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
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personalized professional care.
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The opinions and
ideas expressed are those
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of the speaker.
Viewers are encouraged to
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draw their own conclusions
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about the information presented.
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Welcome, welcome
to Wonderfully Made.
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I'm glad that you've
join us today, because
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we have a interesting
and intriguing subject
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that many people can
relate to. I'm your host
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Claudio Japas, a
student at Loma Linda
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University in the
Preventive Care Program.
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Joining me is Dr.
Dos Santos which is a
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professor at
Loma Linda in the same
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program,
Preventive Care. He has been
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around the world in
multiple places dealing
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with different
lifestyle clinics. So, I know
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you'll be able to
add a lot to today's
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program. Welcome Dr. Dos Santos.
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Thank you very
much, it's my pleasure to
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be here and talk
about this topic that is,
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is very important
for everywhere in the
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world now.
Exactly. Everywhere in the
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world because it's
spreading more and more.
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There is a
prevalence with overweight and
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obesity that is
alarming. In fact in America,
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obesity is above 30
percent and if we add
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overweight it's over
60 percent, approaching
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70 percent.
Something that's very common
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to see in and we
don't want that to become
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the normal. Because
we know that, there is
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an ideal weight
just like everything in
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nature, God provided
a way that is balanced,
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that is above out of
the extremes and in a
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range that is normal
and healthy. Yeah, it's
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becoming an
epidemic and what are your
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thoughts. Why is it becoming an
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epidemic in America?
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Well, not only in
America but in the world
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you know that there
is this problem even in
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developing
countries. We have this,
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this obesity or
overweight problem.
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Correct. And the
reason for that in my
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prospective is that
we are very smart people.
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I mean the
scientists and the people that
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invented things. We
invented machines to
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facilitate our work
and then we don't need to
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spend too much
energy, we just press
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buttons and so. I love it. Yeah.
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It makes life a
lot easier. Exactly.
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Just to sit back
and make the machine do
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most of the hard
work and we can just or do
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more than one person can.
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Yeah, and these
will, will be good in one
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way. Because we
will perform much better
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and produce more
things easier and faster.
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But if you talk
about the human body,
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I mean we're
made with muscles and
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tendons and we're
made to move. If we save
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our moving here
at the cost of new
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machines, we might
have a problem here
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and this is one
part of the equation,
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the second part. So,
we're paying for that.
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Exactly, yeah. Way
of be more efficient
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to more
productive we pay with our,
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with our lives or our
own health and you had
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a second point.
The second point is
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related to the diet
so. We're smart again,
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so in the past we
have a problem of under
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nutrition and the
concern was that we would
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not have enough food
and the winter will be,
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would be with a
lack of food and some
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countries will,
they have a hard time.
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So, we develop
ways to produce more and
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more and more and
foods and more foods
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and new foods and
those foods are delicious
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and now we have so
much of those and then
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we have a
problem. Lack of exercise,
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good machines and
good foods, lack of
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exercise and high density foods
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Right, so we've dug
ourselves in this hole
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that technology and
productivity has caused
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us to be more
sedentary and also since we
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have more focus on
productivity, our foods
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are, time to eat has
to be faster, so we are
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trying to eating
more processed foods that
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are tend to be more
higher in fat and the way
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they package it is
not the best way for us.
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So, now we have
this problem on our hands
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and not only here in
the America, but around
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the world and an
interesting observation
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I have made is
that. Even though this is
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common problem for
us in America, that
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different areas have
different obesity levels.
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The south commonly
has a higher obesity
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level than Colorado,
the North West, which
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tends to have a
lower obesity level.
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Could you comment
on that, why is there a
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discrepancy
between these two areas?
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Well, this is related
to lifestyle and then if
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you check what is
happening in the Southern
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States. We see that
there is a richest thing
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in the restaurants,
in the fast foods and fry
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foods and things
like that and not much
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emphasis on the
exercise as compared to
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Colorado and Western
States that they have
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more options for
exercise, a lot of hiking
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trails and a lot
of outdoor activities,
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opportunities for
outdoor activities.
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Right, right, and
nothing against the
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southern states. I
grew up in Texas and the
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food is delicious
there. But it does become a
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challenge and
something that we need to
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work against and
perhaps still keep it as
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flavorful and
interesting to eat but focus
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more on the world,
there is situation here
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so maybe increase,
decrease the fat content
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or the exercise or
something to counteract
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the challenges we
find ourselves in these
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different areas. Now
genetics, some people
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may say, well
genetically they might be a
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predisposed for
one or the other.
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Can I use that as an excuse?
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Well, in terms of, you
just take a look on the
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statistics that
happened in this country.
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In 1991 we have no
state in United States
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with obesity
levels over 20 percent.
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So 20 percent of
people obesity. Umm !
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No states, so now in
2009 we have only one
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state in America that
has the level of obesity
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lower than 20
percent that is Colorado.
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Just that state, the
other states they have
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higher levels or
higher incidence of obesity.
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So, it's about 20,
it's about 18 years from
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1991 to now that we
have these change and
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this cannot be
explained by genetics, it's too,
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it's too fast.
The time is too short.
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in micro change
to something genetic.
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Exactly, it has to
be longer time for us to
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explain that this
is a genetic influence.
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Right, so we
can't really use that,
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its more, it's definitely
more a lifestyle issue.
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So then okay going
back to the question we
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have this problem
upon our hands. How are
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we dealing it,
commonly people are using
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drugs for it now
a days, different
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medications. Is
that best way to control
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obesity? I would had
the little bit on the.
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Go ahead. On the
other part about genetics,
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so when we go to
countries outside of
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America, we have
the same genetic make
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up, but we have
people in the rural areas and
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they have people in
the cities. So, then the
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lifestyle is different,
but the cities have more
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genetic foods and
less exercise more than
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machines and than
the rate of obesity also
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are different. So
same genetic make up but
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different
lifestyle different disease.
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And you don't
even need to do much
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research. You just
traveled to some of these
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places and you
just see the difference
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right away. Yeah, yeah.
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So, you can, it
gets almost self evident
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where a different
lifestyle or what you are
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doing with your
body and you like mention
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God created our
bodies to be physically
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active, to be
moving, to be in motion. Umm!
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And to burn those
calories or decrease the
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calories so that we
burn the same amount
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that we consume. So,
that it's balanced out.
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Now going back to
the medicines, you're the
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doctor, you know
that a lot of doctors are
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prescribing
medicines for people to lose
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weight. But is that
healthiest way or the
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best alternative or do
we leave that as a last
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resort? Well,
medicines are important,
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in fact what happened
in the medical field is
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that we don't
have many medicines.
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We have two basic
drugs that we use for
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weight control, that
one is Orlistat and the
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other is Sibutramine.
Orlistat is a drug that
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decreases absorption
of fat in the system,
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the digestive system
and Sibutramine is one
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that controls the
appetite. But these
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drugs will bring
down above 5 percent and
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is not very, very
exciting so I believe in
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terms of, if you're
talking about treatment.
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It's not being very
successful, the rates for
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that and I believe
we need more research to
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find more medicines
and the problem is on
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the other side.
There is side affects
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right, I took. Yeah, yeah.
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That content
there is Vitamins that
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are fat soluble. Exactly.
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We have, we have
some side affects of a
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drug and Orlistat is
not, is the simple one.
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It's not that much
side affects, because the
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side affects are
related to bloating and
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gas and diarrhea and sometimes
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bleeding when. But
it's not common. Okay.
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And the Sibutramine that
we have to be a little bit
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aware that we can
increase blood pressure.
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So, that's a problem,
but we have to go the second
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aspect of disease
that what causes that
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and the cause of the
problem was not lack of drugs.
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The cause of problem was
too much food and lack of
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exercise. Even if you use a
medicine to fix the problem,
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that is too big you have
to go back to the lifestyle,
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lifestyle has to go hand
in hand with whatever short
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term solution that you
find. Right, so it's almost
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like driving on a road that
has nails and you're getting
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flat tires and that's a
problem and we're trying to
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find tires that work, so we
can continue driving on that
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road with nails; find a
new road or new lifestyle
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and different way. Without
nails. Without nails exactly
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and that would definitely
help to solve the problem
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and sometimes we find
this and once again there might
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be viewers that you're
using the drugs and we're not
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condoning them, we're just
saying the alternatives are
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to focus on the lifestyle,
try to change some things
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and it's a challenge
for myself, for you and for
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everyone to change lifestyle
it's not easy especially
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when our culture or
background was a certain
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way, but we wanna
use and pray for wisdom.
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God says if you pray for
wisdom, I'll gave you wisdom
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and to use our minds
to make the best decisions
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for our body. Now, going
on the same branch of medicine
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and other things that
has been done are surgeries
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today, where either. They're
putting a band around the
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stomach or cutting it and
it sounds a little drastic,
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I don't know if you agree
that's maybe a loss, is this
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a good for us or not or is
it something we should use?
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When the patients ask me
this question and the first
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answer is that if you
will do something that is
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temporary I think is
okay, if you will do something
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that is gonna be
irreversible. So, you should
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be careful for that.
Cautious and careful.
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And then that band is
something that you can
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reverse and that's fine
for a while, but and then a
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Bariatric surgery. By the
way we have a graphic that
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we can show for a
Bariatric surgery. So, they do a
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bypass of the food
that instead of going to the
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stomach. They go directly
to the intestines and then
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with that the person will
not have absorption of many
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of the nutrients and then
the person will lose weight.
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But it's, you're chopping
the body right and cutting
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the way and again some
people may need to do this
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for whatever reason.
They've personal reasons,
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or they think I've tried
everything and maybe that
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is. But it sounds a
little drastic to be cutting and
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just putting that and
there are some serious side
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effects and things they
have change in their lifestyle
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anyway forever
right, because they cut that
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stomach into much
smaller part or portion.
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Yeah, I just talk to
a patient that did this
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surgery and the
problem is that she changed,
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she lost 40 pounds
and she was very happy.
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But she still very obese
and then the blood pressure
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was too high and the
cholesterol was too high and
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I asked her what are
you doing and she said well
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I did a surgery. But
now I eat everything,
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I just eat every two hours. Wow.
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And but I don't have any
diet, then I mean it defeat
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the purpose. You cannot
fix this problem only doing
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some manipulation or
surgery. If you don't go
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to the causes
and that's my point.
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Right, going to root,
going to what the cause
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the problem to began with. Yeah.
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Very good, now I'm thinking
well you now I won't do the
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medicine, I won't do
the surgery, this is little
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drastic. But there
is diets there is that.
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You know all these
different names we hear you know
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I don't have to
mention all of them by name,
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but we're common with
them and you know or maybe one
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that's my color, today
I'll just eat this color fruits
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and vegetables and other,
you know there is all kinds
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of variety of diets
and some are commercialized
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some are not. Are they
balanced, are they good for
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us or what's a good diet to
lose weight or what's a good
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principle to use when we
use diets. I've see the diets as
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a treatment for short
term, when the patient has asked
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me should I go on this
diet, should I do that, should I
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and then I tell them I
don't have a problem, if you go
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in that diet for one
month. At least, at most for two
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months, but once you think
about this diet for a longer
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time. So, I'm a little
concerned. And why is that?
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Well, most of this diets
and they lack some vitamins,
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some minerals and so the
person might get a little
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bit in a
malnourishment state. Okay.
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That's one point. Another
point many diets when the
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suppress food and
this is very common for
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low-carb diets.
Carbohydrates are important
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for the fabrication, for
the production of serotonin.
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Serotonin is the main
drug or main substance that is
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important to prevent
depression. So, you're
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creating in a population
that is already depressed
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or a person that has
a problem with weight is
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already a little down
sometimes and then you
00:15:38.63\00:15:41.44
create another epidemic
of depression adding to that.
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Adding to that problem.
Because of low carbohydrates,
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so it's not a good idea
and the third and I believe one
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of the worse problems is
that you create with a diet
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you create a system to
throw this person to eating
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disorders, so the person
is gonna get the obsessive to
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control and to. Count
calories. You count calories
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and then eat and then
go fasting and then use
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purgatives, use all
methods to get the weight down.
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To get weight
loss. Obsessively. Yeah.
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And this affects their
mind and this creates a bigger
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problem. So, just to
recap short term is a good way,
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maybe two months is
what Dr. Dos Santos said,
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if it's longer then that
you maybe we work more on
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lifestyle and to use changes
that are healthy instead of
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going to some of the
extremes. One more thing
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would be, when you go
on a diet, that is very
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restrictive you should
have some multiple vitamins to
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to compliment. You
don't need to use multiple
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vitamins everyday, but
you should use, when they ask,
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when they know every other
day just to be cautious that
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some vitamins might be lower
in the diet. Right and some
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times people lose a lot
of weight at first and they
00:17:02.66\00:17:04.72
become happy and they're
not realizing they're losing
00:17:04.75\00:17:06.73
a lot of water and you
maybe thinking. Well I'm losing
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2 pounds a day and 1 or 2
more pounds in a couple of
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days later and the diet
maybe very restrictive on
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certain fluids or water
and water can weigh a lot
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and so you're seeing the
little bit progress but then
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it stops and then nothing
is happening. Another problem
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we find ourselves often
time is that we're on a diet
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and we're also lifting
weights or doing exercise
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and we see no change or
very slight change and the
00:17:35.05\00:17:38.74
problem here is that very
potentially you're gaining
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muscle mass and muscle
mass weights more than fat mass.
00:17:41.83\00:17:45.06
So, the weight change
maybe very minimal, but you're
00:17:45.09\00:17:47.66
losing the fat that
you're looking to lose while
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gaining some muscle
mass and I see lot of clients
00:17:51.17\00:17:53.61
and patients calling
that and it's like there is
00:17:53.64\00:17:56.86
nothing changing on the
weight scale. I've been on
00:17:56.89\00:17:58.57
it for two weeks and
only 2 pounds change.
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But if you
measure body fat mass and
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notice there is a
significant decrease.
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And the thing is like
that, I will use one word that
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I commonly use is homework.
So, there is one very good
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specialist in
America called Steve Blair.
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Steve Blair is one of
the most famous exercise
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physiologists in the country
and he is a little shabby
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and then when you, when
people ask him about that
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he said well I don't
know what's going on with me,
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but I exercise every single
day and sometimes more than
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once a day and I'm
doing that for years and then
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my body is my body. I have
to accept that, but I'm sure
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that this guy has a
very low risk of disease
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because he's doing the homework.
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So sometimes we count on
the pounds, but we don't count
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on the days of exercise or
we don't count on the foods
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and vegetables that
we're, how much we're eating
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Right. per day.
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And that's more
important than the scale.
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So, don't forgot the homework,
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the homework is very
important to do daily,
00:19:09.26\00:19:11.49
the exercise, the good
diet, the fruits and vegetables,
00:19:11.52\00:19:15.65
nuts, whole grains are
helping to keep body fat
00:19:15.68\00:19:19.07
down and yeah you're
true in what you say that
00:19:19.10\00:19:22.20
a lot of people are
maybe come from a bigger bone,
00:19:22.23\00:19:25.61
as we called bigger bone
family and they're bigger
00:19:25.64\00:19:29.01
people or we
don't check sometimes
00:19:29.04\00:19:31.08
what is our normal
weight or we get caught
00:19:31.11\00:19:33.51
from looking at
magazines, at the magazine stand
00:19:33.54\00:19:36.06
and everybody looks real
thin and slender or built
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with lot of
muscles and our perception
00:19:38.83\00:19:41.01
in our mind is
that, that's normal
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and we've been tweet
or changed to think that,
00:19:42.90\00:19:46.96
that's normal and
that's not even normal.
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So, we need to find
out what our normal weight
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is and forget what
the magazines and the TV
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or different shows
or showing us that.
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You should look like
this or this is what's normal
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and not to create
a disorder from that.
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Because diets can also
create different eating
00:20:02.15\00:20:04.39
disorders is that
true. Yes and again our focus
00:20:04.42\00:20:07.94
should not being normal weight,
00:20:07.97\00:20:09.73
because who knows
what is normal weight.
00:20:09.76\00:20:12.34
A couple of maybe
20 or 30 years ago the
00:20:14.04\00:20:16.64
normal weight was a
little bit plump for women
00:20:16.67\00:20:20.38
and even for
nobody care, nobody cared
00:20:20.41\00:20:22.79
much about that. Today
we've this slender figure
00:20:22.82\00:20:26.31
at least for women
and but if you go to
00:20:26.34\00:20:29.46
different cultures. If you
go to the African Americans,
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I mean the perception of
normal weight is different.
00:20:31.80\00:20:34.87
It's not this
slender and thin, it's a
00:20:34.90\00:20:37.38
little plumped also.
So that's why they don't
00:20:37.41\00:20:40.28
have some, some
problem, they don't have that
00:20:40.31\00:20:43.19
perception that we
have. They have problem also
00:20:43.22\00:20:46.14
with overweight, but
they don't have this much
00:20:46.17\00:20:50.58
of this eating
disorders as we have,
00:20:50.61\00:20:53.05
because they have a
different perception.
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Oh! What's, what should normal.
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Yeah, exactly,
exactly. So, we should look
00:20:56.69\00:20:58.08
at the range,
another thing I wanted to say
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sometimes we look at
the range and we weigh
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the right amount and I
know that there has been
00:21:02.39\00:21:06.44
patients or clients.
Especially if they're more
00:21:06.47\00:21:08.45
on the petite side or
smaller they come and they
00:21:08.48\00:21:10.77
weigh themselves and
they weigh right about
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.84
where they should,
and if you measured body
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.82
fat content. The body
fat content is very high,
00:21:14.85\00:21:17.60
the muscle mass is very
small, very lean and they
00:21:17.63\00:21:21.84
weigh right. But inside
their body there is a lot of fat
00:21:21.87\00:21:24.73
or maybe around on the
heart there might be lot of fat
00:21:24.76\00:21:27.29
in their organs
and very unhealthy.
00:21:27.32\00:21:28.95
So, some people may
look "healthy" or weigh
00:21:28.98\00:21:33.82
on a healthy weight but
the body fat content is high.
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Low muscle mass, high
body fat, it means no matter
00:21:37.16\00:21:42.72
what weight you have. It
means that lack of homework.
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Lack of homework and I
like that you emphasize that,
00:21:46.41\00:21:49.03
because that's
homework is not always fun.
00:21:49.06\00:21:51.27
But if we stick to it,
we get good grades right
00:21:51.30\00:21:54.18
on our body. Yeah.
Yeah, so we got to be
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.62
consistent with that. Do
you have any other experiences
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that you like to share
from working around the world
00:22:00.81\00:22:02.93
with weight clinics or
people that are wanting
00:22:02.96\00:22:04.92
to lose weight? Yeah,
I just worked in Brazil.
00:22:04.95\00:22:08.55
I've a picture of my clinic
Sao Roque Adventist Clinic.
00:22:08.58\00:22:13.61
Some people asked me
why you came to America
00:22:13.64\00:22:16.92
if you live in a
paradise like that. But anyways,
00:22:16.95\00:22:20.43
this clinic has a
problem for weight control
00:22:20.46\00:22:24.19
and I remember a couple
of patients that I have,
00:22:24.22\00:22:27.44
one lady lost 50
pounds in 6 months
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and then she was very
happy that she lost this much.
00:22:33.78\00:22:40.70
So, much and. But
in a couple of months
00:22:40.73\00:22:43.01
she gained
everything again. Oh my.
00:22:43.04\00:22:44.52
And so it didn't help, so
again a short term of diet
00:22:44.55\00:22:50.02
I mean you lose a lot
of water and then you think
00:22:50.05\00:22:54.02
you're doing good.
But you have the diet
00:22:54.05\00:22:56.37
mentality. So
another one that I had,
00:22:56.40\00:22:59.42
that I remember and
she lost 20 pounds only in
00:22:59.45\00:23:03.08
3 months. But when
we interviewed her,
00:23:03.11\00:23:06.25
she said well, what
I did was no secret,
00:23:06.28\00:23:09.83
I just, I just did my homework.
00:23:09.86\00:23:12.67
Okay. I follow what the
professionals are telling
00:23:12.70\00:23:17.23
me to do. I start the
exercise everyday and then
00:23:17.26\00:23:20.40
I kept rich foods
just for celebrations
00:23:20.43\00:23:23.96
and I've less celebrations
and then I like that
00:23:23.99\00:23:29.95
because I, we always invited
her to talk to the patients
00:23:29.98\00:23:34.12
saying we've to bring
someone successful here
00:23:34.15\00:23:37.07
that got the concept.
That we've to do a change
00:23:37.10\00:23:40.65
in the lifestyle, not
change something just because
00:23:40.68\00:23:43.82
I need to lose weight for
the summer or for a wedding
00:23:43.85\00:23:48.65
or whatever, you
know. Just for one moment.
00:23:48.68\00:23:51.08
Just for one
moment, we've to do that.
00:23:51.11\00:23:53.09
Do with the long term.
We long term with the idea
00:23:53.12\00:23:56.14
that we'll improve our
health and our performance,
00:23:56.17\00:23:59.14
the mental and
physical performance for life.
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.49
Amen and I think if
we keep in mind that
00:24:01.52\00:24:03.90
we're the body,
the temple of God.
00:24:03.93\00:24:06.83
Where the Holy Spirit
dwells at, this is something
00:24:06.86\00:24:09.56
we don't wanna
just do for ourselves.
00:24:09.59\00:24:11.06
But for the honor and
glory of God, we wanna take care
00:24:11.09\00:24:13.46
of our bodies in the
best way we can and we need
00:24:13.49\00:24:17.13
to help from him to do
that and it's not always easy.
00:24:17.16\00:24:20.13
But I wanna
encourage everybody watching
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.08
don't give up.
God is there to help.
00:24:22.11\00:24:24.69
Jesus Christ wants to
push you along and help you
00:24:24.72\00:24:27.21
to have optimal bodies
for his honor and glory.
00:24:27.24\00:24:29.53
Sometimes we do the
weight loss for selfish
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.43
reasons, we wanna
look better or we wanna,
00:24:32.46\00:24:34.53
but you know be
praised for how much we lost
00:24:34.56\00:24:37.65
and that maybe the
wrong motive, you know.
00:24:37.68\00:24:40.14
We should make sure
that God is our number
00:24:40.17\00:24:42.47
one motive while we
take care of our bodies.
00:24:42.50\00:24:44.46
By the way, I use
for that, for my patients
00:24:46.06\00:24:48.77
I use the 12 steps.
That we use for alcohol
00:24:48.80\00:24:52.44
and I have here the
report and I will just read
00:24:52.47\00:24:56.49
what I had just,
what I adopted to obesity.
00:24:56.52\00:25:01.48
The first step of the 12
steps for overweight anonymous.
00:25:02.36\00:25:07.42
Okay. Is we
admitted that we're powerless
00:25:07.45\00:25:10.17
over obesity and
that our lives had become
00:25:10.20\00:25:12.92
unmanageable, then the second,
00:25:12.95\00:25:15.48
we came to believe
that power greater than
00:25:15.51\00:25:18.04
ourselves could
restore us to sanity.
00:25:18.07\00:25:20.70
So, I believe for us to
change behaviors we need to,
00:25:20.73\00:25:25.76
we need to go to
the supernatural,
00:25:25.79\00:25:29.25
we need to go to God
and ask him to help us,
00:25:29.28\00:25:32.97
to give us the
power to change and that's
00:25:33.00\00:25:35.69
what happened to alcoholic,
anonymous, to smokers,
00:25:35.72\00:25:38.99
to any addiction and
we might have something
00:25:39.02\00:25:43.63
similar to addiction
between the people or for those
00:25:43.66\00:25:48.63
people that are having
a hard time with foods.
00:25:48.66\00:25:51.59
They really enjoy the
foods and there is concept
00:25:52.45\00:25:55.47
now that maybe some
of this sugary foods
00:25:55.50\00:25:58.79
that are addictive and
then they're relationship
00:25:58.82\00:26:02.05
might be the same.
Right, right and it all starts
00:26:02.08\00:26:05.32
with their mind, the
way we make decisions,
00:26:05.35\00:26:07.09
the way we decide
what we want to consume
00:26:07.12\00:26:10.22
or to do with what we
eat or with our lives.
00:26:10.25\00:26:12.84
Why are we're living, why
do we exist and to make God
00:26:12.87\00:26:16.44
the center of it. If he
gives us a purpose for life,
00:26:16.47\00:26:18.72
the purpose to enjoy
life then our mind becomes
00:26:18.75\00:26:23.18
changed and our precept
of why we wanna do things
00:26:23.21\00:26:27.52
becomes different. One
little thing I wanted to add is,
00:26:27.55\00:26:32.40
sometimes it's the
little things that make the big
00:26:32.43\00:26:34.95
difference. Maybe it's
one extra soda or two extra
00:26:34.98\00:26:38.60
sodas on the day or a
candy bar, just one in the
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.15
afternoon. But it's
only 200 more calories,
00:26:41.18\00:26:43.50
but 200 calories
everyday times 7 becomes
00:26:43.53\00:26:46.76
1400 calorie then
times 50 plus weeks,
00:26:46.79\00:26:49.96
52 weeks a year
becomes a lot of extra calories
00:26:49.99\00:26:53.09
that we need to be
careful could end up being 20,
00:26:53.12\00:26:56.37
30 pounds a year
that we're adding,
00:26:56.40\00:26:58.19
just with the little things.
So the little things make
00:26:58.22\00:27:00.66
a big different. And if
you check how much exercise
00:27:00.69\00:27:03.61
you have to do burn
this 200 or 400 calories,
00:27:03.64\00:27:07.17
you see that is not that
easy. It's not that small
00:27:07.20\00:27:10.45
number of calories.
Right, right so the little
00:27:10.48\00:27:14.13
things make a difference.
We realized that we need
00:27:14.16\00:27:16.26
God to help us in
all our decision making
00:27:16.29\00:27:19.25
and in health we're
wonderfully made and
00:27:19.28\00:27:22.34
that starts with the
mind, with how we think,
00:27:22.37\00:27:25.40
how we act and to make
him the center of it all.
00:27:25.43\00:27:28.24
Dr. Dos Santos. I thank
you for joining us today
00:27:28.27\00:27:30.99
and for helping us to
realize that, you know that
00:27:31.02\00:27:33.95
we've problem in America
and in the around the world
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.29
with weight and different
ways we can deal with it.
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.61
Thank you so
much for joining us.
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You're welcome,
I'm happy to be here
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and to be able to
help. Thank you so much
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and we wanna make
sure you join us next time
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for Wonderfully Made
where we continue to focus
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on how wonderful the
body is. The different ways
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that God has made it to
function and I'm reminding
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of a verse in First
Corinthians 10:31 that whether
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we eat or drink or
whatever we do, to do it all
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for the honor and glory
of God. Thank you so much
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for joining us, we hope to see
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you soon in a future episode.
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