Kombucha Probiotic Shakes Tested. What Did The Lab Find? | Dr. Oz | S9 | Ep 109 | Full Episode
Dr. Oz, Dr. Roshini Raj, and Maya Afeller test supermarket probiotics, revealing kombuchas average only 6 million bacteria versus Greek yogurt's billion-plus, while high-count smoothies hide excessive sugar; the show then investigates secular exorcist Rachel Stavis, whose trauma-based sessions contrast with skeptics' warnings about misdiagnosing mental illness, before concluding with Patricia Heaton's low-calorie recipes and hands-only CPR training. [Automatically generated summary]
Are they a good source of gut-friendly bacteria as they claim?
We're testing these foods that are flooding your supermarket shelves to find out if they really are worth it.
Plus, modern day exorcisms.
He actually went behind closed doors to see what really happens.
And to see I speak the reference to you now.
Are they a scam?
Coming up next.
Are you ready to say some lies today?
Yeah!
I love you, Dr. Oz.
Busiest words at the grocery store appearing all over your snacks and your desserts and your drinks.
Probiotics.
You all heard about them, right?
Probiotics.
It's a multi-billion dollar industry.
It was nothing when this show started.
So today, the truth about what's really in these products.
Are they a good source of gut-friendly bacteria as they claim?
We're investigating and we're testing these foods that are flooding your supermarket shelves to find out if they really are worth it.
Now to help me break it all down, I put together a probiotic powerhouse team.
Gastroenterologist Dr. Roshini Raj and nutritionist Mai Afeller are both here.
My, let me start with you.
Why are Americans so obsessed with probiotics?
I've seen a huge uptick of people coming into my office saying, you know, I've got all this like GI distress gas bloating.
And they're all saying, I'm going to turn to Greek yogurt.
Greek yogurt is like the holy grail of probiotics.
But what manufacturers are finding is that, you know, they can come up with other products and they're everywhere.
People are totally into it.
Dr. Raj is a real expert.
She works very closely with probiotics via Skincare Line and probiotic beauty supplement.
There's a lot of hype out there.
And with this probiotic trend going so quickly, I see some of that hype influencing how people are understanding or misunderstanding what the promises are.
That's true.
I mean, this is a very exciting time in medicine.
The whole microbiome research is exploding these days.
And we do know there's good research backing how probiotics, those good for you, healthy bacteria, are great for your digestion, may help with immunity, even things like metabolism.
But we're not quite clear yet about particularly which strains are good for which people.
The most important thing is to get a diversity of good bacteria.
That means many different good strains of bacteria and the importance of keeping that intact.
So things like traveling, taking antibiotics, can really make your microbiome take a big hit there.
So you have to be careful.
Big insights.
I want to focus on these.
One of the most surprising things that I've recently learned about probiotics is it's not a one-size-fits-all approach.
So I made you a little animation over here.
There's a stomach.
You know I love stomachs, right?
And your gut is filled with trillions, with a T, trillions of bacteria.
There are more bacteria in there.
There are cells in your body.
Now, when someone gives you a probiotic in any form, pill and food, whatever, and you put it out there, right?
It's just like a little drop in the bucket compared to how much bacteria you already have.
And we're learning that different people have different bacteria in the gut.
It's kind of like a fingerprint, right?
Everybody is unique.
So to maximize the benefits, you want to get a wide variety of probiotics in your gut.
Now, we wanted to investigate the popular probiotic foods in the supermarket.
The best help you find the right sources.
So we actually sent them to a lab to be tested.
And we're about to reveal what we found.
But first, let's uncover the truth about kombucha.
Kombucha, y'all say that, kombucha.
Sounds so good.
So Maya, explain what kombucha is for those who have never tried it before.
Okay, so kombucha is a fermented drink.
It's made with black tea, bacteria, yeast, and sugar.
Simple.
Simple.
So let me invite Pilar up here.
Because Pilar apparently, I guess, with the top of her shopping, it's coming here.
Hi.
What gives?
Why do you love kombucha?
Besides the way it sounds?
Well, actually, it keeps me regular.
And I also heard that it's a healthy alternative for soda.
So do you know how it's made?
You know what's really in it?
I absolutely don't know what's in it, actually.
So I would like to.
I'm going to teach you a second word.
You got kombucha down.
The second word I want you to all know about.
It's really cool because if you're going to drink it, you'll know what it is.
It's made with this.
Ooh.
Now that it's called SCOBI.
Okay.
Right?
SCOBI.
All say it together.
SCOBE.
SCOBI.
It stands for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria in Yeast.
Now you know why you call it SCOBI, right?
All kombucha starts with this.
And if I don't do it sloppily, I can actually pick this up.
This is actually yeast and bacteria.
Are you squeamish at all, Pilar?
No.
Oh, good.
Put your hand out here.
Put your hand out here.
Now, it'll eat through your skin in a few minutes.
No, so this stuff's sort of cool.
So they grow the bacteria in the yeast, right?
And they may put this inside of a tea, like a green tea or a black tea, and the bacteria with some sugar, and it will grow.
But the question is, are there probiotics in there?
And here's what we found.
Not all these kombuchas, not all this stuff is created equal.
Here's the big shocker.
Some kombucha, it's actually no probiotics at all.
Kombucha drinks that had probiotics, because not all of them put them in there, on average had more than 6 million colony-forming units.
Sounds like a lot, doesn't it?
Sort of.
Okay.
Maybe.
Not sure.
Greek yogurt, standard, what they sort of, most of them promised they'll give you is 100 million.
But our testing actually showed they all had, once we looked at, more than a billion units.
So Dr. Raj, a lot of claims, but if you look on that little graph, it's just a itty-bitty tiny bit of probiotics compared to what you'd get even with Greek yogurt.
So how do you actually know that there's probiotics, which is the minimum that I would hope you'd get?
Well, like you said, they all start with this probiotic with the SCOBY, but they don't all end up with it.
And you really have to literally look for the name probiotic on the label because some of them don't have it.
If they don't have it, they don't put it on the label, but you have to know to check for it.
What else should we check for in your label, Maya?
You know, my favorite added sugars.
The companies really always like to add added sugars.
Some companies use stevia or other artificial sweeteners so that the calorie content is not as high.
And some of them also use juice.
One thing that I also like to remind people is that there's a little bit of naturally occurring alcohol.
So if you're trying to avoid alcohol, just beware.
Is that a good or bad thing to the alcohol?
It's both.
It's both.
It's good to know.
Good to know.
Good alcohol is not a big deal usually for most people.
It's very little.
You're going to look for the probiotics.
It's the sugar that's the thing that I should be careful about because there's not a big benefit if it's a ton of sugar because that's just like a soda pop then.
Right.
Also be careful about where you're getting it.
The homemade versions, a few of those have been linked to some liver damage.
So make sure you're getting it from a reputable source.
Okay, thank you.
I appreciate that.
Thank you.
Let's walk over here now into the next product.
We're going to talk about our pre-made probiotic smoothies.
Dr. Raj, these things are popping up everywhere.
They sure are.
And they usually contain either yogurt, a milk, or some kind of fruit juice, and they are mixed with probiotics, as they say.
So this is one way to get your probiotics.
So we tested this as well.
In our testing, we uncovered that these drinks, they surprise us, frankly.
The good bacteria in these, 150 billion.
Wow.
That's 150 times more than the amount we found that our Google testing.
So since they have a lot of probiotics, what might they be able to do for you?
So this, we know we are talking a lot about probiotics and your gut and your gut health.
So these really should help with digestion, bloating, any other gut complaints, regularity, because they are, as you said, chock full of those good, healthy bacteria.
Now, Maya, who's the naysayer often?
Yes.
She's done her homework.
What else did you find in these?
Okay, so what I also found was, as well, a lot of added sugar.
They may have as much sugar as two donuts.
Ooh.
Not just a little sugar, a lot.
That can be up to 25 grams, depending on who the maker is.
So when it comes to recommending a probiotic or the kombucha, where would you fall?
Dr. Raj?
I'm more of a smoothie girl myself.
I don't love the little bit of alcohol, the carbonation.
As a gastroenterologist, I see the people with the bloating after they drink too many fizzy drinks, so I stick with these.
I like the alcohol.
Keep going.
All right, next up, probiotic bars.
And I'm going to start with the results of these bars.
It's pretty cool.
So the question is, do they have even a little bit of probiotics?
Do they have enough to make a difference?
So on average, the bars had over 110 million bacteria per gram.
That is more than the kombucha, but it's less than the probiotic drinks that we just showed you.
So Dr. Raj, a lot of folks are eating these bars because they think they can get all their probiotics from this source.
Is that possible?
Well, I mean, like you said, it's a little over 100 million, so that is a fair amount, but it's not the same as Greek yogurt.
It also doesn't have the same diversity.
There are certain strains in Greek yogurt that may not be in these bars.
So I think it's something that's fine to have in your diet, but also have other probiotic-rich foods, things like sauerkraut or Greek yogurt or kefir or kimchi, other things.
So you can really get a variety of different strains.
Not sauerkraut on a hot dog, just a sauerkraut by itself.
True, stay away from the hot dog.
Here's another ingredient.
Once again, Maya, you're full of good news today.
What did you find in these that is a little concerning to you?
So there are a lot of brown rice derivatives.
There's brown rice flour, brown rice syrup.
And my concern with brown rice is the arsenic levels.
So I always like to make sure that people are just aware that when they're having these products, that those additives are in there.
Do they taste good?
Let's see.
Yeah.
One thing I say to these guys, all these companies, they're making foods that taste good.
All you got to do is make sure they're good for you.
Okay, up next.
The best new foods for your gut, you're going to want to add to your shopping list right now.
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We're back uncovering the truth behind the popular probiotic foods you see at your supermarket.
Now we're going to be revealing three of the best new foods to shake up your gut, to wiggly wiggle it going.
Gastroenologist Dr. Rashidi Rogers is back.
First up, we've got a powerful prebiotic that you can add to your next smoothie recipe, acacia powder.
That's right.
How does that get your gut going?
So acacia is great because it actually is a prebiotic.
And what that means is it contains a fiber that is digested by probiotics, by those healthy bacteria that are in your gut.
So it helps rev them up, rev up the numbers, and that way it keeps your microbiome balanced.
It also decreases the number of bad bacteria because you have more of the good.
So this could help with your digestive issues, things like bloating or regularity, all those things, which is the same thing.
It doesn't have a taste to it.
So how do you add it to a smoothie?
What's the best way to do it?
Just about a tablespoon of the powder is all you need, and it's really not going to change the taste much.
Did you make this?
I didn't.
I have to confess.
You have to confess.
Thank goodness because we have bike club members raised to do quality control.
Jennifer and Monique are here.
They have been tasting it.
So you're not saying anything that Dr. Raj would be upset by.
I actually made it.
Okay.
No, I didn't make it either.
We had it made based on specs that we have heard are very popular right now.
So thoughts around this?
Describe it.
Actually, I find it quite tasty.
You like it?
Yeah, it's not bad at all.
Dr. Rogers should have said you made it.
What do you think?
I think it tastes good.
I think I was expecting it to be very sweet, and it wasn't.
It has like a, it's very hearty where I feel like I would feel fool after I drink this.
For some smoothies, I drink it, and I don't feel it's like a little sweeter pea soup.
The best thing, of course, if you're going to eat probiotics and prebiotics, you know, don't put a lot of sugar in there.
We've heard that over and over again, but don't mess up your bacteria when you're trying to help it at the same time.
Okay, the next item, thank you very much, that we're gonna help you out with.
It's a food that can seek it for many of you because it's hiding literally in the supermarket.
Everyone in my front row here, y'all are armed with this hiding element.
Are you ready?
Yes.
Show them the veggie.
It is, my friends, artichokes.
Are you intimidated by artichokes?
Yes.
You are?
Yes.
Who cooks artichokes?
Have you ever made an artichoke?
No, I've had spinach artichoke dip.
A little sour cream.
Right?
Other thoughts you get?
Who cooks?
Anyone cooks artichokes here?
Nobody?
Pass it right in the supermarket.
No, you're right by it, right?
But you knew what it was called.
Yes, but I don't know what to do with it.
All right, we're going to change your lives because artichokes are incredibly valuable, but because we don't know how to make it and instead of a pain in the neck, we think, we think, I'm going to show you differently, that you don't take advantage of.
It's Dr. Rajpan over here.
Why are artichokes not only good for our gut, but they're good for our blood pressure, for our cholesterol, therefore they're good for our hearts?
They really are.
They're like a superfood.
So in terms of your gut, artichokes have inulin.
This is also a prebiotic.
So again, this is going to foster the growth of all of those healthy, good bacteria for you, and that we know is great for your digestion.
So all these wonderful folks are intimidated.
Yes, I am as well.
So what's the best way to get artichokes into your diet?
You know what?
I'm not a great cook.
So what I like to do is use the canned version or the frozen, and you get all those health benefits.
Aha.
So you got that going.
We got the canned, you got the frozen, but I actually found a very simple artichoke recipe that all of you can try at home.
You're not going to believe how easy this is.
I think
it looks great, but I got one other way of making it.
This is actually my family's way of eating artichokes, my father-in-law's recipes from Staten Island.
It really works.
I'm going to put the recipe online.
It is stuffed artichoke, the best holiday meal you could ever imagine.
And you know, it's party food because you can all pick up the little leaves and eat them.
All right, next gut booster is a new dessert item that blew me away.
It actually packs live and active cultures.
Listen carefully.
Stay with me here.
Frozen kefir pops.
You know, I'm actually a huge fan of kefir.
This is a yogurt-like drink that's been around for centuries in Europe and Russia.
And these frozen pops are great because these are chock full of probiotics.
And then, of course, it feels like a dessert, so you're indulging yourself.
Take that one.
Yes.
Here, I'm going up here real quick.
Taste that and you compare it to that little soupy thing I gave you before.
Come on, put it.
Taste it now.
You gotta be brave.
I would have got you through the orange jokes.
This is really good.
Damn, that's a happy smile.
You can go to my website right now to find all the benefits of probiotic foods.
We'll be right back.
Behind Closed Doors Exorcism00:14:46
Coming up, our cameras go behind the closed doors of a modern-day exorcism.
We investigate whether this new trend is a scam.
Today, an investigation into a spiritual phenomenon that has been raising serious questions for centuries.
Exorcisms.
According to recent headlines, there's been a resurgence of them.
More and more people not only believe in them, but more actually seeking them out online, even via text.
Today's exorcisms are easier than ever to get and to fake as Frosters prey on unsuspecting.
So for the first time, we actually went behind closed doors to see what really happens and investigate.
Are modern-day exorcisms a scam?
The idea flies in the face of science.
Yet in 2018, the belief in demonic possession and exorcism to drive out evil spirits is surging.
Unverifiable exorcism videos are popping up all over YouTube.
And one poll found that 50% of Americans believe in the possibility of demonic possession.
In 1973, the exorcist gave Americans an image of the practice that involved levitation, projectile vomiting, and a spinning head.
To this day, exorcism continues to capture the imagination, and many religious groups perform them, even though medical experts have yet to find empirical evidence that they work.
And in 2018, exorcisms have taken on a new age spin.
Many modern-day exorcists are not even affiliated with any particular religion.
People tend to come to me as a last resort.
They've tried everything else.
They've gone to doctors, they've gone to psychiatrists, they've taken pills, they have all kinds of things that they've tried, and they don't know what to do now.
You can book some exorcists online or over the phone, like a therapist or massage practitioner.
And they offer to remove demons from anyone, often for a fee.
Recent headlines reveal one exorcism scam after another.
And look at this viral exorcism video where the possessed stops to take a phone call and they can be dangerous, even deadly.
Today, we investigate these new age exorcists who claim to have special abilities.
Are they for real or is it simply a scam?
She's a doctor.
I'm extremely skeptical of his practice, but I want to have an open discussion so you can decide for yourselves.
Now, we found a secular exorcist who claims she's helped hundreds of people release the pain that haunts them.
I sent my cameras inside one of her sessions to find out what really happens behind closed doors.
My crew arrives to the exorcism not knowing what to expect.
To be honest with you, I've actually never let a crew in here to tape, mostly because it can be dangerous.
Rachel says she's been practicing exorcisms for around nine years, which she's chronicled in her book, Sister of Darkness.
Rachel says she doesn't charge for her services and has helped lots of different people, from children to high-powered clients.
The space was filled with various objects from different spiritual practices.
Before the session, my producer checks for any hidden lights, devices, or gimmicks.
And then Rachel's client, Rondi, tells us why he's come.
I've recently experienced a lot of trauma, and I feel Rachel can help.
This is my first time exorcism.
We hook him up to a heart rate monitor to see what will happen and ask him a few important questions.
I know you're a former actor.
Are you being paid to do this?
No.
Then we let the cameras roll.
Have you had night terrors?
Yes.
The heaviness in the chest and the dark figures, correct?
Yep.
That's the entity that I see with you.
Body and spirit, I ask you now to begin pushing this out like a poison.
During the session, Rondi remains still.
Entity, I speak directly to you now.
Here's how Rachel explains what she's doing.
People get attachments because their baseline frequency gets lowered through trauma.
So what I do is I flood the body with the high vibration, clean all of that trauma out, take out whatever entities are there, and leave them with a clean slate to start fresh.
The last of it is coming out now.
11 minutes in, our cameraman hears a noise and pans over to a door which was at first closed and now is open.
We couldn't verify why that happened.
After just 15 minutes, the exorcism concludes with the chiming of a Tibetan bowl.
Find out what happens next and how Rondi, the man you saw laying there, is doing today.
Her biggest asset led to her biggest regret, RD star Kay Michelle's butt injection nightmare, all nuise.
That's coming up on Tuesday.
We're back with our investigation into modern-day exorcisms.
Are they a scam?
For the first time ever, our cameras went behind closed doors to find out what really happens.
Watch what happened at the end of the session.
Entity, I speak directly to you now.
After more rattling, Rachel starts to wrap up the session, which lasts around 15 minutes.
She concludes it with the chiming of a Tibetan bowl.
Afterwards, Rondi seems groggy.
The entity is gone.
The door opened on its own.
There was a lot of movement going on.
Everything came out.
So you're good.
Let's see.
Throughout the session, Rondi's pulse is quite slow.
To be expected when lying down.
Do you feel like this is metaphoric or do you feel like it was an actual entity?
No, I feel like it's an actual, it's like an actual energy.
You can feel it.
It's gone.
We're joined now by Rondi via Skype, the man you saw in the session that we caught on tape.
Rondi, thank you for being with us.
Hey, thank you for having me.
So there's no real physical proof that anything left your body from the video that we took.
How can you be sure that Rachel was driving out anything or exercising what was in you?
Well, I felt this great release in this shift.
And as soon as she started working on me, I felt it like a bubbling in my stomach.
And when she was cutting the cords and asking it to leave, I could just feel this great release like rubber bands snapping or ropes being untied.
So I know something energetically shifted.
And do you feel any different today than you did before your session with Rachel?
Has it lasted?
Yeah, it's lasted.
And I feel my energy's better, my outlook's better, and things just seem to be naturally resolving themselves.
Where before it just felt locked, there was no flow.
I felt really stuck.
Ryan, thank you very much, and good luck to you.
All right, thank you.
I gotta say, I'm a physician, and I live by scientific evidence.
And this is a difficult process for me to understand what exorcism is about, so I've got a lot of questions.
So I'm gonna go to a panel of experts to investigate modern-day exorcisms.
First, I've got two skeptics, Pastor Greg Stamper, co-pastor and minister of the Celebration Spiritual Center, and Scott Bixby, a journalist who's investigated this new wave of exorcisms, even had one performed on him via Skype.
And on the other side, the people who not only believe in exorcisms, but also say they performed them.
Rachel Stavis calls herself a non-denominational exorcist.
She allowed our cameras inside the session that you just watched.
And we've got Pastor Oric Quick from God Seekers Church.
So I want to welcome you both to the show.
Back to all four of you.
Rachel, thank you for letting us in.
Thank you so much for having me.
What you did was not what I expected.
I think a lot of Americans who saw that would have thought exorcisms were something different.
You even say that there doesn't have to be a spiritual, a religious element rather to it.
So how do you know that what you're doing is not mostly a placebo effect?
Well, let me explain a little bit about what I do.
I believe that what I do is somewhere between mythology and science.
It just hasn't been proven yet.
We all have an energy signature.
We carry energy.
That's just fact.
You know, everything emits an energy.
Our thoughts, our words, everything.
And we go around in life with what I call a baseline frequency.
That's where we are normally.
Whenever we have a trauma, that baseline gets a hit.
And now we're in this negative, low vibrational space, and that's how entities attach.
Now, for me, the difference for me, love it or hate it, curse or gift, right, is that I've been able to see entity with my eyes since I was a child.
I didn't understand that then, but now I know what I do with it.
So I can see it go.
But for people who are skeptical, you know, they're skeptical for all different reasons.
I think it's great to have skeptics.
And for me, the difference is the clients.
So even if you can't see what I can see, the way they feel is the difference.
So Patrick, quick.
But more than half of Americans believe in demonic possessions.
What do you think about what you just saw?
That's the data, by the way, looking at it right there.
57% think it's possible to get possessed.
As a man of faith, what did you think about what you just saw?
Well, I must say that I totally disagree with it because this method, because number one, in order for you to expel a demon out of a person, there's a method called adjuration.
You must adjour this spirit to come out of a person.
Adjure means to make a demanding request.
So what you have to do, you have to demand certain things.
Number one, in order for demonic spirits only respond to authority.
In my world, there's only one name that can cast out a demon, and that is the name of Jesus.
And in order for you to, in order for you to carry it out, there's certain things you've got to have.
You got to have the authority to do it, because they're not going to pay you any attention if you don't have the authority to do it.
All right, so Pastor Stamp, let me talk to me, turn you if you don't want to.
You're also a man of faith.
Yes.
But you have serious doubts about exorcisms.
Absolutely.
Please offer your thoughts.
Well, the first thing for me is, in order to believe in exorcisms, you have to believe in the devil.
You have to believe in hell.
You have to believe that any of these things are real.
From my perspective, and in my world, there's one power.
There's God.
That power is love.
There's nothing that can inhabit us or possess us in any way.
Further, when we look at some of the incidences with demonic possession, I've seen where those who are gay are told that they have a demon and the gay demon needs to be prayed out of them when they've been created in the image and likeness of God and created in love.
There's no demon.
There are others that I've seen that have been exhibiting mental illness.
We pray, but we also use medical treatment, and I think that's very important.
I guess my question is, you just said that.
Do you have a Bible?
Do I have a Bible?
Sure.
Do you have a Bible?
Yes.
Is Jesus in your Bible?
Jesus is written about in the Bible.
Yes.
Did he ever cast out demons?
Yes, and those are stories.
I actually don't take the Bible literally.
I take it seriously because we recognize that there are many different scriptures and many different traditions.
And so, yes, it's a symbolic story.
Jesus casting out demons in the Bible is symbolic of the fact that I'm a pastor.
Well, give him his word.
Give him his word.
Go ahead.
And so we recognize that when we see the stories of healing, when we see the stories that Jesus was doing, what that represents on a symbolic level is the fact that in truth we've all been created perfect, whole, and complete by God.
And so we are being restored back to the truth of who and what we are.
But it's symbolic.
It's not literal.
Sir, there ain't nothing symbolic in that Bible.
Everything that's happened has happened literally.
I am a person that's been raised from the dead twice.
So nobody can tell me that nothing in that Bible is symbolic.
happen actually.
Okay, well, your life is not written about in scripture, but biblical scholars agree with me.
Which ones?
Marcus Borg.
We could go on.
I'm going to see that this debate is a deep one.
I'm beginning to appreciate why I sort of 50-50 in the country about a belief in demons.
So let me go to a journalist, Scott.
The popularity of exorcisms, which we're now understanding IACIM, the power that it could have over people, it makes it ripe for scammers as well.
That's true.
That's very true.
And you actually Skyped in with somebody.
You don't charge, which is one of the reasons we wanted to spend time with you.
But you paid someone, I understand, $295.
It got too expensive.
You got too expensive.
But you got, you got, you know, there it is.
There's the exorcism.
And what was that like for you?
So for the first hour of the exorcism, which took place when I was in New York City and he was in Arizona, it felt mostly like a sort of Christian-oriented counseling session.
There was a lot of discussion about things that had happened to me when I was young or happened when I was in college.
And he's a pretty easy guy to talk to.
But then things escalated.
And the final 15 minutes mostly featured him applying holy oils to his computer screen.
He had a cross the size of a tire iron that he repeatedly thrust at his computer at me.
And at the end, he was screaming, asking for the demon or demons within me to reveal their names so that he could expel them.
So what do you want to offer America as a warning?
I would say that first and foremost, the most, it is a big warning sign when people dress up this practice in medical terminology without having any medical background or any mental health accreditation because there's enough stigmatization of seeking mental health treatment in this country without being told that if you suffer from depression or a temporal lobe seizure, that you actually have demons inside of you.
Fair enough.
Go ahead.
Sorry.
Now, I do believe that there is a spirit of depression.
I used to be depressed.
I know what depression is about.
So what did I do?
God said, Orit, the reason why you are depressed is because you're thinking depressing thoughts.
If you can overcome the thoughts, then you can overcome the depression.
And I overcame that depression by simply changing the way I was thinking.
As a man thinketh, so is he.
Chocolate And Kale00:09:10
But here, this is beautiful.
So you did need to call on the name of Jesus.
You did.
Oh, I called on the name of the name.
There was no exorcism.
You changed your thoughts.
I'm trying to wonder who's not going to be able to do that.
There's no spirit of depression.
Depression is a medical mental illness that we recognize can be changed.
I'll call a timeout here.
I want to thank you all very much for being here and being so passionate about it.
We'll be right back.
Coming up, Patricia Heaton is here with her number one dessert she says your whole family will love.
So you think it's going to be Oz approved?
I think so because it's under 100 calories.
Listen to the lady.
That is the lovable Patricia Heaton in her show, the middle.
Now you may know her as one of America's favorite sitcom moms.
She also shines in the kitchen with encore worthy meals for the entire family.
Patricia Heaton is here with a new delicious spam of vegetables if you want to hear and eat right now.
Please welcome Petra Shaheeden.
Yeah, so much good.
Yo, the acting is easy.
It's the chef work that I admire yours.
Thank you.
And veggies, which are just like, they're having a big moment right now.
Yes.
And you've figured out they don't have to be aside this.
They can be the star player.
I think so.
You know, when I grew up, I was pretty much meat and potatoes.
And my mom, God bless her, boiled everything.
Oh, gosh.
And have you ever smelled Brussels sprouts?
Terrible.
Terrible.
I had them in school, terrible.
Right, and I thought, oh, and when I saw they were making a resurgence, I'm like, who would want Brussels sprouts?
They're awful.
And then I saw people were roasting them and putting, you know, balsamic glaze and parmesan cheese in.
And now I'm trying to sort of incorporate that more, but still have it be really tasty and exciting.
So Patricia brought a big surprise for us.
She's going to show us how to make your veggies shine like never before by turning them into full meals.
So she's chosen two proto-solstars.
There's avocado.
Look at this.
Oh, it is time to move past avocado toast.
Look at those avocados.
Delectable little joyous.
And then there's squash, which is rich in karate noise.
There's a squash.
That's a squash.
It's going to boost your immunity.
I mean, my goodness, it's just a joy in a little vegetable.
Yes, yeah.
So, spoiler alert, they can both be stuffed.
Okay, so when I say, that's right.
It can be stuffed.
So it's a spicy one.
Yeah, when I'm telling you, go stuff it, I'm saying it in a loving way.
It's a loving way we're doing it.
Always.
The heating approach.
Your mom probably gave you that one.
Yes, yes.
All right, so first up, we've got this new breakfast.
It is a new spicy protein spin on avocado.
Yeah, we talk about avocados all the time.
I want you to do a little specialty with it.
Well, you just slice your avocado, put a little oil, salt, and pepper on it.
You take your eggs, whip them up, a couple of eggs, a little splash of cream.
You have a little bit of Cotija cheese.
Mix them all up.
Put them in your avocado in a tight dish so the avocados don't rock.
And you just put it so that it doesn't overflow.
And then you pop them in the oven for, what is it, like 15 minutes or something, until the eggs are cooked to your liking, whether you like them harder or softer.
And you have a beautiful breakfast.
All right, next up, a squash for a heart-healthy, fiber-rich dinner.
This is apparently your go-to meal.
This is great.
You know what's great too?
This can be a side dish if you're having meat.
It could be, you could have it be one of a main dish if you have vegan or vegetarian friends.
And it's so easy to do.
You just take this lovely squash, you know, you clean this out, which is really easy.
You do the olive oil, salt, and pepper.
She's flipped over.
Flip it over.
So this is really easy.
Do that.
You do a little of that.
You do all of that.
You can do this.
Turn it over on your pan.
You pop those in the oven.
So you let those cook for a while.
You cook your wild rice, okay?
And then you take your little shallot.
You cook that up a little bit.
Let that just go for a few minutes, two to three minutes.
Then you take, you have chopped kale, so fresh kale.
We all know kale is huge and great for cooking, right?
Kale.
So we're just going to do this kale and really just two to three minutes until it wilts, yeah.
And that's pretty easy.
Pretend that's done.
Okay, well, pretend that's done.
So now we're going to put our rice in.
Oh, before you add the zest and everything.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, good.
No, get the rice in first.
Let me take over, please, Dr. Robin.
All right, I'll just call it Jimmy.
Oh, don't you love it when a man comes into the kitchen and tries to be helpful?
And men say that.
It's so cute.
Yeah.
You know they just do it because they want something later.
That's all I'm going to say about that.
That's sad.
Smart woman.
She's in the middle.
She gets it.
So now we've got this kind of wilted.
Now we're going to add a little Dijon mustard to give it a little kick, right?
And you got some toasted walnuts here that are easy to do.
Chop them up.
You have a little pecorina romano cheese.
And you have a little lemon zest from a whole lemon.
So you got a lot of flavors going on in here.
And so once this is done, you're ready to just, okay.
How can I help?
I think you could handle it.
Put this in here.
Tell me what I messed up.
No, not that way.
Exactly.
That's what I knew was coming.
I've been in this movie.
I lived it 33 years.
At least I know how to make mistakes.
Isn't that pretty?
I mean, imagine putting that out on your look at that.
Finished results.
That is fantastic.
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That's coming up on Monday.
We are back with actress Patricia Heaton, who makes looking so easy and so much fun as you're witnessing.
Now, she's revealing her number one chocolate dessert that is definitely Oz approved.
It is under 100 calories.
Woohoo!
Salted, dark chocolate truffles.
I love that you're an entertaining kind of person.
You love these big get-goes.
What makes these truffles better than more typical chocolate truffles?
First of all, they're so easy to make.
You will make everyone think you are so fancy.
So this is how you do it, okay?
You just take a half a cup of cream and you heat it up, but not boiling, just till it gets super hot.
And then this is what makes it interesting.
You put a little kick of espresso powder in there.
Then you just put like a little half teaspoon of vanilla and then you put a little pinch of salt in there and just stir that up until that's all mixed in there.
I'm relegated to stirring.
You're so good at it.
Now.
She's being sarcastic.
I really think.
You do 10 ounces of your semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, right?
And we're just going to pour this over.
Oh, you don't get the chocolate in the pot.
No, no, no.
We're going to pour this over and just let it sit there for a minute and let the chips melt, okay?
Oh, look at that.
Now you have our attention.
Yeah.
Now you have our attention.
Yes, to turn that off there.
And a few minutes later.
Yeah, so you want to stir that up and it'll eventually kind of all melt together.
And then you can put it in a bowl.
You can put a little parchment paper if that makes it easier.
And you refrigerate it for like 60 minutes, right?
And then do you want to try?
You just scoop out a little ball like this.
Oh, it's really soft.
Yeah, really soft.
And just put that on the plate there.
So then you put that back in the fridge for like another 40 minutes to firm it up.
And once it's firm, you take it and you roll it into a little ball like this with your hands.
It'll warm it up just enough to dip it in cocoa powder.
Oh.
Right?
And then you serve it.
And that's a truffle.
That's a tricky.
The love handmade.
Now, I'm gonna taste this, but I actually wanna put you to the gauntlet.
I have two members of our bike club here.
They look innocent over there.
Okay.
I wanna find out what they think.
So they're tasting away.
Look at their face, look at their eyes.
It's in the eyes, usually whether they like, oh, their smile.
Smile.
Wow.
Wow, I saw a wow.
Wow, describe the texture.
How did it compare to other troubles you may have?
That's great.
If there's a warm sweetness with like a whisper of espresso.
Oh, no.
A warm sweetness.
A whisper of espresso.
And how does it work for you?
This is amazing.
It smells good and it has that soft, chocolatey, fudgy, creamy taste.
It compares favorably.
Yes.
Perfect.
Another winner.
Everything she does.
All right, now listen.
Tuning into the middle, which airs Tuesday nights at ADC.
Be sure to check out her new cookbook, Patricia Heaton's Food for Family and Friends.
What about, yeah, these are so good.
I feel guilty not just, yeah, I mean, I guess we have the recipes on the website.
Oh, but we have more than that.
We have a book for you and you and you and you.
You're almost over the ball.
Enjoy.
We put all recipes.com and right back.
Huh?
There you go.
CPR Steps: Save a Life00:03:02
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The way you answer this next question can be a matter of life or death.
So when you're administering CPR, right, you can do chest compressions or you can do chest compressions and breathe, right?
Just breathe.
So how many of you think you're better off just doing chest compressions and nothing else?
Hands up.
How many think you're better off doing chest compressions with the breathing?
Get the lungs going.
You're wrong.
It's fascinating, isn't it?
You think you're better.
More is better.
But it turns out it's not.
The studies show that hands-only chest compressions with CPR without the breathing have the same rescue rates as when you try to breathe.
It might even be better.
Because first of all, you do it, and it's hard to go back and forth, back and forth.
And it turns out that most of the benefit is chest compressions.
That's just an example of the kinds of steps that we teach people.
And I'll be talking all about this at the Texas Two-Step event, which aims to teach everyone the two simple steps of CPR.
The Texas two-steps dance, but the two-steps is.
Now, last year with Health Corps, which are our big kids health foundation, we taught 6,500 people in Texas, broke the record for a weekend.
And this year we're aiming to teach tens of thousands across the country.
We're going to be in Atlanta and Miami and New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and 14 different cities in Texas on February 24th and 25th.
So come on down and play with us.
But I'm going to give you a little taste of it because I'm going to teach my friend Renatha who's here to help me show you how to do the easy CPR.
Just a Texas two-step.
Did you get that question right, by the way?
I got it wrong.
Don't judge me.
I'm not judging.
I love you dearly.
And you're honest.
Most people got it wrong.
You think it's better to breathe.
But frankly, a lot of folks, they get so intimidated, they don't even start.
And the most important thing is to do these two steps.
So step number one, call 911.
Got a phone?
I got my phone.
You call 911.
Never hesitate.
This is the first thing no matter what's going down, right?
As soon as you're done with step number one, we're going to go to step number two.
Kneel down, and this is pretty straightforward.
Put your palm on their breastbone.
Right.
Curve your other hand, either hand you want, on top of it.
Put your body over the person.
That way you can rest.
Because you're going to have to go for as long as it takes, you know?
And you down, down, pre-compress about an inch or so.
Whatever it takes, the chest will give.
And you got to go at a fast pace, like row, row, row.
Your boat.
How many have you?
Down the street.
Merrily, merry, merrily, merry.
Wife, the butter dream.
When do you stop?
When do you stop, Renatha?
30 times, right?
No.
Oh, I'm on again.
Most importantly, I'm going to teach you.
Okay.
You don't stop till the EMS guy comes and says, Renatha, stop.
Okay.
Because as soon as you stop, they die.
I've been in the hospital and done chest compressions and woken people up who are dead.
Wow.
When you stop, they die again.
You don't want them dying your time.
You keep going.
That's how you get it.
If you get over them, you'll never get tired.
Okay.
Renata, I love you for teaching me.
Oh, thank you for teaching me.
You can join me for a Texas two-step event in a city near you February 24th and 25th.