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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:05 Spend my life 00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:27 Let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today Program. 01:11 I'm Jason Bradley, 01:13 and I'm so glad 01:14 that you could join us for this healthy, 01:16 very healthy 3ABN Today Program that we are going to have. 01:21 We will be talking about the Years Restored 01:24 Lifestyle Center cookbooks, all kinds of different recipes, 01:30 and autoimmune disease, 01:32 and just a wide variety of things. 01:34 So if you've ever had any question about any of that, 01:37 and maybe you wondered about, you know, the optimal diet, 01:42 then you're definitely gonna wanna stay tuned. 01:44 My guests today are Mercy Ballard, 01:48 and she is the Years Restored Lifestyle Director, welcome. 01:54 And then we have Dr. Joyce Choe. 01:56 Choe, did I say that correctly? Perfect. 01:58 All right, and she's the Founder 02:00 of Wholeness for Life. 02:02 I want to dive into, you know, your background 02:05 and all of that, 02:07 but prior to doing so 'cause we have a lot to cover. 02:10 Prior to doing that we're going to be blessed in song 02:13 by ET Everett 02:14 and she's going to be playing Holy, Holy, Holy. 07:54 Wow, what a beautiful song, Holy, Holy, Holy. 07:57 God is blessed ET with a tremendous gift 08:00 of not only playing the keys, 08:01 but she works here in our sound center. 08:04 And she does an amazing, amazing job. 08:06 I'm so happy that now we can jump into some health. 08:11 We can talk about health 08:13 because I need an education in this area. 08:16 I need to learn more about 08:18 a healthier diet and all of these things. 08:21 Why don't you tell me 08:23 a little bit about your background? 08:25 Well, Mercy and I 08:27 have always been very interested in health. 08:29 And I think it's probably because we both had parents 08:33 who were really interested in health. 08:34 And my mom was a nurse 08:37 she was trained at an Adventist lifestyle 08:40 or an Adventist Sanitarium in Korea. 08:42 Okay. 08:43 And back in her generation, 08:46 they used to teach nurses how to do hydrotherapy... 08:49 Oh, wow. Massage and all these things. 08:51 So when I was sick, 08:52 she would do these types of things for me 08:54 like fomentations and... 08:57 Okay. 08:58 Charcoal, all that kind of stuff. 08:59 So I kind of grew up with that, 09:01 and I had learned about from other speakers 09:06 about how powerful these natural remedies were. 09:10 And so I already had 09:11 that kind of concept in my mind. 09:13 Nice. How about you, Mercy? 09:15 Yeah, myself also. 09:16 You know, my mom, I grew up 09:18 also same way doing these simple natural remedies. 09:21 I remember my mom doing clay poultices for all of us, 09:25 five of us 09:26 and also doing these green juices 09:28 early in the morning and hydrotherapy 09:30 like wrap us with that call sheet. 09:33 Yes. Yes. 09:35 Now so like when you say a poultice, right? 09:38 You say a charcoal poultice. 09:40 Does that draw out toxins? What's the purpose of that? 09:44 I think there are various reasons 09:45 why you would do a charcoal poultice. 09:48 That would be one thing 09:50 like if you go to CharcoalRemedies.com 09:52 that's a book 09:53 that is all about charcoal and its remedies, 09:55 and the author writes 09:57 about how he went to this jungle area, 10:00 where there was no medical access 10:02 as we would think of medical access, 10:04 and he was working at a clinic 10:06 where a child came in unconscious, 10:08 and they assessed that 10:10 that child had probably had food poisoning of some sort. 10:14 And of course, since they were unconscious, 10:17 they couldn't do anything intravenous 10:19 or anything like that. 10:21 They just wrapped the child in a huge, 10:22 very thick poultice of charcoal. 10:25 And within an hour, the child revived, 10:28 you know, and so that it does absorb toxins 10:34 and so that's why we use it in the ER 10:35 and that kind of thing for drug overdoses 10:38 and that type of thing. 10:40 But what people don't know 10:41 is that charcoal is very anti-inflammatory. 10:44 Okay. 10:45 So if you have pain 10:47 and, you know, of any kind of sore, 10:50 it's worthwhile trying to use it, 10:52 you know, for like, disc herniation 10:54 and things that you would never think about pulled muscles, 10:57 you know? 10:59 Yes. 11:00 It's worthwhile trying to try a charcoal. 11:02 Yes. 11:03 Now I should have done this 11:04 at the beginning of the program, 11:06 but I definitely want to tell our viewers and listeners 11:09 to make sure that you consult 11:11 with your local or your primary physician 11:14 before implementing any of the practices 11:16 that are discussed in this program 11:18 because they know your specific case. 11:21 And so we're going to be talking about some things 11:23 that are healthy and nutritious and have helped people, 11:28 but we want to make sure that you consult 11:30 with your primary physician. 11:31 That's very important. So don't miss that point. 11:33 Yeah, this is all health educational, 11:35 not medical advice. 11:37 Yes. Yes, absolutely. 11:38 So the charcoal poultices that's an incredible story 11:43 about how it just absorbed all that and revived that baby. 11:48 That's amazing. Absolutely. 11:50 How did you decide to start the Lifestyle Center? 11:55 Well, in 2003, after 2003 I was pretty healthy. 12:00 And I used to be very athletic and running every day 4 miles, 12:03 but at that time, I started getting weak 12:06 and my endurance is start to decreasing, 12:08 and I became shortness of breath, 12:11 and my brain was foggy. 12:15 So something was happening, 12:17 even though I was having a good lifestyle, 12:19 health lifestyle. 12:23 In 2005, I ended up in the hospital 12:27 because my hemoglobin was 7.3. 12:30 And then they had to do blood transfusion. 12:32 And people might not be aware that a hemoglobin of 7.3 12:35 that's very low 12:37 'cause it should be more like 13, 14. 12:39 Wow. Yeah. 12:40 So it was affecting me greatly. 12:43 But, you know, the problem was that nobody knew 12:46 why I was having that problem. 12:47 So I went to hematologist, oncologist 12:50 thinking maybe I have cancer because that kept decreasing. 12:53 So by the year 2006, I still having the problem. 12:58 So I was having also iron infusion 13:01 'cause I ended up with, you know, blood transfusion. 13:05 And so then I found out that, 13:10 you know, I had some food sensitivities 13:12 because I went to the GI lab, a specialized lab. 13:15 And so I had to make some changes 13:18 and, you know, I was studying and researching 13:20 to see what can I do, 13:22 so applying different principles. 13:25 So by 2007, around that time, I was totally recovered. 13:30 So I decided that I need to help people. 13:34 But also, about the same time 13:37 I was reading about Ministry of Healing 13:40 a medical missionary work 13:42 from Ellen G. White 13:44 in that it was saying that, 13:46 you know, we supposed to help people, 13:47 you know, like Jesus did the way. 13:49 He came to this earth. 13:50 He did more healing than preaching. 13:52 So talking about lifestyle centers, 13:55 things like that, 13:57 so I was impressed that I needed to do this work 13:59 especially for the type of population 14:01 that have problems with autoimmune disorders, 14:04 food sensitivities. 14:05 At that time, it wasn't, 14:06 you know, people start having that problem, 14:08 but it wasn't, you know, much help. 14:11 So you wanted to tell me 14:12 that food sensitivity is a real thing. 14:15 The food sensitivity is a real thing. 14:17 It's a very real thing. 14:18 And I think, 14:20 you know, people may not be aware 14:21 that Mercy was trained as a medical doctor in Mexico. 14:27 And then she worked as a nurse here in the States 14:29 when she moved to the States. 14:30 And so when she was going through her problems 14:33 working as a nurse, 14:34 she went from doctor to doctor trying to figure out 14:37 what was causing this anemia. 14:40 Yes. And could not find any answers. 14:43 And so I think that's a real important point, 14:45 that there are a lot of people who have these symptoms 14:49 that doctors nowadays they're scratching their heads. 14:53 Yes. 14:55 You know, there are a lot of us that are having these issues. 14:57 And so to find out 15:00 that simply by changing the diet, 15:02 and this is somebody who's eating healthy, 15:07 plant-based, non-processed, 15:09 you know, getting healthier and healthier 15:11 and still getting sick. 15:12 Yes. 15:14 You know, it's not someone who's like on junk food. 15:16 And so when the reason I think 15:19 that Mercy wanted to do this 15:21 was because she was an autoimmune IV infusion nurse 15:24 dealing with a lot of autoimmune people, 15:27 and then she's coming down with her own problems 15:30 and finding out 15:31 that she's having difficulty finding answers. 15:35 And then she's realizing 15:37 there's something that's very simple 15:39 that can fix this. 15:40 Yes. Yes. 15:42 You should tell them the story about the ulcerative colitis. 15:44 Okay, so there was this lady while, 15:47 you know, I was already well, 15:49 we still see patients with autoimmunity 15:51 make commercial job, 15:52 and I saw a lady that was in a walker 15:55 and she was young. 15:56 She was a nurse. So I was like, "What is this? 15:58 A young lady in a walker." 15:59 So I was asking her 16:01 all the physical things like that. 16:02 And she told me that she was bleeding, 16:06 rectally, continuously, 16:07 so she was getting blood transfusions 16:09 very often and going to... 16:11 And she's in her 30s. 16:12 Wow. In her 30s? 16:14 In her 30s. Late 30s. 16:16 And she was sick for 17 years. 16:18 And so I was saying, "Wow, 16:22 why don't you check yourself for food sensitivities." 16:25 I gave her the GI lab, 16:27 go plant-base, and go clean foods. 16:30 Just avoid all these foods that have been, 16:33 you know, linked to glyphosate things like that. 16:35 And so she did, but, you know, 16:39 I saw her six weeks later. 16:42 After six weeks, she was a strong, 16:44 no walker, she was pink. 16:46 And I say, "What's happening?" 16:48 Because most of people I tell them about it, 16:51 but they don't follow. 16:52 Yes, they don't implement the steps. 16:54 That's the hard part. 16:55 Yeah, but she did 100%, and she was incredible. 17:00 In six weeks, it was just like a new person. 17:03 So that was so impressive to me. 17:06 And I said, "Wow, I really need to help people." 17:09 Yes. Yes. 17:10 Hence the Lifestyle Center. Yeah. 17:12 Well, it's interesting 17:13 'cause she was in Texas at the time. 17:16 And, you know, tell them the story 17:20 of how you found the place. 17:22 So I was looking... 17:24 Because I was hurry in the medical missionary 17:27 from Ellen G. White, 17:28 I had to do a Lifestyle Center. 17:30 So I was looking for two years and nothing was, 17:33 you know, looking good, but then a lady called me. 17:37 I was praying, I was saying, 17:38 God, just show me where I need to go. 17:40 So a friend of mine said, 17:41 "Mercy, I find you the place." And what is that? 17:44 California. 17:46 And I said, "Oh, no, 17:47 I don't want to come to California." 17:48 But, you know, it was an answer to God 17:51 because I was praying at that time 17:52 when she called me. 17:54 I said, "Okay, 17:55 I guess God wants me to go to California." 17:56 So I'm going to California. 17:58 So that's how we moved to California. 18:00 And that was 2011 when we move, 18:04 and we opened up the Lifestyle Center 18:06 in January 2013. 18:08 Wow. Nice, nice. 18:10 I'm sure that you have come across 18:13 quite a few different diets and all of that. 18:17 And I want to share a scripture. 18:19 And it's found in Genesis 1:29. 18:23 And it says, "And God said, 18:25 'See, I have given you every herb 18:27 that yields seed 18:28 which is on the face of all the earth, 18:30 and every tree whose fruit yields seed, 18:33 to you it shall be for food.'" 18:35 So with all of these different diets, 18:37 I'm sure that a lot of the diets 18:40 don't line up 18:41 with what's found the health principles 18:43 that are found in scripture. 18:45 Yes. 18:46 What are some of the diets that you can talk about 18:49 and what's wrong with some of these diets? 18:53 Well, I think that's one reason 18:55 why we were really interested in writing a cookbook 18:58 and doing what we're doing because on our journeys, 19:03 we found that... 19:06 You know, both of us are very interested in lifestyle. 19:09 And both of us are very interested 19:10 in plant-based. 19:11 And I was attending a lot of lifestyle conferences 19:16 on the benefits of plant-based diets, 19:20 and I'm seeing so many miracles. 19:22 But when Mercy had her issues, 19:24 when I had my issues, 19:26 I had problems with chronic pain 19:29 for many, many years. 19:31 And I knew 19:32 because I was conventionally trained in medicine 19:37 and that there were not that many options for me 19:42 other than taking pain medications, 19:43 which I was given. 19:45 I was given actually some opiates, 19:47 and I decided 19:48 that's something I couldn't do, you know? 19:51 You were in a lot of pain. 19:53 I was in a lot of pain. 19:54 I just dealt with chronic pain for many, many years. 19:56 And I thought 19:57 that's what it's the rest of my life is about. 20:00 And so when I would have patients 20:02 come in to see me, 20:03 and they would complain of this or that. 20:06 I would just think, you know, life is hard, 20:07 life is painful. 20:09 And you just have to have a strong mindset. 20:13 And so when I was diagnosed with leaky gut 20:16 and food sensitivities and this type of thing, 20:21 you know, I had gotten to a point 20:24 where it got so bad 20:27 that I just said, "Well, it's worth a try, 20:30 you know, what's the worst that can happen?" 20:31 You know, so I did the elimination diet. 20:33 And being on that type of a diet 20:36 probably took care of about 90% of the pain, 20:40 and then going two years restored 20:41 and learning more about these things, 20:45 it took me even further. 20:49 But the reason that we're interested 20:51 in helping people understand more about this 20:55 was because when we were on our journey, 20:56 we were told that the reason that we had our problems 21:00 was because we were not eating animal products. 21:04 And that we had to adopt 21:08 more of more of these products like bone broth 21:12 and that kind of thing into our diets. 21:14 And neither of us, like for me it was a big shock 21:16 because I was like, "Bone broth? 21:18 What's that all about?" Yeah. 21:19 I never... Yeah. You never heard of it? 21:21 I never heard of bone broth, but... 21:22 You've not heard of bone broth? 21:23 Never. Never. 21:25 It doesn't sound like something 21:26 I would want to try necessarily. 21:28 You know, that's a big deal for the autoimmune community. 21:32 If you go to somebody 21:33 who believes in what you're experiencing 21:38 and is trying to deal with it, 21:40 you know, more of a functional medicine 21:43 and that kind of thing, 21:45 they will tell you that you need to be 21:46 incorporating more of those things 21:48 and that this is what is science-based. 21:53 And if you look at it even further, you'll find out 21:57 this is a whole branch of medicine 21:59 it's evolutionary medicine. 22:02 If you Google that, you will find that. 22:03 Now break that down evolution... 22:05 Because we know about "evolution." 22:08 But evolutionary medicine what's that? 22:10 So this is a branch of medicine that treats people 22:16 according to a paradigm of how they evolved. 22:20 It's based on Darwinian philosophy. 22:23 And this is the most popular paradigm out there. 22:28 If you look up autoimmune lifestyle, 22:31 you'll find autoimmune protocol diet. 22:34 And it is a paleo-based diet 22:38 where you eat according to how you evolved. 22:41 And so that is why we were, 22:43 you know, told that by many of our practitioners 22:46 and in this if you go out into blogs 22:48 and that kind of thing, 22:50 you will find a lot of people who say, 22:51 "I was a vegan, I was plant-based. 22:55 I couldn't get better until I went paleo." 22:58 And so for us, it was a conundrum 22:59 because we were in the health field. 23:03 We are Christians, we believe in the Bible, 23:06 we believe that this is the ideal diet. 23:08 And so we're wondering, is this true? 23:10 Is the paleo, 23:13 really the one that is backed up by evidence? 23:15 Because if the Bible is true, 23:18 we believe that the evidence should back that up, right? 23:21 And so for us, it was this conundrum of like, 23:25 is this true? 23:27 What is right? 23:28 What are we seeing as far as what people are experiencing? 23:32 What is my experience been? 23:34 Why am I sick, even though I'm very plant-based? 23:38 Is it all in my head? 23:39 Am I a hypochondriac? You know what I mean? 23:41 And so, all of these thoughts you're going through. 23:44 Yes. 23:45 And so it was very important for us to try to figure out 23:49 what is really happening. 23:50 It sounds like that other diet that is intertwined with... 23:55 What is it Darwinism? Yes. 23:57 Exactly. 23:59 That is removing the Creator God from the mix. 24:03 Ooh, right. Yes. 24:04 Yes. Absolutely. 24:06 But that's the way science today is set up. 24:11 The paradigm is that there is no Creator God. 24:15 And so that's the basis of the paradigm. 24:19 They couldn't be more wrong about that for sure. 24:22 But the problem is also that there are many Christians 24:27 who are adopting a paleo lifestyle 24:31 and not thinking about 24:33 those types of implications at all. 24:35 If you go and Google, 24:36 you know, should a Christian eat a paleo diet, 24:39 you will find people saying things like, 24:41 "It doesn't matter." 24:42 That's, you know, 24:44 what your religious beliefs are, 24:47 it doesn't matter what you do with your diet. 24:50 So there's a lot of dissonance. 24:51 And what does the paleo diet consists of? 24:54 So the paleo diet is they remove grains 24:58 and, you know, as you read 24:59 the verse grains is part of the eating diet. 25:02 And some removed also nuts 25:06 and also legumes, 25:09 so they focus on meat and vegetables. 25:12 So they do believe in the food sensitivities, 25:16 and they do good tasting 25:18 and they have a really good knowledge 25:21 of autoimmune disorder food sensitivities, 25:23 this is their functional medicine. 25:25 And so that's why they have so many followers. 25:28 So the community or the main community 25:30 is following the functional medicine 25:32 which is paleo base. 25:33 Okay. 25:35 So as Bible believers, 25:39 we had to find out. 25:41 Okay, there is also science behind the plant-base. 25:44 So we dig into the literature, 25:47 that medical literature about the science 25:49 that also backup the Bible. 25:52 And then we also read the books from Ellen G. White 25:55 that she's written so many books on health... 25:59 And how to eat. And how to eat. 26:00 Those principles are amazing. Yes, those are amazing. 26:05 So when we incorporate the science, 26:08 those books and also the Bible, 26:10 then we have seen amazing changes, 26:14 amazing recoveries. 26:15 And I should say that the paleo diet, 26:18 the reason that we don't eat 26:20 legumes and grains 26:24 and that type of thing is because they believe 26:25 that we humans were hunters and gatherers. 26:29 And so there are some who will even say 26:31 that farming is the worst thing 26:32 that the worst mistake that humans ever made. 26:35 So it's a totally different paradigm. 26:38 And so we don't think that it's correct. 26:43 And so we think that, 26:44 you know, if you're doing things 26:46 according to the wrong paradigm, 26:47 you're gonna end up at the wrong place. 26:49 And we have found that people do get better 26:54 doing this autoimmune paleo diet to a certain degree. 26:59 But then it plateaus. 27:00 Well, the thing is that usually if you ask them 27:03 what they did before the paleo diet, 27:06 it was a standard American diet. 27:07 And so a lot of these different protocols 27:11 they are major improvements 27:12 from what someone was doing prior. 27:14 So they are gonna improve. 27:15 So they see a little bit of improvement. 27:17 Got you. 27:18 So but we want people to get well, right? 27:20 Yes. Following God's ways. 27:21 Now correct me if I'm wrong, 27:23 but don't dairy products or meat products 27:27 or animal products rather 27:28 doesn't that cause inflammation? 27:31 Yes. Yes. 27:33 Absolutely. Okay. 27:34 And break down what an autoimmune disease is? 27:37 What is that? 27:39 Autoimmune disease 27:41 is when your immune system is over activated, 27:45 and I believe it's over activated 27:47 because you have these toxins that putting in your system 27:49 so the virus trying to destroy them. 27:51 But since you keep putting those toxins, 27:53 they start destroying your organs, different organs, 27:57 so you end up with lupus, you end up with the CIDP 28:01 which is neurological condition, 28:02 or you end up with type one diabetes 28:04 affecting the pancreas, or you end up with, 28:07 you know, it can affect any part of the body, 28:09 your brain, your skin... 28:12 So it is incredible epidemic. 28:17 For you to develop autoimmune disease, 28:20 for you to develop this confusion 28:21 'cause usually the immune system 28:24 is there to protect you. 28:26 It is something that serves many functions in the body 28:30 for you to just stay well. 28:31 And for it to become confused 28:34 so that it would start turning against itself. 28:37 There has to be a few things that happen. 28:39 Number one, you need to have a genetic predisposition. 28:42 So typically, you know, if you come from family members 28:46 that have autoimmune or gut problems, 28:50 that kind of thing. 28:52 Number two, you need to have gut permeability. 28:55 Okay. 28:56 That's this condition that we call leaky gut 28:59 where the gut is inflamed. 29:02 Different reasons for why food and bacteria 29:06 would enter into the body. 29:08 Okay. 29:10 And usually, it happens for a number of reasons. 29:15 They found for instance, 29:16 Dr. Alessio Fasano found that by eating wheat, gluten 29:21 that gluten causes your body to produce 29:24 a protein called zonulin. 29:25 Okay. 29:27 And that zonulin 29:28 when it attaches to the receptors 29:30 on your intestinal cells 29:33 that it'll cause them to lose the tight junctions 29:36 that causes them to stick together. 29:38 And so that causes you to develop the leakiness. 29:41 And so now food rather than being digested 29:44 to its smallest particles will get absorbed earlier. 29:49 Okay. 29:50 And so, and then you also have, 29:52 you know, if you have medications 29:53 and these types of things 29:55 that are disrupting the mucous membrane, 30:00 or the mucus barrier 30:01 and you're not drinking enough water, 30:03 because mucus is like 99% water, 30:06 you know, 30:08 then that'll contribute to it as well. 30:10 So you need to have a leaky gut, 30:13 and then an inflammatory trigger. 30:15 Okay. 30:17 So that inflammatory trigger can be medications, 30:19 it can be antibiotics, 30:21 it can be different foods that you're eating 30:25 or not eating, maybe malnutrition, 30:27 it can be even emotional stress. 30:29 Eighty percent of those who have autoimmune disease 30:31 report some kind of severe stress 30:35 around the same time. 30:37 So you need to have a few things 30:39 that are happening. 30:40 It's not just one day you wake up 30:41 and you have autoimmune disease, you know? 30:43 Got you. Got you. 30:44 It's interesting to me 30:45 how foods can either heal us or kill us. 30:47 Exactly. 30:49 Yeah, that's pretty interesting. 30:50 How did you guys come together and create this cookbook? 30:56 Well, in 2011, I was diagnosed with leaky gut. 31:00 And so I started an elimination diet, 31:03 and it was improving the pain and that type of thing. 31:07 I didn't know how to reincorporate foods. 31:11 And so I was doing well, 31:12 but I was wanting to reincorporate foods. 31:15 And I thought pretty much 31:17 this was gonna be the best that I got. 31:19 And then in 2015, I listened to a talk 31:22 by Gabriel Arruda on Audio Verse. 31:26 You're familiar with Audio Verse. 31:28 Oh, yeah, definitely. Definitely. 31:29 And he mentioned 31:32 how a woman by the name of Mercy Ballard 31:36 had a Lifestyle Center, 31:37 and it had helped his mother who had liver failure 31:41 from autoimmune disease 31:43 and how it had helped him 31:44 with the same autoimmune liver problem. 31:48 And I thought that's really interesting. 31:50 I'd never heard of Lifestyle Center 31:53 helping people with autoimmune conditions. 31:55 And I knew I had some kind of, 31:57 you know, leaky gut type of process happening. 32:01 So I called her, 32:04 and I actually didn't wanna pay to go to a program. 32:08 I just wanted to watch. 32:11 But she didn't allow that. 32:13 So I went there in 2016 of January. 32:18 Okay. 32:19 And when I went there, I was doing a lot better, 32:21 but I still had the joint pain, it wasn't as bad, 32:26 but, you know? 32:27 And I was having difficulty of breathing, 32:29 really bad difficulty of breathing at night. 32:31 And I would pray, "Lord, please help me to breathe," 32:33 and then I go to sleep. 32:35 And I realized on the third day, 32:37 this as a 10-day program, 32:39 that I woke up to go on a walk. 32:43 And I realized I didn't have any pain. 32:46 Wow. 32:47 And I realized that I wasn't having difficulty 32:51 of breathing at night. 32:53 And it was, I guess, for me at that point, 32:55 it was just such a difference from anything 32:59 that I'd ever experience 33:00 even though I've been to other lifestyle programs, 33:03 you know, I've been interested in health all this time, 33:05 I've been doing health programs at churches. 33:08 And I thought, you know, 33:11 everything that I'm learning here, 33:13 it makes sense. 33:14 And I wonder why more people don't know about this. 33:18 And I saw Mercy was doing this by herself. 33:23 And I thought, "Well, you know, 33:25 I'll just keep in touch with her 33:26 try to encourage her." 33:27 And we would talk on the phone... 33:29 And pray. We became friends. 33:31 And then one year... 33:35 It was a couple of years later, 33:36 I think that I was really praying 33:39 about what to do 'cause I knew, 33:41 you know, if I was trying to help people 33:44 in my clinic, when they would come, 33:46 I would try to help them lose weight, 33:48 stop smoking, these kinds of things. 33:50 And I don't think we established 33:51 what type of doctor you are. 33:53 Oh, yeah, I'm an ophthalmologist. 33:55 Yes. So I mostly operate. 33:58 Okay. 34:00 But I... You must have steady hands. 34:05 But I know that lifestyle contributes 34:08 to at least 80% of chronic disease. 34:11 I'm a glaucoma specialist by training. 34:13 And so I know that, 34:15 you know, the glaucoma is a chronic illness. 34:18 I know that, you know, 34:20 if I help people with their lifestyle, 34:22 that it will help them overall. 34:24 And so I would try to ask them what they're eating 34:28 and, you know, just see if I could help them 34:30 make progress in their health journey. 34:33 And I thought, "You know, I'm doing a good job." 34:35 I think initially, I was thinking that, right? 34:37 You know, 'cause I'm like, "All right, 34:39 I helped someone lose weight. Oh, that's awesome. 34:41 I helped someone stop smoking. 34:42 You know, thank you, Lord, 34:43 for, you know, this opportunity." 34:45 And I was happy with that. 34:47 And then I realized, 34:48 if I keep going the rest of my career, 34:50 like this, say 20 years like this, 34:52 I'll have like maybe 20 patients, 34:55 you know, at the end of it, right? 34:56 And I thought, if Jesus is coming soon, 35:00 and I really wanna help people know that He's coming 35:03 and is this the best use of my time? 35:06 You know, is this really the best way to help people? 35:10 And so as I was talking to Mercy, I was like, 35:11 "Mercy, let's do an online course." 35:13 Okay. 35:14 And I said, "Okay, we're gonna shoot video. 35:19 And so I started buying all this video equipment." 35:22 She's like, "Okay, I'll help you." 35:24 So in June of 2017 35:31 for six months, I was preparing for June. 35:34 Wow. 35:36 To shoot this course. 35:37 Six-month preparation, yeah. 35:38 Six months I was buying everything 35:40 and then I bought the video camera, 35:43 and I was trying to watch on YouTube 35:45 how to use this video camera. 35:47 And then I realized it's just too much for me. 35:49 And so I started praying for a videographer. 35:52 Nice. 35:54 And then the person helping me at my house 35:57 every once in a while, her name's Leslie. 36:00 She told me that her son was in high school, 36:03 and he really enjoyed doing videography. 36:05 So I asked if he would be my videographer. 36:08 That's an answer to prayer. 36:09 So one month before June, I got my videographer. 36:13 So I told Mercy. 36:14 I was like, "Mercy, we got a videographer." 36:17 And she was like, "That's great." 36:19 She's like, "Maybe he can take pictures 36:21 of the dishes between the shots, 36:25 and we can do the cookbook." 36:27 Wow. That's not a good idea, Jason. 36:29 You know, that's not gonna work. 36:31 So you're taking pictures 36:32 of so you're kind of getting like beauty shots 36:34 in between the... 36:36 Yeah, yeah. 36:39 That's not gonna work, right? 36:41 But Mercy was like, "Yeah, that'll be no problem." 36:44 And I thought I was kind of irritated 36:47 'cause I was like, "Mercy, 36:48 you were gonna help me with this online course. 36:50 We're not gonna have time to do this." 36:52 Yes. Yes. 36:53 So but we prayed, 36:56 and we were praying for a photographer 36:58 and then two weeks before 37:00 my sister had arranged for a photography session 37:04 with her nanny, Liz. 37:06 And she said, "Joyce, 37:08 Liz has just started a photography business." 37:11 Wow. 37:13 And she's like, it's so funny 37:14 because when she took pictures of the kids 37:17 and sent them to me on the phone, 37:18 she's like, they were always really blurry. 37:22 And now... And now... 37:24 She started a photography business. 37:27 So we took the family pictures, and I asked Liz, 37:30 if she'd be willing to try shooting pictures 37:33 for the cookbook. 37:34 And she had time 37:36 because she was just starting out. 37:37 Yes. 37:38 So you got in at the ground level. 37:40 I did. 37:41 I love it. That's great. 37:43 And I thought, well, 37:44 who knows but it'll be better than what I can do, right? 37:47 And she took fabulous pictures. 37:50 She's really talented. 37:51 Yes. Yes. 37:53 And your cookbook looks really good. 37:55 You know, we have, 37:57 we actually have a graphic of the cookbook. 38:00 And you have pictures turned out great. 38:03 I'm wondering maybe we can show some of the pictures 38:05 of what the back. 38:08 Oh, absolutely. 38:10 Absolutely. 38:11 So you want to... 38:13 Okay, so there's Leslie and her son Bryce. 38:16 He's the one that did the videography. 38:17 How old was he? 38:19 I think Bryce was like a sophomore in high school. 38:21 And you can see that he went over and above 38:25 to set up for this course. 38:28 And, you know, there's Liz 38:32 and him setting up for doing all of this. 38:34 And all that was in your house, right? 38:36 This is at my house. 38:37 This is at my house. I love the kitchen. 38:38 Yeah, it's nice. 38:40 Well, I had gotten this and this Liz shooting the food. 38:44 I purchased the home 38:45 thinking I wanted to teach cooking classes, 38:48 and I did do a few of those. 38:50 That's our favorite recipe, 38:51 the buckwheat waffles that's from the book. 38:54 And yes, Bryce and Liz again, 38:58 the next slide will show us working in the kitchen. 39:01 This is while we were doing the course in June. 39:04 Wow. 39:05 And this is the whole crew. So Bryce there. 39:09 We had one of Mercy's friends Raquel and her daughter, 39:13 Nicole come and help us to get the food ready. 39:16 It was like a four or five-day production. 39:19 And these are our tortillas. 39:21 Now we're making tortillas with sprouted ingredients. 39:25 Okay. 39:27 Mostly organic and making them available 39:29 so that it's more convenient for people. 39:31 That's incredible. That's incredible. 39:33 Can you summarize the principles 39:36 in the autoimmune plant-based cookbook? 39:38 Yeah. 39:39 I think, why don't you start out. 39:42 So number one is plant-based. 39:44 In this whole plant-based, no processed foods 39:46 so people have to cook from scratch. 39:48 So we make a seven-day menu 39:50 there so people can follow that and be easy to do it. 39:55 So because... 39:56 So the whole week is planned out. 39:58 Yeah, exactly. 39:59 So if you read the book, there's so many principles 40:01 that we follow that, you know, we gonna go over. 40:03 Yes. 40:05 But, you know, people get confused. 40:07 And it's just so much information. 40:08 So we decided, let's put it in seven days. 40:11 So they don't have to find recipes here and there, 40:13 but just go directly there and do the breakfast and lunch 40:16 and they can repeat it. 40:17 So people are doing this and then, 40:19 you know, we get good emails, 40:22 like, "I've been following you for two months, 40:24 and I'm fine now," things like that. 40:26 So it's just incredible. 40:28 So that's one of the bases. 40:30 Another thing we do is we remove the lectins 40:34 from the grains because the grains... 40:36 The reason why paleo removed the grains 40:38 because it's full of lectins. 40:40 And this is one of the links to the food sensitivities. 40:44 So what we do is we soak them and it's sprouted, 40:48 so it just makes a big difference. 40:51 Yeah, but we do remove the grains and the nuts 40:55 for two months because it's kind of too harsh 40:57 for people that have a leaky gut 41:00 at the beginning while they're recovering. 41:03 After the two months or four months depending 41:06 when the symptoms are gone, then we reintroduce them. 41:08 And when we reintroduce them as we soak them 41:11 and the grains, 41:13 we like to process for two days 41:17 just to remove... 41:19 The lectins? 41:20 Yeah, as much as we can. 41:22 And then they reintroduce that the grains and nuts 41:25 one at a time once a week. 41:27 Yeah. 41:29 But in the meantime, we use the pseudo-grains. 41:33 And the pseudo-grains are easy to digest 41:36 and you don't need to process them so long, 41:38 you don't need to cook them as long as the grains. 41:42 Okay? So it's a short time cooking. 41:44 A faster process. 41:45 Yeah, so these pseudo-grains 41:47 are the quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth. 41:50 There's a new one now is kaniwa. 41:52 Got you. Well... 41:53 Oh, go. 41:54 I was just gonna say we have a video of Joel. 41:57 Oh, okay. 41:58 And we've got a few videos 42:00 that we wanna get to time is escaping us. 42:01 That's a good one. 42:02 So we're gonna take a look at the video with Joel. 42:06 Let's take a look at that now. 42:08 My name is Joel Moutray, I'm 30 years old, 42:09 and I have psoriasis. 42:11 It was about 11 years ago 42:13 when I was just graduated from high school, 42:15 I had first discover that I had psoriasis. 42:17 Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition 42:19 where the skin grows faster than normal 42:22 because the body is attacking itself. 42:24 And so it manifests itself in red, scaly, flaky skin, 42:28 you know, going out in public and people saying, 42:30 "Oh, what happened to your leg?" 42:32 You know, like, "Is that poison oak? 42:34 Is that mosquito bites?" 42:35 And you have to say, "Oh, no, it's just psoriasis." 42:37 They're like, "Is it contagious?" You know? 42:39 And so just having to go through those experiences, 42:42 you know, having it in your scalp 42:43 and having every morning, 42:45 you know, putting gel in your hair, 42:46 and then forgetting that you forgot to, 42:47 you know, clean out your scalp a little bit 42:49 so that there's not white flakes in your hair, 42:51 and you have to take a whole complete new shower. 42:53 And so for many years, I just kind of signed off, 42:55 and I was I guess I'll just gonna live with this forever. 42:57 And I think at a deep core level 42:59 I had to do with the fact that I didn't believe 43:01 healing was possible even. 43:03 Just about a month ago, 43:04 I came back from the Years Restored program 43:06 where I learned, you know, 43:08 through cooking demonstrations and natural remedies 43:10 and hydrotherapy and sauna, 43:12 and also powerful and informative lectures 43:15 based on science, 43:16 the principles that I needed to know 43:18 on how to reverse my autoimmune disease. 43:20 So after leaving Years Restored program, 43:22 it has been an amazing experience. 43:23 I've been in almost 90% remission. 43:26 The pictures show that 43:27 that my body and my skin is clearing up. 43:29 In my case, 43:31 the reason why I wasn't pursuing recovering and healing 43:33 was because I didn't believe it was possible. 43:34 So the first step that I would recommend anyone 43:37 is to educate yourself. 43:38 In this course, it's absolutely amazing 43:40 because it'll teach you everything, 43:42 you know, not only scientifically, 43:43 but practically 43:44 on what it means to have an autoimmune disease, 43:46 how to overcome it 43:47 and what causes autoimmune diseases. 43:49 And so number one, you wanna inform yourself, 43:51 you wanna feed that information 43:52 because when you receive information, 43:54 you'll then be inspired. 43:56 And when you're inspired, 43:57 then you can start taking action. 43:58 And what's beautiful is that they also have systems in place 44:01 to actually help you and coach you along the way 44:03 after the course as well. 44:04 My interactions with Mercy and with Dr. Joyce 44:07 have been amazing 44:08 because not only do they give you 44:10 excellent scientific based information 44:11 as well as practical demonstrations 44:13 and tips on how to implement this, 44:15 shopping lists, and all these kinds of things 44:17 that help you on your journey to heal in your recovery. 44:20 But I really admire their desire to help me 44:23 and help everyone that they interact 44:24 with because their goal is not to become millionaires, 44:27 their goal is not to do all these things, 44:29 but their goal is my healing, your healing, 44:33 and they invest time and energy, 44:35 and they go above and beyond any expectations really. 44:39 I received more than I even paid for 44:41 going to the Years Restored program. 44:43 And, you know, taking this course 44:44 is something that I would highly recommend 44:47 because you receive that not only information, 44:49 but you'll receive that community 44:50 and support on your healing journey. 44:58 Wow. 45:00 It sounds like that was a tremendous blessing 45:02 for Joel, before we went to the video, 45:04 you were trying to say something. 45:06 Well, I just wanted to clarify too. 45:07 And you were asking 45:09 what the principles of this cookbook are 45:11 and Years Restored, what do we do differently? 45:13 Yes. 45:14 And so one of the things that Mercy said, 45:16 we're whole foods plant-based, 45:18 we do decrease lectins by soaking and sprouting 45:21 all the high lectin foods 45:22 that would be seeds, grains, nuts, beans. 45:25 And so we teach you how to cook that way. 45:26 Okay. 45:28 And then the other thing is that we teach you 45:29 about why this is happening. 45:30 And we believe that it has to do 45:32 with what's happening 45:33 with industrialized agriculture. 45:35 What's happening, especially with glyphosate, 45:37 if you read about glyphosate, 45:39 it's patented not only as a weed killer, 45:41 roundup, but it's also a mineral key later, 45:44 it will grab up your minerals, 45:46 and it's also patented as an antibiotic. 45:48 So think about the effect that that's having on your gut. 45:51 So we teach people about why this is happening, 45:54 why it's so important, 45:56 and how to remove the things that are high risk, 46:00 GMO or genetically modified and glyphosate 46:04 and the importance of being consistent with it. 46:08 How to eat according to the principles 46:10 that we were talking about that kind of stuff. 46:12 Wow, that's huge. 46:13 Now we also have a seed butter. 46:16 Okay, This next video, 46:19 I wanna show you what we're doing now. 46:21 So because people can't come to the program. 46:24 So that's why we did the cookbook, 46:26 but we also have the online course 46:28 available soon. 46:30 So that course with all the videos, 46:32 so we're gonna show you the promo 46:34 we debuted it in October had 100 people, 46:37 and we wanted to provide a community 46:40 where people can join and not only learn education, 46:43 information, 46:44 but where we could encourage and interact. 46:47 So that's what we're gonna show in the video. 46:50 I love it. That's incredible. 46:51 In fact, let's go to that video right now. 46:54 Mercy and I recently published 46:57 The Autoimmune Plant Based Cookbook. 46:59 And in October of 2019, 47:02 we conducted our first online course. 47:06 We called it The Autoimmune Recovery Plan. 47:09 We provided 20 lectures on autoimmune disease, 47:13 leaky gut, and how to heal. 47:15 We also provided video demonstrations 47:17 on how to prepare foods 47:19 from The Autoimmune Plant Based Cookbook 47:21 and how to have a successful health journey. 47:44 So welcome to this lesson today. 47:45 We're gonna talk about how to make butters and spreads 47:50 from things like pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. 47:54 And so what we've done is that we have already soaked. 47:58 And soaked the pumpkin seeds 48:02 and the sunflower seeds overnight, 48:05 and then we have dehydrated them 48:07 for about 24 hours. 48:09 And so today, we're gonna make this 48:12 from the pumpkin seeds, 48:13 but I just wanted to at least show you the pumpkin 48:17 and the sunflower seeds. 48:18 And so, Mercy, can you just let us know 48:20 how many cups of what we're gonna use? 48:22 Sure. 48:24 So we have one cup of pumpkin seeds 48:25 and one cup of shredded coconut. 48:29 That makes it super great. 48:32 So one cup of coconut and one cup of pumpkin seeds 48:37 that have already been soaked overnight, 48:40 and how much salt is this? 48:41 This is one teaspoon of salt 48:43 that we're gonna add it toward the end, 48:44 otherwise it doesn't make butter for some reason. 48:47 And the pumpkin seeds have to be super dried. 48:50 Okay. Yeah. 48:51 So you want to make sure 48:53 that if you wash this right before you use it, 48:54 that you dry it really good. 48:56 You don't want to have any moisture. 48:59 So we're gonna run it for about 20 minutes, 49:01 right, Joyce? 49:03 Yeah, the thing about this is that I've made it with salt. 49:05 And so that's probably why it doesn't processed. 49:08 So it's gonna be 20 minutes and... 49:12 On high. 49:13 Okay, so we're... 49:20 So here are the seed butters at the end 49:23 of about what 20 minutes of processing 49:27 and here's the sunflower. 49:29 You can see the pumpkin seed. 49:30 It's a beautiful green, 49:32 and we didn't show you 49:36 how we processed sunflower seeds, 49:37 but you can do it exactly the same 49:39 with equal parts of sunflower seeds, 49:42 coconut, and salt. 49:44 Well, not equal part salt, 49:45 but about a teaspoon of salt per cup of each, 49:50 if that makes sense. 49:52 But we just tried this morning 49:54 and it was a huge hit for our crew here today. 50:00 Hope that you enjoy it as well. 50:04 Wow, that was a quick recipe there. 50:08 And so is this program. 50:09 I mean, our time is really dwindling down. 50:12 Real quick, 50:13 what are some of the needs of your ministry? 50:17 Well, we really want this to be a movement that grows. 50:21 We want this to be just as popular 50:23 or more than functional medicine. 50:25 We want people to think about creation 50:28 rather than evolution when it comes to their health. 50:31 And so just to let people know that there is an online course 50:34 to get more education out there 50:36 our website WholenessMarket.com, 50:41 that's where they can get the book. 50:42 Okay. That'll support us. 50:45 We're also producing tortillas 50:47 'cause we want to produce food that is safe, that is sprouted, 50:53 you know, if you get gluten-free bread, 50:55 it's not gonna have sprouted ingredients in it. 50:57 Yes. 50:58 So that those are the types of things 51:00 that we want people to value. 51:01 Got you. 51:02 And so if they could go to Wholeness Market, 51:05 support us, like us on Facebook, 51:07 join our plant-based gut health group on Facebook 51:10 and, you know, that type of thing. 51:13 Help us write up these things, get blogs out, and all that. 51:17 And then do you need volunteers or anything? 51:19 We would love anything. 51:21 We're just starting out. 51:23 It's just us, and we have Liz helping us, 51:26 and we're working with Danny Kwan 51:27 and Seung Hoon 51:29 and some of these other people for the course. 51:31 But we do need help. 51:33 Yeah, yeah. 51:35 It seems like the work is so huge. 51:36 Yes. Yes, Yes, absolutely. 51:39 Well, we are going to get ready 51:41 to go to the address role and a news break, 51:45 and we will be right back. 51:46 Don't go anywhere. 51:53 If you would like to find out more about 51:55 what you can do about autoimmune disease, 51:57 The Years Restored Lifestyle Center 51:59 or The Autoimmune Recovery Plan, 52:01 visit the website AutoimmuneRecoveryPlan.com, 52:04 that's AutoimmuneRecoveryPlan.com. 52:08 You may also email them at Hello 52:10 @AutoimmuneRecoveryPlan.com 52:13 or right to Years Restored, 52:14 Post Office Box 301, Forbestown, California 95941. |
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