Hi friends and welcome to
another edition of Newstart Now.
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I am your host Ron Giannoni.
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In our studios we have a
lovely young lady by name of
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Donjulie Aranha, and I hope
that I pronounced that right.
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Let's take a look at
when she first arrived.
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That's a great question.
I really wanted a change
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in my life. I have been at
different jobs that tend to be
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very stressful and with
that stress, I tend to eat...
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I'm typically on a vegetarian
diet most of the time,
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but even with that,
I was gaining weight,
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not sleeping very well and
just not being able to function
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like I used to, so I
really wanted a change.
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I'd like to see myself
loose weight, get on a good
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sleep schedule. I'd like to
see my stress level decrease
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and learn how to handle stress.
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Welcome back friends.
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Help me welcome back Donjulie.
That's an unusual first name.
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It is. Donjulie,
it's hyphenated right?
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No, actually it's
one word. One word?
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Um hum. It's my
parents name put together.
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Oh right, Don and Julie. Yes.
Ah, I should have figured that.
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It was my dad's idea so.
I'm sure glad they didn't call
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me MarchApril,
because that would...No I'm...
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Yeah, some of those don't
work. My dad's name was Amariko.
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Oh, okay. And my
mother Rosemary, so Amariko
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would have fit in there.
Rosemary wouldn't fit in there.
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Tell us about you
though, how are you doing?
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I'm doing great,
I'm doing really great.
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What's changed?
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I think a lot of
things have changed.
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My attitude has changed, I
feel so much, I guess lighter
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in a sense. Not just because
I lost a little bit of weight.
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But also...How much
weight did you lose?
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Just five pounds. Well
that... But still...Just...
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I was aiming for
50, so... Fifty/55 so...
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That's all right.
That's a start right?
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It is, it is, exactly. All good
paths start with a first step.
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Exactly. The first five pounds.
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Exactly, so I know it's
going to keep going down,
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especially as I continue to
follow what I have learned here.
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So. But it's been really great,
I feel as though I am a lot
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less stressed and I'm learning
better how to manage my stress.
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How to cut back on work
and how to say no, how to have
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those boundaries
that you need to have.
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But also and probably
most importantly, how to have
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the trust in God more and really
give those concerns and worries
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over to Him.
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My wife, we picked you
up the other day...You did.
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My wife had this to say
about you, she says now there is
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an act of faith. Ahh.
Cause your moving on to an
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area that isn't quite put
together, but you are trusting
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in the Lord that
when you get to Florida,
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because you are
going there right? Correct.
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Everything is going
to work out just fine.
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Yes, absolutely.
That's a huge leap of faith.
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It is. So you got her attention.
It is and I think God has
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throughout my life has
encouraged me to take those
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leaps of faith. Even with
Florida, I didn't actually
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have a job yet when I had
already started to tell people
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I was moving to Florida.
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But I trusted and I really
felt like God wanted me to go
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there and so I just said, okay,
that's where God wants me to go,
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I had to say it and I
know He will lead me there.
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The same with coming here,
it's amazing how He did that.
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Amen. Amen. how did you
like your experience here at
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The Newstart Program?
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I really enjoyed it,
like I said, not just because
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I lost a little weight,
but the food was actually
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not that bad. I enjoyed some
of it for sure, and I realize
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that some things I
can definitely tweak
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here and there because I love
to cook and I love to add things
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so I am looking forward
to really trying out a lot of
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the vegan dishes. Whole food
or whole plant food based foods,
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so I'm going to be
looking forward to that.
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Then also the team
here is just really amazing.
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Everyone was very kind,
considerate, thoughtful.
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I always felt as though I
could go to someone for help
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like needing a ride
from the rental, car company.
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So there's always...and everyone
so nice, willing to help me
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wherever needed and just the
friendships that I feel as I've
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formed here. It's
been really rewarding.
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They are priceless. They are.
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Priceless! Yeah! I feel as
though they will last through
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eternity. So what was your
favorite part of the program?
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Favorite! The exercise.
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The exercise?
Yeah. Not the massage?
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Oh, the
hydrotherapy was really good.
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Now that you said that.
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I'm going to
have to rethink this.
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Yeah, the gals there are just
pretty well educated in their
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therapy, huh.
They are and I've never
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experienced that
with the heat, the shower,
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you do hot first for
three minutes and then cold
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for thirty seconds. At first
I really kind of enjoyed it
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in the shower, and then
they did the submersion where
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I had to go in the tub and
do it. That was like just oh.
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But it feels so
wonderful when you are done
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and you really feel as
though you are just so relaxed.
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All you want to do is
go to your bed and sleep.
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I'm like I wish I
could have this all the time.
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Isn't it amazing.
It is, it really is.
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I do hydrotherapy when
they need help with the men.
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Oh. It's amazing when I see
people go through that they say
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they'd never do, but
yet they love it the most.
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Right, right. It's the
deep hot and cold. Yeah.
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It's amazing, it really
is. I'm like I have to do this
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when I get home.
Yeah. Absolutely.
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So has anything changed
with regards to your walk with
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the Lord? Yes. I definitely
feel more as though I am
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willing to give
things over to Him.
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Um, I think before I was
holding on to a lot of things
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trying to figure out things
my way and not really fully
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releasing it to Him and
being in this environment
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with so many people that I feel
as though they really have a
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relationship with God has been
really helpful for me to better
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understand how I
can let go of my burdens
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and really give it to Him,
rather than kind of partially
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give it to him and kind
of hold on to some of it.
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Yeah, I know that trick.
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So, what about when
you get to Florida now?
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How are you going to
deal with this new lifestyle?
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If you learn how to eat in the
restaurants and how to prepare
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foods for yourself.
Absolutely and I know I didn't
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previously say this before,
because I wanted to keep it
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kind of on the down low
but I'm actually a dietician.
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So a lot of this information
I actually do know and have
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practiced it in the past
and then just kind of went away
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from it all so now this is like
in a sense a restart for me.
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I'm coming back re-learning,
getting the recipes,
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understanding better why,
because even though I am a
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dietician, the why
piece sometimes isn't always
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fully explained in school.
So really understanding why
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these things are
beneficial to make these changes
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and just seeing my lab levels...
See them go down, my cholesterol
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went down and my triglycerides
went down, so just seeing all
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of those changes. So it's
actually going to be really
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be rewarding because I am
going to be doing a lot of
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experimentation, cause I like
that and be able to share the
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knowledge that I
have with others.
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So not all
dieticians are created the same.
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Yeah, I've told that to
guests before and they go,
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well, I saw my dietician,
she says I got to have 5 meals
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a day, this much
meat...and I go ohh, stop.
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Anyway Donjulie, I want to
thank you for taking your time,
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and I wish you well, we'll
be praying for your journey
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to Florida and God bless you.
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Thank you so much, I
really appreciate it.
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Thank you friends but don't
go away, Dr. Galant is up next.
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Every year in America
there are over 1 million deaths
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because of Type 2
Diabetes and Chronic Obesity.
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This include Heart
Attacks and Strokes.
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That's 61/2747's
crashing every day.
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What's even more surprising
is that the fix is easy
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It's your lifestyle.
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Wouldn't it be nice if you
could actually add quality years
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to your life rather than
dying one organ at a time?
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Obesity and Diabetes
are the cause of over
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a million deaths per year.
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Most diseases are reversible
because most diseases are
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lifestyle diseases,
especially Type 2 Diabetes and
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Chronic Obesity. Seriously
now, they can be reversed
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and the quality of
your life can be renewed
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Call Newstart
today at 1-800-525-9192
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You'll see dramatic
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of our program and you
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more robust quality of life.
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The Newstart programs
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Help me welcome
Dr. Roger Gallant.
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Hi Ron, good to see
you. Good to see you doctor.
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You know, I have a
special interest in Donjulie
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because when she got here,
she was having car troubles...
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Yes. Being an old car
guy, I tuned right in.
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Sure. Sure. That's great...
And help her along the way.
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Yeah. But in doing so, I've
gotten to know her just perhaps
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a little bit more than I
have some of the other guests.
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And of course we interviewed
her, how is she doing?
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She's doing
well. She's doing well.
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You know what I appreciate
about her is she's always happy
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always laughing, smiling,
she's a very jovial person.
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Yeah. I really
appreciate that about her.
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I didn't know if that
was nervous laughter or...
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Well maybe there is some
but I appreciate that she's
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she's always looking
at the positive you know.
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Yeah. So. Yeah, but
she's a wonderful person,
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she's from the Bahamas
and is here working as a
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school psychologist and
getting ready to move to Florida
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which is going to be a big move
for her but sounds like it's
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going to be a good move.
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Yeah, she likes, I think
she likes that hotter weather.
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A little more sultry. Yeah.
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Yeah, that's right. That's
the way it is down in Florida.
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Yeah, it will be warm.
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Now you were from that
neck of the woods down...
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I was born in
Jamaica. Jamaica maan. Yep!
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It's hot and sultry there.
It's hot and humid in Jamaica.
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Yeah it is, not as hot as
Florida but it's still hot.
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Yeah, so. I've never been there.
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Well you should
go, it's beautiful.
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You'd like it. Really.
I might do that one day.
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I can take you on a trip, make
you a deal you can't refuse.
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Laughter! You
should be a car salesman.
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In your spare time.
I've learned from the best.
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Laughter. Oh my goodness.
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So was Donjulie
on any medication?
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She came here, she
had... No, she was not.
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She was not, I
don't think she was.
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But here's the thing, she is...
Her body is changing and she is
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getting healthy. One
of these bright people
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that says, I'm to catch
this before it starts. Right!
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Right. So how is
her body changing?
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So she's losing weight,
her blood sugar looks good,
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her cholesterol is improving,
everything is getting better,
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it just takes time and
I keep encouraging her,
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you got to take your
medicine. What medicine is that?
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Walking. You just
got to walk, walk, walk.
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As she does more of that, things
get better, her body gets...
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Now how long does that
take? If someone is serious
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and they really want
to get strong and healthy.
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How long would it take, a
reasonable amount of time?
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Well, I think it depends
on where they're starting,
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point is. How sick
they are when they come.
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In two and a half weeks, 18
days you can see significant
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improvements. Oh boy.
You can see patients who
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dropped cholesterol, dropped
weight, dropped blood pressure,
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dropped blood
sugars in just 18 days.
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But you've got to put the time
in, you've got to do the work,
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you've got to take the
medicine. You got to walk.
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These are all indicators
that you more than likely
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will not have an event.
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Right. Right. Right.
Isn't that what we really want?
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Yeah! Whether it
happens or not even if we did,
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we'd be healthier. Right, right,
we'd want to put our bodies
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in the best condition
so that we can be healthy.
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Well optimally, how
long does it take to be
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in really good shape?
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I think from what you are
saying, really good shape,
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optimal health, I think it
takes more than just 18 days.
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That's why we send patients
home to continue the process
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things that we started
here, continue the habits we've
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started here. I think it's a
matter of months, now how many
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months depends on how much
they are working and where they
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started from. Yeah.
You know when I changed my
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lifestyle 12 years ago, I
would say in about 3 to 4 months
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I was in good health.
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Wow! I didn't have any bad
health, I wasn't on medicines
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or anything, but my
health was deteriorating and
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after following this
lifestyle for 3 or 4 months,
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I was significantly different,
I lost weight, felt better,
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had more energy, slept better
at night which is a key one
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because so many people
have a difficulty sleeping
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and I think my mind was
sharper, it was clearer.
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How do you know when you
are deteriorating as you put it?
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Well, I had...we were building
a house and I stepped on a nail
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which I had to go to my work
place, the Emergency Department
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and get a tetanus shot
and they take your vital signs
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and my blood pressure
was starting to creep up.
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My weight, I had gained probably
10 or 15 pounds over the last
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several years, so I knew
that my health was slowly
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deteriorating but I
wasn't focused on it,
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I wasn't paying attention to
it, I was just sort of trying to
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keep doing what I am doing
and hope for the best you know.
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Once I started making changes
I could see the difference
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and feel the difference.
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Awesome! So then
Donjulie' s right on course.
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She's going to be fine.
I think she's doing well,
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I think she's going to be fine
I think by God's grace as she
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continues this, she's going
to have a testimony to share.
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That will be great, we
will have to get her back here.
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Exactly. And do
another interview. Exactly.
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Doctor we've just about run out
of time and I want to take the
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time to thank you because I
know you're a very busy man,
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you've got a lot of stuff
on your plate and thank you
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for taking this time.
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Thanks Ron, thank
you for the invitation.
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God bless. God bless you too.
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Friends don't go away
because Pastor Snead is up next.
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Help me welcome Pr. Damon
Snead. Good to see you brother.
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Hey, you too friend.
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I guess that we're going
to talk about a young lady
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I've grown rather fond of I
should say and Donjulie is an
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interesting person that
comes from somewhere down in the
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islands. Bahamas. Bahamas.
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That's been in California for
awhile and stayed...she moves
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around a little bit here and
there and she's on her way to
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Florida. Um hum. But my
wife and I picked her up from
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when she rented a car recently
and we had conversation while
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before we dropped her off
and after we dropped her off
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my wife said to me, wow!
she's stepping out on faith.
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I want you to talk to us about
that, the faith that this woman
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is exhibiting by pulling
up stakes and moving out.
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Well, yeah, the Bible says
without faith, it's impossible
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to please God. By faith Abraham
led out to a place he didn't
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know where he was going.
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It's like the central
component to the gospel.
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By faith we
receive His righteousness,
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by faith we believe in
the power of the Holy Spirit,
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by faith we believe in
healing the light in the mind,
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quicken the
conscience and help us.
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For someone coming
to this health program,
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it is a faith thing. Now we
have to engage faith in the fact
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that we have to
actively participate in what the
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Holy Spirit is leading us
to do but it is by faith that
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we trust in God's power to
help us and her just turning 40,
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she's that
generation that's a lost faith.
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In the Adventist Church and
in all churches, that age group
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between the late
teens, the 20's through 40's,
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they've completely abdicated
church and here's a lady that's
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come and is teaching us
that it is not over with.
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There are people of her
age group that do have faith,
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that do believe
that God's got answers.
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Yeah. And she's trusting that
God is going to pave the way
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and she's also got other
issues that's got to happen or
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she's really
going to be in trouble.
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Being from Nassau, she's
got to have her Green Card and
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work visas and the
right j... I was like whew!
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Ohh man, you really are stepping
into the waters you know
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by faith. Yeah. So
it's... but it's what you need
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to make this program
work as well, not just in her
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personal life but she needs
faith here to get past some of
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her health issues that she is
already starting to experience.
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Yeah. Well I think she is
going to be fine, actually.
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I've grown fond of
her for a few reasons
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because when she was coming
up here her car overheated
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and wouldn't climb the hill,
she thought the transmission
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was going out and so I got my
mechanic to check her car out...
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It needed some work,
thermostat's and some new plugs
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and maybe a tranny flush because
she didn't want that to happen
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crossing the desert in
Nevada or Arizona or whatever
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so we... in fact he's completed
the car work today and is
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going to deliver
the car to her so...
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Yeah, she had mentioned that,
I'm glad...and I was also glad..
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You can always ask them
what is the spiritual take away?
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The health take away...what's
your spiritual take away?
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Hers was abiding in Christ, do
the lecture Abiding in Christ,
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Steps to Christ
chapters 9, 10, and 11.
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She told me that she
realized that, especially in her
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generation that's so
attached to electronics in this
00:19:52.79\00:19:55.76
digital world that this program
is going to work for her,
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she needs to have a continual
relationship with Christ
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through Bible study through
prayer if this is going to work
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long term for her. She needs
to stay rooted in the scriptures
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and then scriptures birth
to us things to pray about
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ideas and that is how you will
stay connected to the advances
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that you've made in health is
by being rooted in the gospel.
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It was refreshing to
hear her say that. Yeah.
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A 40 year old that yeah, I
must have time with God and
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time in prayer. Well
she's a pretty bright girl.
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Yes she is, she
surely is. Yeah she's sharp.
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She's got a lot of talents.
Um hum, those chapters are next
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what we're going to
be studying together.
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That's right, were
going to head right into that.
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That's right. Working the
life, privilege of prayer...
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Amen. Amen. We
still on for Friday right?
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That's right. Alright, good.
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Well we're out of time talking
about our own personal...
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Thank you so much
though Damon. Alrighty.
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God bless you brother.
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Friends don't go away, we have a
message for you following this.
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When we look at the health
status of Americans today,
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it's alarming to see that 60%
are either overweight or obese.
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In addition diseases such
as Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer
00:21:21.81\00:21:25.48
and Heart Disorders are
the leading cause of so many
00:21:25.51\00:21:28.28
complications and
deaths every year.
00:21:28.32\00:21:30.62
Could it have something
to do with what we eat?
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After all, every 1
in 4 Americans visits a
00:21:36.99\00:21:40.73
Fast Food Restaurant daily
and with such easy access to
00:21:40.76\00:21:44.63
Quick Fix Foods, we tend to
forget the poor health value
00:21:44.67\00:21:47.74
those foods actually offer.
00:21:47.77\00:21:49.70
Maybe it's the sedentary
life- style and lack of exercise
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that we've become so accustomed
to as a media dependent world...
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Whatever the cause of
these diseases, a solution has
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arrived. The Newstart Lifestyle
Center offers an enriching
00:22:04.35\00:22:07.72
program where patients can get
a healing of mind, body and soul
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.03
located in the outskirts of
Sacramento, the Newstart Center
00:22:11.06\00:22:15.30
is situated on the
beautiful campus of
00:22:15.33\00:22:17.50
Weimar Center of Health and
Education with scenic walking
00:22:17.53\00:22:21.07
and hiking trails all around.
00:22:21.10\00:22:22.90
With a whole plant foods eaten
whole motto, the Newstart Center
00:22:22.94\00:22:28.08
promotes a healthy plant
based diet with an emphasis on
00:22:28.11\00:22:31.48
natural foods.
00:22:31.51\00:22:32.85
The Newstart staff are made
up of California Board Certified
00:22:32.88\00:22:36.28
nurses, doctors, dieticians
and therapists who work together
00:22:36.32\00:22:41.09
to assist each
patient personally.
00:22:41.12\00:22:43.19
The staff are dedicated to each
patient's success in the program
00:22:43.22\00:22:47.10
and are always there to
guide, advise and encourage.
00:22:47.13\00:22:50.67
In addition to a healthy life-
style, Newstart also promotes
00:22:50.70\00:22:54.70
a healthy exercise routine.
00:22:54.74\00:22:56.34
You're both
sequence, that's good. Alright.
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.07
As part of the balance program,
there is much opportunity
00:22:59.11\00:23:02.08
to get in a fair share
of physical activity from
00:23:02.11\00:23:05.05
utilizing our Fitness Center
to taking a stroll around the
00:23:05.11\00:23:08.48
peaceful grounds of Weimar.
00:23:08.55\00:23:10.62
It's amazing what a
New Start can do for you.
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No audio!
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This is kind of an
exciting study that we are about
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.63
ready to discuss because
this is talking about causes of
00:23:22.66\00:23:26.97
depression that are not
thought to be reversible.
00:23:27.00\00:23:30.17
You know Weimar does
treat depression and we have had
00:23:30.21\00:23:36.04
a great track record of success
in those with the severest forms
00:23:36.08\00:23:40.35
of depression and anxiety here.
00:23:40.38\00:23:42.25
But we are reversing
the underlying causes,
00:23:42.28\00:23:45.42
lack of exercise can be one of
the causes, and poor nutrition..
00:23:45.45\00:23:50.03
Of course the good news is we
can change our exercise patterns
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.19
and we can change
what we are eating.
00:23:53.26\00:23:55.03
But these are causes that
are a little more austere...
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What were we studying here?
00:23:59.07\00:24:01.84
We are studying here what
happens to those people that
00:24:01.87\00:24:06.01
have poor blood flow to the
brain, secondary to stroke or
00:24:06.04\00:24:12.81
because of heart failure or some
other condition that doesn't
00:24:12.85\00:24:15.88
send enough blood
flow to the brain.
00:24:15.92\00:24:17.52
We're studying what
happens to those people
00:24:17.55\00:24:19.89
regarding mental health.
00:24:19.92\00:24:21.29
Okay. Well obviously if
our circulation to our brain
00:24:21.32\00:24:24.99
is impaired, you would think it
might affect the mental health.
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.56
Did you find a corelation there?
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.33
I found a very clear co-
relationship, those people
00:24:30.37\00:24:34.37
that have that reduced
blood flow to the brain
00:24:34.40\00:24:36.54
actually on average
had moderate depression...
00:24:36.57\00:24:40.81
This is in a community setting
program that was organized...
00:24:40.84\00:24:45.21
So the average person
with a history of stroke or
00:24:45.25\00:24:48.42
heart failure by definition
almost, they're going to have
00:24:48.45\00:24:51.65
some depression. So they
are moderate, major depression
00:24:51.69\00:24:55.52
that's a
significant mental illness.
00:24:55.56\00:24:58.36
So how many patients
were involved in this?
00:24:58.39\00:25:02.76
This was a big sample
5,621 participants from all over
00:25:02.80\00:25:08.07
the world. Okay. And
those with stroke and
00:25:08.10\00:25:11.61
heart attack that were a smaller
percentage, is that right?
00:25:11.64\00:25:15.98
That's right, that was
about 4% of all that population
00:25:16.01\00:25:19.85
that had this problem.
00:25:19.88\00:25:21.88
As the underlying cause...
one of the underlying causes...
00:25:21.92\00:25:24.85
That's right. There is a
researcher by the name of
00:25:24.89\00:25:26.62
Dravets, he tried to answer
the question of the chicken
00:25:26.65\00:25:29.89
and the egg. Does the depression
cause, reduce blood flow to the
00:25:29.92\00:25:33.33
brain or does it reduce
blood flow to the brain cause
00:25:33.36\00:25:36.10
depression. He proposes that
things that reduce blood flow
00:25:36.13\00:25:39.57
to the brain will
trigger a depression.
00:25:39.60\00:25:41.77
Yes, so that is what
comes first. Reduced blood flow
00:25:41.80\00:25:44.74
and then the depression.
So these people with moderate
00:25:44.77\00:25:50.05
depression went to an
eight week educational program,
00:25:50.08\00:25:55.52
tell us a little bit about that.
00:25:55.55\00:25:57.79
We applied the principles
of Newstart plus some cognitive
00:25:57.82\00:26:01.96
behavioral therapy principles
and as they were doing the
00:26:01.99\00:26:05.16
exercise, switching
to the plant based diet,
00:26:05.19\00:26:07.26
and all of these healthy
behaviors, we took a measurement
00:26:07.30\00:26:10.27
again after the eight
weeks. What did we find out?
00:26:10.30\00:26:14.04
We found out that their
improvement was remarkable.
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.27
Ninety percent of those
participants were able to
00:26:17.31\00:26:20.91
improve dramatically
their mental health to the point
00:26:20.94\00:26:23.85
that they finished with
none or just mild depression.
00:26:23.88\00:26:27.32
That's amazing because this
goes against what the medical
00:26:27.35\00:26:32.79
thought is because you
can't reverse a stroke.
00:26:32.82\00:26:36.59
A stroke is a dead portion
of the brain, you can't bring
00:26:36.62\00:26:39.26
that back and when you have
heart failure due to advanced
00:26:39.29\00:26:42.86
coronary artery disease and
the heart is not able to pump...
00:26:42.90\00:26:45.57
This isn't something
you can put a magic wand on
00:26:45.60\00:26:48.60
or a medicine and
get it to pump well.
00:26:48.64\00:26:50.44
So these are thought to
be irreversible causes of
00:26:50.47\00:26:54.58
depression and we actually
found out the opposite...
00:26:54.61\00:26:58.18
Ninety percent, I mean that's
better than you get in people
00:26:58.21\00:27:01.18
without heart disease and stroke
by putting them on a medicine.
00:27:01.22\00:27:05.35
Some of the most potent
medicines for anti-depression
00:27:05.39\00:27:09.39
won't produce anywhere close
to a 90 % improvement rate.
00:27:09.42\00:27:13.70
And because of the importance
of this study, it actually
00:27:13.76\00:27:18.03
came out in the Journal of
Neurology which happens to be
00:27:18.07\00:27:20.84
the top journal on this field.
Okay. So Neurology is the top
00:27:20.87\00:27:26.04
of all of the neurology
journals and it was published in
00:27:26.07\00:27:29.78
The Journal of Neurology as well
should it be. This is a ground
00:27:29.81\00:27:32.91
breaking, this is
ground breaking research.
00:27:32.95\00:27:35.92
Not only were you and
myself involved in this research
00:27:35.95\00:27:39.69
but one of the health science
majors at Weimar as well.
00:27:39.72\00:27:44.36
That by the end of her program,
she was able to finish with six
00:27:44.39\00:27:49.23
of these studies under her belt.
00:27:49.26\00:27:52.13
Six studies, wow, many
people don't even publish one
00:27:52.17\00:27:56.50
peer review study their
entire career and this student
00:27:56.54\00:28:00.58
out of Weimar published
six. So pay attention to what
00:28:00.64\00:28:04.68
comes out of Weimar Institute
and thanks for joining us today
00:28:04.71\00:28:08.18
for Weimar Institute Research.
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