1 00:00:25,895 --> 00:00:28,115 [AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING] 2 00:00:32,510 --> 00:00:35,948 SARAY STANCIC: A code blue is a medical emergency. 3 00:00:35,992 --> 00:00:38,038 It's used in hospitals and institutions 4 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:41,215 to alert when a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest. 5 00:00:41,258 --> 00:00:42,651 A team of healthcare professionals 6 00:00:42,694 --> 00:00:44,740 rushes to the patient's location 7 00:00:44,783 --> 00:00:46,742 to administer resuscitative efforts 8 00:00:46,785 --> 00:00:48,831 to revive them. 9 00:00:48,874 --> 00:00:51,790 Today in many ways, it's our society and healthcare industries 10 00:00:51,834 --> 00:00:55,098 that need to be brought back to life. 11 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:58,188 They need to be ushered into a new era of awareness, 12 00:00:58,232 --> 00:01:01,148 one that prioritizes prevention and healthcare 13 00:01:01,191 --> 00:01:03,063 over sick care. 14 00:01:03,106 --> 00:01:07,806 Until then we're living a societal code blue epidemic. 15 00:01:07,850 --> 00:01:12,028 Health care costs in this country $2.9 trillion per year, 16 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:14,161 and here's the scariest thing, 17 00:01:14,204 --> 00:01:17,468 chronic illness accounts for 86 percent of that money. 18 00:01:17,512 --> 00:01:21,124 Fifty percent of Americans live with at least one chronic disease. 19 00:01:21,168 --> 00:01:22,691 Fifty percent. 20 00:01:22,734 --> 00:01:26,477 Two thirds of Americans are obese or overweight. 21 00:01:26,521 --> 00:01:29,001 Obesity is fueling chronic illness. 22 00:01:29,045 --> 00:01:31,308 I'm talking about diabetes, 23 00:01:31,352 --> 00:01:33,789 cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, 24 00:01:33,832 --> 00:01:36,357 stroke, Alzheimer's disease. 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,533 We're really facing an epidemic, 26 00:01:38,576 --> 00:01:41,927 really a crisis when it comes to a chronic disease. 27 00:01:41,971 --> 00:01:43,886 Thirty percent of American adults 28 00:01:43,929 --> 00:01:46,671 have either type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. 29 00:01:46,715 --> 00:01:49,587 Autoimmune disease rates are skyrocketing. 30 00:01:49,631 --> 00:01:52,024 Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death. 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,723 What we're doing now 32 00:01:54,766 --> 00:01:57,769 is largely treating symptoms of this epidemic. 33 00:01:57,813 --> 00:02:01,991 Rarely are we getting to the root cause of illness. 34 00:02:02,034 --> 00:02:04,776 STEVEN ADELMAN: I think the big problem in health care, 35 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:08,171 we don't think about behavior change at the right time. 36 00:02:08,215 --> 00:02:10,173 We think about it when it's too late. 37 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:12,828 What if we spent as much time and energy 38 00:02:12,871 --> 00:02:15,918 thinking about what makes people healthy 39 00:02:15,961 --> 00:02:17,920 as we do thinking about illness? 40 00:02:17,963 --> 00:02:20,270 We are struggling as a field. 41 00:02:20,314 --> 00:02:22,664 We all drank medical Kool-Aid. 42 00:02:22,707 --> 00:02:24,187 Consumers have, doctors have. 43 00:02:24,231 --> 00:02:26,494 You have a symptom, you take a drug. 44 00:02:26,537 --> 00:02:27,930 MICHELLE MCMACKEN: What I really think we need 45 00:02:27,973 --> 00:02:30,324 is a complete paradigm shift. 46 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:31,760 Well, lifestyle medicine is, I think, 47 00:02:31,803 --> 00:02:33,849 the most exciting trend in medicine today. 48 00:02:33,892 --> 00:02:36,373 ANA NEGRON: Seventy to eighty percent of our chronic illnesses 49 00:02:36,417 --> 00:02:38,245 really can be arrested and reversed. 50 00:02:38,288 --> 00:02:41,465 Change our diets, change our approach, start exercising. 51 00:02:41,509 --> 00:02:45,121 Every student that comes across lifestyle medicine, 52 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:48,298 they get so motivated. They're like, "This is what I want to do." 53 00:02:48,342 --> 00:02:50,692 MAN 2: These simple changes can make such a powerful difference. 54 00:02:50,735 --> 00:02:53,042 NEAL BARNARD: I'm hearing from a lot more medical students who say, 55 00:02:53,085 --> 00:02:54,913 "We want to learn about this." 56 00:02:54,957 --> 00:02:57,264 CALDWELL ESSELSTYN: Medicine is at the cusp 57 00:02:57,307 --> 00:03:02,007 of what is truly a seismic revolution in health. 58 00:03:02,051 --> 00:03:05,272 Imagine if the news were to break tomorrow. 59 00:03:05,315 --> 00:03:08,492 There's a new drug available, just approved by the FDA. 60 00:03:08,536 --> 00:03:10,755 It's available in bountiful supply. 61 00:03:10,799 --> 00:03:12,714 It is shockingly inexpensive, 62 00:03:12,757 --> 00:03:14,803 stunningly free of side effects, 63 00:03:14,846 --> 00:03:17,240 safe enough for children and octogenarians alike. 64 00:03:17,284 --> 00:03:19,938 And taken once daily for the rest of your life 65 00:03:19,982 --> 00:03:22,114 will reduce your risk of ever getting 66 00:03:22,158 --> 00:03:24,726 any major chronic disease by 80 percent. 67 00:03:24,769 --> 00:03:27,859 Who would not want a prescription for this drug? 68 00:03:27,903 --> 00:03:31,080 Lifestyle is exactly that medicine 69 00:03:31,123 --> 00:03:32,951 and all too few are taking it. 70 00:03:32,995 --> 00:03:35,345 [DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 71 00:03:36,999 --> 00:03:38,522 [HEART RATE MONITOR FLATLINING] 72 00:03:41,395 --> 00:03:43,658 [HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING] 73 00:03:51,883 --> 00:03:54,669 PILOT: [OVER PA SYSTEM] Make sure prior weather shift distance is appreciated. 74 00:03:54,712 --> 00:03:57,628 Flight attendants at this time, prepare the cabin for landing. 75 00:03:58,847 --> 00:04:00,631 -[PA SYSTEM BEEPS] -Now is a good time 76 00:04:00,675 --> 00:04:03,155 to power down your larger electronic devices. 77 00:04:03,199 --> 00:04:05,767 We will ask you to put away your devices in a few moments. 78 00:04:05,810 --> 00:04:08,987 Small, handheld electronic devices may be used in airplane mode. 79 00:04:09,031 --> 00:04:11,642 [SERENE MUSIC PLAYING] 80 00:04:43,108 --> 00:04:45,154 STANCIC: I'm sort of at this stage in my life 81 00:04:45,197 --> 00:04:47,330 that I don't feel like I have to prove anything 82 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:49,245 to myself or to anyone else. 83 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:51,334 I just do this because I love it, 84 00:04:51,378 --> 00:04:53,771 and I think it's amazing that I can do it. 85 00:04:56,383 --> 00:04:58,210 And the fact that I can climb 86 00:04:58,254 --> 00:05:01,126 and make my way over these big boulders