Wendy: WELL, IF YOU'VE

EVER HUFFED AND PUFFED YOUR

WAY UP THE STAIRS, OR YOU'RE

WORRIED YOU WASTED TOO MUCH

OF YOUR LIFE CHOIN CHOWING

DOWN ON CHEESE BALLS, YOU

CAN GIVE YOUR LIFE A RE-DO.

Reporter: WHAT IF WE

COULD ERASE THOSE CHOICES

AND GET A SECOND CHANCE AS

TOTAL BODY WELLNESS?

DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN IS ONE OF

THE MOST WELL-KNOWN AND

RESPECTED DOCTORS IN

AMERICA.

AS THE CHIEF WELLNESS

OFFICER AT THE CLEVELAND

CLINIC, HE SAYS IT IS NOT

TOO LATE TO REVERSE THE

DAMAGE FROM YEARS OF BAD

HEALTH CHOICES.

IN HIS NEWEST BOOK, "THIS IS

YOUR DO-OVER," HE SHARES

SEVEN STRATEGIES TO GET YOU

ON TRACK TO LIVING YOUR

HEALTHIEST LIFE.

Wendy: AND OUR FRIEND,

DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN IS BACK

WITH US.

WELCOME BACK TO "THE 700

CLUB".

GREAT TO BE HERE, WENDY.

Wendy: LET'S GO OVER

SOME OF YOUR DO-OVER DEEDS,

YOU START WITH NATURE'S BEST

FRIEND, WHICH IS THE BUDDY

SYSTEM.

50 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE

DONE THE REAL-AGE TEST, AND

18 MILLION HAVE KEPT COMING

BACK.

WE ASKED THEM WHAT THE KEY

THINGS THAT THEY WERE ABLE

TO DO, AND THE KEY WAS TO

HAVE A BUDDY.

THAT IS SOMEONE TO CALL.

THIS IS A LARGE CELL PHONE,

BUT IT IS TO REMIND YOU TO

CALL.

Wendy: YOU DON'T NEED

TO CARRY THIS AROUND.

YOU NEED A BUDDY.

YOU NEED A BUDDY.

AND SELECTING THE BUDDY WAS

KEY.

THAT IS, SOMETIMES IT ISN'T

A SPOUSE.

IT'S A FRIEND.

IT IS SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING

TO --

Wendy: KEEP YOU

ACCOUNTABLE.

KEEP YOU ACCOUNTABLE,

EXACTLY, AND BE POSITIVE AND

GIVE YOU ENERGY.

SO IF YOUR BUDDY IS SOMEONE

WHO SAYS, YOU HAD A BAD DAY,

I SHOULD BRING OVER SOME

MARGARITAS, THAT'S THE WRONG

BUDDY.

[LAUGHTER]

OR IF YOUR BUDDY SAYS YOU

JUST HAD A WHOLE PACKAGE OF

THOSE BROWNIES AND YOU

DIDN'T SAVE ME SOME, THAT'S

THE WRONG BUDDY.

THERE ARE TIPS ON HOW TO

SELECT THE RIGHT BUDDY.

THAT WAS KEY FOR ALL OF THE

PEOPLE I WORK WITH AS WELL.

HOW DO YOU STAY ACCOUNTABLE,

POSITIVE.

FOOD IS TOO GOOD.

OUR COUCHES ARE TOO GOOD.

WE NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP

US.

Wendy: AND FROM A

CHEMICAL STANDPOINT, YOU

TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF

DOPEMINE IN OUR BRAINS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.

RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO THE VIDEO, IF WE

CAN.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IS IN OUR

BRAINS WE HAVE RELEASE OF

DOPEMINE, WHEN WE GET HIGH.

WE'RE SHOWING THE ELECTRICAL

SIGNALS OF THE BRAIN.

AND THAT ORANGE STUFF AT THE

END OF THAT NERVE IS

DOPEMINE.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE SUGAR OR A

COOKIE, OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT, IT RELEASES THAT

DOPEMINE.

AND INITIALLY YOU CAN DO

WITH A LITTLE OF IT, BUT

THEN YOU WANT MORE AND MORE

BECAUSE YOUR NERVE CELLS GET

RESISTANT TO IT.

SO YOU WANT IT MORE AND MORE

AND MORE.

AND IT DOESN'T EVEN JUST

STAY IN THAT ONE NEURON.

YOU, AS YOU DEVELOP HABITS,

DEVELOP NEW PATHWAYS.

Wendy: WHAT GIVES YOU

DOPEMINE, A CUP OF COFFEE OR

ICE CREAM?

ANYTHING THAT GETS YOU

HIGH OR FEELING HIGH.

SO SUGAR.

Wendy: FOR SMOKERS, IT

IS NICOTINE?

IT IS NICOTINE.

AND FRIENDS CAN GIVE YOU

HIGH.

SO WHAT YOU WANT IS TO --

Wendy: AND WHEN YOU'RE

IN LOVE YOU GET A LOT OF

DOPEMINE.

WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE YOU

GET OXITOSEN AND DOPEMINE.

AND IT'S YOUR PURPOSE IN

LIFE, WHICH IS YOUR BEST

HIGH.

SO YOU WANT THE HIGH, BUT

WHETHER YOUR PURPOSE IS A

SPIRITUAL ONE -- OR MY

PURPOSE IS TEACHING PEOPLE

ABOUT MEDICINE.

I GET HIGH FROM -- I WAS ON

THE PLANE LAST NIGHT COMING

HERE, AND THE PERSON NEXT TO

ME HAD SIX SUGARS WITH HIS

COFFEE.

AND HE SAID, I HAVE TYPE 2

DIABETES.

AND I STARTED TALKING TO

HIM.

AND SOMEONE ELSE HEARD ME.

AND AS I WAS GETTING OFF THE

PLANE, IT WAS SOMEONE WHO

WATCHED THE PROGRAM AND

SAID, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE.

AND BEING ABLE TO CHANGE

LIVES AND BEING THANKED FOR

IT, IT GIVES ME A HIGH.

SO, LIKE, ON THIS PROGRAM,

IT IS WHAT I GET MY HIGHS

FROM.

Wendy: THAT'S SO GOOD.

AND YOU SAID WE NEED TO HAVE

A DEVOTION TO MOTION.

YOU WEAR SOME WATCHES THAT

MONITOR THE STEPS WE TAKE A

DAY.

HOW MANY STEPS DO WE NEED TO

TAKE A DAY?

THE KEY IS 10,000 STEPS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN SEE

THIS CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT I

DON'T GO TO BED WITHOUT

10,000 STEPS.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE

10,000 IS A MAGIC NUMBER.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT IS.

I DIDN'T JUST USE IT BECAUSE

IT'S A GOOD LOTTERY NUMBER.

I USE IT BECAUSE IT BREAKS

DOWN INSULIN RESISTANCE.

SO 8,000 ISN'T 80% OF

10,000.

IT'S ABOUT 40%.

SO 10,000 IS THE MAGIC

NUMBER.

12,000 DOESN'T GET YOU

ANYMORE HEALTH BENEFIT THAN

10,000.

Wendy: IT BREAKS DOWN

INSULIN PROBLEMS.

YES.

Wendy: AND YOU'RE NOT

TALKING ABOUT STOPPING

EVERYTHING AND TAKING A

TWO-MILE WALK.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKING

THROUGH THE DAY, WALKING UP

THE STAIRS, WALKING AT WORK,

TAKING THE STAIRS AT WORK.

PARKING FURTHER AWAY.

I PARK AT THE FARTHEST PLACE

I CAN, WHICH IS STILL IN THE

PARKING LOT, BUT YOU GET A

FEW EXTRA STEPS.

YOU WANT TO BUILD TO THAT

10,000, AND HOLD YOURSELF

ACCIDEN ACCOUNTABLE.

Wendy: AND YOU SAY

THERE ARE FIVE FOOD FELONS.

WHAT ARE THEY?

THEY IMPRISON YOU, SO YOU

SHOULD ARREST AND BAN THEM.

SIMPLE SUGAR, ADDED SYRUPS,

AND SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES.

WHAT THOSE DO IS RAISE YOUR

BLOOD SUGAR TOO MUCH.

IT IS THE LEVEL OF THE BLOOD

SUGAR THAT CHANGES

PROTEINS.

SO WE MEASURE HEMOGLOBIN A1C

WHEN WE'RE MONITORING TYPE 2

DIABETES.

IT IS A NORMAL HEMOGLOBIN

WITH A SUGAR STUCK AT THE

A1C.

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A1C.

THAT SUGAR RELEASES OXYGEN

WHICH GIVES US NERVE PAIN

AND ULCERS.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT

UNTIL YOU'VE GOT IT.

YOU WANT TO DO IT IN

ADVANCE.

THE OTHER TWO FELONS,

TRANS-FAT AND SATURATED

FAT.

FOUR--LEGGED ANIMAL FAT, AND

TWO-LEGGED ANIMAL SKIN AND

PALM OIL CHANGE THE WAY YOUR

GENES FUNCTION SO THEY MAKE

IMFLAMMATION IN YOUR BODY.

Wendy: A LOT OF US HAVE

FOOD ADDICTIONS, WE'RE

EITHER ADDICTED TO SUGAR OR

COFFEE.

HOW DO WE BREAK THE

ADDICTIONS.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE HAVE NEW PATHWAYS, WHICH

IS WHAT HABITS GET.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BREAK A

HABIT IS TO GET ANOTHER

HABIT.

INSTEAD OF THAT, IF YOU

WILL, HERE IS ONE OF THE

HABITS, DIET SUGAR OR

SUGARED SODA, BUT WHATEVER

IT IS, WHY IT IS SO BAD IS

IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN WIRING

AND IT ALSO CHANGES YOUR

BACTERIA.

SO WHETHER IT IS RED MEAT OR

THAT SUGAR SUBSTITUTE --

THOSE PURPLE BACTERIA ARE

GOING TO CHANGE.

AS THEY CHANGE, THEY PRODUCE

DIFFERENT PROTEINS.

YOU ABSORB THOSE DIFFERENT

PROTEINS, AND THEY CAUSE

IMFLAMMATION.

SATURATED FAT CHANGES THE

GENES THAT DOES THAT.

Wendy: AND YOU TALK

ABOUT THE POWER OF OPTIMISM,

BUT FOLKS ARE GOING TO HAVE

TO READ THE BOOK BECAUSE

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN, THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH

US.

THANK YOU, WENDY.

Wendy: THE BOOK IS

CALLED "THIS IS YOUR

DO-OVER," AND IT IS

AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.

DOCTOR, IT IS ALWAYS A

PLEASURE.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU, WENDY.