Participants: Don Mackintosh, David DeRose
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000080
00:45 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:46 I'm your host Don Mackintosh 00:48 and you're in for a real treat today 00:50 We have with us Dr. DeRose from Lifestyle Center of America 00:54 I'm glad that you're with us, David. 00:56 Good to be with you, Don. 00:57 What do you do there exactly 00:58 at the Lifestyle Center of America? 01:00 Well actually, I work with a team... 01:02 It's a great privilege to work with a team of 01:05 Christian health professionals who really try to 01:07 move people not in the direction of using more 01:10 medications and drugs, 01:11 but actually looking at what can we do with lifestyle. 01:16 What kind of simple things can we take advantage of 01:18 that can make a difference in our health. 01:20 And so people come to our center with conditions like 01:23 heart disease, diabetes, weight problems, high blood pressure. 01:27 They come with risk factors, high cholesterol... 01:30 They come with concerns about diabetes in a family member 01:34 ...I don't want this to happen to me. 01:36 And so, these are the kind of issues that motivate people 01:39 that come to our center. 01:40 We work with them in a residential setting. 01:43 We help them get on an excellent exercise program, 01:45 a good diet... and all that is done under a medical umbrella. 01:49 I, as an MD, other physicians on our staff work with them, nurses 01:54 We have a dietician there. 01:56 We have an exercise physiologist 01:59 ...a team of exercise trainers. 02:01 So really, a whole range of people... 02:03 professional health educators... 02:05 so really try to give a very well-rounded experience 02:08 in a short time. 02:09 It's a beautiful location too. 02:11 I've been there... sort of up on the mountain there 02:12 and it is a nice setting. 02:15 You know, one of the big concerns that people have today 02:17 is their weight... at least it would seem. 02:20 Is this a big problem in America? 02:22 I mean, it's really a tremendous concern from a 02:25 public health standpoint. 02:26 Don, in the last 10 years, the average American 02:29 has gained 8 pounds. 02:30 So, as our viewers are sitting here watching, 02:33 and if they've gained more than that, 02:36 that's above the average, but the point is 02:37 the average person is gaining and with weight gain, 02:40 comes increasing risk of certain types of cancer, 02:44 increased heart disease risk, 02:45 increased problems with osteoarthritis... 02:48 the wear and tear arthritis that can affect hips, 02:51 and knees, and ankles, especially when you're 02:53 bearing a lot of weight... 02:54 high blood pressure, diabetes, all on that list 02:58 of problems that RISE as our weight rises. 03:01 Why are we gaining weight like that? 03:03 Well, the evidence points to our LIFESTYLE! 03:07 I mean, our genetics really haven't changed... Um hm 03:10 Our lifestyles have though. 03:11 We're sitting in front of the TV a lot more... 03:14 We're driving a lot more. 03:16 I mean, I can even remember as a kid... 03:17 Now maybe this is dating me, but we could walk to the 03:20 grocery store Sounds unheard of... 03:23 Why would you do that? Yeah it's crazy, isn't it? 03:25 But that was not uncommon. 03:28 What do we do today? 03:29 We get in our cars, and we drive here, we drive there. 03:31 What kind of work do we do? Um hm 03:33 We're a HIGH TECH society... 03:35 we're sitting at desks, we're doing office jobs, 03:38 we're in the service industry. 03:40 You know, we're working with the internet and the media. 03:43 And all these things, many of these TREMENDOUS 03:46 technologic advances... but what's happening to us 03:49 as far as lifestyle? 03:50 We're getting more sedentary, more inactive... 03:52 and then our diets... Are our diets getting better? 03:56 Ahhhh BIGGER, but not better. 03:58 Bigger, yeah, but not better. 04:00 That's what tends to happen. 04:01 What about young people... 04:02 I've heard a lot about, you know teenagers that even are now 04:06 getting big. REAL concerns, real concerns, 04:09 And one of the AREAS that really highlights this is DIABETES 04:12 because both inactivity, poor dietary choices, 04:16 and weight gain, all contribute to that diagnosis. 04:19 The adult-onset diabetes... that's what we used to call it 04:22 We can't call it that anymore. 04:23 We call it diabetes type 2, or type 2 diabetes. 04:26 WHY? There are kids as young as 5 years old, in America 04:30 that have type 2 diabetes! Oh man! 04:33 That is sad! So what's the answer? 04:36 I see at the end of my street... 04:38 before I, you know, came down here, got on the plane, 04:40 traveled over here... 04:42 It says, "Lose 30 pounds in 3 days" or whatever 30 days... 04:47 Is that the answer? 04:48 Unfortunately not. 04:50 I mean, it's bad news to a lot of people listening to us 04:53 but people WANT the quick fix. 04:55 You get motivated... you know we're going to be talking about 04:57 how you can trim down a little bit on the program today 05:00 and someone is going to say "YEAH, 30 pounds" 05:03 They come to our center that way, Don. 05:05 They come to our 19-day program, 05:07 and they want to lose 50 pounds! 05:09 We've only had one person lose 40 or 50 pounds 05:12 in our 19-day program. Um hm 05:14 Was that through amputation? Ha, ha, ha 05:18 Actually, it was against our medical advice. 05:20 He got so excited about some fasting early in the program... 05:24 he felt that he was called to do a 40-day fast. 05:28 Now this might sound like an amusing story, 05:30 but we were having to work with him and make sure 05:33 he got nutritional supplementation... 05:35 I kept discouraging this guy. 05:37 We use short fasts... they have a role in a number of 05:40 disease states. By short, 3-5 days. 05:43 And he left our program after 19 days, still determined 05:47 he was going to stick with this 40 day fast. 05:49 And believe me, we were praying for him. 05:51 And we're glad that he felt, because he had a number of 05:54 other problems, that he shouldn't continue that fast... 05:57 I heard about a week later, when I talked with him, 06:00 that he had come off the fast. 06:02 Boy, that... so diets and this type of thing is really... 06:05 It's not the BEST way to go about it. 06:08 The reason why it's such an excellent example, 06:10 is because I was trying to tell this guy... 06:12 Yeah, it's fine, you can lose a lot of weight with a total fast, 06:15 but it's DANGEROUS, it's RISKY... 06:17 And we were checking blood on him, and he had us scared 06:20 because... you know we let people kind of run their own 06:22 show when they're at the Lifestyle Center. 06:24 If someone doesn't want to fast, you know, they don't have to. 06:27 If someone wants to fast for 19 days, we never once 06:30 FORCE food into this guy's mouth. 06:32 But we were concerned. 06:34 The point was, he hadn't learned the optimal lifestyle when he 06:38 went back home. 06:39 So it was kind of an artificial thing where 06:42 you can't really LIVE that way forever. 06:44 That's right, and that's what many of these diets are, Don. 06:47 Even though it's not a total fast, 06:48 people say, "Look-it. Hey! graduation is coming, 06:51 family reunion is coming, 25th high school reunion is 06:55 coming, I'm going to LOSE the weight; 06:56 I'm going to wear that dress; 06:58 I'm going to, you know, LOOK really trim"... good for that 07:00 and die the next... Yeah! That's it. 07:03 And then they go out and binge the next day. 07:04 Don, when I work with patients, 07:06 I'd rather have them make small changes, 07:09 that they're going to stick with... than HUGE CHANGES 07:12 that there's no possibility they're going to stick with 07:15 for the rest of their life. 07:16 Oh man... So, really, it takes a long time to gain the weight 07:21 It's going to take a while to get rid of it. 07:23 Definitely, and you DON"T WANT to just lose the water 07:26 and lose the fat and the muscle with it. 07:28 If you lose weight rapidly like on a fast, 07:30 you are losing muscle mass. 07:32 Protein... You're losing protein 07:34 And MUSCLE MASS is what drives your metabolism. 07:38 This is one of the reasons why people tend to yo-yo. 07:40 You lose the weight rapidly... 07:42 it's going to tend to come back on, 07:43 and you're going to tend to gain even more. 07:45 So, you don't want to lose the protein... 07:46 So do we need a high protein diets? 07:48 You know, a lot of people think that's the solution. 07:51 The high protein diets are very scary to a lot of us 07:54 in the public health arena. 07:56 The reason why... 07:57 If you look at the foods that people are eating, 07:59 not only do these foods RAISE some of the more recently 08:03 appreciated heart disease risk factors, 08:05 at least the research indicates they SHOULD, 08:08 I haven't seen anyone study these diets in that respect... 08:11 Like homocysteine, a well-appreciated risk factor 08:15 now for heart disease. 08:17 What about cancer risk? 08:19 There's a body of research literature that suggests 08:22 as we increase our animal product consumption, 08:25 we increase our risk for cancer. 08:28 What about kidney risk? 08:29 Kidney risk is a concern because animal protein 08:32 seems to be hard on the kidney. 08:34 So there's a LIST of concerns. 08:36 A very interesting concern was raised by researchers at the 08:39 "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" 08:41 The Workmans, brain chemistry researchers there, 08:44 raised this concern with the high protein diets... 08:46 High protein diets seem calculated to LOWER 08:51 a good chemical in your brain called "serotonin" 08:54 Oh... that's not good. 08:55 ...People are taking drugs to raise serotonin today. 08:58 You know, the Prozacs and Effexors, and things, 09:00 they RAISE serotonin... they help fight depression. 09:03 Here's the concern the Workmans have... 09:05 People stick with these high protein diets for a while, 09:08 and they're suggesting it's going to increase 09:11 their likelihood for relapse. 09:12 It's going to decrease their mood over time... 09:15 and they're going to throw in the towel and not stick with it. 09:17 And there's a common scenario... 09:18 whether it's the brain chemistry linkage, 09:20 or just getting sick and tired 09:21 of having bacon and eggs 3 times a day. 09:24 So that the main things against the protein diet 09:27 are #1... what it does to your body itself. 09:31 There are long-term concerns... there are long-term concerns 09:33 And you can't live that way... 09:34 Isn't that sort of like a starvation diet? 09:37 I mean, that's the other thing, 09:38 if someone really tells me... 09:39 "Hey Dr. DeRose, I'm going to stick with this diet 09:41 for the rest of my life" 09:42 And I say, "... You know, I'm worried" 09:44 because all of the cancer literature... 09:47 I mean, a while back I looked at, you know, 09:49 over 100 studies that looked at fruit and vegetable 09:52 consumption in cancer prevention. 09:54 Almost without exception, Don, those studies show 09:57 ...Eat more fruits. Eat more vegetables... 09:59 You decrease your risk of cancer. Um hm 10:01 It's not that way when it comes to meat, and animal products. 10:04 And that's what these people are pushing. 10:05 So they say, "I want to lower my weight, I want to look better" 10:08 "Hey, I even lowered my cholesterol" 10:10 ...some of them are finding on these diets. 10:12 But what's happening to your cancer risk? 10:14 CANCER is going to be the leading killer of Americans 10:17 in the near future! 10:18 Heart disease rates coming down. 10:20 Stroke rates coming down. 10:21 And I'll tell you, when it comes to the leading cause of death, 10:24 cancer is going to be on the top of the list 10:26 and I am VERY much afraid of pushing these animal products 10:30 that tend to be associated in all the population studies 10:33 with higher cancer risk. 10:35 What's the real issue with people that 10:36 have a problem with weight? 10:38 Do you find that it's just the weight, 10:39 or is there something deeper? 10:41 Well you know Don, the FIRST thing I like to emphasize 10:45 when we talk about weight concerns is that 10:48 God accepts you right where you're at. 10:51 You know, a lot of people today have labels stuck on them 10:55 because you're carrying some extra weight... 10:57 And when people come to the Lifestyle Center of America 10:59 we don't try to put a guilt trip on them... 11:02 We don't try to say... you know 11:03 Or belittle them or anything... Right, right, not at all. 11:06 What we try to do is we... 11:08 Listen, these are our brothers and sisters 11:11 and they've got struggles... I've got struggles too! 11:13 It may not be a weight struggle, by the way, just for the record, 11:16 it's not... you know, you don't have to worry, 11:17 I don't have anorexia... Okay I don't feel I'm overweight. 11:20 But here's the issue... 11:22 Don, if someone can't accept the fact that 11:24 God accepts them JUST the way they are. 11:27 That they don't have to lose 50 pounds, 11:29 or 100 pounds, or 200 pounds to be okay in God's eyes... 11:32 then they're working at a huge disadvantage 11:35 because the STABILITY in any lifestyle change comes 11:39 when someone recognizes that there's a loving Creator 11:42 a loving Redeemer who wants to 11:44 help them to achieve optimal health. 11:47 So as a Christian physician there, 11:49 and the Christian physicians at the Lifestyle Center, 11:51 you find that these types of things start to come up 11:54 it's really... some of these issues 11:56 Very common, very common in our society... think about it 11:59 We put labels on people... 12:01 And you know what, you CAN'T SEE a lot of problems. 12:04 You can't see a lot of weaknesses in people, 12:06 but you can see when someone has a weakness 12:09 that's contributed to weight gain. 12:10 Now I SAY that also putting one other thing in the equation 12:14 And that is, a lot of people with weight-gain tendencies 12:18 ...maybe even all of them, Don, have other things 12:21 in their background that they can't control... 12:24 Genetic factors, early life history factors, 12:27 factors in your mother's womb... 12:29 I mean... affect our body weight today... 12:32 affect our tendency to be heavy, or to be thin, 12:34 our risk of diabetes, and other diseases... 12:37 What do we have to do with that? ZERO 12:40 And it doesn't really mean... Just because I'm thin, 12:42 or you may be thin, or that we really are that healthy, does it 12:45 Not necessarily. 12:47 The interesting thing is, if someone says, 12:50 "Look at... I recognize there are problems in my lifestyle 12:54 that's one of the reasons why I'm carrying extra weight" 12:57 Don, that's where I want the focus to be 12:59 Because those lifestyle changes not only help us to 13:02 trim down, they increase the quality of our life 13:05 they give us other dividends. 13:07 We're talking with Dr. David DeRose 13:09 from the "Lifestyle Center of America " 13:10 He recently has just, along with his team, published a paper 13:14 on some of the things we're talking about today. 13:17 They have a lot of resources, and resources about 13:19 this dialog we're having today. 13:22 If you'd like to get in touch with them, 13:23 you could contact them at the Lifestyle Center of America 13:26 web page at WWW.lifestylecenter. org 13:30 or you could contact us here at 3ABN and we can 13:33 get you in touch with Dr. DeRose or the others there 13:36 on his excellent staff. 13:38 Maybe you have a problem with weight... 13:40 maybe you know someone that does... 13:41 Give them a call and join us 13:43 when we come back to the second half. 13:44 We're going to look at what those lifestyle factors are 13:46 that we should be focusing on are... 13:49 how we can address those in ways... 13:51 how they do it there at the Lifestyle Center... 13:53 how YOU can start to make changes now 13:54 So join us when we come back! 14:00 Have you found yourself wishing that you could shed a few pounds 14:03 Have you been on a diet for most of your life, 14:05 but not found anything that will really keep the weight off? 14:08 If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, 14:11 then we have a solution for you that works. 14:14 Dr. Hans Diehl and Dr. Aileen Ludington have 14:17 written a marvelous booklet called... 14:19 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 14:21 and we'd like to send it to you FREE of charge. 14:24 Here's a medically sound approach successfully used 14:26 by thousands who are able to eat more, 14:29 and lose weight permanently without feeling guilty, 14:32 or hungry through lifestyle medicine. 14:34 Dr. Diehl and Dr. Ludington have been featured on 3ABN 14:38 and in this booklet, they present a sensible approach 14:41 to eating, nutrition, and lifestyle changes that 14:44 can help you prevent heart disease, diabetes, 14:46 and EVEN cancer. 14:47 Call or write today for your free copy of 14:49 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 14:51 and you could be on your way to a healthier, happier YOU! 14:54 It's absolutely free of charge, so call or write today. 14:59 Welcome back... we've been talking with Dr. David DeRose 15:04 from the Lifestyle Center of America 15:05 and we've been talking about a major concern in America 15:07 that being obesity, or being overweight. 15:10 And we've talked about some of the issues that are involved 15:13 with the magnitude of the problem, 15:14 about how to address it... 15:16 And about what NOT to do, protein diets, yo-yo diets, 15:20 whatever! 15:21 But we want to look now a little bit more at lifestyle factors. 15:24 What really should we be looking at... 15:26 What do you look at there at the Lifestyle Center of America 15:28 What can our viewers start to look at, 15:29 even today, in their lives? 15:31 Well I mean, the 2 biggest factors that people 15:33 ALWAYS talk about are diet and exercise. 15:36 And Don, I can see people listening to the show 15:38 and ohhh... they'll yawn, and oh diet and exercise again, right? 15:42 But you know, there are a lot of things 15:43 about diet and exercise that people DON'T keep in perspective 15:47 Such as?... I'll tell you the most important one 15:49 You know, I used to be the medical director of a large 15:52 hospital-based weight loss program... 15:54 There in Orlando, Florida, I used to see lots of people 15:57 that came to our programs, and I'll tell you... 16:01 One of the things that struck me was one of the root problems 16:05 when it comes to eating... 16:07 Is that most people don't know the difference between 16:10 hunger and appetite. Hmmm 16:14 Can you relate to that? I can relate to that. Okay 16:17 A lot of people CAN'T. 16:18 You know, in fact, when I first heard the concepts 16:20 some 20 years ago, I said... "What... way?" 16:22 Hunger and appetite... Aren't they the same thing? 16:25 When I use the term "hunger" I'm talking about a TRUE 16:29 physiologic need for food that your body senses. 16:33 When I talk about appetite, 16:35 I'm talking about a desire for food that MAY 16:38 or MAY NOT be in harmony with your body's true needs. 16:42 How do you tell the difference? 16:44 A very important question! 16:45 You know, you wouldn't ask that question of an infant 16:48 on this show, would you? 16:49 No, they'd just start to cry and you'd know... That's right! 16:53 Actually, the interesting thing about infants 16:55 is they know the difference. 16:57 You try to get an infant to overeat... what do they do? 17:00 You know, they spit it out, turn their head away... Right? 17:03 Right. Well, I'm looking forward to that... Yeah, I know you are. 17:08 Let me tell you what's interesting... 17:09 What happens to us as we go 17:12 through this social acculturation, if you will... 17:15 we start to learn to eat not for hunger... 17:20 You know, you skinned your knee... here, have a cookie! 17:22 You got a good grade on your report card... 17:24 Here have an ice cream cone. 17:25 Yeah! It's hey, Johnny's having his birthday... 17:28 He brought cupcakes to school! 17:30 We learn to eat for all kinds of reasons beside hunger... 17:34 And so we've lost the sense... 17:35 So how do you learn the difference? 17:37 You've got to start listening again. 17:40 Dr. DeRose, people tell me... 17:42 "How can I start listening again?" 17:44 Several things have to happen, Don, 17:46 if people want to learn to tell the difference. 17:48 #1- They've got to slow down... Slow down. 17:52 Be in touch with themselves. 17:53 Be in touch with themselves! Okay 17:55 You know, most Christians have a tradition of praying 17:58 before they eat... Um hm 18:00 Pray to the LORD to help you NOT to overeat. 18:03 Pray that God would give you insight into knowing 18:06 when your hunger is satisfied. Um hm 18:09 Slow down the temple of eating... 18:11 You know, my wife was telling me, when she was in high school; 18:14 she was at a school... it was a boarding high school, 18:18 and they had a work-study program... 18:20 And she had something like, you know, 15 minutes 18:22 to get to the cafeteria to eat, and to get to her 18:25 next assignment. 18:26 Now this is common in America. 18:28 And how can you slow down when you're eating 18:30 on a 15 minute lunch break? I don't know... You can't. 18:35 You gotta take time to eat. 18:37 How do people... what kind of practical suggestions 18:40 can we give them? Have you heard any... yourself 18:42 when people talk about slowing their temple of eating... 18:45 I've heard zwieback... I've heard different things 18:49 that can be... Zwieback is very dry toast 18:51 that will make you slow down that you can't do it. 18:54 You know, even John Harvey Kellogg, 18:55 he had all these ideas of how to masticate SLOWLY 19:01 and to count the number of times you chew your food. 19:05 That's one of the techniques. 19:06 Some of the folks that go through our program at the 19:08 Lifestyle Center, they say, "Yeah, I learned to chew 19:10 20 or 30 bites, or 40 bites each time... " 19:14 I think that's kind of artificial... personally. 19:16 But if that works for someone... hey, go ahead and do that! 19:19 What's more practical if it comes to chewing, 19:21 is chew the food until it's a creamy consistency in your mouth 19:25 I mean, that's a little bit more realistic. 19:27 And if you're eating dry toast, or zwieback, 19:29 I mean, you're going to really have to chew the food 19:31 for quite a while, right? Right 19:33 Another technique... AGE-OLD technique when it comes to 19:36 weight reduction programs, is put your utensil down 19:39 between bites... you know, get out of this mode of, you know, 19:41 kind of just shoveling the food into your mouth. 19:43 Now talking to you, it seems like you would 19:45 be one that eats rapidly... 19:47 It does seem that way, doesn't it? 19:48 But you know what? I believe in rhythm in life, Don 19:52 All right... And there are times when we need to be energetic 19:55 and we need to be going, and going full-steam... 19:57 And there are other times when you can just kind of cool down 19:59 and relax, and mealtime is one of those times. 20:03 And you slow down... you just... That's the time when I slow down 20:05 as much as I can. Ha, ha, ha... okay good! 20:10 Any food choice? Oh exercise! 20:13 Wait... I don't want to slip away from this hunger-appetite 20:15 because you asked such a good question... This is a BIG one! 20:17 It's a BIG one. All right, go ahead. 20:19 And... I've got a favorite story All right 20:23 Again, it happened to my wife, she's a great lady 20:25 She's also got some great stories... 20:27 And she may not watch this, so you'll be okay... Yeah I'm safe 20:30 But she was invited out to eat, 20:32 and this is not an unusual occurrence, 20:35 I mean, she's a very charming person... so 20:36 But anyway, she was invited out to eat before we 20:38 got married, even... this was some time ago 20:41 And she was sitting there eating a delicious meal prepared 20:45 The hostess was there, and her 2 children were there at the meal 20:48 But, you know what, there was a problem... 20:50 It was getting to be time for dessert, and you know what? 20:54 Johnny still had his celery stick on his plate... 20:58 Can't have that... We can't have that but 21:00 you know, she was a good hostess; 21:01 she didn't want to make everyone wait for apparently 21:04 healthy dessert, and so she brought out these cookies. 21:07 And so everyone is eating the cookies EXCEPT Johnny 21:10 because he still has the celery stick on his plate. 21:15 Finally, Johnny says, "Mommy could I please have a cookie?" 21:19 She said, "Johnny, not until you eat your celery stick. " 21:23 "But mommy, I don't have room for my celery stick. " 21:27 "Johnny, then you don't have room for a cookie. " 21:31 "Mommy, you don't understand, I don't have a big, long place 21:35 in my stomach for a celery stick 21:37 but I got a little round space for a cookie!" 21:39 Ha, ha, ha, ha... Why do I tell that story when it 21:42 comes to differentiate hunger from appetite? 21:45 JOHNNY may just not have liked celery, but on the other hand, 21:50 it may have been his appetite that was calling for a cookie. 21:53 You know Don, appetite usually calls for specific foods. 21:57 So if someone's wondering whether it's hunger or appetite, 22:00 and they're wanting to have their 4th serving of the 22:03 vegetarian lasagna, say... you know, it's a HEALTHY food! 22:06 Why can't I have 4 servings? 22:07 Try the "substitution test" 22:10 if you're wondering if it's hunger or appetite. 22:12 If it's hunger, you'd be willing to eat anything that's 22:16 an acceptable choice for you. 22:17 Maybe you don't like celery sticks as well, 22:20 or carrot sticks, but if you're HUNGRY, 22:22 you'll eat those if that's all that's available. Right 22:24 But if you say, "NO" I'm only hungry for lasagna!" 22:27 Then that's appetite... 22:28 That's almost always appetite. 22:30 So just another little... 22:31 If you want the kale and the kumquats and the... cassavas,... 22:34 you're probably okay... probably okay 22:36 But if you switch and it doesn't work... 22:40 That's right... that's just a little technique 22:42 I'll tell you one other technique as we're talking 22:44 about this because I believe if we were to say 22:47 there is one principle more important than any other... 22:49 is the "hunger-appetite principle" 22:51 Now some people think I'm taking liberties with this, Don 22:54 But I want to just... before I tell you this last technique 22:57 I want to tell you... Ah, I don't need to tell you 23:01 You know about this... What? 23:02 Our Lord, when He was there in the wilderness. 23:05 What was he first tempted on? FOOD! 23:07 Food... Turn this stone into bread. 23:10 Now, like I said... some people will say I'm taking liberty 23:14 but I believe that our Lord overcame for us 23:18 in the wilderness on the subject of appetite. 23:21 That God wants to give us VICTORY in that area. 23:25 He wants to give us, not only insight but power. 23:27 But you know, power is of NO GOOD unless we 23:30 recognize the need for the power. 23:32 So He wants to show us... He wants to help us 23:34 differentiate between the 2 and to trust in Him. 23:37 Let me give you that other 23:38 remedy now... Okay, what's the other one? 23:39 That's DRINKING WATER between meals, not WITH our meals. 23:46 You know what happens when people drink beverages 23:48 with their meal? 23:49 It takes longer for the food to digest... It does, that's true. 23:53 If you dilute the contents of the stomach, 23:56 stomach emptying is slowed... That is true. All right 24:00 But it ALSO provides an incentive... if you will 24:04 not to chew the food thoroughly. Hmm 24:06 People WASH their food down! Yeah, that's right. 24:08 And so NOT having the beverage at the meal, 24:11 drinking our water between meals... 24:14 So we HAVE to chew it... That's what we want to do. 24:16 It has to become salubrious. 24:20 And all the saliva has to be there 24:22 and masticate it, and it's chewed up. That's right. 24:25 Improves digestion, slows their temple of eating. 24:27 Allows the Lord to communicate with our brain... 24:30 Tell us when our hunger is satisfied, 24:31 and then He gives us the POWER to stop eating. 24:34 Drop the drinks! What about exercise? 24:36 Is that something we should do? 24:39 It's vital, Don. It's VITAL. 24:41 Listen... He slows down to drink there 24:43 Exercise... You know many people today, and I have to share 24:48 a little bit of research from the Lifestyle Center. 24:50 This is a paper that we presented at the 24:53 "American College of Sports Medicine" in June 2000... Okay 24:57 And it got a lot of attention there, and it's continuing 25:00 to get attention because what we found is that 25:03 NOT all exercise is equal when it comes to weight loss. 25:08 Okay, what's the difference? 25:09 Now most people think... it's stupid, of course NOT all 25:12 exercise is equal. 25:13 You know what we found at the Lifestyle Center? 25:15 We actually did... what we call "prospective research" 25:19 We got a group of people from the community, 25:21 who were volunteers to be in an exercise study... 25:24 ALL of them were sedentary. 25:25 None of them were exercising before the study. 25:27 We divided them into 3 groups. 25:29 One group is what we call the control group. 25:31 They just keep being inactive. 25:33 The second group... continuous aerobic exercise 25:36 That's the kind of the mantra 25:37 in the exercise field today. Right? 25:39 Just keep doing it, do it, stick with it, 25:42 keep your heart rate up! 25:43 The other group, we put on what we call... 25:46 "interval training exercise" 25:48 Short bursts of exercise like 30 seconds 25:52 followed by 30 seconds of rest. 25:54 I could deal with that... You could deal with that. 25:56 Our patients can deal with it... You know what happened? 25:59 The ones on the interval training program 26:02 lost triple the weight. WOW! 26:05 They lost triple the weight AND they lost body fat. 26:09 The group exercising continuously did not. 26:13 Remarkable! 26:14 So a little dab will do ya. 26:15 And you know what, Don? 26:17 In the Garden of Eden, God gave Adam and Eve 26:20 USEFUL exercise. 26:22 They were to dress the Garden and to keep it. 26:24 I DON'T THINK Adam and Eve were checking their pulses. 26:26 Out there for 8 hours... doing a marathon trim job. 26:30 When we do useful work, we do interval training! 26:33 And this research is validating that you don't have to 26:36 KILL yourself in the gym to lose weight. 26:39 And you will lose weight if you kill yourself in the gym. 26:42 We have about a minute left... 26:44 Summarize what we've said thus far, doctor, if you can 26:47 and just other hints concerning weight reduction... 26:50 so we can just GET STARTED on that path. 26:54 Okay, to get started on the path of weight reduction, 26:56 we want to be mindful of how we eat. 26:58 Slow the temple of eating. 27:00 Ask God to give you insights into when your hunger is 27:03 satisfied and stop eating. 27:04 If you've got a question, just stop. 27:06 And exercise doesn't have to kill you... 27:09 of course tongue-in-cheek, but moderate exercise 27:12 is good! Gardening is GOOD when it comes to weight reduction. 27:17 We've been talking with Dr. David DeRose 27:19 from the Lifestyle Center of America 27:22 If you're like me, you've learned a LOT in this 27:24 short program that we've had together. 27:26 You want more information if you're like me. 27:27 Let me tell you how you can get that information. 27:29 First of all, you can contact Dr. DeRose and the others 27:32 there at the" Lifestyle Center of America" by contacting 27:35 them at their web page, WWW.lifestylecenter. org 27:40 Organization - org 27:42 Or, you can call us here at 3ABN and get their contact 27:46 information here from us. 27:47 They have handouts that go with all of these types of 27:50 presentations like you are seeing today... 27:52 And we hope that, as a result of what you've learned here, 27:55 and in contacting them, 27:56 you'll have health that lasts for a lifetime. |
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