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	Could carbs cause lung cancer?
	A Dr. Oz investigation.
	Even if you've never smoked a cigarette, it could be what's on your plate that makes you sick.
	See what we uncovered.
	Plus, you need a low-carb diet to lose weight.
	But what do you do when it causes chronic constipation?
	We have answers and super easy ways to never be constipated again.
	Coming up next, today, breaking news on a study that has rocked the medical world.
	Tobacco is the number one cause of lung cancer.
	But according to this study, there's another major risk factor that many of you may be addicted to, carbohydrates.
	Coming up, why this groundbreaking study is so important?
	And if you're a carb addict, what you can do today to reduce your risk.
	Then, a major cause of chronic constipation is now being linked to a diet many of you believe is helping you lose weight.
	We're going to show you how to get some relief.
	And two years ago, when I met Sean Green, she had just been hit by a taxi that amputated her leg.
	Remember that story, the cab jumped the curb?
	Well, today she is back.
	And wait until you see how it has changed her life in some ways for the better.
	But first, even if you've never smoked, especially if you've never smoked, you need to pay attention to this potentially landmark study from one of our country's top cancer centers.
	Carbs have been linked to our national epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
	But groundbreaking new research now suggests certain carbs could increase lung cancer risk, especially in people who have never smoked.
	In the largest study of its kind, research by the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas reveals carbs that have a high glycemic index, so-called refined or white carbs, raise the risk for lung cancer by a staggering 49%.
	Even more shocking, non-smokers whose diets were highest on the glycemic index were more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer as those whose diets were at the lowest end of the scale.
	You may have never smoked a day in your life, but could you still be at risk for the nation's deadliest cancer?
	Joining me is one of the leaders in functional medicine and the author of Eat Fat and Get Thin, Dr. Mark Hyman.
	And I also have an oncologist and a world expert on the study of cancer prevention, Dr. Michael Pollock.
	So, Dr. Paul, can you help us with this?
	I mean, it's pretty clear the role of cigarettes in cancer.
	Everyone knows that.
	What shocked me, and I think most everybody else read these articles, was the fact we're linking carbohydrates to cancer.
	Well, carbohydrates, everybody knows, are fuels for cells to live on.
	And if you have too much carbohydrates, you can trigger a process where the body will make growth-stimulating hormones, including insulin, and that can trigger the growth of some cancer cells.
	What gave researchers the idea of even thinking about it?
	I mean, I know that insulin and its cousins, you know, they can build fat cells and other cells we do and sometimes don't want in our body.
	What made them think it could be that strongly correlated to cancer?
	Well, we always knew that some hormones have a lot to do with cancer.
	And the first one historically was breast cancer and estrogens.
	And the next one was androgens, male hormones, and prostate cancer.
	But then researchers thinking about that idea of hormones and cancer started thinking more generally.
	And one of the most important hormones in the body is insulin.
	Insulin is really famous in the context of diabetes and it's really famous in the context of obesity.
	But what happens if you have too much insulin?
	Some cells like fat cells decide to store the energy.
	That's why insulin is related to obesity.
	But other cells, including lung cells, prostate cells, breast cells, when they see insulin, they take that as a signal to grow.
	So therefore, if you eat in a way that tends to raise your insulin levels too much, you create an environment in your body that cancer loves.
	And that's what the study looked at, high glycemic index foods.
	So Mark, what are high glycemic index foods?
	So remember, high glycemic index foods are foods that raise your blood sugar and then spike insulin.
	It's all the stuff we know.
	It's the starchy, sugary stuff.
	So it's rice and potatoes and flour and sugar.
	And flour, in fact, is worse than table sugar for your blood sugar.
	And last but not least, sugar-sweetened beverages and soda.
	Let's show you one, if you don't mind.
	What is this high glycemic mean?
	So sugar and soda is an example, but I'm going to pick a pretty confusing one for a lot of people, which is not so confusing.
	Fruit.
	Fruit's good for you, right?
	You all think anyway.
	I do too.
	But not all fruits are created equal.
	Here's an example.
	I give you a scale here.
	So bananas, which I happen to enjoy, grapes, dates, these have high glycemic index.
	Why?
	Because the sugar from these fruits pours into your bloodstream, nothing's slowing it down.
	But over here, we've got citrus.
	You all heard of the grapefruit diet, right?
	Strawberries, kiwis, these actually lick the body have sugar, but very slowly because they're full of fiber.
	Now I'm going to have a little conversation about fiber in a second with Dr. Hyman.
	But first, I want to explain to you why researchers think carbs might actually promote cancer, very specifically.
	These are some cancer cells, right?
	And cancer cells are sort of complex little beings.
	They're looking for hormones that turn them on.
	They actually have tentacles that do just that.
	Now, we all have, right this moment, as I speak, cancer in our bodies.
	You do too.
	Now, these cancer cells, one by one, aren't going to go anywhere.
	Your body can kill them, knock them off.
	But they do have the ability to grow.
	When you eat a lot of these high glycemic foods that we've been talking about, those are the white breads, the rices, the pastas, this soda pop we just focused on, right?
	It causes the body to make high amounts of this.
	You've heard of this.
	It's insulin, right?
	So insulin pours into your body and it begins to try to deal with the extra sugar you had.
	Now the cousins of insulin go out there and they begin to attract these cancer cells.
	And these cancer cells begin to stick to these hormones and they get excited by that.
	And eventually these cancer cells are pulled together and they begin to get larger and larger and larger.
	As they begin to grow, the body has more difficulty dealing with these.
	And these hormones begin to turn these cancer cells on.
	They get ponderously large and this growth of cancer leads to all kinds of problems.
	It is all because of this.
	All because there's extra insulin and its cousins dominating what's going on inside your body.
	So Dr. Hyman, let's go back to this fundamental issue of fiber.
	I told everybody that the fruits that had a lot of fiber were better on the glycemic scale than the fruits like grapes and bananas that didn't.
	Why is it so important?
	So fiber is great because it basically slows the absorption of sugar into your bloodstream so you don't get that spike in insulin that's like fertilizer for the cancer cells.
	And it also helps speed the transit of all that poop out of your digestive system which has a lot of cancer causing compounds in it.
	So it's a double benefit.
	There's a third benefit if it just gets it out of your body too.
	So Dr. Paul, most folks watching right now probably have had times in their lives when they've had too many carbohydrates.
	Is it too late?
	No, it's not too late.
	It's very important to realize that if you change your diet now, you can improve the hormonal profile right away.
	So this is kind of a good news story because there's a risk factor that you can do something about.
	If a smoker stops smoking right now, he's living or she's living with an increased risk of lung cancer for many years that only gradually goes down.
	But if you improve your diet in a way that will lower your insulin level, you can start having the benefits right away.
	So it is worthwhile to do it.
	Another good point.
	Each step towards a more healthy diet helps.
	If you feel you cannot make your diet perfect, if you're addicted to soda pop and you say, look, I'm drinking six cans a day.
	I can only go down to two.
	Well, just go down to two because you've already gained something there.
	And then a long-term objective, of course, none is better than two.
	But every little bit helps to reduce your risk.
	So your first step in reducing your risk is to swap out the white foods.
	Mark, we've been down this road many times.
	But this is, again, in place of the white breads and those alternatives, what are some alternative options?
	Here's what you got to think about.
	Think about sugar and flour as recreational drugs.
	You got to use them sparingly.
	I mean, I like tequila, but I don't have it at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, right?
	So you want to make sure you don't have foods with all this added sugar.
	And I think of sugar and flour as the new cigarette, really.
	And so many foods have it.
	You have it in salad dressings, it's in tomato sauce, it's in your yogurt.
	And you want to not add sugar in your foods when you buy them.
	You want to have only sugar that you're adding to your food, not this added by some food company.
	In fact, the World Health Organization says we should have less than 5% of our calories as sugar.
	For an average 1,800 calorie diet, that's about 5 teaspoons of sugar.
	And one soda has 15 teaspoons if it's 20 ounce soda.
	So there's lots of great ways to get your sugar down and having all kinds of foods like these great grains.
	For example, you have steel-cut oats, faro, which is an ancient grain, lentils, quinoa, and bread made from whole kernel grain or from sprouted grains.
	They have a lower glycemic index, like you see here.
	Instead of the white breads.
	And what about pastas over here?
	Because folks are often...
	You don't have to think about pasta.
	You get to sell out pasta, but special kind of pasta.
	This is called shiratake noodles.
	It's from Japan.
	They're made from cognac root, and it's not the kind of cognac you drink, right?
	It's actually a root.
	It's a Japanese like tuber like a potato, but it has no calories, lots of fiber, and helps lower your glycemic load in your diet.
	It's really great.
	And then there's zucchini squirrels here, which are fun.
	You can put all kinds of sauce on it.
	And spaghetti swaz, which is a delicious alternative.
	So these are all full of nutrients and really great for you.
	These are your new noodles.
	And new noodles.
	Yeah, and I want to just go off one big point.
	Listen, sugar, it's not supposed to be the meal.
	It's supposed to be the herb.
	Think of it like a pepper.
	That's how you should be thinking about this sugar and how it's added to your foods.
	Very sparingly, just to give it a little bit of an extra boost.
	One last item are the ACE foods, ACE foods.
	Why are these so important?
	So ACE foods are the vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and the research has shown that these vitamins help reduce your risk of cancer.
	So you want to include more of them in your diet.
	And you can get it from vitamin A from spinach and carrots, kale, sweet potatoes, vitamin C from broccoli and bell peppers and Brussels sprouts, and vitamin E from almonds and avocados and asparagus.
	These are all great foods for you for many reasons, but you get the aces on top of it.
	What's amazing to me is the more sophisticated science gets, the more we're able to prove there are moms were right, weren't they?
	Eat more foods, eat real foods.
	It's the foundation of our health.
	For a complete list of high and low glycemic foods, you go to Dr.Oz.com.
	I'll be right back.
	Coming up next, it happens to almost everybody, especially when you change your eating habits.
	And yet, no one wants to talk about it.
	Stop the embarrassment today and get things running smoothly.
	What to do when a low-carb diet causes chronic constipation?
	Next.
	The making of a murderer case, you haven't heard.
	Sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing his roommate.
	I did not kill my friend.
	Can new medical technology clear his name?
	Proponents say they can use it to determine if someone is telling the truth.
	Can we look into someone's mind and tell if they're guilty of a crime?
	All nuance.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	A low-carb diet can be a healthy choice, but can also cause a problem nobody likes to discuss, even with your doctor.
	What is it?
	Constipation.
	So today, what to do if your low-carb diet is causing chronic constipation.
	So Addie is going to join us.
	How are you, Addie?
	Great, how are you?
	You actually wrote into the show, very honestly acknowledging you were having an issue.
	A little embarrassing, this issue, I know, but thanks for talking about it.
	When did it start?
	It started about six months ago when I started a low-carb diet because I wanted to get ready for the bikini season of 2016.
	I haven't been in a bikini since I came out of my mama's womb.
	So I want to get into this bikini.
	However, I'm constipated.
	How bad is, if you don't mind me asking, the constipation?
	It takes about 15 minutes and nothing comes out.
	I'll keep calling for a break at my job and say, I need to use the bathroom.
	And then I'll go in and it's like, not yet.
	So how many times a week are you successful after that effort?
	Like twice a week.
	So here's the definition of constipation.
	You got to go at least every other day.
	Most people go once a day, maybe a couple times a day.
	I'm in that latter category, but at least three times a week.
	And if you're spending a lot of time trying to go, then that's a problem as well.
	So I put you in the chronic constipation category.
	So let's talk about what's going on.
	You can join me.
	A bunch of some demonstrations.
	Thank you.
	And the low-carb diet might be the problem.
	Now, I actually like the fact that you're on a low-carb diet.
	That's a great way to get back in that bikini you're talking about.
	So everything on this table works together to make you go to the bathroom, to get your bowels moving.
	This is a healthy diet, right?
	You got carbohydrates here.
	Carbohydrates like a sponge.
	They pull water in with them.
	Oh, okay.
	So they moisten up the poop a little bit.
	All right.
	Then you got all this roughage here in the fiber.
	That's like a broom sweeping its way through there, right?
	The apples, the fruits, the lettuce.
	And then, of course, you got the water.
	And the water sort of lubricates everything.
	So it's sort of like this.
	Tell me if this reminds you what life used to be like, all right?
	It slowly comes out, and it's sort of like...
	Oh, that feels so good right there, yes.
	That feels good.
	It's orgasmic.
	Everything moves through your intestines and you go poop and yeah, life's nice, right?
	That's right.
	We want to go back to this.
	I want that.
	Except sometimes, sometimes we have trouble getting there.
	So here's what you've done that makes it hard to get there.
	You went on a diet where you got rid of all this stuff, right?
	So goodbye to the whole grains and all that good stuff.
	So those are the sponges that were bringing water into your intestines.
	Goodbye to all these sweepers, the fiber-rich foods and fruits and vegetables, because you want to go low carb.
	Right.
	You're cutting out foods that you probably shouldn't still be eating, but they are carbs, so you get bad with them.
	And instead, hello proteins.
	Yeah, cheese and eggs and goodness and all this stuff.
	And of course, this stuff doesn't have any of the power to move stuff through your intestines.
	Wow.
	And it's hard to digest it.
	You know, part of the reason that the high-protein diets work is because it takes a long time to digest the food.
	So you stay full for longer.
	Right.
	You don't eat as much.
	Hallelujah.
	That's fantastic, except your bowels aren't, they're not praying with you.
	They sure not.
	They still study you.
	So instead, you're sort of like this.
	Exactly.
	Look familiar.
	Oh.
	Here, I'm just going to hold you for 15 minutes and we're going to wait here.
	It ain't going to move.
	It ain't going to move.
	Nothing.
	It doesn't move.
	They can't get it out of there.
	It's like cement in there, right?
	Nothing comes out.
	Oh, okay.
	And you're banging your head in the toilet bowl trying to get that stuff to come out.
	For 15 minutes.
	15 minutes.
	And every other day, every third day, you get a little break.
	We want to go from this back to this.
	Okay.
	So, how do we do that?
	Come on back over here.
	I want you to stay in your diet.
	I don't mind you being on that diet.
	And I think, again, it's going to help you long term.
	But to get you unclogged, we're going to do a couple things.
	We're going to introduce some foods that are super high in fiber.
	So what are some examples of things that will fit in a low-carb diet?
	Well, pears fit, right?
	Pears are actually the fruit with the most amount of fiber in them.
	And that's the less fruit I eat pear.
	So you're making me want to go out and buy me some pears.
	I'm taking you home with this and to a toilet.
	Oh, yes.
	All at the same time.
	We already reserved the toilet.
	We're filming in there.
	It's already.
	Yes.
	Chris Ipras vegetables work, again, rich in fiber.
	People think they got to go on a low vegetable diet.
	It's not.
	It's a low carb diet, which means cut the wheats and the breads and the pastas out.
	But you've got to get this in your diet still.
	And please don't give me a problem with the water because that's actually the most important thing for a lot of folks.
	Okay.
	And normal low-carb diets don't have things to hold on to the water.
	So you got to sort of work your way in there with that.
	I have a question.
	Yes.
	How many bottles of water should I drink?
	You can drink as many bottles as you want as long as your urine is not completely clear.
	That's how to tell if you're drinking enough water.
	Okay.
	When it gets literally the color of water, then you can pull back a little bit.
	In the old days, we used to say eight glasses of eight ounces.
	Forget about all that stuff.
	Depends how much you're sweating, how big you are and the like.
	Okay.
	But it is a forgotten tool for constipation.
	Right.
	So when we come back, that's what we're going to do.
	We're going to move on beyond people who are on low-carb diets.
	We're going to show you how constipation fixes can help you no matter what diet you're on.
	Stay here.
	Thank you.
	Next is the way you eat clogging up your system.
	Constipation can happen even if you're not on a low-carb diet.
	The intestines are basically one big bowl of constrictor.
	They're big muscle.
	We've got super simple solutions to get your digestion moving in the right direction.
	Find out next.
	We're back with Addie, whose low-carb diet is making her chronically constipated.
	And we just talked about why a low-carb diet just does that, why it's clogged you up all the time and gave us some solutions.
	In fact, you tried to run out in the break and took her pear, went to the bathroom.
	Yes.
	But we blocked the door because we have to come back.
	So I want to give everyone a few more fixes.
	This is going to work even if you're not on a low-carb diet because most folks aren't on the diet, but you still have constipation.
	So I'm going to give you tips that we use in my household.
	These things will work in different amounts in different people, but you've got to play with them, titrate them.
	The first is magnesium citrate.
	Magnesium and calcium work together to get all the muscles functioning in the body.
	The intestines are basically one big bowl of constrictor.
	They're big muscle.
	So if you don't have the right amount of magnesium, they sort of freeze up on you.
	So you want to get the bowels moving.
	In fact, we give women magnesium to get them to go poop sometimes in the hospital.
	So you might as well use it at home too.
	And magnesium citrate comes in pill form.
	You can get 400 milligrams, which is what I usually give my family, but 600 milligrams can work as well in that range.
	How many times a day?
	No, you just take it once a day.
	Once a day?
	Yeah, if you take it more than a couple times a day, you'll actually have the opposite of constipation.
	Diarrhea.
	Oh, okay.
	But that's what I need.
	Yes, I'll go away with it.
	I'll take that away.
	I'm going to live with that.
	Ah, yeah, I need to eat this with my best friend now.
	Your diary only sounds good when you constipate, but when you have it, it's not better, actually.
	You don't control your destiny then.
	Now, you can get magnesium in foods, right?
	Spinach has it, avocados, these pumpkin seeds, great source of magnesium, beans.
	A lot of healthy foods have magnesium, but in America, most of the foods, the processed foods, they've taken the magnesium out of them.
	So the supplement is helpful, especially if you're constipated.
	Yeah, a little remedy, which you I'm sure have heard of, is coffee.
	Are you a big coffee drinker?
	I drink it sporadically, but if you tell me that that's going to help me relieve my bloating and discomfort, I drink it every day.
	So doctors used to use coffee enemas for a reason.
	They actually do stimulate you, but you don't have to take it down that way.
	Take it the usual way in your mouth.
	Okay.
	And a lot of constipation is about developing a routine.
	There's circadian rhythm to your gut.
	So most people will have a natural desire to go in the morning.
	If you take a little coffee, it'll urge it along a little more.
	But you got to plan your day so you have a few minutes to go to the bathroom.
	If you're running off to work, like you mentioned earlier, and everyone's beating on you, you're not going to feel like going to the bathroom.
	So get up in the morning, have a cup of coffee, and meditate your way through it as you take your magnesium pill.
	That's right.
	Okay.
	Now, if you have to go and you're at work, what are you going to do?
	I'm going to call everybody I need to.
	Listen, it's on its way.
	It's on its way.
	It's on its way.
	What you're not going to do is hold on to it.
	Oh, no.
	Some women do that.
	They're sort of shy about it.
	And if you hold on to your poop, your bowel gets weaker and you actually does hurt your ability to go poop in the future.
	So next time you need to go, pull the trigger.
	Okay.
	Now.
	You hear that?
	You hear that.
	I'm taking notes for Addie.
	Now here, lie on your back.
	I'll give you one last little tip.
	Okay.
	This is an old Chinese medicine treatment, but it actually is pretty effective for people even today.
	So you lie on your back.
	This is called an abdominal massage.
	Okay.
	If you relax your neck back there a little bit.
	Okay.
	You take your right hand.
	Now notice your knees are relaxed, right?
	And they're sort of bent a little bit.
	Right.
	So put your right hand on your belly button, and then you're going to rub it in a clockwise fashion, going from the belly button out, wider and wider, and use your palm or your fingertips.
	I like the fingertips more.
	Okay.
	And as you do that, the bowels actually move this way.
	Oh, you're moving it right on out, huh?
	Come right out.
	Push, push, push, and that'll work for you.
	You know, before anything bad happens, we're going to take a break.
	Good luck, Teatty.
	I'm here with you.
	I'm holding your hands.
	Thank you.
	I posted a full list of constipation causes and remedies for your Dr. Calm.
	Check them out.
	Next, Real Housewives of Atlanta stars Candy Burst and her husband Todd.
	Get real about tackling infertility and the joy of finally having a baby.
	How they're able to get through a difficult and stressful time while the cameras kept rolling.
	Next.
	The making of a murderer case, you haven't heard.
	Sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing his roommate.
	I did not kill my friend.
	Can new medical technology clear his name?
	Proponents say they can use it to determine if someone is telling the truth.
	Can we look into someone's mind and tell if they're guilty of a crime?
	All nuance.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	It's a boy.
	A healthy baby boy.
	After struggling to conceive and publicly talking about it on her show, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Candy Burris had her efforts finally paid off when on January 6th, she gave birth to Ace Wells Tucker.
	Please welcome Kandi Burris and her husband, Todd Tucker.
	Take your time.
	You'll wear yourself out.
	How are you?
	Well, I'm great.
	Thanks for being here.
	Oh, thanks for having us again.
	Come have a seat.
	Well, how's it like?
	Got a new one in the home.
	It's great.
	No sleep, but it's great.
	We're very excited.
	We've been having a good time starting all over.
	So let me catch everybody up.
	So Kenny went through a lot to have this baby, to have ACE.
	She went through in vitro, which she talked about last year on the show.
	She revealed what was keeping her from pregnant as well, which included fibroid issues, which are common for a lot of you, stress all over the place, and inability to truly relax, really calm down.
	And then physically, you guys were, you weren't in the same bedroom.
	You were in the same town, same zip code.
	Right.
	That's a problem, too.
	Yeah, I forgot that when we came here, he was working in California.
	So yeah, that was a major problem.
	Did you ever think, across your mind, that it may never happen?
	Well, I did think that it was, you know, a possibility that it could never happen.
	I mean, but we both had daughters going into our marriage, and so we kind of said, well, if it didn't happen, we would be okay.
	But we really, really, really wanted one together.
	And you did it.
	And you did it.
	High-fiving.
	All right.
	What's it like trying to do something as stressful, as fundamental as having a baby when you got cameras on all the time?
	Well, definitely, especially on a show like, you know, Real Housewives, where it's always constant drama.
	It's constant drama.
	And then we tape, you know, half of the year because our season is so long.
	So, yes, it can get very intense.
	You know, come home, I come home and, you know, I'm telling him, oh, this is happening.
	You know, and then sometimes, you know, he's involved in what's going on with the show.
	And so that can be stressful.
	Especially before when, you know, we were having the issues with my mom.
	But now, thank God, everything is on point.
	I remember those issues.
	Yes, we're all getting along.
	We're good now.
	Yeah, we're good.
	So once you finally got pregnant, was it hard?
	You mean the pregnancy?
	Yeah.
	Not for the most part.
	In the very beginning, I did have some cramping issues, and they said that was caused from something dealing with the fibroids.
	Sure.
	But they gave me some medicine and it helped.
	So after that, I was good for the rest of the pregnancy.
	Yeah, those fibroids are always a concern.
	Not only do they muck the pregnancy up, they do cause the pain you describe because you got hormone surgeon control.
	Yes, and then they said I had a lot of fibroids.
	So as the uterus, you know, expands, you know, they can cause you pain, especially depending on where the fibroids are situated.
	Yep.
	That's why so many folks are focused on them because they come like a chameleon.
	They come in many ways.
	So Todd, how's Ace changed your wife?
	How's Candy different?
	I kind of said this to her the other day.
	She has this little sleeper thing in between us.
	Uh-uh.
	And our little boy has come between us.
	In between you.
	Yeah, like, we don't date each other no more.
	Oh.
	Oh, we're going to work on that.
	We said we're going to work on it, but she's definitely all-mommy, all into it, which is a great thing.
	Yes.
	Which is a great thing.
	See, a lot of the husbands, they sort of become like pieces of furniture in the house.
	Exactly, exactly.
	I was trying to say that in a nice way.
	Well, I don't want him to feel like a piece of furniture.
	But, you know, well, we started out, I was trying to just strictly breastfeed, no formula.
	So for the first month and a half, you know, it's like, you know, he wants to eat every hour.
	And so I didn't want to put him in his room.
	You know, I want him to be conveniently by me so it's easy to, you know.
	There had been books, textbooks written on this problem.
	You're not alone, obviously.
	It affects all of us.
	So now that Candy and Ty gotten through the, I think one of the most stressful things that families go through making children, I want them to share some tips for all couples going through tough times.
	So the first tip you guys have really been relying on is prayer.
	Definitely.
	Yeah, that's what's got us here, you know, through the tough time, dealing with our mom and, you know, just everything, dealing with my mom passing and everything.
	Yeah.
	We had a lot to happen in a short period of time in our relationship.
	So, yeah, we definitely.
	So do you pray together?
	Do you pray together at the same time every day?
	Do you have certain rituals?
	We actually get on our knees together at night and pray together before we go to bed.
	Good for you.
	And how about communication?
	Because that's something you guys have been pretty big on as well.
	Very key, very key to, you know, keep things going smoothly.
	That's on his part.
	He's helping me to be a better communicator because I am not the greatest at expressing my feelings.
	Like I'll shut down easily.
	So, you know, sometimes I'll just hold it in or keep it to myself.
	And then when I'm done with something, I'm just done.
	I don't want to talk about it anymore.
	But he won't allow me to do that.
	He, you know, forces me to talk, which is a good thing.
	How do you teach me how to do that?
	How do you force a woman to talk?
	Well, see, you got to look her in her eyes, right?
	No, it's just kind of like, we're not going to go to bed like this.
	I'm not leaving the house without us, you know, getting on the same page and, you know, just having peace.
	Again, make it part of your ritual.
	And how about together time?
	How do you still preserve that, even though you've got beautiful Ace in between you?
	DVR.
	DVR.
	Oh, yeah.
	DVR.
	That's our thing.
	Like late at night when I come home, you know, no matter how late it is, we'll put a show on.
	We might fall asleep before the credits, you know, before it actually comes on, but we at least try to attempt to.
	We love our favorite show.
	You know, our favorite shows we love to watch together.
	So we save them.
	Dr. Oz, we put it on?
	Of course.
	I wish my wife would do that.
	But we come back, and I'm very excited about this.
	We had a Dr. Oz show exclusive.
	We're going to get to meet the newest member of the Tucker family.
	There they are.
	There he is, right back there.
	We'll be right back making his television debut.
	He's so comfortable.
	Plus, Andy opens up about the challenges of being a mother again.
	Relearning the basics of taking care of an infant and getting her body back after baby.
	Coming up next.
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	You have all been waiting for.
	Making his national TV debut, two months old, Ace Wells Tucker.
	Todd, bring him out.
	Isn't that cool, Candy?
	What a little miracle.
	My little baby.
	He's so comfortable.
	Andy, can I handle a kiss?
	He's like a little candy bar.
	So, Candy, when you look at that beautiful face, what goes through your mind?
	Well, you know, I just love staring at him.
	And, you know, I'm like, oh, he's so cute.
	Look at him.
	He's just looking at him.
	You know, even if I do say so myself.
	You know, sometimes you don't want to, you know, say that.
	I don't know when it's your own kid and you feel like you're bragging too much.
	He's kind of cute, baby.
	He's kind of cute.
	Yeah, he's kind of cute.
	He looks like his daddy.
	Yeah, he's got a lot of hair.
	Yes, he does.
	You hadn't lost any of it?
	A lot of times he'll go bald after a while.
	No.
	No.
	No, we haven't had that issue.
	Todd How's good as a baby?
	Doing okay?
	Yeah, yeah, he's good.
	You know, he likes to eat.
	He can eat all this.
	He's on you.
	He eats all day.
	Exactly.
	And now he's starting to smile and recognize things.
	And you know what I mean?
	And it's like when he looks at me in my eyes and smiles, I'm like, I'm done.
	You know, for the first two months of life, they really can't see much anyway.
	Right.
	But at two months, that's his age now.
	He's going to start to process you.
	He's already hearing you and thinking about you, even from when he's in your belly.
	That's so cool.
	Now, I want to point this out.
	Ace, at two months of age, has 113,000 Instagram followers.
	Imagine that?
	Look at that.
	Look at all that footage on him.
	You know, it's so funny.
	You know, I see people that are like, why does he have an Instagram page?
	But I'm like, why not?
	I mean, I love my son.
	I feel like he should be able to have a page where I can put all his fun moments.
	You know, there's anything wrong with that.
	And, you know, for people who would like to share in that, we put pictures on his page that are not on our pages.
	So, you know, follow Ace Wells Tucker on Instagram.
	How'd you come up with the name?
	Oh, okay.
	Well, Wells is actually his mother, Sharon's last name.
	And we wanted to do something that was like a tribute to her since we lost her recently.
	And Ace, I wanted a strong name that sounded like a nickname.
	Like my name, Candy, people think it's a nickname, but that's my birth name.
	And I wanted him to have a name that was like a strong name, a cool name, but it was kind of like a nickname, but it meant something.
	So Ace is like the number one, and it means, you know, like you thought about it.
	Yeah, you know, you say that's my ace.
	That's always a good.
	He'll always be your ace.
	Now, you have two other aces in the hole.
	You got two daughters or prior mergers.
	They're here actually, by the way, an 19-year-old and a 13-year-old.
	First thing cognitive, an eighth grader.
	So was having ACE more like reminding you of things past, or was it like having a baby for the first time?
	Well, for me, it was the first time from, I say from scratch, people laugh when I say that.
	Well, from the beginning, I wasn't with my daughter when she, you know, the earlier part of her life.
	And this has been a journey.
	This has been amazing.
	This really has.
	It only gets better and better.
	I'll tell you that from a little experience.
	So a lot of folks out there wondering, okay, how the heck this candy looks so darn good two months after giving birth to this beautiful child.
	Oh.
	And so if I can probe a little bit into you, are you going to give us your little tips to getting your body back after a baby?
	All right.
	Well, definitely breastfeeding was a major contributor.
	But also, I did not drink anything but water.
	No juice, no sodas, nothing for the first month and a half, and no sweets.
	Because I'm a sweet eater.
	I love sweets.
	I can eat dessert after every meal.
	So I didn't eat it.
	Wasn't it hard to give up?
	Yes, extremely hard.
	But typically, I give up something in the beginning of the year, every year anyway, as like a prayer fast.
	But this year, doing that with breastfeeding, it just made the weight come off.
	And I'm actually smaller now than I was before I got pregnant.
	Are you kidding me?
	No, I'm serious.
	I'm like 20 pounds smaller.
	It's to have a baby die.
	I treasured the fact that you've been willing to come on the show and talk about some very personal things.
	It feels like we've been part of this process.
	I've been watching you and praying for you.
	And I love all the things you were doing.
	So I thought I'd get you something.
	Since I have no experience with babies these days, this is a little something for Ace.
	They come in handy.
	You can put it on his Instagram account.
	He's got so many clubs.
	Oh, he has a onesie.
	And he can wear his Dr. Eyes Onesie in the operating room when he grows up.
	He wants to be a doctor.
	Congratulations on little Ace.
	Handsome little devil.
	You can watch Candy on the Real Housewives of Atlanta every Sunday night.
	I'm Bravo.
	I'll be right back.
	Coming up next, it was one of the biggest turning points in my life.
	The day I met Sean Green.
	We revisit with the British tourist hit by a New York City taxi.
	How she turned tragedy into something positive.
	Coming up next.
	Sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing his roommate.
	I did not kill my friend.
	Can a new medical technology clear his name?
	All nuance.
	That's coming up tomorrow.
	We all have experienced moments in our lives that we never forget.
	One moment for me was the day I met Sean Green.
	Sean was visiting New York City when the unthinkable happened.
	She was hit by a taxi right outside my office.
	And in that instant, she and I were linked forever.
	In the summer of 2013, I was stepping out of my office at the exact moment that Sean Green, a 24-year-old British tourist enjoying her very first day in this country, was struck by a taxi which had jumped the curb.
	She lost her left foot.
	With the help of some good Samaritans and talented paramedics, we were able to save Sean's life.
	Sean spent her first five weeks recovering here in the States, never once losing her smile and upbeat attitude towards life.
	After Sean returned home, I flew to England to make sure she got the most advanced prosthetic leg possible from one of the top rehab centers in the UK.
	And I had the pleasure of watching Sean take some of her first steps.
	Thank you.
	I didn't think I'd seen this for a long time.
	Today, Sean returns to update us on her journey to recovery.
	Sean, come on out.
	You are walking fast.
	Thank you.
	Hey, nothing's slowing you down.
	No, never.
	You know, I watched you take those first steps two years ago and I kept thinking to myself, wow, every single step for the rest of your life will be different from what you thought it was going to be.
	So how has your life changed?
	Well, I've graduated university, got a fashion degree, I've actually, oh, thank you.
	That's a real talented fashion.
	You'll be wearing all your clothes one day.
	Yeah, I hope so.
	I've just got a job as a marketing assistant back at home and just wedding planning.
	Can I get married in June?
	Yeah!
	So I've been extremely busy.
	So you came here for the bachelorette party, I gather.
	Oh, I wish.
	You know, this is obviously a lot for any person to process in their lives.
	And you're a young woman who had everything in front of you.
	And you were forced to confront realities before you normally would have been forced.
	And I'm just curious what you've learned about yourself through the process.
	I've learned so much about strength.
	I really have.
	You don't know how you're going to react in certain situations until you actually go through them in life.
	And I've also learnt not to be a victim.
	You can, you know, you go through these things and it's very, very simple to, you know, be depressed and down, but I've not let that overcome me and I've really faced it head on and I'm really proud of myself for that.
	People watching right now, many of whom haven't faced what you've had to go through, are still feeling at times that they're down.
	That even if they want to be on top of the world, it's hard to keep going.
	So what's your secret?
	What's kept you going?
	Definitely the support of my family, my friends, my fiancé, just always being upbeat and I don't want to let them down.
	So I never want to be down.
	Speaking of your family, your beautiful sister Sierra.
	She's sitting over there, Stacy.
	She's been fireside, rockisting.
	So Stacy, what's your hope for Sean's future?
	I really hope that Sean can bring positive change, whether that's with her charity work or the current documentary that she's filming at the moment here in New York.
	I just really wish that through this negative experience, she can bring a positive change for the people.
	Expand on that a little bit.
	You're able to turn the tragedy into something positive so you have the foundation.
	do.
	So we are raising funds for amputees to receive the specialist care that you so kindly was able to give for me.
	So I just wanted to pay that forward definitely.
	Just to expand this, I mean you're a beautiful woman anyway anyway, but this prosthesis is also beautiful.
	It's amazing.
	And not everyone gets to have a leg that can allow them to live their lives.
	So your foundation will help with that, which is unbelievably useful.
	It is, yeah, especially to, you know, everybody's amputation is different, like you know, and we all need different things.
	And those things cost money, unfortunately.
	And it's just a coincidence that it's green like your last name, or is that on purpose?
	Well, it is my favorite color.
	She designs in green.
	She even named herself green.
	You are an example of everything I want folks to be in the world.
	God bless you for all of you.
	Thank you so much for everything you've done.
	And if I could ever help you, Sean Green.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	We'll be right back.
	Thursday, I'm Dr. Oz.
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	That's coming up Thursday on Dr. Oz.
	An amazing breakthrough announced in women's health.
	The first woman in the U.S. to receive a uterine transplant was just revealed.
	The 26-year-old, only identified as Lindsay, says she hopes to be a pioneer for women who were told they can't be biological moms.
	The Texas woman who received the first uterine transplant says it has been her dream to have children.
	The experimental transplant performed at the Cleveland Clinic is groundbreaking.
	A way for as many as 50,000 women without a uterus but healthy ovaries to become pregnant.
	Lindsay was told at 16 she could never carry her own child.
	I would like to take a moment to express the immense gratitude I feel towards my donors for your money.
	They have provided me with a gift that I will never be able to repay and I am beyond thankful for them.
	The uterus from a deceased donor was implanted into Lindsay's pelvis during a nine-hour procedure.
	The plan for women undergoing this transplant is to have one or two children, then have surgery again to remove the uterus.
	As at most transplants, there are complications and late last week, Lindsay suffered a sudden complication that led to the removal of her transplanted uterus.
	But she did release a statement.
	She said, I'm doing okay, and I appreciate all your prayers and good thoughts.
	Lindsay is the first of 10 American women in this trial.
	One step closer to making dreams of pregnancy into a reality.
	Thanks all for joining us.
	Remember, happy and healthy.
	It starts at home.

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