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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.12,0:00:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the mind really heal the body?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.35,0:00:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if so, is there\Nany scientific evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.55,0:00:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convince skeptical physicians like me?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.52,0:00:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the questions that fueled\Nthe last few years of my research
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.80,0:00:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I discovered\Nis that the scientific community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.27,0:00:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the medical establishment,\Nhas being proving for over 50 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.53,0:00:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the mind can heal the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.75,0:00:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it the "placebo effect".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.47,0:00:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've been trying\Nto outsmart it for decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.96,0:00:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.64,0:00:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The placebo effect is a thorn in the side\Nof the medical establishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.72,0:00:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an inconvenient truth,\Nthat gets in between,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.14,0:00:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to bring new treatments, new\Nsurgeries into the medical establishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.72,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a problem!\NSupposedly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.77,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I actually think,\Nthis is really good news!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.98,0:01:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The placebo effect is excellent news!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.25,0:01:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's concrete evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.40,0:01:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the body holds within it\Ninnate self-repair mechanisms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.57,0:01:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can make unthinkable\Nthings happen to the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.75,0:01:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you find this surprising,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.28,0:01:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a hard time believing\Nthat the body can heal itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.39,0:01:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need look no further than\NThe Spontaneous Remission Project,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.47,0:01:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a database compiled\Nby the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.36,0:01:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of over 3500 case studies\Nin the medical literature
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.67,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of patients who have gotten better\Nfrom seemingly "incurable" illnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think there's such\Na thing as an incurable illness?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.95,0:01:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear, if you go look at this database,\Nit will blow your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.09,0:01:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.49,0:01:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stage 4 cancers that disappeared\Nwithout treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.60,0:01:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HIV positive patients,\Nthat became HIV negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.68,0:01:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heart disease, kidney failure,\Ndiabetes, high blood pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.51,0:01:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thyroid disease,\Nautoimmune diseases, gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.53,0:02:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great example of this\Nin the medical literature,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.95,0:02:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a case study from 1957 of Mr. Wright\Nwho had advanced lymphosarcoma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.42,0:02:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, things weren't going well for\NMr. Wright, time was really running out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.31,0:02:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had tumors the size of oranges in his\Narmpits, neck, chest, abdomen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.26,0:02:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His liver and spleen were enlarged,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.33,0:02:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his lungs were filling up with\Ntwo quarts of milky fluid every day
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.74,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have to be drained\Nin order for him to breathe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.29,0:02:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mr. Wright wasn't giving up hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.24,0:02:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had heard about\Nthis wonder drug called Krebiozen,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.02,0:02:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was begging his doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.72,0:02:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come on, just give me some of that\NKrebiozen, it's all going to be good."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.35,0:02:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, unfortunately the Krebiozen was\Nonly available on a research protocol
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.97,0:02:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the protocol required that the doctor\Nbe able to make an assessment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.38,0:02:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says that this guy has\Nat least three months to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.11,0:02:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his doctor,\NDr. West just couldn't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.44,0:02:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mr. Wright was tenacious\Nand he didn't give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.97,0:02:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kept badgering his doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.64,0:02:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until finally his doctor was like,\N"OK, fine I'll give you the Krebiozen."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.13,0:02:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he dosed him up on a Friday,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.94,0:03:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not expecting that Mr. Wright\Nwould make it through the weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.13,0:03:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to his utter shock, when Dr. West\Ncame in to do rounds on Monday,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.55,0:03:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Wright was up,\Nwalking around the wards,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.79,0:03:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his tumors had shrunk\Nto half of their original size.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.61,0:03:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had melted like\Nsnowballs on a hot stove.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.11,0:03:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ten days after getting\Nthe Krebiozen, they were gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.85,0:03:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Mr. Wright was up\Nrocking and rolling like praising
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.48,0:03:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Krebiozen as the miracle drug\Nhe believed it to be, for two months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.02,0:03:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the initial reports\Ncame out about Krebiozen
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.41,0:03:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that said that it didn't really look like\NKrebiozen was working so well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.82,0:03:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Wright fell into a deep depression\Nand his cancer came back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.29,0:03:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time Dr. West decided to get sneaky,\Nand he told his patient, that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.100,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know that Krebiozen that you got,\Nthat was a tainted version, not so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.82,0:03:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I got us some ultrapure\Nhighly concentrated Krebiozen,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.49,0:03:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stuff's got it going on."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.25,0:03:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He then injected Mr. Wright\Nwith nothing but distilled water.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.62,0:03:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once again, the tumors disappeared,\Nthe fluid in his lungs went away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.96,0:03:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mr. Wright was up rocking and rolling\Nfor another two months.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.23,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the American\NMedical Association blew it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.78,0:04:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by publishing a nationwide study
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.68,0:04:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proved definitively\Nthat Krebiozen was worthless.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.88,0:04:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two days later, Mr. Wright,\Nafter hearing this news, died.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.09,0:04:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon after that,\NI came across another study
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.38,0:04:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the medical literature\Nthat was the stuff of fairy tales.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.85,0:04:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three baby girls were born,\Ndelivered by a midwife,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.39,0:04:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Friday the 13th in the Okefenokee\NSwamp, near the Georgia-Florida border.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.57,0:04:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the midwife pronounced\Nthat these three babies,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.02,0:04:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,born on such a fateful day,\Nwere all hexed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.97,0:04:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first, she said, would die\Nbefore her 16th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.27,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second, before her 21st.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.04,0:04:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third, before her 23rd birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.74,0:04:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as it turned out, the first girl died\Nthe day before her 16th birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.38,0:04:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second died the day\Nbefore her 21st birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.65,0:04:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the third girl, who knew what\Nhad happened to the other two,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.67,0:04:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got wind of that, and the day\Nbefore her 23rd birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.30,0:04:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she showed at the hospital\Nhyperventilating,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.34,0:04:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begging them,\Nto make sure she survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.56,0:04:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wound up dying that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.01,0:05:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These two case studies are great\Nexamples from the medical literature
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.42,0:05:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the placebo effect, and\Nits opposite, the nocebo effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.43,0:05:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mr. Wright got that distilled\Nwater and his tumors melted away,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.81,0:05:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a great example\Nof the placebo effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.33,0:05:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get a seemingly\Ninert treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.90,0:05:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet something is happening\Nphysiologically in the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.84,0:05:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such that the disease goes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.62,0:05:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nocebo effect is the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.69,0:05:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the three hexed girls are\Nan example of the nocebo effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.93,0:05:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the mind's belief that something\Nbad is going to happen in the body
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.36,0:05:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it comes to manifest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.52,0:05:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the scientific literature,\Nmedical journals
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.58,0:05:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the New England Journal of Medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.64,0:05:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Journal of the American\NMedical Association,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.25,0:05:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these scientific journals are\Nfull of evidence that the placebo effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.98,0:05:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nocebo effect\Nare incredibly powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.15,0:05:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've known this since the 1950s,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.30,0:05:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've seen countless case studies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.11,0:05:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that show that in almost\Neverything you study,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.04,0:05:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you give people\Na fake treatment, a sugar pill
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.95,0:05:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a saline injection, or most effectively,\Na fake surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.96,0:06:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\N- yeah, really -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.98,0:06:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,18-80% of the time, people get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.80,0:06:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just in their mind,\Nthat's what I thought in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.21,0:06:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "Oh! They're just feeling better,\Nthey're thinking better."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.27,0:06:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is not.\NIt's actually in their physiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.67,0:06:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is measurable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.97,0:06:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can actually see\Nwhat happens to the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.16,0:06:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example patients getting placebos
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.29,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were found to have ulcers that healed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.35,0:06:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colons that became less inflamed,\Nbronchi that dilated,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.23,0:06:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warts that disappeared, cells\Nlooked different under the microscope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.92,0:06:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's provable, it's happening in the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.06,0:06:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it's initiated by the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.69,0:06:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you look at these,\Nsome of the studies are just amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.66,0:06:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the Rogain studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.20,0:06:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get a bunch of bald men,\Nyou give them placebos.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.86,0:06:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They grow hair!\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.16,0:06:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opposite is also true,\Nso if you give people a placebo
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.32,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you tell them it's chemotherapy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.37,0:06:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they vomit, and they lose their hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.78,0:06:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is really happening in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.92,0:07:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question was,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.22,0:07:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it just the mind's positive belief\Nthat's making this happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.10,0:07:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not according to Harvard\Nresearcher Ted Kaptchuk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.07,0:07:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to him, he thinks\Nthat the most essential part
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.93,0:07:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually the nurturing care\Nof a healthcare provider,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.09,0:07:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more so even than the mind's\Npositive belief
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.23,0:07:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some of the studies actually say\Nthat the doctor is the placebo or can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.47,0:07:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Ted Kaptchuk wanted to study this,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.46,0:07:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he did a great study\Nlooking at patients
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.29,0:07:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were getting placebos for an illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.53,0:07:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for treatment of an illness\Nand he told them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.77,0:07:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're getting a placebo,\Nthere's nothing in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.18,0:07:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inert ingredients, nothing active."\NThey still got better.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.38,0:07:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most likely, Kaptchuk postulated,\Nbecause they felt tended, nurtured,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.68,0:07:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they felt like they were doing something,\Nthey felt like somebody cared.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.84,0:07:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to say that you can heal yourself\Nis sort of a misnomer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.49,0:07:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the body can heal itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.16,0:07:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body has these innate\Nnatural self repair mechanisms,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.94,0:08:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the scientific data\Nproves that you need
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.17,0:08:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tending nurturing care of a healthcare\Nprovider, of some sort, of a healer,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.62,0:08:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to facilitate that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.88,0:08:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an easy process\Nto go through alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.03,0:08:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it makes a big difference
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.49,0:08:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if somebody else is holding\Nthat positive belief with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.27,0:08:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem is while\Nthe doctor can be the placebo,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.81,0:08:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the doctor can also be the nocebo.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.46,0:08:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what patients need from us,\Nas healthcare providers,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.61,0:08:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need us to be forces of healing,\Nnot forces of fear or pessimism.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.88,0:08:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every time your doctor tells you,\N"You have an incurable illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.52,0:08:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have to take that\Nmedication for the rest of your life,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.68,0:08:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or God forbid,\Nyou get cancer and they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.84,0:08:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've got a 5% five-year survival rate,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.33,0:08:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really no different that when\Nthat midwife told those three baby girls
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.21,0:08:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were hexed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.99,0:08:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a form of medical hexing\Nthat's so prevalent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.77,0:08:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As doctors, we think\Nwe're being realistic, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.32,0:08:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving people\Nthe kind of information
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.36,0:08:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think they need to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.78,0:09:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we actually can be harming them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.65,0:09:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead we need be more\Nlike Dr. West. You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.90,0:09:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking that distilled water,\N"Really Mr.Wright,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.34,0:09:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise, this is going to\Ndo it for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.97,0:09:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do we have to count on\Nour doctors to dupe us?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.73,0:09:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we have to get fake surgeries\Nand fake drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.23,0:09:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wind up in clinical trials?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.23,0:09:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what led\Nthe next phase of my research.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.38,0:09:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in my last TEDx talk, l talked about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.27,0:09:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new wellness model that I developed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.35,0:09:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the Whole Health Cairn,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.50,0:09:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this came about\Nas part of my research,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.57,0:09:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find how else can\Nwe harness this mind's power
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.66,0:09:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's clearly evidenced by\Nthe placebo effect and the nocebo effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.19,0:09:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we do something without\Nbeing in a clinical trial?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.78,0:09:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my hypothesis was\Nthat in order to heal ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.49,0:09:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be optimally healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.49,0:09:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need more than just a good diet,\Nregular exercise program,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.70,0:09:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting enough sleep, taking your\Nvitamins, following your doctor's orders.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.32,0:09:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those things all are great,\Nand critical and important.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.05,0:10:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also came to believe that\Nwe need healthy relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.99,0:10:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a healthy professional life,\Na healthy creative life,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.50,0:10:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a healthy spiritual life,\Na healthy sex life,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.18,0:10:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a healthy financial life,\Na healthy environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.68,0:10:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In essence, we need a healthy mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.19,0:10:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to try to prove this, and\NI went into the medical literature
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.98,0:10:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the copious data that I found,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.80,0:10:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proving that all of those things\Nare essential, really blew my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.19,0:10:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I compiled them all into my upcoming book,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.56,0:10:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mind Over Medicine: Scientific\NProof You Can Heal Yourself".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.60,0:10:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want to give you a few highlights\Nabout what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.64,0:10:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can see from\Nthe Whole Health Cairn,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.37,0:10:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all this facets are built upon\Na foundation stone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.94,0:10:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I call your Inner Pilot Light.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.14,0:10:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me that's the essential\Nauthentic part of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.91,0:10:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that knows what's true for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.69,0:10:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's willing to tell you the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.57,0:10:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about maybe what's out\Nof alignment in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.03,0:10:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what stones in your Whole Health Cairn\Nmight be out of balance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.06,0:10:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you see I've put the body,\Nphysical health,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.54,0:10:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the top of the Whole Health Cairn
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.35,0:11:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's the most fragile,\Nthe most precarious,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.83,0:11:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most easy to kind\Nof fall out of balance
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.20,0:11:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if other things in your life\Naren't going so well.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.59,0:11:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I found in the medical data\Nis that relationships matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.54,0:11:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that have a strong social network\Nhave half the rate of heart disease
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.60,0:11:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to those who are lonely.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.01,0:11:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Married people are twice as likely\Nto live long lives than unmarried people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.97,0:11:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, curing your loneliness may be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.00,0:11:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important measure of prevention\Nyou can enact upon your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.51,0:11:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More so than quitting smoking\Nor starting to exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.50,0:11:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your spiritual life matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.68,0:11:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who attend religious services\Nlive up to fourteen years longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.92,0:11:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your professional life matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.60,0:11:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really can work yourself to death.\NIn Japan they call it karoshi.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.47,0:11:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death by overwork, and the survivors\Nof those who die of karoshi,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.88,0:11:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually apply for workman's\Ncomp-like benefits in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.21,0:11:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just Japan, it's actually\Nhappening even more in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.10,0:11:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just don't get benefits here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.90,0:12:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one study found that people\Nthat fail to take their vacation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.89,0:12:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually a third more likely\Nto get heart disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.01,0:12:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your attitude really matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.29,0:12:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ηappy people live 7 to 10 years\Nlonger than unhappy people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.18,0:12:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and optimists are 77% less likely\Nto get heart disease than pessimists.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.06,0:12:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how does this happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.86,0:12:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is happening in the brain\Nthat is making the body change?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.58,0:12:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what was fascinating to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.61,0:12:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that the brain communicates\Nwith all the cells in the body
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.05,0:12:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via hormones and neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.52,0:12:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for example, if you have\Na negative thought, belief
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.15,0:12:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or feeling in the brain,\Nyour brain triggers this as a threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.93,0:12:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something's wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.80,0:12:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you feel lonely or pessimistic,\Nthings are bad at work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.57,0:12:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are in a toxic relationship,\Nthe amygdala says, "Τhreat! Τhreat!"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.10,0:12:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it turns on the hypothalamus,\Nthat talks to the pituitary gland,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.21,0:12:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that communicates with the adrenal gland\Nand the adrenal gland start spitting out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.14,0:12:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stress hormones like cortisol,\Nnorepinephrine, epinephrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.08,0:13:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ιt turns on what Walter Cannon\Nat Harvard called the stress response,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.79,0:13:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that triggers the sympathetic\Nnervous system,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.51,0:13:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and puts you into that\Nfight or flight mode, which is adaptive,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.91,0:13:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's protective if you are running away\Nfrom a mountain lion,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.32,0:13:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in every day life, you're supposed\Nto have that quick stress response
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.96,0:13:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is a threat and then\Nit's supposed to switch right off.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.05,0:13:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't what happens\Nin our regular lives these days.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.07,0:13:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fortunately there is\Na counter balancing relaxation response
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.39,0:13:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Herbert Benson at Harvard described.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.70,0:13:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when this comes about,\Nthe stress response turns off,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.79,0:13:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the parasympathetic nervous system\Nturns on,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.98,0:13:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and healing hormones like oxytocin,\Ndopamine, nitric oxide, endorphins
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.54,0:13:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fill the body and bathe\Nevery cell in the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.76,0:13:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I found the most amazing about this
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.80,0:13:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that those natural self-repair\Nmechanisms that we all have,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.03,0:13:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they only flip on when\Nthe nervous system is relaxed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.05,0:13:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you're having stress responses,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.68,0:13:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those natural self-repair\Nmechanisms get flipped off.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.32,0:14:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body is too busy trying to fight\Nor flee, in order to heal itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.13,0:14:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when you think about this,\Nyou have to start to wonder like,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.88,0:14:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I possibly start to change\Nthe balance in my own body?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.32,0:14:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one study showed\Nthat on average we have
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.84,0:14:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 50 stress responses per day.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.79,0:14:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're lonely, or depressed\Nor pessimistic or unhappy at work
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.48,0:14:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in a miserable relationship that number\Nis going to be more than twice as many.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.64,0:14:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this relaxation response\Nis what researchers think
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.88,0:14:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains the placebo effect.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.82,0:14:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you're going to get supposedly\Nmaybe a new wonder drug -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.57,0:14:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't know whether you're getting\Nthe placebo or not -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.35,0:14:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it triggers that relaxation response,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.28,0:14:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that combination of the mind's\Npositive belief
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.47,0:14:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nurturing care\Nof a healthcare provider
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.05,0:14:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relaxes the nervous system.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.53,0:14:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then all those natural self repair\Nmechanisms can come into play.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.59,0:14:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately though you don't have\Nto be in a clinical trial
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.46,0:14:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn on your relaxation responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.28,0:14:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are lots of simple\Npleasurable activities
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.88,0:14:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that turn on the relaxation responses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.77,0:15:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these have been proven\Nin the medical literature.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.37,0:15:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can meditate,\Nyou can express yourself creatively,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.79,0:15:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can get a massage,\Ndo yoga or tai chi,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.29,0:15:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go out with your friends,\Nyou can do work that you love,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.74,0:15:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can have sex, you can laugh,\Nexercise, you can play with animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.84,0:15:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ask you to consider\Nthe Whole Health Cairn in your own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.15,0:15:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which stones in your Whole Health Cairn\Nmight be out of balance?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.81,0:15:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of these stones can be a factor
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.50,0:15:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for creating stress responses\Nor relaxation responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.22,0:15:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How might you turn on more\Nrelaxation responses in your body?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.55,0:15:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.14,0:15:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does your body\Nneed in order to heal?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.78,0:15:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What prescription do you need\Nto write for yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.50,0:15:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And are you going to be brave enough
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.50,0:15:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take action on the truth of what\Nyour inner pilot light already knows?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.02,0:15:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe our healthcare system\Nis badly broken,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.53,0:15:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's largely because\Nwe've lost respect
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.68,0:15:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the body's ability to heal itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.10,0:16:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The medical establishment\Nhas gotten arrogant.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.55,0:16:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've come to think\Nthat with all of our modern technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.42,0:16:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that we've learned\Nin the past century,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.66,0:16:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've mastered nature,\Nand we find it repelling
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.17,0:16:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think that maybe nature could\Nbe better than we are sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.26,0:16:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, spontaneous remissions\Nfrom incurable diseases are proof
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.18,0:16:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes nature\Nis just better than we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.02,0:16:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a narcisitic wound for physicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.96,0:16:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know what to do with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.82,0:16:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us feel helpless\Nand hopeless and useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.40,0:16:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fortunately, we're needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.97,0:16:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The physician and all the other\Nhealthcare providers
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.78,0:16:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are absolutely essential to this process.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.30,0:16:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to embrace this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.03,0:16:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And patients need to change\Ntheir outlooks on this as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.01,0:16:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not just doctors.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.48,0:16:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need patients to stop thinking\Nthat your body is not your business,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.91,0:16:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking your power and handing it\Nover to other healthcare providers.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.24,0:16:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your body is your business,\Nand your mind has tremendous power
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.75,0:16:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate with your body,\Nsuch that your body can heal itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.35,0:17:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I once had a dream,\Nand in my dream I was standing there,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.40,0:17:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at these mountainsides,\Nfull of millions of people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.53,0:17:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were standing shoulder to shoulder,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.58,0:17:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were all facing due north,\Ndressed in all these tribal garbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.87,0:17:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful colors covering\Nthe mountainsides like a quilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.92,0:17:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a bright\Nstreaming light on their face
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.24,0:17:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone was facing this light,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.52,0:17:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what I think of,\Nwhen I think of healthcare.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.17,0:17:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of all of us, standing up,\Nand facing the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.96,0:17:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please stand with me for a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.57,0:17:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to take all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.69,0:17:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because things have gotten bad\Ndoesn't mean they can't get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.37,0:17:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that just like there are\Nno incurable illnesses
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.37,0:17:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no incurable systems.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.11,0:17:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's going to take all of us, needing\Nto open our heart and our minds,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.23,0:17:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring care back to healthcare.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.57,0:17:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please hold hands\Nwith your fellow neighbor
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.89,0:17:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's just set\Nthe intention right here,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.31,0:17:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that things are going to be\Ndifferent from now on,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.71,0:18:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can start this grassroots effort\Nthat it all starts with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.61,0:18:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be the love that you want to\Nsee in healthcare,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.09,0:18:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I believe miracles can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.53,0:18:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we do this you're releasing oxytocin,\Ndopamine, you start to heal yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.06,0:18:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as we do so we can heal healthcare.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.56,0:18:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.40,0:18:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)