>> SHE SAYS, "I THOUGHT
YOU HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR!"
SHE SAID, "YOUR LEGS
HAD NO STRUCTURE.
YOU'RE RUNNING ON,
IT LOOKED LIKE,
STICKS OR STILTS!
BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO FORM IN YOUR LEGS,
THERE IS NO MUSCLE
IN YOUR LEGS!"
SO AS SOON AS I CROSSED
THAT FINISH LINE
I WILLED MYSELF OVER,
I FELL TO THE GROUND
AND I WAS FOAMING
AT THE MOUTH.
Announcer:
COMING UP ON LIFE TODAY.
DR. DON COLBERT SHARES
HIS PERSONAL HEALTH CRISIS
AND SHOWS YOU HOW
TO REVERSE MANY DISEASES
BY LETTING FOOD
BE YOUR MEDICINE.
♪
Randy: WELCOME TO LIFE TODAY.
I'M RANDY ROBISON.
SHEILA WALSH IS WITH ME.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT GUEST
FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU DEAL WITH ANY KIND
OF HEALTH ISSUE BECAUSE
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT DEAL
WITH A LOT OF STUFF.
Sheila: AND THIS IS
A FANTASTIC BOOK.
I'VE JUST HAD A CHANCE
TO FLIP THROUGH IT
BUT IT MADE ME SO HUNGRY
TO ASK THE AUTHOR QUESTIONS
BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE BEST
OUT THERE.
Randy: YES!
WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME
THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF
THE DIVINE HEALTH
WELLNESS CENTER
DR. DON COLBERT.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU, MAN!
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
Dr. Colbert: GREAT BEING HERE.
Randy: WE ALWAYS GET
GREAT FEEDBACK
WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PROGRAM
BECAUSE YOU HIT PEOPLE
RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND YOUR NEW BOOK CALLED,
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE
SOUNDS GREAT TO ME
BECAUSE I LIKE FOOD.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE MEDICINE
BUT I LIKE FOOD.
LET'S GET INTO THIS BECAUSE
MAN, THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF
WE CAN FIX IF WE'LL JUST
ADJUST THE THINGS
WE'RE EATING.
Dr. Colbert: EXACTLY!
AND AGAIN, IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
AND IN RESIDENCY I WAS TAUGHT
WITH EVERY DISEASE
THAT ALL THEY NEED, TYPICALLY,
IS A PRESCRIPTION.
FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
GIVE THEM A HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE MEDICATION.
FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL:
HIGH CHOLESTEROL MEDICATION.
DIABETES, TYPE 2 DIABETES:
GIVE THEM A SUGAR MEDICATION.
DEPRESSION:
AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT.
ANXIETY: ANTI-ANXIETY.
AGAIN, IT GETS TO THE POINT
WHERE I SAID, "WAIT!"
I HAD TO GO THROUGH
SOME HEALTH CHALLENGES
IN ORDER TO CHANGE MY THINKING
BECAUSE WHAT I FOUND IS
THE BEST THING FOR GOD'S BEST
IS LET YOUR FOOD
BE YOUR MEDICINE.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED
AND WHAT I ASK ON MY
PHYSICAL EXAM QUESTIONNAIRE
FOR EVERYONE;
WHEN THEY COME IN
I HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
MEDICAL HISTORY
I HAVE THEM FILL OUT.
ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS
I LOOK AT,
I DO A DIETARY ANALYSIS.
I WANT TO KNOW CONSISTENTLY
WHAT THEY EAT FOR BREAKFAST,
LUNCH, AND DINNER AND SNACKING
AND I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT FOOD THEY CRAVE
BECAUSE INVARIABLY
THE VERY FOODS
THEY TYPICALLY CRAVE
ARE THE VERY FOODS
THAT ARE INVITING THE DISEASES
INTO THEIR BODIES.
Sheila: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS INTERESTING THOUGH
ABOUT THIS BOOK BECAUSE
I HAVE LOTS OF YOUR BOOKS
AT HOME AND I'VE FOUND THEM
SO HELPFUL, I DID NOT KNOW
YOUR OWN BACK STORY OF HOW
THIS CAME TO BE YOUR PASSION.
WOULD YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR OWN
ABSOLUTE CRISIS OF HEALTH?
Dr. Colbert: WELL, SURE.
WHEN I WAS IN MY THIRD YEAR
OF MEDICAL SCHOOL,
IT WAS IN AUGUST,
WE WERE REQUIRED
TO RUN A THREE MILE RUN.
NOW THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
I WAS IN REAL GOOD CONDITION.
BUT THE DAY WE HAD TO RUN
IT WAS IN THE HIGH 90'S
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY,
AND IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DAY, AROUND NOON.
SO HERE I AM RUNNING
AROUND THE TRACK.
BUT THEN IN THE LAST
HUNDRED YARDS OR SO
OF THE RACE, I WAS DOING GOOD
-- BECAUSE IF YOU SCORE
A REAL GOOD TIME YOU ONLY
HAVE TO RUN IT ONCE A YEAR
WHICH IS GREAT.
I NEEDED TO GO AHEAD
AND RUN A FAST TIME SO
I'D CHECK IT OFF OF MY LIST.
Randy: IS THIS AT O.R.U.?
Dr. Colbert: THIS IS AT O.R.U.
CORRECT!
Randy: YOU ONLY HAD TO DO IT
ONCE A YEAR?
NOBODY TOLD ME THAT!
I MUST NOT HAVE
EVER BEEN CLOSE.
YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE GUYS.
Dr. Colbert: YES.
SO I WAS GOING;
SIMPLY FOLLOWED ONE
OF MY MED SCHOOL PARTNERS
WHO ALSO RAN REALLY GOOD
SO I STAYED RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
I KNEW HE'D RUN IT
IN REAL FAST TIME
AND IF I COULD DO THAT
I WOULD ONLY HAVE
TO RUN IT ONCE.
WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENED
ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS
FROM THE FINISH LINE
ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY LEGS,
I FELT MY LEGS LITERALLY,
IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE
PUNCTURED A BALLOON.
IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE RUPTURED
A BALLOON IN MY LEGS.
MY LEGS,
I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THEM.
LITERALLY,
FOR ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS
I FORCED MYSELF
OVER THAT FINISH LINE.
AS SOON AS I CROSSED
THAT FINISH LINE,
I HAD THAT FINISH LINE
BUT MARY WAS UNDER A TREE
READING THE BIBLE,
(MY WIFE, MARY)
SHE SAID SHE LOOKED UP AT ME
AND SHE SAYS, "I THOUGHT
YOU HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR."
SHE SAID, "YOUR LEGS
HAD NO STRUCTURE.
YOU'RE RUNNING ON, IT LOOKED
LIKE, STICKS OR STILTS
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FORM
IN YOUR LEGS; THERE WAS
NO MUSCLE IN YOUR LEG."
AS SOON AS I CROSSED
THAT FINISH LINE,
I WILLED MYSELF OVER,
I FELL TO THE GROUND AND
I WAS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
WELL, THE COACH RECOGNIZED
THAT SOMETHING MAJOR
HAD HAPPENED.
THEY THOUGHT
I HAD HEAT EXHAUSTION,
SO THEY PULLED ME OVER
TO WHERE THE SPRINKLERS WERE
AND THEY SPRINKLED ME OFF.
WELL, THEN I GOT WORSE.
MY HEART WAS BEATING SO FAST,
MY MOUTH WAS SO DRY,
AND THEY SAID,
"WE'VE GOT TO TAKE HIM
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM"
WHICH WAS ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THEY PUT ME IN THE BACK
OF A STATION WAGON
AND THEY TOOK ME TO
THE CITY OF FAITH
ACROSS THE STREET.
AND AT THIS TIME,
THAT HIGH HUMIDITY
AND HIGH TEMPERATURE
HAD CAUSED A HUGE STORM CELL
AND TORNADO SIRENS
WERE GOING OFF.
SO THE E.R. DOC
AND ALL THE NURSES
ARE STANDING OUTSIDE THE E.R.
LOOKING UP AT THE SKY
WHEN I COME ROLLING IN.
THEY SEE ME DRENCHED.
THEY SAID, "OH, THIS GUY
JUST HAS HEAT EXHAUSTION.
HE'S NO PROBLEM."
BUT THEN THE NURSE SCREAMS
AFTER SHE TOOK MY VITALS
AND SAYS, "HIS TEMPERATURE
IS 108 DEGREES!"
Sheila: WOW!
Randy: BAD SIGN!
Dr. Colbert: BECAUSE
AT THAT TEMPERATURE
YOU START TO COOK YOUR BRAIN.
SO WHAT HAPPENED THEN IS
I SAID, "PUT AN I.V. IN NOW."
SO THEY PUT AN I.V. IN,
AND THE E.R. DOCTOR AGREED.
AND I SAID,
"PUT ONE IN THE OTHER ARM."
AND THEY DID,
WHICH HE AGREED TO TOO.
THE STRANGEST THING HAPPENED.
AS SOON AS THEY PUT
THOSE I.V.'S IN
MY BODY WAS SO HOT,
WHEN THE I.V.'S
WENT THROUGH MY CIRCULATION,
LITERALLY, THE PERSPIRATION
SHOT UP ABOUT AN INCH,
IT LOOKED LIKE A FOUNTAIN
ALL OVER MY BODY
AND MY WIFE WAS INTRIGUED.
SHE SAYS IT LOOKED
LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF
AN ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIE.
Sheila: JUST THINKING
ABOUT THAT,
IT IS LIKE A SCI-FI THRILLER!
Dr. Colbert: SHE SAID,
"OUT OF EVERY PORE IN YOUR
BODY" BECAUSE THEY HAD MY
SHIRT OFF, SHE SAID,
"LITERALLY, THE PERSPIRATION
WAS SHOOTING UP ABOUT
AN INCH ALL OVER MY BODY."
I REMEMBER HER SAYING,
"THAT IS THE STRANGEST THING,"
SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME,
"I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"
BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENED
IS MY URINE TURNED
TO THE COLOR OF COFFEE.
I STARTED LITERALLY,
THE MUSCLES IN MY THIGHS
HAD RUPTURED
AND I STARTED EXCRETING
THE MYOGLOBIN MUSCLE PIGMENT
THROUGH MY URINE, WHICH
CAUSED ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE,
WHICH THEN CAUSED MY MUSCLES
TO LITERALLY SHRIVEL UP.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL
ON HIGH DOSE I.V.'S
AROUND THE CLOCK TO SAVE
MY KIDNEYS FROM THE POISON,
WHICH IS THE MYOGLOBIN.
THE MUSCLE THAT RUPTURED,
THE PIGMENT WAS SPILLING OUT
AND POISONING MY KIDNEYS.
Randy: HOW DID YOU NOT DIE?
Dr. Colbert: I ALMOST DID!
I ALMOST DID.
BUT WHAT WAS SO STRANGE WAS
THE SEVERE PAIN
I HAD IN MY LEGS.
THE PAIN WAS EXCRUCIATING.
I LITERALLY WATCHED
AS MY LEGS SHRUNK
TO WHERE MY ARMS
WERE BIGGER THAN MY LEGS.
THEN CONFUSED AND CONFOUNDED,
THE DOCTORS SAID,
"WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS!"
I HAD A NEUROLOGIST,
I HAD A KIDNEY SPECIALIST,
I HAD AN INTERNAL MEDICINE
SPECIALIST.
AND SO THEY SAID, "WE NEED
TO BIOPSY HIS MUSCLES.
WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS!"
SO THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO
BIOPSY EACH LEG, EACH THIGH,
AND EACH SHOULDER.
MY WIFE SAID, "NO!
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO
ONE AREA."
WE AGREED. I TOLD MY WIFE,
"I'M NOT GOING TO LET THEM."
SO THEY JUST DID MY THIGH.
THEY BIOPSIED A THIGH;
THE WHOLE MUSCLE ALL THE WAY
FROM THE TOP TO THE BONE.
I'LL NEVER FORGET
WHEN THOSE DOCTORS CAME IN.
MY WIFE HAD TOLD THEM,
"TELL ME FIRST.
DO NOT SAY ANYTHING
IN FRONT OF MY HUSBAND."
WELL, THEY CAME IN,
THE SURGEON CAME IN, AND
HE GAVE THE PATHOLOGY REPORT.
AND HE SAID,
"I'VE GOT BAD NEWS."
HE SAID,
"YOU WILL NEVER WALK AGAIN."
HE SAYS,
"YOUR MUSCLES ARE DEAD FROM
THE SURFACE OF THE MUSCLE
ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE.
THEY'RE NECROSE.
THEY'RE DEAD
AND YOU'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN."
Randy: YOU CAN'T GROW
THAT KIND OF THING BACK
AT LEAST NATURALLY.
Sheila: SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Dr. Colbert: SO MY WIFE,
SHE SAID, "I TOLD YOU
NOT TO TELL HIM THAT.
YOU'RE ALL FIRED!
NOW GET OUT OF HERE."
SHE FIRED MY DOCTORS!
SO I WAS ALL UPSET.
I SAID, "WAIT A SEC.
NOT ONLY AM I NOT GOING
TO WALK AGAIN BUT NOW
YOU'VE FIRED MY DOCTORS.
NOW I WONT FINISH
MEDICAL SCHOOL."
I WAS IN MY HARDEST ROTATION
IN MEDICAL SCHOOL
AND NOW I SAID,
"I PROBABLY WON'T FINISH
BECAUSE HOW AM I GOING
TO FINISH NOW?"
THE HARDEST ROTATION
WHEN I'VE BEEN OUT ALREADY
FOR A FEW WEEKS.
SO MY WIFE AND I HAD
A MAJOR ARGUMENT.
SHE STORMED OUT
OF THE ROOM CRYING
AND WENT DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
AS SHE WENT DOWN THE ELEVATOR
SHE HEARD THAT VOICE
ON THE INSIDE
AND THAT VOICE SAYS,
"HE SHALL RUN
AND NOT BE WEARY.
HE SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT."
AND THEN SHE IMMEDIATELY
PUSHED THAT ELEVATOR GOING UP
AND SHE CAME BACK TO MY ROOM.
AND SHE SHOOK HER FINGER AT ME
AND SHE SAYS,
"MAN HAS SPOKEN THIS TO YOU
BUT GOD SAYS, 'YOU SHALL RUN
AND NOT BE WEARY.
YOU SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT.'
[APPLAUSE]
Sheila: THAT'S AWESOME!
I THINK IT'S FASCINATING,
OBVIOUSLY, THE ENEMY KNEW
THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND ON YOU
BECAUSE YOU HAVE LITERALLY
IMPACTED THE HEALTH
OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF BELIEVERS.
AND TO ME THAT'S CLEARLY
A DEMONIC ATTACK ON YOUR LIFE
TO TRY TO TAKE YOU OUT
BEFORE YOU COULD BRING
HEALTH AND HEALING
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
Dr. Colbert: BECAUSE
I FIRMLY BELIEVE IF
I'D BEEN IN THAT WHEELCHAIR,
WHO WOULD HAVE LISTENED
TO A DOCTOR IN A WHEELCHAIR
WRITING BOOKS?
BUT WHAT HAPPENED
A FEW WEEKS LATER,
AND I WAS IN MY ROOM
AND I WASN'T BACK
IN MED SCHOOL YET
BUT LITERALLY, I USED TO
LISTEN TO R.W. SCHAMBACH.
HE SAYS, "YOU DON'T NEED
TO WORRY, ALL YOU NEED
IS FAITH IN GOD."
SO HE WOULD COME ON
EVERY MORNING AROUND 8:00
THERE IN TULSA
AND I WOULD LISTEN TO HIM.
AND WOW! HE INSPIRED
THAT FAITH AND THAT BELIEF
AND THAT EXPECTANCY.
AND LITERALLY,
I FELT THE POWER OF GOD.
I GOT UP. I STARTED WALKING.
IT HURT LIKE CRAZY.
I HAD HARDLY ANY STRENGTH
BUT I STARTED WALKING,
I STARTED PUSHING MYSELF.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY,
WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS
I WAS ABLE TO WALK
INTO THE CITY OF FAITH.
WHEN I WALKED IN,
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE NURSES CAME OUT,
THE DOCTORS CAME OUT
AND SAID,
"THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
THIS IS A MIRACLE!
BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE PATH REPORT,
THOSE MUSCLES ARE DEAD."
AND THEY WERE ALL SHRIVELED UP
BEFORE BUT LITERALLY,
I STARTED GETTING THE MUSCLE
BACK IN MY LEGS,
THE MUSCLES COMING BACK
AND NOW I MEAN I DO SQUATS
AND EVERYTHING.
I'VE BEEN DOING SQUATS
FOR YEARS, WHICH
I WASN'T EVER SUPPOSED TO DO.
Randy: NO MEDICAL EXPLANATION
-- JUST GOD.
Sheila: DO YOU KNOW WHAT
I LOVE ABOUT THAT THOUGH?
IT IS THE COMBINATION
OF THE WORD OF GOD
AND YOUR DETERMINATION.
SOMETIMES WE JUST WANT
GOD TO HEAL US.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU
WORKED WITH THE LORD,
YOU ENGAGED.
Dr. Colbert: YOU'VE GOT
TO DO SOMETHING.
EVEN THOUGH IT HURT,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEAK,
I HAD TO ACT
AND I HAD TO EXPECT.
Randy: NOW THAT WASN'T
THE FIRST HEALTH CHALLENGE
ALTHOUGH IT'S ENOUGH
FOR A LIFETIME.
LATER YOU DEVELOPED
A CONDITION THAT
WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF A CHALLENGE AS WELL.
Dr. Colbert: EXACTLY!
BACK ABOUT -- FIRST OF ALL,
I WENT THROUGH RESIDENCY,
DID GREAT,
AND THEN I WENT AND OPENED
MY OWN SOLO PRACTICE.
AND I WAS IN SOLO PRACTICE
FOR A FEW YEARS
AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN
I AWAKEN ONE MORNING WITH
A RASH OVER MOST OF MY BODY
THAT ITCHED LIKE CRAZY.
SO FINALLY I THOUGHT
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE SCABIES
BECAUSE I'D TREATED
A PATIENT THE WEEK BEFORE
AND I PUT THIS MEDICINE ON
FROM MY CHIN ALL THE WAY DOWN.
IT WAS WORST THE NEXT DAY.
FINALLY, I WENT TO SEE
MY DERMATOLOGIST BUDDY WHO IS
ONE OF THE TOP DERMATOLOGISTS
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET
THE WAY HE LOOKED AT ME.
HE HAD THESE GLASSES
DOWN ON HIS NOSE.
HE PEERED OVER HIS GLASSES
AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD
AND HE SAYS, "DON,
I'M SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT
YOU HAVE THE HEARTBREAK" --
AND HE EMPHASIZED
THE HEARTBREAK --
"OF PSORIASIS."
I SAID, "WHAT? PSORIASIS?
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
FIRST OF ALL
MY HEART HASN'T BEEN BROKEN.
SECOND OF ALL,
IT DOESN'T RUN IN MY FAMILY.
IT CAN'T BE!"
HE SAYS, "I DON'T CARE.
YOU HAVE IT."
HE WHIPPED HIS SCRIPT PAD OUT
AND HE WROTE OUT
A PRESCRIPTION,
COAL TAR WITH AQUAPHOR AQUA,
WHICH IS AN ORANGE OINTMENT
THAT SMELLED LIKE THE ASPHALT
THAT THEY WOULD
REPAVE ROADS WITH.
Sheila: AND YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO COVER
YOUR WHOLE BODY WITH THAT?
Dr. Colbert: COVER MY BODY
WITH ASPHALT-SMELLING
OINTMENT.
Sheila: THAT'S NOT MUCH
OF A FUTURE.
Randy: FOR THOSE OF US
WHO DON'T KNOW,
WHAT EXACTLY IS PSORIASIS
AND HOW DO YOU GET IT?
Dr. Colbert: PSORIASIS
IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE;
THAT MEANS THE BODY
IS ATTACKING ITSELF.
BUT PSORIASIS GENERALLY
AFFECTS THE SCALP AND
THE ELBOWS AND THE KNEES,
BUT IN MY CASE IT WAS
ALL OVER MY HANDS, MY ARMS,
MY ELBOWS, MY KNEES,
MY LEGS -- ALL OVER.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS ON FIRE.
Randy: WHAT CAUSED IT?
Dr. Colbert: WELL,
IT'S AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
MY BODY WAS ATTACKING ITSELF
AND I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT CAUSED IT AT THAT TIME
BUT I HAD TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SO WHAT HAPPENED
I PUT THE OINTMENT ON;
IT DIDN'T HELP AT ALL.
I STUNK AND I STAINED
EVERYTHING ORANGE.
EVERYTHING I TOUCHED
STAINED ORANGE.
Sheila: WHAT A LIFE! WOW!
Dr. Colbert: SO I DID THIS
FOR A FEW MONTHS AND FINALLY
I HAD A "THAT'S IT" MOMENT.
"THAT'S IT" MOMENT SAYS --
I LITERALLY SAID TO MYSELF,
"THAT'S IT!
GOD HEALED ME
OF A MASSIVE HEAT STROKE,
OF RHABDOMYOLYSIS,
WHERE MY LEGS WERE
LITERALLY DEAD, NECROSED."
AND THEN I REALIZED
THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR THING
THAT I HAD TO UNDERSTAND
AND HAD TO FIND AND IT SAYS,
"SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND.
ASK AND IT WILL BE
GIVEN UNTO YOU.
AND KNOCK
AND KEEP ON KNOCKING."
BUT IT SAYS, "KEEP ON SEEKING.
SEEK ON ASKING,
KEEP ON KNOCKING."
I THEN RECEIVED
AN INSATIABLE DESIRE
TO LEARN THE TRUTH.
AND I LEARNED
THAT THERE WAS --
OKAY THE EPIPHANY
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
THE "AHAH" MOMENT
BUT THE KEY IS THIS.
I HAD AN INCREDIBLE APPETITE
TO LEARN WHAT THE ANSWER WAS.
I KNEW IT WAS NUTRITIONALLY
SPEAKING OR DIETARILY.
FINALLY,
I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE
WHEN I ATE CERTAIN FOODS,
LITERALLY, WITHIN AN HOUR,
MY HANDS WERE ON FIRE.
I'D SHOW MY WIFE.
I'D SAY, "LOOK AT MY HANDS."
THEY WERE BLISTERING UP.
I SAID, "IT FEELS LIKE
SOMEONE IS BURNING MY FINGERS
WITH CIGARETTES."
SO FROM DOING THIS, I WAS
ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE FOODS
THAT INFLAMED MY BODY
AND THE FOODS THAT QUENCHED
THE INFLAMMATION.
EVENTUALLY I GOT TO THE POINT
WHERE I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY
THE TWO KEY FOODS THAT --
CERTAIN FOODS INFLAME EVERYONE
BUT THEN TWO FOODS THAT
ARE HEALTHY FOR THE MAJORITY
WERE VERY INFLAMMATORY
TO MY BODY.
THE EPIPHANY IS THIS:
GENERALLY SPEAKING,
WHAT YOU CAN DO
GOD WILL NOT DO.
LET ME REPEAT THAT
BECAUSE IT SO POWERFULLY
TRANSFORMED MY LIFE:
GENERALLY SPEAKING
WHAT YOU CAN DO
GOD WILL NOT DO.
I WAS UNKNOWINGLY CRAVING
AND EATING THE VERY FOODS
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WERE
MAINLY INFLAMING MY BODY.
NOW CERTAIN FOODS
INFLAME EVERYBODY
LIKE DEEP FRIED FOODS,
FRENCH FRIES, ONION RINGS --
THEY INFLAME EVERYBODY.
SUGAR INFLAMES EVERYBODY!
HYDROGENATED FATS
INFLAME EVERYBODY.
BUT THE TWO FOODS
THAT WERE INFLAMING ME
ARE HEALTHY
FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.
Sheila: WHAT WERE THEY?
Dr. Colbert: NUMBER ONE
WAS GLUTEN,
WHICH IS THE PROTEIN IN WHEAT.
AND NUMBER TWO WAS PEPPERS.
Sheila: PEPPERS?
Dr. Colbert: YES! PEPPERS.
Sheila: YOU'D THINK
THOSE WERE HEALTHY
BECAUSE THEY'RE A VEGETABLE.
Dr. Colbert: AND
I CRAVED THEM EVERY DAY.
JALAPENO, CAYENNE PEPPERS,
BELL PEPPERS, BANANA PEPPERS
-- ANY KIND OF PEPPER.
I LOVED IT AND I ATE IT.
AND LITERALLY,
IT SET MY BODY ON FIRE.
NOW WHAT HAPPENED,
GOD HAD TO SHOW ME THIS
AND LITERALLY, I REMOVED ALL
THE KEY INFLAMMATORY FOODS
THAT INFLAME EVERYONE.
THEN I REMOVED THE FOODS
THAT INFLAMED JUST ME.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS
THE VERY FOOD
THAT YOU USUALLY CRAVE
IS USUALLY THE FOOD
THAT INVITES THE DISEASE
INTO YOUR BODY.
WHEN I GOT RID OF THOSE
TWO FOODS AND I SAID,
"I'M NOT GOING TO EAT THEM
FOR SIX MONTHS,"
WHEN I DID THAT
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS
THE PSORIASIS WAS GONE.
Sheila: AND THAT SHOULDN'T
HAVE BEEN REALLY?
SHOULD IT?
ONCE YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF --
Dr. Colbert: ONCE YOU HAVE IT
THAT'S IT.
NOW WHAT HAPPENED
AFTER SIX MONTHS
I WAS ABLE TO EAT PEPPERS.
BUT I LEARNED THE KEY,
AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT
TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE.
I HAD TO ROTATE THEM
EVERY THREE TO FOUR DAYS
IN MODERATION,
NO PROBLEM --
NO PSORIASIS AT ALL.
WHEAT AND GLUTEN,
NOT SO GOOD FOR MY BODY;
WHEN I EAT THAT,
IF I CONTINUE TO EAT IT,
LITERALLY,
I'M GOING TO FLARE UP,
EVEN TO THIS DAY.
SO I HAD TO REMOVE
ALL GLUTEN, ALL WHEAT,
AND I'VE DONE THAT NOW
FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS
AND NO PSORIASIS.
Sheila: SO THAT'S BACK
TO WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO
GOD WILL NOT DO
BECAUSE YOU DID YOUR PART.
Dr. Colbert: RIGHT!
NOW I'VE BEEN PRACTICING
MEDICINE NOW SINCE -- ACTUALLY
I BECAME A DOCTOR IN 1984,
SOLO PRACTICE SINCE 1987.
SO I SAID THIS WAS
SO MIRACULOUS FOR ME,
I SAID, COULD IT BE
THAT THIS PROGRAM,
IF WE MODIFY IT FOR EACH
MAJOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASE,
WHICH MOST DISEASES AT
THE VERY ROOT OF THE DISEASE
IS INFLAMMATION, COULD IT BE
THAT THIS COULD HELP
WITH MOST DISEASES?
-- AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
IT WORKED WITH
MOST EVERY DISEASE BUT
WITH A FEW LITTLE TWEAKS
OR MODIFICATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE.
I'VE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM
FOR MOST DISEASES
FROM WEIGHT LOSS AND OBESITY
TO DEPRESSION,
TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
HIGH CHOLESTEROL,
TYPE 2 DIABETES,
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE,
DEMENTIA, CANCER,
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE,
ARTHRITIS -- YOU NAME IT,
WE CAN TREAT IT.
CERTAIN DISEASES ARE JUST
REAL EASY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE,
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
SINUS PROBLEMS AND ALLERGIES,
IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS DAIRY --
DAIRY!
YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?
I ASK THEM WHAT FOOD
THEY CRAVE AND INVARIABLY
CHEESE, ICE CREAM, YOGURT.
THEY SAY, "WAIT!
YOGURT IS GOOD FOR ME;
ISN'T IT?"
I SAY, "IT IS GOOD
FOR MOST PEOPLE
BUT IN YOUR CASE,
IT'S INVITING THE DISEASE
INTO YOUR BODY."
Randy: SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT
30 SECONDS LEFT WITH YOU.
WHAT WOULD BE
THE BOTTOM LINE THING
YOU WOULD WANT TO TELL PEOPLE
IN OUR AUDIENCE
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
THEY PUT IN THEIR BODIES AND
HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR HEALTH?
Dr. Colbert: AGAIN,
THE WORD OF GOD IS CLEAR.
IT SAYS GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
HE SAYS,
"WHATSOEVER SEED YOU SOW
THAT WILL YOU ALSO REAP.
HE WHO SOWS TO THE FLESH
WILL OF THE FLESH
REAP CORRUPTION,
WHICH IS DISEASE.
BUT HE WHO SOWS TO THE SPIRIT
SHALL REAP LIFE
AND EVERLASTING LIFE."
SO AGAIN,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE --
AND I'M NOT SAYING
WE CAN NEVER EAT SUGAR,
WE CAN NEVER EAT WHEAT,
WE CAN NEVER EAT ICE CREAM
OR WHATEVER, BUT WHAT
WE WANT TO DO IS START EATING
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS
THAT INVITE HEALTH
INTO OUR BODIES INSTEAD
OF EATING THE WRONG FOOD
THAT IS INVITING DISEASE
INTO THE BODY.
Randy: I SUSPECT
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME,
YOU'RE WONDERING, OKAY,
WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
WHAT CAN I EAT?
HOW DO I FIND OUT
WHAT I CAN EAT?
THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU
CAN GET DR. COLBERT'S BOOK,
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE.
BUT I'M GOING TO DO THAT
BY ASKING YOU TO HELP US
WITH SOMETHING.
DR. COLBERT SAYS
WHAT YOU CAN DO, GOD
GENERALLY WON'T DO FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE
HE IS WAITING ON US TO ACT.
AND SHEILA,
YOU RECENTLY WENT ON A TRIP
WHERE YOU SAW A SITUATION
WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
Sheila: YEAH!
IT IS NOT A RESPONSIBILITY,
IT IS A JOY AND A PRIVILEGE.
WATCH THIS!
Sheila: SO HERE WE ARE
IN A BARRIO IN SANTO DOMINGO
IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
WE'RE IN THE
HOME OF INGRID
AND THIS IS HER SON,
NELSARIO.
I REMEMBER WHEN
MY SON WAS BORN.
THE FIRST THING
I DID WAS
COUNT EVERY FINGER,
EVERY TOE.
JUST LIKE ANY MOM
YOU JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE HE'S PERFECT.
AND FOR INGRID,
WHEN SHE LOOKED DOWN
AT NELSARIO'S FEET
SHE COULD TELL THAT
SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG.
THE DOCTORS TRIED
TO EXPLAIN TO HER
THAT HE HAD
CLUBFOOT
AND WHAT SHE SAID
TO ME EARLIER
WAS JUST THE SHOCK
OF THINKING,
WHAT AM
I GOING TO DO?
WHAT IS MY BOY'S FUTURE
GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
IS HE GOING TO END UP
IN A WHEELCHAIR?
HOW CAN I AFFORD
A WHEELCHAIR?
I THINK IT IS JUST
EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE.
YOU JUST WANT YOUR
KIDS TO BE OKAY.
YOU WANT YOUR KIDS
TO BE LIKE EVERY OTHER KID.
AND THIS DARLING
FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY NEEDS HELP.
HE NEEDS HELP SO HE CAN
LIVE THE KIND OF LIFE
THAT MY BOY
GOT TO LIVE
WHERE HE CAN GO OUT
AND KICK A FOOTBALL
AND RUN WITH
THE OTHER BOYS.
HE JUST NEEDS
OUR HELP.
I DIDN'T
KNOW THIS.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE
OUT OF EVERY 750 LIVE BIRTHS
THE CHILDREN
HAVE CLUBFEET?
BUT THE AMAZING THING IS
FIXING IT
IS REALLY SIMPLE.
OUR DARLING NELSARIO
WILL HAVE TO WEAR
A PLASTER CAST
FOR A TIME.
THEN HE'LL HAVE
TO WEAR BRACES
FOR A TIME.
BUT ALL OF THOSE SIMPLE THINGS ARE NONE INVASIVE,
WILL MEAN
THAT THIS BOY,
THIS BEAUTIFUL BOY
AND THIS MOM,
THIS MOM MIGHT GET
TO SEE HER SON GROW UP
TO HAVE
A NORMAL LIFE.
Randy: HARD TO WATCH.
Sheila: I ASKED NELSARIO
THROUGH AN INTERPRETER,
I SAID, "WHAT'S YOUR
BIGGEST DREAM?
WHAT WOULD YOU LOVE TO DO?"
AND HIS EYES GOT REALLY BIG
AND HE SAID,
"I'D LOVE TO PLAY BASEBALL."
THAT'S ALL HE WANTED.
AND IT'S NOT JUST NELSARIO,
THERE'S HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF THESE CHILDREN AROUND
THE WORLD THAT ARE WAITING.
THERE IS HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS
ON THEIR KNEES RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT THEY WANT
IS NOT THE LATEST IPHONE
FOR THEIR CHILD,
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT;
ALL THEY WANT
IS FOR THEIR CHILD
TO BE ABLE TO WALK, TO RUN.
I ASKED NELSARIO,
"HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED
ON A BASEBALL TEAM?"
AND HE SAID,
"I SHOWED UP ONCE FOR PRACTICE
AND THEY WOULDN'T LET ME JOIN
BECAUSE THEY SAW MY FEET."
AS A MUM, THAT WOULD HAVE
KILLED ME FOR MY SON.
AND THE GREAT NEWS IS
WE CAN DO SOMETHING
AND IT DOESN'T COST THAT MUCH:
$17 PROVIDES WHAT RANDY'S
HOLDING RIGHT HERE,
THESE BRACES, $17;
$34 FOR TWO PAIRS OF BRACES
AND $68 FOR FOUR.
WE CAN DO THIS, PEOPLE.
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO,
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO
A SURGERY, WHICH IS $400,
WHICH IS STILL NOT MUCH.
MAYBE YOU'RE A KID WATCHING.
YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT $17 BUCKS
TUCKED AWAY SOMEWHERE.
MAYBE YOU'RE SAVING UP
FOR THE NEXT BIG MOVIE;
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING
TO BE THAT GREAT.
THIS WOULD BE GREAT!
Randy: IT WOULD BE GREAT.
SHEILA, YOU MENTIONED
THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF KIDS WITH THIS NEED.
IT SURPRISED ME
WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS
TO FIND OUT HOW MANY CHILDREN
THIS DID AFFECT BECAUSE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
WE FIX IT AT AN EARLY AGE
AND IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
THE NEED IS BIG
BUT FOR THOSE HUNDREDS
AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF KIDS
THAT NEED HELP,
I KNOW THERE IS ONE PERSON
WATCHING RIGHT NOW
WHO WANTS TO REACH OUT
AND HELP.
DO IT! DO IT!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK
WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU
TO DO THIS BUT IT TAKES
YOU ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.
GOD IS NOT GOING
TO DO IT FOR YOU.
HE'S WAITING ON YOU
TO DO IT FOR HIM.
SO GO TO THE PHONE,
PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL
THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
GO TO THE WEB SITE.
GIVE THE BEST GIFT YOU CAN.
LET GOD LEAD YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GUILT TRIP YOU
INTO SOMETHING.
SOME OF YOU, $17 IS A LOT,
$34 IS A LOT.
SOME OF YOU, IT IS NOTHING.
IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT,
IT'S THE OBEDIENCE.
IT IS THAT WIDOW'S MITE
THAT IS BLESSED WHETHER
THAT EQUALS A FEW CENTS
OR MAYBE $10,000,
$15,000 IF THAT'S YOU.
LISTEN TO GOD WHEN HE SPEAKS.
DO WHAT HE SAYS.
HE LOVES OBEDIENCE
BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU
TO SACRIFICE AS MUCH
AS I'M ASKING YOU TO OBEY.
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE CAN CHANGE LIVES.
WE CAN GIVE CHILDREN A FUTURE.
SHEILA, I WANT TO ASK YOU,
WHAT WILL IT DO
NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN
BUT FOR THOSE MOTHERS
THAT YOU SAT WITH?
Sheila: I SAID TO THOSE MOMS,
"I'M COMING BACK TO AMERICA.
I'M GOING TO TELL OUR FAMILY
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS
AND I KNOW, I PROMISE YOU,
THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND."
WHEN YOU DO,
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEND YOU
DON'S AMAZING BOOK,
LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ALREADY,
THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
SO IF YOU CHANGE THE LIVES
FOR OTHER CHILDREN,
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU
SOMETHING THAT'S GOING
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Announcer: CHILDREN BORN
WITH BIRTH DEFECTS IN UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS
ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED,
UNCARED FOR,
AND EVEN
ABANDONED.
FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS
EVERY YEAR
BORN WITH A CONDITION
KNOWN AS CLUBFOOT,
THEIR DEFORMITY
LEADS TO A STRUGGLE
TO JUST
SURVIVE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
THERE IS A SIMPLE
AND LIFE-CHANGING SOLUTION.
THIS SUMMER
WITH YOUR SUPPORT,
LIFE OUTREACH WILL
PROVIDE 10,000 CHILDREN
WITH CORRECTIVE BRACES
THAT WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE
TO WALK LIKE
ANY NORMAL CHILD.
WITH THE COST
OF $17 PER BRACE
YOUR GIFT
OF $34
WILL HELP PROVIDE TWO CHILDREN WITH CORRECTIVE BRACES,
$68 WILL PROVIDE
FOR FOUR CHILDREN,
AND $102 WILL HELP GIVE
SIX CHILDREN BRACES
AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WALK.
AND FOR CHILDREN WITH
A MUCH MORE SEVERE NEED
GIFTS OF $400,
$800, OR EVEN $1200
WILL HELP PROVIDE
LIFE-CHANGING
CORRECTIVE SURGERY
FOR ONE, TWO, OR
THREE CHILDREN IN NEED.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF ANY AMOUNT
WE'LL SEND YOU
BETH MOORE'S DEVOTIONAL,
BLESSED MORNINGS
AND RESTFUL NIGHTS.
WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $102 OR MORE
TO PROVIDE SIX CHILDREN
WITH CORRECTIVE BRACES
YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
THE JOURNAL EDITION
N.I.V. BIBLE.
FINALLY WITH YOUR GIFT
OF $1200 OR MORE,
YOU MAY RECEIVE
"MAJESTY,"
OUR 2016 COMMEMORATIVE
BRONZE SCULPTURE.
THIS SUMMER
JOIN WITH US
TO GIVE CHILDREN HOPE
FOR A FUTURE.
LET'S GIVE THEM
A CHANCE TO WALK.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK!
PLEASE CALL, WRITE, OR
MAKE YOUR GIFT ONLINE TODAY.
Randy: THIS IS THE LAST
WEEK WE'RE OFFERING THIS.
ASK FOR DR. COLBERT'S BOOK
WHEN YOU SUPPORT
THE MEDICAL MISSION OUTREACH.
DR. COLBERT,
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
WOULD YOU COME BACK LATER
THIS WEEK SO WE CAN TALK
ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC DISEASES
AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT THEM?
Dr. Colbert: ABSOLUTELY!
I'D LOVE TO.
Randy: WE WELCOME YOU BACK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
ON LIFE TODAY!
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