In this episode, Barbara O’Neill returns to share the true remedies for health and happiness. She breaks down the principles of whole-person healing—covering lifestyle, nutrition, thoughts, forgiveness, and faith—and explains how Bible truth, history, science, and common sense all work together for lasting wellness.

<p>In this episode, Barbara O’Neill returns to share the true remedies for health and happiness. She breaks down the principles of whole-person healing—covering lifestyle, nutrition, thoughts, forgiveness, and faith—and explains how Bible truth, history, science, and common sense all work together for lasting wellness.</p>

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Welcome to the Brain People podcast, a show where 4 mental health experts team up to bring you practical tools for overcoming mental health challenges.

The Brain People don't replace your doctor or therapist, but we will give you some extra tools to help you on your journey So join us as we fight mental illness 1 episode at a time Welcome to the brain people podcast I am a little giddy today because I get to have back 1 of my favorite people.

Barbara O'Neill is here with us today on the Brain People podcast.

And just to give you a little background, I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and the person I'm interviewing Barbara is an international speaker and she has been growing in Notoriety since the last time I got to interview you which was about 2 years ago Unfortunately, we didn't we didn't put out the episode until about a year ago, but it has gotten, it's been our most popular 1, so I'm glad to have you back.

And you've just been on a long tour so far and we're getting you in the middle of your tour.

So where were the last few places that you've been?

Ah, probably, I think the first place when I left Australia was the Middle East.

And that was quite exciting because I was in Saudi Arabia, in Qatar, in Kuwait, and it's just exciting to see the response to lectures on health there.

And then when I came into the U.S., the first place was Georgia, and then Florida, and then Texas.

Is it hard to keep track of all the places?

As you can see, I was faltering just a little there, trying to remember all the places I've been.

And the time changes too on top of a recent time change we just had.

What I do is I try and just wherever I am, I keep to their time zone.

But I must say I did sleep in this morning till 07:00.

Well, I wanted to start by asking you kind of a general question.

You know, nowadays there's so many health gurus out there, so much expertise in the field of health, mental health.

Why do you think we're still so mentally and physically ill, even with all of this information that we have?

I think we certainly have all that information but I think it can be very confusing to people.

And that's why I say, God has given us many wonderful gifts, but 1 of the gifts is common sense.

It has to make sense and it has to work for you.

So I always look at, well, have a look at it.

We've got internet and you can Google the names that are in the product or whatever and you can have a look at it.

And I think it's in Isaiah 8, 12, it says, to the law and to the testimony.

If they speak not according to this word, it's because there's no light in them.

In other words, because that's the old English, is it within Bible guidelines?

And the creator of this body, the writer of the Bible, it goes hand in hand together.

And that's why I love using Bible principles as my guide as I teach.

So I'm just imagining somebody's listening and going, but Barbara, the Bible doesn't talk about all of these different ingredients in food, So what do I do when it comes to, you know, what do I eat?

Because the Bible might talk about figs here or, you know, dates here.

But how do I know beyond that what types of things to put in my body?

Well, the Bible goes a little bit further, and this is something I did not know as a child, because I'm a fifth generation Australian Scottish descent, and we grew up with chops or sausages, mashed potato, frozen peas or beans every single night, white bread.

But as I became a teenager I started to explore other ways.

In Genesis 1.29 God is telling Adam and Eve what to eat and I think well we can't improve on that, because you can't improve on God.

And he said behold I've given you every herb-bearing seed.

A herb-bearing seed is nuts and seeds and legumes and grains and as a nutritionist, In my studies, we saw that the 3 essential food groups are fiber, protein, and fats.

And the last part of that verse, God says, to you it shall be for meat.

So fruits, veggies, nuts, grains, legumes, that gives a lovely variety of food.

Some people will, what does the Bible say when it actually means meat?

God said, to you it shall be for meat, but there's no meat in fruits, veggies, nuts, grains, legumes.

So when you have a look at Bible translations, you'll see that the meat means the main substance of your food.

Yeah, and it's flesh that actually means what most people think it does, too.

So, you know, we have a lot of information, and you said you use the term common sense.

There's a lot of information out there, though, that contradicts each other.

You know, in 1 case I might look up and it says that seed oils are bad, but then over here it says seed oils are just fine.

So how do I make sense of that because those things are in the Bible too, or even with my mental health, how do I, because we both know that the physical affects the mental.

And God in his wisdom and mercy gave me a wonderful formula for finding truth.

It's Bible, History, Science and Common Sense.

And so when we have a look at the Bible, the oils that are talked about predominantly in the Bible are olive oil.

And olive oil has stood the test of time, there's no doubt about that.

And then people say, well, coconut oil isn't that bad, palm oil, and I say, well, the South Pacific Islanders have been using it for centuries.

And as a nutritionist I study the science.

And we discover that the coconut oil and the olive oil, they're 2 oils that are extracted from the flesh of the plant.

So women could quite easily extract it, or fairly easily, in their kitchens.

And also, looking at the chemical structure, they're very stable oils, especially the coconut oil.

So the seed oils have only been used since the Industrial Revolution.

And in the Industrial Revolution, we're looking at about the early 1900s, Then they developed high heat and chemical equipment to be able to extract those hard seed oils and in the very extraction process totally damaged the oils.

So they now actually become toxic to the body.

You look at Bible and history and science and you're left with common sense.

So I say to people, when you go into the supermarket and you see those cheap oils in plastic, clear plastic bottles, doesn't matter because they're already totally destroyed in the extraction process, don't touch them.

So this is the soy oil, the peanut oil, the canola oil, the safflower oil, don't touch them.

What oil I buy is the oil that the Bible talks about.

And I get it in a dark bottle because I know the light heat and oxygen.

And I go for the extra virgin, first cold-pressed olive oil.

That's actually been a consideration of mine when I, you know, I'm not a researcher per se, but I do like to look things up and, you know, I want to take care of my health physically because I also know that it affects me mentally as well.

And sometimes when I read research or see research, I don't even know what kind of oil they used, even if it says like coconut oil.

Was it, you know, unadulterated, cold-pressed, you know, organic olive or coconut oil.

And so I also wonder, does that make a difference too when they're doing the research and they say, oh, it's bad for you, but they didn't even discriminate between...

And 1 of the beauties of the saturated fats, saturated means there are no empty spots on the molecular chain.

Whereas the polyunsaturated, Poly means many, unsaturated means there's lots of empty spots on those oils and those empty spots make them very susceptible to damage.

So the best polyunsaturated fats, and that's where you look at the science behind it, the best way to get your polyunsaturated fats, because they're so vulnerable to damage, is eating your nuts and your seeds.

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True Remedies

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