Well, hello and welcome back
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to our Bird Flu presentation,
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this is part number 2.
We've actually entitled
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it Bird Flu
Prevention, with this slogan:
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You cannot stop the
birds from flying over
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your head, but
you can keep them from
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nesting in your hair!
That's right, and again
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with me here today
is Dr. Bell, Amber,
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and welcome back.
Thank you for having me here.
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Yes, well I'm reminded
of what Lord Palmerston
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of England said
when he was approached
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by the Scottish
clergy, they wanted to appoint
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a day of fasting and
prayer for the cholera
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and they came to him
and he replied, in effect,
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"Cleanse and disinfect
your streets and houses,
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promote cleanliness
and health among the poor,
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and see that they are
plentifully supplied with
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good food and
raiment, and employ right
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sanitary measures
generally, and you
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will have no
occasion to fast and pray."
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He went to say that:
"Nor will the Lord hear
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your prayers, while
these, his preventives,
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remain unheeded."
First of all though Amber,
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how is the flu
spread. I'm sorry, a great
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question you
definitely wanna think about
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where I'm gonna be
coming in contact with
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this virus, how is
this gonna be passed from
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person to person. It's
primarily spread through
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airborne droplets
that can reach your eyes
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or your nose or your mouth.
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For instance if
someone sneezes or coughs,
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the droplets that,
the moisture that comes
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out of the lungs and
the nose can be spread
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through the air and
picked up by your body.
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Also you can spread it
by touching contaminated
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surfaces and then
touching your face,
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introducing the
virus to your face.
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Who does that?
Everybody touches their face.
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So maybe this is
spread by nervousness
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I touch something
then I touch my face,
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yes, and I guess maybe
this is a nervous disease.
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It's very true
and it's true that the
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more viruses you're
exposed to the higher
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your risk of
contracting the flu.
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Because you have
more and more of that
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virus in your
body. The Surgeon General
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of the United
States back in 1918 was
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Rupert Blue and
Rupert Blue gave a number
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of suggestions,
I'll just read them off,
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the first he said:
Avoid needless crowding;
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lots of people,
lots of people in 1918
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that was very important because
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not only was the
war effort underway
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and there was
crowding in the army camps.
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But people had all
moved to the cities
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in order that they
could be involved in industry,
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yes. And so there was
just numerous families
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in one household
and so and we've learned
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that you need to be
at least 6 feet apart
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in order to avoid,
the droplets, the droplets
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yeah so I guess we
better move a part here,
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measure tape. And
another thing he said was:
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smother your
coughs and your sneezes;
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today we say do it
in your coat sleeve
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or something like
that, it doesn't work just
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to put your hand over your face,
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because then your
cough goes out between
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your hand and your
mouth all over the place
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and you just spread
it to people beside you,
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instead of ones in front of you.
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And then he
shakes someone's hand
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you know, oh! Yes,
that's right, gets even worse.
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The next thing he said
was: Remember the 3 Cs,
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clean mouth, clean
skin, and clean clothes;
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basic cleanliness and
of course that's a good
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thing to remember
anytime, anywhere, yeah.
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Cleanliness is next
to Godliness isn't it?
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That's right, he
said: Food will win the war,
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help by choosing and
chewing your food well.
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Wash your hands, wash
your hands before eating,
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wash your hands after
you've touched things,
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don't let the waste
products of digestion
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accumulate he
said. I haven't heard
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anybody say that recently, no,
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but you can imagine
if you have your colon
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full of foods that are
putting off toxins from
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overgrowth of
bacteria. Your immune system is
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going to go down,
to feeling compromised.
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So, he said: Avoid
tight clothing, tight shoes,
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tight gloves; seek
to make nature your ally
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not your
prisoner, then he said when
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the air is pure,
breathe all of it you can
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breathe deeply.
And that was his advice
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and I think that goes
a long ways, definitely.
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And we get that from
the book by John Barry,
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the great
influenza, it's a good book to
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study on the 1918
flu, good book to study
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if you're
thinking about what the new
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flu coming
through might be like.
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Definitely they
always say review in
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history is
beneficial, I heard you talk
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a lot about being
careful with coughing
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you know avoiding
that droplet transmission,
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what about other
methods to protect
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like healthcare
providers often you see them
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wearing mask around.
It is suggested for health
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care workers that they
use an N95 respirators,
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when the patient is
sick, we like to put
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on a surgical masks on them.
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Very good, the
surgical mask doesn't really
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protect them from flu particles,
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but it cuts down
the distance so they can
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cough or sneeze,
out the particles.
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So, preventing
spread for the health care
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workers and the
other patients in the area?
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That's right, very
good, what is quarantine
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anyway? Well, the
quarantine is where
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they either optionally
or forcibly place someone
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apart from other
people in society to protect
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either that person or society.
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But if say 30
percent the population comes
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down with the flu,
that's not are gonna
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be very infective.
No, I guess we'd have
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to put
everybody to bed wouldn't?
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I think so, yeah,
close down the shop
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Marshall Law. Yeah,
once, once a pandemic
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begins, quarantine
isn't likely to be effective.
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We start talking
about social distancing;
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social distancing
is where you put space
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between people.
You know, everybody
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carries a 10ft pole
and, great, you don't get
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within 10ft of
people, well actually 6ft,
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they poke you, you
know they poke you.
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If when we keep
6ft between people the
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number of people
contracting a pandemic
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disease goes down dramatically.
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Okay, so you just
kind of wonder around
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the neighborhood
saying okay stay away
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from me, unclean,
unclean, and unclean yeah.
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As a big thing we
have for prevention
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in our medical
armamentarium is vaccine,
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what do you know about vaccines?
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Once a pandemic
starts it can take anywhere
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from 4 to 6 months
before they develop
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the vaccine by
the time they find the
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particular virus,
do the testing on it
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and develop the
product and then finally
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produce the
vaccines. Oh! Yeah, by then
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you know you've
had it, it's gone.
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Great and another
country they've been
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trying to vaccine,
now as we've been working
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over there. Well, you
know as lot of countries
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trying to vaccinate
against the regular flu.
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Canada's are new neighbor here;
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they had a 15 year
period I mean in 2005
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where they tried
what they called the
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"Universal Influenza
Immunization Campaign,"
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they wanna get
everybody immunized,
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see thinking you
know cure the common cold
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or the flu. And in
15 years they did not
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significantly
reduce the incidence of the
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influenza. Well,
what about antivirals,
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do they have
antivirals our there to,
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to protect us
against the viruses.
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Yes, you know antivirals are the
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next line of defense
once people get the flu
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and some of them
have been used as
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away of preventing
the flu. The main one that
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you've heard on the
news a lot is Tamiflu,
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Tamiflu. I remember
when Tamiflu first came out,
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the drug reps where
come around and talk
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to us physicians about
it. Yeah, will reduce the
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duration of the flu
from 5 days to 4 days
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and it will make
the symptoms not as bad.
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In China, reports
are coming out that
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they gave the
drug at the right time
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in the first day of symptoms.
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They gave plenty of it
and the people still died.
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I guess, what we
really need to think
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about is
prevention. Definitely it sounds
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like the antivirals
and the vaccinations
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have been an
attempt by the medical field
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but their might be other
options out there for us.
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Yeah, yeah, you
know when you think about
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the flu coming
around every year,
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you know
everybody doesn't get it,
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over talking about it
30 percent attack rate.
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What about the
other 60, 70 percent
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that don't get it,
why didn't they get it?
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How I'm gonna make sure that
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I'm among those people
that don't get attacked
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by the flu? It's
a great question,
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you definitely wanna avoid it,
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8 natural remedies,
and have you hear that.
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Eight natural
remedies, yeah eight natural
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doctors let's talk
about those real quick.
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Oh! Well tell me about
this; alright well first
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of all you've got
pure, fresh air, excellent
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getting lots of
oxygen, and lots of nutrients
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into your lungs and your body.
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You've got sunlight
which is the wonderful
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for Vitamin D
among many other things,
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rest, plenty of rest,
they recommend getting
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at least 7 to 8 hours
at night, nice keeping
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your body
rejuvenated, proper diet, very
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important you want
to feed a healthy body,
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okay. You know,
you are what you eat,
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plenty of exercise,
everyone's heard about
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exercise,
they're promoted all over
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the place. But
it's, it can't be promoted
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enough it's very,
very good to keep your
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circulation and keep
all your system running
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properly. Use of
water, keeping yourself
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hydrated, very important.
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Temperance, also
very important component
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making sure you do
everything in moderation.
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And then trusting
to find power also many
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studies show that
people with a strong
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faith do well,
wow, so these are our
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true remedies. I want
to talk a little bit about
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how the flu
attacks us so that we kind
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of have an idea how
we can avoid getting
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the flu by
stimulating the part of immune
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system that's gonna
be a most important.
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The first line
of defense, first of
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all is when the
virus attacks the body,
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it attacks say a lung
cell, it goes in the cell
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and it starts to take
over the cell machine,
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ready to make more viruses.
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When it does that,
it starts putting off
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viruses out of that
cell to go infect other cells
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and so the number
of viruses in the lungs
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rises exponentially
really fast and so the
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first thing your
body does in order to
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bring down the
number of viruses,
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is it gets the
natural killers cells working.
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And it starts
interferon working;
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these two things are
the first line of defense,
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natural killer
cells and interferon.
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So, what we need
to do is stimulate the
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natural killer
cells, make them so there
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are more of them and
so they're more active.
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We wanna avoid
the things that will
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depress the natural
killer cells, that's right
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and then we wanna
do things that will
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increase interferon.
After your first line
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of defense, the
second line of defense
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is your lymphocytes,
especially the B-Cells,
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B-Cells produce antibodies.
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The important
antibody here is called IgA
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Immunoglobulin A,
so this is one that
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we will look at
also to see how the
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8 natural remedies
affect that are part
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of the immune system.
Sounds good, lets look
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at pure air first,
should we go outside to be
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doing this. Well, the
weather was conducive,
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but pure air is
definitely much better for you.
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The negative air
ions found in fresh air
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can actually
activate natural killer cells
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and reduce the number of disease
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causing microbes in the air.
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Wow, well that's great,
that's sounds real good,
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alright. And in
fact, it's been show in
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many study, the
different fragrances
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such us pine,
cedar, and the fir,
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actually I have
medicinal properties
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that promotes
healing. Wow, so, so maybe
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I better take a walk
outside in the forest,
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in the woods that's
right. Yes, several studies
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have shown that
pine cone extracts have
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actually been shown
to suppress the growth
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of the influenza
virus in the cells.
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Oh! Well, that's
great, and some people
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are actually use
pine as an essence oil.
00:12:15.31\00:12:16.95
Citrus has also
been show to inhibit
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influenza A virus,
such as oils are often
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recommended to
reduce viruses in the air.
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So, I guess I
better get some lemons
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and start
squeeze the skins around,
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that's one way to do
it. Just as fresh air
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and pine and
citrus are good for you,
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there are
certain components that
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you can find in air
that are bad for you.
00:12:34.72\00:12:36.58
Studies have shown
that high levels of Ozone
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or sulfur dioxide,
the component in acid rain
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are actually very
harmful and people
00:12:43.44\00:12:45.85
who live in these
areas have more pneumonia
00:12:45.86\00:12:47.91
and more influenza.
There's also studies
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that show that
people who had their offices
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remodeled, new
carpet, new plastic sheeting
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on the wall, new
desk and new chairs
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that there was increased
amount of formaldehyde,
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phenol, organic
hydrocarbons in the air
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and the peoples
immune systems suffered the
00:13:04.81\00:13:06.71
natural killer cell
activity was reduced.
00:13:06.72\00:13:09.36
And so maybe you
don't want to remodel
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your office right
before the bird flu session,
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yeah that's
right. What about mold?
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Right, you hear lot about mold?
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People who live in
houses that have had mold,
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have a higher incidence
of respiratory infections
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and symptoms. We
also talked about sunlight
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as one of our
eight natural remedies
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or eight natural
doctors. And sunlight is very
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important, that's
right, this is a particularly
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bright point. We
did a study on people
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who are they
expose them to sunlight
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for an hour a day
for 12 days and then they
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checked their immune system.
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And it significantly
increased their circulating
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immune cells for up
to two weeks after the
00:13:48.77\00:13:50.96
experiment. Which
is very good, oh yeah,
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keep reading on
everything keeping
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your immune system boosted.
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Yeah, cancer you
know and also is found
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to trigger Vitamin
D production and they
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found that children
who have a deficiency
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are actually predispose
to respiratory infections.
00:14:04.79\00:14:07.72
Wow, and they also
find Vitamin D prevents
00:14:07.73\00:14:10.06
excessive inflammation
or the cytokines storms
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the inflammation
coming into the area and also
00:14:12.81\00:14:16.00
it's the natural
killer cells lining
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the respiratory tract.
We talk about the natural
00:14:17.93\00:14:20.06
killer cells
interferon being the big first,
00:14:20.07\00:14:22.54
first line of
defense. They've even come
00:14:22.55\00:14:24.93
to the conclusion
that it's not the cold of
00:14:24.94\00:14:27.79
winter that
presupposes people to a seasonal
00:14:27.80\00:14:30.90
you know cold
session or flu session
00:14:30.91\00:14:33.69
but it's actually the
deficiency of Vitamin D
00:14:33.70\00:14:36.11
from being endorsed
all the time, that's true.
00:14:36.12\00:14:37.97
Tells the little bit
about the interferon?
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Yeah, you know there
is a problem with the flu,
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the flue attacks immune system
00:14:42.01\00:14:44.63
and it makes it so
that the immune system
00:14:44.64\00:14:47.70
does not produce
as much interferon.
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When the flu is
gone the immune system
00:14:49.86\00:14:52.04
is still shutdown.
And then the bacteria can
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come in and give
you bacterial pneumonia,
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when you go out in the sunlight,
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it suppresses the
viruses' ability to
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knock out interferon.
And so, this stimulation
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to the immune system
by the sunlight is very
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important. Do you
have any suggestions
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about the amount of
sunlight or any guidelines
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to the amount of skin
that needs to be exposed
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or anything like
that? The suggestion is that
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you should be out in
the sun for 20 minutes,
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three days out of
the week with at least
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25 percent of your
skin expose to the sun.
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You know, you can
decide which 25 percent
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you want but, that's
great. The other thing is,
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is that sun has
ultraviolet light in it
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and ultraviolet
light kills microbes in
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this case, it will
kill the influenza virus,
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it's the UV
light that does that.
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Sometimes in the
hospital will put up
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UV lights just
to kill more bugs.
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Well, we talked about
pure air and sunlight,
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our next thing is temperance,
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temperance means
moderation or avoiding
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things that aren't good for you.
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The whole idea here
is to avoid those things
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which are bad,
those things that are good
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to use in
moderation. Because we can over
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do it on good
stuff too, that's right.
00:16:05.62\00:16:07.51
And I think you
know when you think about
00:16:07.52\00:16:09.82
the Bird Flu and you
think about your lungs,
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so first thing you
think about is people
00:16:11.82\00:16:13.48
who are using
their lungs for something
00:16:13.49\00:16:15.10
rather than just
air, like perhaps tobacco
00:16:15.11\00:16:18.00
smoke, yes,
studies have shown that:
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Smokers are
1-1/2 times more likely
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to catch the flu
and what's more on
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the early flu, if
the smoker gets the flu
00:16:26.31\00:16:28.78
they'll will be 70
percent more likely to take off
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work as a result of
the flu. So, I wouldn't be
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smoking. Well,
smoking tends to be associated
00:16:34.58\00:16:37.59
with alcohol often,
I'm sure alcohol is bad
00:16:37.60\00:16:39.72
for immune system. Yes
and the alcohol poisons
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the lowers killer
cells and the people
00:16:42.50\00:16:44.55
who drink a lot of
alcohol definitely have
00:16:44.56\00:16:47.19
suppressed immune systems.
00:16:47.20\00:16:49.09
What's also interesting
is together the two are
00:16:49.10\00:16:51.88
multiplicative in their
effect, the two together
00:16:51.89\00:16:54.65
really knock out
the immune system more
00:16:54.66\00:16:56.20
than either one
by themselves with.
00:16:56.21\00:16:58.29
Yeah, what else
can we be excessive
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that can bother
our immune systems?
00:16:59.93\00:17:02.07
You know, we all have
to eat, people who eat
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less have more
active natural killer cells,
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interesting. And this
is especially important
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as people get
older because as you get
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older your immune
system tends to decline,
00:17:13.90\00:17:16.22
but people who are
on core restriction can
00:17:16.23\00:17:19.24
attenuate that
decline over a long period
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of time. Well,
another natural remedy
00:17:21.81\00:17:24.14
that we've talked
about is proper rest,
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we found out
people who sleep well have
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.67
significantly
better immune systems than
00:17:28.68\00:17:30.22
people who have
insomnia. Must be your
00:17:30.23\00:17:32.38
immune system
likes to sleep too, yeah
00:17:32.39\00:17:34.47
good rest for the whole body.
00:17:34.48\00:17:36.13
They found actually
in a study with mice
00:17:36.14\00:17:39.74
that sleep is
beneficial. They took some mice
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and they
vaccinated them and then they
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put them in two
groups, one group they're
00:17:45.70\00:17:48.25
sleep deprived and
the other group they
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let them sleep, okay.
And then they gave them
00:17:50.83\00:17:53.79
both influenza
viruses while the grew up
00:17:53.80\00:17:57.20
they were sleep
deprived contracted the flu
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as though they had
never been immunized
00:18:00.08\00:18:02.08
compared to the other group.
00:18:02.09\00:18:04.17
So, you could do
everything you know
00:18:04.18\00:18:07.04
right as far as getting
your usual immunizations
00:18:07.05\00:18:10.16
and so forth, but if
you don't get your sleep,
00:18:10.17\00:18:12.40
it really does you no
good. I heard meditation
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is really good as
well as a form of building
00:18:15.07\00:18:17.58
your immune system.
Yes, meditation does
00:18:17.59\00:18:20.37
improves the
immune system according
00:18:20.38\00:18:22.08
to a study in 2003.
Now, you told me there
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was a study that
was done down in Georgia
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about taking a day
out of the week to rest.
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People thought maybe
that helps reduce stress,
00:18:29.89\00:18:32.65
definitely taking a
day off you don't have
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to worry about
anything. That's right you know
00:18:34.28\00:18:36.57
Seventh-day
Adventist have been studied
00:18:36.58\00:18:38.41
a lot because they
live longer, they have
00:18:38.42\00:18:40.23
few of diseases. This
was a study out of Georgia
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where they were
checking their immune systems,
00:18:43.20\00:18:45.38
they found that
Seventh-day Adventist
00:18:45.39\00:18:48.33
had higher levels
of immune stimulating
00:18:48.34\00:18:51.27
antioxidants.
Those who are vegetarian
00:18:51.28\00:18:53.65
even had better
antioxidant levels.
00:18:53.66\00:18:57.03
Well, Amber, here we sit today,
00:18:57.04\00:18:58.94
we're thinking about
exercise and I'm just
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thinking you must
know some about exercises
00:19:01.46\00:19:03.47
as a Physical
Therapist. Well, many of our
00:19:03.48\00:19:05.35
patients benefit
significantly from
00:19:05.36\00:19:07.21
getting on a
regular exercise program,
00:19:07.22\00:19:08.69
that's for sure. I
bet you're a real drill
00:19:08.70\00:19:11.00
surgeon. That's
right, do you reps
00:19:11.01\00:19:13.82
and do them now.
Does it really make a
00:19:13.83\00:19:16.11
difference though
in the immune system?
00:19:16.12\00:19:17.35
Well, studies
have shown so actually,
00:19:17.36\00:19:19.33
they took a bunch
of people and say those
00:19:19.34\00:19:21.82
didn't moderate
exercise and find out
00:19:21.83\00:19:24.00
they significantly
reduce their risk for upper
00:19:24.01\00:19:26.10
respiratory tract infections.
00:19:26.11\00:19:27.62
Wow, which is
great for the flu because
00:19:27.63\00:19:29.52
that's basically
what's it happened.
00:19:29.53\00:19:31.20
I guess I better go
run a marathon that,
00:19:31.21\00:19:33.22
if you over
exert yourself that can
00:19:33.23\00:19:35.80
actually hurt
your immune system.
00:19:35.81\00:19:37.60
In fact as you
age, they attend to find
00:19:37.61\00:19:41.21
that your immune system declines
00:19:41.22\00:19:42.97
but natural killer
cells respond positively
00:19:42.98\00:19:45.75
to introducing moderate exercise
00:19:45.76\00:19:47.70
and it actually
increases the number
00:19:47.71\00:19:50.17
and the function
of the killer cells.
00:19:50.18\00:19:52.47
Shall I go get on my
treadmill in my closet
00:19:52.48\00:19:55.11
you know do a mile or two.
00:19:55.12\00:19:56.99
Well, you could do
that, but fresh air is
00:19:57.00\00:19:59.38
even better if
you go outside then.
00:19:59.39\00:20:01.12
We say that
perfect health depends on,
00:20:01.13\00:20:03.83
perfect circulation,
perfect circulation.
00:20:03.84\00:20:06.46
Well, if you go
outdoors and you put on a big
00:20:06.47\00:20:10.38
warm vest, some
people have the idea
00:20:10.39\00:20:12.58
that the heart, lungs,
that's the furnace room,
00:20:12.59\00:20:14.75
it keep it will warm blood out.
00:20:14.76\00:20:17.29
But the rest of you
is practically naked.
00:20:17.30\00:20:19.16
You limbs are out
this makes it so the blood
00:20:19.17\00:20:23.19
moves up from the
legs up to your abdomen
00:20:23.20\00:20:26.57
and up to your
chest and your brain
00:20:26.58\00:20:28.12
and you congest
the blood in your head,
00:20:28.13\00:20:30.20
abdomen, and
pelvis. If your blood is all
00:20:30.21\00:20:31.91
congested in your
chest and in your head
00:20:31.92\00:20:34.16
then you won't be
able to have a good
00:20:34.17\00:20:37.45
immune system in that area.
00:20:37.46\00:20:38.68
That's right, just
kind of like trying to get
00:20:38.69\00:20:40.11
an emergency
vehicle on and off the free
00:20:40.12\00:20:42.78
way when you're
in rush-hour traffic.
00:20:42.79\00:20:44.64
If there's too
many cars on the road,
00:20:44.65\00:20:46.54
nothing is gonna happened.
00:20:46.55\00:20:47.89
And so one of the
important principles
00:20:47.90\00:20:50.47
is making sure your
whole body is covered evenly.
00:20:50.48\00:20:54.03
Other things take
into consideration,
00:20:54.04\00:20:56.45
is your circulation
how that's effecting
00:20:56.46\00:20:58.35
with your
clothing. Study show that
00:20:58.36\00:21:00.23
if you have too tight
a belt or elastic around
00:21:00.24\00:21:03.79
your waist it
slows your transit time
00:21:03.80\00:21:07.29
of your bowels,
it slows your bowels
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.50
and if you have too
tight a construction
00:21:09.51\00:21:12.45
around your chest and
you can breathe as well.
00:21:12.46\00:21:15.01
You'll have both
air movement problems
00:21:15.02\00:21:17.77
and blood
movements problems, clothing
00:21:17.78\00:21:20.25
that fits comfortably
but not tight it helps
00:21:20.26\00:21:23.25
the circulation to
be more even through
00:21:23.26\00:21:25.85
your body. Well,
you know they say,
00:21:25.86\00:21:27.55
an apple a day
keeps you away, keeps the
00:21:27.56\00:21:30.47
doctor away. Proper
diet it's very important,
00:21:30.48\00:21:33.53
that's true very
good, well lets get started.
00:21:33.54\00:21:36.51
Well, first of all we
did some studies on people
00:21:36.52\00:21:40.38
who were eating a lot of fat.
00:21:40.39\00:21:42.58
Now, define a
high fat diet for me?
00:21:42.59\00:21:45.24
Well, a high fat
diet will be a diet that
00:21:45.25\00:21:47.59
has more than 17
percent of calories
00:21:47.60\00:21:50.22
coming from fat,
okay. And so that's
00:21:50.23\00:21:52.99
pretty a big
restriction there, the average
00:21:53.00\00:21:55.10
American diet's
about 40 percent fat, wow.
00:21:55.11\00:21:57.79
And so if people are
eating a normal amount
00:21:57.80\00:22:01.32
of fat according
to the American diet,
00:22:01.33\00:22:03.68
it cut their
immune systems in half,
00:22:03.69\00:22:06.10
knocked out the
natural killers cells,
00:22:06.11\00:22:08.07
if they're on a high
fat diet which you know
00:22:08.08\00:22:10.46
people eat a lot of
junk food are, yeah they
00:22:10.47\00:22:13.56
had a 79 percent
reduction in natural
00:22:13.57\00:22:16.64
killer cell activity.
Wow, but if they were on
00:22:16.65\00:22:19.13
a low fat diet I
eat 10 to 15 percent of
00:22:19.14\00:22:22.03
calories coming from
fat then their natural
00:22:22.04\00:22:24.72
killer cell activity
was increased compared
00:22:24.73\00:22:27.13
to high fat diet. So,
you can just completely
00:22:27.14\00:22:30.45
knock out your
immune system right there,
00:22:30.46\00:22:31.88
it doesn't matter if
eat all the vegetables
00:22:31.89\00:22:33.21
you want, if go
follow up with a bag of
00:22:33.22\00:22:35.14
potato chips and
soda you just dropped
00:22:35.15\00:22:37.37
your immune system
way back down again.
00:22:37.38\00:22:39.39
That's right and the
type of fat is important too,
00:22:39.40\00:22:42.02
a high cholesterol
diet was studied in one case
00:22:42.03\00:22:45.20
and when they studied the high
00:22:45.21\00:22:46.70
cholesterol diet
they found out that it
00:22:46.71\00:22:48.75
knocked out the
natural killer cell activity,
00:22:48.76\00:22:51.67
it reduced it down to
1/4 the usual activity.
00:22:51.68\00:22:55.73
Now, do you find
cholesterol in fruits
00:22:55.74\00:22:57.46
and vegetables? You
know, fruits and vegetables
00:22:57.47\00:22:59.86
don't have any
cholesterol, it takes
00:22:59.87\00:23:01.67
a liver to make
cholesterol and the fruit
00:23:01.68\00:23:03.83
you know a banana
doesn't have a liver.
00:23:03.84\00:23:06.02
So, any type of
animal products then
00:23:06.03\00:23:08.22
is our main
source of cholesterol.
00:23:08.23\00:23:10.29
That's right if
it has a face well;
00:23:10.30\00:23:12.45
if it had eyes don't eat it.
00:23:12.46\00:23:14.31
It also reduces the
interferon production,
00:23:14.32\00:23:20.90
well you
mentioned cholesterol coming
00:23:20.91\00:23:22.83
from something that
had a liver, milk comes
00:23:22.84\00:23:24.58
from cows. Oh!
Yeah, it most effect our
00:23:24.59\00:23:27.07
interferon levels
and killer cell activity,
00:23:27.08\00:23:29.60
they did a study
in rats and mice,
00:23:29.61\00:23:32.82
they found out
drinking milk greatly reduced
00:23:32.83\00:23:36.50
the natural
killer cell activity.
00:23:36.51\00:23:38.78
Sounds that way,
you've talked about
00:23:38.79\00:23:40.11
fat and cholesterol
as part of your diet and,
00:23:40.12\00:23:42.56
and milk and all
those things but I can still
00:23:42.57\00:23:45.59
have sugar on my oatmeal right.
00:23:45.60\00:23:47.67
Well, if you beg
me enough, actually
00:23:47.68\00:23:51.61
it doesn't matter
what I say your immune
00:23:51.62\00:23:53.44
system will tell you.
That's right, and they
00:23:53.45\00:23:55.23
studied a bunch of
mice and they fed them
00:23:55.24\00:23:57.65
a high table sugar
diet and it greatly reduced
00:23:57.66\00:24:01.98
their immune
systems. It was not good,
00:24:01.99\00:24:04.97
taking everything
away, taking everything
00:24:04.98\00:24:07.10
away, yeah. This
is very good to know,
00:24:07.11\00:24:09.11
I wanna know how to strengthen
00:24:09.12\00:24:10.27
my immune system,
so you're saying go
00:24:10.28\00:24:12.00
easy on the sugar
well why? What does it
00:24:12.01\00:24:13.67
do to my body?
Well, you know sugar has
00:24:13.68\00:24:16.36
a way of
disarming your white cells.
00:24:16.37\00:24:19.79
They were just as you
eat sugar as eating bacteria.
00:24:19.80\00:24:22.92
They did a study
where they took a bunch
00:24:22.93\00:24:25.03
of people and they
took their white cells
00:24:25.04\00:24:28.28
and they found out
that each white cell during
00:24:28.29\00:24:30.70
a day, during 12
hour period could eat 14
00:24:30.71\00:24:34.36
bacteria. Well,
that's good, that's great,
00:24:34.37\00:24:37.05
eat the bacteria,
these are bad bacteria
00:24:37.06\00:24:38.94
that could cause
disease, and then they
00:24:38.95\00:24:40.89
gave the person a 12
teaspoon dose of sugar.
00:24:40.90\00:24:44.71
Now, what common food
would have 12 teaspoon
00:24:44.72\00:24:47.47
of sugar. Well, I
think soda pop has 11
00:24:47.48\00:24:50.08
and 12 teaspoons in
it, that's right 1 soda pop
00:24:50.09\00:24:52.67
and when they gave
them one soda pop those
00:24:52.68\00:24:55.08
white cells could only
gobble up 5 or 6 bacteria.
00:24:55.09\00:25:00.17
Less than half, less
than half and they had
00:25:00.18\00:25:02.53
two soda pop and it
reduce the number of
00:25:02.54\00:25:04.61
bacteria that the
white cell could eat
00:25:04.62\00:25:06.39
to one in a day.
So, pretty much disarmed
00:25:06.40\00:25:09.57
the white cells,
oh! Yes, and the average
00:25:09.58\00:25:11.56
American gets about
32 teaspoons of sugar
00:25:11.57\00:25:15.69
a day. Well, alright,
I get rid of my sugar out
00:25:15.70\00:25:19.02
with the
cholesterol and fat, brings on
00:25:19.03\00:25:21.83
some beef. Oh!
Boy, studies of mice
00:25:21.84\00:25:27.09
where they fed them
at 25 percent protein
00:25:27.10\00:25:29.46
diet showed that it
reduced their natural
00:25:29.47\00:25:31.89
killer cell activity.
The best diet for the mice
00:25:31.90\00:25:34.43
was to have about a
5 percent protein diet.
00:25:34.44\00:25:37.76
Beef had a liver,
yeah Beef had a liver.
00:25:37.77\00:25:40.21
So, we wanna get our
protein from somewhere
00:25:40.22\00:25:41.19
else, that's right,
that's exactly right
00:25:41.20\00:25:45.03
and why would we
get our protein Amber,
00:25:45.04\00:25:46.83
I'm trying to
think of a good source.
00:25:46.84\00:25:48.95
Well, I hear soy is
the new trendy food out
00:25:48.96\00:25:53.59
there, from the
studies I understand that soy
00:25:53.60\00:25:56.43
has shown benefit for
people who have the flu.
00:25:56.44\00:25:59.00
Doesn't just benefit
the flu, but also helps
00:25:59.01\00:26:00.69
for cancer, because
there are such strong
00:26:00.70\00:26:02.72
antioxidant properties
and it's a very potent
00:26:02.73\00:26:05.17
immune simulator. Wow,
well we all better go get
00:26:05.18\00:26:08.54
our soybeans,
that's right. When I was in
00:26:08.55\00:26:11.84
high school I had
a friend that decided
00:26:11.85\00:26:13.89
to go on what he
called a raw food diet.
00:26:13.90\00:26:16.52
While we're busy
eating other things,
00:26:16.53\00:26:18.36
he's eating this
big bowl salad everyday,
00:26:18.37\00:26:20.50
you know you
can only how imagine
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.02
how much we teased the guy.
00:26:22.03\00:26:23.57
And then a few
years ago, I, I got a hold
00:26:23.58\00:26:27.71
of him, talked
to him on the phone
00:26:27.72\00:26:28.87
I says how you're
doing he says great,
00:26:28.88\00:26:30.95
I said are you still
on your raw food diet.
00:26:30.96\00:26:32.63
He says, I sure am,
I say how's that going?
00:26:32.64\00:26:35.23
He says great
you know in 25 years
00:26:35.24\00:26:37.61
I've not had a flu
or cold or any illness.
00:26:37.62\00:26:40.92
He says, before
I went on that diet
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.08
I was sick all the
time, snot in the winter time,
00:26:43.09\00:26:45.64
colds, flu and so
forth. Lovely, yeah lovely,
00:26:45.65\00:26:49.67
but the studies
have shown that a fresh
00:26:49.68\00:26:53.15
food diet, fresh
fruits and fresh vegetables
00:26:53.16\00:26:55.95
greatly stimulate
the immune system and
00:26:55.96\00:26:58.43
definitely reduce the
incidence of illnesses.
00:26:58.44\00:27:02.07
So, not only was he
eating none of the things
00:27:02.08\00:27:04.82
we've talked about
to avoid, but he was
00:27:04.83\00:27:06.13
just really eating
a lot of raw fruits
00:27:06.14\00:27:08.37
and vegetables so,
yeah, that's fantastic,
00:27:08.38\00:27:10.46
just kicking that
immune system going.
00:27:10.47\00:27:12.06
Oh! Yes, greatly
increasing the immune system,
00:27:12.07\00:27:15.10
sounds like he was
on a plant based diet.
00:27:15.11\00:27:17.10
Yes, definitely, so
what can we get from
00:27:17.11\00:27:18.70
plants that
strengthens our immune system?
00:27:18.71\00:27:20.60
You know, plants
are high in all kinds of
00:27:20.61\00:27:23.37
vitamins, they
did a study comparing
00:27:23.38\00:27:25.50
omnivores and vegans,
that's a total vegetarian
00:27:25.51\00:27:28.93
in that study they
found out that vegetarians
00:27:28.94\00:27:32.01
had three times the
amount of Vitamin C,
00:27:32.02\00:27:34.88
three times amount of
Vitamin E, almost three
00:27:34.89\00:27:37.36
times amount of Vitamin
A, they had more copper,
00:27:37.37\00:27:40.51
they were a little
bit low in zinc and sodium
00:27:40.52\00:27:43.63
and we're gonna
talk about those, because
00:27:43.64\00:27:45.60
those are things
that are vegetarian want
00:27:45.61\00:27:47.40
to boost. But
they were not too high
00:27:47.41\00:27:52.12
on cholesterol
either, so that was a good
00:27:52.13\00:27:53.83
thing, that's
right. They turned around
00:27:53.84\00:27:55.40
and tested their
blood to see if the intake
00:27:55.41\00:27:57.70
of this increased
amount of nutrients
00:27:57.71\00:27:59.84
made a difference
in their blood sure
00:27:59.85\00:28:01.30
enough they had
more Vitamin A, C and E
00:28:01.31\00:28:03.21
in their blood and
their natural killer
00:28:03.22\00:28:05.44
cell was twice
that of omnivores.
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.80
Fantastic, it goes
back to our study about the
00:28:07.81\00:28:10.58
Adventist in Georgia,
yes, you said doing better
00:28:10.59\00:28:13.37
than the people
around and when, especially
00:28:13.38\00:28:14.77
when they're vegetarian.
Apples, apples, they are
00:28:14.78\00:28:17.46
still my personal
favorites can I keep
00:28:17.47\00:28:18.81
eating apples.
Yeah, apples are great an
00:28:18.82\00:28:21.21
apple a day keeps the
doctor away, but there
00:28:21.22\00:28:22.85
is a little bit
of truth to that.
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.51
Modern medical
science has shown that
00:28:24.52\00:28:27.47
apples actually
improve lung function,
00:28:27.48\00:28:29.99
interesting and
since it's your lungs
00:28:30.00\00:28:32.30
that are going to be
attacked by the virus.
00:28:32.31\00:28:34.89
You want to have
good lungs, what's more,
00:28:34.90\00:28:37.46
apples contain phytochemicals,
00:28:37.47\00:28:39.84
those are basically
Vitamins that haven't
00:28:39.85\00:28:41.24
gotten a letter name
because they came long
00:28:41.25\00:28:43.47
after the letter people
were putting out letters.
00:28:43.48\00:28:45.53
But phytochemicals
actually in apples will
00:28:45.54\00:28:48.95
inhibit influenza
viruses. Fantastic, keep eating
00:28:48.96\00:28:54.45
apples, yeah keep
eating your apples.
00:28:54.46\00:28:56.47
Now, another way I
hear to keep people
00:28:56.48\00:28:58.62
away is garlic, keep
people away is garlic.
00:28:58.63\00:29:03.01
Apple a day
keeps the doctor away
00:29:03.02\00:29:04.35
and garlic keeps
everyone else away,
00:29:04.36\00:29:05.96
and it keeps
influenza virus away as well.
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.21
Well, that's good, yeah you bet,
00:29:09.22\00:29:10.66
in fact there was a
study they did where
00:29:10.67\00:29:13.29
they actually
gave people a garlic
00:29:13.30\00:29:15.93
supplement pill.
Those that had the garlic
00:29:15.94\00:29:19.18
supplement pill
had 60 percent fewer
00:29:19.19\00:29:22.71
influenza infections
during the winter than
00:29:22.72\00:29:25.05
those who didn't
take it, interesting.
00:29:25.06\00:29:26.92
And there is a
relative to garlic and that's
00:29:26.93\00:29:30.09
the onion, what do
you know about onions?
00:29:30.10\00:29:32.31
Yeah, there's a
particular product in onions
00:29:32.32\00:29:34.33
called Quercetin
and it actually protects
00:29:34.34\00:29:36.09
against oxidative
stress and lung damage,
00:29:36.10\00:29:39.90
the epithelial
damage to the wall cause
00:29:39.91\00:29:41.61
by the flu,
influenza, so just like apples
00:29:41.62\00:29:45.27
and green leafy
vegetables and beans,
00:29:45.28\00:29:47.05
the onion is very
good for your immune system
00:29:47.06\00:29:48.90
and protecting your lung tissue.
00:29:48.91\00:29:50.47
And that's what the
problem is in flu that
00:29:50.48\00:29:52.77
kills your lungs.
And so eating onions,
00:29:52.78\00:29:55.09
yeah and garlic could
be a good way of keeping
00:29:55.10\00:29:58.34
your lungs in good
shape. That's very true,
00:29:58.35\00:30:01.33
now a personal
favorite I hear many, many
00:30:01.34\00:30:04.88
people say that if
you have wine it helps
00:30:04.89\00:30:07.66
you out, but what
is it about the wine,
00:30:07.67\00:30:09.16
it's in the grapes
right that helps with that
00:30:09.17\00:30:10.74
properties for immune system.
00:30:10.75\00:30:12.16
As we've talked about
earlier alcohol depresses
00:30:12.17\00:30:15.45
the immune system,
but the properties in
00:30:15.46\00:30:18.19
grapes that are
good can begotten from
00:30:18.20\00:30:20.10
the grape you don't
have to you know rot
00:30:20.11\00:30:22.12
the grape in order to get it.
00:30:22.13\00:30:23.60
And in fact there is a
phytochemical in grapes,
00:30:23.61\00:30:27.36
resveratrol that strongly
inhibits the replication
00:30:27.37\00:30:32.30
of influenza
viruses insight the cells.
00:30:32.31\00:30:36.05
Well, I know
something that looks like grapes
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.50
elderberry,
elderberry extract has actually
00:30:38.51\00:30:41.30
been shown to have
some antiviral properties
00:30:41.31\00:30:44.20
against influenza A,
can help with actually
00:30:44.21\00:30:47.57
effecting the viral
load. Do you ever eat white
00:30:47.58\00:30:50.96
bread? No actually.
Well, I was told that
00:30:50.97\00:30:54.83
it didn't have
much nutrient value,
00:30:54.84\00:30:56.34
but doesn't it taste
better than brown bread?
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.38
Yes, lots of peanut
butter and jelly on it,
00:30:58.39\00:31:03.34
it's very good.
If somebody is only
00:31:03.35\00:31:07.67
getting 50 percent of
the USRDA of vitamins,
00:31:07.68\00:31:11.03
their natural killer
cell activity was greatly
00:31:11.04\00:31:13.73
depressed. We
wanna make sure we get
00:31:13.74\00:31:16.54
enough of the good
vitamins, well how about
00:31:16.55\00:31:19.40
Folic? If you're
deficient in folic acid,
00:31:19.41\00:31:22.95
they have shown
that, that will reduce
00:31:22.96\00:31:24.90
your immune system
both lymphocyte counts
00:31:24.91\00:31:27.77
and natural killer
cell activity by 60 percent.
00:31:27.78\00:31:31.31
Well, great, I'll go
buy a pill, oh! Boy, well
00:31:31.32\00:31:34.00
you know that's I',m
glad you mention that
00:31:34.01\00:31:36.45
and pills are not
the answer, really.
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.75
They did a study, they
take a bunch of people,
00:31:38.76\00:31:41.03
they found out they
were deficient fully,
00:31:41.04\00:31:43.37
one group they split
them in half, one group
00:31:43.38\00:31:45.92
they fed a good
diet, raised their natural
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.35
killer cell activity
backup increase their bodies
00:31:48.36\00:31:50.88
stores in fully. The
other group they gave a
00:31:50.89\00:31:52.60
supplement to, the
people who got the food
00:31:52.61\00:31:56.71
had a better response
in their immune system
00:31:56.72\00:31:59.24
than those they got
the pill, then they got
00:31:59.25\00:32:01.06
their bright idea,
well we'll give the pill to
00:32:01.07\00:32:03.29
the people who are
getting good food too.
00:32:03.30\00:32:05.73
Sounds good. Will
really boost it, double it,
00:32:05.74\00:32:07.26
double their effect,
at the end of the study
00:32:07.27\00:32:10.01
the people who are
eating the good food
00:32:10.02\00:32:12.03
and took the pill
their immune system was
00:32:12.04\00:32:14.18
worse then if they
had not eating their diet
00:32:14.19\00:32:17.41
or taking the pill.
So, actually counteracted
00:32:17.42\00:32:19.86
the effect of
their good diet then.
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.61
That's exactly right,
well tell me what kind
00:32:21.62\00:32:24.00
of food I should
eat to get my folic?
00:32:24.01\00:32:25.92
What food has good
folic, the USRDA is
00:32:25.93\00:32:29.09
about 400mcgs and if
you look at 100gms of food:
00:32:29.10\00:32:34.17
Arrowroot has a lot, it has 338:
00:32:34.18\00:32:37.60
Wheat germ has a lot, Peanuts,
00:32:37.61\00:32:39.53
Sunflower seeds,
Spinach, Lentils,
00:32:39.54\00:32:41.51
Pinto beans, Parsley,
lot of Oats have some.
00:32:41.52\00:32:46.06
One thing I let you
know, there are some foods
00:32:46.07\00:32:48.95
have none, and
when a food has none,
00:32:48.96\00:32:51.46
it tends to
deplete the system of what,
00:32:51.47\00:32:53.44
what folic acid you do have.
00:32:53.45\00:32:55.64
So, it actually drags
out what's in there with it,
00:32:55.65\00:32:57.70
yeah, yeah makes the
body use up it stores.
00:32:57.71\00:33:00.67
Instead of
providing some Corn oil,
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.33
I mean oil doesn't have
folic acid, Potato chips,
00:33:03.34\00:33:06.79
you know Soda pop,
and there's a lot of foods
00:33:06.80\00:33:08.79
there are just
basically nutrient depleted.
00:33:08.80\00:33:11.79
How about Vitamin A
start at the beginning?
00:33:11.80\00:33:14.26
Yes, A deficiency
of Vitamin A reduces
00:33:14.27\00:33:17.56
natural killer
cell, number and function.
00:33:17.57\00:33:21.72
And so you wanna
make sure you have
00:33:21.73\00:33:23.74
enough Vitamin A,
Vitamin A deficiency
00:33:23.75\00:33:26.16
also results in a loss
of IgA producing cells.
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.68
Those B-Cells that
we said were the second
00:33:29.69\00:33:31.82
line of defense when
you're attacked by an
00:33:31.83\00:33:34.90
influenza virus. Now,
you said taking the pill
00:33:34.91\00:33:37.86
to get folic acid
is not a good idea,
00:33:37.87\00:33:39.85
can I take a Vitamin A
supplement in a pill form?
00:33:39.86\00:33:43.24
You know, that's a
good question because
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.05
in America we
commercialize everything,
00:33:45.06\00:33:47.97
if we find out that
you know fiber is good.
00:33:47.98\00:33:50.80
Well, we have fiber
that you can buy and eat,
00:33:50.81\00:33:54.24
yeah you can eat
your white bread and send
00:33:54.25\00:33:56.75
a fiber chaser
after it, that's right.
00:33:56.76\00:33:59.23
But you say the
foods that we eat normally
00:33:59.24\00:34:03.92
have good nutrient
and taking a pill has
00:34:03.93\00:34:07.01
not proven helpful.
Vitamin A in Finland
00:34:07.02\00:34:09.96
they did a study on lung cancer,
00:34:09.97\00:34:12.06
they found out
after they've studied
00:34:12.07\00:34:13.76
the population,
that the population the
00:34:13.77\00:34:16.17
people who had a higher
serum level of Vitamin A
00:34:16.18\00:34:19.31
and Vitamin E for
that matter had lower lung
00:34:19.32\00:34:22.06
cancer rates. Well,
lets feed everybody pills,
00:34:22.07\00:34:25.39
so everybody got a
pill, Vitamin A and Vitamin E,
00:34:25.40\00:34:28.23
lo and behold the
lung cancer rates went up,
00:34:28.24\00:34:30.93
not down. Interesting,
they says what's the
00:34:30.94\00:34:33.54
matter here,
same thing in America,
00:34:33.55\00:34:35.35
prostate cancer did a
similar study found out
00:34:35.36\00:34:37.81
that people who had
higher serum levels,
00:34:37.82\00:34:40.20
body levels of
Vitamin A and Vitamin E had
00:34:40.21\00:34:42.54
lower cancer rates
of prostate cancer okay.
00:34:42.55\00:34:46.38
Let's feed them all
the pills, yes pull out
00:34:46.39\00:34:48.54
the pills, gave them
the pills, Vitamin A pills,
00:34:48.55\00:34:51.63
Vitamin E pills,
wow what happened?
00:34:51.64\00:34:54.86
Up went the cancer rates again.
00:34:54.87\00:34:56.61
You see, lets just
take Vitamin A for a minute,
00:34:56.62\00:35:00.12
yeah if you eat a
carrot; a carrot has
00:35:00.13\00:35:04.31
273 different
active forms of Vitamin A,
00:35:04.32\00:35:08.76
if you get the pill
you get what? And it may
00:35:08.77\00:35:11.69
not be active, if you
get the pill then your
00:35:11.70\00:35:15.46
deficient in 272,
well how do you know
00:35:15.47\00:35:18.05
they picked the
right one to put the pill?
00:35:18.06\00:35:20.07
Well, best way is
to eat the carrot and
00:35:20.08\00:35:25.05
same thing with
Vitamin E, will talk about
00:35:25.06\00:35:27.72
Vitamin in a minute.
But sources of Vitamin A,
00:35:27.73\00:35:30.87
Paprika, Cayenne
peppers, Sweet potatoes,
00:35:30.88\00:35:34.43
Carrots, Kale,
Spinach, Squash, Cantaloupe,
00:35:34.44\00:35:38.26
even Broccoli. Now,
you know they 4 to 5 some
00:35:38.27\00:35:42.10
foods is Vitamin
A and you know Eggs,
00:35:42.11\00:35:44.74
Chickens, Beef
there is no Vitamin A,
00:35:44.75\00:35:47.09
you're not going
to you know fight off
00:35:47.10\00:35:50.16
the flu with a big
steak, it just won't work.
00:35:50.17\00:35:52.61
No, so that's not
necessarily the way
00:35:52.62\00:35:54.64
to go. Well, you
had mentioned Vitamin A
00:35:54.65\00:35:57.48
and Vitamin E is a
two Vitamin sources
00:35:57.49\00:35:59.29
that they tested
for people with prostate
00:35:59.30\00:36:01.29
cancer, or lung
cancer. Well, Vitamin E is very
00:36:01.30\00:36:03.93
important for the
influenza, the number
00:36:03.94\00:36:07.56
of viruses in
your lungs is reduced
00:36:07.57\00:36:10.82
if you have a good
body store Vitamin E,
00:36:10.83\00:36:13.48
interesting. And it
also prevents you from
00:36:13.49\00:36:17.43
getting too much
lung inflammation;
00:36:17.44\00:36:19.55
it reduces that
cytokine storm affect,
00:36:19.56\00:36:22.24
so having enough
Vitamin E in your
00:36:22.25\00:36:24.26
body is important. So
your better start now,
00:36:24.27\00:36:26.53
don't wait till the
flu shows up, then decide
00:36:26.54\00:36:28.56
you're gonna eat wheat germ and
00:36:28.57\00:36:29.76
you know almonds and so forth.
00:36:29.77\00:36:31.41
You need to have
a good diet now so
00:36:31.42\00:36:33.28
your body stores
of this food raw.
00:36:33.29\00:36:35.96
The other thing that
happens in the flu is
00:36:35.97\00:36:38.40
the flu shuts down
your brain, it does
00:36:38.41\00:36:41.44
in a number of ways,
it sends your brain into
00:36:41.45\00:36:43.32
alpha ways that also
shuts down your immune system,
00:36:43.33\00:36:46.48
sleep. But it
also makes it so you
00:36:46.49\00:36:49.03
don't feel like
eating, and Vitamin E will help
00:36:49.04\00:36:52.91
keep your appetite
up. Okay, excellent,
00:36:52.92\00:36:55.62
well tell me what I
can use to get my source
00:36:55.63\00:36:57.53
of Vitamin E. Yes, we
wanna get our Vitamin E
00:36:57.54\00:37:00.07
from good food, first
of all sunflower seeds
00:37:00.08\00:37:03.37
are good and
I'll mention sunflower
00:37:03.38\00:37:05.60
seeds a number of
times here because they
00:37:05.61\00:37:07.56
do keep coming up as
being a nutrient rich food:
00:37:07.57\00:37:10.59
Almonds, Flaxseed oil
has a lot, Wheat germ,
00:37:10.60\00:37:15.11
Olive oil, Pine nuts,
a lot of nuts will have
00:37:15.12\00:37:18.61
this kind of thing,
oily foods that are natural,
00:37:18.62\00:37:21.74
Cloves, ground
cloves have some, Mixed nuts
00:37:21.75\00:37:25.13
and Seaweed,
spirulina, Dandelion greens even
00:37:25.14\00:37:29.48
have so you might
have a source of Vitamin E
00:37:29.49\00:37:31.61
right in your in
front yard, that's right,
00:37:31.62\00:37:33.51
forget wheat or go
out there and pick it.
00:37:33.52\00:37:35.79
That's right and
by the way Beer, Tea,
00:37:35.80\00:37:40.27
Coffee, Sugar do
not have Vitamin E,
00:37:40.28\00:37:43.00
no Vitamins, Beef
has very little, if any.
00:37:43.01\00:37:46.88
Well, I love my
chewable Vitamin Cs,
00:37:46.89\00:37:49.73
yeah, can you tell
me anything about that,
00:37:49.74\00:37:51.65
should I avoid those
also. Bet you suck on those
00:37:51.66\00:37:54.85
like candy, yes I do,
Pauline would be proud
00:37:54.86\00:37:58.28
of you. It is a
good Vitamin and it's an
00:37:58.29\00:38:02.87
antioxidant, it helps
reduce the inflammation
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.03
in the lungs, it
helps preserve the lungs
00:38:06.04\00:38:08.53
from so much
damage and if you take it
00:38:08.54\00:38:11.04
before or during the
flu or cold, it helps
00:38:11.05\00:38:13.48
reduce the symptoms.
So, Vitamin C is something
00:38:13.49\00:38:17.13
you wouldn't
wanna be low on, okay,
00:38:17.14\00:38:19.00
I don't know if you
wanna take mega doses
00:38:19.01\00:38:20.87
and again I would
be taking that from the
00:38:20.88\00:38:22.91
natural source.
You seem to really be
00:38:22.92\00:38:24.68
promoting foods and
vegetables here doctor.
00:38:24.69\00:38:26.59
I sure am, who was it
that said, let food be
00:38:26.60\00:38:30.37
your medicine and
medicine your food.
00:38:30.38\00:38:32.45
Who's that
Hippocrates, I think that was
00:38:32.46\00:38:34.25
Hippocrates. So,
Vitamin C what kind
00:38:34.26\00:38:38.10
of foods have good
Vitamin C Dr. Bell?
00:38:38.11\00:38:40.87
Well, I saw
that gentlemen eating
00:38:40.88\00:38:42.62
strawberries on the
slide. Yeah, so definitely
00:38:42.63\00:38:45.80
strawberries are
a good source also,
00:38:45.81\00:38:47.12
Bell peppers, Bell
peppers, Chives, Red cabbage,
00:38:47.13\00:38:50.73
Red cabbage, you see
Broccoli all through here,
00:38:50.74\00:38:53.13
Broccoli seems to be
a good source of many
00:38:53.14\00:38:54.41
things, Pineapple,
Citrus Oranges and Lemons,
00:38:54.42\00:38:57.84
cooked Kale,
Cauliflower, Peas, Potatoes,
00:38:57.85\00:39:02.72
but the couple of
things don't have Vitamin C,
00:39:02.73\00:39:05.10
yeah, as you mention
several others like Tea
00:39:05.11\00:39:06.72
and Coffee, Salmon.
You mean there is a not
00:39:06.73\00:39:09.65
in fish, no, no
Vitamin C in fish.
00:39:09.66\00:39:12.77
Well, you know I mentioned that
00:39:12.78\00:39:14.48
vegetarians are
possibly low on selenium,
00:39:14.49\00:39:18.14
but if you get a
good selenium build up
00:39:18.15\00:39:21.31
in your body it will
increase natural killer
00:39:21.32\00:39:24.33
cell activity by 70 percent.
00:39:24.34\00:39:26.49
Fantastic, what's
more it helps protect
00:39:26.50\00:39:28.96
the lungs, it
reduces the cytokine storm,
00:39:28.97\00:39:31.58
it makes so the
lung tissues don't get as
00:39:31.59\00:39:33.38
damaged and they
recover faster after
00:39:33.39\00:39:36.21
the flu's been through.
Fantastic so, you saying,
00:39:36.22\00:39:39.16
its difficult to
find where do we get it?
00:39:39.17\00:39:40.62
So, the best source is
Brazil nuts, Brazil nuts,
00:39:40.63\00:39:43.72
I mean in fact one
brazil nuts is almost
00:39:43.73\00:39:46.18
like a Vitamin
pill. It's just incredible
00:39:46.19\00:39:49.41
in 100gms of Brazil
nuts, there is 1900mcg
00:39:49.42\00:39:55.95
of selenium. And
the USRDA recommends 70,
00:39:55.96\00:40:00.50
yeah, so you really
getting funny there.
00:40:00.51\00:40:02.72
So, have a brazil
nut a day along with your
00:40:02.73\00:40:04.86
apple, right,
keep your doctor away.
00:40:04.87\00:40:06.78
It makes nuts
probably because there's
00:40:06.79\00:40:08.51
brazil nuts there, Sesame seeds,
00:40:08.52\00:40:10.30
Sunflower seeds, you remember we
00:40:10.31\00:40:11.70
mentioned sunflower
seeds before, very good.
00:40:11.71\00:40:13.70
Wheat germ,
Amaranth flakes, Oat bran,
00:40:13.71\00:40:16.92
Barley, Tofu, White
flour, even has a little
00:40:16.93\00:40:20.33
interestingly
enough, brown sugar does not
00:40:20.34\00:40:24.32
have much. So,
you wanna make sure
00:40:24.33\00:40:26.57
you're not trying
to get your source from
00:40:26.58\00:40:27.75
brown sugar,
butter, none you know.
00:40:27.76\00:40:30.61
And I guess we're
kind of picking on foods
00:40:30.62\00:40:33.25
that are
nutrient, that's right, for.
00:40:33.26\00:40:35.84
But you know there
is a number of elements
00:40:35.85\00:40:38.80
that are important
for your immune system.
00:40:38.81\00:40:40.61
Well you mentioned
again selenium and zinc
00:40:40.62\00:40:42.30
I mean the two
things the vegetarians are
00:40:42.31\00:40:43.83
usually low on, so
I need my brazil nuts,
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.88
what do I need for
zinc and why does that
00:40:45.89\00:40:47.34
help my immune
system? Well zinc is necessary
00:40:47.35\00:40:49.52
for natural killer cell
activity and it stimulates
00:40:49.53\00:40:53.26
the immune system.
Your immune system needs
00:40:53.27\00:40:55.48
more the amount that
it takes to help you grow,
00:40:55.49\00:40:58.78
the requirements are higher.
00:40:58.79\00:41:00.51
So, USRDA of zinc
is 15mgs a day and good
00:41:00.52\00:41:07.22
sources are Wheat
germ, Pumpkin seeds,
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.96
Sesame seeds, Wheat
bran, Pine nuts, Wild rice,
00:41:09.97\00:41:14.75
Cashew nuts,
Caraway seeds, if you're
00:41:14.76\00:41:18.05
looking again at Hard
candy, it has none Beef
00:41:18.06\00:41:21.61
tallow none,
Shortening, you know there is a
00:41:21.62\00:41:23.73
few foods just
aren't going to sustain life
00:41:23.74\00:41:26.61
during the flu
pandemic. Alright, well Amber
00:41:26.62\00:41:30.29
we've talked about lot of foods.
00:41:30.30\00:41:31.84
I'm just thinking I
wish I had list of just
00:41:31.85\00:41:33.80
you know few things I could eat.
00:41:33.81\00:41:35.55
What would you
suggest I eat in the
00:41:35.56\00:41:37.52
way of vegetables?
Well, Garlic, yeah,
00:41:37.53\00:41:40.26
Onions, okay,
Carrots, Kale, Spinach and
00:41:40.27\00:41:43.36
Broccoli, okay,
all excellent sources
00:41:43.37\00:41:45.81
of many of the vitamins
that we've talked about.
00:41:45.82\00:41:47.55
And you know we've
mentioned a few fruits
00:41:47.56\00:41:49.60
what would you
suggest I eat in the
00:41:49.61\00:41:50.97
way of fruits
that will be helpful?
00:41:50.98\00:41:52.45
Well, definitely
Apples and Strawberries,
00:41:52.46\00:41:54.36
Grapes and Citrus all
excellent sources again
00:41:54.37\00:41:56.88
of the vitamins
that we need to keep our
00:41:56.89\00:41:58.29
Immune system especially strong.
00:41:58.30\00:42:00.00
Okay, are there
some foods that you're
00:42:00.01\00:42:01.90
just nuts about?
Brazil nuts, Brazil nuts,
00:42:01.91\00:42:05.73
that's right and
Pine nuts, also seeds
00:42:05.74\00:42:08.12
you mentioned
many seed that are very
00:42:08.13\00:42:09.37
high in Vitamins
like Sunflower seeds,
00:42:09.38\00:42:10.96
Sesame and Pumpkin
seeds. And just overall
00:42:10.97\00:42:13.64
fresh raw
foods, Soy, Wheat germ,
00:42:13.65\00:42:16.35
Turmeric also
very good source of the
00:42:16.36\00:42:18.52
Vitamins we need
to keep our immune
00:42:18.53\00:42:19.93
system strong.
Turmeric is very healthful
00:42:19.94\00:42:22.27
because it is not
only high in Vitamins,
00:42:22.28\00:42:25.41
but it helps the immune
system fight inflammation.
00:42:25.42\00:42:29.56
Well, you know we
basically been talking
00:42:29.57\00:42:32.08
about a diet that
comes from the Bible
00:42:32.09\00:42:34.77
haven't we. Described
in the Garden of Eden:
00:42:34.78\00:42:37.11
"Then God said, I
give you every seed-bearing
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.47
plant on the face
of the whole earth
00:42:39.48\00:42:41.69
and every tree that
has fruit with seed in it.
00:42:41.70\00:42:43.80
They will be yours
for food, and you will eat
00:42:43.81\00:42:45.99
the plants of the
field." That's found
00:42:46.00\00:42:47.27
in Genesis chapter
1 verses 29 and 3:18.
00:42:47.28\00:42:50.70
Well, you know if we
just stuck with that diet
00:42:50.71\00:42:54.43
maybe we wouldn't get the flu.
00:42:54.44\00:42:56.18
That sounds like an
excellent proposition,
00:42:56.19\00:42:57.98
yeah. Well,
Amber, boy you know we're
00:42:57.99\00:43:02.30
going through
this list of things and
00:43:02.31\00:43:03.98
people often
drink with their meals,
00:43:03.99\00:43:05.73
I'm thinking
about fluids and liquids
00:43:05.74\00:43:07.54
and so forth,
you mentioned water
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.17
though as being a
very important part
00:43:09.18\00:43:11.26
of the what you
called 8 natural remedies?
00:43:11.27\00:43:13.93
That's right, you don't
always advocate drinking
00:43:13.94\00:43:16.17
with your meals
though, they say that drinking
00:43:16.18\00:43:18.42
a lot during your
meal actually can dilute
00:43:18.43\00:43:20.79
the digestive
juices, that need to absorb
00:43:20.80\00:43:23.35
the nutrients
that you're eating so
00:43:23.36\00:43:25.13
water is
definitely a good thing but
00:43:25.14\00:43:26.51
sometimes they
recommend stopping
00:43:26.52\00:43:28.46
drinking about a
half and hour before
00:43:28.47\00:43:30.21
your meal and about
an hour after your meal,
00:43:30.22\00:43:32.28
so you give your
body the digestive juices
00:43:32.29\00:43:34.41
time to go through
the material and absorb
00:43:34.42\00:43:37.18
as much of the
nutrients in your intestines
00:43:37.19\00:43:39.38
as you can. Well,
great, so definitely water
00:43:39.39\00:43:41.93
is extremely important,
60 to 80 percent of the
00:43:41.94\00:43:45.28
tissue in your body
is made up of water.
00:43:45.29\00:43:47.55
Wow, so if you
don't adequately replenish
00:43:47.56\00:43:51.45
what's in your body
it can really damage
00:43:51.46\00:43:53.28
your body,
especially if you think about
00:43:53.29\00:43:55.35
how much you
sweat during the day?
00:43:55.36\00:43:56.70
How much you
excrete during the day?
00:43:56.71\00:43:58.88
Your body is
always putting out fluids
00:43:58.89\00:44:00.64
through
perspiration when you breathe
00:44:00.65\00:44:01.89
you're putting out
fluid and moisture.
00:44:01.90\00:44:03.61
So, it's very
important to maintain that,
00:44:03.62\00:44:06.03
because your body
will naturally dehydrate
00:44:06.04\00:44:07.63
if you don't replenish
it. So, and complications
00:44:07.64\00:44:11.42
that go with
dehydration are constipation,
00:44:11.43\00:44:13.32
oh! Boy, yes,
urinary tract infections
00:44:13.33\00:44:16.11
and respiratory
infections, oh there
00:44:16.12\00:44:17.84
you go, important so,
delirium, that's great,
00:44:17.85\00:44:19.82
renal failure,
electrolyte imbalances,
00:44:19.83\00:44:23.06
hyperthermia, and
they've even shown a
00:44:23.07\00:44:25.92
longer time for
wound healing when
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.60
you don't have adequate water.
00:44:27.61\00:44:29.08
So it's, it's very
important many things.
00:44:29.09\00:44:31.25
Dryness in the
skin, fatigue all those
00:44:31.26\00:44:34.71
things are much
complications with not
00:44:34.72\00:44:36.94
have enough water.
Evident one study up
00:44:36.95\00:44:38.93
to 70 percent of
Americans are dehydrated.
00:44:38.94\00:44:41.16
You know, we say water
but you don't just drink
00:44:41.17\00:44:44.16
water, there's
other ways of using water.
00:44:44.17\00:44:46.43
To benefit your body, go ahead,
00:44:46.44\00:44:48.34
tell us about it.
That's right you know one
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.57
of the things we
have lost is the art of
00:44:50.58\00:44:54.33
hydrotherapy, use of
the water for treatment."
00:44:54.34\00:44:57.84
Most persons would
receive benefit from
00:44:57.85\00:45:00.65
a cool or tepid
bath every day, morning
00:45:00.66\00:45:03.48
or evening.
Instead of increasing the
00:45:03.49\00:45:06.22
liability to take
cold, a bath, properly taken,
00:45:06.23\00:45:09.64
fortifies against
cold." So, you can actually
00:45:09.65\00:45:13.66
improve your immune
system with taking a bath.
00:45:13.67\00:45:15.84
That's right if
you're going go out in the
00:45:15.85\00:45:17.92
cold weather and first
you took a bath let say
00:45:17.93\00:45:20.16
64 degrees Fahrenheit,
this actually stimulates
00:45:20.17\00:45:23.97
your immune system:
It augments the white
00:45:23.98\00:45:25.99
cell response to cold exposure.
00:45:26.00\00:45:28.33
And it increases
natural killer cell activity.
00:45:28.34\00:45:30.95
So, get in
naturally bath is actually
00:45:30.96\00:45:33.51
a good thing. That's
right; you know there are
00:45:33.52\00:45:36.10
a lot of benefits
to a good hydrotherapy.
00:45:36.11\00:45:39.16
Well, what about
the, the flu pandemic
00:45:39.17\00:45:42.12
that we had in
1918, you had mentioned
00:45:42.13\00:45:45.65
taking water not
just orally but other
00:45:45.66\00:45:50.33
uses of water, did
they use that for the 1918
00:45:50.34\00:45:52.46
flu to help? You
know, there were certain
00:45:52.47\00:45:55.42
centers around
the United States that
00:45:55.43\00:45:57.49
were using water
treatments in 1918.
00:45:57.50\00:46:00.69
And few statistics
on this for those that
00:46:00.70\00:46:04.52
went to the army
hospitals 17 percent
00:46:04.53\00:46:07.54
got pneumonia
and 7 percent diet,
00:46:07.55\00:46:10.58
of those that
did hydrotherapy at
00:46:10.59\00:46:13.55
home only 9
percent got pneumonia and
00:46:13.56\00:46:18.20
only 4 percent died.
Of those who went to the
00:46:18.21\00:46:22.51
10 sanitariums, any
one of the 10, there was
00:46:22.52\00:46:25.83
a 1 percent rate
of pneumonia and only
00:46:25.84\00:46:29.49
a half a percent
mortality. It's fantastic,
00:46:29.50\00:46:33.08
yes very good
results from doing these
00:46:33.09\00:46:36.36
hydrotherapy treatments.
Now, this talk we're doing
00:46:36.37\00:46:39.28
now is on
prevention so we're not going
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.13
talk about treatment
a whole lot, but I just
00:46:41.14\00:46:43.06
want to mention that
because the third talk
00:46:43.07\00:46:45.18
we do in the series
will be on treatment
00:46:45.19\00:46:47.16
and will talk about
what does sanitariums did
00:46:47.17\00:46:49.48
and what you can do
if you are still unlucky
00:46:49.49\00:46:52.46
or still unprepared,
yes as to get the influenza.
00:46:52.47\00:46:56.40
Now, if you feel
yourself coming down the flu
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.75
Dr. Clerk what
would you recommend,
00:46:58.76\00:47:00.18
what do you do
when you feel like you
00:47:00.19\00:47:01.44
might be getting
some symptoms in the flu?
00:47:01.45\00:47:03.06
First thing I do is
I getting in the shower
00:47:03.07\00:47:05.74
and I turn it as hot
as I could stand and then
00:47:05.75\00:47:09.70
I just let myself warm
up. In fact I've, I keep
00:47:09.71\00:47:13.43
the hot shower on
till I feel my temperature
00:47:13.44\00:47:15.91
go up. You might
wonder how I know
00:47:15.92\00:47:18.62
if my, can you if
you're temperature is rise,
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.22
how do you tell if
you're temperature is rising.
00:47:20.23\00:47:22.15
Well, it's a feeling
you get, well the way
00:47:22.16\00:47:24.30
I figured that
because I put a thermometer
00:47:24.31\00:47:26.24
in mouth one time and
just felt how I felt to see
00:47:26.25\00:47:29.86
whether or not I
could tell if my temperature
00:47:29.87\00:47:32.35
is going up. Sure
enough my temperature is
00:47:32.36\00:47:33.84
started going up and I
start feeling this kind
00:47:33.85\00:47:35.92
uneasy feeling like
well like I'm sick, yeah.
00:47:35.93\00:47:38.91
And so I kind of
got you know recorded
00:47:38.92\00:47:41.78
in my head what it
would feel like you can
00:47:41.79\00:47:43.59
put a thermometer in your mouth.
00:47:43.60\00:47:45.03
The idea is, is raise
your temperature a little
00:47:45.04\00:47:47.04
bit from whatever it
is, you're get in the
00:47:47.05\00:47:49.56
shower to degree
or two just see know
00:47:49.57\00:47:51.59
you affected
yourself. So, take your normal
00:47:51.60\00:47:53.74
temperature and
raise it one degree yeah
00:47:53.75\00:47:55.99
and then after I've
got my temperature up
00:47:56.00\00:47:58.62
I turn it to cold.
Usually, the fun part,
00:47:58.63\00:48:01.91
the fun part and
my water is very cold,
00:48:01.92\00:48:04.95
there you go. If
your water isn't cold then
00:48:04.96\00:48:06.78
you may have to
come up with where you
00:48:06.79\00:48:08.25
get colder one way
be they have a bucket
00:48:08.26\00:48:10.22
full of ice water
and have your enemy,
00:48:10.23\00:48:12.52
that's right, or
somebody poured down yes.
00:48:12.53\00:48:14.83
But anyway one
minute of cold following
00:48:14.84\00:48:17.83
this hot then I
repeat that one or two times,
00:48:17.84\00:48:20.45
I mean I go back and
turn it on hot and raise
00:48:20.46\00:48:23.05
my temperature
again and then once
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.66
I've gone through the
cold after the last hot.
00:48:25.67\00:48:28.75
One minute of cold
then I go to bed for
00:48:28.76\00:48:30.85
half hour, okay
and boy let me tell you
00:48:30.86\00:48:33.52
that makes you feel
like you are just taking
00:48:33.53\00:48:36.12
a really,
really strong medicine.
00:48:36.13\00:48:38.69
And usually
after doing that once,
00:48:38.70\00:48:42.20
when I think I'm coming
down with the colder flu
00:48:42.21\00:48:44.83
that will cure it.
Really, yeah that usually cures
00:48:44.84\00:48:47.45
it just like that and
does this do something
00:48:47.46\00:48:49.61
to your immune
system when you go back
00:48:49.62\00:48:51.00
with the hot and
cold? It actually does,
00:48:51.01\00:48:52.89
it boosts your immune
system quite dramatically,
00:48:52.90\00:48:55.18
it increases as the
circulation dramatically
00:48:55.19\00:48:57.43
too. And remember
perfect health depends
00:48:57.44\00:48:59.78
on perfect
circulation, that's right.
00:48:59.79\00:49:03.19
Well, you take care of
hot and cold treatments
00:49:03.20\00:49:08.08
and then what do you
do, is that all you do
00:49:08.09\00:49:10.15
for cannot flu or cold?
Well, know I'll actually
00:49:10.16\00:49:13.81
take something by
mouth and that is a
00:49:13.82\00:49:17.25
dose of charcoal,
charcoal. Yeah, now we're not
00:49:17.26\00:49:20.20
talking the brick
yet, cubes from mine,
00:49:20.21\00:49:22.36
from your
boiler, barbecue outback.
00:49:22.37\00:49:24.22
No, you wouldn't
wanna take those,
00:49:24.23\00:49:27.69
those have
chemicals added to them
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.40
so they'll burn,
but if you got the idea
00:49:29.41\00:49:31.34
that is charcoal.
You can go to health food
00:49:31.35\00:49:33.98
stores and go to
CharcoalRemedies.com
00:49:33.99\00:49:36.46
online, you can get it
from different sources,
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.81
you can go out you
know burn some wood
00:49:38.82\00:49:40.55
in your backyard and
scrape the black stuff off,
00:49:40.56\00:49:42.76
that's fine. You
know, the best is activated
00:49:42.77\00:49:45.34
charcoal and what
I'll do is, I'll take a
00:49:45.35\00:49:48.55
tablespoon of
charcoal or two tablespoons
00:49:48.56\00:49:51.17
of charcoal and put
it in a cup of water
00:49:51.18\00:49:53.79
in a glass jar, put it
on the lid, shake it up
00:49:53.80\00:49:56.28
so it's all in most
and then I'll drink it down
00:49:56.29\00:49:59.63
as quickly as I can.
And so this stuff is good,
00:49:59.64\00:50:03.10
it binds viruses,
it takes toxins out of
00:50:03.11\00:50:05.67
our system, those
toxins that the virus
00:50:05.68\00:50:07.66
is producing that
will cause cytokine storm
00:50:07.67\00:50:09.68
throughout the
rest of your body.
00:50:09.69\00:50:10.96
It helps in all those
areas so, just like you
00:50:10.97\00:50:13.46
swallowed a sponge.
Yes, exactly, it absorbs up
00:50:13.47\00:50:16.31
the toxins, that's
exactly right, it's very
00:50:16.32\00:50:18.92
good, fantastic so
when I started feeling those
00:50:18.93\00:50:20.54
symptoms of colder
flu, along with all the
00:50:20.55\00:50:22.88
other remedies I'm
definitely gonna use
00:50:22.89\00:50:25.00
some hydrotherapy,
drinking plenty of water
00:50:25.01\00:50:26.79
to keep hydrated and
use my hot and cold bath
00:50:26.80\00:50:28.77
and maybe mix some
charcoal at that water.
00:50:28.78\00:50:30.58
That's right and if
you see that everybody is
00:50:30.59\00:50:32.96
getting flu
around the neighborhood,
00:50:32.97\00:50:34.26
do a cold bath once
a day, it definitely
00:50:34.27\00:50:37.36
stimulates the
immune system too,
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.77
you don't have to
do hot. Wonderful thank
00:50:38.78\00:50:41.16
you, oh! One of the
last things I mentioned
00:50:41.17\00:50:43.78
when we talked about
the eight natural remedies
00:50:43.79\00:50:45.79
was trust in divine
power, in God we trust,
00:50:45.80\00:50:49.04
in God we trust
just like on our bills,
00:50:49.05\00:50:51.12
that we have in our
billfold, that's why we
00:50:51.13\00:50:53.46
keep him in our
billfold right, that's right,
00:50:53.47\00:50:55.25
the trust. There
are many studies that
00:50:55.26\00:50:57.97
talk about
religion having a profound
00:50:57.98\00:51:00.68
effect on your
immune system actually.
00:51:00.69\00:51:02.44
You bet, religiosity
or spirituality has been
00:51:02.45\00:51:05.62
shown to increase
the immune function.
00:51:05.63\00:51:07.75
People who go to
church and they get involved
00:51:07.76\00:51:10.14
have better immune function.
00:51:10.15\00:51:11.82
When they
compared people who have a
00:51:11.83\00:51:13.35
spiritual well being
with those who don't,
00:51:13.36\00:51:15.38
they found they have
longer life expectancy,
00:51:15.39\00:51:17.88
wow! They had more
satisfaction in their life,
00:51:17.89\00:51:20.40
they dealt better will
illness, they have fewer
00:51:20.41\00:51:23.24
and shorter
hospital stays oh! Yeah, they
00:51:23.25\00:51:25.65
suffer less
anxiety and depression and
00:51:25.66\00:51:28.10
they enjoyed
better immune function,
00:51:28.11\00:51:29.75
stress also
affects your immune system.
00:51:29.76\00:51:31.62
The stress affects
the immune system in a
00:51:31.63\00:51:33.70
number of ways, remember we said
00:51:33.71\00:51:35.53
natural killer
cells are important as
00:51:35.54\00:51:38.12
are IgA producing
cells, if you get stressed
00:51:38.13\00:51:42.29
natural killer
cell activity decreases
00:51:42.30\00:51:44.78
and levels of IgA
decrease in your tears,
00:51:44.79\00:51:47.91
in your lungs, in your saliva.
00:51:47.92\00:51:49.78
And so again you'll
be a sitting duck for
00:51:49.79\00:51:52.82
the bird flu. Man,
it sounds like your
00:51:52.83\00:51:54.46
mental health really
affects your physical
00:51:54.47\00:51:56.59
health, that's right,
interesting divine power
00:51:56.60\00:51:59.14
tends to make
mental health stronger
00:51:59.15\00:52:00.91
that's right and leads
to stronger immune system.
00:52:00.92\00:52:03.20
That's right. The
number of respiratory
00:52:03.21\00:52:06.40
infections increase
with increasing amounts
00:52:06.41\00:52:09.33
of psychological
stress. Very interesting,
00:52:09.34\00:52:11.66
and as we know
psychological stress
00:52:11.67\00:52:13.97
is really how I
respond to situation has not
00:52:13.98\00:52:18.37
necessarily the
situation by itself.
00:52:18.38\00:52:20.84
That's right such as
responding with anger
00:52:20.85\00:52:23.57
for instance, yes
you know one five minute
00:52:23.58\00:52:27.19
experience episode of
anger can significantly
00:52:27.20\00:52:31.18
reduces IgA levels
for up to five hours.
00:52:31.19\00:52:33.59
Wow, that's,
that's really incredible,
00:52:33.60\00:52:35.04
five hours your
immune system is affected
00:52:35.05\00:52:36.91
by a five minute
reaction to anything
00:52:36.92\00:52:38.93
that's going on you,
that's pretty amazing.
00:52:38.94\00:52:40.50
Well, I like to
laugh, do you? yes does that
00:52:40.51\00:52:43.77
help me at all.
That's right laughed is the
00:52:43.78\00:52:46.06
best medicine
right, that's why I hear,
00:52:46.07\00:52:47.70
very hard, it feel like
a medicine, that's right
00:52:47.71\00:52:50.23
and lack of a sense
of humor, when you let
00:52:50.24\00:52:52.71
daily problems, and
negative emotions get
00:52:52.72\00:52:54.66
you down it
actually decreases your IgA
00:52:54.67\00:52:57.62
levels again. So,
telling jokes is actually
00:52:57.63\00:53:00.16
good for everyone,
well it could be, do you
00:53:00.17\00:53:02.23
have a joke for
us? No not at all.
00:53:02.24\00:53:04.36
On the top of my
head. It's interesting too
00:53:04.37\00:53:08.15
as we're talking about
trust and divine power,
00:53:08.16\00:53:10.37
decreasing stress
and helping to improve
00:53:10.38\00:53:13.34
your emotional
state. That living a life of
00:53:13.35\00:53:18.24
trusting God leads to
life lived to bless others.
00:53:18.25\00:53:21.89
So you're in,
your service to others.
00:53:21.90\00:53:24.31
That's right, service to others.
00:53:24.32\00:53:26.19
And it has an effect on
the immune system again.
00:53:26.20\00:53:28.70
In fact in studies of
people who are helping
00:53:28.71\00:53:31.92
others mortality was
significantly reduced
00:53:31.93\00:53:34.78
for individuals
who provided support to
00:53:34.79\00:53:36.66
friends, relatives,
neighbors and their spouses.
00:53:36.67\00:53:40.29
But what was very
interesting though is
00:53:40.30\00:53:42.42
people who just
received support didn't live to
00:53:42.43\00:53:45.70
help others actually
had no improvement in
00:53:45.71\00:53:48.52
mortality. So I'm
not really helping myself
00:53:48.53\00:53:51.33
if I just sit here
and take all the service
00:53:51.34\00:53:53.91
and support for my
friends and neighbors,
00:53:53.92\00:53:55.37
I need to return
that, it sounds like.
00:53:55.38\00:53:57.13
That's exactly right.
In one study people that
00:53:57.14\00:53:59.40
volunteered had 60
percent less mortality
00:53:59.41\00:54:02.67
even they knows
that showed up in church
00:54:02.68\00:54:04.12
every week. Fantastic.
So getting involved is
00:54:04.13\00:54:07.09
more important
than just being there.
00:54:07.10\00:54:08.55
And we've got to
known that all long with
00:54:08.56\00:54:10.33
those who get
involved are getting more
00:54:10.34\00:54:12.00
out of stuff. So
they don't just sit there,
00:54:12.01\00:54:13.87
don't just sit there,
you have to see something,
00:54:13.88\00:54:15.25
that's exactly right.
Reminds us of a famous
00:54:15.26\00:54:17.87
text doesn't it?
Acts, Acts 20:35, it is more
00:54:17.88\00:54:22.35
blessed to give than to receive.
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.33
Well in summary;
use sanitary precautions
00:54:25.34\00:54:30.20
to reduce your
exposure to this bird flu virus.
00:54:30.21\00:54:33.76
Be prepared in case
of national shortages
00:54:33.77\00:54:37.05
of essential supplies
and services you might
00:54:37.06\00:54:39.45
get cut off I mean
if everybody is out of
00:54:39.46\00:54:41.62
work just from being
sick, the trucks won't
00:54:41.63\00:54:43.89
be running, that's
right. But if they quarantine
00:54:43.90\00:54:45.50
the entire country
you might be scrounging up
00:54:45.51\00:54:48.13
to find a potato chip to eat.
00:54:48.14\00:54:49.60
That wouldn't be good for you.
00:54:49.61\00:54:50.95
And then there are
vaccines and antivirals
00:54:50.96\00:54:55.24
but they could be
in limited supply and
00:54:55.25\00:54:57.95
of limited efficacy.
And so what you wanna
00:54:57.96\00:55:02.14
do is do all you
can to boost your immune
00:55:02.15\00:55:05.81
system, that's right.
Practicing good health
00:55:05.82\00:55:08.48
habits is the most
important thing you
00:55:08.49\00:55:10.50
can do to boost
your immune system
00:55:10.51\00:55:11.63
and just a quick
review of those eating a
00:55:11.64\00:55:13.72
nutritious balanced
diet. All those fruits and
00:55:13.73\00:55:16.44
vegetables, nuts
and seeds that we talked
00:55:16.45\00:55:18.18
about, yes, eating
variety of foods plenty
00:55:18.19\00:55:21.26
of vegetables, beans,
nuts, seeds, whole grain
00:55:21.27\00:55:23.89
products, yes, it's
the most important thing
00:55:23.90\00:55:25.70
you can do get all
the Vitamins you need
00:55:25.71\00:55:27.42
and it's not so
much what you are eating
00:55:27.43\00:55:29.80
but what you are
avoiding eating as well,
00:55:29.81\00:55:31.70
you wanna stayed
away from the excess salts
00:55:31.71\00:55:34.27
and sugar, alcohol,
cholesterol and saturated
00:55:34.28\00:55:36.79
fats which depress
your immune system.
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.77
Yes. Boy you've got it right.
00:55:38.78\00:55:40.88
Other practices you
know drinking lots of water,
00:55:40.89\00:55:43.69
we suggest you know
ten glasses of water a day.
00:55:43.70\00:55:46.84
And exercise on a
regular basis, that's right.
00:55:46.85\00:55:49.71
Just keep moving you
see when you start moving
00:55:49.72\00:55:52.02
I guess you die,
that's right, basically.
00:55:52.03\00:55:54.92
And then remember
you need some rest,
00:55:54.93\00:55:57.42
so in between you get some rest.
00:55:57.43\00:55:59.74
The only thing more
difficult than planning
00:55:59.75\00:56:02.54
for this bird flu
would be explaining
00:56:02.55\00:56:04.58
why you didn't do it
definitely and especially
00:56:04.59\00:56:07.83
if you have
people dieing around.
00:56:07.84\00:56:09.34
Yes indeed. Well
this has been the talk on
00:56:09.35\00:56:13.06
how to prevent the bird
flu. Next coming will be
00:56:13.07\00:56:16.95
our third talk
and demonstration on
00:56:16.96\00:56:19.58
how to treat it if
you come down with it
00:56:19.59\00:56:22.02
and you know that
could be a life saver,
00:56:22.03\00:56:24.09
definitely. Well thank
you for being with us today.
00:56:24.10\00:56:27.05
Yes, thank you for
being with us today.
00:56:27.06\00:56:29.45