- Again. Lorie. Goodto see you. Thank you.

- So great to be here, and I'm just

so thrilled and praising God

for the enormous responsewe've had to this.

- [Pat] It's amazing.

- I just really believethat God is working

in this because he wants his people

to be healthier, andwe've had such a response.

A lot of people saying,

how can I eat this healthy food for less,

we just showed you.

And then, a lot of people wanted

the bone broth recipe,which we just showed,

and then also the kimchi recipe,

which is on our website.

Also, the recipe for thosewonderful oatmeal bars,

and how to make yogurt at home

because yogurt can be a little pricey

at the store.

- [Pat] Yeah.

- And we should eat it,but it's really cheap

at home.

- What is this device you've got here?

This looks like some sort of medieval

torture chamber.

What is this?

- [Lori] This is called Vegeti.

And really it's a mixtureof vegetable and spaghetti.

And as the name implies, you can make

spaghetti out of vegetables.

And again, this is a great way to get

these wonderful fiber-rich vegetables

into your diet.

This is a zucchini.

- [Pat] Alright.

- This cost me pennies.Literally, pennies.

And what you do, is you put it on this

little gizmo here and turn it around

and you can see it makes spaghetti.

See how it's making spaghetti?

Now you can use this zucchini spaghetti

and you can use yellow squash,

you can use it in place of spaghetti,

or in addition to.

Like in other words, if you want to do

half spaghetti, half vegetables.

So this is a great, cheapway to get vegetables

into your diet.

- [Pat] Look at that.

- [Lori] Isn't is great?

- [Pat] Where do you get that device?

- [Lori] Well I got this little gizmo

at Walmart years ago, andit was less than ten bucks.

They sell 'em all over the place.

This is called a Vegeti.

That's a brand name.

But they're also called spiral slicers.

But they sell them everywhere.

- [Pat] We used to havea vegetable garden,

and I'm telling you,we could grow zucchini

when nothing else would grow.

We had so many zucchinis,you cannot believe.

But to have a device like this,it makes it into spaghetti,

that's marvelous.

- Right. It is. It's fantastic.

- How important is it toeat so-called organic?

They have a lot of thingsof unorganic that are

really just scams.

What about the real stuff?

- Well, okay.

What makes organic different from

conventionally grown,in a word, pesticides.

And we know thatpesticides can be harmful.

But not all produce are heavily sprayed

with pesticides, and some of them that are

sprayed with pesticides, wetake the lining off of them.

Like avocados, for example.

So it's okay to buy conventionally grown

avocados, pineapples, thingsthat have a thick shell,

but there are some produce items

that you really should buy organic.

These are called the dirty dozen.

And these are things like strawberries,

and we see on the screen,

the list of the dirty dozen.

Spinach, nectarines.

These are produce items that have been

tested and have themost pesticides on them,

so these are the thingsthat you should buy organic.

Apples, grapes, peaches, cherries, pears,

tomatoes, celery, potatoes,and sweet bell peppers.

So if you want to buy organic,

just stick to those,

and then buy conventionallyraised otherwise.

- What about these bars yousaid you can make at home?

- Oh, they're so good.And they're so cheap.

And you make them with whole grain oats,

organic oats, which I knowyou eat every morning,

and kids love these things,

and they're really cheap to make.

The recipe is on our website.

But other cheap snacks are, you know,

you should stay away from potato chips

for one reason, they're too expensive,

and for another reason, they're unhealthy.

But you know, you canget those bargain priced

produce items likebananas and dehydrate them

and make banana chips.

They're a little high in sugar,

but it's a great way to make a cheap snack

for your kids.

- [Pat] How do you dehydrate them?

- Well you have to buy a dehydrator,

but again, that is oftentimesa great investment.

Especially if yourfamily likes snack foods.

So you can swap out thepotato chips and put in

dehydrated vegetables.

- So you can take abanana, and dehydrate it,

and then cut it into little banana chips?

- Mmhmm. You actually cut it up first,

and then put it in the dehydrator,

and then it makes the dehyrator,

they really are good,

and you can do that with any vegetable.

They sell dehydrated vegetables

also in the snack aisle,

but why pay those prices.

You can get them discounted.

You can buy these vegetables that are

just about ready to go bad.

Same thing with the zucchini.

You can do a zucchini like this,

and get the kind of zucchini that are

super marked down.

- Let me ask. How do youremember all this stuff?

You seem to be, like,encyclopeding knowledge

of all these things.

- That's the Holy Spirit. It's not me.

I mean, you laugh, but it's the truth.

It's all glory of God,and it is the Holy Spirit

working within in because I have prayed,

and I do ask God everydayto just speak through me

to give information to his people

to make them healthier.

- Alright. The peoplehave sent some questions.

Let's take them.

This one says, I havewatched, with interest,

your "Build a Better Gut".

I'm curious about whatsupplements and vitamins

do to the balance of your gut,

benefit or what pain relievers such as

ibuprofen, and

- [Lori] Acetaminophen.

Okay, so we have a fewquestions going on here.

The first question is about vitamins.

Do vitamin supplements somehow or other

have a negative effect,

or should people be takingvitamins and supplements.

And the health expertsthat I have spoken to

have said, do not take avitamin or a supplement

in place of healthy food.

- [Pat] Okay.

- So try to get all your vitamins

and minerals from a healthy diet.

Lots of vegetables, and what not,

but the truth of the matter is,

we can't get all the vitamins and minerals

that we need through our lifestyle.

For example, vitamin D.

It comes from the sun, and most of us

don't get enough sun toget the vitamin D that

we need.

So vitamin D supplement is a great idea.

Same thing with fish oil.

Fish oil has that wonderfulomega-3 fatty acids.

Most people don't get enough.

And we really, one ofthe one sources is fish.

And most people don't eat enough fish.

So fish oil supplement.

- What about the pain killers?

- Okay, the pain killers, now.

There are two types of painkillers.

One of 'em is called NSAID.

NSAIDs are things likeaspirin and ibuprofen.

NSAIDs have been, I'vedone stories on this too,

you asked me.

It was your idea, as usual.

You asked me to do a story on NSAIDs

and how they harm your gut, and, yes,

they really do harm your gut lining.

They can, they don't always, but they can,

and have caused internalbleeding in the gut.

Having said that, some peoplemight want to take them.

But I would like to point out,

NSAIDs stands for nonsteroidalanti-inflammatory drug.

Anti-inflammatory, that's the key phrase

because NSAIDs bring down inflammation

which is great.

But you can go on ananti-inflammatory diet

and bring down your inflammation

and not have to take an NSAID.

And an anti-inflammatory diet

is one that has very little sugar,

very little processed foods,

very little of these industrialized oils,

like the vegetable oils.

So an anti-inflammatorydiet can oftentimes

negate the need for an NSAID.

But talk to your doctor.

The main thing for people to understand

is they should pray first and foremost

for God to give them discernment

about their own health.

Pray for their doctor, and then ask

your doctor what's best for you.

Because sometimes vitamins and supplements

can interfere with medicationsthat you're taking.

So you need to go to yourprimary care physician

and tell him or her all the things

that you're taking

and they can come up with the plan

that's best for you.

- Alright. Now, Franksays, I watched your series

on "Build a Better Gut".

I was wondering how late is too late

to start these practices? (laughing)

- Now, you can answer this one.

- You're never too late. Let me tell you.

There's never, you know, I'm crowning 90,

I'm 88 right now, and going up,

and listen, I benefitfrom all these things

because I've been at 'em for years,

but nevertheless, it doesn't matter.

You can reverse trends in a matter

of a few months.

I had a question.

One of these questions Itake on the show last week,

and it said, I had mylarge intestine removed

because they had gastric problems.

And my secretary said, you know,

I had this same problem,and the doctor said

go on a diet that isfull of, instead of mush

that they used to give people,

is high on fiber, and lo and behold,

they said that condition cleared up

in a matter of a few months.

But to take your large intestine out,

I mean, they oughta getsued for malpractice.

- Mm hmm, mm hmm. Yea, that's true.

Fiber is the key.

For those who are joining us late

and we had this gut series,

what we want to feed ourgood, healthy bacteria

is fiber, and fiber is mostly found

in vegetables, but alsobeans, and whole grains.

Whole grains.

- But you know, the only thing they used

to give people a mushy kind of diet

and then they give them a whole bunch

of antibiotics.

It killed everything.

Now that last question, Debra says,

due to an antibiotic-resistantinfection in my lungs,

I take very strong antibiotics frequently.

There is no option forthis, and I cough up blood

and get filled with mucous due to this.

How can I protect my gutfrom the medicine's effects?

- This is a great question

because we talked extensively about

how antibiotics do kill thegood bacteria in our gut.

But we need to say, antibiotics are a gift

from God.

They save lives.

The question, again,comes back to discernment.

Do you need an antibiotic?

Sounds like this persondefinitely needs one.

And we have found, wonderfully,

that antibiotic resistant bacteria

are sometimes being cured by probiotics.

- [Pat] Yeah.

- We know that there's one terrible

antibiotic resistantbacteria called c difficile.

C diff. And this has been killing

thousands of people because it's resistant

to antibiotics.

But it's not resistant to other types

of bacteria that kill it.

So what they're doingis these quote, unquote,

fecal transplants, wherethey're actually taking

healthy bacteria, fecaltransplants from healthy people,

and putting it into these people who have

these terrible antibioticresistant bacterial infections.

And the good bacteriaare killing the c diff

90% of the time.

90% cure rate for c diff,which was, you know,

terrible before.

Now, they're starting to come up with

probiotic pills, so you don't have to do

the fecal transplant.

Where you can take a pill.

And it's a super high powered probiotic

that's killing theseantibiotic resistant bacteria.

- One last question.

On the probiotics, is itbetter to have the kind

that have the live bacteriathat are refrigerated?

Is that where you buy them?

- Yes, yes. Just because those have more.

You want as many strains as possible.

Now you can get the kind that don't have

to be refrigerated, but the kinds

that have to berefrigerated have even more

of those bacterial strains that die

when subjected to room temperature.

So, for people who havereally serious issues,

they should talk to their doctor

about maybe getting some of these

prescription strength ormedical-used probiotics

that are being used to treatreally serious diseases

like c diff.

- Now, let's assumesomebody is just a mess.

They've got all kinds of asthma,

and you know, autoimmune problems,

whatever they are.

They've got inflammation, etcetera.

So they start this program.

How long will it take taking,

you've got to haveprobiotics and prebiotics.

Prebiotics feed the probiotics.

Then you've got to take both.

How long is it going to taketo get somebody leveled out?

- Three weeks.

- [Pat] Three weeks?

- Three weeks.

That's what all the expertsI've talked to said.

On average, now again,everybody's different.

Everybody has their own issues.

So, but on average, three weeks is what

they say it takes.

- That's pretty good.

I mean you go to the store, you buy,

get in the refrigerator section,

get a probiotic, take oneof those rascals a day,

take a prebiotic which you can order

from all kinds of places.

Or start eating yogurt or kimchi,

or what have you, in three weeks,

you can straighten your gut out.

Alright, Build a Better Gut.

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And aren't you glad we've got Lorie

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And the people on ourstaff are scared to death

when she walks around and say,

Lorie's here, look I can't eat that donut.

- Nobody ever invites me to parties.

I'm the food cop.

- I know you're the food cop,

but anyhow, thank you so much.

You are terrific. God bless.