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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.73,0:00:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a personal note,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.88,0:00:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a picture of me\Ntaken around the time that my grandmother
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.93,0:00:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was diagnosed with end-stage heart\Ndisease and sent home to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.98,0:00:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She already had so many bypass surgeries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.07,0:00:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically run out of plumbing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.58,0:00:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confined to a wheel chair,\Ncrushing chest pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.87,0:00:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her life was over at age 65.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.45,0:00:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then she heard about\Nthis guy, Nathan Pritikin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.47,0:00:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our early\Nlifestyle medicine pioneers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.72,0:00:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happened next is actually\Ndetailed in Pritikin's biography.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandma was one\Nof the "death's door" people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.59,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frances Greger, my grandmother,\Narrived in a wheel chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.07,0:01:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs. Greger had heart disease,\Nangina, claudication.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.56,0:01:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her condition is so bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.76,0:01:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she could no longer walk\Nwithout great pain in her chest and legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.29,0:01:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within three weeks, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.44,0:01:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was not only out of her wheel chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.63,0:01:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was walking 10 miles a day!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.09,0:01:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a picture of my grandma\Nat her grandson's wedding,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.74,0:01:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,15 years after doctors\Nabandoned her to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.99,0:01:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was given a medical death sentence\Nat age 65, but thanks to a healthy diet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.75,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was able to enjoy another 31 years on\Nthis planet until age 96 --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.63,0:01:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.41,0:01:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enjoy her six grand kids including me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.92,0:01:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I went into medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.30,0:01:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years later, when Dr. Dean Ornish published\Nhis landmark lifestyle heart trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.27,0:01:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving with something called\Nquantitative angiography,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.91,0:01:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that indeed heart disease could\Nbe reversed, arteries opened up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.99,0:02:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without drugs, without surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.87,0:02:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a plant-based diet\Nand lifestyle program,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.92,0:02:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assumed this was going \Nto be the game changer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.40,0:02:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family had seen it with their own eyes,\Nbut here it was in black and white,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.90,0:02:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,published in some of the most prestigious\Nmedical journals in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.38,0:02:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "wait a second."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.24,0:02:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If effectively the cure\Nto our number one killer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could get lost \Ndown some rabbit hole and ignored,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.61,0:02:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what else might there be in the medical\Nliterature that could help my patients,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.36,0:02:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just didn't have a corporate\Nbudget driving its promotion?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.25,0:02:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I made it\Nmy life's mission to find out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.46,0:02:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those who are not familiar\Nwith my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.56,0:02:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every year I read through
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.87,0:02:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every issue of every English language\Nnutrition journal in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.18,0:02:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so busy folks like you don't have to.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.60,0:02:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.99,0:02:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I then compile the most interesting,\Nground breaking, and practical findings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.25,0:02:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in new videos and articles I upload daily\Nto my nonprofit site, NutritionFacts.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.20,0:02:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything on the website is free.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.84,0:03:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no ads\Nand no corporate sponsorships.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.42,0:03:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strictly non-commercial.\NNot selling anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.21,0:03:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just put it up as a public\Nservice, as a labor of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.20,0:03:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tribute to my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.24,0:03:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New videos and articles every day on\Nthe latest in evidence-based nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.38,0:03:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a concept!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.76,0:03:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where did Pritikin\Nget his evidence from?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.19,0:03:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A network of missionary hospitals\Nset up throughout sub-Saharan Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.57,0:03:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncovered what may be one of the\Nmost important medical advance --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.39,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to one of our best\Nmedical figures of the last century,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.51,0:03:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Dennis Burkit --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.69,0:03:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that many of our major\Nand commonest diseases
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.90,0:03:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were universally rare, like heart disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.35,0:03:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the African population of Uganda,\Nfor example,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.80,0:03:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coronary heart disease\Nwas almost non-existent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.10,0:03:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait a second,\Nour number one killer almost non-existent?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.87,0:03:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What were they eating?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.80,0:03:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.50,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they're eating\Nlots of vegetables and grains and greens,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.46,0:04:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their protein almost\Nentirely from plant sources,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.68,0:04:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they had the cholesterol\Nlevels to prove it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.74,0:04:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very similar to what one sees\Nin kind of a modern day plant eater.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.58,0:04:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "Wait a second."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.95,0:04:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they were just dying early, never\Nlived long enough to get heart disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.42,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. Here's age-matched heart attack\Nrates in Uganda versus St. Louis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.60,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of 632 autopsies in Uganda,\Nonly one myocardial infarction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of 632 age and gender matched\Nautopsies in Missouri,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.03,0:04:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,136 myocardial infarctions --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.98,0:04:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 100 times\Nthe rate of our leading killer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.74,0:04:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were so blown away, went back,\Ndid another 800 autopsies in Uganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.70,0:04:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still just that one small healed infarct;\Nit wasn't even the cause of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.87,0:04:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of 1,427 patients, less than 1/1,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.55,0:04:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas here our disease is an epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.92,0:05:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Atherosclerosis, hardening of arteries,\Nis a disease that begins in childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.49,0:05:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By age 10, nearly all the kids raised \Non the standard American diet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.36,0:05:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already have fatty streaks\Nbuilding up inside of their arteries --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first stage of the disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.17,0:05:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These streaks then\Nturn into plaques in our 20s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.98,0:05:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get worse in our 30s,\Nan then can start killing us off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.59,0:05:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the heart, it's called a heart attack;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.58,0:05:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the brain, the same disease\Ncan cause a stroke.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.38,0:05:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there's anyone here today\Nolder than age 10 --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.65,0:05:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.80,0:05:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the question isn't whether or not\Nto eat healthy to prevent heart disease;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.57,0:05:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's whether you want to reverse\Nthe heart disease you likely already have,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.52,0:05:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you know it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.67,0:05:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is that even possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.16,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When researchers took people\Nwith heart disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.68,0:05:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put them on the plant-based diet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.42,0:05:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eaten by populations\Nthat didn't get epidemic heart disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.31,0:05:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their hope was that we could\Nslow the disease down a bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.01,0:06:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even stop it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.78,0:06:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead something miraculous happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.01,0:06:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as people stopped\Neating artery-clogging diets,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.62,0:06:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their bodies were able to dissolve\Nsome of the plaque away,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.43,0:06:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opening arteries, only without drugs,\Nwithout surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.02,0:06:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suggesting the bodies\Nwanted to be healthy all along,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.13,0:06:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but weren't never given the chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.33,0:06:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That remarkable improvement in blood\Nflow to the heart muscle itself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.44,0:06:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was after just three weeks\Nof plant-based nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.48,0:06:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human body is a self-healing machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.29,0:06:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you're sticking it\Nwith a fork three times a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.03,0:06:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now sure, you can use moderation \Nand hit yourself with a smaller hammer --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.44,0:06:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.25,0:06:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why beat yourself up at all?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.31,0:06:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is nothing new.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.92,0:06:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American Heart Journal, 1977,\Ncases like Mr. F.W. here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.38,0:06:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His heart disease was so bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.11,0:07:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he couldn't even\Nmake it to the mail box.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.49,0:07:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He started eating healthier,\Nand a few months later,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.98,0:07:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was climbing mountains, with no pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.18,0:07:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.35,0:07:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.70,0:07:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are these fancy new classes\Nof anti-angina drugs on the market now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.91,0:07:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cost thousands of dollars a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.82,0:07:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the highest dose, may be able\Nto extend exercise duration
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.88,0:07:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as 33.5 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.40,0:07:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.03,0:07:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't look like those\Nchoosing the drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.37,0:07:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be climbing\Nmountains anytime soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.70,0:07:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.85,0:07:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plant-based diets aren't just\Nsafer and cheaper.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.20,0:07:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can work better since you're treating\Nthe underlying cause of the disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.13,0:07:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally I'd go on to cancer and talk\Nabout the other 15 leading causes of death,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.02,0:07:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk about how diet may playing a role\Nin preventing, arresting, and reversing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of our top 15 killers, but\Nwhat more do you need to know?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.94,0:07:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only one diet ever been proven\Nto reverse heart disease
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.68,0:08:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the majority of patients:\Na plant-based diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.21,0:08:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So any time someone tries to sell you\Non some new diet, do me a favor,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.97,0:08:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask them one simple question.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.47,0:08:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Has this diet been proven\Nto reverse heart disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.68,0:08:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number one reason\Nme and my loved ones will die?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.24,0:08:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if the answer is, "No,"\Nwhy would you even consider it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.26,0:08:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's all a plant-based diet could do,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.86,0:08:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reverse the number one killer\Nof men and women,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.01,0:08:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shouldn't that kind of be default\Ndiet until proven otherwise?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.61,0:08:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact it can also be useful\Nto prevent, arrest, and reverse
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.64,0:08:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other top killers like\Ntype II diabetes and hypertension
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.36,0:08:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would seem to make the case for\Nplant-based eating simply overwhelming.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.92,0:08:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most deaths in the United States \Nare preventable
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.92,0:08:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and related to nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.62,0:08:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the Global Burden\Nof Disease study,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.89,0:08:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest study of human\Ndisease risk factors in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.84,0:08:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funded by the\NBill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.13,0:08:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number one cause of death in\Nthese United States: it's our diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.42,0:09:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number one cause of disability\Nin the United States: it's our diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.46,0:09:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now bumping tobacco smoking to number two,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.24,0:09:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cigarettes now only kill about a half\Na million Americans every year,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas our diet kills hundreds\Nof thousands more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.70,0:09:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if most deaths are preventable,\Nrelated to nutrition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.99,0:09:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then obviously nutrition\Nis the number one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.54,0:09:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught in medical school, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.47,0:09:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.69,0:09:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I mean, obviously\Nit's the number one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.32,0:09:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your doctor talks to you about\Nevery single visit, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.90,0:09:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could there be this disconnect
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.47,0:09:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the science\Nand the practice of medicine?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.00,0:09:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's do a thought experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.30,0:09:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine yourself a smoker\Nback in the 1950s.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.64,0:09:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.81,0:10:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the 1950s the average\Nper capita cigarette consumption
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.45,0:10:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was 4,000 cigarettes a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.35,0:10:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning the average person walking around\Nsmoked half a pack a day, on average.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.47,0:10:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The media was telling people to smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.58,0:10:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Famous athletes agreed, even Santa Claus\Nwanted you to smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.82,0:10:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.38,0:10:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.61,0:10:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to keep fit and stay slender?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.79,0:10:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, make sure to smoke \Nand eat lots of hot dogs to stay trim,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.67,0:10:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lots of sugar to stay slim and trim.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.26,0:10:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot better than that apple there.\NI mean, sheesh, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.38,0:10:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Though apples do connote\Ngoodness and freshness,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.79,0:10:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reads one internal tobacco industry memo,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.90,0:10:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing up "many possibilities\Nfor youth-oriented cigarettes."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.90,0:10:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to make apple-flavored\Ncigarettes for kids. Shameless.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.33,0:10:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For digestion's sake, you smoke."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.62,0:10:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No curative powers\Nclaimed by Philip Morris,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.00,0:11:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hey, better to be safe\Nthan sorry and smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.61,0:11:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blow in her face and she'll\Nfollow you anywhere!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.21,0:11:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.47,0:11:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No woman ever says no."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.59,0:11:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're "so round, so firm,\Nso fully packed."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.10,0:11:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.72,0:11:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, John Wayne smoked them\Nuntil he got lung cancer and died.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.90,0:11:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, back then \Neven the paleo folks were smoking.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.30,0:11:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.93,0:11:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so were the doctors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.83,0:11:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is not to say there wasn't\Ncontroversy within the medical profession.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.15,0:11:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, you know, some doctors smoked\NCamels, but others preferred Lucky's,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.95,0:11:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was a little disagreement there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.20,0:11:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The leader of the US Senate agreed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.01,0:11:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would want\Nto give their throat a break?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.36,0:12:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Not a single case of throat irritation."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.16,0:12:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could there be when "cigarettes\Nare just as pure as the water you drink."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.86,0:12:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe up in Flint, Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.36,0:12:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.39,0:12:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But don't worry, if you do get irritated,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.83,0:12:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your doctor can just write you\Na prescription for cigarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.47,0:12:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is in the Journal\Nof the American Medical Association.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.74,0:12:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the AMA is saying smoking,\Non balance, is good for you;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.79,0:12:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the American Medical\NAssociation is saying that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.27,0:12:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where could you turn back then\Nif you just wanted the facts?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.99,0:12:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the new data advanced by science?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.52,0:12:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she was too tired for fun,\Nand "then she smoked a Camel."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.06,0:12:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.15,0:12:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Babe Ruth spoke of proof-positive\Nmedical science,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.15,0:12:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is when he still could speak\Nbefore he died of throat cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.59,0:12:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if by some miracle back then\Nthere was a SmokingFacts.org website
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.08,0:13:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could deliver the science directly,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.09,0:13:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bypassing commercially\Ncorruptible institutional filters,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.76,0:13:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have known of studies like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.34,0:13:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an Adventist study\Nout of California and published in 1958,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.70,0:13:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing that non-smokers had at least 90%\Nless lung cancer than smokers, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.27,0:13:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this wasn't the first.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.12,0:13:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When famed surgeon Michael DeBakey\Nwas asked why studies back in the '30s
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.60,0:13:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linking lung cancer and\Nsmoking were simply ignored,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.96,0:13:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had to remind people\Nwhat it was like back then.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.37,0:13:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were a smoking society.\NIt was everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.50,0:13:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was in the movies, airplanes;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.30,0:13:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical meetings\Nwere one heavy haze of smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.66,0:13:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smoking was, in a word, normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.66,0:13:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. So back to our thought experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.67,0:13:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a smoker in the '50s\Nin the know, what do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.10,0:13:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean with access to the science,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.44,0:13:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize the best available\Nbalance of evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.82,0:13:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suggests your smoking habit—\Nnot so good for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.16,0:13:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you change or do you wait?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.57,0:14:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wait until your doc says, between\Npuffs, to quit, you'd have cancer by then.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.24,0:14:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wait until the powers\Nthat be officially recognize it,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.22,0:14:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Surgeon General did in the\Nsubsequent decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.98,0:14:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd be dead by then.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.99,0:14:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took more than 7,000 studies\Nand the deaths of countless smokers
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.64,0:14:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the first Surgeon General's report\Nagainst smoking came out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.27,0:14:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd think maybe after\Nthe first 6,000 studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.67,0:14:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could give people\Na little heads up or something?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.46,0:14:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Powerful industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.75,0:14:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe we should have stopped\Nsmoking after the 700th study, like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.93,0:14:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a smoker in the '50s, one on hand,\Nyou had society, the government,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.81,0:14:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the medical profession itself\Ntelling you to smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.62,0:14:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the other hand,\Nall you had was the science,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.97,0:14:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're even aware of studies like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.27,0:14:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, let's fast forward 55 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.14,0:14:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a new\NAdventist study out of California
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.50,0:15:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning Americans about something else\Nthey may be putting in their mouths.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.45,0:15:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it's not just one study;\Nput all the studies together.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.55,0:15:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mortality from all causes together,\Nmany of our dreaded diseases,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.88,0:15:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,significantly lower among those eating\Nmore plant-based diets.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.02,0:15:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, instead of someone going along\Nwith America's smoking habits in the '50s,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.83,0:15:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine you or someone you know going\Nalong with America's eating habits today.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.00,0:15:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.21,0:15:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With access to the science, you realize\Nthe best available balance of evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.95,0:15:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suggests your eating habits\Nare not so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.12,0:15:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do you change, or do you wait?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.98,0:15:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wait until your doctor tells you,\Nbetween bites, to change,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.99,0:15:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it'll be too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.22,0:15:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact even after\Nthe Surgeon General's report came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.03,0:15:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the American Medical Association\Nwent on record refusing to endorse it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.46,0:15:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Could it have been because they\Nwere just handed the $10 million check
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.04,0:15:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the tobacco industry?\NMaybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.30,0:15:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.49,0:15:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know why the tobacco\Nindustry was sucking up,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.90,0:16:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why the AMA was sucking up\Nto the tobacco industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.54,0:16:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why weren't more and more\Nindividual doctors speaking up?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.42,0:16:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were a few gallant souls\Nahead of their time,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.34,0:16:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking up against\Nindustries killing millions,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.74,0:16:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why not more?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.99,0:16:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's because the majority\Nof physicians themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.88,0:16:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smoked cigarettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.42,0:16:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like most physicians\Ntoday continue to eat foods
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.94,0:16:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are contributing to our\Nepidemics of dietary disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.18,0:16:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the AMA's rallying cry back then?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.60,0:16:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything in moderation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.35,0:16:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extensive scientific studies have proven\Nsmoking in moderation, oh, that's fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.34,0:16:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sound familiar?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.65,0:16:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The food industry used\Nthe same tobacco industry tactics,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.42,0:16:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twisting the science, misinformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.87,0:16:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same scientists were hired,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.39,0:16:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid to downplay the risks \Nof cigarettes and toxic chemicals,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.45,0:16:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the same paid for by the\NNational Confectioners Association
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.22,0:16:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to downplay the risks of candy,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.95,0:16:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the same paid for by the meat\Nindustry to downplay the risks of meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.19,0:17:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas animal foods and processed foods,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.70,0:17:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're killing off at least\N14 million people every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.93,0:17:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those of us involved in this kind\Nof evidence-based nutrition revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.53,0:17:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're talking about 14 million lives\Nin the balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.80,0:17:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, plant-based nutrition
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.10,0:17:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be considered as the nutritional\Nequivalent of quitting smoking,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.15,0:17:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how long do we have to wait
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.72,0:17:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the CDC says don't wait\Nfor open heart surgery;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.32,0:17:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start eating healthier as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.31,0:17:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until the system changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.44,0:17:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to take personal responsibility\Nfor our health, for our family's health.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.93,0:17:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't wait until society\Ncatches up to the science again
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.68,0:17:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a matter of life and death.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.41,0:17:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.50,0:17:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Kim Williams became President\Nof the American College of Cardiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.69,0:17:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was asked in an interview
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.05,0:17:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why he follows the same diet he recommends\Nto all of his patients,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.18,0:17:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a strictly plant-based diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.62,0:18:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't mind dying,"\NDr. Williams replied.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.52,0:18:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I just don't want it to be my own fault."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.38,0:18:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.40,0:18:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.92,0:18:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)