The following
program presents principles
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designed to promote
good health and is not
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intended to take the
place of personalized
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professional care.
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expressed are
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conclusions about the
information presented.
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Hi and welcome to
'Wonderfully Made'.
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I'm Sheryl McWilliams.
Today, we're gonna be
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talking about lifestyle choices,
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these are choices
that we make everyday
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that affect our
life, our long-term health
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and to help us
discuss this topic is
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Dr. Timothy Howe
from Parkview Adventist
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Medical Center.
Welcome Dr. Howe.
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Thank you Sheryl,
it's a pleasure to be
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with you today, thank
you. I understand that you've
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been involved with the
lifestyle education program.
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It's called lifestyle choices.
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Tell me about that program.
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Lifestyle choices is
a program that we've had
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in operation at
Parkview Adventist Medical
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Center for the last
ten years. It's a program
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where we teach
people about choices
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they can make that
will make their life better.
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And from what I
understand in the
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program there are some
pretty interesting results,
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people's cholesterol
at the end of the two week
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program go down by
approximately 50 points
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that seems like a lot to me.
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It does seem like a
lot, but that's indeed what
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we found in two weeks
time their cholesterol do
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drop about 50 points amazing.
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And their blood sugar goes
down, their blood pressure,
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their weight, that seems
like a lot to do in ten days.
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How did you come up
with the ten day program?
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Well at the beginning
of the study, not study,
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but this program I
thought well how long should we
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have it, I thought
and then I thought about
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Daniel in the Bible. He
is asked for only ten days
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and I figured well
if that was good enough
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for Daniel, it ought to
be good enough for us too,
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and so we started
the ten day program.
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Well it seems to be
working well for the
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folks who were going through it,
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share with our
audience the basic premise of
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the program. What the folks do?
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Well the program is
quite simple actually
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they come to the program center.
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We usually have it
either at the hospital
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or at the
Adventist Church next door in
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their fellowship
hall; we feed them supper
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and then give them
a take-out breakfast
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and lunch, so they
get three meals for Sunday
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through Friday for two weeks.
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And I understand that
the supper is the literal
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translation of the
word light evening meal.
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That's correct, we give
them a light evening meal
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not a heavy one. If
you eat too heavy in the
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evening I'm afraid,
we won't get the results
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that we want in those two weeks.
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So breakfast like a
king, lunch like a prince
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and supper like a
pauper if at all, that's right,
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that's right. So,
there is a physical activity
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component, that'
correct, currently we give them
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supper first and
then we have them exercise
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for about 30 to 60
minutes. Okay and then
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following that
there is a demonstration
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it's usually a
cooking demonstration
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or natural
remedies demonstration,
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something that these
folks are involved with,
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so that they have
some practical information
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and then what happens.
Then there is a lecture,
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several
different people lecture,
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I lecture some of the
time in fact you lecture
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some of the time
too, just like that,
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and several other
physicians' lecture
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throughout the course
there is about an hour
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and a half of lecture
after the exercise time
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and we cover a
wide variety of topics.
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Wonderful! There are
many of us in the audience,
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who are very interested
in programs of this nature.
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But, may not have the
luxury of traveling to
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Maine or to other lifestyle
centers around the country.
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How can they go
about incorporating these
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principles into
their life at home
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or in their own
churches or communities?
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Well the principle
Sheryl is really very simple.
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One of the reasons
why we chose this program
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and this model is, I
was doing some thinking and,
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you know, first I thought
well, I'll have a program
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for diabetes and then
I'll have a program for
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high blood pressure and
let's see we should have
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one for cancer,
certainly people are interested
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in cancer and heart
disease, but as I began
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to think I thought, you know,
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the answers are all
the same regardless of
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which disease you
have, we want you to do
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the same things
to reduce your risk
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or to reduce
your blood pressure,
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your blood sugar,
the answers are all the
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same regardless of the disease.
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So let's start
off with the diet,
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with the
nutritional plan, what does the
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lifestyle
choices program promotes
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so that our
audience family could,
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could perhaps do that at home.
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The first thing that
we tell them actually
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is we want you to
drink water nothing else
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during this week,
but water, we don't want
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you to drink it
with your meals other
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than maybe a sip or
two, but we want you to drink
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a minimum of 6-8
glasses of water a day
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that's number one.
That's kind of a big one
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when you think
about, you know, the amount
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of soda that
folks were drinking tea,
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coffee and that sort of
thing is this water taking
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the place of the tea
and coffee or is it supper.
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For our program, we
have a take the place
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of not separate
because we want the very best
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results we can in
two weeks that's not much
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time. So, I
encourage the participants
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I say this is the
scientific experiment on you,
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you try it, you may
suffer for the first few days
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when you are coming
off of that caffeine,
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you'll find out that
you are addicted to it.
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It is an addictive
drug, but if you do come off
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of it, go through the withdrawal
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and get on just water
instead you'll find that
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you do feel better,
you do have more energy
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and it will help us in
our results at the end.
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And then in the
program we also encourage
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folks to not consume water
or drinks with their meals,
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why is that? The
reason we don't want them
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to be drinking with
their meals is it inhibits
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digestion, it
dilutes the digestive juices,
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they don't chew
their food as well.
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If you have a
sandwich and a glass of milk
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you take a bite, take a swallow,
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you don't even have
to chew it and the way
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you go when you can
get the food down much
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more rapidly,
you tend to overeat
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because part of the
reason that you feel
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full is there is a
little counter up in your brain,
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believe it or not, they
counts the number of times
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you chew and if you
are washing your food down
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instead of chewing your
food and then swallowing
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it normally you tend to overeat,
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that's one of the reasons,
the other is I mentioned
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is if you drink too
much, you dilute your digestive
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juices and it
inhibits good clean digestion.
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Okay, before
the nutritional plan
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we encourage plenty
of water and water only
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between meals,
that's right, what else?
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The other thing is
the exercise component
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and we want people
to exercise a minimum of
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30-60 minutes a day
not necessarily vigorous
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exercise, we are out
their sweating, sweating,
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sweating, because
many of our participants
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can barely walk.
I think of one lady,
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who in order to
get into the program
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she had a walker
and she weighed quite
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a bit of weight and
she would walk about
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30 feet and then
sit down in a chair
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and then walk about 30 more feet
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and sit down by
the end of the program
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she was walking
several 100 yards at a time
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without a stop,
amazing how much that could
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be accomplished in two weeks.
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But we don't start with
super vigorous exercise,
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but walking it is
the best exercise.
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And is interesting
how many people don't
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walk very much in
their life, that's right many
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of us don't walk. I
found that walking for me
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is one of the best exercises.
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People say well,
where do you walk in Maine
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in the winter,
do you walk outside.
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I say well yes I
walk outside, my wife
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and I actually
walked together and we walk
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usually around 5 or
5:30 in the morning.
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They say you walk in the dark,
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I say that's right,
I light a gas lantern
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and I call our
dog, and my wife and I
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and the dog go for a
walk with the gas lantern.
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They say, but isn't
that cold and you know what
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I say, there is no
such thing as bad weather
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just poor clothing
and that's certainly true.
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Okay, so we
drink plenty of water,
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we get physical activity
and then we do encourage
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folks eat a health
diet most of us know that
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we need to eat a healthy diet.
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But many of us don't
know really what that means.
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So what does that
mean in this program?
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I tried to keep it
very simple because it is
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really simple, when
you go to eat a healthy
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diet what you need to
remember is this whole
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food whole and go for
the colors' it's really
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that simple. That
sounds really simple.
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But I still don't
know if I really understand
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what that means. I
hear that 'whole food whole'
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what is that? Well,
let's put it in another way,
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if you want to eat
good food, get your food
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from the farmer right
out of the field rather than
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out of a box, get your
food before it's been changed.
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Oh, yes you can cook
it, I am not all for only
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raw food although some
people say that's the way
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to go you know if
you eat only raw carrots,
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you won't get as
much nutrition from
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the carrots, as if
you eat some cooked
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and some raw. I
certainly wouldn't want to eat
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my sweet potatoes
raw you would have to do
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a lot of chewing there
and you wouldn't absorb
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the beta
carotene and the vitamin A
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and the other carotenoids nearly
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as well as if it were
cooked. But still I want
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you to eat that
sweet potato before someone
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has gotten a hold of
it and extract it this
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and extract that, and
then just giving you a part
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of it, that's the
thing 'whole food whole'
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whole grains, whole wheat flour,
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not white flour, white
rice, no brown rice instead,
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it's much better for your body,
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it allows the sugar in
more slowly and reduces
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your risk of many
diseases when you eat
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whole food whole. So
folks coming to the program,
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they learn to drink
water, they are more physically
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active, they are eating
well. But as I look through
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the agenda of the
program there are other topics,
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which are covered as
well, topics which did not
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just a fact physical
health, but there are
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talks on
spiritual health as well.
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If I not very
interesting and unique,
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why would you
consider talking about
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spirituality in a
lifestyle program?
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Well you know
Sheryl, we think about health
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often just as physical
health or just a spiritual
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health. You go to
church, you get your
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spiritual health,
you go to your doctor,
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you get your physical
health, where do you go
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for your social
emotional health,
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I don't know? But I
do know that if you want
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health, total
health, you need to put them
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altogether and
that's what we try to do
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in the program, so
we do have a lecture on
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spiritual health, we
have a lecture on philosophy
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of health, we have
a lecture on values
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clarification. Okay
now wait, what exactly
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is values clarification.
Well many people say
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I want to be
healthy and you know,
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I know I shouldn't
eat too many sweets
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and I know I
should exercise regularly,
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but you know I just
can't get around to it,
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so we have them
clarify what they really value
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and face up to the
fact that they may not value
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what they say they are valuing.
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Often, if we are
confronted with this
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apparent
discrepancy it helps us make
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good choices. I also
I have them choose just
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one thing that they
want to change each night,
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the first night of
course is exercise and water
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and we tell them
please stick with this through
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the program. You know
Sheryl, if they only change
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one habit as a
result of the program,
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they are going to
be healthier, just one,
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and if it's only
water I am happy,
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they will reduce
their of heart attack just
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drinking adequate water
as that thins the blood,
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they will reduce
their blood pressure,
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they will reduce their
weight just by drinking
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an adequate
water. Simple changes,
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small changes make big
differences. Interesting,
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I also find it
interesting that in the program
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that folks actually go
on a grocery store tour.
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Yes, they do and you
know, I think that the
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grocery store tour
and the label reading
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exercise is one
of their favorites.
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I am not sure about
the local grocery store
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how much they like
it, although I think they
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don't mind it too
much as long as we choose
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their store every
time, but learning to read
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labels and be an
informed eater and buyer a food
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is very important.
And I find that one really
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can't find very
helpful foods and very helpful
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healthful choices in
the local grocery store by
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focusing primarily
in that produce section,
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avoiding the boxes
and the bags and cans
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and that sort of thing,
lots of good bean choices
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something that I find
interesting is when the
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isle of the
canned beans to actually
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pull those cans off the
shaft and compare labels
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because
frequently you find that from
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manufacturer to
manufacturer there
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are large discrepancies
with regards to the
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amount of sodium,
with the amount of sugar
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that are in products,
so the graduates of this
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particular
program learn to do that.
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It's very important
to become a label reader,
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there are many products that are
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in cans and boxes that are good,
00:15:18.95\00:15:21.26
but you need to be
careful and be a label reader,
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even in the so called
natural foods it's very
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important to read the
label and learn to recognize
00:15:29.63\00:15:33.08
how people, how the
industry can actually
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sort of fledge
things, so the products looks
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a little better than it
really is. I think that's
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is very good advice, I
know in my life there is
00:15:43.97\00:15:47.02
a natural food store
near my home and I tend to
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frequent that store
and I find folks just
00:15:49.45\00:15:52.57
pulling things right off
the shallow oh it's in the
00:15:52.60\00:15:55.25
health food store.
So, it must be good for me
00:15:55.28\00:15:57.43
without ever reading the
label so that label reading
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really is important. I
think one of the most important
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things that we can
teach people is just
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because it's natural
doesn't mean it's good for you.
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You can never turn your
brain off, you always have
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to think. The other thing
that the program encourages
00:16:13.95\00:16:16.51
people to do is to
make a scientific experiment
00:16:16.54\00:16:20.99
of themselves to
try things and see do
00:16:21.02\00:16:24.65
I feel better eating
this way, do I have more
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energy if I exercise. I
remember one participant
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Sheryl, who came,
he was in his 60s,
00:16:32.00\00:16:35.05
about retirement age
and at first he really
00:16:35.08\00:16:38.42
didn't like the
program. He had a hard time
00:16:38.45\00:16:41.35
giving up his
caffeine, he said you know,
00:16:41.38\00:16:43.95
I just feel
terrible, I have a headache,
00:16:43.98\00:16:46.45
I just, I don't know
if I can hang in there,
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by the second week,
the beginning of the second
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week he came up
to me and he said,
00:16:52.31\00:16:54.12
I haven't felt this
well, since I was sixteen,
00:16:54.15\00:16:59.05
that's right and we
hear that quite often.
00:16:59.08\00:17:01.59
Yeah, that's
great, so again the water,
00:17:01.62\00:17:05.63
the physical
activity, the good nutrition,
00:17:05.66\00:17:07.61
stress management,
values clarification,
00:17:07.64\00:17:11.97
the grocery store
tour. I understand there
00:17:12.00\00:17:15.29
is also cooking component,
there is one evening in
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this two week
program, where folks actually
00:17:18.58\00:17:20.83
break up into groups
and they prepare food
00:17:20.86\00:17:24.27
to themselves, so
they get that hands on
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work of actually
preparing food and
00:17:26.70\00:17:30.42
they seem to enjoy
that. Yes, I think they do
00:17:30.45\00:17:33.47
and part of the program
is longer than just the two
00:17:33.50\00:17:36.81
weeks. We have a
part, where they come back
00:17:36.84\00:17:41.03
every month and
they prepare the food
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and they provide the
recipe for other participants,
00:17:43.99\00:17:48.17
the other part of
program that I think is very
00:17:48.20\00:17:51.20
helpful is once you
have been through the program
00:17:51.23\00:17:54.33
you can come again
anytime you want for
00:17:54.36\00:17:57.19
free for the
lectures and many people do
00:17:57.22\00:18:00.05
come back and
get sort of retooled
00:18:00.08\00:18:03.73
and re-encouraged to do it again
00:18:03.76\00:18:06.53
and that's
important because as you know
00:18:06.56\00:18:08.62
with health we all
tend to fall off the
00:18:08.65\00:18:11.33
wagon from time to
time and we need that
00:18:11.36\00:18:14.21
little shot in the
arm if you will to get us
00:18:14.24\00:18:16.83
going again and doing
what we know we should.
00:18:16.86\00:18:19.89
I think the food
preparation component
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is an important one.
I know where I am from,
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we boil a lot of our
food, we fry a lot of our food,
00:18:25.77\00:18:29.74
we smatter butter
on a lot of our food,
00:18:29.77\00:18:32.13
so we may have a
wonderful ear of corn
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or stock of broccoli,
but we don't necessarily
00:18:34.32\00:18:37.44
prepare in healthful
ways. So, how do you teach
00:18:37.47\00:18:41.98
people to prepare
the healthy food in a
00:18:42.01\00:18:44.78
healthy way? Well fortunately,
00:18:44.81\00:18:47.68
I don't do everything
in the program Sheryl,
00:18:47.71\00:18:50.04
because although I like
to cook that is my forte,
00:18:50.07\00:18:53.96
if you have any
questions you can ask
00:18:53.99\00:18:55.85
my wife about that,
she is better at the
00:18:55.88\00:18:58.30
cooking than I'm,
but we do have people
00:18:58.33\00:19:01.19
yourself included
who come and teach the
00:19:01.22\00:19:04.43
people how to cook that
do cooking demonstrations
00:19:04.46\00:19:07.57
and then as I
mentioned afterwards they are
00:19:07.60\00:19:10.10
involved in cooking
as well. It's the most
00:19:10.13\00:19:12.90
difficult thing, but
you know stop and think.
00:19:12.93\00:19:15.74
How many different
dishes, main dishes
00:19:15.77\00:19:19.31
do you actually
prepare? How bad if you add it
00:19:19.34\00:19:22.99
up unless your gourmet
cook, you really only cook
00:19:23.02\00:19:26.81
about ten different
dishes and so if we can give
00:19:26.84\00:19:32.47
them just ten, just ten
they have transformed their
00:19:32.50\00:19:37.52
lives and if they
only use half of them
00:19:37.55\00:19:40.55
and had half good
recipes and half from before
00:19:40.58\00:19:44.42
that were high fat, high sugar,
00:19:44.45\00:19:46.66
high saturated fats,
even then we've made big
00:19:46.69\00:19:51.93
difference in
their lives. Absolutely.
00:19:51.96\00:19:54.38
So for those of us,
who aren't able to attend
00:19:54.41\00:19:57.68
the program like
this by incorporating more
00:19:57.71\00:20:00.87
water into our
life, by getting out
00:20:00.90\00:20:03.74
and getting physical
activity and just walking
00:20:03.77\00:20:05.85
or useful labor.
Useful labor is important
00:20:05.88\00:20:09.87
that's a very thing
good to do, but you know
00:20:09.90\00:20:13.02
you could always
take a vacation to Maine.
00:20:13.05\00:20:15.63
One of the reasons
we designed the program
00:20:15.66\00:20:19.29
the way we did is so
that if you were still
00:20:19.32\00:20:22.39
working in the
area, you could come,
00:20:22.42\00:20:25.35
leave work just a
little early, come in the
00:20:25.38\00:20:27.72
evening, have the
lectures, the exercise,
00:20:27.75\00:20:30.81
the food, go home
enjoy your program.
00:20:30.84\00:20:34.05
If you want a vacation
in Maine that's fine too,
00:20:34.08\00:20:36.99
come and sight see
during the day and then
00:20:37.02\00:20:39.32
come to the program
at night and go home not
00:20:39.35\00:20:42.30
tired and worn out
like most of the vacations,
00:20:42.33\00:20:44.88
but energize a bit
lighter and feeling the best
00:20:44.91\00:20:48.96
you have in years.
Very good idea, one piece of
00:20:48.99\00:20:53.88
the program is
actually teaching folks
00:20:53.91\00:20:57.25
how to get involved
with some natural remedies
00:20:57.28\00:20:59.97
specifically
hydrotherapy they teach them
00:21:00.00\00:21:02.88
how to do warm foot
baths and that sort of thing.
00:21:02.91\00:21:06.65
Is that something that
you find more and more people
00:21:06.68\00:21:09.21
becoming
interested in. Yes, you know,
00:21:09.24\00:21:11.96
I think people are
very interested in natural
00:21:11.99\00:21:14.83
remedies, we find
there are more and more drugs
00:21:14.86\00:21:18.11
to treat diseases with,
but you don't find health
00:21:18.14\00:21:22.07
in a bottle, you find
it making good choices
00:21:22.10\00:21:25.49
that's very important
and I think people have
00:21:25.52\00:21:28.93
begun to realize
this and they want more
00:21:28.96\00:21:31.58
treatments that
they themselves can do.
00:21:31.61\00:21:34.15
Treatments for high
blood pressure for instance,
00:21:34.18\00:21:37.14
we teach them just
keeping their extremities warm
00:21:37.17\00:21:40.98
will lower their blood
pressure and if it's high
00:21:41.01\00:21:44.76
in the evening
when they have come home
00:21:44.79\00:21:46.54
from a long and
stressful day a warm foot bath
00:21:46.57\00:21:49.88
will lower their
blood pressure nicely.
00:21:49.91\00:21:52.03
It doesn't drop it too
far, but just down about
00:21:52.06\00:21:55.44
five to ten points
relaxing warn foot bath
00:21:55.47\00:21:59.32
and I'll tell you in
the Maine winter that's not
00:21:59.35\00:22:01.67
a bad thing to do.
This sounds really good to
00:22:01.70\00:22:03.87
me right now
actually. So for folks, who are
00:22:03.90\00:22:09.41
interested in
going through the program
00:22:09.44\00:22:11.68
many of them seem
to grab a hold of it
00:22:11.71\00:22:14.55
because of the outcomes
and I think that's really
00:22:14.58\00:22:17.03
important part there
by implementing these
00:22:17.06\00:22:20.26
basic lifestyle
principles they can have long
00:22:20.29\00:22:23.32
lasting affects on our
life, lowering our blood
00:22:23.35\00:22:25.97
pressure, lowering
our weight. There are
00:22:26.00\00:22:28.18
actually been folks
come through the program,
00:22:28.21\00:22:30.28
who have been able to
reduce the amount of medication
00:22:30.31\00:22:33.76
and in some cases
eliminate it altogether,
00:22:33.79\00:22:36.95
absolutely that's
one of the my chief goals
00:22:36.98\00:22:40.91
with the program is
to reduce the bill at the
00:22:40.94\00:22:44.70
pharmacy, you know,
pharmaceuticals cost
00:22:44.73\00:22:48.01
so much today. I have
patients whose monthly
00:22:48.04\00:22:52.81
pharmacy bill runs
in the neighborhood of
00:22:52.84\00:22:55.50
2 or 300 dollars. And
if I can just get them to
00:22:55.53\00:22:59.62
go over into a
lifestyle change then that
00:22:59.65\00:23:04.55
pharmacy bill drops remarkably.
00:23:04.58\00:23:07.00
If they follow the
program for long enough almost
00:23:07.03\00:23:10.75
all of them get off of
their medications completely.
00:23:10.78\00:23:14.02
The people that are
most responsive to this
00:23:14.05\00:23:16.75
type of program are
those with diabetes type II
00:23:16.78\00:23:20.74
and also high blood
pressure, high cholesterol,
00:23:20.77\00:23:24.80
those diseases
are very responsive to
00:23:24.83\00:23:27.88
lifestyle
changes. It's not uncommon
00:23:27.91\00:23:30.77
at all to take people
off of their medicines
00:23:30.80\00:23:33.27
entirely within
the two week period
00:23:33.30\00:23:35.65
and certainly those
that don't come off,
00:23:35.68\00:23:37.88
we often reduce them markedly.
00:23:37.91\00:23:40.37
It is important for
them to have their sugar
00:23:40.40\00:23:42.77
monitored closely
during this period,
00:23:42.80\00:23:45.04
but that's quite
doable as most diabetics
00:23:45.07\00:23:47.66
they monitor their
own sugar on a daily
00:23:47.69\00:23:50.25
often 3-4 times a day basis.
00:23:50.28\00:23:53.58
When you are
talking about reducing
00:23:53.61\00:23:57.09
or potentially
eliminating medication
00:23:57.12\00:23:59.59
that could potentially
be a huge cost savings
00:23:59.62\00:24:04.22
with regards to the
cost of health care.
00:24:04.25\00:24:06.33
And we're talking
about simple lifestyle
00:24:06.36\00:24:08.67
interventions not
rocket science here.
00:24:08.70\00:24:11.06
Interesting that
simple methods can have
00:24:11.09\00:24:15.02
not only long lasting
effects on our health,
00:24:15.05\00:24:17.13
but actually save
us some money as well.
00:24:17.16\00:24:19.01
That's exactly
right Sheryl, you know,
00:24:19.04\00:24:21.43
it's very important
to me in this program not
00:24:21.46\00:24:24.61
to look just at the progress
00:24:24.64\00:24:28.15
or the benefit down the road.
00:24:28.18\00:24:30.35
I want them to benefit
now and if they don't feel
00:24:30.38\00:24:34.31
better by the
end of the program.
00:24:34.34\00:24:37.15
I know that they
are not going to sustain
00:24:37.18\00:24:39.97
the changes, is very
difficult for me to say.
00:24:40.00\00:24:43.39
Well I'm gonna be a
good boy today so that
00:24:43.42\00:24:45.77
when I'm 65 or when
I'm 75 or 85 I'll feel a
00:24:45.80\00:24:50.29
little bit better.
What changes I make today,
00:24:50.32\00:24:54.28
I want to make feel
better today and we find if that
00:24:54.31\00:24:58.20
is the case in
our lifestyle program.
00:24:58.23\00:25:01.41
If you follow those
simple rules, plenty of water,
00:25:01.44\00:25:05.55
plenty of sleep, regular
exercise, whole foods whole,
00:25:05.58\00:25:11.28
breakfast like a
king, lunch like a prince,
00:25:11.31\00:25:15.64
supper like a pauper, if
at all you feel better now,
00:25:15.67\00:25:20.02
and your risk of long
term disease will be definitely
00:25:20.05\00:25:25.40
decreased. I think
it's wonderful that God has
00:25:25.43\00:25:29.67
given us what we
need in order to achieve
00:25:29.70\00:25:31.84
wellness and by incorporating
those simple practices
00:25:31.87\00:25:36.69
in entire life
they can be helpful.
00:25:36.72\00:25:38.77
What are the things
that folks tend to experience
00:25:38.80\00:25:44.99
in the program are
side effects for few days,
00:25:45.02\00:25:49.32
for example, by the
third day many folks find
00:25:49.35\00:25:53.60
that their bowels
are working better than
00:25:53.63\00:25:56.26
they did before why is
that? Well they find not
00:25:56.29\00:25:59.82
only that their
bowels are working better,
00:25:59.85\00:26:01.75
but they find initially
that they have a bit more
00:26:01.78\00:26:04.00
gas as their body gets
used to all of the fiber,
00:26:04.03\00:26:07.40
they find lots of
changes and I'm glad the program
00:26:07.43\00:26:10.63
is two weeks because
after the first 3 or 4
00:26:10.66\00:26:13.35
days they are not so
sure. But after the first week
00:26:13.38\00:26:16.65
almost everyone is convinced.
00:26:16.68\00:26:18.82
This is the way for
me especially when they
00:26:18.85\00:26:21.84
see their blood
pressure drop, you know,
00:26:21.87\00:26:23.97
the average blood
pressure drop in this programs
00:26:24.00\00:26:26.75
is 10 points, you
say well 10 points that's
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.74
not much, well
that's the average amount
00:26:29.77\00:26:32.71
that a medicine
will drop at 10 points,
00:26:32.74\00:26:35.40
further more if you
drop your blood pressure
00:26:35.43\00:26:38.81
10 points that's
all from 140-130 or from
00:26:38.84\00:26:43.03
130-120 you will reduce
your risk of having a heart
00:26:43.06\00:26:47.35
attack by 50% and you
will reduce your risk of
00:26:47.38\00:26:52.45
a stroke by 75%,
amazing small changes make
00:26:52.48\00:26:58.24
a big difference. And by
teaching folks to prepare
00:26:58.27\00:27:02.55
food simply instead of
frying or bake or instead
00:27:07.17\00:27:08.14
of sautéing in a lot of
oil to consider sautéing
00:27:08.15\00:27:10.09
in water. Folks that's
a different way of life
00:27:10.12\00:27:12.98
and it's a
different way of thinking.
00:27:13.01\00:27:14.49
It certainly is, but
small changes make a big
00:27:14.52\00:27:18.76
difference. It's
important for them to think not
00:27:18.79\00:27:22.45
only about the
physical, but the spiritual.
00:27:22.48\00:27:25.20
People won't make
changes in their lives unless
00:27:25.23\00:27:29.50
they sense their life
has value and that's why it's
00:27:29.53\00:27:33.04
so important that we
include the spiritual component
00:27:33.07\00:27:36.34
unless I feel that God
loves me and cares for me
00:27:36.37\00:27:40.95
and there is a reason
to live what's the point in
00:27:40.98\00:27:44.03
making changes,
that's why it's so important
00:27:44.06\00:27:47.35
for us to realize that
we are children of God.
00:27:47.38\00:27:50.96
Change is
worthwhile not only for now,
00:27:50.99\00:27:54.52
but for eternity.
And God does love you
00:27:54.55\00:27:58.67
and he has provided
natural ways to help us
00:27:58.70\00:28:01.83
achieve long
lasting health and wellness.
00:28:01.86\00:28:03.95
Thank you for
joining us today on
00:28:03.98\00:28:06.01
'Wonderfully Made' thank you
00:28:06.04\00:28:07.13
Dr. Howe for being
with us. Thank you.
00:28:07.16\00:28:09.53