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>>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me today.
This is It Is Written.
I'm John Bradshaw.
When you open up the Bible,
particularly the early chapters of the Bible,
you discover that, way back then,
some individuals lived a very long time.
Methuselah, we know, lived to be 969.
Yet in today’s society, when somebody gets to 80, 85, 90,
we get excited and think they’ve lived a long time.
A hundred, more common today than it was a generation ago,
is an outstanding achievement.
But compare that to the Bible,
and it’s, not really so long at all.
Today we’re going to talk about anti-aging secrets.
How you can live longer, healthier, happier,
and holier from a biblical perspective.
My guest today is Dr. John Westerdahl.
He is a nutritionist from the Bragg Health Institute
in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. Westerdahl, thanks for joining me.
Welcome to It Is Written.
>>Dr. John Westerdahl: Thank you, John.
It’s good to be with you today.
>>John: Now, I’m fascinated to know that you are a
board-certified anti-aging health practitioner.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: What’s that?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: There’s a organization called the American
Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
And there’s thousands of doctors
who are members of this organization,
and their specialty is into learning how we can
promote anti-aging, live longer and healthier lives.
And, uh, so what they have is they have certifications
for both medical doctors, board certifications,
as well as healthcare practitioners.
I’m a nutritionist, so I’ve taken the exams
and become board certified in that area as well.
Because that’s a big interest of mine.
>>John: Anti-aging.
You can’t stop a person getting old.
The only way to not get old is to die.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah.
>>John: The longer you live,
the further back in time your birthday gets.
But I’m expecting that this idea of anti-aging is,
is warding off the ravages of Father Time.
Is that right?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, it is.
And, uh, it’s not that we’re against aging.
>>John: Oh, no.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: We’re going to age.
We’re going to get a year older every year.
But there’s things that we can do to slow
the aging process down and, in some cases,
even reverse some of that process,
by a healthy lifestyle and some of the new technologies
in the anti-aging field.
>>John: I’ve heard of this thing,
you look at your birth certificate;
it says you’re 20, 30, 40, 50, 60.
But then you can do these little tests and it will tell you your,
your health age,
and you might be older than your birth certificate says,
or doing better.
Your body’s younger than that piece of paper might suggest.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
That’s the different between chronological age
versus biological age.
Chronologically, we get a year, every year we get older.
But if you are living a healthy lifestyle,
you’re taking good care of your health,
you don’t have the health problems and so forth
that a lot of average Americans do, you, uh,
can be potentially younger than your chronological age,
just by the way you live.
>>John: Now, if you look at the average age for an individual
in a Western society, it’s not that bad.
And the average lifespan that is,
is a whole lot longer than it was,
say, a generation or a hundred years ago.
Now, much of that is due to improvements in healthcare;
uh, infant mortality rates are down.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: So those figures don’t really give a very accurate
picture of how much better we’re doing today
than we were some years ago.
Perhaps the numbers overstate the fact.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: So, where are we today with healthcare?
How well are we doing as a society?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: We’re doing very poorly,
and I think a lot of people see that today.
Uh, the problem is that, from healthcare standpoint,
is there’s so much emphasis put on cheaper health insurance,
or cheaper drugs, uh, less expensive,
uh, treatments that we can have, and so forth.
Some of those, uh, technologies are miraculous.
It’s amazing what we are doing today
in the science of medicine.
However, we’re not getting to the root cause
of the healthcare crisis problem,
and that has to do with the way we are living, our lifestyle.
Because for 90 percent of the cases,
it’s our lifestyle that’s causing the health problems that
we have today.
>>John: A few changes in the way we’re living
our lives would affect our outcomes dramatically.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
And that’s why,
in addition to the field of anti-aging medicine,
this whole area of lifestyle medicine
is also emerging for doctors who see,
they’re beginning to see the light that we can’t spend
all this money in healthcare that we are today,
and all these exotic treatments in medicines and technologies,
that we need to do things that can be less expensive,
and that’s like simple things: eating healthier,
getting regular exercise, learning to control your stress.
Lifestyle things.
>>John: So tell me, then, I go to the doctor,
I’m a diabetic, I have, um, some kind of, uh, cardiac issue.
I might have rheumatoid arthritis.
One thing I could do is say,
write me some prescriptions, Doctor.
And the doctors in many, or most,
cases will do just that.
But a lifestyle medicine physician might do what?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: A lifestyle medicine doctor would sit down
with you and take a look at your diet,
and say, well, what kind of foods do you eat?
Of course, they would do some tests,
blood tests, and do the weight, height and weight,
all those tests, to get an assessment.
But they will look at your diet, they’ll look at your exercise
and activity habits,
all the things related to your lifestyle,
really, and see where those may be the causes
of the health condition you may have.
And, as I said, in the majority of health problems today
are diet and lifestyle related.
In fact, 70 percent of the patients that we have
in our hospitals today are there as a result of diet
and lifestyle-related causes.
>>John: The old saying is, "you are what you eat."
So what are some good foods that can,
uh, help, uh, perhaps, uh, ward off sickness,
or reverse diseases, or, or are anti-aging?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, there’s one message that I want to get
clear to you, and to our listeners today,
is that foods from plants prevent the diseases
that are killing us.
Foods from plants promote health,
longevity, and beauty.
>>John: So, what are some foods?
List some quickly, and say, well,
these ones are really good for you.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: The, uh, research is showing now,
eating more fruits and vegetables,
particularly colorful fruits and vegetables,
can significantly reduce your risk of having stroke and,
and, uh, heart disease, and cancer.
There are wonderful compounds that we find in these fruits
and vegetables that God has put into nature for us to eat,
besides just the nutrients, the vitamins and minerals,
but the, we call them phytochemicals,
which are, include antioxidants.
Uh, these are compounds that actually prevent or slow
the process of aging.
They prevent our cells from rusting, you could say.
And, uh, they actually block some of the carcinogens
doing their damage to these cells as well.
>>John: I’m excited about that.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: What are the good antioxidant foods?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Colorful fruits and vegetables
are the best ones.
>>John: Carrots.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Carrots.
Those have bright yellow colors.
That’s beta-carotene, the carotinoids.
Your green has carotinoids, including lutein.
Your purple colors have these proanthocyanins,
they call them.
>>John: I’ve heard that blueberries
are good antioxidants.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Blueberries are an excellent antioxidant.
And that’s why I recommend eating a rainbow of colors,
because you’re going to get a variety of these wonderful
compounds that you find in foods,
when you do that.
>>John: Today, anti-aging foods from the Bible.
Before we’re done, we’ll even share with you a recipe,
and we’ll show you some food, and maybe even sample some food,
that has definite anti-aging qualities and properties.
Anti-aging: living longer, living healthier, living holier,
in preparation for the return of Jesus.
We’ll be back with more in just a moment.
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>>John: This is It Is Written.
I’m John Bradshaw.
Thank you for joining me today.
Being joined today by Dr. John Westerdahl,
a nutritionist and a board-certified
anti-aging health practitioner.
Today, how you can live longer,
how you can even turn back the clock.
That’s true, isn’t it, turning back the clock?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes it is.
Uh, through things that you can do in your own lifestyle
and the food you eat,
your exercise, your lifestyle habits,
you can actually slow the aging process and,
in some cases, you can actually reverse it.
>>John: Is anti-aging only for older people?
Are you supposed to start this
when you’re 70, 80, 85 years old?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: It’s interesting you talk about that,
because, um, my daughter, when she was six years old,
I’d tell people,
“She’s on an anti-aging diet.”
>>John: And I bet they said, well, looking at her,
it seems to be working.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: [chuckles] Well, I have to tell you that
this is an important thing,
because it’s really sad to see
what’s happening with our youth today.
Actually, we need to get people on anti-aging lifestyles
when they’re young.
That’s when we should start.
Uh, you know, today we have seven-year-old children
with adult-onset diabetes.
We have young kids who have adult, uh, diseases.
I was talking to a nurse the other day.
Her 13-year-old son,
said she didn’t know what to do because her son,
the doctor said his arteries are all clogged up.
>>John: How old?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Only 13 years of age.
And I was in the room when the surgeon general said that,
based on the way things are going today with obesity and the
health problems that we’re facing with our children today,
that it is in this generation,
that parents will outlive their own children.
>>John: Yeah, that’s shocking.
I’ve heard in the last few years some talk about blue zones.
These are places around the world,
various communities or locations,
where people seem to live much longer
than populations outside these zones.
Can you tell me about those?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, that’s actually a term
that was developed by Dan Buettner,
who is with National Geographic Magazine,
where a few years ago they had a special
on the secrets of living longer.
And they identified these blue zones.
These blue zones are areas in the world where people
or populations have exceptional health and longevity.
In that issue of National Geographic,
they identified three different cultures.
One is in Okinawa, Japan,
where there’s a high level of centenarians in that area
who follow the traditional Okinawa lifestyle
and diet and so forth.
The second area was in Sardinia, Italy.
And the third, the blue zone of America,
was in Loma Linda, California,
which is the high population of Seventh-day Adventists.
>>John: And yet, they’re living long lives in spite of the fact
that they’re not living in a bucolic little paradise.
So let’s talk about these places.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
>>John: Sardinia, Okinawa, Loma Linda:
what are the factors that contribute to this longevity?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, when they look at those different
populations, they find some similar patterns.
First of all, a lot of them eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.
They eat a, predominantly a plant-based diet.
So they’re getting a lot of those antioxidants
and health properties we talked about earlier.
Uh, they have a, uh, culture where there’s a lot of
socialization with each other.
They have, uh, their friends; in the Seventh-day Adventist
population they worship together;
the community has a similar philosophy of, of life.
In, um, Okinawa it’s the same way.
These populations are also, uh,
tend to be more active than other parts,
their counterparts in their areas where they live.
And, um, so there’s a number of factors that contribute
to their health and longevity.
>>John: Hmm. Now, you mentioned the Hunza people.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: It Is Written, when George Vandeman was the director
and the speaker of It Is Written some years ago,
It Is Written traveled to that part of the world
and met with the Hunza people, and explored some of the,
the health secrets of these people that live long.
What can you tell us about the, the Hunzas?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, the Hunzas are up in the Himalayan
Mountains, very high, used to be northern Pakistan;
now it is part of Pakistan.
And, uh, they have a very unique lifestyle in that they live
a totally natural way of living.
They eat all organic food.
They eat predominantly a plant-based diet;
actually, only 13 days of the year do they eat some meat.
The rest of the time they follow a vegetarian diet.
Um, they’re amongst the longest living people in the world.
Uh, reports of ages up to 120 to 130 years of age,
uh, that have been reported in the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
And I know when Pastor Vandeman went over there,
he had a picture of an individual that was 120 years
old and was really in good health.
They have a, uh, a lifestyle that is similar to these other
blue zones in that it contributes to a population
that has a lot of centenarians in their population.
>>John: Now, how do we define aging?
What are some of the different theories about aging?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, there’s a lot of ways of defining it.
People think of wrinkles.
You’re losing your hair.
The typical things we think of aging.
>>John: I guess I’m aging.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And, and we all are aging
to some degree, right?
>>John: Um-hmm. Anti-aging, building healthy cells,
and something that you can eat and enjoy.
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>>John: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Written.
Today, anti-aging secrets from the Word of God.
And when we stop to think about this,
we realize that, back near the beginning,
it was through eating that which she shouldn’t have eaten
that Eve lost her life and plunged, along with Adam,
the world into sin and shortness of life.
We’re told in the Bible that we should eat for strength.
Dr. John Westerdahl, what do we have here?
I said a moment ago that we were going to share something
that would be an anti-aging secret, so please explain.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, we’re going to make an anti-aging
smoothy for you today that’s going to add years to your life
and life to your years.
>>John: All right.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And it’s going to be based on building
healthy cells, so you have a good cell wall,
and keep that moisture within the cell,
so that keeps us younger.
>>John: If I need more intracellular water,
shouldn’t I just drink more water?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: You know, that’s kind of a, a fallacy.
Because if you’re drinking all this water all day long,
what’s going to be happening?
>>John: I’m going to be going to the bathroom all day long.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: You’re going to be going, so,
you’re losing that water.
You want to have water that’s going to keep within the cells
and retained in there to keep them healthy.
So really, the best thing to get your water is to eat your water.
And that’s another reason for eating a plant-based diet:
eating the raw fruits,
particularly raw fruits and vegetables,
have a water within their cells that’s going to be much easier
to get within your cell.
>>John: Now, convince me that this isn’t cranky.
I mean, I can imagine my friend in Tupelo, Mississippi,
or in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, or in Billings, Montana,
going, ugh, the guy wants to eat his water,
he wants to turn me into a rabbit.
Help me understand that this is good,
solid, healthy, level, mainstream stuff.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yeah, this is, this is good science,
based on what we call the science of cellular water,
and is one of the concepts of aging: that we lose our water.
As we get older, there’s no question,
our body water in the body cells,
the water within our cells are lost as we get older.
So we’re trying to build healthy cells to keep that water within.
>>John: All right.
I’m a believer; I’m not a skeptic.
All right, what have we got here,
and what are we going to put into this machine?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay, so, in order to build healthy cells
and, we’re going to start with putting some antioxidants in.
This is pomegranate juice.
>>John: All right.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Pomegranate juice is loaded with
antioxidants that...
>>John: Pomegranate juice.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: ...that, uh, help protect cells from damage.
>>John: All right.
That’s good and red.
You mentioned before the red,
the reds and purples are good stuff.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That’s right.
>>John: Okay.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And then we’re going to put
a vegetable protein in here.
This is soy, soy milk.
>>John: All right.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: So that’s going to provide you with
good-quality vegetable protein.
>>John: All right, and you get soy milk
at the supermarket, right?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
And that’s also part of the cell walls, good protein.
And then blueberries.
>>John: All right.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Probably my favorite fruit.
Blueberries are loaded with those antioxidants
that protect cells from, um, being damaged.
>>John: I love blueberries.
Some of the best things you can get.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: So pour all the blueberries in there.
>>John: I enjoy growing blueberries.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And then we’re going to add something
that a lot of people may not know about.
This is what’s called soy lecithin.
Now, people don’t realize that every cell wall in your body
is made of lecithin.
So by contributing this, kind of supplementing to this drink
some lecithin that will go into your body,
so you can absorb it to build those healthy,
healthy, uh, cells as well.
>>John: Where do I get this from?
Can I buy it at the supermarket, or...
>>Dr. Westerdahl: You can buy that at the health food store.
It’s usually in a canister or in the bulk bin,
and it comes from soybean oil, actually made from soybean oil.
It’s a type of fat, a healthy fat.
>>John: That’s good for you.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That’s good for you.
>>John: All right.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And then we’re going to add ground flax seed.
And flax seeds today are known as like the new fish oil.
Those are a plant-based, Omega-3 fatty acid.
>>John: Now, why are Omega-3s good?
They do what?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids
that we need in our diet every day for good health.
And it’s the type of fat that helps build that cell wall.
>>John: Has cancer-fighting properties too.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Has cancer-fighting properties,
and there’s heart-health properties as well.
>>John: By the way, if you can, if you can eat food
that’s going to fight cancer, you might as well.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That’s right.
>>John: That’s just good common sense.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And then we’re going to add something
that’s unique to probably some of our viewers today,
and that’s goji berries.
These are one of the most nutrient-dense foods
on the face of the earth.
Goji berries grow in China and the Himalaya areas,
and they’re very rich in antioxidants as well.
>>John: Okay.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: So they’re like the new superfood
that everyone’s talking about.
>>John: Oh, yeah. Goji berries.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: So put those in.
You get those at the health food store.
>>John: Okay.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
And I think what we’re going to do to sweeten this,
we don’t want to add sugar.
And I’m going to add an herbal sweetener called Stevia.
This is an interesting sweetener.
It comes from a green leaf grown in Paraguay,
and, uh, it’s hundreds of times sweeter than sugar,
but there’s no calories.
So we’re going to put just a little bit of that
in as a sweetener.
It’s not an artificial sweetener;
it’s a natural sweetener.
>>John: Okay.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And I think we’ll blend this up
before we put the ice in.
>>John: Let me ask you a question.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: If you can’t find Stevia at a grocery store near you,
I don’t know if they have that at Piggly-Wiggly or Vons,
or just where they have it.
What do I use in place of it?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, Stevia’s an optional ingredient,
if you want to make it sweeter.
>>John: All right, all right.
You don’t have to.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: You don’t have to add it.
So we’ve added it.
You bet.
Okay, and we’re going to, uh,
are you going to turn it on now for me?
>>John: Well, why not? Here we go.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And the Vitamix mixer/blender here.
[sound of blender]
And we’ll blend that up.
And that’s going to blend all the ingredients.
[blender running faster] Turn that off.
We’ll add the crushed ice.
Now, crushed ice will just make it cooler.
So we'll add some uh, this in here.
[sound of ice dropping] That’s good.
So you want to turn that on again, John?
>>John: Sure.
[sound of blender] >>Dr. Westerdahl: Okay.
>>John: All right, what have we got?
What are the...
>>Dr. Westerdahl: And we have the anti-aging
smoothy here for you.
See what you think.
[sound of liquid pouring] Here you go.
>>John: All right.
All right, I’ll take your word, I’ll take your word for it.
Do I have to stop, or can I keep drinking?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Oh. Go ahead!
>>John: I feel younger all ready.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Good.
You look younger.
>>John: You know, that’s good.
And if it means I’m going to live longer and healthier
and more prosperously, I’m all for it.
But that’s pretty simple.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: It is. Very simple.
>>John: Foods that you can buy in most any supermarket.
If it’s not at the supermarket, it’s at the health food store.
And if you don’t have a health food store in town near you,
drive to one, or move.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: [chuckles] >>John: That’s not bad.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Good.
>>John: And the idea of this is, this is going to promote
healthier cells that will retain intracellular water.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes.
>>John: And you’ll do better.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That’s right.
>>John: That’s not bad!
Now, let me ask you another question.
Can I ask you about other smoothies
that are pretty popular today?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Sure.
>>John: How about the idea of, like,
juicing kale and celery and carrots and that stuff?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Those are anti-aging smoothies too.
>>John: They are?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Yes, because you’re getting the benefits
of those plant foods.
Those green foods are very important.
Most people don’t get enough greens in their diet,
and has those antioxidants and lutein and these other
phytochemicals, because most people
don’t eat a lot of greens.
>>John: Hmm.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: So it’s a great way of getting vegetables
into the diet in these, in these types of smoothies.
>>John: Is there anything that you don’t want
to be putting into them?
Are there any foods that you should just
stay away from as pro-aging?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: If you’re adding ice cream to it
[chuckles] and some of these rich dairy products
and so forth, a lot of people do that.
Or they’ll add a ton of sugar in it.
That, that really takes away from the health benefits.
>>John: Okay.
And why is chocolate cake not an anti-aging food?
Serious question.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Chocolate cake, of course,
is loaded with sugar, fat, and, uh,
it’s just, uh, eggs, and all types of things that they put
into chocolate cake that, uh, is going to promote aging.
And actually, those ingredients will damage the cell walls.
So that’s the thing:
we want to get away from these foods that promote
the damage to our cells,
and eat foods that build healthy cells,
which build healthy bodies.
>>John: Now, how about when people go out to eat?
What should they be looking out for?
>>Dr. Westerdahl: First of all, eating out, there’s a lot
of things that you don’t know you’re getting in your diet,
because they add a lot of additives
in their cooking, sometimes.
Um, you want to stay away from foods
that are very rich in cholesterol and saturated fat,
lots of cheese,
lots of deep-fat-fried foods and so forth.
But you can go out to eat and eat healthy, too.
You can eat anti-aging: going for the salads,
going for the vegetables, lean proteins.
Uh, that’s a better way to go.
>>John: I read where one of the,
where one of the top chefs in New York City said, very openly,
that one of the great inside secrets is,
to make the food taste better, just add salt and fat.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Well, there’s a whole book written about that:
fat, salt and sugar.
And those are the things that are addictive substances to our,
to wanting to eat more of those types of foods.
So we need to learn how to eat closer to God’s original plan,
eating those natural foods, those natural flavors
that He’s put in all these foods right here.
>>John: Dr. Westerdahl, thank you.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Thank you!
Thanks for joining us today.
It’s been wonderful having you here on It Is Written.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: Great to be here.
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>>John: Dr. Westerdahl, today we’ve spoken about
anti-aging secrets from the Bible.
The greatest anti-aging secret of all:
knowing Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Those who know Jesus when He returns,
they go to be with Him forever.
And they go to a place where they’ll never die,
they’ll never be sick, and they’ll live forever.
That’s ultimate anti-aging.
>>Dr. Westerdahl: That is.
>>John: Well, let’s pray that that day comes soon.
And we want to pray that you will enjoy a closeness
with Jesus that will assure you of eternal life.
Let’s pray.
Our Father in Heaven,
we thank You today for the greatest anti-aging
secret of all:
faith in You through Your Son,
Jesus Christ.
We thank You that Your plan is to give us a more abundant life,
that Your plan is for us to live eternally
and to live closely with You.
While we are here on this earth,
give us grace to maximize the opportunities You give us,
to lengthen the time You give us,
to make the most of the years that we have,
so that our lives will reflect Your character
and bring glory to You.
We look forward to the day when Jesus returns and says,
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Let that day come soon.
Thank You for the hope that we have in You,
and for the greatest anti-aging secret of all:
eternal life.
Bless us, we pray,
in Jesus’ name,
Amen.
I want to thank you for joining me today.
I’m looking forward to seeing you again next time.
Until then, remember:
“It is written:
‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
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