WEBVTT NOTE This file was exported by MacCaption version 7.0.11 to comply with the WebVTT specification dated March 23, 2013. 00:00:00.667 --> 00:00:02.669 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% male announcer: The following program is sponsored by friends 00:00:02.669 --> 00:00:05.672 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% of Life Outreach International. 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.477 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% announcer: Coming up on "Life Today," Dr. Don Colbert presents 00:00:10.477 --> 00:00:14.248 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% "The Twelve Health Markers That Add Years to Your Life." 00:00:14.248 --> 00:00:16.783 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Don Colbert: But when you do all of these 12 numbers, I find the 00:00:16.783 --> 00:00:21.021 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% majority of my patients, they live long, they live strong, it 00:00:21.021 --> 00:00:25.926 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% prevents most diseases and it increases their longevity, and 00:00:25.926 --> 00:00:28.762 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% people who don't, what happens when they don't understand these 00:00:28.762 --> 00:00:32.733 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% numbers and don't follow these numbers, many times disease gets 00:00:32.733 --> 00:00:35.736 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% a foothold and you can't reverse it. 00:00:35.736 --> 00:00:44.745 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:44.745 --> 00:00:53.654 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:00:53.654 --> 00:00:55.489 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% Randy Robison: Welcome to "Life Today." I'm Randy Robison. 00:00:55.489 --> 00:00:57.224 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% Blynda Lane joins me today, 00:00:57.224 --> 00:00:59.226 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and I just learned something about you today. 00:00:59.226 --> 00:01:00.560 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Blynda Lane: Oh, what'd you learn? 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:01.895 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: We share a birthday month. 00:01:01.895 --> 00:01:03.230 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% Blynda: I know, August. 00:01:03.230 --> 00:01:04.564 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Randy: August is a birthday month. 00:01:04.564 --> 00:01:05.899 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Blynda: It's a great birthday month. 00:01:05.899 --> 00:01:07.768 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Randy: It is, but I gotta tell you, I try--the older I get, 00:01:07.768 --> 00:01:09.603 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% the more I try to ignore my birthday. 00:01:09.603 --> 00:01:12.406 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Oh yeah, well, I mean those number--I ignore maybe 00:01:12.406 --> 00:01:13.740 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% telling the number. 00:01:13.740 --> 00:01:15.075 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Randy: The number of it. 00:01:15.075 --> 00:01:18.679 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But yet at the same time, I tell my wife, you know, living long 00:01:18.679 --> 00:01:20.013 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% is the goal. 00:01:20.013 --> 00:01:22.382 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: And it's so interesting because I have--I've--again, 00:01:22.382 --> 00:01:24.918 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% I've told Todd, my husband, I'm like, I don't wanna just live 00:01:24.918 --> 00:01:27.454 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% long though because there's people who can live a long time. 00:01:27.454 --> 00:01:28.789 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Randy: That's true, good point. 00:01:28.789 --> 00:01:30.190 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% Blynda: But they're not strong. 00:01:30.190 --> 00:01:31.558 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% I want to do both. 00:01:31.558 --> 00:01:33.727 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% I wanna live long and I want to be strong. 00:01:33.727 --> 00:01:35.595 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Randy: I wish we could get someone to help us with that. 00:01:35.595 --> 00:01:38.131 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: I know, I think--I think we've got just the guy. 00:01:38.131 --> 00:01:39.499 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Randy: Yes we do. 00:01:39.499 --> 00:01:42.602 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Dr. Don Colbert joins us again, and he has a new book 00:01:42.602 --> 00:01:46.039 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% called just that, "Live Long and Strong," 00:01:46.039 --> 00:01:47.607 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% and we're gonna hit a couple things. 00:01:47.607 --> 00:01:49.009 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% Welcome back, Dr. Colbert. 00:01:49.009 --> 00:01:50.644 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Don: Well, thank you. It's great being here. 00:01:50.644 --> 00:01:52.379 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: It's always great to have you here to talk right over my 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:54.281 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% head most of the time, but I'll try to bring it down so people 00:01:54.281 --> 00:01:55.716 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% can understand it. 00:01:55.716 --> 00:01:57.250 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% Don: Thank you. 00:01:57.250 --> 00:01:58.986 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: But no, you know, you talk about some things that are 00:01:58.986 --> 00:02:01.321 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% very obviously important, but one of the first things that you 00:02:01.321 --> 00:02:04.791 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% start with, there's this number 12 on the cover of the book. 00:02:04.791 --> 00:02:07.928 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And you say to know your numbers, and this is why I bring 00:02:07.928 --> 00:02:10.797 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% this up, because this is something we can all do. 00:02:10.797 --> 00:02:15.435 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Don: Yeah, there's a proven fact, numbers don't lie. 00:02:15.435 --> 00:02:19.272 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so, what I've been doing for 40 years of practicing medicine 00:02:19.272 --> 00:02:23.410 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% is I check these numbers on my patients every 6 months. 00:02:23.410 --> 00:02:26.980 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And I--there's 12 key numbers on a lab report that I check. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:30.951 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% These are my 12 key numbers that a lot of doctors, unfortunately, 00:02:30.951 --> 00:02:32.319 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% don't do many of these. 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.554 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% They do some of them, but not all of them. 00:02:34.554 --> 00:02:37.557 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But when you do all of these 12 numbers, I find the majority of 00:02:37.557 --> 00:02:39.693 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% my patients, they live long. 00:02:39.693 --> 00:02:41.028 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% They live strong. 00:02:41.028 --> 00:02:45.966 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It prevents most diseases and it increases their longevity. 00:02:45.966 --> 00:02:48.602 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And people who don't--what happens when they don't 00:02:48.602 --> 00:02:51.438 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% understand these numbers and don't follow these numbers? 00:02:51.438 --> 00:02:55.409 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Many times disease gets a foothold, and they sign up 00:02:55.409 --> 00:02:56.777 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% for disease. 00:02:56.777 --> 00:02:59.413 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And many times disease is actually diagnosed at a later 00:02:59.413 --> 00:03:02.983 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% date when it's got a foothold and you can't reverse it, so 00:03:02.983 --> 00:03:05.852 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% it's so important to know these numbers early, monitor 00:03:05.852 --> 00:03:07.220 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% them regularly. 00:03:07.220 --> 00:03:08.555 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% I like to do it every six months. 00:03:08.555 --> 00:03:10.390 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% I do it for myself and my wife every six months. 00:03:10.390 --> 00:03:13.794 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then you--if they're off, you get them back in alignment. 00:03:13.794 --> 00:03:16.096 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: So, it's a complete preventative measure? 00:03:16.096 --> 00:03:17.798 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% Don: Yes, it prevents disease. 00:03:17.798 --> 00:03:19.166 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% That's what's so neat about it. 00:03:19.166 --> 00:03:21.334 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: All right, well, let's hit one of them that I think we 00:03:21.334 --> 00:03:24.704 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% all are somewhat familiar with, and that's blood pressure. 00:03:24.704 --> 00:03:26.506 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Is that an important number or two numbers? 00:03:26.506 --> 00:03:28.675 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Don: Extremely important because high blood pressure is a 00:03:28.675 --> 00:03:30.010 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% silent killer. 00:03:30.010 --> 00:03:34.848 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But most people are unaware that in 2017, the numbers changed 00:03:34.848 --> 00:03:36.216 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% the normal. 00:03:36.216 --> 00:03:38.552 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% In other words, high blood pressure used to be defined as 00:03:38.552 --> 00:03:42.689 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% blood pressure systolic of 140 or greater, and diastolic or the 00:03:42.689 --> 00:03:44.991 align:start line:69% position:44% size:78% bottom number of 90 or greater. 00:03:44.991 --> 00:03:48.061 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But as of 2017, according to the American Heart Association and 00:03:48.061 --> 00:03:51.164 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the American College of Cardiology, they have changed 00:03:51.164 --> 00:03:58.038 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% the numbers for anything greater than 120--130/80, 130 or above, 00:03:58.038 --> 00:04:01.174 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and 80 or above is considered high blood pressure. 00:04:01.174 --> 00:04:05.512 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, 48% of our population has high blood pressure, yet many 00:04:05.512 --> 00:04:07.614 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% are not being treated. 00:04:07.614 --> 00:04:10.617 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And what's amazing is, did you realize that just one cup of 00:04:10.617 --> 00:04:14.754 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% coffee can raise your blood pressure systolic and diastolic, 00:04:14.754 --> 00:04:16.823 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% between 3 and 14 points? 00:04:16.823 --> 00:04:18.225 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Blynda: Real quick, let me just interrupt. 00:04:18.225 --> 00:04:20.360 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Are you saying coffee because it's something--coffee 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:21.728 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% or caffeine? 00:04:21.728 --> 00:04:23.063 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Is this caffeine? 00:04:23.063 --> 00:04:24.798 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, if I'm not a coffee drinker, I can still think of it 00:04:24.798 --> 00:04:26.133 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% in caffeine terms, okay. 00:04:26.133 --> 00:04:27.467 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Keep going. 00:04:27.467 --> 00:04:28.802 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Don: Correct, because we can--and again, most Americans 00:04:28.802 --> 00:04:30.837 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% consume way too much caffeine. 00:04:30.837 --> 00:04:33.473 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And caffeine constricts the arteries, and most people don't 00:04:33.473 --> 00:04:37.310 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% drink one cup or their cup is 16 ounces or 24 ounces. 00:04:37.310 --> 00:04:40.080 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Randy: My cup runneth over. 00:04:40.080 --> 00:04:42.182 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Don: So, they're getting a caffeine high. 00:04:42.182 --> 00:04:46.720 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And then weight, do you realize that 15% of people with normal 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.290 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% body weight have high blood pressure, yet 40% of people that 00:04:50.290 --> 00:04:52.292 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% are obese have high blood pressure? 00:04:52.292 --> 00:04:54.661 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so, when you're obese, you literally sign up for high 00:04:54.661 --> 00:04:56.029 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% blood pressure. 00:04:56.029 --> 00:04:57.364 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Randy: How do you--how do you define obese? 00:04:57.364 --> 00:04:59.833 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Because I got a--I can lose--I could lose a few. 00:04:59.833 --> 00:05:01.301 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Blynda: He's sitting up--we're all sitting up a little taller. 00:05:01.301 --> 00:05:02.636 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% We're sucking in. 00:05:02.636 --> 00:05:04.938 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Don: Well, obesity is actually defined as a BMI or body mass 00:05:04.938 --> 00:05:06.806 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% index, greater than 30. 00:05:06.806 --> 00:05:10.343 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% And so, 42% of Americans are obese. 00:05:10.343 --> 00:05:11.878 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Blynda: And that's done by like a formula, right? 00:05:11.878 --> 00:05:13.213 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Your weight times yo--okay. 00:05:13.213 --> 00:05:15.849 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Don: Yes, it's your--it's your weight in kilograms divided by 00:05:15.849 --> 00:05:17.217 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% your height in meters squared. 00:05:17.217 --> 00:05:19.286 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, there are charts and tables, because you don't want to 00:05:19.286 --> 00:05:20.620 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% calculate it out. 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:22.956 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, you can just plug in your height and your weight, and 00:05:22.956 --> 00:05:26.293 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% it'll tell you if you're, you know, obese or overweight or 00:05:26.293 --> 00:05:27.661 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% normal weight. 00:05:27.661 --> 00:05:29.529 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Blynda: What I'm hearing you say is--so, caffeine, is there 00:05:29.529 --> 00:05:31.631 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% really any place in your life for caffeine? 00:05:31.631 --> 00:05:33.200 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% Because this is-- 00:05:33.200 --> 00:05:34.901 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Don: Caffeine is okay. Blynda: Okay. 00:05:34.901 --> 00:05:36.336 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Don: I'm just saying if you don't have high blood 00:05:36.336 --> 00:05:38.271 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% pressure--and again, the good part about it is caffeine may 00:05:38.271 --> 00:05:41.608 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% elevate your blood pressure for maybe two or three hours, but 00:05:41.608 --> 00:05:43.009 align:start line:69% position:47% size:53% the effect wears off. 00:05:43.009 --> 00:05:45.612 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Like for example, a lot of people come to my office, we 00:05:45.612 --> 00:05:48.448 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% check their blood pressure, they come in and they've been on the 00:05:48.448 --> 00:05:50.817 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% 114 interstate. 00:05:50.817 --> 00:05:54.221 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% They come in and that is a stressful drive, so they come in 00:05:54.221 --> 00:05:56.556 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% like this with their shoulders up touching their ears and 00:05:56.556 --> 00:05:59.125 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% they're all stressed out and I see their fists clenched and I 00:05:59.125 --> 00:06:02.729 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% say, "Just relax, take some slow deep breaths and just relax." 00:06:02.729 --> 00:06:04.998 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% By the end of the appointment after an hour or two, the 00:06:04.998 --> 00:06:06.333 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% pressure's normal. 00:06:06.333 --> 00:06:07.701 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% I don't worry about that. 00:06:07.701 --> 00:06:10.003 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, again, if you have a little short-term reaction, that's 00:06:10.003 --> 00:06:14.107 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% fine, or if people are always tense, always stressed, we give 00:06:14.107 --> 00:06:18.211 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% them natural adaptogenic herbs that relaxes the body, calms the 00:06:18.211 --> 00:06:20.914 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% body down, calms the mind down so they can cope with stress. 00:06:20.914 --> 00:06:22.249 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% It's real simple. 00:06:22.249 --> 00:06:26.987 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: So, just for those of us who like to have it very simple, 00:06:26.987 --> 00:06:30.890 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% high blood pressure is hard on your heart and so therefore, 00:06:30.890 --> 00:06:34.094 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% it's creating a toxic environment for the body. 00:06:34.094 --> 00:06:36.696 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Don: Well, what it does, it constricts your arteries. 00:06:36.696 --> 00:06:39.666 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% It also will cause plaque buildup in your arteries. 00:06:39.666 --> 00:06:43.370 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% It'll also set you up for a heart attack and a stroke and 00:06:43.370 --> 00:06:46.640 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% eventually heart failure as it puts more stress on the 00:06:46.640 --> 00:06:48.008 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% left ventricle. 00:06:48.008 --> 00:06:50.210 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The left ventricle gets thicker and eventually you can go 00:06:50.210 --> 00:06:52.245 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% undergo congestive heart failure. 00:06:52.245 --> 00:06:55.215 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% So, high blood pressure is a silent killer, yet it shows 00:06:55.215 --> 00:06:56.650 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% no symptoms. 00:06:56.650 --> 00:07:00.720 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% People are walking around every day with high blood pressure and 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.690 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% very high blood pressure, yet they have no symptoms until they 00:07:03.690 --> 00:07:06.960 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% have a heart attack, a stroke, or suddenly their legs swell up, 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:08.928 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% their whole body swells up, and they have heart failure and they 00:07:08.928 --> 00:07:10.263 align:start line:69% position:50% size:35% can't breathe. 00:07:10.263 --> 00:07:12.732 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: So, is there a way to--I know medication is always an 00:07:12.732 --> 00:07:16.336 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% option, but what are some things I could do if my numbers did 00:07:16.336 --> 00:07:18.672 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% come high that I could just change in my lifestyle that 00:07:18.672 --> 00:07:20.040 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% might help bring that down? 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.142 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Don: Well, the--first of all, as you lose belly fat, your 00:07:22.142 --> 00:07:23.476 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% pressure goes down. 00:07:23.476 --> 00:07:26.146 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% As you decrease your salt or sodium intake, your pressure 00:07:26.146 --> 00:07:27.514 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% comes down. 00:07:27.514 --> 00:07:30.050 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% As you drink more good healthy filtered water, your pressure 00:07:30.050 --> 00:07:31.384 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% starts to come down. 00:07:31.384 --> 00:07:34.954 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% As you take--as you decrease your caffeine and 00:07:34.954 --> 00:07:38.625 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% vasoconstrictive compounds, stress, as you lower your stress 00:07:38.625 --> 00:07:40.794 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% level, your pressure generally comes down. 00:07:40.794 --> 00:07:43.563 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, there's a lot of things I talk about you can do naturally 00:07:43.563 --> 00:07:47.434 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% as well as supplements, as well as grape seed extract which 00:07:47.434 --> 00:07:50.236 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% helps to improve blood flow throughout the body, it's 00:07:50.236 --> 00:07:52.238 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% natural is from grape seeds. 00:07:52.238 --> 00:07:55.275 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And a high dose like 500 milligrams to 1,000 milligrams 00:07:55.275 --> 00:08:00.080 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% twice a day, it helps to lower blood pressure and it helps-- 00:08:00.080 --> 00:08:02.082 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% it helps with blood flow throughout your whole body. 00:08:02.082 --> 00:08:06.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, a bunch of natural things like magnesium, 60% of Americans 00:08:06.853 --> 00:08:09.222 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% don't take in enough magnesium, but there's like 10 different 00:08:09.222 --> 00:08:10.590 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% forms of magnesium. 00:08:10.590 --> 00:08:13.626 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, I discuss what type of magnesium people need and start 00:08:13.626 --> 00:08:17.097 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% supplementing with magnesium at least 300 milligrams a day 00:08:17.097 --> 00:08:19.099 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% for women, 400 for men, 00:08:19.099 --> 00:08:21.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% and that helps to lower blood pressure too. 00:08:21.368 --> 00:08:23.770 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Randy: It's interesting, my default is I'd rather 00:08:23.770 --> 00:08:25.405 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% not take a drug if I don't have to. 00:08:25.405 --> 00:08:28.308 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% I'm grateful for them when I-- when you gotta have them. 00:08:28.308 --> 00:08:32.645 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so, I'm not like one of those, but I would rather try 00:08:32.645 --> 00:08:36.950 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% natural things first whether it means shifting my diet, which 00:08:36.950 --> 00:08:39.786 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% can be a hard thing to do, but also taking some of the 00:08:39.786 --> 00:08:41.121 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% supplements you're talking about. 00:08:41.121 --> 00:08:44.090 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I was actually sitting with someone who is a member of a 00:08:44.090 --> 00:08:48.294 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% tribe, a Native American tribe here, and he was--his wife makes 00:08:48.294 --> 00:08:51.898 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% beauty berry jam, and it's fabulous, and I've never 00:08:51.898 --> 00:08:53.400 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% heard of it. 00:08:53.400 --> 00:08:56.336 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I never--I never--oh, trust me, it's worth checking into. 00:08:56.336 --> 00:08:59.205 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But he was also telling me all the things that they pick off of 00:08:59.205 --> 00:09:05.378 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% their farm, and they make teas or other types of things, spices 00:09:05.378 --> 00:09:08.248 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% and things like that, and how healthy that was. 00:09:08.248 --> 00:09:11.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And I'm going, I look at him and I go, it's almost like God knew 00:09:11.751 --> 00:09:13.653 align:start line:69% position:50% size:81% what we need to keep us healthy. 00:09:13.653 --> 00:09:15.321 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Don: Well, there's great-- there's teas that lower 00:09:15.321 --> 00:09:19.025 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% blood pressure, hibiscus tea, chrysanthemum tea, green tea. 00:09:19.025 --> 00:09:22.262 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% So, there's lots of things we can do, but unfortunately, most 00:09:22.262 --> 00:09:25.098 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Americans are eating an inflammatory diet that--with 00:09:25.098 --> 00:09:29.602 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% lots of sodium that raises their blood pressure and a simple diet 00:09:29.602 --> 00:09:32.705 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% that helps is the healthy Mediterranean diet and the 00:09:32.705 --> 00:09:34.073 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% healthy keto diet. 00:09:34.073 --> 00:09:35.408 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Randy: Which you've written about. 00:09:35.408 --> 00:09:36.843 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Don: That is in my book, "Beyond Keto." 00:09:36.843 --> 00:09:39.846 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And so, those help to lose weight and help to lower blood 00:09:39.846 --> 00:09:41.314 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% pressure amazingly well. 00:09:41.314 --> 00:09:43.917 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Blynda: So, you're talking about diet, which kind of helps segue 00:09:43.917 --> 00:09:47.420 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% into another marker that you talk about is high blood sugar. 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:48.755 align:start line:69% position:50% size:61% Don: Yes, another--yeah. 00:09:48.755 --> 00:09:50.356 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: And that has a lot to do with the sugar intake 00:09:50.356 --> 00:09:51.858 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% we have in our diet, correct? 00:09:51.858 --> 00:09:53.426 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Don: Exactly, we eat way too much sugar, 00:09:53.426 --> 00:09:54.994 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% because everything has sugar in it. 00:09:54.994 --> 00:09:58.431 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Our sodas are full of sugar, our coffees are full of sugar. 00:09:58.431 --> 00:10:00.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And the desserts of course that everyone loves. 00:10:00.900 --> 00:10:04.904 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And then we eat highly processed carbohydrates like white bread, 00:10:04.904 --> 00:10:09.342 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% white flour, pretzels, bagels, you know, sourdough bread, 00:10:09.342 --> 00:10:11.778 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% it converts to sugar rapidly. 00:10:11.778 --> 00:10:13.413 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Randy: It sounds like my lunch order. 00:10:13.413 --> 00:10:15.181 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% Blynda: Wait, I thought sourdough was good for you? 00:10:15.181 --> 00:10:17.517 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Don: It's better, but it's got lots--it still has some gluten, 00:10:17.517 --> 00:10:20.086 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and it's still highly processed, so you're going to raise-- 00:10:20.086 --> 00:10:21.488 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% spike your sugar. 00:10:21.488 --> 00:10:25.158 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, again, we gotta be careful with these carbs, processed 00:10:25.158 --> 00:10:27.961 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% carbs, I call it carbage because it's like garbage to your 00:10:27.961 --> 00:10:29.729 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% body, okay. 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:33.166 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So again, with high blood sugar it's so simple, we need to start 00:10:33.166 --> 00:10:34.634 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% eating like Jesus ate. 00:10:34.634 --> 00:10:38.771 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% When we process foods, we so highly refine them that it 00:10:38.771 --> 00:10:42.208 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% spikes our blood sugar and drives our blood sugars up and 00:10:42.208 --> 00:10:46.212 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% we gain a lot of belly fat which sets in motion a vicious cycle 00:10:46.212 --> 00:10:49.716 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% of more inflammation, higher blood pressure, more weight 00:10:49.716 --> 00:10:52.185 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% gain, higher blood sugar, and those are creating 00:10:52.185 --> 00:10:54.554 align:start line:69% position:47% size:58% an epidemic of disease. 00:10:54.554 --> 00:10:59.559 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Forty nine point six percent of Americans have either diabetes 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.728 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% or Type II diabetes-- or pre-diabetes 00:11:01.728 --> 00:11:04.464 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% or Type II diabetes, that's a lot. 00:11:04.464 --> 00:11:08.935 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% So, 49.6, so because of these statistics, our kids are 00:11:08.935 --> 00:11:10.570 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% becoming diabetic too. 00:11:10.570 --> 00:11:13.306 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% We're teaching the same eating habits and they're starting 00:11:13.306 --> 00:11:16.876 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% younger, so they're getting this at a younger age and getting 00:11:16.876 --> 00:11:18.378 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% disease at a younger age. 00:11:18.378 --> 00:11:21.848 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, it's so easy to fix with diabetes, we just--the diet is 00:11:21.848 --> 00:11:26.486 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% the key, exercise is the key, supplements are a key, so I'll 00:11:26.486 --> 00:11:29.422 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% talk about some natural supplements, herbs, and I use 00:11:29.422 --> 00:11:32.292 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% mainly herbs and vitamins and supplements as well as 00:11:32.292 --> 00:11:35.495 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% intermittent fasting, but exercise is critical at bringing 00:11:35.495 --> 00:11:36.829 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% sugar down. 00:11:36.829 --> 00:11:39.098 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% And for those people that hate all supplements, they hate all 00:11:39.098 --> 00:11:44.203 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% these foods that we do have now the GLP-1, agonist medications 00:11:44.203 --> 00:11:46.940 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% that turn off these appetite hormones. 00:11:46.940 --> 00:11:50.543 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% And so, for those people that can't control their appetite, 00:11:50.543 --> 00:11:53.513 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% the Bible says in Proverbs to put your--put a knife to your 00:11:53.513 --> 00:11:56.749 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% throat if you can't control your appetite, but I just--I don't do 00:11:56.749 --> 00:11:58.084 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% that to them. 00:11:58.084 --> 00:11:59.452 align:start line:69% position:50% size:70% I just--I just figuratively. 00:11:59.452 --> 00:12:02.422 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% But what I do is I just put them on one of those GLP-1 meds that 00:12:02.422 --> 00:12:04.657 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% turn their appetite way down and then their weight just kind of 00:12:04.657 --> 00:12:07.493 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% melts off, then put them on the healthy Mediterranean diet or 00:12:07.493 --> 00:12:08.861 align:start line:69% position:50% size:25% keto diet. 00:12:08.861 --> 00:12:11.064 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: All right, I know how to go to the grocery store and put 00:12:11.064 --> 00:12:13.766 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% the cuff on my arm and measure my blood pressure. 00:12:13.766 --> 00:12:17.036 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% I know how to look in the mirror and measure my obesity 00:12:17.036 --> 00:12:18.671 align:start line:69% position:50% size:31% pretty easy. 00:12:18.671 --> 00:12:21.407 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% How do I--how do I measure my blood sugars? 00:12:21.407 --> 00:12:24.277 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% Don: Well, you go to your doctor, and some doctors, 00:12:24.277 --> 00:12:26.913 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% not all of them, they'll do a hemoglobin A1C. 00:12:26.913 --> 00:12:32.785 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The hemoglobin A1C is a gly--a glycosylated hemoglobin because 00:12:32.785 --> 00:12:36.356 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% sugar adheres to the red blood cells, so they can measure the 00:12:36.356 --> 00:12:39.459 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% sugar on the red blood cell and it tells me it's your sugar 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:41.260 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% report card for three months. 00:12:41.260 --> 00:12:44.697 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% It tells me what your sugar's been for the past three months. 00:12:44.697 --> 00:12:48.368 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Our goal is to get it below 5.7. That's the key. 00:12:48.368 --> 00:12:54.540 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Now, 49.6% of Americans have a D or F on their report card, 00:12:54.540 --> 00:12:57.043 align:start line:63% position:47% size:63% in other words, they're pre-diabetic or diabetic. 00:12:57.043 --> 00:13:01.180 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% I try and keep my hemoglobin A1C at 5.0, why? 00:13:01.180 --> 00:13:04.017 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Because when you do this, you prevent most diseases. 00:13:04.017 --> 00:13:06.853 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% You turn down inflammation, it corrects--it helps you correct 00:13:06.853 --> 00:13:08.221 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% your CRP. 00:13:08.221 --> 00:13:11.224 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% It corrects--helps correct inflammation in your body, but 00:13:11.224 --> 00:13:14.727 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% real important, it keeps that sugar down low so you're less 00:13:14.727 --> 00:13:16.095 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% likely to develop disease. 00:13:16.095 --> 00:13:17.864 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Blynda: Okay, and I want to clarify, we're talking about 00:13:17.864 --> 00:13:20.233 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% processed sugars because our natural sugars in fruit 00:13:20.233 --> 00:13:21.567 align:start line:69% position:48% size:23% are okay? 00:13:21.567 --> 00:13:24.203 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Don: Yeah, well, now the key was natural and yes, I like what you 00:13:24.203 --> 00:13:27.774 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% just said, fruits are better, but some people if they eat high 00:13:27.774 --> 00:13:31.344 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% sugar fruits like if they're diabetic, if they have kidney 00:13:31.344 --> 00:13:35.281 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% disease, we have to limit those like ripe bananas and oranges or 00:13:35.281 --> 00:13:36.616 align:start line:69% position:50% size:45% high sugar fruits. 00:13:36.616 --> 00:13:40.520 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But for the most part, sug--the sugar and fruit has the fiber, 00:13:40.520 --> 00:13:43.356 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% so as long as we're not just drinking the juice then we're 00:13:43.356 --> 00:13:44.991 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% fine for most, like apples. 00:13:44.991 --> 00:13:48.594 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And now, again, your grapes are high in sugar so we have to 00:13:48.594 --> 00:13:52.065 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% limit those for some, but for most people it's fine and for 00:13:52.065 --> 00:13:53.433 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% kids it's fine. 00:13:53.433 --> 00:13:54.767 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% Blynda: No surprise why I love grapes. 00:13:54.767 --> 00:13:56.936 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% They're like little sugar pellets. 00:13:56.936 --> 00:13:58.504 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Don: I knew you did. 00:13:58.504 --> 00:13:59.872 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% Randy: That's funny. 00:13:59.872 --> 00:14:02.809 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% But I think, you know, the important thing to know if I 00:14:02.809 --> 00:14:05.978 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% maybe should limit my grapes or whatever it is to know your 00:14:05.978 --> 00:14:07.346 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% numbers, right? 00:14:07.346 --> 00:14:08.681 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% It all goes back to that. 00:14:08.681 --> 00:14:10.016 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Don: Yeah, and don't drink the grape juice, 00:14:10.016 --> 00:14:11.551 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% maybe have just a few grapes. 00:14:11.551 --> 00:14:14.220 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And again, when you--when you balance these with healthy fats 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:18.291 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% like some nuts and some grapes and some healthy protein, then 00:14:18.291 --> 00:14:22.628 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% you're going to--and fiber, and then that lowers the spike of 00:14:22.628 --> 00:14:24.397 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% blood sugar, you don't get the spikes. 00:14:24.397 --> 00:14:27.266 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% But the worst sugars--one of the worst is high fructose corn 00:14:27.266 --> 00:14:31.671 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% syrup because that will contribute to fatty liver and 00:14:31.671 --> 00:14:33.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% that'll causes a whole host of problems. 00:14:33.673 --> 00:14:38.411 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% As well as a lot of sucrose, and that's just simple sugar, they 00:14:38.411 --> 00:14:42.982 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% put--we put in teas and coffees and sodas and other beverages we 00:14:42.982 --> 00:14:46.152 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% drink, and ice cream and cake and pies and cookies, that's the 00:14:46.152 --> 00:14:47.487 align:start line:69% position:50% size:75% sugar that's killing patients. 00:14:47.487 --> 00:14:48.855 align:start line:69% position:50% size:56% Randy: Getting hungry. 00:14:48.855 --> 00:14:51.257 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% All right, So--no, is that what the--you talk about avoiding 00:14:51.257 --> 00:14:53.793 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% your kryptonite, is that what you're saying is? 00:14:53.793 --> 00:14:56.062 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% Is that thing that's really driving you into bad health? 00:14:56.062 --> 00:14:58.765 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% Is just learn how to just cut that out? 00:14:58.765 --> 00:15:01.367 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% Don: What I tell people, the only thing that hurts Superman 00:15:01.367 --> 00:15:02.735 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% was kryptonite. 00:15:02.735 --> 00:15:05.471 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% Well, unfortunately most Americans are eating 00:15:05.471 --> 00:15:06.839 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% their kryptonite. 00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:10.042 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% The kryptonite or inflammatory foods that invite disease in 00:15:10.042 --> 00:15:13.546 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% your body, and most people are shocked at what their kryptonite 00:15:13.546 --> 00:15:17.483 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% is, like deep fried foods, just like those chicken nuggets, 00:15:17.483 --> 00:15:19.786 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% anything deep fried, those french fries, those fried onion 00:15:19.786 --> 00:15:23.022 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% rings, yes, they taste good but you can't eat just one those 00:15:23.022 --> 00:15:26.592 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% potato chips, those Fritos, those other chips, these are 00:15:26.592 --> 00:15:27.927 align:start line:69% position:50% size:65% highly inflammatory foods. 00:15:27.927 --> 00:15:30.263 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Gluten is inflammatory for most people. 00:15:30.263 --> 00:15:33.332 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Dairy is inflammatory for a lot of people. 00:15:33.332 --> 00:15:35.768 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% And I list all the key inflammatory foods. 00:15:35.768 --> 00:15:38.871 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% And then foods that people develop food allergies or 00:15:38.871 --> 00:15:42.408 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% sensitivities to, and these include--the most common food 00:15:42.408 --> 00:15:47.814 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% sensitivities are real common: gluten and dairy and eggs and 00:15:47.814 --> 00:15:53.886 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% soy, as well as tree nuts and peanuts and fish and shellfish 00:15:53.886 --> 00:15:58.124 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% and sesame seeds, those nine are the key food allergies we see 00:15:58.124 --> 00:16:00.226 align:start line:69% position:45% size:73% over and over and over again. 00:16:00.226 --> 00:16:03.196 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% So, I desensitize those foods, but those food allergies are 00:16:03.196 --> 00:16:04.897 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% highly inflammatory to a lot of people, they 00:16:04.897 --> 00:16:06.265 align:start line:69% position:50% size:50% create inflammation. 00:16:06.265 --> 00:16:08.634 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% And so, I identified the kryptonite, the inflammatory 00:16:08.634 --> 00:16:10.603 align:start line:63% position:47% size:58% foods, and we're trying to eliminate them. 00:16:10.603 --> 00:16:13.673 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Now for some, we can rotate them and do it every three days, and 00:16:13.673 --> 00:16:15.041 align:start line:69% position:48% size:33% they do fine. 00:16:15.041 --> 00:16:16.375 align:start line:69% position:48% size:48% Randy: Interesting. 00:16:16.375 --> 00:16:18.344 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Okay, so I'm thinking about somebody who would be 00:16:18.344 --> 00:16:20.046 align:start line:69% position:47% size:63% wanting to get your book. 00:16:20.046 --> 00:16:22.481 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% What will the book help them understand 00:16:22.481 --> 00:16:24.517 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% that they'll get out of it? 00:16:24.517 --> 00:16:26.185 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% What will be a result of them reading and understanding 00:16:26.185 --> 00:16:27.520 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% these 12 markers? 00:16:27.520 --> 00:16:29.555 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Don: Well, first of all, they're gonna hopefully get their 12 00:16:29.555 --> 00:16:32.024 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% markers checked and just take the book, write these tests 00:16:32.024 --> 00:16:33.926 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% down, and take them to your doctor, say you wanna have these 00:16:33.926 --> 00:16:35.261 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% tests done. 00:16:35.261 --> 00:16:39.031 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% If your--if your levels are high, I give you a road map on 00:16:39.031 --> 00:16:42.301 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% how to get them down through diet, through supplements, 00:16:42.301 --> 00:16:45.905 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% through exercise, through herbs, through natural means, how to 00:16:45.905 --> 00:16:47.273 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% lower them, and it's real simple. 00:16:47.273 --> 00:16:49.375 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% And if we can't lower them through natural means, we throw 00:16:49.375 --> 00:16:54.046 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% in a little GLP-1 agonist such as Ozempic, tirzepatide, 00:16:54.046 --> 00:16:58.184 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Mounjaro, or semaglutide, okay, which turns down those appetite 00:16:58.184 --> 00:17:02.822 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% hormones, turns--lowers your insulin levels and prefills 00:17:02.822 --> 00:17:05.658 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% your stomach, delays gastric emptying, so you're full 00:17:05.658 --> 00:17:07.159 align:start line:69% position:48% size:43% a lot of the day. 00:17:07.159 --> 00:17:08.628 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% Randy: All right, there's a lot of people watching right now. 00:17:08.628 --> 00:17:11.998 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% They're gonna be like, "Okay, I gotta rewind that. 00:17:11.998 --> 00:17:14.066 align:start line:63% position:50% size:61% And what did he say, and what was that test?" 00:17:14.066 --> 00:17:16.903 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% Blynda: My french fries are gone. 00:17:16.903 --> 00:17:18.771 align:start line:69% position:46% size:68% Don: Start with moderation. 00:17:18.771 --> 00:17:20.239 align:start line:63% position:50% size:65% Randy: It's okay, and you can go to our website. 00:17:20.239 --> 00:17:22.508 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% You can go to lifetoday.org and watch this show again. 00:17:22.508 --> 00:17:26.012 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% The show's on the stream if you have that app, but you could 00:17:26.012 --> 00:17:29.949 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% just jump into something that's close to us, something very 00:17:29.949 --> 00:17:32.885 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% important to us, which is Mission Feeding. 00:17:32.885 --> 00:17:34.253 align:start line:63% position:47% size:53% Blynda: Which I feel really guilty, Randy. 00:17:34.253 --> 00:17:35.588 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Randy: Why? 00:17:35.588 --> 00:17:37.223 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% Blynda: Because I was talking about I'm gonna miss my foods 00:17:37.223 --> 00:17:40.293 align:start line:63% position:50% size:75% that I can't eat, and we have people who aren't able to have 00:17:40.293 --> 00:17:41.661 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% a meal. 00:17:41.661 --> 00:17:44.697 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% Randy: Well, yeah, and you know it is a little bit of a contrast 00:17:44.697 --> 00:17:47.900 align:start line:63% position:50% size:70% of Americans who are killing ourselves with food versus 00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:50.636 align:start line:63% position:50% size:50% people who are dying for lack of food. 00:17:50.636 --> 00:17:53.139 align:start line:63% position:46% size:68% And so you go, okay, what's our proper response? 00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:55.608 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% Well, I think you take care of yourself. 00:17:55.608 --> 00:17:58.778 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And so, we'd love to get "Live Long and Strong" into your hands 00:17:58.778 --> 00:18:01.814 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% and I think you reach out and help care for other people. 00:18:01.814 --> 00:18:05.751 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% So, here's an opportunity, watch this and I hope you'll just pick 00:18:05.751 --> 00:18:08.454 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% up the phone and go online and say, "Yeah, I wanna be a part of 00:18:08.454 --> 00:18:09.822 align:start line:69% position:50% size:41% Mission Feeding. 00:18:09.822 --> 00:18:13.059 align:start line:63% position:50% size:81% And yep, I wanna help myself, so send me Dr. Colbert's book," but 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:16.896 align:start line:63% position:44% size:78% most of all, let's just be obedient to what God would have 00:18:16.896 --> 00:18:18.264 align:start line:69% position:48% size:38% us to do today. 00:18:18.264 --> 00:18:19.598 align:start line:69% position:48% size:28% Watch this. 00:18:19.598 --> 00:18:23.569 align:start line:69% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:18:23.569 --> 00:18:26.973 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% announcer: Across parts of Africa, the rains have stopped, 00:18:26.973 --> 00:18:31.277 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% crops are failing, and families are running out of food. 00:18:31.277 --> 00:18:34.647 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% For mothers, the fear is unbearable, watching their 00:18:34.647 --> 00:18:38.117 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% children grow weaker with each passing day. 00:18:38.117 --> 00:18:41.954 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Adding to this food crisis is the fact that emergency aid 00:18:41.954 --> 00:18:44.757 align:start line:79% position:47% size:53% normally available in rural clinics is now 00:18:44.757 --> 00:18:46.859 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% critically depleted. 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:50.363 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% And for children like Rikilson, the consequences of this 00:18:50.363 --> 00:18:53.366 align:start line:85% position:44% size:78% drought are already being felt. 00:18:53.366 --> 00:18:55.267 align:start line:79% position:50% size:56% Isak Pretorius: This is a picture of crisis 00:18:55.267 --> 00:18:56.836 align:start line:85% position:48% size:48% because of drought. 00:18:56.836 --> 00:19:00.873 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% When we say to you crops have failed, when we say mothers are 00:19:00.873 --> 00:19:04.410 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% telling us that they don't have any food, that they can't feed 00:19:04.410 --> 00:19:09.482 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% their children, Rikilson is the picture of what that 00:19:09.482 --> 00:19:11.017 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% looks like. 00:19:11.017 --> 00:19:14.120 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% Unfortunately, you can see how many mothers are here. 00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:17.757 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% Mothers that have gathered in this area desperately looking 00:19:17.757 --> 00:19:23.095 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% for food, looking for help, asking, "Please, can anybody 00:19:23.095 --> 00:19:24.430 align:start line:85% position:48% size:23% help us?" 00:19:24.430 --> 00:19:27.800 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% Because they need to feed their children, they know what 00:19:27.800 --> 00:19:29.135 align:start line:85% position:48% size:28% comes next. 00:19:29.135 --> 00:19:33.072 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% As malnutrition sets into these little bodies, they understand 00:19:33.072 --> 00:19:37.943 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% what happens, it comes like a silent killer and steals 00:19:37.943 --> 00:19:40.212 align:start line:85% position:50% size:31% their lives. 00:19:40.212 --> 00:19:42.114 align:start line:85% position:47% size:58% But we can change that. 00:19:42.114 --> 00:19:45.418 align:start line:79% position:50% size:70% You and I can change that if you'll open your hearts, if 00:19:45.418 --> 00:19:48.821 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% you'll partner with us, if you'll say, "Yes, I'll give that 00:19:48.821 --> 00:19:51.524 align:start line:79% position:50% size:45% gift today, I'll do what I can do." 00:19:51.524 --> 00:19:56.929 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% I promise you that we will do everything we can do to save 00:19:56.929 --> 00:19:59.832 align:start line:79% position:47% size:63% these precious child's lives and to answer their 00:19:59.832 --> 00:20:01.834 align:start line:85% position:48% size:43% mother's prayers. 00:20:01.834 --> 00:20:06.238 align:start line:85% position:48% size:18% [music] 00:20:06.238 --> 00:20:09.275 align:start line:79% position:46% size:68% Randy: You know, most of us can't imagine being in a 00:20:09.275 --> 00:20:12.545 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% situation where we're desperately looking for help, 00:20:12.545 --> 00:20:15.714 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% desperately looking for just something to eat, but that's the 00:20:15.714 --> 00:20:17.083 align:start line:85% position:50% size:50% reality for so many. 00:20:17.083 --> 00:20:18.417 align:start line:85% position:47% size:63% Blynda: It's the reality. 00:20:18.417 --> 00:20:21.387 align:start line:79% position:50% size:81% How can you not see when they're measuring the child's arm and 00:20:21.387 --> 00:20:24.156 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% there's just nothing there and you just think--and they've got 00:20:24.156 --> 00:20:27.426 align:start line:79% position:50% size:65% the distended belly, which is a sign of malnutrition. 00:20:27.426 --> 00:20:30.963 align:start line:79% position:50% size:50% It's--all of that is so sobering to see. 00:20:30.963 --> 00:20:36.902 align:start line:79% position:44% size:78% And then it it shifts into them holding these red bowls full of 00:20:36.902 --> 00:20:41.173 align:start line:79% position:50% size:75% food and this is where we come in, this is the role that we 00:20:41.173 --> 00:20:45.144 align:start line:79% position:45% size:73% play, is we get to take that child from being malnourished 00:20:45.144 --> 00:20:50.816 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% and giving them food and it's just so beautiful that I know 00:20:50.816 --> 00:20:56.188 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% that if I give a little, lives are being changed a lot. 00:20:56.188 --> 00:20:57.523 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% Randy: A lot. 00:20:57.523 --> 00:20:59.692 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Blynda: But God does more with what I--the little I give, he 00:20:59.692 --> 00:21:01.193 align:start line:63% position:50% size:45% does so much more. 00:21:01.193 --> 00:21:04.430 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% Randy: He does and then there's also the reality of the people 00:21:04.430 --> 00:21:06.465 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% that you've seen that are in place right now. 00:21:06.465 --> 00:21:10.169 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% We've been doing this for literally decades now, and we've 00:21:10.169 --> 00:21:11.804 align:start line:63% position:48% size:48% seen great success. 00:21:11.804 --> 00:21:16.275 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% I mean, the success stories are so encouraging. 00:21:16.275 --> 00:21:19.745 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% And however, when I walk into a village and I see some of the 00:21:19.745 --> 00:21:24.283 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% things that Blynda has talked about, you see the skin that has 00:21:24.283 --> 00:21:27.386 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% turned a little bit or the hair that has turned red, which is 00:21:27.386 --> 00:21:30.756 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% not natural for them, the bellies, all the issues, the 00:21:30.756 --> 00:21:34.460 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% thin arms, all these things that we see, it would be very 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:38.597 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% difficult if I didn't know, okay, we have the solution for 00:21:38.597 --> 00:21:43.769 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% this, we have the Mission Feeding program, we have clinics 00:21:43.769 --> 00:21:47.373 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% as a last stop effort to prevent a child from dying. 00:21:47.373 --> 00:21:50.176 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% But with the Mission Feeding program, we know we can take it 00:21:50.176 --> 00:21:53.812 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% to them where they need it, to the villages where because of 00:21:53.812 --> 00:21:57.683 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% drought or famine or displacement or some other cause 00:21:57.683 --> 00:22:00.452 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% that's completely out of the hands of these people that work 00:22:00.452 --> 00:22:05.024 align:start line:58% position:50% size:70% so hard, we can go in for a period of time, however long 00:22:05.024 --> 00:22:09.528 align:start line:58% position:50% size:65% that is needed to be, and stabilize the situation by 00:22:09.528 --> 00:22:12.198 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% giving them food. 00:22:12.198 --> 00:22:16.535 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% Stabilizing their health so that they they don't worry about what 00:22:16.535 --> 00:22:18.003 align:start line:63% position:50% size:56% we're gonna eat today. 00:22:18.003 --> 00:22:19.838 align:start line:63% position:45% size:73% They can focus on the future. 00:22:19.838 --> 00:22:23.075 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% They can focus on working, on education. 00:22:23.075 --> 00:22:26.545 align:start line:58% position:50% size:61% That's how we get these people out of that cycle 00:22:26.545 --> 00:22:27.880 align:start line:63% position:48% size:38% of desperation. 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:33.052 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% But here's my question for you today, for that mother who's 00:22:33.052 --> 00:22:36.922 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% desperately looking for something to eat for her child, 00:22:36.922 --> 00:22:41.260 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% not even for herself oftentimes, but for her children, 00:22:41.260 --> 00:22:43.829 align:start line:63% position:48% size:43% will she find it? 00:22:43.829 --> 00:22:47.499 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% She will if we continue to provide it. 00:22:47.499 --> 00:22:50.569 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% We will continue to provide it because we have the workers in 00:22:50.569 --> 00:22:51.937 align:start line:63% position:50% size:25% the field. 00:22:51.937 --> 00:22:54.540 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% We have the systems in place on the ground if we have your 00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:58.244 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% support, because it takes all of us, takes all of us coming 00:22:58.244 --> 00:23:01.647 align:start line:58% position:46% size:68% together to say yes, the children that needed a meal 00:23:01.647 --> 00:23:03.849 align:start line:58% position:50% size:45% yesterday will get a meal tomorrow. 00:23:03.849 --> 00:23:06.552 align:start line:58% position:50% size:50% So, I'm inviting you into that right now. 00:23:06.552 --> 00:23:10.389 align:start line:58% position:45% size:73% Average $30 will help feed 3 children for the next several 00:23:10.389 --> 00:23:16.295 align:start line:58% position:44% size:78% months, $100 will help feed 10 children, $1,000 will help feed 00:23:16.295 --> 00:23:17.630 align:start line:63% position:48% size:33% 100 children. 00:23:17.630 --> 00:23:21.934 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% Some of you, you may be able to give $5, $10, I don't know. 00:23:21.934 --> 00:23:27.239 align:start line:58% position:50% size:75% It's really not about how much we can give, it's how we give. 00:23:27.239 --> 00:23:30.242 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% I want you to give with a cheerful heart. 00:23:30.242 --> 00:23:33.879 align:start line:58% position:50% size:81% It will express God's love to someone, so please go online, go 00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:37.683 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% to the phone, make the best gift you can. 00:23:37.683 --> 00:23:40.786 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% announcer: Right now across the continent of Africa, children 00:23:40.786 --> 00:23:45.024 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% are suffering, facing severe malnutrition and even death. 00:23:45.024 --> 00:23:48.160 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% With food reserves critically depleted and many areas 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:52.431 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% experiencing devastating famine, we urgently need to replenish 00:23:52.431 --> 00:23:56.435 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% supplies to keep feeding the 350,000 children who are 00:23:56.435 --> 00:23:58.771 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% counting on us every single day. 00:23:58.771 --> 00:24:02.474 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Through Life's mission feeding outreach, your gift of love can 00:24:02.474 --> 00:24:06.011 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% be an answer to a prayer for a hurting and hungry child in 00:24:06.011 --> 00:24:07.546 align:start line:10% position:48% size:48% their time of need. 00:24:07.546 --> 00:24:12.951 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Call now with your life-saving gift of $30, $50, or $100 to 00:24:12.951 --> 00:24:18.891 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% help feed and care for 3, 5, or 10 children for 3 full months. 00:24:18.891 --> 00:24:22.728 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% With your gift we'll send you "The Father's Heart" devotional. 00:24:22.728 --> 00:24:26.398 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% Drawing from Scripture and his past, James Robison takes you on 00:24:26.398 --> 00:24:30.069 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% a 90-day journey to help you experience a deeper, more 00:24:30.069 --> 00:24:33.639 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% personal relationship with God as your loving Father. 00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:35.874 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% With your gift of $100 or more, 00:24:35.874 --> 00:24:38.310 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% you will receive The Father's Heart bundle. 00:24:38.310 --> 00:24:41.714 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% This stationary set, paired with the devotional, is a 00:24:41.714 --> 00:24:44.850 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% thoughtfully-designed collection created to help you share 00:24:44.850 --> 00:24:48.687 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% encouragement, prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father with 00:24:48.687 --> 00:24:50.422 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% those you care about. 00:24:50.422 --> 00:24:54.126 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% Finally, with your gift of $1,000 or more, which will help 00:24:54.126 --> 00:24:58.630 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% feed 100 children in desperate need, request Life's beautiful 00:24:58.630 --> 00:25:01.633 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% bronze sculpture, The Good Shepherd. 00:25:01.633 --> 00:25:04.636 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% So, please call, write, or make your gift online today. 00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:10.843 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% James Robison: In this area right now, we've been feeding 00:25:10.843 --> 00:25:13.979 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% long enough to actually see a school established here around 00:25:13.979 --> 00:25:17.983 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% the feeding area, a school under the trees, and these children 00:25:17.983 --> 00:25:20.085 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% are not facing immediate death. 00:25:20.085 --> 00:25:23.522 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% Some of them are malnourished, most have been stabilized. 00:25:23.522 --> 00:25:24.890 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% They're now going to school. 00:25:24.890 --> 00:25:27.326 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% We keep the feeding program going here where they're going 00:25:27.326 --> 00:25:30.596 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% to school because it keeps them coming to school, so it gives 00:25:30.596 --> 00:25:32.297 align:start line:10% position:47% size:53% them a bright future. 00:25:32.297 --> 00:25:36.168 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% So they've--we've literally gone from areas like this where the 00:25:36.168 --> 00:25:39.171 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% children would have reached down here and they would have gotten 00:25:39.171 --> 00:25:42.808 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% this soup mix like this and they would have brought dirt and all 00:25:42.808 --> 00:25:45.544 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% up to their mouths to eat it, they were that hungry. 00:25:45.544 --> 00:25:49.882 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% And then we've watched them, over the years, climb into 00:25:49.882 --> 00:25:54.486 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% barrels to try to scrape the remaining mix out because they 00:25:54.486 --> 00:25:57.022 align:start line:10% position:50% size:65% could tell we were running out and that's all we had. 00:25:57.022 --> 00:26:01.193 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% And Betty's prayer years ago that our line to feed them would 00:26:01.193 --> 00:26:04.696 align:start line:10% position:50% size:75% be longer than the line coming to get the feed, has been 00:26:04.696 --> 00:26:06.265 align:start line:10% position:50% size:70% answered by people like you. 00:26:06.265 --> 00:26:07.666 align:start line:10% position:50% size:45% We don't ever want that to change. 00:26:07.666 --> 00:26:12.438 align:start line:10% position:44% size:78% We want the line to feed them longer than the line to be fed. 00:26:12.438 --> 00:26:15.507 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% We don't want them going down here in the dirt trying to get a 00:26:15.507 --> 00:26:17.075 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% little bit of food anymore. 00:26:17.075 --> 00:26:18.444 align:start line:10% position:45% size:73% We want them to go to school. 00:26:18.444 --> 00:26:21.580 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% There're areas where children are still facing death every day 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:23.882 align:start line:10% position:46% size:68% if we don't help them, then there're the areas where we 00:26:23.882 --> 00:26:28.153 align:start line:10% position:50% size:81% stabilized it like this, and we wanna keep the feeding warm, and 00:26:28.153 --> 00:26:30.923 align:start line:10% position:50% size:50% that depends on you. 00:26:30.923 --> 00:26:33.425 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% Randy: The need is great, but the solution is simple, and the 00:26:33.425 --> 00:26:35.561 align:start line:58% position:50% size:41% solution is you. 00:26:35.561 --> 00:26:38.096 align:start line:53% position:44% size:78% So, please go online, go to the phone, make the best gift you 00:26:38.096 --> 00:26:40.466 align:start line:53% position:48% size:48% can, and request Dr. Colbert's book. 00:26:40.466 --> 00:26:43.268 align:start line:53% position:50% size:56% We would love to get you on a healthy path. 00:26:43.268 --> 00:26:46.171 align:start line:53% position:47% size:53% We want everybody to live long and strong. 00:26:46.171 --> 00:26:47.539 align:start line:58% position:47% size:58% Blynda: I'm encouraged. 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:51.176 align:start line:53% position:50% size:81% I--it's always that rub whenever it's--you're encouraged but you 00:26:51.176 --> 00:26:52.945 align:start line:58% position:50% size:56% know change is coming. 00:26:52.945 --> 00:26:54.947 align:start line:53% position:46% size:68% You know, I'm gonna have to make some changes, but it's 00:26:54.947 --> 00:26:58.050 align:start line:53% position:45% size:73% really--this is--I'll feel better and so I'm so thankful 00:26:58.050 --> 00:27:01.587 align:start line:53% position:50% size:70% for you writing this and for reminding me that I do wanna 00:27:01.587 --> 00:27:03.655 align:start line:53% position:47% size:53% live a long time and I wanna live it well. 00:27:03.655 --> 00:27:05.457 align:start line:53% position:46% size:68% Don: Amen, and we have to do this for our children 00:27:05.457 --> 00:27:07.259 align:start line:53% position:50% size:56% and our grandchildren, it's critical. 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:09.261 align:start line:53% position:50% size:75% Randy: Yeah, and there's a lot more information in this book. 00:27:09.261 --> 00:27:11.597 align:start line:53% position:50% size:61% Could we hang around and maybe do another program 00:27:11.597 --> 00:27:12.931 align:start line:58% position:48% size:48% to talk about this? 00:27:12.931 --> 00:27:14.266 align:start line:53% position:47% size:58% Don: Absolutely. 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