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TED: COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NEW I.C.E.

PROCESSING FACILITY AND DETENTION CENTER SET FOR THE CITY OF SURPRISE.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATER PHOENIX JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF LATER THIS WEEK.

>>> AND A NEW BOOK EXAMINES HOW TO UNLOCK THE BODY'S OWN POWER ON CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

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TED: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS SET TO CONVERT A MASSIVE WAREHOUSE IN SURPRISE INTO AN IMMIGRATION PROCESSING CENTER WITH 1500 BEDS, BUT MANY RESIDENTS OF SURPRISE AND EVEN CITY OFFICIALS NOT PLEASED WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS.

HERE WITH MORE ON THE LEGAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THESE DETENTION CENTERS IS ATTORNEY DELIA SALVATIERRA FROM THE SALVATIERRA LAW GROUP.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

TED: IS THIS A DONE DEAL?

>> IT IS.

THE SUPREMACY CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION ALLOWS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME IN AND USE LAND IN ANY WAY THAT IT SEES FIT, THAT IS LAWFUL, AND SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLENARY POWER OVER IMMIGRATION, IT CAN CERTAINLY USE IT AS A DETENTION CENTER AS IT PLANS TO DO SO.

TED: SO A PROCESSING FACILITY AND DETENTION CENTER, WHAT DOES ALL THAT MEAN?

>> LET'S BE CLEAR, THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARTICULAR.

WE'RE JUST SPECULATING AT THIS POINT.

THEY ARE CALLING IT A PROCESSING CENTER, AND THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE HERE IN ARIZONA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IS THE FLORENCE PROCESSING CENTER IN FLORENCE, ARIZONA.

A FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND IT IS WHERE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 INDIVIDUALS ARE DETAINED AT ANY TIME AND RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND INSIDE THAT FACILITY, THERE IS AN IMMIGRATION COURT THAT IS SOLELY FOR THOSE THAT ARE DETAINED AT THAT FACILITY.

TED: BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF SURPRISE WILL BE SIMILAR OR LESSER OR EVEN MORE INVOLVED, DO WE?

>> WE DON'T.

THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO TRANSPARENCY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND EVEN WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS HERE IN SURPRISE, TO DISCUSS WHY THEY BOUGHT IT, WHY THEY BOUGHT IT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD WITHOUT SITTING DOWN WITH LOCAL LEADERS EVEN REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR WAS SURPRISED BY THIS FACILITY, AND RIGHTLY SO.

NORMALLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SWOOP IN AND USURP A STATE VOICE IN THESE KINDS OF MATTERS.

THEY TAKE THE STATE INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY LOCAL PARTNERS.

>> THIS WAS PURCHASED ARE ABOUT $70 MILLION IN CASH?

>> IT WAS $70 MILLION.

THEY HAVE AN OPEN BUDGET, VERY LARGE BUDGET AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND THEY NEEDED TO SPEND THE MONEY IN ORDER TO KEEP IT.

TED: WE'RE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS FOUR MILES.

FOUR MILES FROM CITY HALL.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE HOMES ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE BY.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

>> IT HAPPENS WITHOUT COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST, I GUESS, DIFFICULT THINGS TO SWALLOW ABOUT THIS IS USUALLY CONSERVATIVES HAVE ALWAYS APPLAUDED LESS CENTRALIZED POWER IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A SMALLER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND A STRONGER STATES RIGHTS, AND I THINK THIS PLAN, AND THE WAY THEY WENT ABOUT TO ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS PURPOSE, WITHOUT ANY STATE INVOLVEMENT, DECREASE BASIC CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

>> YOU MENTIONED NO STATE INVOLVEMENT, NO LOCAL INVOLVEMENT.

IS THERE ANY RECOURSE?

WHAT CAN STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS DO IF THEY NOT HAPPY WITH IT?

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE COMMUNITIES TO SHOW UP AT COUNCIL MEETINGS LIKE THEY DID THIS PAST WEEK AT THE SURPRISE CITY COUNCIL, AND DEMAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THEM.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING OUR ROADS.

MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO ARIZONA FOR THIS.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FINDS AT LEAST, NOT NECESSARILY THE LOCAL LEADERS OF I.C.E., BUT CERTAINLY HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FIND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

TED: WHAT KIND OF CONTRACTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

THIS WAS SOLD BY A PRIVATE ENTITY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

YOU'VE GOT A SALE, I'M ASSUMING THE SALE IS BEYOND PENDING.

THE SALE -- IS IT -- CAN'T PULL THIS OUT, CAN YOU?

>> NO, THIS IS SUPPRESS SEE CLAUSE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALL THE AUTHORITY TO SUPPLANT STATE, LOCAL ZONING USE RIGHTS.

>> TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL CONCERNS REGARDING FOLKS WHO WILL FIND UP, IF THIS GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, AT THIS FACILITY?

>> THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING OF INDIVIDUALS.

MASSIVE.

1500 BEDS IS HUGE.

IT CAN BE ONE OF TWO THINGS OR TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

BECAUSE ARIZONA IS SO CLOSE TO THE BORDER, BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES AS A PROCESSING CENTER, AS A HUB BEFORE THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

TED: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AGREEMENT WITH LOCAL JAILS?

ARE THE JAILS NOT ENOUGH ROOM?

IS THAT THE IDEA?

>> LOCAL JAILS WERE NEVER MEANT TO HOUSE IMMIGRANTS FOR DHS.

AGREEMENT HAS BEEN A 287G AGREEMENT WHICH IS WHAT PINAL DID TO CROSS-DEPUTIZE THE SHERIFFS BUT ULTIMATELY TRANSFER THEM TO THE CUSTODY OF DHS, NOT DETAIN THEM.

THEY CAN'T BE DETAINED IN LOCAL JAILS ON A CIVIL IMMIGRATION OFFENSE.

TED: SO FAR, FROM WHAT YOU'VE UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, AND I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT HERE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN FLORENCE AND ELOY BEING DETAINED THAT WILL LIKELY BE DETAINED AT THIS FACILITY?

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>> IT WILL BE NONCITIZEN, NONCRIMINAL ALIENS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO NEVER COMMITTED A CRIME, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN VETTED AND HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATION OR WORK VISAS, THEY ARE PENDING A BENEFIT FROM OTHER BRANCHES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND I.C.E.

HAS DECIDED, AND I DON'T MEAN JUST HERE IN ARIZONA, BUT NATIONWIDE, TO DETAINT INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CITIZENS.

TED: WITH THAT IN MIND, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE SEEN PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

SEEN PROTESTS IN ARIZONA.

FOR A FACILITY LIKE THIS, YOU NEED INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU NEED ALL SORTS OF SECURITY.

IS THIS BASICALLY FEDERALLY PROTECTED?

IS THIS BASICALLY LIKE AN ARMY BASE, A FEDERAL FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF SURPRISE?

>> YES, IT IS, AND SECURITY WILL BE HANDLED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL COME IN UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND HANDLE IT.

TED: YOU MENTIONED REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR, CONGRESSMAN GOSAR.

IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO SEE HIM COME OUT AS STRONG AS HE DID.

SEEMS HE WANTS ANSWERS, HE WANTS TO KNOW WHY NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS THING UNTIL IT'S A DONE DEAL?

>> IT'S A DONE DEAL.

HE SHOULD KNOW, HE'S IN CONGRESS.

AND NUMBER TWO, IT'S OKAY FOR IT TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT NOT IN HIS BACKYARD.

I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT HE DID NOT, A, KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND, B, THAT HE WAS AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO OR ANYONE CAN DO NOW THAT THE SALE HAS GONE FORWARD.

TED: YEAH, DO WE KNOW ANY KIND OF A TIME FRAME?

ANYTHING AT ALL?

>> THAT I WOULDN'T KNOW.

I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE QUICK, BUT THEY DID -- THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DID GET ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.

I THINK THIS LOOKS A MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE FACILITY THAN ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ EVER WAS BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE OPERATING WITHIN A YEAR, AND THEY WOULD ROLL IT OUT IN PHASES, MEANING 500 PEOPLE AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY CAN PHASE IN 1500 BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, IT'S THE RESOURCES THAT GO INTO IT, AND THE MASSIVE HIRING OF NEW I.C.E.

AGENTS THAT WOULD HAVE TO RUN THAT PLACE.

TED: REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.

AROUND THE COUNTRY, SOME OF THE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND BACK OFF BECAUSE THE LOCAL PRESSURE HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE DHS CHANGE ITS MIND, YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING HERE?

>> I DO NOT.

TED: GOOD JOB.

DELIA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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TED: THE GREATER PHOENIX JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF THIS WEEK, LOOKS TO SHOWCASE COMPELLING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING FILMS.

JOINING US IS NOTHING IN, THE FESTIVAL'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

TED: 30 YEARS?

>> YES, 30 YEARS, 30 YEARS SCREENED 1200 FILMS TO BRING IT DOWN TO THE 145 WE ACTUALLY SHOWED.

TED: WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE FESTIVAL?

>> TO BRING JEWISH-RELATED OR THEMED FILMS TO THE VALLEY THAT PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO ENJOY THEM, MOST HAVE UNIVERSAL THEMES WHICH RESONATE AND ARE MEANINGFUL TO EVERYBODY.

TED: INSPIRE CONVERSATION, BUILD BRIDGES.

>> LEARN ABOUT CULTURE, HISTORY AND CONNECTIONS TO ONE ANOTHER.

TED: DEFINE, IF YOU WILL, A JEWISH FILM.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ATTRIBUTES THAT CAN MAKE UP A JEWISH FILM.

IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE, VERY SUBJECTIVE.

IN FACT, WE HAVE A FORMULA TO SELECT OUR FILMS, SEEMS SIMPLISTIC, EV PLUS JC EQUALS JFF, ENTERTAINMENT SHOULD BE HIGH, JEWISH CONNECTION SHOULD BE STRONG, AND ONCE WE PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, WE HAVE A FILM FESTIVAL.

TED: DO YOU HAVE BIG ON ONE?

>> DO WE HAVE ANY FLOPS?

MAYBE ONE OR TWO.

TED: ONE FILM IS" ONCE UPON MY MOTHER" BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

>> A WOMAN AND HER SON IN PARIS IN 1970, SHE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH IN TERMS OF MATERNAL NURTURING.

SHE HAS A SON WITH A CLUB FOOT AND MAKES SURE HER SON HAS A NORMAL AND FULFILLING LIFE.

TED: VERY INVOLVED MOTHER HERE, JUDGING FROM THE CLIP.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

SHE'S A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH AND A MOTHER I WILL NEVER FORGET IN TERMS OF ALL THE FILMS I'VE SEEN.

TED: THIS WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE?

>> BECAUSE OF THE INTENSITY AND THE LOVE OF THE MOTHER TO THE SON.

AND THERE'S ALSO A FAMOUS FRENCH SINGER, SHE MOTIVATES THE TWO OF THEM TO SHOW UP IN THE FILM, I RECOMMEND YOU SEE IT BECAUSE THE MOTHER IS UNFORGETTABLE.

TED: ANOTHER ONE CALLED "I HAD THE HEART?"

>> ABOUT A DOWN AND OUT PRODUCER IN ARGENTINA, TRYING TO RESURRECT HIS BUSINESS, AND HE'S LOOKING AROUND FOR TALENT.

HE STUMBLES ON A GARAGE MECHANIC WHO SINGS TANGO MUSIC.

CAN HE BUILD HIM UP TO A STAR, AND AT THE SAME TIME DEAL WITH HIS DIVORCED WIFE AS THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY EXPENSIVE BAR MITZVAH, WHICH HE CANNOT AFFORD.

TED: THE TANGO SINGER IS A STUTTERING TANGO SINGER?

>> HE'S A STUTTERING TANGO SINGER.

WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE TO CONNECT JEWISH MUSIC WITH TRADITIONAL TANGO MUSIC, AND WE'LL HAVE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF TANGO MUSIC.

TED: VERY COOL.

DO YOU HAVE PRESENTATIONS AFTERWARDS?

>> NORMALLY HAVE SPEAKERS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC.

TED: THAT SHOULD BE GREAT.

THE NEXT ONE IS "THE RING."

SOUNDS LIKE A SEARCH FOR A RING.

>> A MOTHER AND HER YOUNG SON IN NAZI GERMANY ESCAPE GOING TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS BECAUSE SHE BRIBES A NAZI OFFICIAL WITH HER WEDDING RING.

YEARS LATER, THE SON IS GROWN, TAKES HIS DAUGHTER TO BUDAPEST.

THE MISSION IS TO FIND THE RING, BRING IT BACK IN TIME FOR THE MOTHER EXPERIENCING HER LAST DAYS.

TED: GENERATIONAL STORY, OBVIOUSLY.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

TED: BASED ON A TRUE STORY?

>> THIS IS A DRAMA NOT BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

TED: I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRUE STORY.

AGAIN, THIS CHOSEN BECAUSE?

>> BECAUSE THE GENERATION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE.

TED: YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, OUR LAST ONE IS TITLED "EVERYTHING'S KOSHER."

DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTARIES?

>> WE HAVE DOCUDRAMAS AND DOCUMENTAS, THIS IS ABOUT A BUSINESSMAN IN CHICAGO, HE'S DIVORCED AND WANTS TO LEAVE HIS BUSINESS TO GO TO GERMANY TO BE WITH HIS DAUGHTER WHO LIVES WITH HIS EX-WIFE.

WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO THERE?

TRY TO OPEN UP A KOSHER JEWISH DELI IN THE HEART WHERE THEY HAD KRISTALLNACHT.

WILL HE SURVIVE?

HAVE A HAPPY ENDING WITH THE CORNED BEEF ON RYE?

OR WILL IT BE A FAILURE?

TED: SUBTITLE IS PEACE, LOVE AND PASTRAMI.

>> THERE YOU GO.

TED: YEAH, YEAH, AND LOT OF FAMILY ISSUES HERE.

THAT'S AGAIN A MAJOR REASON FOR THE FILM BEING CHOSEEN.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE PASTRAMI.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

WE MENTIONED 30 YEARS, HOW DID THE FESTIVAL START?

>> THE FESTIVAL STARTED THERE WERE THREE SMALL FESTIVALS, THEY WERE SHOWN IN JCCs AND SYNAGOGUES AND MELDED TOGETHER AND NOW WE HAVE A FORCE OF 50 SCREENERS AND 5 COMMITTEES WHO SCREEN THE FILMS AND FILTER DOWN THE FILMS TO THE GEMS OF THE 28 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS SEASON.

TED: IS IT EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WHEN THE WORLD IS A BIT OF A BOILING POINT HERE?

>> WELL, WE SORT OF DO HANDSPRINGS WHEN WE HAVE A FILM THAT'S FUNNY AND LIGHTHEARTED.

SO THERE ARE MORE SERIOUS FILMS, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD MIXTURE OF SERIOUS AND LIGHTHEARTED FILMS.

>> DATES AND TIMES TO GET INFORMATION?

>> WWW.GPJFF.ORG.

TED: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE FESTIVAL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES.

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TED: A NEW BOOK LOOKS AT WAYS THE BODY CAN HEAL ITSELF PFAFFSER AND MORE COMPLETELY BY WAY OF DAILY HABITS, NUTRITION AND STRESS MANAGEMENT.

THE BOOK IS TITLED "HEAL FASTER: UNLOCK YOUR BODY'S RAPID RECOVERY REFLEX."

AND THE AUTHOR IS DR.

VICTORIA MAIZES, THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE U OF A'S ANDREW WEIL CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE.

WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TED: GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

OKAY, SO THIS BOOK IS BASED ON THE BODY BASICALLY HAVING INNATE HEALING MECHANISMS?

EXPLAIN, PLEASE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE MOSTLY DON'T PAY ATTENTION, BUT WE'VE ALL HAD THIS EXPERIENCE.

SAY YOU CUT YOUR FINGER, YOU GET A LITTLE PAPER CUT.

THE FINGER MAY GET RED, A LITTLE WARM, MAYBE TENDER AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER, THE CUT IS GONE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, YOUR BODY DID WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO TO HEAL THAT LITTLE WOUND.

SAME THING WHEN WE CATCH A COLD.

MAY BE MISERABLE FOR A DAY OR TWO OR THREE AND IT'S GONE.

YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM POPPED IN, DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO TO FIGHT THAT VIRAL INFECTION AND YOU ARE WELL AGAIN.

WE HAVE THIS INNATE ABILITY.

WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

TED: YOU CALL IT A RAPID RECOVERY REFLEX.

WHAT IS THAT, AND WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS?

ONE THING FOR A PAPER CUT, FOR THE FLU OR A BAD COLD, THAT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME.

>> YEAH, THE RECOVERY REFLEX ARE REALLY ALL OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS THAT YOU HAVE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM OR NERVOUS SYSTEM OR YOUR METABOLISM, ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH YOUR BODY KNOWS HOW TO BRING YOU BACK TO HOMEOSTAYSIS, AND I GAVE SIMPLE EXAMPLES BUT ACTUALLY IT'S CONSTANTLY WORKING.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU EAT A REALLY RICH MEAL, BLOOD SUGAR GOES UP.

WHAT BRINGS IT DOWN?

YOU HAVE THE PANCREAS SECRETING INSULIN, TAKE A WALK AND MUSCLES ABSORB THE BLOOD SUGAR.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION, BUT THIS IS PART OF OUR HUMAN BODY.

TED: WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

>> I THINK SO.

>> THE BOOK SAYS PAY ATTENTION.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING THE INFLAMMATION.

IT IS A BOGEYMAN IN A VARIETY OF CANCER AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS, YOU HAVE INTERESTING IDEAS REGARDING INFLAMMATION.

>> YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

INFLAMMATION IS AT THE ROOT CAUSE OF MANY DISEASES WE NEVER KNEW, WHETHER THAT'S HEART DISEASE OR AS YOU SAID, CANCER, MAYBE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, EVEN DEPRESSION MAY HAVE INFLAMMATION AS PART OF ITS ETIOLOGY, BUT THAT'S MORE CHRONIC INFLAMMATION.

ACUTELY IN THE SHORT TERM, INFLAMMATION IS PART OF YOUR BODY'S HEALING SYSTEM.

WHEN I MENTION THE CUT FINGER, THE REDNESS, THE SWELLING, THE TENDERNESS, THAT IS INFLAMMATION, MOVING MORE BLOOD TO THE AREA, MAKES IT SWOLLEN, WARMER, BRINGS IN WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND CYTOKINES, LEADS THE BODY TO HEAL.

TED: IS IT WRONG TO TAKE AN ADVIL WHEN YOU TURN YOUR ANKLE OR BUMP YOUR ELBOW?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THAT'S NOT WELL KNOWN.

YOU USED TO TELL PEOPLE, YOU TWISTED YOUR ANKLE, YOU HAVE AN ANKLE SPRAIN, TAKE AN ADVIL, AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.

BUT WE KNOW IT GETS IN THE WAY OF RECOVERY.

WE HAVE CHANGED OUR ADVICE, WE NOW TELL PEOPLE TO AVOID THOSE ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES AND LET THE BODY DO HEALING WORK.

TED: THERE ARE LEVELS?

CAN YOU GO SO FAR WITH THIS?

THERE HAVE TO BE CONDITIONS AND CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU GOT TO GET THAT INFLAMMATION DOWN, OR YOU HAVE TO ATTACK WHATEVER IS HAPPENING TO YOU, IF ANYTHING, GOOF THE BODY AND TELL YOUR BODY GET IN ACTION BECAUSE THIS IS PAINFUL AND PROBABLY DAMAGING?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT, AND IT IS NUANCED.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN SOCIETY IS AN EPIDEMIC OF CHRONIC PAIN AND PEOPLE TAKING OPIOIDS.

IT TURNS OUT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOW BACK INJURY, NOW THAT OFTEN IS ACCOMPANIED BY THAT ACUTE INFLAMMATION.

THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES HAD DOUBLE THE RISK OF CHRONIC BACK PAIN AS THE PEOPLE WHO AVOIDED THAT AND USED OTHER WAYS TO HELP MANAGE THE PAIN.

IT COULD BE HEAT, IT COULD BE ICE, IT COULD BE A TENS UNIT, IT COULD BE PHYSICAL THERAPY.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER STRATEGIES.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES MAY NOT BE OUR FRIEND IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF HEALING.

>> YOU ARE TALKING THE CHRONIC ASPECT, IF I HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND I WRENCHED MY BACK, SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE, DOCTOR.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.

WE ARE CHANGING OUR MINDS WHAT THAT SOMETHING IS.

TED: WOW.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SURGERY.

PRIOR TO SURGERY, POST SURGERY WHERE, DOES ALL THIS FIT IN?

>> RIGHT.

I HAVE A SECTION IN THE BOOK WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE FOR SURGERY.

THERE ARE THINGS CAN YOU DO PHYSICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY YOU'RE HAVING A KNEE OR HIP REPLACEMENT.

MIRACULOUS, BUT MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD PAIN IN THE KNEE OR HIP, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WALKING, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING YOUR EXERCISE BECAUSE IT HURTS AND YOU LOST MUSCLE STRENGTH.

NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SURNLRY AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET UP AND MOVING AND DO PHYSICAL THERAPY.

DOING THE APPROPRIATE EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLE BEFORE SURGERY AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ARM.

SOME PEOPLE GOING INTO SURGERY ARE MALNOURISHED.

WE WANT TO BE SURE THEY GET VITAMINS AND MINERALS, THERE ARE TESTS TO SEE WHERE THAT STANDS.

TED: AS FAR AS ANXIETY, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN?

>> THERE ARE SOCIAL EXERCISES, GUIDED IMAGERY, SOMEONE WHO LOVES US AND ACCOMPANIES US AND DRIVES US TO THE HOSPITAL.

ALL OF THOSE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.

TED: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SUPPLEMENTS?

>> I AM A FAN OF SUPPLEMENTS.

TED: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT SUPPLEMENT?

YOU GO TO THE DRUGSTORE, SOME HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN OTHERS, AREN'T THEY?

>> THEY ARE NOT ALL CREATED ALIKE.

ONE, ASK ADVICE FROM AN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE DOCTOR OR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE DOCTOR, THEY KNOW THE SUPPLEMENTS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP DIRECT YOU.

TWO, LOOK ON THE LABEL FOR USP OR NSF, UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA.

THEY ONLY PUT IT ON GOOD QUALITY BRANDS.

THAT IS ANOTHER STEP.

YOU GOT TO DO HOMEWORK BEFORE GOING TO THE STORE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING OF GOOD QUALITY.

TED: ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, A LOT TO THINK ABOUT.

DR.

VICTORIA MAIZES.

THE BOOK IS "HEAL FASTER: UNLOCK YOUR BODY'S RAPID RECOVERY REFLEX."

REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

TED: THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.