May 26, 2024 • 37 mins
Dr. Galati is finally back after his safari in Tanzania. It’s time to be thankful for the country we live in, the freedom., and our way of life with Memorial Day tomorrow. He talks about his love for photography and more about the trip. Dr. Galati also explains how we all can prevent colon cancer. He goes on to chat about a clip he received from his dietician about The Better Bagel.
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During the next hour, you'll learnabout health, wellness and the prevention of
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Sunday evening to everybody. Doctor JoeGalotti. You're tuned into your Health First
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Sunday, don't forget at seven o'clock. Now, we've been on the road
out of town for the past fewweeks. I was in a I was
on a safari, a photographic safariin Tanzania. So you had to listen
to some of the past episodes ofYour Health First the past few Sundays.
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But we're here back in person onAmerican soil this Sunday, and again this
is the Memorial Day weekend. AndI do think that we all need to
take a pause, be thankful forthe country we live in, be thankful
for the freedoms, be thankful forour way of life, and realize that
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this was some thing that we hadto defend and fight for and people lost
their lives. And this is theweekend that we remember those even though we
should remember them every single day ofthe week. We have to remember those
men and women over the years thathave protected all of us through various conflicts.
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And the conflicts are real. Weare, you know, every single
day, exposed to threats to ourfreedom and our way of life. And
many parts of the world may notnecessarily like the way we are free here,
but keep in mind that we cannottake this freedom of granted and people
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lost their lives. And it's aday to fly the flag or a weekend
to fly the flag and be mindfulof 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 laidback, just getting back into the groove
with regular program for the rest ofthe summer. But I do want to
tell you, as many of youknow, photography has been a passion of
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mine and interest of mine since Iwas 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 reallygot me started in being interested in photography.
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And it helped an awful lot thatmy uncle, one of my uncles,
Uncle Larry, was a professional photographerin 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, ifwe had a birthday party it was fourth
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of July, it was a MemorialDay weekend, Uncle Larry would be over
the house with one of his cameras. Maybe it was a rolla flex,
maybe is a the press, oneof his press cameras, those big things
that you know you'd see in theold movies and he would be taking pictures.
Right, everybody takes pictures at abarbecue, birthday party, whatever it
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may be. But the difference wasthe next day or two days later,
we'd have twenty five eight by tenblack and white glossies on our kitchen table
of your birthday party or of fourthof July, or of Labor Day,
whatever it was. And so atan early age, I was really fascinated
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more I would say enthralled by thesebeautiful black and white eight by ten glosses
that were on our kitchen table andlooking at the detail and the expressions,
and so I just became really hookedon photography. But anyway, the opportunity
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to go on a safari, now, I would not say I have done
a lot lot of photography work inthe wildlife space. I've done a lot
of landscape and travel photography in portraitwork, but wildlife is a whole different
can of can of worms. Andso in Tanzania, we were being guided
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by a professional, very well knownwildlife photographer's name was Greg Dutoit, and
it was a real honor to bewith him, for him to really show
how to move around these animals toget the right light, right time of
the day, the right setting onthe camera was really marvelous. So in
the weeks to come, I willbe sharing with you some of the wildlife
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photography. But really traveling to Tanzania, it was the first time I was
really on the African continent. Andfirst of all, it's beautiful. That
part of the world is just amazing. The wildlife. We spent probably more
time in the Serengetti, which isjust open grasslands and planes and just marvelous.
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And the amount of animals, millionsof 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
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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
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to to want to and those thatwere 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 marvelousexperience. The natural wonders absolutely mind blowing,
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the people terrific, the camaraderie workingwith everybody was just really fantastic.
And so I wrote this in thenewsletter that came out yesterday on Saturday,
that getting away off the grid.And I'll tell you I was off the
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grid. I was five hours fromnowhere, 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'restaying at home in your backyard with your
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pool and your kids, you're goingto grandma's house, or you're taking a
trip somewhere interstate or out of thecountry, make sure you find a little
bit of time carved out to relaxand recharge the batteries. You have to.
We are bombarded by social media,phones, ringing, beeping, buzzing,
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which will eventually drive us crazy,and we just need to get in
your own head and relax. Thehealth implication is something that you cannot dispute.
There has been research over the pastfifty years about the mind body connection
and the negative impact of stress,and so do take that time, even
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if it's just one week or afew 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.
Doctor Joeglotti dot com is our website. I am doctor Joe Galotti. Every
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Sunday between seven and APM. Thisis your health first day tuned. We're
actually what I have on tap here. We're going to be talking about colon
cancer, some new testing for coloncancer. It might be good, it
might be bad. Stay tuned,but I'll be right back. Yes,
indeed, we are family. Youare my Sunday night radio family, doctor
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That is what you get from yourhealth first. We want you to put
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believe if you walk away with anythinganything from this program, whether you're listening
for two minutes or ten years.By the way, we've been on the
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air for twenty one years, itis that the majority we're talking better than
eighty percent, eighty five percent ofall the chronic disease. And so look
around at yourself, look around atyour friends, your family, your parents,
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depression, arthritis, mental health.These are all chronic diseases that we have
control over and can be prevented witha lifestyle modification. You're drinking too much
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you're not exercising, you're eating processedfoods, you're eating too many carbs,
you're not eating fruits and vegetables.Okay, So these are the things that
you have to take personal inventory on, and really, at the end of
the day, it is personal responsibility. This is nobody is going to jump
through the radio or the TV andtell you how to do it or or
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make you prisoner. You have todo it yourself. And really the alternative
is you have to look at thisand say, misery is optional. Do
I want to be on a fistfulof medications? Do I want to spend
the majority of my time on thephone with doctors, going to doctor's office
visits, going for lab work,going for scans. The answer is no,
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you don't want to do this,But unfortunately we fall victim to all
this. All right, So inthat regard, what I want to do
in the last few minutes here beforewe 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 infact, keep in mind that colon cancer
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is one of the true preventable cancers, preventable cancers that we all face.
The average risk person should start gettingscreened for colon cancer at age forty five
years old. Even if you feelwell, you have normal bowel movements,
you don't have any pain, youdon't see blood in your stool, you
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need to get screened at age fortyfive, typically with a colonoscopy. Now,
there is a new blood test thathas hit the news. It's made
by Guardan Health and it is ablood 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 anoption for you because a third of American
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adults are not getting screened in anywhich way, so we somehow have to
address this. The Guardant blood testcan screen for colon cancer. Now you
may say, well that's a goodthing. Well, it is good,
and some of the people that wereon the FDA board said it's better than
nothing, and I would agree withit. But it is not going to
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identify polyps. Polyps are non cancerous, but they have the potential to turn
to cancer. This blood test isgeared to identify somebody that has early stage
cancer. So you're getting screening isto prevent a disease. Here we're using
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the term screening to identify the earlystages of cancer. Again, if you're
not doing anything, this is betterthan nothing. But keep in mind that
this blood test is going to identifythose that have early stage cancer already.
Well, that doesn't sound too toodarn good, So it is something.
I want you to be aware thatthis is not a replacement for colonoscopy.
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This is not a replacement for takingcare of yourself, but it will pick
up early stage colon cancer and peoplethat already have it. So again,
I'll post information on this on ourFacebook page, but you have to go
to doctor Joegalotti dot com to getit. And so that's it. Forty
five years old. You need totalk to your doctor about getting screened for
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colon cancer with a colonoscope. Allright, we're gonna take a quick break,
doctor Joe Galotti. Don't forget goto doctor Joe Galotti dot com.
Stay tuned. We'll be back ina minute. Welcome back, everybody,
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So we've been talking about bagels andactually 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 restof the world. Well, first of
all, I am a native NewYorker. At number two, it is
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all done in tongue and cheek.Please please understand that that I'm not disrespectful
to anybody, but just a bitof good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation
here regarding the almighty bagel. Allright, So what we started off with
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was the better bagel. It's afrozen bagel, I would say, a
manufactured frozen bagel that you could getin the frozen section of your local grocery
store. I have been to getmine at Whole Food, and what they're
saying is that this is a betterbagel, This is a better food to
eat. Now, the small printis they it still has forty grams of
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carbohydrate, but the way that theymake 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 dohere. So they add in a lot
of fiber to the product. NowI have in front of me, the
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nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Companyin New York City. And just to
compare a few things here, Numberone, our better bagel, the frozen
bagel is one hundred and sixty calriesper bagel. The Manhattan bagel is three
hundred calories. Now what I wouldsay, I researched this out. Most
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typical plane New York City bagels areanywhere between three hundred to three hundred and
twenty calories. So right off thebat, you're getting less calories, all
right, So maybe this is abetter bagel if you're just looking at calories.
Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going to jump around sodium.
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This better bagel, the frozen bagelis six hundred and fifty milligrams of
sodium. The classic New York Manhattanbagel 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
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any sort of taste, because youfigure plain white flowers pretty tasteless. The
only way it's going to taste goodis by adding salt. Okay, So
keep in mind that you're the bagelin general is going to be on the
higher side of sodium, so sixpoint fifty in the frozen bagel versus about
six' ten on the plane realNew York bagel is pretty close. Now
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on the carbohydrates, okay, becausethat's that's one of the selling points here.
The frozen bagel has forty grams oftotal carbohydrate. The New York bagel
has sixty, so it's it's startingoff with more carbohydrates. And the different
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varieties of New York Manhattan bagels rangein carbohydrates from a low of forty,
and in this particular diagram it isthe thin bagel, so it's probably just
a smaller bagel has about forty gramsof carbs, but your typical New York
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bagel has anywhere from sixty five tosixty grams of carbs, so it is
the New York bagel is a littlebit higher in carbohydrates. The fiber,
there is essentially no fiber in abagel, two grams of fiber, where
the better bagel is giving you thirtyfive grams of fiber, but it is
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being added in by adding a gavefiber, 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. Doesit taste better than a New York
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bagel? Probably not. I couldtell you it doesn't. I mean,
I've eaten. My wife thought itwas pretty bland and tasteless. But you
know, you have an oral cravingto eat something and toast it now,
and you know it's funny. Iremember as a young resident in New York
City that I met a dietitian reallyreally early on in my career, and
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she was talking to the residents aboutfoods for our patients and whatnot, and
she had said, the one food, and again this is coming from New
York City, one food never toeat or the worst food to eat is
a bagel. You could certainly makean argument about that that there are things
worse than a bagel to have inthe morning, But keep in mind that
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you're going to be getting a lotof carbs, a lot of sodium calorie
wise about three hundred not the worstthing. Now, if you decide that
you want to add some sour creamcheese to this, so Philadelphia cream cheese,
which is really pretty much the standardcream cheese you're going to get in
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New York. One serving, accordingto Philadelphia cream cheese. One serving is
one ounce. I would say thatif 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. Solet's just say two ounces of cream cheese.
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Okay, this is full fat,full fair cream cheese. With two
ounces, you're going to get anadditional 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 ofsugar. So by adding the cream cheese,
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you're going to get a lot offat, two hundred more calories.
So maybe you're already up to Ifthe bagel is three hundred, you're looking
at at least five to six hundredcalories for your breakfast. Okay, now
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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. Ifyou are having a cream cheese bagel every
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single day, slathered up with creamcheese, 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 aday. So I think if on Sunday
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morning you want a bagel and indulgein a little sour cream cheese, I
think it's okay to do as longas you are getting enough dietary fiber in
your diet. You're not eating hamburgersall day long, you are not eating
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two slices of apple pie for dessertevery evening. You're not eating pop tarts
for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed, the better
bagel, the frozen bagel that isclaiming a lot of health benefits here,
I think they're legit. You aregetting added protein, but getting it through
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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 thenutritional game here, it's probably not bad.
Again, a steady diet of thebetter or bagel. You know,
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if you have one on a Saturdayor Sunday morning and you indulge, you're
reading the newspaper, you're watching thenews shows on Sunday, go ahead and
do it. But I think youhave 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 tonot develop diabetes because this is the only
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thing you're doing. It has tobe 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 theweekend with you, and don't forget Doctor
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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'mdoctor Joe Galotti, our website doctor Joeglotti
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There's a link for Texasliver dot com. So we've been talking about bagels,
and actually during the break I receiveda text message from somebody saying, do
you think you're being a little rudetalking about New Yorkers versus the rest of
the world. Well, first ofall, I am a native New Yorker.
At number two, it is alldone in tongue and cheek. Please
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please understand that that I'm not disrespectfulto anybody, but just a bit of
good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversationhere regarding the almighty bagel. All right,
so what we started off with wasthe better bagel. It's a frozen
bagel, I would say, amanufactured frozen bagel that you could get in
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the frozen section of your local grocerystore. I happen to get mine at
Whole Food. And what they're sayingis 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,
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it is the total carbs minus fiber. And that's what they do here,
so they add in a lot offiber to the product. Now I have
in front of me the nutritional assessmentof the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York
City. And just to compare afew things here, Number one, our
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better bagel, the frozen bagel isone 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 NewYork City bagels are anywhere between three hundred
to three hundred and twenty calories.So right off the bat, you're getting
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less calories, all right, Somaybe 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 betterbagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred
and fifty milligrams of sodium. Theclassic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred
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and ten. So it is inthe same ballpark. And I let's say
most bagels are going to be onthe higher side. A lot of bread
products to get you any sort oftaste, because you figure plain white flowers
pretty tasteless. The only way it'sgoing to taste good is by adding salt.
Okay, so keep in mind thatyou're the bagel in general is going
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to be on the higher side ofsodium. So six point fifty in the
frozen bagel versus about six ten onthe plain real New York bagel is pretty
close. Now on the carbohydrates,okay, because that's that's one of the
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selling points here. The frozen bagelhas forty grams of total carbohydrate. The
New York bagel has sixty, soit's it's starting off with more carbohydrates.
And the different varieties of New YorkManhattan bayls range in carbohydrates from a low
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of forty, and in this particulardiagram it is the thin bagel, so
it's probably just a smaller bagel hasabout forty grams of carbs, but your
typical New York bagel has anywhere fromsixty five to sixty grams of carbs,
so it is the New York bagelis a little bit higher in carbohydrates.
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The fiber there is essentially no fiberin a bagel two grams of fiber,
where the better bagel is giving youthirty five grams of fiber, but it
is being added in by adding agave fiber, which is probably giving you
a little bit of taste as well. So all in all, just on
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the surface, this is a betterbagel. Does it taste better than a
New York bagel? Probably not.I could tell you it doesn't. I
mean, I've eaten. My wifethought it was pretty bland and tasteless.
But you know, you have anoral craving to eat something and toast it
now, and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in
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New York City that I met adietitian really really early on in my career,
and she was talking to the residentsabout foods for our patients and whatnot,
and she had said, the onefood, and again this is coming
from New York City, one foodnever to eat, or the worst food
to eat, is a bagel.You could certainly make an argument about that
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that there are things worse than abagel to have in the morning, But
keep in mind that you're going tobe getting a lot of carbs, a
lot of sodium calorie wise about threehundred not the worst thing. Now,
if you decide that you want toadd some sour cream cheese to this.
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So Philadelphia cream cheese, which isreally pretty much the standard cream cheese you're
going to get in New York oneserving. According to Philadelphia cream Cheese,
one serving is one ounce. Iwould say that if you go anywhere in
New York and you get one ounceof cream cheese, you're going to send
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it back and say you're skimping onme. So let's just say two ounces
of cream cheese. Okay, thisis full fat, full fair cream cheese.
With two ounces, you're going toget an additional two hundred calories.
You're only going to get another fourgrams of protein, You're going to get
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twenty grams of fat and just aminiscule amount of sugar. So by adding
the cream cheese, you're going toget a lot of fat, two hundred
more calories. So maybe you're alreadyup to If the bagel is three hundred,
you're looking at at least five tosix hundred calories for your breakfast.
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Okay, now let's put this allin perspective. I don't think that we
should banish the bagel to food purgatoryfood. Hell. I would think,
like anything in life, it ismoderation. If you are having a cream
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cheese bagel every single day, slatheredup with cream cheese, butter cheese,
put two or three eggs on topof it, you're looking for trouble unless
you're a marathon runner or you swima mile a day. So I think
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if on Sunday morning you want abagel and indulge in a little sour cream
cheese, I think it's okay todo as long as you are getting enough
dietary fiber in your diet. You'renot eating hamburgers all day long, you
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are not eating two slices of applepie for dessert every evening. You're not
eating pop tarts for breakfast. Ithink you're okay. So yes, Indeed,
the better bagel, the frozen bagelthat is claiming a lot of health
benefits here, I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but
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getting it through way protein addit isis agave fiber. It may not be
as good as eating an apple,fruit, nuts, beans, et cetera,
but if you're trying to be agood player in the nutritional game here,
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it's probably not bad. Again,a steady diet of the better bagel,
you know, if you have oneon a Saturday or a Sunday morning
and you indulge, you're reading thenewspaper, 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 notgoing to get healthier, You're not going
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to not have a heart attack,you are not going to not develop diabetes
because this is the only thing you'redoing. It has to be part of
a more comprehensive health and well inthe nutrition exercise plan. All right,
So that is it for this installmentof your health First. I'm doctor Joe
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Galotti. Always always a pleasure beinghere sharing part of the weekend with you.
And don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot comis 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.
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out of town for the past fewweeks. I was in a I was
on a safari, a photographic safariin Tanzania. So you had to listen
to some of the past episodes ofYour Health First the past few Sundays.
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But we're here back in person onAmerican soil this Sunday, and again this
is the Memorial Day weekend. AndI do think that we all need to
take a pause, be thankful forthe country we live in, be thankful
for the freedoms, be thankful forour way of life, and realize that
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this was some thing that we hadto defend and fight for and people lost
their lives. And this is theweekend that we remember those even though we
should remember them every single day ofthe week. We have to remember those
men and women over the years thathave protected all of us through various conflicts.
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And the conflicts are real. Weare, you know, every single
day, exposed to threats to ourfreedom and our way of life. And
many parts of the world may notnecessarily like the way we are free here,
but keep in mind that we cannottake this freedom of granted and people
(02:44):
lost their lives. And it's aday to fly the flag or a weekend
to fly the flag and be mindfulof everybody that fought to save our country.
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com. But again you don't haveto remember all this. It's all on
the doctor Joe Galotti web page.All right. So this is one of
those weeks where it's a little laidback, just getting back into the groove
with regular program for the rest ofthe summer. But I do want to
tell you, as many of youknow, photography has been a passion of
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mine and interest of mine since Iwas 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 reallygot me started in being interested in photography.
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And it helped an awful lot thatmy uncle, one of my uncles,
Uncle Larry, was a professional photographerin 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, ifwe had a birthday party it was fourth
(05:51):
of July, it was a MemorialDay weekend, Uncle Larry would be over
the house with one of his cameras. Maybe it was a rolla flex,
maybe is a the press, oneof his press cameras, those big things
that you know you'd see in theold movies and he would be taking pictures.
Right, everybody takes pictures at abarbecue, birthday party, whatever it
(06:13):
may be. But the difference wasthe next day or two days later,
we'd have twenty five eight by tenblack and white glossies on our kitchen table
of your birthday party or of fourthof July, or of Labor Day,
whatever it was. And so atan early age, I was really fascinated
(06:33):
more I would say enthralled by thesebeautiful black and white eight by ten glosses
that were on our kitchen table andlooking at the detail and the expressions,
and so I just became really hookedon photography. But anyway, the opportunity
(06:55):
to go on a safari, now, I would not say I have done
a lot lot of photography work inthe wildlife space. I've done a lot
of landscape and travel photography in portraitwork, but wildlife is a whole different
can of can of worms. Andso in Tanzania, we were being guided
(07:16):
by a professional, very well knownwildlife photographer's name was Greg Dutoit, and
it was a real honor to bewith him, for him to really show
how to move around these animals toget the right light, right time of
the day, the right setting onthe camera was really marvelous. So in
the weeks to come, I willbe sharing with you some of the wildlife
(07:41):
photography. But really traveling to Tanzania, it was the first time I was
really on the African continent. Andfirst of all, it's beautiful. That
part of the world is just amazing. The wildlife. We spent probably more
time in the Serengetti, which isjust open grasslands and planes and just marvelous.
(08:05):
And the amount of animals, millionsof 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
(08:26):
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
(08:46):
to to want to and those thatwere 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 marvelousexperience. The natural wonders absolutely mind blowing,
(09:11):
the people terrific, the camaraderie workingwith everybody was just really fantastic.
And so I wrote this in thenewsletter that came out yesterday on Saturday,
that getting away off the grid.And I'll tell you I was off the
(09:31):
grid. I was five hours fromnowhere, 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'restaying at home in your backyard with your
(09:54):
pool and your kids, you're goingto grandma's house, or you're taking a
trip somewhere interstate or out of thecountry, make sure you find a little
bit of time carved out to relaxand recharge the batteries. You have to.
We are bombarded by social media,phones, ringing, beeping, buzzing,
(10:18):
which will eventually drive us crazy,and we just need to get in
your own head and relax. Thehealth implication is something that you cannot dispute.
There has been research over the pastfifty years about the mind body connection
and the negative impact of stress,and so do take that time, even
(10:39):
if it's just one week or afew 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.
Doctor Joeglotti dot com is our website. I am doctor Joe Galotti. Every
(11:01):
Sunday between seven and APM. Thisis your health first day tuned. We're
actually what I have on tap here. We're going to be talking about colon
cancer, some new testing for coloncancer. It might be good, it
might be bad. Stay tuned,but I'll be right back. Yes,
indeed, we are family. Youare my Sunday night radio family, doctor
(11:24):
Joe Gillotti. We're here every Sundayevening between seven and a PM bringing you
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anything. We're not selling anything otherthan unadulterated good health and wellness information.
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That is what you get from yourhealth first. We want you to put
your health first. And so manytimes and I say this, and I
believe if you walk away with anythinganything from this program, whether you're listening
for two minutes or ten years.By the way, we've been on the
(12:11):
air for twenty one years, itis that the majority we're talking better than
eighty percent, eighty five percent ofall the chronic disease. And so look
around at yourself, look around atyour friends, your family, your parents,
coworkers. Diabetes, heart disease,cancer, cirrhosis, kidney disease,
(12:35):
depression, arthritis, mental health.These are all chronic diseases that we have
control over and can be prevented witha lifestyle modification. You're drinking too much
alcohol, you're eating too much drivethrough, you're not getting enough sleep,
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you're not exercising, you're eating processedfoods, you're eating too many carbs,
you're not eating fruits and vegetables.Okay, So these are the things that
you have to take personal inventory on, and really, at the end of
the day, it is personal responsibility. This is nobody is going to jump
through the radio or the TV andtell you how to do it or or
(13:24):
make you prisoner. You have todo it yourself. And really the alternative
is you have to look at thisand say, misery is optional. Do
I want to be on a fistfulof medications? Do I want to spend
the majority of my time on thephone with doctors, going to doctor's office
visits, going for lab work,going for scans. The answer is no,
(13:50):
you don't want to do this,But unfortunately we fall victim to all
this. All right, So inthat regard, what I want to do
in the last few minutes here beforewe 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 infact, keep in mind that colon cancer
(14:16):
is one of the true preventable cancers, preventable cancers that we all face.
The average risk person should start gettingscreened for colon cancer at age forty five
years old. Even if you feelwell, you have normal bowel movements,
you don't have any pain, youdon't see blood in your stool, you
(14:37):
need to get screened at age fortyfive, typically with a colonoscopy. Now,
there is a new blood test thathas hit the news. It's made
by Guardan Health and it is ablood 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 anoption for you because a third of American
(15:01):
adults are not getting screened in anywhich way, so we somehow have to
address this. The Guardant blood testcan screen for colon cancer. Now you
may say, well that's a goodthing. Well, it is good,
and some of the people that wereon the FDA board said it's better than
nothing, and I would agree withit. But it is not going to
(15:24):
identify polyps. Polyps are non cancerous, but they have the potential to turn
to cancer. This blood test isgeared to identify somebody that has early stage
cancer. So you're getting screening isto prevent a disease. Here we're using
(15:45):
the term screening to identify the earlystages of cancer. Again, if you're
not doing anything, this is betterthan nothing. But keep in mind that
this blood test is going to identifythose that have early stage cancer already.
Well, that doesn't sound too toodarn good, So it is something.
I want you to be aware thatthis is not a replacement for colonoscopy.
(16:10):
This is not a replacement for takingcare of yourself, but it will pick
up early stage colon cancer and peoplethat already have it. So again,
I'll post information on this on ourFacebook page, but you have to go
to doctor Joegalotti dot com to getit. And so that's it. Forty
five years old. You need totalk to your doctor about getting screened for
(16:32):
colon cancer with a colonoscope. Allright, we're gonna take a quick break,
doctor Joe Galotti. Don't forget goto doctor Joe Galotti dot com.
Stay tuned. We'll be back ina minute. Welcome back, everybody,
final segment for this Memorial Day weekendedition of Your Health. First, I'm
doctor Joe Galotti. Our website doctorJoegalotti dot com, Doctor Joeglotti dot com.
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connect with us there through the website, there's a link for Texasliver dot com.
So we've been talking about bagels andactually 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 restof the world. Well, first of
all, I am a native NewYorker. At number two, it is
(17:41):
all done in tongue and cheek.Please please understand that that I'm not disrespectful
to anybody, but just a bitof good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversation
here regarding the almighty bagel. Allright, So what we started off with
(18:02):
was the better bagel. It's afrozen bagel, I would say, a
manufactured frozen bagel that you could getin the frozen section of your local grocery
store. I have been to getmine at Whole Food, and what they're
saying is that this is a betterbagel, This is a better food to
eat. Now, the small printis they it still has forty grams of
(18:23):
carbohydrate, but the way that theymake 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 dohere. So they add in a lot
of fiber to the product. NowI have in front of me, the
(18:44):
nutritional assessment of the Manhattan Bagel Companyin New York City. And just to
compare a few things here, Numberone, our better bagel, the frozen
bagel is one hundred and sixty calriesper bagel. The Manhattan bagel is three
hundred calories. Now what I wouldsay, I researched this out. Most
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typical plane New York City bagels areanywhere between three hundred to three hundred and
twenty calories. So right off thebat, you're getting less calories, all
right, So maybe this is abetter bagel if you're just looking at calories.
Now, as far as sodium goes, I'm going to jump around sodium.
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This better bagel, the frozen bagelis six hundred and fifty milligrams of
sodium. The classic New York Manhattanbagel 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
(19:55):
any sort of taste, because youfigure plain white flowers pretty tasteless. The
only way it's going to taste goodis by adding salt. Okay, So
keep in mind that you're the bagelin general is going to be on the
higher side of sodium, so sixpoint fifty in the frozen bagel versus about
six' ten on the plane realNew York bagel is pretty close. Now
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on the carbohydrates, okay, becausethat's that's one of the selling points here.
The frozen bagel has forty grams oftotal carbohydrate. The New York bagel
has sixty, so it's it's startingoff with more carbohydrates. And the different
(20:45):
varieties of New York Manhattan bagels rangein carbohydrates from a low of forty,
and in this particular diagram it isthe thin bagel, so it's probably just
a smaller bagel has about forty gramsof carbs, but your typical New York
(21:07):
bagel has anywhere from sixty five tosixty grams of carbs, so it is
the New York bagel is a littlebit higher in carbohydrates. The fiber,
there is essentially no fiber in abagel, two grams of fiber, where
the better bagel is giving you thirtyfive grams of fiber, but it is
(21:27):
being added in by adding a gavefiber, 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. Doesit taste better than a New York
(21:48):
bagel? Probably not. I couldtell you it doesn't. I mean,
I've eaten. My wife thought itwas pretty bland and tasteless. But you
know, you have an oral cravingto eat something and toast it now,
and you know it's funny. Iremember as a young resident in New York
City that I met a dietitian reallyreally early on in my career, and
(22:14):
she was talking to the residents aboutfoods for our patients and whatnot, and
she had said, the one food, and again this is coming from New
York City, one food never toeat or the worst food to eat is
a bagel. You could certainly makean argument about that that there are things
worse than a bagel to have inthe morning, But keep in mind that
(22:37):
you're going to be getting a lotof carbs, a lot of sodium calorie
wise about three hundred not the worstthing. Now, if you decide that
you want to add some sour creamcheese to this, so Philadelphia cream cheese,
which is really pretty much the standardcream cheese you're going to get in
(22:57):
New York. One serving, accordingto Philadelphia cream cheese. One serving is
one ounce. I would say thatif 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. Solet's just say two ounces of cream cheese.
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Okay, this is full fat,full fair cream cheese. With two
ounces, you're going to get anadditional 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 ofsugar. So by adding the cream cheese,
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you're going to get a lot offat, two hundred more calories.
So maybe you're already up to Ifthe bagel is three hundred, you're looking
at at least five to six hundredcalories for your breakfast. Okay, now
(24:03):
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. Ifyou are having a cream cheese bagel every
(24:27):
single day, slathered up with creamcheese, 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 aday. So I think if on Sunday
(24:48):
morning you want a bagel and indulgein a little sour cream cheese, I
think it's okay to do as longas you are getting enough dietary fiber in
your diet. You're not eating hamburgersall day long, you are not eating
(25:11):
two slices of apple pie for dessertevery evening. You're not eating pop tarts
for breakfast. I think you're okay. So yes, Indeed, the better
bagel, the frozen bagel that isclaiming a lot of health benefits here,
I think they're legit. You aregetting added protein, but getting it through
(25:37):
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 thenutritional game here, it's probably not bad.
Again, a steady diet of thebetter or bagel. You know,
(26:00):
if you have one on a Saturdayor Sunday morning and you indulge, you're
reading the newspaper, you're watching thenews shows on Sunday, go ahead and
do it. But I think youhave 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 tonot develop diabetes because this is the only
(26:23):
thing you're doing. It has tobe 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 theweekend with you, and don't forget Doctor
(26:45):
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'mdoctor Joe Galotti, our website doctor Joeglotti
dot com, Doctor Joeglotti dot com. Sign up for our newsletter, send
(27:11):
me a message, take a lookat all of our social media information there
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Liver specialist of Texas. You canconnect with us there through the website.
(27:32):
There's a link for Texasliver dot com. So we've been talking about bagels,
and actually during the break I receiveda text message from somebody saying, do
you think you're being a little rudetalking about New Yorkers versus the rest of
the world. Well, first ofall, I am a native New Yorker.
At number two, it is alldone in tongue and cheek. Please
(27:56):
please understand that that I'm not disrespectfulto anybody, but just a bit of
good old fashioned tongue in cheek conversationhere regarding the almighty bagel. All right,
so what we started off with wasthe better bagel. It's a frozen
bagel, I would say, amanufactured frozen bagel that you could get in
(28:19):
the frozen section of your local grocerystore. I happen to get mine at
Whole Food. And what they're sayingis 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,
(28:42):
it is the total carbs minus fiber. And that's what they do here,
so they add in a lot offiber to the product. Now I have
in front of me the nutritional assessmentof the Manhattan Bagel Company in New York
City. And just to compare afew things here, Number one, our
(29:07):
better bagel, the frozen bagel isone 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 NewYork City bagels are anywhere between three hundred
to three hundred and twenty calories.So right off the bat, you're getting
(29:32):
less calories, all right, Somaybe 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 betterbagel, the frozen bagel is six hundred
and fifty milligrams of sodium. Theclassic New York Manhattan bagel has six hundred
(29:56):
and ten. So it is inthe same ballpark. And I let's say
most bagels are going to be onthe higher side. A lot of bread
products to get you any sort oftaste, because you figure plain white flowers
pretty tasteless. The only way it'sgoing to taste good is by adding salt.
Okay, so keep in mind thatyou're the bagel in general is going
(30:18):
to be on the higher side ofsodium. So six point fifty in the
frozen bagel versus about six ten onthe plain real New York bagel is pretty
close. Now on the carbohydrates,okay, because that's that's one of the
(30:38):
selling points here. The frozen bagelhas forty grams of total carbohydrate. The
New York bagel has sixty, soit's it's starting off with more carbohydrates.
And the different varieties of New YorkManhattan bayls range in carbohydrates from a low
(31:03):
of forty, and in this particulardiagram it is the thin bagel, so
it's probably just a smaller bagel hasabout forty grams of carbs, but your
typical New York bagel has anywhere fromsixty five to sixty grams of carbs,
so it is the New York bagelis a little bit higher in carbohydrates.
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The fiber there is essentially no fiberin a bagel two grams of fiber,
where the better bagel is giving youthirty five grams of fiber, but it
is being added in by adding agave fiber, which is probably giving you
a little bit of taste as well. So all in all, just on
(31:52):
the surface, this is a betterbagel. Does it taste better than a
New York bagel? Probably not.I could tell you it doesn't. I
mean, I've eaten. My wifethought it was pretty bland and tasteless.
But you know, you have anoral craving to eat something and toast it
now, and you know it's funny. I remember as a young resident in
(32:17):
New York City that I met adietitian really really early on in my career,
and she was talking to the residentsabout foods for our patients and whatnot,
and she had said, the onefood, and again this is coming
from New York City, one foodnever to eat, or the worst food
to eat, is a bagel.You could certainly make an argument about that
(32:43):
that there are things worse than abagel to have in the morning, But
keep in mind that you're going tobe getting a lot of carbs, a
lot of sodium calorie wise about threehundred not the worst thing. Now,
if you decide that you want toadd some sour cream cheese to this.
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So Philadelphia cream cheese, which isreally pretty much the standard cream cheese you're
going to get in New York oneserving. According to Philadelphia cream Cheese,
one serving is one ounce. Iwould say that if you go anywhere in
New York and you get one ounceof cream cheese, you're going to send
(33:24):
it back and say you're skimping onme. So let's just say two ounces
of cream cheese. Okay, thisis full fat, full fair cream cheese.
With two ounces, you're going toget an additional two hundred calories.
You're only going to get another fourgrams of protein, You're going to get
(33:46):
twenty grams of fat and just aminiscule amount of sugar. So by adding
the cream cheese, you're going toget a lot of fat, two hundred
more calories. So maybe you're alreadyup to If the bagel is three hundred,
you're looking at at least five tosix hundred calories for your breakfast.
(34:12):
Okay, now let's put this allin perspective. I don't think that we
should banish the bagel to food purgatoryfood. Hell. I would think,
like anything in life, it ismoderation. If you are having a cream
(34:36):
cheese bagel every single day, slatheredup with cream cheese, butter cheese,
put two or three eggs on topof it, you're looking for trouble unless
you're a marathon runner or you swima mile a day. So I think
(34:58):
if on Sunday morning you want abagel and indulge in a little sour cream
cheese, I think it's okay todo as long as you are getting enough
dietary fiber in your diet. You'renot eating hamburgers all day long, you
(35:21):
are not eating two slices of applepie for dessert every evening. You're not
eating pop tarts for breakfast. Ithink you're okay. So yes, Indeed,
the better bagel, the frozen bagelthat is claiming a lot of health
benefits here, I think they're legit. You are getting added protein, but
(35:46):
getting it through way protein addit isis agave fiber. It may not be
as good as eating an apple,fruit, nuts, beans, et cetera,
but if you're trying to be agood player in the nutritional game here,
(36:07):
it's probably not bad. Again,a steady diet of the better bagel,
you know, if you have oneon a Saturday or a Sunday morning
and you indulge, you're reading thenewspaper, 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 notgoing to get healthier, You're not going
(36:29):
to not have a heart attack,you are not going to not develop diabetes
because this is the only thing you'redoing. It has to be part of
a more comprehensive health and well inthe nutrition exercise plan. All right,
So that is it for this installmentof your health First. I'm doctor Joe
(36:50):
Galotti. Always always a pleasure beinghere sharing part of the weekend with you.
And don't forget doctor Joegalotti dot comis 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.
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