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Series Code: CI
Program Code: CI000011S
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00:02 Canvasback Wellness Center.
00:03 It's such an amazing center, but it isn't just a building. 00:06 It's far more 00:07 because Canvasback reaches out across the atoll, 00:11 across the islands to bring health to people. 00:15 How do they do that? 00:16 They train teams 00:18 that actually go into the villages, 00:19 take blood pressure, find people with diabetes, 00:23 and really save their lives. 00:25 Absolutely amazing stuff is going on here. 00:28 Stay tuned. 00:55 Jacque told me when we were in Majuro, 00:57 we just had to come to this cute little shop 00:59 and truly it is a gem. 01:00 Matter of fact, the lady that owns the shop 01:03 had cataract surgery with Canvasback team. 01:06 Look at these things. 01:07 I mean, they're intricate, they're beautiful. 01:09 The handicraft is absolutely marvelous. 01:13 Follow me, I want to show you some more of... 01:15 They're actually making things right here on site. 01:20 Look at this. 01:21 This is amazing how intricate these ladies do 01:24 a tremendous job. 01:26 I wish we had time to watch them do everything. 01:31 Look at this. 01:33 Look at that work. 01:35 That's the kind of thing she's doing right now. 01:37 It's amazing. 01:38 This lady over here. 01:40 Not sure who collects all the shells, 01:42 but she's doing all the shell design. 01:49 Now you got to tell me, what are you making? 01:53 I'm making a necklace. Necklace. 01:55 May I pick one up? Yeah. 01:58 This is how we complete all those, 02:00 you figure for the metal. 02:02 Okay, okay. 02:05 How long does it take you to make one of these? 02:10 Five minutes. Five minutes. 02:11 Do it in five minutes? Wow. 02:14 Can you show me how you start one of them? 02:16 I can make one here. 02:18 Yeah, if you would, if you don't mind. 02:49 How long have you done this? 02:52 Oh, three months. 02:53 Three months. 03:00 But this is they take it an age-old custom area, 03:03 in Majuro area. 03:08 Now you will look. 03:37 What materials is this made out of? 03:39 Is it pandanus? No, this is coconut fiber. 03:42 Coconut fiber. Yeah. 03:54 Coconut is used for everything, isn't it? 03:56 Yes. 04:04 Kind of show you one more thing. 04:05 Look at these roses. 04:07 How beautiful. 05:17 There are so many things 05:19 that the people of the islands do. 05:21 I mean, their handicraft, their lives, 05:23 there's such a colorful and wonderful people. 05:35 There's more impact to come. 05:36 So stay right here. 05:41 According to the World Health Organization, 05:43 depression is the leading cause of worldwide disability 05:47 that happens to a lot of people. 05:50 Are you depressed? 05:51 Have you become discouraged lately? 05:53 The list is endless of things 05:55 that can trigger discouragement, 05:56 despair, or even depression. 05:59 If you are someone you know is experiencing 06:00 one or more of these difficulties, 06:03 we have a great little booklet for you. 06:05 It's written by author 06:06 and international speaker Jim Ayer. 06:08 Overcoming the 3Ds contains timely advice 06:12 set in a lighthearted manner, 06:13 meant to help lift you up and out of your problems. 06:16 Understand, we all have problems, 06:19 trials and troubles, 06:20 but we don't need to focus on them. 06:23 You can obtain your copy right now 06:24 by going to canvasback.org. 06:27 And for a gift of any amount, that's for any gift amount, 06:30 you will receive your copy of Overcoming the 3Ds. 06:34 Get your copy today. 06:39 Tanner, good to meet you. 06:40 Nice to meet you. 06:41 Hey, thanks for inviting us over. 06:43 Anytime. Come on in. Let me show you around. 06:45 Sounds good. Sounds good. 06:46 Yeah, I want to hear all the good details. 06:48 So yeah, give me the grand tour here. 06:50 Okay, so this is the Canvasback Wellness Center. 06:53 We started 2006 with a grant 06:56 from the Department of Interior, 06:58 to do a study on reversing diabetes 07:01 in the Marshall Islands. 07:02 I got to stop you, reversing diabetes. 07:04 Our viewers are going to go crazy 07:05 and say you can't reverse diabetes, 07:07 you got to take pills. 07:08 Well, that's the conventional thinking. 07:10 Okay. Right. 07:11 But we found that with diet and exercise, 07:14 you can reverse diabetes. 07:15 This is proven? 07:17 This is proven beyond a shadow of the doubt. 07:20 Now a lot of people will still, you know, 07:22 try and cast some doubt on it 07:23 and say conventional medicine needs to be used. 07:27 But basically, we've proven 07:29 that you can change a lifestyle 07:32 and reverse not only diabetes, but also hypertension, obesity, 07:39 and a lot of the other non-communicable diseases 07:43 that are out there. 07:44 And I notice, you're not just isolated 07:46 someplace out here in the island. 07:47 You're right with the hospital. 07:49 Yes, yeah, the hospital is literally right next door 07:51 to the wellness center, 07:53 which is very convenient for us. 07:55 Because when we get patients over here, 07:58 we can literally walk them over to the clinic 08:02 and have them checked out and make sure they're okay. 08:05 And then we can continue with the program. 08:07 What we do is we do 08:08 an intensive two-week diabetes intervention program here. 08:13 And so, intervention program is bringing in 08:16 about 30-50 diabetic patients or pre-diabetes. 08:21 And we teach them lifestyle change. 08:24 We teach them how to eat healthy 08:26 with the wellness center food. 08:28 So you've got some good looking things here 08:30 for breakfast right now. 08:31 So this is all diabetes friendly food, 08:34 vegan, diabetes friendly food. 08:37 Breakfast, lunch and dinner, they eat here. 08:40 And then we exercise for two weeks. 08:43 Okay. Okay. 08:44 So then we teach them how to exercise properly. 08:48 We have our own gym, 08:50 that has all brand new equipment in it. 08:53 LDS Charities was kind enough to donate us a new gym. 08:57 So they are able to exercise in there for free 09:02 whenever they wanted to. 09:04 And we have an exercise coordinator 09:05 that comes in and teaches the class. 09:08 And then in the evenings and do health lectures 09:12 and we do a cooking school. 09:14 Because it's very important 09:15 that they get used to cooking with food 09:18 that's healthy for them. 09:20 You know, your average diet out here for kid 09:24 is ramen with coulis. 09:28 So typical US diet for kids. 09:30 Ramen and coulis. Yes, yes, college kid diet. 09:34 And you'll see it all over the islands here, 09:37 horrible diet, sodas instead of water. 09:41 Ramen and coulis, doughnuts for breakfast. 09:43 And, Tanner, let me ask you, 09:44 at what age do you start seeing diabetes? 09:48 You see it in significant numbers 09:51 when you start to get into your 20s. 09:53 Twenties? Yes. 09:55 But that number sadly is getting younger 09:57 and younger each year. 09:59 Because of the diet? Because of the diet. 10:01 The body simply 10:02 isn't able to compensate anymore 10:04 with all the junk food that they're feeding. 10:06 So let me show you 10:08 the rest of the wellness center here. 10:09 Okay. This is really cool. 10:12 This is the hospital's kitchen services here. 10:17 The hospital cooks in the wellness center? 10:19 Right. 10:20 The hospital cooks in the wellness center. 10:21 And if you look over here, 10:23 you can see them we had the plexiglass up 10:26 so we can keep an eye on them. 10:27 Now how's that work? 10:28 You guys cooking different kinds of diets? 10:30 We actually are cooking 10:31 about the same type of diet now. 10:33 How's that happened? 10:34 It changed about two three years ago. 10:35 I know hospital food. Right. 10:37 Yeah, it's very typical hospital food, 10:39 you know, we're all familiar with. 10:41 It's bland and tasteless and not at all healthy for you. 10:46 And that's what they used to serve here. 10:48 About three years ago, that all changed, 10:51 where they moved in with us from the hospital kitchen, 10:56 while the hospital kitchen gets renovated. 10:59 And that gave us an opportunity to help them out. 11:02 You just kind of did a little evangelism, is it? 11:04 We did. 11:05 We did a little sneaky evangelism 11:06 with them. 11:08 And we said, okay, we'll help you guys out 11:10 serving diabetes friendly food, 11:12 because you know, most of the patients 11:13 in the hospital are of course diabetic. 11:16 So we trained their cooking staff 11:20 to cook ramens food. 11:23 And then we have the gym back in here. 11:25 Wow, this is nice. 11:27 Yes, this is all new equipment. 11:30 LDS Charities donated all of this to us. 11:33 And we run aerobics classes, we run classes for women, 11:38 classes for men. 11:40 There's, this is one of the only free gyms 11:44 on the island. 11:46 Normally, you would pay at least $25 a month 11:49 for a gym membership, 11:51 which you know, compared to the States 11:52 is a little cheaper. 11:54 So this becomes another way to invite islanders in 11:57 and then start training them another health. 11:59 Exactly, exactly. 12:00 And exercise is a big part of the health message. 12:04 You had the diet which is huge. 12:06 But you got to get the physical activity too. 12:08 Now I understand there's more to the center 12:11 than what you've shown me so far. 12:12 Is there more tour? Yes, definitely. 12:13 We want to take you out to the gardens. 12:15 Okay. 12:16 The hospital has spaces in between the wards. 12:19 And they were kind enough to let us use them 12:21 as gardens to show people 12:23 how food can be grown 12:24 even on a sandy soily atoll there. 12:28 It's kind of exciting. 12:29 You just kind of occupied the hospital from all aspects. 12:32 Yeah, we did. 12:34 It's a partnership. 12:36 So let me introduce you to the Majuro Agro forest. 12:40 As you know... 12:41 Looks like a forest of banana trees. 12:43 Oh, they do spread. Okay. 12:46 But agro forestry, if you're not familiar with it, 12:49 is basically growing a jungle of sorts, 12:52 you're growing low level crops, mid-level crops, 12:55 and then obviously, your larger crops 12:57 like your bananas. 12:59 Okay. 13:00 So we started this kind of funny in 2015, 13:03 and then immediately got hit by a big drought. 13:06 So everything kind of stayed dormant for a while, 13:09 but it's taken off as you can see since then. 13:12 You got figs also. 13:14 So this is papaya. Well, that's papaya. 13:15 Oh, looks like figs all most. 13:17 All right. They do. 13:18 Okay, these are 13:20 all different types of bananas here. 13:22 And we're stepping over cucumber. 13:23 Yep, we're stepping over some cucumbers. 13:27 We have, I believe 13:29 it's seven different varieties of local banana trees 13:32 growing in this agro forest. 13:34 Even like the dead leaves from the branches. 13:37 We use that as compost 13:39 in the school garden program that we run. 13:41 So we use everything that we can out of here. 13:46 And then if you want to come down here. 13:48 I'm going to ask you, 13:49 what's the vine on the ground all over? 13:51 This is sweet potato. 13:52 Oh, okay. 13:54 Yes. Okay. 13:55 Not many people know, too, 13:56 that you can actually eat the leaves on the sweet potato. 14:00 Didn't know that. Yeah, very good for you. 14:03 So things grow quite well here. 14:04 They grow very well here. 14:06 Now, why do you... 14:07 I guess the real question and you may have touched on it. 14:10 But why are you doing all of this? 14:12 What and you're again at the hospital situation? 14:16 What's the reason? 14:17 The reason is twofold. 14:18 One, we want to give this as an example, 14:21 to everybody in the Pacific 14:24 that you know gardening doesn't have to be 14:26 your stereotypical row of vegetables 14:29 that you have out there. 14:30 You can literally plant a forest, 14:33 an edible forest in your backyard. 14:36 And everybody, most everybody has a little bit of backyard. 14:40 Not downtown area, but out of town here, yes. 14:46 You know, you got to check out this tree. 14:48 Just try a leaf in this thing and tell me what you think? 14:50 Eat a leaf of the tree? 14:52 Eat a leaf of the tree. 14:53 This is my pride and joy out here. 14:57 Tell me what that tastes like? 15:01 Now, it's garlic. Right. 15:03 Garlic. This is a garlic tree. 15:06 Okay, so if you don't have any fresh garlic available... 15:09 I'm going to stink all day. 15:12 That is something else. 15:14 You can use this in its place. 15:16 You can grind this up and put it into a soup. 15:20 Put into a salad, whatever you want, 15:22 it'll taste like the garlic. 15:23 Yeah, that's absolutely astounding. 15:25 It is, I love this thing. 15:27 The agricultural people 15:29 wouldn't let me carry it through but... 15:31 No, no, you can't. 15:32 But get this. 15:33 This has been growing here for three years. 15:35 Just stays just about the size. 15:39 And you keep picking leaves off of it? 15:40 Yeah. 15:41 And just picking leaves off of it. 15:43 Re-grows the leaves. Keeps coming back. 15:45 But also has a really beautiful, 15:46 sweet smelling flower. 15:48 I see you've got some other herbs down here. 15:51 So this cactus over here. 15:54 This is dragon fruits. 15:55 Whoo, yeah, I love dragon fruit. 15:57 So I know you're pricing dragon fruit in the stores. 15:59 Yeah, it's like $5 for one dragon fruit. 16:01 Yeah, very expensive, it's true. 16:03 Well, there's a reason for it. 16:04 It is very hard to grow and very slow growing. 16:07 So this has been growing 16:09 this particular one for about a year. 16:11 The one we have down there, 16:12 that's been growing for three or four years now 16:15 and has yet to flower. 16:18 So nothing yet? Nothing yet. 16:19 Historically, about how long does it take to... 16:22 It really should be flowering very soon. 16:25 In this environment, it's a little trickier. 16:27 So... 16:29 Now when it gets to blossom and then finally a fruit. 16:32 Right, you're going to have out here in the Marshall Island, 16:35 it's a little different than in other countries 16:38 where you have pollinators. 16:40 You know, like in the States you have a bee 16:42 that can pollinate for you. 16:43 We don't have any bees here. 16:45 No bees... No bees. 16:46 At all. We have a black wasp. 16:48 That's it. 16:50 That doesn't sound very good. 16:51 He's not very good at pollinating. 16:52 So we have to do it for him. 16:55 So we'll come and in dragon fruit case 16:58 the flowers open at night. 17:00 So we would pollinate at night. 17:01 Come out here with a paintbrush? 17:03 Yes, yeah, in dragon trees case, 17:05 other cases you would use... 17:06 You go buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz. 17:08 And they can feel good. 17:09 In other cases like a tomato 17:11 would be somewhere you would use a paintbrush. 17:14 So you have to do that with tomatoes too 17:15 since you have no bees? 17:16 You can't. 17:18 Tomatoes are nice and that gentle breeze 17:19 will actually shake loose the pollen on them. 17:20 Okay. 17:22 So you don't start too big of an issue. 17:24 But your cucumbers and your melons, 17:26 you got to do it. 17:28 For every cucumber and melon? 17:29 Every cucumber and melon. 17:30 If you want a good harvest, you got to pollinate by hand. 17:36 Well, let me show you another garden about here. 17:40 So this is our main supply garden 17:43 so to speak. 17:45 We grow a lot of cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, 17:49 and we try and utilize all natural, local methods. 17:54 So one of the things I'm talking about 17:56 is as you can see, we take coconut husks, 17:59 which are excellent fiber, 18:02 water retainers. 18:04 And everybody can find them? 18:05 And everybody can find them, yes. 18:06 There are a ton of them on island. 18:09 So we line all the beds with coconut husks 18:13 and it helps keep the moisture in 18:16 and it helps break down and fertilize the plants. 18:20 Now speaking of fertilizer, 18:22 do you use anything else for fertilizer? 18:24 Yes, we do. 18:25 We use what's called copra cake. 18:28 Now copra is the major export for the Marshall Islands. 18:31 And copra cake is like 18:33 what's left over at the end of that process. 18:36 But it's very healthy for plants. 18:39 So we just have the entire garden plowed. 18:42 And then we add in bags of copra cake. 18:46 And I assume it's fairly inexpensive too. 18:48 It's $1 bag. 18:49 And the bags are about 40 pounds each. 18:51 Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. 18:53 So you get a good bang for your buck. 18:56 But this one, we're going to use this garden 18:58 when the food concession trailer 19:00 comes out. 19:01 Food truck. 19:03 Tell me a little bit about the food truck? 19:04 Right. 19:05 So for years, we've been trying to help 19:07 the Marshallese increase their access to fresh produce, 19:12 that's at an affordable price that they can, 19:14 you know, get to. 19:16 So you know, your average income out here 19:18 is about $3 an hour. 19:20 So there's not a whole lot that you could buy 19:22 at a supermarket 19:23 When the price of one cucumber is, 19:25 you know, $12. 19:27 Twelve whole. 19:28 Twelve dollars for one cucumber. 19:30 It's $4 a pound. 19:33 Seriously? Yes. 19:34 So nobody eats cucumber. 19:36 No Marshallese eats cucumber nearly. 19:39 Yeah, they can't afford them. 19:41 So when you grow cucumbers here, 19:42 I mean, this is a delicacy 19:44 also to show people a change of diet. 19:46 Right and we sell them at $1. 19:50 Okay. Oh, wow. 19:51 So now what was out of reach for you 19:54 before you can afford. 19:56 So you're a real magnet as it were in lot of ways. 19:59 Yeah. Yeah. 20:01 So what we're going to do is we have funding 20:03 from New Zealand to buy a food concession trailer. 20:06 Now this thing, you know, 20:07 picture kitchen on wheels, okay. 20:11 We're going to take this guy out to all different areas 20:13 on Majuro 20:14 and use the produce we have from this garden, 20:18 and the produce we get from Laura farm. 20:22 And we're going to sell it at cost. 20:25 Which is way below market? 20:26 Way below than market. 20:28 So be able to provide healthy food 20:32 to the communities that are in need the most. 20:35 This is beautiful. 20:37 Thank you. 20:38 You'd mentioned to me while we're coming over here 20:40 that you hand pollinate all these? 20:42 Yes, this is cucumber that we're growing here. 20:45 And you do have to hand pollinate, 20:47 since there are no active pollinators 20:49 in the Marshall Islands 20:50 like you would have in other countries. 20:53 So our guys literally come out here every day 20:55 and look for 20:56 and find the female flowers 20:59 and pollinate with the male flowers. 21:01 Every single day? 21:02 Yes, you have to do it 21:03 every single day until they swell, 21:05 what you'll notice 21:06 is that you've successfully pollinated it 21:08 if the female flower closes up in a day, 21:11 and then the back of it swells up, 21:13 that's a successful pollination. 21:15 Until then you keep going at it. 21:18 And then what's interesting is in this, this row, 21:21 and in the row behind it, 21:23 and the other ones you see in the background here, 21:25 we had a lot of trouble 21:27 with some micronutrient deficiencies 21:29 like, you know, your potassium, your phosphate 21:33 and your nitrogen are key. 21:35 And some of the soil out here is lacking in those. 21:38 So what we did is a little local trick. 21:41 We went down to the fish factory and bought 21:43 a five-pound bag of basically fish guts, 21:46 along with some chunks. 21:48 And we dug a trench in between here. 21:50 Okay. 21:52 You and the Native Americans did? 21:53 Yeah, and then pile it in. 21:55 And there's the result. 21:58 Everything is green and growing very well 22:00 and producing. 22:01 You were telling, those are cucumbers too, 22:03 those monsters? 22:04 These guys are cucumbers. Let's go check them. 22:06 Personally, I've never seen leaves that big. 22:07 Yeah, this is the effect 22:10 of that fertilization, you know. 22:14 Now the guy's just harvested earlier today, 22:16 but I bet we can find one in here. 22:18 But this guy, 22:20 this is only maybe two months growth 22:23 at the most. 22:24 Two months. 22:25 Yeah. You can see already. 22:27 Look at that. 22:28 Those things are huge. Yeah. 22:29 And they're growing all over. 22:31 They're looking for more space, 22:32 we could probably put another trellis up here 22:34 and it go even higher. 22:36 So we're looking for cucumbers. Yeah. 22:37 Let's see if we can find anything. 22:39 Here's one. Yeah, I see one here too. 22:41 Yeah, and there's one down or two. 22:43 Do you pick them at that size or you let them get bigger? 22:45 No, no, I let them get. 22:47 I'll show you on this side here. 22:49 Well, I see a big one over there. 22:50 Yeah, I see it. 22:51 And we probably got more on this side too. 22:56 Way to go. There it is. 22:57 This guy. 22:59 This guy's big enough, we can pick. 23:01 Now when you pick them that size, 23:02 they're not too pithy or hollow inside at all. 23:05 No, actually, the thing is, if you let them get super big, 23:09 they'll lose that nice cucumbery taste of them. 23:13 Okay, more watery. Yeah. 23:14 Yeah, okay. 23:16 So this size, you're going to get 23:17 a really great flavor out. 23:18 Now from over here, I can see lot more in there. 23:21 Yeah. 23:22 They pick them every day. All right. 23:25 And cucumbers, the beautiful thing 23:27 about a cucumber is this guy 23:28 will grow to this size in a week or two pops. 23:32 They grow extremely fast. 23:37 So yeah, that's, that's our cucumber harvest. 23:39 Yeah, it's funny. 23:40 We were looking for something nice. 23:41 I see them all over the place. 23:43 Yeah, me too. 23:44 So we'll be harvesting all this week basically. 23:45 All right. 23:47 Well, thank you. Thank you. 23:48 Thank you. 23:52 There is so much more on impact to come, stay tuned. 23:59 As a leader in the field of health in Micronesia, 24:02 Canvasback Missions has been helping people 24:05 reverse diabetes for years. 24:07 Yes, you heard correctly, reverse diabetes. 24:12 In addition, we are helping to reduce 24:14 the incident of heart disease. 24:16 At least 34 million people in the US have diabetes. 24:20 Many have no idea they have it until it's almost too late. 24:24 Many children have diabetes. 24:26 It's time to stop it in its tracks. 24:29 What's the key? 24:30 Certain foods, exercise 24:32 and many other simple yet critical items 24:35 are combined to produce amazing results. 24:38 Log on to canvasback.org to download your own free copy, 24:42 written by renowned author Brenda Davis. 24:46 Learn from an expert in the field 24:47 how to reverse this dreaded killer. 24:50 Remember, it's completely free. 24:51 Download a copy today for yourself, 24:54 friend or loved one, it will be life changing. 25:10 Directly from the hand of God, 25:12 the first patriarch and matriarch of the human race 25:15 received a wonderful garden. 25:16 I mean, everything that was good for food. 25:19 But over time, things have changed. 25:22 And especially here on the island of Majuro, 25:25 things have degraded 25:26 until people no longer have gardens, 25:28 no longer have things to grow. 25:30 But through the hand of God, really, I believe, 25:33 He's touched the hearts of the people 25:34 for the wellness center. 25:36 Canvasback is teaching them how to garden again, 25:38 how to have wonderful fruits and vegetables 25:41 for a healthier lifestyle. 25:42 You see, when your mind is clear, 25:45 you can hear that still small voice of God. 25:51 Not only does Canvasback specialize in medical 25:54 and dental teams 25:55 to help those in great need of healing, 25:58 but we also work to reverse 26:00 the epidemic of diabetes among the population. 26:04 It's the number one killer in the Marshall Islands. 26:08 We are utilizing every means 26:11 at our disposal to combat this deadly disease. 26:15 We are working to lead people back to a healthy diet, 26:18 free from so many foods that are major players 26:22 in diabetes and heart disease. 26:25 We are training and sending out neighborhood teams 26:28 to detect health problems early 26:31 and then offer them solutions that work. 26:34 We're making tremendous progress, 26:36 but your help is needed. 26:38 The program has been highly successful, 26:41 but we must expand and that takes money. 26:45 The needs are great, but the solutions are simple. 26:49 Early detection and teaching with love 26:52 the basic principles of health 26:54 that move people toward a healthy lifestyle. 26:57 I do hope you will financially join us 27:01 in helping to eradicate diabetes, 27:04 the number one killer in the Marshall Islands 27:07 and beyond. 27:12 To be a part of this exciting ministry, 27:14 write us at Canvasback Missions, 27:16 940, Adam Street, Suite R, Benicia, California 94510. 27:22 You can also log on to canvasback.org 27:25 or call us at (707) 746-7828. 27:29 Thank you for watching. 27:30 Please join me again 27:32 for another exciting island adventure. 27:34 Remember, 27:35 Canvasback is making an impact on hearts and lives, 27:38 one miracle at a time. |
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