Have you ever wondered exactly
how to prepare healthy food
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that actually taste good.
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Well, stay tuned
while Evita Tezeno
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and your truly Nyse Collins
show you just how to do it
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and give you something
better, A Taste of Paradise.
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Welcome to A Taste of Paradise.
My name is Evita Tezeno.
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Now you know, my
last name is Tezeno,
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and you know that it's Creole.
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And in the Louisiana territory,
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we do pralines, yes.
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Pralines... and I love pralines.
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But pralines is not good for me,
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because it has milk
and sugar and it's cooked,
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it's really burnt
sugar, but guess what?
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I came up with a recipe
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that will put my
grandmother pralines
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to shame, yes, I did.
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It is a raw delectable treat
that will make your tummy happy
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and it is sweet to your tongue.
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So let's look at the recipe.
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Okay, we're gonna
start off with the dates.
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And what I did was
to take 12 of the dates
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and I soaked them in water.
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I did that so they
will be a little soft,
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so they will blend real well.
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So these are 12 dates
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that have been
soaked in water overnight.
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And then we have the nut milk.
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And cashew milk is easy to make,
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you just blend
it in your blender.
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One cup of cashews
with three cups of water,
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and you have your cashew milk.
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You could put sweetener in
it, if you want a little salt,
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but this is just
plain water and cashews.
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And we want to blend it.
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Okay, we want to process
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until it's really, really smooth
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and it's smooth, yes.
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So then we put our honey,
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and you could use
any sweetener you want,
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you know, you can use agave
or you could use maple syrup,
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but honey tends to
be a little thicker,
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and we want a kind of
thickness to our batter.
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So, you have vanilla extract,
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and this is the vanilla
with no alcohol mixture.
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You read your
labels to make sure
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that the vanilla extract
does not contain alcohol.
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And this is not coconut
oil, this is coconut butter.
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It is, it's like
the meat in the oil
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combined to make a
thick nice yummy butter,
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and it
emulsifies it makes it thick
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and it makes it
really, really creamy like,
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'cause pralines has milk in
it, so this is like your milk,
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and the cashews
too, blends together
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and makes it like the milk base.
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So you want to
process this again.
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And then I reserve
the last four dates
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that has not been soaked.
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And I put these in,
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so it gives it a
little more thickness.
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All right, we are ready.
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So we take our bowl,
and we take our blade out,
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so we won't cut ourselves.
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And we put our
batter in the bowl.
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And then we
combine it with our pecans,
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or as we say in
Louisiana dialect, pecans.
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Blend this, mix this together.
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Now, if you don't
have a dehydrator,
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you can freeze
these but I like them
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when they come
out in the dehydrator,
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because they are more like
the pralines that I'm used to
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or the pralines
that I'm used to,
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but so I take a little
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one tablespoon and
a half measurement,
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and I put them on the
dehydrator sheet flexo.
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And I dehydrate
these at 110 degrees
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for approximately
12 hours or overnight.
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I did it for
about 12 to 18 hours,
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and wait till you taste them.
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Look at the finish product.
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I'm telling you these tastes
very close to the pralines
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that I grew up on.
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Look at these, you can
have these for breakfast,
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because it's just fruits
and nuts, that's all it is.
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This has been another recipe
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from the
kitchen of Evita Tezeno.
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Remember to live life fresh.
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Are you stressed out?
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Well, welcome to the club.
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It happens to the best of us.
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Life sometimes gets so crazy,
you know, this is happening,
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that's happening
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and then
sometimes when one thing,
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bad thing happens,
something else happens,
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I guess you know what they say.
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They say, when
it rains, it pours.
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And sometimes it
doesn't just pour rain,
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it's hale
sometimes, and it hurts
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and you don't know
what to do anymore.
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Stress is effecting us
like there is no tomorrow.
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And I know here at
A Taste of Paradise,
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we've been talking about
some good delicious food,
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food for this, food for that,
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and so many
things that are helpful
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but even though you can
eat the best food in the world,
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it does us no good
if we are under stress.
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They've done like
simple studies, you know,
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they take two rats
or whatever like that,
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and they give one rat, you know,
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no food to eat but give
him opportunity to rest and so.
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Then they gave
another rat good healthy food
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but then it just
kept bothering that rat,
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never allowing it time to rest.
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And guess which one,
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guess which one
live the longest?
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Well, the one that actually
had no food actually did
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or fared quite better
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than the one who
had good healthy food
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but was never
given time to what?
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To rest, because
when you are stressed out,
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now that same food
that you are eating
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because the body hasn't had
time to relax it so, does what?
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It's now becomes
actually like a poison to you,
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because the body
needs time to, what again?
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Time to rest.
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But you know what,
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stress is not
always a bad thing,
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there're some
good things to stress,
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you ever notice
when you're up there
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walking every morning,
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'cause you know,
we encourage exercise,
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you can eat all the
right food in the world,
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but if you don't
exercise what good does it do?
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Matter of fact,
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National Geographic
did a little health study,
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and when they did the
study the secrets of longevity,
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they found that food
only improves the quality
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or helps out about may be
two or three years of your life.
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But they find
that when you exercise,
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exercise improves your quality
by maybe four or even five,
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so in many
cases exercise will do
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much more better
or much better for you
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than even just
eating good healthy food,
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'cause there's lot of
people eat healthy food
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but at the same
time they are not, what?
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Exercising.
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So, exercising is crucial
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and let me tell
you about the stress
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when exercising.
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You know, when
you're up in the morning
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and you're walking and
you're having a good time,
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and then your neighbor
has one of these big dogs
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that they can't control.
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Now don't get me in trouble.
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Why do people have these
dogs that are bigger than them
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and they can't
even control themselves,
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and it's almost like
the dog is walking them
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instead of them walking the dog.
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It's like the dog
goes there, they go there
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and the dog goes
there, they go there,
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but you ever
notice maybe one time
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that dog gets
away from the owner
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and you look like breakfast
for the dog that morning.
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Now, I'm gonna show you
why stress is a good thing.
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Stress does what? Stress is...
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I'm not about to be
breakfast for this dog,
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and stress goes ahead,
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and shuts down the
normal process of the body,
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and you all of a
sudden you start,
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you're basically
qualifying for the Olympics,
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that's what stress did for you.
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You've seen the
stories car accidents
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and cars are on people,
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and one gentleman
under so much stress
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he lifts the
car off of the child
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or something like that,
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so stress is not always a, what?
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A bad thing,
sometimes it's good.
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Even when somebody,
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maybe you're
driving a car one day,
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and you just have to use
the bathroom and you're like,
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"Oh, man where's the next,
you know, fast food place,"
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and then
somebody all of a sudden
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cuts you off
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and then you put up
the good finger and say,
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"Yes, Jesus is
coming, hang in there,"
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'cause I know
you guys don't put up
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any other fingers, amen.
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And you say, "God
bless you, go right ahead."
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But what happened,
what does stress do?
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Stress shuts down the normal
function of the body and what?
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You realize you're
driving five and ten minutes
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and you forgot that
you had to use the, what?
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Use the
bathroom, and then you say,
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"Oh, man, I got
to use the bathroom."
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That's what stress did.
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So it shut down the
normal functions of the body,
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helps you get
through that stressor
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and then it relaxes.
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Now stress
becomes a bad thing now
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when it continues that way.
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Some people are in situations,
maybe they're on a job,
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and their boss is
always getting on them.
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They get through the
stressor that one day
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but then tomorrow the
boss does the same thing,
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and then they stress out again,
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and they stress out
again, and they can't think.
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Matter of fact,
stress, depression,
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they all run together.
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You know what they say it is.
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It's the inability
to construct our future.
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So you know how sometimes
when you're so stressed out,
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you don't even
think about the future,
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because you're just
trying to get through today.
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So today we're gonna
look at some simple things
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and you've seen on
many of the programs before,
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how there are some foods
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we made a de-stressor
for you sometime ago.
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But today we're gonna
look at some other foods
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that could be helpful,
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that would be very helpful
for calming the system down
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and I'll give you
a simple little plan
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before we go on what to do.
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And matter of fact
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before I even show you the food,
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let me get to the
source of this problem.
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We have to find out
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what is the
source of the stress?
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We have to ask ourselves,
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now is it really
the boss on a job,
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or is this the job I should have
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or sometimes
people are stressed out
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about paying bills, why?
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Because unfortunately
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we probably purchase
homes that are too big,
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seven bedrooms
and we only use two,
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or we buy the brand new cars
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that we really
don't need at the moment,
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just buy a car, cash,
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and so we unnecessarily
put ourselves under, what?
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Under stressor, so
we have to identify
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what is the true
reason for that stress,
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eliminate that problem
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and then by only with God's help
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and then you can start to use
some of the good enjoyous foods
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that God has given us
to help calm the system,
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but as he said over in John 5,
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don't go back and
make that same mistake,
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'cause then a stress
will come back even more.
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So today we're gonna
look at ten super foods
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or ten super
things that we can do
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that'll help us
deal with the stress.
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Are you ready?
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We're gonna start
about five at a time,
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'cause I don't
wanna overwhelm you,
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and we're gonna
explain some of these things
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and how they work so go ahead
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and jot it down ten super foods
to help fight against stress.
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Here it is number one,
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and one of my
favorites, bananas.
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Yes, I said bananas.
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We'll look at that here shortly.
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So bananas are very good
super food for stress relief.
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Number two, nuts.
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There's many
different types of nuts.
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And we'll take a
breeze at some of them
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that work very well.
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Number three,
one of my favorite,
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you all know it,
quinoa, yes, not quinoa
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but quinoa is
how you pronounce it.
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And number four, brown
rice and pasta and oats,
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these are whole
grains that we'll see.
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And number five,
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let's just take a look
at some of these items,
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fruits, okay.
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So we're gonna start
with some of the bananas here.
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As we see bananas
is a very good food,
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loaded with good
natural carbohydrates
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which is necessary for us.
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Also the cool
thing about bananas,
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it gives you nice
little boost up energy.
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Matter of fact marathon runners,
00:14:48.82\00:14:51.35
unfortunately,
00:14:51.39\00:14:52.72
they're gonna put the
body's under stress, okay.
00:14:52.75\00:14:54.32
They're about to
run for hours at a time,
00:14:54.36\00:14:56.76
what do they bulk upon
00:14:56.79\00:14:58.56
for several
days before the race?
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Yes, bananas. Why?
00:15:01.50\00:15:03.03
Because it gives them
good sustainable energy.
00:15:03.06\00:15:06.13
If you ever notice when
we eat these little quick,
00:15:06.17\00:15:09.17
I don't want to
call any by name,
00:15:09.20\00:15:11.14
but the donuts
and the little cakes
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and these little pastries,
00:15:13.38\00:15:14.71
I mean it makes you
feel good at the moment,
00:15:14.74\00:15:16.48
but then what happens
after the short period of time?
00:15:16.51\00:15:18.25
Boom, it comes crashing down.
00:15:18.28\00:15:20.02
But bananas are very good
00:15:20.05\00:15:22.35
because they give
you sustainable energy,
00:15:22.38\00:15:25.49
and it will last
throughout the day,
00:15:25.52\00:15:27.29
so go ahead and
enjoy your banana day
00:15:27.32\00:15:29.99
will keep disease
at bay, there you go,
00:15:30.03\00:15:32.63
'cause we don't want
to keep the doctor away,
00:15:32.66\00:15:34.03
follow up with your doctor,
let him know what you're doing.
00:15:34.06\00:15:35.73
So banana is good
00:15:35.76\00:15:37.10
and we also know
it's good for potassium,
00:15:37.13\00:15:38.83
and all these other items.
00:15:38.87\00:15:40.20
I think I shared
with you all before,
00:15:40.24\00:15:42.00
eat the food now
and stay in good health,
00:15:42.04\00:15:44.77
don't try to...
00:15:44.81\00:15:46.14
Unfortunately when
you're in a hospital.
00:15:46.17\00:15:47.51
We had one of our clients
00:15:47.54\00:15:49.28
she had like what is
known as a mini stroke,
00:15:49.31\00:15:51.95
her blood pressure
was increasing real high.
00:15:51.98\00:15:54.95
She went to the hospital,
00:15:54.98\00:15:56.32
they took her to
the emergency room,
00:15:56.35\00:15:57.92
and the doctor's gonna put on,
00:15:57.95\00:15:59.85
I think a potassium
pill or potassium drink
00:15:59.89\00:16:02.82
to help calm down the
nerves and all of that stuff,
00:16:02.86\00:16:05.56
and you know what happened?
00:16:05.59\00:16:06.93
She's like, "No, I don't
want to take the medicine,
00:16:06.96\00:16:09.00
give me a banana."
00:16:09.03\00:16:11.00
The doctor said, "I'm sorry.
00:16:11.03\00:16:13.64
You had
opportunity to eat bananas
00:16:13.67\00:16:15.74
outside the
hospital when you were okay,
00:16:15.77\00:16:18.31
now you're under my
control or under my domain,
00:16:18.34\00:16:21.21
you're gonna
have to follow this."
00:16:21.24\00:16:22.78
So please, let
us eat the bananas
00:16:22.81\00:16:24.51
when we have the
opportunity to do so.
00:16:24.55\00:16:27.22
So we have bananas.
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Then let's look at some
of the nuts here real quick.
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We have one that we all know,
00:16:30.95\00:16:33.05
it even looks
like the brain, yes.
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And I'm talking about a
simple item such as walnuts.
00:16:36.16\00:16:39.69
Walnuts are
good, pecans are good.
00:16:39.73\00:16:41.93
We also have almonds as
well. Almonds are phenomenal.
00:16:41.96\00:16:46.40
You can see the
enjoyable almonds there.
00:16:46.43\00:16:48.47
These are the raw unsalted ones.
00:16:48.50\00:16:50.54
The walnuts help us to fight
against stress and anxiety,
00:16:50.57\00:16:55.91
the almonds, what they do
00:16:55.94\00:16:57.98
is they stimulate
the nervous system, okay.
00:16:58.01\00:17:00.82
So it helps you to
be sharpen on point
00:17:00.85\00:17:03.32
not the feelings of apathy
and depression you ever know,
00:17:03.35\00:17:07.16
like I said, what is depression,
00:17:07.19\00:17:08.59
sometime stress, the inability
to construct our future.
00:17:08.62\00:17:12.29
So as a result, people
have no hope for tomorrow
00:17:12.33\00:17:16.13
so let's use some of the foods
00:17:16.16\00:17:17.53
that will be
helpful to clear our minds,
00:17:17.57\00:17:20.30
and avoid the foods
that are clogging our minds,
00:17:20.34\00:17:23.44
you know, like the
sugary item, a lot of fats,
00:17:23.47\00:17:27.21
and fried foods and
we can avoid those items.
00:17:27.24\00:17:29.64
So we have
walnuts which are good,
00:17:29.68\00:17:31.95
the almonds
which are even better
00:17:31.98\00:17:33.62
to help fight
against cholesterol.
00:17:33.65\00:17:35.48
It actually naturally
lowers your cholesterol,
00:17:35.52\00:17:38.79
so nuts are good.
00:17:38.82\00:17:40.39
And we also have cashews.
Everybody enjoy some cashews.
00:17:40.42\00:17:44.56
We even make cheese out of
it, we made milk out of it.
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Cashews are very good, why?
00:17:48.16\00:17:49.90
Because they are
high in magnesium.
00:17:49.93\00:17:51.97
This is necessary
not only for the mind
00:17:52.00\00:17:54.47
but also for the body.
00:17:54.50\00:17:55.84
If your bones and your
muscles, sometimes you know,
00:17:55.87\00:17:58.27
when you have a
lot of muscle pain,
00:17:58.31\00:17:59.97
cashews are good
because what does magnesium do?
00:18:00.01\00:18:02.51
It naturally, gently relaxes
the muscles of the system.
00:18:02.54\00:18:07.82
So who knew that
00:18:07.85\00:18:09.18
these simple
nuts will be so good,
00:18:09.22\00:18:10.55
but I'm coming to one more
nut and all of them are good,
00:18:10.59\00:18:13.56
well, what I'm talking about?
00:18:13.59\00:18:14.92
I'm talking about pine nuts.
00:18:14.96\00:18:17.09
Literally pine
nuts are phenomenal.
00:18:17.13\00:18:20.06
This is what is known
as like super brain food.
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Yes, these little items here.
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A lot of people
see them in a store
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and actually I pick these up,
00:18:28.24\00:18:29.57
they were
almost 18, $19 a pound.
00:18:29.60\00:18:33.61
But you know what I ask myself?
00:18:33.64\00:18:35.11
I said look, I would normally
in general if I was using
00:18:35.14\00:18:38.75
let's say, nothing
against supplements,
00:18:38.78\00:18:40.58
but if I was using they say,
00:18:40.62\00:18:41.95
B complex is good
for your mind, right?
00:18:41.98\00:18:43.95
When I go to the store
and I'm buying a B complex,
00:18:43.99\00:18:46.55
that is like 19, $20.
00:18:46.59\00:18:48.72
And sometimes you
already see it in your body
00:18:48.76\00:18:51.23
that when you take these
extra items or supplements
00:18:51.26\00:18:54.90
or drinks or something,
00:18:54.93\00:18:56.26
you go to the
restroom and it's like,
00:18:56.30\00:18:57.63
whoa, where did a
yellow color come from?
00:18:57.67\00:18:59.77
And that's
because the body is like
00:18:59.80\00:19:01.20
hey, I don't really know
what this is, don't give me,
00:19:01.24\00:19:04.41
don't overwhelm me with this,
but I would just buy pine nuts,
00:19:04.44\00:19:08.04
I know it costs
a little bit more.
00:19:08.08\00:19:09.48
I said all is well
when I purchase it.
00:19:09.51\00:19:11.81
But I know it's good for me,
00:19:11.85\00:19:13.45
literally you have to cut
down a pine tree to pay for it,
00:19:13.48\00:19:15.92
but it's worth
every single penny.
00:19:15.95\00:19:18.25
So invest in your body,
00:19:18.29\00:19:19.65
take care of
yourself and enjoy the nuts.
00:19:19.69\00:19:21.92
Don't worry about the
price or whatever like that,
00:19:21.96\00:19:24.89
you pay one way
another, one person said, it is,
00:19:24.93\00:19:28.83
"You either pay and
take care of yourself
00:19:28.86\00:19:31.20
while you're healthy,
00:19:31.23\00:19:32.57
or you pay to try to get better
00:19:32.60\00:19:35.67
and take care of
yourself when you're sick."
00:19:35.70\00:19:37.41
So you all decide which
time do you want to pay?
00:19:37.44\00:19:39.71
Pay while you're healthy,
or pay when you're sick?
00:19:39.74\00:19:41.88
So these are some
of the simple nuts
00:19:41.91\00:19:43.78
that we can enjoy.
00:19:43.81\00:19:45.58
Let's move on to
one of my favorite
00:19:45.61\00:19:47.02
and we're
talking about the grains.
00:19:47.05\00:19:48.88
We have the brown rice,
pasta, or just brown rice.
00:19:48.92\00:19:52.65
We have whole grain
pasta, delicious, look at this.
00:19:52.69\00:19:56.79
Yes, there is no reason
00:19:56.83\00:19:58.26
why we should be
using white pasta anymore
00:19:58.29\00:20:00.46
because we have so many
good types of whole wheat,
00:20:00.50\00:20:03.80
whole grain pasta.
00:20:03.83\00:20:05.27
I remember back in the
days when I used to be young,
00:20:05.30\00:20:07.47
I don't think you all
were around back then.
00:20:07.50\00:20:09.67
When they had whole grain pasta,
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.67
you knew it was whole grain.
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.68
That thing was
dangerous for you, why?
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.71
You ate it, it
was rough and tough
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.45
but the good thing is
00:20:19.48\00:20:20.82
and you've heard me
probably say it before,
00:20:20.85\00:20:22.18
if it goes in rough, it
normally comes out soft.
00:20:22.22\00:20:24.39
But the whole wheat
pasta back in the days
00:20:24.42\00:20:25.75
it came out rough too,
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.46
but I know we're
trying to talk about food here
00:20:27.49\00:20:29.26
and so let's not
talk about number two.
00:20:29.29\00:20:30.99
So go ahead and enjoy
some whole grain pasta.
00:20:31.03\00:20:34.10
If you don't, if
you're not able to use gluten,
00:20:34.13\00:20:37.17
no problem you
can do quinoa pasta.
00:20:37.20\00:20:40.70
And we also have the brown rice,
00:20:40.74\00:20:43.51
whole grain brown
rice very nice, enjoyable.
00:20:43.54\00:20:46.88
These are
sustainable foods, why?
00:20:46.91\00:20:49.01
Because along with
the quinoa as we see here,
00:20:49.04\00:20:52.51
this is a little quinoa grain,
00:20:52.55\00:20:54.38
you all could take a quick look,
00:20:54.42\00:20:55.75
this is very good
00:20:55.78\00:20:57.12
and I'm just gonna
show you real quick here
00:20:57.15\00:20:58.49
right next to it,
00:20:58.52\00:20:59.85
this is how it
looks when it's cooked,
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.62
this one here.
00:21:01.66\00:21:02.99
Quinoa is very good
for stress as well, why?
00:21:03.02\00:21:06.16
Because it's high in protein.
00:21:06.19\00:21:08.30
Do you know quinoa
could actually be used
00:21:08.33\00:21:10.77
in place of meat,
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.83
because it has
that much protein,
00:21:12.87\00:21:15.34
so quinoa is
very good and very...
00:21:15.37\00:21:18.24
As you see there with
the gluten again, gluten,
00:21:18.27\00:21:21.11
almost gluten free.
00:21:21.14\00:21:22.48
Then you have the oats.
00:21:22.51\00:21:23.85
Just a tad bit of gluten
00:21:23.88\00:21:25.38
and nothing wrong
with the gluten per se,
00:21:25.41\00:21:27.68
it is sometimes we over do it,
00:21:27.72\00:21:29.38
so that's why people
are trying their best
00:21:29.42\00:21:31.39
to avoid some of that.
00:21:31.42\00:21:33.46
So you have your grains there,
all of these are fantastic,
00:21:33.49\00:21:37.23
healthful and
nourishing for you.
00:21:37.26\00:21:39.39
And very simple, the
quinoa only takes less than,
00:21:39.43\00:21:42.36
you've seen me do it before
less than 20 minutes to make,
00:21:42.40\00:21:45.40
so there is no excuse.
00:21:45.43\00:21:46.97
I actually like to cook
quinoa instead of brown rice,
00:21:47.00\00:21:49.64
don't tell brown rice,
because I really love rice,
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.57
but why because
it's so quick and easy.
00:21:51.61\00:21:53.58
And then one last one
in our first five foods
00:21:53.61\00:21:56.21
that are good
for stress is fruits.
00:21:56.24\00:21:59.18
All different types
of fruits you enjoyed,
00:21:59.21\00:22:01.48
I just got the
platter for you all, because,
00:22:01.52\00:22:04.29
you know, I've been
cooking and it's just too much
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.55
but we have the
platter, you have the pineapple.
00:22:06.59\00:22:08.66
The apple a day
will keep disease at bay.
00:22:08.69\00:22:11.03
You have the grapes,
00:22:11.06\00:22:12.39
try to get them
with the seed if you can.
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.43
And then you have the melons
as well, cantaloupe, honeydew,
00:22:14.46\00:22:19.50
you name it, watermelon.
00:22:19.53\00:22:20.87
This is very good why
'cause they're high in water
00:22:20.90\00:22:22.94
which naturally does what?
00:22:22.97\00:22:25.01
You notice when you start using,
00:22:25.04\00:22:27.04
when you start using the melons,
00:22:27.08\00:22:28.84
I made a most terrible mistake
of my life almost one time.
00:22:28.88\00:22:33.58
I was about to go and travel
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.08
and I still had a
cantaloupe in my fridge,
00:22:35.12\00:22:37.55
and it wasn't done.
00:22:37.59\00:22:39.15
You know, what I did?
00:22:39.19\00:22:40.52
I said, I cannot waste food,
people are dying of hunger,
00:22:40.56\00:22:42.99
not only outside
of the US, in the US
00:22:43.02\00:22:46.09
so I said, I have
to eat this cantaloupe.
00:22:46.13\00:22:48.36
So I cut the cantaloupe
and I ate the whole thing.
00:22:48.40\00:22:52.13
I get on the
plane and mind this,
00:22:52.17\00:22:54.24
I was leaving Dallas and
I was heading to New York.
00:22:54.27\00:22:56.81
You know, melons
don't play around,
00:22:56.84\00:22:59.44
you start going to the restroom,
00:22:59.47\00:23:01.78
and man I was like a fountain
and the worst thing about it
00:23:01.81\00:23:05.31
you know, in the
plane, they let me,
00:23:05.35\00:23:06.88
well, sometimes they let
you sit up front a little bit,
00:23:06.92\00:23:08.98
you know, they take care of you.
00:23:09.02\00:23:10.45
And so I was there
00:23:10.49\00:23:11.82
and I used the bathroom
like three or four times.
00:23:11.85\00:23:13.79
Now this is after, you know,
00:23:13.82\00:23:15.22
unfortunately the
tragedy there in New York
00:23:15.26\00:23:17.29
with the terrorist attack,
00:23:17.33\00:23:18.66
people start
watching me on a plane
00:23:18.69\00:23:20.30
like what is this guy up to,
00:23:20.33\00:23:22.30
you know, 'cause I
went to the bathroom
00:23:22.33\00:23:23.67
three or four times.
00:23:23.70\00:23:25.03
It was so bad when I
came out of the bathroom
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.47
everybody is looking
at me, and you know, now,
00:23:26.50\00:23:28.20
these days people
jump at you on a plane,
00:23:28.24\00:23:29.84
'cause they're
afraid of the stuff.
00:23:29.87\00:23:31.67
I came out of the bathroom,
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.04
and I said,
"Everybody look, I'm so sorry.
00:23:33.07\00:23:34.51
Don't worry it's not
a crazy announcement."
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.24
I see the guy is
ready to fight me.
00:23:36.28\00:23:37.78
I said, I ate a whole cantaloupe
00:23:37.81\00:23:40.35
before I got this flight.
00:23:40.38\00:23:41.88
Please forgive me, but I
have to use the restroom.
00:23:41.92\00:23:45.05
So just little word
of caution for those
00:23:45.09\00:23:47.86
as well who would like
to get a diuretic going,
00:23:47.89\00:23:51.03
you could use melon,
melon works very good.
00:23:51.06\00:23:53.70
Strawberry is phenomenal.
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.06
And one of my favorite
super food fruits right there,
00:23:55.10\00:23:58.20
is yes, yes it is, is blueberry,
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.97
very good for the system
00:24:01.00\00:24:02.84
and very good
for your metabolism
00:24:02.87\00:24:06.81
and for your brain.
00:24:06.84\00:24:08.18
Let's go to our
last five super foods
00:24:08.21\00:24:10.05
to help us fight against stress.
00:24:10.08\00:24:11.58
Are you all ready?
00:24:11.61\00:24:12.95
Hope you've wrote
down the first five.
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.72
But let's go to
number six, yes, ginger tea.
00:24:14.75\00:24:17.15
I'll get into the
spices here and stuff.
00:24:17.19\00:24:19.45
We don't usually recommend it
00:24:19.49\00:24:20.82
but under lot of
stress ginger works very well.
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.93
We had the porridge,
we've talked about the oats,
00:24:23.96\00:24:26.19
I'll share a little
more about that there
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.26
porridge or oats is good,
00:24:28.30\00:24:29.90
so have a nice big
bowl of oats in the morning.
00:24:29.93\00:24:32.93
Yes, hot or warm water
works good also to help.
00:24:32.97\00:24:38.27
I know it may
not per se be a food.
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.71
And number nine is veggies.
00:24:40.74\00:24:43.04
Veggies are
phenomenal to help the system,
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.78
and we'll take a quick look.
00:24:45.81\00:24:47.15
And the last one you
take all those veggies
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.22
and you make a
big salad, all right.
00:24:49.25\00:24:51.82
So let's take a look at
some of those, yes, ginger.
00:24:51.85\00:24:54.96
Ginger as well, it sometimes
00:24:54.99\00:24:56.73
we see stress hits the
body in a couple of ways, okay.
00:24:56.76\00:25:00.00
So there is mental stress,
00:25:00.03\00:25:01.63
sometimes it's
physical stressors
00:25:01.66\00:25:03.87
and sometimes it's
spiritual stressors.
00:25:03.90\00:25:06.03
The spiritual one we all know
the super food for everything
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.30
is trusting in God,
00:25:08.34\00:25:09.67
and asking Him
to give you a hand.
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But also sometimes
the body is stressed out.
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Matter of fact when
you go under stress,
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the thing that
is affected first,
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the organic effect of stress
is almost gastritis, ulcers.
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Did you ever noticed people say,
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"Oh, man, I'm stressed
out, my stomach hurts,"
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that wears out the system,
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'cause your body
starts to produce more acid
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when you're under stress.
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Remember it was
supposed to help you
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run away from that dog,
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but now we stay
under consistent stress,
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then it causes
other problems so.
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Sometimes you can use ginger,
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but we put our body on
unnecessary stress sometimes
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when we use certain spices,
and what am I talking about.
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Let's look at these two
here, and I'll just hold them.
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One is cinnamon and
another one is cloves.
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Now these are good,
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and these can be
used as medicinal items.
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You can use a
cinnamon for different items.
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Some people use it
for diabetes and stuff,
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or you can use a
clove for toothache,
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however they irritate
the lining of the stomach,
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so as a result you
ever notice people say,
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oh, I really need ginger tea
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and it's not per se
that their body is messed up,
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it's because these
things are irritating,
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so what does the ginger do?
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It helps to calm that
down and push out the...
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I'll just say a gas.
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I think gas is the
greatest disease of them all.
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Everybody's dealing
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with some kind of
bubbling sensation.
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So ginger tea, they show works
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and it does help
to calm the nerves,
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but what can you
use instead of cinnamon
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that is not
irritating for the stomach.
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And we've shared this
before in different programs.
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We can use
coriander instead of nutmeg,
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you can use cardamom.
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But let's take a quick
look at some of the other items
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that we looked at here,
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salad and veggies
are very, very good.
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You see the fruits go ahead
and clean out the system, yeah.
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Salads and veggies go ahead
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and replenish the system
with vitamins and minerals,
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so that's something
that everybody can enjoy.
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And we talked about
this just a little bit
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the porridge,
grains, all of these items,
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so go ahead and have yourself
some oat meal in the morning.
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It will not only
lower your cholesterol
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but it will
also calm the nerves,
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so porridge is good.
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And I have one other one.
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I know we talked
about salads and stuff,
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and it's right
here, take a look with me.
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The secret, one of the secret
super items here for stress,
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you ready?
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It's right here in this
pot. It's hot or warm water.
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You ever noticed
when you're stressed out
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or your body hurts and
a muscle is killing you,
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you go ahead and what did I say?
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Take a nice warm hot bath.
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What does the hot bath do?
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It relaxes the nerves and stuff.
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And some people
drink the hot tea,
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I encourage them
not to do it often,
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but some nice warm
water, what does it do?
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It calms the system down.
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And if we follow
some of these simple steps
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that everybody have at home,
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we by God's grace
can relief ourselves
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of some of these
stressors, enjoy.
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