Your Total Health with Hoda Kotb - 2006-07-22

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[0:46] This week on Your Total Health,

[0:49] >> risking your life to reduce your

[0:51] waistline. Would you believe the latest

[0:54] underground diet craze is a pill that's

[0:56] meant for an animal? Hot on the trail of

[0:59] a silent killer, new technology to stop

[1:02] a stroke in its tracks. And you've seen

[1:05] him on the hit TV show Alias. Now, Greg

[1:07] Grunberg is fighting a condition that

[1:10] hits home. the first time the first time

[1:12] you had a big seizure to hold your son

[1:15] when when when or your child when

[1:17] they're having a seizure and you are

[1:19] literally just praying to God that it

[1:21] stops

[1:22] >> now your total health with cotby

[1:26] >> hi everybody and welcome to your total

[1:28] health let's face it you need discipline

[1:30] to make a diet work and even more than

[1:32] that you need patience which is why the

[1:34] promise of a quick fix can be so hard to

[1:37] resist the latest drug to make that

[1:39] promise is in a pill that is both

[1:41] dangerous and illegal. But that's not

[1:44] stopping some people. So why is it so

[1:46] controversial? Because it's a pill made

[1:48] for a horse.

[1:53] >> The pressure to be thin is everywhere,

[1:54] but perhaps nowhere more than in

[1:57] Hollywood, California. Everyone in

[1:59] Hollywood wants to be thin. It is a sign

[2:01] of achievement. And the tabloids keep

[2:03] constant track of who's the thinnest and

[2:05] what the weight watch is. And if you

[2:08] gain a few pounds in Hollywood, it's

[2:10] suddenly seen as a crisis.

[2:11] >> Just ask this model. We'll call her

[2:13] Jennifer.

[2:14] >> I still am very recognizable in my

[2:16] business.

[2:17] >> Years ago, Jennifer took an illegal drug

[2:19] called Clenbuterol, normally used to

[2:22] treat asthma in horses. It's also been

[2:24] found to cause rapid weight loss.

[2:26] >> There are rumors that Hollywood

[2:27] celebrities are using this drug to

[2:29] become very thin very quickly. My body

[2:32] would look better than it already did.

[2:34] So, you know what? 20-year-old's not

[2:36] going to be like, "All right, I want my

[2:38] body to look better than it does."

[2:39] >> Despite being widely discussed and sold

[2:42] on the internet, those pushing the drug

[2:44] rarely mention its potentially dangerous

[2:46] effects on the nervous system.

[2:48] >> The most prevalent thing was the rapid

[2:50] heartbeat. Just like my my heart was

[2:53] just going to beat out of my skin. This

[2:54] wasn't a cup of coffee feeling. This was

[2:56] like three pots of coffee feeling. just

[2:59] out of out of nowhere, my eye would just

[3:00] start going crazy, twitching just from

[3:02] like my nerves being so out of control.

[3:05] >> Fortunately for Jennifer, she stopped

[3:06] taking the drug before things got worse

[3:08] and walked away with a valuable lesson.

[3:11] >> There's nothing at all that exists

[3:13] that's going to take the place of a

[3:15] consistent good, you know, nutritional

[3:18] plan and working out, exercising on a

[3:21] regular basis. Nothing.

[3:23] >> This is dangerous. This is really bad

[3:25] idea. you do not want to be taking this

[3:27] drug.

[3:28] >> And joining us in the studio is Samantha

[3:30] Heler, senior clinical nutritionist and

[3:32] exercise physiologist at NYU Medical

[3:34] Center. Samantha, thanks so much for

[3:35] joining us. Now, the idea of this drug

[3:37] is to sort of melt away the fat and

[3:39] define muscle. How fast does this thing

[3:42] supposedly work?

[3:43] >> You know, it gets into your system very

[3:44] quickly. You feel the effects between 15

[3:47] minutes and 6 hours. So, it takes a

[3:49] while to get into your system, but it

[3:51] can last up to 39 hours. So, it kind of

[3:53] acts as a steroid type drug. Is that

[3:56] sort of what it's like?

[3:57] >> It's steroid like, but technically it's

[3:59] not a steroid. It's a it's an beta 2

[4:01] agonist, which means it stimulates your

[4:03] system. It speeds everything up and and

[4:05] it doesn't act quite like other beta 2

[4:07] agonists. Um, it it actually helps burn

[4:10] fat. It increases your lean muscle and

[4:12] it it dilates your uh your airway system

[4:14] so you breathe better, which is what the

[4:16] point of it is. Now, you can see why

[4:18] models might be drawn to it just given

[4:20] what it's like. But also, I would

[4:22] imagine this is something that an

[4:23] athlete would look at and say, you know,

[4:27] maybe I'll try something like this.

[4:28] >> In fact, it's been banned by the

[4:30] International Olympic Committee and

[4:31] other sports committees. Is that right?

[4:33] >> Yes. And there's a French tennis player

[4:34] who just recently got banned from the

[4:36] sport for using it. So, it's definitely

[4:38] being used by athletes.

[4:39] >> Now, this thing is all over the

[4:40] internet. It's intended for horses. So,

[4:43] I'm assuming that there really isn't a

[4:46] way if there is possibly a safe dose.

[4:49] There's not really a way to find out

[4:50] what that dose is.

[4:51] >> It's it's an illegal drug in the United

[4:53] States for humans. It's used in Europe

[4:55] for asthma and that's as an inhalent.

[4:58] So, we don't know in terms of pills or

[4:59] liquid what the appropriate dose for

[5:01] humans is.

[5:02] >> I mean, we listened to the model in the

[5:04] spot and she talked about how I got the

[5:05] jitters and I felt like I drank two cups

[5:06] of coffee and my heart was racing. But

[5:08] when you think about potentially what

[5:11] this drug can do to a human being, the

[5:13] effects can be a lot worse than just

[5:15] having the shakes, right?

[5:16] >> Over time, it can cause uh irregular

[5:18] heartbeats. It may cause dehydration. It

[5:20] causes a very low potassium level in the

[5:22] body, which is very uh very dangerous.

[5:25] And some of the studies are showing it

[5:26] may increase the stiffness of your

[5:28] arteries. You know, why would we do that

[5:29] to ourselves?

[5:30] >> And they say on the extreme end, and I

[5:31] guess this is extremely rare, but it

[5:33] could actually cause death. Is that

[5:34] right?

[5:34] >> Potentially. Certainly. Yeah. And if you

[5:36] go on the internet, people are talking

[5:37] about like, "Oh, I tried it and I use

[5:38] this much and it works." But this the

[5:41] dangerous side effects are usually not

[5:44] there.

[5:44] >> On the internet, they're telling you,

[5:46] "It's fabulous. I took it. I'm bulking

[5:48] up. I'm losing weight. I'm being

[5:49] fabulous. This is how much you should

[5:50] take." There's no scientific or medical

[5:52] evidence to support what they're saying

[5:54] in terms of its safety and efficacy. So,

[5:56] it is not something we should be doing.

[5:58] And this is something we talked about it

[6:00] being in Hollywood, but it's not

[6:02] something that you read or hear about

[6:04] all the time as like a a really

[6:05] prevalent Hollywood drug, is it?

[6:07] >> Well, I'm sort of surprised how under

[6:09] the radar it's it has remained because I

[6:11] do think it's pretty popular among

[6:12] athletes, competitive athletes. I do

[6:14] think they feel it will give them the

[6:16] edge, although science is saying it may

[6:18] take away some of their edge. But

[6:19] anything that supposedly helps you lose

[6:22] weight is going to make its way to

[6:23] Hollywood. People there, it's important

[6:25] for them to be thin. And the pressure to

[6:26] be thin is huge. I mean, at the end of

[6:28] these stories, we always go back to the

[6:29] same thing. It's about diet and

[6:30] exercise. But it truly is. I mean,

[6:32] there's not a magic bullet that you can,

[6:34] you know, toss down your throat, swallow

[6:36] it, and say, "Look at me. I'm thin,

[6:37] right?"

[6:37] >> Unless you take something for the rest

[6:38] of your life, and frankly, that could

[6:40] kill you. So, it's really not worth it.

[6:42] >> Samantha, thank you so much. We really

[6:44] appreciate you coming on the program.

[6:45] >> And when we come back, the latest

[6:46] technology in the fight to stop strokes

[6:49] before they can do serious damage.

[6:52] And still ahead, alias actor Greg

[6:54] Grunberg's crusade to fight a condition

[6:55] that affects his son and millions more.

[6:58] >> To him, it was almost like an editor

[7:00] cutting out 5 seconds and putting those

[7:03] two ends together so he blinks. He

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[7:07] >> Now, it's time to test your mental

[7:08] health IQ. What member of the Desperate

[7:11] Housewives cast has a master's degree in

[7:15] psychology? Is it A. Felicity Huffman,

[7:17] B. Marshia Cross, C. Terry Hatcher or D.

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[11:13] >> We were really in the infancy of uh

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[11:26] >> I was dizzy all the time. had headaches.

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[11:50] >> The hope is that research will allow

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[11:57] now, let's take a quick look at some of

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[16:25] Celebrity Confidential, we asked some of

[16:27] the stars about their secret

[16:29] indulgences.

[16:33] >> H, what do I sneak?

[16:35] >> Chocolate.

[16:36] >> Huge chocolate fan.

[16:37] >> Handmade Belgian chocolate.

[16:39] >> It's the craziest thing. Don't really

[16:40] like chocolate too much.

[16:42] >> Popcorn and chocolate. Total opposites,

[16:43] but those things absolutely love.

[16:45] >> The one thing I I may sneak is probably

[16:47] oatmeal raisin cookies. Chocolate chip

[16:49] croissants. I love oatmeal raisin

[16:51] cookies.

[16:52] >> My indulgence would definitely be

[16:54] chocolate. Badass chocolate.

[16:56] >> Chocolate.

[16:57] >> Wicked chocolate.

[16:59] >> Sounds like there are a lot of chocolate

[17:00] lovers in Hollywood. But chocolate

[17:02] doesn't necessarily have to be a secret

[17:05] indulgence. Studies have shown it can

[17:07] actually have health benefits. And

[17:09] judging from the treats on display at

[17:10] the New York Chocolate Show, chocoliers

[17:12] are taking the health claims to heart.

[17:17] Chocolate. The $40 billion a year

[17:20] industry is getting a health makeover.

[17:23] Witness the New York Chocolate Show.

[17:25] Chocolate for diabetics, for people with

[17:27] allergies, for those looking for a

[17:29] boost.

[17:30] >> We sweeten our chocolates with a blend

[17:32] of natural sugars. It is also

[17:34] gluten-free. Dark chocolate is actually

[17:37] the better chocolate to promote the

[17:39] heart health. Could cure the ills of

[17:42] many mentally ill people. Have they

[17:45] considered it yet? I don't know.

[17:47] >> With so many to choose from, is one

[17:50] piece really ever enough? We really sell

[17:52] the chocolate on the the basis of its

[17:54] taste because at the end of the day,

[17:55] that's what the consumer is looking for.

[17:57] They appreciate the health benefits, but

[17:59] they really want a good tasting

[18:01] chocolate.

[18:02] >> And here to talk about the delicious and

[18:04] apparently nutritious chocolate is

[18:05] nutritionist Joy Bower.

[18:07] >> Hi, Hoda.

[18:07] >> Hi, honey. So, chocolate is healthy.

[18:10] Hooray.

[18:10] >> Just saying that sounds bizarre. What is

[18:12] healthy about chocolate?

[18:13] >> Okay, it's dark chocolate, not all

[18:16] chocolate. Dark chocolate has to have by

[18:18] law at least 35% cocoa and cocoa is

[18:22] concentrated in these phytonutrients

[18:24] called flavonoids which research has

[18:26] shown protects our blood vessels.

[18:28] >> Okay. So if dark chocolate is the best

[18:30] kind of chocolate you can have. What's

[18:32] the worst kind of chocolate?

[18:33] >> White chocolate. Okay.

[18:35] >> Uh white chocolate only contains cocoa

[18:37] butter. There's none of the beneficial

[18:39] cocoa that has those flavonoids. It's

[18:41] almost a fraud. And sandwiched in the

[18:43] middle is milk chocolate. Milk chocolate

[18:46] has by law 10% cocoa. So it has some of

[18:49] the benefits, but they also add milk fat

[18:53] which elevates the bad cholesterol. So

[18:55] that's a that's a treat.

[18:56] >> I didn't even know there were laws about

[18:57] chocolate. But you you know when you

[18:59] watch these designer see these designer

[19:01] chocolates, the green tea chocolate, the

[19:02] ones that have all kinds of I don't know

[19:04] low lowal or whatever. Are these really

[19:07] a a healthier alternative do you think?

[19:10] Well, what a lot of companies are now

[19:11] doing, they're banking in on the fact

[19:13] that dark chocolate does have these

[19:15] health benefits, and they're adding in

[19:16] plant steriles, which can further reduce

[19:19] your cholesterol and some antioxidants

[19:21] and other interesting things. I mean,

[19:23] the bottom line is it's still calories.

[19:26] So, ounce per ounce, whether it's dark

[19:28] chocolate, white chocolate, or milk

[19:30] chocolate, it's all about 150 calories,

[19:32] but keep the portions small and always

[19:35] go for dark because that's where you get

[19:37] the benefits.

[19:38] >> Because in that book, uh, Why French

[19:39] Women Don't Get Fat, she says, "Have one

[19:41] piece of chocolate, but do it in a very

[19:43] quiet way. Don't eat when you're walking

[19:45] down the hall. Sit at your desk, bite

[19:47] into it, enjoy it, but a small portion."

[19:50] >> A small portion. And then another great

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[19:58] >> See, who knew? Joy, thank you so much

[20:00] for joining us.

[20:00] >> Thanks, Soda.

[20:02] >> Coming up, actor Greg Grunberg speaks

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[20:06] son and how his family copes with it.

[20:09] >> We handle it with humor. We handle it,

[20:11] you know, we're very real about it.

[20:12] We're very upfront with him.

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[23:10] You might recognize Greg Grunberg as one

[23:12] of the stars of the hit show Alias, and

[23:14] you can see him in Mission Impossible 3

[23:16] alongside Tom Cruz. He also works to

[23:19] raise money for a special clinic that

[23:21] treats a condition affecting two and a

[23:23] half million Americans, including his

[23:25] own son. Greg and his wife talked to me

[23:28] about the challenges and rewards of

[23:30] raising a child with epilepsy.

[23:33] Thomas Marshall.

[23:35] >> He's still in the O.

[23:37] >> Most people know Greg Grunberg as Eric

[23:39] Weiss on the hit show Alias.

[23:41] >> I haven't seen him since he finished

[23:42] interrogating Sarkc, but uh word is he

[23:44] worked them over pretty good.

[23:46] >> But to 9-year-old Jake, he is simply

[23:48] known as Dad.

[23:50] Jake is the oldest of three boys born to

[23:53] proud parents Greg and Elizabeth

[23:55] Grunberg. He was a healthy, happy child

[23:58] until shortly before his seventh

[24:00] birthday when Greg and Liz started

[24:02] noticing some unusual behavior.

[24:04] >> He would like it what what would appear

[24:06] to us as uh daydreaming or staring, you

[24:09] know, like he would he'd just be sitting

[24:11] there and he'd do this and then then

[24:13] he'd be back with with us.

[24:14] >> So, what did you do when you saw him

[24:15] doing that?

[24:15] >> We would say, "Jake, what are you

[24:16] doing?" Or I'd say, "There he there he

[24:18] goes again. He's doing one of his

[24:19] faces." And we we really didn't know. We

[24:22] thought he was just daydreaming. And how

[24:23] long did one of those daydreaming kind

[24:24] of spells last?

[24:26] >> They were quick.

[24:26] >> And to him, it was almost like an editor

[24:29] >> cutting out 5 seconds and putting those

[24:31] two ends together. So he blinks. He

[24:33] doesn't know he's he's out.

[24:35] >> The staring spells became more frequent

[24:37] around the time of Jake's annual checkup

[24:39] with the pediatrician.

[24:40] >> So at his checkup, I pull the doc over,

[24:42] you know, into his office. I didn't want

[24:44] to do it in front of Jake, and I said,

[24:46] you know, Jake is doing these these

[24:47] little staring spells. Luckily, I'm an

[24:49] incredible actor, so I was able to act

[24:52] him out for our doctor. He said to us,

[24:54] "I think Jake has epilepsy, but I'm not

[24:57] sure."

[24:57] >> So, you probably knew at that point what

[24:59] most of us know, which is very little.

[25:00] >> Very little.

[25:01] >> He he made him have a seizure. He

[25:03] hyperventilated him, which brings on a

[25:06] seizure. And when he did this,

[25:09] >> you know, it just brought me to the

[25:10] floor. And that's when we knew, he said,

[25:13] "Okay, that's it. Is this what you were

[25:14] talking about?" The next day, the

[25:16] Grunbergs went to a neurologist to

[25:18] confirm the diagnosis. Jake had

[25:20] epilepsy, a disorder of brain function

[25:23] that often results in repeated seizures.

[25:26] Treating pediatric epilepsy can be

[25:28] especially difficult, which started the

[25:30] Grunbergs on a year-long quest going

[25:32] from doctor to doctor, drug to drug to

[25:35] find the most effective treatment. All

[25:38] the while Jake's condition was

[25:40] worsening. It started off he was staring

[25:42] and then he would stare with a shake and

[25:44] you know tell you the first time the

[25:46] first time he had a big seizure to hold

[25:48] your son when when when or your child

[25:51] when they're having a seizure and you

[25:53] are literally just praying to God that

[25:55] it stops. He's just convulsing and

[25:58] shaking in your arms.

[25:59] >> One way the Grunbergs have chosen to

[26:01] handle Jake's epilepsy is with humor.

[26:04] >> In our house we say, "Jake, what do you

[26:06] want for dinner?" And he says, "Sizure

[26:07] salad." I mean, we handle it with humor.

[26:10] We handle it. You know, we're very real

[26:12] about it. We're very upfront with him.

[26:13] When there's nothing you can do about

[26:14] it, it's the most helpless feeling in

[26:16] the world.

[26:17] >> Finally, the Grunbergs brought Jake to

[26:19] the pediatric neurology division at

[26:21] UCLA, where doctors found a treatment

[26:24] that was a perfect fit.

[26:27] Jake went from having approximately 200

[26:29] seizures per day to now just one.

[26:32] >> UCLA is the greatest place for pediatric

[26:35] neurology. I researched all over the

[26:37] world. So, I tried to get in. Sorry,

[26:40] >> they wouldn't.

[26:40] >> I said, "Can I use my limited celebrity

[26:43] to get in?"

[26:44] >> They took us.

[26:44] >> I'm sorry. No way. Because it's like a

[26:47] clinic. It's first come, first serve. We

[26:49] got lucky. Why can't they take more

[26:50] children? Because they don't have funds.

[26:52] They don't have the resources to handle

[26:54] it. So, I decided we we together we were

[26:56] like, "We got to do something."

[26:59] Wanting to give back, Greg started a

[27:00] fundraising campaign called Hollywood's

[27:03] Helping Hands, a celebrity art auction

[27:06] benefiting the pediatric epilepsy

[27:08] project at UCLA.

[27:09] >> I didn't know what else to do. I sent

[27:11] out canvases. Then Gibson guitars found

[27:13] out about it. They sent me guitars. I

[27:14] asked every celebrity I knew to

[27:16] fingerpaint. So Celeste Stallone, the

[27:18] cast of Alias, Lost, Felicity, you know,

[27:20] everybody I knew and contacted everyone.

[27:23] Greg is also the paid spokesperson for

[27:25] the company that manufactures Jake's

[27:27] medication, spreading awareness about

[27:29] epilepsy as well as hope. I think it's

[27:32] important that people realize with the

[27:34] right treatment, with the right

[27:35] medication, both pediatric and adult

[27:38] epilepsy,

[27:39] you can there's nothing to be ashamed

[27:41] of. Jake is a perfect example. You know,

[27:44] he's a normal kid. He's doing great.

[27:46] >> There's nothing he can't do.

[27:49] The finger paintings raised over

[27:51] $300,000 for the pediatric epilepsy

[27:53] project at UCLA. The celebrity artwork

[27:56] has also been turned into greeting cards

[27:57] that you can buy. Be sure to look for

[27:59] the link on our website atyouto

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[28:02] And now, here's a look at what's coming

[28:04] up on next week's program. Raquel Welch,

[28:07] 65 going on 40. The legendary actress

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