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Yeah. 02:31 So you want to hear this today 02:33 because this is really exciting stuff. 02:38 Now you're an internationally recognized authority 02:41 in the fields of food, nutrition, and longevity. 02:46 You've got a PhD from Loma Linda University. 02:51 You're also a founding member of the American College 02:54 of Lifestyle Medicine. 02:56 Now what does the Bible say about health 03:01 and longevity, please? 03:03 Well, the Bible has... 03:04 There's many scriptures that we can read in the Bible. 03:06 And I believe the Bible is one of the greatest, 03:08 is the greatest, book on health 03:10 and longevity to tell you the truth. 03:11 Quite astounding, isn't it? It is. 03:13 And what did Jesus say? 03:15 He said, "I am come that you might have life 03:17 and that you might have it more abundantly." 03:20 He wants us to have an abundant life, 03:22 a long, healthy life. 03:23 Yes. 03:25 Also, too, there are other passages, 03:27 like this one in Exodus 15. 03:29 Can I read it? Yes. 03:30 Okay. 03:32 "If you listen carefully 03:33 to the voice of the Lord your God 03:35 and do what is right in His eyes, 03:37 if you pay attention to His commands 03:40 and keep all His decrees, 03:43 I will not bring on you any of the diseases 03:47 I brought on the Egyptians, 03:50 for I am the Lord, who heals you." 03:52 That's right. 03:54 So God said that if His people 03:56 were to obey certain health laws, 03:58 they wouldn't get the diseases 04:00 that the Egyptians were suffering from. 04:02 That's right. 04:03 And the Egyptians suffered from many of the diseases 04:05 we have today. 04:07 They had heart disease, they had cancer, 04:09 they had stroke, they had arthritis. 04:11 Paleopathologists have studied the diseases of ancient man, 04:14 they've scanned these mummies. 04:16 And they found that they have a lot of the same diseases 04:18 that we have today. 04:20 It's quite astounding, isn't it, that God says that, 04:24 "If you keep My laws that are found in the Bible, 04:26 you're not gonna get any of these terrible diseases." 04:29 That's right. 04:30 And because they ate everything, 04:31 they didn't follow healthy lifestyles, really. 04:33 In fact, we have the same problem today. 04:35 I call it the Standard American Diet or S-A-D, SAD. 04:39 SAD diet. 04:40 It's a toxic diet that Americans are eating today. 04:42 And we have... 04:44 These types of foods cause and promote premature aging. 04:48 Well, we're gonna be talking about this today. 04:50 And they lead to these diseases 04:52 that the same diseases that the Egyptians had. 04:56 And what you're telling us today 04:57 is that these diseases can be prevented? 05:01 They can be prevented. 05:02 And death can be delayed? 05:03 It can. 05:05 This is sort of amazing, isn't it? 05:06 It is. 05:08 And there are some verses, 05:09 and maybe why don't you read this, 05:10 Pastor Carter, from Deuteronomy. 05:12 Okay. 05:13 "I have set before you life and death, 05:16 blessing and cursing. 05:18 Therefore, choose life, 05:20 that both you and your descendants may live, 05:24 that you may love the Lord your God, 05:26 and that you may obey His voice, 05:29 and that you may cling to Him, 05:31 for He is your life 05:34 and the length of your days." 05:36 That's right. What does it mean? 05:38 Longer life. 05:39 God is who...He gives us life. Yes. 05:41 He's the great physician. Yes. 05:43 And if we follow His commandments 05:45 and live according to His health laws, 05:47 we can have much longer life. 05:49 Now the Egyptians didn't obey those laws, did they? 05:51 They didn't. 05:53 They ate everything that creeped, crawled, or flu. 05:55 You name it, they ate it. Yeah. 05:57 They didn't have it. 05:58 They didn't follow those Mosaic health laws 06:00 that were given to the... 06:01 And they were not a healthy people? 06:03 They weren't. They were like us today? 06:04 They are. 06:06 And there's a scripture that also... 06:08 Oh, here we go, the Garden of Eden. 06:10 Yes. 06:12 And so back in the Garden of Eden, 06:13 in the Bible, at the very beginning of time, 06:16 how were things different to what they are now? 06:19 Well, of course, the Garden of Eden was a paradise. 06:22 It was a wonderful place to live. 06:25 The man lived in harmony with his other animals. 06:28 And he had a very healthy diet. 06:31 In fact, we read in the scriptures 06:33 about the original diet of man, 06:36 which was a healthy plant-based diet. 06:38 It was actually a vegetarian diet. 06:40 Do you want to read this scripture? 06:41 "And God said, 'Behold, I have given you 06:43 every herb bearing seed, 06:45 which is upon the face of all the earth, 06:48 and every tree, 06:50 in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, 06:53 to you it shall be for meat or for food." 06:56 That's right. That was God's original diet. 06:58 And so they weren't having Big Macs? 07:00 They weren't. 07:01 And this was actually an anti-aging diet. 07:03 This is the original diet, is an all plant-food diet. 07:07 Most people don't seem to know this, do they? 07:09 They don't. 07:10 And a lot of Christians don't know this. 07:12 It's amazing what's in the Bible 07:13 when it talks about health and longevity. 07:15 And America has got a health crisis. 07:18 We do have a healthcare crisis. How bad is it? 07:20 It's very bad. 07:23 We are killing ourselves by the way we eat. 07:25 And the healthcare system is breaking down. 07:28 It is. 07:29 And we're spending lots of money. 07:30 And today, we're talking about secrets of anti-aging 07:34 and secrets of longevity. 07:37 And in fact, you know, in the Garden of Eden, 07:40 there was no killing, there was no death, 07:42 man lived in harmony with the other animals. 07:44 So they didn't kill the animals to eat the animals? 07:46 They didn't kill the animals. 07:47 They ate from what God provided. 07:49 And that was all those plant foods. 07:52 And in fact, there was a tree of life. 07:54 And you know, that tree of life, 07:56 there was something supernatural virtue 07:57 with that tree 07:59 because that was an antidote to death. 08:01 It was a secret to longevity and living forever. 08:05 That was God's intent. 08:06 And so you would think that the Creator God 08:09 who made us would know what we need? 08:12 That's right. 08:13 And so He gave us a special type of lifestyle, didn't He, 08:17 in the Garden of Eden? 08:18 He did. 08:20 And in Genesis, we read, 08:21 "The tree of the knowledge of good and evil 08:23 was the other tree." 08:24 Yes. 08:25 "And the Lord commanded the man, saying, 08:28 'Of every tree in the garden, you may freely eat, 08:31 but of the tree of the knowledge 08:33 of good and evil you shall not eat, 08:36 for in that day you eat of it, you shall surely die.' 08:40 " So here, we had one tree they could live forever. 08:43 It gives super health and longevity. 08:45 And then there's the other tree, 08:47 by eating it, making the wrong choice. 08:50 Yeah. That we will die. 08:51 And so it's all about choices. 08:54 And what happened? 08:56 They ate of it despite what God said. 08:58 And that's when sin entered the world. 09:00 And death did not come immediately, did it? 09:04 No. 09:05 But once they ate that fruit, which was forbidden, 09:08 the wages of sin is death, 09:10 they began to die, they began to age. 09:13 And that's when aging began. 09:15 Yeah. 09:17 And so we're talking today about how we can overcome this. 09:19 We are. 09:21 And we're going to talk about the original diet. 09:24 Is this is what we're going to talk about today? 09:26 Yes, we are going to talk about that 09:28 and other principles of anti-aging. 09:29 Yes. 09:31 Now you've mentioned that they still live long. 09:33 In fact, Adam, Bible tells us, He lived to be 930 years. 09:38 And it's interesting to see the ages 09:40 of the people in the Bible before the flood, 09:44 before sin entered the world, and after the flood. 09:47 And here, we have a list of all the patriarchs showing how... 09:52 Before the flood, 09:53 mankind lived to be over 900 years of age on average. 09:57 Why? Because... 10:00 I believe that too, don't you? I do. 10:02 Because they had come fresh from the hand of Almighty God. 10:05 They did. 10:06 And there's a number of reasons why they did. 10:08 First of all, when we look at, prior to the flood, 10:11 there was extraordinary longevity, 10:14 as they said, over 900 years. 10:16 And there's a number of reasons. 10:17 First of all, they had pristine genetics. 10:19 They're the beginning of time. Yeah. 10:21 And their genetics were pure. 10:22 Just and they weren't defiled. 10:24 That's right. Yeah. 10:25 Also, there was an optimal environment 10:27 and atmospheric conditions for planet earth. 10:29 We were unpolluted. 10:30 It was beautiful environment. Yeah. 10:32 And also, that healthy plant-based diet 10:34 that God had given them, the all plant-based foods 10:37 that contributed to their health and longevity. 10:39 And the other tree of life there, too, 10:40 they have food from. 10:41 Of course. 10:43 And so to a certain extent, 10:45 do you think we can learn something 10:47 from the first inhabitants? 10:50 Yes. 10:51 And what we learned that we have a choice. 10:53 Anti-aging. Yeah. 10:55 We can live and eat from foods that are healthy, 10:57 that give us long life, 10:58 or we can eat the other foods that will cause death. 11:01 So when we're talking about this, 11:04 we find that living such long lives 11:07 even after sin came in. 11:11 Then later on in the scriptures, 11:13 we're told that they're going to live for 120 years. 11:16 Yes. You know, that's in Genesis 6. 11:19 He made mankind to live for eternity. 11:21 Right. But then sin... Yes. 11:23 But sin came in when they rebelled against God. 11:26 And then it says, "The Lord said, 11:28 'My spirit will not contend with humans forever, 11:31 for they are mortal. 11:33 Their days will be 120 years.'" 11:36 So our life expectancy was cut short. 11:38 And what's very interesting about this 120 years, 11:41 today, scientists tell us 11:43 that we have the genetic potential 11:45 and the physical potential to live to be 120 years. 11:48 Do you think this is true? It is. 11:50 And it's happening. 11:51 And scientists are predicting 11:53 more people will be living longer, 11:55 but lifestyle and healthy living is a key factor in that. 11:59 So we're also told in the scriptures 12:02 that man will live 70 years and, 12:04 then by reason of strength, 80 years, 12:06 but God actually decreed that 12:08 that would not necessarily be so. 12:10 That man had the capacity even in this fallen state 12:15 to live to be 120. 12:17 That's right. 12:18 Well, what does man have to do to live to be 120? 12:21 Well, he has to follow these laws of nature 12:24 that can contribute to their health 12:25 and wellness for a long life. 12:30 What should we do? 12:32 Now this, we've got a statement here on aging. 12:35 Yeah. This is... Can we talk? 12:37 Let's talk about aging, can we? Yes. 12:38 This is the definition of aging 12:40 according to the Webster's New World Dictionary. 12:42 Yeah. 12:43 It's the process of growing old 12:45 and showing signs of growing old. 12:47 Now that's an old definition because today, 12:50 there's things we can do to live longer. 12:53 And there's two different types of age. 12:54 We have our chronological age and we have our biological age. 12:58 Now chronologically, every year you get a year older, right? 13:00 Yeah, I noticed. 13:02 So the chronological age is a number of days, 13:04 months, or years that a person has to live. 13:07 Now the biological age is the health and performance 13:11 of a person's body systems and it predicts our longevity. 13:14 So we can live... 13:16 We can actually... 13:17 You could be 50 years old 13:18 and live an unhealthy lifestyle, 13:20 but you actually are older, 13:22 maybe 60 because you're smoking 13:24 and drinking and overweight. 13:26 And on the other hand, you can be 50 years old 13:28 and eating healthy, getting regular exercise, 13:31 and you could be younger, you might be only 40. 13:33 Let's say 20. 13:35 Okay, even 20. 13:36 Well, but anyway, so those are the things. 13:38 Now there are places you can go to find out 13:41 what your biological age is. 13:44 But this is the problem here we have today. 13:46 We're spending about $3 trillion, actually, 13:49 more than that on our healthcare today. 13:50 This is amazing, isn't it? That's right. 13:52 More than any other country in the world. 13:54 That's right. 13:56 And probably more than 13:57 the rest of the world is spending. 13:58 That's right. Exactly. 14:00 And we've got so much sickness 14:01 in the United States of America. 14:03 Yeah. So much cancer, heart disease. 14:04 And we're ranked 35th 14:05 as the healthiest nation in the world. 14:07 And we were way down the list, 14:09 and despite our modern technology 14:11 and our advances in healthcare. 14:13 And this is a real tragedy is our future generations. 14:16 One out of three American children are overweight. 14:20 If they're overeating the wrong types of food, 14:22 they're too sedentary. 14:24 I don't want to be skeptical 14:25 because I respect you as a scientist. 14:28 But these statistics are correct? 14:31 They are. These are the scientific... 14:32 70% of Americans are overweight or obese. 14:36 Right. It's a bit alarming, isn't it? 14:38 And it's going up. We're getting... 14:40 Those numbers are getting larger. 14:41 Now it's going up. 14:43 And 100 million Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes, 14:46 and that's growing. 14:47 They're predicting much more diabetics. 14:49 That's one in three. 14:51 That's right. And it's gonna increase. 14:53 In fact, we don't like to say this, 14:55 but we're a rather sick nation. 14:57 We are. 14:58 Something is gone wrong then with the American dream. 15:01 Yes. 15:02 And how light and look at blood pressure. 15:04 Seventy million Americans have hypertension 15:06 and have high blood pressure. 15:07 Well, I can understand that 15:08 there's a number of good reasons 15:10 why you should have high blood pressure today. 15:11 I mean, it's a very tense world, isn't it? 15:13 Yes. 15:15 And hospitalizations, 70% of the people 15:17 that are admitted to the hospitals today 15:19 are there because of diet and lifestyle related reasons. 15:22 Want you to say that again? 15:24 Seventy percent of patients in our hospitals 15:26 are there because of their diet and their lifestyle. 15:30 Now we need hospitals, 15:31 30% of people are there for others... 15:33 Yes, accidents and so forth. 15:35 Accidents and so forth, 15:36 but we can do something about it. 15:37 And this is why the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, 15:41 which it promotes a healthy diet. 15:43 This is the most important 15:45 medical society in America today. 15:46 We don't often hear about it. 15:48 You don't because it's an emerging, 15:51 especially in medicine. 15:52 They are not trying to make money out of people. 15:54 It's not, it's trying to get people on to real health 15:57 and they point out that for the treatment, 15:59 reversal and prevention 16:00 of lifestyle-related and chronic diseases. 16:03 The American College of Lifestyle Medicine 16:05 recommends an eating plant based predominantly 16:08 on a variety of minimally processed vegetables, 16:11 fruits, whole grains, legumes, seeds and nuts. 16:13 Why don't we hear about this in the television commercials 16:16 for Big Macs and so forth? 16:18 Why don't they tell us this stuff? 16:20 Oh, there is bigger money in those Big Macs. 16:22 So really, 16:24 the people who are putting this stuff out are driven 16:26 by one big motivation. 16:28 Profit. Yeah, profit. 16:30 They don't really care about people, do they? 16:32 Well, you know, taste rules in the food industry. 16:34 So that's what they are working on. 16:35 And even there is a society of medical professionals 16:39 that are trying to address aging. 16:41 It's called the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. 16:44 Yeah. 16:45 And when you define the anti-aging, 16:48 anti-aging is to stop, slow or delay the aging process. 16:53 Not that we're against aging, we're gonna get older. 16:55 But if we can do things to slow it down, 16:58 to stop it and in many cases 16:59 you can reverse this by changing your lifestyle. 17:01 And also to enjoy the years that you've got 17:05 because, you know, there's not much good is there 17:08 in giving a person a longer life 17:10 if he feels awful every day. 17:12 That's right. 17:14 And you know the American, 17:15 the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine 17:18 has actually come up with recommendations 17:20 with diet too, and similar to what we've been talking about. 17:23 And these are not people who are hammering the... 17:25 They're not people hammering the Bible, are they? 17:27 No. These are doctors. 17:29 Some of them are atheists. Yeah. 17:30 But they agree with these things 17:32 that we need to eat a wide variety of plant foods, 17:35 we need to maintain our healthy weight, 17:37 choose a diet low in fat and cholesterol, 17:39 choose a diet with plenty of fruits, 17:41 vegetables, and whole grains. 17:43 And use sugar, salt, and sodium in moderation. 17:46 I want to say to my friends watching on television today. 17:50 This is good stuff, isn't it? 17:52 Now if we do these things, we're going to look better. 17:56 We're going to live longer and we're going to be nicer 18:00 and we're going to enjoy our days, you know? 18:02 And if you want to look better, these things you can do, 18:05 such as this, 18:06 daily use of a sunscreen of SPF30 or more 18:09 that to prevent the aging, premature aging... 18:12 And skin cancer? And skin cancer. 18:14 And I'm a big believer in trying to use 18:16 an anti-aging moisturizer. 18:18 Every day in the morning, put that on your skin 18:20 and every evening before you go to bed. 18:22 Those are things you can do, 18:24 so you can look younger and feel younger. 18:25 I was born and bred in Australia. 18:27 And Australia, of course, is a place with great beaches. 18:30 I mean, there're great beaches, 18:32 but we're all brought up surfing or lying on the beach. 18:36 Lot of skin cancer there. 18:37 Yeah, well, I've had a skin cancer here taken off. 18:40 And a week ago, 18:41 I had a skin cancer there taken off my nose. 18:44 And I've had a melanoma, 18:45 which is a really bad cancer over, 18:47 you know, and so what you're saying here, 18:51 it's tremendously important and is practical. 18:55 And if we follow these things, we're not gonna lose anything, 18:58 we're going to gain a lot. 19:00 Right. Yeah. 19:01 So, you know, this is tremendous. 19:04 Okay, tell me this. 19:07 Scientists have got various theories on why we age. 19:10 Right. 19:13 What do you say about this? 19:14 Well, there's hundreds of theories 19:15 and we're quickly gonna go through some of them. 19:17 Yeah. Let's look at the first one. 19:18 It is called the Free Radical Theory. 19:20 This has to do with these very unstable compounds 19:24 that do damage to our cells at the cellular level. 19:27 Here you have a healthy cell. 19:28 These free radicals damage and attack the cells, 19:31 they puncture holes in the cells, 19:32 they cause oxidative stress that leads to wrinkling, 19:36 to the premature aging of our skin, 19:38 also our organs and so forth. 19:40 So the thing is, they also can damage the DNA 19:44 within the cell 19:45 and that causes cancer, heart disease. 19:46 But where do they come from? 19:48 They come from our diet, from smoking, 19:50 from drinking, from pollution. 19:52 So free radicals actually come from smoking 19:56 and from drinking alcohol? 19:58 And also from eating these processed foods. 20:01 Oh! 20:02 And these cause premature aging and even if it's in your eye, 20:05 the cells in your eyes because of the UV exposure 20:08 from free radicals cause cataracts 20:10 Now the thing is, 20:11 we can counteract that 20:14 by having antioxidants in our diet. 20:17 These prevent those things from doing the free radicals 20:19 damaging cells. 20:21 Like vitamin C and vitamin D 20:22 and the carotenoid pigments that we find... 20:24 Are you talking about taking these by pills or...? 20:26 You can take them as pills, 20:27 but you can also get them in your whole foods. 20:30 Which is the best way. 20:31 Which is the best way you want to eat your food, 20:33 supplement a healthy diet, 20:35 but you want to get it from your foods. 20:36 Then there's flavonoid pigments 20:38 that are found in purple and green, 20:41 blue vegetables and fruits and so forth. 20:43 Now these are a list of the foods 20:44 that are high in vitamin C, 20:46 which are antioxidants that can fight premature aging. 20:50 So we want to eat more of these types of foods 20:52 and these are all in plant foods. 20:53 You don't get them in animal foods. 20:55 You get them in plants. 20:56 So none of these things are in animal foods? 20:58 You don't get them in animals. 20:59 It's only in plant. Yeah. 21:00 Now another theory 21:02 is what we call the Cross-Linking Theory. 21:03 This has to do with eating too much sugar in our diet. 21:07 When your blood sugar goes up, 21:09 then these sugars bind with proteins, 21:12 it causes damage to cells, even DNA, 21:15 it causes the browning of skin and tissue. 21:18 Goodness. And that's aging. 21:20 And this is very pop. 21:21 This is a popular situation 21:23 I should say related to the high blood sugars 21:27 that diabetics have. 21:28 So diabetics have more of this cross linking of proteins 21:31 and sugars combining and doing damage to the body. 21:35 Now you get diabetes how? 21:37 Too much sugar and too much fat? 21:39 Is that so? 21:40 Too much fat, obesity, when you're overweight, 21:43 you're going to have more risk of diabetes as well. 21:47 So that's where this the, 21:49 too much sugar is getting into the bloodstream. 21:50 So if a person's got these things, 21:52 he can be helped? 21:54 He can be helped and you can reverse diabetes 21:55 through what we're talking about here in the series. 21:57 All right, so everybody better be listening today 21:59 because how many people have got diabetes in this country? 22:01 Hundred millions, aren't we? 22:03 It's growing extremely. 22:05 There is lot of diabetes. Yeah. 22:06 Now the other one is a Chronic Inflammation Theory. 22:09 Yeah. 22:10 Inflammation is the cause 22:11 of a lot of the diseases we have. 22:13 This is what the doctors are telling us today. 22:15 And what causes inflammation? 22:17 The things on that left fork, all that processed food. 22:21 Are you serious about this? 22:22 Yes, this is a pro-inflammatory diet 22:25 by eating this stuff on the left fork. 22:27 So if you eat that stuff on the left, 22:28 you're gonna bring on a disease? 22:30 You're bringing on all types of these multiple sclerosis, 22:34 rheumatoid arthritis, 22:36 the inflammatory diseases that lead to diabetes, 22:38 and heart disease, damaging... 22:40 And this is for sure, isn't that? 22:42 And this is for sure. This is shown. 22:43 We better listen to this today. 22:45 And we need to eat those foods that were on the right. 22:46 More the fruits and vegetables 22:47 'cause they're anti-inflammatory. 22:49 The next theory has to do with Calorie Intake. 22:52 Eat less, live longer. 22:54 And studies show that rat studies 22:57 at a 50% increase in longevity 22:59 with a 30% to 60% decrease in caloric intake. 23:03 These studies on rats 23:04 relate to what's going on with human beings as well. 23:08 So we eat too many calories, we need to, 23:11 we're overeating calories, too much sugar, 23:13 too much refined foods. 23:14 That's because we're a wealthy country? 23:16 We're a wealthy country. 23:17 And lots of food to eat? 23:19 Lots of food and it's cheap. Yeah. 23:20 And it makes big people? 23:21 It makes big people. 23:23 So that's the other theory. 23:24 The other theory is the Immune Theory. 23:25 And that has to do 23:27 with strengthening our immune system. 23:28 And the best way to do that is to eat more of these foods. 23:32 These healthy fruits and vegetables, 23:35 they have immune stimulating properties 23:39 that can strengthen our immune system. 23:41 And by the way, those processed foods, 23:43 all that fat and sugar, and hamburgers and so forth, 23:47 that actually decreases our immune system. 23:50 Now you're certain about this diet? 23:51 I'm sure. There's no question. No question? 23:54 No question on that. Yeah. 23:55 The scientific world knows this? 23:56 That's right. 23:58 And they know that this is the best type of diet 24:00 to boost that immune system. 24:02 And yet today we've got a nation 24:04 that is collapsing under the burden 24:06 of a failed healthcare system. 24:07 That's right. 24:09 So it makes you think that perhaps we better get back 24:10 to the teachings of the Bible on these things. 24:12 We do. And that plant... 24:13 To the original diet in the Garden of Eden. 24:15 The original diet is... Yeah. 24:16 It strengthens the immune system. 24:18 The other is the Telomere Theory of Aging. 24:20 This is very exciting 24:21 because this has to do with our chromosomes. 24:24 Yeah. 24:25 And telomeres are the protective coatings 24:27 at the ends of the chromosomes. 24:29 You see at the protective endings there? 24:30 Yeah, I see there. 24:32 And all the genetic material, that's all your chromosomes. 24:34 And telomerase is an enzyme that helps replenish that. 24:38 What happens is that 24:40 the telomeres help to determine 24:43 our health span and our lifespan. 24:45 And as we see on the next chart coming up 24:48 as their cell division as you get older, 24:50 cells divide, divide and more. 24:52 You can see you have longer telomeres 24:54 and they start going down and weakening, 24:56 you get less of the telomeres. 24:58 So the main principle that we want to talk about here 25:01 is that longer telomeres equal longer health span, 25:05 equals longer lifespan. 25:07 Shorter telomeres are shorter health span, shorter lifespan. 25:11 Okay, break it down and tell me 25:12 how do I put this into practice? 25:15 So by eating this healthy Genesis 1:29 buy diet 25:20 that we say that 25:21 that can actually lengthen your telomeres 25:24 which will contribute to a longer life 25:26 and a longer healthy life. 25:28 That is basically a plant-based diet. 25:31 It's a plant-based diet. 25:32 And by the way, this has been proven 25:34 and this is the Nobel Prize winning research. 25:37 And so you will actually live longer 25:40 and you'll feel better. 25:42 You'll enjoy your days more 25:44 if you follow the diet of the Book of Genesis. 25:46 That's right. Yeah, that's amazing. 25:48 Now the other thing, 25:49 you know, there's all these different theories, 25:50 but there's one thing that everything 25:52 when you take all these different theories, 25:53 it all boils down to one thing. 25:55 We lose water within our cells as we age. 25:58 This is what we call the science of cellular water. 26:02 And water in our body resides within the cells. 26:05 It resides in connective tissue. 26:07 And then there's wasted water, when people live unhealthily, 26:10 they get edema swelling. 26:11 And they're wasting their water. 26:13 So our goal is to increase the intracellular water 26:16 in the connective tissue within the cells 26:18 and reduce that wasting water. 26:20 So here you have an example. 26:22 This is a healthy cell and see that nice membrane, 26:25 it keeps all the moist... 26:26 Think of that as a great. Yeah. 26:28 Now what happens those free radicals 26:30 and the inflammation damage those cell membranes 26:33 and we lose the water through this 26:35 as a puncture holes in there, 26:37 and to where the cell wall 26:39 or the cell membrane is damaged and water seeps out. 26:42 What we want is what's on the far right 26:44 is to build our healthy cells. 26:46 And we can do that by eating the right type of diet. 26:49 The cell membrane is made of lecithin 26:51 and healthy fats like the Omega-3 fatty acids. 26:54 And it keeps adding, 26:55 so it's kind of like 26:57 the grape going to the raisin. 26:58 And those we dry out on our skin and get wrinkles, 27:02 we lose that water on ourselves in our organs 27:06 and it causes a lot of problems. 27:07 So we want to increase our intracellular water. 27:09 That's the bottom line. 27:10 And the truth of the matter is these things are doable, 27:13 aren't they? 27:15 They are. They are doable. 27:16 Through a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle. 27:18 And if we follow this diet, we're going to live longer. 27:23 We're going to feel better. 27:26 We're going to be nicer people. 27:28 We're gonna be happier people. 27:29 Yes. And we want to eat your water. 27:31 Eating plant-based diet means you're eating water 27:33 and that water gets into your cells better. 27:35 And now, Doctor, it's been a great privilege 27:37 having you here today. 27:39 Dr. Westerdahl, 27:40 you've given us so much information. 27:43 And I want to say thank you to the audience 27:45 for being such a marvelous audience. 27:48 We have another super program 27:50 with Dr. John coming up next time. 27:53 Thank you for joining us today. 28:07 For a copy of today's program, 28:09 please contact us at P.O. Box 1900, 28:13 Thousand Oaks, California 91358. 28:17 Or in Australia, 28:19 contact us at P.O. 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