Participants: Don Mackintosh, Glen Wiltse
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000042
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00:50 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:53 I'm your host Don Macintosh, 00:55 and today we're going to be talking about a very 00:58 interesting subject. 00:59 We have in the studio with us Dr. Glen Wiltse 01:02 He is a specialist in family practice, 01:05 and also one of his great interests is preventive medicine 01:08 ...that is preventing things from happening before they do. 01:12 And today, we're going to be talking about "excitotoxins," 01:15 or the taste that kills. 01:17 Now Dr. Wiltse is a consultant for the institute in 01:21 South Dakota, "Black Hills Health and Education Center" 01:23 Welcome Dr. Wiltse, and we're talking about a subject 01:27 that I think is really something that has interested me 01:32 as we've been talking before the program... 01:33 "The Taste That Kills" 01:34 The Bible mentions that in many 01:37 people, their stomach is their god, 01:41 and there can be destruction because of that. 01:43 What are excitotoxins? 01:47 We're talking about a group of substances that have been 01:49 discovered just during the last few years; 01:54 at least the major information about them has been 01:56 uncovered in the last few years. 01:58 Actually one of them has been known for several thousand years 02:01 But they're poisonous substances that are commonly used 02:04 in our food substances, and they have a toxic effect 02:08 on the nervous system of the body. 02:10 Well, we're going to come back to that... 02:11 But why do you think people are so caught up 02:14 in eating these things, or taking these things in? 02:18 Well I think it's like you referred here previously... 02:21 that many people look upon their stomach as their gods... 02:24 Whatever it tells them, that they want, 02:27 or that they should desire, they're going to go ahead 02:30 and indulge in that, and they begin worshipping 02:33 this god, and as a result of this worship, 02:35 they start patronizing various places out there. 02:39 We could mention a few names, but I think everybody knows 02:41 where the fast food comes from... 02:43 And many of these foods are permeated; 02:47 they're taste-enhanced by these so-called excitotoxins. 02:53 So they put... A toxin is something that's 02:56 toxic to us, and excite probably means they're exciting to us too 03:01 But what exactly are excitotoxins? 03:03 Let's talk a little bit more about that. 03:05 Okay, well the term was first 03:06 coined by a Dr. Russell Blalock, who is a neurosurgeon, 03:11 Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at 03:13 the University of Mississippi Medical School... 03:16 And he became interested in this partly as a result of 03:20 his work as a neurosurgeon and taking care of people 03:24 with the neurodegenerative diseases, 03:26 and this interest was sparked specifically because his 03:30 father was a victim of Parkinson disease, 03:33 and finally succumbed to this disease. 03:36 So this really started him on a journey of trying to help others 03:41 to avoid this terrible injury from the substances. 03:44 So what are they exactly? 03:45 Well, we have a graphic that we could show that will 03:49 list these for us. 03:51 Actually, monosodium glutamate, or MSG as everybody knows it by. 03:57 The second one is aspartame which is commonly used 04:01 as a sweetener in food substances. 04:03 It's known as Equal or NutraSweet, Spoonful, 04:07 NatraTaste, and I think there are other names for it as well. 04:11 And then, there's a third one that's less well known, 04:15 a hydrolyzed vegetable protein. 04:17 And this was found to be apparently just as effective 04:21 as producing ill health as these other two. 04:25 So many times, I hear this... 04:26 There's a problem that developed and then someone who is in 04:29 medicine, or another one of the scientists says, 04:30 "Look, I want to figure out what's causing the problems, 04:34 what's happening. " Dr. Blalock, you mentioned... 04:36 But really, what IS the problem with excitotoxins? 04:39 The problem with them is that they have an adverse 04:41 effect on the nervous system. 04:43 They interfere with the proper transmission of our 04:47 nerve impulses, and actually work in an 04:51 adverse way to cause the nerves to overreact, and to overwork 04:55 so finally they wear themselves out. 04:57 The nervous impulse that causes our nervous system to 05:01 function actually starts out as an electrical impulse 05:04 and it's transmitted from one nerve to another one 05:08 at an area called the synapse, 05:10 and the neurotransmitter, 05:12 the thing that helps to transfer this electrical impulse 05:15 is actually an amino acid. 05:17 And these excitotoxins are actually amino acids, 05:22 and so when they're too many of them, too much of that, 05:24 in the body... it causes these nerves to overreact. 05:29 They just keep firing and finally wear 05:31 themselves out and die. 05:32 Well, I want to come back to that and maybe you can 05:35 explain that a little bit more to us. 05:36 But what are some of the kinds of problems... 05:38 You know, you mentioned Parkinson's, 05:39 but anything else that the excitotoxins can lead to? 05:44 Yes, there are a number of diseases that are present 05:47 in people who use these things to excess. 05:49 We might just name them. 05:51 I think that most of them are things that people will 05:53 recognize... Parkinson disease 05:56 which Dr. Blalock's father died of; 05:58 Alzheimer disease which is extremely 06:01 common in our world today; 06:03 Huntington disease which actually is a hereditary disease 06:07 but it seems to be accentuated by these excitotoxins... 06:10 And then we have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 06:14 commonly known as "Lou Gehrig disease" or ALS, 06:17 and then multiple sclerosis. 06:20 We have lupus erythematosus, and even birth defects 06:25 are caused by these toxic substances. 06:29 You were mentioning to me, all of those, 06:32 we can do a program on each of those, I'm sure, 06:34 and I know people that are watching today maybe knows 06:36 someone that has one of these situations, or whatnot... 06:39 So I know that you're listening very closely. Anything else? 06:42 You had mentioned before the break, some other things 06:44 that they're thinking that maybe 06:46 these excitotoxins are related to. 06:48 Yes, the ones that we talked about that we showed 06:49 just before on the previous graphic here, 06:52 are things that are pretty well proven... 06:54 that the substances at least play a part in causing them... 06:58 But there are some other diseases which is 07:00 suspected that the excitotoxins may play a part... 07:03 Include things like even the desert storm syndrome 07:06 which has caused a lot of furor in the last few years. 07:09 It's not been proven that it caused it, 07:11 but there's a strong suspicion. 07:14 Strokes, various types of brain injury. 07:17 If a person has a brain injury, he's more likely, 07:19 or more susceptible to the adverse effects of excitotoxins 07:24 Even hypoglycemia seems to be accentuated 07:27 or aggravated by them. 07:29 And seizures, migraine headaches hypoxic brain disease. 07:34 In other words, a person is in the condition which his 07:37 respirations are interfered with, 07:39 and doesn't have enough oxygen in his body; becomes hypoxic, 07:43 then the brain cells are more susceptible to damage 07:46 from these excitotoxins. 07:49 ...Then well, the common problem of fibromyalgia 07:52 is something that has become very prevalent in the world 07:56 in the last decade or so, 07:58 and there's the suspicion that these excitotoxins may even 08:01 play a part in the development of this disease as well. 08:04 So something as simple as someone watching today 08:06 as a headache, maybe they need to look at their diet, 08:09 and different things and say, 08:10 "Hey, are there some of these excitotoxins here" 08:13 "Maybe this could be part of the problem" 08:15 And certainly simplifying our life could be helpful. 08:19 Let me ask you another question... 08:21 There's another thing I wanted to bring in... 08:23 One of the problems in diagnosing what causes diseases 08:27 is the lag time that it takes many times from when a 08:30 person ingests a certain substance or begins to ingest 08:33 it over a long period of time, 08:34 and the development of that disease. 08:37 So that this is one of the reasons that we don't know 08:39 whether these things are really caused by excitotoxins... 08:41 Could be something we ate 6 months ago. Yes, that's right! 08:45 Well, take me back... You know, how did this get in 08:50 I'm sure that Dr. Blalock is not 08:52 the only one that knows about this; 08:53 although he probably did a lot of the research... 08:55 but what's some of the history of some of these things; 08:58 maybe NutraSweet, or some of these others that 09:00 you've mentioned, artificial sweeteners... 09:03 How did they get where they are now? 09:06 Well I think it's kind of interesting to go into the 09:07 background of some of these. 09:08 MSG for instance, has been used by the Japanese for many years. 09:13 It comes from a seaweed... they call it "sea tangle" 09:17 or the Japanese word for that is "kombu" 09:20 And I was looking at something in the food store 09:22 just the other day, and I noticed that kombu 09:24 was listed as one of the ingredients on it there. 09:27 But now, once it was discovered, 09:30 it's become a multimillion dollar business. 09:32 And the way it was discovered is kind of interesting... 09:34 As I said, it was used by the Japanese for a long while, 09:37 but during World War II, as our allied forces were 09:41 coming up, island-hopping up the Pacific, 09:43 they captured the Japanese. 09:45 They found that their field rations were much more 09:50 delectable, much more tasty than the Gls' field rations was 09:53 which were abominable. Oh, I see... 09:55 And so the Americans sampled the Japanese food; 09:59 found it tasted delicious, and they found out that it was the 10:02 MSG that the Japanese were adding to it that made it 10:05 taste so good, and so out of this, 10:07 became a multimillion dollar business! 10:10 You know, people like Oscar Mayer and Pillsbury 10:13 and Campbell's food, and a lot of the rest of them 10:16 started using this... and actually the use of it 10:19 has doubled every decade since the 60s. 10:22 So it was exciting to them, but we're finding out that now 10:26 there could be some toxic things that are involved as well 10:29 Any other histories, this is interesting! 10:30 Well on this one, in 1957, was the first discovery 10:34 in laboratory animals that there might be... this is MSG, 10:38 there was damage to the nerve cells in the retina of the eye, 10:42 and in the 1967, it was found out it was toxic to the brain, 10:47 and it's been found that it's particularly harmful to infants. 10:51 Their nervous systems are much more delicate, 10:53 and it has a worse effect on them. 10:56 Now back to aspartame, or on to aspartame, NutraSweet, 11:00 or Equal, whatever you want to call it, 11:02 it's been found that this is a very similar neurotoxic effect 11:06 as MSG, and it's interesting how it was discovered! 11:10 There was a chemist who was working for a drug company 11:13 with the chemical called "aspartame" 11:16 and they were investigating it 11:18 as a possible treatment for ulcers... 11:21 And as he was working with it, 11:22 of course, he got some on his fingers, and then he was 11:25 turning in his notebook and licking his fingers in order to 11:29 turn his notebook pages, and found that it had that 11:31 it had that sweet taste, and so out of this 11:33 a multibillion dollar industry came. 11:36 In fact, it promoted G.D. Searle who is the 11:41 people who manufacture and sold it to the #9 11:43 and the Fortune 500 businesses just in a short time. 11:47 Just by taste and just by exciting people's taste buds 11:50 all that money was made and so... 11:51 follow the money here. Right, exactly. 11:53 Then the third item in the excitotoxin list is a 11:56 "hydrolyzed vegetable protein" 11:58 This one is less well known among the general public. 12:01 It can be used as a substitute for MSG. 12:04 It has a very similar taste enhancing effect as MSG has. 12:08 Actually, it's made from junk vegetables; 12:10 vegetables that are no longer saleable from the supermarket. 12:15 They want to do something with them. 12:16 They salvage what they can from them. 12:18 So they take these and they boil them with an acid 12:21 and then they neutralize this with caustic soda, 12:24 and the protein is then separated out 12:26 and it floats to the surface, and them skim it off, 12:28 and dehydrate it, and then this becomes 12:31 hydrolyzed vegetable protein, 12:33 and it's used as a seasoning for our foods. 12:35 So this has a similar effect to aspartame and MSG. 12:41 They all have a harmful effect on the nervous system, 12:45 and then they interfere with the 12:46 transmission of the nerve impulse. 12:48 In just a few moments we're going to go to a break, 12:50 but we've been talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse 12:54 He is a consultant for the 12:56 Black Hills Health and Education Center 12:58 We're talking about excitotoxins. 13:01 Just before we go to the break, you mentioned how these work... 13:04 You said that the nerves in our bodies, 13:09 they fit together somehow... 13:10 Let's say, you had mentioned this is one nerve 13:13 and this is the next one; they kind of fit together... 13:15 And then these excitotoxins, they act right here, 13:18 at this place? Is that where they're acting? 13:19 That's right. This is called the "synapse. " 13:21 And the nerve impulse starts down... comes down here, 13:26 and in order to make this transfer to the next nerve cell 13:30 to transfer the impulse on these amino acids, 13:34 from side-to-side, they make that transfer 13:38 from one nerve cell to the next, 13:39 and when there are too many of them there, 13:41 the nerves continue to be stimulated, 13:43 and actually causes the nerve cells to die. 13:46 And that results in... 13:48 And that's what those excitotoxins do... 13:50 that's where they're acting. That's where they work. 13:51 That's where they do their damage. 13:52 So our decisions, whatever they make, 13:54 they end up right there at every little connection, 13:56 and every little intersection in our body. 13:59 Would that be a way to say it? 14:00 That's exactly right. 14:01 We've been talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse 14:03 from the Black Hills Health and Education Center 14:06 where he is a consultant, 14:07 and has been a physician in family practice for many years. 14:11 When we come back, we're going to talk a little bit more 14:13 about how you can tell whether or not you've been 14:16 taking in these so-called "excitotoxins" 14:20 and how you can avoid the harmful effects, 14:22 and we hope that you will join us. 14:38 Have you found yourself wishing that you could shed a few pounds 14:41 Have you been on a diet for most of your life, 14:43 but not found anything that will really keep the weight off? 14:47 If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, 14:49 then we have a solution for you that works! 14:51 Dr. Hans Diehl and Dr. Aileen Ludington 14:55 have written a marvelous booklet called... 14:57 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 14:59 and we'd like to send it to you FREE of charge! 15:02 Here's a medically sound approach successfully used 15:05 by thousands who are able to eat more and lose weight 15:08 permanently without feeling guilty or hungry 15:11 through lifestyle medicine. 15:12 Dr. Diehl and Dr. Ludington have been featured on 3ABN, 15:16 and in this booklet, they present a sensible approach 15:19 to eating, nutrition and lifestyle changes 15:21 that can help you prevent heart disease, diabetes, 15:24 and EVEN cancer! 15:25 Call or write today for your free copy of... 15:27 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 15:29 and you could be on your way to a healthier, happier YOU! 15:33 It's ABSOLUTELY free of charge, so call or write today. 15:49 Welcome back, we've been talking about a very interesting 15:53 subject today; the taste that kills, "excitotoxins" 15:57 These are the things that we eat that excite us. 15:59 We want to come back for more of them because 16:01 we like excitement as Americans... 16:04 But they're also toxic, and Dr. Glen Wiltse 16:08 has been letting us know that these substances 16:10 are not really the best for us. 16:12 What types of things happen when we take these in? 16:15 What kind of symptoms, what kind of things can we 16:17 look for to know whether or not 16:20 we are on a dangerous road here? 16:22 Actually the symptoms are very subtle, 16:24 and they're not very specific. 16:26 They are symptoms that many of us have time and time again. 16:29 We have them listed here... things like muscle spasms, 16:33 dizziness, or vertigo... Vertigo is what? 16:36 That's where a person feels unsteady. 16:38 They feel like they're whirling around, and they're unsteady. 16:41 ...Headaches, ringing in the ears, or tinnitus is the 16:45 medical term for that. 16:46 Sometimes they have joint pains. 16:48 People may think they have arthritis. 16:50 Depression is one of the results. 16:52 ...Anxiety, slurred speech, blurred vision, memory loss. 16:58 Of course this makes us think of Alzheimer's which is 17:00 one of the things that they feel pretty sure that this is 17:02 at least a partial cause for. 17:04 It's certainly not the entire cause, 17:07 and many of these other diseases that are associated with 17:10 excitotoxins... they are probably not the total cause, 17:14 but they apparently are at least a contributing factor. 17:16 So you were saying that right here at that junction, 17:20 that little intersection between all the nerve things, 17:22 it kind of overloads the system, is that right? 17:24 That's exactly right, and the nerve cells actually die 17:27 as a result of being overloaded or excited in a hyper manner. 17:31 So if it's overloaded where your sense, or in your brain 17:34 where you remember things that would cause the memory problems, 17:37 or your speech centers... 17:38 I mean, is that too simplistic, or is that what's happening? 17:41 Well, I think that's the way to help the layman understand it 17:43 You know, things like Lou Gehrig disease, 17:45 which a person loses the use of his peripheral muscles, 17:48 the skeletal muscles; headaches because of the 17:52 abnormalities that are taking place in the nerve cells 17:56 within the brain... 17:57 So all of these symptoms are a result of that one thing 18:00 apparently, the damage to the synapse, 18:02 the junction from one nerve cell to another; 18:05 overexciting them, and actually causes them to be 18:07 first diseased, and then actually to die. 18:10 I could tell that you've talked to a lot of people about 18:12 health things over the years, you know, being a consultant 18:15 there at Black Hills and helping so many people 18:17 really is going to help us now because I want to know 18:21 what should I avoid? 18:22 I mean, I'm talking to myself... I know that others 18:25 are probably asking that same question. 18:27 What should I avoid? What should I do? 18:28 Okay, well there are a number of things that we can do to help 18:32 First of all, we need to avoid a number of things... 18:35 There are a number of terms that we need to become familiar with 18:38 so that we can look for them when we're looking at 18:40 ingredient labels on foods. 18:43 "Plant protein extract" is one of those. 18:46 So if it says that on the label, watch out! 18:48 We ought to leave it on the shelf, 18:50 and let someone else buy it. All right. 18:53 Sodium or calcium caseinate. 18:57 Now casein is a milk protein, an amino acid, 19:01 and it's present in milk. 19:02 It's an excitotoxin. ... And it is an excitotoxin. 19:05 So if it has casein, or sodium caseinate in it, 19:08 you should avoid that; best to leave it. 19:11 Okay, in addition to that, there's yeast extract, 19:14 or autolyzed yeast. 19:15 Now, we were talking about hydrolyzed vegetable protein 19:18 but autolyzed is another term that's used 19:20 in association with yeast and some other products 19:23 that causes the same damage, the same injurious effect 19:27 as hydrolyzed protein. 19:29 Also, as you mentioned before, most commercial soups 19:32 contain MSG, or hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, 19:36 so that we need to be careful for those. 19:39 Then there are some others that sometimes have 19:42 MSG in them such as malt extract, 19:45 malt flavoring, which we see frequently used as a 19:48 sweetener, or as a flavor in foods. 19:50 That also may contain MSG or aspartame... 19:54 And bullion, or stock, or if it just says flavoring, 19:59 or seasoning, or spices... 20:01 This may be a cover-up word that can cover up the fact that 20:05 the MSG is present. 20:06 There's an interesting thing about MSG... 20:11 If a substance has been prepared by a company, 20:15 and they use one of the ingredients in that, 20:19 has MSG in it, but it's only an additive to that substance, 20:23 all they need to do is give the generic name of 20:26 that particular additive that's put in that soup, 20:28 and they don't have to mention the fact that that additive 20:30 has MSG in it. 20:32 So they're pretty sneaky how they get this... That's right! 20:36 Now, I know that this program will air in America... 20:40 It may air, of course, with our affiliates 20:42 in other places around the world... 20:44 In America, they look pretty closely at the different labels, 20:49 but let's just take labels out of the picture. 20:52 Is the best thing to try and prepare things 20:54 from raw foods that you have yourself? 20:56 Is that the best thing to get away from excitotoxins? 20:58 That's exactly the best way to do it. 20:59 To use the foods in the way they're grown; 21:02 prepare them by cooking or grinding. 21:05 Add some known seasonings that you know are safe, 21:08 like salt, and maybe some food yeast which is safe to use. 21:14 It's not autolyzed, but we watch for that word... 21:17 "autolyzed" or "hydrolyzed" 21:19 Eat foods as nearly the way God gave them to us 21:22 as we possibly can. 21:23 Let's come back to that MSG... 21:25 You know, I've heard lots of people talk about MSG 21:27 and these types of things... 21:29 Anything else you need to tell us about those? 21:31 Well I think that one thing we need to think about 21:34 is some other things, some additives that may be put 21:37 in the foods that contain MSG; they may not say MSG, 21:41 so we might just look at a list of some of those... 21:43 Thinks like carrageenan, I'm not sure how it's pronounced 21:48 and it may say just "enzymes," 21:50 or it may say "soy protein isolate," 21:53 or "soy protein concentrate" ... that's right, 21:55 maybe an MSG added to it. 21:58 It could be a hydrolyzed vegetable protein 22:01 that's added there too. 22:02 Whey is another one. 22:03 Whey has casein which is an amino acid, 22:07 which is one of the excitotoxins, 22:08 so we need to leave whey out of our foods... 22:10 And even some types of soy milk, and I'm not sure 22:14 exactly how to tell which ones do have it, 22:16 and which ones don't, but we certainly need to be 22:18 careful to watch for these particular terms that 22:21 may be used as a camouflage for 22:24 the products that are harmful to us. 22:26 Are there camouflage words for aspartame? 22:29 Yes there are! Diet sodas will have aspartame. 22:33 In all the diet sodas the sweetening agent used 22:36 is aspartame because it doesn't have the 22:38 calories in it that sugar has. 22:40 So in order to make a low calorie diet drink, 22:42 they use aspartame as the sweetening agent. 22:45 So anything that's had NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, 22:48 or NatraTaste added to it, should be avoided. 22:52 Then if we're talking about health, in general, 22:54 there are some things that have nothing to do 22:56 with MSG or aspartame that we should avoid 22:58 Things like eggs and red meat, and a lot of fried foods... 23:03 and the things that we know are harmful. 23:05 We've talked about what we should avoid. 23:07 We've talked about excitotoxins. 23:09 We've talked about how they excited a lot of people. 23:13 They made a lot of money for some people, 23:15 and so they continue to be presented to us. 23:24 We've talked about how they damage in-between the nerves, 23:27 but anything else you want to add about the damaging effects 23:29 and then I want to come back as we're nearing the end 23:32 of our program to some GOOD news. 23:34 What can we do in place of those? 23:35 But any other things we should 23:37 talk about in terms of damaging our systems? 23:39 Well I think the big thing is that a person needs to remember 23:42 that these things are so insidious; 23:45 they're so widely used, and their use 23:48 maybe camouflaged... 23:49 In fact, there seems to have been, and Dr. Blalock brings 23:52 this out in his book, there seems to be a collusion 23:55 between the FDA and the aspartame and MSG association. 24:01 You know, money talks! 24:03 We see this in many parts of the world, 24:05 and many parts of our country. 24:07 Do you think someday they'll be... 24:08 I remember a few years ago when the CEOs of all 24:12 the smoking companies were there in front of Washington, DC 24:15 and they were all saying, "This is not right" 24:17 ...and they all took a stand together... 24:19 Do you think some day there will be an excitotoxin senator 24:23 or someone that says, "Hey, I want to get to 24:24 the bottom of this. " 24:26 I wouldn't be surprised to see that happen. 24:27 There is enough risk there, there's enough hazard, 24:31 there's enough damage that's being done by these 24:33 substances, that I'm sure that somebody... 24:35 In fact, there is a rather large network of people 24:39 who are interested in MSG and excitotoxins 24:41 who I've ran across on a website the other day, 24:46 and so there's a lot of information going out; 24:48 a lot of agitation; a lot of people interested in this. 24:51 So let's say we've damaged ourselves, 24:52 we understand what's going on now, 24:54 or maybe someone is going to try this... 24:56 What kind of foods should they eat? 24:58 Are antioxidants something they should look to? 25:02 You know, what kind of foods should they put in place of it? 25:05 Well, as we mentioned before, we should eat our foods 25:08 in nearly the form in which they grew from the ground 25:11 as we possibly can. 25:12 Avoiding foods that have been processed by some animal 25:16 and then we eat the animal. 25:17 So, get them firsthand, not secondhand. That's right. 25:19 We don't want to eat secondhand foods. 25:21 We don't like to buy a secondhand car 25:22 if we can afford a new one... 25:24 So we don't want secondhand foods either. 25:26 But some of these substances, even the metabolic processes 25:32 of good foods produce harmful byproducts, 25:36 just as a byproduct of cellular metabolism. 25:39 Free radicals are formed, and then the substances 25:42 that are known as antioxidants which are present 25:45 in these foods that grow from the ground, 25:47 they protect against and help to remove these 25:51 free radicals that cause damage to our cells... 25:54 Things like selenium, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, 25:58 and vitamin K, beta carotene which is present in our 26:02 green, yellow, and orange foods, fruits and vegetables; 26:06 all of these things help to remove the things that 26:10 may be harming our cells, the cells of our body. 26:13 They cannot apparently completely counteract the 26:16 effects that may have been produced by the excitotoxins, 26:20 but they can prevent further future damage, 26:24 and maybe even repair some of the damage 26:26 that's been done already. 26:27 You told me a cute story... 26:28 We've got about a minute, 30 left before 26:31 this segment is over... about a little boy. 26:34 You've told this to lots of people, tell me that story 26:36 briefly because I think some people may want 26:38 to make a change, and this is a story that will help them 26:41 maybe think about how to make a change. That's right! 26:43 There was a couple that had a little boy about 3 years old... 26:46 The wife came home from the hospital with a new baby. 26:48 So Junior had to be moved to a junior bed, 26:51 so the baby could have the crib. 26:52 And about 2 o'clock in the morning, the father hears 26:55 a thud, and he realizes that Junior has fallen out of bed. 26:59 He gets up, puts him back into bed. 27:01 The next night, the same things happen about 2 o'clock. 27:04 By the third night when this happens, dad wakes Junior up 27:06 and sits down beside him on the bed and says... 27:08 "Junior, what's going on here?" What do you think is the matter? 27:11 Junior had a very insightful response... 27:13 He said, "Daddy, I think I stay too close to where I get in. " 27:18 And I think when we're making changes in our lifestyle... 27:21 we may start to make some changes already, 27:23 but we stay too close to where we are... 27:26 we need to progress. 27:27 We need to hold on to those things that we really 27:28 really enjoy! 27:30 We've been talking with Dr. Glen Wiltse 27:33 He's a health educator, a physician that consults 27:37 with the Black Hills Health and Education Center 27:40 He's been in family practice for many years. 27:42 He has done a lot of study concerning excitotoxins. 27:45 We hope that what you've learned today 27:47 has been helpful to you, 27:49 and that whatever you eat, or whatever you drink, 27:52 you'll do it ALL to the glory of God, 27:54 and that you'll have health that's really exciting 27:57 and lasts for a lifetime! |
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