WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:07.360 Initialize sequence coming to you live from Houston, Texas, home to the world's 2 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:20.399 largest medical center, and the approach bays everything looking gremon. This is Your 3 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:25.640 Health First, the most beneficial health program on radio with doctor Joe Bellotti. 4 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.760 During the next hour, you'll learn about health, wellness and the prevention of 5 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:49.759 disease. Now here's your host, Doctor Joe Galotti. Well AOK, good 6 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:54.880 Sunday evening to everybody. Doctor Joe Galotti. You're tuned into your Health First 7 00:00:54.920 --> 00:01:00.920 every Sunday between seven and eight pm. We're here with a single minded mission 8 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:07.200 of raising your Health IQ and creating greater awareness for all of you to understand 9 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.400 the ins and the outs of health care and how to stay healthy. Every 10 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:18.680 Sunday, don't forget at seven o'clock. Now, we've been on the road 11 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:23.120 out of town for the past few weeks. I was in a I was 12 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:30.400 on a safari, a photographic safari in Tanzania. So you had to listen 13 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.319 to some of the past episodes of Your Health First the past few Sundays. 14 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:40.239 But we're here back in person on American soil this Sunday, and again this 15 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:47.959 is the Memorial Day weekend. And I do think that we all need to 16 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.840 take a pause, be thankful for the country we live in, be thankful 17 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:59.359 for the freedoms, be thankful for our way of life, and realize that 18 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:06.040 this was some thing that we had to defend and fight for and people lost 19 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.240 their lives. And this is the weekend that we remember those even though we 20 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.120 should remember them every single day of the week. We have to remember those 21 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.039 men and women over the years that have protected all of us through various conflicts. 22 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.520 And the conflicts are real. We are, you know, every single 23 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:32.520 day, exposed to threats to our freedom and our way of life. And 24 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:39.039 many parts of the world may not necessarily like the way we are free here, 25 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:44.039 but keep in mind that we cannot take this freedom of granted and people 26 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.960 lost their lives. And it's a day to fly the flag or a weekend 27 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:55.000 to fly the flag and be mindful of everybody that fought to save our country. 28 00:02:55.240 --> 00:03:00.000 So to get some basic business out of the way, our website doctor 29 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:05.719 Joe Galotti dot com, d R J O E G A L A t 30 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:12.599 I dot com And when you go there that is basically the main portal to 31 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.120 communicate with me. There is a tab there to reach out, send me 32 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:21.599 a message. You could sign up for a newsletter that goes out every Saturday 33 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:25.680 morning across the country to thousands of people. And again, the newsletter is 34 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:31.560 a mechanism. It's a tool to share health and wellness, nutrition, food, 35 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:35.759 exercise, latest things in the news which we will be talking about a 36 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:42.080 little later, and a way to have a dialogue. And for those that 37 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:49.719 are interested in their own health and wellness. You may be fifty years old 38 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:54.360 and you've been recently diagnosed with high blood pressure or pre diabetes, or problems 39 00:03:54.360 --> 00:04:01.599 with arthritis or chronic lung disease, or you're overweight. You need to make 40 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:11.879 some personal choices, personal decisions. Our newsletter every week tries to share with 41 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.439 you some of the latest information, tips resources for you. So make sure 42 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:20.639 you go to the doctor Joeglotti dot com. Signer for the newsletter's right there, 43 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:26.600 and of course all of our social media Facebook, Instagram, the YouTube 44 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:32.759 page has a lot of information and our practice website Liver Specialists of Texas, 45 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.360 So when we're out on the radio, as many of you know, we 46 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:42.120 take care of patients with liver disease digestive disorders. That website is Texasliver dot 47 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.600 com. But again you don't have to remember all this. It's all on 48 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:53.279 the doctor Joe Galotti web page. All right. So this is one of 49 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:57.600 those weeks where it's a little laid back, just getting back into the groove 50 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.199 with regular program for the rest of the summer. But I do want to 51 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:08.879 tell you, as many of you know, photography has been a passion of 52 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:13.160 mine and interest of mine since I was a young child. And I tell 53 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:19.879 people that it was second grade. I was in second grade and I actually 54 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:28.199 won a camera, and that really got me started in being interested in photography. 55 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.839 And it helped an awful lot that my uncle, one of my uncles, 56 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:36.000 Uncle Larry, was a professional photographer in New York City, and so 57 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:43.959 I was always around photographic equipment, flash bulbs, all of the batteries and 58 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.519 the cords and all of the gadgets, as we say. And when I 59 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.160 was a kid growing up, if we had a birthday party it was fourth 60 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:55.560 of July, it was a Memorial Day weekend, Uncle Larry would be over 61 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:59.519 the house with one of his cameras. Maybe it was a rolla flex, 62 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:05.040 maybe is a the press, one of his press cameras, those big things 63 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:10.600 that you know you'd see in the old movies and he would be taking pictures. 64 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.759 Right, everybody takes pictures at a barbecue, birthday party, whatever it 65 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.639 may be. But the difference was the next day or two days later, 66 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:24.839 we'd have twenty five eight by ten black and white glossies on our kitchen table 67 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.680 of your birthday party or of fourth of July, or of Labor Day, 68 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:33.800 whatever it was. And so at an early age, I was really fascinated 69 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:43.439 more I would say enthralled by these beautiful black and white eight by ten glosses 70 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:49.120 that were on our kitchen table and looking at the detail and the expressions, 71 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:55.399 and so I just became really hooked on photography. But anyway, the opportunity 72 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:59.639 to go on a safari, now, I would not say I have done 73 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.360 a lot lot of photography work in the wildlife space. I've done a lot 74 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:10.800 of landscape and travel photography in portrait work, but wildlife is a whole different 75 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:16.720 can of can of worms. And so in Tanzania, we were being guided 76 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:24.240 by a professional, very well known wildlife photographer's name was Greg Dutoit, and 77 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:28.279 it was a real honor to be with him, for him to really show 78 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:32.199 how to move around these animals to get the right light, right time of 79 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.360 the day, the right setting on the camera was really marvelous. So in 80 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:40.959 the weeks to come, I will be sharing with you some of the wildlife 81 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:46.759 photography. But really traveling to Tanzania, it was the first time I was 82 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:51.600 really on the African continent. And first of all, it's beautiful. That 83 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:59.199 part of the world is just amazing. The wildlife. We spent probably more 84 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:05.600 time in the Serengetti, which is just open grasslands and planes and just marvelous. 85 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:13.879 And the amount of animals, millions of wilderbeast on the famous migration that 86 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:18.519 takes place this time of the year. To witness that is absolutely unbelievable, 87 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:26.120 very humbling to look back and say, where do I fit in in the 88 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:31.080 grand scheme of the world of humanity? Uh, and you realize that we 89 00:08:31.159 --> 00:08:37.080 are all quite small in that regard. But it was absolutely beautiful. The 90 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:46.639 people in Tanzania were absolutely marvelous. They are kind, very much service oriented 91 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:54.480 to to want to and those that were serving food or or helping us out, 92 00:08:54.919 --> 00:09:00.559 they wanted to go above and beyond. If you wanted more or food, 93 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.440 they would get it for you. They wanted to please you, and 94 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:11.840 so it made for an absolutely marvelous experience. The natural wonders absolutely mind blowing, 95 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:18.799 the people terrific, the camaraderie working with everybody was just really fantastic. 96 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:24.120 And so I wrote this in the newsletter that came out yesterday on Saturday, 97 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:31.440 that getting away off the grid. And I'll tell you I was off the 98 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:37.240 grid. I was five hours from nowhere, in the middle of the Serengeti. 99 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.879 But you have to get away. So for all of you tonight, 100 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:50.159 you may be planning summer vacations, make sure in your time away, whether 101 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.360 you're going down the road, you're staying at home in your backyard with your 102 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.240 pool and your kids, you're going to grandma's house, or you're taking a 103 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:05.759 trip somewhere interstate or out of the country, make sure you find a little 104 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:11.080 bit of time carved out to relax and recharge the batteries. You have to. 105 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:18.440 We are bombarded by social media, phones, ringing, beeping, buzzing, 106 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:24.039 which will eventually drive us crazy, and we just need to get in 107 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:31.080 your own head and relax. The health implication is something that you cannot dispute. 108 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:35.080 There has been research over the past fifty years about the mind body connection 109 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.440 and the negative impact of stress, and so do take that time, even 110 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.720 if it's just one week or a few days off, depending on your schedule 111 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:50.320 and lifestyle and your cans and cannots, make sure you try really to get 112 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:54.120 away and relax. All right, We're going to take a quick break. 113 00:10:54.000 --> 00:11:01.159 Doctor Joeglotti dot com is our website. I am doctor Joe Galotti. Every 114 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:05.799 Sunday between seven and APM. This is your health first day tuned. We're 115 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.399 actually what I have on tap here. We're going to be talking about colon 116 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.919 cancer, some new testing for colon cancer. It might be good, it 117 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.759 might be bad. Stay tuned, but I'll be right back. Yes, 118 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:24.039 indeed, we are family. You are my Sunday night radio family, doctor 119 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:30.399 Joe Gillotti. We're here every Sunday evening between seven and a PM bringing you 120 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:35.240 what I'd like to think is the best health and wellness information. It is 121 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:41.720 properly filtered. There is no slick sales talk here. We're not giving away 122 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:50.159 anything. We're not selling anything other than unadulterated good health and wellness information. 123 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.799 That is what you get from your health first. We want you to put 124 00:11:54.000 --> 00:12:00.120 your health first. And so many times and I say this, and I 125 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:07.279 believe if you walk away with anything anything from this program, whether you're listening 126 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.919 for two minutes or ten years. By the way, we've been on the 127 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:16.720 air for twenty one years, it is that the majority we're talking better than 128 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:22.679 eighty percent, eighty five percent of all the chronic disease. And so look 129 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:26.320 around at yourself, look around at your friends, your family, your parents, 130 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:35.639 coworkers. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, cirrhosis, kidney disease, 131 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:46.000 depression, arthritis, mental health. These are all chronic diseases that we have 132 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:52.600 control over and can be prevented with a lifestyle modification. You're drinking too much 133 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:56.879 alcohol, you're eating too much drive through, you're not getting enough sleep, 134 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.639 you're not exercising, you're eating processed foods, you're eating too many carbs, 135 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:09.840 you're not eating fruits and vegetables. Okay, So these are the things that 136 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.279 you have to take personal inventory on, and really, at the end of 137 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.639 the day, it is personal responsibility. This is nobody is going to jump 138 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:22.720 through the radio or the TV and tell you how to do it or or 139 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.279 make you prisoner. You have to do it yourself. And really the alternative 140 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.679 is you have to look at this and say, misery is optional. Do 141 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:39.440 I want to be on a fistful of medications? Do I want to spend 142 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:43.759 the majority of my time on the phone with doctors, going to doctor's office 143 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:48.840 visits, going for lab work, going for scans. The answer is no, 144 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.320 you don't want to do this, But unfortunately we fall victim to all 145 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.919 this. All right, So in that regard, what I want to do 146 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.480 in the last few minutes here before we take a break from these traffic and 147 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:05.480 weather is colon cancer. Now, colon cancer is one of the leading cancers. 148 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.399 It is the leading cause of cancer. A lot of people don't realize 149 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:16.919 it. And so with that in fact, keep in mind that colon cancer 150 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:24.679 is one of the true preventable cancers, preventable cancers that we all face. 151 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:30.960 The average risk person should start getting screened for colon cancer at age forty five 152 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:33.360 years old. Even if you feel well, you have normal bowel movements, 153 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.840 you don't have any pain, you don't see blood in your stool, you 154 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.320 need to get screened at age forty five, typically with a colonoscopy. Now, 155 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.600 there is a new blood test that has hit the news. It's made 156 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:52.080 by Guardan Health and it is a blood test Now for those of you that 157 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.039 don't want to deal with a colonoscopy, taking the Ballel prep and all that 158 00:14:56.080 --> 00:15:01.000 other stuff, this may be an option for you because a third of American 159 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:05.840 adults are not getting screened in any which way, so we somehow have to 160 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:13.399 address this. The Guardant blood test can screen for colon cancer. Now you 161 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.360 may say, well that's a good thing. Well, it is good, 162 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.399 and some of the people that were on the FDA board said it's better than 163 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.919 nothing, and I would agree with it. But it is not going to 164 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:30.720 identify polyps. Polyps are non cancerous, but they have the potential to turn 165 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:37.080 to cancer. This blood test is geared to identify somebody that has early stage 166 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:45.799 cancer. So you're getting screening is to prevent a disease. Here we're using 167 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:50.399 the term screening to identify the early stages of cancer. Again, if you're 168 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.000 not doing anything, this is better than nothing. But keep in mind that 169 00:15:54.080 --> 00:16:00.679 this blood test is going to identify those that have early stage cancer already. 170 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.799 Well, that doesn't sound too too darn good, So it is something. 171 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:10.080 I want you to be aware that this is not a replacement for colonoscopy. 172 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:14.200 This is not a replacement for taking care of yourself, but it will pick 173 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:18.960 up early stage colon cancer and people that already have it. So again, 174 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:22.559 I'll post information on this on our Facebook page, but you have to go 175 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:27.919 to doctor Joegalotti dot com to get it. And so that's it. Forty 176 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:32.080 five years old. You need to talk to your doctor about getting screened for 177 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.559 colon cancer with a colonoscope. All right, we're gonna take a quick break, 178 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.440 doctor Joe Galotti. Don't forget go to doctor Joe Galotti dot com. 179 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.639 Stay tuned. We'll be back in a minute. Welcome back, everybody, 180 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:49.039 final segment for this Memorial Day weekend edition of Your Health. First, I'm 181 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:56.679 doctor Joe Galotti. Our website doctor Joegalotti dot com, Doctor Joeglotti dot com. 182 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.720 Sign up for our newsletter, send me a message, take a look 183 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:07.119 at all of our social media information there including YouTube, Instagram, follow us 184 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.599 along and don't miss a beat. And of course, if you have any 185 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:18.599 liver or digestive issues, our practice website Liver Specialist of Texas, you can 186 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:23.559 connect with us there through the website, there's a link for Texasliver dot com. 187 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:29.920 So we've been talking about bagels and actually during the break, I received 188 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.640 a text message from somebody saying, do you think you're being a little rude 189 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.680 talking about New Yorkers versus the rest of the world. Well, first of 190 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.440 all, I am a native New Yorker. At number two, it is 191 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:49.440 all done in tongue and cheek. Please please understand that that I'm not disrespectful 192 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:55.400 to anybody, but just a bit of good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation 193 00:17:55.559 --> 00:18:00.519 here regarding the almighty bagel. All right, So what we started off with 194 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.599 was the better bagel. It's a frozen bagel, I would say, a 195 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:11.119 manufactured frozen bagel that you could get in the frozen section of your local grocery 196 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.400 store. I have been to get mine at Whole Food, and what they're 197 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.599 saying is that this is a better bagel, This is a better food to 198 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:23.400 eat. Now, the small print is they it still has forty grams of 199 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.960 carbohydrate, but the way that they make it look better is by adding fiber. 200 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:33.200 And when you calculate the net carbohydrate, it is the total carbs minus 201 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.960 fiber, and that's what they do here. So they add in a lot 202 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:44.799 of fiber to the product. Now I have in front of me, the 203 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:52.480 nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York City. And just to 204 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:57.279 compare a few things here, Number one, our better bagel, the frozen 205 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:03.920 bagel is one hundred and sixty calries per bagel. The Manhattan bagel is three 206 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.559 hundred calories. Now what I would say, I researched this out. Most 207 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:15.799 typical plane New York City bagels are anywhere between three hundred to three hundred and 208 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:22.880 twenty calories. So right off the bat, you're getting less calories, all 209 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:27.119 right, So maybe this is a better bagel if you're just looking at calories. 210 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:33.119 Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going to jump around sodium. 211 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:38.960 This better bagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred and fifty milligrams of 212 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:45.559 sodium. The classic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred and ten. So 213 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:51.200 it is in the same ballpark. And I would say most bagels are going 214 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:55.400 to be on the higher side. A lot of bread products to get you 215 00:19:55.920 --> 00:20:00.839 any sort of taste, because you figure plain white flowers pretty tasteless. The 216 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.759 only way it's going to taste good is by adding salt. Okay, So 217 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:08.160 keep in mind that you're the bagel in general is going to be on the 218 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:14.759 higher side of sodium, so six point fifty in the frozen bagel versus about 219 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:21.079 six' ten on the plane real New York bagel is pretty close. Now 220 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:29.400 on the carbohydrates, okay, because that's that's one of the selling points here. 221 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:36.680 The frozen bagel has forty grams of total carbohydrate. The New York bagel 222 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:44.920 has sixty, so it's it's starting off with more carbohydrates. And the different 223 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:52.599 varieties of New York Manhattan bagels range in carbohydrates from a low of forty, 224 00:20:53.480 --> 00:21:00.839 and in this particular diagram it is the thin bagel, so it's probably just 225 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:06.680 a smaller bagel has about forty grams of carbs, but your typical New York 226 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:12.400 bagel has anywhere from sixty five to sixty grams of carbs, so it is 227 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:17.480 the New York bagel is a little bit higher in carbohydrates. The fiber, 228 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.759 there is essentially no fiber in a bagel, two grams of fiber, where 229 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:27.720 the better bagel is giving you thirty five grams of fiber, but it is 230 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:34.200 being added in by adding a gave fiber, which is probably giving you a 231 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:41.119 little bit of taste as well. So all in all just on the surface, 232 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:48.599 this is a better bagel. Does it taste better than a New York 233 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:51.680 bagel? Probably not. I could tell you it doesn't. I mean, 234 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:56.519 I've eaten. My wife thought it was pretty bland and tasteless. But you 235 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.400 know, you have an oral craving to eat something and toast it now, 236 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:07.759 and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in New York 237 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:12.960 City that I met a dietitian really really early on in my career, and 238 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.519 she was talking to the residents about foods for our patients and whatnot, and 239 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.839 she had said, the one food, and again this is coming from New 240 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.720 York City, one food never to eat or the worst food to eat is 241 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:32.960 a bagel. You could certainly make an argument about that that there are things 242 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:37.079 worse than a bagel to have in the morning, But keep in mind that 243 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:41.039 you're going to be getting a lot of carbs, a lot of sodium calorie 244 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:47.319 wise about three hundred not the worst thing. Now, if you decide that 245 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:53.240 you want to add some sour cream cheese to this, so Philadelphia cream cheese, 246 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:57.200 which is really pretty much the standard cream cheese you're going to get in 247 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:04.480 New York. One serving, according to Philadelphia cream cheese. One serving is 248 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:10.799 one ounce. I would say that if you go anywhere in New York and 249 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:15.640 you get one ounce of cream cheese, you're going to send it back and 250 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:21.680 say you're skimping on me. So let's just say two ounces of cream cheese. 251 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:26.920 Okay, this is full fat, full fair cream cheese. With two 252 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:32.720 ounces, you're going to get an additional two hundred calories. You're only going 253 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:37.000 to get another four grams of protein. You're going to get twenty grams of 254 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:41.480 fat and just a miniscule amount of sugar. So by adding the cream cheese, 255 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:47.519 you're going to get a lot of fat, two hundred more calories. 256 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:52.039 So maybe you're already up to If the bagel is three hundred, you're looking 257 00:23:52.039 --> 00:24:02.640 at at least five to six hundred calories for your breakfast. Okay, now 258 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:08.920 let's put this all in perspective. I don't think that we should banish the 259 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:18.279 bagel to food purgatory food. Hell. I would think, like anything in 260 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:26.960 life, it is moderation. If you are having a cream cheese bagel every 261 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:37.400 single day, slathered up with cream cheese, butter cheese, put two or 262 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:42.200 three eggs on top of it, you're looking for trouble unless you're a marathon 263 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:48.119 runner or you swim a mile a day. So I think if on Sunday 264 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:57.319 morning you want a bagel and indulge in a little sour cream cheese, I 265 00:24:57.359 --> 00:25:03.759 think it's okay to do as long as you are getting enough dietary fiber in 266 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:11.119 your diet. You're not eating hamburgers all day long, you are not eating 267 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:18.279 two slices of apple pie for dessert every evening. You're not eating pop tarts 268 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:22.400 for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed, the better 269 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:30.759 bagel, the frozen bagel that is claiming a lot of health benefits here, 270 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:36.960 I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but getting it through 271 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:44.960 way protein addit is agave fiber. It may not be as good as eating 272 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:49.680 an apple, fruit, nuts, beans, etc. But if you're trying 273 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:56.519 to be a good player in the nutritional game here, it's probably not bad. 274 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:00.319 Again, a steady diet of the better or bagel. You know, 275 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.880 if you have one on a Saturday or Sunday morning and you indulge, you're 276 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:08.359 reading the newspaper, you're watching the news shows on Sunday, go ahead and 277 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.559 do it. But I think you have to put this all in perspective that 278 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:18.880 you're not going to get healthier, You're not going to not have a heart 279 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:23.359 attack, you are not going to not develop diabetes because this is the only 280 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:29.759 thing you're doing. It has to be part of a more comprehensive health and 281 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:36.079 well in the nutrition exercise plan. All right, So that is it for 282 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:40.720 this installment of Your Health First. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. Always always a 283 00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:45.400 pleasure being here sharing part of the weekend with you, and don't forget Doctor 284 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:48.799 Joegalotti dot com is our website, soner for the newsletter and all that we 285 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.599 have to offer. Be well, God bless America and we'll see you next 286 00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:59.920 Sunday evening. Welcome back, everybody. Final segment for this Memorial Day weekend 287 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:04.599 edition of Your Health First. I'm doctor Joe Galotti, our website doctor Joeglotti 288 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:11.400 dot com, Doctor Joeglotti dot com. Sign up for our newsletter, send 289 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:15.759 me a message, take a look at all of our social media information there 290 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:22.000 including YouTube, Instagram, follow us along and don't miss a beat. And 291 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:26.319 of course, if you have any liver or digestive issues, our practice website 292 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:32.839 Liver specialist of Texas. You can connect with us there through the website. 293 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:38.119 There's a link for Texasliver dot com. So we've been talking about bagels, 294 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:44.319 and actually during the break I received a text message from somebody saying, do 295 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:48.240 you think you're being a little rude talking about New Yorkers versus the rest of 296 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:52.200 the world. Well, first of all, I am a native New Yorker. 297 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:56.720 At number two, it is all done in tongue and cheek. Please 298 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:03.960 please understand that that I'm not disrespectful to anybody, but just a bit of 299 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:08.759 good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation here regarding the almighty bagel. All right, 300 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:15.559 so what we started off with was the better bagel. It's a frozen 301 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.240 bagel, I would say, a manufactured frozen bagel that you could get in 302 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:25.119 the frozen section of your local grocery store. I happen to get mine at 303 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.920 Whole Food. And what they're saying is that this is a better bagel, 304 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:33.680 this is a better food to eat. Now, the small print is they 305 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:37.720 it still has forty grams of carbohydrate, but the way that they make it 306 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:42.599 look better is by adding fiber. And when you calculate the net carbohydrate, 307 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:48.119 it is the total carbs minus fiber. And that's what they do here, 308 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:55.119 so they add in a lot of fiber to the product. Now I have 309 00:28:55.319 --> 00:29:02.200 in front of me the nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York 310 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.240 City. And just to compare a few things here, Number one, our 311 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.480 better bagel, the frozen bagel is one hundred and sixty calories per bagel. 312 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:18.680 The Manhattan bagel is three hundred calories. Now what I would say I researched 313 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:26.400 this out. Most typical plane New York City bagels are anywhere between three hundred 314 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.839 to three hundred and twenty calories. So right off the bat, you're getting 315 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:37.240 less calories, all right, So maybe this is a better bagel if you're 316 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:42.000 just looking at calories. Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going 317 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:48.519 to jump around sodium. This better bagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred 318 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:56.519 and fifty milligrams of sodium. The classic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred 319 00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:00.480 and ten. So it is in the same ballpark. And I let's say 320 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:04.640 most bagels are going to be on the higher side. A lot of bread 321 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:08.960 products to get you any sort of taste, because you figure plain white flowers 322 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:14.359 pretty tasteless. The only way it's going to taste good is by adding salt. 323 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.759 Okay, so keep in mind that you're the bagel in general is going 324 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:23.319 to be on the higher side of sodium. So six point fifty in the 325 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:30.359 frozen bagel versus about six ten on the plain real New York bagel is pretty 326 00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:37.960 close. Now on the carbohydrates, okay, because that's that's one of the 327 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:45.960 selling points here. The frozen bagel has forty grams of total carbohydrate. The 328 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:53.000 New York bagel has sixty, so it's it's starting off with more carbohydrates. 329 00:30:53.039 --> 00:31:03.440 And the different varieties of New York Manhattan bayls range in carbohydrates from a low 330 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:11.480 of forty, and in this particular diagram it is the thin bagel, so 331 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.319 it's probably just a smaller bagel has about forty grams of carbs, but your 332 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:22.680 typical New York bagel has anywhere from sixty five to sixty grams of carbs, 333 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.920 so it is the New York bagel is a little bit higher in carbohydrates. 334 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:33.079 The fiber there is essentially no fiber in a bagel two grams of fiber, 335 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:38.920 where the better bagel is giving you thirty five grams of fiber, but it 336 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:45.400 is being added in by adding a gave fiber, which is probably giving you 337 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:52.839 a little bit of taste as well. So all in all, just on 338 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:59.640 the surface, this is a better bagel. Does it taste better than a 339 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.960 New York bagel? Probably not. I could tell you it doesn't. I 340 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:07.039 mean, I've eaten. My wife thought it was pretty bland and tasteless. 341 00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.119 But you know, you have an oral craving to eat something and toast it 342 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:17.759 now, and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in 343 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:23.759 New York City that I met a dietitian really really early on in my career, 344 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:29.359 and she was talking to the residents about foods for our patients and whatnot, 345 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:32.920 and she had said, the one food, and again this is coming 346 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:37.519 from New York City, one food never to eat, or the worst food 347 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:43.400 to eat, is a bagel. You could certainly make an argument about that 348 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:47.519 that there are things worse than a bagel to have in the morning, But 349 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:51.599 keep in mind that you're going to be getting a lot of carbs, a 350 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:57.839 lot of sodium calorie wise about three hundred not the worst thing. Now, 351 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.240 if you decide that you want to add some sour cream cheese to this. 352 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:07.519 So Philadelphia cream cheese, which is really pretty much the standard cream cheese you're 353 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:15.559 going to get in New York one serving. According to Philadelphia cream Cheese, 354 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:21.720 one serving is one ounce. I would say that if you go anywhere in 355 00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:24.480 New York and you get one ounce of cream cheese, you're going to send 356 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:30.279 it back and say you're skimping on me. So let's just say two ounces 357 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:37.279 of cream cheese. Okay, this is full fat, full fair cream cheese. 358 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:42.599 With two ounces, you're going to get an additional two hundred calories. 359 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:46.400 You're only going to get another four grams of protein, You're going to get 360 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:52.599 twenty grams of fat and just a miniscule amount of sugar. So by adding 361 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:57.839 the cream cheese, you're going to get a lot of fat, two hundred 362 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:02.119 more calories. So maybe you're already up to If the bagel is three hundred, 363 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:12.559 you're looking at at least five to six hundred calories for your breakfast. 364 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:19.000 Okay, now let's put this all in perspective. I don't think that we 365 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:28.519 should banish the bagel to food purgatory food. Hell. I would think, 366 00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:35.840 like anything in life, it is moderation. If you are having a cream 367 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:46.440 cheese bagel every single day, slathered up with cream cheese, butter cheese, 368 00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:52.639 put two or three eggs on top of it, you're looking for trouble unless 369 00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:58.880 you're a marathon runner or you swim a mile a day. So I think 370 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:07.320 if on Sunday morning you want a bagel and indulge in a little sour cream 371 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:14.840 cheese, I think it's okay to do as long as you are getting enough 372 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:21.719 dietary fiber in your diet. You're not eating hamburgers all day long, you 373 00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:28.519 are not eating two slices of apple pie for dessert every evening. You're not 374 00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:34.159 eating pop tarts for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed, 375 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:39.960 the better bagel, the frozen bagel that is claiming a lot of health 376 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:45.599 benefits here, I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but 377 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:53.079 getting it through way protein addit is is agave fiber. It may not be 378 00:35:54.000 --> 00:36:00.440 as good as eating an apple, fruit, nuts, beans, et cetera, 379 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:06.440 but if you're trying to be a good player in the nutritional game here, 380 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:12.159 it's probably not bad. Again, a steady diet of the better bagel, 381 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.039 you know, if you have one on a Saturday or a Sunday morning 382 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:19.440 and you indulge, you're reading the newspaper, you're watching the news shows on 383 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.599 Sunday, go ahead and do it. But I think you have to put 384 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:28.960 this all in perspective that you're not going to get healthier, You're not going 385 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:32.800 to not have a heart attack, you are not going to not develop diabetes 386 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:37.840 because this is the only thing you're doing. It has to be part of 387 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:45.360 a more comprehensive health and well in the nutrition exercise plan. All right, 388 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:50.559 So that is it for this installment of your health First. I'm doctor Joe 389 00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:54.360 Galotti. Always always a pleasure being here sharing part of the weekend with you. 390 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:59.719 And don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot com is our website soner for the newsletter 391 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:04.280 and all that we have to offer. Be well, God bless America and 392 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.719 we'll see you next Sunday evening.