Participants: Paula Eakins, Curtis Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00152A
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00:01 What role does sunlight play in building bone mass?
00:04 And what about physical activity, 00:06 how does that play a role in building bone mass as well? 00:09 Those issues will be addressed 00:11 in this program entitled "Building Better Bones Part 3." 00:15 We'll be right back. 00:44 Hi, welcome to "Abundant Living." 00:46 I'm glad you invited us to your living room once more 00:48 and my name is Curtis Eakins and this is my beautiful wife-- 00:53 Paula Eakins. Very good. You cue in just on time. 00:57 Okay, looking mighty good today, 00:58 we're dressing alike too, aren't we? 01:00 Yes, yes. Okay, I guess we think alike. 01:02 I was gonna say, there some people do say 01:03 that when we go on a trip, they say, 01:05 you know, you're always in my bedroom 01:07 or you're always in my living room. 01:09 But we say, as long as I don't have to pay rent or mortgage. 01:11 Yes, yes. That's fine. 01:13 I don't know about, should we be in their bedroom, 01:14 that's means they have a TV in their bedroom 01:16 which may not be a good idea-- Don't go there-- 01:17 But we're not mentioning any names though. 01:19 Don't go there. Okay, we won't go there. 01:20 Now, we're talking about exercise, osteoporosis. 01:25 That's right, we're trying to build those bones folks. 01:27 "Building Better Bones part 3" and now of course, 01:29 we've talked about this topic 01:31 a couple weeks ago and last week as well. 01:33 So let's give a quick review again. 01:35 We're talking about calcium and calcium's role 01:38 in bone matrix and building bone mass. 01:41 And we talked about the calcium foods. 01:42 What are those calcium foods, honey? 01:44 Oh, we talked about the fact 01:46 that from things like the collard greens, 01:48 we talked about our foods like-- Kale. 01:51 Beans, the tofu, all of them-- matter of fact total cereal. 01:55 We've talked about that as well. That's right. 01:57 All those have a high calcium amount in them 01:59 and they're very, very good for us. 02:01 Okay, and we emphasized a week before last 02:03 about the animal protein, animal protein simply 02:07 stripped calcium from the skeletal system. 02:09 So we're talking about plant protein not animal protein. 02:12 We're also talking about the supplementation. 02:14 Why people are taking supplements, Calcitonin, 02:17 Fosamax, non-hormonal type drug. 02:21 You have inflammation of the esophagus, 02:23 Evista, it's a hormone type drug. 02:25 You have blood clot, so those supplementations 02:28 do have some drawbacks and people may be doing that, 02:31 but again it has some drawbacks with those medications. 02:35 So we're emphasizing a more of a healthier lifestyle. 02:39 Make some modifications to one's lifestyle. 02:41 We're just avoiding the animal proteins 02:43 and now taking in those calcium rich foods as well. 02:46 Well, we mainly also got into the whole thing 02:48 about talking about women and menopause 02:50 and post-menopause is when you loose most of your bone mass. 02:54 And we've talked about-- talking to a compound pharmacist 02:58 versus using the Prempro, Premarin which are estrogen 03:03 replacements that you put patch or pill. 03:05 And we talked about how important it was 03:08 that there were some side effects 03:09 that actually came from those individuals 03:11 who were on Prempro and Premarin. 03:13 And so we talked about the compound pharmacists. 03:15 Right, okay. 03:16 And then get a whole of compound pharmacists. 03:18 These are pharmacists that do nothing but natural protocol 03:20 and they can go to our website, hseminars.com and or-- 03:24 I would be glad to give them 03:26 some additional information on that. 03:27 So we're switching from a conventional type medicine 03:31 which is drugs to traditional type medicines 03:34 which is natural remedies. 03:35 That's what we're emphasizing today 03:37 and also on other health programs here on 3ABN as well, 03:40 emphasizing traditional type medicines. 03:43 Now, we're going to talk about first of all, 03:45 we're going to emphasize two major things 03:47 that can build bone mass, building better bones. 03:51 One is physical activity. 03:54 Now before we go to our first and last graphic, 03:57 let me qualify this statement first of all 03:59 and the author as well. 04:00 This author is named Ellen G. White 04:03 and she has made a profound statement 04:05 when it comes to exercise and bone mass. 04:09 She is a prolific health educator and writer 04:12 and the fourth most translated author in the entire world, 04:15 first in this country according to the Library of Congress. 04:19 And she made a profound statement 04:21 pertaining to this topic. 04:23 Let's go to this first and last graphic 04:25 and this is what she says, the book is 04:27 "Selected Messages II," page 321. 04:30 She simply put, folks, "Bone will acquire solidity 04:36 and strength in using them." 04:41 Now, this is remarkable because keep in mind 04:44 this is a person who had a third grade education 04:49 and back in the 1800s 04:51 and understanding the bone matrix that, 04:54 she understood that from inspiration 04:56 we believe to many people around the world 04:58 that when we engage in some type of physical activity, 05:02 it will strengthen the bones and make them more solid. 05:05 So we're gonna emphasize that. 05:07 Having said that let's bring that as a springboard 05:10 and talk about your personal experience so far 05:12 as exercises are concerned. 05:13 I see you have your weights there, 05:16 what you call those weights? 05:17 They're weights too, they're just wrist weights. 05:19 Wrist weights, okay. 05:20 Let's talk about your personal experience 05:21 because you've been doing some physical activity on your own, 05:25 some personal training and may be you want to tell 05:27 our audience who is your personal trainer, 05:29 or may be you want to reveal that as well. 05:32 Well, my personal trainer 05:34 is none other than my husband over here. 05:35 Oh, that is me? 05:37 That's right, yeah, that is me. 05:38 Yeah, okay, God bless you. 05:40 Anyway. Okay. 05:41 Okay, well, for a long time I was walking 05:43 and have been involved in walking programs. 05:45 And walking is very, very good, 05:46 but you have to do more than just walk. 05:49 So I discovered that when one day 05:51 we were on catching the plane 05:53 coming back from one of our trips in. 05:54 "USA Today" had an article on the whole front page 05:57 it was talking about America, the obesity problem 06:00 and also the issue of not getting enough exercise. 06:03 And they had a very small print at the bottom of that article 06:06 Americaonthemove.org and I thought I go to website 06:09 and see what's going on. 06:11 Because like most women, you know, 06:13 we always want some kind of a challenge, 06:14 not the same thing over and over again. 06:16 And for about five years, 06:17 I have been involved in a lot of walking. 06:19 And then I discovered from doing a lot of reading 06:21 and also going to a site that strength-bearing exercise 06:24 is also very, very key and for women 06:26 going through menopause, post-menopausal women. 06:29 We talked about how you lose most of your-- 06:31 lot of your bone density at that particular time. Okay. 06:34 And I spoke last time about how I went to have a test done. 06:37 This was to see the bone density, 06:39 this lady was going-- T-score. 06:41 T-score and I put my foot into 06:43 this weight measuring device. Okay. 06:47 Okay and when I got done she said, 06:48 believe or not, you actually have 06:50 the bone density of a 22 year old woman. 06:52 Now, I want you to know that 06:54 it wasn't because I had built bones up 06:55 through my life because I had not. 06:57 I had eaten mainly through my lifespan, 07:00 lots of meat, milk and eggs and cheese and all that. 07:02 And so of course after coming to the health message 07:06 coming to the Lord, you know, 07:08 getting involved in health. Okay. 07:10 I began looking at other ways to improve my health 07:13 and that's when I started along with exercising, walking, 07:16 strength-bearing exercises, okay. 07:19 Now, that's pretty simple to do, believe it or not. 07:21 There are all kinds of things out there 07:22 in the market now, okay. 07:24 I have just a couple things I thought I let you see 07:27 that I use while I am here. 07:29 Okay, now you may want to tell the audience, 07:30 where did you purchase those wrist weights? 07:34 Well, I am not sure whether you are familiar or not 07:35 but everybody that knows when we travel, 07:37 they always ask me, where do I get my stuff from? 07:40 And there is a dollar store, 07:42 I am sure there is a Dollar Store 07:43 in your neighborhood, Susan. 07:44 Oh, the Dollar Store. 07:46 And the Dollar Store that's where I got these, 07:47 these are one pound weights and believe it or not, 07:49 all you do is actually put the weight put it on 07:50 and it actually is equal to one pound weight. 07:53 All right, each one of one pound. 07:55 Now, you can put those also on your ankles as well. 07:56 On your ankles also. 07:58 So when you're walking it adds more weight and yes-- 08:01 And it only cost a dollar. Just a dollar. 08:02 Okay. Dollar Store. 08:04 So along with that you can also increase it by putting one more, 08:06 you know, because now you got two pounds on, okay. 08:08 Or you can pick up the can, you can pick up the can, 08:10 you could actually take your regular cans you have at home, 08:13 your soup cans, your spaghetti cans, 08:15 and you can actually use those 08:16 to actually do weight lifting as well. 08:18 Then of course I have that's my next step 08:20 which is now actually bringing the real weights in. 08:22 Okay. And these are five pound. 08:24 now these are for women now, okay. 08:25 So women, you suggest may be start off, 08:28 may be three pounds. 08:29 You want to start of with a two or three pounds weight 08:31 to start of with and then you want to move up 08:33 as you begin, you want to increase all right. 08:36 Now, I know I have got some girlfriends who told me 08:38 that they were still on a three pound weights. 08:40 It was like three years from the time. 08:42 Oh, its time to move up. 08:44 And it was like let's move on up, okay. 08:45 So you want to move up 08:47 and you want to make sure you don't do anything 08:48 that's going to hurt yourself. 08:49 So it's good you either have a personal trainer. 08:51 I sort of say like Curtis, but not Curtis. 08:53 You get a personal trainer or you know, 08:55 you might want to get some-- 08:56 they've got all kind of tapes out 08:58 now you can get even at the library 08:59 which you can try and see what happens with that 09:02 or you can get your personal trainer. 09:04 But you don't want to lift 09:05 more than you need to be lifting, okay. 09:07 And lot of that information is out here right now. 09:09 Now there are some rules of thumb 09:10 as far as doing any type of-- 09:13 we call this resistant type training activity, okay. 09:16 Where, what's happening and what happens with it 09:18 in relationship to this program "Building Better Bones" 09:21 is that when you do resisting type training 09:24 it helps to burn or burn muscle but not but muscle but burn fat. 09:29 But it strengthens the muscle. Absolutely. 09:31 And since muscle is attached to the skeletal system 09:34 then the skeletal system becomes stronger 09:36 and less risk of someone falling and fracturing their bones. 09:41 So that's where that comes in resistant type training. 09:43 Now you do your arms, you do your legs. 09:45 You have a pulley there too. 09:47 Total body, and also I had this one is another pulley 09:49 that you can actually get also from your local store. 09:52 You know, your regular store like the-- 09:54 well I am not going to call any source out 09:55 because I won't give any credit. 09:57 But anyway these have little handles on them 09:58 and they come in weights also. 10:00 They come in, this is like a-- 10:01 this one here is like equal to a one two pound weight, okay. 10:05 And It has to do when you just step on 10:06 and then you actually weight, you know, 10:08 measure or lift weights according to that. 10:11 The further out your legs are, 10:12 the more strength you can actually get. 10:14 So this is for your biceps, okay. 10:16 So you're standing on that pulley there with your feet 10:19 and then you just pull up with your biceps, all right. 10:22 Okay I think also again a lot of times, 10:24 a lot of people may fracture their hip. 10:27 Therefore we want our legs to be stronger. 10:29 I think you can lay on the side on the floor 10:31 and then one leg would be up this way 10:33 and you are just practicing, 10:35 strengthening your hip and your thighs well 10:37 and that can strengthen your thigh muscles as well. 10:40 Well, now more than ever the whole thing about exercising 10:43 and also strength-bearing exercise is so key 10:46 and there is so much information out there about. 10:48 I mean almost any magazine, newspaper that you pick up, 10:51 you will see it and then you also have 10:52 all these exercises there available as well, okay. 10:55 Okay, now again just before we leave the exercise program 10:59 you've mentioned walking, because you started 11:00 a walking program with "America On the Move" 11:03 and go to our website we'll talk more about though email us. 11:06 How you can get on "America On the Move" 11:08 and walk around the United States, 11:10 which you did just recently last year. 11:12 I know somebody said, 11:14 "She did not walk around United States." Now, it is true. 11:17 What happened not around the United States per say 11:20 but on his website the first program I got involved in 11:23 was a six week program where they had the United States map 11:27 and you began at New Jersey 11:28 and then every time you walk so many steps, 11:30 the name of the goal-- the goal is actually 2500 steps 11:34 to start off with and then you add 500 steps. 11:37 You know a one time after they keep on adding 11:39 until you get to 10,000 steps a day, all right. 11:42 And so after the six week I got a certificate 11:46 saying that I had actually reached my goal, 11:48 you put your numbers in the calendar 11:49 and they calculate for you and then you know where you are. 11:52 Then after that was over I started a second program 11:55 which was a six month walking program. 11:58 And believe it or not starting in New Jersey 12:00 coming all way down to map to Florida across to California, 12:04 all way up to Washington, 12:06 back across through Canada back into United States, 12:09 down to the other end and guess what? 12:10 When I finished I had actually accomplished 12:12 over one million, one hundred and seventy eight steps 12:16 and you get a big certificate once again congratulating you. 12:19 It's a so much tough, and I like that, 12:21 I like the challenge something to do. 12:23 Curtis was actually involved both of us lost waist, 12:26 inches in our waist and all that kind of stuff after it was over. 12:29 And it was really a fun thing to do. It is, okay. 12:32 All right, americaonthemove.org. 12:34 Okay, and the reason why we emphasize the physical activity 12:36 because we are trying to build better bones. Absolutely. 12:39 When the skeletal system is stressed, 12:41 when it makes contact it strengthens itself. 12:45 So walking helps that. 12:47 There was a clinical study that was published in The Journal 12:49 of the American Medical Association, 12:51 where it was 77,000 women ages 34 to 77 years of age, 12:57 and they walked four times a week. 13:00 People in that group had a 41 percent 13:02 less risk of hip fractures. 13:04 Now get this folks, now this is amazing. 13:07 The faster they walked the lower the risk of a hip fracture. 13:12 So if you walk three miles an hour 13:14 which is a nice pace then you can get benefit from that. 13:17 But now if you walk five miles per hour 13:20 which is about 50 minutes per mile 13:22 then your risk of getting a hip fracture lowers drastically. 13:27 So the faster you walk, the better your risk 13:30 of not getting a hip fracture as well. 13:32 So it's very important as far as that's concerned. 13:34 Well, I want to say to there with that Curtis, 13:35 the thing about the same thing. 13:37 I do meet a lot of women who say, 13:38 "I do walk, I walk everyday." 13:41 Well, if you're walking everyday, 13:42 now you needed to add the strength-bearing exercise 13:44 Right, the combination-- Right, combination. 13:46 Now, there is also someone out there saying 13:48 you know what, I can't walk you know, 13:50 I have got some kind of problems going on. 13:52 And we tell people you know what, 13:54 you can start up by just taking a ball, put it in your hand 13:57 and you can just squeeze that ball, this exercise okay. 14:00 You can put a ball under your feet 14:02 and you can roll the ball under your feet, exercise. 14:04 You might not be able to walk that far, 14:06 because perhaps that there's some kind of problem going on. 14:08 But you know what? 14:10 You can walk a few spaces in your house 14:12 go back to your chair and then from near 14:14 go out that door, go down to the corner, 14:16 walk back to the house. 14:18 Anything is possible especially when you ask the Lord God. Amen. 14:22 You know, that is so important, okay. 14:25 Well, let's talk about for instance about Vitamin D. 14:28 How does vitamin D and exercise go together? 14:30 Okay, as I made a statement sometime ago, 14:33 we are now what we eat, 14:35 we are what we absorb, all right. 14:37 Now we eat the food that has calcium in them, 14:40 we absorb that calcium. 14:42 However, if we do not have sufficient amount of Vitamin D 14:47 then that calcium cannot be absorbed adequately. 14:50 Now from the plant based diet 14:52 there is no vitamin D in a plant based diet. 14:56 It's actually not of vitamin, 14:58 it's more of a hormone basically. 15:00 So, how do we get Vitamin D? 15:02 Well, you have to look out folks to the sun. 15:05 Well, if you're in a house you will be looking at the ceiling. 15:07 But go outside and look up. 15:09 The sunlight, God has created the sun 15:12 to provide the Vitamin D. 15:13 Now how this process work is simply awesome. 15:17 If you understand this, then you cannot believe 15:20 that there is no such thing as evolution 15:22 because there had to be a creator God. 15:24 When sunlight strikes the skin, 15:28 the cholesterol in the skin changes to pre-Vitamin D 15:35 and the body's temperature continues that change 15:38 until it becomes Vitamin D from cholesterol. 15:42 So it works both ways, number one the blessing is, 15:45 cholesterol is lowered by the sunlight 15:48 and then number two, their body makes Vitamin D by the sunlight. 15:53 When the Vitamin D is in the skin 15:55 and the tissues then when we eat foods that contain calcium 15:58 then the calcium can be absorbed 16:01 there by we have stronger bone matrix. 16:03 Now we're emphasizing, 16:05 you only need about 15 minutes per day is all you need. 16:10 You want to make sure that the skin, 16:11 arms, legs, and face is mostly exposed. 16:14 Now the ultraviolet rays do not penetrate clothing as well, 16:19 particularly dark colored clothing. 16:21 But, again light color clothing you may get some 16:23 ultraviolet rays but again for both, for best benefits 16:27 you want to make sure that the skin is completely exposed. 16:30 Also those who put on suntan lotion, 16:33 it has a harder time penetrating suntan lotion the vitamin D, 16:38 I mean, the sunlight from the rays of the sun. 16:41 Also the rays of the sun 16:43 do not penetrate glass to ultraviolet B rays. 16:47 Now you get the heat, but you do not get 16:49 the ultraviolet rays from the sunlight through glass, 16:52 you get the heat and that's all you get. 16:53 So again we're emphasizing 15 minutes a day 16:57 and that can last up to several days that Vitamin D 17:00 and can be stored in the liver, so again we emphasize 17:02 and there is something new under the sun 17:05 and that sunlight phototherapy. 17:07 The timeframe is a good time for the sun. 17:09 Yes, timeframe another good point. 17:11 We're emphasizing between the hours of nine and three. 17:16 Remember now the sun has two rays, 17:19 Ultraviolet A, Ultraviolet B. 17:24 It's the B rays that we need from the sun 17:27 that gives us this powerful effect from the sunlight. 17:31 Now, in the winter time we get less of the ultraviolet rays 17:35 because there is less sunlight. 17:37 So those individuals who live-- 17:40 let me say this 'cause this is aired worldwide 17:42 if you live at the 38 north degree latitude 17:47 which means in United States 17:49 if you live in the cities of Washington D. C, 17:52 Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, 17:57 San Francisco, if you live in those cities 18:00 and above in the winter time you are not really making 18:03 sufficient amount of Vitamin D from the sunlight. 18:06 Okay, in the winter time, 18:09 but now those who are 50 and below 18:13 store Vitamin D up to six months. 18:16 So since there is six months of winter time 18:18 if you get enough Vitamin D in the summer time 18:21 it can last us through the winter time 18:23 that we make new Vitamin D come March. 18:26 So God has all worked out, 18:27 it's just simply amazing of this Vitamin D. 18:31 So those who let's say live north of that in the winter time 18:35 you are not really getting a lot of Vitamin D 18:36 but you want make sure that you get 18:38 sufficient amount of Vitamin D in the summer time 18:40 to last you through those winter months, all right, 18:42 It's very important for them. 18:44 But one thing I like is this. 18:45 You know, a lot of times you wake up 18:47 and it look like a cloudy day. Yes. 18:48 When you get on a airplane and you go up pass the clouds 18:51 that's where the sun is, 18:52 so what you're actually saying is that, 18:53 you want us to get the sun on us 18:57 and then of course like I said before 18:59 the Son of God in you. Amen. 19:02 Those two use are real good compatible team together. Okay. 19:05 The sun and the Son, okay. 19:07 Amen. All right. 19:09 Well once again we have talked a lot. 19:11 We've done three programs talking about 19:13 the whole issue of osteoporosis 19:15 and if you want to get these tapes 19:16 you must get that you see on your TV set, 19:19 1800 number to call in and ask for these particular programs, 19:24 this series we have been doing lately, okay. 19:25 And once again we have a recipe coming up. 19:28 This is a new recipe from our global vegetarian cookbook 19:31 and it is actually call a Mock Tuno Melt, stay by. |
Revised 2014-12-17