Participants: Rico Hill (Host), Jim Said, Vera Onkoba
Series Code: FSH
Program Code: FSH000003
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00:01 II Chronicles chapter 29 and verse 16
00:03 states: "And the priest went into the inner part 00:06 of the house of the Lord to cleanse it 00:09 and brought out all uncleanness in the temple of the Lord. " 00:14 The parallels of God's temple and our bodies 00:18 being the temple of God are astounding. Imagine! 00:21 The priest would go into the inner part of the temple 00:24 and they would cleanse it and they would bring out all 00:28 the things that were unclean. 00:30 Hi. I'm Rico Hill and I'm the host of 00:33 From Sickness to Health and I'm joined by 00:36 the enemy of health, the blue guy... Sickness himself. 00:41 That's me. Today we're going to be talking about 00:43 something nobody wants to talk about. 00:46 Isn't that right Sickness? Look, I don't want to talk about it. 00:49 Yes, yes... I know you don't want to talk about it. 00:51 But it's something that affects so many people 00:54 and they don't even know it. Ignorance is bliss! 00:57 In fact, it is estimated that 63 million people 01:02 in North America will experience it at some point 01:06 in their lifetime. Now this is a small problem 01:09 that leads to... leads to embarrassment. 01:11 Socially awkward moments like right now. 01:14 Discussing other people's business... 01:17 That's why they call it "doing YOUR business" 01:20 because it's not other people's business. 01:23 So the topic today is that... is people should have the right 01:27 to choose to go to the bathroom or not. 01:31 Actually is the constitution of constipation. 01:36 I can't believe we're talking about constipation! Why not? 01:38 Because it's none of their business. 01:41 If people want to do #2 it's a private matter. 01:44 Look, some of us want to use the bathroom 1 time a week. 01:48 That's OUR business. Wait a minute. 01:50 Number 2's are private. Wait a minute... wait a minute. 01:54 I think you're talking about yourself, aren't you? 01:56 You're talking about yourself. 01:58 No habla español... 02:02 Ah yes! That's it... you're constipated. 02:04 That's why you're so grumpy. That's it! 02:05 No entiendo senor. 02:07 All right, I'll tell you what: we're going to talk today 02:10 about this touchy subject and hopefully we're going to 02:14 get him some help and get you some information. 02:16 Stay tuned. Roll it. 02:59 Well thank you for joining us here in the studio. 03:02 I know by now you know that we have a very 03:05 fascinating topic today. 03:08 Well, joining me here in the studio is our good friend 03:11 Dr. Jim Said who is a board-certified 03:15 chiropractor - if I could just get that out of my mouth - 03:18 and a naturopathic doctor. And he is a friend to 03:22 this program. But today we have someone else joining us. 03:25 We also have a friend of mine: Vera Onkoba. She is a 03:29 registered nurse. She's one who is on the front lines 03:32 as it were seeing all the things that are happening in the ICU 03:37 where she works. So I know that she has some things that 03:40 she can share with us regarding this topic 03:43 that will be riveting. So with that said 03:46 I welcome both of you to From Sickness to Health 03:49 as we talk about constipation. 03:52 Thank you! Now before we get into this topic 03:57 we know that millions of people are affected by it 03:59 and it's that sensitive topic that no one wants to talk about, 04:04 right? Right. But today we must talk about it 04:06 because I think there's a lot of help for people out there 04:08 and we're going to get into the topic. But before we do 04:12 we want to give our friend Sickness an opportunity. 04:17 We gave him a camera. He's out and he's talking - 04:20 not with people, we'll see that later on - 04:22 but he is out there and he has something that he wants us 04:25 to see on this. So let's take a look at the monitor here. 04:30 THIS is a normal toilet. 04:32 When the plumbing gets backed up the toilet overflows 04:35 and the elimination system stops working... 04:38 much like the human body. 04:40 It's quite amazing. When people eat their meats and their 04:42 cheeses and not a lot of fiber it all gets backed up 04:45 and makes them much more prone to sickness. 04:49 Take this guy for instance. 04:51 Look at him... he's all in pain. 04:54 He decided to enjoy some delicious food 04:57 and let it marinate for a few weeks in his bowels. 05:01 Oh man! Now he's all clogged up. 05:05 That's the beauty of constipation. 05:08 I bet you wish you didn't eat all that cheese now, 05:12 don't you? Back to you Rico. 05:18 Well well well... I tell you, you know. 05:21 Imagine that! Many diseases begin in the gut. 05:28 Doctor, what do we have to say about this? 05:30 Oh boy. A lot, right? A lot. 05:33 What people don't realize is the significance of the gut. 05:36 It is hardwired to the brain, 05:40 to the immune system, to the glandular or endocrine system, 05:44 and to the psyche. So what happens in our gut 05:48 affects how we think and how we feel. 05:51 That in some circles this is pretty much who we are. 05:57 That's who you are as the character. Yes. 06:00 So if you're thinking lousy and feeling lousy 06:03 then you are... dare I say? lousy. 06:08 Well we want to help people change that for their situation, 06:11 right? Amen. So go ahead. Let me give a concept. OK. 06:15 When we eat, our body has to digest that food - 06:19 that is, break it down into small foodstuffs, 06:22 small molecules - that can go across the gut wall 06:26 and be put back together as components of our body 06:29 and build our tissues, our cells, 06:32 our glands, our hormones, etc. 06:37 Getting it into the body and across the gut wall 06:41 is a major task. In fact I call it a violent action 06:45 in the body. Because if you could see the cauldron of what's 06:48 going on in the small intestines especially 06:50 and the stomach, there's a major churning going on 06:53 to break down that food into small constituents 06:57 that we can take into the body. 06:59 Now, our food has in it fiber, 07:04 vitamins, minerals, proteins, 07:08 carbohydrates, fats... these are all parts of food. 07:13 If we take those out of the food, 07:15 the food doesn't have in it what the body requires 07:20 to digest and assimilate and use that food. 07:23 Which leads then to constipation. Yes. 07:26 But I think what we need to do for our audience is 07:29 define what is constipation because you know why? 07:34 Vera, not that we turn to you on this particular point, 07:39 but I'm turning to you on this particular point. 07:42 People don't understand what constipation is. 07:45 They figure if I go to the bathroom at least a couple times 07:48 a week I'm not constipated. 07:51 I go to the bathroom. Or even if I go once a day 07:55 I'm not constipated. Is that true? 07:58 That's not true. Why is it not true? 08:01 Well because the body is created in a way that it's 08:04 supposed to eliminate as it takes in as well. 08:08 So as you take in food that food should be leaving. 08:11 Right. So is that a fair assessment that with every meal 08:15 there should be a corresponding movement? 08:18 Elimination is called the gastrocolic reflex 08:21 from the stomach to the colon. 08:23 So as we take food in we have to make room for it 08:26 and now we eliminate what we no longer need. 08:29 And by the time the food hits the stomach 08:31 to the time it's eliminated is on average about 36 hours. 08:35 OK. So after every meal the body is designed to have 08:40 a normal evacuation. Ask any baby how they work. 08:45 That's right! A baby has a meal they have a corresponding 08:48 bowel movement. Exactly. So if we're not having 08:52 bowel movements as we saw from what Sickness just showed us 08:58 then a person is clogged up or as he put it "backed up" 09:02 clogged up like a toilet - yes - 09:04 and you become a little septic? A little toxic? 09:07 What happens? You become auto-intoxicated. 09:10 Auto-intoxicated? When I hear intoxicated that sounds like 09:13 drunk. Like from? People are thinking 09:16 intoxication? Auto-intoxication? 09:19 What is that exactly? The body in eliminating 09:22 has bacteria that are designed to digest out what we can't use 09:28 in the body... we can't assimilate. 09:30 For example: fiber which is also called cellulose. 09:34 So our bacteria have enzymes 09:37 cellulase - um-hmm - that breaks down the fiber. 09:40 That's... the fiber's their food. 09:42 If we're not giving fiber to those bacteria, 09:45 they're not fed. And if they're not fed, 09:48 they're not colonizing the gut. 09:52 And a great part of the stool is made up of dead bacteria. 09:56 Of dead bacteria? Yes. 09:58 Hold that thought right there. Vera, you're working in 10:02 intensive care, are you seeing people come who are constipated? 10:05 I think you have some stories about some real-life issues 10:08 with constipation... people who have ended up in the ER. 10:11 Is that right? Absolutely. I want you both to hold that 10:14 thought. We're going to hear what you have to say, but let's 10:16 take a listen from this video and see what some people 10:22 who are on the news are saying. Let's take a look. 10:27 You know what I hear on my website and I know you do too. 10:30 I'm just going to get like down with it: 10:33 women can't poop and that's all I hear. Right. 10:36 "How can I go to the bathroom? " 10:38 Why is everybody so constipated? 10:41 I think it's from the onslaught of what you talk about. 10:44 We talk about this issue a lot and all bloating. 10:48 I feel like we're on the phone. I know. 10:50 But the issue is it's the onslaught of what you talk about 10:54 in the book Sexy Forever. It's the toxins in the food 10:57 that we're eating. It's too many prescribed antibiotics 11:01 that kill all the friendly bac- teria in our digestive tracts. 11:04 I read a study recently... It kills everything. 11:07 So when it kills the friendly bacteria then does the 11:11 bad bacteria take over? And what does it do? 11:14 What happens is imagine this much bacteria 11:18 in that digestive tube. It's about the size of a brick. 11:21 So just saying you have two rounds of antibiotics. 11:23 It kills all the friendly bacteria. 11:25 So the bad guys are there, too, and the yeast 11:28 and they proliferate in the digestive tract too and they 11:31 create fermentation. And what do people feel? Bloating. 11:36 And they also produce alcohol which gives people brain fog 11:40 and they don't even drink! 11:42 Whoa! Well, we see here that this is a big problem. Right. 11:47 And according to this news clip or this little clip we just saw 11:52 it's affecting women quite a bit to the point where there's 11:55 bloating and there's all types of issues. 11:58 Is this something you're seeing in your practice? 11:59 Is this what you're seeing in the hospital? 12:01 First you, Dr. Said. Yes. Especially women 12:04 around menopause. What happens around that time of life 12:08 is what's called the intrinsic factor, and the stomach starts 12:12 to go down... meaning they can't digest proteins efficiently. 12:16 When they can't digest proteins efficiently 12:19 they will sit longer in the gut and ferment. 12:22 Actually they rot... they putrify. 12:24 And sugars stay too long and ferment - 12:26 ferment, yes - turning into gas and bloating. 12:29 Constipation is a necessary result of that process 12:32 because those proteins are not going all the way through. 12:37 Also if a person is taking antibiotics as we well know 12:40 their gut flora is wiped out. 12:44 It's destroyed. That's what we just heard in the clip. Yes. 12:46 OK. So it interferes with the process of the flora 12:49 the microbes digesting fiber 12:53 to turn into eliminative waste. 12:57 So constipation is a necessary result of that. 13:01 And I see that consistently in practice. 13:04 Also, if people are eating foods that are not only low 13:08 in fiber but also allergic or hyper sensitive to their bodies. 13:12 Like for example eggs and dairy and soybeans and wheat. 13:18 These are common allergens or hyper sensitive food. 13:21 And let's break down dairy 'cause we're talking about 13:23 ice cream - dairy, cheese on our pizza. 13:28 Dairy, yes? Yes. So these are the things. Milk, right? 13:32 These are our dairy products. Dairy products. 13:34 Wheat like in the pizza dough and bread. 13:38 A lot of times they're putting cheese inside the dough now. 13:40 Yes. OK. Sadly. 13:42 So we start taking in these foods to which we respond by 13:46 inflammation. Now the gut inflames, 13:48 and when the gut inflames we can't digest foods efficiently. 13:52 So wait a minute here. 13:55 Most people think that if I just have some fiber - 13:58 you know, over-the-counter fiber... whatever - 14:01 I can actually have good elimination. 14:05 But you're saying that's not the case. 14:07 No. That's not the whole story at all. 14:09 OK... all right. Well the story, I'm sure, 14:13 plays out often in your work because you have people who are 14:18 showing up. And I think you have a story that you were telling me 14:20 about. What was this? Yeah, I think one of the most 14:23 recent experiences that I had was a patient who came in 14:27 who was completely backed up 14:31 and came in with constipation. And as a result of how 14:35 toxic her environment was she actually went into complete 14:39 failure of all her different organs. 14:43 Did she live? The sad thing is she passed on 14:47 but after so many different measures that we had to 14:50 try and do to save her life. 14:51 But her entire colon system was completely clogged up. 14:55 And I think it was for me something that really helped me 15:00 understand the seriousness of how constipation is really 15:03 an issue. We want to hear what people are saying 15:06 and thinking on the street. But before we do that 15:10 let's get a sense from you both. What's causing constipation? 15:15 What is causing people to not be able to eliminate 15:18 properly? Is it food? Is it diet? Is it exercise? 15:21 Not enough water? What? 15:23 Yes. Just yes? A simple answer. 15:26 We need water. 75% of the stool is water. 15:29 75% of the stool is water. We need exercise. 15:32 Exercise is essential for movement of the gut, 15:36 for movement of the liver, for digestion efficiency. 15:40 We need food high in fiber that is plant-based diet. 15:45 Does meat have fiber? No. 15:47 No meat has fiber? No. 15:49 So plant-based... we're talking about things from the garden 15:52 again. Yes. OK. 15:54 And things from the garden that we can digest without 15:57 a reaction allergically or hyper sensitively. 16:00 So nothing that triggers inflammation 16:02 otherwise inflammation will slow things down. 16:05 Narcotics slow down the gut. Morphine for example. 16:08 Some of these strong pain killers will paralyze the gut. 16:12 So these are very serious issues. 16:14 As I mentioned, if a woman is perimenopausal it's an issue. 16:18 So we need to deal with also enzymes from the pancreas, 16:21 B12, these kinds of needs nutritionally for some people 16:25 to support their digestive efficiency. 16:29 Oh boy. Now some people are going to be a little hot about 16:32 this one: snacking. Ooh! 16:34 Snacking. I'm glad you asked. 16:36 The body requires four hours between meals 16:41 to complete the digestive sequence of the meal we ate. 16:45 Now, if we snack or chew gum 16:49 or do anything that has to be digested 16:53 or swallowed that is a food or the body perceives it as a food 16:56 we now interrupt the digestive process 17:00 so food that's trying to get digested never finishes. 17:04 Now many people out there are thinking: 17:06 "Well I don't usually snack" because they think snacks are 17:10 some cookies or cakes and things like that. 17:12 But snacking... that's not what we mean, do we Vera? 17:16 Right. Snacking can be what? Chewing gum like he mentioned. 17:20 Or, you know, drinking juice. 17:23 Between a major meal anything that you take in 17:27 is actually considered snacking. 17:30 Because you should have one full meal and you wait 17:32 until the next one. Correct. But a lot of times people think 17:35 "It's a couple of hours later... I'll have something light 17:39 as a snack. " There's a fallacy to that 17:42 because we never finish digesting the last meal. 17:45 So now we set ourselves up for allergy or hyper sensitive 17:49 reactions to foods, incomplete digestion, 17:52 incomplete protein assimilation. Wow! 17:54 And we now set ourselves up for even auto immune conditions 17:57 that attack the body. It's very serious. 18:01 You know, I always like to say when I share health talks 18:05 with people I say: "You know, never invite 18:09 a guest into your house 18:12 that doesn't want to leave or doesn't know when to leave 18:16 because this body is a house, isn't it? Right. 18:20 We're going to look at that from the scriptures 18:23 to see just how this body is a temple. 18:26 But why don't we turn to the monitor, and let's see 18:29 what people are saying on the streets. 18:34 Mark, I want to ask you about... how do we say this? 18:36 Constipation. Umm... not a good thing. 18:41 Backed up... can't release. 18:43 But you have all that goodness in you, just get to enjoy it 18:45 for a few hours longer. Don't want to hold all that in. 18:48 Why wouldn't you want to hold it in? 18:50 Hold in all the extra goodness? Not a good thing. 18:53 How often do you think we should have to go to the bathroom? 18:55 Oh twice a day at least. Twice a day? That's disgusting! 18:58 What about once a week? Unh-um. 19:01 I'm trying to get people to go on the once a week plan. 19:03 Mark, will you sign up for the once a week go to the bathroom 19:05 plan? Ooh... Just gonna hold it in. No. 19:07 Ah man, I need you to do this for me. 19:09 A few days? There's no way. Ah, man! 19:11 How often do you go to the bathroom? Let's get a little 19:13 personal. Maybe like three or four times a day? 19:16 She's disgusting. Can you give me a real answer? 19:19 I mean it depends on how much coffee I drink. 19:21 I might be on there ten times a day! 19:23 I don't really want to know about your business - OK - 19:27 except right now. Um-hmm. What do you think about goin' 19:30 you know #2? Once a week? 19:33 Oh no! Oh no... that's right. 19:36 Once every two weeks? Oh no. 19:38 Well what are we talking? Just be honest. 19:41 Daily... daily! Daily? 19:43 Twice a day. You are getting more disgusting by the moment! 19:48 OK... I'm in good company. 19:50 Oh, you mean I'm disgusting too, huh? 19:52 Well that's just wonderful. Um-hmm. 19:55 Yep, it's the blues. People were not "moved" by this topic! 19:59 They wanted to eliminate the conversation. 20:03 The business of doing your business 20:06 was not interesting. Back to you, Rico. 20:12 Well, we've heard it from the street. 20:14 I don't know if it's credible, though. 20:16 So let's take this more down the spiritual path 20:19 because as I mentioned just before we went to the... 20:24 the man on the street and Sickness 20:26 they're sharing with us what people are saying there. 20:29 I mentioned that this body is like a house, 20:33 and we don't want things to come in that don't know when 20:37 to leave... like cheese. Like different types of meat 20:40 that don't have fiber. Let's turn to the scriptures 20:43 because it talks about this body being a temple 20:46 or a building... but not just any kind of building - right - 20:50 but a building where who wants to live? God wants to live. 20:54 So let's take a look. Amen. Let's turn to II Corinthians. 20:56 II Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 16. 21:01 And I'm going to read from the King James version 21:03 of the Bible. And it says: 21:21 Now early on in the program you said that we're hardwired. 21:27 That we are more than just a body. 21:31 There are other dynamics at work here, right? 21:35 Absolutely. Talk about that and I'm going to want to go 21:37 to you, Vera. I'll give you an example. 21:39 We know full well that the gut is hardwired to the brain. 21:44 We see this in autistic children for example. 21:46 When we change their diets we start seeing their 21:49 temperaments change. We see it in ADD kids routinely. 21:54 But it's deeper than that. If our gut is toxic, 21:59 then that toxic material must process through the liver. 22:04 The liver gets overwhelmed. 22:06 It has to process through the kidneys. They get overwhelmed. 22:09 It processes the lymphatics in the skin. 22:12 All the while the brain is also having to contend with this. 22:16 They don't get enough sleep: the brain can't detoxify. 22:20 This is known science. When this happens 22:23 then we become so clouded in our thinking - 22:27 foggy headed... we can't think clearly - 22:30 that even when we hear the Word of God we can't discern 22:34 its meaning. We can't hear that still small voice 22:37 and respond. 22:39 Whoa. Nor can we appreciate the atoning sacrifice of Christ 22:42 and the value of His blood. What a thought! 22:46 Now Vera, I think what we're hearing here: 22:49 if you're backed up physically then you may be backed up 22:52 in these other two areas of man's make up. 22:56 Yes. And I believe it's because when God made man 23:00 He made him mind and body and spirit. 23:03 And when God talks about healing 23:06 He wants a whole man... not just physical 23:09 but He also wants spiritual healing and mental healing. 23:13 And this is what's so valuable about health 23:17 and even the principles found in the scriptures is 23:20 to help tie the whole man. And one of my favorite verses 23:24 in the book of Ephesians chapter 2 verses 19-22 23:28 if we can turn there is 23:30 the promise of why the body is made the way it is 23:34 and what God seeks to do as a result of us being 23:38 cleansed spiritually, physically, mentally. 23:42 Ephesians 2:19-22: 23:47 "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens 23:51 but you are fellow citizens with the saints and the members 23:54 of the household of God. Built on the foundation of 23:57 the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself 24:00 being the Cornerstone. In whom the whole structure 24:03 being joined together grows into a holy temple 24:06 in the Lord. In Him you also are being built 24:10 together into a dwelling place for God 24:13 by the Spirit. " That is a powerful text and concept! 24:18 Can you believe it? We're built up as a house. 24:20 Ah, we could go on all day but our time is done. 24:24 You're going to have to just join us the next time here on 24:27 From Sickness to Health. We look forward to the next time 24:30 when we bring the physical and the spiritual together. 24:35 You know, I remember the first time that my doctor 24:38 asked me how often I did my business. 24:40 I have to admit I thought it was a little inappropriate. 24:43 At the same time I realized that talking openly 24:47 about your bathroom habits is very important. 24:51 We don't want you to be constipated. 24:53 There... I've said it. Yep, you've said it. 24:56 That's right. Sharing your business has brought this 25:00 program to rock bottom. 25:02 It had to be discussed. Hey... nonetheless 25:05 people don't care. We love our cheese. 25:07 We love our pizza... our hamburgers, our french fries. 25:10 We hate veggies, and you know what? 25:11 When it is a problem take a laxative 25:14 or an enema or leave it in there. 25:16 Or leave it in there? Not if you believe that your 25:20 body is the temple of the Holy Spirit 25:22 and that God wants to dwell in you. 25:25 Well, that's our time for today. 25:27 I'm Rico Hill... I'm cramping up here... 25:30 and this has been our show. We'll see you next time. 25:33 You're cramping up? |
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