Participants: Don Mackintosh, Glen Wiltse
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000044
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00:51 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:54 We're glad that you've joined us today, 00:56 and we hope that as a result of today's program, 00:58 you WILL have health that lasts for a lifetime! 01:01 Today we're going to be talking about healthy eating. 01:04 The Bible, that ancient Book that now many are seeing 01:08 as a book of health, is something you might want to 01:10 go and get right now. 01:11 Do you have a Bible at home? 01:13 If you do, keep listening, but go and get your Bible. 01:16 We're going to be looking at some texts today from the Bible. 01:19 We're joined today with Dr. Glen Wiltse 01:22 He is from South Dakota, actually North Dakota, 01:25 but you work in South Dakota; you consult for the 01:29 Black Hills Health and Education Center. 01:31 Right.. And, so you've been teaching 01:33 people about healthy eating for MANY years! 01:35 The Bible says, "Why do you spend money for that which is 01:38 not food?" And He asks the question... 01:41 Why do you spend money for things that really are not bread 01:44 Those types of things, the prophet Isaiah tells us. 01:46 Well what should we be eating? 01:48 What is a healthy diet? 01:51 Well eating, of course, is one of THE most fundamental 01:55 actions of our entire lives. 01:57 We need to have it to keep us going. 01:59 And, we need to eat the right things prepared in the right way 02:04 And there are actually two basic problems 02:07 with the foods that we eat. 02:09 #1 is that we eat too much. 02:12 #2 is that we eat the wrong kind. 02:15 And if we can just straighten out those 2 things, 02:18 we'd be okay. 02:19 Someone said once that the average American eats 02:23 7-10 of the same things day in and day out. 02:26 The problem is that they are the wrong things. 02:27 Would that be a good way to put it? 02:29 That is a good way to put it... That's exactly right, yes! 02:32 Well, why is it that we have this problem? 02:35 We have deviated from the original instruction. 02:39 I think we need to go to the operator's manual. 02:43 You know you buy a new vehicle, you by a new car, 02:45 you buy a new lawn mower... 02:47 An instruction book comes along 02:48 and tells you how to take care of it. 02:49 Well, can't we just watch maybe programs like this 02:53 or others and watch the commercials and live by those? 02:56 We could if we're looking at the right commercials, 02:58 but you know, these programs are okay, 03:01 but there are some commercials out there in the world 03:02 that aren't the best. 03:04 They promote things that aren't the best for us. 03:06 We hope that you've gotten your Bible, 03:09 or you've found a Bible at home, 03:10 an you can follow along. 03:12 We're going to be looking at 03:13 the original Book on health, the Bible. 03:15 And Dr. Wiltse, where should we go first? 03:18 Let's go to the beginning. 03:19 Let's go to the Book of the Beginnings! 03:21 GENESIS! If we look there, we're going to look at some 03:24 facts, some verses, some information that a lot of 03:28 our viewers are probably pretty familiar with already. 03:30 But sometimes we need to have a little reminder 03:34 It's easy to backtrack... it's easy to backslide, 03:37 and so I think a reminder once in a while is okay. 03:40 Let's look at Genesis 1:28 to see what did God say? 03:44 He planted man in the Garden of Eden. 03:45 He gave him the beautiful surroundings, 03:48 and all the animals to look at, 03:49 and a beautiful climate, and then He said, 03:53 "I've given you food to eat. " 03:55 In verse 28, He says, "I've given you the seeds, 03:58 the trees bearing fruit, the grains, 04:01 everything that grows from the ground that 04:05 comes from the flower. " 04:07 So He didn't pass out T-bone steaks that day. 04:09 He didn't put the gravy on the table. 04:11 It was fruits, nuts and grains. That's right. 04:15 And they stayed on this until after the fall... 04:17 And if we go to Genesis 3, we find that after the fall... 04:20 ...A couple of chapters over Genesis 3, after the fall of man 04:23 you meaning the falling into sin and they fell away from God 04:26 Right... So God changed their diet. 04:28 Now I'm not sure exactly why that was... 04:30 We could do some study and try to figure out, physiologically, 04:34 WHY they had to add vegetables, the plants, the stems, 04:39 the leaves, the tubers. 04:41 Before that, they were just eating the seeds, the grains, 04:44 the legumes, the nuts, the fruits, and so forth. 04:46 But then the rutabagas and potatoes and carrots, 04:51 and then the plants... the celery and Swiss chard 04:55 and so forth... All of these things were added 04:57 to man's diet at that time. 04:59 And they stayed on this diet or were supposed to at least 05:01 until after the time of the flood. 05:04 And following that, if we go on a little further over in 05:06 Genesis 9, we find there that God gave permission, 05:11 on an emergency situation, to use a flesh diet. 05:15 BUT, there were some restrictions... 05:17 So in Genesis 9, He said you can use a flesh diet... 05:21 This was after the flood... assuming that maybe there wasn't 05:24 as much vegetation; there wasn't 05:26 this or that after they got out of the big boat. Okay 05:29 So they were not to eat the blood; 05:33 they were restricted to not eat the fat, 05:35 and they were not to eat unclean animals. 05:38 What would meat like that taste, 05:40 if they had no fat or no blood? 05:41 It would be pretty bland. 05:43 If don't know whether any of our viewers have 05:45 ever tried eating it or not, 05:46 but if you eat an animal which the blood has all been drained, 05:49 it's a pretty flat taste. 05:50 So you couldn't get a... like say a hamburger from a 05:54 hamburger stand with no blood in it. 05:56 It would be impossible, they're just not slaughtered that way. 05:59 So even people that are eating meat, may think that's okay 06:02 because maybe the Bible says to do that if it has taste... 06:06 a lot of taste, then it probably 06:08 doesn't have all the blood taken out. 06:09 Yeah, that's probably true. 06:11 But the best thing is to, even today, 06:14 especially with the disease that's coming into the 06:16 animal kingdom now, even the permission that man was given 06:20 at that time, I think that God is revoking. 06:24 Now, each person has to make his own decision on this. 06:27 We all know that a vegetarian diet has been proven 06:30 scientifically to be the more healthy. 06:33 But it's not a prerogative for church membership, 06:37 or for anything you do, but I think each person 06:39 needs to make up his own mind whether he's 06:41 going to follow a vegetarian 06:42 diet, or continue to eat some animal products. 06:44 You are a Seventh-day Adventist Christian and you're talking 06:47 in your church and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 06:50 they don't make that a TEST of being a member, 06:52 but it's looking more and more 06:55 like really the original diet is the best. 06:58 You mentioned clean and unclean foods, tell us about that. 07:01 The first intimation that we have that there was a 07:03 distinction between clean and unclean is at the time Noah 07:06 was admitting the animals into the ark. 07:09 At that time, the record states 7 clean and 1 pair of unclean 07:14 animals into the ark. 07:16 So there was a distinction there... Even before the flood. 07:19 Even before the flood! Okay 07:21 This was enlarged upon when Moses was bringing the 07:23 Children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, 07:25 and the ceremonial laws were given. 07:27 But if we analyze the eating habits of these animals, 07:31 we find that, in general, the unclean animals 07:34 are the scavengers... Clean up all the trash. 07:36 The pig, the hawk, the vulture, 07:38 the fish that eat often the bottom and scavenge 07:41 what's on the ocean floor, and lake floor. 07:44 You know recently, a lot of people have talked about 07:47 what we eat and why... I mean there are things like 07:49 mad cow disease; there's all 07:51 these other different things that are coming up. 07:52 Really, it's focused the scientific community on this. 07:55 What do you think of the food pyramid? 07:58 Well I think that it's something that serves as a 08:02 fairly good guide, but it does need to have a 08:04 little bit of modification if a person is going to 08:06 REALLY follow the very best lifestyle. 08:09 We'll notice that... and this is a new food guideline 08:14 that was introduced just a few years ago, 08:16 and it is considerably better than what it used to be, 08:18 but the foundation, of course, is complex carbohydrates; 08:21 you know the fruits and vegetables, and so on. 08:24 Then the higher up, we have on one side, they do allow 08:30 some milk and some eggs and so forth... 08:33 But as vegetarians, we feel that this should be a total 08:35 vegetarian pyramid. 08:37 And then, of course, at the very top there are the 08:40 fats, the refined products, the fats and sugars 08:43 which should be eaten in extremely small quantities. 08:46 So this pyramid can be used by 08:48 a vegetarian with only a little bit of modification. 08:52 I know the 4 food groups, it's been shown now that there 08:56 were some special interest groups that 08:58 monkeyed around with that a bit... 08:59 Do you think there has been any 09:01 monkeying around with this pyramid? 09:03 At the time that this pyramid was recommended, 09:06 by a select group that was appointed to do this work, 09:10 and to analyze whether there was a need for improvement, 09:13 there was a lot of change between what they recommended 09:18 and what the Department of Agriculture finally came up with 09:21 as the food pyramid there. 09:23 It's pretty good as it is, but it could be better. 09:26 It should be total vegetarian to be real good; 09:28 it should be less fat, less animal products in it. 09:31 You know, I have a lot of friends that talk to me and 09:33 they know that I'm a vegetarian, 09:36 but they say, "So am I," and then they say, 09:38 "I eat fish, I eat chicken, I eat this," 09:40 and then they said, "but I'm a vegetarian. " 09:41 Are there different types of vegetarians? 09:44 I found this through the years that many times my patients 09:46 will say, "Well, I'm a vegetarian, but I eat some fish" 09:49 Or, I come up to eat a meal at a banquet or something 09:52 and they say, "Well, could we bring you some chicken?" 09:54 ...when I tell them I'm a vegetarian. 09:55 As though that chicken didn't eat or didn't breathe. 10:00 So there are different types of vegetarians. 10:02 Of course the omnivorous diet 10:03 is the typical American diet most people eat. 10:06 And then there are those that use... 10:09 Omnivorous means they eat anything... They eat anything. 10:13 Then there's the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. 10:15 They eat vegetables, plus eggs, milk and dairy products. 10:20 And then some people even break that down to the 10:22 ovo-vegetarian; they eat just vegetables and eggs. 10:25 And then there are those that are pure vegetarian... 10:28 They don't eat any animal products. 10:30 And then this is something that 10:32 a lot of people don't understand well is 10:34 "Who is a vegan?" 10:36 A lot of people think... A "veegan" or "vaagan" 10:38 The people who classify themselves in this category 10:42 used to consider that if they just ate vegetables 10:45 and nothing else they were vegan. 10:47 But actually, a true vegan not only doesn't 10:50 eat animal products, but he also doesn't use any 10:55 animal products; no leather shoes, 10:57 nothing that comes from the animal kingdom at all. 11:00 So it's more than just a diet! 11:02 There are probably less vegans watching 11:04 right after that comment than before. 11:06 Probably so! Probably more pure vegetarians 11:08 than pure vegans. 11:09 Well, what is so great about a vegetarian diet? 11:12 What are the advantages of it? 11:14 What I like about it is that it makes it so that 11:16 we follow the Bible dictum of preserving the body temple. 11:21 We have learned that the standard American diet 11:25 which is SAD... S- A-D 11:30 People who follow that have a shorter lifespan, 11:33 and they found that total vegetarians... 11:35 Their lifespan is, on the average, 12 years longer 11:38 than that of the average population. Is that right? 11:41 SO, if we are trying to preserve that body temple, 11:44 to preserve it in just the way that God would have it to be, 11:48 if we're going to avoid breaking the commandment that 11:51 that says, "Thou shalt not kill," 11:52 actually we're killing ourselves... 11:54 if we allow ourselves to eat a diet that causes us 11:57 to die sooner than we would otherwise. 11:59 Is it cheaper? Actually, it is... 12:01 And a lot of people don't believe that. 12:03 They think that... No, it costs more to eat a vegetarian diet. 12:07 But it really doesn't. 12:08 There have been a lot of financial consultants 12:12 and the statisticians who have studied this out, 12:14 and it's cheaper... 12:15 A lot of other advantages too, you know. 12:17 Like? A cleaner kitchen! Less grease in the air. 12:22 Another thing, there's less protein in it, 12:26 and so we'll be discussing this in another program. 12:29 The relationship between protein and osteoporosis 12:33 and loss of calcium from the body is very marked. 12:37 Are you able to have as much endurance, 12:41 or do you need that meat to be able to run those 12:43 15 miles you run every morning. 12:44 We don't have time to go into all of the tests 12:46 that were done on them, but there have been a number of 12:48 studies done that have definitely proven that an 12:50 athlete's endurance is increased by using a total 12:54 pure vegetarian diet, lots of carbohydrates... 12:57 And not only are they able to endure longer, 13:01 but they feel better during the time that they're doing it. 13:04 Less cancer, less heart disease, less diabetes, 13:07 less all those different things. Less obesity, more longevity. 13:10 They're just healthier all the way around. 13:12 Even arthritis is less common among people who are 13:15 following a total vegetarian diet than those who don't. 13:18 You even mentioned to me kidney stones. That's right. 13:21 Kidney stones are less common as well. 13:23 Primarily because of the lower amount of protein 13:26 The average American eats about 95 grams of protein a day, 13:29 whereas the authorities determined that about 13:31 45 to 55 grams is enough... 13:34 And the extra load on the kidney to get rid of that extra protein 13:37 causes problems with the kidneys and produced kidney stones. 13:41 We've been talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse 13:44 He's a health educator. He's a physician. 13:46 He is suggesting to us that the vegetarian diet 13:49 is the best diet, and when we come back 13:51 we're going to learn MORE about why that is. 13:54 If you have your Bible, go and get it during the break. 13:57 We've been looking at some texts, 13:59 and when we come back, we hope you'll join us. 14:15 Have you found yourself wishing that you could shed a few pounds 14:18 Have you been on a diet for most of your life, 14:20 but not found anything that will really keep the weight off? 14:23 If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, 14:26 then we have a solution for you that works! 14:29 Dr. Hans Diehl and Dr. Aileen Ludington 14:32 have written a marvelous booklet called... 14:34 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 14:36 and we'd like to send it to you FREE of charge. 14:39 Here's a medically sound approach successfully used 14:42 by thousands who were able to eat more and lose weight 14:45 permanently without feeling guilty or hungry 14:48 through lifestyle medicine. 14:49 Dr. Diehl and Dr. Ludington have been featured on 3ABN 14:53 and in this booklet, they present a sensible approach 14:56 to eating, nutrition and lifestyle changes 14:58 that can help you prevent heart disease, diabetes, 15:01 and EVEN cancer. 15:02 Call or write today for your free copy of... 15:04 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 15:06 and you could be on your way to a healthier, happier YOU! 15:10 It's ABSOLUTELY free of charge, so call or write today. 15:26 Welcome back, we've been talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse 15:29 He's a physician and he has been 15:32 a health educator for many years. 15:33 We're talking about healthy eating. 15:35 We've talked about the validity of the vegetarian diet. 15:40 Why is it so much better? 15:41 It has a lot of chemicals that are favorable to the 15:48 metabolic processes in our body. 15:50 So vegetables, the things... plants, they have chemicals 15:53 that help us. That's right! 15:54 They're there naturally; the Lord outlined this diet 15:57 for us and He put in it the things that we need. 15:59 And the chemists have been analyzing the content of 16:04 these foods and they found out a lot of different things. 16:06 There are things that are called "phytochemicals" 16:08 "Phyto" is a Latin word which refers to plants, 16:11 so these are really just plant chemicals. 16:13 Things like antioxidants, vitamin A, vitamin E, 16:17 and vitamin C. 16:20 And what do antioxidants do? Briefly 16:22 Okay, they remove the byproducts of tissue metabolism. 16:26 Our cells burn up the food that we supply it, 16:28 and is a waste product just like the exhaust 16:31 from your automobile that needs to be gotten rid of. 16:33 If it stays in the cell, it can be damaging to it. 16:36 So these antioxidants are things that are present 16:39 in the foods that we eat, and help to remove these 16:42 harmful agents called "free radicals" from the cells 16:45 so that they don't do damage to our cells. Okay, what else? 16:48 And also, there are others that are called "flavonoids" 16:50 They have other functions in 16:52 helping our cells to function better. 16:54 And then, of course, there are the phytoestrogens. 16:56 You know, women need estrogen... 16:59 It's a normal part of their metabolic processes. 17:02 Their hormone level of estrogen is necessary for 17:06 the preservation of good health... 17:08 And the estrogens that are supplied in plants are more 17:12 healthful for them than the artificial elements 17:16 that may be taken in a pill form. 17:18 And so the plants provide these estrogens for women. 17:21 Now there may be sometimes that they'll need to take 17:22 some extra, but generally speaking, 17:24 they get along very well just with the estrogens that are 17:26 present in the plants. 17:28 So ALL this is in the plants... They have the helpful effects 17:29 without the harmful effects. 17:31 Okay, all right, we have our pharmacy right there 17:33 in what we eat if we eat the right things. 17:34 Right, less fat, there's no cholesterol. 17:37 There's the right amount of protein. 17:38 More fiber, less calorie dense, 17:40 so it's really the best thing for us. 17:42 You know I've worked with many physicians over the years 17:45 and most of them, as I worked in the hospital setting, 17:47 haven't done what you've done today. 17:49 You've pointed to the Bible and said... "Hey, look at these 17:51 texts and look at this" and now you're beginning to 17:53 give some scientific evidence. 17:55 Is the Bible a scientific book? 17:57 Well, I guess there was a Master Scientist 18:01 who was behind the writing of it... 18:02 The men who penned the words probably were not scientists. 18:05 They were given information which is very valuable 18:08 for us today. 18:09 But interestingly enough, we find that the scientists 18:12 today who are going through the foods, 18:16 and through the lifestyle that we follow 18:18 come forth with some very interesting conclusions... 18:21 and here's a quotation from a medical magazine called... 18:24 "Patient Care" back in 1990, so it's fairly recent... 18:28 You can read it here on the screen... 18:43 So here's a conclusion from a medical writer, 18:45 and this is corroborated by other medical researchers too. 18:48 This is not just isolated. This is just an example of many. 18:49 Right, exactly! 18:52 What kind of advantages or diseases... 18:54 You know it mentioned some diseases, 18:56 probably one of the biggest ones that people think about 18:59 is a disease they don't want to get is cancer. 19:00 Does the vegetarian diet help protect against cancer? 19:03 The epidemiologic studies... the research, definitely show 19:07 that various cancers are much less common among people 19:10 who follow a vegetarian diet. 19:11 Cancer of the breast, cancer of the prostate, 19:13 cancer of the uterus, cancer of the colon, the pancreas; 19:16 all of these are much less frequent among people 19:19 who follow a vegetarian diet. 19:20 And it has been found that, actually, just one specific food 19:24 can even make a difference. 19:25 They've discovered that, in a large survey, 19:28 the people who ate beans 3 or more times a week 19:31 had a 30% reduction in the incidence of colon cancer. 19:35 Wow, so beans instead of red meat! 19:37 Go get those red beans if you want something red, 19:39 not red meat. Exactly! 19:41 And they found out that people who ate meat regularly, 19:44 2 to 4 times a week, actually had twice as much cancer 19:48 of the bladder than people who didn't eat meat at all. 19:51 So there's a lot of evidence from the researchers 19:54 to demonstrate that we really are better off. 19:56 And then of course, mad cow disease... 19:58 We've all heard about this, and we know how that's spread. 20:00 Lots of people are becoming 20:01 vegetarians in England, I understand. 20:03 That's what I've heard. Yes, and understandably so! 20:07 And heart disease? 20:08 Heart disease... Well, we've discussed heart disease on a 20:10 previous program, and actually pure vegetarians 20:14 compared with the average population, 20:16 had only 12% of heart attacks... the average population had. 20:20 I mean, that's significant, and that's enough to make 20:21 a person want to make a change. 20:24 But don't we need milk? 20:25 Milk is something that we absolutely do not need. 20:28 In fact, humans are the only species who continue to 20:32 eat milk after the age of weaning. 20:35 There must be a reason for that. 20:39 Another problem with milk too, is that a lot of people are 20:41 allergic to it; a lot of people don't have the enzyme 20:44 in the stomach that digests milk sugar, 20:46 so they have reactions from it. 20:48 So, there are a lot of good reasons 20:50 why a person should leave milk alone. 20:51 So the milk moustache isn't everything 20:53 that it's cracked up to be. That's exactly right! 20:55 What about fish? 20:56 "Pesco," I guess they call them vegetarians... 20:59 Yes, the pesco-vegetarians. 21:01 We have some information on that that we'd like 21:02 to show our viewers here. 21:04 Actually, 38-95% of all fish that have been analyzed 21:09 have been found to contain cancer... 21:11 depending on the source from which it was taken, 21:14 whether it was from a lake. 21:15 ...1 in 10 hogs have trichinosis in them, even in spite of 21:21 care that the farmers give them. 21:23 Trichinosis is what? 21:24 That's a little worm that burrows into the muscles 21:27 of the body and stays there for the rest of your life. 21:29 It doesn't sound too appetizing. It isn't. 21:31 It isn't good at all; it's a microscopic-size worm. 21:33 And then, of course, chickens! 21:35 Kentucky Fried Chicken is great stuff... 21:38 But actually, those chickens as they go through the 21:40 packing plant, are inspected... 1 chicken is inspected 21:45 every 2 seconds; so you know they don't 21:47 get a very careful inspection. 21:50 So a lot of diseases come through from them. 21:52 In fact, 81 out of 84 meat inspectors who were interviewed, 21:57 said that birds that were formerly taken off 22:01 the production line because of disease, 22:04 pass at the present time. 22:05 Is that right? So they're not really watching out for you.. 22:07 Just because it's on the shelf, 22:09 it doesn't mean that it's going to be the best for you. 22:11 That's right; in fact, there was just a recent report 22:13 about the number of salmonella infections that were 22:15 directly related to chickens. 22:18 And, there were over 300,000 cases of salmonella last year, 22:22 and 20 cases of death. 22:23 So fish is not what it's cracked up to be... 22:25 Chicken is not what it's cracked up to be. 22:27 The other white meat is the other white meat that can 22:30 cause problems and we have to be careful with 22:33 the chickens and the inspectors as well... Anything else? 22:35 Well, even when they find a cancer on a beef, or a chicken 22:39 that's going through the production line, 22:41 they'll just cut out the cancer, 22:43 sell the rest of it off at the meat markets so you can 22:46 take your chances there. 22:49 If there was cancer in that animal, 22:51 there probably was metastases and so there could be cancer 22:54 cells in the part of it that you're getting actually. 22:56 And sometimes also, spoiled meat, and meat that has 22:59 gotten off-color will be sent back to the processors; 23:01 they re-color it and send it back for resale again. 23:05 There are a lot of bad things about the animal industry. 23:09 Most of the world doesn't eat meat, 23:10 it's only the affluent places, right? That's right! 23:12 So, are there environmental issues? 23:14 What if everybody started to eat meat? 23:16 We would really be unable to supply the whole world 23:19 with meat if we were to try to do such. 23:23 In addition to that, much more water is used 23:27 to produce a pound of meat than a pound of vegetable foods. 23:32 In fact, if we can get the next slide on here... 23:36 Environmental - it shows that 16 pounds of grain or soybeans 23:40 to produce only 1 pound of beef. 23:42 So see what a waste! 23:45 A person could eat the 16 pounds of grain or soybeans 23:47 but if he eats it in the form of meat, 23:50 he just gets 1 pound of it. 23:52 Wow... 5,000 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef! 23:56 That must be for the feed, for what the cow eats, 24:00 and then, I don't know where the other water... 24:03 There was a researcher several years ago, 24:05 who analyzed the amount, and they said that 24:07 the amount of meat that's eaten by 1 family 24:10 ...the amount of water to make this amount of meat, 24:13 would be enough to float the Queen Elizabeth! Wow! 24:15 And so, that's a lot of wasted water there. 24:17 We mentioned that it takes 25 gallons of water 24:20 to produce a pound of wheat. 24:22 You mentioned earlier something I think that I really 24:25 want you to share... 24:26 It's CHEAPER to be a vegetarian! 24:28 That's right, it really is. Tell us why... 24:30 Okay, this is part of it right here. 24:33 It takes so much raw produce to develop that pound of meat. 24:37 If we're putting 16 pounds of grain or soybeans to produce 24:40 1 pound of beef, that's a lot of waste. 24:44 A lot of it is going to waste. 24:46 In addition to that, the conversion of plant protein 24:55 to the animal protein is so inefficient that 24:59 man could just as well eat the protein as it grows from 25:02 the soil rather than taking it secondhand. 25:04 Plus the fact that the secondhand 25:06 is not as healthy for him anyway. 25:08 Do you go to the doctor less? 25:09 Do you go to the hospital less if you eat... 25:12 Exactly right! It's been well-proven that 25:15 vegetarians have less incidence of doctor visits. 25:18 They have to go to the hospital less frequently, 25:20 and less medical expenses as well. 25:22 We've got about 2 minutes left. 25:23 I want you to share something... 25:25 You know, some people always have concerns 25:27 about a vegetarian diet... 25:28 What are some common concerns, 25:30 and why should or shouldn't they be concerned? 25:33 You know, you may be eating a vegetarian diet, 25:36 but somebody may have been messing around with those 25:39 vegetables! 25:40 They may have been highly processed. 25:42 They may have a lot of fat added to them. 25:44 They may have sugar added to them. 25:45 So our motto should be to... 25:47 EAT THE FOODS IN AS NEARLY THE WAY THAT THEY GREW 25:49 as we possibly can. 25:50 We need to be concerned about proteins. 25:53 That's one of the concerns that a lot of people have 25:55 when they go on a vegetable diet. 25:56 Are they getting enough protein? 25:58 We don't need to worry about that; 25:59 if you eat enough calories, you're automatically 26:01 going to get enough protein. 26:04 A lot of people worry about iron... 26:06 Is a vegetarian going to get enough iron? 26:08 Iron is present in dried beans, greens and beets, 26:11 and prunes; dried fruits. 26:13 You don't need to worry about that. 26:14 Calcium is present in our greens, our broccoli... 26:16 Don't need to worry about the milk! 26:19 Vitamin B12... 26:21 There has been a lot of research on that, 26:23 and probably the vegetarian doesn't need 26:25 to supplement with vitamin B12. 26:26 I always tell my patients 26:28 if they're going on a total vegetarian diet, 26:30 just to play safe, take a vitamin B12 tablet once a week. 26:35 A yes or no question for you... 26:37 Is it safe for children? 26:38 It's interesting that Dr. Benjamin Spock, 26:41 who wrote the children's bible, 26:43 best seller next to the Bible for many years, 26:46 made this statement... I'll read what he said, 26:48 "We should rear children on a plant-based diet 26:51 devoid of dairy products after the age of 2." 26:55 So his reasons were better weight control, 26:59 less heart disease, less diabetes, less hypertension, 27:01 less cancer. 27:02 It's just better, even by the baby specialist, 27:05 Americans' baby doctor. 27:07 In the last 30 seconds, let's put up that 27:09 graphic that you showed me 27:11 earlier about implementing the change. 27:13 How can we make this change? 27:14 Okay, I think that's important. 27:28 Don't taper off, just make a change right away. 27:31 It may seem difficult at first, think of the rewards. 27:33 Think of the dividends and make the change. 27:36 Doctor, thanks so much for sharing with us. 27:38 I know that at the end here, we could talk a lot more 27:41 about this very important subject. 27:44 We hope that as you have been watching, 27:45 you have heard some things that make you think seriously 27:48 about what you're eating, 27:49 about what you shouldn't eat, about what you should eat, 27:52 about HOW to do it. 27:53 If you have questions, call us. 27:55 We hope that you have health that lasts for a lifetime! |
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