The following program
presents principles designed
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to promote good health
and is not intended to take
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the place of
personalized professional care.
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The opinions and ideas expressed
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are those of the speaker.
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Viewers are
encouraged to draw their own
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conclusions about the
information presented.
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Hello and welcome to
Wonderfully Made. My name is
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John Lomacang, welcome
back to our 3ABN audience
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and if you just joining
us. Hey remember this channel,
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don't turn away this is
the place to be. You will
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discover why this program
is called Wonderfully Made
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and we've as our guest
today. Dr. Yvonne Lewis,
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who is board
certified in traditional Chinese
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medicine and also a
naturopathic doctor and
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we've been blessed that
she's walked us through nine
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principles to revolutionize
your life and we've walked
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through her book also
entitled 'Great Days'.
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So, let's welcome
her back at this time.
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Dr. Lewis good to have you back.
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Thank you so much,
I'm glad to be here.
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I've thoroughly been
educated and I've also enjoyed
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everything you've talked
about, I mean I've got a lot
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of stuff to do to have
great days ahead of me,
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but I'm getting there.
Amen. And I just want to kind of
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recap for those who are
maybe joining this episode,
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and miss some of the
prior programs that we cover
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some dynamic topics. First
of all tell us about the book
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'Great Days', Well Great
Days is actually an acronym
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for these nine principles
of health that really if we
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apply them, can
revolutionize our life.
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G is for good
nutritious food, R is for rest,
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relaxation and stress
reduction, E is for exercise.
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And our topic today
is A. Okay. For adequate
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hydration. Wow, and you
know when we talk about the
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one's great nutritious
food, rest, relaxation,
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stress reduction, and
exercise. Those are some
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things that lot of times
we think that we have, we've
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all those things down pad
in our lives. But sometimes
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the world is like a
conveyable when we get on
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early in the morning and
it takes as where it wants
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to, and drops us back at
home, after it's used up.
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So true. And so you are
actually challenging people
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to just take
responsibility for their health.
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Absolutely and we
have to educate ourselves,
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we've to really think and
at the end of program I will
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talk about think,
because that's an acronym too,
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I like acronyms. But we
need to absolutely renew
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our minds. We need to
educate ourselves, because
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there is so much information
out there. We need to
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find out which things
apply to us and then apply these
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principles, which is
why we have Great Days,
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because great days actually
condenses a lot of health
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information into
these nine principles.
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And by the way, I need
to mention this the book
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Great Days. If those who
are watching or listening to
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the program contact
3ABN and we will give you the
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information, you need
to get a copy of this book.
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So, that if you think
you miss something you can
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get the remainder of
it, by reading and following
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the book as it outlines
Great Days and specifics.
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Absolutely and it also
gives exercises that each person
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can do to apply the
principles to his or her
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own life. And that's
really critical because a lot of
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times you get
information and you don't know.
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Well, how does this
apply to me. You know,
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how can I make this
work for me and the book will
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explain will kind a
give people exercises to do
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that. Okay, so we
got, had some great food,
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we got some rest relaxation
and reduction of stress,
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exercise. But now I've
walked, let me just lead
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into this way. Okay. One
person was told by his doctor
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to walk five miles a day
and at the end of one week
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he calls the doctor
and said I'm 35 miles away
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from home. What do I do
now, I think in this case,
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he leads into this very
next one, the first thing he
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needs to do is what.
Drink some water, absolutely
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you know we and
that's really funny but we've
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really don't drink enough
water. We drink everything
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else, that's right you
know we will drink tea or you
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know herbal teas, we
will drink, some people they
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drink lot of sodas and
juice but not water, and water
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is critical because
it's water that actually pegs
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every function of our
body. Every function of the
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body has to have water
and so we don't have water,
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we're dehydrated. There
is a Dr. F. Batmanghelidj,
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who wrote a book
entitled Your Bodies Many Cries
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For Water and he himself
had been in a prison camp,
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and he treated over two
thousand cases of peptic
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ulcers with just water.
And so he said that if every
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function in the body is
monitored and pegged to the
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efficient flow of water,
we have to drink enough water
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and that's one of the
things that we're not doing.
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Well, and when you go,
you know you pull up to the
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drive through window
and they said. The world is
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small nowadays,
doesn't apply in America.
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A small drink is actually
in most countries are large.
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Right, right. When you
say large I mean, you need
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to have strength and
when you say super you need
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to have muscles. Right.
Because it doesn't even fit
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into the tray and cause
any longer, what do we in
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the society and how
important is just add that
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water to our lives. How
do we break that trend of all
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the artificial hydrated
materials that we put into
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our bodies? Well, one
thing that we need to do is,
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there are people who just
would say I just don't like
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the way water tastes. It
just doesn't have any taste I
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don't like it, I want
some taste, I want something
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sweet. So, one thing
that we can do is get some
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organic oranges, wash
them thoroughly, rinse
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them, slice them very
thinly and put them in a pitcher
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of purified water, not
tap water, but purified water
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and drink that, it will
give it flavor. It's refreshing
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or lemon or strawberries.
We're not talking about
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squeezing it into the
water. No we will just get
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them slice it and just
let it soak in the water and
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just drink it. And for
those people I had a patient
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that came to me that just
absolutely hated water and
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she just, she said I just
can't drink it, and I will
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suggest to this to her
and she loved it. She started
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taking pictures of this
drink to, to her office and
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sharing it with others
because it really helps.
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Also we need to take a
look at what is your weight,
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divide your weight in
half and then that's how
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much in ounces you
should drink. So, if you weigh
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150 pounds for
example, you should drink about
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75 ounces of water a
day. And you can drink a cup
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an hour or something like
that, just to stay hydrated
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you don't have to drink
a quart at a time or pine
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at a time, if you absolutely
have trouble with water,
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just began to integrate
it into your daily regimen.
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Lot of people may think
man divide my body weight
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by in a half and that
will turn it to ounces and
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you know or called
the ounces. And they think
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that's a lot, but if you
think about it is 8 ounce
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glass times ten.
That's eighty ounces. Exactly.
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So that's ten eight ounce
glasses. If you, if you get
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one of those sixteen
ounce bottle. That just four
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bottles a day. Exactly.
And but now lets talk about
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in the market and I
don't want to go into marketing
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aspect of the different
kinds of waters. Right.
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There is all kinds and
names, but we are talking about
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just getting water.
Get some purified water,
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not tap water, but
purified water. I know there are
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a people who are drinking
alkaline water, which is
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good you know there is
a whole deal with that,
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with alkaline water
and that's good. But if you
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can't do that just get
some purified water or get a
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water purifier attached
to your counter. So, that
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you don't even have to
drink the water out of the
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plastic bottle, I mean
the key is to get purified
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water into the bodies.
So, that the body can do
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what it needs to do
effectively. Now are there
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ways that the body
could begin to give us signals
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that it really needs
water that is really dehydrated.
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Oh! Yes there are some
dehydration signals that,
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that the body will give
that kind of gives you a tip
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that you really need to
start drinking some water.
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You know, we get
the dry tongue but.
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Yes, but even dyspeptic
pain and we have a graphic
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on that. Dyspeptic
pain, rheumatoid arthritis,
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anginal pain, you know
chest pains, lower back
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pain, intermittent
claudication, which is pain
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with walking, migraine
and hangover headaches,
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and colitis & its associated
constipation. These are
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all signals that the
body is dehydrated and as
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Dr. Batmanghelidj has
said that there are many
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diseases that are
stated to be of unknown origin
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which really are the
bodies way of saying I am
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thirsty, give me some
water and then it can just kind
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of self correct.
Because you know one of the
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reason why it's hard to
think about water I mean
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there was time and I
have been around long enough
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to know that there was a
time they didn't not sell
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bottle water. The most
we would do is boil it.
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Yes. And put it in the
fridge and get it cold and
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get our water bottles.
But now water is sold and
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it's been you know
just to be without a water
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bottle, seems like a
crime nowadays. But why with
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so many water bottles
being sold and so much
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water being sold.
Where is all this water going
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could it be, that some of
our practices actually rob
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our bodies of moisture
that it has. Oh! Yes and
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some even drinking
tea can make you thirsty;
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it can cause you to be
dehydrated because tea is,
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tea has a tendency
regular tea, caffeinated tea has
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a tendency to dehydrate.
So we need to again don't
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substitute other fluids
for water. Many times people
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would drink soda you
know and because they like
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the taste, but again
takes something put it in your
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water a nice piece of
fruit. You know organic
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fruit again and give it
some flavor. But definitely
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you have to include
water into the dietary.
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You have to change from
drinking all these other
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fluids to water. And it's
a lot less expensive if you
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think about it. It is, it
is especially if its', if it's
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purified water from
let's say you have the water
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purifier in your home,
then you are not buying the
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bottle of water,
because with the bottle of water
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you have the problem
of the plastics. You know,
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the leaching of the
plastic into the water and the
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toxins, environmental
toxins as the result of the
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plastic getting in the
water. So you have to be
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careful with that, but
it's so important to just drink
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that water get that
purified water from that,
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purifier from your home,
and put it a non leaching
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plastic bottle, if you
have to go out and then you
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have water to drink,
but not with your meals,
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I need to say that.
Okay, we'll go and talk about
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that. Well, we tend to
drink with our meals and
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that's really not
good because it dilutes the
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hydrochloric acid in the
stomach, causing the body
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not the stomach not to
be able to digest the food
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properly. So we
shouldn't drink with our meals.
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If you drink we should
drink a half hour before or two
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and half hours after the
meal. And that's, that's so
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the digestion can
accomplish it's task.
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You know, what that
would do to the restaurant
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industry and the fast
food chains. No, they wouldn't
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be happy with me right
now. Because it's a what
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that you know sandwich
only there as we want a
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meal. Yeah. And, but
that really does, come down to
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two basic questions,
are you more concerned about
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the profits of the
restaurant or the profits
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to the physical
benefits that you would get by
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saying what's best for
me. You mentioned something
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a moment ago about the
bottled water. I also heard
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person said be careful
in hot weather try not to
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keep that bottle water
in the car. That's right.
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Because that's one of
the quickest ways of it,
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I forgot the terminology
used. The plastic that
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leaches into the water
from heat. And you drink
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the toxins. And you
drink the toxins, daily.
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So, now help them to,
how do they make this to jump
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from got to I've my Pepsi
to mineral water. Yes, you
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know one of the things
that happens with the sodas
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and I have an
example of this in my book.
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With the sodas you get
kind of addicted to the
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sodas and the taste
and but all kinds of things
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happen as a result of
it, the skin can break out.
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You don't feel that
well, because you're getting
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either a lot of the sugar
that's in the sodas or you
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are getting the artificial
sweeteners if you get the
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sugar free. So and the
acids if you. If you read
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the label, I want to
challenge the viewers to
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read the label that's
on sodas. You're gonna find
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water yeah, but it's
all kinds of acid, sugar,
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there is nothing. There
is no food substance in it,
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so its nothing but
flavorings and sugar and
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it tastes good, but
it's harming the body and we
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have to began to say.
How we're gonna take care of
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these temples? Are
you we're gonna be good
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stewards of these
temples? What do we need to do
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to honor God with these
temples and so the water
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situation is really critical.
There was Dr. Jacqueline
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Chan from Loma Linda,
who has an article and she
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did some research
in the American Journal
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of Epidemiology. She says
and I quote 'Drinking high
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amounts of water, plain
water is as important as
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exercise, diet or
not smoking in preventing
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coronary heart
disease. Basically, not drinking
00:14:11.69\00:14:14.59
enough water can be as
harmful to your heart as
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smoking. This is
something we don't think about,
00:14:17.47\00:14:20.50
we don't think that
water is as important as not
00:14:20.74\00:14:24.96
smoking in taking care
of heart. So, that is an,
00:14:25.24\00:14:29.30
she had this article
in the American Journal
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of Epidemiology. I
mean, you never those are
00:14:33.13\00:14:36.02
so contrasting in our
minds. It's hard to think that
00:14:36.13\00:14:39.48
you know I could be
just as dangerous as the
00:14:39.82\00:14:41.45
person who is smoking.
Yes, yes, yes. Also there
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is some more research
that says that increased water
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consumption reduces
degenerative disease,
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mortality risk by half
or more. In another words if
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we increase our water,
we can cut our risk of dying
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by half or more from
degenerative disease.
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Also, this risk
reduction equals more than other
00:15:02.80\00:15:06.00
preventive
measures including exercise,
00:15:06.27\00:15:08.78
maintaining ideal
weight, smoking sensation,
00:15:08.82\00:15:11.26
and lowering cholesterol
levels. So, we don't need
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to assume that drinking
water is not that important.
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It is critical for our
health and that's why it's
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one of the nine principles
in Great Days. And you
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know, just to add a
little caveat out here or more
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specifically not a caveat,
but just in addition to this,
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I also heard that one
doctor said many of us think
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that we have to take in
oils for our joints to be
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lubricated, but in fact the
water lubricates our joints.
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Yes and our backs, you
know even people talk about
00:15:44.48\00:15:46.68
disk problems and all
that and again drinking enough
00:15:46.80\00:15:50.91
water is critical for keeping
lubrication in the disks,
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so we will done. Now,
as we go from the water,
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what I like about this
four points, good nutritious
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food, rest, relaxation,
stress reduction, exercise
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water, but all of the
sudden, the body starts to
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respond in what ways
can we see the benefits.
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From all of these combined
practices, well we began
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to see. We feel
better, we are sleeping better,
00:16:17.60\00:16:20.44
we have more energy
and then we begin to have
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thoughts that are positive.
We must really cultivate
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positive thoughts;
there was something really
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exciting to me as I was
doing the research for the
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book. I read Dr. Caroline
Leaf, who was a Christian,
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she is out at Texas too.
She wrote the book called
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'Who Switched Off My
Brain', and she says that
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thoughts have an actual
anatomical representation in
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the laboratory and that
toxic thoughts have little
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thorn like appendages
on them. And that when we
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think toxic thoughts,
when we visit these thoughts
00:17:01.65\00:17:04.73
there, there are toxins in
these thorn like appendages
00:17:05.50\00:17:08.94
that shoot off toxic
substances into the brain,
00:17:09.05\00:17:14.03
which gets into
the blood stream. Wow,
00:17:14.06\00:17:16.30
and this travels
throughout our bodies and we
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become sick, we're unhappy
all these things are result
00:17:20.14\00:17:24.90
of toxic thoughts. But
she says one of the things
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that gets rid of the
thorns that helps us to
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reprogram our neurocircuitry is
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forgiveness. So, not
only when Jesus told us to
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forgive seventy times
seven, it wasn't just for
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someone else, it was
because by forgiving we get rid
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of these toxic chemicals
in our brains. And we can
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rewire the neurocircuitry.
It's just a really
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fascinating thing to see
how the Bible and science
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can coexist. You mentioned
in the text earlier I believe
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it's by being transformed
by the renewing of your
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mind and also another
one that came to my mind
00:18:06.17\00:18:08.55
when you mention
that is our thoughts
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really predetermined
who we're as a man think is.
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So is he. One person
point out an eagle looks down,
00:18:16.95\00:18:20.02
a buzzard looks up.
What's the difference there to
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both birds. But it's the
focal point, we could look
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through the people or
we could look at the entire
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room of the focal point
determines often times what
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goes into our minds and so
that's, so our focus really
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is a large part of
what's happening in our minds.
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Yes, absolutely and
that's the thing is that we can
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impact our physical
health by the way we think,
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because again if we're
harboring ill feelings toward
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our brother or sister
and we have no, we have
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unforgiveness
toward someone. That has
00:18:55.74\00:18:57.96
physiological manifestations
and so we want to honor
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God by thinking
thoughts that are positive by
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focusing on whatever
is pure, whatever is holy,
00:19:06.06\00:19:09.33
whatever is a good
report think on these things?
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Because that's what can
really change our health
00:19:12.59\00:19:15.21
status as well not
just, I'm not saying this an
00:19:15.36\00:19:18.57
isolation, right can
change our health status but
00:19:18.67\00:19:21.65
this in combination
with the other principles can
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really make a
difference we need to forgive if
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anybody is
harboring, holding anger, and
00:19:28.08\00:19:30.77
bitterness. We need
to let go of that and
00:19:30.82\00:19:35.22
think thoughts that
are positive, pray for our
00:19:35.72\00:19:38.00
enemies. You know do
good to them that hurt us and
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so if we, if we can do
that we can have a difference
00:19:41.92\00:19:46.55
in our health status.
Now also the other thing
00:19:46.69\00:19:48.99
that impacts our thoughts
is not only our environment
00:19:49.04\00:19:52.12
because our environment
is a huge contributing factor
00:19:52.20\00:19:55.23
toward our books or
reading or music, everything,
00:19:55.30\00:19:58.32
our Bibles whether or not
it is included in our lives.
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Yes. So, plus thus
break that egg open and fry it
00:20:01.93\00:20:05.28
so to speak. Well,
the thing is, is that,
00:20:05.46\00:20:07.82
there are so many ways
to impact the way we think
00:20:08.51\00:20:12.88
play music that lead
you to the throne of God and
00:20:13.28\00:20:17.27
there is some music from
me and I had mention this
00:20:17.30\00:20:20.23
to you during, before we
started that. I'm so blessed
00:20:20.43\00:20:24.15
by your music, that
there is an anointing there.
00:20:24.28\00:20:27.12
When you come into
the presence of the Lord.
00:20:29.44\00:20:31.88
For me, I mean when I'm
in his presence, I began
00:20:32.04\00:20:34.85
to cry sometimes
because I can sense it and music
00:20:34.88\00:20:38.09
there is certain songs,
there are certain, there are
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.40
certain music that just
kind of ushers me into the
00:20:40.43\00:20:42.67
throne and so that is
it reading our Bibles,
00:20:42.85\00:20:46.65
you know finding
scripture that ministers to your
00:20:47.23\00:20:50.87
heart. That also was
important and also reading,
00:20:50.90\00:20:54.37
reading books the Desire
Of Ages for me just brings
00:20:54.91\00:20:58.14
me into such close
fellowship with the Lord
00:20:58.21\00:21:01.53
because you can, it
paints such a wonderful picture
00:21:01.68\00:21:05.43
of who Christ was and
is. So, if we read things,
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.42
we listen to music, we
think thoughts that are
00:21:09.51\00:21:12.29
positive, we pray and
ask God to give us what we
00:21:12.55\00:21:15.88
need in our hearts. To
fix us, create in us, clean
00:21:16.33\00:21:20.06
hearts and renew our
spirits within us. I think
00:21:20.16\00:21:22.25
God will do that.
You know because people
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sometimes are covered
under a mountain of regrets.
00:21:24.26\00:21:28.28
Yes. And some people
get to the point in their
00:21:28.44\00:21:31.31
lives where they feel,
there is so much against me,
00:21:31.46\00:21:34.46
so much on me, so
much I have to correct,
00:21:34.56\00:21:36.93
that I just might
as well give up. Yes.
00:21:37.86\00:21:40.65
And I heard a person
go to book talk about the
00:21:40.75\00:21:44.04
difference between our
death day and our burial
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date. Some people die,
but they're still walking the
00:21:46.58\00:21:49.53
earth and I think
that's what Jesus Menomonee
00:21:49.56\00:21:51.91
says, awake he had sleep
in the dust. And so there
00:21:52.03\00:21:54.88
are some individuals
who are living a dusty life,
00:21:54.91\00:21:57.21
because their thoughts
have become their daily
00:21:57.31\00:22:00.40
jail. And they're not
incarcerated, but they're
00:22:00.67\00:22:02.41
in their mind. So, true,
and that's, that's such good
00:22:02.44\00:22:05.25
point. We, who we can
set up our own prisons and
00:22:05.33\00:22:09.66
still be supposedly
free, but we can be enslaved by
00:22:09.83\00:22:13.45
certain things, sin can
enslave us. But we, we have
00:22:13.64\00:22:17.81
victory, victory at
the health, in our thoughts
00:22:18.40\00:22:22.88
we have victory through
Christ and that is such a
00:22:23.08\00:22:25.77
wonderful thing.
Wow, that's I mean. Such a
00:22:25.84\00:22:27.73
wonderful thing.
Change the way you think.
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Change the way you
think, changing the way we
00:22:30.40\00:22:32.83
think is one of the
most powerful things we have
00:22:32.94\00:22:36.49
that, one of most
powerful things that we can do
00:22:36.61\00:22:39.06
to improve our health.
But what about those people
00:22:39.18\00:22:41.60
that say well you know
my mom did this way and
00:22:41.79\00:22:44.92
my mom's mom did it
that way and we kind of
00:22:45.13\00:22:47.52
become traditional,
traditionally chronic in our
00:22:47.94\00:22:52.42
thinking and
sometimes you met people.
00:22:52.60\00:22:55.00
When we talk about
people though. You have
00:22:55.72\00:22:57.21
in your office who, who
come from this long line
00:22:57.28\00:22:59.82
of people who look down.
That is life is terrible for
00:22:59.85\00:23:04.86
me and never had it
easy and they just live this,
00:23:04.89\00:23:08.83
the heaping coals on
their own head because
00:23:09.31\00:23:11.82
they just have not
found a reason to break away
00:23:11.89\00:23:13.92
from, how do we help
them? Well, we have to
00:23:14.13\00:23:16.23
know that negative
thinking has effects on the body
00:23:16.40\00:23:20.80
and on the spirit. So, we
have to reduce the results
00:23:20.94\00:23:27.85
of negative thinking.
Negative thinking actually
00:23:27.90\00:23:31.14
reduces the effectiveness
of the immune system.
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.71
It increases
"negative" hormones in the body.
00:23:34.41\00:23:36.81
And accelerates aging,
you know people who think
00:23:36.93\00:23:39.33
negatively look old.
It interferes with the
00:23:39.60\00:23:42.23
acid alkaline balance
and actually stimulates the
00:23:42.64\00:23:44.94
production of certain
harmful acids in the body.
00:23:45.10\00:23:47.87
So, we know that
negative thinking can have
00:23:48.26\00:23:52.04
physiological effects on
the body can actually lead to
00:23:52.30\00:23:56.16
accelerating aging. But
if we think positively then
00:23:56.78\00:24:00.65
we can have the benefits
of positive thinking and
00:24:00.91\00:24:03.69
those are, it slows
down aging, stimulates the
00:24:03.93\00:24:07.59
release of endorphins.
You've a better social life.
00:24:07.71\00:24:11.00
It tends to attract
success. And it also reduces the
00:24:11.57\00:24:14.00
risk for degenerative
disease. I also think that
00:24:14.13\00:24:17.15
people that find ways
to have their minds sort of
00:24:17.40\00:24:20.57
speak changed need to
really focus on something
00:24:20.83\00:24:24.62
that they know is elevating.
As a Pastor the word of
00:24:24.72\00:24:27.71
God elevating, if you
wanna really look at things
00:24:28.16\00:24:31.09
that could come directly
at you, look at the life
00:24:31.14\00:24:33.66
of Christ, but then
sometimes you just wanna
00:24:33.76\00:24:35.24
read the book of Proverbs.
That's a wisdom you know,
00:24:35.29\00:24:38.85
little nuggets of wisdom.
Yes. That will just say to
00:24:39.05\00:24:41.38
you. You know things
that will just get you to
00:24:41.41\00:24:44.38
think. And I think that
we were talking about here
00:24:44.42\00:24:46.53
open and tend is how
to stimulate thinking.
00:24:47.22\00:24:49.77
Yes. Something that
people don't really do very
00:24:50.05\00:24:52.03
much. Well because we
are so caught up in the day
00:24:52.07\00:24:54.17
to day, you know, our
routines swallow us up,
00:24:54.20\00:24:57.48
our routines kind of
distract us from really
00:24:57.77\00:25:00.62
thinking. And then we
have you know, we want
00:25:01.16\00:25:03.49
to wedge out, so we
turn on the TV just to relax.
00:25:03.52\00:25:06.76
Somebody else thinks
for us. And somebody else
00:25:06.94\00:25:08.84
thinks for us. We are
not really thinking through
00:25:08.97\00:25:12.48
some things, and we
really do in order to change our
00:25:12.61\00:25:15.54
results, we have to
change our behaviors? And so,
00:25:15.57\00:25:18.57
if we began to think more
about how we're living and
00:25:18.81\00:25:22.78
what that expects of
us, and how we can serve him
00:25:22.83\00:25:25.68
better then, then we can
you know, actually change
00:25:25.86\00:25:30.96
the picture, change our
health outlook and that's
00:25:31.52\00:25:34.25
what we want to do.
Some people think the,
00:25:34.28\00:25:36.29
or the things in life
will never workout for them,
00:25:36.37\00:25:39.67
when in fact, they have
the responsibility to change
00:25:40.05\00:25:42.55
the way they think. Yes.
To change the end result.
00:25:42.62\00:25:45.58
That's right. And
what about those who are
00:25:45.72\00:25:47.29
just thinking is gonna
happen without any effort
00:25:47.54\00:25:49.42
at all. Then they're
delusional because we have
00:25:49.70\00:25:54.05
to take charge of our
own health and we have to,
00:25:54.08\00:25:57.39
we have to make decisions.
The life is about series
00:25:58.02\00:26:01.73
of choices. We can
choose life or we can
00:26:02.26\00:26:04.49
choose death. If we
choose to change the road,
00:26:04.63\00:26:07.86
the path that we are
on, then we have different
00:26:08.02\00:26:10.73
outcomes. I tell people,
if you just have the salad
00:26:10.88\00:26:13.38
once a week then
that's not gonna do any good,
00:26:13.81\00:26:17.22
if you have a piece of
cake occasionally that's
00:26:17.36\00:26:20.05
not gonna hurt you. Is
the path that you're on?
00:26:20.08\00:26:23.22
Okay. That's important,
not the occasional digression,
00:26:23.26\00:26:26.76
either way that makes a
difference. And so, thinking
00:26:26.88\00:26:30.68
is something that has
to be done intentionally.
00:26:30.89\00:26:33.18
That's right. Not
incidentally. That's right.
00:26:33.66\00:26:35.71
And so, when, when our
minds keep going, then our
00:26:35.75\00:26:38.64
bodies begin to response
to that once it's positive.
00:26:38.69\00:26:41.77
Yes, that's correct. So
we have talk about adequate
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.91
hydration and positive
thinking with the entire
00:26:45.97\00:26:50.63
package good nutritious
food, rest relaxation,
00:26:50.73\00:26:53.63
stress
reduction our exercise and
00:26:53.79\00:26:56.62
all comes together.
It does. We have some
00:26:56.67\00:26:59.17
other episodes, we are
gonna get together to talk
00:26:59.35\00:27:01.12
about, but I wanna
thank you again Dr. Lewis for,
00:27:01.16\00:27:03.82
for sharing with us,
as you have today, how we
00:27:04.20\00:27:06.61
can begin to change the
way that we start to think.
00:27:06.67\00:27:09.95
Thank you so much.
And, you know friends you
00:27:10.61\00:27:13.79
here good nutritious
food, rest and relaxation
00:27:13.83\00:27:17.76
exercise, adequate hydration
and thoughts and talk to
00:27:17.91\00:27:22.83
Yvonne Lewis, who
wrote the book entitled Great
00:27:23.00\00:27:25.31
Days. Once again, if
you want a copy of that,
00:27:25.44\00:27:27.18
you can contact us here
at 3ABN, but let me just,
00:27:27.54\00:27:30.11
I want you to teach our
listeners and viewers as
00:27:30.67\00:27:32.91
to what we could look
forward to in the next
00:27:32.96\00:27:34.77
episode? Well, we are
gonna talk about detoxification,
00:27:34.94\00:27:38.64
we are gonna talk about
the acid alkaline balance,
00:27:38.79\00:27:41.43
I'm gonna give my
testimony and the yielding
00:27:42.00\00:27:44.07
to God and his plan
for your life. And then we
00:27:44.38\00:27:46.52
are gonna look at
supplementation. Wow!
00:27:46.55\00:27:48.72
Did you hear that
supplementation all these
00:27:48.81\00:27:51.24
things are widely
important to the way that you
00:27:51.28\00:27:53.28
become what God intended
for you to be? And God didn't
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create you to be a
failure, if he is the creation,
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if he is the creator and
you are his child, he has a
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plan to make your life
wonderfully made. Until we
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see you again, may the
Lord be a part of your life.
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