| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HTA ID | HTA-0617 |
| Title | John Gray — Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus |
| Era | KRON-TV (San Francisco, ~2009–2013) |
| Station | KRON-TV Channel 4 |
| Program | KRON4 News Weekend |
| Role | Host / Reporter / Interviewer |
| Segment Type | Interview |
| Duration | ~3:32 |
| Source File | Men+Are+From+Mars.....txt |
| Record Version | V1 (Transcript Only) |
Henry interviews relationship expert John Gray about his bestselling book and relationship advice.
00:01 It's such a pleasure to have John Gray with us. 00:03 20 years ago he wrote Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, 00:07 a book that resonated and was like the top-selling book in the 1990s. 00:12 He joins us now 20 years later, and he continues to talk about Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, 00:18 but he's really focusing now on this concept of hormonal balance and the difference between hormones in men and women. 00:23 Can you talk a little about this book, Venus on Fire and Mars on Ice? 00:27 Well, 20 years later, men and women are still the same, but our roles are different. 00:30 And as women are more in the workplace, as our life is speeding up, it affects women differently than men. 00:35 For women, it causes their stress levels to be twice as high, and at home, their stress levels are four times higher. 00:41 Wow. 00:41 And this is major. 00:42 And so I said, why? 00:43 And so I went into the investigation, and there's now new science that shows that our hormones are significantly different. 00:49 And the hormone that lowers stress for women is called oxytocin. 00:53 And women today don't have enough time to generate oxytocin. 00:57 So I teach women the ways to generate oxytocin to lower their stress levels. 01:01 Give me like a hint of something. 01:03 Is it something you would take or something you do? 01:04 No, it's not something you take. 01:05 It's all about behaviors that you can do to balance your hormones rather than take hormones. 01:10 More and more research is showing that women who take hormones get cancer, have all kinds of problems. 01:14 Men who take hormones, taking testosterone hormones, causing prostate cancer. 01:18 So I'm not in that direction. 01:20 I'm in the direction of natural. 01:21 What can I do? 01:22 So when a woman chooses to create some time where she's not in a hurry to do something she loves to do, 01:28 which also has to do with nurturing, like going shopping or getting her nails done, getting her hair done, getting a massage, 01:35 these are all things that are proven to increase this hormone oxytocin. 01:39 In previous generations, women didn't need it so much because women were not in a hurry. 01:43 Our life was slower. 01:45 The key oxytocin producer is feeling you have enough time. 01:48 That's why women love cruises. 01:50 That's why going on a little vacation. 01:51 That's what a special date is about. 01:53 Men don't realize to plan a date in advance that women can look forward to that time 01:58 where she doesn't have to take care of other people. 02:00 It builds up her oxytocin and lowers her stress. 02:03 What about men? 02:04 Well, our hormonal imbalance tends to be because there's so many what's called xenoestrogens in our environment, 02:10 hormones in our food that they add to the meat, they add to the chicken to fatten them up. 02:15 Those hormones are female hormones and they're fat storing hormones. 02:18 They get into our male body and they lower our testosterone. 02:22 So your average 50 year old man has half the testosterone that men used to have. 02:26 Wow. 02:26 This is shocking. 02:27 This is shocking stuff. 02:28 So is that part of the issue on fertility as well? 02:31 Yes, it's also on fertility. 02:32 It's also for men's libido, for men's energy, for men's focus, for men's drive. 02:36 Everything to do with health has to do with testosterone for men. 02:39 I give up then. 02:40 Is there any hope? 02:41 Well, there's good herbs that you can take to counteract the estrogens in our environment. 02:47 And these herbs have been around and they're very, very safe and basically some of the 02:51 health food stores carry them. 02:52 I also carry them on my website. 02:54 My favorite is Tongkat Ali from Bangkok. 02:57 And this is used for thousands of years. 02:58 Can I spell what please? 02:59 T-O-N-G-K-A-T, Tongkat Ali. 03:02 If you just look at testosterone booster at marsvenus.com, men love it. 03:06 They keep ordering it and you don't have to do it for too long. 03:08 You just want to kick them back up. 03:10 My testosterone are higher than they were when I was in my 30s as a result and it keeps 03:14 me feeling energized. 03:15 Thank you. 03:16 is called Venus on Fire, Mars on Ice. Yesterday he appeared at the Whole Life Expo. That's still 03:23 going on over at the Concord's Exhibition Center. Thank you so much for coming. Boy, 03:28 we should have you on every week. Great information. It was nice seeing you. Marty, back to you. 03:32 That's fantastic. Thank you so much.