The Magic Pill Page #11

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You know,

until you've been there

in that dark place,

you can't really grasp

the magnitude of it.

I have been there,

and I have lived that.

It's like a vicious cycle,

you know?

And this is, heh,

this is just so much better.

Does it taste

like a strawberry?

Was it good? Yeah?

[Barry]

To sit down and have

a conversation with my mom,

and she's clear-headed, like,

for the first time in years.

You gotta squirt water

down into the hole.

[Barry]

I feel like I've got

my mom back.

[Debbie]

I can't wait to see

in six months from now

what other changes

could there possibly be?

The good news is--

something that I never thought

I would never hear myself say--

that I am completely off

all insulin.

-Oh. Pati! Congratulations!

-Yeah. Thank you.

-That's incredible!

-I'll take a high five. Yeah.

And your blood sugars

have been completely fine?

It's been 10 days.

-Heh. Are you kidding?

-But who's counting?

[Robert]

How much weight

have you lost entirely?

Forty-five pounds so far.

-That's so exciting.

-Forty-five!

I think that's

three dress sizes.

I'm halfway.

I would like to lose 90, so.

[Robert]

I find that so fascinating,

that the first lines of defense

are always like,

"Take this pill, take that pill,

that medication."

And like, oh, you're

at the end of your rope,

and it's like, "Maybe you should

try changing what you eat."

Pati:

I think I always knew that,

but I don't think I knew how.

As much medical knowledge

as I have, even nursing--

I don't think they teach you

enough about nutrition.

I mean, that kind of makes me

a little bit embarrassed to say,

-but it's been a whole,

big lot of reflection.

-Good.

[Pati]

A whole new world opened up.

I think that's what was amazing

to me. I mean, I just...

[Robert]

Yeah. Anyway,

-I think that's good enough,

so thank you for that.

-I'm happy. Thank you.

[Robert]

There's something

implicit in all of this

that no one seems

to be saying.

The human body is

a vastly complex system,

but how we fuel it

is really simple.

If we fuel our bodies correctly,

then the complexity

should just take care of itself.

So metabolically speaking,

there are really only

two fuels we can use.

They are sugars and

carbohydrates, which is glucose,

and fat,

which is ketone bodies.

If we go with the notion

that fat is the fuel

that nature has intended,

then suddenly all the dominoes

just fall into place.

[Noakes]

The final part of the jigsaw.

We spend millions of rands

training hypertension experts,

obesity experts,

diabetes experts,

heart disease experts,

but they're all treating

the same condition.

We can continue

to teach a failed model.

We can continue

to train more doctors,

and build more hospitals,

and tell people they must eat

lots of carbohydrate--

a model that is causing

millions of South Africans

every few years

to develop type II diabetes.

Or we can say,

"Maybe we got it wrong."

Because the only people

who are suffering,

besides myself and my wife,

are the people

of South Africa.

Professor Noakes,

on the charge

of unprofessional conduct,

the majority

of this committee

find you not guilty.

[cheers, applause]

[Michelle]

You've got to let it go

And watch it grow

'Cause it takes every voice

To make this world a home...

[Michelle]

It's been about five months

since I started eating this way.

My clothes fit better,

my skin is clearer,

my voice is clearer,

my mind is clearer.

-[women chatter]

-This, this is all about

the freedom you want.

I was having

ongoing respiratory infections

most of my life.

That has--

I haven't had a single thing.

No antibiotics whatsoever.

No antibiotics.

Haven't needed it.

I haven't used my inhaler

for about three months

for any reason whatsoever.

-[Natalie] I think this is cool.

-[Michelle] I did not expect

my lungs to clear out.

-[Lisa] But to actually sit down

and talk about--

-Yeah.

No more inhaler.

From the first

until the last, connected...

Our bodies are perfect.

Directed we fly...

If you don't actually

take a moment

to just revere

the way nature works--

just truly look at it,

at how perfect it is--

you're in for trouble.

'Cause if you listen

to the voice within

A melody will soon begin

And you'll feel the vibration

in your soul, ooh!

[people singing]

This is my blanket and

my sheets that I born with.

My mom used to always make me

warm with this, like this.

[Robert]

A week ago you were talking

to me and you weren't--

your body was not

in a pleasant place for you.

[Yuranydjil]

No, not yet.

The second week,

I went out on that walk

and I started singing away

as I was walking,

and I was so happy!

-[music playing]

-[singing, cheering]

[Yuranydjil]

My body was rejoicing.

-[Robert] Rejoicing?

-[speaks Yolngu Matha]

And I felt

this is the first time

that I have

ever felt flexibility,

the refreshment inside.

From this time on,

I'm going to look after my body.

-[Robert] How's the asthma?

-[Yuranydjil] No. It's been--

I haven't been worrying

about it anymore.

It's-- I think it's gone.

Mmm.

[Kama]

You look at the problem

of indigenous health

and it just seems like

this massive epidemic

that's just so huge

and impossible,

and how can you find

a pathway through it?

So many resources

are being poured into it,

and I think so many Australians

are frustrated

about how many resources

are being poured into it,

we're not seeing any results,

and it feels like

this hopeless solution.

And then its crazy

when you can get people

in a situation where you can

change what they're eating

just for a few days,

and you can already see

these incredible improvements

in their wellbeing,

in their blood pressures,

in their blood sugar levels.

And you think,

-"How can it be this simple?"

-[Robert] It can't be

this simple.

It can't be this simple,

but it's happening.

[woman]

Look at that. Everywhere.

[Yuranydjil]

Learning all of this...

[sighs] so nice.

Human anatomy.

All these blood cells,

all these cells

that make up our body,

so perfectly woven together.

So beautiful.

[chattering]

You touch your nose.

Touch your nose.

Boop!

Boop! One more time.

She's pulling her hand.

Boop! That's it!

That's your nose!

One more time. Ready?

Boop!

Abigail, where's my nose?

-There.

-There! [laughs]

Silly. Nose.

[Barry]

It's almost like

her brain has had

this certain way

of functioning,

like biologically,

it's functioned as a brain

of a person with autism

until we started

to give her the nutrients

that her body

and her brain needs

to start functioning normally.

[Robert]

Can I have the block?

Can you give it to me?

-[Barry laughs] Good job!

-Thank you!

Oh, my gosh!

I never saw her do that.

[Robert]

Give the block to Daddy.

Daddy.

Come on, you silly.

-[Robert] Yes! Yay!

-[clapping]

Now give the blocks

to Mommy.

-To Mommy. Give

the blocks to Mommy.

-Mommy.

-[Barry] Good job! There you go.

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