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Participants: David DeRose and John Clark

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


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