TONIGHT ON NEWSWATCH,
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION AROUND
THE WORLD, A LIST OF THE
WORST OFFENDERS.
PLUS, HOW THE WHISPER OF
GUN CONTROL IS SENDING
PEOPLE TRAI STRAIGHT TO THE
STORES TO BY FIREARMS.
AND WHY ALZHEIMER'S
PATIENTS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS
ARE TAKING NOTICE OF COCONUT
OIL.
ALL OF THIS AND MORE TONIGHT
ON NEWSWATCH.
CHRISTIANS ARE THE MOST
BRUTALLY PERSECUTED GROUP IN
THE WORLD TODAY.
GOOD EVENING, I'M MARK
MARTIN.
AND I'M WENDY GRIFFITH.
IN AT LEAST 60 COUNTRIES,
FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST
SUFFER DAILY IN
INTERROGATION, ARREST, AND
EVEN DEATH.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO "OPEN
DOORS U.S.A., WHICH HAS
RELEASED ITS ANNUAL WATCH
LIST OF THE 50 WORST
OFFENDERS.
> MOST SURPRISINGLY,
CHRISTIANS IN AFRICA ARE
WITNESSING A SURGE IN
PROSECUTION.
TANZANIA, KENYA, UGANDA, AND
NIGER JOINED THE LIST, AND
ETHIOPIA CLIMBED FROM 38 TO
15.
BUT NORTH KOREA IS STILL THE
WORST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
IT TOPPED THE CHART FOR THE
11th YEAR IN A ROW,
FOLLOWED BY SAUDI ARABIA,
AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND
SOMALIA.
IN THOSE NATIONS, OPEN DOORS
SAYS EXTREME ISLAM POSSESS
THE LARGEST THREAT FOR
CHRISTIANS.
JOINING US NOW IS RON
BOYD McMILLAN, THE CHIEF
STRATEGY OFFICER FOR OPEN
DOORS INTERNATIONAL.
RON, THE NEWS OUT OF SOUTH
AFRICA IS TROUBLING.
WHAT IS BEHIND THE SURGE.
IT IS TURNING INTO A
WINTER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLACE THAT
HAS HAD AN ELECTION HAS
ELECTED ISLAMISTS, AND THEY
HAVE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT
FOR THE CHURCHES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST, WHO ARE PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT MINORITIES IN A
LOT OF THESE COUNTRIES.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A BAD
THING.
AND ANOTHER THING, IN SUB
SARHARAN AFRICA, THERE ARE A
LOT OF THE ARMS THAT HAVE
COME DOWN FROM PLACES LIKE
LIBYA, AND THE BIG SURPRISE
OF OUR WORLD-WATCH LIST WAS
MALI JUMPING IN TO NUMBER
SEVEN, BECAUSE THE NORTH OF
THE COUNTRY WAS NOT TAKEN
BY al-QAEDA, BUT THEY
BASICALLY KICKED ALL OF THE
CHRISTIANS OUT BEFORE THEY
COULD KILL THEM.
AND IT WAS HAND TO HAND, AND
HOUSE TO HOUSE HUNTING TO
TRY TO FIND THEM, IN ORDER
TO KILL THEM, AND THEY FLED
TO THE SOUTH OF THE
COUNTRY.
WOW, DISTURBING.
NORTH KOREA, ONCE AGAIN,
REMAINS THE WORST PURS
PERSECUTOR.
IT SAID THE NUMBER OF
DEFECTORS DECREASED
DRAMATICALLY IN 2012.
WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT TO
CHRISTIANS?
THEY'RE JUST TIGHTENING
UP THE BORDER A LITTLE BIT.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET IN
TO HELP THE CHRISTIAN
POPULATION IS THROUGH THIS
SOMEWHAT POROUS BORDER.
IF THEY TIGHTEN THE TOP, IT
MEANS THEIR LIFELINE, IN
SOME WAYS, IS COMPRISED.
BUT IT IS REMARKABLE HOW THE
CHURCH IS GROWING.
WE ALWAYS STRETCH THAT THE
WORLD-WATCH LIST IS NOT A
BAD NEWS STORY BECAUSE EVEN
IN THE MIDST OF THE DREADFUL
PRECIOUS THEY FACE FROM
DICTATORS, FROM EXTREMISTS,
SO ON, THE CHURCH GROWS.
AND GOD IS THERE, EVEN IF WE
CAN'T GET IN.
THE BIG HOT BUTTO HOT
SPOT IS THERE.
THE DANGER IS INCREASING.
WHAT IS GOING ON.
THE CHRISTIANS GOT A BIT
OF A DOUBLE WAM WHEE.
WHAMMY.
THEY TARGETED THE CHRISTIANS
AT FIRST BECAUSE THEY SAID
YOU'RE ALL PRO-REGIME.
THE CITY OF HOMS WAS A
CHRISTIAN CITY, BUT 40,000
PEOPLE KNOW IT IS A SHELL,
OR THE CHRISTIANS HAD TO
FLEE, OR THEY'RE LIVING IN
THE HILLS OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THAT IS ONE SOURCE OF
PERSECUTION.
BUT THE OTHER WAS LATER IN
THE YEAR, FOREIGN JIHADEES
JOINED THE OPPOSITION
FORCES, AND THEY HATE
ANYTHING WESTERN, AND THEY
REGARD CHRISTIANITY AS
WESTERN, AND THEY SCOURED
THE LAND.
AND IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD
FOR THE CHRISTIANS THERE
THIS YEAR.
NOT GOING TO GET BETTER ANY
TIME SOON, EITHER.
ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, A SLIGHT
GOOD NEWS POINT THERE.
THE CHRISTIANS OF SYRIA HAVE
DRAWN TOGETHER IN AN
HISTORIC UNITY, WHICH THEY
NEVER HAD BEFORE.
THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY
SUSPICIOUS, IN THEIR OWN
TRENCHES, AND NOW THEY'VE
DRAWN TOGETHER.
AND SOME OF THE LEADERS HAVE
BEEN AMAZING IN SAYING WE
ARE SYRIANS, WE ARE
CHRISTIANS, AND CHRISTIANITY
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
CENTURIES.
IF NEED BE, WE WILL DIE
HERE.
AND SO THERE IS AN AMAZING
TESTIMONY, EVEN IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CIVIL WAR IN
THAT COUNTRY.
RON BOYD McMILLAN OF
OPEN DOORS INTERNATIONAL.
THANKS FOR YOUR INSIGHTS,
RON.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INTEREST.
KEEP PRAYING FOR THE
PERSECUTED.
AMEN.
Wendy: PASTOR US YUSEF
NARDARKHANI HAS BEEN
RELEASED FROM JAIL.
HE WAS REARRESTED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY BECAUSE THE
AUTHORITIES SAID HE HAD NOT
SERVED HIS FULL SENTENCE.
HE HAD SPENT ALMOST THREE
YEARS BEHIND BARS UNDER A
DEATH SENTENCE FOR REFUSING
TO RENOUNCE HIS CHRISTIAN
FAITH.
HE WAS ACQUITTED IN
SEPTEMBER.
THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW
AND JUSTICE SAID HE WAS
FREED MONDAY AND IS AT HOME
NOW WITH HIS FAMILY.
VENEZUALAN PRESIDENT HUGO
CHAVEZ HAS NOT BEEN SEEN
SINCE HE WENT TO CUBA ONE
MONTH AGO FOR CANCER.
HIS INAUGURATION IS ON
WEDNESDAY, AND A WAR OF
WORDS HAS ERUPTED ON WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO NEXT.
Reporter: THIS IS ONE
OF THE LAST TIMES HUGO
CHAVEZ WAS SEEN PUBLICLY, ON
DECEMBER 10, SAYING GOOD-BYE
TO GOVERNMENT MINISTERS
BEFORE BOARDING A PLANE TO
HAVANA.
RUMORS HAVE BEEN SWIRLING ON
THE INTERNET THAT CHAVEZ IS
ALREADY DEAD.
THE GOVERNMENT IS ONLY
SAYING HE HAS A SEVERE
RESPIRATORY INFECTION THAT
MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE.
VENEZUALA'S CONSTITUTION
REQUIRES THAT CHO CHAVEZ,
WHO WAS RE-ELECTED NEXT
YEAR, MUST SHOW UP FOR HIS
INAUGURATION ON THURSDAY, OR
THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY WILL BE SWORN IN.
THE SPEAKER, A CHAVEZ
SUPPORTER SAYS, IT DOESN'T
MEAN ANYTHING IF PRED CHAVEZ
ISN'T PRESENT FOR THE
INAUGURATION.
WHILE CHAVEZ IS POPULAR WITH
VENEZUALA'S POOR, HIS TENURE
HAS DIVIDED THE COUNTRY MORE
THAN EVER.
VENEZUALA'S ECONOMY IS A
SHAMBLES, AND VIOLENT CRIME
HAS SKYROCKETED.
IF CHAVEZ DOESN'T RETURN,
NEW ELECTIONS WILL HAVE TO
BE HELD.
VICE PRESIDENT NICOLAS
MEDURO IS FIRST IN LINE FOR
SUCCESSION, BUT THE SPEAKER
IS CLOSER TO THE ARMED
FORCES.
AND CUBA REPORTEDLY FAVORS
THE CREATION OF A HUNTA TO
MAINTAIN CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST
LEGACY AFTER HIS DEATH.
DALE HERD, CBN NEWS.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS
REPORTED A RECORD YEAR FOR
ABORTIONS.
IT'S ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS
NEARLY 334,000 ABORTIONS
WERE PERFORMED IN THE LAST
FISCAL YEAR.
THAT PUSHES THE NATION'S
LARGEST ABORTION PROVIDER'S
FIGURES TO NEARLY A MILLION
IN THREE YEARS.
AT THE SAME TIME,
CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD DROPPED
12 FACILIT 12% SINCE 2009.
CANCER SCREENING AND
PREVENTION SERVICES DROPPED
29%.
MEANWHILE, PLANNED
PARENTHOOD REPORTED A RECORD
$542 MILLION IN TAXPAYER
FUNDING LAST YEAR.
THE SUSAN B.ANTHONY LIST
REPORTS THAT THAT IS 45% OF
ITS ANNUAL REVENUE.
Wendy: TODAY IS THE
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE
TUCSON SHOOTING THAT KILLED
SIX AND LEFT GABRIELLE
GIFFORDS WITH PERMANENT
BRAIN TRAUMA.
TO MARK THE DAY, GIFFORD AND
HER HUSBAND MARKED "THE
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE
GUN CONTROL."
LAST WEEK THE COUPLE MADE A
STOP IN NEWTON, CONNECTICUT,
HONOURING THOSE KILLED WHEN
A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT A
LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO MADE
IT CLEAR HE PLANS TO TAKE
ACTION AGAINST GUNS THIS
YEAR.
AND THAT NEWS HAS SENT
NERVOUS AMERICANS FLOCKING
TO GUN SHOWS, HOPING TO
STOCK UP BEFORE IT IS TOO
LATE.
CHARLENE ISRAEL HAS MORE.
Reporter: VICE
PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN IS
LEADING THE CHARGE AS THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION LOOKS
TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE, AND HE
HAS PLENTY OF ALLIES IN
CONGRESS.
CHARLES SCHUMER AND KIER
KIRSTEN ARE AMONG THE
SUPPORTERS.
THEY CAN ENSURE THAT GUNS
STAY OUT OF THE HANDS OF
CRIMINALS AND THOSE WHO ARE
DANGEROUSLY ILL.
Reporter: SO FAR THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
PROPOSING UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL
GUN BUYERS, AND TRACKING THE
MOVEMENT AND SALE OF WEAPONS
THROUGH A NATIONAL DATA
BASE.
GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES USE
WORDS LIKE "REASONABLE" AND
"COMMON SENSE REFORMS" TO
FRAME THE DEBATE.
BUT THAT IS NO CONSOLATION
TO AMERICANS WHO FEAR THEIR
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE
ABOUT TO BE TAKEN AWAY.
THE ENEMIES OF LAW FULL
GUN OWNERSHIP ARE USING THAT
TO PASS NEW AND STRICTER
RESOLUTIONS ON GUNS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A
QUESTION OF SAFETY.
THE LAST PLACE I WANT TO GO
IS A GUN-FREE ZONE WHERE THE
BAD GUY CAN RELOAD.
EVEN MY DAUGHTER SAYS, THAT
MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE THE
BAD GUYS DON'T READ THE
LAW.
Reporter: THAT'S WHY
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN STOCKING UP AT GUN
SHOWS AND STORES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THERE ARE GOING
TO BE SOME NEW LAWS.
I KIND OF PUT IT OFF AND PUT
IT OFF UNTIL NOW.
AND NOW WE WENT THROUGH AND
CAME DOWN HERE TO GET WHAT
WE WANTED BEFORE EVERYTHING
IS ILLEGAL.
Reporter: AT THIS GUN
SHOW IN LOS ANGELES, THE
CROWDS WERE SO HUGE, THE
FIRE MARSHAL HAD TO BE
CALLED IN.
AND MANY GUN STORES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE HAVING A
HARD TIME KEEPING FIREARMS
AND AMMUNITION IN STOCK.
WE SOLD 50 SOMETHING
RELIGIONS IN THREE DAYS. RELIGIONS-- RIFLES IN THREE
DAYS.
Reporter: DECEMBER OF
2012 BROUGHT A NATIONAL
RECORD AS THE F.B.I.
CONDUCTED 2.8 MILLION
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
UP 49% FROM THE YEAR
BEFORE.
EVEN AS DEMAND FOR GUNS AND
AMMUNITION SPIKES, SOME
POINT OUT THAT NEW GUN
CONTROL LAWS ARE NEVER A
SURE THING.
CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.
COMING UP, THE BEST WAYS
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE
FLU THIS SEASON.
Wendy: IT IS ONE OF THE
WORST FLU SEASONS OF THE
DECADE.
80% OF THE COUNTRY IS
REPORTING SEVERE FLU RIGHT
NOW.
HEATHER CELLS EXPLAINS
WHY KIDS AND SENIORS ARE AT
THE GREATEST RISK.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL NOW SAY THE FLU IS
WIDESPREAD IN 41 STATES.
AND THEY'RE ESPECIALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELDERLY
AND CHILDREN, FOR WHOM THE
FLU CAN BE DEADLY.
OUR OFFICE, IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS, HAS EXPLODED WITH
CHILDREN.
PEDIATRICIANS LIKE DALE
SMITH SAY THEY'RE FLU CASES
ARE SPIKING.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT MOST
KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.
ONE TEEN IN MICHIGAN IS ONE
OF THE LATEST TO DIE FROM
FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS.
15-YEAR-OLD JOSH POLENA CAME
DOWN WITH A COUGH AND A SORE
THROAT ON DECEMBER 30th.
HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM TO THE
DOCTOR WHEN HE HAD A FEVER,
BUT DAYS LATER JOSH PASSED
AWAY.
IN NEW JERSEY, 4-YEAR-OLD
JEREMY PERERRA IS UNABLE TO
GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T HAVE THE REQUIRED
FLU SHOT.
HIS PARENTS DON'T WANT HIM
TO GET IT BECAUSE HE HAS AN
EGG ALLERGY, AND EGG IS A
COMPONENT IN THE FLU
VACCINE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IF I PUT IT
DIRECTLY INTO HIS
BLOODSTREAM.
THAT'S INSANE, TO ASK ME TO
DO THAT TO MY CHILD.
Reporter: THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAY EGG
ALLERGIC PATIENTS CAN SAFELY
RECEIVE THE SHOTS, BUT
JEREMY'S PARENTS ARE TAKING
NO CHANCES.
THE C.D.C. SAYS 18 CHILDREN
HAVE ALREADY DIED FROM
FLU-RELATED SYMPTOMS, AND
THAT'S WHY MANY DOCTORS
CONTINUE TO PUSH THE FLU
SHOT.
MANY PEDIATRICIANS CAN
SPEAK TO CASES WE HAVE SEEN
WITH COMPLICATIONS AND
HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN, LONG
HOSPITAL COURSES TO RECOVER
FROM INFLUENZA, AND MANY OF
US KNOW OF A CHILD WHO HAS
DIED OF INFLUENZA.
Reporter: TWO OTHER
PRECAUTIONS FOR US ALL:
WATCH WHAT YOU TOUCH, AND
WASH YOUR HANDS AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
HEATHER CELLS, CBN NEWS.
Wendy: UP NEXT, MEDICAL
CORRESPONDENT LAURIE JOHNSON
JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT
COCONUT OIL.
WELCOME BACK, COULD THERE
BE A SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE
TREATMENT FOR TERRIBLE
DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER'S
AND PARKINSON'S.
AS LAURIE JOHNSON HAS
REPORTED, THE ANSWER COULD
BE COCONUT OIL.
MORE THAN FIVE MILLION
PEOPLE WATCHED THAT REPORT
ON OUR CBN NEWS WEBSITE, AND
LAURIE JOHNSON TELLS US SOME
HEAVY-HITTERS IN THE MEDICAL
ESTABLISHMENT ARE TAKING
NOTICE.
Reporter: STEVE
NEWPORT'S ALZHEIMER'S
SYMPTOMS REVERSED AFTER HE
STARTED TAKING COCONUT OIL.
HIS WIFE DOCUMENTED STEVE'S
ASTOUNDING PROGRESS IN HER
BOOK "ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE,
WHAT IF THERE WAS A CURE."
THIS CLOCK TEST ILLUSTRATES
HIS DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT.
HERE IS HIS CLOCK DRAWING
BEFORE THE COCONUT OIL.
TWO WEEKS INTO THE
TREATMENT, HE DREW THIS, AND
LOOK AT THE CHANGE AFTER
FIVE WEEKS.
STEVE'S STORY SPREAD LIKE
WILDFIRE AND HIS WIFE IS
BUSY GATHERING THE
REACTION.
SOME OF THE RESPONSES
HAVE BEEN QUITE DRAMATIC.
I HAVE A ELECTION OF ALMOST
220 REPORTS, MOSTLY FROM
CARE-GIVERS, AND SOME FROM
THE PERSON THEMSELVES,
REPORTING THEY SAW
IMPROVEMENT AFTER THEY
STARTED TAKING COCONUT OIL.
Reporter: ALL THESE
TES TESTIMONIALS ARE
TURNING THE ALZHEIMER'S
COMMUNITY AND ITS EAR.
PEOPLE CAN'T STOP TALKING
ABOUT THEM.
WHEN A PATIENT OR A
FAMILY MEMBER COMES IN WITH
A PATIENT, AND THEY'RE
INTERVIEWING WITH THE
PHYSICIANS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE
A QUESTION.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE COCONUT
OIL.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT?
AND AT LEAST UP UNTIL THIS
TIME, ALL WE CAN SAY IS
THERE IS ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION THAT IT MAY BE
BENEFICIAL.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY KIND
OF RESEARCH STUDY THAT HAS
BEEN DONE.
Reporter: THAT'S ABOUT
TO CHANGE, WITH THE
INSTITUTE'S FIRST STUDY OF
HOW COCONUT OIL AFFECTS
HUMAN BEINGS WITH
ALZHEIMER'S.
IF THE STUDY FINDS EVIDENCE
THAT COCONUT OIL HELPS,
DOCTORS WILL FINALLY HAVE
THE PROOF THEY NEED TO BEGIN
RECOMMENDING IT TO THEIR
PATIENTS.
I THINK THAT THEY FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE MAKING A
RECOMMENDATION OF SOMETHING
THAT THEY DON'T FEEL
JUSTIFIED BY THE SCIENCE
BEHIND IT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON WE'RE GOING TO DO
THIS STUDY, IS TO DETERMINE,
CAN WE THEN PROVIDE THAT
JUSTIFICATION.
Reporter: HERE IS HOW
IT APPEARS THE COCONUT OIL
WORKS: IN PATIENTS WITH
ALZHEIMER'S, INSULIN
RESISTANCE PREVENTS THEIR
BRAIN CELLS FROM ACCEPTING
GLUCOSE, THEIR PRIMARY
FUEL.
WITHOUT IT, THE CELLS DIE.
BUT THERE IS AN ALTERNATE
FUEL KNOWN AS KETONES, WHICH
CELLS EASILY ACCEPT.
KETONES ARE METABOLIZED IN
THE LIVER AFTER EATING
COCONUT OIL.
INSULIN RESISTANCE DOESN'T
JUST AFFECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ALZHEIMER'S, BUT ALSO FOLKS
WITH DEMENTIA, M.S.,
DIABETES, PARKINSON'S,
A.L.S., EVEN AUTISM.
SO CAN COCONUT OIL HELP
THESE PEOPLE, TOO?
IT APPEARS SO, AS LEAST SOME
OF THEM.
DOCTORS DIAGNOSED SAM STOUT
WITH PARKINSON'S SEVEN YEARS
AGO.
HE SOON BEGAN LOSING THE
ABILITY TO PERFORM MANY
FUNCTIONS.
BUT FIVE MONTHS AGO HE
STARTED TAKING COCONUT OIL.
AND HIS LIFE CHANGED AGAIN.
I CAN NOW WRITE.
I'VE WRITTEN LETTERS, WHICH
I HADN'T DONE IN THREE
YEARS.
I HAVE -- I CAN SWIRL A WINE
GLASS.
I CAN BEAT AN EGG.
I CAN GRATE CHEESE, ALL OF
THESE THINGS I COULDN'T DO.
I THINK I HAVE BETTER
BALANCE.
Reporter: HE ALSO
NOTICED MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL
IMPROVEMENT.
I THINK I'M CLEAR-HEADED,
MORE CLEAR-HEADED.
PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, YOU
LOOK GREAT THIS YEAR, AND I
CAN ONLY TRIBUTE IT
ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE COCONUT
OIL BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY
THING THAT HAS CHANGED.
Reporter: THEN THERE IS
BUTCH, AN AMERICAN LIVING IN
MEXICO CITY.
HE SUFFERED WITH A.L.S. FOR
ALMOST FIVE YEARS, AND SAYS
HIS SYMPTOMS HAVE REVERSED
THANKS TO COCONUT OIL.
YEAH, I CAN PICK UP --
YEAH.
AND THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I
HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THAT,
OKAY?
NOT JUST PICKING IT UP, BUT
IT WAS JUST HOLDING ON TO
IT, GETTING AHOLD OF IT,
GETTING MY FINGERS TO GO
AROUND IT, OKAY?
AND THAT'S GONE.
Reporter: WHILE BUTCH
ISN'T WALKING PERFECTLY, HIS
LEGS ARE STRONGER AND ABOUT
TO GET EVEN BETTER.
I HAVE BAD KNEES, OKAY,
FROM THE PAST, OKAY?
BUT NOW, OKAY, I'VE IMPROVED
ENOUGH THAT THE DOCTORS HAVE
SAID THAT I QUALIFY FOR A
NEW KNEE IN MY LEFT LEG.
Reporter: SO WHILE NOT
EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCED
GREAT RESULTS WITH COCONUT
OIL, THERE ARE PLENTY WHO
HAVE.
ENOUGH THAT THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY WILL SPEND TIME
AND MONEY LEARNING EXACTLY
WHO IT HELPS AND WHY.
Wendy: AND LAURIE JOINS
US NOW FOR MORE.
LAURIE, THIS IS SO
FASCINATING.
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHERE
CAN THEY GET COCONUT OIL.
IT IS UNDER THEIR OWN
NOSE.
I BUY MINE AT WALMART.
JUST GO TO THE OIL AISLE OF
YOUR GROCERY STORE, NEXT TO
THE OLIVE OIL AND THE
CRISCO.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET PURE
COCONUT OIL.
SOME OF THE COCONUT OIL IS
UNFLAVORED, AND SOME OF IT
SMELLS AND TASTES LIKE
COCONUT.
YOU CAN ALSO GET IT AT A
PHARMACY OR A VITAMIN
STORE.
I GOT MINE AT A HEALTH
FOOD STORE, ORGANIC, AND IT
TAKES GREAT.
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE TAKING
EVERY DAY?
A TEASPOON OR TABLESPOON?
ABOUT ONE TO TWO
TABLESPOONS A DAY.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF A G.I. PROBLEM AT
FIRST.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO WARM UP
TO IT IF IT BOTHERS YOU.
YOU SHOULD GET TO ONE TO TWO
TABLESPOONS A DAY.
IF YOU HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, OR
IF YOU'RE A CARE-GIVER FOR
SOMEBODY WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR
ONE OF THE OTHER
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES,
YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AND GO TO SOME OF
THE LINKS BECAUSE YOU MAY
WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE
THAN THAT.
Wendy: NOW, HOW DO YOU
TAKE IT, LAURIE?
I LIKE THE UNFLAVORED
KIND, AND I JUST TAKE ABOUT
A SPOONFUL IN THE MORNING,
AND I MICROWAVE IT BECAUSE
IT IS HARD AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE.
SO I MICROWAVE IT UNTIL IT
IS A LIQUID AND JUST THROW
IT BACK.
Wendy: SOME PEOPLE ARE,
LIKE, WHEN YOU MICROWAVE IT,
DO YOU TAKE OUT SOME OF THE
NUTRIENTS?
NO.
IT IS PERFECTLY FINE.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO EAT IT AT
ROOM TEMPERATURE.
I LOVE IT.
I COULD EAT A WHOLE TUB OF
IT.
I HEARD COCONUT OIL IS ALSO
GOOD FOR PREVENTING COLDS
AND EVEN THE FLU?
RIGHT.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL PROPERTY
OF COCONUT OIL IS THAT IT IS
A NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC, SO IT
KILLS A LOT OF THE BAD
BACTERIA IN OUR BODIES,
FREEING UP OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
TO FIGHT VIRUSES, AND IT HAS
BEEN SHOWN EFFECTIVE FOR THE
HERPES VIRUSES, AIDS
VIRUSES, AND, OF COURSE, THE
FLU.
Wendy: THIS IS
PHENOMENAL.
THIS IS A FASCINATING
STORY.
OBVIOUSLY THE VIEWERS LOVE
IT, FIVE MILLION VIEWERS AND
STILL COUNTING.
LAURIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
Wendy: AND WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK.
Wendy: WELL, A
CALIFORNIA COUPLE IS
RELIVING THEIR LOVE STORY,
THANKS TO THE KINDNESS OF A
STRANGER.
IT IS A GREAT STORY, JUST
IN TIME FOR THEIR 70PATH
70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
THEY SHARE A ROMANCE
STRAIGHT FROM A NOVEL.
THEIR LOVE WAS DOCUMENTED IN
LOVE LETTERS FROM RIGHT
AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED TO
THE TIME LLOYD SERVED IN
WORLD WAR II.
BUT THE LETTERS WERE STOLEN
IN THE LATE '60s -- WHO
WOULD DO THAT -- UNTIL NOW.
HE SAID, I'VE GOT A BOX
OF LETTERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET THEM TO
YOU.
IT JUST BRINGS BACK ALL
OF THOSE MEMORIES, AND THE
TENSION AND THE NOT
KNOWING.
WELL, THE LOVE NOTES
ENDED UP WITH A STAMP
COLLECTOR, AND IT WAS THE
COLLECTOR'S SON WHO FINALLY
RETURNED THE LETTERS NEARLY
40 YEARS LATER.
WOW, WHAT A NEAT COUPLE.
WE'RE TOLD, I GUESS, THAT
THE HUSBAND HOPES GOT GIVES
HIM ENOUGH TIME ON EARTH SO
HE CAN READ ALL OF THOSE
LETTERS.
YES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH IT
MEANT TO HER TO GET THOSE
LETTERS BACK.
ALL OF THE MEMORIES TO BE
REKINDLED THERE.
THAT'S GREAT.
Wendy: THAT'S GOING TO
DO IT FOR THIS EDITION OF
NEWSWATCH.
YOU CAN E-MAIL US YOUR
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AT
NEWSWATCH@cbn.com.
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
HOPE YOU JOIN US NEXT TIME.
Wendy: GOOD NIGHT.
