Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00194A
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00:01 When we were younger our arteries
00:03 were smooth, they were clean, 00:05 unobstructive of blood flow. 00:07 But as we get older with diet and lifestyle 00:10 they become obstructive with 00:11 something that we're going to talk about 00:12 today entitled Plaque Attack. 00:15 We will be right back. 00:43 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:44 This is Curtis Eakins, your co-host and my 00:47 lovely bride of 16 glorious wonderful 00:50 years, Paula Eakins. I don't know what's 00:52 the reason for the laughter at this time, 00:55 why are you laughing? Nothing. 00:56 Nothing? I was just funny as a co-host. 00:59 Hi. Okay, hi and your name would be? 01:02 You said Paula Eakins. Did I? 01:04 Yes, you did. Okay, just 01:05 wanted to hear you say it too. 01:06 You are doing mighty good today. 01:08 Absolutely. Your hair looks nice. 01:10 Thank You. Thank You. 01:11 Plaque Attack. We have been attacked by Plaque. 01:18 You know what it just amazes me. 01:20 You know people ask me all the time and say 01:22 why do you guys come up with these programs 01:24 you know these titles and I say, 01:25 I have nothing to do with these titles. 01:27 Curtis picks every single title because 01:29 every time I pick a title it's 01:30 way too long, it's like a sentence. 01:32 Well almost like a paragraph, but lengthy 01:34 sentence, okay just like that. 01:36 That's better, yes, but you always pick some 01:40 unique, saying so Plaque Attack 01:42 really kind of cute. You know and again, 01:46 this is part of a series, a clean heart series and 01:51 this is the third part of the clean heart series 01:53 entitled Plaque Attack and so we covered 01:56 the pressures on, blood pressure, 01:59 controlling cholesterol, now it's Plaque Attack 02:01 and next time when we meet, it would be 02:04 different strokes for different folks. 02:06 Well, alright. Plaque Attack and we 02:08 have been attacked by plaque. 02:10 Attack by plaque! Well I guess the question 02:11 is exactly, what is plaque? 02:14 Well plaque is debris or particles that adheres 02:17 to the artery wall. We have a picture of 02:20 plaque, so let's go to the screen at this time. 02:22 You see here of course now on the left side you 02:25 have an artery that's clean, free flowing of 02:28 blood and that's the way an artery should look. 02:31 Now of course on the right side is the build up 02:33 of that debris I was talking about, 02:35 which we call plaque. And so therefore with 02:38 that in mind, of course it narrows the artery wall, 02:41 and of course that can raises our blood pressure. 02:43 That wall right there is very elastic, 02:46 but when the plaque is there it becomes 02:48 very stiff and rigid. So it's not elastic anymore. 02:51 So therefore blood pressure goes up 02:54 and with that we have a very serious problem 02:57 before us, blood flow being impeded throughout 03:01 the whole system as well. So, a lot of foods can do 03:04 that and some foods in particular can create 03:09 more plaque on the artery wall. 03:10 Now, you have a little demo here on visual. 03:13 I just happen to have. 03:14 You just happen to have something. 03:16 I happen to have, because you know 03:17 when we do our classes in our community, 03:18 yes, people always ask me question, 03:20 how much fat is actually in certain foods, 03:23 okay, and how much plaque attack. 03:24 Now, do we need to hold on to our seat 03:25 for this one baby. Yeah, yeah we do. 03:27 Okay. This one is actually one taco. 03:31 Just, one taco. One taco, 03:33 one taco nine grams of fat. 03:36 Nine grams of fat in one taco, now keep in mind 03:39 folks, our arteries is the size of a spaghetti, yes. 03:43 So, that one taco, you know keep that in mind, 03:46 it can really clog up those coronary arteries. 03:48 Right, right, right. Well, let's do another one. 03:51 Now, this is a sausage and biscuit; 03:52 I have friends that say I love to get a 03:54 sausage and biscuit. Sausage and biscuit. 03:56 Early in the morning, 29 grams. 03:59 29 grams of fat. Now, lets make sure 04:02 we get those numbers correct now in 04:03 prospective, I mean three to four grams of 04:06 fat is really amount that is sufficient, 04:09 I mean we don't want to go over three or four or 04:11 five and you're talking about how much. 04:13 29, 29, this is a sausage and biscuit, 04:15 sausage and biscuit combination. 04:17 Yes, alright, yes 29. Okay, that's amazing. 04:18 Okay, now, this is the one 04:20 I think is going to really hurt 04:21 Okay hold on to, you see for this one folks. 04:23 Yeah, you know hold on, hold on. 04:24 Now this one we're doing that. 04:25 Now, well you got three all together in that. 04:27 Three together. Okay. This one here 04:28 is actually a burger. A burger. 04:30 This is a nice large burger. 04:31 Now, it's one of those famous burger that most 04:32 people heard of it, we're not going 04:34 to mention the name. No, no. 04:35 Was a famous restaurant. How about, how about, 04:37 how about 40 grams. 40 grams, let's hold 04:40 that, make sure they see that, 40 grams, 04:42 hold it still baby. 40 grams. 04:43 And turn it, yeah so you can see all three of them. 04:45 Yes, on the screen, all three 40 grams. 04:47 40 grams of fat for just that one famous 04:52 fast food burger with cheese, I think, 04:55 now we're not even talking about the French fries. 04:57 Well, I think that thing that's so amazing here, 04:58 that is exactly right, we're not talking about 05:00 the French fries and we're not talking about 05:02 the shake that usually goes with that as well. 05:04 You know, a lot of people are just not 05:07 understanding when we're talking about 05:09 plaque buildup, how much plaque is actually, 05:11 I mean how much fat is in the lot of the foods 05:13 that we eat, hidden fats. Right. 05:15 You know that they're in the foods we actually 05:17 eat and they're causing problems for us as well. 05:19 Yes, okay, alright. Now, the saturated fat 05:22 in the foods can also create plaque 05:24 in artery wall as well. There are three foods 05:28 that I hate and show it as above all other foods 05:31 as the most artery clogging saturated fat. 05:35 Okay, food number three is whole milk. 05:37 Now, whole milk is going down about 210 05:39 percent since 1970 now people are buying one 05:42 percent, two percent there's also zero percent 05:45 milk, going to soy milk and almond milk. 05:49 Food number two, that's the most artery clogging 05:51 saturated fat ounce for ounce, pound for pound 05:54 is ground beef. And ground beef has 05:57 gone down about 30 percent since 1970 and 06:01 people will understand about that, and ground 06:03 beef is really going down and chicken is 06:04 going up, but of course we did a program on 06:07 problems with pork and yes, so we're not, yes, 06:09 yes, going to deal that. But now food number one. 06:12 Ounce for ounce, pound for pound, 06:16 that's the most artery clogging 06:19 saturated fat is, cheese. 06:24 Mercy. I just heard some. 06:26 Yes you did. Yes, yes I did. 06:27 Yeah I did, you did, you did. 06:29 Yeah may be. To boot, cheese has 06:32 about two to three hundred milligrams of 06:33 sodium per ounce and we're talking about 06:38 a clean heart series, we're talking about 06:41 plaque attack and so therefore with that in 06:43 mind those three foods by themselves can 06:46 really reek havoc along the artery wall and can 06:49 build up that plaque in there as well. 06:51 So, those three foods now there is some 06:52 substitute for each one of those three foods, 06:54 let's quickly talk about that. 06:55 Well you know the thing is that because 06:57 of the fat there's so much information is out 06:58 there about heart disease and high blood 07:02 pressure then of course the manufacturers are 07:04 making a lot of more substitutes 07:05 how they look like. That's true. 07:07 Act like, smell like, taste like. 07:08 The original things for their substitutes for 07:11 cheeses, we have done those on our program. 07:12 That's why the soy cheeses. 07:14 Soy cheeses, rice cheeses, 07:17 almond cheeses all those are actually on the 07:18 market now, and some of those can melt too. 07:20 Some of those can melt. Some do not melt, 07:21 just have to. That's right, yes. 07:23 They'll actually have it on the label, 07:25 it will say on there, right, a melting cheese. 07:26 Yeah, okay. Then also as far as 07:29 you milk stuff is concerned, 07:30 there now of course your almond milk, 07:32 your rice milks, your soy milks, that's true, 07:35 a lot of combinations of those out there as well, 07:37 no cholesterol whatsoever. Zero cholesterol. 07:40 And then of course in the meat kingdom 07:42 we've done a lot on ABN and Abundant 07:44 Living show, and on our other shows we've 07:46 done on ABN, what we looked we showed other 07:49 substitutes for beef, for chicken or for fish. 07:53 So, they're all out there, they're all a part of it, 07:55 now I guess someone is asking a question about 07:57 that plaque buildup, so what kind of, 07:59 I mean what kind of test can you take that would 08:02 show that there is plaque buildup in this system. 08:05 Okay and this is very good question because 08:08 a lot of people who may be watching right now, 08:11 who have plaque already built up in their 08:14 artery wall and don't even know 08:15 because it's a silent disease. 08:19 Okay, okay. There are no symptoms 08:20 until a cardiovascular event happens such as 08:23 heart attack and stroke, therefore by that time in 08:26 most cases, a lot of cases it's too late, 08:29 it become very crippling, so there are some tests. 08:32 There is one in particular, that's the safest most 08:34 standard test to determine the plaque in 08:36 artery wall, the coronary arteries of the 08:38 heart, is the heart scan, CT heart scan and that's 08:43 done there, several facilities throughout the 08:46 country and there's like sound waves and they 08:49 can tell whether or not there is plaque in the 08:51 coronary arteries. There's one test done 08:54 and you've done this lifeline, a company 08:57 does testing as far as plaque in different areas 09:00 as well, let's talk about that too, honey. 09:02 Well, I know that, all those versions, 09:04 I know that he did one actually on my neck. 09:07 You did at carotid artery. 09:08 He did the other one in aorta area. 09:11 And then they did the leg. That's right. 09:12 And praise God, praise God, 09:14 everything came out really well. 09:16 They, that group comes around now and then in 09:19 almost any community, you can tell they're 09:21 coming in and the price to have it done is not 09:23 that expensive, yeah, very good, comparing 09:25 to going to the hospital having to do that. 09:27 Yeah, the American Heart Association has a 09:28 Physician's Statement as far as testing plaque, 09:32 and let's go to the statement at this time. 09:34 It says here, the American Heart Association's 09:36 Physician's Statement, the majority of 09:38 published studies have reported that coronary 09:41 calcium plaque predicts coronary disease events 09:45 beyond standard risk factors. 09:49 Let me explain what that means. 09:51 Standard risk factors is such as monitoring or 09:54 determining your cholesterol, okay, 09:56 your blood pressure, those are standard risk 09:58 factors, Doppler machine okay, 10:01 but determining the calcium in a plaque 10:04 because a lot of the plaque is made up of calcium. 10:08 So, when they determine the amount 10:10 of calcium, they also can determine the 10:12 amount of plaque in the artery wall, 10:14 that's why they say that test done with the heart 10:17 scan, CT heart scan, one of the best tests 10:19 available to determine the plaque in the 10:22 coronary arteries of the heart. 10:24 So, therefore that's one good test we can use, 10:26 that way nothing will sneak up on us 'cause 10:28 people maybe watching right now, 10:30 who may have plaque in artery wall may be 80 10:33 or 90 percent clogged and don't even know it. 10:36 We just met somebody last week who had 3 10:39 arteries clogged 95 percent and don't even 10:42 know it, just walking around. 10:43 So just one hamburger or French fries, 10:46 one meal can tilt the scale and a 10:49 cardiovascular event can happen at that time. 10:50 Well, this is also a part of that preventive 10:52 medicine as well. You know of having 10:54 that physical done and, seeing exactly where 10:56 you stand ahead of time, now you know 10:58 you talked about that coronary. Yes. 11:01 Heart problem, what about, is there 11:02 anywhere else where an individual can have 11:05 problem with plaque buildup? 11:09 Absolutely, in the legs particularly in the legs, 11:12 it can be anywhere but when we call this 11:14 peripheral arterial disease, 11:17 for short PAD, alright. 11:20 And we have a picture of that, see what PAD 11:23 looks like, of course on the left, this is the leg 11:26 now, there's a nice blood flow 11:29 unobstructive of any plaque at all but now on 11:32 the right side this again in the legs we have that 11:35 plaque build up in the artery there and so with 11:38 that in mind when a person walks the 11:41 symptoms are leg pain, pain in the thigh, 11:45 pain in the buttocks, because the blood flow 11:48 is simply impede because of the built up 11:51 plaque in the legs, so it's very excruciating 11:54 and about one third of people will have this 11:57 type of pain, sometimes people don't have it, 12:00 but again if you have pain in the legs by 12:03 walking and sometimes it stops when you stop 12:06 walking the pain subsides, 12:08 normally you have plaque also in your 12:09 coronary arteries as well. So it kind of goes 12:12 hand in hand. So but again it can 12:15 be anywhere in the body but normally in 12:16 the legs as well and we have some in our work 12:18 book, some botanical medicine that people 12:21 can use to reduce that leg pain when they're 12:25 trying to walk. Okay, go over those 12:28 symptoms again, you said, that you said, yeah, 12:30 pain in the legs, pain in the thigh, 12:33 in the buttocks, sometimes in the feet 12:36 and in the toes, remember now there is 12:38 a lack of blood flow going through legs as well. 12:41 So, therefore with that in mind blood flow is 12:42 not going to reach down to the toes as well so 12:45 therefore and a person is a diabetic, 12:47 it just makes it objectionably very 12:50 difficult for blood flow because you have also 12:53 the high blood sugar which also causes 12:56 neuropathy, dating of the nerves, alright, 13:00 so these are some, now sometimes a lot of 13:03 people may not have this symptom that's why 13:06 its good to have this checked as well and this 13:09 one we are doing that, you know September is 13:12 the PAD, Peripheral Arterial Disease month, 13:15 awareness month, and they have a company 13:18 called Legs For Life, and A Society for 13:22 Interventional Radiology have testing sometimes, 13:27 these testing's are free and just go to website, 13:30 a Society for Interventional Radiology, 13:33 go to the website, you see if any sites 13:36 in your area and a lot of these times, 13:37 a lot of these sites are free for testing any 13:41 Peripheral Arterial Disease in the legs as well 13:44 and normally during the month of September 13:46 because this is best September, 13:48 Awareness month for PAD. 13:50 Okay, I guess the next question if you don't 13:53 take care of it, if it goes unchecked, 13:56 what can happen? Well, naturally 13:59 of course is plaque builds up on the artery 14:02 wall, it makes the artery wall very stiff and rigid, 14:07 there by number one, the blood pressure goes 14:09 up, blood pressure goes up, there is more stress 14:12 on the kidneys, blood pressure goes up, 14:15 there's more risk of stroke because the 14:18 pressure against the artery in the brain 14:21 creates tiny breaks in the blood vessels of the 14:25 brain there by you have a stroke. 14:27 So, with that in mind there is a picture of a 14:31 plaque rupturing. Let's look at this picture 14:34 at this time so again you have a plaque on both 14:37 sides of the artery wall and with that in mind 14:40 sometimes some plaques are vulnerable, 14:42 meaning that they more prone to a rupture 14:46 and when they rupture they're going to rupture 14:48 a blood clot, now blood clot forms which will 14:52 include any blood flow. So, of course if there is 14:55 a coronary artery then of course you will have 14:57 a stroke, the coronary arteries you going to 14:59 have a heart attack, when a leg of course 15:01 you will have a server case of claudication, 15:04 which is very severe a leg pain is what it is? 15:07 Okay. And so with that in mind becoming 15:09 unchecked then this very serious promises 15:12 with that and again a lot of people are walking 15:14 around with PAD, Peripheral Arterial 15:18 Disease, eight million people and don't even 15:21 know it, because two thirds do not have any 15:24 symptoms, that's why its good to have this 15:26 check and normally as we get older we have 15:28 these type of diseases in the coronaries or also in 15:32 our legs as well, that's why it's very important 15:35 as far as this plaque is attacking the body 15:40 and with that in mind it doesn't have to be, 15:43 man's original diet is what everybody, 15:48 well, you tell me honey? Well you know I always 15:49 say this, when it comes to trying to figure out 15:52 what the original diet is, all we have to do is go 15:55 back to the very first book of the Bible. 15:57 I've said it before in our programs and I will say 15:59 it again, God put everything in place 16:03 before he did his crowning act, 16:05 which was male and female and so 16:08 everything was in place in the 16:09 very first book of the Bible. 16:10 People say God doesn't care about what we eat? 16:12 Yes he does, because in the first book of the 16:13 Bible Genesis 1:29, and that's grains and seeds, 16:16 they will be your meat, your food, alright, and 16:19 then after sin of course Genesis 3:18 which 16:22 God then allowed us to have the vegetation. 16:25 That's the herbs that feed, plant of the earth. 16:27 So you know once again when we think 16:29 about it, if it wasn't important he could have 16:30 put it in Psalms and Revelation, that's true, 16:32 okay but he put it in the first book of the Bible, 16:34 that is the manual, that is the manual just like 16:37 trying to get I always say this is a big joke, 16:39 that everybody thinks is a joke, it's not really a 16:41 joke, but if Curtis were to buy me a brand new 16:45 BMW pink, that's my favorite color. 16:47 Okay, now wait a minute, this is the self 16:49 supporting ministry though. 16:52 Once again God can do anything without fail. 16:54 Well, that's true too. So, get me a BMW, 16:57 and if he gives me this car then I am going to 16:59 have to read the manual. 17:00 That's true. To know how to 17:02 operate it, and when I need to put the gas in 17:03 and then get the oil changed and everything 17:04 and so with that in mind the manual becomes 17:06 very important to me if I want to keep this car 17:09 and I want it to be in good running order, 17:11 what the creator God put in the first book of 17:14 the Bible, the original diet. 17:16 He put it there and it is the manual, if you want 17:19 to know how to live right? Read the word of God, 17:21 that's what I love about that, okay God's love 17:24 letters to us, to come straight out of the 17:25 world, all the mysteries, all the things we need to 17:27 know to take care of that body system. 17:29 Yes, yes. You know because after 17:31 all, the temple, the body is the temple. 17:34 Yes, it is. Where the Holy Spirit 17:35 dwells, we said Christ is our personal savior, 17:37 that's where the Spirit of God moves into 17:40 place and so therefore we don't want to corrupt 17:42 or put things into that body system 17:44 that is not good for us. Yeah, and I think we 17:48 are right on the mark honey 17:49 because we have a sense of duty. 17:50 Yes. A sense of obligation, First Corinthians 6:19 17:53 and 20 What? Know ye not that your 17:56 body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. 18:00 Ye not of your own, you belong to God. 18:03 That's right, that's right. Ye are bought with the 18:04 price of Jesus shed blood. Yes, yes. 18:08 Therefore, as someone says anytime you see 18:12 the word, therefore in the Bible, there must be 18:15 therefore what? Therefore glorify God 18:21 in your body which is God's. 18:22 And so with that in mind we have a sense 18:24 of duty, a sense of obligation to take care 18:25 of our body and not wait until a 18:27 cardiovascular event happens but we need to 18:30 make some lifestyle adjustments, 18:33 lifetime modifications and have certain tests 18:36 done, we should have our blood pressure 18:39 in our head, yeah, we should know our 18:41 cholesterol, we should know our glucose, 18:44 those kind of things, so therefore nothing 18:46 can sneak up on us, or at least we can reduce 18:49 the risk of something major sneaking up on 18:52 us because we have these numbers we know 18:53 where we stand, so that's what it's all about, 18:56 so its time we go into the kitchen. 18:57 Yeah and we need to take care of ourselves. 18:59 Yes, we do. The more mature we 19:01 become of age, the more we need to really 19:03 check on ourselves and make sure that 19:06 everything is going to be alright, you know it 19:07 doesn't make sense to raise you know have a 19:09 relationship your marriage and have you 19:11 cheering in your children, that's true, 19:13 and all that, everybody grows up, everybody is 19:14 growing, you and your husband are there and 19:16 then all of the sudden you can't have a good time. 19:18 That's true. Okay, and you don't 19:20 have to, you know if you are not married, 19:21 you need to take care of yourself. 19:23 You need to take care of yourself. 19:25 Now, in that kitchen, talk about taking care yourself. 19:28 We are going to be doing a recipe, 19:30 this is I know is one of my favorites and Curtis' 19:32 favorite as well, it's actually called a 19:34 Tomato Salsa, get your paper and your pencil 19:38 and meet us in the kitchen. |
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