Health for a Lifetime

Medicine For The Mind

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Participants: Don Mackintosh, Tim Arnott

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00:46 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:48 We've glad that you've joined us today!
00:50 Today we're going to be talking about a fascinating subject
00:53 about foods and how they affect the mind,
00:56 and talking with us about this
00:58 important subject is Dr. Tim Arnott
01:01 Dr. Arnott is a medical doctor who practices medicine at the
01:06 Lifestyle Center of America in Oklahoma
01:09 Dr. Arnott, we're glad that
01:10 you're with us today. Thank you, it's good to be here
01:12 You've been practicing medicine for about 14 years.
01:15 You've been at the Lifestyle Center for what... 3 years now?
01:17 4-1/2 years... 4-1/2 years - time flies
01:20 when you're having fun! Yes it is
01:21 And you're helping people REVERSE the common killers
01:25 in our Western diseases, isn't that right? That's correct
01:28 At the Lifestyle Center of America,
01:29 we're involved in removing the CAUSE of disease.
01:33 Now, you know, we've entitled the program today,
01:34 "Medicine for the Mind"
01:36 and I assume that there are a lot of people that come
01:39 with a lot of illnesses and different things,
01:40 but ultimately it comes down to things that they can actually
01:44 deal with on the basis of choices and things in their mind
01:48 There are things that we can do to actually
01:50 help fight depression besides taking a medicine,
01:54 and many individuals are familiar with the Prozac,
01:58 the Paxil, the Serzone, different medicines that help
02:01 raise this neurotransmitter, the chemical in the brain
02:05 called serotonin and that does help to boost our mood,
02:09 but there are some side effects,
02:11 and there's always side effects with medicine
02:12 and so researchers are looking for other ways to do what
02:17 these medicines do.
02:18 So, you know, sometimes there's an axiom -
02:20 "Physician heal yourself"
02:21 but what about patient - "Heal yourself"
02:23 If you were recommending a food that people should eat
02:27 or something that would help
02:29 relieve depression, what would it be?
02:32 Well, Dr. Smith, at Littlemore Hospital,
02:34 in Oxford, England actually took patients
02:37 that had MAJOR depressive disorder.
02:40 They had been treated with medicine and they had recovered.
02:45 They were no longer on medicine...
02:46 And what he actually did was to
02:49 feed them 2 different beverages.
02:51 And one beverage actually had no tryptophan in it.
02:56 And so they were getting nutrients but they were NOT
02:59 getting tryptophan and in the other beverage,
03:02 and they were treated in a serial manner so they could
03:05 see what happened to these individuals with their
03:08 depressive symptoms after getting tryptophan,
03:11 and after getting NO tryptophan.
03:13 And what they discovered was that almost two-thirds of those
03:18 individuals who had been depressed
03:20 but were no longer depressed, reverted back
03:24 to their depressive symptoms when they were given
03:28 this beverage that had NO tryptophan in it whatsoever...
03:31 And actually measured this with a test -
03:34 one of the typical Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
03:38 and what they found was the individuals who GOT the
03:40 tryptophan essentially had NO
03:42 increase in that depression scale,
03:44 Those who had NO tryptophan in their diet actually had a
03:48 significant increase in their depression scale.
03:51 So foods high in tryptophan...
03:53 What IS tryptophan?
03:54 Tryptophan is amino acid, it's one of the protein-building
03:57 The building blocks of protein. That's right
04:00 What foods would this be in?
04:02 Well, nuts and seeds and beans are important.
04:06 Tofu?... Tofu is an excellent source of tryptophan.
04:09 What if I don't like tofu and have never tasted it?
04:11 Well, you know, seeds are important... Soybeans?
04:14 Soybeans, of course, absolutely.
04:16 In fact, that would be the best way to get your SOY
04:20 is in the WHOLE form.
04:22 But tryptophan is the raw material that
04:25 serotonin is made out of.
04:27 It has actually shown that if you INCREASE the tryptophan
04:32 in the diet, you can increase the serotonin
04:35 that's going to be made in the brain because, you know,
04:39 we're made on this basis of you're only what you eat...
04:42 I mean... you are what you eat.
04:43 If you get the raw material to the body,
04:45 then it can make the important neurotransmitters.
04:48 So tryptophan is then made into,
04:49 I guess, serotonin or something like that.
04:51 Is there anything else that we need to eat with it,
04:53 or can we just go ahead and eat those seeds and we're okay.
04:56 Well actually, vitamin B6 is also very important
04:59 Where do you find that?
05:01 Well, vitamin B6 is going to be found in vegetables,
05:04 it's going to be found in grains ... WHOLE grains - of course.
05:08 So if you're eating a WIDE variety of vegetables...
05:11 If you're eating things like bananas,
05:14 and if you have insulin resistance or diabetes,
05:16 you want to get those bananas on the green side
05:18 rather than on the very ripe
05:19 side because they are more starchy there
05:21 rather than so much sugar.
05:23 But these foods, vegetables, bananas, and grains
05:26 are rich in B6 and that can help reverse...
05:29 So seeds and vegetables - so in other words,
05:31 the Genesis 1:29 diet, the original
05:34 diet in the Bible - just look at that... That's correct
05:36 If you eat foods as the Creator
05:38 offers them to you from the ground, you're going to
05:42 get B6 and be able to make that serotonin.
05:44 So depression, you know, it's a huge thing people struggle with
05:46 and I suppose people that come
05:48 to the Lifestyle Center of America deal with this;
05:51 maybe it's an underlying cause
05:53 that you identify right while they're there - is that right?
05:56 Absolutely, depression is an underlying side diagnosis
06:02 in many conditions and once you develop diabetes
06:08 and its complications, THAT can lead to depression.
06:11 Having a heart attack can lead to post MI depression.
06:17 Or even talking about it can depress us. Absolutely
06:20 But what about high protein diets?
06:22 Some people say - Well I'm doing this kind
06:23 of diet to lose weight...
06:25 Are there any hazards with that on the mind?
06:27 Well actually, there are problems with high protein diets
06:31 in that high protein simply means that you have
06:34 LOTS of amino acids coming at the body.
06:36 You have a lot of amino acids coming at the cells of the body
06:39 and actually, the amount of tryptophan that your body
06:45 is able to take advantage of and USE to make serotonin
06:49 under the conditions of a high protein diet are reduced.
06:52 So if you're on a high protein diet,
06:54 you get less serotonin because you have less tryptophan
06:59 being converted into serotonin.
07:00 There are competing amino acids in high protein foods
07:05 that compete with tryptophan reducing your serotonin level.
07:11 So certainly, if you're struggling with depression
07:13 or different things, the low carb plan of losing weight
07:17 is not something to look at.
07:19 That is ABSOLUTELY the case and in fact, fatigue
07:23 and symptoms of depression are likely to show up
07:26 on a low carbohydrate diet because of all the competing
07:29 amino acids competing with tryptophan...
07:32 And again, tryptophan is THE RAW MATERIAL for
07:36 what you need in your brain to feel happy,
07:40 and to have that positive mood.
07:42 Okay, so we've talked about tryptophan, seeds of all kinds,
07:46 and we've talked about vitamin B to change that
07:50 into what we need, but anything else
07:52 that we need to know about vitamin B?
07:54 Well actually, there are researchers,
07:55 Dr. Bernstein, for example,
07:57 of the New York Academy of Sciences, discovered that
08:00 there are B vitamins that are important;
08:02 folic acid is one of the important B vitamins;
08:06 B12 is also important.
08:08 Researchers have discovered that individuals who are
08:12 depressed are LOW in folic acid;
08:14 they are low in vitamin B12...
08:16 And, folic acid, for example, is going to be found in
08:21 whole grains - it will be found in beans,
08:24 AND especially in the dark green, leafy vegetables.
08:28 Ahhh - there they are again!
08:30 That's always the way - when I was in nurses' training
08:32 taking exams - whenever it said
08:34 dark green leafy vegetables, I knew that was the right answer
08:37 You know, that's the MOST protective food on the planet...
08:40 And the most TOXIC food on the planet is
08:43 partially hydrogenated vegetable oil,
08:45 so, you know, B vitamins are important.
08:47 Folic acid is important and vitamin B12 also
08:52 may be important for limiting depression and reducing symptoms
08:56 And that's important because as your transfer over to a
08:59 plant-based diet, one of the things you're going to be
09:01 missing out on more and more is vitamin B12.
09:04 Where do you get vitamin B12?
09:05 Well vitamin B12 is made only by bacteria on this planet.
09:09 It's made only by anaerobic bacteria which are bacteria
09:12 that don't require oxygen.
09:15 So you can get B12 from animal products because
09:19 animal products have a lot of bacterial contamination...
09:22 That's a very nutritious thought
09:24 to think that we need those animal products...
09:25 But the problem with animal products is they can give you
09:27 all these Western diseases!
09:29 So you have to take a supplement?
09:31 So you really do need to take a supplement.
09:32 Now if you're in a Third world country...
09:35 if you're in Siberia, if you're in Africa...
09:37 I was in Africa just last year and I sat down with
09:41 a bunch of individuals to eat a meal and they were
09:45 using fingers for utensils...
09:47 And so you're going to get more
09:50 bacteria into your system that way...
09:53 And, you know, individuals are living closer to the earth;
09:56 they're growing their own food;
09:57 they're growing organic produce...
09:59 And they're not using all of the hot water, detergents
10:03 and soaps and antibacterial soaps...
10:06 They're going to have more friendly bacterial exposure.
10:08 They're going to get more of the vitamin B12,
10:10 and that's what we see individuals in these
10:12 Third world countries who are even vegan - total vegetarians
10:14 ...They are not B-12 deficient, but here we are
10:17 in every study that looks at it...
10:19 I never thought I'd hear a doctor talk about
10:21 friendly bacterial exposure. Well it's true!
10:25 So in other words - maybe not
10:26 wash my hands or brush my teeth as much?
10:28 Well, I don't know if I would necessarily recommend that.
10:32 But definitely get away from the antibacterial soaps.
10:36 But in this country, where we are not growing our own food,
10:38 you know there is a lot of pesticides going onto the
10:41 fruits and vegetables, for example...
10:43 you really need to take a supplement.
10:47 You know, you don't have to take my word for that,
10:49 but CHECK your vitamin B12 level and if that is not near the top
10:53 of the range, right around 800-1000,
10:56 you're going to missing out.
10:57 What happens when you're low in vitamin B12
10:59 besides depression - can it mess your body up otherwise?
11:02 Absolutely! Your immune system can be compromised.
11:07 In fact, they have actually done studies taking nursing home
11:10 patients - individuals in extended care facilities
11:14 and they have vaccinated them with the Pneumovax;
11:17 the bacteria, the pneumococcal vaccine...
11:20 And they vaccinated those who had enough B12 in their body,
11:23 and those who did NOT have enough B12,
11:25 and those who were B12 deficient actually had a significantly
11:30 lower antibody response to that vaccine... Interesting!
11:34 And so, in fact, I remember being a total vegetarian,
11:38 back in Iowa and if I stepped outside for just the
11:42 shortest period of time, I would invariably come down
11:45 with a head cold, sinus infection, bronchitis.
11:49 So there are people out there that seem to be doing
11:52 everything healthy but they get sick all the time,
11:54 they need to check their vitamin B12 level.
11:55 Absolutely, once I started taking vitamin B12,
11:58 never had a problem, can go out without a shirt in the
12:00 coldest weather - not an issue.
12:02 B12 is important whenever you're going to divide a cell,
12:06 whenever you're going to make DNA...
12:08 And 2 of the most rapidly dividing cell populations
12:12 in the body are red cells and white blood cells which are...
12:15 Are your immune system...
12:16 Your immune system, your oxygen-carrying cells...
12:18 So if you don't have enough B12, you can become anemic,
12:23 not iron-deficient anemic, but anemic,
12:25 and you can become white blood cell - weak,
12:28 in other words - white blood cells don't work as well.
12:29 That really explains a lot because I've heard
12:31 so many people that talk about how they do everything
12:33 healthy but they may be having had...
12:36 So you can get that checked easily - vitamin B12
12:38 Can you get it checked easily with your physician? Absolutely!
12:41 Now talking about foods and the mind again,
12:43 we're talking about the mind and medicine,
12:45 and this sense of well-being that comes from
12:47 serotonin levels, are there any other things we need to know?
12:50 What's the most powerful way to increase that level?
12:53 Well you know, we talked before on this program about
12:55 something that is very simple,
12:58 and there are 2 natural remedies the Creator talks about a lot,
13:05 or that He emphasizes a lot
13:06 and those 2 are fresh air and sunlight.
13:08 I think you have a graphic on sunlight, don't you here.
13:10 Sunlight- yes, we probably have a graphic,
13:12 and sunlight is probably the MOST POWERFUL way
13:17 that you can raise your serotonin level.
13:20 Just go outside - how long?
13:22 As soon as your eyes are exposed to that bright intensity light,
13:27 your serotonin level will shoot up.
13:29 So in this graphic it shows on a 395.
13:33 ...395 is the amount of serotonin being produced
13:37 on a bright day if you're standing outside.
13:39 Versus a dull day, it's only 49.
13:41 That's right, it's actually 8 times more serotonin
13:45 made in your brain when you're standing outside on a bright day
13:48 But notice, the amount of serotonin that you make
13:51 outside on a dull day is not anywhere near what...
13:56 In other words - Excuse me, it's much MORE than what you
13:59 would make INSIDE day in and day out.
14:02 So, even on a dull day, you're going to make more
14:04 serotonin than you make inside, so you need to get outside!
14:07 So it's really true that little song...
14:09 "So let the sunshine in and face it with a grin"
14:11 That's EXACTLY RIGHT!
14:13 And in fact, we're told in the Scriptures that in His
14:17 presence is fullness of joy.
14:20 We're told that Christ is the Sun of righteousness,
14:24 and there is a story, so-to-speak, in nature
14:30 that shows a spiritual lesson and that is...
14:33 If you're in front of the sun - You know, the sunlight
14:37 the powerful intensity, you're going to raise your
14:39 serotonin level, you're going to be improving your mood,
14:42 and if you're in the presence of the SON,
14:45 you're also going to be experiencing joy.
14:47 So there's a lesson in nature that illustrates
14:50 the spiritual principle.
14:52 Now, another study you talked about,
14:54 and I think you have a graphic on this as well is...
14:55 the relationship between postpartum depression
15:00 and this whole idea - talk to me about that.
15:02 Yeah, I mean one of the things that we find after
15:05 a lady delivers a baby is - you know it's not uncommon
15:09 about 5% of women will actually
15:12 have depression - postpartum depression...
15:14 And these individuals, they're probably deficient in
15:20 omega-3 fatty acids which are
15:22 important for fighting depression.
15:24 But what they have found, that is they will take these
15:26 individuals - Get light therapy,
15:28 they have a #1, what does that mean?
15:30 The #1 actually is telling us what their depression scale is.
15:36 That's their depression scale.
15:37 In other words, that's the worst situation...
15:39 And then after 3 weeks of bright light?
15:41 After 3 weeks of bright light therapy,
15:43 they take these women and they do the Hamilton Depression Scale
15:48 again and they actually are at significantly lower;
15:53 50% less depression manifested on this test than when they had
15:59 none of the bright light.
16:01 So bright light is actually able to help boost serotonin level
16:05 in these women at the time of pregnancy,
16:08 and help them move away from depression.
16:11 We're talking with Dr. Tim Arnott
16:13 He is a physician at the Lifestyle Center in America
16:16 He helps people that are suffering with the common
16:19 Western diseases - one of which is depression.
16:22 And we're talking about the mind,
16:24 and medications for the mind, if you will,
16:26 that you can access.
16:27 When we come back, we're going to talk about exercise.
16:29 We're going to talk about other things and how they relate
16:31 to your mind and to those qualities you need to have
16:34 to have that sense of well-being.
16:36 We hope you join us when we come back.
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17:39 Welcome back, we've been talking with Dr. Tim Arnott
17:42 We've been talking about medicine and the mind...
17:44 And Dr. Arnott helps people at the Lifestyle Center of America
17:49 to reverse or stop, or better yet, prevent
17:52 the common diseases that afflict those in Western countries,
17:56 and around the world as well.
17:57 Dr. Arnott, we've been talking about the mind!
18:01 We've been talking about substances that give us
18:02 a sense of well-being, that we eat foods that are
18:04 high in tryptophan.
18:06 You've said - seeds, nuts, grains can help us with that...
18:10 And then also make sure and get vitamin B6,
18:13 the B vitamins that can help that process go on.
18:16 You've talked about folic acid and you've talked about
18:19 vitamin B12 and make sure we're getting those things.
18:23 And it is pretty simple to find out whether
18:24 you are or are not just by looking at what you eat.
18:28 And we've talked about sunlight.
18:30 What about exercise though.
18:32 Well before we talk about exercise,
18:33 I just want to mention about B12
18:35 B12 again... okay. Because there is a wide
18:38 B12 range - anywhere from 200-1000
18:43 and if you just get a B12 level and you're told that you're okay
18:49 ...that may mean you have a level of 300 or a level of 400
18:53 But what you need to know is that the best B12 level
18:58 for getting a strong immune system,
19:00 and frankly for helping depression probably,
19:02 is going to be getting your B12 level near the top
19:05 of the reference range... 900-1000 somewhere up there.
19:08 The reason for that is that you will actually help lower
19:12 another amino acid that's important for
19:15 chronic disease prevention, heart attack prevention,
19:18 stroke prevention and that is homocysteine.
19:21 So just be careful that you don't just get a B12 level,
19:24 and be told that it's okay.
19:26 You want to make sure it's optimal right up near the top,
19:29 that's where you want to be.
19:30 Now exercise, yes, exercise has been shown to be important...
19:33 In fact, there are studies that have shown that exercise
19:37 put head-to-head with an SSRI - one of the
19:41 serotonin reuptake inhibitors that raise the serotonin level,
19:45 they are just as effective - exercise is just as effective
19:49 as one of the serotonin reuptake inhibitors
19:52 when put head-to-head for mild depression.
19:55 So, that's something that you definitely
19:58 want to include in your regimen.
20:00 So if you're depressed or struggling with that or know
20:03 someone that is, maybe walk with them out in the sunlight
20:06 as you're eating seeds! That's exactly right
20:08 Now Dr. Kennedy at the University of New Orleans
20:11 actually showed that exercise can reduce a number of
20:15 important parameters including depression, including anger,
20:19 including fatigue and he found out that the more intense
20:25 the exercise - the better.
20:27 So if you can be doing a brisk walk,
20:29 that's actually the most value exercise
20:32 for reducing symptoms of depression...
20:34 And interestingly enough, a more brisk walk,
20:37 and again, you want to build up to this gradually,
20:40 you don't want to just go out
20:41 and start a brisk walk necessarily...
20:42 You can just run down the block and not be depressed.
20:44 That's exactly right.
20:46 But the more intense the walking,
20:48 and you don't have to be jogging,
20:50 the more intense the walking,
20:51 the lower the risk of developing diabetes,
20:54 the lower the risk of developing heart disease,
20:56 the lower the risk of getting a stroke.
20:59 The more intense the activity, the better.
21:01 How does health of the mind affect the body?
21:03 I mean we alluded to that some,
21:05 but can you expand on it a little more...
21:07 Well you know, there was a friend of mine who
21:09 lived on the East Coast and this gentleman was
21:12 suffering with depression for a number of years.
21:15 And, I mean, it was a chronic problem,
21:17 it was affecting his relationships with his family.
21:19 It was affecting essentially all areas of his life.
21:22 And he was like in a pit and couldn't get out of this
21:25 pit of depression.
21:27 And then he came across some information,
21:30 and that information was in a book by Dr. Neil Nedley
21:34 and the book was called, "Depression, the Way Out"
21:39 And what that book basically said was...
21:42 There are individuals who are not getting enough of
21:45 an essential fat - essential means the body cannot make it,
21:50 you must eat it in order to get it into your body...
21:53 An essential fat - they're not getting enough.
21:55 Their brain isn't getting enough of these essential fats.
21:57 And what they've discovered - that individuals who are low
22:01 in the omega-3 fats,
22:02 the alpha linolenic acid - for example,
22:05 these fats that are only made by plants,
22:08 if you're not getting enough, you could be depressed.
22:10 When he found that out, he learned, in Dr. Nedley's book,
22:15 that salmon and fish were an excellent source
22:18 of these omega-3 fats.
22:21 And there was quite a bit of information in the same book
22:24 about the disadvantages of fish,
22:27 but it did say that they were rich in omega-3 fats,
22:31 and so he went out and started
22:33 having salmon a number of times a week.
22:36 Well, lo and behold, this individual's depression
22:39 symptoms started to abate.
22:42 And at that point... So they went away - okay
22:44 It started to go away and at that point, he had a
22:47 spiritual transformation and so it was for this gentleman,
22:51 it was not until he had replaced the physical needs...
22:55 He had met the physical needs of the body,
22:57 in this case omega-3 fat, of course there are many others,
23:00 that he was able to understand and appreciate spiritual things.
23:05 So, a lot of times, we may wonder why we are feeling down;
23:08 we're having a Christian experience SLUMP, if you will,
23:12 maybe we're backsliding, maybe we had forgotten about God
23:14 It could be that we're MISSING something INSIDE the body,
23:18 a nutrient that we need.
23:19 So there is a significant connection between our
23:24 physical body and nutrition and whether we're able
23:27 to have a healthy mind and a healthy spirituality.
23:30 So you have alluded then to something here as well...
23:33 Another marker that can help us know that we may be
23:36 struggling with depression is
23:39 our spiritual sense of well-being and whatnot...
23:42 And you've alluded to the fact that there is a Creator,
23:45 and there is a Lord there that is interested in us.
23:48 And I know He has an owner's manual as well -
23:51 we call that the Bible.
23:53 Is there anything - any help in the owner's manual, if you will,
23:56 when people are struggling or suffering with depression?
23:59 Well you know, one of the things that we face quite a bit
24:03 in lifestyle medicine and trying to help people overcome habits,
24:09 is this whole idea of - okay you move away from a habit
24:13 for a short period of time but within 6 months,
24:17 you're back doing the very same thing.
24:19 And so there is this idea in lifestyle medicine
24:23 or lifestyle change of recidivism,
24:25 and that's one of the major complaints that people have
24:29 with lifestyle change - is that they actually say...
24:32 Well, people are going to go back to it!
24:34 So what does the book say about that?
24:37 Well, at the Lifestyle Center of America,
24:39 we actually have one of our lectures where we share
24:41 with individuals tools to help them achieve permanent
24:45 lifestyle change.
24:46 And, part of those tools come from the owner's manual,
24:51 and there is something very important in the owner's manual
24:54 and THAT IS that we have a Creator that doesn't have
24:59 lifestyle hang-ups.
25:00 He doesn't have depression.
25:02 He is the SOURCE of happiness,
25:04 and there's a principle - a law in the universe
25:07 that by beholding, we come changed.
25:09 You'd say that's the most important law.
25:11 That's the MOST important law!
25:13 In fact, one of the reasons for depression is that
25:16 we spend a lot of time looking and listening
25:19 to things on the news, in the newspaper, on the radio,
25:23 over the airwaves - in many different ways that are negative
25:26 that are very depression- promoting.
25:30 You have a graphic here that has these ways that we can
25:34 avoid going back to destructive behaviors.
25:37 Let's look at those as we're closing out the program.
25:39 The first one here - it says... "Behold the Lamb of God,
25:41 which taketh away the sin of the world"
25:43 So looking at Jesus... Right?
25:45 That's correct - in fact, most of us are short on time.
25:49 And if you're short on time, and you want to actually
25:53 focus on an area that can bring the MOST change
25:56 for the time that you spend,
25:57 you want to focus on the crucifixion...
26:00 The CLOSING scenes - you want to focus on the suffering Savior
26:05 and that is where you're to actually have the most
26:07 power to change lifestyle habits.
26:11 The most power to raise you up and bring you into the
26:14 presence of the Creator...
26:15 And remember, "In His presence, is fullness of joy"
26:19 The next graphic we have is...
26:22 "The Creator is holy, harmless, undefiled"
26:27 That's right, in fact, we were talking earlier about
26:30 one of the reasons for depression is that we focus on
26:33 things that are depressed or depressing!
26:36 So when we look at Him, we don't get depressed...
26:37 As we focus on someone who is holy, harmless, undefiled, pure,
26:42 then that is what we become like.
26:44 That's a LAW of the universe that we can take advantage of.
26:46 Next, we have... "I if I be lifted up from the earth,
26:52 will draw all unto me. "
26:54 There are some who think that they're hopeless.
26:56 You know, that they've gotten discouraged.
26:58 They think there's really no hope for me.
27:01 The owner's manual tells us that ALL will be drawn
27:07 to the Savior IF they behold...
27:10 Of course, He's the center of health and healing and wholeness
27:13 Our last one here on your list was -
27:15 let's look at that last one.
27:16 "This is life eternal, that they might know the Creator"
27:20 That's right... One of the things we tell or we encourage
27:24 our participants in the Lifestyle Center of America
27:26 is, yes, you can adopt healthy principles,
27:29 and maybe live a little bit longer,
27:30 but if you miss out on eternity, you've missed out on everything.
27:34 We've been talking with Dr. Tim Arnott
27:36 We've been talking about medicine for the mind,
27:39 and Dr. Arnott is a physician
27:42 at the Lifestyle Center in America
27:43 He has written a recent book summarizing many of
27:46 these different principles.
27:47 We hope that today's program has been helpful to you
27:50 and that as a result of it,
27:52 you'll have health that lasts, not just for now,
27:54 but lasts for a lifetime!


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