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Hi friends and
welcome to another edition of
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NEWSTART Now. I'm your host
Ron Giannoni. In our studio with
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me is Dana McKnight. I'd like
for you to take a look at when
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she first arrived.
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Many reasons but the biggest
reason is to get my life and
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health on track to prevent
disease and to not become ill.
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And so mine's not a
prevention. Ultimately losing
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weight but the goal is for
health and balance in my life.
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I really need and want balance.
So it's not just nutrition but
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it's the whole component and
I really appreciated what this
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program offered because it was
about the whole being. And so
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that's what brought me here.
I want to see myself feeling
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lighter, balanced and able to
incorporate the principles and
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the nine elements into my
every day life on a daily basis.
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Welcome back friends. Help
me welcome Dana. How you doing?
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Great. How are you?
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I'm great. Well good. The
question is how'd you like the
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program?
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It was very
informative and very beneficial.
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In which ways was
it beneficial to you?
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I think one of the biggest
benefits was practicing the
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lifestyle on a daily basis and
incorporating eight principles
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into every day so that you can
actually do it on a daily basis
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and see that it's
very doable and beneficial.
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So what has changed since
day one till now 17 days later?
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I think one of the biggest
things that has changed for me
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is the intermittent fasting
was really huge and very doable
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and with no problems. Didn't
have any hunger. The fasting
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was a little bit of a challenge
more because of the parfaits
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but getting through the fasting
and then recalibrating my system
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through intermittent fasting
was very beneficial. I also
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really felt that the message of
trust in God was very powerful
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and that it helped me just
become more conscious of things
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that I was aware of and
practicing every day in my life
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which I was doing but it made
it more deep I think and more
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deep and more powerful for me.
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What about medications?
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I wasn't on any medications.
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Hopefully you're still not.
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I'm still not on any and I
plan to not be on any so, so...
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and I think I lost a little
weight but my blood pressure
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wasn't really high but it got
in even a better range and my
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activity level increased. I
walked, but I walked a lot more
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and I did go to the gym here and
that was helpful and I feel that
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all of the components can be
transitioned into my everyday
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life after leaving NEWSTART.
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So you feel it's
doable once you get home?
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Absolutely. Yeah. The cooking
classes, the recipes, you know,
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cleaning out the pantry, getting
everything ready, all of those
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components are crucial to then
just leaving and continuing in
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cooking and eating this
way. And again you only have to
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prepare for two
meals instead of three.
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They're easy if you do like
me. Have the same thing every
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morning for breakfast.
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That's actually what I'm
going to do for a couple of days
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you know just make it simple
and then have my lunch/dinner
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combo be the change.
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Yeah, good for you. So what did
you like best or most about the
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program?
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I think that they kept you
busy between the classes, your
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treatments, the cooking, the
activity. I really liked that
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on your schedule they had
digestive walks because it was
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a reminder to walk and I really
find that that's very powerful
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to walk right after you eat.
I wasn't as diligent of doing my
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morning walks before breakfast
but the days that I did do it
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were really powerful watching
the sun rise and just you know
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being out in nature when
everything's waking up. But I
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think that the digestive walks
you know and reminding yourself,
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even if it's just 20 minutes,
even 10 you're still moving.
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You're helping
your food to digest.
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So digestive
walk, you mean a stroll.
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Yeah not a power walk.
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For me, if I don't walk first
thing in the morning, 6:00,
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6:15, it's hard for me to walk
the rest of the day so I get two
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to three miles first thing
in the morning before breakfast
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then whatever I pick up the
rest of the day is just icing
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so to speak. So you mentioned
the cooking school. How do you
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like those classes?
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I found them very helpful
because it gave guidance to what
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supplies you really need as a
basic and then and equipment and
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then practicing making things
that you wouldn't think that
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you wouldn't think that you
could make plant based. So it
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it gave you, for me, hope that
I can have events and I can have
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gatherings and be able to cook
food that people will eat and
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enjoy that's plant based and
healthy and they won't even know
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that it's, you know, any
different. And just some little
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tidbits and ideas on how to
enhance flavor and how to make
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things not just taste
good but look and enjoyable.
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Now did Michelle
take you shopping?
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We did a label reading
with Eileen and then we did a
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shopping at the Weimar store
and that was helpful to see what
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some of the supplies that you
don't necessarily... I was plant
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based before I came here
but more junk food as I had
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mentioned and so was more
about what is healthier and what
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is more beneficial and what
to avoid. That was more helpful
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for me because a lot of the fake
meat, I call it fake meat, meat
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substitutes they have soy
isolates and you don't want to
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have soy isolates. So finding
ways of creating recipes without
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those was very helpful for me.
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What do you think about
having beans for breakfast?
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You know I have a friend who
has beans for breakfast and I
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felt I will never see myself
doing that. Well I see myself
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doing it and I have been doing
that and it's actually been very
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very beneficial and my system
has to adjust for about a week
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to having so much beans. I like
beans but I don't think of it as
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for breakfast. But I actually
see the benefits from a science
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perspective and the fullness
perspective and you can make
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so many combinations that
it doesn't feel foreign to me
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anymore.
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All right. We've run out of
time I want to thank you Dana.
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Thank you.
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God bless you and thank you for
taking your time. Friends thank
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you but don't go away.
Dr. Gallant is up next.
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Help me welcome
Dr. Roger Gallant.
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Ron good to see you again.
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Good to see you again. It
seems like we just did this.
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Yes it seems that way. Yeah.
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You know, Dana. She's a big
gal and although she commented I
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lost a little weight. To me
a little weight is four or five
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pounds. But she lost
a lot more than that.
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She did. She lost about 11
pounds in 18 days which is a
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healthy weight loss. You know,
you don't to lose too much too
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quickly. Yeah. I find that when
people lose a lot quickly they
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have something I call rebound
where they kind of hit their low
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and then they start bouncing
back and gaining it back.
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I think it's healthier to lose
weight slowly and keep it off
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hopefully forever rather than to
go too quickly and it causes a
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lot of changes in your body.
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She also commented that her
blood sugar is down a little bit
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Her blood sugar has come down.
it was high before and it has
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definitely come down so I
think that's a good thing. She's
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reversing the disease process
that she was developing which
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was borderline or diabetes and
so lifestyle change is a great
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way to combat
elevated blood sugar.
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Well she's a wise gal because
a lot of people would wait till
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they're sick before they came.
Now she might be sick in some
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circles but in the world
out there she was just fine.
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Overweight yes, little elevated
cholesterol and triglycerides
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and blood sugars but none on
medication yet. Right. And even
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we, when I talk to guests, are
you on any medication? That's
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one of the things you've asked
me. Yes absolutely. When they
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say no I go wow, gee, they're
healthy. Yeah. Well that isn't
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the case is it?
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No it's not always the case.
You know you can have these
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underlying processes that
produce disease and I use a
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quote that says that our body
is very forgiving. You know, for
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example, smoking. If the
first time somebody inhaled a
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cigarette they coughed and a
little piece of lung tissue came
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out people would never smoke
another cigarette in their lives
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but because our body is
forgiving to a point we can get
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away with a lot of things and
then suddenly all of a sudden
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we sort of cross this line and
now we have disease and that's
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when it's harder to reverse it.
So it's definitely better to try
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to work on changing lifestyle
before you get to the point that
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you're have a lot of
manifestations of disease.
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Absolutely, I couldn't agree
more. Smoking, I used to smoke
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many, many years ago and I feel
in some ways it has impacted my
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health. Sure. You know
for recent events that have
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happened and things that have
happened along the way. Right.
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Right. You know, you mistreat
your body for so many years,
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it's not like all at once
it's going to say no. It's been
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gathering up momentum and
slowly but surely you're killing
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yourself through smoking
and drugs and things, even
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overeating. Yes, yes. So what
would you say to that about...?
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Well I think we need to do a
self-assessment and really be
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candid and honest.
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It's hard to be honest.
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It is hard, it is hard.
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You know I only weigh 300
pounds. My girlfriend weighs 480
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And the other problem with this
is if somebody else tries to
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help you we get defensive. And
you know, no, no, no that's not
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So we really need to look
at what we're doing and is it
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something that puts us in
position to have good health.
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Because we're told that if
we put our bodies in the right
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condition, God has created
them to be able to bring health,
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healing and restoration.
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You mean to tell me then that
people watching us right now
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have given up all hope. They
know that the end is coming and
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there's no way to turn
things around. What about them?
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Well I think it depends on where
they are in that spectrum, but
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I believe that there is hope for
a lot of people who have given
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up hope. You know,
lifestyle changes can make a big
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difference. They need to be
made, but they need to be made
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in such a fashion that they
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are providing the opportunity
for our bodies to heal and
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repair. We've really got to
do the things that are necessary
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to make our bodies be in
the right condition for health.
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You know, one of the things I
noticed, Paul and I both, when
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we're interviewing guests when
they first arrive, they've got
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that look on their face the deer
in the headlights, Oh my gosh.
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And what's going to happen
to me. Then during the second
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interview we can see that
calmness. So these are people
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that have all of a sudden
found hope, that's right, and
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could you speak to that, we've
got a few seconds left, about
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coming to a lifestyle center
as we have and finding new hope.
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Another patient who I saw today
just told me, this patient has
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some kidney failure and some
other things and now is saying
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the best thing about being here
is I now have hope. The doctors
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were telling me that this, this
and this was going to happen
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and I didn't have a choice
in the matter. Well now that
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patient is realizing that
there is hope. Praise the Lord.
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Praise God.
Thank you Dr. Gallant.
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Good to see you Ron.
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Good to see you. Don't go away
friends because Pastor Snead's
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up next.
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Every year in American there
are over one million deaths
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because of type II diabetes and
chronic obesity. This includes
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heart attacks and strokes.
That's six-and-a-half 747s
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crashing every day. What's even
more surprising is that the fix
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is easy. It's your lifestyle.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could
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actually add quality years to
your life rather than dying one
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organ at a time. Obesity and
diabetes are the cause of over
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a million deaths per year. Most
diseases are reversible because
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most diseases are lifestyle
diseases, especially type II
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diabetes and chronic obesity.
Seriously now, they can be
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reversed and the quality
of your life can be renewed.
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Call NEWSTART today at
1-800-525-9192. You will see
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dramatic changes in the first
few days of our program and
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you'll be on the road to
a better more robust quality
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of life. The NEWSTART programs
are simple and effective.
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Help me welcome Pastor
Snead. How are you brother?
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I'm doing fine, friend.
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Good to see you. Thank you.
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You know, I want to talk to you
about Dana, obviously. But you
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know I'm a little concerned with
people of other faiths that come
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here. They think maybe we're
separate from the world. I never
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got that when I came here. I
felt like these were all just
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really good people. I never
differentiated what religion
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anybody was. But one thing
I did notice when I got here:
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Everywhere I went people wanted
to pray for me. I actually
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thought that they all knew
something about me that I didn't
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know. This poor guy was about
to die, so I needed a lot of
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prayer. But isn't that pretty
common? Don't you get this from
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our guests, that prayer
is something well accepted?
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Nearly every guest will bring
that up. I've never been prayed
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for by so many people. And it's
something too, I've been here
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for over two years now. We've
never had a staff meeting where
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we said OK remember to pray for
people. It's just kind of built
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into the kind of people that
come here. They have a heart
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for mankind and everyone... I
was really shocked to find out
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that I wasn't the only one
praying for people. I knew the
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doctors were but I found out
the therapists were and even the
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secretaries and you know just
everyone is praying and that has
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an effect on our guests. If you
believe in God, God's going to
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honor those
requests and those prayers.
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But even if the folks that
we're praying for don't believe
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in God it's a special moment
in time where we've got to
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recognize that if I want to pray
for you or with you and I say
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prayers they're generally words
of endearment and kindness and
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love. Who wouldn't appreciate
that? Who wouldn't accept that
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as something wonderful. I think
where the rubber meets the road
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and correct me please is when
we as Seventh-day Adventists
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try to cram down people's
throat the health message that
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we're above this and that and
the other and we're better than
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they are. What do you
have to say about that?
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Well that has never been what
we're supposed to do. Obviously.
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And even with Dana, and one of
the things that I explained to
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her that as a church this
message was a gift to mankind.
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You know this message given in
1860 to 1863. It was intended to
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reach out to our brothers
and sisters. And she appreciated
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that being from Unity
background was her religion.
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She appreciated the kind of
idea that it was intended to go
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to everyone as a gift. But there
are always well meaning people
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that know the message,
Adventists in particular,
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that tend to get a little pushy
with it and that can come off
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really, even among our
own people, as a negative,
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whereas it was intended to be a
gift, an invitation, a chance to
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exercise your free will towards
it. That was one thing she
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brought up. Free will, God gives
us free will. She chose to be in
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this program and she enjoyed
that aspect of it. We're just
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saying here's some information,
you know it's for you. It's not
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convert you. We're not here to
convert people. We want people
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to be converted but
we're not here for that.
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I particularly want people
to give their heart to Jesus and
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you know if they want to
become seventh day then fine or
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whatever walk they are. We've
got people who are Baptists,
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all over the world.
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Atheists, all kind
of people coming here.
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Most of them are just joyful
about the prayers that we have
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for them and I think we
need to continue that for sure.
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And I appreciate
the work you do here.
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Yeah, I get to work with
all these different groups and
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totally from a pastoral point
of view I've become much more
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sensitive to other religions and
how truly this message of health
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is received by most. If it's
correctly given out there it's
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received as a message of love
and kindness and caring and it
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does open doors. And it will
lead people to say OK what have
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they got to say about Christ.
And with Dana she came to me
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and my Fresh Start lectures
in the beginning because of that
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kind of trust issues, this is
a good message, so what do they
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have to say in this area? And
that's where we're hoping that
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you know if you don't know
Christ you'll get to know him.
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If you know him, you'll get
to know him better, is the idea.
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We're out of time, brother.
Thank you for your time.
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Friends thank you, but don't go
away. We have a message for you.
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Welcome to Weimar Institute
Research. We not only treat
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patients here at Weimar
Institute through NEWSTART and
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other types of programs but
we also do research on sometimes
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thousands of people. And the
research is so important it does
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get published in peer review
journals. Dr. Ramirez, our head
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of research at Weimar College.
By the way, tell us a little bit
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about Weimar College.
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Yeah, Weimar College is an
undergraduate program. We offer
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things like premed and
also nursing and psychology and
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business and it's a different
angle of your usual college.
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There is health culture running
in all the college and the
00:23:08.25\00:23:13.46
students generally learn
the theoretical knowledge but we
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like the students to be involved
in practical type of things.
00:23:18.23\00:23:23.03
One of them is research. So in
the premed program, the average
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student that graduates there
has many published works already
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on the CV at their
undergraduate level.
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And that's one of the reasons
why they have the highest
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acceptance rate really to U.S.
medical schools right here from
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Weimar College. You don't have
to do your education anywhere
00:23:41.55\00:23:45.72
else. It's a great place to get
into medical school and be ahead
00:23:45.75\00:23:49.86
of the game. Many doctors
don't even publish their entire
00:23:49.89\00:23:52.19
careers but these students are
publishing even before they get
00:23:52.26\00:23:56.00
to medical school and so
the medical schools are really
00:23:56.03\00:24:00.57
interested in our students here
at Weimar. Well this particular
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study was actually done by one
of our students in conjunction
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with Dr. Ramirez and myself.
It was looking at the popular
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cultural dogma of the day. The
popular cultural dogma said as
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long as sex is consensual it's
good for you and do it as much
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as you can, as often, as long
as it's congenital. Of course
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Hollywood advertises this and
even some pop psychology sites
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really advertise this and we
actually took a look at how many
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patients here?
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5,621 patients
from all over the world.
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OK, so this wasn't just some
cultural norm small group we
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were looking at. These are from
many different countries and it
00:24:51.89\00:24:56.06
was taking a look at
particularly if they were
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having sexual relations outside
of a marriage relationship.
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So it was consensual but it
was not really that intimate
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marriage lifelong committed
relationship and the world is
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into this sort of thing. In
fact they think somehow that you
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might actually
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.05
come out better if you
can sneak around and do this
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even if you are in an intimate
relationship with a lifelong
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.62
partner getting more of it with
someone consensual somehow is
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going to help you. So
what was measured here?
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We were measuring
emotional intelligence.
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OK. And what did we find
out. Those that were having sex
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outside of
marriage, did it help?
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Actually they were worse,
they were below the average of
00:25:39.77\00:25:43.94
emotional intelligence of the
population if they were involved
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in sexual relationships
outside of marriage.
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Yeah, it was significant.
It was over half of standard
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deviation below. Now they
actually went to an eight-week
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course, both the ones having
sex outside of marriage and the
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ones that were not having sex
outside of marriage to improve
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their emotional intelligence.
And what did we find out?
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We found out that actually
by the end of the eight-week
00:26:07.96\00:26:12.50
program that included
some CVT principles those that
00:26:12.53\00:26:17.01
continued with that behavior
of sexual relations outside of
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.04
marriage, they actually just
became normal regarding their
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emotional intelligence while
those that stopped that behavior
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actually went above
what is average for emotional
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intelligence.
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It was very significant. By
average they went up to, let's
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see, 102 by going to this course
to improve their emotional
00:26:38.33\00:26:42.00
intelligence, the depression/
anxiety recovery course.
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But if they quit that behavior
and went to that course, their
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scores on
average were 109, 109.2.
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We had a median of 110.
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OK, and that's a whole standard
deviation above the rest of the
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population and so in reality the
cultural dogma that we have been
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fed is false when
it's put to the test.
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We actually have a second one
published on depression and we
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actually found more depression.
They actually liked this study
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so much they invited me to the
sexual medicine meeting so that
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I could present this
study from the front.
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That's great. Well Dr.
Ramirez we're happy to see this
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documented in research that
we can be solidly assured that
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following God's plan regarding
sex in marriage is actually the
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best for our mental health and
our future happiness and success
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Thank you for
joining us at NEWSTART Now.
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