Participants: David DeRose M.D.
Series Code: LIF
Program Code: LIF000007A
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00:28 Welcome to "Relieve Arthritis Naturally."
00:31 I'm doctor David DeRose, a board-certified 00:34 specialist in internal and preventive medicine. 00:37 I'm the president of Compass Health Consulting, 00:41 here too walk you through a very simple but powerful 00:45 presentation that actually looks at what you can do 00:48 to impact arthritis. 00:51 If you don't have arthritis, consider yourself lucky. 00:54 Some statistics indicate that as many as one in three of us 00:58 have joint problems that can be 01:01 lumped under that heading of "arthritis." 01:03 This actually begs a definition for arthritis. 01:07 "Arth" refers to joint. "Itis" refers to inflammation. 01:11 When we speak about arthritis, we're 01:13 speaking about inflammatory joint conditions, 01:16 typically painful joint conditions. 01:19 Whether you're one of those who are affected or not, 01:23 the data suggests that as we age 01:26 we're all likely to, at some point or another, 01:29 deal with arthritic symptoms. 01:32 In this presentation, I'm going to look with you at three 01:35 major kinds of arthritis. 01:37 The first is what we call Crystal Deposition Arthritis. 01:41 It's actually a a problem where 01:43 arthritis is caused by crystal settling 01:46 throughout the body, landing in the joint. 01:48 The most common of crystal deposition 01:53 arthritises is called gout. We'll look at some detail 01:56 at gouty arthritis. 01:59 The most common arthritis, and the one that you're most 02:02 likely to be experiencing if you've 02:04 tuned in because you've got that condition, 02:06 is the arthritis caused by wear and tear. 02:10 This is commonly known as osteoarthritis, 02:12 or degenerative joint disease. 02:15 We'll spend considerable time looking at that 02:17 as we talk about how to relieve 02:19 arthritis naturally. Then we'll move on 02:22 to finally talk about autoimmune forms of arthritis. 02:26 Perhaps most commonly, we 02:28 think of rheumatoid arthritis when we think 02:31 of these conditions. There are other autoimmune 02:34 arthritities (yes, that's the plural of arthritis), 02:38 such as Ankylosing Spondylitis 02:40 and systemic lupus erythematosus (often just call lupus). 02:44 There's scleroderma on that list and even the arthritis 02:48 associated with psoriasis (the skin condition), 02:51 psoriatic arthritis. It often looks very much 02:54 like rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune 02:58 arthritis of that type. 03:00 What is also interesting, since we're speaking about 03:03 the autoimmune arthritis conditions, 03:05 is there are some conditions that seem to 03:08 bridge from infectious diseases to arthritis 03:12 after a salmonella intestinal infection. 03:15 Some people will come down with what 03:17 looks like a rheumatoid arthritis. 03:19 Many of you may be aware that Lyme disease, 03:22 that tick-borne infectious illness, can cause 03:25 an arthritis that also looks very much like autoimmune 03:29 rheumatoid arthritis. With that background, 03:32 let's move on to talk about some of these different conditions. 03:36 Before we talk about them 03:39 specifically, I want to give you a general window 03:42 on where we're going and how we can help 03:45 relieve arthritis naturally. 03:47 It's all crystallized in a simple phrase, 03:51 LifeStart. If you're joining us for the first time, 03:56 this is one of the LifeStart seminars 03:59 available at lifestartseminars.com. 04:02 In these seminars, we're actually going through 04:04 nine powerful strategies that can actually 04:08 help you ratchet your level of health to a new level. 04:13 In the case of arthritis, you can relieve this 04:17 naturally by utilizing these nine elements. 04:20 Again, if you're new for this paradigm and have never heard 04:24 of LifeStart before, let me just give you a 04:25 quick overview. Some of you have 04:27 heard other presentations and 04:29 have it memorized. Let's review it together. 04:32 The "L" stands for Liquids. The "I" stands for 04:36 Interpersonal Relationships. The "F" stands for Foods. 04:41 "E" stands for Exercise. 04:43 "S" stands for Sunlight. "T" is for Temperance. 04:48 "A" for Air. "R" for Rest. 04:51 "T" is for Trust in Divine Power. 04:55 That's the framework that we'll be 04:57 building on as we look at these 04:58 different types of arthritis. 05:01 With that in mind, let's go to gout, 05:03 or gouty arthritis. It is an example of crystal-based 05:09 inflammatory arthritis. 05:11 The crystals are actually made up of the uric acid, a compound 05:16 that is a protein byproduct. It can build up in the bloodstream. 05:20 Gouty arthritis is much more common in men than in women. 05:24 The data suggests perhaps as much as 05:26 10 times more common in men. 05:29 Women that do develop gout tend to develop it 05:32 after menopause. There's over a million people 05:35 in the United States alone with gout. 05:38 If you suffer from this condition 05:39 you are definitely not alone. 05:42 Uric acid, if you think about it, 05:45 is a protein building block. 05:47 We're speaking about natural 05:49 therapies for different types of arthritis. 05:51 It probably will come as no surprise 05:54 that we're going to have to focus on protein and diet 05:56 if we're going to address gout. Before we go there, 06:00 many people may have gout and do not realize it. 06:04 The classic symptom of gout is pain 06:07 in the big toe. This is the classic place 06:10 for those uric acid crystals to deposit. 06:13 It can be exquisitely painful and 06:16 can be so painful (in the classic case) 06:18 that a person does not even want to put a bedsheet 06:21 on top of their foot. Some people actually even get 06:25 feverish with the gouty deposition. 06:29 Let's talk about the LifeStart paradigm. What can we do-- 06:34 what does LifeStart tell us-- 06:36 that could help with gout? First of all, in that 06:39 paradigm you notice the "T" for Temperance. Temperance 06:43 refers to doing things that are good in moderation, 06:46 but totally avoiding things that are harmful. 06:49 One thing that can actually trigger gout 06:52 is a big, rich meal. You may be thinking of holiday eating. 06:56 Eating a big, rich meal with lots of animal protein, 06:59 followed with alcohol, are two classic things that can 07:02 trigger a gouty attack. You could be setting yourself 07:06 up for problems. Weight loss 07:09 in general can be helpful for gout. Sudden weight loss 07:14 can actually trigger the condition. Keep that in mind. 07:17 Trim down by being temperate in your eating, 07:20 combined with exercise and sensible food 07:24 choices. All this is on our list 07:25 of LifeStart strategies. 07:27 It can really make a big difference for you. 07:30 While I'm speaking about that, 07:32 the "L" in LifeStart stands for Liquids. 07:35 The choice of liquids has a lot to do with gout. 07:39 We've mentioned alcohol as being a triggering factor. 07:42 We've also talked about obesity and 07:44 weight gain (and rapid weight loss) 07:47 being related to triggering a gouty episode. 07:51 With that in mind, we'll find 07:53 that whatever arthritic problems you have, losing weight 07:56 is almost always beneficial. 07:58 Don't do it too rapidly, as we've been speaking about 08:01 in this particular example. 08:03 One of the most effective ways to lose weight 08:05 is to leave off the caloric beverages. 08:08 Switch to water drinking alone. We'll come back to that point 08:12 as we go on. I'm going to pause here for a moment because 08:16 there's only so much we can cover in 30 minutes. My goal 08:20 is to give you the essentials 08:23 in this presentation, so you can take them and actually 08:26 improve your joint health by relieving 08:28 your arthritis naturally. Having said that, 08:31 we've got other free resources on our Website. 08:34 They can also aid you in this journey. 08:36 We have the free e book that 08:38 goes through the entire LifeStart paradigm. 08:40 It gives you a perspective 08:41 on all those elements. That is yours free if you 08:44 go to lifestartseminars.com and pick that up. 08:47 We also have a study guide 08:48 that goes through the material I'm presenting 08:51 in this video. That is also free on the Life Start Website. 08:57 We also have some other resources 08:59 that you may consider purchasing. 09:01 Some of those things are directly 09:04 interfacing with what we're talking about right now. 09:06 For example, I have material on obesity 09:09 on the Website. The point is, 09:12 we've got free resources for you. Go to 09:14 the Website if you really want to 09:15 go into more detail. 09:17 You may want to pick up something like my series, 09:20 "Changing Bad Habits for Good." 09:21 It talks a lot about the dynamics involved in 09:24 weight loss and other addictive behaviors. 09:26 Do you see how that works? 09:28 There are free presentations from LifeStart Seminars. 09:31 We've got free resources on the Website. 09:34 There are some other things if you really wanted dig in deeper. 09:37 Books and video resources are available at that single 09:41 one stop location. Let's talk a little bit more 09:45 about gout before we hasten on. We've told you 09:50 that gout is something that is related to protein because 09:54 protein is the precursor (or the thing that comes before) 09:59 the uric acid. There's a certain 10:02 type of protein-containing foods. We call them 10:04 high purine foods. 10:06 They are especially problematic. Yes, 10:08 red meat and alcohol end up on those lists. 10:11 Also on that list are organ meats. 10:14 There are some plant products that 10:16 normally are health-giving to the joints, 10:18 but you want to be careful not to stock up too much 10:20 on the legumes (the bean family), as well as mushrooms 10:24 and asparagus. Spinach is also on that list. 10:28 Again, we're not saying you can never eat those things, 10:31 but you just want to eat those things 10:33 more in moderation. Losing weight and 10:36 avoiding the alcohol will give you a long head start 10:43 as far as getting gout under control. 10:46 One other natural thing that I like, that many 10:49 natural practitioners have found to be helpful, 10:52 is wild cherries. 10:53 Wild cherries seem to have a property 10:55 that can help with an acute 10:57 gout episode. Let's move on to talk about 11:01 the most common arthritis, 11:03 osteoarthritis. It's the 11:04 so-called wear and tear arthritis. 11:06 It afflicts some 20 million Americans. 11:10 Again, how do we know how many people are affected? 11:14 It is so prevalent, and not everyone goes to the doctor 11:18 when they have joint problems. That 11:21 20 million figure is probably a conservative estimate. 11:26 As a the American population is aging, it is 11:29 expected that that number will continue to rise. 11:32 Osteoarthritis, as I mentioned, 11:34 is the most common form or arthritis. 11:36 It is associated not only with aging, 11:39 but with weight and excessive 11:41 stress on the joints. Let's think about it. 11:44 If we want to talk about relieving it or 11:46 preventing osteoarthritis, 11:48 let's of some of the things that are contributing. 11:51 First of all is being overweight. 11:53 If you can lose weight, you can ease the stress on the joints 11:58 This will make the progression of osteoarthritis 12:01 less likely. By the way, we'll be 12:03 talking in just a few minutes about things 12:05 that actually can reverse the joint symptoms. 12:09 This is this is very important material. 12:13 What's the difference between osteoarthritis 12:16 and rheumatoid, or the autoimmune, arthritis? 12:19 There are some classic differences. 12:21 Osteoarthritis can sometimes just 12:23 affect one side of the body or another, one joint or another. 12:26 The rheumatoid, or autoimmune, arthritis conditions 12:30 often affect both sides equally. 12:32 Another thing with the autoimmune arthritis problems 12:36 is they often are characterized 12:38 by a lot of joint stiffness in the morning 12:42 That can be characterized by osteoarthritis, but not 12:46 as classic. There's a very interesting relationship 12:50 with the hands. The hands are often affected in both 12:52 osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. 12:55 Osteoarthritis often strikes the 12:58 furthermost joints, the distal interphalangeal joints 13:03 (these furthermost joints on the fingers). 13:06 They would be the joints right near 13:09 the fingernail. Rheumatoid arthritis 13:12 usually does not affect those joints. 13:15 These are just some indicators of 13:17 what type of arthritis you may be dealing with. 13:20 Of course, the best way to know what 13:22 type of arthritis it is, is actually 13:24 to see a health care professional and get 13:26 a formal diagnosis. 13:29 What do we do, then, with osteoarthritis? 13:31 Years ago, people used to say, "If you've 13:33 got arthritis, you want to rest. You don't want to stress the 13:36 joint." We know that actually is counterproductive. 13:38 The evidence suggests that one of the ways 13:40 the cartilage maintains its health is by activity. 13:45 I've just thrown out a term there 13:46 that is probably familiar to you (but may not be cartilage) 13:50 is the cushioning material 13:52 that goes between the bony surfaces on a joint. If 13:55 this is representing the knee joint. 13:58 Down here, the lower part here, is 14:00 the tibia; the upper part is the 14:03 femur. You've got cartilage on both surfaces 14:07 that cushions those surfaces. 14:10 If you have bad arthritis, the doctor may 14:12 have told you have" bone on bone." That means 14:14 you have no cushioning. We're 14:17 speaking about the health of cartilage. 14:19 Cartilage health seems to be dependent an activity. 14:23 John Clark is an orthopedic surgeon who 14:27 does a lot with health education. You 14:29 likely can find some of his resources 14:31 on the LifeStart Seminars 14:33 Website, as well as in other places on the Internet. 14:35 Doctor Clark has illustrated this as 14:39 being a a sponge, or cushion-like, 14:43 act where exercise is pushing on the cartilage. 14:48 As it pushes on the cartilage, it squeezes fluid out. 14:52 Then, as you take pressure off that joint, 14:56 fluid comes back in. This is nourishing, or 14:59 strengthening, the cartilage. 15:00 Exercise is very important 15:02 in dealing with all forms of arthritis. 15:04 The key message is: don't overdo it. 15:07 What I always tell my patients is, 15:09 there may be some discomfort as you're exercising. 15:11 If it's worse the next day, you overdid it. 15:14 You say, "Doctor DeRose, that doesn't help me too much. 15:17 I want to know right now. 15:19 I don't want to wait until tomorrow, when I'm worse." 15:21 Just do less. Error on the side of caution and, 15:24 at least initially, just do a little bit. 15:28 If that doesn't bother things, you could 15:29 do a little bit more to see how it works. 15:31 Again, if you have any questions, 15:33 work with the the health professional that's seeing you. 15:35 There are natural compounds that can help the joint. 15:39 There are supplements. 15:40 Some of you may have gotten relief from 15:42 things like glucosamine. 15:44 That does have glucose. 15:46 We call it moiety, or 15:48 portion of the molecule that is glucose. If you have 15:50 diabetes, that can raise the blood sugar. 15:52 Other studies say it doesn't seem to help. The point is, 15:56 if you're using something simple and natural, 15:58 and it seems to be giving a benefit, 15:59 there are suggestions in the literature 16:01 that this is a compound that may be of help to you. 16:05 I don't want to spend a lot of time speaking about supplements. 16:09 I really want to focus 16:10 on talking about lifestyle strategies. 16:13 Since we're talking, know that these things overlap. 16:16 Let me just give an example from the 16:18 "F" in the LifeStart acronym, which is Foods. 16:22 The omega-3 fats that we've seen throughout this series 16:26 (whether we're talking about brain health, 16:28 blood pressure, or heart health) 16:30 tend to be helpful. They also tend to have 16:34 anti-inflammatory properties. 16:36 You might be dealing with rheumatoid arthritis, 16:38 or concerned about osteoarthritis. The later 16:41 tends really not to have that much inflammation-- 16:44 it's more pain and joint destruction. 16:46 There's an inflammatory component 16:48 typically there, too, with pain and and inflammation. 16:51 The omega-3 fats can be helpful. 16:54 If you've heard me speak about this subject before, 16:57 I don't typically advocate eating a bunch of fish. 17:01 Fish are one of the foods that concentrate toxins 17:05 and heavy metals like mercury, for example . 17:08 These are linked to increased fish consumption. If you want 17:13 see people with high heavy metal loads,you'll 17:16 find that some these people are eating alot of fish. 17:19 I recommend you eat the omega-3 fats from its 17:22 Native source. What I'm saying 17:25 is, the native source is where 17:28 omega-3 fats come from in nature. They 17:30 actually only come from plants. That's 17:32 where they are derived. Plants make omega-3 fats. 17:35 Fish merely concentrate them. 17:37 That's something worthy of consideration. 17:40 I want to give you a couple of other 17:42 natural anti-inflammatories. 17:44 They're not isolated compounds, but whole. 17:46 One of them is turmeric. 17:48 It's a yellow-orange spice or herb 17:52 that actually has natural anti-inflammatory 17:55 properties. The omega-3 fats 17:59 and turmeric are two things that I recommend. 18:02 There actually is another compound that we 18:05 sometimes use called gamma 18:07 linolenic acid, abbreviated G-L-A. 18:11 It is found in high amounts in Primrose oil, 18:14 Evening Primrose Oil. That's just something else 18:18 to add to the list. The real focus in this presentation 18:23 is on things that are not so much supplements 18:26 as lifestyle choices. 18:27 The big one ( and I hope you've heard it) is being overweight. 18:30 Trimming down will significantly decrease your risk 18:35 of osteoarthritis, and progression of the disease. 18:39 It is time now for a fascinating story. 18:43 It starts in the halls of medical research. 18:46 A Finnish researcher by the name of Kauppila 18:51 (pardon my Finnish pronunciation if you're tuning in) 18:55 reviewed some 200 medical research studies. 18:59 He looked at degenerative changes (degenerative disc 19:03 disease degenerative back problems). 19:05 What he found is that one of 19:08 the factors involved was disordered blood flow. 19:13 It's very interesting that circulatory 19:18 health is connected with osteoarthritis. 19:22 You might say, "Well that's interesting, 19:23 quoting a study, quoting a researcher." 19:26 Let me tell you something that you may have heard. 19:28 You may be aware that I host a 19:30 regular radio show, a weekly show. 19:33 I have a one-hour interview format program called 19:35 "American Indian Living." 19:37 You may say, "American Indian Living?" 19:39 For many years, I lived in Oklahoma, 19:41 did a lot of work with Native Americans. I still do that. 19:44 It's a syndicated show that may be on in an 19:46 area near where you live. 19:49 If you heard the show when I was interviewing 19:53 Doctor Edgar Vyhmeister, an orthopedic surgeon, 19:55 this may ring a bell. 19:57 If not, you're hearing it for the first time. 19:58 It has a very important point. 20:00 Doctor Vyhmeister told about a patient 20:03 (we'll call him Robert). Robert 20:05 was actually getting ready to undergo 20:09 orthopedic surgery (hip replacement) 20:11 for what he described as 20:13 terrible, severe arthritis in his hip. 20:18 He's getting ready for surgery and 20:20 gets the anesthesia. Before they can 20:23 even begin the surgery, he has a heart attack 20:26 while he's in the operating room. 20:30 No hip surgery is going to be 20:32 done in that scenario. He's rushed 20:34 to the coronary care unit, rather than undergoing 20:38 surgery. Put yourself in Robert's position. 20:44 He had no awareness that he had heart problems. 20:48 His attention now is not on his hip, but on his heart disease. 20:52 He gets motivated, starts reading about the powerful 20:56 things that a plant-based diet can do for blockage in arteries. 21:01 He gets on such a diet. 21:06 Guess what happens after six months? 21:10 He's doing great, and heart is doing well. 21:14 The orthopedic surgeon says to Robert, 21:18 "You can have the surgery now; we can do the hip replacement." 21:22 Robert says, "My hip is feeling much better. 21:26 I don't think I want a hip replacement." 21:30 There's evidence from the research data, 21:32 as well as from this example. 21:34 Doctor Vyhmeister shared something 21:35 fascinating about this patient. 21:37 He said he looked at his X-rays 21:40 just before he was going to have surgery 21:43 (six months before). Six months later, he 21:46 declined surgery and was following a vegetarian diet, 21:51 known to help reverse heart disease. 21:54 He actually saw evidence that cartilage had been regenerating. 21:59 Doctor Vyhmeister was very careful on the air to say 22:03 he didn't believe this was 22:04 healthy, normal cartilage. It's something called 22:06 fibrocartilage. This is different than 22:09 what we call articular joint cartilage. 22:12 The point is, Robert was having 22:17 profound benefits because he changed his diet. 22:20 He addressed the foods. He was improving what 22:23 the research indicates. It's something we call 22:25 hemal rheology, or blood fluidity. 22:28 We have a whole program on that, a free program, 22:31 talking about longevity, and also blood fluidity. 22:35 We also have another resource 22:36 on our Website, lifestartseminars.com. 22:40 It's a two-hour series I do called "Longevity Plus." 22:44 We look at this very same concept of blood fluidity. 22:47 We need to hasten on. We've been talking about osteoarthritis. 22:51 The message is that exercise and diet are so important. 22:55 You can keep the blood fluid by drinking more water. 22:59 Avoid other beverages that can worsen gouty arthritis. 23:04 This can actually cause problems for osteoarthritis as well. 23:07 Let me give you another strategy. 23:09 If you caught it in the 23:10 LifeStart acronym, there's an "R" in it. 23:14 That "R" stands for Rest. 23:17 Did you know that, if you get to sleep by 10 p.m., 23:21 you get at least eight hours of sleep. 23:23 There is very good evidence, actually, 23:25 in the research literature. 23:26 If you're getting eight hours of sleep, you'll tend to keep 23:29 several things lower that are bad for the joints. 23:32 First, you'll keep the stress hormones lower. 23:34 You'll also keep something called 23:36 Tumor Necrosis Factor, alpha, 23:38 and interleukin-6 levels lower. 23:42 The research had people cut back on their sleep, 23:44 and these levels just shot up. 23:46 This is so important because these are 23:48 compounds that worsen inflammation. 23:50 Whether you dealing with rheumatoid or osteoarthritis, 23:53 you need to get your sleep. 23:55 Sleep before midnight seems to be best. 23:58 Research suggests sleep will make more growth hormone. 24:01 This is a normal restorative compound in adults, 24:04 along with melatonin. Get optimal sleep. 24:08 Let's move on now to talk a little bit 24:09 about rheumatoid arthritis and 24:11 other autoimmune diseases. 24:12 I'll mention things like scleroderma, lupus, and even 24:16 post-infectious arthritis conditions. 24:19 Lots of people have RA 24:21 (our abbreviation for rheumatoid arthritis). 24:23 There's probably as many as three million or more people 24:26 afflicted with that condition. 24:27 It is not just a joint condition. 24:30 RA is an autoimmune 24:32 condition where the body's immune system is 24:33 attacking the joint. 24:34 With these autoimmune 24:36 conditions (rheumatoid arthritis or lupus), 24:39 it can attack the lung. 24:40 The kidney can be attacked, which is classic in lupus. 24:43 The heart also can be involved. 24:44 The point is, these are systemic diseases. 24:47 They require systemic treatment. 24:49 Lifestyle therapies can make a difference. 24:52 Very interesting data is out there 24:54 about the use of omega-3 fats and 24:56 the vegetarian diet that we already mentioned. 24:58 It can potentially have a profound affect 25:01 on rheumatoid arthritis. 25:03 One of the things I've done over the years in 25:05 people with autoimmune arthritis conditions 25:08 is have them go on a fast. 25:11 It has been known for years 25:13 that fasting can actually induce a remission 25:16 in many of these autoimmune conditions. 25:18 The research actually suggests a reason why there's remission. 25:22 There may actually be 25:25 some food components 25:27 that are aggravating the arthritis. 25:28 The flip side is probably also true; 25:32 fasting itself causes metabolic changes 25:35 that are anti-inflammatory. It may be 25:38 specific dietary triggers involved, 25:41 or just an overall anti-inflammatory effect. 25:44 Rheumatoid arthritis and other arthritic 25:46 conditions that involve the immune system 25:48 can be improved dramatically by fasting. 25:51 Don't go out and say, 25:52 "Okay, I'm going on a ten-day fast." 25:54 You really need to talk with a health care 25:56 professional. If you have digestive disorders, 25:59 or medication for high blood pressure or diabetes, 26:02 this is not something you just wanna launch into. 26:04 First get some some medical council. 26:07 Fasting can be a powerful strategy. 26:09 If you go to our Website, 26:11 lifestartseminars.com, I've got a free handout 26:15 that goes through my 26:16 protocol for what we call an elimination diet. 26:19 That's a diet that starts with a 26:20 fast, or modified fast. 26:22 If you see you a lot of improvement, 26:25 then gradually add things back in. 26:27 I'll illustrate how powerful this is. 26:29 Some years ago I had a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. 26:32 We measured a marker of inflammation in her 26:35 blood called the sedimentation rate. 26:37 Noemal sedimentation, 26:39 or sed rate, is maybe up to 20 or so. 26:42 Her sed rate was 100. 26:44 This is really high. 26:46 We had her go on a fast. 26:48 It was a modified fast in her case. 26:50 after a week, her sed rate had come down into the thirties. 26:54 It can be powerful, but doesn't always happen that 26:56 dramatically. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all. 26:58 I'm not saying diet is a panacea. 27:01 The point is to think in terms of LifeStart, with 27:04 the right beverages and 27:06 interpersonal relations. You say, 27:08 "Doctor DeRose, you said nothing about that." 27:10 If you've listened to other presentations, 27:12 the reason why that's so critical 27:14 is that group support is so important. 27:17 If you don't know where to turn, 27:18 go to our Website, 27:19 lifestartseminars.com. 27:22 We've got some opportunities to connect you with 27:24 people in your community. Often, 27:26 there might be a a group of 27:28 people watching these presentations 27:30 that you can connect with. We do have 27:32 free health coaching available 27:34 in many locations as well. 27:36 Some of that's phone-based, 27:37 sometimes it in person. "L" is 27:40 for liquids, "I" for Interpersonal Relationships. 27:43 "F" is for Foods. We've talked a lot 27:45 about that. "E" is for exercise. 27:47 If you were listening carefully, 27:48 you heard some with those other elements 27:50 in "Start" also mentioned, like Rest. 27:54 By the way, Trust is powerful 27:57 because it helps you deal with stress. 27:59 There's a lot more information on the Website. 28:01 I think we've given you enough tools, though 28:03 for whatever kind of arthritis you have, to catch a glimpse 28:06 that arthritis is something that can be relieved by lifestyle. 28:10 I'm Doctor David DeRose. |
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