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You are watching Words of Wisdom Rebroadcast of Live Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai “Children's Health & Sustainable Planet” Jeju International Conference Jeju Island,S. Korea - September 21,2009

We have our next speaker, Mr. Lee Chang-Hong, who is the director of the EM Environment Center here in Jeju. He is also a pioneer in organic farming. Let's give a warm welcome to Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee Chang-Hong (m) Good afternoon. I'm Lee Chang Hong from the EM Environmental Center. Agricultural methods produce food by altering the environment. Ancient farming was done on fertile deltas, making use of nature. Locally produced food was taken to the cities but no positive input was returned to the soil. This caused nutrient deficiencies in the soil and the land went through desertification while urban areas had problems with leftovers.

Therefore, chemical fertilizers were invented with the idea that something should be fed to the soil in order to prevent nutrient deficiencies. However,the use of fertilizers led to soil acidification,which increased harmful insects as a result. Then more pesticides were developed and the destruction of ecosystems accelerated. The safety issue of pesticides also arose as a problem. Recently,eco-friendly farming is on the rise as an alternative, but there are limitations due to its risks and low crop yield.

Today,I would like to talk about resource circulation eco-friendly farming, which can overcome the weaknesses that the above farming methods presented. This new farming method is in harmony with the ecosystem's cycles. Ecosystems circulate substances through complex interactions between living beings. For example,nutrients washed off from the mountains by rain eventually return to the mountains with the help of the interactions of diverse living beings. In other words, ecosystems help circulate resources from the lowest to the highest regions.

Likewise,the resources extracted from the land by agriculture should be returned to the land in order to maintain its productivity and restore the ecosystems. In this resource circulation process, microorganisms help living beings make use of various substances such as animal fecal material, plant remains,and rocks. Therefore, microorganisms catalyze the resource circulation.

First of all,they prevent organic matter from transforming into inorganic matter and help living beings reuse them. Secondly,they also neutralize or suppress harmful substances in the ecosystems so that all kinds of substances can be fed naturally to living beings. Thirdly,they suppress the multiplication of viruses that are harmful to animals and plants. As a result, microorganisms maintain and enhance healthy ecosystems.

For example, microorganisms help condition the natural environment where diverse living beings can inhabit different kinds of ecosystems such as foreshores,wetlands and polar regions. Microorganisms have always been supporting all ecosystems; however,human use of noxious substances disables their proper function in farmland and the urban environment. This is also the root cause of environmental problems.

Therefore, in order to solve current environmental problems, the approach of environmental science needs to change significantly. Now,I would like to present a new paradigm for eco-friendly farming based on a deeper understanding of ecosystems and the role of microorganisms. Existing eco-friendly farming does not use harmful substances; therefore,it operates from a passive point of view. Natural composts are used instead of chemical fertilizers and natural pesticides instead of chemical pesticides. “Natural” products are used instead of “chemical” products; however, the basic farming method is fundamentally the same.

The new resource circulation eco-friendly farming method restores ecosystems by boosting the circulation process. The goal is to restore the agricultural environment to the ecosystems' original condition, then the agricultural environment itself will neutralize pest activities. Therefore,without pesticides and fertilizers, the agricultural environment and crops will interact and develop in a natural ecosystem. The resource circulation eco-friendly farming method costs less, requires less labor and has increased productivity.

If the agricultural environment becomes a healthy ecosystem, pests will not be a problem. Harmful substances will be removed through the maturation of organic non-sustainable resources and we can break down large organic matter so that the plants can easily absorb them, then we will be able to achieve high crop yield. Generally speaking, if we try to have high crop yield, the grains are not healthy; and if we want to have healthy grains, then we have a lower crop yield. We have pests when we have a weak ecosystem and mineral deficiency.

However,we can have healthy crops and at the same time, have high crop yield. For example,if we use chemical fertilizers, plants consume lots of sugar and minerals such as phosphorous and potassium in order to transform nitrogen into amino acids. However,if plants absorb amino acids directly, they consume less minerals and accumulate more sugar. Therefore, the plants will be healthy because there is no shortage of minerals, and they will accumulate sugar and energy. That's why high yield crops are possible. This is nothing new but is something natural.

Resource recycling eco-friendly farming aims for the harmonious coexistence of humans with nature. We should begin with the proper understanding of the role of the invisible micro-organic ecosystem. It will allow for enough food production, which will handle hunger worldwide, and the production and distribution of safe farm produce will enhance the health of producers and consumers alike. Ultimately,it will provide a perfect solution to environmental problems by recovering the circulation within the ecosystem. Thank you.

Callie (f): Thank you for your courageous and loving work,Mr. Lee.

Grace (f): We need many more farmers like you who grow delicious and nutritious organic food for the benefit of the world. We now know that the organic vegan diet is the only way to halt climate change,but sometimes we parents are concerned about whether a vegan diet will keep our children healthy.

Callie (f): To respond to these concerns, three world renowned medical doctors have sent their valuable messages to this conference.

Grace (f): The first is from Dr. John McDougall, a pioneering medical doctor, bestselling author,and the esteemed founder of the McDougall Program. Dr. McDougall has helped thousands of people to overcome heart disease and other critical illnesses, all without medicine. Let's hear his message for our conference.

Dr. McDougall (m): Hallo,I am Dr. John McDougall. I want to thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about something really important and that's children's health and children's diets. There is a diet that is correct for people. Human history probably tells that diet best. If you think about it,all large populations of successful people throughout all of recordable history have consumed diets based on starch. For example,in my part of the world,the diet of people several hundred or a thousand years ago was a diet based primarily on corn.

You remember the diet of Aztecs and Mayans? These were the people of the corn. And in South America, it was potatoes. In the Andes,people lived on potatoes,that's what the Incas consumed. And if you look further east, what you find is people in Europe and in the Middle East,they lived on diets of grain. Barley,wheat, other types of grain were the foods of these people. And then go far east to where you live, what has the diet of people been traditionally for thousands of years? It's been a diet primarily based on rice or sometimes buckwheat or sweet potatoes. Starch-based diets,that's what the human diet is, it's a diet based on starch with the addition of fruits and vegetables.

The animal foods that come into the diet, they are tolerated but not necessary. The best diet for kids and adults, that's a diet based on starch with the addition of fruits and vegetables. It does not include animal products. I can't think of a reason to add dairy products - cow's milk,cheese - to the diet of a person who wants to be healthy, trim and active. I can't think of a single reason to add any kind of animal food in terms of meat,like beef or pork or chicken or fish; it adds nothing to the diet that you can't get better from starches, vegetables or fruits. That's what the science says. That's what your experiences tell you and that's what you see when you look back historically.

We've gotten away from that,and that's because of business. But we can change back and we could do it for ourselves as well as for our children. Our children need a good start in life. So what I would encourage you to do, all of you listening, is to find out what the truth is and take action. Yes,these are the most important people in our lives,these little kids are, but they deserve our efforts to make sure we're doing the right thing, particularly when it comes to diet.

And you will discover, if you take the trouble, that the right diet for kids is a starch-based diet with fruits and vegetables, and they'll like it too. They already like these foods, they like simple foods, starch foods; they're comfort foods. So,let's make it a worldwide effort to makes changes that are important for everybody. Thank you for this opportunity. Be Veg, Go Green, and Save the Planet!

Callie (f): Thank you, Dr. McDougall for your time and dedication for public health.

Grace (f): Our next distinguished speaker is Dr. Neal Barnard, the founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine or PCRM,president of The Cancer Project and the Washington Center for Clinical Research, and an adjunct associate professor of medicine at George Washington University,USA. He is also a vegan. Let's now hear his specially prepared message.

Dr. Barnard (m): I want to say a big warm welcome to all the participants in today's conference. Children today have the advantage of having more foods available than ever before. We know more about nutrition than ever before. But unfortunately, sometimes what children actually eat is not as healthful as it should be, and that's because there are also more unhealthy foods available than ever before.

So we need to really help them. So what to eat? And what to avoid? The foods that are healthful for children, I think of them as being in 4 groups. We refer to these as the new 4 food groups: vegetables,fruits, whole grains, and the bean group. Or you might call it the legume group: beans,peas,and lentils. These 4 groups together provide plenty of protein, they provide plenty of calcium and iron,they are very rich in Vitamins and in minerals, and lots of healthy fiber.

They don't have any animal fat,they don't have cholesterol; they are a good recipe for good health. The most important thing, though,for children is not just to eat foods that keep them healthy while they are children, but it's to learn good health habits, good eating habits, that they can carry with them into adulthood. If children learn healthy eating right from the start, they carry a wonderful gift with them, and they are better able to take care of their own families when they're adults.

Well,I have to say some of the very foods that I grew up with are perhaps the most important things to set aside - meats,dairy products, eggs- these foods have cholesterol, they have animal fat, and these foods cause a lot of problems. First of all,these foods are linked to heart problems. If you could look inside the arteries of a typical American boy or girl, before they've finished high school,many of them have the beginnings of heart disease already. They're only 15 or 16 years of age, but because of all the meat,cheese, other dairy products and eggs they've been eating,unfortunately, their arteries are starting to get clogged. Over the long run,though, these same foods increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer.

These things are much less likely to happen on people who are following totally plant-based diets. And what has the children themselves worried and their parents worried is that kids who eat a meaty diet tend to be heavier than other kids. Now,many well-meaning parents will say, “We want our children to drink milk or eat meat.” What they're thinking of is maybe this will help their kids to grow taller or to be stronger.

But I have to say researchers have looked at this very question. And the children who eat meat and dairy products are not any taller than other kids. What they are is wider than other kids - meaning they're more likely to be overweight. Researchers have looked at thousands of children and shown that those children who grow up on a totally vegan diet- meaning a diet with no animal products at all- they're just as tall and healthy as other kids. In fact,they're healthier, but they're more likely to stay in a good,healthy body weight.

In many countries throughout North America, South America, and particularly today throughout Asia, we're seeing an explosion in meat intake, in dairy consumption, and so that means more and more farms are springing up and the population overall is less healthy than it was when more healthful plant-based diets were the norm. If this trend continues, what we will see is not only more influenza outbreaks, we'll see more heart disease, much more cancer, and shorter life spans.

What this means really is a tragedy that people who wanted to live a long, healthy life,and to bring up their children to be able to live in as healthful a way as possible will never be able to realize that dream. And it's because we bought into foods that have lurking in them cholesterol,animal fat and other problems that really can exact a terrible price that nobody was counting on in advance. Let me also say a word for parents,teachers, other people who are involved in schools.

Schools have sometimes had trouble really serving the most healthful foods. Many of them have perhaps had a misimpression that they need to give children milk in school, or need to give them meat. Schools in the United States and some other places on the globe are now featuring healthy, completely vegan meals for children because they realize that when you don't provide the milk and the meat, kids do much better. They're healthier, they are less likely to come up with infections- I'm thinking about things like ear infections, asthma,and other problems - they are more likely to stay at a healthy weight, and they are less likely to fall asleep in the afternoon. I have to say when kids get a big, greasy,sugary meal, it's pretty hard for them to stay awake in the afternoon,it's hard for them to concentrate. And on the other hand, when children are fed the most healthful meals, they have the energy and the attention span to carry them all the way through the day.

So,in conclusion, when we think about our children,they are our most precious resource. And,unfortunately, the pressures on parents, on teachers,and on the kids themselves are more intense than they've ever been. There are more and more businesses out there trying to sell unhealthy food,and we can understand why that is. But to the extent that we can put healthy foods on children's plates. If we can have policies in our government, if we can have practices in our schools that every child,no matter how disadvantaged, has the ability to have a healthful meal, every single meal, every single day, we are going to be investing in the health of the next generation. I thank you so much for helping us all to do that. And I hope you enjoy the rest of the conference.. Thank you very much

Callie (f): Thank you, Dr. Neal Barnard.

Grace (f): Our next esteemed guest speaker is Dr. Joel Fuhrman. He is called the “doctor of doctors” in the USA,and his long-term best-selling books “Eat to Live,” “Fasting and Eating for Health,” and “Disease Proof Your Child” are very popular here in Korea. He has influenced many nutritional studies, as well as the vegetarian movement in Korea.

Callie (f): When we invited Dr. Fuhrman to speak,he said he was very happy to connect with the Korean people. Let's now hear from Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

Dr. Fuhrman(m): Greetings to the beautiful Jeju Island and the honorable governor and officials, the honorable guest Supreme Master Ching Hai,the representative NGOs, parents,teachers, students,and other participants. I'm so happy to be here. I'd like to talk to you today about what an impact nutritional excellence can make for you and people around the world. We can win the war against disease, we can have healthier nations and a healthier South Korea.

Right now we are spreading American fast food companies, and processed foods are spreading all over the world and people are becoming more overweight,more obese, having more heart attacks, more diabetes, more strokes, and even more cancer. The good news is that nutritional science has advanced to the point where we can have people not have heart attacks; we can win the war against cancer; we can stop people from having strokes; and as they become more elderly, they don't have to become demented in their later years; and in healthy populations with low medical costs,with a dramatically more successful and happier population without the fear of these diseases.

And what we've learned, the secrets that we've learnt to protect ourselves have to do with nutrients. And there are two types of nutrients. There are macro nutrients, and macronutrients contain calories and those are called fat, carbohydrate and protein. And if you eat too many macronutrients- too much fat, too much carbohydrate, and too much protein- we can become overweight and we can promote Aging and promote heart attacks and strokes. Now,food also contains micronutrients and micronutrients do not contain calories. They are things like vitamins and minerals and phytochemicals.

About 80 years ago, in 1930,scientists first discovered 14 vitamins and about 20 different minerals. And everybody said, “Wow,this is great, we could help people live longer and help people be much healthier.” And what happened between 1935 and 2005 is that heart attack rates went up all over the world, stroke rates went up and cancer rates went up every single year for 70 years straight. We didn't realize until about 15 years ago that the third type of micronutrients called phytochemicals were missing. Because the third type of micronutrients called phytochemicals are not found in processed foods and they are not found in animal products, but they are found in fruits and vegetables.

So,when we thought that we could take processed foods and add a few vitamins and minerals to it or take a vitamin supplement and think we're getting enough, we were mistaken. Because now we know that every tomato has a thousand different nutrients in it! Every head of cabbage, every piece of lettuce, every cucumber,every bean or berry or sprout has hundreds,even thousands nutrients that are so important to protect our precious health. 

So,if we sum up what we've learned in the last 15 years in the field of nutritional science, we've realized that we have to eat a diet that's very high in nutrients, very high in micronutrients including not just the ones we discovered 70 years ago but all the new nutrients that we're discovering - all the new findings, that full symphony of nutrients we're finding that exists in natural fruits and vegetables, beans,nuts and seeds.

So the first thing I'm saying here, I'm making the point that as a nation, countries all over the world have made tremendous mistakes as far as protecting the health of their population. The mistake we made is we thought that we could eat anything- we could eat white flour, we could eat bread, we could eat pasta, we could eat sugar, we could drink soda all day! It doesn't have to be high in micronutrients and then we can just take a vitamin pill and be okay. What we found out: it doesn't work! We actually have to eat real food.

Now,here is where I feel that the people of Jeju and the people of South Korea have a unique opportunity in human history. You have a blessing available to you with a climate to grow healthy foods and farmers that grow fresh fruits and vegetables, and a homeland that has availability of peppers and tomatoes and cabbage and lettuce and sesame seeds- you have the availability to eat super foods. And these super foods could protect us against chronic degenerative and dangerous diseases, preventing medical tragedies.

So you have to really eat these foods, so let's talk about this for a minute. Because we are saying here is that we have to eat a diet high in nutrients and low in calories, so the first thing I'm saying to you is that animal products- like chicken and meat, and fish and eggs- should not be the major portion of a diet. A healthy diet has to be plant-based. Most of what we eat has to get these phytochemicals from natural plant foods. So,pasta,white bread, and white rice do not have in them, the phytochemicals and antioxidants.

In those foods there is no significant amount of vitamin E and vitamin K,and folate and bioflavonoids, and lignans and plant sterols,and all these phytochemicals, and all the carotenoids that protect against disease. In other words, what I'm saying is that processed foods, drinking soda,having sugar,having white rice, and pasta and white bread are not high nutrient foods. Those are not going to be the foods to protect your precious health because they are not rich in micronutrients. And likewise, animal products like chicken and meat also do not have the same nutrients.

They are also missing the vitamin E,vitamin K, the folate,the bioflavonoids, the lignans, the phytochemicals, the carotenoids- the same nutrients that processed foods are missing. Worldwide we're seeing populations get most of their calories from processed foods and animal products, and they are not eating fruits and vegetables. Then what are they missing? Of course, they are missing those antioxidants and the phytochemicals that are present in plant foods.

And instead of going to doctors and getting pills to take to lower your blood pressure, and instead of taking medication to take away chest pains and then having surgeries on people's hearts or procedures to make the blood to flow better, those do not make people live longer. The most powerful intervention,the most powerful medicine is what you can do in your own home, in your own kitchens, in your own gardens, and what you can do with your own life to protect your precious health. It's not what doctors can do for you with medications and surgeries.

What I'm saying today is that we all are in this together, if we all eat a diet which we call a plant-based high nutrient diet. We look to eat more of the foods that are highest in nutrients. And the foods that are highest in nutrients, including these micronutrients I'm talking about, are green vegetables. Green vegetables win the awards because they have more nutrients per calorie than any other food. In other words, an animal product, like a piece of chicken or a piece of meat, is not high in nutrients per calorie. It gives you lots of calories but not lots of micro nutrients.

Now,take a piece of broccoli or some cabbage or kale,that's also is high in protein, because don't forget green vegetables are high in protein. That's how come gorillas, hippopotamus, rhinoceros,elephants, giraffes get so big - because they eat green vegetables, eat a lot of protein. And green vegetables are high in protein. But here you have the protein packaged with lots of micronutrients- with the phytochemicals, with the antioxidants, with the things that make the body age slower. And we keep our youthfulness,our vigor and our good health until later years.  And if we look at the healthiest people around the whole world and the pockets of civilization where people live the longest,it's always the people that eat the most vegetables live the longest. Let's touch on certain types of foods we want to include in our diet for optimal health.

Number one is beans. Beans,like,kidney beans, navy beans,lentils, split peas. Beans have something in them called resistant starch and resistant starch doesn't raise the glucose level. It's broken down by bacteria in the colon and the bacteria in the colon change the resistant starch into short chain fatty acids and those fatty acids protect us against colon cancer. Beans promote weight loss, they give us energy, they are high in protein, and they protect us against cancer. And they are linked in the scientific studies to the enhancement of longevity in elderly people.

Number two: green vegetables. To be on a healthy diet we have to eat some raw vegetables and some cooked vegetables. We have to eat green vegetables: lettuce, salad,cucumbers,cabbage, the broccoli family. All those green vegetables have specific compounds that have been shown to protect against breast cancer,prostate cancer, colon cancer and, of course,heart attacks and strokes. They are longevity producing foods. If we mix the greens and the beans now with nuts and seeds- almonds,cashews, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds- they have almost magical super-foods, protective compounds that prevent against cardiac arrhythmias- irregular heart beats. They lower your cholesterol, they make people live longer, they prevent sudden cardiac death, they stabilize the brain.

And the healthy fats in seeds in seeds and nuts increase the absorption of nutrients from the vegetables and the beans. They also make the protein very complete. So it's not about just eating less fat. It's about eating more of the whole food, healthy fats from nuts and seeds. Now,nuts and seeds contain a special compound called plant sterols. And these sterols have been shown to lower cholesterol levels and protect against heart attacks; but they also have a dramatic effect to protect against cancer as well.

What I do is we take some sesame seeds and maybe we'll mix it with an orange and make a dressing or a dip to put on the salad,right? Or we'll throw some seeds and nuts with some tomato sauce and we'll make some kind of dressing or a sauce. In other words, using nuts and seeds as part of your dressings and dips is a very important part of excellent nutrition.

Last,fresh fruit- like oranges and berries and kiwis- also contains various compounds,phenols and anthocyanins, special compounds that protect against various cancers and are important for good health. And lastly, of course,whole grains,like sorghum,wild rice, brown rice. Whole grain rices, whole oats, whole barley - Think“whole grains,” not processed white flour, not white rice and white flour,but using more whole grains.

So we know now that the more vegetables and fruits and beans and nuts and seeds eaten, the longer people live and the lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes and cancers. Now,in addition to preventing these chronic diseases later on in life,it also can help people have better function in school- more attention,more alertness- more protection against diseases like influenza,like the flu.

When we have the right kind of nutrients in our body,we're not going to get sick as often. We have to appeal to our governors and our government, our educators, and our teachers, and our farmers. We have to all work together as a team to bring healthy food into the schools,to bring healthy plant foods into our homes. We're not talking about adding a little bit of fruits and vegetables to your present diet. We're talking about making fruits and vegetables the major portion of your diet and then we'll have a healthy nation and then we'll have a healthy population to live a long life, free of medical tragedies.

To conclude,on the beautiful Jeju Island and many other fertile areas of South Korea, we have a unique opportunity in human history. This is a blessing. We have science and information that can enable us to live better, and to live healthier and to live longer than ever before in human history. Let's take advantage of the natural bounty of the land and have one of the healthiest places in the whole world.

Callie (f): Thank you. Thank you,Dr. Fuhrman.

Conference participant Jang Eun Sook (f): Today I have really realized the fact that the vegetarian movement is one of the best ways to save our Earth, so I will be actively participating in this. Chamgyoyook Parents Association is also very interested in health, so I will inform many students' parents of this through the Chamgyoyook Parents Association.

Jung Chang-YongConference participant I'm glad that I attended. I will discuss this with my wife. We'll put an emphasis on the vegetarian diet and follow through with it.

Jung Hyun-GyuHigh school studentKorean Youth Climate Change Ambassador Jung: Through this conference, I realized and understood the detrimental impact that meat has on climate change. So this conference was a good opportunity for me to become a vegetarian.

Senator Andrew Bartlett; Former Senator of Queensland,Australia: It's much easier to think it's all the fault of coal miners or a power station a long way away,we can all focus the blame somewhere else and just say,“Governments got to make the change over there.” Rather than think about, “Oh well actually, we've got to make some change ourselves.” We've got to reduce the amount of animal products we consume. And we can do it now. We don't have to wait for government to do anything.

Senator John Kerry; Massachusetts,USA,2004 presidential candidate; Regular citizens can do all kinds of things. Just make smart choices about the kinds of products that they buy.

Mayor Cory Booker; Newark,New Jersey,USA: Fresh fruits and vegetables, organic food,and we believe that if people are given an abundance of healthy choices,they will make the right choice.
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