Shhh... we've got secrets
today stay tuned to find out
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what the drug
companies won't tell you...
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and your doctor doesn't know...
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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Did you know that approximately
70 percent of patients
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with chronic daily
headaches suffer from
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drug-induced headaches?
Well, this fact and many others
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are featured in the
book written by today's guest
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entitled, "What
the Drug Companies
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won't tell you and
your Doctor Doesn't know"
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I am so excited
about today's guest...
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he's the Country's most
well-known Naturopathic Doctor
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having authored
more than 30 books
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on Natural Medicine...
his research into the health
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benefits of proper
nutrition is the foundation
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for a best-selling line
of vitamins and supplements
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at Natural Factors...
where he's the Director
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of Product Development...
he's a Graduate Faculty Member
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and serves on
the Board of Regents
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of Bastyr University
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in Seattle, Washington,
it is my honor to introduce
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my N.D. hero...
Dr. Michael Murray.
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Welcome to Urban
Report Dr. Murray... yeah...
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Thanks. I'm happy to
be with you Yvonne...
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It's so great to have you...
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Likewise...
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I have so many questions...
your book... this book...
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"What the Drug
Companies won't tell you
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and your Doctor
Doesn't Know" is so full...
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chock full of such
valuable information...
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what made you write this book...
what compelled you to write it?
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Well, I think we
live in a Society
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where people are
looking for the quick fix
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and we've all
been manipulated by the
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propaganda and
marketing of the Drug Industry
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and in this day and age...
we're trying to treat many
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health conditions that owe
their origin to diet, lifestyle,
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and our attitude with drugs
and these bio-chemical Band Aids
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in many cases end up
causing more harm than good
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and people need to
know that there are safe and
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effective
natural ways to address
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many of these
common illnesses...
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Absolutely... and
just at the outset...
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so that people
don't misunderstand
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because we have a
lot of physicians who
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watch this program as well...
we are not bashing physicians
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this is not that kind of
program but what it is...
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is... is an acknowledgement
of the use of natural means
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to acquire health... I
mean... that is just...
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it's such an
important... important factor...
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that we can use natural
things to induce health...
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what do you feel
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is the most important thing
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that the Drug
Companies won't tell us...
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Well, first of all...
yeah, I want to echo your point
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we've all had our lives touched
in nearly miraculous ways
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by advances in Medicine...
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I don't want to throw the
baby out... with the wash...
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what I'm really speaking against
is the irrational use of drugs
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and the use of drugs first
instead of utilizing the safer
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and in many cases...
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more effective
natural approaches...
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to answer your specific
question the number one thing
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that Drug Companies don't
want us to realize is that
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in dwelling within each of
us is the tremendous capacity
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to heal and to be healthy
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and if we give our body
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and our minds... the
right sort of support...
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we can achieve...
tremendous health benefits...
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Absolutely...
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we believe that the
way the body was created
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it was created to heal itself...
so when you cut yourself...
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you immediately go
into "healing mode"
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the body goes into healing mode
because it was created to do
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just that... so,
that's what natural medicine
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is really about...
and I like in your book...
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the way you talk
about... rational medicine...
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explain that for
us... if you would...
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the rational
approach to medicine...
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Well, some of the drugs
are completely irrational...
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for example... if
we look at the drugs
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that are used in the
treatment of osteoarthritis...
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the major form of
arthritis in America...
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this condition is
characterized by a wearing down
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of the
cartilage... and as we age...
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many of us lose the
ability to manufacture
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sufficient levels of
of cartilage components...
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the drugs reduce the activity
of enzymes that produce painful
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and inflammatory compounds...
what people don't realize
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is that these
same drugs also impair
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the body's
ability to manufacture
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cartilage components
so, use of these drugs is a
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classic example of
suppressing the symptoms
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but actually
promoting the progression of
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the disease process...
so, it's totally irrational
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to use those drugs...
instead, we should be utilizing
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techniques and
therapies that are designed
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to give the body the
necessary building blocks
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to build... strong
healthy cartilage...
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that's what makes sense
and the more we learn about
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ourselves... the more
we learn about nature...
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the more we learn about
our physiology and nutrition...
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the more we realize
how many things work...
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that have been provided for us
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to achieve health
and maintain our health.
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See, oh, see...
this is just so...
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you're just
singing my song here...
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because... if we give...
again... if we provide the body
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with the building
blocks that it needs...
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it's equipped to heal itself...
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and that... that...
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the whole idea of
these drugs actually changing
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various pathways and
cutting off different things...
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it's just... they're not
often working with the body...
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they work against the body...
and that's one of the issues
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that I have...
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with a lot of the
drug use that's going on...
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what are some of the drugs
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that are again...
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working... some
other examples of drugs...
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working against the body...
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in healing?
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Well, the way we are trying to
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address this
epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes
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is really kind of silly...
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most often... when someone is
diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes,
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they are immediately placed
on these oral hypoglycemic drugs
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now, they may need that
drug for a short term...
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to act as a crutch until the
lifestyle and dietary measures
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kick in... but
most of the time...
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they're not given proper
advice on diet, lifestyle
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and proper supplementations...
so they end up becoming
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over reliant on these drugs
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and what we know about
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these drugs that are used
to lower blood-sugar levels
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in Type 2 Diabetes is that
they don't alter the progression
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of the disease... and eventually
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they stop working
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so the doctor has to prescribe
them... either in higher dosages
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or in combination
with other drugs...
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and when that happens... it
actually increases mortality
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the reason why we want
to treat Type 2 Diabetes
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is that... it carries
with it an increased risk
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of having a heart
attack... having a stroke...
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or developing cancer...
though when we look at the data,
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when we rely on those
drugs, they actually end up
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putting people
into the grave sooner...
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so, the reason is...
because we're not addressing
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the underlying cause...
good medicine is always about
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addressing that
underlying factor...
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and we can't
ignore... the power of our mind
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the power of our beliefs...
the power of our diet...
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and the power of our lifestyle
in influencing our health...
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and that's what
I'm against ignoring
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and that's what
conventional medicine does...
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it doesn't pay
enough attention to...
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there's no profit in it
for the drug companies...
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if everybody was healthy,
they'd be out of business...
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Well, that is so true...
you know... I've noticed...
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when I go to some
dinners and things
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and I see people that I
know have Type 2 Diabetes and
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they'll eat
anything they want to eat...
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and then they'll think
that if they pop a pill...
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that that's going to
change the situation...
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and what you're
saying... Dr. Murray is so true
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that if we can
get to the cause...
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of the issue...
meaning lifestyle changes
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and that kind of thing...
we make poor lifestyle choices
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and then think that a pill...
that there's a magic pill for it
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that a pill is going to
actually change the situation...
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it might kind of
ameliorate the symptoms...
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but it is not going to
address the root cause...
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and that's one of the things
that Naturopathic Medicine does
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it identifies the root cause...
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of the condition...
and then... you attempt to
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to make changes...
what would you say...
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if you're looking at... at
the situation as a whole...
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with the interaction
between the Drug Companies
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and the doctors... how
would you describe that
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that whole relationship...
that inter-dependence?
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We have a faulty system...
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we have a situation where
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the Drug Companies are
spending most of their money on
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they call it...
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"Continuing Medical Education"
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it's basically
trying to sell their drugs
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to physicians... and they
also, advertise now on TV...
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on the Radio... and in
Print... whereas prior to 1997
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that was illegal...
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
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is a big problem... if I
was Health Czar for a day
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that's one of the
first things that I would do
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is to eliminate
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
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the second thing I would do is
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I would make
research transparent
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it's a sad fact that the
majority of research on drugs
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in the United
States is conducted by
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clinical research organizations
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these are companies...
that the drug companies
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actually pay to
do the research...
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since the Drug
Companies paid for the research,
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they own it... so,
then they're free to
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manipulate the information,
they are free to cover it up,
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they own that information
and they have complete rights to
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dispense it any way they want...
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so, a lot of times...
what's happening is that
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after the fact...
we find out because...
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these drugs are
causing problems...
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that the Drug Companies
knew from the very get-go
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that there were
problems with their drugs
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a case in point are the drugs
like Celebrex, Vioxx and Bextra
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that were developed
for osteoarthritis...
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these drugs
killed more Americans
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than we lost in the
Vietnam War, these drugs killed
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over 60,000 Americans,
initial research just look
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fabulous... but
who did that research?
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Well the drug
companies did that research...
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and they knew
from the very beginning
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that there were
problems with these drugs
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on the heart...
in, I mentioned the
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Type 2 Diabetes
medications... Avandia...
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Avandia was a drug that
came to market with much value
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again the initial
research just looked fabulous...
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but who did that
research? The Drug Companies...
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Who paid for that
research? The Drug Companies...
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Was it complete? No...
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When they started
doing independent studies
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where they would take
people with Type 2 Diabetes...
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divide them into two
groups give one group a placebo
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and the other
group... the Avandia...
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the group taking the
Avandia had a 64% increase
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in fatal heart attacks...
the U.S. Senate did a report...
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they estimated that 83,000
heart attacks were caused by
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these Type 2 Diabetes medication
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now we have data
showing that sleeping pills
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are one of the
biggest contributors
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to premature death in America...
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10 percent of our
population regularly take these
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Benzodiazepine and other
types of sedative hypnotic drugs
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and studies all around the
globe there have been now...
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19 very detailed
studies that have evaluated
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the link between
taking these sleeping pills
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and them...
causing an early death...
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My! the latest...
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it's just unbelievable!
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My! so, we know that
insomnia is a huge problem
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it's a huge problem...
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well, I have a couple
of questions about it...
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because you've raised
a couple of questions...
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so, first of
all with insomnia...
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what would be... a naturopathic
approach to helping someone
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get better sleep?
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Yeah, well, I just
recently moved to Arizona...
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prior to that I was
in the Seattle area...
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and in the
Northwest for many years
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in Seattle... I
cured many people of their
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incurable
insomnia... just by having them
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cut down on their
caffeine intake...
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Hmmm... hmmm...
People are very sensitive
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to caffeine... there
are two types of insomnia
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there's "sleep on-set insomnia"
where people have a hard time
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calming down and
getting to sleep...
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but the more common
form of insomnia is called...
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"Sleep Maintenance
Insomnia" this is the form
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where people are
able to get to sleep...
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but they wake up...
3, 4, 5, or more hours
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after going to bed...
and can't get back to sleep
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well, we've been monitoring
people's blood-sugar levels
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continuously...
using some new technology
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and what we found is
that when people are on...
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what we call the
blood-sugar roller coaster
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and their blood-sugar
levels were going up and down...
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up and down... during the day...
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they also experienced
that at night as well...
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so, any time
there's a rapid drop
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in our blood-sugar levels...
there is a release of adrenalin
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and cortisol...
that wakes us up...
00:14:01.19\00:14:03.47
Ash... ah ha... and
it's hard to get back
00:14:03.50\00:14:05.65
to sleep... so, for many people
00:14:05.69\00:14:08.36
the best approach to
getting a better night's sleep
00:14:08.39\00:14:11.58
is to focus on their
diet, and proper supplementation
00:14:11.61\00:14:14.77
to control their
blood-sugar levels...
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if they stabilize
their blood-sugar levels
00:14:16.61\00:14:18.64
throughout the day...
it will help stabilize
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blood-sugar levels
throughout the night...
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and they'll be able
to sleep continuously...
00:14:22.98\00:14:25.11
My! so... see this is so
deep... who would have connected
00:14:25.14\00:14:28.92
blood-sugar levels with insomnia
00:14:28.95\00:14:31.90
I mean, like the average
person is not going to think...
00:14:31.94\00:14:34.83
"Well my blood-sugar
levels are up and down...
00:14:34.87\00:14:37.05
and so I can't
sleep at night... "
00:14:37.09\00:14:38.24
who would have done that?
00:14:38.28\00:14:39.70
And yet... that
is... that is the link...
00:14:39.74\00:14:42.73
that is a link...
blood-sugar levels...
00:14:42.77\00:14:45.81
Yeah... so, for taking a
00:14:45.84\00:14:48.02
bio-chemical Band Aid...
00:14:48.06\00:14:50.17
to try to help us
sleep through the night...
00:14:50.21\00:14:52.86
and that drug...
00:14:52.90\00:14:54.14
doesn't address
the underlying cause
00:14:54.17\00:14:56.30
and in this case... if
someone had a blood-sugar issue
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and they took a sleeping pill,
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a sleeping pill is not going
to to impact that at all...
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it's going to
help put them out...
00:15:02.68\00:15:04.24
but you know what happens
when you take that sleeping pill
00:15:04.27\00:15:07.40
it actually ends up disrupting
normal sleep processes...
00:15:07.44\00:15:10.54
now, sleep is
still largely a mystery
00:15:10.57\00:15:12.73
but I think everyone
would agree that we need sleep
00:15:12.76\00:15:15.06
and that sleep is
responsible for recharging us
00:15:15.10\00:15:18.79
for healing us,
for regeneration...
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it's very critical so
if we are interfering with
00:15:21.83\00:15:25.23
our sleep
processes... it's little wonder
00:15:25.27\00:15:27.63
that these sleeping
pills are associated with
00:15:27.66\00:15:30.27
a 35 percent increase
in developing cancer...
00:15:30.31\00:15:32.88
so, we got to look deeper,
00:15:32.92\00:15:35.82
we can't look to try to
address our health concerns
00:15:35.86\00:15:39.63
first by taking a
drug... we have to look at what
00:15:39.66\00:15:43.40
we can do with our diet,
our lifestyle and attitude...
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I'm a broken record
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but hope it's one that will
resonate with your listeners...
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Well, you know, we as
Adventist Christians...
00:15:50.65\00:15:54.10
we are very health-focused...
and so, you are actually
00:15:54.14\00:15:59.47
singing our song... we know that
00:15:59.51\00:16:01.80
if we don't change lifestyle...
make changes in the lifestyle,
00:16:01.83\00:16:07.14
then, what do you have?
00:16:07.18\00:16:09.34
you lead to disease
00:16:09.37\00:16:11.46
if you don't get enough
rest, if you don't eat properly,
00:16:11.50\00:16:14.76
all of these things,
00:16:14.79\00:16:16.60
will cause disease,
00:16:16.64\00:16:18.37
and I think that
we live in a Society
00:16:18.41\00:16:20.84
that's so quick to push a pill,
and yet, lifestyle change...
00:16:20.88\00:16:25.08
is not that easy...
another thing that you
00:16:25.11\00:16:27.62
talk about in the book...
that I'd like to address is...
00:16:27.65\00:16:30.31
GERD and acid indigestion,
00:16:30.34\00:16:32.76
how does modern
medicine approach that?
00:16:32.80\00:16:35.52
Allopathic
medicine approach that...
00:16:35.55\00:16:37.91
and then, what is the difference
with functional medicine?
00:16:37.94\00:16:41.05
Okay, yeah...
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder
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is characterized by heartburn...
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in the past we would
called it indigestion...
00:16:46.71\00:16:49.13
but now they've got
a fancier name for it,
00:16:49.16\00:16:51.51
and it's treated, now, with
some pretty heavy-duty drugs
00:16:51.54\00:16:55.91
and what these drugs do is they
block the production of acid
00:16:55.94\00:17:00.11
now... many people that
have gastroesophageal Reflux
00:17:00.14\00:17:04.47
or have heartburn...
have poor digestion...
00:17:04.50\00:17:07.21
and would actually benefit
by taking hydrochloric acid...
00:17:07.24\00:17:10.52
when you take the drug,
00:17:10.55\00:17:12.75
to block the symptoms...
00:17:12.78\00:17:14.91
you're also blocking
the digestive process...
00:17:14.95\00:17:17.68
so, you are creating...
end up creating more problems
00:17:17.72\00:17:21.72
than you're really
benefiting, and these drugs are
00:17:21.76\00:17:25.31
linked to an
increased risk for fractures,
00:17:25.35\00:17:29.40
they're linked to
nutrient deficiencies...
00:17:29.44\00:17:33.42
and they're linked to
altering our gut microflora...
00:17:33.45\00:17:37.00
you know we have more
more microbes growing in our
00:17:37.03\00:17:40.50
intestinal tract than we
have cells in our human body...
00:17:40.54\00:17:43.49
Wow... so, yeah, so it's more
00:17:43.52\00:17:46.25
bacterial cells in our
gut than there are human cells
00:17:46.28\00:17:49.26
in our body... and the
type of bacteria that we have
00:17:49.30\00:17:52.24
in our intestinal
cells, play a huge role
00:17:52.27\00:17:56.17
in our overall health,
so, it's little wonder that
00:17:56.20\00:17:59.65
when we disrupt that
flora, we disrupt our health,
00:17:59.68\00:18:02.89
so, I think there
are better approaches,
00:18:02.93\00:18:05.36
if someone has indigestion,
I think, most often,
00:18:05.39\00:18:09.32
they are going to respond
better to digestive support,
00:18:09.36\00:18:13.21
that may mean hydrochloric
acid supplementation
00:18:13.24\00:18:16.47
it may mean digested
enzymes, it may mean taking some
00:18:16.51\00:18:19.93
of these probiotics to
replenish our gut flora,
00:18:19.96\00:18:23.34
so it takes a little
bit of detective work
00:18:23.38\00:18:26.00
but I think... in the long
run the person is better off
00:18:26.04\00:18:29.91
utilizing a more
rational approach
00:18:29.95\00:18:33.26
than just simply
blocking their symptoms...
00:18:33.29\00:18:35.51
You know, I'd like to ask you
00:18:35.54\00:18:37.24
something else
with that too, Dr. Mike,
00:18:37.27\00:18:39.01
because to... to again,
00:18:39.04\00:18:41.74
to the average person, if
they're taking an antacid,
00:18:41.78\00:18:46.99
they think that
they have too much HCl...
00:18:47.02\00:18:49.69
too much hydrochloric
acid, but what you're saying
00:18:49.73\00:18:52.72
is they actually need more,
is that what you're saying...
00:18:52.75\00:18:56.20
they actually need more acid
to properly digest their food...
00:18:56.24\00:18:59.66
that... see... that seems
counterintuitive doesn't it?
00:18:59.69\00:19:03.86
It does... it does... but
about 80 or 90 percent of people
00:19:03.90\00:19:08.03
who have GERD have low
to normal hydrochloric acid
00:19:08.07\00:19:14.80
production... so only about
10 percent really are secreting
00:19:14.83\00:19:18.22
too much acid...
there are a lot of factors
00:19:18.25\00:19:21.91
to take into consideration with
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder
00:19:21.94\00:19:25.75
certain foods
tend to aggravate it
00:19:25.79\00:19:29.44
again, I'll pick on coffee...
00:19:29.48\00:19:31.72
it's one of the
big culprits in GERD...
00:19:31.75\00:19:36.93
overeating... those two
things alone are some of the
00:19:36.96\00:19:41.42
biggest contributors to
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder
00:19:41.45\00:19:45.87
Wow... in the
African-American Community...
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there is a very high level...
there's a high level of chronic
00:19:48.93\00:19:55.39
disease... such as Hypertension,
Diabetes, Cancer...
00:19:55.43\00:19:59.98
and with
Hypertension for example
00:20:00.02\00:20:03.60
what are some of the
suggestions that you would have
00:20:03.64\00:20:06.85
to naturally
control High Blood Pressure?
00:20:06.88\00:20:09.89
You know, you brought up
an audience that I would love
00:20:09.93\00:20:16.19
to be able to
touch, because it's very
00:20:16.23\00:20:18.67
sad for me to see this epidemic
of High Blood Pressure...
00:20:18.70\00:20:23.26
Cardiovascular
Disease, many forms of Cancer
00:20:23.29\00:20:27.14
in our African
American Community
00:20:27.18\00:20:29.06
I don't think they
have enough heroes...
00:20:29.09\00:20:31.79
they need people
out there inspiring...
00:20:31.82\00:20:34.41
hopefully, you're
doing that, but it's...
00:20:34.45\00:20:36.97
I've heard that it's
hard for them to make changes
00:20:37.00\00:20:40.25
to their diet and lifestyle
but it really begins with diet
00:20:40.28\00:20:45.25
certain racial groups... they
have a genetic predisposition
00:20:45.28\00:20:50.21
for Western
diseases... High Blood Pressure,
00:20:50.25\00:20:53.70
High Cholesterol...
Diabetes... Obesity...
00:20:53.73\00:20:56.95
when we look at the Polynesians,
00:20:56.98\00:20:59.94
when we look at
the African Americans
00:20:59.97\00:21:01.66
when we look at
the Pima Indians...
00:21:01.70\00:21:03.32
eating the typical American
diet is like poison to them...
00:21:03.35\00:21:11.69
so, fried foods are a "No"
00:21:11.73\00:21:14.22
salt... too much
salt... is a "No"
00:21:14.26\00:21:17.22
most African Americans
with High Blood Pressure
00:21:17.25\00:21:20.33
are very salt sensitive...
00:21:20.37\00:21:22.12
so simply utilizing a
potassium chloride form of salt
00:21:22.16\00:21:27.57
versus a sodium chloride form
sometimes, that's enough to help
00:21:27.60\00:21:32.05
bring that blood pressure down,
but the biggest contributor to
00:21:32.09\00:21:37.33
High Blood Pressure in America
regardless of race or age or sex
00:21:37.36\00:21:42.57
is being overweight...
so that's where we really
00:21:42.61\00:21:45.62
have to focus... we
have to help people achieve
00:21:45.66\00:21:48.64
and maintain their
ideal body weight...
00:21:48.68\00:21:50.61
Great... thank you...
now what about Diabetes...
00:21:50.64\00:21:53.85
I know that
recently you wrote a book...
00:21:53.88\00:21:56.65
you authored a book about a
natural approach to diabetes
00:21:56.68\00:22:00.82
again... that is
another condition that plagues
00:22:00.85\00:22:05.18
African Americans, Latinos,
00:22:05.22\00:22:07.07
lots of folks in
the inner cities...
00:22:07.11\00:22:09.20
what would you say
about... about Diabetes...
00:22:09.24\00:22:13.04
actually, I know that
you've written a book about it
00:22:13.08\00:22:17.45
so there's a lot
that you could say
00:22:17.49\00:22:18.91
but, how would you,
00:22:18.94\00:22:20.55
if you were talking
to someone right now
00:22:20.58\00:22:22.96
that had
Diabetes... Type 2 Diabetes...
00:22:23.00\00:22:25.37
what would you say as
being some of the most
00:22:25.41\00:22:27.53
important
factors involved in that?
00:22:27.57\00:22:29.88
Diabetes is a killer...
when you have Diabetes...
00:22:29.91\00:22:34.49
it not only shortens your
life, it significantly impairs
00:22:34.53\00:22:38.33
your quality of
life... that's well known...
00:22:38.37\00:22:41.97
when you are Diabetic...
00:22:42.00\00:22:44.11
especially if
you're poorly controlled...
00:22:44.15\00:22:46.62
it impacts every
aspect of your life...
00:22:46.65\00:22:49.05
you don't sleep well...
you don't have energy...
00:22:49.08\00:22:51.48
you get aches and pains...
the quality of your life
00:22:51.52\00:22:54.22
depends upon maintaining
your blood-sugar levels
00:22:54.25\00:22:56.88
within a very narrow
range... Diabetes is a condition
00:22:56.92\00:23:02.48
most often... of
diet and lifestyle
00:23:02.51\00:23:05.51
and you have to make
changes in those areas...
00:23:05.55\00:23:10.88
you may need to
take a medication
00:23:10.92\00:23:13.85
but that is
like... using a crutch
00:23:13.89\00:23:15.42
or putting your arm in
a sling if you hurt it,
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.55
if you keep it in that sling
or you keep using those crutches
00:23:17.58\00:23:22.09
you lose... that function
00:23:22.12\00:23:23.95
and that's what happens
when you rely on these drugs...
00:23:23.99\00:23:26.60
there's no way around it,
if you have Type 2 Diabetes,
00:23:26.63\00:23:29.71
you have to make changes
to your diet and lifestyle,
00:23:29.74\00:23:32.78
and if you can...
then you can... actually...
00:23:32.82\00:23:36.52
cure and reverse
your Type 2 Diabetes...
00:23:36.56\00:23:40.22
that's not stressed enough...
00:23:40.26\00:23:42.21
Yes... yes... that is so
true, it's not stressed enough
00:23:42.25\00:23:46.86
that it can be
cured... that word "cure"
00:23:46.90\00:23:49.36
Dr. Murray... how often
do you hear that word...
00:23:49.40\00:23:52.54
just in
general... "cure or heal"
00:23:52.58\00:23:55.61
how often do you hear it?
00:23:55.65\00:23:57.43
And yet...
Diabetes can be reversed...
00:23:57.47\00:24:00.35
it's one of the
easiest things to reverse
00:24:00.39\00:24:03.23
if the lifestyle
changes are made...
00:24:03.26\00:24:06.31
Absolutely...
00:24:06.35\00:24:07.47
Now, how can you
prevent Stroke and Heart Attack?
00:24:07.50\00:24:11.24
See I'm asking you
all these questions...
00:24:11.27\00:24:13.92
this is the
Readers Digest approach...
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.53
And again... we're
going to try and point people
00:24:16.57\00:24:20.96
in the right direction... Yes...
00:24:20.99\00:24:22.76
the book is a good resource...
my website is a great resource,
00:24:22.79\00:24:25.77
and a lot of it
is just common sense
00:24:25.81\00:24:27.89
a lot of it... we
know what we need to do...
00:24:27.93\00:24:30.57
in regards to
Heart Disease and Strokes
00:24:30.60\00:24:33.07
when there's been an over-focus
on lowering Cholesterol...
00:24:33.11\00:24:36.42
over 50 percent of people
who have a fatal heart attack
00:24:36.46\00:24:39.74
had normal to low
Cholesterol levels...
00:24:39.78\00:24:42.31
so, it's just a
piece of the puzzle
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.80
and my... I don't know
the right way to say it
00:24:44.84\00:24:49.91
something that
really gets me going is...
00:24:49.95\00:24:52.75
is when we rely solely on
trying to reduce one thing
00:24:52.79\00:24:58.28
and thinking that
we have protection...
00:24:58.31\00:25:00.82
and we ignore all
the other risk factors,
00:25:00.86\00:25:03.45
high Cholesterol
levels are a risk factor...
00:25:03.48\00:25:06.00
but so is lack of exercise,
so is High Blood Pressure,
00:25:06.04\00:25:10.91
so is Diabetes, so
is being overweight...
00:25:10.94\00:25:14.29
and so is smoking...
those are the major risk factors
00:25:14.33\00:25:17.16
and we have other
risk factors as well...
00:25:17.19\00:25:19.84
diets that are
low in antioxidants
00:25:19.88\00:25:22.46
so not getting
enough fruits and vegetables
00:25:22.50\00:25:24.99
and legumes in the diet,
00:25:25.02\00:25:26.41
not taking enough
antioxidant supplements
00:25:26.45\00:25:31.33
fish oils have also
been shown to be protective
00:25:31.36\00:25:34.24
these other areas
are often neglected
00:25:34.28\00:25:38.66
and that's a shame because...
when we look at the data
00:25:38.70\00:25:42.88
with fish oils, for example,
it far exceeds the significance
00:25:42.91\00:25:47.70
of Statin Drugs... in
reducing the risk for having
00:25:47.74\00:25:50.57
a Heart Attack or
Stroke... studies have shown
00:25:50.60\00:25:53.37
that when people are able to
take about a thousand milligrams
00:25:53.40\00:25:56.76
of the Long-Chain
Omega 3 fatty acids...
00:25:56.79\00:25:59.18
found in fish and fish oils,
00:25:59.21\00:26:01.96
they can get
that level every day
00:26:02.00\00:26:04.00
a thousand milligrams
of the Omega 3 fatty acids,
00:26:04.04\00:26:07.41
EPA and DHA... they
can reduce their risk
00:26:07.44\00:26:10.56
of having a
Heart Attack or Stroke
00:26:10.59\00:26:12.38
by nearly 60 percent...
00:26:12.41\00:26:14.74
Wow! wow!
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.89
Yeah, that's
actually more significant
00:26:16.93\00:26:18.79
than exercise but I don't
like telling people that...
00:26:18.82\00:26:20.97
because they might stop that...
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.50
Because they'll
stop exercising...
00:26:22.53\00:26:23.88
Dr. Murray where did our
time go our time is up...
00:26:23.92\00:26:26.73
I want to put your
website up on the screen
00:26:26.76\00:26:28.86
so people can check it out...
00:26:28.89\00:26:31.43
they can order the
books, they can see...
00:26:31.47\00:26:34.44
Doctor Murray. com
00:26:34.48\00:26:35.79
that is his website...
00:26:35.83\00:26:38.63
Dr. Murray, thank you so
much for being with us...
00:26:38.67\00:26:41.56
I want to be there live,
we have to set that up...
00:26:41.59\00:26:43.94
I want to be there live...
00:26:43.97\00:26:45.66
so that I can give
you a big old hug...
00:26:45.70\00:26:46.78
Oh, I would love that...
okay now, viewers you heard that
00:26:46.81\00:26:49.59
you heard Dr. Murray,
now it's etched in stone...
00:26:49.62\00:26:52.61
he's going to come and
he's going to come and visit
00:26:52.65\00:26:55.60
thank you so much Dr. Murray...
00:26:55.64\00:26:57.56
Oh, it's my pleasure...
00:26:57.60\00:26:58.74
One of my favorite
authors, Ellen White
00:26:58.78\00:27:01.74
talks about the effects on
the body of the injudicious
00:27:01.78\00:27:04.78
use of drugs... in
the book, Spiritual Gifts,
00:27:04.81\00:27:07.75
she states, "I was shown
that more deaths have been
00:27:07.78\00:27:11.17
caused by drug-taking...
than from all other causes
00:27:11.20\00:27:14.56
combined... multitudes of drugs
00:27:14.59\00:27:17.01
have cursed the
inhabitants of the earth
00:27:17.04\00:27:19.15
and have carried
thousands and tens of thousands
00:27:19.18\00:27:21.62
to untimely graves... "
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and in "Ministry of Healing"
she states that the true
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physician is an educator, he
recognizes his responsibility
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not only to the sick who
are under his direct care,
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but also to the
Community in which he lives...
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oh it's so
important that we realize
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that we can change from
these poor lifestyle habits
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and choices... to
making healthy choices
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we can make healthy choices,
we can change our lifestyles,
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and we can actually have
health, if we seek Jesus Christ,
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we can have health...
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Thanks so much
for being with us...
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see you next time...
it wouldn't be the same...
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without you...
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