The Truth About Prepackaged Chicken and Food Safety Risks | Dr. Oz | S9 | Ep 90 | Full Episode
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New information about pre-packaged chicken parts that could affect your dinner tonight.
We're welcoming the chicken industry whistleblower that has penetrated one of the most secretive sectors of the food industry to bring you the truth.
And asking, is the way you're buying chicken all wrong?
Could packaged chicken parts be more likely to be able to harbor bacteria than the whole chicken?
So I want you to please welcome author of the new book, Sending Shockwaves to the Food World, Big Chicken, Mary McKenna.
She has been to dozens of chicken farms and behind closed secretive closed doors of slaughterhouses, the ones that we don't get to see.
So why are packaged chicken parks becoming such a hot topic?
Why is it even on the radar of the CDC?
So the problem is foodborne illness bacteria, specifically salmonella.
Pre-cut chicken that's cut up at the processing plant is just more vulnerable to carrying salmonella on it.
In fact, in one outbreak that the CDC investigated, chicken from one plant made sick more than 600 people in 30 locations around the country.
And the CDC estimates that for every case they find, there are probably 30 other people whom they've never found.
Yeah, because most of us get sick.
We don't think of figuring out where it's from or even blame it on chicken.
So come along with me for a second.
I know a lot of this is becoming concerning because the consumer habits have changed so much.
Our buying habits have shifted dramatically away from what we used to always do, which is to buy this, the whole chicken.
So what are we doing now?
So it used to be that all the chicken we bought looked like this.
Now only about 10% are because our lives are busier.
Moms have jobs.
A lot of us don't learn how to cook.
And so drumsticks and breasts and all kinds of parts, wings, those are what we buy.
But they're vulnerable to being contaminated at the plant in a way that just wasn't true for that.
And just one more time.
So 10% of the chicken roughly is whole chicken.
That's right.
And the rest is either the individual parts or it's made up in the chicken nuggets or chicken bologna, but it's all been cut up at the plant first.
So since you're an expert, would you walk us through exactly what happens when chicken's processed?
I want us all to appreciate how the pieces of the chicken are not the same as the whole chicken because there's more salmonella risk I gather from this.
That's right.
And is that just because they're being cut up?
Well, it's because they're being cut up, but it's also that there's one extra step that happens in the processing that just causes that contamination to happen.
Come on down to the big monitor.
We're going to walk everyone through this so you're all on the same page.
So the monitor is going to show you three pictures and she's going to explain the process by which the bacteria become a problem.
So Marion, take it away.
So first, of course, the chickens get to the plant.
Right.
And then at a certain point, you have to take off the feathers.
So they're dipped in scalding water and then they go into a drum with all these rubber fingers.
And what those fingers do is they massage the chicken to pull the feathers away.
But the chickens on the way to the plant, stacked in cages with other chickens above and below and around them, they might have gotten kind of mucky.
So as the feathers come about being polite about that.
They did.
They did.
So if there's manure on their bodies or on their feathers, then when the feathers are being pulled out, it's possible for those fingers to push the manure into the pores of the skin.
All right.
So that's the defeathering.
After that, they get chilled down.
They get eviscerated and then chilled down.
So they're washed down like this.
Right, exactly, because it's important to get them cold as quickly as possible because that reduces bacterial growth.
Are they washing off the bacteria with this as well?
Well, they're hoping to.
But the problem is that since that bacteria has been shoved into the pores of the skin, once it's chilled, the pores close up.
Of course, you get goosebumps when it gets cold.
All those little pores shut down.
And then they go to an inspection after this, right?
That's right.
And they are.
And here's an inspector, and that inspector is taking a whole chicken and checking it for salmonella.
But what happens when you part cut it up in little pieces?
Ah, so that's what the CDC found out.
So as long as the chicken's whole, and then you wrap it up and you put it in a cold room and you send it on a refrigerated truck and then it goes to the supermarket, everything's fine.
But if you're going to cut it up and it spends a little more time on the processing line, maybe it warms up a little bit.
And when it warms up, those pores open up and the salmonella can come out and reproduce.
So the birds go on to get tested here, for example, making sure it's clean, but if they're being processed afterwards, then there's no testing after that.
That's right.
And the fact that it is tested is a new thing, and it's a new thing because of that big outbreak that the CDC investigated.
It used to be, first, that the rate of salmonella that was allowed on whole chickens, it was pretty high.
It was 23% of chickens in any processing plant.
You're kidding me.
And then in 2011, they brought that down to 7.5%.
So if we're, just to be clear on this, if you have 23% of chicken with salmonella, there's the number up there.
These are theoretically not going to be shipped out, or do they still ship it out?
Oh, sure, yeah.
So they're allowed to send out, they were allowed, they're not anymore, allowed to send out whole chickens with, and 23% of them might be found by that inspector to carry salmonella.
Why would they let any leave the factory?
Well, so they assume that the consumer is going to cook it and therefore things are going to be safe.
But we know from foodborne outlets, from foodborne outbreaks, that that's not true.
Plus sometimes you wash your chicken when you get it home, you put it on the counter, the juice is spilled, so you could have, in this case, one in four, historically, one in four would have an infection that could contaminate you.
That's right, but now the number is better now because this was enough of a problem that the USDA forced the allowed amount of salmonella on a whole chicken down to 7.5%.
But they never had a standard for chicken parts.
And then that big outbreak showed them that they needed a standard, but the standard they set wasn't actually that low.
Still, chicken parts coming out of a processing plant are allowed, 15% of them are allowed to carry salmonella.
So it's in the right direction, but you argue maybe they should be the same in theory.
I think it would be appropriate for us to get it much lower than that.
We reached out to the National Chicken Council, here's what they said.
We've invested millions of dollars in research and technology to make sure all chicken is as safe as possible before it reaches the grocery store and restaurants.
These efforts, along with the USDA's new performance standards for chicken parts, have been paying off.
Based off the most recent USDA data, the industry is meeting and exceeding their performance standards for both whole birds and chicken parts.
So that's good news.
I mean, they're doing better than these numbers.
And that doesn't mean that, you know, just to be clear about this, buying chicken parts is not unsafe.
But Marilyn, her bottom line for us is that we probably should be leading towards the whole bird.
Is that on target?
No, I think we should buy whole birds if we can.
I understand it's a little more work.
You know, it's hard sometimes.
We're all super busy.
But cutting up a whole chicken that met this lower standard is safer for us.
And if you can't always buy a whole chicken, then at least be really clear in your kitchen that you're doing everything you can to keep things clean.
Don't let it touch raw food.
Wash all your cutting boards and knives, and always, always wash your hands.
I'll give you one more reason.
We did a little research on this.
We investigated and found that buying whole chicken can actually cut your grocery budget over $1,000 a year if you're buying a lot of chicken.
So safety, plus you get money in your pocket.
Two good reasons to buy a whole chicken.
Thank you very much.
So the question is, how are you going to do that?
Chef Robla Ali is here to help explain why consumers are willing to pay more, pay more for packaged chicken parts.
Why is that?
Why would they just buy the whole chicken?
Well, just like the doctor was saying, some people are intimidated just by the thought of breaking down one piece of chicken into eight pieces of chicken.
Also, it's time-consuming.
And then, you know, you look at prepackaged chicken is convenient, you're saving time.
And then also, hey, what if you just want to make chicken wings?
You don't want a whole bird.
You just want a dozen chicken wings.
So there's lots of reasons either way.
So I wanted to address your issue about whether it's hard or not to just cut the whole thing up and save the individual parts because you can do that, right?
You want chicken wings, cut up the bird, make the wings, save the drumsticks for your buddy who wants to eat them or your child, your spouse.
So we had our team create a 30-second how-to on how to butcher your own chicken at home.
It's pretty cool.
You do it yourself, save money, make it safer.
Up next, Chef Roblais and Maren are sticking around to give you a new chicken buyer's guide that cuts through the label confusion and gets you the best meat at the best price.
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We're back with a brand new buyer's guide for chicken so you get the best meat at the best price.
Let's start with the labels.
Maren's here with us.
A lot of folks are confused by the labels of the chicken, not surprisingly, because not all of them mean what they think they're supposed to mean.
So first off, organic.
Good, bad, bad.
Organic is a great label.
And importantly, you can have organic even in an industrial scale farm because what organic means is cleaner land, cleaner diet, no GMO, no animal protein.
It's a better life for the birds.
All right, so organic, we're going to keep.
What about this word, raised without antibiotics?
So important.
I actually ask people if they're buying chicken to look for organic and raised without antibiotics as well, because here's a thing that most people don't know.
The U.S. organic standard for poultry starts on the second day of the bird's life.
So it's possible that an organic bird could be given antibiotics in the shell or on its first day and antibiotic resistant bacteria could start brewing.
So organic plus antibiotic-free is really the best.
What about this phrase, cage-free?
Oh, this is a problem.
So it's illegal in the United States to raise meat chickens in cages.
And so someone had the idea to put cage-free on the label, and now all the companies do it because they feel they have to.
It does sound good.
Yeah, it does.
It doesn't mean anything.
Don't get con, don't pay extra for it.
And what about dual hormones?
The same thing.
Now, we have very big chickens in the United States, but they're not big because they get growth hormones.
Again, hormones are illegal to give to chicken, but someone thought it would be smart to put it on the label, and now no one feels that they can take it off.
So what I'm learning is whole chickens, if you can.
You'll save money, maybe reduce chance of infection a little bit.
You want to make sure they're organic.
Yes.
And if you can get them without the antibiotics, sort of nice.
Right?
But, you know.
Safer for your family and better for the birds.
Thank you very much, Myrt.
All right, next up.
What part of the chicken should you buy?
If you're going to go ahead and get it chopped up ahead of time, Chef Robai is back.
He's the tip for this.
You say we are focused on the wrong part of the chicken.
In my opinion, yes, right?
Like, you know, I just remember growing up and watching commercials and going to restaurants, and it was always, you want the white meat, boneless chicken breast, and all that.
And then once I went to culinary school, post that, I've never bought one of these ever again.
Chicken breasts?
No, when you look at the chicken thigh and the leg meat, the dark meat, is A, it's way more flavorful.
B, there's a little bit of fat in there, and you need that when you're cooking to retain moisture.
And C, it's cheaper.
So why would I want to do that?
I'm actually opening a chicken-centric restaurant right now, and there won't be one piece of white meat to be found in the whole place.
I'm coming.
I'm coming to visit.
I would have come anyway.
We have the same taste buds.
Are we alone here?
How many guys out there, men and women, how many of you prefer the dark meat?
Hands up.
Oh, thank goodness.
I keep thinking I'm an outlier.
I don't know why people like the white meat.
You got to put stuff on it to make it taste susceptible.
This comes that way.
And did you mention the price?
Guys, when are we giving you a less expensive option that's arguably tastes better?
You know, I go that way.
And no doubt it's easier to cook.
It is.
Oh, yeah, because you can't dry it out.
Yeah, this loses moisture very quickly.
Like, you got to be kind of a pro to nail this.
This, anybody can nail that.
That's why I'm good at it.
I'm anybody.
You're getting there.
You're getting there.
All right, now next up, a secret anyone can use when buying whole chicken that makes hooking it a snap.
Literally.
Literally a snap.
This is going to change your lives.
I never even thought about this.
Describe what you're doing.
Okay, so I call this butterflying a chicken.
This is actually my favorite way to cook a whole bird.
It's pretty much whole.
Now, the only thing that came out is this spinal column right here, which is also very useful.
This right here, you can make some chicken stuff.
You can do this video that you're going to do.
Chicken little soup.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's popping it out right there.
All you need is one strong pair of kitchen shears in about 60 seconds.
You pop that bad boy open, get everything out of there, over, and just pop, pop.
You can even tuck the wings back if you want to.
You know what I love about you?
You're doing it with your hands.
Small muscle memory.
Yes, yes, yes.
It's super easy.
And it's a great way to cook a bird.
It cooks much more evenly.
And then like this part down here, like that's the cavity that would be closed up if it was a whole chicken, right?
So the fact that it's all open, there's more surface area.
The heat will get to it.
Yes.
So you're going to kill that salmonella or any other kind of bacteria.
You want to get it up to 165 degrees and you're good.
I know that was a mouthful, but no, I think you're right.
I bet you this is the last part to get hot because it's stuck in the middle of the cavity.
The bone's protecting it.
It's a much better way to go.
Yeah, there's so many reasons to say.
And misses look elegant.
And it looks, yes, and it looks amazing.
You know, now it's all enough.
Less expensive, tastes better.
Thank you very much.
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And to find that, I brought together the ultimate weight loss power team.
Naturopath, Dr. Kellyanne Percucci, and emotional eating expert Dr. Romani Yarasala.
They're here relating the only quiz you'll ever need to help you stick to your New Year's resolutions for good.
Come on out, Dr. Kellyanne.
Dr. Romney, join us.
Kellyanne, how are you? How are you?
Hello.
Dr. Mike.
Thank you for joining us.
So let's start with the whole idea behind this quiz we're about to give you all.
We're a month into the new year, Dr. Romany.
A lot of folks are already beginning to falter.
Yes.
Give us confidence.
What is the biggest mistake people make that hinders them from following through a very well-meaning goals?
I see this every January in the clients I work with.
The fact of the matter is, is that we forget that there's still life.
We still have kids, we still have commutes, we still have jobs.
And all of that stuff really affects our mental bandwidth.
It makes it harder to make healthy choices when you're running around after all of those responsibilities.
And I think a lot of us think that a clean calendar page means it's a totally fresh start.
You still have the same responsibilities from 2017.
And so all of that kind of conspires.
And we set these goals that might almost be too lofty and our expectations are too high.
And all that stuff gets in the way and makes us feel like we failed.
Today I'm hoping we can help everyone see that they're actually succeeding.
Dr. Kellyanne, understanding our potential, understanding our weaknesses, how does that help us troubleshoot the things holding us back from doing what we need to do?
It's so important, Dr. Roz, because you really have to know yourself.
You have to know what your limitations are.
You have to know what you can really do.
Because when you do, you can strategize.
And that's what's important.
Know your personality type.
It's almost like, am I in morning person or am I a night person?
When you figure yourself out, you can strategize a plan that works for you, your personality, and your lifestyle.
You all excited to take a quiz?
You all in?
All right, so we have a quiz to reveal how likely you are to make your weight loss goal.
So your New Year's resolutions can be a success.
That audience here in the studio, pillage clipboards, everyone at home, you can follow along.
It's just a few questions.
You always go to droz.com if you can't get them all done here.
I want you to circle the letter that relates best to your personality type.
Dr. Romani is going to get us started.
And Christy is joining us.
Christy says that her news resolution, like so many of you, is to lose 10 pounds.
Why this year is the year that has to happen?
Well, it's time to make a change.
I want my clothes to fit better.
I want to be healthier.
And especially with the holidays, I've been eating a lot extra.
And I keep saying I need to lose a few pounds.
And I kind of keep going the other direction.
So 2018, it has to be now.
All right, so this quiz is going to help you and a lot of other folks by revealing some of your weaknesses, but also some of your potentials.
So we can customize it.
You ready to go?
Everyone ready to go?
The audience?
Good.
All right, take it away.
Dr. Romani, first question.
Okay, when you're faced with a problem, I tend to A, stay positive and find a solution, B, worry about all possible outcomes, or C, ignore and deal with it later.
Probably A or B, but I would say probably more B for me.
So you're not going to have to do it but everyone at home, circle it so you know what it is.
Maybe.
All right, go ahead.
Ready?
When a friend invites you over, you A, almost always show up.
B, sometimes make excuses to get out of it.
Or C, never make the time.
What an interesting question to ask for this quiz.
But how would you ask that, Christy?
I would say, A, I almost always show up.
Circle it proudly.
You should own that.
That's good.
Good.
Why does that matter?
Our ability to take care of our friends.
That gets at the trait called conscientiousness.
And Dr. Oz, conscientiousness gets at discipline, setting goals, being efficient, but it also gets at something critical, which is showing up.
And half of life is showing up.
If you can show up for your friends and be there for the people, your family, whoever is asking you to show up, then you're going to show up for yourself.
And that idea of building that conscientiousness is everything.
All right.
Be taking notes.
Dr. Kelly Ann's the next question on our weight loss resolution quiz.
Take it away.
Yep.
How would you measure your stress levels on a typical day?
A, is it low?
B, is it moderate?
Or C, is it high?
It's a big deal for a lot of folks.
They get stuck trying to make a news resolution without acknowledging, as you were pointing out earlier, that you got to live in the real world.
So how does this make a difference to us?
I want everyone to really flip the switch and not think so much about all the things that you have to do to get to the end.
I want you to begin with the end in mind.
Get excited.
Get excited about the outcome.
And also, put stress management practices in place.
Is it yoga?
Is it meditation?
Is it taking a walk?
Because your body actually needs this.
You not only deserve it, but you need it.
And it's going to lower all that stress.
And it's going to make these resolutions seem much easier.
The other option is use food as a medicine.
Deal with your stress, which is why so many folks have emotional eating issues.
All right, and the final question, Dr. Kelly Ann, how willing are you to try new foods?
What are the answers?
So A, I can try anything.
B, it depends on the mood.
Or C, I like what I like.
You know yourselves.
I see you all there wandering, looking around from side to side.
Gent cheat.
This is your personality quiz.
So how do you find out whether you're going to get to your news resolution with a little bit of help?
You've got to figure out the quiz answer.
So let's reveal the answers.
Come on over.
They tally up based on which letter you circle the most.
So folks out there who are mostly A's, right, you're the resolution resolve group.
Let me see hands up.
All the A's up there, resolution resolve.
All right, the B's, if you put mostly B's, mostly circle B's, two or more, then you're a resolution roadblock person.
You're hitting that roadblock.
You need a little more motivation.
And if you're mostly C's, then you get a resolution solution to get you back on track.
So you've got mostly B's and C's, someone who knows the space really well, to help us with our new resolution.
Here's what I want you to do.
I want you to begin with the why, the why behind the what.
Why is it that you want to lose weight in the first place?
Do you want to look beautiful on your anniversary?
Do you not want to have diabetes like your mother did?
Really think about these things.
And I want you to not only think about them, but I want you to write them down, put them on a piece of paper, put them on your bathroom mirror, look at them every day.
Because when you see them every day, you're going to steer them into your brain.
And you know what?
Those cravings, they're not going to be so, so evident to you all the time.
So the B's and C's, I can tell from the ways he answered the questions, they might stumble more, but the A's seem to have it all worked out, Dr. Army.
Maybe, maybe not.
Because the one thing that the A's may forget is that life sometimes gets in the way.
You've got to make a plan that fits your life.
And the other thing that the A's need to remember is that it's one thing to wake up and wake up on January 1 and say, I'm going to lose 60 pounds this year.
That's going to take a while.
You've got to focus on the sub-prizes and the sub-goals.
Because as you make these healthy choices, you're gonna be happy about the fact that you can do it, that you're feeling happier because you are feeling healthier, that you are walking more often.
Heck, that you even fit into that dress that she's hoping to fit into some of those clothes.
All of those things make you feel better.
The key is to set those intentions in a way that they fit your life.
Because then, when you focus on those little wins, you're more likely to stay in it.
New Year's resolution is not about January, it's all about 2018.
And I really want to see A's, B's, and Q's happening.
I love your advice.
We're going to use your quiz and we're going to help tell you a little story about Gina and Maria.
They're coming up.
They were going to reveal how they each lost over 100 pounds by sticking to their resolutions.
I want you to find out their secrets and how they can use this quiz to help you as well.
We're going to see what they look like.
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You've seen the amazing before and after pictures of people who've lost hundreds of pounds right here on this show.
But how did they do it?
And what's the one thing they all have in common?
They made a resolution to lose weight.
That's what they have in common, and they stuck to it.
Today, their secrets to stay on track.
Even if you've already started to fall off your New Year's resolution goals, stay with us because this can help.
I want you to meet Gina.
At her heaviest, she weighed 298 pounds.
And she used food for comfort, like so many of us do.
I'm going to let her tell you the story in her own words.
My whole life revolved around food for comfort, for happiness, for all my emotions.
I gained 150 pounds in just a few years.
I was shamed in public for my weight, and I didn't want to look in the mirror.
I watched my father die from obesity, and I didn't want that to happen to me.
So one New Year's Eve, I told myself it was time to make a change, and that's what I did.
You guys are ready to meet Gina?
Come on out, Gina!
Let's see you!
Whoa!
Oh my goodness!
May I?
You've lost so much weight, your bracelet.
What a show-off.
Don't you hate a show-off?
That's fantastic.
How'd you do it?
Oh, it's been amazing.
It's been an amazing journey, everyone.
How much weight did you lose by later?
I lost 150 pounds.
That is unbelievable.
Now, Gina's an A.
So for all the A folks, the resolution resolve folks, you know, you've got to be able to focus on whatever the goals are in order to maintain your test.
So come on over here.
You did something so sort of cool.
Okay.
I created a new year new plate.
Come on over next to me over here.
The proportional plate.
The proportional plate.
And I want folks to understand this because, you know, people know what this is, but especially if you're already pretty good at following a game plan, make one.
Yes.
So what is the game plan here?
I do a fourth of protein, a fourth of healthy starch, and a half of fruit and vegetables.
Half the plate?
Yes.
Because I think the audience understands specifics.
What they don't understand is how you can do this all the time.
Is this your meal every day?
Yes, this is my meal every day.
Yeah.
The tactic, the plate comes out, you just lump on the fruit and veggies first.
You put the protein on first.
Yes, it's a very balanced meal, yes.
What's the first thing you put on the plate?
Protein.
Protein.
Yes.
And the second thing you put on the plate?
Healthy starch.
And you dump everything else in vegetables.
Yes, consistency.
Now, how does that compare to the way you used to eat?
Before I'm so out of control, I would eat junk food all the time, sodas, just out-of-control feeling.
My life was just very out of control.
I would eat fast food all the time, and I just craved everything all day long.
That's your question.
Yes.
I would think this would make you feel more in control.
Yes, it does.
It does, yes.
It's a paradox, right?
You think you're in control by eating everything.
You're actually more in control if you just figure out what you want to do, and then you do what you want to do.
Certainly, Dr. Oz, yes, I agree with you.
And you want a little sweet in your life.
What do you do to make it sweeter?
Your proteins, in particular, you sweeten up.
Yes.
I love grapes and peanut butter.
So delicious.
It tastes like peanut butter and jelly.
Oh my gosh, phenomenal.
So literally, that's peanut butter.
You freeze them?
Yes, I freeze them too.
Yes, it's just an incredible taste.
Yes.
Does life feel sweeter to you now?
Oh my gosh, yes.
I feel so much better.
I want to inspire and motivate everyone.
If I can do it, anybody can go thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Dr. Dr. I'm very proud of you.
I'm very proud to be here.
Thank you, everyone.
Now, I want you to see around.
I want you to meet Maria.
Maria made her resolution to lose weight when she was 280 pounds.
Let me have her tell the rest of the story.
I have always had issues with my weight.
I was addicted to junk food.
Soon, my clothes stopped fitting, and I gave up on myself.
Finally, at 30 years old, I saw my doctor, and they said I had a body of an 81-year-old.
I wanted to be alive for my kids and finally love myself again.
So I made the resolution to finally lose the weight.
Y'all ready to eat, Maria?
Come on out, Maria.
Let's see how you look.
Oh, my goodness.
You're not kidding around.
You look fabs.
You can stay here.
Oh, my God.
So share with you.
How much weight did you lose?
I've lost 110 pounds.
So you're a B personality type, which is someone who's sort of in the middle.
You're not quite as focused as the Ginas of the world or the A's, but you can pull things together if you want to.
So taking that into, you're a resolution roadblock person because you're hitting the roadblocks periodically, but you can get through them.
So I want you to show us what you should eat.
Jeffrey, give me an example.
Absolutely.
So you can say you committed something called carb cycling.
Carb cycling.
How does that work?
So I alternate between high carb days and low carb days.
So for instance, on a low carb day, I would eat turkey bacon with egg whites, spinach, cherry tomatoes for breakfast.
And then I would have for lunch salad with beef.
No ground beef.
And then, yes, with ground beef and zucchini.
And then for dinner, I would have grilled chicken with cherry tomatoes, green bean salad.
So this would be on my low carb.
So what I know about personality type Bs is you've got to go up and down.
So if you're going to do a high day, it looks like this.
Absolutely.
So on a high carb day, I would add a piece of toast with oats.
I would also do a sweet potato with my lunch and brown rice.
And I would also add a banana or apple for snack.
Did this give you that little extra that you wanted?
When you cycled, did it give you the ups and downs, the left and right, all the things you need to do to stay the way you need to be?
It did.
And I'm a carb lover.
So this actually helped me to stay focused.
And how has your life changed since you resolved to control the things you ate?
Now I have a lot of energy.
I can do so many more things.
I feel like I'm more active.
I just, it's a new me.
It's a new me, and I'm really happy.
It's a new you that I'm very proud of.
Thank you.
All right, I'll tell you how my next guest went from this to this.
You're going to see that.
Stay with us.
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Today we're revealing the amazing weight loss stories you have to see to believe.
My next guest was able to stick to her resolutions and lost over 100 pounds using simple tricks you can try today.
And this is a picture of Corey before.
Are you ready to meet her now?
I certainly am.
Corey, come on out.
Surprise us.
Whoa!
Whoa.
Unbelievable.
I'm so happy to meet you.
Thank you so much, you too.
So break the tension here.
How much weight did you lose?
He lost 105 pounds.
Wow, what was the breaking point?
The point when you said, I gotta do something.
Sorry, well, my son had just become mobile, and we went to one of those great playgrounds with all the little tubes in them.
And he went running right through a tube, and I couldn't follow him.
I had to climb down and go around and then wait for him.
And I didn't want to be that mom.
I wanted to be that mom that follows right after him and chases him.
And now that he's three, I chase him everywhere.
So you're in our quiz, you're a C, right?
The C just, you all know, are the resolution solution folks.
You need answers because motivation is not always your strong point.
So come on over.
You used a system which I like a lot.
And it's primarily about meal prepping.
Walk us through how you use planning, strategy, to be your crutch to help you with the motivational issues.
Yes, well, I was the drive-through queen.
If I was hungry, I wanted food now.
I didn't want to wait.
I didn't want to cook.
So this is something that I can prepare the night before.
So before I go to bed at night, I turn on my crock pot.
I get my seal oats or rolled oats, and I just add my favorite ingredients.
I love apples.
You know, I love the syrup.
I love the, you know, it was all of it, the almonds.
And I can just throw it all in, mix it together, set it, and forget it.
When I wake up in the morning, I have a delicious great breakfast, and it stops me from going through those drive-thrus.
This is good.
It is.
You've got one other little hack that I really like, and I'm not very good at it.
Show me how to do it.
I most definitely will.
This kept you moving.
Yes.
Why did you pick hula hoops?
Hula hooping is fun.
I dare you to try this and not smile.
If you're not enjoying it, you're not going to do it.
I bought so many gym memberships, and I would go exactly one time, and then I'd go a second time to quit.
Oh, God.
These are heavier than me.
It is.
It's a weighted hula hoop with a weapon.
Oh, a weighted hula hoop.
Yep.
With a weighted hula hoop, you can burn 600 calories an hour.
600 calories?
Yep.
So I hope at home, I'm watching my favorite show, The Dr. Oz Show.
Thank you.
And, you know, burning so many calories.
You can put one foot in front of the other.
Okay.
You're going to put the hoop at the small of your back.
And you're going to make like a tennis serve motion with it.
You're going to whip it on around.
And there we go.
Oh, my goodness.
Ready?
Woo-hoo!
Oh, I guess they got my jacket.
Wait a minute.
All right, I'm going to keep going.
We'll be right back.
I got this.
Whoa!
Did you think she was capable of this evil?
13 siblings beaten and starved for years.
What drove them to do this?
Louise Turpin's sister and cousin reveal how it all started.
I haven't come out.
Only to you.
I only felt safe with you.
The story you haven't heard.
He got caught raping her from Ungremott.
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That's coming up tomorrow.
It's time for something to feel really good about.
This next story is not just any love story.
It's one that actually saved two lives, all by a simple phone call.
Take a look.
It was at summer camp 13 years ago that Kevin and Blake first met and forged a powerful friendship.
Even through high school, they stayed in touch with one another.
Then, during Kevin's senior year, after months of struggling and feeling like an outcast with friends and family, came a big breakup with a girlfriend, making him feel all alone in the world.
He wrote a suicide letter and was seconds from killing himself when his phone rang.
It was his friend, Blake.
At least, that's how he remembers it.
But Blake remembers differently.
She says it was Kevin who called her.
Now, they believe some supernatural power caused them to talk that day.
On that fateful phone call, Blake said to Kevin, don't do that.
And he didn't, realizing suicide was not the answer.
Throughout college, they stayed in touch.
And then, in her 20s, it was Blake who was devastated by a breakup.
This time, it was Kevin who soothed her.
He told her he loved her and always would.
Four months later, Kevin proposed.
And five months after that, in September 2016, the two were married.
The couple is joining us from their home in Indiana.
I want to welcome Kevin and Blake.
And congratulations.
You just celebrate your first year anniversary.
How are you guys doing?
We're doing awesome.
I personally feel so lucky to be married to my best friend.
I get to spend my life with this incredible man.
I really never thought I'd be this happy.
We feel extremely lucky to be where we are now.
So we just heard about the phone call that saved Kevin's life.
And I want to understand both your perspectives.
Why do you both believe it was a higher power that actually reconnected you?
Well, our recollections are so mutually exclusive that I personally can't think of another way it could have happened.
Yeah, and regardless of what actually happened, it just seems so astronomically unlikely that either of us would have made that phone call at that moment that something else just had to be at play.
Yeah, I got to say, it's amazing you both are so confident of how you saw that phone call occur, yet the miracle was that it occurred at all.
So both of you have struggled with depression, and thank you for being honest about that.
It's a problem that many of us face.
You saved each other at different low points.
What do you have to say to someone right now who's listening to the show and might be dealing with depression?
Yeah, so the biggest thing for me is just talk to someone, you know, talk to anyone.
There's power in saying things out loud and just giving somebody the opportunity to care about you can go a long way.
And I think the moment that you do that, the moment that you get it off your chest, you'll be shocked by how much people are willing to listen and to care.
And then on the other side of that, if you know someone who might be struggling, be the one to reach out.
Just asking someone how they're doing can have such a big impact in their lives.
I mean, in our scenario, it was literally the difference between life and death.
So I'm so happy I got a chance to meet you.
Thank you for sharing your love story and for sharing how you've overcome depression.
There are simple places for everybody out there to get free 24-7 crisis support like the crisis text line.
You can find out more about how a tax can save a life and other tools, lots of them on droz.com.
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Tomorrow, a show I will never forget.
What possibly could have possessed Louise and David Turpin to isolate, torture, and starve their 13 children.
We sit down with the sister of the children's mother, who gave me exclusive insight into what might have caused her sister to snap.
She reveals never before heard details of the family's long legacy of abuse.
Take a look.
Can I ask you about the abuse?
Yes.
So, a family member, a very, very close family member that we're with Daly abused all the cousins and it was just swept under the rug, I guess.
Like, you don't talk about it.
If it come up, it was like we were lying or something.
Like, it was, you know.
You just didn't tell.
Yeah, so we just didn't talk about it.
And we were made to go around this person daily.
I mean, I told my parents.
I'm sorry, I haven't come out only to you.
I only felt safe with you.
I told my parents about what had happened to me, and they didn't do anything.
They didn't like really stand up to him.
I feel like I have to say this so you understand how our children, our childhood was created because the public doesn't understand.
They think, you know, why didn't you see things or whatever.
But we were trained.
All of us girls were trained to be fake or to not come forward.
That we had to be a certain way all the time.
What were the warning signs?
Could anyone have stopped this horrible abuse?
And was the family on a trajectory of tragedy from the very beginning?