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00:18 ♪[reflective music]♪ 00:19 >>John Bradshaw: It's no secret that people living 00:21 in the Western world are suffering 00:23 from serious health challenges. 00:25 Obesity rates are through the roof. 00:27 Diabetes and prediabetes are out of control, it seems. 00:30 And everything from dementia to autism is running amok. 00:34 Here's what you need to know. 00:36 You don't have to suffer from illnesses and disorders. 00:39 In the vast majority of cases, 00:42 you can experience better health. 00:44 ♪[music continues]♪ 00:49 Thanks for joining me on "It Is Written." 00:51 Good health is a good idea, but for some people 00:55 good health seems to be out of reach 00:57 because good health costs real money, or at least it seems to. 01:00 Health insurance can be horrendously expensive. 01:03 Visit a health food store and you'll understand 01:05 why many people simply shop where they can afford 01:08 to buy food to put on the table, 01:10 even though it might not be the best quality. 01:12 But having better health does not have to break the bank. 01:16 We're going to discuss better health on a budget. 01:19 I'm going to share ideas and principles with you 01:21 that pretty much anyone can follow and implement. 01:24 But first, why talk about this at all? 01:27 Primarily, better health is God's idea, 01:31 and your physical health is connected 01:33 to your spiritual health. 01:35 God's wish is that you "prosper in all things and be in health," 01:39 according to 3 John, verse 2. 01:41 You want to thrive spiritually. 01:44 You want to thrive physically, as far as you're able. 01:46 In the Bible, "Daniel purposed in his heart 01:48 "that he would not defile himself 01:50 "with the portion of the king's delicacies, 01:52 nor with the wine which he drank." 01:54 When the king's unclean and unhealthy food 01:57 and his fermented wine were served, Daniel refused them. 02:01 And after 10 days of honoring God in his diet, 02:05 Daniel and his friends were visibly healthier 02:07 than the rest of the young men. 02:09 As a result, Daniel was blessed with spiritual wisdom 02:12 and insight, and he wrote one of the most consequential books 02:16 in the entire Bible. 02:18 Paul wrote that "your body is the temple 02:20 "of the Holy Spirit..., and [that] you are not your own? 02:24 "For you were bought at a price; 02:25 "therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, 02:29 which are God's." 02:31 So, this matters. 02:32 Now, consider that global health statistics 02:35 make for scary reading and this becomes important for survival. 02:39 This is Dr. James Elsey, professor of surgery 02:42 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, 02:46 writing for the American College of Surgeons: 02:49 "Currently the US, compared to similar Western countries, 02:52 "has the lowest life expectancy at birth, 02:55 "highest reported maternal and infant mortality, 02:58 "highest hospitalization rate from preventable causes, 03:02 "highest death rate for avoidable 03:04 "and treatable conditions, highest suicide rate, 03:07 and highest chronic disease burden rate in the world." 03:12 He also says health care in the U.S. "has evolved 03:15 "into a highly corporatized system controlled 03:18 "by a decreasing number 03:19 "of increasingly powerful conglomerates 03:22 "where profit is often the main metric 03:25 of performance and success." 03:27 And that isn't going to change. 03:29 Health care in the U.S. is a for-profit industry, 03:32 which is good in some ways, not so good in others. 03:36 The primary responsibility of a for-profit enterprise 03:39 is...profitability. 03:41 If you need surgery or if you've been in an accident 03:44 and you need someone to put you back together, 03:46 you can't beat the U.S. health care system. 03:49 But if you actually want to get well and stay well, 03:53 you really have to take matters into your own hands 03:55 and start making decisions that will benefit you. 03:59 Now, when you start to talk about better health 04:01 on a budget, there are a couple of places 04:03 your mind might predictably go. 04:05 If you want to pay less for food, 04:07 you might want to buy in bulk. 04:08 But for many people, buying in bulk 04:10 simply isn't really an option. 04:12 Not everyone has enough money to buy 48 of everything. 04:15 And not everyone has the space to store 48 cans of beans 04:18 or 25 pounds of rice. 04:20 Buying in bulk is a good idea, but it isn't practical for all. 04:24 But we'll put that on our list with an asterisk. 04:27 You could buy generic. 04:28 Store brands can be cheaper, and the quality is the same. 04:32 Supermarket X doesn't have its own factory making pasta sauce. 04:36 It's made by one of the big manufacturers and relabeled. 04:39 So you're getting regular quality, 04:41 and it isn't costing you so much. So that's good. 04:44 We'll put that on our list without an asterisk. 04:47 But at the end of the day 04:48 you've saved $14 on your grocery bill. 04:51 And while that's something, 04:53 it isn't changing a whole lot about your situation. 04:56 You could shop around for health insurance. 04:58 But it's all expensive. 04:59 So it's a bit like saving $10 on a designer handbag, 05:02 still costing you a ton. 05:05 Medication is expensive. 05:07 Trips to the doctor can be expensive. 05:10 An unexpected visit to the emergency room 05:12 or an urgent care clinic can break the bank, 05:16 especially given that one in four Americans 05:18 have less than $1,000 in savings. 05:22 What's better is to not need the medication 05:26 or the visit to the doctor. 05:27 Of course, that's not always possible 05:29 for a variety of reasons. 05:31 Sometimes things just happen. 05:34 But what if you could keep them from happening? 05:36 The good news is, in many instances, you can. 05:40 I'm going to come at this 05:41 from a couple of different directions. 05:43 If we're looking at better health on a budget, 05:45 then we want to know, 05:46 A, how to experience better health, 05:49 and, B, how to positively impact our budget, 05:53 free up resources that we can invest in our health. 05:58 Right now in California, venture capitalist Bryan Johnson 06:02 is trying to live forever. 06:04 He's following a regimen that can only be described 06:07 as remarkable or extreme. 06:11 Mr. Johnson is taking dozens of supplement pills a day. 06:13 One report said 54; some reports say 100. 06:17 He eats a very carefully curated diet 06:20 and is being assisted by a team of 30 doctors 06:23 and regenerative experts. 06:25 It's all costing him two million dollars a year. 06:29 The results he's achieving are mind boggling, really. 06:32 According to doctors, Mr. Johnson, 06:35 while in his late 40s, "has the heart of a 37-year-old, 06:39 "the skin of a 28-year-old and the lung capacity 06:42 and fitness of an 18-year-old." 06:44 Whereas normal aging is measured at 1.0, 06:47 Mr. Johnson is aging at .64, 06:51 meaning that every year he ages only seven and a half months. 06:56 But improving your health doesn't have to be 06:58 that complex or expensive. 07:00 You and me? We're never going to be able to do 07:02 all that Bryan Johnson is doing. 07:03 And, of course, he's not going to live forever. 07:06 But he is proving something very important. 07:10 If you do certain things, and if you don't do certain things, 07:15 you do better. 07:17 You can radically impact your health. 07:21 So, what can you do that won't break the bank and that 07:23 will almost certainly improve your health significantly? 07:27 Now, to be clear, I'm not making promises. 07:29 I hope you'll do your own research and speak 07:31 with your doctor, but here's what we know. 07:34 The system, as it currently is, has failed us. 07:37 The foods we eat in the U.S. 07:39 are filled with preservatives, dyes, and chemicals 07:41 which many other countries have banned. 07:44 There was a controversy for years 07:46 about a food coloring known as Red #3. 07:49 In 1990--in 1990!--it was banned 07:54 for use in the United States 07:55 in topical drugs and cosmetics after the FDA determined 08:00 the dye caused cancer when eaten by animals. 08:03 But for more than 30 years after that, it was allowed 08:08 in foods, supplements, and oral drugs. 08:11 And even the ban on Red 3 allowed manufacturers to use it 08:14 for two more years. 08:15 Bottom line, it was known for years that Red 3 is harmful, 08:19 but nothing was done to take it out of the food supply. 08:23 Another one: 08:24 There's a huge debate about glyphosate in food, 08:27 with people claiming it's linked to cancer 08:29 and other disastrous outcomes. 08:32 A chemical, glyphosate is the active ingredient 08:34 in the world's most widely used weed killer. 08:38 While it can no longer be used by home gardeners, 08:41 largely due to a massive amount of lawsuits, 08:44 farmers can still use it. 08:46 In other words, glyphosate still gets sprayed on plants, 08:50 which become the food you eat. 08:53 The challenge is, of course, proving glyphosate is harmful. 08:56 You just can't do tests in which you expose people 08:59 to a potential carcinogen. 09:01 One big challenge with all of this 09:02 is that "much of the epidemiological data we do have 09:06 "comes directly from scientists employed 09:10 by the companies producing herbicides." 09:13 How do you spell "conflict of interest"? 09:16 Pesticides are sprayed about with enthusiasm, 09:19 and the potential for that to negatively impact humans 09:22 is obviously huge. It's hard to imagine that it doesn't. 09:26 It reminds me of what happened with cigarettes. 09:28 Years ago doctors would recommend them. 09:30 Then we learned they were killing us, and yet 09:32 big tobacco maintained cigarettes were not harmful. 09:35 So if tobacco companies maintained that 09:37 their harmful product wasn't harmful, 09:40 you think the same could be happening today 09:42 with other products? 09:43 Add to that, drug companies often run their own tests 09:47 to determine whether or not their drugs are safe. 09:51 So what can you expect the results of those tests to be? 09:55 And today, we eat food that's so highly processed 09:58 it barely even resembles food. 10:00 The system is failing us. 10:03 When I was growing up, autism was unheard of. 10:06 In the year 2000, one in 150 U.S. kids had autism. 10:11 Today, it's one in 31. 10:14 In California, it's close to one in 20. 10:19 That's catastrophic! 10:21 While no one will tell you the cause, 10:23 it's impossible to imagine that the soup of chemicals and dyes, 10:29 and highly processed items that are barely food, 10:32 and drugs and medications and all of that 10:35 can't have anything to do with it. 10:38 Add to that, we are more sedentary than ever before. 10:41 People are glued to their devices. 10:42 Fewer kids are raised where they have room to run and play. 10:47 We're caught in a trap of our own making, 10:49 and if you live like everyone else lives, 10:51 you're going to die like everyone else dies. 10:55 But ya don't have to. 10:57 Now, a couple of things-- 10:58 one, yes, some people find it hard to make changes. 11:01 Yes, that's true. 11:03 But not making changes is not really an option. 11:06 And I'm not against people enjoying junk food 11:08 or snack food. No one wants to see 11:10 french fries disappear entirely. 11:13 We're not going to ban cheesecake or M&Ms. 11:16 But it would be good to see foods like this 11:18 produced without potentially harmful dyes 11:21 and other harmful ingredients. 11:23 But whatever happens or doesn't happen, 11:25 there is a way you can coexist with these things 11:28 so that you don't have to become another statistic. 11:31 Everyone in your family has diabetes or heart issues? 11:34 Doesn't mean you have to. 11:36 One more thing: 11:38 There are more than 8 billion people in the world. 11:41 There will be exceptions to every rule, 11:45 even to what I'm about to tell you. 11:47 We've got something for you at It Is Written that combines 11:50 good health principles and the study of the Bible: 11:53 The New Beginnings Health and Bible Study Guides, 11:56 20 lessons covering many of the major teachings of the Bible, 12:00 each study introduced by health principles 12:03 that will impact your life for the good. 12:05 The New Beginnings Health and Bible Study Guides, 12:08 visit itiswritten.shop 12:11 or call 888-664-5573. 12:18 So, first, healthy, and then, budget. 12:23 Let's make this easy. 12:25 Ninety-nine percent or more of all people can do this. 12:30 The Journal of the American Medical Association reported 12:33 that people who walk 7,000 steps per day--that's a minimum-- 12:39 experience--get this-- 70 percent lower mortality 12:43 from all causes compared with those 12:46 who don't walk 7,000 steps a day. 12:49 Thousands of people were tracked for a decade, 12:51 and that's what was found. 12:52 You want to be healthier? Move. Walk. 12:55 If you can't, you can't. I understand. 12:57 But most of us can, and yet most who can do not. 13:01 A doctor friend of mine advises his patients to add 13:04 a 45-minute brisk walk to their daily schedule. 13:08 If you need to take breaks at first, do that. 13:10 If you need to go slow, do that. 13:12 But he says, "Aim to get to 45 minutes 13:15 of continual walking a day." 13:17 Again, this might not be easy for everyone. 13:20 But if you can do it, do it. 13:21 And I'm telling you, get exercising 13:23 and it's hard to quit. You'll end up loving it. 13:27 Walking is free, and it's one of the best things 13:30 you can do for your health. 13:32 Or run or bike or whatever it is that you like to do. 13:36 What did we learn earlier about the body? 13:38 The Bible says it is "the temple of the Holy Spirit." 13:43 There's another thing that doesn't have to cost you money, 13:45 and that is...lose weight. 13:48 Unless you're in a tiny minority, you can. 13:51 Move more, eat less, and eat less junk. 13:56 It might not be that simple for everyone, 13:58 but it is for almost everyone. 14:00 And if you don't eat after 6:00 p.m., 14:04 you'll make it even easier on yourself. 14:06 Eating late causes extra calories to be stored as fat 14:10 while you sleep instead of being burned throughout the day. 14:14 Making that change might take some getting used to, 14:16 but at the very least, 14:18 try to eat less at night and don't eat late. 14:20 It's just hard on your body. 14:22 Here's something most people don't want to hear. 14:24 Better health on a budget? Are you ready? 14:27 Don't eat between meals. Just don't. You don't need to. 14:32 Eat a real breakfast and don't eat again until lunch. 14:36 No candy bars, no bags of chips. 14:38 Just cutting out that midmorning sugary snack 14:41 will do wonders for you. 14:43 If you ate breakfast at 7:00, 14:45 you're not hungry at 9:00 or even 10:00. 14:48 What you think is hunger is just the digestion process 14:52 doing its thing. 14:53 Drink some water, and you'll be fine. 14:56 Eat real food at lunch, and you won't need to eat 14:59 until you get home. And trust me, 15:02 it might take some getting used to, but you'll get used to this. 15:06 And think of the money you'll save and, therefore, have 15:10 to invest in your health. 15:12 Cut out soda--entirely. 15:16 That will cost you nothing, cutting it out. 15:18 Drink water. Oh, you really can. 15:20 Drink all the water you want. 15:22 And there's no point drinking expensive water. It's all H20. 15:26 Drink it out of your tap if it tastes okay. 15:28 Filter it if you want to. 15:30 Soda is liquid sugar. 15:33 It's catastrophically bad for you. 15:36 You can drink in just one can of soda 15:38 close to 10 teaspoons of sugar. 15:41 And some people will drink two, three, four cans of soda a day-- 15:45 or more. That might be 40 teaspoons or more of sugar 15:51 in one day, just from soda. 15:54 And if you're drinking bigger sodas, 15:57 you're getting even more sugar. 16:00 Then there's the sugar you get from food. 16:03 It seems it's in everything. 16:05 Sugar is in applesauce. 16:07 Sugar is in peanut butter often. 16:10 Why? There's no need for that. 16:12 It's in ketchup. 16:14 It's in breakfast cereal like you wouldn't believe. 16:17 Some breakfast cereals should be called candy, 16:20 containing almost six teaspoons of sugar per serving, 16:23 and a serving size is small. 16:26 What if your child eats two servings? 16:28 And you wonder why your kid isn't healthy. 16:31 Even cereals marketed as healthy 16:33 can contain a pile of sugar. 16:36 And all of that sugar adds up to...not good. 16:42 Better health on a budget-- 16:43 avoid alcohol--completely. 16:47 Among other things, alcohol is cancer causing. 16:50 It's an utter curse. 16:53 The problem is alcohol has become part of the culture. 16:55 So, be countercultural. 16:58 I just saved you a pile of money right there. 17:01 And, and don't smoke. But you knew that already. 17:05 Okay, so you don't like water, you don't want to quit alcohol, 17:09 you don't want to adjust your eating schedule, 17:11 you love M&Ms too much to even cut back, 17:14 and you don't want to exercise. 17:16 Well, it sounds like what you do want is to take 17:19 blood pressure medication and diabetes medication 17:22 and heart meds and go to your own funeral at 66 instead of 86. 17:27 I've been told, "But I don't want to live forever." 17:30 Oh, yes, you do. 17:31 You most certainly don't want to die early. It isn't fun. 17:34 You're robbing God, you're robbing yourself, 17:37 and you're robbing those that love you. 17:39 Now, here's another one: sleep. 17:41 Getting enough sleep is vital to good health. 17:46 And it doesn't cost you a cent. 17:48 You'll have more energy. You'll be happier. 17:51 You'll fight depression. 17:53 And it even makes it easier to keep weight off. 17:55 The science is indisputable. 17:58 Get good sleep and you'll thrive. 18:01 Now, I know that in a country that has a love affair 18:03 with caffeine, this might not be easy to hear. 18:08 But what people won't tell you 18:09 is that caffeine causes cerebral vasoconstriction-- 18:12 that is, the veins in your brain narrow. 18:16 You don't want that. 18:18 Chronic coffee drinking increases the risk 18:21 of cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. 18:25 Caffeine isn't good for you. 18:28 And don't give me, "I'd die without my coffee." 18:31 You really won't. 18:33 And you can do this because God is able. 18:35 Philippians 4:13, 18:37 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 18:41 All things. 18:42 Philippians 1, verse 6: 18:44 "He who has begun a good work in you 18:46 will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." 18:49 God will do in you the things that need to get done. 18:54 So there's the better health: 18:57 Cut out caffeine, get exercise, get sleep, get exercise, 19:00 cut down on sugar, get exercise, 19:02 cut out alcohol--none of this costs you anything-- 19:05 quit drinking soda or sugary beverages, 19:08 don't eat between meals, don't eat late, 19:10 drink water-- did I mention get exercise?-- 19:13 and there's more that I could have said. 19:14 Eat more whole foods. 19:16 Eat more grains, more vegetables. 19:18 Many people just don't eat vegetables. 19:23 And if you eat too much fried food, cut back. 19:26 You might find out that you can cut it out altogether. 19:29 So, better health. 19:32 But what about better health on a budget? 19:36 Okay. First, it's important to look at your overall budget. 19:42 Sometimes you need to invest in your health, 19:44 and you can't do that if you don't have the money. 19:46 For example, you commit to sleeping more 19:49 to bless your health, but you have a lousy bed. 19:52 You want to be able to afford a new bed. 19:54 But maybe the resources aren't there. 19:57 Let's think that through. 19:58 Financial expert Dave Ramsey had a caller on his radio show 20:02 who shocked even Mr. Ramsey. 20:06 Even though the man was unemployed, 20:07 he bought a $64,000 car 20:11 and was making payments of $1,200 a month. 20:14 And he's $94,000 in debt. 20:18 No. No. You just don't do that. 20:20 Buy a bicycle. Walk. Buy a $3,000 vehicle. 20:26 Unemployed and spending $64,000 on a car? 20:31 What that means is if you want to buy vitamins, 20:33 or you need to pay for a visit to the doctor, 20:35 or you want to eat better quality food, 20:36 which may cost you a little more, 20:38 you can't afford to. 20:40 You can buy a whole lot of healthy food for $64,000. 20:45 The idea is cut unnecessary spending. 20:50 Stay out of financial trouble and free up more money 20:54 that you can invest in your health. 20:56 Don't make unnecessary car payments 20:59 and you can afford that bed, 21:01 and you'll sleep better, and your health will improve. 21:06 Now, this is practical. 21:08 If you're concerned about your budget, eat out less. 21:14 You go to your local Chinese place or whatever 21:16 and you're getting General Tso something-or-other 21:19 or, or sweet-and-sour this or that, and what's it costing you? 21:22 Twelve dollars, $15, maybe more. 21:25 Do that four times a week and you're spending $60 on lunch; 21:31 that's $3,000 a year. 21:35 Let's add to that the coffee you buy. 21:37 What is that? Five dollars a day? Let's call it $5 a day, 21:39 $25 a week, $1,250 a year. 21:43 You're looking at between $3,500 and $4,500 a year, 21:49 none of which you need to spend. 21:53 Make your lunch at home and take it to work with you. 21:57 Yes, that's going to cost you something, 21:59 but you're not going to spend 22:00 anything like what you'd be spending at a restaurant. 22:03 You don't have time to cook rice and beans 22:06 or make sandwiches or whatever it is? 22:07 Maybe you don't. 22:09 But what you really don't have time for 22:11 is a week in the hospital and then two or three more weeks 22:14 recovering from a heart attack. 22:16 If you don't have time to prepare healthy food, 22:19 you definitely don't have time to be ill or die. 22:23 Another thing, make a shopping list. Don't impulse buy. 22:27 Go to the supermarket and buy what you need and no more. 22:31 Don't even walk through the junk food aisle. 22:34 Make a list and stick with it. 22:37 Everyone has had those times where you stop at Walmart 22:39 for just two things and you end up spending $100 or more. 22:42 We've all been there, I think. That's not good. 22:45 So, make a shopping list and mean it. 22:48 Now, that was easy. So, here's another suggestion. 22:51 Don't buy junk food. Just don't. 22:56 "But I want junk food, John." 22:58 No, you don't. What you really want is better health. 23:02 At least cut right back. 23:04 You'll save money that you can invest in your health, 23:07 and you'll be looking after your health while you do it. 23:10 Now, before you think I'm trying to squeeze all the fun 23:12 out of your life, I promise you I'm not. 23:14 The occasional indulgence is probably not too bad to you. 23:17 So, if you're going to have something occasionally, okay. 23:21 But let's be honest. It ain't easy to stop at just one cookie. 23:27 A couple more, quickly: 23:28 Where you can, grow your own food. 23:31 Even if you grow a little, it's really good for you. 23:34 And it'll save you money. 23:36 Also, don't shop for food when you're hungry. 23:42 We'll be grocery shopping, 23:43 and I'm piling things into the shopping cart. 23:45 My wife will look at me, and she'll say, 23:47 "You're hungry, aren't you?" 23:49 You'll spend more when you're hungry, and you'll find 23:51 you're usually putting into the shopping cart those things 23:54 that are less good for you rather than more good for you. 23:58 Look after your budget and you'll have more money 24:01 to spend on your health. 24:03 You don't want lotions and potions 24:05 with all those chemicals in them, endocrine disrupters? 24:08 The alternatives might cost a little more. 24:11 Eat rice and beans with tomato and avocado 24:14 instead of going out for lunch. 24:16 Do that twice and you can afford those products 24:19 that are better for your health. 24:22 There's a lot you can do. 24:24 The key is to make a start, even if you start small, 24:28 and do something and grow from there. 24:31 Remember what the Bible says, 1 Corinthians 10, verse 31: 24:34 "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, 24:38 do all to the glory of God." 24:41 Sometimes, of course, ill health is unavoidable. 24:45 Sometimes it just comes out of nowhere. 24:47 But there's a lot you can do to improve your health, 24:51 to bless your life and honor God. 24:54 God will bless you richly as you put this into practice. 24:59 >>Announcer: Imagine a world in which better health 25:01 wasn't expensive, complicated, or out of reach. 25:05 What if better health was actually simple? 25:08 In today's world of confusing advice and rising health costs, 25:12 there's hope and help. 25:14 "Better Health Made Simple" is a powerful, practical guide 25:17 that shows how simple steps can lead to real results. 25:21 You don't have to be a statistic. 25:23 Discover what really works. 25:24 Learn what science is saying about taking charge 25:27 of your health without breaking the bank. 25:29 Get ready to turn the page on the challenges of the past 25:32 and step into an abundant life of blessing and health. 25:36 Get your free copy of "Better Health Made Simple" right now. 25:39 Call 800-253-3000. 25:42 Visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 25:46 Write to It Is Written, 25:47 P.O. 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