other 22:01 guests. 22:02 Sure and we talked about it in our break for a second. That's 22:05 like par for the course at Weimar. A lot of people have 22:08 told you that, that they feel this love and that love is a 22:12 healing. It lets you open up. It let's you share. That's an added 22:17 atmosphere out here that people don't expect to have. 22:20 Amen. We've run out of time brother. Good to see you. 22:24 Thanks for coming in. I know you're busy. But friends don't 22:29 go away, we've got an important message following this. 22:36 ¤ ¤ 23:07 Welcome to Weimar Institute Research. We're very glad you've 23:11 joined us today and I am with Dr. Eddie Ramirez, our director 23:17 of Weimar Institute Research as well as the professor in our 23:21 college that teaches research method. And this is a study 23:27 where again our students were involved in analyzing the data 23:31 of thousands of individuals and going through with a fine 23:37 tooth comb certain aspects that we're looking for in certain 23:40 groups. And this is actually a study that comes from those 23:45 who went through the NEWSTART program. And so Dr. Ramirez 23:49 tell us about this group. 23:51 Yes, This particular sub group of those patients the arteries 23:58 to the brain start to get plugged in. There's less blood 24:02 flow and those people are at really high risk for things like 24:05 stroke. That we call carotid stenosis when that closure of 24:10 those arteries happens. Many people who have this don't even 24:13 realize it; not until an ultra sound or some other study goes 24:17 and texts that there is closure of those arteries. 24:22 Yeah, often they don't find out until the end result happens and 24:26 that's the stroke. And I see that so often in my hospital 24:31 medicine days. I still do some hospital medicine two or three 24:35 days a week and in ICU and just about every time I'm there I'm 24:40 treating stoke victims who thought they were healthy. 24:44 Maybe they thought they have a little blood pressure problem 24:46 or cholesterol problem but they had no idea stroke was in the 24:50 works and it was because of this atherosclerosis that had 24:54 developed. 24:56 In fact, here in America, we call it an area of America the 24:59 stroke belt because there is a big incidence of stroke in that 25:04 particular area which happens to be close to the south in 25:07 America. Due to their lifestyle that they have there they have 25:11 very high risk of ending up with stroke, which, as you know, is 25:15 something that really drops the life of the person, not able to 25:19 speak, not able to walk and these type of problems. 25:21 Yeah, many of them end up in nursing homes. They go from 25:24 being a healthy individual who was an active member of society 25:28 and family to now being a cripple in a nursing home or 25:35 needing to be taken care of, if they're not in a nursing home, 25:38 at home on an intense basis. And so for anyone viewing this 25:45 whatever you can do to reduce your risk of stroke is well 25:49 worth it. Today we're going to find out something that we can 25:53 do, that we can all practically do, to reduce our risk of this 25:57 devastating disease. So we actually took a look at the 26:03 group that had carotid stenosis. This is a significant blockage 26:09 in their carotids and I know for years we have analyzed people's 26:15 carotid arteries when they come into our program and we can see 26:18 the evidence of this atherosclerosis. 26:21 First of all, why might that atherosclerosis be there even 26:26 before they enter the program Dr. Ramirez. 26:27 So due to their behavior, wrong type of diet, wrong management 26:31 of stress, not enough exercise, that stimulates the 26:35 atherosclerosis and the artery starts to close and that 26:40 decreases dramatically the blood flow especially to the brain in 26:45 this particular study we were focusing on that. But the good 26:48 news that we have today is that this is a reversible condition. 26:53 Nice. And what happened as a result of the 18 days here? 26:57 So what were seeing were some of the risk factors. So the 27:01 weight went down for five pounds difference by the end of the 18 27:07 day program which is good. You know they're starting to lose 27:09 weight. That decreases the inflammation and other important 27:13 factors for atherosclerosis. Their total cholesterol went down 27:18 more than 20 points on average which is very good also the fact 27:23 that we didn't increase the statins that's not the reason 27:26 why but because of the change of the diet and the exercise and 27:29 so forth. And especially the bad cholesterol which is one of the 27:35 villains that caused the problem in the first place, we can see 27:39 that there was a 20-point drop in that bad cholesterol which is 27:44 really good news for somebody with this condition. 27:46 So coming to NEWSTART not only reduces your risk of heart 27:52 attack but can help your fitness level and asthma and those sorts 27:55 of things, but it can also reduce your risk of stroke or 27:59 help those with carotid stenosis to actually have better 28:02 circulation to their brain. 28:03 So don't wait. If you know somebody with this condition 28:07 this is the place to be. 28:09 Send them to NEWSTART Now and thank you for tuning in to 28:14 Weimar Institute Research. 28:16 ¤ ¤ |
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