>> here we go! >> heros in the wars. severely wounded and heros again, as they courageously return to civilian life. invited by president george w. bush, keeply touched by his friendship. >> he feels the burden of the soldiers that have been wounded in this war. >> president bush is attempting to help the veterans to heal. >> it's an opportunity for me to say to our vets, i care for you, thank you. i honor you. a way to herald the groups that support the vets, the men and women, who were severely wounded. >> all the 20 vets faced severe challenges, among the toughest and most common are traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. >> the worst night was me was the night i tried to commit suicide and there is survivors guilt and whether it be the beginning or end of it, this is what you are working towards.

>> the major lost his leg in iraq and since that fateful day, he has gained a ph.d. and now, teaches at west point. he is living proof of mind over matter. >> i don't feel disabled. because my brain works fine, my hands work fine and my wife still loves me, i don't consider myself disabled. i consider myself, inconvenienced. >> a few months away from his 66th birthday, the amazingly fit former president leads by example, on a quest to get americans fitter. >> a way to kind of encourage people to exercise, i'm now on medicare, medicare eligible... >> you look in great ship. >> starting to get fit and if i can stay fit, others can stay fit. >> eric: he's eligible for medicare and out there riding a bike, what an amazing experience and a great cause. brings me to the important topic that should be meaningful to all of us and that is, helping wounded veterans, right? >> absolutely, eric. you know, there are two main

issues here, the veterans are actually helping each other, they are working together, i witnessed that, how they were literally helping each other, team melissa, team dan, you saw dan there on the build-up. i mean, they are helping each other up the hill, back to society. helping them get jobs but, let's face it. some of these things cannot be overcome, traumatic brain injury, over 200,000 people have that and over 100,000 post-traumatic stress disorder. it is hard. you know, major dan is working as a professor at west pointed and still on active duty but a lot of people are not on active duty and there's a lot of problems and we need to shed more of a spotlight on this, because it is a very difficult problem, these are heros and come back and are more heroic, getting back into society. the second issue here is the issue of fitness and president bush and i talked about this. you know, if the elderly would actually exercise like this, not necessarily go on mountain bike rides like this, but as he said to me, 30 minutes a day of regular exercise, we could cut down on the obesity epidemic and

maybe use medicare less and stop overusing medicare. we are such a sedentary society and i believe he's a role model for getting back on your feet and doing that exercise and having a positive outcome. there are two issues, one is veterans health, deeply important and the other is all of our health here in america and how we are not paying enough attention to it. >> eric: a role model on that. >> and i want to pick up with dr. samadi about the veterans issue. we saw the heroic -- i thought it was impressive, when the veteran who lost his leg, called it an inconvenience, but also dr. seuingal pointed out ptsd i not easy to make the transition into the transition into the new normal and we chatted about it and it is that transition that is so important and of course you have the families waiting at the airport and so happy to have their loved one home, but, you can't just go from the war field to sitting in the family den

watching movies. >> yes. absolutely and that is a really good point. let me say, first, that this is really, truly an inspirational story and shows how committed we are as a country behind all of these vets, the ones that have risked their lives to make us all, you know, safe and sound, and, these are true champions, they are our heros and we salute them and for them to have this kind of collaboration, and teamwork, starting from the president bush to the rest of the country, we're all behind you, america is safe and the spirit is young and healthy and, this is really a great awareness. so, i congratulated also dr. siegel for bringing it to the attention of the rest of the country. what happened is, when they come back, they really, the family are waiting for them at the airport. so they go from that war zone, straight to their living room and that is a big problem, because, ptsd actually exists, in 30% of our vets, men and women out there. and, it is a true psychological issue and there is depression involved and nightmares and

flashbacks of the war zone, this has resulted in suicidal i deation and we need to deal with this. most of the time, eric, we are giving the anti-depressant or anti-psychotics and we are masking the symptoms and are not dealing with the actual problem and as we've discussed earlier, we need to have a transition, almost like a therapy between before delivering them to the family and i think as a result of the awareness like this, hopefully there would be enough attention and funding to take care of our people who put their lives at risk and the other issue that you see over here is 62 miles, 100k, bike ride, some of the people who have lost their organs, arms, legs and this is another credit to the technology, as you know, i deal with robotic surgery, for prostate cancer and i'm fascinated by the robotic arms and legs, look at the last 30 years, you have carbon fiber and titanium and microprocessors in the joints that gives us the full range of motion to go through these reminds with these

prosthesis is revolution and you talk about bluetooth, not the cell phone but if you have two prosthesis in your legs, the right and left one are communicating, bluetooth technology and it is just incredible to see how these guys are able to go through these challenges and come back, victorious. >> eric: and, dr. samadi mentioned, dr. siegel, medical advances and, you have been inspired and the message from president bush for all of us to get on our bikes. >> president bush is inspirational on a personal basis an congratulated me when i interviewed him that i was touching it out but it wasn't me that matters most, it's the veterans and david's point is totally right but, at the end of the day, major dan was still riding with one leg, bicycling with one leg and the other leg, because the amputation was so high he couldn't use the artificial leg on the bike and the technology is advancing tremendously but they have a big

disadvantage but keep in mind it is only 1600 amputees and, david's other point, over 200,000 traumatic brain injury and over 100,000 ptsd and david talked about suicidal i deati i ideation and, one vet said 6 weeks ago i was about to commit suicide and i was talked out of it and, here i'm here getting inspiration and i saw president bush off camera, and he's very comfortable with them and is one of them and that is the biggest key, especially at a time when we talk about like ability on a personal level he really, really inspires the vets. >> eric: it must have been so inspiring for you. you talk about the emotion. what was it like to be there with them riding along? not just the former president but all these guys who suffered so much? >> yesterday i actually ended up in the lead group, army active. and they were literally -- they

were the scout group and they came to a rest stop and they thought, dr. siegel, he's in the back and suddenly they saw me and i was with them and they were impressed and it wasn't about me, it was about them functioning and working together as a group and behind them was team dan and team melissa and team dan, helping him up the hills he couldn't make because of the one leg on the bicycle but he didn't feel bad about that, it was almost as if they were back in combat, working together. i could see it in their minds, they were still a unit in combat and i don't know if our viewers understand how amazing our armed services are in that way and work together as a unit, selflessly, loving and helping each other up the hills and up the biggest hill, back to normal life. >> eric: god bless them, what a great event, dr. siegel and dr. samadi, an amazing experience and, really important, dr. siegel, we'll talk more next week when you come back, how we help the veterans and here's where you can do that, the bush center

warrior 100k ride, go on the internet. log onto www.w100k.com for the video and the stories, an inspirational cause, something that all of us around the country can help, such crucial causes, just amazing. dr. siegel, dr. samadi, thank you. >> all about brotherhood, indeed, coming up next on "sunday house call," they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away but what about tberries? when we come back. getting your business from point a to point b can be tricky. sometimes what you need is extra working capital or leasing options. and as one of the top-ranked small business lenders,

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prevent memory loss, jim says, i've been reading a good deal about the benefits of blueberries and the items that caught my attention were related to cholesterol and the overall benefit blueberries have and dr. samadi is still with us here. let's talk about that, how the blueberries affect the cholesterol and your overall health and how many blueberries are we talking about eating every day? >> this is actually one of the better e-mails we've received and i'm glad he brought it up. blueberries, besides the fact it is my favorite one, it is really on top of the pyramid for antioxidants. there is a new study that came out in neurology, saying if you are taking blueberries, long periods, it can actually decrease your memory loss, and actually help you think better, and, reduces any cognitive decline by two-and-a-half years which is a great study. a year-and-a-half ago, there was a study that shows that you are taking fatty foods, compared to

a rat that took blueberries and fatty foods, the one with blueberries had reduced diabetes and cholesterol as your member of the audience mentioned in the e-mail, how does it work? you have flavonoids in blueberries, big name for antioxidant and a lot of people know what antioxidants are, they are our good friends, our buddies and the enemy is free radicals. so, what happens, as a result of aging you have all of these free radicals and molecules that want to hurt us. as a result of pollution, smoking, or aging, you have all of these free radicals that are floating in our bodies, causing inflammation, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease, and by taking antioxidants, you know the ckacartoon, pac man? the antioxidants go around and eat up all the free radicals and, the answer to your question, strawberries and raspberries, all in the same family and excellent against free radicals and i like it.

add it to your yogurt and cereal and three servings of fruits and vegetables a day is what the recommendation is. >> eric: dr. siegel, dr. samadi says three servings a day, is great advice and people -- you will not do that. how do we do it? especially these free radicals scare me! >> eric, we have talked about free radicals at different times and i think david is right. and you are right to be scared by them, because they actually, most likely alter the chemistry of your cell leading to increased cancer risks. and the usda puts blueberries at the top of the list, antioxidants and get this: a couple blueberries a day, only has 80 calories, another big advantage and blueberries -- a cup of blueberries a day has 80 calories and is loaded with fiber. how does fiber work? it prevents the absorption of sugar in your stomach and moves things along so that your body digests things the way it is supposed to and it signals hormones later on in the intestines that shuts off

hunger. so, blueberries, if you add them to your diet, have those great antioxidan antioxidants, and are loaded with fiber and calories and you say, eric, how do you get people to do that? people, remember the stone age, we weren't hunters, we were gatherers and all we could do was gather and we gathered berries and, once we got the bow and arrow and gun we shot all the meat but we are better off with berries. go back to the beginning. >> a good example of what marc mentioned. when you look at your plate, make sure it looks like a rainbow color. fruits and vegetables. as opposed to all the fatty food and the burgers and the grilled stuff. >> eric: berries on my ice cream tonight. >> stop it, that doesn't count! a good try. here's a question for you. how much you eat or, up next, listen to this, size matters, how much you eat may have something to do with the size of your belly. we'll tell you all about that, in our next segment of "sunday

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>> eric: back now with the doctors and "sunday house call," the battle of the bulge, raising new questions. does stomach size matter?

some think there's a correlation between the size of your belly and how much you eat. dr. samadi, like the opposite, how much you eat depends upon the size of your belly. >> i get the question every day. does size matter? and, next time you hear somebody ask you that question, you look at them and say yes. it does. of course we're talking about the size of the belly. now, obesity has gone up, epidemic over a third of the country is obese and, $110 billion, being invested, on just obesity alone. this is a quick exercise you can do, look at the weight circumference and measure it from your belly all the way around and take your height dwight divided by two and, that should be your waist and men less than 40 inches and women less than 35 and that way you know whether you should lose weight or not and belly fat, the apple shape, note pearl shape, the belly fat is our biggest enemy and is causing a lot of heart disease and we thought of it as only cosmetic reasons and now most

doctors look at it as a real organ that secrets inflammatory process that can lead to heart disease and work on the liver, as the en -- at the entry of the liver, portal vain and, the ldl goes up and the good fat, hdl goes down and you end up with high triglycerides and it works on the muscles to increase the resistance to the insulin. what does that mean? diabetes, and the kidneys, visceral fat around the kidneys can come employees and make you absorb more sodium, high blood pressure. what do we have as a result... >> i have to apologize and i have to bring dr. siegel in as well, dr. samadi, so much to talk about and dr. siegel, as we're talking about, i want to talk about how the size of your belly is important, it is your biggest enemy and a lot of people get the lap band or gastric bypass surgery and are shrinking their stomachs through surgery. does it really work? >> well, no, because, as david says, it's not really size that matters. it is what is going on and, when

you get those surgeries again, the problem is with the hormones. so, in other words, you are not getting the right hormones and you are getting inflammatory markers in there and inflammation and that leads to heart disease and again, we see four times as much heart disease, three times as much dementia, much more stroke and diabetes and if you have all of that belly fat around you. and, low testosterone causes this. again i'm going to say, like last week that is david's spiel and i don't mean david has a low testosterone, he has a high one but treats people with low testosterone and i'm looking everybody over the age of 50. >> i was hoping after the biking over there, the sense of humor will get better. it is very cute. look, i think what is... >> but, david, i have to say one more thing, the testosterone expert told me out here, unfortunately, during sports like biking, do not increase your testosterone, you have to do weight-lifting for that. >> absolutely, i think a lot of people -- talking about

metabolic syndrome which we talked about, high blood pressure and diabetes and heart disease and we've talked about this in the past. how do you take care of this? that is what people want to know and the way to do this is to really get 30 minutes of exercise every other day and that is important and make sure you eat breakfast, the best food of the day, make sure you take your green tea or coffee, that increases your metabolism and i can't emphasize how important it is to get 7 hours of sleep. that is so important, losing weight, drink 7 glasses of water, and make sure if you can, stick to organic foods. get rid of the pesticides. >> take your height and divide it by two. we'll do it after the program. speaking of sitting around all day, if you sit at your desk and it takes a toll on your back, tips to alleviate your current aches and pains and avoid more back trouble in the future. we'll be right back. does aspirin even work on headaches?

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