Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead Page #7

not wake up one morning.

Scary.

Phil got the all clear

from the doc

to start a 10-day juice fast.

So, it was off

to the supermarket

to buy

some fruit and vegetables.

You'll never guess

who we bumped into

in the car park.

So this is your brother?

This is my brother Barry, "Bean"

Barry, " Bea r."

So mate,

what do you think about his...

current situation,

where he's at now?

He needs help.

But I think, if this works

it'd be good for him.

- Has he always been like this?

- No.

- He used to be a scrawny kid.

- What do you think happened?

That's hard to say

'cause I let myself go too.

I used to be 200 pounds.

And now I'm up around 300.

But that's my own fault.

I don't exercise like I should,

I don't eat right.

That's a lot of Phil's problem.

He doesn't exercise or eat right.

I just hope this works,

'cause he needs it.

Were gonna

get him some groceries.

Alright, I just got mine,

my ice cream melting.

See you mate.

- See ya later bro.

- All the best.

Given that Phil had never done

anything like this before,

we thought it'd be good to

get him away from all temptation.

Dr. Badberg suggested

Phil should do some exercise,

starting off with

some light walking and swimming.

So, we found a great place

by the lake.

From my point of view,

you know, ten days

is a huge achievement and

it'd be a huge win,

and you're gonna feel,

you know, terrific

at the end of that.

I have no doubt

you're gonna feel terrific.

What would be a good breakfast

for juice in the morning?

To start with?

Well, I used to start

with fruit,

and then just go

into vegetables,

with a touch of fruit sometimes

the rest of the day.

It looks good.

That looks good, doesn't it?

Looks good to me.

Good luck, mate.

Ooh, that's good.

- You like it?

- I like that.

How much do you feel

like walking?

I could do five minutes out

and five minutes back.

OK, a ten-minute walk.

That's a good start.

Alright, let's go.

He was depressed.

He was on the border of,

I think, suicide.

He was trying to

kill himself with food.

When Joe got a hold of him,

it struck

a responsive chord in him,

and I think it's great.

Now you know you can get me

on the phone.

Yes.

Give me a call, you know,

it's gonna be tough but

I know you can do it.

I've got it now, I think.

There ain't nobody to blame

in this but me.

I stand up

and I can't see my toes.

I'm not happy with it.

I can't clean myself

well around it.

When I go to the restroom,

you know, that's quite...

I would almost

say a circus act.

I guess you could say,

takes creative thinking to get

to clean the areas down there.

I didn't really start

putting on weight

until after the Air Force

and came home

and I started to eat

because I wasn't happy,

and I chose that.

And it's been that way ever since,

slowly isolating myself.

I started getting into

truck driving again.

My excuse was I was following

in Dad's footsteps.

'Cause Dad was a truck driver.

But, you know,

staying in the truck and

staying out a longtime

and isolating and eating

nothing but greasy foods,

that's when it all started.

It didn't get real bad until

after the second divorce.

That's when I really started

putting the weight on.

'Cause I thought

I was a real failure.

So I just started eating til

I couldn't eat no more.

Because of my health and

what's been going on with me,

I've been a horrible father.

I don't want any of my kids

to see me like this. I don't.

Not even my youngest boy,

he's eight years old.

Hes at the age when he

really needs to see his father.

I'm hiding because of this,

I haven't even

given him a chance.

When I start

getting down to where

I start feeling

better about myself,

and being able to do things

with my youngest son,

throw a football or

baseball in the park.

Walking with him to see

the games and stuff like that.

Even just walking around town

and talking with him

about his day and what he

has going on in his young life.

I want to be around there

for that,

for one thing, you know.

Being what I call

a cheeseburger away

from a heart attack

is not a good thing.

Thats what also gets me upset.

I'm afraid to do

anything with him.

He's the one I'm working for.

They all, my oldest children,

all want to see me,

skinny and handsome again.

They've seen pictures,

they'd like to see that again.

What I'd like to do is lose

a decent amount of weight.

Even 20 to 30 pounds

would make me happy.

I was a championship swimmer

when I was eight and under,

I was winning trophies

and medals on the swim team.

If I wouldn't have quit,

I probably would've gone

to the Olympics.

I've broken a lot of goals.

But for my health

and for my life,

this is a goal

I'm going to keep and stick with

and work on.

Healthy, healthy, healthy.

This is my main goal.

Phil's eating habits

were typical

of the average American diet.

As a percentage of calories,

roughly 60% of what we eat

is processed and refined foods...

and just 5% are

fruits and vegetables,

the foods which provide most

of our micronutrients

Without those micronutrients,

our cells are weakened

and susceptible to a whole

gang of diseases.

But Phil has turned that around.

He's taken

his fruit and veg intake

from 5% up to the maximum 100%.

Fruits and vegetables are

the delivery system

that brings the sun's energy

to our cells,

giving them

the micronutrients they need.

The micronutrients not only

nourish the cells,

they also clean

and remove the waste.

And help them resist

all those diseases.

And that's why

what you eat is so important.

But I'll leave the details

to the experts.

I have this poster,

this study was done

with Barbara Sarter, a PhD

at the University of

Southern California,

and with Dr. Colin Campbell

at Cornell University,

on people undergoing weight loss

who were diabetic,

or high blood pressure,

or heart disease.

And actually in this study

where they follow

what we call

a vegetable-based diet,

the pyramid has

vegetables at the base,

fruits and beans, whole grains,

nuts and seeds,

and then animal products

are in a smaller amount.

We're talking about

twice weekly or

less generally speaking,

and not eating processed foods,

that this healthy diet resulted

in the most weight loss

of any study

ever recorded

in medical history.

The average person lost 53 pounds,

and they kept it off. The people

didn't gain the weight back.

Now I wouldn't mind if,

it wouldn't be so terrible

if people were well-educated

and well-inform ed,

they didn't have to die,

and they could make the choice

to commit suicide with food.

But the unfortunate thing is

most Americans

are not properly informed.

It's just like they can say,

you gonna smoke cigarettes?

You wanna smoke,

go ahead and do it.

You're gonna have a heart attack,

you're gonna get cancer.

You can't escape from the

biological laws

of cause and effect.

What happens to you is gonna be

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