Participants: David DeRose and John Clark
Series Code: WM
Program Code: WM000409
00:01 The following program presents principles
00:03 designed to promote good health 00:04 and is not intended to take the place of 00:06 personalized professional care. 00:08 The opinions and the ideas expressed 00:10 are those of the speaker. 00:11 Viewers are encouraged to draw their own 00:13 conclusions about the information presented. 00:35 Welcome to WONDERFULLY MADE. 00:36 I am Dr. David DeRose, president of Compass 00:39 Health incorporated. Today we're speaking 00:41 about a subject that is politically charged. 00:44 It's the subject that really often gets 00:48 undue attention in ways that I wish it didn't. 00:52 We speaking by the important medical 00:53 subject today, but it is one that has 00:55 unfortunately often labeled and marginalize people. 00:59 The topic today is obesity; 01:01 we wanna put in the proper frame. 01:03 Were giving you encouragement, 01:04 if you struggling with weight challenges. 01:06 But also giving you hopes, 01:08 again I'm Dr. David DeRose 01:10 and today joining me is Dr. John Clark. 01:13 John this is the subject, that I know many people 01:16 feel guilty about there are so many messages 01:19 out there. Is the purpose of today 01:21 show to make people feel worse? 01:23 But how much they way of the curing extra pounds. 01:25 No they feel bad enough as it is 01:28 and the often times, they beat themselves 01:30 up and that maybe. Why are they actually 01:33 continuing their obesity? 01:35 You know, the important message today. 01:37 Is that you're precocious to God, 01:39 just the way you're. it doesn't matter, 01:41 if you're weight a 100pounds or 700 pounds. 01:46 You're not a value to God, because of your 01:50 size or your appearance. 01:51 God values as far who you're and so we 01:54 set the stage for talking about this 01:55 important subject. It's from the stand 01:57 point of compassion, from two physicians. 02:00 That myself and Dr. Clark, 02:01 who've delta law with the whole area of Life Style 02:03 medicine and we're legerity concerned 02:06 about what's happening in America 02:08 and how this is affecting, 02:09 a host of things that would some times 02:11 are not reported in the medical literature. 02:13 Dr. Clark you lately, I know have been 02:16 looking a lot at the immune system. 02:18 The immune system of course is related to 02:20 cancer. But it also related to infectious 02:22 diseases and is there is dialogue today 02:25 about Bioterrorism, about epidemics is 02:29 coming in this country. 02:31 The bird flu, other strange virus is the 02:35 Marburg virus and Ebola virus 02:37 and all kinds of things there are circulating 02:39 out there. There is an important message, 02:41 when it comes to weight. 02:42 Isn't there when it comes to the immune system. 02:45 Yes, one of the sad things that happens. 02:47 When you become obese, is that your 02:49 immune systems suffers. It isn't as potent 02:52 there is no active, it isn't as a prepared 02:55 for these types of infections 02:57 and once you do get the infection. 02:59 You've a harder time fighting it of, 03:02 so actually harder for the doctor to work with you. 03:05 When you get this diseases, so you're 03:07 a greater risk for these diseases. 03:11 So again the point then as we communicate 03:15 our audiences about curing extra pounds, 03:18 is not to make people feel worse. 03:21 But is to say, there is evidence out there. 03:23 There is new information coming out, 03:25 there is some of the things. 03:26 There were challenges by and particularly 03:28 as a culture, the challenge with curing 03:31 extra pounds. It's something which having 03:33 far reaching affects and those affects extend 03:36 beyond some of the common things. 03:38 That you've been hearing, about for a long time. 03:41 Dr. Clark what are the things that 03:42 many of us especially interested in, 03:45 who come to the Bible. 03:47 As Bible's student and bring a medical 03:51 prospective with us, we say. You know, 03:53 as we study God's word, as we try to get 03:57 to know who I am. As we come into 03:58 fellowship with him. Do our health practices, 04:01 influence, our ability to discerned 04:04 God voice and his word. 04:07 They definitely do and we find that 04:09 lot of our health practices either 04:11 stimulate better frontal lobe function, 04:14 that's the frontal forward brain. 04:15 How we perceive God, who will make decisions. 04:18 We're we do a lot of our spiritual thanking, 04:20 that this health practices either health 04:23 or hinder thoughts in that area 04:26 and the type of Life Style that 04:28 sustained obesity or brains obesity. 04:31 Often shuts down those frontal lobs, 04:33 makes decisions harder, make perceiving 04:35 God a little more difficult. 04:38 So the message is not, if someone is curing 04:40 extra pounds, that can't have this close of 04:42 walk with Christ as someone else. 04:45 But the message that we're trying to convey, 04:48 is that obesity not only cures its own risk. 04:52 But in genetically predisposed people, 04:54 if you curing extra pounds. It maybe 04:56 an indication, there is something no Life Style, 04:58 that are having deleterious affects on 05:01 other aspects, beside just your physical health. 05:07 It can affect emotional health 05:08 psychological health, and spiritual health as well. 05:11 Dr. Clark you mention this because many times 05:14 people because of the way they are curing 05:16 they are psychological and social 05:18 implications as well. That's correct 05:20 and you might ask which came first the chicken 05:23 or the egg because sometimes this obesity 05:27 often a result after eating. 05:30 Yes the result of somebody trying to fill 05:33 avoid in their life, to something that you 05:36 access fraction out off. Don't forget about 05:38 themselves but they are happy when they 05:40 are eating. They get a bit of a stimulus 05:42 out of that, and they tense to solve 05:44 that problem from them.The other thing 05:45 is some people see obesity not consciously 05:49 but subconsciously they want this extra rumor 05:52 on them because they fear intumesce 05:55 and this obesity tense to accomplish that 05:58 first of all because they tend to be 06:01 considered less attractive as you 06:03 mentioned earlier and second all because 06:06 they do have this distance that is 06:08 automatically between them and anothers. 06:10 So, for example woman that have been victim 06:12 of rape or other violent crimes especially 06:15 when society often labels it is having 06:19 sexually connotation whether psychologist 06:23 label that way are not they often if you heard 06:26 woman even articulate that's they said well, 06:29 I had this unfortunate experience ones it will 06:32 not happen again because I am so obese 06:35 this is a protective mechanism 06:37 whether it's conscious or unconscious. 06:40 Yes. And that's exactly what we are thinking 06:42 about here and so sometimes the, 06:46 you know the way to get out obesity 06:48 may not happen through just dieting 06:50 it may be a whole, you know whole person 06:53 approach thinking about to solve the social issues 06:56 before you can really get out the physical once. 06:59 So, it is an important concept they were 07:00 talking about as you trying to get people 07:02 practical tools for losing weight. 07:04 We are trying to put this in the construct 07:06 the poor person's health and if you are carrying 07:09 extra weight the purpose again is not to 07:11 make you feel guilty but help to appreciate 07:13 the far reaching implication of carrying 07:16 extra pounds and then to give you some 07:18 insights and the things that may be 07:20 over looking that we make a difference. 07:22 Where Dr. Clark has been saying to this 07:24 point is some type of counseling whether 07:27 Pastoral Counseling or other things not 07:28 necessarily specifically about weight 07:31 but recognizing that they are may be 07:34 some things going on in the background 07:36 may be even in your past that are making a 07:38 difficult if not impossible to shut 07:40 the pounds with lifestyle approaching. 07:43 And Dr. Clark we know that they are many people 07:46 and you make this association overeating 07:49 and weight gain but they are many people 07:50 who are overweight and very careful 07:52 their eating and if you sat down with them 07:54 you follow them through out the day 07:56 and you follow the next neighbor who is thin 07:58 they actually may be eating less. 08:00 They actually may be eating less 08:01 in some cases and they very upset 08:02 by categorizations like they are glutton 08:06 or care controller appetite because 08:08 sometimes that's not operative. 08:11 When it comes to eating now, 08:13 are there certain things other than just total 08:16 amount calories in that make differences 08:18 for as the whole weight equation. 08:20 Yes. And I think of a lady in our 08:22 community up there in Maine, who 08:25 weighed 500 pounds and she decided 08:28 she wanted to lose weight and she did 08:32 some research on it, she was fairly bright 08:35 educated person as she is working in a 08:38 secretarial position and decided to the 08:41 best way to lose weight was to get exercise 08:44 walking and go to on a total flat food diet 08:48 Right. And so she was too embarrassed 08:51 though to walk in the day time. 08:53 So, she would go to a graveyard at about 3AM. 08:58 And walk she did this for I think a year 09:00 and half and lost about 150 pounds before 09:04 she would decide she could walk 09:06 all people can see her. And over the course 09:08 well I think four years she lost all the weight 09:11 she was thin. But all the sudden 09:13 this is interesting she became a kind of 09:15 upset because people who before would not look 09:18 at her, now want to talk to her and be her friend. 09:21 That's it. And this is very offensive to her, 09:25 but she felt they didn't value her for who she was. 09:30 This is very important to the guys because 09:32 many people don't realize that when it is 09:35 dramatic change in appearance there are 09:37 significant psychological implications. 09:40 People will treat you differently, 09:42 it will effect relationships 09:44 it may cause broken relationships because 09:47 may be people with your close to are intimate with 09:52 their perception may change, 09:54 they may be more insecure. 09:56 Especially they feel that they, 09:57 that someone more attractive with him 09:59 and they are not worthy is all kinds of dynamics 10:02 it will happen here. So weight issues 10:05 are not just issues that involve physiology, 10:08 they psychology, it is one of the key 10:10 messages we want to give you today if 10:12 you having challenges when it comes to 10:14 weigh lose. When I saying these men 10:15 were in problem we are just saying 10:17 look at the whole range of spiritual and 10:19 psychological resources because these can be 10:21 very important in whole process. 10:24 Well, Dr. Clark, I have got a statement 10:26 here from Medical Journal but I am 10:28 interested in your feedback 10:29 and this came out not all that long ago 10:33 but it was in a publication written 10:36 for doctors. Here's how they put these, 10:39 kids use to walk to school eat dinner with 10:42 their family and ride their bikes 10:43 through the neighborhoods. 10:44 Today, America's children are more apt 10:48 to curl up with a bag of chips 10:50 and an after school video than to play outdoors. 10:55 Most would chose a big Mac and fries over 10:57 a tuna sandwich and an apple. They spend about four hours 11:01 a day watching television playing video games 11:04 and using a computer and they are fatter 11:06 and more sedentary then previous generations. 11:10 Childhood obesity is at an unprecedented high. 11:15 What do you think of that characterization of our 11:18 children is that warranted? Oh! I think that 11:21 a just a statement of observation 11:24 and its true that diseases that are result of obesity 11:28 have crept lower and lower in the age brackets in our 11:32 country, grade school kids are now getting diabetes type 2 11:37 which used to only be called Adult-onset. 11:40 And as a consequence there has been a number of 11:44 school programs that have been put together 11:46 just for children to help them with diabetes 11:50 and I have seen a number of these. Some of them 11:52 have been put together by students for students. 11:55 PowerPoint presentations and whole things like this 11:58 and so the concern is there that as obesity increases, 12:02 other degenerative diseases will also increase 12:06 and longevity will become a thing of the past. 12:10 So, one of the interesting implications 12:12 of this is often times people that struggle with weight 12:15 and adulthood are struggling with the consequences 12:19 of things that became operative in childhood 12:21 and so the family environment is often 12:24 something that comes into focus even people 12:26 that are in now in their 50s, 60s or older 12:29 when obesity was not as prevalent in childhood 12:32 often carried extra weight in childhood. 12:35 They may have come from a family 12:36 where weight was a problem and so as we speak 12:39 about these issues again it's not to label 12:42 you as a bad person. Your person of immense value 12:46 and to not speak about the subject and to give you 12:49 pointers would be doing you a disservice, 12:52 you would expect a show that does programs 12:55 on health, to not uncommonly address 12:58 from different perspectives from the minds of different 13:00 professionals things that you can do to address 13:03 what is really an American scourge. 13:05 Sixty seven percent, that's a current statistic 13:08 of Americans are either overweight or obese 13:11 and so we are speaking today about things you can do. 13:14 You may not be able to change your childhood 13:16 background but what lessons Dr. Clark 13:18 can we learn from some of these childhood risk factors, 13:21 whether its more television viewing of things, 13:24 we are on television right now. 13:26 You and I are speaking, is television associated; 13:30 television watching, is it associate with obesity. 13:32 Yes, that sure is. The thing that happens 13:36 when you watch a TV is it basically puts your mind 13:40 in the Alpha wave. It sends you into sleep waves 13:42 and at the same time it tends to stimulate your appetite. 13:46 So you sit there mindlessly eating food 13:49 and the hours pass and the calories pass 13:52 and pretty soon that you have not only lowered your 13:55 metabolism but you've upped your calorie load 13:57 and so watching TV and eating fast-food 14:01 is associated with obesity, it's also associated 14:03 with diabetes. Let's give a key point here then, 14:06 if you're concerned about your weight 14:08 one of the things you should do is only eat 14:11 at the kitchen table, don't eat in front of the television 14:14 set and I actually, I would like to suggest 14:17 Dr. Clark that the kind of viewing that's featured on 14:19 3ABN and other wholesome networks 14:21 is much differed than the fear that most people 14:25 are watching. These psychologists 14:27 and the medical researchers who have looked 14:28 at television in connection with obesity. 14:30 They have drawn conclusions like Dr. Clark has, 14:33 but they taken one step further 14:36 and this may have between the lines and your comments, 14:39 but they say this appetite that's being driven as 14:42 you mentioned, it's not just that they are sitting in front 14:45 of the TV, its what they're seeing, it's the commercials. 14:48 It's the companies that are paid 14:51 for the placements of their soft drink 14:53 in the hands of the felt heroine in the soap opera 14:59 and the message is being given by 15:02 Television programming, convention programming 15:04 we are not talking about 3ABN but saying 15:07 you can basically eat anything you want, 15:09 eat at anytime you want and you can 15:11 have the perfect figure. Yeah. 15:14 You know and this kind of gets back to 15:16 where we were headed earlier with 15:18 are there you know foods that are better are worse, 15:21 you talked about the neighbor who is the same weight, 15:24 but are different weight but they eat the same thing 15:26 and then I talked about the lady that put herself 15:29 on a planned based diet. Right. 15:31 And this is one of the keys here, 15:34 these things they advertise on television 15:37 or not necessarily designed to help you lose weight. 15:41 So not lots of commercials on televisions 15:45 basically touting whole grains and lots of vegetables 15:50 and things, eating more beans, 15:52 are there many commercials out there like that? 15:54 Yeah, where's the bean! Okay, 15:58 so basically what we are saying eating more plant 16:02 foods may not be as extreme as the patient you mentioned, 16:05 we're not saying that everyone who is trying to lose 16:07 weight has to become a total vegetarian 16:09 but these foods they are loaded with nutrients 16:11 and when you eat, especially vegetables 16:14 if you haven't heard this before the three classes of 16:17 vegetables that are the best for diabetes 16:23 and weight loss are what I like to call the stalk, 16:24 stem, and flower vegetables. Excuse me leaf, stem, 16:30 and flower vegetable, stalk and stem are the same. 16:32 So, Dr. Clark what does that conjure up in your mind? 16:35 Alright. On vegetables. I think of broccoli right 16:38 away when you say that. They have the stem 16:40 and the flower but a leaf like spinach or kale 16:43 or that kind of cabbage, lettuce. 16:47 Exactly, so these things are loaded 16:49 with nutrients, very little calories and most people 16:53 who have problems over eating will not to tend 16:55 to over eat on these foods. It's very rare, 16:58 but I have dealt with a patient 17:00 there has been a few exceptions over my 20 or so 17:03 years of medical work who have told me they 17:07 overeat on some of this leaf, stem or flower vegetables. 17:15 Dr. Clark, meal timing, it's something that 17:19 a lot of researchers looked at. What do you think 17:21 about that? Can someone eat the same number of 17:23 the calories but eat it at a different time 17:25 a day and have a totally different 17:27 result as far as their weight. 17:28 Absolutely those who don't eat a regular breakfast 17:31 by not eating a regular breakfast, 17:34 we mean people who skip or eat it at various 17:36 times or eat scantily. Those people 17:39 who do not eat a regular breakfast are twice 17:42 as apt to be obese as those who eat 17:44 a regular good breakfast. You know, it's a surprising 17:47 statistics because a lot of people say well, 17:49 I'm trying to lose weight, so I'll skip a meal. 17:51 But your body physiologically is differed 17:53 later in the day. Your program to rebuild 17:56 the body, to rebuild even fat stores, 17:58 so the calories that you eat at night, 18:00 it's not just because you don't exercise as much, 18:02 metabolically you're primed to use those 18:05 calories to go toward weight gain. 18:08 Dr. Clark early in the day physiologically your body, 18:13 what's it up to? When you first get up in 18:15 the morning you should be more hungry 18:17 that is if you didn't need eat your breakfast 18:19 the night before. Eat the breakfast 18:21 the night before, like the evening snack or late supper. 18:25 Evening snack or late supper. And so your body isn't 18:29 looking for food, people who eat breakfast before 18:31 they go to work are more productive, 18:33 those that don't eat breakfast get less productive. 18:36 those that don't eat breakfast when they 18:37 get to work are less productive. 18:39 Kids who eat breakfast before they go to school 18:41 can make better grades, have higher IQs, 18:43 those who don't eat they don't have the energy to 18:46 keep the brain going. People who eat 18:48 after 5 O'clock in the evening on the other hand 18:51 see most of that food turned to weight. 18:54 So really even if people are eating the same amount 18:56 of food, the research literature is very clear 19:00 that avoiding as many calories as possible 19:03 later in the day is going to help you 19:05 shed some of those pounds, I have seen that 19:07 many times in my patients John, no doubt 19:10 you have over the years as well, 19:11 just switching that evening meal, 19:13 eating more early in day has made a big difference. 19:16 Yes. You know, one of the things I am very, 19:19 very interested in as we speak about this topic is hunger. 19:23 Yes. Because if people don't eat 19:26 breakfast what then happens to them 19:29 when they show up at work 8 O'clock. 19:32 Well, they're running on a deficit 19:34 they are trying to make food from the night before 19:37 as meal, which isn't gonna be glucose, 19:40 it's gonna probably be ketones and other products 19:43 that aren't the body's favorite food, 19:45 especially the brain's favorite food, 19:47 they won't feel as awake. 19:49 So as a consequence they're usually 19:51 reach for a coffee or some other you know chemical 19:55 substance to help boost them, 19:58 make them feel like they have the energy that they 20:00 want to have. They'll eat high glycemic index 20:03 foods like donuts, that will spike their blood sugar up 20:06 and then they will have a real deficit 20:08 when it comes down cause what goes up 20:10 must come down and it usually comes down hard. 20:13 And so they usually end up with more hunger 20:17 and instead of eating breakfast they end up eating 20:19 more calories and snack foods to make up for the energy 20:23 they need and it isn't good food. 20:25 Good point, so basically what we are saying 20:27 there is some simple pointers that can help make 20:30 a difference as far as losing weight. 20:32 First of all pay attention to the spiritual 20:34 and social connections in weight, 20:36 take advantage of professionals 20:38 whether it's your pastor, whether if you're spending 20:40 more time with God's word. There are simple principles 20:44 of mental health and social health 20:46 that can make a difference and counseling 20:48 can often be helpful. We are not saying you have 20:50 a mental problem, realize that's not the point 20:53 but these things can be part of the equation. 20:55 We have talked about diet, proper food choices, 20:58 eating more of those plant products, 21:00 especially the vegetables and not the root vegetables 21:04 but especially those that have a flower, a stalk, 21:07 or a leaf, these can be very helpful and then 21:11 prioritize a proper meal timing, 21:13 eating a good breakfast, a very important, 21:15 not eating between meals and then keeping 21:18 anything you eat late at night to a minimum at least 21:20 as far as the caloric intake. 21:22 Now, Dr. Clark we have talked about exercise 21:25 a little bit, we have mentioned its importance, 21:27 but it seems like we really need to give some 21:31 more practical information about exercise 21:33 because it is an important part of the equation isn't it? 21:35 Oh! Exercise is definitely an important part 21:38 of equation, this is your way of burning calories 21:40 and you might wonder when is the best time 21:43 to exercise and there is a number of times 21:46 that are very valuable. Exercise before breakfast 21:50 tends to burn a lot of calories 21:52 and its important also for stimulating 21:55 a better appetite for breakfast. 21:57 Excellent point. When you're dropping an evening meal, 22:00 the other thing is to walk immediately after eating, 22:04 this aids in the digestion of the food you do eat. 22:07 Now you're talking about eating more stems, 22:11 leaves and flowers and a person who is not used 22:14 to eating that a lot may experience some changes 22:17 and they might end up with some gas 22:19 or some other problems that they might feel as a reason 22:23 why they shouldn't change, but most people 22:26 if they make the switch within three or four weeks. 22:28 Will get over the gas problems, their system 22:31 will change to like the new foods, their appetites 22:33 will change, their taste will change 22:35 and it will become a way of life and they'll be 22:38 more healthy for it. You won't only feel, 22:40 you know you'll not only be losing weight 22:42 but you will be feeling better at the same time. 22:44 Now, I think there is an important connection and 22:46 recently we were holding a program at our church, 22:49 helping people make healthier nutrition 22:52 choices especially with the, from the frame work 22:54 of preventing heart disease, we're actually running a 22:57 chip program many of you who watch 3ABN 22:59 of Dr. Hans Diehl and his coronary health 23:02 improvement project and that's what we saw, 23:05 as people were losing weight it wasn't specifically 23:09 a weight loss program but they were making 23:11 healthier choices and what were they saying, 23:13 they were saying I feel better, 23:15 my quality of life is better. 23:17 So, as we are looking at this issues its not again 23:21 to make people feel worse0 than they already do. 23:24 It's to say look they're simple things you can do. 23:27 They were pointers, some other insights 23:29 that you can take advantage of, 23:31 that can make a difference. If we can give you just 23:33 a little bit more incentive, a little bit more motivation 23:36 to do some of these things you already know, 23:39 to rely on God, to help you put in to practice 23:43 just what you know you can see some profound benefits. 23:46 Now, Dr. Clark this bring us to another issue, 23:49 because whenever speak about weight reduction 23:52 someone is thinking in the back of their mind. 23:54 Oh! Yeah. There is that weight chart 23:57 and the doctor said I've got to lose a hundred pounds 24:00 or my ideal weight is 233 pounds less than I weigh now. 24:06 How useful in your work with patients over years 24:10 do you find it to have a goal weight. 24:14 Well, you know I don't find it that useful. 24:17 I mean its oblivious if you're, you know 24:19 300 pounds that there is goal some what below that, 24:22 but I often like to tell patients 24:25 you want a fitness or a health goal. 24:28 Amen. Amen. Yes, that you can shoot for, 24:31 and in this case a fitness goal might involve 24:34 a goal as how far you can walk 24:37 or what exercise you can accomplish, 24:40 what work you can do? Or you know a fitness goal 24:45 might have to do with how long you 24:47 can keep your heart rate up at a certain level. 24:49 Now, this is, it's so important 24:52 because a lot of people I think set themselves up to 24:54 failure because of society, because of other people 24:57 in the family, your thinking your not a 25:00 success when it comes to your weight 25:01 unless you get down to a certain amount, 25:04 and so you make good progress with a good 25:06 program and then John, you know what happens 25:09 these people they can't on a realistic program, 25:12 because of their early lifestyle influences, maybe 25:15 their genetics maybe other factors 25:17 they can't get down to being 5.2 ft and weighing a 110, 25:22 it will never happen and be able to maintain 25:25 a reasonable lifestyle. So, when they plateau 25:28 at a 140 and they're 5.2 ft and someone is saying 25:32 you still look kind of chubby, even though they've lost 25:35 60 pounds they feel like a failure 25:37 and this is the greatest disservice anyone can do. 25:40 This person has made a tremendous progress. 25:42 Yeah, you know, you started out talking about 25:46 the television and what kind of models are put before us. 25:50 Amazing isn't it. Those are not the best models, 25:54 I mean they get these cachectic, by cachectic 25:56 I mean underweight and poorly, 25:58 they're not very healthy people. 25:59 Models, wearing clothing that bare, you know that's 26:02 very and this is not the goal. The goal is a good 26:07 health goal and a good fitness goal and 26:11 you have to you know tread against the currents 26:15 in that sometimes tell people yeah you know 26:17 I am not shooting for being a supermodel, 26:19 I am shooting being me at a weight that 26:22 I enjoy and that makes me healthy. 26:24 That's right. 26:25 Do not, you know the important message 26:27 I think we're giving is do not let anyone 26:29 discourage you in your efforts because you have only 26:32 "only lost five pounds." I don't care how much you 26:34 weigh, but the medical research literature shows 26:37 a small changes in weight, small loses in weight 26:40 can have profound differences in decreasing 26:42 risk of diabetes of heart diseases, 26:44 of high blood pressure. 26:46 John you have seen that no doubt 26:47 even dealing with arthritis, haven't you? 26:49 Oh! Definitely and in arthritis say arthritis 26:53 of the knee, if you're overweight and 26:55 you have pain in the knees they have shown 26:57 that if you can lose 10 percent weight 27:00 you get a 28 percent improvement in knee function. 27:03 Tremendous. Tremendous. Yeah. 27:05 The returns are good. You know John, 27:08 this message to me is an encouraging message 27:11 and I just pray that we did justice to it. 27:14 If you have been listening today and your carrying 27:17 some extra pounds. The message is 27:20 you're precious to God even if you gain 27:22 weight over the next week or over the next year 27:25 but the flip side is equally true 27:27 God wants to you have optimal health. Jesus said 27:29 I have come that you might life and have it abundantly 27:33 and there are lifestyle factors that can 27:35 help you help you trim down, 27:36 they may not cause you to have "model figure" 27:39 you may never reached that goal 27:41 weight that someone said you're supposed to weigh. 27:44 You may not look just like your twin brother 27:45 or twin sister even though you are twins 27:47 but the message is a simple lifestyle program, 27:50 healthy diet, exercise, mental health, social health, 27:55 all of these things can go a long way to helping you 27:59 to lose some pounds and experience a greater sense 28:01 of well being and even a clear mind. 28:04 For Wonderfully Made, I'm Dr. David DeRose. |
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