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OBESITY AND DIABETES ARE AT CRITICAL LEVELS WORLDWIDE. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, 25 MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES, AND IN SOME STATES, NEARLY HALF THE POPULATION
WOULD FALL INTO THE OBESE CATEGORY. SO, WHAT'S BEHIND THIS ALARMING TREND? MANY ATTRIBUTE
IT TO OUR UNNATURAL OVEREXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE SUGAR. SO GIVEN THE CHOICE, MOST MOMS WOULD
PROBABLY PREFER TO INTRODUCE THEIR FAMILY TO AN ALL-NATURAL AND ORGANIC OPTION. ONE
WITHOUT THE SUGAR, RIGHT? WELL, OUR NEXT TWO GUESTS MIGHT HAVE JUST THE SOLUTION. WANT
TO WELCOME DR. ALISTER FRAYNE, A PHYSICIAN AND CO-FOUNDER OF HONEYBUSH HEALTH LTD., AND
JULIE DANILUK, A WORLD-REKNOWNED AUTHOR AND NUTRITIONIST. GOOD MORNING TO THE BOTH OF
YOU. GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO BE HERE. STARTLING STATISTIC, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, VERY
ALARMING. VERY ALARMING. AS NUTRITIONISTS, WE'RE SEEING
A MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE CASES OF DIABETES, PRE-DIABETES, AND OBESITY. AND WE KNOW THAT
A GREAT DEAL OF THAT IS THE SUGARS WE'RE CONSUMING. NOT ONLY IN THE FOOD, BUT ALSO, WE DRINK 800
LIQUID CALORIES A DAY. WOW!
THAT IS A HUGE AMOUNT, AND THAT'S MASQUERADING AS NUTRITION DRINKS, AS OUR SPORTS BEVERAGES,
BUT IT'S STILL SUGAR, AND THAT REALLY INCREASES INFLAMMATION. IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. THEN PEOPLE
TURN TO ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE THAT SPIKES YOUR INSULIN
AND YOUR APPETITE, SO YOU END UP EATING MORE. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT...
YES, AND THAT'S WHERE HONEYBUSH TEA IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ALTERNATIVE, SUCH A GREAT NATURAL
ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE IT TRULY HELPS TO SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH. IT'S NATURALLY SWEET, BUT
DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE EMPTY CALORIES. DID YOU KNOW IF YOU AVOID 3,500 CALORIES A
WEEK, YOU CAN SHED A POUND OF FAT. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT BY MAKING SMALL
CHANGES, YOU CAN PROBABLY REACH THAT GOAL--. ABSOLUTELY.
--PRETTY...PRETTY READILY. MM HMM.
DR. FRAYNE, I WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE. JULIE JUST MENTIONED HONEYBUSH AS KIND OF A HEALTHIER
ALTERNATIVE. TELL ME ABOUT THAT. THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF TYPE OF HONEYBUSH CAN
BE SEEN REALLY ON THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS. I THINK JUST AS A COMPLETELY NATURAL, ORGANIC
PRODUCT. IT'S PRODUCED WITHOUT PESTICIDES, WITHOUT HERBICIDES, WITHOUT ADDITIVES, NO
ARTIFICIAL CHEMICALS. THAT'S ONE LEVEL. SECONDLY, HONEYBUSH IS...IS LOADED WITH ANTI-OXIDANTS
AND ESSENTIAL MINERALS AND PHYTOESTROGENS, APART FROM BEING CAFFEINE-FREE AND SUGAR-FREE.
AND FINALLY, HONEYBUSH HAS A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN EARLY STUDIES
TO BE EFFECTIVE ANTI-DIABETIC AGENTS, IN FACT. AND...AND IN THE TYPE 2 DIABETIC ANIMALS WHO
WERE IN THE STUDY, THERE WAS A COMPLETE NORMALIZATION OF THEIR BLOOD SUGARS WHEN FED HONEYBUSH AS
A SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR NORMAL DIABETIC DIET. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS
IN THESE ANIMALS DROPPED 30%. WHAT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WAS WHEN
THE PANCREAS OF THESE ANIMALS WAS ANALYZED AFTERWARDS, THERE WERE ACTUAL MORPHOLOGICAL
AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES ACTUALLY PRODUCING A...A KIND OF REGENERATIVE EFFECT AT THE LEVEL
OF THE PANCREAS. AMAZING. AND, THIS IS AMAZING TOO.
MM HMM. I JUST TOOK A LITTLE SIP OF IT. IT ACTUALLY
DOES TASTE VERY GOOD AND LIKE YOU SAID, NOT OVERLY SWEET.
YES! WHICH I THINK IS SUCH A PLUS. IS HONEYBUSH
NATIVE JUST TO SOUTH AFRICA? YES, EXACTLY. IT'S AN ENDEMIC PLANT. IT GROWS
WILD IN SOUTH AFRICA. UM, IT'S SIMILAR TO IT'S BOTANICAL COUSIN, ROOIBOS.
I'VE HEARD OF THAT. YES. MM HMM.
RIGHT. UM, IT'S A MUCH SWEETER, MILDER, MORE SUBTLE FLAVOR THAN ROOIBOS. IT'S ALSO PART
OF THE ANCIENT FABACEAE FAMILY, WHICH HAS ITS BOTANICAL HERITAGE DATING BACK THOUSANDS
OF YEARS. JULIE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MEDICINAL
BENEFITS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF HONEYBUSH TEAS.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS PRODUCT TASTE FANTASTIC, BUT IT ALSO IS RICH IN ANTI-OXIDANTS, IN ESSENTIAL
MINERALS, IN OUR WONDERFUL, UM, PHYTOESTROGENS, AND IT'S COMPLETELY NATURAL, ORGANIC, AND
SUGAR-FREE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT, SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS. AND YOU CAN ALSO BREW IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN--.
OH! --SO IT'S REALLY COST EFFECTIVE.
VERY. THAT...THAT'S VERY NICE TO KNOW. YEAH.
DR. FRAYNE, AN...AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU, AS A BUSINESS MAN. TALK ABOUT HOW YOU
WORK HARD AT KIND OF SUSTAINING THIS UNIQUE BUT SOMEWHAT ENDANGERED SPECIES.
RIGHT. RIGHT, EXACTLY, DANIELLE. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, BUT HONEYBUSH IS ACTUALLY ON THE
THREATENED LIST IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE LARGELY UNSUSTAINABLE HARVESTING
THAT'S OCCURING. MOST OF THE HONEYBUSH THAT'S IN THE RETAIL, UH, MARKETS, AND WHICH IS FOUND
ONLINE IS ACTUALLY POACHED FROM THE STATE FORESTS.
OH! OUR COMPANY HAS A...A STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH
THAT. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE SINGLE SOURCE. WE FARM DIRECT. SECONDLY, WE HAVE A ROBUST SUSTAINABILITY
POLICY ON OUR FARM. WE NOT ONLY HARVEST IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER FROM OUR WILD STOCKS,
BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CULTIVATION PROGRAM, AND WE PLANT BACK INTO THE WILD. AND THIRDLY,
WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES WHICH ARE DRIVING THIS UNSUSTAINABLE HARVESTING.
TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC BUSINESS PRACTICES. KUDOS TO YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU. I WANTED YOU TO RECAP BEFORE WE END THE SEGMENT,
JULIE, ON THE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT HONEYBUSH TEA IS A REAL FAT-INHIBITOR--.
YES. --AS WELL AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.
EXCITING RESEACH OUT OF THE JOURNAL OF PHYTO-MEDICINE SHOWS THAT HONEYBUSH INHIBITS FAT ACCUMULATION.
IT'S GOT ALL OF ITS BENEFITS, ALL ITS HEALTH BENEFITS, ALL ITS SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS,
AND IT TASTES GREAT. IT'S A COMPLETE PACKAGE WHICH IS WHY I THINK EVERYONE'S GONNA LOVE
IT. WELL, WHEN YOU SAY FAT-INHIBITOR, YOU HAD
ME. (LAUGHTER).
I'M SOLD! YEAH.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY AND SHARING
THIS TERRIFIC INFORMATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
HONEYBUSH HEALTH LTD. (MUSIC) OR ON THE STUDIES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS SEGMENT,
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S thebalancingact.com. OH, AND WE'RE ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER,
SO DON'T FORGET TO CHECK US OUT THERE AS WELL.