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The Dangers of Obesity

Unhealthy burger to show the dangers of obesity.

Obesity rates are on the rise, and many health conditions are on the rise with it. Being overweight or obese takes a toll on every part of the body, and can increase the risk of developing many different conditions. Obesity is incredibly common, with estimates placing the obesity rate in the U.S. at over 38% of the population aged 20 and over. This means that almost half of the adult population in the U.S. is obese, and this number doesn’t include people who are just overweight and not yet obese. People should be informed of the dangers of obesity so they can be more conscious of their daily habits, so let’s take a look at how that excess weight can affect the body.

How it Affects Your Body

Obesity can contribute to the development of many different health conditions by affecting different parts of the body. Sleep apnea can be caused or worsened by obesity due to the airways being compressed. Blood pressure levels may increase in a person who is overweight or obese because the excess weight increases pressure on the veins and causes the heart to work harder. The risk of heart disease is increased, usually due to a hardening of the arteries caused by high blood pressure, inflammation, cholesterol build-up, and high blood sugar levels. Obesity has also been found to play a role in the development of liver disease, diabetes, kidney disease, infertility, gallbladder issues, acid reflux, and certain types of cancer.

What to Do

Maintaining a healthy weight is a crucial part of good overall health. You should be eating a balanced diet of organic fruits and vegetables, good fats, and high-quality meats and fish. Different diets work for different people, but regardless of which diet you choose to follow, make sure you are getting enough protein, fats, and complex carbohydrates. It should also only include foods that are unprocessed and free of additives. If you are unsure of where to start, you can track your daily calorie intake for a few days to see if you are eating too little or too much food, then make any necessary adjustments. Your calorie requirements will depend on your height, weight, and muscle to fat ratio.

While the dangers of obesity are many, being underweight can also be dangerous, so aim for the recommended weight for your height and age. However, some people still struggle to reach a healthy weight even when eating the right foods in the right amounts, and this could be due to a thyroid issue, hormonal imbalance, or other health conditions. You should be checking your thyroid and hormone levels regularly to make sure they are at the correct levels. Form healthy habits, and your body will thank you!

You can listen to our Obesity – The National Plague podcast episode here. You can also listen to it on our YouTube channel here.

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Obesity – The National Plague

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Obesity is on the rise, and many health conditions are on the rise with it. This excess weight takes a toll on every part of the body, increasing the risk of developing many different conditions. Obesity is incredibly common, with estimates placing the obesity rate in the U.S. at over 38% of the population aged 20 and over. This means that almost half of the adult population in the U.S. is obese, and this number doesn’t include people who are just overweight and not yet obese. This is why obesity is someimes referred to as the national plague.

Being overweight or obese can increase the risk of developing conditions including:

  • Heart Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Dementia
  • Cancer
  • Autoimmune Conditions
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Gout

Maintaining a healthy weight is a crucial part of good overall health. You should be eating a balanced diet of organic fruits and vegetables, good fats, and high-quality meats and fish. You can track your daily calorie intake for a few days to see if you are eating too little or too much food, then make any necessary adjustments. Your calorie requirements will depend on your height, weight, and muscle to fat ratio. However, some people still struggle to lose weight even when eating the right foods in the right amounts, and this could be due to a thyroid issue, hormonal imbalance, or other health conditions. You should be checking your thyroid and hormone levels regularly to make sure they are where they should be.

Products Mentioned in Today’s Show

Probio Lean – Contains a blend of 7 select probiotic species in a cellulose base. Designed to increase intestinal diversity and support healthy metabolism and weight management, each capsule provides 25 billion CFU.

Gluco Support – Supplies a powerful mix of nutrients and botanicals that efficiently help support normal glucose metabolism, structure and function of basement membranes such as nerve tissue, and insulin sensitivity.

You can also listen to our Obesity the National Plague episode on our YouTube channel here.

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The Aging Effects of Stress

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Stress is affecting your quality of life by:

  • It is messing with your brain
  • Increases risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke
  • Stress dials down your immune system
  • Chronic stress contributes to aging
  • Contributing to weight gain and digestive disorders
  • Chronic stress affects your mood and relationships
  • Stress increases pain
  • Stress affects sexuality and reproductive functions
  • Chronic stress affects your skin, hair and teeth
  • Stress contributes to addiction

Product mentioned in today’s show:

Core Support – Core Support helps maintain Phase II detoxification by providing protein, fiber and nutrients to promote normal detoxification function.

Lab Mentioned in Today’s Show:

Comprehensive Panel – Comprehensive Panel w Consult panel contains 13 tests with 102 biomarkers.

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Oxalates, Lectins and Nightshades…Oh, My!

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An oxalate are chemical compounds found in many green vegetables and other “healthy” foods. Your body produces them as waste products as well.

Glutathione is your body’s master antioxidant and detoxifier. It is vital for metabolizing the toxins.

Some examples of the damage that can be done by glutathione deficiency include:

  • Inability to repair DNA
  • Toxin and heavy metal accumulation
  • Greatly reduced ability to detoxify
  • Reduced oxygen and nutrient supply to cells

Lack of glutathione and too many oxalates can create the following symptoms:

  • Kidney Stones
  • Burning Urination
  • Interstitial Cystitis
  • Chronic Candida
  • COPD/Asthma
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Hormonal Balance
  • Child Developmental Disorders, including Autism

Products mentioned in today’s show:

GlutaShield – The ingredients in GlutaShield help regenerate and maintain GI enterocytes while supporting the health of the intestinal mucosal barrier.

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Probiotics – The Next Big Thing!

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5 Benefits of a Probiotic Supplement:

  • Improves Mental Health
  • Supports Digestion
  • Boosts Immune Function
  • Promote Weight Loss
  • Enhances Skin Health

How do you choose the right probiotic?

  • Brand Quality
  • High CFU count
  • Survivability and strain diversity
  • Prebiotics and supplementary ingredients
  • Stability and organism types
  • Sugar
  • Living vs. dead

Probiotics mentioned in todays show:

Probiotic 225 – is a maximum-strength probiotic for cases of acute gastrointestinal (GI) and immune challenges. Going beyond the threshold of traditional probiotic support, high dose probiotics influence gut health and immunity in ways lower-dose probiotics cannot. Shown to activate over 1,700 genes involved in immune and inflammatory signaling, high-dose probiotics support a healthy, balanced immune response. Delivering 225 billion active probiotic cultures per packet, Probiotic 225 creates a rapid response to reset the immune system and maintain normal inflammatory balance.

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Obesity and ADD in Children

Obesity is a major problem in America with the obesity rate estimated to be 30% – 40% of the adult population. This means that there are an average of three to four obese people out of every ten adults, and this number is expected to continue to climb. Obesity has also become a major problem in younger age groups, including children. The childhood obesity rate in America is estimated to be around 18%, with the percentage increasing as they get older. Obesity contributes to so many different health problems, and is associated with a lower quality of life. Fortunately, your weight – or your young children’s weight – is in your control, and there are plenty of things you can do about it.

Standard American Diet (S.A.D.)

The Standard American Diet (or S.A.D. for short) is loaded with processed, high-sugar, high-calorie foods that are devoid of nutrition. Frozen meals, fast food, chips, cookies, sodas, processed meats, GMO’s, conventional dairy, genetically engineered food, fried food, colored foods and drinks, cereal, pizza – the list goes on and on. These foods contain very few vitamins and minerals, but contain very high amounts of sugar, carbohydrates, preservatives, artificial colors, artificial flavors, and bad fats. For example, one can of Coca-Cola contains 140 calories and a whopping 39 grams of sugar. That’s more added sugar than the American Heart Association recommends you get for an entire day. It also contains:

  • High Fructose Corn Syrup – Known to increase inflammation in the body, and increase your risk of developing diabetes, cancer, obesity, and heart disease.
  • Caramel Color – Artificial color added to make foods and drinks brown, and often contains 4- methylimidazole, which is a possible human carcinogen.
  • Phosphoric Acid – A corrosive additive used to make the taste of soda stronger. This chemical has been linked to kidney issues, decreased bone density, increased acidity in the body, and may deplete the body’s calcium.

This is just one small example of something that’s commonly consumed. Coco-Cola doesn’t have a very long list of ingredients, but what it does contain can be very dangerous. Think about another food you eat that has ten or twenty ingredients listed, what do you think each of those chemicals are doing to your body?

Additionally, a diet high in empty calories doesn’t just leave you feeling hungry all the time and lead to weight gain, it can also lead to malnourishment. Many overweight or obese people are also considered malnourished due to the vitamin and mineral deficiencies many of them have. Eating a diet comprised mostly of organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, and healthy fats like olive oil and coconut oil can help keep you feeling full and help treat and prevent nutritional deficiencies.

Childhood Obesity

Obesity has started to affect people at younger and younger ages, with many children being obese by the time they reach the age of five. Most children eat a S.A.D. diet, and some children’s diets may be worse. It can be difficult to get kids to eat vegetables and other healthy foods, and the foods marketed towards children are often brightly colored and look fun. This can make it even harder to convince your child to eat their “boring” vegetables instead of the macaroni and cheese cut into the shapes of their favorite characters.

It is easier if a child ate whole foods throughout their child, but if they have been eating mostly processed, hyperpalatable (tasting unnaturally good, usually through the use of chemical additives) foods, then it can be difficult to switch them to a whole food diet. Try sitting down with your child and discussing the importance of nutrition in a way they can understand. Ask them what fruits and vegetables they would like to eat or want to try, and maybe let them help you prepare them. Children’s diets are typically heavily influenced by their parent’s diets, so if you’re concerned about what your child is eating, one of the best things you can do is lead by example and eat a balanced, whole food diet.

ADD and ADHD

ADD and ADHD are two more common problems affecting mostly children today. ADD and ADHD are very similar, and are often used to refer to the same condition of a child – or adult – who gets distracted easily, has difficulty concentrating, poor time management, hyperactivity, difficulty multitasking, etc. Interestingly enough, these conditions are often diagnosed in a school setting at fairly young ages. There are theories that it should not be classified as a disorder because it’s usually a case of a kid just wanting to play like a normal kid. Kids love to play and that’s their main source of real-world learning. When a child is forced to sit at a school desk for hours on end, this suppressed energy and need to play may come out as “ADHD”. Children are often given medication for what may be a completely natural response, but that’s not always the case.

Artificial colors can be found in a number of different foods and drinks, but products marketed for children tend to contain more. They can be found in snowcones, colored and flavored drinks, cereal, candy, sweets, chips, snack crackers, and other products. Artificial colors have been linked to increased hyperactivity in children, as well as liver damage. So, a hyperactive child may see some improvement when artificially colored and flavored foods and drinks are removed from their diet.S

Supplements

There are some supplements that may help combat these issues. These include:

GlycemaCORE – Powder designed to help promote nutrients and keep blood sugar levels balanced. It contains amino acids, protein, fiber and many other things designed to help you feel full.

5-HTP – Contains 5-hydroxytryptophan which is a precursor to serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter largely responsible for regulating mood, happiness, and anxiety.

Innate 50-14 Clinical Strength – Clinical strength probiotic containing 50 billion total bacteria, and 14 different strains of bacteria.

Supernutes – Multivitamin designed for kids to help promote healthy vitamin and mineral levels.

Start eating less processed foods and more organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, and good-quality fats. These foods will help keep you feeling full, while also providing the nutrients you and your children need. Give these supplements a try as well. Try using GlycemaCORE in the morning instead of eating a bowl of empty calorie cereal. Your health is in your hands!

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Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome is the name given to a group of risk factors that greatly increase your chances of experiencing diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. These risk factors include high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low HDL (“good”) cholesterol, excess body fat – especially abdominal fat – and high blood pressure. These are common issues, but having Metabolic Syndrome means you have at least three of these risk factors. Each one of these risk factors alone can increase your heart disease, diabetes and stroke risk, but having more than one is especially dangerous.

Can You Fix It?

Considering how common these problems are, many people are wondering – can you fix it? The simple answer is yes, but it takes work, dedication and consistency. Cleaning up your diet should be your number one priority when trying to fix Metabolic Syndrome. A diet high in sugar and processed food contributes to Metabolic Syndrome, and a diet low in sugar and high in fat and protein is what can help fix it. Getting your blood pressure to a normal level, controlling your blood sugar, and losing excess body fat go a long way in treating Metabolic Syndrome.

What to Eat

When trying to heal Metabolic Syndrome, or if you’re just trying to eat clean, you should focus mainly on a variety of vegetables, nuts and seeds, fruits, and lean meats like fish and chicken. Avoid high-sugar and high-carb foods like bread, cookies and pasta, and avoid processed foods like frozen pizzas, bagged chips and snacks, and processed meats like hot dogs, sausage and sandwich meat.

You should drink plenty of water and avoid soda and juice due to the high sugar content and chemicals – you should also avoid diet soda because artificial sweeteners have been found to contribute to Metabolic Syndrome. Unsweetened tea and coffee are safe to drink, but water should be the main thing you drink.

What to Take

There are a few supplements that can help treat some of the risk factors like high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, and high blood sugar. You should notice a difference after beginning a healthier diet and taking these supplements:

  • Diaxinol – Can help maintain a healthy blood sugar level
  • CM Core – Can help control blood sugar levels
  • CitraNOX – Can help normalize blood pressure
  • OrthoMega 820 – Can help raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol

Learning that you have Metabolic Syndrome shouldn’t discourage you, it should encourage you to lead a healthier lifestyle and reduce your heart disease, stroke, and diabetes risk. Remember that you have the power to fix it, and never give up the goal of being healthier!

Be sure to listen to our podcast on Metabolic Syndrome for more information!

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Keto, Paleo and Weight Loss

The Paleo Diet and the Ketogenic (Keto) Diet have become very popular over the last few years. You’ve probably tried at least one of them yourself, or you know someone who has. People often believe these are the healthiest diets, but this is not always true. As with everything, there are pros and cons to each diet, and success also depends on a person’s individual needs and genetics. For example, Paleo may provide too much protein for the average person, and Keto may be difficult for someone who has had their gallbladder removed.

The Paleo Diet

The Paleo Diet gained a lot of popularity a few years ago with famous wrestlers, actors, and singers endorsing it. Eating Paleo has some benefits, but just like any diet, it’s not for everyone. The Paleo Diet is based on the idea of eating like a caveman, or eating what our ancestors hunted and gathered before farming began. Many of the most common ailments affecting the developed world today are due to the intake of too many carbohydrates (especially sugar), too little fat, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. On the Paleo Diet you eat a lot of fat and protein, very few carbs, and everything you eat is natural and unprocessed. This can be a great diet for some people, and it is healthier than a diet full of processed food and sugar, but it may be too much protein for the average person.

The Keto Diet

The Keto Diet has become very popular over the last couple years, and there are countless stories of people who followed the Keto Diet and saw their blood sugar, triglycerides, cholesterol, and/or blood pressure normalize, in addition to losing weight. The Keto Diet emphasizes eating more good fats than carbs or protein, and making sure all the food you eat is natural. When done the right way, Keto can greatly improve your health, but it’s not the right diet for everyone.

People who have had their gallbladder removed often struggle with the Keto Diet. The gallbladder plays a major role in digesting fat, and many people are unable to tolerate high amounts of fat after having their gallbladder removed. The liver produces bile and the gallbladder stores it in between meals, then when fat is consumed your gallbladder releases bile to help break the fat down. For someone that no longer has a gallbladder, bile is often not released fast enough or in high enough amounts to properly break the fat down, especially on a high-fat diet like Keto. However, you don’t have to avoid fat for the rest of your life if you don’t have a gallbladder. Taking supplements that contain digestive enzymes and ox bile can help with fat digestion in people who have their gallbladder and in people who don’t. Try taking one to two Digestive Essentials right before eating a meal and see if you notice a difference.

Weight Loss

Strict diets are often difficult for people to follow, but eating healthy can be simple. Try taking it one step at a time like first cutting out processed food – think boxed, bagged and frozen foods – and replacing them with home cooked meals. Each little thing you do adds up to make a big difference, and pretty soon you’ll be eating healthy every day.

However, if you want a little extra help on your weight loss journey, you can give these supplements a try:

Eating healthy isn’t just about losing weight, it’s about getting healthier in every way and feeling better than ever. Focus on organic, whole foods, listen to your body, and follow a diet that fulfills your individual nutritional needs. Your body will thank you!

You can listen to our podcast episodes here. You can also listen on our YouTube channel here.

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Fish Oil Fat or Fiction

Janet Lewis:                        Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the Green Wisdom Health Show. I’m Janet Lewis.

Dr. Lewis:                            And I’m Dr. Lewis.

Janet Lewis:                        And we are bringing you an exciting show about fish oil, which I’m sure all of you know something about or at least have heard of so this is not a random vitamin that you’ve never heard of. This is actually something that’s very commonplace; however, the differences in them are vast. So, this show is titled, “Fish Oil – Fat or Fiction,” and that’s not misenunciated, that is Dr. Lewis’ title. So, with that, Dr. Lewis can you tell us what we’re talking about? What has fat got to do with fish oil?

Dr. Lewis:                            God, I don’t even want to go there yet. It’s kine of like fast food. It’s funny how they slipped the “s” in there instead of calling it what it is, fat food, but we’ll get to that and how that’s related to fish oil in a minute. Where do you want me to start, Janet?

Janet Lewis:                        I want you to educate people about what they’re buying over-the-counter and what fish oil does and is it all the same?

Dr. Lewis:                            Yeah, I’m going to talk about what fish oil does. Some people don’t believe me and they’ll go get the cheap stuff and we’ve literally seen labs go to heck in a bucket because a person would change and go to a different cheap fish oil that may be contaminated. It’s like I go back to the thing you’ve heard so many times. You know, all women are not the same, I guarantee you. I’ve had the best in the world in Janet and I’ve had … okay, let’s go to fish oil. There’s a lot of things that you need to know and it’s very, very, very important. Sometimes on the internet, you can read anything on the internet. Now they’re saying all fish oil is not helpful, it’s this, it’s that, it’s that they always come back and poo-poo something that’s good. I wouldn’t say be careful what you read, but I’d definitely say be really, really careful what you believe because there’s a lot of people that say things that aren’t true.

Dr. Lewis:                            They used to say smoking actually helped your digestion. They used to have cocaine in Coca-Cola and I’m not sure they shouldn’t bring that back, but you know, that’s another topic. They used to say sugar is good for you. They used to say butter is bad and now they’re saying, no, margarine is bad. They used to say eggs are bad and I don’t know how anybody could believe that, but okay.

Janet Lewis:                        Well, that’s the problem. You hear such positive and negative things from everything now. How do you know what to believe?

Dr. Lewis:                            Believe me.

Janet Lewis:                        I guess research.

Dr. Lewis:                            I do a lot of research and then on that subject, you can get on the internet and read anything you want, good, bad, ugly and in-between. You know, God gave us discerning spirit and I think … I may be wrong, but I think some people have forgotten they have a discerning spirit and they’ve gotten to where they don’t trust their intuition. Intuition, to a big degree comes out of the GI tract, your gut feeling and our guts are so messed up, which we’re going to get into because Eddie, from up there close to Chicago asked a question and we’ll get into that in a minute. But just a few facts on fish oil. You know me. I’m going to go down rabbit trails and I hope you can make sense because I write about two or three hours worth of stuff that we try to cram into a 30-minute show and that’s why I talk fast and that’s the only time I talk fast.

Dr. Lewis:                            This has nothing to do with fish oil, but I’ll lead up to it and this is from some really good sources that says Ritalin is essentially the same as cocaine. Then I’m going to go into why should you take fish oil. The anti-inflammatory properties of fish oil with antioxidants, that’s important. I take the big dog vitamin E, but the antioxidant vitamin E added to it, prevents or helps to prevent immune and autoimmune diseases. There is research out of Harvard that says omega-three fatty acids are vital for the treatment of depression and we’ll get into a lot of different disease processes or symptoms that fish oil could potentially help your body help itself. Of course, the FDA disclaimer, none of this affects your symptoms or disease. Not intended to cure diseases and all that kind of stuff. It’s like, well, of course not, but we have forgotten that our body can.

Dr. Lewis:                            Omega-three fatty acids, and they need to be a good one. The one we use is 393% more absorption than the regular fish oil because of the form and the purity. One thing, it does have antioxidants in it. One thing people don’t really know is some of these places say well it comes from Sweden and Norway and a lot of the good fish oil does, but they catch them little rascals down around, some of them, Central America and South America and by the time they ship it up to Sweden and Norway, all that’s rancid and then they have to use all kinds … you want to say a plethora, that’s a word … I don’t know if that’s correct, of chemicals to decrease the rancid part and then what are you really, really getting?

Dr. Lewis:                            So, there’s also a study that said omega-three fatty acids are a better option than the NSAIDS, that’s non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which is aspirin, Advil, Tylenol, Naproxen Sodium. It’s a better option than NSAIDS because they have no side effects and they help prevent autoimmune diseases and they also have curative effects. This is also out of Harvard and I keep mentioning autoimmune because that’s going to go back to Eddie’s question on leaky gut.

Janet Lewis:                        Can I talk a little bit about what they’re looking for in a fish oil because I think people would be completely flabbergasted at what the ingredients are in the fish oil and then the next question is well, yours is expensive, but it’s not.

Dr. Lewis:                            No, it’s really not.

Janet Lewis:                        Not when you compare what you’re getting. One of our soft gels, what you want to look for is the ratio of the EPA and DHA ratio on fish oil and if it don’t break it down and it just says it’s combined and makes this amount, you don’t want that. You want it broke down. On our bottle it actually says, which I’m talking about the Orthomega, one soft gel is 950 milligrams. It is broke down by EPA of being 430 milligrams and DHA 390 milligrams and then the additional omega is 130 milligrams so it makes 950.

Dr. Lewis:                            But, keep in mind, that it’s also the ones that through research are 393% more absorbable. And we can get them stronger than that, but we always have a good blend of what you spend versus what you get. If you want it more powerful, we can get it, but this for the price is the best bet by far and that’s what Janet and I take, except I take the liquid.

Janet Lewis:                        The reason we recommend this is because you can see the breakdown on it. You can see that it’s extremely strong. I would ask that you go to your health food store and look and find one that’s equally as strong and I could almost bet you a $100 bill you will not.

Dr. Lewis:                            And then, is it the fake stuff coming from South and Central America.

Janet Lewis:                        And then what we’re wanting to use this for is actually to help move lab values because believe it or not when you’re running your cholesterol panel, which we run on our lab panel, if you’re HDLs on the cholesterol are lower, you’re lacking a good fish oil. A good fish oil will actually help bring that up higher and it’ll actually help put your triglycerides lower. So, you need diet changes as well, but a good fish oil on its own will help bring that down into a normal range, so it’s not about masking it with cholesterol medication. It’s actually about getting the different levels of the cholesterol correct and LDLs on there are more about hormonal imbalances and we’re educating them now a little bit about labs, so when somebody’s running cholesterol, you know, their whole deal is let’s just give you a pill and let’s just make it all right.

Dr. Lewis:                            We use lab because how do you know where you’re going if you don’t have a map or if you don’t have a destination and this will tell you where you are so you know where you want to go and where you need to go. And people say, “But I feel good.” I don’t care how you feel. You can drop dead tomorrow and not ever feel it.

Janet Lewis:                        But I can tell you on our lab and we give them this fish oil, the numbers start getting back right like they’re supposed to be, so that’s what you’re looking for when he’s talking to you about that.

Dr. Lewis:                            And we’ll talk about all kinds of different things, but there’s the differences in DHA. DHA is like, I think it’s a 22 carbon long essential fatty acid and it says essential because your body cannot produce it. And then I treat a lot of vegans and you know, if you want to eat that way that’s fine, but you can’t get this from flaxseed and flaxseed is probably your best plant source of omega threes.

Janet Lewis:                        And explain that a little bit, too, because people do come in here and say, “Well, how about I just take flaxseed?”

Dr. Lewis:                            Well, you better eat a bale of it every day and then you couldn’t digest it and assimilate it and flaxseed is not a bad thing. Well, it’s better if you get it organic and better if you grind it right before you consume it because it can go rancid and I don’t think taking flaxseed’s a bad thing, I take it, but it’s just not complete.

Janet Lewis:                        Well, we just use fish oil because the fish has already broken it down.

Dr. Lewis:                            Oh, good point and I was going to talk about that sometime, about cows. Why not let them use the energy to make the omega threes and that’s the difference between and I might get into it more later, but that’s the difference between grass fed versus grass finished or grain fed. The grass fed beef has extremely higher percentages of the omega threes and the problem in today’s society is we have about a 1:20 ratio of omega threes to the inflammatory omega sixes and nines. It needs to be about a 1:2 ratio to 2:1. We need more omega threes by a long-shot to offset the inflammatory oils and they come hidden in all kinds of things. So, DHA is the one that helps build the brain. If you want a healthier baby, you need to eat the holy heck out of it. Take digestive enzymes. Use probiotics, because you will develop a healthier baby that has a healthier, more well-developed brain and central nervous system, plus higher immune system.

Dr. Lewis:                            There’s a really good book called, “Smart Fats.” There’s another book called, “The Miracle Brain.” And then there’s one, “Eating Well For Optimal Health.” They’re all really, really good books and there’s just tons and tons of studies. I won’t take too much time. I won’t say too much about that, just because I have two or three hours of stuff to talk about and I’ll never get around to it. The linoleic acid which is something that most people say, “Oh, well that’ll turn into-” and the answer is, “No, it doesn’t.” That’s the stuff you get from corn oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower, safflower, peanut, soy and canola. I think you should avoid the holy heck out of all of them except, I’m not so sure about sunflower oil. I kind of like it, when you can get organic sources of it and since socialism works so well, that’s why we can’t get organic sunflower oil much because Venezuela and socialism’s working so good, so beware of what you ask for. You might become Venezuela. But, there’s a lot of chemical processes as it goes through this … some of it’s beyond me.

Dr. Lewis:                            Some of these inflammatory acids, arachidonic acid, is actually inhibited by the EPA in the fish oil, so it stops a lot of the inflammation. Then, if it goes into too much arachidonic acid, then you get into the COX-1, COX-2, COX-3, which causes pain that’s activated by insulin. It just goes on and on and on and the end result is inflammation, immune system dysfunction, vascular disease, pain, degenerative joint disease, fibrosis, fibromyalgia and an increase in free radicals. Okay, enough chemistry, because frankly that’s all I know. You can go to alpha linoleic acid and that’s back into chemistry … that’s the one you get from flaxseed oil and it is converted to EPAs slightly, but it’s better if you get it from the cold water fatty fish because they’ve already used energy to create it through their livers, but it’s incredibly anti-inflammatory and then it’s converted into DHA which is incredible to build the brain, the synapsis, increases the production of serotonin and dopamine. If you’ve got enough serotonin and dopamine, hey you’re a happy camper. Give it to your spouse if they’re grumpy as heck.

Dr. Lewis:                            Okay, this is a Stevenism, so pay attention. Classic inflammation hurts. Silent inflammation kills slowly. Stevenism 101. And that’s the toxic fat. Waiting for Janet to jump in here. I think once she sees me on my soapbox, she doesn’t want me to step down from the pulpit.

Janet Lewis:                        I’m just looking for my opportunity.

Dr. Lewis:                            Go ahead.

Janet Lewis:                        I just wondered if you guys know about all the different things that fish oil does, actually, that’s very good. In fact, actually there’s 13 different things that we have listed here that it helps with and a couple of them I really didn’t know so it was kind of intriguing.

Dr. Lewis:                            It may be a little bit beyond what I just said. I think Janet has a very, very good list.

Janet Lewis:                        Yeah, there’s ADHD which I think you mentioned.

Dr. Lewis:                            And sometimes I have it.

Janet Lewis:                        Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Lewis:                            And Alzheimer’s, not just Alzheimer’s, but any neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson’s, dementia, brain fog, brain fart … oh, I didn’t say it … chronic headaches.

Janet Lewis:                        Anxiety.

Dr. Lewis:                            I’m anxious about it, baby.

Janet Lewis:                        Arthritis. I know it helps joints a lot.

Dr. Lewis:                            Big time.

Janet Lewis:                        Cancer, actually.

Dr. Lewis:                            And since it helps joints, it also helps rheumatoid arthritis because of the autoimmune connection.

Janet Lewis:                        The cancer, it’s been proven that it makes conventional cancer drugs more effective.

Dr. Lewis:                            Yeah, absolutely.

Janet Lewis:                        But it’s also an effective standalone therapy and natural cancer treatment, believe it or not.

Dr. Lewis:                            And there’s more and more doctors that are being very cooperative with me. I just got a referral from Shreveport from a gastroenterologist and it’s getting better. The MDs and DOs are good people. They do a lot of good things and they’re getting better and better about sending their patients to people like me, not as an alternative to medicine, but as an adjunct and complementary. I’m impressed with the medical profession for doing that.

Janet Lewis:                        It helps with cardiovascular disease which we kind of already knew that a little bit.

Dr. Lewis:                            Janet does like to keep my blood pressure down.

Janet Lewis:                        Diabetes.

Dr. Lewis:                            Say it like Wilfred Brimley. Diabetes.

Janet Lewis:                        Diabetes, or diabet-ees, that’s what they usually say. Eye disorders and I can tell you for a fact when I miss my Orthomega, I know my eyes are more dry. It really does help dry eyes.

Dr. Lewis:                            And after her LASIK surgery, which nobody knows she got, I started looking prettier, but she had dry eyes, so I told her to add borage oil with it and that did a really good job to enhance the EPAs and the DHAs from the fish oil.

Janet Lewis:                        It helps with immune system function because when the antioxidant astaxanthin is combined with fish oil, the immune boosting power is multiplied.

Dr. Lewis:                            Yeah, and we don’t sell a lot of it because some people they get to their limit before that, but Janet and I take it and she’s way prettier than me, so I think she takes more of it, but astaxanthin’s probably one of the best antioxidants you can take.

Janet Lewis:                        In women, fish oil helps skin and hair, which is the only thing we really care about.

Dr. Lewis:                            I don’t know about testosterone, that’s all men care about.

Janet Lewis:                        All they care about. Women don’t want to lose their hair and they want their skin to look good.

Dr. Lewis:                            But they don’t care if their man has testosterone. Go figure. They just want to look pretty and … never mind.

Janet Lewis:                        It helps with fertility and pregnancy, actually. DHA and EPA play key roles in sperm health and mobility, so somehow it makes them move faster.

Dr. Lewis:                            You make stronger swimmers.

Janet Lewis:                        I guess, along with increasing female fertility and also you need it when you’re pregnant because your baby is taking all of yours and that’s a lot of times what makes women go kind of nutty in the head afterwards.

Dr. Lewis:                            Yeah, but men, you’ll live longer if you don’t say anything about it.

Janet Lewis:                        Yeah, but give them fish oil because that’s what the baby just took from you and plus you need it when you feed the baby, when you’re breastfeeding because it’ll actually be smarter if it takes it. And the big one, which I think is pretty darned exciting, number 13, is weight loss which Dr. Lewis keeps alluding to in his-

Dr. Lewis:                            You ever seen a fat fish?

Janet Lewis:                        Well, that’s because they’re swimming. Is it not?

Dr. Lewis:                            I don’t know. Next time I catch a catfish I’ll ask him.

Janet Lewis:                        Well, I figured a fish was thin because it’s swimming all the time.

Dr. Lewis:                            Sorry, people. You know, this is the South and we have people that listen from all different kind of countries, so in the south, my friend from Michigan said, “I don’t understand how you catch and eat a catfish.” I said, “Well, you go bow hunting for carp and you eat that nasty thing,” so there are a lot of regional differences, so pardon me if I don’t eat a carp, but I will eat a catfish, the bottom feeder.

Janet Lewis:                        Well, it actually showed the effects of weight loss in fish oil and the combination with diet and exercise in the May 2000 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the results showed that a combination of fish oil supplements and a regular exercise program can reduce body fat while also improving heart and metabolic health.

Dr. Lewis:                            Well, also, it’s because the higher fat content, the more your body feels full and happy and that’s why I’m a big fan of keto. Paleo is okay, but I like keto, because it’s higher fat. It has to be the good fats, though, and it keeps your brain happier and is very anti-inflammatory.

Janet Lewis:                        Yup, it actually helps stimulate the use of fatty acids for the production of energy in healthy adults.

Dr. Lewis:                            And I’ve heard this a couple of times once today and once I think yesterday. Well, I’m on keto and I’m tired. Listen, that’s normal. Your body has to do a lot of conversion to go from burning glucose to burning fat, so just hang with the lack of energy and that’s why we have sold out of Mitocore, which is energy producer, but we’ll get some more and if we don’t get to the questions, we won’t get to the questions, but-

Janet Lewis:                        Oh, no, we’re getting to questions.

Dr. Lewis:                            Oh, okay.

Janet Lewis:                        Because we had several of them and we always asked you guys which, if you’re not a fan on our Shoot’n Straight with Dr. Lewis on Facebook, just either send me an email to janet@greenwisdomhealth.com and we can include you that way or just go on Facebook and ask to be a friend of Shoot’n Straight and that has no “i” in it and no “g.” It’s S-H-O-O-T apostrophe “n.”

Dr. Lewis:                            There we go talking southern for you people that aren’t southerners.

Janet Lewis:                        Right, but we always ask the people in that group give us questions for the show so we can educate you on the things that you’re most interested in. And we have one from Carl, who happens to be a local client of ours and he wants to know how toxins affect vision?

Dr. Lewis:                            You know, there are a lot of toxins that affect vision and I still tell people go to a good optometrist or if that’s not appropriate, go to an ophthalmologist, but I’ve seen people that seem to have a lot of mold intoxication, you know, a dirty building or dirty house, something like that, that can work. Then I had a 94-year-old missionary in here this week. He got toxins from his drugs and woke up blind. Of course, that was just temporary, so worry about drug reactions. But I think seeing an eye specialist and my suggestion is take a lot of vitamin C. We like the liposomal kind because it’s greatly enhanced absorption and take NAC, acetylcysteine, because that helps the liver detoxify, helps create glutathione, helps create energy and with the glutathione it begins to take a lot of the toxins out. I’ve had several people say well, since you put me on this NAC, I see better. It’s like, “Go to your optometrist and measure it, but that’s very possible.”

Janet Lewis:                        And one way you can tell if you’re full of toxins which we always suggest people do lab work, when your liver enzymes are high, your eyes obviously won’t work as well because you’re toxic, but there’s no way for you to know that without seeing it on lab. That’s why we were talking about the cholesterol panel and liver enzymes now. One of the most easy ways is to do the low cost lab panel that we have. It’s 12 different panels, which you don’t ever see that happening at your doctor’s office because they are, by law, not allowed to do that because of insurance. We don’t do insurance and that’s why we run what we want to run because we want to see the body as a whole and not just one to three panels. So we run 12 and one of those 12 panels is a CMP which is a complete metabolic panel and it does have liver enzymes in it, so we’re able to tell if you’re toxic or not. And if the liver enzymes get right, then your eyes will feel much better as well.

Janet Lewis:                        If you’re thinking, hey y’all are in Texas and that’s a heck of a deal, we’re actually able to do that across the United States, so go to our website, greenwisdomhealth.com. You’ll see it on there. It says GWH3 because that includes Dr. Lewis’ consultation to go over the results so he can tell you if you’re toxic.

Dr. Lewis:                            Thirty minutes of lab explanations and Stevenisms.

Janet Lewis:                        That’s right. Also comes with a functional medicine report. It comes with a supplement recommendation sheet so we don’t just leave you in the closet and say, “Hey, good luck to you.” We actually tell you what to take and how to take it and for how long and actually show you on followup lab that it’s better. So, you can’t beat it. There’s usually a lab local to you because like I said, we can run it anywhere. You just have it drawn somewhere close to you and the results come back to us and Dr. Lewis takes it from there.

Dr. Lewis:                            Yeah, unless you live in someplace like Wyoming. I talked to a lady in Iowa. Sometimes the labs are little bit further, but they’re used to driving a hundred miles. She’s about to ask another question, but I’m going to throw this in. It’s off the subject. It’s the flu season. Everybody wants you to get a flu shot and you can or not, that’s up to you, but there are major studies that said over a 3 year period, so that’s a good study, three years, taking 800 IUs of vitamin D and that’s not much vitamin D, not enough, but 800 IUs of vitamin D reduce colds and flu by 70%, so why are they not screaming to high heaven about take vitamin D? And then people went from 800 to 2,000 IUs and that’s still not enough for 99% of the people, 2,000 IUs reduced the instance of colds and flu to nearly zero. There was only one case in 104 users. Vitamin D, folks. And that’s from Epidemiology and Infection. That’s not my opinion. This is from high class medical research.

Janet Lewis:                        Oh, not just the thing you find randomly on the internet?

Dr. Lewis:                            Nope.

Janet Lewis:                        Okay.

Dr. Lewis:                            I don’t listen to that.

Janet Lewis:                        We have just a few minutes left and this next question is from Eddie and he would like to know how to heal leaky gut and how long does it take to heal and how do you know you’re healed?

Dr. Lewis:                            Do you want to answer that?

Janet Lewis:                        Actually, leaky gut is a big problem for a lot of people.

Dr. Lewis:                            A lot of people. Anybody eating genetically-modified grains.

Janet Lewis:                        Yeah, it’s a modern day plague that’s killing us from the inside out. It’s actually caused by food, stress, environmental exposures and a combination of other factors. Basically the large molecules pass through the small intestine into the bloodstream and then the large molecules aren’t sufficiently broken down and are not meant to enter the bloodstream quite yet. They’re supposed to be broken down by the celia in the small intestine, so in essence, the large molecules have escaped the small intestine through leaks between the cells. That causes things like autoimmune problems, debilitating autoimmune problems which, over the last 30 years, have become increased exponentially.

Dr. Lewis:                            Obvious to us. We see more people have it. And Floyd kind of answered this. I answered Eddie with an article from his herbal studies and this is actually from a different study, but you know, Floyd gave a really, really good answer, so thank you for that.

Janet Lewis:                        But we actually have a product now that we are really excited about that goes in and helps to repair leaky gut. I know that it works because I take it myself. The problem is, it’s relatively new. I think we’ve only had it about six or eight months now, so to answer Eddie’s question, I don’t know how long you have to take it before you’re well. I just know when I don’t take it, I feel horrible, so.

Dr. Lewis:                            I’m not sure you’re ever really healed, but you can certainly be greatly, greatly … most of it can be healed and then you can maintain because we get people that have celiac and Crohn’s and they say, “Oh, my God, this better. Oh, my God, they noticed at Thanksgiving how much better I was.”

Janet Lewis:                        Well, it used to be that we only had colostrum, which is an IgG. It protects the intestines by blocking and binding toxins in the gut. The problem with colostrum is that it’s from cows and some people are sensitive and they can’t tolerate even trace amounts of dairy, so we have the new product called SBI. It’s from bovine.

Dr. Lewis:                            Well, even though that is a cow, it seems to be a cleaner source. It seems to be better tolerated and we do have another one if you need to, that comes from eggs. So we use the cow first.

Janet Lewis:                        Yes, but basically it helps things like the leaky gut, colitis, ulcerative colitis, IBS, Crohn’s disease and diarrhea associated with celiac disease, so you have people that tell you they have irritable bowel, the SBI Protect really helps control that.

Dr. Lewis:                            With massive amounts of good probiotics and we have some pretty major probiotics. It works faster.

Janet Lewis:                        And it’s even being used with C-diff and HIV enteropathy infections.

Dr. Lewis:                            And you know one of the other things? We use a lot of Glutashield with great success. There’s another product called Inflammacore for those that want to make a drink in the morning. It’s one of the things I have and I don’t have enough time to read all of the ingredients here, but it has some great immune-boosting products here and we get super, super results. We kind of sell out from time to time. I guess we’re going to have to up the stock we keep.

Janet Lewis:                        The SBI Protect, though, is from a completely non-dairy source of immunoglobulin-G.

Dr. Lewis:                            So, I don’t really know, Eddie, when you know you’re healed, but Eddie also told me his mother-in-law is a whole new person. Because I was talking to Eddie as Janet and I were driving the new RV back from Colorado. This was what? Two or three months ago and I said, put your mother-in-law on this, this and this and he says she’s a whole different person. She can eat. She’s smiling and happy, where she wasn’t before and her personality shines for the better and it’s like, “Well, she’s your mother-in-law, she’s supposed to be lovely,” and he says, “Yes, and now she is.”

Janet Lewis:                        Well, one rule of thumb with healing? It takes a minimum of three months before you begin to heal and then it’s a month for every year you’ve had the problem, so that’s why I tell you, I don’t know how long because I’ve had this all my life and I’m only 29 now, I know, but for the last 20 years of it, I’ve had-

Dr. Lewis:                            There’s a time when I should always keep my mouth shut and I usually don’t.

Janet Lewis:                        So, I haven’t been on it long enough yet to get to that complete healing stage, so we’ll keep you posted on it. And with that being said, we have come to the conclusion of our show again. This goes by so fast. We really appreciate that you’re listening to us and we really appreciate you guys’ questions. Maggie, I know you had a question. I promise we’ll get to it next week. I’ll have Dr. Lewis all sharpened up and honed in.

Dr. Lewis:                            And Brian sent in a good question and that’s a good reason you need to join Shoot’n Straight with Dr. Lewis because you get a lot of information, a lot of experience for other people, so just sign up for Shoot’n Straight and you’ll learn a lot. It’ll be worth it.

Janet Lewis:                        You guys have a blessed week.

 

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The Obesity Crisis

Janet Lewis:                  Hello, and welcome to this week’s show. I’m Janet Lewis.

Dr. Lewis:                     And I’m Dr. Lewis.

Janet Lewis:                  And we are Green Wisdom Health, home of you low cost lab work, where you don’t have to guess at what’s going on with your health. We actually test by using lab work to assess where you are with your nutritional values. Speaking of nutritional values, we have a very exciting show today about obesity, because it is prevalent in our society. Today’s show is called The Obesity Crisis, because it literally is a crisis here in America. For those of you listening in other countries, I know it’s not that big of a crisis for you there, because you guys get better food. So Dr. Lewis is going to talk to us today a little bit about why so many of our children are now overweight, when that used to be a very rare thing, and why America itself is so much overweight. With that being said, Dr. Lewis, I’m hoping you’re going to educate us and help us all get skinny.

Dr. Lewis:                     Well, I don’t know about that. I promise you today I’m going to go down a lot of rabbit trails. I appreciate your phone calls and emails and the people that drop by locally. We just got an email from a lady named Lisa that said, “I enjoy the information that you and Janet give on these podcasts, and because of that, my son has da da da.” Thank you for listening, for folks out there, thank you for sharing.

Dr. Lewis:                     The best thing sometimes you can do for yourself to get healthy is to help others get healthy. It’s more of a matter of mind and spirit and how you focus that. Yes, you have to do some things physically, too, and I’ve been on a lot of podcasts lately. Going on another one in about 30 minutes. This will be down the rabbit trail I promise you, but what started this was this week we had this thing, you know, it scrolls across Good Morning, America, which Jan and I have trouble listening to, because they’re always very negative. But it scrolled about before long cancer is going to be the second leading killer, behind obesity.

Janet Lewis:                  Wow, really? That’s scary.

Dr. Lewis:                     But there’s a big link between the two. We get people that come in here and say, “Well, if I can just lose weight, everything else will take care of itself.” I said, “Well, if you take care of everything else and get healthy, you’ll lose weight.” The problem is, we’ve become a society where we want it instantly, and we’re not willing to suffer. It’s like, “I’m hungry.” It’s like, “So what? Have you never been hungry?” It’s about courage. Sometimes you just have to have the courage. Like the old thing that says nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. It’s like, well, sugar is my issue, too. I relate it to Mother’s love, when I got off the school bus a million years ago.

Dr. Lewis:                     Cancer is probably the scariest diagnosis you can get, but obesity is like, “Well, we’re not going to do any body shaming. This is healthy, and I’m happy.” It’s like, “Well, I’m glad you’re happy. Yeah, you can get along and do good, but if you’re over weight, you’re not healthy. You’re lying to yourself.”

Janet Lewis:                  Well, I think a lot of it is so many people are overweight that when someone sees someone else that is, they just assume that that’s normal, because so many people are overweight. Where we used to look at it differently. It was like, “Oh, wow. What’s going on with them? Because they’ve gained a lot of weight.” Now it’s just common place to see everybody being large.

Dr. Lewis:                     So our perception has changed. Sometimes we mix up what’s common versus what’s normal. We say, “Well, that’s common, therefore it’s normal.” No, it’s not really.

Dr. Lewis:                     So I’m going to go down a lot of rabbit trails. My apologies to Amanda and to Jonathan. I’m going to do it anyway. I hear this all the time. People say, “But I eat good.” Of course, I’m a Lewis, so I roll my eyes and say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” If eating good is getting you this way, you need to start eating Snickers and ice cream. I’m never that impolite, but I gain weight over stress and how I eat incorrectly. Janet, not so much. But people say, “I’m doing everything right.” Some of the people really are. They get at the end of the rope, and they need to lose 40 pounds, but then they come in … Since they’re at the end of the rope, they don’t have the patience to kind of hang in there a lot of times.

Dr. Lewis:                     Sometimes people make food choices, and they’re not really as good as you think they are. Sometimes it makes you bloated and tired. Well, that’s a big indicator you need digestive enzymes. Sometimes people use a butter substitute, and they don’t realize that is super inflammatory oils that you don’t need. They do grains. You want to lose weight? Quit eating grains. You’re supposed to keep your sugars or the high glycemic vegetables down to where you’re only getting about 25 grams. Or you get it under 50 grams a day of simple carbohydrates and sugars, you’ll most likely lose weight.

Dr. Lewis:                     What people do, they say, “Well, I like the salad dressing. I’m eating a healthy salad.” But the little packages of salad dressing, they taste good, so let’s go for two or three. What happens is, it’s full of inflammatory oils, even though you think it’s healthy. Then wash it down with a diet soda. Well, you’ve heard me say aspartame not only contributes to obesity but dementia and all kinds of other things as well. We’ve known that since the 1970s. Why that stuff is on the market, I don’t know. Go talk to your congress about it. These people that are trying to eat healthy, and I applaud the effort, but you still get hungry. Sometimes I can eat a meal, and it’s like I’m hungry later. I find out, well, maybe that meal wasn’t that healthy, and, oh, probiotics. Which I hope I have time to get into.

Dr. Lewis:                     Sometimes people are eating too much and too many calories, but they’re still malnourished. You have to make sure they’re nutrient dense, not calorie dense, but nutrient dense. If you’re lacking in minerals and vitamins and enzymes, you kind of stay a little bit hungrier than you should. One of the things I tell people is you have a life force, you have a spirit, but you’ve got to encourage it and not succumb to discouragement. That’s the big kicker. I’m subject to that, too. Janet’s been a really good help for me.

Dr. Lewis:                     But these diets, they’re pro-inflammatory. Breakfast, sometimes it’s a roll. Well there you go. You’ve got your grains. If you’re eating grains, that’s terrible. If it’s a butter substitute. When I eat butter, I eat real butter. And I mean I eat the holy heck out of it, because the fake butter is 60-something percent inflammatory omega-6 oils. I refuse to eat that stuff. Maybe on the sandwich the meat might be okay, if it’s not full of the nitrates and nitrites. Stay away from grains. I said that, I know.

Dr. Lewis:                     For example, I’ve got this friend. Wonderful, wonderful guy. He goes out and he blesses people right and left. He has a happy, happy life. He said, “But I’m overweight.” I said, “You eat bad stuff.” I said, “Well, you need to quit eating grains.” He says, “Nope. United States Department of Agriculture says do 6 to 11 servings of grains a day.” I said, “When you had an FFA calf, what did you feed it to get it fat?” He said, “Grain. Oh my god, you caught me.” I said, “You’re about to have some sort of heart incident. You need to change your diet, see a cardiologist.”

Dr. Lewis:                     About three weeks later, his girlfriend called me and says, “Dr. Lewis, he’s in the hospital. He had an incident.” Most of us men don’t have heart attacks. We have incidents with our heart. That’s another way we lie to ourselves. She says, “Please don’t tell him I told you so.” I said, “Honey, you know I’m going to tell him I told you so.” He finally did lose, I don’t know, 7500 pounds, but he had to go through his incident before it scared the holy heck of him for him to give up drinking that 18-pack of beer a day and eating all those grains. Yes, beer is made from grain. It’s not really a healthy thing, either. Man, I’m getting personal.

Janet Lewis:                  So is cereal.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah.

Janet Lewis:                  That’s the other thing that people think they can eat every morning, is cereal. I don’t know how many people go, “Really, is that a grain?” Okay, yes.

Dr. Lewis:                     They think corn is a vegetable. No, corn is a grain. I like corn. I do better with corn than I do with wheat. Wheat is one of the nastiest things you can put in your body, for a lot of different reasons. We’re here in east Texas, it’s a heavy Hispanic influence so it’s a give me some chips and salsa. Yeah, it hurts. You can get by with stuff like quinoa and brown rice, and that has some issues. How many people really and truly eat broccoli, spinach, kale, asparagus, and string beans?

Janet Lewis:                  I do! I have it in my smoothie mix that we have here, with all of our greens.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah, the Deeper Greens.

Janet Lewis:                  Mm-hmm (affirmative)-

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah, that stuff tastes good, too.

Janet Lewis:                  Because if you can’t eat it. Many places don’t serve good vegetables. If you go … I hate to name it. We have a cafeteria here in town that we ate at today, and I looked at their food. They had something called a spinach soufflé, and it was a big square about the size of-

Dr. Lewis:                     She’s saying we. It was me that did it.

Janet Lewis:                  It was about the size of a iPhone, and I thought, “What is in that?” Dr. Lewis ordered it because it looked large and healthy, I guess.

Dr. Lewis:                     It was different. Like a big, big iPhone or two of them.

Janet Lewis:                  I ask them, I said, “What is in a spinach soufflé?” He said, “I think it’s a bunch of cheese.” Which, cheese is good for something.

Dr. Lewis:                     Then I cut into it, and it was like a piece of Wonder bread in the middle of it.

Janet Lewis:                  Yeah, I’m like … These vegetables you’re serving here are just not healthy. So that’s why I drink mine.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah, and we eat good vegetables when we can. I mean, who knows how much of this stuff I’m going to get around to, but butter, yes. Eat butter. Eat butter. Eat all kinds of butter. Make sure it’s good butter. It’s better if it’s grass fed. Organic is much, much better. We eat Kerry Gold. It’s not organic, but that’s about as good as you can get I think, without going organic. Some of the oils that are poison and/or inflammatory is canola, corn oil, vegetable oil. Kind of the jury is out on peanut oil. It’s probably not good. Soy bean oil, oh my god. Stay away from that. Margarine is terrible, terrible. Olive oil would be great, except it’s about 70% of them they say is adulterated, mixed with vegetable oil or canola. So I don’t know what the really good olive oils are. Stay away from canola. That’s terrible.

Dr. Lewis:                     Well, let me ramble. Where do you want me to go now? Oh. One of the best things you can do to lose weight, restrict your calories. I had an article up on my wall about 20 years ago that said rats that were left to eat as much as they want lived half the lifespan as rats that had their food restricted to half of the normal calories, and the rats that restricted their diet continued into old age having a really vigorous sex life. Where the ones that ate everything they wanted, they got impotent. Yes, they talk about rats and impotence.

Janet Lewis:                  Wow.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah. You should see the look on Janet’s face. Don’t get me started.

Janet Lewis:                  I never know what he’s going to come out with. I don’t know what he reads. He reads all the time.

Dr. Lewis:                     And I got a memory that once in a while works.

Janet Lewis:                  I can tell you, though, from experience, about eating. People say, “Well, I’m just really hungry.” What I’ve noticed, and Dr. Lewis explained this, and I think it’d be great for you to explain it to the audience-

Dr. Lewis:                     I don’t know where she’s going. I hope to god I can bring that up in my memory.

Janet Lewis:                  I hope he does, too. We were eating the other day, and we were eating a healthy taco, as healthy as a taco can be.

Dr. Lewis:                     Minus the corn tortilla, but everything else was great.

Janet Lewis:                  I ordered one taco, and after I got it, I was really disappointed because it was really tiny, because it was a healthier taco. I thought, “Well, okay, I’m going to eat this and then I’m going to go back up and get one more taco, because I just know I’m not going to be full from this.” So I had the taco, and then Dr. Lewis and I started talking. Maybe 10 or 12 minutes went by, or something like that. I thought, “I’m not hungry anymore. I don’t need a second taco.” I told him. I said, “Why is that? I sat here for a little while, and now I’m full.” So would you explain what happens? This is free advice. You don’t have to buy anything. This is something that you can learn to do.

Dr. Lewis:                     I’m glad I remembered what she thought I was talking about. Physiologically, it takes about 15 or 20 minutes for all of that to digest to the point that it sends signals to the brain that makes you feel satisfied. That’s why they, you know they is a big word that means nothing, but they tell you to chew very thoroughly, chew many times, eat slowly. Have a conversation with whoever you’re dining with. Slow down. Eat slowly. That way you eat half as much. That’s one of the reasons that I eat a lot less, is because it takes me a long time to swallow pills for some physical and some psychological reasons I guess. By the time I get through swallowing my digestive enzymes in the middle of my meal, I eat a whole lot less just because I’ve spent all that time swishing and swashing and making it go down.

Janet Lewis:                  Well, you know, I’ve tried the thing where you chew so many times. That’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of work, where you can’t hold a conversation with someone and then sit and count how many times you’re chewing this food.

Dr. Lewis:                     But then you get better digestion because digestion starts in the mouth. Most people don’t leave it there long enough for their saliva to begin the digestive processes.

Janet Lewis:                  So maybe if you’re eating by yourself and having lunch, eat some food, read a good book, or read something on your phone. God knows we’re always on our phones. Take some time and read a little something on your phone, and then come back and decide, “Hey, am I really still hungry?” I bet you won’t be. It was really interesting, how much food you really don’t need if you just give it a little time to digest.

Dr. Lewis:                     Well, and when you restrict the calories, it doesn’t just work with mice and rats. You know, that works with all sorts of organisms. Even ameba live twice as long if they restrict the calories. The problem is, and I’ve said this before, it’s not a sin to die. It’s a sin to not live while you’re here. It’s I think worse to die young, because it takes so blooming long to learn how to live. You’ve gotta make those stupid mistakes so you can be wise in your older age.

Dr. Lewis:                     Health is in your hands. It’s about responsibility, and it’s about … Responsibility, at least in my definition, means the ability to respond. I said the other day on a podcast, I’ve been a guest on a lot of podcasts lately, but-

Janet Lewis:                  I keep him talking.

Dr. Lewis:                     Oh, lord. I’m tired. I need a drink. The guy says, “Well, aren’t you what you eat?” I said no. He was flabbergasted. He was speechless. I said, “It’s not what you eat. It’s what you absorb.” I said, “It’s not what you know. It’s what you do.” Knowing what to do is not the issue. Doing what you know is the issue.” Yes, it takes a little work, and it takes a little courage. You have to kind of put off the pleasure, but the rewards are so much greater further down the road. You have to think about things at the functional age. Your life expectancy is like, there’s so much. If you’re susceptible to disease, the researchers say that you can actually influence your genetic expression. So if you have bad genes, you can influence it by around 90% by changing your environment and changing your diet. Which means get the toxins out, because you’re going to get them in your diet.

Dr. Lewis:                     The keto thing, I’m sorry Janet, I’m going to jump off the rail here for a minute. I had a patient that asked me to explain why they’re having issues with keto. I said, “Well, okay.” The main thing about keto, and I more commonly … I like keto even better than paleo, but I’m more for the high fat, moderate protein, and then copious amounts of vegetables. These percentages will vary. Some people in keto say 70% fat. I’m more like 50% fat, 30% really, really good vegetables, and 20% clean grass-fed or organic or pasteurized meat. People say, “Oh my god, no. Fat makes you fat.” Then I ask them, “Well, 53% fat in your diet is bad?” They say, “It’s a horrible thing. Of course. It’s terrible.” I said, “That’s your mother’s breast milk. So get over the fat thing. Fat is not bad for you if it’s the right fat.”

Dr. Lewis:                     To the two or three people that wanted me to go over the mistakes of keto. Some people think it’s just a quick fix, and you have to kind of make it more of a lifestyle. Which I’ll get into that, another question, in a minute. You obsess over the scale. Most people don’t have the patience. Janet got a text while we were eating that healthy taco about, “I’ve done this for two weeks, and I’m not young, rich, and good-looking. I haven’t got my results.” It’s like, good lord, it’s been going on 15 years and you’re mad because in two weeks your physiology is not changed?

Janet Lewis:                  I think a lot of people are at the end of their rope whenever they come to see us, to start with. The time element is really different for them, because they’ve been-

Dr. Lewis:                     Their patience is less.

Janet Lewis:                  Yeah, because they’ve been experiencing it for so long.

Dr. Lewis:                     And I’ve been that way. We all have. I’m just telling you what to do. A keto mistake is eating too much protein. When you eat more fat and you start burning fat for fuel, burning a gram of fat is nine calories, versus burning sugar is I think two or something like that. So your body actually burns more energy, uses more calories to burn fat. Then your brain starts working better. Being afraid of fats, which we talked about. The wrong fats we talked about. Not drinking enough water. My wife reminded me of that this morning. Thank you, honey.

Janet Lewis:                  Sure.

Dr. Lewis:                     Not enough sleep. That’s a tough one. I’ve had some people that say, “Well, I can’t sleep very well.” I say, “Well, try this product.” Some people say it worked real well. Other people say it didn’t work. The ones that say it didn’t work, let’s try something different, are the ones we get good results with. We’ve got some new stuff that is like oh my god. It’s called Kavinace Ultra PM which creates serotonin. We’ll get all into that some day, with the neurotransmitters in the brain.

Dr. Lewis:                     You gotta mix your meals up. I see keto people that they’re on a kick of this is the only meal I eat. Well, you need a little variety. That’s kind of I think physiologically programmed in us, to have differences. Not different spouses, but different meals. Don’t compare yourself to other people. Does that make sense?

Janet Lewis:                  It does. One other thing you might want to mention is people that think that they’re just not able to choose their food because their food, they look at something and the food chooses them.

Dr. Lewis:                     Shiner and Blue Bell and Snickers.

Janet Lewis:                  It’s amazing how much of that comes out of your gut in the wrong probiotics and bacteria. I can tell you, many years ago when the moon would be full, it was like bring on the Mexican food, bring on anything that has sugar.

Dr. Lewis:                     We don’t mean to be racist. We love our Hispanic brothers and sisters.

Janet Lewis:                  Love Mexican food, but you also know when you’re doing too much of it, but you’re craving it and you can’t stop.

Dr. Lewis:                     But it’s high in carbs.

Janet Lewis:                  Right, because it’s a problem in the gut.

Dr. Lewis:                     It’s usually yeast making more cravings. That’s a good point. Janet just ordered me a book about the importance of the microbiome and how it influences us. I’ve got a lot of notes here on probiotics. I don’t know if I’ll get around to it.

Janet Lewis:                  Well, that’s what people don’t know. It’s not their fault that they’re craving those kind of things.

Dr. Lewis:                     Oh no.

Janet Lewis:                  If you stick with something long enough and actually change the gut bacteria, you’ll actually start making healthier choices. When the full moon rolled around this time, I wanted vinegary things. So I know something is better, because I’m not wanting yeasty things. That just takes a long time to make those choices.

Dr. Lewis:                     Folks, I want you to know that took so much restraint not to say anything. Okay, let’s-

Janet Lewis:                  His eyes rolled. Go ahead. Just throwing my two cents in. Go ahead with your story.

Dr. Lewis:                     You know, I’ve told some people, and they wanted me to explain the difference between dieting versus being healthy. It goes back to the mental focus. I can tell who’s going to get well by whether they’re focusing on what can be or the ones that won’t get as good of results because they’re focusing on what they have, the ones that have, oh, I was diagnosed 47 years ago. It’s like if you’re still hanging onto your diagnosis, you’re never going to get well.

Dr. Lewis:                     To be healthy, you have to have the mentality that focuses on food for fuel, not food as the enemy. There’s a difference in what you think versus outcomes you get. You have to focus on your good habits, rather than your bad habits. You have to think, “Oh, I’m going to do this forever.” Where if you’re just on a diet, “Oh, I’m going to do this temporarily.” You have to focus and speak things that you want for yourself, versus things you don’t like for yourself. If I do this, I can be a blessing to my family. Versus, oh, well I’m selfish, I want the extra piece of pie that’s in the fridge. Daily choices is you just make a one choice, versus people that says, “Well, I’m going to get on the scale, and if it didn’t change I’m going to give up.”

Dr. Lewis:                     You have to think in being healthy it’s a lifelong journey that pays dividends, versus the people that go on a diet and it’s like, “When can I cross the finish line?” Then they go right back into exactly the problem they had before. Did you know 95%, 95% of people that go on a diet lose weight, end up gaining it back plus some? Which I talked in detail about that on another podcast. So don’t go on a diet. Choose a lifestyle.

Janet Lewis:                  Well, and honestly there are people out there that are eating correctly. They’re doing all the things that you’re talking about and I’m talking about. They really do have something else wrong on their lab.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yes.

Janet Lewis:                  We’ve had several come in here just this week, and they were a little bit overweight. They were wondering, “Well, why do I have all this anxiety? Why am I not losing weight?” Run the lab. We ran several people’s labs. I’m just talking about several in the last week that I’m thinking of, that were trying to lose weight. They came back with thyroids that were not optimal, which means, yeah, your doctor told you is was in range, but it’s not optimal. I had one girl ask me yesterday. She said, “Well, why do they tell you it’s okay?” I said, “Because the range is so large that anywhere in there, if it falls in there, they tell you it’s normal.” Well, that doesn’t make it optimal.

Dr. Lewis:                     They’re confusing what’s common with what’s normal now.

Janet Lewis:                  Correct. Seriously, there are times on the lab that it is really not your fault. You’re doing everything. You’re exercising, you’re doing everything. You’re eating right. We see people with perfect A1Cs, which is a three month blood sugar. They think, “There’s something wrong with my diet.” There’s nothing wrong with their diet. It’s because their thyroid wasn’t right.

Dr. Lewis:                     Or their digestion is terrible.

Janet Lewis:                  Right, or some of them have underlying viruses going on, that their body is trying to fight off, so they’re gaining weight. Some of them are anemic and don’t know they are, so they have high anxiety and then they can’t lose weight because they have no energy at all. Simply fixing their iron, which did not show up on the regular panel because no one ran a ferritin, which is the stored iron. If you’re in that category and you’re thinking, “Hey, I’m doing all these things, and I still have a problem.” You’re not alone. Do the lab.

Janet Lewis:                  That’s why we do it at low cost. We run 12 lab panels right now. It’s available on our website. I put it in the show notes. It’s called the comprehensive panel. It includes Dr. Lewis’s consultation to go over everything going on with you. We include what to take to fix it, and we also give you a functional medicine report so you can see it in black and white with red and green checks on good and bad, about what’s going on with your health. So there’s no reason not to know. If you’re thinking, “Hey, well y’all are in Texas. We can’t do that.” Yes, you can. We do it across the United States. There’s generally a lab that is close to you. We use Quest. All you have to do is go on our website, to GreenWisdomHealth.com, fill out the health survey. Dr. Lewis generally calls you and talks to you about what’s best for you.

Dr. Lewis:                     Because Janet’s working her butt off, and she has less time than I do.

Janet Lewis:                  He’s just so much more knowledgeable.

Dr. Lewis:                     Oh, you’re full of it.

Janet Lewis:                  And he can help figure out which way to guide you or which lab panel is best for you. Then we can figure out, well, why are you not losing weight? So when you put a combination of the right products in, and you keep doing the good things that you’re doing, you start seeing the results that you’re looking for. To see someone’s face whenever that happens is the best feeling for us, because we’ve had another couple of them that’s come in this week that have said, “I’m finally losing weight. I’m not even really having to try. I’m just doing what I normally do, and it’s beginning to really come off.” So you know, there’s two sides to this. There’s people that need to change what they’re eating, and there’s people that are really trying to do the right thing and can’t get over the finish line. So that’s the lab.

Dr. Lewis:                     That’s true. So folks, if you have to look at the ingredients, you’re eating the wrong stuff. I’m going to read just a few ingredients here. This is out of a list of 37. Enriched bleach white flour, corn syrup, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable and/or animal shortening, soy bean, cotton seed, and/or canola oil, beef fat, dextrose, leavenings, glucose, corn starch. Let’s see. Monocalcium phosphate, soy protein isolate. That’ll give you man boobs. Polysorbate 60, soy lecithin, soy flour, cornstarch, cellulose gum, sodium sterol, natural and artificial flavorings, sorbic acid, yellow 5 and red 40, which are known to cause cancer.

Dr. Lewis:                     That’s just a partial list. If you have to read something like that, you need to, oh my god, stay away from it. Because that’s a partial list of Twinkies. Never go bad on the shelf, and once on your lips, forever on your hips. So stay the heck away from it.

Janet Lewis:                  If you’re craving that kind of stuff, we have something called five HTP, which is-

Dr. Lewis:                     This is a specially absorbable type, here.

Janet Lewis:                  Yeah. You’ve probably seen it over the counter, but it’s not this five HTP. This is a pharmaceutical grade which we call the peace of God in a bottle. It really does help cravings. It helps you not want the bad stuff.

Dr. Lewis:                     Many men get it stirred in their coffee, and they do not know it. Honey, are you doing it to me?

Janet Lewis:                  No. And it really helps with OCD.

Dr. Lewis:                     Her eyes said yes.

Janet Lewis:                  No. I personally take up to three of these per day, and it really does help the cravings. It mentally helps you make better choices.

Dr. Lewis:                     Help her put up with me.

Janet Lewis:                  It also helps you lose weight.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah, because your mind feels satisfied.

Janet Lewis:                  Right, so we do have magic pills.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah. It may not be that easy, and you may need help. You may need some encouragement, and I’m very happy to do that. We all need help from time to time, so the best way for you to lose weight is go out and bless somebody else. Do something really, really healthy. Get your kick out of helping somebody. I don’t-

Janet Lewis:                  Slow down when you’re eating, and visit with people. Put your phone down and have a conversation with someone when you’re having dinner. That’ll help you digest better.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah.

Janet Lewis:                  With that, I hope you’ve digested our show this week. We are open for any ideas you may have about other shows you would like to hear topics on, because we’re full of them.

Dr. Lewis:                     Full of it, yeah.

Janet Lewis:                  We look forward to talking with you.

Dr. Lewis:                     Yeah, we’re full of it.

Janet Lewis:                  We are. You guys have a blessed week.