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out of town for the past few weeks. I was in a I was
on a safari, a photographic safari in Tanzania. So you had to listen
to some of the past episodes of Your Health First the past few Sundays.
But we're here back in person on American soil this Sunday, and again this
is the Memorial Day weekend. And I do think that we all need to
take a pause, be thankful for the country we live in, be thankful
for the freedoms, be thankful for our way of life, and realize that
this was some thing that we had to defend and fight for and people lost
their lives. And this is the weekend that we remember those even though we
should remember them every single day of the week. We have to remember those
men and women over the years that have protected all of us through various conflicts.
And the conflicts are real. We are, you know, every single
day, exposed to threats to our freedom and our way of life. And
many parts of the world may not necessarily like the way we are free here,
but keep in mind that we cannot take this freedom of granted and people
lost their lives. And it's a day to fly the flag or a weekend
to fly the flag and be mindful of everybody that fought to save our country.
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the doctor Joe Galotti web page. All right. So this is one of
those weeks where it's a little laid back, just getting back into the groove
with regular program for the rest of the summer. But I do want to
tell you, as many of you know, photography has been a passion of
mine and interest of mine since I was a young child. And I tell
people that it was second grade. I was in second grade and I actually
won a camera, and that really got me started in being interested in photography.
And it helped an awful lot that my uncle, one of my uncles,
Uncle Larry, was a professional photographer in New York City, and so
I was always around photographic equipment, flash bulbs, all of the batteries and
the cords and all of the gadgets, as we say. And when I
was a kid growing up, if we had a birthday party it was fourth
of July, it was a Memorial Day weekend, Uncle Larry would be over
the house with one of his cameras. Maybe it was a rolla flex,
maybe is a the press, one of his press cameras, those big things
that you know you'd see in the old movies and he would be taking pictures.
Right, everybody takes pictures at a barbecue, birthday party, whatever it
may be. But the difference was the next day or two days later,
we'd have twenty five eight by ten black and white glossies on our kitchen table
of your birthday party or of fourth of July, or of Labor Day,
whatever it was. And so at an early age, I was really fascinated
more I would say enthralled by these beautiful black and white eight by ten glosses
that were on our kitchen table and looking at the detail and the expressions,
and so I just became really hooked on photography. But anyway, the opportunity
to go on a safari, now, I would not say I have done
a lot lot of photography work in the wildlife space. I've done a lot
of landscape and travel photography in portrait work, but wildlife is a whole different
can of can of worms. And so in Tanzania, we were being guided
by a professional, very well known wildlife photographer's name was Greg Dutoit, and
it was a real honor to be with him, for him to really show
how to move around these animals to get the right light, right time of
the day, the right setting on the camera was really marvelous. So in
the weeks to come, I will be sharing with you some of the wildlife
photography. But really traveling to Tanzania, it was the first time I was
really on the African continent. And first of all, it's beautiful. That
part of the world is just amazing. The wildlife. We spent probably more
time in the Serengetti, which is just open grasslands and planes and just marvelous.
And the amount of animals, millions of wilderbeast on the famous migration that
takes place this time of the year. To witness that is absolutely unbelievable,
very humbling to look back and say, where do I fit in in the
grand scheme of the world of humanity? Uh, and you realize that we
are all quite small in that regard. But it was absolutely beautiful. The
people in Tanzania were absolutely marvelous. They are kind, very much service oriented
to to want to and those that were serving food or or helping us out,
they wanted to go above and beyond. If you wanted more or food,
they would get it for you. They wanted to please you, and
so it made for an absolutely marvelous experience. The natural wonders absolutely mind blowing,
the people terrific, the camaraderie working with everybody was just really fantastic.
And so I wrote this in the newsletter that came out yesterday on Saturday,
that getting away off the grid. And I'll tell you I was off the
grid. I was five hours from nowhere, in the middle of the Serengeti.
But you have to get away. So for all of you tonight,
you may be planning summer vacations, make sure in your time away, whether
you're going down the road, you're staying at home in your backyard with your
pool and your kids, you're going to grandma's house, or you're taking a
trip somewhere interstate or out of the country, make sure you find a little
bit of time carved out to relax and recharge the batteries. You have to.
We are bombarded by social media, phones, ringing, beeping, buzzing,
which will eventually drive us crazy, and we just need to get in
your own head and relax. The health implication is something that you cannot dispute.
There has been research over the past fifty years about the mind body connection
and the negative impact of stress, and so do take that time, even
if it's just one week or a few days off, depending on your schedule
and lifestyle and your cans and cannots, make sure you try really to get
away and relax. All right, We're going to take a quick break.
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eighty percent, eighty five percent of all the chronic disease. And so look
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depression, arthritis, mental health. These are all chronic diseases that we have
control over and can be prevented with a lifestyle modification. You're drinking too much
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visits, going for lab work, going for scans. The answer is no,
you don't want to do this, But unfortunately we fall victim to all
this. All right, So in that regard, what I want to do
in the last few minutes here before we take a break from these traffic and
weather is colon cancer. Now, colon cancer is one of the leading cancers.
It is the leading cause of cancer. A lot of people don't realize
it. And so with that in fact, keep in mind that colon cancer
is one of the true preventable cancers, preventable cancers that we all face.
The average risk person should start getting screened for colon cancer at age forty five
years old. Even if you feel well, you have normal bowel movements,
you don't have any pain, you don't see blood in your stool, you
need to get screened at age forty five, typically with a colonoscopy. Now,
there is a new blood test that has hit the news. It's made
by Guardan Health and it is a blood test Now for those of you that
don't want to deal with a colonoscopy, taking the Ballel prep and all that
other stuff, this may be an option for you because a third of American
adults are not getting screened in any which way, so we somehow have to
address this. The Guardant blood test can screen for colon cancer. Now you
may say, well that's a good thing. Well, it is good,
and some of the people that were on the FDA board said it's better than
nothing, and I would agree with it. But it is not going to
identify polyps. Polyps are non cancerous, but they have the potential to turn
to cancer. This blood test is geared to identify somebody that has early stage
cancer. So you're getting screening is to prevent a disease. Here we're using
the term screening to identify the early stages of cancer. Again, if you're
not doing anything, this is better than nothing. But keep in mind that
this blood test is going to identify those that have early stage cancer already.
Well, that doesn't sound too too darn good, So it is something.
I want you to be aware that this is not a replacement for colonoscopy.
This is not a replacement for taking care of yourself, but it will pick
up early stage colon cancer and people that already have it. So again,
I'll post information on this on our Facebook page, but you have to go
to doctor Joegalotti dot com to get it. And so that's it. Forty
five years old. You need to talk to your doctor about getting screened for
colon cancer with a colonoscope. All right, we're gonna take a quick break,
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Stay tuned. We'll be back in a minute. Welcome back, everybody,
final segment for this Memorial Day weekend edition of Your Health. First, I'm
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Sign up for our newsletter, send me a message, take a look
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So we've been talking about bagels and actually during the break, I received
a text message from somebody saying, do you think you're being a little rude
talking about New Yorkers versus the rest of the world. Well, first of
all, I am a native New Yorker. At number two, it is
all done in tongue and cheek. Please please understand that that I'm not disrespectful
to anybody, but just a bit of good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation
here regarding the almighty bagel. All right, So what we started off with
was the better bagel. It's a frozen bagel, I would say, a
manufactured frozen bagel that you could get in the frozen section of your local grocery
store. I have been to get mine at Whole Food, and what they're
saying is that this is a better bagel, This is a better food to
eat. Now, the small print is they it still has forty grams of
carbohydrate, but the way that they make it look better is by adding fiber.
And when you calculate the net carbohydrate, it is the total carbs minus
fiber, and that's what they do here. So they add in a lot
of fiber to the product. Now I have in front of me, the
nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York City. And just to
compare a few things here, Number one, our better bagel, the frozen
bagel is one hundred and sixty calries per bagel. The Manhattan bagel is three
hundred calories. Now what I would say, I researched this out. Most
typical plane New York City bagels are anywhere between three hundred to three hundred and
twenty calories. So right off the bat, you're getting less calories, all
right, So maybe this is a better bagel if you're just looking at calories.
Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going to jump around sodium.
This better bagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred and fifty milligrams of
sodium. The classic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred and ten. So
it is in the same ballpark. And I would say most bagels are going
to be on the higher side. A lot of bread products to get you
any sort of taste, because you figure plain white flowers pretty tasteless. The
only way it's going to taste good is by adding salt. Okay, So
keep in mind that you're the bagel in general is going to be on the
higher side of sodium, so six point fifty in the frozen bagel versus about
six' ten on the plane real New York bagel is pretty close. Now
on the carbohydrates, okay, because that's that's one of the selling points here.
The frozen bagel has forty grams of total carbohydrate. The New York bagel
has sixty, so it's it's starting off with more carbohydrates. And the different
varieties of New York Manhattan bagels range in carbohydrates from a low of forty,
and in this particular diagram it is the thin bagel, so it's probably just
a smaller bagel has about forty grams of carbs, but your typical New York
bagel has anywhere from sixty five to sixty grams of carbs, so it is
the New York bagel is a little bit higher in carbohydrates. The fiber,
there is essentially no fiber in a bagel, two grams of fiber, where
the better bagel is giving you thirty five grams of fiber, but it is
being added in by adding a gave fiber, which is probably giving you a
little bit of taste as well. So all in all just on the surface,
this is a better bagel. Does it taste better than a New York
bagel? Probably not. I could tell you it doesn't. I mean,
I've eaten. My wife thought it was pretty bland and tasteless. But you
know, you have an oral craving to eat something and toast it now,
and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in New York
City that I met a dietitian really really early on in my career, and
she was talking to the residents about foods for our patients and whatnot, and
she had said, the one food, and again this is coming from New
York City, one food never to eat or the worst food to eat is
a bagel. You could certainly make an argument about that that there are things
worse than a bagel to have in the morning, But keep in mind that
you're going to be getting a lot of carbs, a lot of sodium calorie
wise about three hundred not the worst thing. Now, if you decide that
you want to add some sour cream cheese to this, so Philadelphia cream cheese,
which is really pretty much the standard cream cheese you're going to get in
New York. One serving, according to Philadelphia cream cheese. One serving is
one ounce. I would say that if you go anywhere in New York and
you get one ounce of cream cheese, you're going to send it back and
say you're skimping on me. So let's just say two ounces of cream cheese.
Okay, this is full fat, full fair cream cheese. With two
ounces, you're going to get an additional two hundred calories. You're only going
to get another four grams of protein. You're going to get twenty grams of
fat and just a miniscule amount of sugar. So by adding the cream cheese,
you're going to get a lot of fat, two hundred more calories.
So maybe you're already up to If the bagel is three hundred, you're looking
at at least five to six hundred calories for your breakfast. Okay, now
let's put this all in perspective. I don't think that we should banish the
bagel to food purgatory food. Hell. I would think, like anything in
life, it is moderation. If you are having a cream cheese bagel every
single day, slathered up with cream cheese, butter cheese, put two or
three eggs on top of it, you're looking for trouble unless you're a marathon
runner or you swim a mile a day. So I think if on Sunday
morning you want a bagel and indulge in a little sour cream cheese, I
think it's okay to do as long as you are getting enough dietary fiber in
your diet. You're not eating hamburgers all day long, you are not eating
two slices of apple pie for dessert every evening. You're not eating pop tarts
for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed, the better
bagel, the frozen bagel that is claiming a lot of health benefits here,
I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but getting it through
way protein addit is agave fiber. It may not be as good as eating
an apple, fruit, nuts, beans, etc. But if you're trying
to be a good player in the nutritional game here, it's probably not bad.
Again, a steady diet of the better or bagel. You know,
if you have one on a Saturday or Sunday morning and you indulge, you're
reading the newspaper, you're watching the news shows on Sunday, go ahead and
do it. But I think you have to put this all in perspective that
you're not going to get healthier, You're not going to not have a heart
attack, you are not going to not develop diabetes because this is the only
thing you're doing. It has to be part of a more comprehensive health and
well in the nutrition exercise plan. All right, So that is it for
this installment of Your Health First. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. Always always a
pleasure being here sharing part of the weekend with you, and don't forget Doctor
Joegalotti dot com is our website, soner for the newsletter and all that we
have to offer. Be well, God bless America and we'll see you next
Sunday evening. Welcome back, everybody. Final segment for this Memorial Day weekend
edition of Your Health First. I'm doctor Joe Galotti, our website doctor Joeglotti
dot com, Doctor Joeglotti dot com. Sign up for our newsletter, send
me a message, take a look at all of our social media information there
including YouTube, Instagram, follow us along and don't miss a beat. And
of course, if you have any liver or digestive issues, our practice website
Liver specialist of Texas. You can connect with us there through the website.
There's a link for Texasliver dot com. So we've been talking about bagels,
and actually during the break I received a text message from somebody saying, do
you think you're being a little rude talking about New Yorkers versus the rest of
the world. Well, first of all, I am a native New Yorker.
At number two, it is all done in tongue and cheek. Please
please understand that that I'm not disrespectful to anybody, but just a bit of
good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation here regarding the almighty bagel. All right,
so what we started off with was the better bagel. It's a frozen
bagel, I would say, a manufactured frozen bagel that you could get in
the frozen section of your local grocery store. I happen to get mine at
Whole Food. And what they're saying is that this is a better bagel,
this is a better food to eat. Now, the small print is they
it still has forty grams of carbohydrate, but the way that they make it
look better is by adding fiber. And when you calculate the net carbohydrate,
it is the total carbs minus fiber. And that's what they do here,
so they add in a lot of fiber to the product. Now I have
in front of me the nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York
City. And just to compare a few things here, Number one, our
better bagel, the frozen bagel is one hundred and sixty calories per bagel.
The Manhattan bagel is three hundred calories. Now what I would say I researched
this out. Most typical plane New York City bagels are anywhere between three hundred
to three hundred and twenty calories. So right off the bat, you're getting
less calories, all right, So maybe this is a better bagel if you're
just looking at calories. Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going
to jump around sodium. This better bagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred
and fifty milligrams of sodium. The classic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred
and ten. So it is in the same ballpark. And I let's say
most bagels are going to be on the higher side. A lot of bread
products to get you any sort of taste, because you figure plain white flowers
pretty tasteless. The only way it's going to taste good is by adding salt.
Okay, so keep in mind that you're the bagel in general is going
to be on the higher side of sodium. So six point fifty in the
frozen bagel versus about six ten on the plain real New York bagel is pretty
close. Now on the carbohydrates, okay, because that's that's one of the
selling points here. The frozen bagel has forty grams of total carbohydrate. The
New York bagel has sixty, so it's it's starting off with more carbohydrates.
And the different varieties of New York Manhattan bayls range in carbohydrates from a low
of forty, and in this particular diagram it is the thin bagel, so
it's probably just a smaller bagel has about forty grams of carbs, but your
typical New York bagel has anywhere from sixty five to sixty grams of carbs,
so it is the New York bagel is a little bit higher in carbohydrates.
The fiber there is essentially no fiber in a bagel two grams of fiber,
where the better bagel is giving you thirty five grams of fiber, but it
is being added in by adding a gave fiber, which is probably giving you
a little bit of taste as well. So all in all, just on
the surface, this is a better bagel. Does it taste better than a
New York bagel? Probably not. I could tell you it doesn't. I
mean, I've eaten. My wife thought it was pretty bland and tasteless.
But you know, you have an oral craving to eat something and toast it
now, and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in
New York City that I met a dietitian really really early on in my career,
and she was talking to the residents about foods for our patients and whatnot,
and she had said, the one food, and again this is coming
from New York City, one food never to eat, or the worst food
to eat, is a bagel. You could certainly make an argument about that
that there are things worse than a bagel to have in the morning, But
keep in mind that you're going to be getting a lot of carbs, a
lot of sodium calorie wise about three hundred not the worst thing. Now,
if you decide that you want to add some sour cream cheese to this.
So Philadelphia cream cheese, which is really pretty much the standard cream cheese you're
going to get in New York one serving. According to Philadelphia cream Cheese,
one serving is one ounce. I would say that if you go anywhere in
New York and you get one ounce of cream cheese, you're going to send
it back and say you're skimping on me. So let's just say two ounces
of cream cheese. Okay, this is full fat, full fair cream cheese.
With two ounces, you're going to get an additional two hundred calories.
You're only going to get another four grams of protein, You're going to get
twenty grams of fat and just a miniscule amount of sugar. So by adding
the cream cheese, you're going to get a lot of fat, two hundred
more calories. So maybe you're already up to If the bagel is three hundred,
you're looking at at least five to six hundred calories for your breakfast.
Okay, now let's put this all in perspective. I don't think that we
should banish the bagel to food purgatory food. Hell. I would think,
like anything in life, it is moderation. If you are having a cream
cheese bagel every single day, slathered up with cream cheese, butter cheese,
put two or three eggs on top of it, you're looking for trouble unless
you're a marathon runner or you swim a mile a day. So I think
if on Sunday morning you want a bagel and indulge in a little sour cream
cheese, I think it's okay to do as long as you are getting enough
dietary fiber in your diet. You're not eating hamburgers all day long, you
are not eating two slices of apple pie for dessert every evening. You're not
eating pop tarts for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed,
the better bagel, the frozen bagel that is claiming a lot of health
benefits here, I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but
getting it through way protein addit is is agave fiber. It may not be
as good as eating an apple, fruit, nuts, beans, et cetera,
but if you're trying to be a good player in the nutritional game here,
it's probably not bad. Again, a steady diet of the better bagel,
you know, if you have one on a Saturday or a Sunday morning
and you indulge, you're reading the newspaper, you're watching the news shows on
Sunday, go ahead and do it. But I think you have to put
this all in perspective that you're not going to get healthier, You're not going
to not have a heart attack, you are not going to not develop diabetes
because this is the only thing you're doing. It has to be part of
a more comprehensive health and well in the nutrition exercise plan. All right,
So that is it for this installment of your health First. I'm doctor Joe
Galotti. Always always a pleasure being here sharing part of the weekend with you.
And don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot com is our website soner for the newsletter
and all that we have to offer. Be well, God bless America and
we'll see you next Sunday evening.