Josh Axe: Making a Difference with Wiser Health Choices | Takeaways with Kirk Cameron

July 14, 2025 | 55:2

Kirk Cameron is joined by clinical nutritionist and doctor of natural medicine, Dr. Josh Axe, on making better health choices and establishing good habits involving our physical health.

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Kirk cameron: we talk a lot about spiritual disciplines like
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How to spend more time with god, having an effective prayer life,
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And learning to study the bible, but what about the disciplines
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To maintain good physical health?
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Making wise choices in the areas of nutrition and exercise
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Are also very important.
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The apostle paul in his first letter to the corinthians said,
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"do you not know that your bodies are temples of
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The holy spirit?"
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To give us some guidance about healthier options, we're gonna
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Talk today with clinical nutritionist dr. josh axe,
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Sharing his thoughts on the best ways to eat, move, and take
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Better care of ourselves to the glory of god.
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Let's get to it right now on "takeaways."
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Dr. josh axe: the primary thing people should be doing is
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Connecting with god deeply and living out, loving god and
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Loving people and having god as their mindset.
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I think that's the most important part of health.
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Along with that, i think sort of diet of eating healthy foods
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And lifestyle, walking a lot.
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Kirk: i'm really excited about my next guest.
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Dr. josh axe is a doctor of natural medicine.
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He's a doctor of chiropractic and clinical nutritionist who's
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Dedicated his career to helping people heal through the power
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Of food, herbs, and lifestyle medicine.
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He's authored several bestselling books and his latest
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Is the "biblio diet, healing secrets of the bible."
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Dr. josh, thanks so much for joining us on "takeaways."
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Dr. josh: hey, kirk, thanks for having me.
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It's an honor to be here.
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Kirk: you know, i've grown up in a household where i always saw
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All these diet books, you know, it was like the south beach
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Diet, it was the atkins diet, it was the pritikin diet, the
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Pineapple diet, right?
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And then i remember books like "what would jesus eat" and all
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Sorts of bible-themed diet books.
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And yours is the "biblio diet."
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What is that?
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Dr. josh: well, it really it's a diet that focuses on what jesus
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And other people in the bible, including abraham, moses,
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Solomon, king david, and the apostles.
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And we really went through myself and jordan reuben, who
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Co-authored the book with me, we really wanted to go through and
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Say what were the foods that were most consumed in the bible?
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What are those healing properties?
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And we do bring some modern science into the book, but
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Really the biggest focus is on the ancient healing wisdom of
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The bible.
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And we talk specifically about diet a lot.
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We also focus a lot on even things like essential oils and
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Fasting and just how to heal using biblical principles.
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Kirk: i think the whole topic is fascinating.
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I'm so thankful that you decided that it was worthy of your
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Christian life to devote yourself to this subject of diet
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And exercise and lifestyle, because i too think it's
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Important that we take care of ourselves so that we can be
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Worthy servants of the lord.
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Dr. josh: you know what inspired this book was, there's quite
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A few years ago, a lot of people were following this paleo diet,
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Which was really based on the idea of evolution that we, you
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Know, we're, you know, amoebas and the monkeys.
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Kirk: so many are.
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Dr. josh: yeah, a lot of times.
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And so both jordan and i felt really convicted that we needed
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To write a book that was based on the sort of biblical truth
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And idea.
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And it really starts with this, whatever you eat, whatever you
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Drink, whatever you do, do it all for the glory of god.
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And so i really think the heart behind the book is, number one,
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Eat to glorify god.
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Eat to be a light to the world.
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And so that's really sort of the intent and the foundation of the
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Book itself.
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Kirk: so i wanna jump into exercise, i want to jump into
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Supplements, and i want to talk about diet and mindset.
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All these things i think are really important 'cause we're
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Not just a body, we're actually a mind too and we've got to have
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It holistically address all of these things.
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Why look to the bible as our guide for what we should eat?
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Dr. josh: you know, i was actually listening to my audio
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Bible as i was driving here today and i was listening to the
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Book of timothy and, you know, paul is essentially saying, "all
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Scripture is god breathed," you know, and it's useful for
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Teaching, instructing, including our diet, including farming
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Practices, you know.
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And so i would say that when we look at a biblical diet, god
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Gave commands, even like, and i know this is actually somewhat
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Controversial, even with different christian
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Denominations, but i believe that pork and shellfish, for
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Instance, even though we're not under the law anymore, those
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Still aren't healthy foods.
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In fact, when you go and look at the dirtiest food in the ocean
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In terms of having the highest level of toxins that they
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Accumulate in their bodies, shellfish are the highest.
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Kirk: they're like the roombas of the sea.
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Dr. josh: that's right.
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That's a great way to put it.
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They're the roombas of the sea.
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They're bottom feeders, and pigs are the same.
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Pigs are the greatest carrier of parasites and infections, in
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Fact infectious pathogens of any sort of meat you could consume.
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So the bible, whether it's that or even the food laws of moses
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In terms of looking at washing your hands and it really, i
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Mean, some of the stuff we just take for granted today, but the
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Bible has so much wisdom there.
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I'd also say this from a dietary perspective.
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The bible talks about certain foods numerous times.
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Grass-fed beef like lamb and beef is talked about constantly.
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Fermented dairy like raw, yogurt, and kiefer is talked
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About constantly.
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Olives, figs, pomegranates.
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I mean, pomegranates are probably the number one
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Longevity food in the entire world up there with extra virgin
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Olive oil as well.
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And so the bible, when you look at the science today, the foods
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That are probably that have the greatest healing benefits are
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Often talked about in the bible.
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Kirk: that's really interesting.
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I wanna unpack more of this with you.
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You say in your book that ancient biblical heroes consumed
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Real foods as opposed to what?
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And are those real foods still available for us today?
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Dr. josh: yeah, one of the things i was thinking about
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Recently is if we would have moses come here today and sit
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Down and we had to have him and god was speaking to him and
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Saying, let's redo these food laws, okay?
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Rather than just pork and shellfish, i'm curious, where
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Would food dies, you know, rank on there.
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How about chemicals like glyphosate or those
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Considered foods?
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What about...
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Kirk: teflon.
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Dr. josh: teflon, there you go.
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What about corn that we turn into high fructose corn
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Syrup and we genetically modify and engineer this original food
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That god had?
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Would that still be kosher per se?
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And i think the answer would be probably not, you know, and i
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Don't think so.
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So i do think that there are so many things today that they're
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Not even food.
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I mean, i think that's the reality.
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When you look...
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Kirk: they're adjacent--they're products adjacent to food that
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Are being passed off as food.
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Dr. josh: that's right.
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I used to--in one book i wrote, i call them franken foods 'cause
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They're not, you know, they're frankenstein, they're not like
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Real food.
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And so i think if people are going to heal, number one
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Principle is often they'll just eat real food, you know, eat
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Grass fed beef that just living the way that god intended, eat
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Vegetables, eat fruits, eat whole grains, eat sweet
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Potatoes, eat these sort of foods, and your body will heal.
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Now, i do think people, there are people that have very
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Specific medical conditions.
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Let's say diabetes, okay?
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You know, i think even those people could benefit from doing
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Less grains and maybe even less fruit on occasion, but
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Generally, i think the average person, if they follow just
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A diet based on the bible, almost every chronic health
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Condition would be reversed.
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Kirk: talk about processed foods.
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We often hear that these are bad.
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And sometimes when i buy my half and half, it will say ultra
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Processed or ultra pasteurized.
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So what's the difference between processed foods and ultra
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Processed foods and which is worse?
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Dr. josh: yeah, two of the most consumed food products today are
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Dairy and wheat.
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I'll use those two as an example.
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With dairy, if it's in its biblical form, i would say that
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I think that jesus probably would have been eating, it would
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Have been raw, it would have been organic, it would have been
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Fermented, and those cows would have had an ancient type of gene
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Called a2 casein, which is a type of protein that's easier
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To digest.
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And those animals would have been in the sun, they would have
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Been free roaming.
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So when they ate grass, higher levels of omega 3s in their
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Tissues, so their meat is more anti-inflammatory.
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Today, what we do is we take these cows and it's
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Poor stewardship.
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It's we're putting them in feedlots.
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They're eating genetically modified feed.
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It makes their tissues, it changes their profile to be
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Higher in omega 6 fats and lower in omega 3.
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So that's inflammatory.
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It also makes it more fatty and less lean.
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So you're actually getting less protein per serving.
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But overall, what this does is it causes a lot of inflammation
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In the body, which is feeding diabetes, cancer, heart disease,
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Hormone imbalances, low testosterone, you know, you
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Name it.
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Kirk: we're gonna get into more of this, but let's just touch
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On stress.
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I've often heard from doctors that you can have eczema and the
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Cause is stress.
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It's not necessarily like something in the air or
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Allergies, but that stress can cause heart disease.
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Stress can cause all sorts of problems.
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What's the relationship between worry, anxiety, stress, and
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Physical health?
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Dr. josh: i think the only thing that's causing more
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Health problems today than diet is stress.
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And i would say that, in fact, there's a study that came out
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Not too long ago that said 80% of doctors' visits are
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Stress related.
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And, you know, i've taken care of a lot of patients
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With autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease.
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If they would go and eat something like a processed pizza
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And a bunch of ice cream, they would have an eczema flare-up or
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A digestive flare-up.
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However, i've had patients before where i say, "hey, how's
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Your diet?"
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They're like, "it's perfect, but i'm going through a stressful
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Situation in my life," and they will have the exact same level
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Of flare-up.
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What happens with stress is cortisol goes up and
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Stress hormones.
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When that goes up, another hormone goes up called insulin,
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Which is related to things like diabetes and blood sugar
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Being off.
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When that's off, it puts your body in a fight or flight state.
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When you're in that state, your body can't--we say your body's
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Either in a rest or digest state or a fight or flight.
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So your body is not resting, it's not digesting, it's not
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Healing properly.
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This is why, like, if you would go and try, if you and i would
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Go and try and run a marathon right now, we couldn't eat a
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Cheeseburger in the middle of it because we would throw it up
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Because your body can't possibly be in a fight or flight state
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And actually digest food.
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So when you're in a stress state, you can't
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Absorb nutrients.
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You cannot digest properly.
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The hormones that you want to be produced, like men more
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Testosterone, women more progesterone and estrogen, those
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Are completely thrown off when you're living in a stressed
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Out state.
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Kirk: yeah. wow.
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And i wanna talk in our next segment about physical exercise
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Because stress is actually a good thing, i understand,
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In the right way.
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So when we have fight or flight activities that actually have a
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Hormetic effect, where we can actually have stress that causes
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Us to grow stronger, that can actually push us into areas of
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Resilience that are actually good, but it's that chronic low
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Level stress where i'm constantly worried and that's
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Just my new normal all day long.
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That's where everything starts to deteriorate.
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Dr. josh: yeah, and we can talk about this.
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I mean, you know, people are always asking me questions about
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Should i cold plunge?
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Should i infer on it?
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Those are forms of good hormetic stress if they're done properly
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Just like weight training is or exercise.
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Exactly, yeah.
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Kirk: i can't wait to get into all of this after the break.
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Josh is gonna share more about the right kind of foods that we
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Should be eating and the benefits of fasting.
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So stay with us.
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So stay with us.
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Kirk: welcome back.
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We're talking with dr. josh axe on the importance of making wise
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Choices in the area of nutrition.
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Josh, this has been fascinating and i'm really interested in the
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Topic personally.
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I'd like for you to unpack for us the principles around food,
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Fasting, and sabbath rests in the bible and how they lay
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A foundation for wellness.
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Dr. josh: yeah, well, i think going all the way back to
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Genesis, one of the things we see very early on is god talking
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About working and resting.
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And so creating a natural sort of rhythm of doing both.
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And we see this throughout the time with the israelites is this
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Idea of sort of feasting and fasting and sabbath.
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And so i think it's always important--we live in
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A world today.
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We are--it's so interesting.
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Like, people thought the more technology we'd have, the less
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We'd have to work and the less sort of busy we'd be.
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Well, now we're somehow just busier than ever.
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And so this constant state of busyness is sort of draining
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Our batteries.
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You know, in ancient forms of medicine, they would sometimes,
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Well, today a lot of these practitioners talk about our
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Bodies sort of have a battery.
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Now, all of our cells have something called a mitochondria
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And these are sort of the power plants that energize our body.
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Like growing up, my grandparents had a golf cart, but when the
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Battery got low, it would go, you know, slower and slower and
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Slower and eventually just, you know, just stopped working.
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That's how a lot of people are operating today and i would say
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That one of the reasons is we are sometimes overeating, which
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Is hard on our bodies and also we're not getting enough rest
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Via sabbath.
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But to hit on sort of the benefits of fasting, one of the
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Things that is incredibly healing for our bodies is when
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Our body doesn't have to work.
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Every time we eat food, your body has to work.
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It has to expend energy to break down and digest food.
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When you don't eat for a meal or for a day or for a period of
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Time, you actually allow your digestive system, in particular,
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Your intestines, your stomach, your pancreas, and your liver to
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Finally rest.
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Kirk: to take a holiday.
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Dr. josh: take a holiday.
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'cause imagine if you had like a cut on your hand and you just
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Kept working with, like let's say you had a shovel on your
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Hand, you were just constantly working with it.
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It's much harder for that open cut to heal.
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Think about some of your organs the same way when they are
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Constantly working, they can never fully heal and regenerate.
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So for certain conditions, it is incredibly beneficial to fast.
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And i think the bible talks about benefits everything from
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Physically to mentally to spiritually when it comes
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To fasting.
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And so i think fasting has just profound benefits spiritually,
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But from a physical standpoint, when we look at the modern
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Science one of the things they say it helps with is clearing
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Out unhealthy cells.
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Imagine your body has a recycling system of sort of
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Taking cells that are unhealthy, breaking those down, reusing the
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Parts to build healthy tissues in your body.
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That's what fasting does more than anything.
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It helps your body cleanse, detoxify, and regenerate and
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Finding those organs to rest.
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And i would also say this, one of the things the bible does is
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Right when it's talking about fasting.
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Right after fasting, it talks about feasting oftentimes in
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The bible.
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And so that really sort of to me reveals a little bit of the
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Character of god is that, hey, there are things he wants us
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To do that are hard.
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I fast, i know you fasted too, fasting is hard.
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Like it is, it can be very difficult for some people,
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Depending, especially on the type of fast you do.
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But right that next step, god is like, hey, take joy, feast,
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Enjoy food, enjoy time together.
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And so i think most of our lives should be sort of living in this
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Conscious state of sort of deprivation to heal and also
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Though to, you know, spend some time feasting and be joyful in
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The lord, yeah.
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Kirk: yeah, and resting and digesting.
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Dr. josh: that's right.
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Kirk: so you talk about the sabbath, some people might
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Think, hey, we're in the new covenant now.
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We can eat shellfish now because we're no longer under old
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Covenant mosaic law.
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And with regard to sabbath, you know, like, i have my sabbath
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Rest in christ.
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What value for us physically and spiritually is there in quote,
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"sabbath resting today."
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Dr. josh: yeah, i'm gonna answer that.
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Before i do that, i have one other point i wanna make that i
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Think my perspective is probably similar to some christians, but
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Definitely not all.
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And that is this.
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When jesus came--in the old testament talks about things
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Like tithing 10%.
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It talks about not eating pork and shellfish.
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It talks about letting the land rest every seven years.
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I mean, there's a number of things there.
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When jesus came and said, you know, essentially, i'm the law,
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And part of this is having a change of your heart.
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I don't think jesus said, listen, i want you to do less
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Than 10%.
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I want you to, you know, go ahead and start eating pork
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And shellfish.
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I think that's gonna be good and healthy for you.
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I think really it was a difference of, listen, this is
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More of a relationship now.
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I want you to abide in me.
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I wanna be deeply connected with you because i love you.
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But i don't think he was coming to say, just ignore these things
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Completely now and that there's no value here.
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And so that's the first thing i wanna say is i do think that
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Oftentimes it's, hey, listen, maybe the number's not 10%.
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Maybe sometimes it's more, maybe it's being even more generous
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With what you have.
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And so, i think it's a similar thing as we talked about
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Sabbath, i do think there are great benefits in taking one day
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A week and fully setting it aside for god, for family, for
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That time of doing absolutely no work.
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Kirk: and maybe rest.
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Dr. josh: and rest, actually resting.
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Kirk: what are some of the spiritual benefits of fasting
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And resting during sabbath?
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Dr. josh: yeah, well, there are studies on fasting and it's
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Benefits for the brain.
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And i think, you know, when you look at the benefits of being
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Able to have less brain fog in one of the studies, more mental
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Clarity, better focus, better memory.
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Those were all the benefits of fasting.
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I think about myself when i'm in a state where i'm very
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Clearheaded, i'm rested, i feel like i can connect better with
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God sometimes.
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I feel like god can sometimes, sometimes i hear him better in
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That state as well.
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So i think--and when you look at, especially throughout the
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Bible, oftentimes when people are fasting, oftentimes they're
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Doing it in a time to better hear from god.
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Kirk: yeah, yeah.
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I found that and i learned that the term is autophagy, where you
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Go in and your body is saying, okay, you're not giving me
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A bunch of new stuff to eat.
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I'm gonna go into the junk drawer in the kitchen and we're
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Gonna start cleaning out all of that stuff that we don't need
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Anymore and use that to actually build some more good
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Cabinets, right?
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Dr. josh: hundred percent.
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Kirk: and that particularly, i've felt that kick in after
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Like, you know, a 48 hour fast or even a 72 hour fast, you go
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Along like that and all of a sudden it's weird.
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Your hunger goes away, energy seems to be there, mental
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Clarity is there, and all of a sudden you're like, eventually
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You get really, really hungry.
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But it's a really interesting time where you just feel like
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You are connected with your mind, with your body, and with
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Your spirit.
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And it's super cool.
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Dr. josh: yeah, and i wanna say this about there's a lot of ways
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People can fast.
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People can do intermittent fasting where they maybe skip
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Breakfast and do lunch and dinner.
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A lot of the ancient jews and the early christians, they would
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Fast one day a week.
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They would fast either wednesdays or fridays, breakfast
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And lunch, and then they would just eat dinner one day a week
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To honor god in that way.
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And then of course you can do longer term fast, water fast,
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Daniel fast.
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So there's a lot of ways to fast.
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Kirk: dr. axe, what are some of the unknown healing remedies of
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The bible that many people today are still unaware of.
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Dr. josh: well, i'd say one of the biggest things we see,
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I think it's in the book of timothy, and it says, if you're
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Sick, i mean this is one of the most direct things in the
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Entire body.
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"if you're sick, go to the elders of your church, have them
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Anoint your head with oil and have them pray for you for
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Healing and you will be made well."
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I mean, it's one of the most direct things in terms
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Of healing.
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How often if somebody's sick, a cold or flu, crohn's disease,
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis, whatever it is, do you actually
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Go to somebody who is spiritually mature in your life,
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Have them place their hands on you and maybe even anoint
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Whether it's frankincense or actually the holy anointing.
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Kirk: or essential oil.
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Dr. josh: or essential oil of some sort.
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Kirk: my mom's got a whole tank of it.
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Dr. josh: there you go.
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But have them do that and actually pray for
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You to be made well.
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And so i actually think that it's probably one of the
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Greatest things people are missing today is having somebody
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Place hands on them and pray for them for healing.
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Kirk: yeah, physical touch is actually very healing, you know.
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Dr. josh: oxytocin being released moments.
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Kirk: right, you feel like, okay, this person is not just
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Seeing me as some like clinical experiment, but a person and i'm
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Not alone.
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That's so important.
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Can you share a real life example of some healing
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Protocols that combine both ancient biblical remedies and
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Modern science?
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Dr. josh: yeah, yeah.
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So let me give you an example of one.
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If somebody has an issue like hormone imbalance, so let's say
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Women today, it could be menopause, an issue like that or
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A thyroid issue.
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So they could go and one, change their diet.
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There's certain foods that are very, very healing that science
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Has shown for hormone imbalance, sweet potatoes, healthy fats
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Like avocado.
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In fact, in chinese medicine is avocado looks like a uterus.
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Olives look like ovaries.
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Those have fats that are very good for those.
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Certain herbs like ashwaganda is very healing, vitex,
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Black cohosh.
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So they can--so the studies today show that these herbs in
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These foods together help heal and regenerate female organs
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That then help balance hormones.
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So that would be an example and then we could go through, you
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Know, pretty much every condition and they're healing
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Foods, herbs, and lifestyle practices that would help
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Reverse those conditions.
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Kirk: josh, do you think that emotional health actually
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Promotes physical health?
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Like, if i'm unhealthy emotionally, can that actually
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Cause physical problems?
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And if i heal emotionally, it'll actually like translate to my
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Body feeling better?
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Dr. josh: i don't really think it'll translate.
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I think it's the single most important thing that impacts our
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Health today.
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Listen, i know people that have been--don't eat healthy and they
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Live to be in their 90s or they've lived to be over 100.
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And part of it was they had a right mindset.
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They didn't live in a state of fear or anxiety.
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And so i think, in fact, there are studies in ancient wisdom
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That shows that different emotions cause disease in
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Different organ systems.
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Fear affects your kidneys and adrenal glands.
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We know that, right?
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If you get afraid, you start releasing cortisone.
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Well, if you have anxiety, it affects your heart, your blood
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Pressure raises.
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If you have anger, it affects the liver and the gallbladder.
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If you have grief or depression or you haven't let go of
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Something from the past that affects your lungs and colon,
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And if you have dealt with constant worry that affects
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The stomach.
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That's why you can start to get some stomach if you worry or an
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Ulcer, exactly.
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So we know that if you live in these states, it causes physical
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Disease and the bible has an answer jesus, for most of us.
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Kirk: i can't wait to hear about that.
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Making good nutritional choices is only part of the equation to
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Good health.
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So what about exercise?
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We're gonna be right back with josh sharing practical tips on
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Adding physical activity to our daily routine.
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Don't go away.
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Don't go away.
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Kirk: we would like to welcome health and wellness experts
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Ladies, thanks so much for coming to "takeaways."
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Serene allison: thank you, it's a pleasure.
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Kirk: you know, if we don't have our health, what do we have?
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It's all the rage.
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How do you propose we make america healthy again?
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Serene: well, we start simple.
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We start with one mama, one kitchen, and one family at
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A time.
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And so, you know, it's just this diet culture, there's so much
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Glut of confusion and we start telling people, stop fearing
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Food and start partnering with it and with the creator that
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Made the food.
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Pearl barret: yeah, because the creator designed our bodies and
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He actually made foods that he called good.
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Now diet culture is calling many of them bad.
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And so so many of us believers, you know, we're confused.
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Like, hold on, i can't eat plants.
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I can't eat meat.
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What can i eat?
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And we found the hard way that when we listen to just the
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Wisdom of man, we end up in rough places and we turn back to
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The scriptures and it was there.
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And he showed us the blueprint.
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Kirk: you're right, so-called experts say one thing one day
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And then it seems that the opposite is true the next day
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And scripture never changes.
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I love that you've named your books and your lifestyle
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Recommendations, "trim healthy mama."
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Where did you come up with the name and what's it all about?
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Pearl: well, you're kind of mama is like living this lifestyle.
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We're grandmothers now but still moms and you know we're in the
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Home and trying to feed our families, trying to feed
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Ourselves, you know, getting pregnant, then not being
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Pregnant, and then trying to feed our husbands.
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Serene: and we tried everything, we tried all the
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Fads and all the diets out there and we needed something sane.
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We needed something sustainable, something to keep the whole
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Family happy.
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So we decided that we would want a plan that was filled with
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Grace and filled with common sense.
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Pearl: and that doesn't ditch carbs and fats 'cause that's
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What everyone's doing, right?
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Oh this week fats are bad, this week carbs are bad, well
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Which one?
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Serene: and we wanted to drop weight but not drop any of the
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Food groups that god called good.
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Kirk: i know people are so excited just listening to you
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Right now, hopeful that they can adopt some of these strategies
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And ideas and you've written this new book, "trim healthy
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Wisdom," to really empower and inspire women over 40.
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Talk to us about that.
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Pearl: well, it's kind of like the survival manual for like a
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Second act of us females because our bodies start to do weird
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Things on us.
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Serene: the hormones tank, metabolism comes to a screeching
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Halt and a lot of women think their bodies are starting to
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Betray them, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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This can be their season of thriving.
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You know, it doesn't have to be like, oh i feel over the hill
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Right now.
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It can be such a season where they can come alive again.
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And, you know, we bring wisdom and tips on how to experience
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Joy and not feel like you're a shadow of what you once were.
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Kirk: now, how about the men who are watching right now, should
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They be thinking that this has something to do with them?
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Serene: oh yeah, i really believe that health matters for
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Men, not just in their personal, you know, how they feel, but how
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They show up with the people around them, how they show up
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With their families, you know, in their businesses and their
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Ministry because they're the leaders.
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Kirk: well, i know as a father of six children, now a
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Grandfather of one beautiful granddaughter, and as a husband,
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I want to make a meaningful impact in the world and i can't
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Do that if i don't feel well, if i'm not sleeping well, if my
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Body doesn't move right.
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And so being healthy is so important to all of us.
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Not just taking care of ourselves, like you said, but
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The capacity to be able to love and care for others depends on
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Being healthy.
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Pearl: so true, but even us believers, you know, i think so
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Many of us have been confused.
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I think we live in the most confusing diet culture time.
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Like on social media, every eight seconds there's a new blip
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On someone telling us how to be healthy.
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But there's so much peace when we return to the ancient path to
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The creator who knows it all and he's not gonna change next week,
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Next month.
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Serene: so we've used the bible as our filter and everything
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That we've written on health because, you know, paleo says,
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You know, don't eat grains and carnivore says, you know, that
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Plants are out to kill you, but, you know, we just look at
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The scriptures.
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And it's like he calls these foods good and he blessed them
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And we're like, okay, well, then that's it.
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That's the end of the matter.
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Kirk: so what kind of choices can people begin to make?
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I mean, is there a key to getting back on track with
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Good health?
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Pearl: i think it has to be so doable if we've learned anything
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In these last like 15 years talking to women, talking to
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Families, it has to be practical.
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So we have these seven trim healthy skills, and they start
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So basically like they start with, eat breakfast and that
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Sounds like, well that's simple eat breakfast but no, in this
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Day and age we've been told to don't eat breakfast it's bad and
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It's like that one thing again well hold on, what do i do?
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But then we went to the scripture and we found breakfast
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All through scripture and then we just teach people how to do
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It, how to just balance your blood sugar, how to
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Include protein.
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And then each skill is something you just practice every day.
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Serene: right, 'cause what do you do with skills?
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You practice a skill, you become better with it with time, and
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It's not like something you have to be perfect from
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The beginning.
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Kirk: well, if people wanna find out more about "trim healthy
00:28:12.905 --> 00:28:14.473
Mama," how do they get in touch with you?
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Pearl: well, we have a website, trimhealthymama.com.
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Our books are out, we're on facebook, social media, all
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Those places, you know, but mostly we're kind of in the
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Home, we do a podcast on our barn on our farm up here
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In tennessee.
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Serene: above the tower, above the mooing cows.
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Kirk: right, you've got your protein source right down there
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In the grass.
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Well, thank you so much for sharing about your book and your
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Whole lifestyle ministry.
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Thank you.
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Serene: oh, it was a pleasure to be here.
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Thank you.
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Kirk: if you would like to learn more about "trim healthy mama,"
00:28:43.135 --> 00:28:44.737
Please call the number on your screen or just go to
00:28:44.737 --> 00:28:46.839
Their website, trimhealthymama.com/takeaways,
00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:50.376
Or you can follow them on their social media @trimhealthymama.
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We'll be right back. don't go away.
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We'll be right back. don't go away.
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Kirk: we're back with dr. josh axe sharing advice on how
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To make wiser choices for better health.
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So we've talked about a few things.
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We've talked about fasting, we've talked about what kind of
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Food we're putting into our bodies, wanting to put real food
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Instead of artificial processed foods.
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Let's talk now about physical activity.
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Is physical exercise necessary?
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Is it important?
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And if so, what kinds of exercises from a biblical
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Perspective would you recommend?
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Dr. josh: yeah, well, i would, for starters, i would say all
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The science shows that exercise is a essential.
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And i believe that god created us to move.
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I mean, the reality now, let me say it's probably not the
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Exercise everybody thinks that i would say is absolutely
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Required, but generally, when we move, we have more blood flow
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Moving in us.
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And that's getting more nutrients and more oxygen to
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Our organs.
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That leads to better longevity.
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It leads to better overall health.
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So there's no doubt that just general moving, whether it's
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Walking or running or cycling or swimming or lifting weights, is
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Much better for our health and it's been shown to reverse
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Almost every or help in reversing almost every
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Medical condition.
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Now, if we look at the bible and what i wrote about in the
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"biblio diet" when it comes to biblical medicine is, is that
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When we look at the life of jesus, it's estimated that he
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Walked on average 10 miles to 26 miles a day.
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Kirk: a day. that's a lot of steps.
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Dr. josh: yeah, so, and think about, they lived in an agrarian
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Society and they live in a society where if you're gonna go
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And get, go to the market, you'd walk a few miles to get there
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And back.
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I mean, when he was walking to do his ministry from a different
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City, those cities weren't, you know, he would walk probably a
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Marathon in some cases.
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So there is historical evidence on jesus walked and his
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Disciples a very long way.
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In fact, the other thing is he was a carpenter.
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I did carpentry one summer.
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It was exhausting.
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Kirk: i bet your forearms are like popeye.
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Dr. josh: exactly, it was very laborious.
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Carrying, you know, carrying the materials, the lumber and all
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That sort of thing.
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So we know that jesus worked out to a degree.
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There was a lot of movement involved and there are studies
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On longevity.
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One of the greatest things people can do is walk.
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I mean, just walking.
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Kirk: just walking.
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Dr. josh: just walking.
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I would say an hour a day.
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In chinese medicine, they say 10,000 steps a day will
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Keep the doctor away.
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And so we really wanna be able to do as much as we can to walk
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And just move like that regularly.
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Now, there's a lot of people i know that might
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Have impediments.
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They might have, you know, a bad knee or low back pain or some of
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Those issues.
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And i would say, number one, if you have those issues, walk as
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Much as you can.
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If you can't though, get in a pool, get on a recumbent bike,
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Do whatever you can to just move a little bit.
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And, you know, i, a couple of years ago had a health crisis
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Myself where i didn't walk for an entire year.
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I got an infection in my disc in my back and in my bone and then
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An abscess by my spinal cord.
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I was bedridden for a year.
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However, one thing i could do was i could crawl.
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And so i would crawl and go and get into a pool to do therapy
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Every single day.
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So even if somebody is in very, very bad shape, they wanna do
00:31:55.136 --> 00:31:58.706
Whatever they can to move, whether it's a bicycle or
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Swimming or, you know, or getting two pound dumbbells and
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Just doing those at home.
00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.714
But i think for most people, they do wanna challenge
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Their body.
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When we look at the blue zones or the people where people have
00:32:10.118 --> 00:32:11.853
Lived the longest time, one of the things you'll notice is
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Those people walk, but they tended to walk on hills.
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So it's like hiking.
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Or biking on areas that went up and down.
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And very good for your cardiovascular health.
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You're working your largest muscle group in that case,
00:32:23.598 --> 00:32:25.700
Your legs.
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And so i think for most people, it doesn't take
00:32:27.068 --> 00:32:29.103
A gym membership.
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You just need to get out and move more.
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Kirk: i've heard some people talk about the benefit and the
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Value of maximum intensity exercise versus, you know, low
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Level, long distance running, like, forever.
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And it's kind of mimicking that fight or flight kind of thing,
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You know, like i'm in a fight or i'm going on a hunt to get some
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Food or something like that.
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Is it important that we get our heart rate up with the exercise
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We do?
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Because sometimes walking's not really gonna do it.
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Maybe a little.
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But should we like sprint?
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Should we get on the assault bike or on the rowing machine
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And have two minutes of like maxed out effort?
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Dr. josh: so the answer is yes, but i would say you need to look
00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.384
At where you're at.
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I mean, if we have a 20-year-old, you know, olympic
00:33:17.752 --> 00:33:20.321
Athlete, what their maximum and what their exercise should look
00:33:20.321 --> 00:33:23.758
Like is gonna be very different than a 70-year-old.
00:33:23.758 --> 00:33:26.127
But what the scientific literature shows is it really
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Just takes once a week to maintain it and grow it for some
00:33:30.798 --> 00:33:33.434
People once you reach a certain level.
00:33:33.434 --> 00:33:35.169
So i think for a lot of people doing a max effort like this
00:33:35.169 --> 00:33:38.106
Interval tabata, burst training, you know, 40 seconds on, 20 off
00:33:38.106 --> 00:33:42.577
Or a minute on, minute off, something like that.
00:33:42.577 --> 00:33:44.545
It really just needs to be done once a week to increase what's
00:33:44.545 --> 00:33:47.048
Called our vo2 max or real lung capacity.
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So i think for a lot of people, again, going and doing it hard
00:33:49.750 --> 00:33:52.186
Like that once to twice a week.
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And i would say ideally, people would walk a lot.
00:33:54.956 --> 00:33:57.692
They would weight train a couple of days a week to actually build
00:33:57.692 --> 00:33:59.927
Their bone density in their muscles.
00:33:59.927 --> 00:34:02.897
And then they would do a couple of days of cardio and of those
00:34:02.897 --> 00:34:05.333
Days should be doing more of those max efforts and intervals.
00:34:05.333 --> 00:34:08.836
Kirk: what about stretching?
00:34:08.836 --> 00:34:10.204
Is stretching important?
00:34:10.204 --> 00:34:11.572
And how does it help us?
00:34:11.572 --> 00:34:12.907
I mean, we kind of hear that our muscles may be contracting,
00:34:12.907 --> 00:34:15.610
Get shorter or less flexible over time.
00:34:15.610 --> 00:34:18.513
Dr. josh: so i think what the new research shows is that, so
00:34:18.513 --> 00:34:21.082
This is gonna be a little controversial, but stretching,
00:34:21.082 --> 00:34:24.085
The way that we think of it is not that important and that
00:34:24.085 --> 00:34:26.621
Helpful to let's say do a hamstring stretch and hold that
00:34:26.621 --> 00:34:30.358
For two minutes.
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What's actually more beneficial what we're seeing today is
00:34:31.726 --> 00:34:34.729
Exercising in an end range of motion.
00:34:34.729 --> 00:34:38.166
So, let's say, for instance, if you're doing a squat,
00:34:38.166 --> 00:34:40.601
Going deeper.
00:34:40.601 --> 00:34:41.936
If you're doing--rather than trying to stretch, let's say
00:34:41.936 --> 00:34:43.604
Your inner thigh, you know, you'd kind of lunge one
00:34:43.604 --> 00:34:45.306
Direction, well, actually doing it while you're actually, so
00:34:45.306 --> 00:34:49.343
Maybe doing a side lunge in that far end range of motion.
00:34:49.343 --> 00:34:52.280
So what the studies are showing is what you actually wanna do is
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.549
You actually wanna not just dynam just stretch.
00:34:54.549 --> 00:34:58.920
You wanna be activating the muscle in that length and state
00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:02.623
At the end of the stretch.
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Kirk: got it.
00:35:03.991 --> 00:35:05.526
So, maybe, what i'm hearing from you is like, if i walk with
00:35:05.526 --> 00:35:10.198
A little shuffle because my hamstrings are tight, maybe if i
00:35:10.198 --> 00:35:13.935
Start to walk with a like a longer step, now i'm stretching
00:35:13.935 --> 00:35:18.773
The endpoints of while i'm walking.
00:35:18.773 --> 00:35:21.209
And then maybe i can try to start to jog and even run and
00:35:21.209 --> 00:35:23.744
Even sprint.
00:35:23.744 --> 00:35:25.112
Now i'm really stretching it.
00:35:25.112 --> 00:35:26.447
Dr. josh: yes, it's actually much better for you,
00:35:26.447 --> 00:35:27.815
We're finding.
00:35:27.815 --> 00:35:29.183
And really ending your workouts once your body is warm is the
00:35:29.183 --> 00:35:32.053
Ideal time to do that.
00:35:32.053 --> 00:35:33.387
Kirk: what about resistance training?
00:35:33.387 --> 00:35:35.456
I saw a guy once who said that, you know, i mean, and the guy's,
00:35:35.456 --> 00:35:38.226
He's jacked, right?
00:35:38.226 --> 00:35:39.594
And you're like, "what do you do?"
00:35:39.594 --> 00:35:40.928
And he's like, "i don't go to a gym."
00:35:40.928 --> 00:35:42.763
He's just like, "i've got nature's gym.
00:35:42.763 --> 00:35:44.765
This is god's gym.
00:35:44.765 --> 00:35:46.100
I go in my piece of land and i'm lifting heavy things."
00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:49.270
That's what they used to do.
00:35:49.270 --> 00:35:50.638
I'm lifting logs.
00:35:50.638 --> 00:35:51.973
I'm hauling sticks.
00:35:51.973 --> 00:35:53.341
I'm moving equipment around.
00:35:53.341 --> 00:35:55.209
Why is resistance training important?
00:35:55.209 --> 00:35:57.478
Dr. josh: well, i would say one, when i've taken care of patients
00:35:57.478 --> 00:36:02.216
That started aging really quickly later on in life,
00:36:02.216 --> 00:36:06.254
Oftentimes it was because they became feeble and they just
00:36:06.254 --> 00:36:09.023
Didn't have any muscle.
00:36:09.023 --> 00:36:10.358
And so really oftentimes muscles are called our longevity organs
00:36:10.358 --> 00:36:13.894
Because they are so important.
00:36:13.894 --> 00:36:15.229
In fact, your muscles partly control your metabolism,
00:36:15.229 --> 00:36:17.932
Staying lean.
00:36:17.932 --> 00:36:19.267
They allow you to be more active and support your
00:36:19.267 --> 00:36:20.635
Cardiovascular health.
00:36:20.635 --> 00:36:21.969
So think about this, if you've got big old clot, you know,
00:36:21.969 --> 00:36:23.938
Legs, strong legs, strong arms, you're able to hike more, you're
00:36:23.938 --> 00:36:28.142
Able to go a further distance so it's even better for your
00:36:28.142 --> 00:36:30.077
Cardiovascular health.
00:36:30.077 --> 00:36:31.412
So there are loads and loads of benefits, but i think, you know,
00:36:31.412 --> 00:36:34.148
And bone density that's big for a lot of women.
00:36:34.148 --> 00:36:36.984
Their bone density is really low as they age.
00:36:36.984 --> 00:36:39.086
So there are so many benefits from self-confidence, your
00:36:39.086 --> 00:36:43.591
Metabolism, your hormonal health, your bone, your bone
00:36:43.591 --> 00:36:48.329
Density, longevity, your blood flow, muscle, more muscle mass
00:36:48.329 --> 00:36:51.966
Helps all of those things.
00:36:51.966 --> 00:36:53.334
Kirk: and we can get that not just from lifting weights, but
00:36:53.334 --> 00:36:57.104
Kettlebells, lifting, doing yard work in the backyard, and maybe
00:36:57.104 --> 00:37:03.678
Bands, pilates, all kinds of things.
00:37:03.678 --> 00:37:06.380
Just, i think what i'm hearing from you is get started, do what
00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:09.350
You're able to do, and then do a little bit more.
00:37:09.350 --> 00:37:12.620
Dr. josh: yeah, i really encourage people, listen, just
00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:14.989
Find something you really love to do and just keep doing that
00:37:14.989 --> 00:37:17.825
That's going to work your muscles and be a good workout
00:37:17.825 --> 00:37:20.961
For most people.
00:37:20.961 --> 00:37:22.330
Kirk: i discovered a new exercise that i love.
00:37:22.330 --> 00:37:23.898
I went kayaking with my daughter yesterday.
00:37:23.898 --> 00:37:26.834
I didn't know you could do this.
00:37:26.834 --> 00:37:28.169
I live in california.
00:37:28.169 --> 00:37:29.537
We don't have in los angeles county, a bunch of rivers
00:37:29.537 --> 00:37:31.639
And rapids.
00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.973
But i found a river near my house and we were cruising down,
00:37:32.973 --> 00:37:35.543
You know, it was like the jungle river cruise at disneyland, but
00:37:35.543 --> 00:37:39.046
Like for real.
00:37:39.046 --> 00:37:40.414
Dr. josh: now, did you go on the harpeth river here?
00:37:40.414 --> 00:37:41.882
Kirk: it was the harpeth river.
00:37:41.882 --> 00:37:43.117
Dr. josh: yeah, so great.
00:37:43.117 --> 00:37:44.452
Kirk: and it was a great workout and it was refreshing to my soul
00:37:44.452 --> 00:37:46.987
And i was just in nature.
00:37:46.987 --> 00:37:48.322
We saw blue herons and turtles and fish and ducks.
00:37:48.322 --> 00:37:51.392
It was absolutely great.
00:37:51.392 --> 00:37:52.727
Dr. josh: that's so cool.
00:37:52.727 --> 00:37:54.095
Kirk: okay, we're gonna talk about so much more right
00:37:54.095 --> 00:37:55.429
After the break.
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We've covered food, we've covered exercise and fasting,
00:37:56.797 --> 00:37:58.132
But what about other aspects of health practices like
00:37:58.132 --> 00:38:01.369
Taking vitamins?
00:38:01.369 --> 00:38:02.737
What about essential oils or having a positive mindset?
00:38:02.737 --> 00:38:06.240
We're gonna ask these questions and more with
00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:08.476
Dr. axe in just a moment.
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Don't go away.
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Don't go away.
00:38:16.006 --> 00:38:22.033
Kirk: dr. josh axe has been kind enough to stay with us to
00:38:23.368 --> 00:38:24.403
Discuss the importance of taking better care of ourselves.
00:38:26.471 --> 00:38:29.708
All right, let's move on to one of my mom's favorite topics,
00:38:29.708 --> 00:38:32.611
Which is essential oils.
00:38:32.611 --> 00:38:34.212
You got a problem?
00:38:34.212 --> 00:38:35.547
She's got an oil for that.
00:38:35.547 --> 00:38:36.915
Are there essential oils that are mentioned in the bible and
00:38:36.915 --> 00:38:40.318
If so, which ones are they and what do they do?
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Dr. josh: yeah, this is something that actually i've
00:38:43.622 --> 00:38:45.090
Wrote in a book come before and this book, "the biblio diet," we
00:38:45.090 --> 00:38:47.626
Talk, we have a whole section of the book about vitamins,
00:38:47.626 --> 00:38:50.328
Supplements and another one on herbs and essential oils.
00:38:50.328 --> 00:38:53.064
And herbs and essential oils are referenced a lot in the bible.
00:38:53.064 --> 00:38:55.667
In fact, we mentioned this holy anointing oil.
00:38:55.667 --> 00:38:57.869
This was a blend of cinnamon oil, cassia oil, extra virgin
00:38:57.869 --> 00:39:02.340
Olive oil, myrrh oil.
00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:04.543
So these oils were used a lot in the bible.
00:39:04.543 --> 00:39:06.311
They're referenced a lot in song of songs, in the book of
00:39:06.311 --> 00:39:08.914
Proverbs like solomon references a lot of the book of esther.
00:39:08.914 --> 00:39:12.217
She went through six months of using essential oils for beauty
00:39:12.217 --> 00:39:15.387
Treatments and so, they are referenced very, very frequently
00:39:15.387 --> 00:39:20.025
And frankincense probably being the most and they do have
00:39:20.025 --> 00:39:21.993
Numerous benefits.
00:39:21.993 --> 00:39:23.328
One of the big benefits of essential oils is they enter our
00:39:23.328 --> 00:39:26.198
Olfactory system, our nose and nervous system and we mentioned
00:39:26.198 --> 00:39:30.135
This earlier.
00:39:30.135 --> 00:39:31.503
But a lot of our conditions we have today are connected to
00:39:31.503 --> 00:39:35.207
Maybe negative emotions.
00:39:35.207 --> 00:39:36.641
It could be anxiety, it could be fear, it could be grief.
00:39:36.641 --> 00:39:39.778
And there are a lot of different essential oils that have been
00:39:39.778 --> 00:39:41.880
Scientifically proven to relax or support some of these
00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:46.651
Different moods.
00:39:46.651 --> 00:39:48.019
There's actually a study at vanderbilt here in nashville and
00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:50.755
They did it on patients that were entering surgery.
00:39:50.755 --> 00:39:53.325
And they found that both for the nurses and the patients when
00:39:53.325 --> 00:39:55.927
They'd used lavender oil and citrus oils like wild orange, it
00:39:55.927 --> 00:39:59.898
Actually reduced anxiety around it, reduced stress.
00:39:59.898 --> 00:40:03.401
So there are definitely benefits.
00:40:03.401 --> 00:40:04.769
Kirk: one hundred percent.
00:40:04.769 --> 00:40:06.104
Give me some lavender oil on that diffuser and i'm like,
00:40:06.104 --> 00:40:08.039
I'm chilling.
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Dr. josh: yeah, and then like oil of oregano is like a great
00:40:09.407 --> 00:40:11.843
Natural antibiotic that people have used for a very, very long
00:40:11.843 --> 00:40:15.413
Period of time.
00:40:15.413 --> 00:40:16.748
And the bible, probably the most similar to oregano would have
00:40:16.748 --> 00:40:18.884
Probably been something like hyssop.
00:40:18.884 --> 00:40:21.553
But yeah, i mean, essential oils have major, major
00:40:21.553 --> 00:40:23.955
Medicinal properties.
00:40:23.955 --> 00:40:25.323
Kirk: now, can we get those essential oils without buying
00:40:25.323 --> 00:40:28.293
The expensive bottles?
00:40:28.293 --> 00:40:29.694
I mean, i'm not saying that they're like, outrageously
00:40:29.694 --> 00:40:31.930
Overpriced, but, you know, maybe lavender and oregano is really
00:40:31.930 --> 00:40:35.400
Gonna be worth it.
00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.768
But can i just grow some rosemary in my backyard and
00:40:36.768 --> 00:40:38.603
Somehow like use that?
00:40:38.603 --> 00:40:40.272
And if so, how could we do some of our own homemade herbs,
00:40:40.272 --> 00:40:44.242
Essential oils.
00:40:44.242 --> 00:40:45.610
Dr. josh: yeah, so i think one of our greatest deficiencies,
00:40:45.610 --> 00:40:48.113
You know, when you hear most mainstream doctors talk about
00:40:48.113 --> 00:40:51.249
Our greatest nutritional deficiencies in terms of food
00:40:51.249 --> 00:40:53.618
Categories, they'll say probably protein and then vegetables.
00:40:53.618 --> 00:40:56.555
I would say are probably the most common things they're
00:40:56.555 --> 00:40:58.290
Deficient in.
00:40:58.290 --> 00:40:59.624
I would argue that maybe herbs are up there with those too,
00:40:59.624 --> 00:41:03.028
Because, and especially in the western world in the
00:41:03.028 --> 00:41:05.230
United states.
00:41:05.230 --> 00:41:06.598
Like, i've done mission trips to china, you know, i've been to,
00:41:06.598 --> 00:41:10.201
Yeah, i've been all over the world, even places like italy.
00:41:10.201 --> 00:41:14.205
When you go into the markets there or the grocery stores, it
00:41:14.205 --> 00:41:16.541
Smells like herbs and spices.
00:41:16.541 --> 00:41:18.643
And even when you look at cuisine of india or the middle
00:41:18.643 --> 00:41:21.980
East or asia, they're using a lot of herbs and spices in their
00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:25.450
Food, whether it be turmeric or ginger or rosemary or cumin in
00:41:25.450 --> 00:41:29.621
Israeli cuisine.
00:41:29.621 --> 00:41:31.089
In the united states today, we very, very rarely use many herbs
00:41:31.089 --> 00:41:34.759
And spices.
00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:36.094
It's all salt.
00:41:36.094 --> 00:41:37.429
Kirk: give me a hot dog with some mustard and ketchup.
00:41:37.429 --> 00:41:39.831
Dr. josh: yeah, there you go.
00:41:39.831 --> 00:41:41.299
Kirk: well, what about food, i'm sorry, nutritional supplements.
00:41:41.299 --> 00:41:46.938
Should i be taking fish oil?
00:41:46.938 --> 00:41:48.940
Should i be taking vitamin d?
00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:50.709
Or can i get enough of that if
00:41:50.709 --> 00:41:53.511
I'm eating healthy food and exposing my skin to sunshine?
00:41:53.511 --> 00:41:57.882
Dr. josh: i would say this, the primary thing people should be
00:41:57.882 --> 00:42:00.919
Doing is connecting with god deeply and living out, loving
00:42:00.919 --> 00:42:04.789
God and loving people and having that as their mindset.
00:42:04.789 --> 00:42:06.825
I think that's the most important part of health.
00:42:06.825 --> 00:42:09.227
Along with that i think sort of diet of eating healthy foods and
00:42:09.227 --> 00:42:13.398
Lifestyle, walking a lot, so those things we talked about.
00:42:13.398 --> 00:42:16.134
I think as a sub, as a tier two thing that a lot of people could
00:42:16.134 --> 00:42:19.838
Benefit from, i do think they can benefit greatly from
00:42:19.838 --> 00:42:22.240
Supplements because there are loads of studies on this.
00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:25.877
Our soil is incredibly depleted today.
00:42:25.877 --> 00:42:27.679
When you look at how deficient our soil is in nutrients, like,
00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:31.216
For instance, if we eat a tomato or an apple today.
00:42:31.216 --> 00:42:34.753
And some of the nutrients are decreased by 75% compared to
00:42:34.753 --> 00:42:38.890
What they were 100 years ago because of our mono cropping and
00:42:38.890 --> 00:42:42.027
The way we do our farming today.
00:42:42.027 --> 00:42:43.395
I mean, so all that being said, i think that there's a lot,
00:42:43.395 --> 00:42:46.564
There are numerous benefits of doing a multivitamin of doing
00:42:46.564 --> 00:42:50.835
It, you know, a powder that has superfoods like greens and
00:42:50.835 --> 00:42:53.838
Berries in it.
00:42:53.838 --> 00:42:55.173
I think probably the most important supplement for a lot
00:42:55.173 --> 00:42:56.841
Of people is doing a probiotic.
00:42:56.841 --> 00:42:59.077
Historically, there was no refrigeration.
00:42:59.077 --> 00:43:01.179
So people would consume and ferment a lot of their foods
00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:04.315
Which would protect them and help build up their gut health.
00:43:04.315 --> 00:43:06.751
I think that's where a lot of the health problems start today.
00:43:06.751 --> 00:43:09.154
So overall, i don't--and even when i take supplements
00:43:09.154 --> 00:43:12.123
Personally, most of them are actually concentrated food.
00:43:12.123 --> 00:43:16.695
For instance, i take like a bone broth protein and that's bone
00:43:16.695 --> 00:43:19.731
Broth in powder form.
00:43:19.731 --> 00:43:21.066
I mean, i could make it, but also it's just, that's really
00:43:21.066 --> 00:43:22.967
All it is.
00:43:22.967 --> 00:43:24.302
I do a superfood powder that's got spirulina and berries in it.
00:43:24.302 --> 00:43:28.773
I take an omega three which is an extraction from a fish oil.
00:43:28.773 --> 00:43:32.177
So i think if you're taking the right supplements, most of them
00:43:32.177 --> 00:43:35.513
Are just concentrated food that you're just, you know, trying
00:43:35.513 --> 00:43:38.083
To, you know, that you're trying to get in a more
00:43:38.083 --> 00:43:40.518
Convenient form.
00:43:40.518 --> 00:43:41.886
Kirk: yeah, and i think that i've actually personally, not
00:43:41.886 --> 00:43:47.692
That anybody cares, too much about this.
00:43:47.692 --> 00:43:49.260
Dr. josh: i care. let's hear it.
00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:51.296
Kirk: but, you know, there's this big push for take all this
00:43:51.296 --> 00:43:54.399
Fish oil for omega 3s and everyone's looking for the right
00:43:54.399 --> 00:43:57.035
Balance between omega 6 and omega 3 in terms of a ratio.
00:43:57.035 --> 00:44:00.638
And it's like, well, that's actually also really good for
00:44:00.638 --> 00:44:04.175
The supplemental companies to make a lot of money and not that
00:44:04.175 --> 00:44:07.312
That's wrong, but you could also reduce the amount of omega 6s
00:44:07.312 --> 00:44:10.548
That you're putting into your mouth and that would balance out
00:44:10.548 --> 00:44:13.785
Your ratio as well.
00:44:13.785 --> 00:44:15.153
Dr. josh: well, let me say a lot of people would not need to take
00:44:15.153 --> 00:44:17.155
An omega 3 or it wouldn't even be that beneficial if they
00:44:17.155 --> 00:44:20.125
Were eating wild cod fish and grass-fed beef, you know, a day
00:44:20.125 --> 00:44:24.729
A week.
00:44:24.729 --> 00:44:26.097
Kirk: just like you said, going back to the way jesus or the
00:44:26.097 --> 00:44:28.233
Ancients in the bible we're living and eating.
00:44:28.233 --> 00:44:30.702
It was kind of the way our great-great-grandparents lived
00:44:30.702 --> 00:44:33.571
Anyway and now it's got these bougie titles like grass fed
00:44:33.571 --> 00:44:36.474
Grass finished, organic pastured eggs.
00:44:36.474 --> 00:44:39.677
Dr. josh: to them it was just beef.
00:44:39.677 --> 00:44:41.045
Kirk: that's right.
00:44:41.045 --> 00:44:42.380
I mean, they were eating whole foods before there was
00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:43.748
A whole foods.
00:44:43.748 --> 00:44:45.083
It was just real food and that's what your book is all about.
00:44:45.083 --> 00:44:47.352
I'm so excited that you wrote this.
00:44:47.352 --> 00:44:49.320
What is mindset medicine?
00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:51.823
Dr. josh: so it's really, and i went through this when i went
00:44:51.823 --> 00:44:54.492
Through my--i went through a health crisis.
00:44:54.492 --> 00:44:56.761
I told you about where i didn't walk for two years.
00:44:56.761 --> 00:44:58.296
I had a medical procedure that went wrong, essentially.
00:44:58.296 --> 00:45:01.132
And it was just a minor thing, a natural procedure.
00:45:01.132 --> 00:45:03.902
And it left me in a state where i was sitting down with the
00:45:03.902 --> 00:45:07.005
Doctor, and he said, "josh, you're gonna either have chronic
00:45:07.005 --> 00:45:09.808
Pain the rest of your life or be permanently disabled.
00:45:09.808 --> 00:45:12.310
We're probably gonna have to go and infuse your spine."
00:45:12.310 --> 00:45:14.212
And i had 48 hours, kirk, where i felt like my life might be
00:45:14.212 --> 00:45:16.881
Over, because, i mean, just a few months before, this is just
00:45:16.881 --> 00:45:19.017
Two years, a little over two years ago.
00:45:19.017 --> 00:45:20.852
And i was, you know, i was doing triathlons, i was in great
00:45:20.852 --> 00:45:23.855
Shape, and then to have that happen.
00:45:23.855 --> 00:45:26.224
I spent time in prayer and i felt like god said, "listen,
00:45:26.224 --> 00:45:29.194
You're gonna be healed."
00:45:29.194 --> 00:45:30.562
And i just believe that and i moved forward with what i
00:45:30.562 --> 00:45:33.031
Believe the bible was saying as well that there's incredible
00:45:33.031 --> 00:45:36.768
Healing power in prayer and following god's
00:45:36.768 --> 00:45:39.671
Healing principles.
00:45:39.671 --> 00:45:41.039
And so i had to--the hardest part of healing though was
00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:43.741
Changing my mindset.
00:45:43.741 --> 00:45:45.109
And i've taken care of thousands, tens of thousands
00:45:45.109 --> 00:45:46.845
Of patients.
00:45:46.845 --> 00:45:48.179
And i think the thing that allows somebody to truly heal is
00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:51.950
Often the belief.
00:45:51.950 --> 00:45:53.318
You know, when i read the bible, jesus typically isn't saying
00:45:53.318 --> 00:45:54.986
Things where he, i've never seen him, you know, doesn't ever say
00:45:54.986 --> 00:45:57.322
Anything like, eat this food to heal, exercise to heal, do this.
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He says, your faith or your belief, that will heal you.
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And there are studies on the placebo effect even.
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And even from a scientific literature standpoint of that
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Being probably the most effective healing tool today of
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Actually believing you're gonna be healed.
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So i think for a lot of people this mindset medicine is really
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Connected around fix your eyes on jesus, the author and
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Perfecter of your faith and having faith in god for healing.
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And so i really think that's the mindset.
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And i think the other mindset is, you know, the longest, the
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Largest and longest scale study ever done on longevity
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Is a harvard study that's 90 years old now.
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And they found the number one determining factor of somebody
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Having a long healthy life was having strong community, family
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And friends that support, encourage and love them,
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The single greatest factor.
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So i think for a lot of people today, if they wanna heal, get
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Around the right type of people, attend church, fix your eyes
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On jesus.
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And having that mindset and true belief that god is my healer and
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He will heal me, i think that's the single biggest thing that
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Somebody can do to actually physically heal.
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Kirk: in closing, dr. josh, what would be the one takeaway
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That you hope people get from this conversation in your book?
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Dr. josh: you know, i think that health is body, mind,
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And spirit.
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If you wanna truly heal, have a good spiritual practice.
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Like reading the bible in the morning, spending some time in
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Praise and worship, and then from the mind standpoint, have a
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Purpose, something you're diving into, you're learning about,
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You're growing and having that sense of community and also
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Honor god with your body.
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You know, eat to glorify god.
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Move to glorify god.
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You know, do these things to glorify god.
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And of course, there's great healing advice and wisdom in the
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Bible for those things.
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And one of the cool things we get into in the book as well is
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Like, how did moses, like, what were some of his practices to
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Live to 120?
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How did david, how did some of these people live so long and
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Healthy lives as well?
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But overall, i think it's really just honor god physically,
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Mentally, and spiritually.
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Kirk: i wanna talk to methuselah.
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I wanna know what his secret was.
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He went up to like 900 or something like that.
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Thanks so much, josh.
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Dr. josh: yeah, hey, thanks so much for having me, kirk.
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It was an honor.
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Kirk: after the break, we'll review today's "takeaways."
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Kirk: after the break, we'll review today's "takeaways."
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Kirk: in a world where snacks like candy and tortillas reign
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Supreme and grocery shelves are stocked with dyed nutrient strip
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Produce and lab engineered genetically modified products,
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Eating healthy can feel next to impossible.
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But according to dr. josh axe, not only is it possible, god has
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Already provided the blueprint, what he calls "the biblio diet."
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Here's my takeaways.
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Follow god's health plan.
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It's no surprise that the creator of the universe is also
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The ultimate authority on nutrition.
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He made our bodies.
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He made our food.
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He knows what we need and how much.
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So why not consult the great physician's bestseller.
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More than a spiritual manual or an ancient record, the bible is
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Also a guide to physical health as well.
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Like dr. axe described, scripture offers wisdom on
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Farming practices, the healthiest kinds of meat,
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Fermented and preserved foods, and even essential oils.
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By building our diet on god's word, we discover the power of
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Balance, moderation, fasting, and rest.
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In short, the bible isn't just the greatest story ever told,
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It's also the greatest diet plan ever written and we should treat
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It like that.
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Choose real food over franken food.
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Paul said it best in 1 corinthians chapter 10, verse
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31, "whatever you do, do all to the glory of god."
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That includes what we eat and drink.
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Food isn't just fuel and we are not just bodies.
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You see, what we consume matters both physically and spiritually.
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Dr. axe warned us that unfortunately much of what
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People eat today isn't even food.
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These ultra processed franken foods drive inflammation, they
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Disrupt hormones, and they produce chronic disease.
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Healing, he says, begins when we return to real god-given
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Nourishment, when we treat the body as a temple and eating as
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An act of worship.
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Only then can our diets reflect god's design for wholeness.
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Keep moving.
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Dr. axe pointed out that back in jesus's day exercise
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Wasn't optional.
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It was life.
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There were no gyms.
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There was no tech, no transit, no plumbing, no portable
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Heaters, no microwaves, no delivery services.
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A trip to the well for water could be miles.
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Running into town could equal what we now call a marathon.
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So simply put, if you didn't move, you didn't survive.
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And 2000 years later that truth still holds.
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It's easy to underestimate the benefits of movement, but from
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His own experience, dr. axe shared how regular exercise,
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Whether that's walking, swimming, or biking, does more
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Than burn calories, it promotes healing.
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It extends longevity and helps reverse chronic conditions.
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Even small steps can lead to life changing transformation.
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We just have to keep moving.
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Adopt a healthy mindset.
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Dr. axe emphasized that mindset, not diet is perhaps the
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Single most significant factor influencing our health today.
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People who live with peace and joy, even if their eating habits
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Aren't perfect, often enjoy longer, healthier lives.
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Meanwhile, those burdened by fear and anger or grief
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Frequently face issues with their liver, with their kidneys,
00:52:01.620 --> 00:52:05.057
Their lungs, their stomach, or heart.
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And remarkably nearly 80% of doctor visits today are
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Stress related.
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So what's the remedy?
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Dr. axe believes a hope filled positive mindset may be one of
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The most powerful medicines we have and to cultivate it, we
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Need to fix our eyes on the ultimate healer and surround
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Ourselves with people of faith, people who will pray with us,
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Speak life over us, and remind us that whatever the problem,
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Jesus is the answer.
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That's all for this episode of "takeaways."
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Thanks for watching.
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And if you've enjoyed this show, don't forget to set your dvr so
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You never miss an episode.
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And of course you can always catch up on past episodes by
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Searching for "takeaways" on tbn+ or just visit the
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Kirk cameron on tbn youtube channel.
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We'll see you here next time for more great conversations.
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♪♪♪
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Josh Axe: Making a Difference with Wiser Health Choices | Takeaways with Kirk Cameron

July 14, 2025 | 55:2

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