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Or from the fast food industry. 03:48 That's right. 03:49 And it seems to this person, 03:51 that they tell you how to get sick, 03:53 and then they try to tell you how they're gonna fix you. 03:56 Well, that's a good observation and you know, 03:58 the way we're eating is killing us. 04:00 We're killing ourselves with our knives, 04:02 spoons and forks. 04:03 In fact, here's the statistics here as you see. 04:05 Heart disease is our number one killer. 04:07 Cancer is our number one, second leading cause of death, 04:11 and then the chronic 04:12 respiratory diseases and so forth. 04:13 But you look at these three main ones, 04:15 they're related to the way we live, 04:18 and what are the causes of these deaths in America? 04:21 Well, number one is poor diet and physical inactivity. 04:25 We're eating the wrong types of foods. 04:27 We're not active enough. 04:29 We're believing the television ads. 04:31 That's right. That's exactly right. 04:33 The bad foods. 04:35 We're addicted to those. Yeah. Yeah, we are. 04:36 And then tobacco is number two, 04:38 and then you see that these are things 04:41 that we are killing ourselves through our lifestyle. 04:44 You know, 100 million Americans 04:46 have diabetes or pre-diabetes. 04:48 That's one in three. 04:50 That right. 04:51 And so that's astounding, isn't it? 04:52 Seventy percent of Americans are overweight 04:55 or obese and it's increasing. 04:56 Oops. 04:58 It's going up. 04:59 It's getting larger. Yeah. 05:01 And this is a sad picture. 05:02 It's a growing problem. 05:03 Yes, it's a growing problem. 05:05 So this is a sad picture is that one out of three 05:06 American children are overweight. 05:09 I hate to say this, but it's child abuse 05:12 the way that many parents are feeding their kids. 05:15 In fact, there's so many problems going on 05:18 with our children's health. 05:20 Now, 70 million Americans have hypertension, 05:21 which is high blood pressure. 05:23 That's about one in four. Yes, exactly. 05:26 At least. Exactly. 05:27 Yeah. Right. 05:29 And some other statistics here and some other information too, 05:32 is that the US spends more than $3 trillion a year 05:36 in healthcare costs. 05:37 We could prevent and reduce this 05:39 if people would live a healthier lifestyle. 05:42 Is it true? 05:43 Now, stomp me if I'm wrong. 05:45 Is it true that we spend more money 05:48 on healthcare 05:50 than the rest of the countries put together? 05:51 That's true. 05:53 And we're the worst off. And we're the worst off. 05:54 In fact, you know what's really sad is this is, 05:57 this year US is ranked 35th healthiest nation in the world. 06:02 We are way down the list in health. 06:05 Yet we have the most 06:06 modern healthcare system in the world. 06:07 Yeah. 06:09 But we, and we have all these technologies... 06:10 Great technology. 06:11 Great technology, but we're unhealthy. 06:15 Number 35. 06:16 That means there's another 34 countries 06:19 far better than the United States. 06:21 Since places like Italy and Asia countries... 06:24 And Singapore. Singapore is healthier so far. 06:27 And Japan? 06:28 Exactly. 06:30 Japan is very healthy. 06:31 And they don't spend the money like we spend it. 06:32 They don't. 06:34 And in our hospitals today, 70% of the hospital admissions 06:38 are diet and lifestyle related 06:41 and think about that 70% of people 06:42 in those hospitals are there 06:44 because of their diet and their lifestyle. 06:47 So people are going into the hospitals 06:49 which are going broke because of what they're eating 06:54 and what they're not eating 06:56 and because of their lack of exercise. 06:58 Is that a valid observation? 07:00 That's right, it's going to get worse 07:02 with the coming generations. 07:03 This is terrible. 07:05 In fact, our former Surgeon General points out 07:07 that because of the increasing obesity 07:10 that's going on in our country today, 07:12 it is in this generation, 07:14 many parents will outlive their own children. 07:19 In fact, we have seven year old children 07:22 with adult onset diabetes. 07:25 I was talking to a nurse the other day, 07:27 her son's 13 years old. 07:28 Now he eats 07:30 at all those fast food restaurants. 07:31 The doctor said... 07:32 He's addicted, isn't he? He's addicted. 07:34 But the doctor says 07:35 his arteries are being clogged greatly. 07:37 How old is he? Thirteen. 07:38 So these young kids are getting adult diseases today. 07:41 And it's a real tragedy. 07:43 And I have to say, 07:44 parents need to take the responsibility 07:46 because they're killing their own children by the way 07:49 they're feeding them. 07:51 And let me say just a word to the... 07:53 our great watching audience today, 07:55 a great viewing audience. 07:58 This is tremendously important. 08:00 Because this is about your kids 08:02 and my kids and my grandkids, isn't this true? 08:04 That's right, future generations. 08:05 I'm really... So we're killing our kids? 08:07 We are. We're, it's very big. 08:09 It's really concerning today. 08:11 Because we're believing all the junk on television. 08:14 Yeah. 08:15 And you think I'm gonna keep my kids happy. 08:17 I'm gonna give them 08:18 all these rich foods and all that, 08:20 but it's not doing them any good. 08:21 They need to get on a healthy diet. 08:22 Well, this is an emergency, isn't it? 08:24 It is. 08:25 And this is the emergency that 80% of chronic diseases 08:27 in the United States can be prevented 08:29 through lifestyle and diet. 08:31 Now, that's good news in showing that, 08:34 yes, we have this problem. 08:35 But if we have a healthy diet and lifestyle, 08:38 we can reverse that trend. 08:39 Eighty percent of these diseases? 08:41 Of these chronic diseases. 08:42 And, of course, because of our bad lifestyle. 08:45 Exactly. 08:46 Well, it's time for us to wake up, isn't it? 08:48 It is. 08:49 And realize that we've been brainwashed. 08:53 That's right. 08:54 And through the brainwashing, 08:55 we have become addicted to these foods. 08:58 We have. 08:59 And there is an answer to this, 09:01 and this is where the future of medicine I believe is it, 09:03 is we can look at the medicine of the 21st century. 09:06 The future of medicine, is it gonna be in more drugs 09:09 and more technologies? 09:10 The future of medicine is 09:11 what we call lifestyle medicine. 09:13 This is the evidence based healthcare 09:16 for the 21st century, which integrates prevention 09:19 and also intervening with healthy lifestyle 09:23 working in as we're supposed to do 09:26 by taking care of our own body. 09:28 But that's tough, isn't it? It is. 09:30 If you're addicted, it's tough. It is. 09:32 And people get addicted to fast foods 09:36 and junk foods in the same way that people get addicted 09:39 to these awful drugs like heroin. 09:43 That's right. This is true. 09:44 This is true. 09:46 You know, these sugar, fat, 09:47 salt combinations do things to the brain 09:50 that react in different parts of the brain 09:53 that are the same centers 09:54 where people are addicted to drugs. 09:56 And people need to wake up. 09:57 I'm saying this to you, my friend. 09:59 We all need to wake up, because the people 10:01 who put out these disgusting ads 10:04 that are poisoning the nation, 10:05 these people don't care about you. 10:07 They care about their money. 10:10 That's right. So it's driven by money. 10:13 Now, tell me about, 10:15 you're a world famous healthcare provider, 10:20 preventative medicine, which is the cutting edge. 10:23 What is the greatest book in the world that talks about 10:27 preventative medicine? 10:28 Well, as a Christian and my study of the Bible... 10:30 And you are a Christian? 10:32 I'm a Christian, I'm a Christian scientist, 10:34 a health scientist. 10:35 And I believe that the greatest book 10:38 ever written on preventive medicine 10:40 is the Holy Bible. 10:41 Now this would work for people who are atheists too. 10:44 It works. That's right. 10:46 So this book, which we call the Bible, 10:49 is written for every person. 10:51 It is, it talks about nutrition, 10:53 it talks about health, 10:54 it talks about stress management, 10:56 there's dietary principles in there 10:58 that can save our lives. 10:59 But, you know, I believe you 11:01 but a lot of people are going to say that's a... 11:03 that's a long stretch you pushing it, 11:05 you know to say that this book, 11:06 written thousands of years ago, 11:08 can help us here in America today. 11:12 Well, what did Jesus say right up there? 11:14 Well, he said, 11:15 "I have come that they might have life, 11:18 and that they might have it 11:20 more abundantly or to the full." 11:22 That's in John 10:10. That's right. 11:25 And that's what, that's why He came. 11:27 And Jesus was the first person of all religion, traditions. 11:32 Jesus was the first person that referred, 11:35 "He spake of the temple of his body." 11:38 He's the first person to have that 11:39 body temple philosophy. 11:41 Now, this is an amazing concept, isn't it? 11:43 It is. 11:45 I mean, this is a concept for every person, 11:47 atheists and callithumpians and everybody that 11:51 the body is something sacred. 11:54 It is the place 11:56 for the indwelling of the Spirit 11:58 of the Almighty God. 11:59 And the Apostle Paul elaborated on what Jesus said. 12:01 What did he say there? 12:03 He says, he says, "The temple of, this human, 12:08 This temple is holy, which temple you are." 12:10 Right. 12:12 And 1 Corinthians says, "You are bought with a price 12:14 therefore glorify God in your body, 12:17 and in your spirit, which are God's." 12:19 Now, as you know, Doctor, 12:22 some of the Greek philosophers thousands of years ago 12:26 spoke about the body in a rather disparaging way. 12:29 They said, the body was a shell. 12:31 And inside there was something which was good, 12:33 which was the immortal soul. 12:35 But the shell itself was released 12:37 just a disgusting thing. 12:39 And the sooner you got rid of it, the better. 12:41 But you know, and I know 12:42 that the Bible teaches and Jesus Christ taught 12:45 that the body was the temple of God, 12:47 therefore the body is a sanctuary. 12:50 That's right. 12:51 And it's interesting, the Apostle Paul 12:52 went on to say that even what we eat or drink 12:56 is a major factor. 12:57 He said, whether therefore you eat or drink 13:00 or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. 13:03 And I think that if a lot of Christians 13:05 thought about that 13:06 as they sat down with their meal 13:08 and ask that question, 13:09 "Is this food for my temple, 13:11 is this to the glory of God eating this, 13:13 or is this for my own satisfaction?" 13:15 Or is it because of my addiction? 13:17 And my addiction to certain foods. 13:19 Because I can't do anything else. 13:20 That's right. And bad food. 13:22 Pardon my saying this, bad food leads to bad thinking. 13:25 It does. 13:27 Yeah, because the cells of the brain 13:29 become so clogged that people are open 13:32 to all sorts of deceptions. 13:35 Now, okay, we have come to the conclusion 13:38 that the body is not a throwaway thing, 13:40 but the body is the very temple of the living God. 13:44 How should we care for this body? 13:46 We need to take good care of what we eat, our lifestyle, 13:51 and there's one scripture 13:52 there in Proverbs that points out, 13:54 "The curse causeless shall not come." 13:56 In other words, 13:57 disease does not come without a con. 13:59 Let me read it and I want you to 14:01 explain it a bit more too. 14:02 Because this is a little complicated, 14:05 "The curse causeless shall not come." 14:08 Proverbs 26:2, 14:09 "The curse causeless shall not come." 14:11 What does that mean? 14:13 It means that disease does not come without a cause. 14:16 There's a reason why we become ill. 14:18 Cause and effect. Cause and effect. 14:20 So the way we're living, 14:23 if we bring these diseases upon ourselves... 14:26 And with most people you said before, 14:28 70% of Americans are sick because... 14:31 And they're in the hospital because of their diet. 14:32 And going to hospital not because 14:34 they've been run over by 14:36 some crazy person on the road, but because of 14:39 what they eat and their lack of exercise. 14:41 Now, I've been to Egypt many, many times. 14:45 I love Egypt. 14:47 And I've got a picture here of me with Dr. Hawass. 14:51 He's a famous Egyptologist. Right. 14:54 Now I've seen the mummies, I've... 14:57 You know, examined the mummies. 14:59 I've been in the Royal Mummy room. 15:02 Did the ancient Egyptians have any diseases 15:04 like we have today? 15:06 They did. 15:07 In fact, there's a scripture that we can read here, 15:11 that God speaking, "If you listen carefully 15:14 to the voice of the Lord your God 15:16 and do what is right in his eyes, 15:19 if you pay attention to his commands 15:21 and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you 15:24 any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, 15:27 for I am the Lord that heals you." 15:30 Yes, the Egyptians had terrible health lifestyles 15:34 when it comes to health and they suffered 15:35 many diseases. 15:37 Very unhealthy people. 15:38 Yes, they, we can do paleopathologists. 15:40 That's a nice word. 15:41 These are scientists who study the diseases 15:44 of ancient man. 15:45 They scanned the mummies to find out, 15:46 what did they die have? 15:48 They died of heart disease, cancer, stroke, 15:51 and they had arthritis. 15:53 So they had a lot of the things that we have today. 15:56 Now that text in the Bible says and God was speaking, 16:00 He said, "If you obey My commandments." 16:02 Yes. 16:03 "You're not gonna get these diseases." 16:04 That's right. 16:06 That's what you're telling me today, isn't it? 16:07 Yes. 16:09 And there are health laws that He's given 16:10 that are in the scriptures we'll be talking about today. 16:11 And so the children of Israel, 16:13 we would call them today, the Jewish people. 16:14 Right. 16:16 They had certain health laws that would save them 16:19 from heart disease, cancer, stroke and arthritis. 16:22 Is that correct? That's correct. 16:23 And in fact, these are the diseases 16:25 that we have today as a result 16:27 of what I call the Standard American Diet, SAD. 16:32 We have the heart disease, cancer stroke, 16:33 we have the diseases that many of these ancient... 16:35 Standard American Diet. 16:37 Standard American, SAD. 16:38 SAD. 16:39 And you can see here 16:41 of all this rich eating you know, 16:43 the pharaohs ate all that rich food, 16:45 they ate everything you name it. 16:47 The rich American diet is causing 16:50 all these health problems. 16:51 These health problems we see here 16:53 from the various types of cancer 16:54 to atherosclerosis and stroke and so far. 16:56 Goodness. 16:57 They're related to this rich diet 17:00 that we are eating in our country today. 17:01 And so, God said to the Jewish people 17:05 or all the children of Israel. 17:07 If you keep My commandments, you're not gonna get 17:09 any of these diseases as the Egyptians had. 17:12 That's right. 17:13 It's like, it says that in the Pentateuch, doesn't it? 17:15 It says that, and definitely you'll drastically reduce it. 17:19 You know, death is mostly eat, E-A-T, you know, D-E-A-T-H. 17:24 And when we look at the leading causes of death, 17:26 as we saw previously, diet, and of course, 17:30 physical activity are the key parts of 17:33 our dying today. 17:34 Now, I wanna say something to all my friends 17:36 watching this on television. 17:37 God tells you these things, not because He's mad with you, 17:40 but because He loves you. 17:42 You hear what I'm saying, friend? 17:44 God loves you. 17:45 He wants you to be a very best, good, 17:46 and He doesn't want you to have cancer 17:48 and heart disease and all these other diseases. 17:50 And He's put in His book certain truths, and laws, 17:56 and commandments, so that we can be happy 17:59 and live life to the fullest. 18:00 Is that correct, Doctor? That's right. 18:02 And we got to not eat like kings and queens today, 18:04 you know, whether it's Burger King or Dairy Queen. 18:07 We eat like the royalty, three meals a day, 18:11 we eat all these rich foods. 18:12 And that's the problem we need to get back to that 18:14 simple diet that God has talked about. 18:18 Yeah. And you know that diet. 18:19 You know what it is. 18:21 I know, we're gonna talk about that today. 18:22 You gonna tell us, you gonna help us. 18:24 You know, even Hippocrates, 18:25 the father of medicine, made this statement. 18:27 "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." 18:30 In other words, 18:31 when you think of the cultures of the world 18:33 before there was medicine, there was food. 18:37 They always look at food, yes, is nourishing, 18:39 but it was also medicinal, and we need, 18:42 I tell people when you need to eat your medicine 18:44 and that's eating a healthy diet. 18:46 Okay, here's a big question, Doctor. 18:49 What are some of the dietary health laws 18:51 mentioned in the Bible that can save us 18:54 from the diseases of the ancient Egyptians 18:58 and that can keep us out of hospitals? 19:00 Well, the mosaic health flaws, or you find in Leviticus 19:05 you find these dietary laws and one of the biggest ones 19:08 that I see is our biggest problem 19:09 in America today 19:11 and it was a problem in those days, 19:12 is looking to Leviticus, 19:14 these are some of the different verses. 19:15 Can I read the text? Yes. 19:17 Leviticus what is it, 7? 19:19 7:26... 19:20 Okay, let me see if I can find, 19:22 Leviticus 7:26, is that what it is? 19:27 Here it is. 19:28 God says, "Moreover you shall not eat 19:31 any blood in any of your dwellings, 19:34 whether a bird or beast." 19:37 What's that telling about? 19:38 Not eating the blood of those animals. 19:40 In fact, there's other scriptures 19:42 in Leviticus that's talking about the fat, 19:44 so in these health laws, it says that we must, 19:47 there we go. 19:49 Here's another one... Leviticus 3:17. 19:50 Let me get at it, so I know that 19:51 I'm getting the right text and you're not just 19:54 putting that up on the screen, 19:55 pardon me. 19:57 "This shall be a perpetual statute 20:00 throughout your generations in all your dwellings, 20:03 you shall eat neither fat `nor blood." 20:07 That's right. 20:08 God says, "Don't eat fat, don't eat blood." 20:10 What does that mean? 20:11 And you know what's very interesting about that, 20:12 is when you eat meat, 20:14 you're eating saturated animal fat 20:16 and you're eating the blood. 20:17 Those are the two disease components... 20:19 Isn't that good for you? They're found in meat. 20:21 It's not in fact... 20:23 I heard a guy the other day on radio saying, 20:26 "He can't live without a porterhouse steak." 20:29 Oh, yeah, sure, he's selling it, right? 20:30 Yeah. 20:31 And he said, "A pregnant woman can't survive 20:34 without a porterhouse steak." 20:35 He must be selling this stuff, right? 20:37 That's right. 20:38 But God says, 20:40 "Don't eat blood and don't eat fat." 20:42 Now listen, my friend. 20:44 This is the Word of God and God wants to save you 20:47 because He loves you. 20:48 Tell me some more? 20:49 Well, you know, it's really interesting 20:51 is Dr. Paul Dudley White 20:52 who is the founder of the American Heart Association. 20:54 He was President Eisenhower's physician, 20:57 when he had a heart attack... Yeah. 20:59 He's considered the father of modern cardiology, 21:02 preventive cardiology, very smart. 21:05 But back, way back in 1955, 21:08 when doctors didn't agree without, 21:09 you know, all this stuff, he made this statement 21:12 which is very profound. 21:13 He spoke before the American Medical Association Conference. 21:16 And he said, "It is conceivable that a few years from now, 21:19 we medical men may repeat to the citizens 21:21 of the United States of America, 21:23 the advice that Moses was asked by God, 21:26 to present to the children of Israel 3,000 years ago, 21:31 namely, that you must eat no fat of the ox, 21:34 or the sheep or the goat, 21:35 you may use it in any other way, 21:38 but by no means eat it." 21:40 Now, Dr. Paul Dudley White believed if Americans 21:43 followed these dietary health laws 21:46 given by Moses about not eating blood and fat 21:49 that we could virtually wipe out 21:50 heart disease in the United States. 21:52 Amazing. Why don't people do it? 21:54 Because they're addicted to it. 21:56 They're addicted to it... They really are, yes. 21:57 It's a cultural thing. Yes, yes. 21:59 We were raised that way. 22:00 Yeah, we've been brainwashed by television and other stuff. 22:02 That's right. 22:04 And what Dr. White said was very profound in those days, 22:07 not all the doctors agree to that. 22:09 But today, his prediction has come true 22:12 and we know that saturated fat 22:13 and cholesterol promotes heart disease. 22:16 And where is saturated fat basically come from? 22:19 Saturated fat comes from animal products, 22:23 meat and cheese and dairy products. 22:26 These are the fats that promote heart disease. 22:29 Now, there's two individuals that are Nobel Prize winners 22:33 for their research 22:35 in Cholesterol Metabolism Research 22:37 that they got the Nobel Prize for. 22:40 So they must be smart guys. 22:41 Very smart, they're brilliant, Dr. Goldstein and Brown. 22:44 They show the relationship with the LDL cholesterol 22:49 and how it's metabolized in the body. 22:51 And their research actually led to 22:52 a lot of the cholesterol lowering medication. 22:54 The LDL, low-density? 22:55 LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, 22:57 the bad cholesterol that clogs the arteries. 22:59 Yeah, yeah. 23:01 Well, they said based on their research, 23:04 that humans are not designed to eat animal fat 23:08 and cholesterol, 23:09 that our bodies just cannot handle all this. 23:11 Goodness. 23:13 And that's causing all the heart disease. 23:14 Now, their research led to drugs 23:16 so you can eat more of those things. 23:18 And take these drugs and think that's gonna take it. 23:20 But if our bodies are not designed, 23:22 if God didn't create us to eat that type of diet, 23:25 then chances are we should avoid those foods, 23:27 that's the whole thing. 23:29 So eat less fat, eat less saturated animal fat. 23:33 That's right. 23:34 That's what all the nutrition experts are saying today 23:36 and the cardiologist today and we know that 23:38 that's true and that's what the Bible said. 23:41 Don't eat those things. Yes. 23:43 And he said it three and a half thousand years ago. 23:45 Yeah. Did you get that? 23:46 Bible said it three and a half thousand years ago, 23:49 and the medical profession is just catching up. 23:52 They are. 23:53 Yeah, now there's one pioneer... 23:55 Three and a half thousand years ago. 23:56 There is one pioneering physician 23:58 that has really proved this, with working with patients, 24:00 his name is Dr. Dean Ornish. 24:02 He published the lifestyle diet trial, heart trial, 24:06 and that was the most, a very prestigious study. 24:09 And he showed that by eating a healthy, 24:13 low fat vegetarian diet 24:15 that you can actually reverse heart disease. 24:17 Those arteries can get cleaner and clearer. 24:20 This is a bit sensational, isn't it? 24:22 It's a bit amazing. It's amazing. 24:23 Because doctors did not always believe this. 24:25 They did not believe it. 24:27 And he's been criticized too, they say, 24:28 "Well, if you wanna be a vegetarian monk 24:30 or something, you can lower your..." 24:32 Well, the thing is, and they say think 24:35 it's drastic to eat this way as a lot of cardiologists say. 24:37 He says, "What's more drastic 24:39 eating a healthy plant based diet 24:40 or breaking open your chest and doing quadruple bypass? 24:43 What's more drastic?" Yeah. 24:45 When are we gonna get smart? That's right. 24:46 I mean, when are we going to wake up? 24:48 When are we gonna say enough is enough is enough. 24:52 I'm going to take the words of God. 24:56 There's so many types of diet, of diet out there today. 25:00 Just tell me a little bit about them, please? 25:01 Well, you have, you know, the high protein diets 25:04 that become popular. 25:05 The Dr. Atkins I'd actually debated Dr. Atkins 25:08 twice on the radio. 25:09 Yeah. 25:11 And he was pushing a high meat diet, 25:12 little carbohydrates, and so forth. 25:16 And there's a South Beach diet, 25:17 the Keto diet, these high protein diets 25:20 and a lot of these diets are heavy 25:22 on animal products saturated. 25:24 fat And they don't use much of the carbohydrates. 25:27 Of course, it's you wanna stay from the bad carbohydrates. 25:29 Okay, before we run out of time 25:31 on this super program, tell me this. 25:33 What is the best diet? 25:35 You know the best diet as I've mentioned before, 25:37 the Bible is the best book on preventive medicine, 25:39 you can go to the first page of your book Bible, 25:42 Genesis 1:29. 25:44 Do you wanna read that? 25:45 "And God said, 'Behold, 25:46 I have given you every herb bearing seed, 25:49 which is upon the face of all the earth, 25:51 and every tree, 25:54 in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, 25:58 to you it shall be for meat or food.'" 26:01 That's right. That was the Garden of Eden. 26:03 So write this down. What's this diet? 26:05 This is a whole food plant based diet 26:09 that was the original diet of man, 26:11 it was all plant foods, 26:12 the healthiest type of diet you can be on. 26:15 And God intended man to be on this diet forever 26:18 because it added to their longevity and health. 26:21 I wanna get into something, 26:22 can I read you a little statement? 26:24 Sure. 26:25 It says, famous American said this, 26:27 "Grains, fruits, nuts, 26:29 and vegetables constitute 26:33 what was chosen for us by our Creator. 26:36 These foods, prepared in as simple 26:39 and natural a manner as possible, 26:42 are the most healthful and nourishing." 26:45 Please comment. That's right. 26:47 When you take these plant foods, 26:49 these are the healthiest foods for our bodies. 26:52 We run efficiently on them. Yes. 26:55 And you can make these foods in a simple manner 26:58 and they can be very health promoting. 27:00 Now, we just got to move along 27:02 because we got so much material. 27:03 There was a young man by the name of Daniel, 27:05 he had three friends Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 27:09 And in Daniel Chapter 1, 27:10 they were eating all this junk food. 27:13 And God said, "I wanna bless you." 27:16 Now what did God do? 27:18 What did He tell him to do with Daniel... 27:20 He told them, they stayed on God's original diet plan. 27:25 They didn't want the king's diet. 27:27 Nebuchadnezzar wanted to give them 27:29 all this unclean meat and saturated fat 27:31 and wine and all that. 27:32 They said, "No, we, 27:35 put us on this diet for 10 days." 27:39 And what happened to them? 27:40 And what happened, they were wiser, 27:42 they were stronger, they were healthier, 27:44 and that contributed to their... 27:46 And the Bible says, they were 10 times better. 27:49 That's right. 27:51 Dr. Westerdahl. This is exciting. 27:52 We're going to have another program soon. 27:55 But I want to say to everybody watching today, 27:57 you can be 10 times better, better looking. 28:01 You can have energy, you can live longer 28:05 if you follow the health laws of the Creator God, 28:09 and stay with us because we'll be back soon. 28:26 For a copy of today's program, 28:28 please contact us at P.O. Box 1900, 28:31 Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 28:35 Or in Australia, contact us at 28:38 P.O. Box 861, Terrigal, 28:41 New South Wales 2260. 28:45 This program is made possible through the generous support 28:48 of viewers like you. 28:49 We thank you for your continued support. 28:52 May God richly bless you. |
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