As far as cardiovascular
risk is concerned,
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I understand that it's important
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to know your cholesterol.
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It's also important to
know your blood pressure,
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but now I understand
it's also important to
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know what is called CRP.
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Is that a risk
factor for cardiovascular
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disease as well? Well,
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we will answer that
question entitled CRP
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before CPR. We
will be right back.
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Hi, welcome to Abundant Living.
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My name is Curtis Eakins.
I would like to introduce
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my bride of 13
wonderful years, Paula Eakins.
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How you doing
today? I'm doing wonderful.
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You're looking
mighty good too. Thank you.
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You always look good
by the way. Thank you.
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I just need to
keep saying it everyday.
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Keep it up.
Alright, I'll plan on.
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Gets you lot's
of brownie points.
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Okay, I love brownie points.
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Vegetarian value that is.
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Okay. And moving on.
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Sucanat not refined sugar.
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Ok, I don't know, why we are
kind of drifting off this topic.
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Okay, you got these
letters going on here,
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okay, CRP and all that so,
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I know that the
audience is trying to
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figure out what in a world,
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we are going to be
talking about when you talk
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about this CRP. So
what exactly is it?
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Well, you know,
we've done other programs
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here in Abundant Living
dealing with cholesterol
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and then with blood
pressure, knowing your
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cardiovascular
risk factors and now
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as of late medical
journal, New England
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Journal of Medicine
has published a study
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several years ago
and now CRP has now
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reached center stage
as far as one of the risk
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factors to determine
cardiovascular disease.
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So, the question is
what in the world is CRP.
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Well it stand for
C- Reactive Protein.
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Now this is a molecule
that is produced by the liver
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and it's in response to any
type of inflammatory signal,
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so therefore now
inflammation is necessary,
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alright we cut off finger.
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The finger
becomes red and inflamed
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that's the healing process.
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So again when this
injury in the body, the liver
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produces this molecule
and goes to the injured
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portion and has
the healing process.
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So it's a molecule
from the liver in signal
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for the inflammatory response.
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Does this
inflammation cause a problem
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for heart attack or stroke?
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Well, now, yes it does.
And it really depends on
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where the inflammation
is located. Umm! Umm!
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Now, let's go to
our first graph this is
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a very profound statement.
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This is coming from
the New England Journal
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of Medicine very profound.
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Here's the trigger;
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"Inflammation in the
artery wall is the most
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powerful trigger of
heart attacks and strokes,
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worse than cholesterol."
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And this came
from the New England
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Journal of Medicine, 2005.
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This is based on 28,000
individuals now watching
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for the next 8 years.
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So again we
talked about cholesterol
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is very important, but
we are not neglecting that.
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We are not
neglecting high blood pressure,
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but again the
most powerful trigger
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for our heart
attacks and strokes is that
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inflammation in
artery wall can trigger that.
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Walk us through the process
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and also the
causes of this then.
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Okay, as I mentioned
before may not mentioned before,
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I will mention it right now
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that when we do
cut off our finger,
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of course it
produces inflammation, sure,
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the redness that
means the healing process
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has commenced. Okay.
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Now, the process when
we eat a lot of foods that
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is high in saturated
fat and of course we talked
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about this before
that there are three foods
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head and shoulders
above all other foods as to
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most artery
clogging saturated fat.
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Number 1 is cheese;
number 2 is ground beef;
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number 3 whole milk.
Now, when this happens
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those foods also
converts into cholesterol
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those saturated fatty foods.
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Okay. Two, when we
eat foods that contain
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trans fatty acids or trans fats.
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Those foods when
eaten and ingested converts
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into cholesterol and
force plaque on the artery
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wall that's an injury.
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Hence, the
inflammatory signal goes out.
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Inflammation
goes into that plaque
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and before long it
can form a cap break off,
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form a blood clot if
it's in coronary arteries,
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heart attack.
Carotid artery is stroke
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that's how the
process commences itself
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when inflammation is very high
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due to a plaque buildup.
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The most prolific
research on this inflammation
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process is Dr. Paul Ricker;
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he is a director
of center for disease
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and control,
Cardiovascular Center
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there in Harvard
School of Medicine.
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He has done a lot
of research on this
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very same issue, so
again that's why a several
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studies were
published in New England Journal
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of Medicine as far as
knowing that inflammation
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process and how it
can impact cardiovascular
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disease and
cardiovascular risk factors.
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Well, I guess then how
we able to measure that?
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Well, now there are
several tests to measure
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one's inflammation and
folks it only costs about
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less than 40
bucks and, excuse me,
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this is so prevalent
that now lot of your lab
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reports are now including CRP
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on the lab report
because it's very important
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in knowing what is
our overall risk for
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cardiovascular risk disease.
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And now, now when
you do have the test,
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there are some
parameters and some numbers
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we need to know.
Let's go to our next graphic
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and look at the
numbers because these are the
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numbers that
would be on your score.
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Now the CRP measures
inflammation in the body
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you don't want that
you want the hs-CRP,
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hs stand for high sensitivity.
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That measures
inflammation in the artery wall,
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it is different
from inflammation
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just as CRP test.
Now here is your score,
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if it is below 1
that means that you are at
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low risk as far as
the CRP is concerned
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inflammation,
1-3 in moderate risk
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for cardiovascular disease,
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and if it is above 3 that
means you are at a high risk
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for cardiovascular
disease, heart attack or stroke,
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and this is also
done on your lab report.
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A lot of people asking
for this because it needs
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to be said that CRP is
part of the overall package
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in determining
one's cardiovascular risk.
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Now, sometimes you can
have some false positives,
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if it is over 10 the
center for disease control
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says actually
doctor they throw it out,
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and it look for any
type of infection or cold.
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So if you have infection
or cold, if you are sick,
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do not even bother to
get a CRP test because
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it will give you
a false positive.
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Wait till you
are well and then go
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and take the
test, also if it's high
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then the doctor needs to
look for any sign of infection
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and cold etc, and
ask that you have it done
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at least twice three
week span and then get
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average of that
and those who are at
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a high risk are those,
who should have the CRP,
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which are the smokers.
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The smoking can
increase your inflammation.
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Okay. Also
those who are diabetic
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and also those who
have high blood pressure
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is recommended by
the center for disease in
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control to have
those CRP tests done.
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Which one that
is more important;
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high cholesterol or the CRP.
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Well, both are
important to underscore one's
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overall
cardiovascular risk factor,
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but now it has been
said that if a person has
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high inflammation
and low cholesterol
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that there
survival rate is very poor
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compared to a
person has high cholesterol
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and low
inflammation. So, therefore,
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if we have to pick
one above the other
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then the CRP high sensitivity
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CRP is very
critical in underscoring
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one's cardiovascular
risk. So, both are important.
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We are not
neglecting the other one,
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but this is now an added factor
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in determining
one's overall score
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as far as the
inflammation is concerned.
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Does nutrition play a
part in that as far as
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helping to reduce
that inflammation?
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Yes, it can and we've
talked about this before
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because if one has
high cholesterol we did this
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one in our previous program.
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The same foods that
will lower your cholesterol
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are the same
foods that will lower
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your inflammation, the CRP.
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And let's go to
our next graphic,
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our last graphic.
Let's look at these foods.
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To CRP reducers; we
talk about the Plant Sterols
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and now these are not steroids,
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but sterols and plant
sterols are your Avocado,
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your sesame
seeds, sunflower seeds
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and your navel
oranges, the citrus fruits.
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These are your plant sterols.
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That will reduce an inflammation
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and also reduce your CRP.
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Second one is
the soluble fibers.
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Now not insoluble, but
soluble fiber that will
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also reduce your inflammation.
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The soluble
fibers are your both oats
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and your legumes
and also your apples
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as well soluble
fibers. And then the third one
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you have is the
soy or soy protein.
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Soy protein can also
lower the inflammation,
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which will give you a
lower CRP score as well.
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The last one is of the
nut kingdom is the walnuts.
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Now walnuts have the
highest amount of Arginine,
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which will help to
dilate the coronary arteries,
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so that will also
reduce the inflammation
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in the artery wall.
So those are some of the
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things that we can
do to reduce that CRP
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or that
inflammation, give us a lower
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risk factor for
cardiovascular disease.
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Now, I know
individual say things like okay
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we've got the
nutritional therapy and
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it dealing
between the cholesterol
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and the CRP.
What about lifestyle.
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Well, now there are
other lifestyle factors other
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than the diet that
can drop the CRP as well.
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One is walking as
we exercise preferably
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in the outdoors in the
fresh air will also reduce
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inflammation also
in the artery wall
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thereby the CRP is
reduced just by walking.
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We mentioned of course smoking,
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now cigarette smoke
will create inflammation.
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Thereby the stop
smoking program there's many
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out there all over the nation,
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Engage in that and that will
also reduce your CRP as well.
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Stress will raise your
CRP, your inflammation,
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so again some
anti-stress measures
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listen to soft music,
fresh air, the walking,
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exercise,
reading spiritual things
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that will also reduce
the stress factor as well.
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One last thing is
when those who have
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over weight issues
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particularly around the belly.
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So it's not so
much fat on the body,
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but fat on the belly
will also raise inflammation
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and also your CRP score as well.
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So those are some
other lifestyle factors
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that will drop
that CRP and have a nice
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low cardiovascular risk factor.
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So, my understanding
is that when we are going
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to a doctor and you
are having your cholesterol
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checked, yes, then
you need to ask also about
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this particular test
because I am wondering
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is it already
listed on that sheet
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of testing to be
done. Yes. It depends on
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the laboratory
because remember now some labs
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are now including the CRP score.
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Okay. Remember
now if you just going
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get this by itself
it's critical to ask for the
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high sensitivity
hs-CRP, otherwise,
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it will just measure
inflammation in you body.
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It doesn't zeros in on
the artery wall itself.
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So the high
sensitivity CRP and again
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you need to be done at
least twice three weeks
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as labs elapse time
before the next one done
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and then have average of that
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then that will have a
score on your lab report.
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You know in Abundant
Living we've done several
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shows that talk
about heart disease,
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umm! umm! and here
up-to-date is a brand
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new term we
learn and that's a CRP.
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That's right. And so
it's very interesting
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that as we move on
through the sciences
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and move on
through the times period
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there are more and
more things become available
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to us and we just
have to know a lot of time
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we go to a doctor and
we just kind of allow them
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just to say
anything when we've got these
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important terms that
we could actually bring up
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and become proactive, yes,
in taking care of ourselves
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and reading upon
this type of inflammation,
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which is very,
very good for us okay.
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Yes. So, I think again
now folks we are not just
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saying the CRP by
itself, right, the cholesterol
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is still critical,
absolutely, because
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they have discovered
in one last note that
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there are people,
lot's of people who have
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had a heart attack and
a stroke whose cholesterol
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is in the, not put
this in quotes, normal range
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or in the low
range yet had a stroke
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or a heart attack and
their CRP was very high.
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So therefore, this
is just a added factor
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in knowing one's
overall cardiovascular risk.
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Just being in the
know. Yes. Knowing
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what's going on. One more score
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we need to have in
our memory bank, one more,
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one more, one
more, we talk about that
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as we learn
different things and we get out
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there we bring the
information to you also
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on Abundant Living and you know,
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today, of course,
I know you are saying
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aren't we gonna do any cooking
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and the answer is yes.
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And speaking
about that cholesterol.
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I'm actually, we are
doing a recipe that does not
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have cholesterol in
it, Oh! That's good,
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alright, and it is
gonna be very, very surprise.
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Okay. It is actually a
Mock chicken Cacciatore.
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Get your paper and pencil
and meet us in the kitchen.
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