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show first aired February 25, 2010
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When you stop and think about it...we all know what it takes to live a healthier life. A good diet, regular exercise, normal safety precautions...nothing but simple common sense. So why do so many of us ignore the obvious? On this week’s Health Show we’ll find out the biggest obstacle to healthy living may be our brain. Then we’ll find out how the island on Zanzibar has been so successful in controlling Malaria...and we’ll hear the story of father Damien, who’s treatment of outcast lepers earned him sainthood...and cost him his life.
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WANNA BE HEALTHY? IGNORE YOUR BRAIN!
Dr. Kelly Traver understands that the human brain resists change. She believes that only when we learn the secrets of how to get our brain to work for us, not against us, can we make permanent healthy lifestyle changes. She explains those secrets and shows us how to use them in her new book “The Program - The Brain Smart Approach To The Healthiest You”. By discoveries in neuro-science, with the latest information in medicine, nutrition and fitness Dr Traver developed the program and initially tested it on her patients, who ranged in age from 20 to 81, and the results were startling. The Health Show’s Joe Donahue asked Dr. Traver if the major reason so many people who try to adapt a healthy lifestyle fail is the human brain is just set up that way.
Zanzibar Has Malaria's Number
The islands of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean look as exotic as they sound. They were once best known for their spice trade. But recently Zanzibar, which is part of Tanzania, is known for something else...its success in battling Malaria. The World Vision Report’s Peggy Wehmeyer reports.
Father Damien
Father Damien is a saint. The Belgian priest was declared a saint last October for ministering to patients with Hansen's disease who had been abandoned on the island of Molokai in the 1800's. Back then, people in Hawaii were banished from their homes because of fear of the infectious disease. Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, affects the skin and nerves, sometimes causing disability and disfigurement. During that time there was so cure for it, so patients were sent to the isolated areas. They were treated as outcasts until Father Damien, arrived in the late 1800's to care for them. He eventually contracted the disease and died. Independent producer, Heidi Chang, spoke with some of the last remaining Kalaupapa patients, who say Father Damien's spirit of compassion continues to inspire many today. Saint Damien is considered the patron saint of outcasts, including those with Hansen's disease, HIV/AIDS and other afflictions.
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