welcome to "a healthy you." a few weeks ago jamie morales was here to show you exercisy we can do at work, from using your chair for arm dips. someone might say i can't even leave my desk for two minutes. so today we have the no-nonsense, no excuses solution, the treadmill desk, plus we demonstrate an all-natural hair replacement therapy that works for those balding due to genetics, age or even cancer treatments, but first, do you suffer from anxiety, depression, chronic pain, addiction or maybe feel a little empty inside? don't worry. you're not alone.

millions of people suffer and settle for lives filled with poor health, emotional baggage simply because they don't know how to achieve a life filled with happiness, but today we're here to help change that by using the tapping solution for weight loss and body confidence which was written by jessica ortner. jessica joins me now. this is an interesting book. this is chock full of information. i don't know where to begin with this so i'll throw it to you, tell us what "the tapping solution" is. >> well, tapping also known as eft is a stress-relief technique where you tap on pressure points that help us relax. you might find when you're stressed you go like this or like this. so what we're doing with the tapping is we're getting very clear on the thought that's creating that anxiety because when you have anxiety it's not in our head, we feel it in the whole body.

you begin to tap on these acupressure points sending a signal from your body to your brain letting your brain know that it's safe for you to relax. you get to the point where you can have that thought that was stressing you out and now it doesn't have that same physical anxiety and now you are in the control state. now you can decide to think something else, to be more resourceful, more intuitive, but when stress is controlling us physically, it's really hard to see all of the solutions that are out there. >> so break it down, when you tap it has to do with neuroposticity. >> yes. we are tapping on these acupressure points because when we hava i stress there is a part of our brain that's firing off the fight or flight response and we have the anxiety and overproduction of cortizone, and you don't have to fight your producer. you don't have to run away, but your body still reacts in that

same way and so with tapping, you're teaching your brain, teaching your body that it's safe for you to relax even when you're in a situation where there might be a lot of pressures. >> what you're saying is this actually helps reduce the stress and can help, might help reduce disease. >> exactly because when we are sick the emotions play a big role in this. most doctors will agree if you're under a lot of stress it's going to impact your physical health. it impacts your metabolism, your immune system, it contributes to chronic pain. so if we can deal with the stress, our body can do what it's meant to do which is heal and recover. >> you also use it for weight loss. >> that is a passion of mine because i would have this pattern of jumping from one diet to another and even when i was losing weight it never felt like enough, and there was so much stress and so much pain around my body and my weight, and i thought i had to live with it and i thought it was part of

being a woman. >> right. >> it wasn't until i decided to use this tool in front of me to say, you know, i want to feel different and i want to feel free in my body and when we're able to lower our stress, then we don't have the overproduction of cortisol that contributes to belly fat. we can think clearly and we don't feel like cravings are ruling our lives because when we're stressed a lot of times food is our anti-anxiety medication. if you deal with the stress you are more resourceful to do all of the great things that you learn on this show. >> you said that you had it backward when it came to weight loss, that you thought it was about losing weight to gain confidence, but you said when you found your confidence it helped you to lose weight. >> you know, so many of us wait to live our lives and we say i will date when i lose weight or be happy or stand up in public and so here we are creating this jail for ourselves and we're saying nothing can come until we lose weight and that very jail

is stopping us from living our lives and when we're under that pressure, it makes it harder for us to feel good in our body and to lose weight and that's why the book isn't just about weight loss. it is about body confidence because when it comes to weight loss, it's so objective, right? i think what we're striving for is to feel good so this book is about stressing less, weighing less and loving more. >> you said in the book also that this liberated you to look at food as a health tool instead of as an emotional release. >> exactly. i would feel -- when i had a craving it was a very physical experience and i had this fight. it was this war in my head, should i have it and should i not have it and i felt like a victim. when i was able to deal with the stress that put me in control and then i had to fix myself for not being good enough, but to thrive, and when i was able to make it more pleasurable, then

it became sustainable. >> i don't want to limit this book to women because men deal with stress. by the way, sit next to a table of men, they're talking about aging, gaining weight and stress at work. this is something that can help everybody and obviously, i'm not wrong because number four on the new york times best-seller's list. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for you. "the tapping solution," something so easy. >> yeah. >> you teach in the book how to do this and simple ways to start which can relief a lot of anxiety. >> it just takes a few minutes. >> yeah. >> thank you, jessica. can having a treadmill at your desk be the secret to fitness for the workaholic? we'll find out after the break.i . starts with back pain...

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scary research from the mayo clinic says that sitting all day at your desk could actually be as bad for you as smoking. wow! in pack, people who sit for long hours each day increase their risk of developing heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer and even early death. earlier i talked with a.j. jacob who spent a whole year making himself a human guinea pig for practically every diet and fitness trend you can think of as part of research for his book. "drop dead healthy," one of the only habits he embraced even after the book was done was at a treadmill desk and he invited us to watch while he worked. >> why don't you tell us what you stuck with and why you stuck with it. >> well, i had read and the studies show that sitting is really bad for you. you know the phrase. sitting is the new smoking. >> yes. >> so i decided it's want good for me at all all day and write

my books, why not try to write while stand, even better, why not try to write while walking. so i got a treadmill and as you can see, i just made my own treadmill desk and i put these books on it and i put the computer on top and i wrote the entire book while walking, and it took me over a thousand miles, but i loved it. >> okay. so you didn't do anything fancy. you didn't find a special desk. you just have a piece of wood here that you put a book on and then you put another book on top of that to make it the right height for you and then you just typed away. >> that's it. you can make your own. >> nowadays it's caught on as kind of a trend and you can buy treadmill desks that cost hundreds of dollars. >> or do what you did and it costs a couple of bucks to get a piece of wood. >> this is so much easier to do

it yourself, jury-rig it it and i still use it to this day. >> the one thing in your book that you tried that you kept. >> yeah. a couple of things, but is the main one. >> what else did you keep? >> i've certainly gotten away from the processed foods. >> that's a good one. >> yeah. and one good way to think about it is to eat the -- what's in your fridge. don't eat what's in the cabinet. the cabinet is where the the evil lies and that's where the processed foods are and that's what will stay around. >> after we're all gone. >> i have to say there are some critics of walking while writing and typing and they say it's hard to do, did you find it hard to do this. >> i did not find it -- i am not coordinated. i'm know an athlete. i'm the farthest thing and if i can do it, i figure everyone can. i walk -- you don't have to walk fast. you can walk super slow. >> how come you're know typing while you're talking?

>> you can't walk, talk and type? come on. >> anyway, yeah. i find that -- and the other criticism people have is oh, you're going to get so tired. i actually find it invigorating. >> really? >> yeah. the more walk the more energy you have. it's not like you get tired and you have to take a nap. >> sometimes when i'm walking around the city you get tired and you want to take a nap. >> that's true, but i'm not walking super pfaff. >> there's no stress and it's not like you're watching out for cars and other people and what you're focusing on really is the typing part because walking comes naturally. >> you know when i really, really want to take a nap is when i sit at my desk and start typing. >> and you want to drink and you want to pick and eat at stuff and i think would curb your appetite a bit. >> totally. you are so focused on this. i used to get antsy, and i want to walk around and fidget.

>> do you find you're clearer thinking? >> i do. and it came out a couple of weeks ago that says that people who walk while they work are more creative. i hope that's true. for me, i do feel it because, you know, you've got the blood flowing. >> how much did you lose? >> i lost 20 pounds. >> so your wife is happy. >> she was happy. >> all right. >> i want to try. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. i want to see if i can do this. you're not actually going slow. this is pretty quick. let's see what i can can do. >> hi. my name is carol. i am walking while writing. >> it's know so bad. oh, that last one was because then i see you can't type and talk, but if you're focused on this it's know so bad. what are we supposed to take out of your book. it would be great if everyone can use this. i realize it's not always possible, but you can also get great benefits if you get up out

of your seat every 20 minutes and walk around for a minute. >> that's when people forget to do. they forget to look up every 15 minutes and i forget if i'm doing something. >> it's better to do this. >> i know some offices might not have it, but an increasing number do have these spaces for the treadmill desk. >> thank you for letting us into your office. >> i love it. now you'll have to pry me away like this because i'm talking and i should do all my interviews like this. >> i should go take a nap. >> thanks, a.j. >> thank you. are you concerned about thinning hair? >> i don't know a guy or woman who isn't. if so, you do not want to miss my next segment. stick around. my name is karen and i have diabetic nerve pain.

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welcome ba welcome back. going bald could be a scary thought for anyone, but ooh also extremely common. i mean, thanks to genetics, age and certain diseases, it may sound vain, but it's not. millions of people world wide are dealing with the same issue. so what if i said that new technology is allowing balding people to grow their hair back naturally, and it won't cause any side effects? recently, elaine meglicano of hair solutions explained it all to me. have a look at this. >> elaine, you've come up with an amazing new way to regrow hair that i find utterly fascinating. can you tell us a little bit about it? >> okay. it's a low-level laser. it's a class 3a. so it's cosmetic. it's not medical, and what it does is it actually stimulates the blood flow to the follicle to stimulate hair growth and to stop future hair loss, as well.

>> so i know it had to do something with dht. >> the dehydroes testosterone t accumulates under the follicle and over time it smothers this follicle and shuts it down and the follicle does not produce hair anymore. >> so is it that this blood coming in rinses away some of the dht? >> what happens is the blood flow gives you more cellular turnover and when there is turnover more quickly, any oils and anything of that match you are doesn't have a chance to accumulate around the follicle. >> it's basically rinsing it away and allowing the hair the freedom to grow. >> yes. >> it's like a hat, a life hat. >> like an old fashioned hair dryer. >> exactly. what it does, actually, we do incorporate products along with it to speed up the results. >> what kind of products do you have? >> i carry mediceuticals for

scalp disorders and restorations. >> are they shampoos? >> we have shampoos, supplements, hair growth stimulators and hairspray conditioners. as long as they're using these products along with the laser, your results are more quicker. >> did you use it? you have an amazing amount of hair. >> i do use it and i sit under that laser twice a week. >> you have to wait a year to get results? two years? a half a year? what's the anke? >> the average is eight months to a year. our hair goes through cycles and we have the growing stage and then the catogen stage and that could last six months and that's the telogen and then the cycle starts all over again. that's why it takes at least eight months to a year to actually see visual results. >> how many times a week do you need to come? ? usually twice a week, 20 minutes

to 30 minutes a session and after that, it should be that their hair is doing their thing and you should come back six months, five months? >> for maintenance. >> i know you have a client here now, marie and she is under the laser. >> right now. >> so if you don't mind, i'm just going to scoot around the corner because she said shieldn't mind talking to us about it, okay. >> i want to get from the horse's mouth, from one of your clients. >> she's had great results. >> so excuse me, i'm running. >> thank you. >> hi, marie. how are you? >> fine, come on in. >> do you mind if we join you for a second? >> no, not at all. >> so, i saw your before and after pictures of your hair. >> it's unbelievable, isn't it? the difference? >> it is unbelievable. >> what prompted you to come here? what made you believe this was going to work? oh, my god, my hair was falling out. i was getting bald spots in certain areas and i didn't know what to do, so then someone told

me about this place, and i came and in a year -- it takes time. it's not going to happen overnight it started to grow. this is the longest my hair has ever been. >> so you just come and sit under this. >> eye it's a light therapy, it stimulates your -- >> follicles. >> i'm probably talking about things you don't care about. all you care about is your hair came back. >> that's it. that's all i wanted. >> and it took a year. >> well, you know, you saw progress, but it's the best it's been now. >> you are in your intermittent. >> you come periodically. >> yes. >> it's well worth the time. >> can you let us see your hair? >> yes. >> your hair looks perfect. >> there was no hair here at all. >> really? >> yeah. it was all bald and i would try to cover it with my -- >> the female combover? >> yeah. it was bad. but it's great now.

>> it's better than it was. >> i know you're on your lunch break and you've got to run back to work. >> i so appreciate it you talking about the results you got. >> thank you very much. coming up, i'll let you know about the good, the bad and the ugly in today's "ask carol" so stick around. ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da, bum-da, bum-da ♪ ♪ bum-da, bum-da

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masseuse was putting pressure into my back and i felt discomfort so i told her to back off and she did. immediately i felt better. fast forward to later that day. i was in agony. i went to the doctor and found out that that discomfort i felt was when she had slipped off my sciatic nerve with her elbow and in doing so, she cracked a rib, tore the prima facia and dislocated three rishgs plus i was in bed for a month. so since i'm now biased, i went to my orthobiotomist gary williams for an answer. as if anything in life, let the buyer beware. people think a massage is therapeutic, like any therapeutic art, there are times to get one as well as there are times you should hold off to another time.

you wouldn't want a massage directly over a bruised area, for example because it would be more painful thanks to heightened circulation. you should also stay away from massages when you think you might be catching a cold or a flu and also after drinking alcohol. these are times when the circulatory effect work against you. your massage therapist should gauge what level of comfort at the beginning and throughout the session and adjust the pressure as you request. you're not there to jjust to ju take it. you request the therapist to ease up and they doan, sit up and terminate the session. the word spa is not synonymous withec pert and by the way, one last tip, find a good masseuse who gets to know your body gradually and stick with them. less chance of getting hurt. i hope that shed some light on your girlfriend's fears. if you have a question, just send it my way via facebook or twitter, but for now the show is

over. i hope you enjoyed it and learning more for a healthy you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm arthelneville. time now for "sunday house call i'm i'm. >> joining us everybody sunday is dr. mark siegel, professor of medicine at nyu medical center and author of "the inner pulse" unlocking the seek red code of sickness and health and chairman and professor of neurology and chief of robotic surgery. good to see you, doc. >> we'll start with something that is called a sound disease because it can strike people too quickly and that is pancreatic cancer. pancreatic cancer claims the lives of 30,000 americans each