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Welcome back to the David Madow Lifestyle Show. This is episode #118. And just in case you did not know this there was never an episode 115. It just did not exist. It’s kind of a long story, so I won’t get into it but if you are looking for episode #115 it was never recorded. And it will never be recorded so we’ll just leave it at that.

Family

I am here in Japan finishing up a 2 1/2 week trip. It’s been awesome! I spent a lot of time with my wife, Yoko, my son, Evan and his brand new wife, Keria. Oh my god, it has been wonderful. We just finished five straight days in skiing in Niseko, Japan. It’s the same latitude as North Korea and parts of Russia. What happens is that the cold air comes in from Russia and goes over the water and picks up a lot of moisture. It blows snow basically 24/7 over the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Particularly in the mountain where we are, it is some of the best skiing I’ve ever done. It’s just amazing! If you’re a skier and you ever get the chance to come here, I would highly recommend it. My son is 30 and his wife is just a few years younger than he is. You know, to have your 30 year old child come with you and say they are going to take 2 1/2 weeks out of their life and come on a trip with their Dad and Stepmom is an amazing thing. I was able to spend good quality time with my son doing the things we like to do. Relax, eat good food, skii, talk about anything we want to talk about, it’s just an amazing thing. I am so appreciative that I am able to do this sort of thing. If you have children or loved ones, spend time with them. Make sure you mark time off of your calendar and spend good quality time with loved ones. I think it’s more important than anything in life. You can have all the money in the world but if you’re not spending quality time with the people who are really important to you in your life, what good is the money? What good are material things?

So this is my little pointer for today: Spend quality time with the people that you love!

Speaking

I’ve got some great news I want to run by you. It just came through by email yesterday actually. And it’s really exciting for me. I was offered a speaking gig at the Vegetarian Summerfest this coming summer in Pennsylvania. The Vegetarian Summerfest, in case you’re not familiar with that, is perhaps the largest VegFest in North America, I believe. It’s possible that it might be the largest in the world, I’m not sure of that. It’s July 6th-10th and runs for five days. It’s five full days of speakers, exhibitors, entertainment, learning, camaraderie with other vegetarians and vegans. It’s just an amazing event. And I am so humbled to have been invited to speak there. Not only am I speaking there but it looks like there is a very good chance that I am going to be performing my song Vegan on A Jet Plane too. As well as maybe leading a group people in a three mile run. An inspirational and motivational slow run just to kind of talk and teach people how I do things. I am so so excited about this! If you are anywhere in the area, or maybe even not in the area, and you want to take a break this summer, I am going to suggest that you find out a little bit more about the Vegetarian Summerfest. I don’t think the information is out yet on their website but I am sure it will be updated and I can get you more information when I have it. I am really excited to be a part of this. It’s the first time there speaking for me. And I’ll tell you something else about this. It’s kind of a lesson for you. I applied to speak there last year and honestly I was turned down. They told me they just didn’t have room for me. And I took that as kind of, well, I was disappointed to say the least. I thought maybe I wasn’t good enough for them, maybe my topic wasn’t interesting enough. I’m not sure what it was. In any event, it would have been very easy for me to quit and say “well you know, I tried it and it didn’t really work out. I’m not going to be speaking there ever.” But instead I tried it again. I didn’t give up. I persisted and I got the email yesterday not only saying that they want me to speak but they want me to do all these other things there. My point is, don’t quit if there’s something that you really want to do. Never give up goals! They really work. They’ve worked for me for years. I write things down. I read them every single day. If I have a goal or a dream that I really want to do, I read it every single day. And guess what? Almost all of them come true. It’s the beginning of 2016 and I am still a firm believer that I want to see you have the best 2016 ever! Your best year ever! I believe you can do it.

I think I told you this before but I started playing guitar was I was in high school. I kind sucked and people told me I wasn’t good. I just didn’t have the confidence. And so the easiest thing to do was to give it up and so I gave it up. I didn’t play it for a long time. If I would have just kept playing for 40-50 years, I’d be pretty darn good right now. But I gave it up. But hey it picked it back up a few months ago. I played a song at my son’s wedding and now I am writing a vegan parody song. It’s good now but I would rather have not quit when I was a teenager.

If there is anything that you’re doing that you want to do and it just seems like it’s not working out for you, I’m telling you, don’t quit! Don’t let anybody get you down. Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do something. I have total confidence in YOU. I know you can do it. Don’t listen to the naysayers.

Pick one or two things that you want to do this year. Write them down. Read them every single day. I am telling you that you will be able to do them.

Injuries

I want to share something with you; it has to do with skiing. But even if you are not a skier, just hang in there.  I think you are going to like this story. So we are out here skiing on the first day. I had rented my skis because it was too much to carry from the states. So I put on the skis and boots and went out and started skiing. My son is a very good skier, he is very advanced. Yoko is definitely a very good skier. And sometimes I feel like I can keep up with them. I’d say they are better than I am, but I am pretty darn good. Sometimes I feel like I need to warm up a little bit but they just get out on the slopes and head right to the most difficult things. I think that was a big mistake my first day skiing here. We got off the first lift and instead of warming up and getting the feel of the skis and the feel of the powder and the mountain here, they just started skiing through trees and deep powder. That is fine if I am warmed up but I wasn’t warmed up. And in the first 15 minutes of skiing, I took a fall. It wasn’t just a little fall. It was a fall that really really hurt. I was screaming. I was just screaming my guts out. And luckily Yoko was still fairly close to me so that she came back and could help me out. My skiis stayed on which turned out to be not a good thing because had the bindings released and the skis come off, it would have been much better but my skis stayed on which means that they were not really adjusted properly, they were a little too tight. So my knee had nowhere to go but twist. Ouch! Oh my god, it hurt so bad I was screaming. It was horrible. I was in a tremendous amount of pain buried in deep powder. It was crazy. So Yoko came and helped me up. I was in agony. Luckily there was a place I could ski to very gently. It was a small lodge up on the mountain that had food and chairs so I could sit down. I was in so much pain that I knew I was not going to be able to ski the rest of the time we were there. It was disheartening to say the least. I paid for five days worth of lift tickets and ski rentals. Not only that but I was in excruciating pain.  So I am thinking to myself, how am I going to get down this mountain? I am about midway and didn’t know how I was going to get down. We sat there and had some lunch. So I am thinking to myself, that I am going to take the easiest way down and see what happens. Luckily, it was ok. I was able to ski down without a whole lot of pain. I made it down to the bottom. I didn’t know if I was going to be able to ski the rest of the time I was there. I normally hate to take pain meds and I began taking pain medicine but I just felt like I had to take some advil. I felt better with that. I went into a Japanese hot bath and that seemed to help a bit. But I was prepared not to ski the rest of the time I was here. The next morning when I woke up I decided I was going to give it a try. I was pain but not a lot. Yoko suggested that we stop at a pharmacy and get a knee brace which is basically an elastic that goes around the knee to help hold my knee together 🙂 So I put it on and started skiing the second day. And let me tell you, I didn’t feel horrible. I was able to ski some fairly easy slopes and the easy slopes turned into intermediate. And I even got to some advanced slopes later in the day. The point is this thing that I thought was a really serious injury started healing up fairly quickly. The third day we were out the skiing and skiing some Black Diamond courses as well. Same thing with day four, we are up on some mountains skiing in deep powder. And on day five, which is today, we were skiing some tough stuff. They took me on probably the toughest area of the mountain. I didn’t realize it at first but when I finished I looked at the trail map and realized that it was a really tough area. And I finished the five days injury free. As it turns out my injury went from excruciating pain to something that was not that bad at all within 24-48 hours. I could be totally wrong but I attribute this fast healing to eating plant based foods. They said food is medicine. When you eat really healthy stuff it goes right to the cells and it gives them all the nutrients they need to heal and be strong. I believe it’s the lack of animal meat in my diet that keeps me strong. I don’t know how much slower the healing would have been had I been a meat eater.

I have another example for you. There is a guy I know that comes to our plant based meetups. He is an elderly man but seems to be in great shape. He’s a bike rider. About six years ago, he was out riding his bike on the road and he gets hit by a truck. He was basically run over by the truck. He was injured so badly that he was sent to shock trauma. Who knows if I could have endured what he did. He ended up losing a leg from this injury. But the docs in the hospital said that they were amazed at how fast this elderly man healed. They said they had never seen anything like it. Again, he attributes it to his incredible plant based diet. When you are putting the proper nutrients into the body great things happen.

Just do it!

I am going to leave you with this today, if you have ever thought about going plant based. I urge you to seriously give it a try. What do you have to lose? Try it for one month – just thirty days. Eliminate animal products from your diet. That’s all you have to do. Eliminate processed foods, sugars, and only eat things that grow from the ground. Try it out. I am telling you, you are going to look and feel better than you have before. I have been doing this for going on two years and there is no turning back.

I am going to be coming out with a book some time this summer. I am working on it with a very good friend of mine, Lynda. This book will help people that aren’t exactly sure how to do this vegan thing. It will tell you how to do it, what to eat, and how to live their lives. Our goal is to help people. That’s the bottom line. Look out for more information sometime early summer.

You are not alone. We are doing it together. I am here to help you and teach you!

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This is episode 116. And its coincidence because this is the first episode of the year 2016. It’s weird how things work out like that sometimes isn’t it? I want to wish you a Happy New Year if I haven’t wished you one yet. May 2016 be the best year of your life EVER!  And we are going to help you do it! 

Let’s get back to some basics and let’s talk about some things that hopefully you’re in line with and hopefully you are doing. I talked a little bit last episode about goals and I want to make sure since the year has already started that you have thought about what you want to accomplish this year and beyond, you have written them down, and you are reading them every single day. This is perhaps the most powerful thing you can do to live the life you want to live. If you don’t do this, you will still live, but time will slip by and there is a very good chance you will not be accomplishing exactly what you want to accomplish.

As I am recording this right now, I am ready to leave for Japan. And I am thinking about my father who has been in the hospital and rehab facility. And as of yesterday he is doing much better. But when I think back to my father’s life, for as long as I can remember he has just been one that said he was going to change or do this and that. Bottom line is he just never got around to doing a lot of the things he wanted to do in his life. He is still living and hopefully has got some good years left. Hopefully he can make some changes. But I don’t want this to be you. I want you to really sit down and just think about what you want to accomplish. And not only that but what do you want to see happen in your life this year? Do you want to travel somewhere? Do you want to spend more time with somebody that you love? Do you want to start a side business venture that you have been thinking about? I urge you! If you have something that you want to do right now, I urge you to please try to do it. I want to see you live your best life.

Why wouldn’t you do it? Is it some type of fear? Like inherent fear that is just causing you to stay where you are because it’s a known entity and you have a fear of the unknown. I don’t know but I feel that this is the year! This is your year! I am going to bug you! I am going to make you do this because I have taken many steps like this.

I sold my dental practice because I started another business that I absolutely just loved and I wanted to see it get really big. And I knew the only way that I could see this thing get really big was to concentrate all of my efforts on it. If I did it half way, I felt nothing would ever happen. So I just sold my dental practice and I concentrated 100% of my time and energy and effort on this business. And oh my God, it grew like crazy! I took a leap of faith. I can’t tell you how many people told me it was a bad idea. I had 13 good years practicing dentistry but I moved on because I did not feel that was what I wanted to be doing with the rest of my life. I needed to let go out that to move on to something bigger and better.

How about you? What is it that you really want to do? I know there is something in there. I can just feel it. I know there is something that you have been thinking about that you really want to do.

I think in our parent’s situation, everybody just kind of stayed put and it was safe or maybe it was looked down upon if you made a drastic move, if it was a marriage or job or relocating. These days the same is not true. You can work virtually now from anywhere. If you have a computer, phone, and internet connection you can work virtually from anywhere. There is nothing stopping us!

I feel there is something different you want to be doing. I am just feeling this energy that there is something that you want to differently. Let’s make 2016 the year that you start fresh and do what you want to do. I’m doing it!

I try to start fresh every year really every day. I had a lot of things that came down in 2015. Most of them good actually. If you know me personally, you know that I had a crazy financial commitment that was out of my hands totally. It has been a goal for years to work this thing out. Well in 2015, a lot of things came together both good and bad to allow me to take care of this thing and it’s behind me now. And it’s just one of those things where it’s made my life so much better putting this behind me. It opened my life up and I see life in a different way. And the reason is it’s been a goal and I didn’t give up. It worked out and I feel fantastic!

I can help you! There is something that you want to do. I feel it and I want this to be the year that you do it. If there is anything I can do for you, I’d be happy to do that. Even if it’s just supporting you through my positive energy. I can help you through this podcast and through Periscope, where I do a motivational broadcast every single morning.

I am thinking about you right now as I record this. I know that I am resonating with you. Let’s make this our best year ever! I am going to be helping people with my new book that is coming out with my friend Linda Lang. It’s coming out in the middle of 2016.

There are a lot of great things going on. I know the world seems crazy and tough but if you take a step back (and turn off the news), there is a lot of good out there as well.

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Welcome to the David Madow Lifestyle Show. This is the show where I teach you how to live stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and more. I am a little out of breath and the reason I am a little bit out of breath is that I am hiking at Oregon Ridge Park, which is a really cool park about 15-20 minutes from my home. They have a pretty extensive trail system that is very nice and I am on the red trail. I am feeling great out here and I am going to explain exactly why I am recording the show live today at the park on the red trail.

By the way, this is the same park where I took a fall on Thanksgiving Day. I was out here and I think I started my run just a little bit too early. I didn’t get used to the surface and the leaves were wet. There were a lot of obstacles and things underneath the leaves. I caught my foot on a branch or stump and went down on my face. I hurt my knee, my leg, and my wrist. But there was nothing else to do, than to get up, recover from the fall, and finish my hike. And that is what I did. It hurt for another day or so, but guess what? I got over it. Thank goodness I am fine and I am here doing it all over again.

If you are a regular listener of my show, The David Madow Lifestyle Show, two episodes ago on episode #111, I interviewed my Dad for the first time since I started the podcast. I had my Dad as a guest and we talked about life, we talked about health, we talked about regrets, and things that maybe he thought he should do but he didn’t do yet. And I told him there’s still time. There’s no guarantees that anything works but there is always time to change your ways. He admitted on the show that he hasn’t been living the healthiest lifestyle in the world. And, well, none of us live the healthiest lifestyle in the world. There’s only one person on the planet that is living the  healthiest lifestyle. We do the best we can but some are better than others.

So the reason I am talking about this today, is that I just came from the hospital at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). I was visiting my Dad who unfortunately had a pretty bad fall the other day at home. And Mom had to call 911 and get the ambulance out there. They got him to the hospital, and after being transferred to GBMC, he was admitted. After tests, the doctors believe he may have had a mini stroke. We don’t know for sure as of this recording but there is a possibility that he had a mini stroke.

Anyhow, I was visiting my Dad today a short time before I came to the trail today. And I knew I would be recording today’s show on the trail. Dad is laying in bed but is totally able to talk and is completely with it. He just is numb in some areas and can’t really stand up or walk too well. I was the only one in there visiting at the time and he keeps saying to me something like, “Dave, I just can’t believe this. I just can’t believe this!” And so I say to him “Dad, what do you mean? You can’t believe what?” He then says “I just can’t believe I have done this to myself.” So I asked him to explain. His response was “The way that I have lived my life, up until now, I haven’t done a lot of things right.” He explained that a friend of his was in the other day. This friend is a little bit younger than him but still an elderly man. And this friend was actually giving him a hard time because my Dad doesn’t live his life right. He doesn’t exercise and he doesn’t eat well. And so his friend, Marty, was giving him a hard time. Now I wasn’t there at the time but my Dad said that Marty kept telling him that he can’t believe this and he was very upset with my Dad. So I said,“Dad, when Marty was telling you this, how did it make you feel? Did it upset you?” He said, “No, he’s right. He’s totally right.” So I said “Wow that’s interesting.”And I asked him to expand a little bit. I said,“Dad, what do you think you have been doing wrong? What would you change? If you could go back forty years, what would you change?” I did not prompt him or give him clues or anything but the first thing to come out of his mouth was, “I’d be vegan!” I said, “Really, you would be vegan?” He said “Yeah”. So I said, “Why? Why would you be vegan?” His response was “Because I know it’s healthy.” When I heard my Dad say that I thought to myself. Wow! My lifestyle has not gone unnoticed by many, including my Dad. Now, my Dad has not chosen to do it. As a matter of fact, I have spoken on the show many time about it. So I am thinking to myself, I’ve been leading by example. I don’t put any pressure on anybody. I don’t say to anyone, you have to be vegan and you have to eat plant based. I don’t say that. But I do practice an incredible lifestyle. And I hope people notice! Damn if people aren’t noticing!

And he didn’t only say that, he also said that he would be out walking and exercising. And this is something that I have talked about on my show since episode #1! I don’t put any pressure on anyone but I do say that if you want to be in decent health and a decent physical condition, then you have to do these things. This does not mean that you have to be in the gym all the time. It means you got to get out and do something like walking. You don’t have to run. I like to get in my ” Magic 4″ which is walking four miles at a moderate pace.

So I am sitting there talking to my Dad and he is upset. Not at me. But he thinks that he has basically screwed up his life because here he is laying in a hospital bed now; not able to move and not able to walk. And he feels that there is a pretty darn good chance that it has to do with the fact that he has eaten crap his entire life and has not moved his body in the right way.

Now let’s back up for a second. I would say, most people in the U.S. are eating crap. Because it’s so easy. It’s so easy to go to the bar and hang out with your buddies, down some drinks, and eat the chips, chicken wings, and pizza that they have. That’s ok if you want to do that. I don’t look down on you. I still love you. But I don’t think that’s necessarily a good choice for you.

I have had plenty of people on Facebook that have unfriended me or given me a hard time because I am against eating meat. I had someone just the other day that told me that I don’t know what I am talking about. And that what I talk about is not evidence based. He said that I can’t cite any true studies that prove that being vegan is any healthier. And as it turns out he is on medication. He is on statins. Why wouldn’t someone who is so intelligent try a vegan diet for 30 days and see if your cholesterol levels don’t go down on their own? I know many people, many friends, that have reversed their cholesterol problems, reversed their obesity, reversed all kinds of problems. Is that a scientific study? No it’s not. Is it anecdotal? Absolutely! But I believe it works 100% and the reason is because I am also living proof of this. I went plant based a little less than two years ago. And I have noticed such incredible changes in my own body. Maybe the fact that my skin got clearer, and that I lost weight, and that I look ten years younger is coincidental. Maybe it is!

The point of this is that my Dad is laying in a hospital bed right now upset with himself thinking that he totally screwed up his lifestyle. The reason I am telling you this now is that I know most of you are much younger than my Dad’s age of 86. You still have the time! Our bodies are pretty strong and pretty resilient. Which means that they can take a lot of abuse and be ok for awhile. But there’s only so much it can take. Are you ok with living a party life now but then being on medication or in a hospital bed at 65? I wouldn’t be. My Dad is not saying that at all! He is 86 years old and he is saying that I really screwed this up. I could have lived much healthier. I could have eaten healthier, I could have been thinner, I could have been off of medication, and I could have moved my body more. That’s what he is saying! If you don’t want to take it from me, take it from my Dad!

I hope he makes a full recovery and gets out really soon! Thank you all for you well wishes and prayers. But still there’s a big lesson to be learned here! Our bodies are not forever. I like to eat the healthiest foods I possibly can which for me means plant based. I also like to move the heck out of my body. I like to run, walk, ski, climb, backpack, yoga. I love to move my body. God gave it to me and you better believe I am going to take the best care of it I possibly can. And I just try to give advice and hope that you follow it. I am not perfect but I am pretty darn good at it. The things I do have allowed me to be a 60 who feels better than when I was 30.

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This is the show where I help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and so much more. Today’s show is a very special episode. I love to inspire you and motivate you to live your absolute best lifestyle ever! Today, for the first time ever, I have a very special guest on the show, my dad! His name is Selvin Madow.

Dr. Dave: “Say hello to everybody.”

Mr. Madow: “Hello everybody! I have to tell you it is a great pleasure to be here on my son’s iPod (podcast) because I really love what he does and what he is. So hopefully it will be very interesting and you will come away with something from this iPod (podcast).”

Dr. Dave: “Ok thank you very much! It’s not actually an iPod, it’s a podcast but that’s ok. He’s not a real tech guy but that’s ok. He tries.”

Mr. Madow: “I try. I meant to say podcast.”

Dr. Dave: “So here’s the story. I have been doing this podcast for about two years now but I have been living this lifestyle for a lot longer, probably the last forty years. Over the past forty years, I think my mom and dad have looked at me thinking that I’m a little bit weird, a little bit out there. Dave lives this lifestyle that really nobody else lives. He tries to make everyone think they need to live the same lifestyle. And I will tell you this. Since I became plant based, I am catching a little more flack. People look at me like Dave, what are you doing with your life and why are you trying to get everybody else to do what you do? I could be totally wrong but I think my dad thinks the same thing. So this is a one on one interview, down and dirty, unrehearsed. Dad, you can say whatever you want about me, I don’t care if it’s good, bad, ugly, sweet, great. Do you like what I’m doing? Or do you think it’s just too much and I should lay back and not try to get other people to live this incredible lifestyle?”

Mr. Madow: “Ok. We have heard what David had to say. David, my oldest son, who obviously I love very very much. He does things that I don’t do. He has different beliefs than I do or my wife does, however I give David so much credit for living his life the way he wants. And believing in the things that he believes in so strongly, which I think is wonderful even if it’s not my belief. I give him credit for doing that. I have seen him get into this situation with the vegan {lifestyle}. He loves it. He does push it, there’s no doubt about that. He doesn’t try to push it in a way that would make you uncomfortable but you know how he feels and you know what he does. We have to accept him for that. I went to a vegan meal with a couple of months ago and it was actually very interesting to see people eating vegan food. And the food happened to be very good. However it’s not for me. I like too many other things to give them up at this stage of my life. And I know David understands that. I greatly admire what he is doing because his is not the mainstream. Most people don’t do what he does. They don’t! So I give him credit for doing that. That’s my take on his vegan food that he eats. And believe me when we go out to dinner, and we usually go to a vegan restaurant because David likes that and I don’t mind doing that. But I have told him before that I get this strange feeling that he is staring at me when I am eating lamb chops and he is eating his vegan food 🙂 He tells me that’s not true and that I can eat whatever I want. He is not trying to influence me but you know you get influenced by being in the presence of someone doing it. Even it you don’t want it, even if you don’t like it, it still does have a certain influence on you. So believe it or not I really do try to stay away from things he doesn’t like. Because in the whole scheme of things, believe it or not, I know it’s healthier for me and being healthier could be a good thing at my age. I am 86 years old and I really should start being healthy for once in my life. So yeah I admire David for what he is doing. He is a great guy!”

Dr. Dave: “So as my dad just said, he is 86 years old. It’s interesting what you said because you never really told me this part but when you’re in my presence, even though I don’t say to you hey you have to eat what I’m eating, you feel this energy that you should be doing what I’m doing. But you’re right I don’t give anybody dirty looks. I always say that if I tried to disassociate myself from friends or family that do not eat the way I do, then I wouldn’t have any friends or family. So I’d be crazy to do that. I totally respect everybody. I try to teach by example and lead by example. The message is out there and the message has been received very positively over the past couple years. Dad, let me asked you a question. You said something very interesting, like you almost feel that you know it’s the right thing to do at this stage of your life but you don’t do it anyway. Have you ever heard the term cognitive dissonance? If you haven’t, that’s ok.”

Mr. Madow:  “I think I’ve heard of it but I am not quite sure what it means to be honest with you.”

Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance is when somebody understands on some level that something is right, but they choose to bury that because they are doing things a different way. I swear I am not trying to talk you into anything today. But maybe on some level you know that eating animal products isn’t very good for you or you know that it causes suffering, but you choose not to change. On some level you have this struggle going on inside of you, and I think a lot of people do. Do you think there is any kind of cognitive dissonance going on in your body on some level that you think plant based might be better for your health or for the environment or whatever it may be?”

Mr. Madow: “Well as I said before, I definitely know that plant based is healthier for me and possibly I would be much better off doing that. Not just because David does it but because it’s a known fact that vegetables and healthy foods are much better for you than eating red meat. However I have a very difficult situation for me because I really enjoy some of the stuff that I eat and I don’t enjoy eating some of this plant based vegan food. David does and I guess a lot of the people following him do. So it really is a meeting of the minds and what you feel is really important in your life at that stage. And everybody has different stages. The older you get, you have a different stage. You don’t worry about your health so much. You think well I like this and I am going to eat it. I don’t care what goes on. I think that possibly may be one of the stages I am in right now. I really enjoy eating the stuff that I eat, meat, ribs, all that kind of bad stuff for you. But don’t think that while I am eating this stuff, that I don’t realize that it’s not the best thing for me because I do. However I guess that’s the stage I am in and my feeling for what I want overcomes the other part of it which is not good for me. I wholeheartedly endorse what David’s doing for him and his followers but not particularly for me.

Dr. Dave: “So let me ask you a totally hypothetical question. Your 86 and we both feel that although you’re in good health it probably could be better right?”

Mr. Madow: “It could be better. But I’m still here”

Dr. Dave: “And God bless you! But let’s just say that someone came down and said Mr. Selvin Madow if you ate a lot healthier, mostly plant based and took out processed foods from your diet, I am going to tell you there is a very good chance you could live at least 10 more years to 96. And not just 10 more years but you’d feel better, you’d lose some weight, you’d be more vibrant. If someone told you that but they said the only way to really do that is to change your diet totally and start eating some more plant based and whole food. Would you do it if someone could guarantee that?”

Mr. Madow: “Probably if someone came up and they could guarantee that. I would possibly do it. But obviously it can’t be done that way. They can’t guarantee it. I like to live as healthy as possible.”

Dr. Dave: “No one is going to guarantee that because of course we are all humans. There’s no guarantee. I could go out tomorrow and God forbid have some kind of horrible accident. You just never know. So they can’t guarantee it, but if someone said the odds are stacked way in your favor living 10 more years out, being healthy, being thinner, being more vibrant; would you consider it at that point?”

Mr. Madow: “Thinking about that, what person with any kind of common sense could say no to that? If someone came up to me, which David has in his own way, and said if you eat this way you’ll live a lot longer you have to think about it. Could I do it? Sure I could. Do I do it? No. Why don’t I do it? I guess because I am stubborn. I’m too ingrown with this stuff that I am doing and the stuff that I like. But you could talk to me and say you know what Selvin if you had any sense you would change. You would go with this plant based with the opportunity to be around with your family for 10 more years. I would have to say that I would need to give it some more serious thought. Of course I want to be around. Of course I enjoy my life. So I might switch over. I might do what David says because I know it’s good for me. So anyhow that’s a good question. I really don’t have a definite answer but I would seriously think about it.”

Dr. Dave: “Well this show is all about being honest and being respectful. I appreciate that honest answer. I really do. I won’t coerce you or give you dirty looks. You did say at one point that when we were at the Indian restaurant and you were having lamb chops that I shot you dirty looks. But maybe I wasn’t shooting you dirty looks but maybe in the back of my mind subliminally I was thinking wow if my dad keeps eating food like that he is not going to have many more years to spend. But if he starts eating healthier he’ll be able to spend a lot more years. Maybe you could look at it like that instead of me trying to diss you or make fun of you for eating lamb chops.”

Mr. Madow: There could also be another aspect to that. Maybe that was my own thinking. That I was eating lamb chops and it was so far away from what David preaches.”

Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance right?”

Mr. Madow: “Right. That’s exactly right. So maybe that was me. Maybe in my own mind I was thinking I shouldn’t be doing this. I think it was more me thinking that way than David trying to make me feel that way.”

Dr. Dave: “You don’t have to kiss my butt just because we’re on this podcast. You can be totally honest. If you think I was giving you dirty looks you can say it.”

Mr. Madow: “I just explained it. And I was very honest about that. I think it was my own thought process and maybe even a guilty thought process.”

Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance that’s what they call it. It catches up with everybody.”

Mr. Madow: “Anyhow it’s been very interesting doing this with David. And again as I said before, I really admire him for carrying out his feelings the way he feels he wants to do things. And the biggest thing of all is it’s paying off for him very well. He looks terrific. He feels terrific. So maybe I am the one that’s wrong.”

Dr. Dave: “Well it’s not a question of being right or wrong. It’s not right or wrong. It’s just what type of life do you want to live? Do you want to be healthier? Not only that but do you want to NOT contribute to animals suffering. I’ve got this passion as you know Dad. I live this lifestyle and it’s not just eating. But it’s exercise, it’s moving my body, it’s being happy, it’s having goals in my life and things that I want to do. A lot of people probably think I am a nutcase and that’s totally fine because I can wake up and look at myself every day in the mirror and say hey dave you are absolutely living the life that you want to live. You are having fun every day. You are doing what you want to do. You are healthy. You are contributing and helping other people. I don’t get paid a penny for this podcast but I do it because I love helping other people. I LOVE it with a passion. As I always say, if I got through to one person today and helped them even think about their life, then I did my job. And today, having you on here. I think we got through to more than one. I think we helped a lot of people. Stay with me. You are not alone. This is what The David Madow Lifestyle Show is all about.  Please give us your last minute parting comments dad.”

Mr. Madow: “I really like what David is doing. He looks great, he feels great, and he has a wonderful attitude. He’s doing what he loves to do. And what could be better than that. So David I give you all the compliments in the world and I think you’re doing great. I love you! Keep on doing it! Thank you for having me on your show.”

Dr. Dave: “Dad you’re very welcome. And I will tell you in front of many people all over the plant, I love you. I’m proud to have you as my dad!”

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On today’s show, I will teach you 8 magnetic ways to attract people and get them to really, really like you. I am recording today’s show in Las Vegas, Nevada. My conference was here this past weekend. So I arrived a few days early since there was a lot of preparation. I am also running the Rock N’ Roll Half Marathon on the Vegas strip later this afternoon. I haven’t been training very seriously for this race primarily due to my schedule but I think I will get through the 13.1 miles pretty easily. After that I will have a few days free. I really believe in relaxing after a hard week’s worth of work.

I am pumped up today to give you some great information. I did a similar broadcast on Periscope a few days ago and it got a lot of attention so I expanded it a bit. I originally gave 5 tips but I am giving 8 today. I think it’s going to be really good. It will help you and help your life!

These are not brand new suggestions. I did not invent these but I have been using a lot of these principles for many years and they have worked for me. So I wanted to share them with you…

Smile

When you are in a situation where you are with another human being, the best thing to do is to smile. You can never go wrong doing this (at least I don’t think so). Regardless of whether you want to attract that person into your life or not. Sometimes it seems as if we as humans have almost lost our human characteristics. So when you come across someone else 🙂 at them. It will go such as long way it’s unbelievable. When you smile at people, it may sound cliche, but your life really changes. If you get nothing else out of the show today, just try smiling at people. It’s going to make a big difference in your life. I promise.

Say Hello

Again, when you are in a situation where you encounter someone, say hello. Wherever you are, just smile and say hello. When you do that, I think good things will come into your life.

Make Eye Contact

Make eye contact with the person you are talking to. It makes a world of difference. Body language is so important. When you are having a conversation with somebody, and you are not making eye contact with them, but have the same conversation with the same person and are making eye contact with them, it will be night and day. Totally different.

Compliment/Question

Pay a compliment to someone or ask them a question. It’s not all about you, but about the other person. If they have a nice smile, or you like their shirt, or dress, or what they’re wearing, pay them a compliment. If you don’t want to necessarily pay them a compliment, you can also ask them about themselves. When the conversation is not just about you, the entire situation changes. It’s a different game. This goes for whether you are trying to find a boyfriend, girlfriend, going on a job interview, if you are at a meeting, a potluck dinner, whatever you may be doing. These skills work in any situation.

Listen

This is a skill that is not very easy and it does not come naturally. Listen to someone and let them talk. Don’t be so quick to speak. Not only should you let them say what they need to say but also listen carefully. If all you are doing is thinking about what you are going to say next then you will not be in a fully engaged conversation. That’s not good. Be interested, smile, and make eye contact when someone is talking. Don’t worry about what to say next, let them finish. Don’t worry! What you say next will come to you. Have a natural flowing conversation and don’t cut someone off. Again, it’s not an easy skill and it’s something that most of us have to work on.

Speak Slowly

I think I have been very good at this and the public speaking and podcasting definitely helps. Speak slowly and in language that everyone can understand. I am a doctor and can speak in very technical scientific words if I wanted to but very few would understand what I am saying. And that’s just not how to engage in good conversation. I have always heard that when you write or speak it should be at a sixth to seventh grade level so just about anybody can understand what you are saying. For example, like how I am speaking to you. I am not speaking on a really high level but it doesn’t sound like I am speaking to a first grader but it’s somewhere in the middle there. And not only that but I am speaking slowly. I have gotten good at this because as many of you know my wife Yoko is Japanese. English is not her first language so I have been accustomed to speaking slowly and using words everyone can understand. If you are speaking to someone whose first language is not English, be very careful about using colloquialisms and sayings that only people who grew up English would understand. The better you are at engaging, communicating, your body language, these skills will get you a lot of places in life.

Be Nice

We all think we do this but we don’t. Just be nice. Don’t be a jerk to people. Treat others the way you want to be treated yourself. Otherwise known as the “Golden Rule”. When you treat others the way you want to be treated and when you do this incredible things will happen. It’s incredible the way you will be treated, it’s incredible the way relationships will blossom, you’ll have new friends, people will like you and be attracted to you. Did I make that up? Is that deep? No it’s not! But it works. I am not trying to invent all these new crazy things that no one has ever heard of. Just be nice! It’s not difficult. If you think you might say something that isn’t very nice, just take a deep breath, re-evaluate, and ask yourself “do I really need to say that?” And often time the answer is no.

Love Yourself

There was a long time in my life that I did not love myself. Once I figured out how to love myself, my entire life changed. That doesn’t mean that I want you to be a narcissist and the only thing you care about is yourself. I am talking about being happy, content and confident with who you are. And not worrying about what other people think of you. Not being so concerned with how you look and what you are wearing. Or how much money you make and how you present yourself. Be very comfortable with who you are. When you are able to truly do that, again everything will change.

When you incorporate these 8 principles into your life, it will change your life as far as the way you meet people, the way you attract people, the way other people see you, and look at you, and like you as well. I would recommend writing the principles down and reading them regularly. Never forget any of them. If you are someone that is practicing the principles every single day, that is great! I will tell you, you are better off than most people. I meet a lot of people every single day with my work. Most people are not doing all 8. I can tell you that.

If you want to get really good at communicating and learning how to speak, try doing a podcast, or public speaking, or even some Periscope broadcast. I started my podcast over two years ago and when I look back to see how I spoke then versus how I speak now, it really helps you. Practice and watch them. Evaluate how you speak and try to get better.

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Today’s show is about unhappiness, anger, and illness. I will show you exactly how to take care of this. You don’t want to miss this show!

For the second week in a row, we are recording live on Periscope! So jump on and make sure you are following me @DavidMadow. Also be sure to follow to friends of the show @LisaIllman and @HeavyLover. They both have different styles but also have great positive energy.

As you know, I do this podcast weekly each Monday. For the last two years, I have talked about a lot of stuff. Specifically, I have talked about how important it is to forgive. When you hold in anger, resentment, it’s going to make you unhappy and even worse, ill. If you are holding something inside you have a couple choices. The choices are you can hold it in and be mad at someone or you can let it go. If you hold it in, it will make you sick.

Part of the reason I am talking about this today, is that I encountered a family at my son’s wedding at few weeks ago who for some reason absolutely hate me. They are pissed off at me. This goes back 15 years. At least I think it does, I don’t have any other information. When my ex-wife and I first split 15 years ago, this family took an incredible disliking to me. I have let go of the bitterness, but for some reason this family continues to hate. I can already see signs of illness in this family. It is very very sad. I have tried to make peace with them but for some reason they don’t want to let it go. But it is affecting them in a really bad way. I have tried my best and have tried to persuade them to put it in the past. I have done everything I can to try to make amends with this family. So I realized that I have to release it.

I want to help you! If you have any anger, any hatred, any bad feelings towards anybody, you’ve got to let it go. Again the choices are, to hold in the anger. This doesn’t hurt the other person, it only hurts you. You are holding things inside and there is a decent chance that the stress is going to cause you to get ill. I don’t want to see that happen to ANY of you.

We’re all human beings and we’ve all had problems. We have all had issues in our lives. We’ve all had family members who were tough on us, or friends who crossed us in a bad way, or maybe a business person has taken advantage or done something really bad to us, maybe even really bad things in our lives. We’ve got to forgive and forget. Once you release the negativity and bad energy, you are at peace. I am hoping that everyone listening today and watching on Periscope has released everything. Again, you really only have two choices. Let it go or keep it in!

I have been through some really tough times in my life with business and with a really tough divorce that was very difficult. I went through some really tough times trying to find myself and figure out what I wanted in life. But once you find it, life is incredible. I am 60 years old so I have been through a lot! I don’t want to tell you that my life has been horrible, my life has been pretty good. But I have had tough times.

Periscope Question: Does this family acknowledge their misery, them versus the world?

Dr. Dave: I don’t want to say anything bad about them. I don’t hold any grudges. I don’t have any anger inside of me, I really don’t. What I will say is, I observe them very carefully. I am very perceptive. In this family, I see sadness. I see that they feel like they have to conform and be like everybody else. I see them on the dance floor going through the motions and not really wanting to be there. I see them acting for other people. I don’t see true happiness and so I can understand how people like this can hold in anger, frustration, and hate. There is not a cell in my body that hates anybody. I have learned to let it go. I meditate, I do yoga, I move my body, and I eat a plant based diet. I stopped owning their issues. There was a time when I tried to be nice and do what I could to make this family like me. Those days are gone. They can continue to hate. I will go on record as saying this right now. I am happy. I am living the life I want to live every single day. They can choose to change but I think they are stuck, they don’t know what to do, and they are confused.

I talked to someone this past weekend, whose father does not talk to his own mother. It has been like 30 to 40 years! I told my friend, can you talk to your father? Is there any way at all to just have him let it go? No matter what was done, no matter what kind of wrong was done upon him. Can you just forgive or even just let it go? And his response was that he doesn’t think he can. I felt so bad hearing that. Because there is going to come a time when it takes a toll on his body. It’s not worth it! It’s really not!

People do crazy things in life. People are going to do bad things to you, they are going to say bad things, they are going to lie, they are going to cross you the wrong way, you are going to have bad business deals, you are going to have lovers or spouses do things to you that aren’t right. We only have a certain amount of control over others. If their lives are horrible, if they are stuck in their lives and can’t forgive, if they are sad, if they are unhappy, there is only so much you can do.

Don’t be angry but if for some reason someone can’t let go of their angry feelings towards you “photoshop” them out of your life. You don’t want their negative feelings being reflected on you. Don’t worry about them, don’t be angry at them, don’t hold a grudge. Just “photoshop” them out of your life.

We are living great lives. I am living my best life ever! I deal with great people all day long. I make decent money. My life is good. And trust me it’s not all about money. If you can make decent money doing what you love then that’s fantastic.

There is nothing in life that I feel stronger about than happiness!

If I helped one person today, it made my day! Based on the interaction on today’s show, I have a feeling I have helped more than one 🙂

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I have been running for about 35 years or so and today I am sharing a few tips on how to help make you a better runner or even walker.

My son, Evan, and I went out for a run this morning. My son is getting married today roughly 5 hours from now. So it was the last father and single son run that we will ever do together. It was really nice and memorable and we had beautiful weather here in San Diego, CA. I will never forget it for as long as I live.

If you have not gotten on Periscope yet, please make sure you download it. It is available for iPhone and Android and is free. Each morning I record an inspirational show. You are able to interact with me and ask questions and make comments. And you can replay any missed episodes. Search for @davidmadow and follow me.

Why I Love to Run

• Exercise – First, I do it for cardiovascular exercise. It is aerobic and helps to get and keep your heart in the best shape possible. Doesn’t matter if you are a slow runner. And walking is probably one of the best exercises possible.
• It’s meditative – I have talked many times in the past about how important meditation is. Every day, I sit down in a quiet room, no noise, no sound. Just breathing in and out and trying to clear my mind. During your run, try clearing your mind and enjoying the scenery. With a clear mind focus on the road ahead. Try not to think about your work day or a fight that you just got in or a relationship. Focus on the road and look straight ahead and it can be extremely meditative. So if you don’t really have time to do both, you can use your run as your meditation.
• Tone muscles – Runners, and even walkers, have toned muscles. Their calves look pretty good 🙂 When you are a runner, you can be very proud of your calves because they are strong and in shape.
• Listen to a podcast – There are so many good podcasts out there. I hope and pray, of course, that you are listening to mine but there are a ton of them out there. One of my favorites that I like to listen to when I am running is the Dave Ramsey Show. It’s a financial podcast. A lot of time it is pretty simple and he says the same thing over and over again but by listening to this year after year it gives you a great sense of responsibility with your money. Never stop learning!
• Love the outdoors – I also run because I love the outdoors. I have a treadmill in my home and I use it in very inclement weather but I love to get outside any time I can. I live in Maryland most of the year and the four seasons are just incredible. We have hot summers, a nice spring, a fall where the leaves are turning colors; and then winter of course can be unpredictable of course, it can be really icy and cold or snowy. And those are the times when I really use the treadmill. Enjoying the outdoors is a great benefit of running.
• It’s FUN – It really is fun! If it weren’t fun, I wouldn’t be doing it for 35 years. You get into things and know that you have to do them because they will do your body good. But if it’s not something that’s fun, it’s hard to really keep the habit. Maybe all these reasons combined are what make it fun. Nice calves, meditative, exercise, enjoying the outdoors; it’s really a lot of fun. So again I urge to get outside and run. If you are not a runner, walking is fantastic exercise just make sure you do the Magic 4. Which is what I call four miles per day (if you can). You will see tremendous changes to your health and your body if you can get out there and do four miles at a time (at a decent pace).
• No equipment needed – One of the other reasons why I love to run is that you really don’t need a lot of equipment. Besides a nice comfortable pair of shoes, there is not much else that you need.I recommend going to a running store so that they can test you and “prescribe” the best pair of running shoes for you. A good pair of shoes is really important. You will also need some comfortable seasonally appropriate clothing. That’s really all you need. You don’t need expensive equipment or a gym membership. You can walk out your front door, hit the road, and start going. That’s one of the reasons why I run. I love it and it’s easy! You can go fast or slow. I have told you many times and I am very proud to say this but I am a slow runner. I used to run faster but I was never a fast runner even when I first started running in my twenties. Go at your own pace.
• It’s not competitive – You can compete if you like. But in running I am only competing against myself. I am only concerned about myself. Unless you are an athlete running a race and you are doing it to place in your category and win awards. Otherwise you are only competing with yourself.
• Hills – Hills are good and bad. Hills going up and going down are great ways to train different parts of your body. Hill work can be tough depending on how steep it is. If you are a regular listener of the show, you probably know that Yoko and I recently completed the Breck Crest Half Marathon. Hills keep you in great shape. When you get to the top and look down at the hill you just conquered it’s a great feeling. Not only that but knowing that your next segment is going to be downhill, it’s truly a great feeling. As you do more and more hills, you feel like you are getting stronger, in better shape, your breathing is better, so hills, hills, hills. You have to do them. If you live in a flat area such as in Florida or in the Midwest, try a set of steps in a really tall building. They are a great substitute.
• That feeling – The feeling I get at the end of a run is just phenomenal. No matter how short or long the run is, when you finish a run and are cooling down, it is an incredible feeling knowing that you have had another successful run under your belt. You just have to keep it going. I have been doing it for 35 years but I have never taken a long period of time off. Other than maybe an illness or an injury, I have been very consistent.
• Longevity – If you are keep healthy and doing some of the other things I recommend, you can run practically almost until the end of your life. If you are doing everything you can to stay healthy, I truly believe you can run until you die!

It is a lifestyle! Let’s live this life together!

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I have an extremely powerful message today! Please listen to this from start to finish!

I have a very special guest with me today. Her name is Karen Davis and she was speaking ahead of me at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Fest. I thought her message was so incredibly powerful that I asked her to record a podcast with me right there on the spot. It was awesome and I think it will be one of the most powerful messages that I have ever had on my show in the past two years and 103 episodes!

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Interview with Karen Davis

I just met an amazing woman. Her name is Karen Davis and she is with United Poultry Concerns. She just spoke before me at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival in Charlottesville, VA and gave one of the best talks I have ever seen!

Dr. Dave: “Tell me a little bit about what you do at United Poultry Concerns.”

Karen: “I started United Poultry Concerns in 1990, about 25 years ago. After learning about that fact that chickens are the largest number of land animals slaughtered for human consumption every single year, exceeded only by a number of fish. I happened to have a life long affinity for birds but I didn’t know chickens growing up. As I was learning about chickens and turkeys and how badly they were treated in the 1980’s, I decided I wanted to start an organization that would advocate for these birds that would focus on their plight and, as I have learned, their delight. So in 1990 I started United Poultry Concerns at a time when people were saying to me “you’re gonna have a hard time keeping an organization like that going because it’s hard enough to advocate for whales. How are we ever going to have enough people that support and care about an organization who is focusing on the plight and all of the terrible things that are done to chickens and turkeys in the name of food production?” Of course, I did not listen to those negative voices.

I started United Poultry Concerns and I can explain some of the things that we do. First of all, we are located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia which is one of the highest chicken production areas in the country. The Delmarva peninsula comprises all of Delaware and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. At any given time in the Delmarva peninsula, which is a very small strip of land 150 miles long and 50 miles across, over a half a billion chickens are locked up in factory farms which are basically concentration camps on the Eastern Shore. These are the chickens that are raised by companies like Purdue, Tyson, and Mountaire. These chickens are slaughtered as six week old babies for the chicken industry. The kinds of chickens where you see three breasts in a cellophane package at the supermarket or you see this great big chicken on a rotisserie spit at a Boston Market. The story behind these images is a horrific story of extreme cruelty involving genetics and the terrible way that these birds are forced to live. Genetically, the chickens that are raised for the chicken meat industry, have been bred, inbred, and cross bred over and over and continue to be bred in these horrible artificial ways so that they will turn into basically a huge mass of breast muscle tissue. Because the birds are forced to grow so large in such a short amount of time, a baby bird at six weeks would weigh typically weigh less than a pound but chickens bred for the chicken meat industry are huge even though they are still babies. What’s happening inside the body of these abnormally bred birds are many things. All of them terrible for the bird. First of all, because they are bred to grow so quickly, their organs are not properly “organized” in their bodies. In other words, their bodies are disproportioned. These birds have very weak hearts and very weak lungs. Their heart and lung system cannot provide the amount of oxygenated blood that their abnormally large bodies is demanding. Consequently, these types of birds have heart attacks in their infancy. For every bird that you see in the supermarket in the form of a breast or chicken legs or wings or whatever, many millions of birds at the age of one or two or three days old. Because these birds grow so fast and so large in such a short amount of time, their skeletal systems cannot support their body weight. Consequently they are in extreme orthopedic pain. Just like people who are overweight and suffer from diabetes and other conditions and people who are extremely overweight can suffer from a condition known as osteo-arthritis. People with this condition suffer from terrible hip joint pain because the bones and the joint can’t support their body. These baby birds are suffering from basically the same disease. By the time they go to slaughter at about five and a half to six weeks of age, they are basically crippled. They are also very crowded in the chicken houses. The chicken houses contain anywhere from twenty or thirty thousand baby birds living basically on top of each other for the six weeks of life that they are in these houses. The houses are about five hundred to six hundred feet long. For as far as the eye can see stretches this haze of toxic pollution in which these birds live and breath through the entire lives. People who are under the impression that chicken is a health food could not be more poorly informed. None of that is true. These chickens go to slaughter sick. Many of them go to slaughter blind or partially blind with a burning eye disease called keratoconjunctivitis. Their eyes have been burned from the toxic ammonia fumes that they are forced to breathe for their entire life. Where do these ammonia fumes come from? Chicken droppings have a nitrogen component. The droppings are very small and when they are dropped on the forest floor, as in nature, the nitrogen is actually beneficial to the soil and to the health of the plant life of the forest. But when chickens are grown to that huge size, their droppings consequently very large. The chickens are fed a horrible diet which also affects their droppings. And then they are completely confined in these polluted houses. As all of this excrement is being decomposed by bacteria the result is a release of toxic fumes known as ammonia.

If you peak into a chicken house that has been empty for a few days, before the next flock is installed there, if you open the door just a crack as I have, immediately your eyes and throat are going to be assaulted by burning ammonia. When you breathe it, you are going to feel it in your respiratory system and in your throat. You’re gonna feel the burning in your eyes. And people that they are eating a piece of flash, even though they have been conditioned to believe they are eating a healthy food. They are eating a piece of flesh or an egg into which these ammonia fumes have penetrated. They are eating the flesh or an egg of a bird whose eyes burned for her entire life and who went to slaughter with what’s called chronic respiratory infection. The birds are almost always wheezing with the respiratory crud that is in their throats.

So this is the poultry industry. In the case of birds that are bred for meat, they have a series of processes that are used to disguise the condition of the bird. They have bleaches, chlorine dips, they will cut of all the diseased parts (which are then fed to your pets in pet food). The lowest and the worst of all of it is that they will gather it up and they will put back into the poultry and livestock feed. What that means is that when you eat these birds you are eating all of this terrible refuse.

They have had this horrible diet forced upon them. One of the things they do to the birds to force them to keep eating unnaturally and turn them into a big mass of meat is to give them something in their diet that causes them to feel empty even though they are full. The cruelty of the poultry industry could not be exaggerated. There is every kind of manipulation of the bird’s genes, their genitals, they are living in filth and in darkness. They want them to be immobilized. When you look back into traditional farming practices, the idea of immobilizing animals who were being raised for meat came during slaughter time. They forced the animals to be sedentary because when you are sedentary the muscle tissues does not develop normally. Muscles that are used are tough from activity. They want their muscles to not develop and remain soft and kinda mushy.

A reporter with the Guardian in the UK was investigating the chicken industry and described a chicken house as “a sea of stationary grey objects”. Anyone who follows the news will know that we are constantly hearing of salmonella outbreaks. This is because when you force any animal to live in overcrowded filthy buildings without air or sunshine it causes stresses. These birds immune systems cannot cope with the load. They cannot cope with billions and billions of pathogens assaulting their body all the time. It is a fact of life. Millions of people around the world come down with what most commonly called stomach flu – cramps, diarrhea, and other abdominal stress. This is almost always a result of eating a poultry product, either chickens, turkeys, or eggs. These diseases are ubiquitous throughout the world are are known to be considered “diseases of production” otherwise known as man made diseases. These disease are related are known in the poultry industry because you cannot raise animals under these conditions and not have diseases. And the industry will concede. These chickens are sitting in their own excrement, breathing toxic gases, on crippled legs. They are assaulted by every type of micro-organism that is making them sick. Many of these organisms get passed on to the handlers or to the people consuming the chicken who then become sick. And now we are finding that bacteria are becoming immune to these antibiotics, many of which are needed to treat humans of the diseases they got from eating poultry products.”

Dr. Dave: “I’ve got a question for you. You’ve given a tremendous amount of information. And I don’t want to date this but we are coming up on Thanksgiving and Christmas, holidays where it is typical to serve things like turkey, chicken, and eggs. Why should my listeners/viewers not go out to the store to buy poultry this season?”

Karen: “This should be your first real Thanksgiving. And you are contributing to the first real Thanksgiving for the turkeys and the chickens that you aren’t going to eat anymore. Your good fortune should not be based on their bad fortune. And that is a reason in itself to enjoy a delicious vegan Thanksgiving. Turkeys and chickens love to be outdoors in the wide open. we have had many of them at our animal sanctuary in Machipongo, Virginia. We tell people that when you are eating these animals you are eating misery. There are just so many reasons not to eat turkey. We have the capacity, and the culinary genius, as human beings to create products that are healthy for people, that don’t have the cruelty, don’t have the contamination, don’t have the cholesterol, and taste really good. We can be pioneers in the kitchen. We urge people to be pioneers in the kitchen. Let this be the first real Thanksgiving. No one wants to give thanks over something whose life was frightful.”

Dr. Dave: “For the people who will respond that they only purchase free range organic poultry and that they have had a great life, how do you respond to them?”

Karen: “The answer is that even under the best circumstances, they are still not good circumstances for animals that are raised for food. They are manipulated, the birds are usually debeaked, the turkeys are almost always artificially milked and inseminated. What we have discovered in our recent investigation of Whole Foods is that basically Whole Foods isn’t telling the public the truth. They are charging consumers inflated prices for birds who they are telling the consumer were raised humanely. But when the suppliers were investigated, it was discovered that these birds are raised in the same horrible stench filled polluted factory farm conditions as the so called regular commercial birds. So Whole Foods is really a scam when it comes to their animal products.”

Dr. Dave: “Finally someone tells us the truth. Karen, I really appreciate your time. Can you tell my listeners/viewers a little more about your sanctuary and how they can reach you?”

Karen: “United Poultry Concerns is based in Machipongo, VA. We moved there in 1998 to accommodate our chicken sanctuary. We have an outdoor aviary for our chicken. And each year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day, we invite people to come from 2pm-5pm to our all vegan potluck Thanksgiving celebration. We ask that everyone bring a vegan dish that could serve about four people. We tell people that if you cannot bring a dish, to come anyway. If you are not yet a vegetarian or vegan, it is wonderful to come to an event like this to discover the wealth of animal free foods.”

Dr. Dave: “Do you have a website or other contact?”

Karen: “Yes, our website is www.upc-online.org.”

Dr. Dave: “Karen thank you so much. Don’t be surprised if you see a bus pull from Maryland pull up with a bunch of vegans on it.”

Karen: “Sure, as long as you’re on it!”

Dr. Dave: (laughing) “I might be driving it”.

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I am filming today’s show on location outside. It’s a beautiful September day and we have a lot to talk about today so join us!

We celebrated our 100^th show just last week. When I first started the show, I never imagined I would get this far. When I first started off, the show was called Slice Your Age in Half, then it was Slice Your Age, and now it is The David Madow Lifestyle Show. I think that The David Madow Lifestyle Show sort of tells the whole story. It’s all about lifestyle and I am doing it. I am trying to help you do it too!

Looking back on last week’s show, the 100^th birthday party, I am not sure I expressed my feelings of gratitude towards you and towards what I am doing. And I wanted to take just a few seconds to thank YOU so much from the bottom of my heart for being a friend of mine. Even if you have never met me personally, I consider you a friend. I feel your energy, you’re here with me, and we’re changing the world one person at a time. When I first started, I had a few listeners. But over the past two years and 101 podcasts, people from all over the world have been watching the videos and listening to the audio podcasts and I am just so humbled. Thank you! I always say if I can change just one life of someone watching or listening to this; then that makes my day. And it’s evident that I have changed so many more. I read a lot of your stories last episode. I have two or three more that came in late and I don’t want to miss them entirely. So I wanted to give them a chance to express how they feel.

Michael Cowgill – “Good Morning Dave! I must say much more of my life has changed because of you. I look at myself and the world differently now, not just what I eat, but other things too. I am into conservation and meditation now. And due to a lower back injury, I will begin yoga to repair lower back muscles. I drink purified water. I exercise more than ever. I am hiking. I use a step machine. I even recycle as a way to help our planet. I guess turning 60 really opened my eyes as to what direction I needed to go in. I don’t preach but if asked I will tell others what I do and believe is a healthy way of life. I have just changed a few people’s way of eating and lifestyle and it feels great! I wish more people would just realize how changing a few things could change their lives for the better to become healthier and happier. I have lost 72 lbs. at this point. And it’s interesting because I know what I need to eat to maintain my body weight.  I think I will lose another 20 lbs. and be right where I feel comfortable.”

Congratulations! That’s very cool! It’s very interesting when you start eating and living a healthy lifestyle, you know what and what not to put in your body. You know if you eat something in particular it will cause you to gain weight and become less healthy. If you eat healthy plant based whole foods, non-processed, with minimal salt, sugar, and oil, it is very easy to maintain your weight. Thanks so much Michael!

Jay U. – “Good Morning Dr. David & Yoko from Australia! Thank you for sharing your world with us. I am so thankful you’ve entered my life through your podcasts and guiding me through some of the toughest times in my life. Sharing your thoughts, experiences, and your views which have tied a lot of puzzles in my life.”

Wow Jay! That’s so cool! I am glad we are able to help you all the way in Australia. And if you have never heard of Jay, Jay has been a listener for a long time. Jay actually came to the U.S this past May to run the Bay 2 Breakers race 12K with us. And we hung out and did a meet up and had a really cool dinner. It was great meeting up with you in San Francisco and let’s do it again sometime soon Jay! I am so glad that your life is really good now!

Millie Slater Thompson – “Your enthusiasm and passion for all you do has always inspired me to push to be the best I can be.”

Millie, I am so glad to hear that!

It’s not too late, if you want to write in to me and ask a question or send a comment about how I have changed your life, I will feature you on the show. It’s greatly appreciated!

I also want to talk to you guys today about something that Yoko and I did about three weeks ago while in Colorado. We did a podcast after a we ran a half marathon that had an elevation over 12,500 feet. A half marathon is typically about 13.1 miles so it’s not easy to begin with but when you are running a half marathon over 12,500 feet it’s definitely not easy. Actually someone wrote in to me and said it’s one of the world. I am not sure if it is but it is really tough. We did have a great time doing it. A week after the half marathon, Yoko and I set out to hike two 14,000 foot mountains (otherwise known as a fourteener). Our plan was to hike one which was Mt. Democrat. It was a 45 minute drive from where we were staying in Breckenridge. Part of the difficulty in the hike is just getting there. One you may your way to the town of Alma, CO and head towards Kite Lake the road is extremely difficult to navigate. The road is in poor condition, with bumps, potholes, and all kinds of irregularities like grooves and ditches. And if you don’t have a good four wheel drive vehicle you probably won’t make it up that road. It was a crazy drive. I was really worried that we were going to get a flat tire or break down in the middle of nowhere. We finally made it up the road to Kite Lake and it’s still dark because we left very early. We put our head-lamps on and get our packs and start the hike up to Mt Democrat. It starts out on a level path which isn’t too bad but it very quickly begins to go uphill. It was a lot of slow walking and climbing over large rocks. The altitude was difficult but what made it really scary was that the rocks are a bit wet and slippery in the morning. As I am climbing up these slippery rocks, I begin thinking that this is really dangerous. I had my pack and my hiking poles. I knew if I took one fall that could really be a serious situation. My even bigger concern was going downhill. We met some amazing people during the hike. Including a young woman who was carrying her 35 lb. mountain bike up to the summit which is something I have never seen before. I could not have done it, it was unbelievable! We all made it to the top and spent some time taking photos and talking to other hikers. Luckily on the way down, it has warmed up enough to dry the rocks and the descent was not too difficult. It was much easier and faster than the ascent. We made it to the saddle between Mt. Democrat and Mt. Cameron and now we have a decision to make. We could go back down to the car or as Yoko suggested we could climb another fourteener today. Of course, I am thinking, Yoko are you crazy? We just did one fourteener and a half marathon the week before, let’s cool it for a bit. But she said no it’s right there, let’s go up another 14,000 foot mountain. I agreed and we began hiking the next mountain which was Mt. Cameron. It was a little easier than Mt. Democrat. There was a more defined trail instead of the rock scrambling we did on Mt. Democrat. It took us about 2 hours 15 minutes to reach the summit of Mt. Democrat and probably about an hour or so to summit Mt. Cameron from the saddle. It was a great day! It was difficult but I felt a serious sense of accomplishment after summiting TWO 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado.

So where am I going with this? I have found that over the years mixing up my training is a great way to stay in shape. Doing the same exercise every day is good; at least you are moving. But don’t be afraid to mix it up. Do something fun! Do something you have to train for such as a half marathon or 5k. Get out and do something different!

I also want to share some exciting news! My son, Evan, and his lovely fiancé and getting married next month in San Diego. So Yoko and I will be heading out there. It’s going to be a great family event with tons of friends. This is what life is about! These great moments!

Thanks so much for being with me and being a friend. Please feel free to share my show with your family and friends.

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Come see me on Saturday, September 26^th at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Fest at 2pm. I will be speaking about plant based living. Hope to see you there!

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