Welcome again, my
friends, to Secrets to Wellness.
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We're having a
great time here at 3ABN
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presenting secrets
of how you can live
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longer, healthier, and happier.
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And we have our next
subject which is lifestyle.
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We've talked about water
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and the value of drinking
adequate amounts of water,
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and exercise, exercising
at least five times a week,
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and love, and the
power of healing love,
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and now lifestyle.
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A healthy
lifestyle necessitates,
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my friends, healthy choices.
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So we do need to
make very good choices
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because an unhealthy lifestyle
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is often the
result of poor choices.
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So making the right
choice is very important.
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And we learn
that wellness includes
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the mental, the
emotional, the physical,
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social, and spiritual,
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and all of these aspects
have to be in proper balance
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to really
experience true wellness.
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And so when we
talk about lifestyle,
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we talk about
temperance or abstemiousness.
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What does that mean?
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Well, first of all,
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temperance is using
wisely that which is good.
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So when we eat all of
these wonderful things
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like our fruits,
and our vegetables,
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and our grains,
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we need to do it
wisely and not overeat
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so that we gain weight.
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But then temperance also means
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abstaining from
anything and everything
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that is harmful,
such as drugs, alcohol,
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tobacco, and even caffeine.
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Let's go over some
lifestyle practices
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that actually
destroy our bodies.
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One of those is smoking.
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Tobacco is a major killer.
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And I know that recently
when I was in the airport,
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I took this picture.
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And the evidence is
there, my friends, on smoking,
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"Tobacco kills,
tobacco causes cancer,
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tobacco causes
emphysema, smokers die younger"
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right on the cigarette package.
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And so we know that
tobacco is a major killer today.
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The evidence is there.
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And according to the Centers
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for Disease
Control and Prevention,
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smoking causes
cancer, heart disease,
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stroke, lung diseases, diabetes,
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chronic
obstruction, pulmonary disease,
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which includes emphysema
and chronic bronchitis,
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so all of these
chronic diseases,
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my friends, are
result of smoking.
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So smokers have
a 25% higher risk
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of heart attack
than do non-smokers.
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So there are so many
detrimental effects of smoking.
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The nicotine causes
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the arteries to actually shrink,
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and when arteries
get smaller and smaller,
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clots get caught
in the blood vessel
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and then a stroke or
a heart attack happens.
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And so we need to be...
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Some of you
possibly over-smoking
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and we want to do that.
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And so the Beckman
Research Institute says,
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"Smoking is the single biggest
cause of cancer in the world."
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Now smoking is number one
and then obesity is number two.
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But smoking is the largest
or biggest cause of cancer.
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Tobacco smoke contains about
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70 different
cancer-causing substances,
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and this is
scientifically known today.
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After the Surgeon
General's report in 1964,
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we know that
there is a direct link
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between cancer and smoking.
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And every cigarette you smoke
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takes 14.5
minutes off your life.
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I don't want to be taking
any minutes of my life, do you?
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I'm sure you don't, we
want to add those minutes
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and those years to our life.
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In every eight seconds,
someone dies from tobacco use.
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This is from the
World Health Organization
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in May, 2002.
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So every few seconds,
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someone is dying
from tobacco smoke.
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But yet, about a
third of the male adults
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of global
population are smokers.
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So around the
world, we have people
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in spite of all the evidence
that we have, still smoking.
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And about among the WHO Regions,
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the Western Pacific
Region, which covers East Asia
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and the Pacific, has
the highest smoking rate,
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with nearly
two-thirds of men smoking.
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In spite of the fact
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that the scientific
evidences on smoking,
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there are still many
people who are smoking.
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In fact, worldwide tobacco use
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causes nearly six
million deaths per year,
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and current trends
show that tobacco use
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will cause more
than eight million deaths
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annually by 2030.
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And, my friends, each
day, more than 3, 200 people
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younger than 18 years of
age smoke their first cigarette.
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This is so
unfortunate, but once they start
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then they feel
like they're hooked
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and they can't get out of it.
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Smoking is the leading
cause of preventable death.
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This is something
that can be preventable.
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And so, if some of you are
out there that are smoking,
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you can make a clean break.
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In fact, if you need
help with someone to help you
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to quit smoking,
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just locate your nearest
Seventh-day Adventist church
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because I'm sure
that they can help you
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to quit this habit.
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Make that clean break
because the good news is this.
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Your lungs will improve,
your risk of cancer decreases,
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your risk of
heart disease decreases,
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your risk of
premature death decreases,
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your energy and your
endurance will improve,
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your entire health
improves, and you know what,
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your food will
even tastes better.
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And so you can make
that clean break, my friends.
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That is the good news.
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So again, if you need
help in quitting smoking,
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please contact your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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because quitters always win.
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And by the grace
of God, you can win.
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You can be a quitter.
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And so, my friends,
there are many things
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that Satan
wants to deceive us on
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and he deceives
millions of Christians even
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into thinking that it
doesn't make any difference
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how they treat their bodies
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as long as their
hearts are right with God.
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But we need to
treat these bodies right,
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get rid of that
tobacco, and also alcohol
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because alcohol is
deceptive, alcohol is addictive,
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it destroys brain cells
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and it dramatically
affects our ability to reason.
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In fact, alcohol
destroys the brain,
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and we need every
brain cell that we can get.
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So alcohol also
damages liver cells
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making them less efficient
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which actually develops
into cirrhosis of the liver.
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And so there are many problems,
many things about alcohol.
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It weakens the immune system
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and we've talked
about that so much
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where we need a
strong immune system
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if we're going to be healthy,
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and especially live
to that healthy hundred.
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So avoid alcohol
and all its stimulants.
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But what about alcohol
or red wine someone ask?
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Well, some sources may claim
red wine is a health drink,
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but science says,
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"Well, it's still
just a bit more confusing."
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The evidence is not
all in because look,
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some say wine may be linked
with heart health benefits,
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but where are those benefits?
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Are the heart health benefits
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contained actually in the grapes
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and not the fermented wine?
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Well, we know
that grape juice helps
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to maintain heart
health and helps digestive
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and bowel disorders,
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and will actually
boost our immunity,
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and even can delay aging signs.
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And so grape juice also
lowers the risk of cancer
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and will help
maintain bone health
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because it contains
iron and copper and manganese
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and will actually
boost your energy levels,
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so grape juice is good,
that pure juice of the grape,
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not the fermented wine.
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And the Mayo Clinic
reported in an article titled,
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"Does grape juice offer
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the same heart health
benefits as red wine?"
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And it says this, "Some
research studies suggest
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that red and purple
grape juices may provide
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some of the same heart
health benefits of red wine,
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including reducing
the risk of blood clots,
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reducing
low-density lipoprotein or LDL,
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or bad cholesterol
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preventing damage to
blood vessels in your heart
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and helping maintain a
healthy blood pressure.
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So, my friends, more
and more scientific evidence
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is showing that it's
the juice of the grape,
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not the fermented wine.
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A Harvard Medical School
in a Special Health Report
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called Healthy
Eating, page 31 says,
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"Studies have found
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that even moderate
alcohol consumption
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raises the risk
of breast cancer.
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A meta-analysis that combined
the results of 98 studies
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found that women
who drank alcohol
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were 11% more
likely than non-drinkers
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to get breast cancer."
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So even breast cancer
and some of these cancers
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are increased by
our use of alcohol.
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And alcohol has also been
linked to cancers of the colon,
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the mouth, the
throat, and the esophagus.
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And it goes on to
say this, my friends,
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and this is very important.
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It says, "It's not
worth taking up wine,
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that is fermented wine
or any type of alcohol,
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to gain
supposed health benefits.
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And if you're at high
risk for cancer or alcoholism,
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you may want to
avoid alcohol entirely."
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Now that's what
science is saying
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that there is more and more
becoming a link from alcohol
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from fermented wine to cancer
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and some of these diseases.
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And many years ago, in
1887, John Harvey Kellogg
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who is actually a
very prominent physician
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in his day, he says that,
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"Alcohol not only
makes people unhealthy
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and shortens their lives,
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but is also the cause
of much poverty and crime
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and untold amount of misery."
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He says, really, alcohol
actually makes people unhealthy
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and can really
even shorten your life.
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I don't want to shorten my life
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and I'm sure you
don't want to either.
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And Ellen White, a
19th century health educator
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says this, in Counsels
on Diets and Foods, 436,
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"The pure juice of the grape,
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free from fermentation,
is a wholesome drink.
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But many of the alcoholic drinks
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which are now
so largely consumed
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contain death-dealing potions."
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So the evidence is there,
my friends, to be healthy,
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we need to give up smoking,
we need to give up alcohol.
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"The only safe course she
says is to touch not, taste not,
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handle not, tea,
coffee, wines, tobacco, opium,
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and alcoholic drinks."
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So that's the only safe way,
my friends, is to give it up.
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But let's look at a drug
that people all over the world
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are using every
day and don't realize
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the detrimental effects.
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It's caffeine in coffee, tea,
soft drinks, and energy drinks,
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cola drinks have a twin
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that is even more
harmful to our health
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simply called coffee.
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And yet, this is a big drink
among people around the world.
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And medical
researchers have discovered
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a significant
number of health risks
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with the use of coffee.
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Caffeine may even
increase heart rate,
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cause the irregular beats,
and even raise cholesterol.
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And, of course, caffeine
depletes the body's supply
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of vitamins and minerals
including calcium, and iron,
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and B vitamins.
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You see, coffee is actually
dehydration, not rehydrating,
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so we're not even
getting the water,
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the liquid that we need.
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And, of course, we need
all the calcium we can get...
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Time to get their coffee
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because it is addictive.
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And what are the problems
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with excessive
amounts of coffee?
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Let's take a look at that.
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One cup of coffee a day
increases risk of stomach,
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kidney, lung, rectal,
and esophageal cancer.
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And one cup doubles the
risk of bladder cancer in women.
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And two cups of coffee a
day increases colon cancer risk
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and also increases
ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
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So if we want to reduce our risk
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for so many of
these chronic diseases
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and particularly cancer
that's on the rise today,
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I think it might be a good idea
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to even leave off
that drink called coffee.
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And let's look at
five cups of coffee a day.
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It increases the risk of
heart disease significantly
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and heart disease, of course,
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is the number one
killer here in America.
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So the best plan, my friends,
is to abstain from all drugs,
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alcohol,
tobacco, and even caffeine
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if we truly want to
live to that healthy hundred.
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But what should
we drink you ask?
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What can I drink?
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Well, water is the beverage
designed for our health,
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so I hope we're drinking
plenty of that good water
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because that is the beverage
designed by God for our health.
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But also some of
these juices that
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I know that we
like to take oranges,
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fresh oranges from the
trees and just squeeze it
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with all that pulp
and fiber even in it
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or the grape
fruits and squeeze them
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and have that good
delicious nutritious drink,
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and, of course,
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the pure juice of
the grape is also good.
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But there are some
great herbal teas out there
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and they are health
promoting drinks as well.
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So find yourself
some of those herbal teas
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or some of those good juices
00:16:04.96\00:16:06.93
and just plain
water, my friends.
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And God promises to
give us abundant health
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when we follow His
plan and we do these things.
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But what about our food?
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Does God give us any instruction
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on what we should eat?
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Let's take a look at that.
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You see that Eden
diet was a vegetarian diet.
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We had lots of those
beautiful, wonderful,
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colorful fruits and vegetables,
and we had nuts, and grains,
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and seeds, so the Eden
diet was a vegetarian diet.
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And living 969
years, my friends,
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and they were
healthy 900 and some years.
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And you see that we live
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only 70 years or if
by reason of health,
00:16:51.94\00:16:56.31
we live 80 years or maybe some,
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a very few may live
to that very healthy 100.
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"Take with you seven,
each of every clean animal,
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a male and his
female, two each of animals
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that are unclean, a
male and his female."
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So God says, take these
animals into the ark with you,
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both the clean and the unclean.
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So we have the clean and...
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That's clean for you.
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Now the best thing
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is what He gave us
in the very beginning,
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a plant-based diet,
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but He gave them permission
to eat the clean animals
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after the flood.
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So you have the cow,
and the sheep, and the deer,
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those are all clean.
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But then
Deuteronomy 14:6-8 says,
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"Nevertheless, of
those that chew the cud
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or have cloven hooves,
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you shall not eat,
such as the camel,"
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so I guess no
more camel, my friends.
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"Or the hare,"
which is the rabbit,
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"and the rock
hyrax," which is a rat,"
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for they chew the cud but
do not have cloven hooves,
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they are unclean for you."
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And it goes on also to say,
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"Also the," what, "the swine..."
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What is the swine? Pig.
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And people are
eating so much swine today,
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so much pig.
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It's unclean for you
because it has cloven hooves,
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yet it does not chew the cud.
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You shall not eat their flesh
or touch their dead carcass.
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So God says,
don't eat these animals,
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they are not good for you.
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And God doesn't want to
take anything away from us,
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He only wants to give
us that which is good.
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And pork has the highest
fat content of all meats.
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So your health depends,
my friends, on what you eat,
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but what about those
that are in the waters.
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Deuteronomy 14:9 says,
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"These you may eat of
all that are in the waters,
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you may eat all that
has fins and scales."
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So whatever has fins and scales,
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God says, that's okay to eat,
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and whatever does
not have fins and scales,
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you shall not eat,
it's unclean for you.
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So like the lobsters, and
the clams, and the octopus,
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and all of these things,
they are unclean for you.
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So instead of eating these
unhealthy foods, my friends,
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we may eat nutritious,
healthful, protein foods.
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So we want to
eat these good foods.
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Ellen White says in the book
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Counsels on
Diets and Foods, 380,
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"Again and again I've been shown
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that God is
trying to lead us back,
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step by step, to
His original design,
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that man should subsist upon
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the natural
products of the earth."
00:19:37.97\00:19:40.08
So God says, yes, you
can eat the clean animals
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but if you want
to be really healthy,
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the best food is
that which I gave you
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right in the Garden of Eden.
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"Grains, fruits,
nuts, and vegetables
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constitute the diet
chosen for us by our Creator.
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These foods, prepared
in as simple and natural
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a manner as possible,
00:19:59.43\00:20:01.33
are the most
helpful and nourishing.
00:20:01.36\00:20:04.27
They impart us strength,
the power of endurance,
00:20:04.30\00:20:07.00
and the vigor of
intellect that are not afforded
00:20:07.04\00:20:10.27
by a more complex
and stimulating diet."
00:20:10.31\00:20:13.94
My friends, there are so
many plant-based food options
00:20:13.98\00:20:18.21
that are readily available
today in grocery stores,
00:20:18.25\00:20:21.62
in restaurants,
in hotel buffets,
00:20:21.65\00:20:24.52
airports,
airplanes, everywhere we go,
00:20:24.55\00:20:27.32
we see the options today
because people are realizing
00:20:27.36\00:20:31.26
that if they want to
live longer, healthier,
00:20:31.29\00:20:33.19
and happier that
we need to follow
00:20:33.23\00:20:35.66
some of these principles,
even with our food, our diets.
00:20:35.70\00:20:39.97
And there are many advantages
of a total vegetarian diet.
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It lowers blood cholesterol,
lowers high blood pressure,
00:20:43.37\00:20:47.31
lowers the risk
of certain cancers,
00:20:47.34\00:20:49.64
the risk of osteoporosis,
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.85
and it improves
diabetes symptoms,
00:20:51.88\00:20:54.15
enhances vigor and endurance,
and best of all, my friends,
00:20:54.18\00:20:58.55
it lengthens the life span.
00:20:58.59\00:21:00.46
We know that you can
lengthen the life span
00:21:00.49\00:21:03.86
if you eat a plant-based diet.
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.00
So how can I live in harmony
with God's laws of health
00:21:07.03\00:21:10.43
when I feel so powerless,
00:21:10.47\00:21:13.03
when I feel so
like I just can't do it,
00:21:13.07\00:21:15.44
how am I going to give
up such things as tobacco,
00:21:15.47\00:21:19.84
or alcohol, or caffeine,
coffee, or unclean foods,
00:21:19.87\00:21:24.75
how can I do that?
00:21:24.78\00:21:26.45
How can I live in harmony
with God's laws of health
00:21:26.48\00:21:29.58
when I feel powerless?
00:21:29.62\00:21:31.25
Philippians 4:13 says,
00:21:31.29\00:21:33.92
"I can do all
things through Christ
00:21:33.96\00:21:36.73
who strengthens me."
00:21:36.79\00:21:38.33
So God is going to
strengthen you, my friends.
00:21:38.36\00:21:40.90
He's going to help
you and you can get help
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.93
also at your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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They want to help you,
00:21:47.00\00:21:48.34
they're ready and
waiting for you to come
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.91
and get you off
some of these habits.
00:21:50.94\00:21:54.11
So to overcome any
harmful habit in your life,
00:21:54.14\00:21:57.65
follow these four simple steps.
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They're teenie tips,
just simple teenie tips.
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Number one, choose to
give up all unhealthful habits.
00:22:05.12\00:22:09.69
So if you are battling
with some unhealthful habit,
00:22:09.72\00:22:14.20
you can choose to give that up
and say, I choose not to smoke.
00:22:14.30\00:22:19.27
Now I know that there
are some physiological things
00:22:19.30\00:22:21.84
that you need to do as well,
00:22:21.87\00:22:23.41
you need to get that nicotine
flushed out of the system,
00:22:23.47\00:22:26.41
you need to eat lots of fruits,
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.31
you need to take those
showers and drink lots of water,
00:22:28.34\00:22:31.91
so there are principles
to getting you off smoking.
00:22:31.95\00:22:35.48
But I've seen literally
00:22:35.52\00:22:37.59
hundreds and thousands
of people as we've conducted
00:22:37.62\00:22:40.46
stop smoking
plans, get off smoking,
00:22:40.52\00:22:43.63
so choose to give up
all unhealthful habits.
00:22:43.69\00:22:46.70
Ask God to empower your choice.
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.60
My friends, it's very
difficult to do it alone,
00:22:49.63\00:22:52.80
but God is there,
00:22:52.83\00:22:54.24
He's waiting and
wanting to help you.
00:22:54.27\00:22:56.97
So God will empower you.
00:22:57.04\00:22:59.01
And then discard
that object of temptation.
00:22:59.04\00:23:02.04
Throw it right
away, throw it in the bin,
00:23:02.08\00:23:04.65
get rid of those that
tobacco because if it's around,
00:23:04.68\00:23:08.05
it's going to be a temptation.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.12
And just discard
those unclean foods,
00:23:10.19\00:23:13.46
discard the tobacco and alcohol,
00:23:13.49\00:23:16.36
and you will
feel so much better.
00:23:16.39\00:23:19.29
And then replace the
health destroying habit
00:23:19.33\00:23:22.13
with a health building habit.
00:23:22.16\00:23:24.53
Yes, replace the
health destroying habit
00:23:24.57\00:23:27.67
with a health building habit,
that's what we want to do.
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How can we do this?
00:23:31.34\00:23:32.87
Well, we may need to
make some wheat germ patties
00:23:32.91\00:23:36.08
or some try some foods
that are going to replace
00:23:36.11\00:23:40.32
some of those unclean
foods that we talked about
00:23:40.38\00:23:43.95
and you know what,
00:23:43.99\00:23:45.32
they're
delicious and nutritious.
00:23:45.35\00:23:47.76
So I'm going to
show you the recipe
00:23:47.79\00:23:50.53
for these wheat germ patties.
00:23:50.59\00:23:52.19
It simply has 1.5
half cups of wheat germ,
00:23:52.23\00:23:55.80
1 cup of quick oats,
0.5 cup of chopped nuts
00:23:55.83\00:24:00.37
and I'm using pecan nuts,
and a 0.5 teaspoon of salt,
00:24:00.44\00:24:04.47
a 0.5 teaspoon of
sage, a clove of garlic
00:24:04.51\00:24:08.21
or you can even use 1
teaspoon of garlic powder
00:24:08.24\00:24:12.21
and 1 medium
onion, a cup of soy milk,
00:24:12.25\00:24:15.85
and 2 tablespoons
of Bragg liquid aminos,
00:24:15.88\00:24:19.92
or if you can't find that
00:24:19.95\00:24:21.89
which they are
readily available today,
00:24:21.92\00:24:24.23
you could use a
little soy sauce.
00:24:24.26\00:24:27.00
And so we're
going to try to make
00:24:27.03\00:24:28.83
some of these wheat
germ patties right here.
00:24:28.86\00:24:32.37
So why don't you come
along and come into my kitchen
00:24:32.40\00:24:36.37
and let's do some
wheat germ patties.
00:24:36.40\00:24:39.27
So I have the wheat germ
00:24:39.31\00:24:40.98
and the germ is one
of the important parts
00:24:41.01\00:24:45.01
of the wheat itself.
00:24:45.05\00:24:47.85
It's the part
that's often extracted
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.49
when we have
refined white flour.
00:24:50.55\00:24:54.62
And then oats, and
you're getting protein
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.99
'cause you get
protein in the wheat germ,
00:24:57.03\00:24:59.09
you also get protein in oats,
00:24:59.13\00:25:01.16
in fact about 15 grams of
protein in one cup of oats.
00:25:01.20\00:25:05.70
And then we're going
to add some more protein,
00:25:05.73\00:25:08.07
so we're not under
protein, my friends,
00:25:08.10\00:25:11.01
we're
over-protein most of the time.
00:25:11.04\00:25:14.08
Vegetarians get
plenty of protein.
00:25:14.11\00:25:16.85
So I'm adding some
of these pecan nuts
00:25:16.88\00:25:21.08
and we'll add
some onion to that,
00:25:21.12\00:25:23.59
then we will put in some...
00:25:23.62\00:25:26.65
A little bit of salt
00:25:26.69\00:25:28.02
and place to your
salt is in cooking
00:25:28.06\00:25:32.13
and not at the table
as much to reduce the salt
00:25:32.16\00:25:37.03
at the table is the way to go.
00:25:37.07\00:25:38.77
And then I'm using a
little bit of sage here,
00:25:38.80\00:25:41.54
we'll put that in
there and some garlic.
00:25:41.57\00:25:46.11
And then we
will add some liquid,
00:25:46.14\00:25:48.11
and that's all you do
is mix it all together
00:25:48.14\00:25:50.95
and then pour in some soy milk
00:25:50.98\00:25:54.32
and a little bit of
the Braggs liquid aminos,
00:25:54.35\00:25:58.79
and just stir that all up.
00:25:58.82\00:26:01.79
Stir it all together.
00:26:01.82\00:26:03.76
And then you can
make those patties.
00:26:03.79\00:26:08.06
In fact, you have all of
these patties right here,
00:26:08.10\00:26:11.57
just simply put
them on the skillet
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.64
and here we'll put
this one on the skillet.
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.24
We'll make some more here.
00:26:17.31\00:26:19.81
And then we'll simply
turn them once they cook,
00:26:19.84\00:26:24.08
so you just let
them get a little brown
00:26:24.15\00:26:26.75
and flip them over,
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.38
and then you
have a wonderful patty
00:26:28.42\00:26:32.45
that you can actually
take the place of meat.
00:26:32.49\00:26:35.79
So with this, I
would simply serve
00:26:35.82\00:26:37.99
maybe a baked
potato, and some broccoli,
00:26:38.03\00:26:40.40
and a salad and
some wheat germ patties.
00:26:40.43\00:26:44.63
This is something
that you can definitely do,
00:26:44.67\00:26:47.34
my friends, in your own home.
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.64
This is truly God's
health assurance plan.
00:26:49.67\00:26:54.04
And I know that God
is going to help you
00:26:54.08\00:26:57.01
as you choose to follow His way,
00:26:57.05\00:27:00.95
as you choose to
have a better diet,
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.62
a better lifestyle,
as you choose to give up
00:27:03.65\00:27:06.05
all these things that
are harmful to our health
00:27:06.09\00:27:09.06
and use moderately
that which is good.
00:27:09.09\00:27:12.03
God is going to bless you.
00:27:12.06\00:27:14.20
So may God bless you
as you choose His way
00:27:14.23\00:27:19.40
because it's the right way
and it will help you to live
00:27:19.43\00:27:22.74
to that healthy 100.
00:27:22.77\00:27:25.07
God bless you.
00:27:25.11\00:27:26.44