Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead Page #4

Type-2 diabetes.

What was your reaction

when you were told?

If there was any kind of denial,

it wasn't so much that

I had diabetes.

The denial has been that

I have to do something about it.

That's what I denied.

I actually haven't

had food for six weeks,

but I feel better as a person,

and you know,

in terms of satisfied,

then if I'd just eaten

that meal right now.

Well, you seem energetic.

Oh, yeah, I feel great.

You've done the juices for 40...

worse for the wear, I guess.

You wanna see

a photo of me at the beginning?

Sure.

There's a good one of me.

- Actually that looks a lot like me.

- Yeah, there you go.

I don't know

if you've seen me lately

in the buff, but...

that's about what I look like.

Can you see that it's me?

Yeah, you sure don't look

as happy, I'll tell you that.

Here's what I believe.

I'm not a doctor,

but I reckon that

you can get your body

back into shape so

that you can cure yourself.

And you'll be able to

hang around and annoy

Sid a bit longer in life too.

I know I'd feel a lot better

if I weighed that amount.

Sid, nice to meet ya.

It's amazing that,

just sitting in the car now

like with my jeans

tight, you know, and

not having to undo the button,

to sit down, I mean,

it's just little things.

I can even feel

the pelvis hipbone, like here.

It's like, I haven't felt that

for 10 years.

It's like a whole

new reintroduction.

I've got to reintroduce myself

to my body.

That's the kind of momentum that

kicks you on,

and makes you feel...

Makes you fell good about

what you're doing.

What do you think you need to do

to live longer in life?

Probably change my diet.

- Oh you think so?

- Yeah, I know so.

So when do you think

you need to change your diet?

I don't know.

One day I'll wake up and

it's like time to diet.

Right now, the doctor said,

if I don't lose my weight,

I'll probably have

a heart attack and die.

Right, when did he say, by when?

About in five years.

That's why I'm trying

to stay alive

'cause I got grandkids

Do you mind me asking

how old you are?

I'm 42.

How old are you,

if you don't mind me asking.

I am 39.

What do you think

your life expectancy is,

if you continue going down

the way you're going?

What do you give yourself?

I give myself 55 maybe.

I'm guessing like 50, 55.

I'd say about the early 40s.

Early 40s?

So, how does that make you feel?

Makes me feel bad,

because

I know I need to eat right.

I know I need to.

I don't know but

I hope God got ribs in heaven.

Right now, how old do

I want to live to? Let's see.

Probably about 90.

- 90?

- Yeah

So what do you think

you gotta do to live till 90?

Try not to get killed.

How you doing, mate?

You know about fasting?

Do I look like

I know a lot about fasting?

No but you look like you know

a lot about eating though?

I know a lot about eating, but

I don't know a lot about fasting.

Do you keep a gun

under there, just in case?

Absolutely.

Can I have a look? Is it alright

to come in and look.

Well, it's loaded

and the hammer's back.

Oh yeah, gotcha, gotcha.

So, if I wanted to carry a

concealed weapon on me now,

what gun would

you recommend I buy?

If I'm not real good on guns.

Geez, you recommend that?

That looks like a girl's gun.

That looks like a girl's gun!

Is that real?

If you're not good on 'em,

you won't do much damage

with that, will ya?

That's not real is it?

Yeah, thats a real .22.

So if I break into your house

tonight and steal the TV set...

You won't be filming tomorrow.

What do you think

is the biggest threat

to national security in

the United States of America?

Borders.

- Border control, you reckon?

- Border control.

What if there was

something that was

right now in this country that

was killing 70 million people?

There's things in this country

killing 70 million people.

Cigarettes probably.

- Yeah?

- We both quit smoking.

OK, so what about fast food?

Yeah...

we're fast food people.

What sort of

fast food do you like?

Well, since we retired,

I don't think we've cooked

dinner at home more than

two or three times in a...

a month.

So you would cook dinner

at home twice a month?

Maybe.

The rest of the time we eat out.

How many pounds

are you now, total?

About 320.

But you know,

my brother's a doctor.

I've watched him struggle

with being a vegetarian

his whole life and now

he's dying of that cancer.

And I think it's a choice

people make.

I decided, that if I'm going,

I'm going happy.

I'm a happy, you know,

I'm a happy fat guy.

I think I'll play Santa Claus

in the upcoming auction

that we're having.

My philosophy, if it's

your time, the good Lord's

gonna take you,

whether you're fat,

thin or whatever.

Yeah, right.

I've been following

Dr. Fuhrman's orders

and getting regular blood tests.

Time to check in and

get the results of the last one.

Your cholesterol dropped

from 204 to 135,

your LDL cholesterol

went from 132 to 86.

Theyre all

good numbers?

Yeah, very good numbers.

Electrolytes were all good?

Yeah, everything was

perfectly normal.

Everything was

absolutely perfect.

The point here is

we have an unprecedented

opportunity in human history,

to be healthier and live longer

than ever before.

We simply don't have to be

demented when we get older.

We don't have to have

a heart attack.

We don't have to get strokes

and we can dramatically

reduce the risk of cancer.

The one thing I'm finding

remarkable about people is

they say,

Oh, I couldn't do that,

without even giving it a try.

I just don't understand that.

Hey, if you want to do

a 10-day juice fast, and

you only get to Day 7,

well good on ya for trying!

Not, oh, you're a failure.

Good on you for trying.

If you do give it a go,

be warned.

Your mates will probably think

you're crazy.

I spoke to him, he was struggling

a couple weeks ago.

He was...

thinking about breaking then.

just drinking juice.

Extreme? Yes.

Extreme? Yes.

But let's not forget

I've had a debilitating disease

for the last nine years

where I've had to take prednisone,

a powerful steroid with

a bunch of side effects.

I'm 41, I'm fat and I'm sick.

You don't need to be Einstein

to figure out what's next.

Even though

I met a bunch of people

who felt they were heading

in the same direction I was,

I also met lots of people

who thought they weren't.

How would a more conventional

Siong from Iowa

volunteered to find out.

Unlike me, she was married,

and she had to cook dinner

for her family.

When I met her in New York,

she explained to me that

she suffered from migraines,

and she was interested

to see if this could help.

I don't know

which way goes which.

I think this thing is so fun!

I get migraine headaches

if I smell certain things,

or if I eat certain things.

And I mean literally a migraine

headache that can make me sick,

can't see, can't hear,

throwing up, the whole bit.

Down the hatch, guys.

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