All language subtitles for [English (auto-generated)] This 72-Year-Old Grandmother Exposed Everything Wrong With Modern Health

People have lost the art of looking

after their bodies.

>> I know there's been some criticism on

your approach.

>> I'm certainly not anti- medicine. I

didn't want to give my children drugs.

Heart disease has always been the number

one killer. It's changed. It's

Alzheimer's.

>> Is there a natural herb or remedy that

boosts fertility or reproductive system?

>> There certainly is. There's a few. Why

has salt been demonized? [music] Why has

fat been demonized? this.

[laughter and gasps]

People say, "Baby, what do you put on

your skin?" I say, "Nothing. I just eat

olive oil." [laughter]

>> You've spoken repeatedly about how

important sleep is.

>> No technology in your bedroom while

you're asleep. So, when my next child

had an earachche, I did a very scary

thing. So, water is so intensely

healing. In the 1920s, if you bought

swimwear, it was all made out of wool.

The EQI in the northern parts of India

is just alarming at this point.

>> A lot of health problems began with the

cheap seed oils. Vitamin D deficiency

which sunscreens cause are contributing

to skin cancer. If there's one modern

habit that you could erase from

everybody's life, what would you pick?

Barbara O'Neal is easily one of the

internet's most followed and most

debated [music] natur. Her ideas are

controversial. Her opinions are strong,

[music]

but her impact is undeniable. Millions

watch her because she speaks with

[music] absolute conviction about one

core belief. The body can heal when we

return to the simplest tools we already

have. [music] Sunlight, nature, food,

rhythm, breath. Today's conversation

isn't about agreeing or disagreeing.

[music]

It's about understanding how she sees

the world, why her views spark such

intense reactions, [music]

and what she believes we've forgotten

about basic everyday health. Whether you

love her or question her, this [music]

episode will make you think differently

about how you live, eat, rest, and care

for your body.

So, the first thing that I want to start

with is what's your story, Barbara? What

has brought you onto this path of

sharing your very unique perspective on

healing your body with the world and

with the internet?

>> Sometimes I analyze what has happened

>> because [clears throat] um people say

who are you? I say I'm just a little

lady from the rainforest and I gave

birth to six children and we were back

to nature hippie lifestylers. I had home

births. I breastfed my babies. I slept

with my babies. I carried them in slings

cuz I always thought, what do the island

women do? What the women in Africa do?

They have happy babies. I didn't want

all this paraphernalia that everyone

had. I just had a sling.

>> I just had a sling and I breastfed them

and I loved it. We're up in a

rainforest.

In fact, the locals used to call me

earth mother. [laughter]

>> Oh wow. But what really started my

journey was um I didn't want to give my

children drugs after a very it was

almost a painful experience for me. Um 6

weeks four courses of antibiotics my

little 18-month-old and the doctor's

writing the fifth course cuz the

earachche kept coming back and I thought

this isn't working. I said does does my

daughter have to be on this for the rest

of her life? He was challenged by my

question. He referred me to a near,

nose, and throat specialist. I just

sometimes wonder, does the doctor ever

think this isn't working? [laughter]

Does it have to be me that says, "Uh,

excuse me, but this doesn't appear to be

working. I'm not a doctor. I don't have

all their training, but just to write

the next course." Anyway, the ear, nose,

and throat specialist said, "The child's

teething. Give her these drops to keep

the tubes clear." And that was it. So,

when my next child had a earachche, I

did a very scary thing. I didn't go to

the doctor. See, that's very scary when

that's what you've been brought up with.

>> I went to the old lady next door cuz I

knew I had to do something. I'm 25,

she's 85. I said, "What did your mother

do?" Now, she was before antibiotics

when she was a child. She said, "Mom

would steam up an onion on the stove." I

did. The child slept. So, that was my

beginning. That was my beginning. And

that was now James James is about 46

now. [laughter]

So

>> Oh, he's okay.

>> Oh yes.

>> So this was Yeah. This was probably 44

years ago. And that started my journey

>> and a journey that I was not brought up

with. I was brought up with you get

sick, you go to doctor.

But that's what I did and it it didn't

work. So, I began a journey of

discovery.

The old ladies that I got remedies off,

they're long gone. I'm what's I'm the

old lady now. [laughter]

And I want to help those women who don't

want to give their children drugs, who

see that they don't cure. They're just

mass symptoms. I I want to be that

grandmother that says to every woman in

the world, there's something else. And I

think what caused my explosion was I

think co had something to do with it cuz

people said I'm scrolling you know

nothing to do lockdown and they found a

lady talking about an onion [laughter]

they found a lady talking about garlic

and as one interviewer said to me in the

US a few years ago he said she said we

wonder what happened and we just think

we've got this high techch generation of

young people who at the click of their

fingers you know they go anywhere and

here's a lady talking about a grated

potato pus it's almost as if this is

different and I also think co made a lot

of people sit back and go hang on this

is not making sense so I think there are

a few things that that came together

um to do this and I I know a friend said

I want to put some of your stuff on Tik

Tok Now, I didn't even know what Tik Tok

is. I just know it's a social media

platform I think a lot of young people

like. Someone showed me what they did

one day and it was brilliant. They taken

bits of me and put all these graphics

with it. I thought impressive.

>> Wow.

>> So, it actually wasn't me that

>> that did this. I think other people just

saw it, thought, "This makes sense." and

people that had the skills and knew how

to chop it up and make it interesting.

I think that's all what what did it and

and a and a people today who are looking

for something else and I think probably

I've I've been part of coming in with

some answers. H.

So based on your teachings,

do your teachings have some principles

or some guidelines? They certainly do.

You see, probably about 2 years after

the experience with the onion on the

ear. I became a Christian. I started to

read the Bible and it made sense. And I

decided to try

>> being a Christian, try knowing God.

As a friend of mine who was a Christian

said, Barbara, just have a taste. Just

taste. And the pro the psalm says just

taste and see that the Lord is good. So

I did. And then I wanted to know how

does God view this? How does God view

the body? He made the body. Um

[clears throat] how does God want us to

treat the body when we get sick? And

that opened a whole another

>> another avenue. I started to read the

Bible in more detail and found in the

Bible, God certainly all through it, Old

Testament, New Testament, he wants us to

look after our bodies and gave us herbs.

And then I went into Europe where there

was a lot of history of water cures and

herbal cures. So I I look back now and

realize God was leading me on a journey

and that certainly opened everything up.

And one of my first books was the

ministry of healing.

>> Okay,

>> this lady's a Christian author and

[sighs] there's a chapter in there

called the physician the educator

and it says in there how let the

physicians teach the people that

restorative restorative power lies not

in drugs but in nature. And I thought

yes. And then she went through the basic

laws of health and I've put them in an

acronym sustain me which is sunshine,

use of water, sleep, trust in God,

abstain from anything harmful, inhale

through the nose, nutrition, moderation

in the good things and exercise. And

>> anyway, that that ended up becoming the

title of my natural remedy book. So when

you ask are there principles that um

they would be the principles

>> sustain me would probably be the

principles. So Barbara I have so many

questions for you today about your

teachings but before I dive into that I

want to ask you a bit of a difficult one

which is I know there's been some

criticism on your approach. Would you

say that you're anti- medicine or would

you say that it needs to be used

with caution? What is your perspective

for

>> Well, I'm I'm certainly not anti-

medicine. Two years ago, I broke my my

wrist and the radius bone was totally

broken and out of place. And I looked at

that was getting weird. I felt the pain.

And you know what? I knew I needed some

experts. So I went to emergency and I am

very thankful for the skill of the

orthopedic surgeon who pulled it back

into place. I'm very thankful for the

painkilling medication so I didn't feel

and pull it back into place. There is no

doubt that medicine has a place but my

objection is that it's spilled out into

everyday life. And when I sat in

emergency for 6 hours, I saw the I saw

the orthopedic surgeon at midnight. I

went in at 6:00 p.m.

>> So the question is, why did I sit in

this terrible pain for 6 hours? I'm so

glad I didn't know it was going to be 6

hours. That would have been hard.

>> But the whole system is is clogged.

I've got a sore finger. My little girl

has a sore elbow. gravy fell on my hand.

My heart's racing. I sat there thinking,

I can't believe what I'm hearing. And I

could see the nurses, you could see

their frustration.

You know, the two conclusions I came to

as I sat there and I had hours to

contemplate. [laughter]

My two conclusions were this. They

consider we are an enlightened age. I

don't think so. I think we're dumb.

We have no idea how the body works. We

have no idea what to do for a burn, for

a sore finger, for a racing heart. To

me, they're just the basics. I sat there

thinking, I could fix them. I could fix

them. I could fix them. I could fix

them. I could fix them. But of course, I

couldn't because you can only fix people

who come to me and want to be

>> want to be fixed. The second conclusion

I came to was now I know what I I now I

know why I do what I do

because people need to know you don't

need to rush with all of its stress into

emergency

and who pays for all that I the taxpayer

pay for all [laughter] that Australia

has huge taxes so the so the that is the

problem I believe that People have lost

the art,

the incredibly important skill of

looking after their bodies,

>> of healing their bodies themselves.

>> Well, of we've got this body that can

heal. We just need to know how to work

with that. [laughter]

>> So, if there's someone who wants to

reset their lifestyle today, what are

three daily habits that you would

recommend for them to adopt?

>> Well, I can give you I can give you

nine. Um I think the you know the most

vital element needed for life if you

look at the four vitals is oxygen.

>> Start breathing through your nose was

designed for breathing not mouth. Mouth

is for speaking, singing, eating,

drinking. Nose for breathing. [snorts]

Breathe deeply. Use your abdominal

muscles so that your your cells get more

oxygen. The second most vital element

needed for life is water. where 85%

water from the neck up, 75% from the

from the neck down and tea, coffee don't

do it because they have con dehydrating

agents in them. No, the Cokes, the

sodas, no, not even juice does it. You

wouldn't have a very clean body if you

washed it in juice. Must be water. So I

say to people, go to bed with a glass of

water next to your bed. So the first

thing you do when you wake up is drink.

And please go to bed a little earlier

because of technology. I think many

people have got into the habit of late

nights.

>> I was looking at a news flash from

Australia last week. Heart disease has

always been the number one killer. It's

changed. It's Alzheimer's.

Do you know that brain doesn't work if

it's dehydrated? And that brain doesn't

work if it's not getting the daily

recharge, which happens particularly in

those hours before midnight.

And those brain cells can't give off

much energy if you're breathing through

your mouth. So, isn't that interesting?

The the number one killer, Alzheimer's,

is hugely affected by oxygen, water, and

lack of sleep. But Barbara, wouldn't you

say, I mean, we have this world where

everyone's roaming around with their

Stanley cup and we're all hydrated.

We're all drinking that water. We're all

doing a liter or two a day. And I think

people lean towards the tea or coffee

because they need that energy. So, do

you have a recommendation for a

replacement for that tea or coffee or

juice where they feel like they need

something to awaken them to start their

day? Well, I'm very thankful for to my

father who was a who was an inventor for

instilling in me the want to know why.

Why do you wake tired? Ah, is it because

you went to bed too late? Is it because

you ate too late? Is it because you're

not breathing in fresh air? Is it

because you're sleeping surrounded by

nylon, acrylic, polyester? So, I like to

look at why. Why do you need that

coffee? I wake up in the morning and I'm

ready to go. And you can see I'm not

young. So I like to know why why do they

need that coffee? Let's let's go back

and analyze why.

>> And if you like sitting with a nice hot

drink, try dandeline. Try chai dandelion

in almond milk. But that should never

take the place of water.

>> Barbara, why is sunlight so important

for us?

Sunlight. Where do I start? Do you know

it's very interesting. I've written many

books on sunlight.

If we overdo the sun, we get burnt.

There's no doubt about that. I've got

blue eyes, light skin. So, when I lay in

the sun, I don't wear sunscreen because

it's so full of chemicals. I take this

15 minutes front, 15 minutes back. Now,

in the shade, if I do that every day,

within a week, I've got a lovely tan.

And I got that tan from the UV UV B

rays. And the UVB rays are blocked by

sunscreen. The UVB rays are the rays

that hit the skin and convert a form of

cholesterol just under the skin to

vitamin D. And our DNA has 2,500

receptor sites for vitamin D. [snorts]

And there are many people today lacking

vitamin D because they're not out in the

sun. What does vitamin D do? It actually

helps in the absorption and assimilation

of calcium. So, our bones and our teeth

deteriorate if we're not getting enough

vitamin D. And our brain needs sun and

it gets sun through the eyes. And it

resets our body clock. And it stimulates

the pituitary gland to balance hormones.

And it also increases our ability to

solve mathematical problems. All suns

sunshine through the eyes. I don't

suggest we look at the sun. Mind you,

the setting sun out in the desert the

other day was nice to look at.

[laughter]

Early morning, late afternoon, maybe our

eyes will tell us. But the but just

being outside, those rays go through the

through the eyes. And that's one of the

ways I recover from jet lag very

quickly. And that is by having my eyes

my face in the sun and those rays reset

my body clock. I could spend an hour on

sunshine but I think that's enough for

now.

But what is your perspective on why the

world has villainized the sun

>> which is basically what has led to the

birth of the sunscreen and

>> well Ian Witart an interesting author

and he in his book on vitamin D he has

all the research to show that these

sunscreens and vitamin D deficiency

which sunscreens cause are contributing

to basilc cell carcinoma which is

actually the deadly form of skin cancer.

If you if you burn your skin 8 to 10

times in your lifetime, that can

certainly double your risk of skin

cancer. We should never harm the skin by

overdoing the sun. But we've got another

problem today and that is underdoing the

sun. So your reason is why has some been

demonized? Why has salt been demonized?

Why has fat been demonized? There's

there's lots of questions you could ask

there. I think most people realize now

that fat's okay,

>> but it's taking a while to convince

people that sun is okay. We just need to

use our common sense and use it wisely.

>> Interesting. You spoke about sleeping

with polyester and nylon around you

>> and I want to talk to you about what the

home and what our environment really

does to us. What is according to you

what is the best fabric that we should

be sleeping in, sleeping around?

>> Well, I have at my home some beautiful

linen sheets. Linen's very nice. Uh fine

cotton is very nice. Um it's one thing I

love about India is the fabrics. So I

really push please no polyester saris.

No, don't don't let these chemical

fabrics slip into this area. Nylon,

acrylic and polyester were fabrics that

were created in a chemical laboratory.

Now that is enough for me and I know

someone has made a fortune out of

polyester.

I know in uh the the countries where

they grow the sheep, which is Scotland,

Ireland, New Zealand,

those farmers are going out of business

cuz no one's buying wool anymore. And I

loved being with my Scottish bodyguard

last year. He's an ex-Marine. And he

told me that the Marines use woolen

underwear because it is so it's really

thin, of course, but it dries very

quickly when they're doing their

workouts.

They they find that it doesn't get

sticky. It dries quickly. And if they

get really sweaty and the wind hits

them, it they don't chill with the wool.

>> And my daughter Julia and I were just

exploring woolen swimsuits.

>> And I think Julia found about 10

different sites of woolen. But back to

the bedroom, our best sheets are natural

fiber. There's been some question marks

even about bamboo because of the

chemicals used to soften the bamboo. So

let's just go back to

the basics, the linens and the cotton.

>> Air quality is a growing concern

everywhere. You know, especially in

India, this is something we're dealing

with right now. The AQI in the northern

parts of India is just alarming at this

point. Is there something that people

could do to deal with that?

>> Well, God gave us something wonderful to

purify the air. It's called trees.

>> [laughter]

[gasps]

>> the trees, the leaves of the trees

actually take the waste from the air and

they give off beautiful oxygen.

And I know that's not always possible

for everyone, but please be mindful of

that. You can also buy air purifiers.

The spider plant we see in Australia

almost as a weed. In fact, I put it in

my garden one day and I will never do

that again because it just takes over.

It's called a spider plant because the

leaves, yes, they're they're long and

fine and they are

alternating white and green in the

stripes. But the reason they're called a

spider plant is because every now and

then they put out a long stalk and then

it look the new looks like a spider

[laughter] and they're tiny little baby

leaves and it can be a beautiful plant.

say if it was sitting there, those long

spikes would be out with their their

their long things plus the the leaves

come like that. So, a lot of people do

use them um because they are a pretty

plant. But the research shows that they

are the most effective at purifying the

air. And I think it's because their

leaves are so numerous. Even though the

leaves aren't as big as some other

plants, the surface area is bigger than

plants with big leaves like like the fig

plant that has big leaves. Because if

you were to assess the surface area on

the spider plant leaf and the surface

area on the fig, it's a larger surface

area because the leaves are so numerous.

>> Interesting. I actually think this could

be so helpful for so many people. And

the other is it's really hard to kill

this plant.

>> So even for people who aren't gardeners,

it's

>> it's a easy plant to grow.

>> I'm thrilled to share something special

with all of you. On the 5th of February

2026, Barbara O'Neal will be live in

Bengaluru for a one-day event titled The

Healing Blueprint. This session will

dive deep into gut health, skin, hair,

and hormonal balance, and how simple

lifestyle choices can create the perfect

conditions for your body to heal itself.

If you've ever wanted to learn Barbara's

principles directly from her, this is

your opportunity.

What are the most overlooked sources of

toxins in our home that we don't even

realize are really harming us?

>> I I think especially for women, is the

underwear.

>> Okay.

Um, most pe most women are very

surprised when I start talking about the

fabrics that most ladies clothes are

made out of. Ladies love polyester nylon

acrylic because you don't have to iron

it. And if you go to buy a bra in your

average um department store, probably

you might get 10% of them are cotton.

So th this is a big one and it's also a

contributing factor to the hormonal

imbalance that we are seeing in women

and also sportsear.

>> So when when you're exercising and your

body warms up your pores open and your

hot body heats that fabric which

increases the uptake from your skin from

the chemicals that are in that fabric.

Another one is

uh the washing detergents.

I've had some people in my home. We have

friends come and stay from time to time.

And I come in and immediately get the

chemical washing detergents and put them

in the bin. And so that's another one.

Unless you rinse those clothes 10 times,

and no washing machine does that, there

there is a remnant still left in your

clothes. So, it's not only the clothes

you're wearing, but what you're washing

them with. But I think another really

hidden one is the chemicals that people

clean with.

So, in my laundry cupboard in Australia,

you'll find sodium bicarbonate and white

vinegar and a little bottle of

eucalyptus oil or could be lavender oil

to make the give a nice scent in the

bathroom. So, I think I think they're

areas that a lot of people aren't aware

of. I remember one guest after I talked

about the fabric, she came to me and she

said, "Barbara, I've just looked at all

my clothes and I'm going to have to

throw them all out." [laughter]

[gasps] And I said, "Well, the good news

is

>> there are secondhand shops [laughter]

where you can get some very nice clothes

at a reasonable price. And sometimes it

is better for a lady to have a few

choice

>> articles, you know, and the beauty of

skirts and tops. You can have a skirt

that can have three or four different

tops. So, it's just looking at how you

can manage your wardrobe.

>> Very interesting, Barbara. Especially

for someone who works in the fashion

industry. It's it's very intriguing.

>> It is. I know at Misty Mountain if and

I'll be there uh for six weeks,

December, January, and we've already

ordered my woolen swimsuits. And if I go

to the steam sauna in this, every lady's

going to say, "Barbara, what have you

got there?" And [laughter] I'll say,

"I'm so glad you asked." In fact, I

think it'll be such um

>> a hot topic that uh that I said to

Michael, I think we might even start

selling them in our shop. But I'll try

them first.

>> In fact, it's interesting. They're

saying we got to go back because in the

1920s, if you if you bought swimwear, it

was all made out of wool.

And I think the wool today is a lot

finer and there's, you know, maybe 10%

elastine in it. So it's not

>> drooping off you. [laughter]

>> That's very interesting. And I do feel

like this could be

>> such a fresh perspective for the fashion

industry. Also like a good business idea

that you planted here. So that's

exciting.

>> It is. It is. You see in our steam sauna

at home because there you getting so hot

and what does everyone wear? They wear

their swimsuits. M.

>> So what I do and have always done, I

wear a little pair of cotton shorts and

a little cotton crop top. That's what I

wear when I go into the steam. The

nicest, of course, is wearing nothing.

But not every lady's happy to do that.

[laughter]

>> That requires self love and confidence,

which I think we're all yearning for.

>> Yes. And even if you don't love what you

look like now, well, what what you learn

at Misty Mountain? In fact, some of the

ladies say, "Barbara, if we live like

you, will we start looking like you?"

[laughter]

And I laugh and I say, "Just love who

you are. Love what you've got." And

certainly these principles will help you

to get more out of life.

>> So, Barbara, now I want to move to a

very, very important segment, which is

sleep, stress, and the nervous system.

And you've spoken repeatedly about how

important sleep is,

but what can improve sleep? It's

distressing how many people in the world

struggle with this today.

>> Oh, there is. There absolutely is. Do

you know there's a few angles uh to come

at with this. So nylon, acrylic, and

polyester give you the acronym NAP. And

I say to her, I guess, you won't nap

well if you're sleeping amongst nylon,

acrylic, and polyester. So, look at your

bedding. At home, I've got cotton sheets

or linen, uh a woolen blanket in the

winter, and a feather quilt with a

beautiful um japara covering. So, have a

really good look at your sleepwear. have

a good look at the air in your room, the

air quality in your room

>> and technology

that really has you see when the when

the sun goes down my iPad goes down

and one of the reasons I don't do my

emails in the evening anymore is I read

a book called why we sleep by Dr.

Matthew Walker, fascinating book. I

quote that in my book, Sustain Me.

And he shows that sunlight has blue

light. And there's a receptor in the

retina that absorbs blue light. And when

we are absorbing blue light, tactical

reasoning increases. The ability to

solve mathematical problems increases.

Now, I like the sound of that. [snorts]

The problem is the screens all have blue

light. But it doesn't mean you're going

to get increased ability to solve

mathematical problems when you look at

the screens. It is blue light, but it's

not the same frequency as the sunlight.

So, no, you're not going to get the

benefits from the screen as you do from

the sun,

>> but they're similar enough so that

[snorts] if you can't sleep and you look

at your phone, that blue light gives a

message to the brain, daytime, wake up.

So, if you can't sleep, the worst thing

you can do is look at your phone. That's

why I suggest no technology in your

bedroom while you're sleep. If you need

the phone to as your alarm, put it in

the hallway. You will wake up. I always

turn my my sound off because Australia's

awake when I'm asleep and I don't want

the ding ding dings. So I turn my phone

the the sound off, but the the alarm

still goes if I need to get up for an

early morning flight. So technology

really is one of the biggest

contributing factors as to why we can't

sleep.

>> And it's also what people are watching

can start thought patterns. So when they

lay down, those thought patterns start

moving. [laughter]

So ideally, you grab a very boring book,

a soft light, and you read that book

until the book falls on your chest, turn

the soft light off, and go to sleep. And

I think every parent knows you can't put

a child in front of television or games

and then expect them to go to sleep.

>> Well, we do it for ourselves.

>> We do. [laughter] We do. So, it's

actually winding that brain down

>> because one of the reasons people don't

sleep well is the brain is not shutting

down. So, it's important to have a look

at what the last few hours are

>> before you go to sleep. I think watching

something nice and calming on a

television screen is different to the

short screen, but also you can watch a

movie like I think everyone realize you

should don't watch Mad Max and then go

to bed. You know the the brains

[laughter]

>> of course

>> the brains like this. So that that is

another So I do my emails in the daytime

now. Um

that's a big one. So, it's it's looking

at winding your brain down. If you want

to go to bed at 9:00,

you have to be planning it at 7. So, you

can't eat a big meal at 7 and go to bed

at 9.

>> When we lie down to sleep, our stomach

wants to sleep, too. And that's one

thing that will keep me up if I'd had a

late meal.

>> I aim for having my lightest meal at the

end of the day. But sometimes when I'm

traveling, sometimes if I meet at

friends with friends,

>> we might have an evening meal. And I try

and have that ideally 3 or 4 hours

before I'm going to go to bed. So the

hours before midnight are the most

powerful. And it's an old saying. And

now Matthew Walker and also Dr. Neil

Nedley, he's got an excellent book on

what happens when you sleep. They um

both of those authors,

they quote a lot of research where

they've done it on rats and then they

did it on people just showing exactly

what happens at night. And it's quite

incredible all the processes that are

activated when we go to sleep.

>> It's almost as if the body goes, "Oh,

good." I liken it to laying ourselves on

nature's operating table. Now the

operation can begin.

>> You know, when

>> when you're having an operation, they

wait till the patient is right. I used

to work in operating theater. When the

patient's right out right now, we can

start our operation. of of course. Um,

and that's that's what h that's what the

body does. It it's like, whoa, now we

can move now we can clean up the brain.

Now we can um move the day memories to

the long-term memory unit. It's also

where inventions start to happen.

There's a whole lot of incredible

processes that happen when we sleep. One

of them is melatonin. And melatonin is

called the fix and rejuvenate nighttime

hormone. So this hormone is responsible

for increasing

healing.

And it's released between the hours of

900 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. winter time,

uh 1000 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. summertime.

[snorts]

So if someone's not well, go to bed

early because your healing doubles at in

that time. Yeah. In those hours. And

when you look at most people on

technology, they're often not going to

bed till 2:00 a.m.

>> And then they wonder why they're don't

feel great the next day.

>> How do you feel about people taking

melatonin tablets

>> when they can't get sleep?

>> I like to um I like to look at why the

person can't sleep. And again that my my

detective brain begins well why can't

you sleep and then I go back when did it

all begin and I was pregnant or

breastfeeding non-stop for 14 years I

breast I slept with all my babies till

they're about 2 and a half so I had

broken sleep but I don't have broken

sleep now so it so you can't even use

that as an excuse because you can train

yourself out of that

and what I find a lot of ladies

especially around menopause they have

trouble sleeping. So that tells me

probably possibly a hormonal imbalance.

And I've had a few ladies tell me that

once they started applying the the yam

cream that comes in and balances the

hormones, they're sleeping better. Not

every woman, but you know, another woman

it could be uh on technology a bit too

late. Uh look at what's in the bedroom.

Certainly, I know that if I'm sleeping

in sheets that are polyester, I don't

choose to, but sometimes Airbnbs,

>> I do not sleep as well. I find that I I

sweat and then I throw the blankets off,

then I get cold and then I ask for

cotton sheets and then I sleep like a

baby. [laughter]

Let's say I'm sleeping in cotton sheets.

I'm in bed by 9:00 p.m. You know, I'm

not watching any TV. I'm still not

getting sleep. What do I do? Then I'd

look at the hormones. Then I would have

a look at what's keeping you awake. And

often it's the chat room. And I'll I'll

illustrate my chat room. My chat room is

this. Now, where am I going next? Now

I've got to do that now. Oh, I've got 26

grandchildren. Oh, I've got three

birthdays. Is here's the month of

November. And oh, when I met Julie, I

couldn't believe that I'd forgotten

her daughters, which was at the earlier

the one. I thought I'd covered

everything. I've got this lady sending a

t-shirt to that grandson. And here's

here's my chat room. Here's my chat

room. Oh, I've got some events coming

up. What's the temperature like? What

clothes will go with what? It's like I

knew I had to Well, you you requested uh

whites and lights. So, now I'll try

this. There's my chat room. My chat

room.

>> It it it just So, how do you get out of

the chat room? Cuz if you stay in the

chat room, and if you're an organizer,

and I'm an organizer,

>> if you're an organizer, you're solving

all the problems of the world in the

chat room. I [laughter] can even have a

book fall on my chest, turn the light

off, and the chat room starts.

So, this is how you can get out of the

chat room. I love memorizing, and I've

memorized a lot of Bible verses. I've

memorized

um psalms, I've memorized sayings, I've

memorized poems.

And if I read something and it's really

good and I can't quite say it, I'll

memorize it.

So I go through all my memory verses and

the the largest one is James chapter 1

which is 27 verses. Took me months but

I've finally got it in my memory. So

I'll go through that. I'll go through

that and sometimes by the third verse

I've I've jumped up into the chat room

and while I'm chatting where I think how

did I get back into there? Get get back

into get back into James chapter one.

I'm up to third verse and then so it's

almost a discipline to keep myself out

of that chat room cuz I will never

sleep.

>> And in the morning I think where did I

get to? I think I got to verse 12.

Blessed is the man that endureth

temptation for when he is tried he will

receive a crown of life that the Lord

has promised to them that love him.

That's verse 12. [laughter]

>> So wow.

>> So that that's what I do. And my son

James, he says

>> I just lie there and say don't think

don't think.

>> [laughter]

>> He says that works well. An old saying

is um

>> counting counting sheep jumping over

fences. Um singing some songs that you

like in your mind. And one lady said

that she pictures a great aunt from her

childhood and she loved her rose garden

and they'd have cups of tea in fine

china. Can you see you getting out of

the chat room? You've got to get out of

that chat room. I find that especially

people that are organizers that that's a

big one.

>> Barbara, you speak about using water

very intentionally, hot, cold, contrast.

Could you speak to us about that?

>> Well, what fascinated me was the

discovery that nurses used to learn

hydrotherapy.

In fact, I've got their textbook. It's

Abbott's hydrotherapy for nurses and

it's contrast baths.

Um this whole encyclopedia is written on

this subject.

>> Okay.

>> So for the home and I've got a chapter

in my book sustain me on hydrotherapy.

Simple things you can do for the home.

I'll give you an illustration. I got

plantto fasciitis. Plantto fasciitis is

the plantto fascia is a tendon that it's

in the bottom of your foot. It's almost

lining your arch. Well I'm we've got a

saying in Australia. Some people do

things like a bullet gate. Well, that's

a little bit me. I I like to go for

things and I got my new barefoot runners

and I was just running too vigorously up

the hills and I strained it. I actually

didn't know what it was, but I was

limping and it was hurting. So, I went

to the doctor and I said, "I'd like you

to have a look at my foot." And and he

laughed. He said, "You've got plantto

fasciitis, which is just inflammation of

that." He said that'll take that'll take

nearly 3 months to heal that. And I

thought, hm, I'm going to do it quicker

than that. Now, when I was lecturing, I

would lecture for 2 hours, and by the

end of the lecture, I could not even put

my weight on that foot. I was limping.

I'd go home, I'd get two buckets,

one with hot water, one with cold and

ice cubes. I'd do 3 minutes in the hot,

30 seconds in the cold. And I did the

whole procedure three times. So I'd have

boiling water to keep that hot hot hot.

And by the end of that, that's

15 minutes at the most. I'd gone from 10

8 out of 10 pain to 2 out of 10.

>> Really

>> absolutely incredible. So then I analyze

that. Why? Why is that so effective?

When you apply hot water to the body, it

has a stimulating effect,

>> but after 3 minutes, it starts to slow

down. So then you put it in the cold and

when you put the body in cold water

stimulating effect, but it only takes 30

seconds to get to a slowing down. So you

do 3 minutes hot, 30 seconds cold. So

you see what you're doing? You're just

accessing the stimulating, the

stimulating, the stimulating, the

stimulating. So then what are you

stimulating? Blood. The Bible says in

Leviticus 17:11, the life of the flesh

is in the blood. Why? Blood carries

oxygen. Blood carries water. Blood

carries the nutrient. Blood carries away

waste. Blood carries white blood cells.

So that's why it's so powerful. So what

I'm doing to that foot, I'm increasing

oxygen. I'm increasing nutrients. I'm

increasing the body's ability to take

away waste and I'm getting more one

white blood cells. Everything that foot

needs for healing. Isn't that

incredible?

>> Incredible. Could I do this for any ache

or pain? You could do it on your feet.

You could do it on your hands. You could

do it on your elbows.

>> I mean, we had one guy hurt his knee and

he'd have two long buckets and he'd be

on his hands and knees and he put the

knee in the hot, then the knee in the

cold.

>> And you can also do it on the hips. And

for the hips, in fact, traditionally

they call it sits baths, which is German

for sit. And that's very good for

hemorrhoids. It's very good for any

problems in the reproductive organs, men

and women, any problems in the colon,

whether it be constipation or diarrhea,

and urinary.

So, um,

some ladies when they get to their

50s, 60s, 70s have incontinents. They

don't have the strength to hold the

urine. Well, you sit in hot, cold, hot,

cold. That'll wake everything up.

>> So water is so intensely healing.

>> It's incredible. And that's one thing I

love about Indian history. I know that

in Indian history they used a lot of

water treatments

and also Germany there's quite a history

there of water treatments. So in my

journey of discovery of looking at what

does the body need for healing and then

I discovered why the Bible calls the

blood the life of the flesh. The blood

is actually the healer

>> and those contrast baths just increases

blood to that area

>> and by doing that

>> incredible pain relief. In fact, it's

been used for centuries and in the area

of pain relief, it's without equal.

>> You spoke about running with your

barefoot runners.

What are your thoughts on shoes?

>> Well, there's times we got to use shoes,

but I'm very fussy about the shoes that

I wear. You see, the biggest paws on the

whole of your body are on the soles of

your feet. So, I'm very fussy as to what

my foot touches. M.

>> So, I bought these cute little shoes

yesterday and they're all leather. So,

my foot is on leather or it's on suede

or if I have stockings or socks, they're

always cotton or they're always natural

fiber.

But with the barefoot runners, I read a

book called Born to Run by Christopher

McDougall, and that just opened my eyes

on the way people run. See, we've got

these joggers today that are all built

up encourage heel striking, but if you

run barefoot, you will never heel

strike. And then and then the author

looks at the anatomy of the foot. And if

you look at the anatomy of the foot, the

toes, when you strike on the toes,

there's a cushioning, a cushioning

effect. But with the heel, it's a

jarring. And that's why a lot of

long-distance runners who do heel

striking get lower back, hamstring,

uh, pelvic problems. And that's this

guy, Christopher McDougall, was a runner

and he had all those problems. And then

he did a worldwide journey speaking to

people who were runners. And he found

barefoot runners. And, uh, BB Beila

>> was an African runner who ran barefoot.

I don't think they'd allow that today in

the Olympic Games, but he won gold 1960

and 1964 Olympic Games. Every event he

he ran in, he won, he won. He was a

barefoot runner, a BBB killer.

[laughter]

>> Wow. That's that's so impressive.

>> It it is impressive. So, of course, out

of that book really came the barefoot

craze,

>> which is barefoot runners. But I also

like going barefoot where I can. So when

I hang my clothes on the clothesline

every morning at home, I always go

barefoot. And when I do my morning dives

in my mountain stream, I always walk

back barefoot, which is about a 5minute

walk through the grass, across the road,

up the grass. I do realize in a lot of

parks there might be drug users that

have left needles there. There might be

dogs who have done droppings there. And

I understand that a person may not want

to go barefoot on grass like that. But

if you can get lovely grass, it's it's

really nice. There are whole books

written on that subject which is

earthing connecting

grounding corre connecting with the

electricity coming out of the earth. So

that's another point and I think that's

an important point when people are in

offices all day on computers all day

that it's nice to connect with nature it

can it can give a real lift. So for our

last segment Barbara I'm actually very

excited for this one. We're going to be

talking about your hot takes. Right.

You've actually introduced me to such

interesting new elements that I wasn't

aware of and I'm going to ask you, you

know, quick questions and I'd love for

you to take us through it. Celtic salt.

>> Celtic salt is a handh harvested sea

salt. handh harvested in the old Celtic

methods and on there's about I think

it's I was reading it's hard to believe

it it's something like millions of acres

of land on the coast in France of

Britany

and it's it's got all these peninsulas

and it's got these big salt flats and

the wind comes across so the seawater

dries quite quickly and then it's handh

harvested

And in those crystals are locked up

minerals. Sea water has 92 minerals and

the Celtic salt has approximately 82

which is very high. And there's also

Baja salt which is also a handh

harvested sea salt on a pristine coast

coastal area in Mexico. And I know the

the lady Seline who who has basically

running Celtic salt now she's found uh

handh harvested sea salts all over the

world. So her range has really

broadened. Her father-in-law Dr. Jacques

Dangri

he basically first started these salts

and she has he's he's passed now. He

wrote he wrote a very interesting book

called Sea Salts Hidden Power,

[laughter]

showing the the minerals in the salts

are incredible. And another author, the

calcium lie by Dr. Robert Thompson, he

considers seawater the clearest

indicator of a creator god because

seawater has the exact same mineral

balance and proportion as is found in

the body, in the blood, in the fluids,

in the bones. So, would you say swimming

in the ocean is has healing properties?

>> Oh, yes. In fact, I'm looking forward to

doing that um for the rest of this week.

>> Amazing. [laughter]

>> How do you use Celtic salt?

>> Well, Dr. Robert Thompson in his book um

The Calcium Lie, he says, "Take a little

crystal before every glass of water."

>> How much would that be? That would be

maybe the size of a sesame seed. I

probably do a little bit more than that,

but if you're not used to salt, I say

start slowly.

And there are three magnesiums in the

Celtic salt. So, you put it in your

mouth, you crunch it, the mucous

membranes absorb it, and then I'll take

this opportunity to show you how to

drink water. [sighs and gasps]

Then you might drink half a glass of

water. And the magnesiums that are

absorbed in the mouth are taken to the

cell by the blood. And then you drink

the water and that magnesium pulls the

water inside the cell. It's the quickest

way to hydrate a body

>> and amp up your magnesium. This

>> there's three magnesiums in the Celtic

salt.

>> Wow.

>> Magnesium sulfite, magnesium bromide,

magnesium chloride.

And magnesium is a water hungry

molecule.

And that's why it pulls the water into

the cell. That's why if you have the the

crystals, Celtic salt or Baja salt,

>> if it's raining,

it gets really moist. That's because

it's a water hungry molecule. So, it

pulls the water into itself.

>> My grandchildren, they come to my

handbag, they open it, and they know

where the little salt container is. Oh,

they love that little bit of salt. And

as soon as they've had the salt, they go

and drink water.

>> What are the benefits of having this?

pulls the water inside the cell and so

it it's um hydrating the cells.

>> But but uh Dr. Robert Thompson, he says

having that crystal of Celtic salt

before every glass of water, ideally

eight times a day. He said all you're

doing is replacing the minerals you lost

yesterday.

>> Oh my god.

>> And where did we lose them? We lose them

in our perspiration, uh in our urine, in

our bowel fluid.

>> What are the benefits of garlic? I was

reading one paper that that they did

some studies on garlic and they compared

it to tetracyclcline which is a probably

common antibiotic and they claim it was

six times more powerful than tetracyc.

So if someone wanted to take it instead

of an antibiotic

>> they would need to take probably a raw

clove a mediumsized clove

[clears throat] three times a day. So,

it's antifungal,

>> it's antiviral,

>> it's anti- bacterial,

[sighs]

>> it's a wide range anti- antimicrobial

>> activated charcoal. How do you use it?

What are the benefits?

>> Charcoal is unique because charcoal

absorbs. There are other things that

absorb. Grated potato will absorb, other

things absorb.

>> But it's unique in that it not only

absorbs poisons, but it neutralizes

them.

So if someone and I've spoken to nurses

in emergency, someone comes in that's

had an overdose, they give them charcoal

because that charcoal will absorb and

it'll neutralize that poison

and now it's safe until it goes all the

way through our gastrointestinal tract

and comes out the other end. A lot of

people that travel to Asia, they travel

with charcoal tablets so that if they

get diarrhea,

um maybe they've eaten some salad that's

contaminated or water that's

contaminated, they um they take the

charcoal

>> and what does that do?

>> It'll absorb and neutralize the poison.

If they get diarrhea or vomiting, it'll

absorb and neutralize the poison. And I

was also intrigued to see that NASA uses

charcoal to filter air in outer space.

NASA uses water I mean charcoal to

filter water in outer space. In

hospitals they use charcoal to filter

blood for dialysis.

So it's unique in that it absorbs and

neutralizes the poisons. A lot of gas

masks use use charcoal.

And of course, it's wonderful that it

not only absorbs, but it neutralizes it.

And under a microscope, the surface area

is huge. There are all these little

planes that are used to absorb and

neutralize the poison. So that's one of

the wonderful things about charcoal.

Because of its ability to absorb and

neutralize, it's called adsorb. So

absorb refers to the ability of charcoal

to absorb and neutralize poison. So in

the home it can be used if if someone

has diarrhea or vomiting. Uh it can be

also made into a pus and put on a bee

sting or a spider bite or a snake bite.

Really wasp sting because it'll absorb

and it'll neutralize that poison. Is

there a natural herb or remedy that

boosts fertility or reproductive

system?

>> There certainly is. There's a few. Chase

tree is a well-known one. Uh Vitex is

its botanical name. And also evening

primrose

ladies ladies have been taking that for

a while. Um black coohos is another

fairly well-known one. Macka, which is a

relative of the sweet potato, but

probably the most potent is the Mexican

wild yam. Now, Dr. John Lee, he's pro

he's the first doctor that blew the

whistle on this hormonal imbalance,

>> and he showed he's passed now, but you

can still see podcasts from him. And

there's his book, What Your Doctor

Maynot Tell You About Menopause.

He shows that if you take the wild yam

by mouth, your liver will detoxify most

of it. But if you apply it to the skin,

the fat cells take it up and basically

all our sex hormones are made from

cholesterol. So the fat cells take it up

and it stimulates the pathway that the

body uses to boost progesterone. Now

progesterone very interesting hormone

because progesterone is mother hormone.

So, if you boost progesterone and your

estrogen's too low, it'll bring it up.

If it's too high, it'll bring it down.

If testosterone's too low, it'll bring

it up. If it's too high, it'll bring it

down. We just need to reinstate mother,

which is progesterone. And that's what

this cream does. And I discovered a

verse in the Bible that describes it.

It's Psalm 104:14. God gave herbs for

the service of man. I love that. So the

herbs come in and they say, "Where would

you like me? How can I work with you?"

See, God created the body to heal and he

created the herbs to work with the body

to boost restoring balance.

>> Barbara, what is the best oil to eat

your food in? This is something that is

constantly been changing and evolving

and I think it gets so confusing as a

consumer when it's such a large item in

your pantry.

>> It it certainly is. And when you realize

that a lot of health problems began with

the cheap seed oils in the industrial

revolution, so many things came in that

have been harmful to us humans, the

chemical fabrics, but they they

developed high heat chemical equipment

to get oil out of hard seeds and that

totally damages the oil. So I say to

people, don't touch those cheap seed

oils. Walk straight past them. But there

are two oils that have stood the test of

time. One is coconut oil and one is

olive oil. My favorite is olive oil. I

love the taste of olive oil. People say,

"Bra, what do you put on your skin?" I

say, "Nothing. I just eat olive oil.

[laughter and clears throat]

I talk to a 70, 80 year old, they won't

touch oil." I talk to a 50, 60 year old,

I have a little bit. I talk to a 30, 40

year old, they have no problem with oil.

So it was really in the ' 60s, '7s, '

80s oil was demonized. But I really

believe that that's just about gone now.

[laughter]

>> We believe in good fat.

>> That's right. So the good fats really

are the hats, the fats that came from

the hand of the creator. And you'd

consider olive oil and coconut oil.

They're the two fats that are extracted

from the flesh of the plant. You don't

need high heat chemical equipment. If

there's one modern habit that you could

erase from everybody's life,

what would you pick?

>> That's a hard one because it's um

few. There's so many. You know, this

body must move. This body got to go to

bed a little bit earlier.

>> We got to start eating food that's live.

>> So many people are eating devitalized

food and wondering why their body's not

working. Because the body's constantly

being remade and it needs building

materials. There's your fresh fruits and

vegetables, your legumes. That's what I

love about India. Beans. I love dosa. I

love idli. I love all of those foods

[gasps]

>> that it's um I'm sorry that it's not one

>> because that that's the most difficult

question you've asked me

>> is to put it down to one. Please go to

bed early, drink more water, and ease

back on technology. just start to

respect the brain, the eyes and the

electromagnetic fields in our body and

ease back on it.

>> Amazing. Thank you so much for being

here. Thank you so much for sharing your

knowledge with us. Really, really

appreciate it and thank you once again.

>> It's my pleasure. Thank you.

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