Praise the Lord everyone.
I'm Rico Hill, the host of
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From Sickness to Health.
And today I'd like to begin
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the program with a
quote from the Psalmist David
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who said in
Psalm 92 verses 1 and 2
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"It is a good thing to
give thanks unto the Lord
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and to see His
lovingkindness in the morning. "
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Yeah... after that
first cup of coffee.
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Coffee. Yeah, I need
it. It's my quick pick-me-up
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to get me goin' in the
morning. I want some right now.
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Well you can't have any right
now because we have a program.
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Oh, how I love caffeine!
And my people... we love it.
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Now, we as in your
people? Me and you? Who's we?
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My people all around the
world. We have clearly spoken
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about this delicious stuff.
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In today's program we're
going to let the facts speak
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and perhaps those facts
can actually help you and your
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people. But, of course, I
know what's going to happen.
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Here's what's going to happen:
you're going to try to hide
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the truth, aren't you? Nope!
Don't have to hide the truth
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because my people
love this stuff so much
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that they can't live without
it no matter what you say.
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Watch me get them excited.
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You know what? I've got an idea.
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Caffeine! Caffeine!
Caffeine! Caffeine! Look,
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while he's chanting
we're going to go ahead
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and share some
information with you today
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that is going to show you
the most widely-used legal drug
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in the world:
coffee. Stay tuned. Roll it.
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Caffeine! Caffeine!
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Welcome, and thank you for
joining us here in the studio
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of From Sickness To
Health. I'm joined once again
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with a wonderful
couple of people.
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My guests are Dr. Jim Said,
board-certified chiropractor
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and naturopathic doctor,
and we're happy to have with us
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once again Lydia Calhoun
who is an ex pharmaceutical
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executive. And again
we're going to talk about
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something that
kind of relates to drugs
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but this time
it's a legal drug -
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the world's most
widely used legal drug.
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And we're going to get some
insights from both of you today.
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So welcome to the program.
Thank you; thank you so much.
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Good to have you. OK, so
we're talking about coffee.
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Don't you love coffee? I
was excited to have Lydia
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join us today because you're
going to find this fascinating.
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But if there was ever a
time when someone has never
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ever had a cup of coffee
you'd have to really search far
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and wide, but Lydia has
never had a cup of coffee
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a day in her life. That's
true. I've never even tasted it.
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She's never tasted
it! So I thought...
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So what do you have
to say about coffee?
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Well I don't need
it! I wake up very alert
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in the morning and I
have all the energy I need
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when I step out of bed. In
this program we're going to
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find out why she has
that energy. Why she wakes up
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with a smile and she
doesn't need coffee to do it.
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So I think that's a good reason
to have you on the program
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today. But Dr. Said,
we're going to look at this from
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the standpoint of it being
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almost like self-medicating.
Is that right? That's accurate.
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OK, so coffee is a self-
medicator... that's right...
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and everyone's using it.
But they don't fully know
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what they're doing when
they do it, do they? No.
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It's just automatic. They
reach for the cup of coffee
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to make up for what their body
isn't able to do in the morning.
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What their body isn't?
Now why isn't their body
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able to do it? Here's the idea:
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the body's energy is
regulated by a hormone.
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That hormone comes
from the adrenal glands...
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the stress glands of the body.
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The hormone is called cortisol.
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Um-hmm. Now cortisol
does two very specific things.
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Cortisol maintains
glucose - which is sugar -
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to the brain to keep the
brain alive... bottom line.
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Your brain runs on a
fuel called glucose... which
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is a kind of sugar. But
it's not the sugar you eat.
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It's the sugar
you use from the body.
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Now if the brain's under stress
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I call that a
runaway locomotive.
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It's demand for fuel is constant
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so you're shoving coal into
the engine to keep it going.
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If you're running
out of coal, then what?
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The body uses
its store of glucose
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in the liver called glycogen.
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Um-hmm. It uses up that
store and the brain says:
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"OK, I need more. Feed me! "
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The body says: "I don't have
any more glycogen to feed you. "
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So the brain say: "All
right, I know just what to do. "
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It sends a releasing
trigger to the adrenals
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to pump out cortisol.
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Um-hmm. Cortisol
circulates through the body
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and it tears down protein
and converts that to glucose,
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to sugar. It's tearing down
so it's disrupting the natural
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physiology and
function of the body - yes -
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in a way that is detrimental
to this wonderful instrument
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that God has given.
Exactly. It's like taking
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the floorboards out of the
caboose to feed the engine.
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Whoa! That's a good
analogy. I like that!
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Let's hold onto that thought
- all right - you know because
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we don't want to be
accused of being unfair to those
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who love their coffee.
So let's go join Sickness
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and see what he has to
say about this strange brew.
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Let's take a look.
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I don't know about you,
but I need a potent coffee
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picker upper to get
me going in the morning.
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I'm talking caffeine.
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And to get mine, I
don't just drink one cup.
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I drink two
cups... at the same time.
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You should try it.
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You know, I love my addiction.
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I mean I love my
"taste" for coffee.
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It's amazing. A lot of people
do. I mean it's just savory.
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And did you know that it's
the most sought after commodity
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in the entire world?
More than sugar, crude oil,
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corn, or even gold.
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That's right. It's valuable
and it's important to me.
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I love the
flavors; I love the smell.
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And I think you should, too.
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I'm going to have another
one of these in about 30 minutes
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and I can hardly wait.
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Back to you, Rico.
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You know, if there was
any fact in what he said
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it is a fact that coffee is
the #2 commodity in the world
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after crude oil.
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Can you imagine it?
Above gold and silver
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and all the different
grain products that we use
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in abundance. No,
no, no... it's coffee.
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So... people love
it. We can't deny that.
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And he did say it smells great
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and it does stimulate you in
the morning just by smelling it.
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What can be so bad about it?
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Well, before we went to
Sickness we talked about it's
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disrupting the natural
function of the body. Yeah?
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You wanted to continue
though. I wanted to hear more
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about this whole physiology
and how it is... It's doing more
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than just sort of
hijacking protein.
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It's doing something to
the heart; it's doing something
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to the stomach. And
we're going to look at a clip
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that shows it's actually
doing something to your brain.
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Well, continue
doctor. So what happens now is
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you tear down protein so you
now decrease the lean body mass
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of the body so now you
increase the fat body mass.
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So as cortisol is surging
you are literally increasing
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fat stores as you strip away
protein in the lean body mass
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of the body. OK, let me make
sure that we understand that.
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So as you are disrupting protein
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you're creating another environ-
ment and that's fat storage.
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So are we talking about
causing people to gain weight?
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Causing people's
cholesterol to be raised?
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What's happening by
creating these fat stores?
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That's what happens: I
call coffee liquid sandpaper.
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Oh, now there's an image.
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Liquid sandpaper? The
damage it's doing to the system
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including the cardiovascular
system and the liver.
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So when we think of sandpaper
we think of something that
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is actually stripping away,
it's abrasive, it's removing
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something. Yes. A
surface of something.
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The surface of what
is being stripped away?
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It's causing an
inflammatory reaction.
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So every time a person goes
to their coffee place of choice
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or at home and they
have some of this brew
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they're actually causing an in-
flamed situation in their body?
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Yes. That's dangerous.
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Now I think we need to remind
people why that's dangerous.
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Because inflammation
generates scar tissue.
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Scar tissue limits
function and motion in health.
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It damages inside the artery.
It affects the liver adversely.
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It can affect joints adversely.
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This is the consequence
of drinking this drug.
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But here's why people drink it.
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Over time, when the
body is adapting to stress
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the cortisol levels go down
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because the adrenals
can't produce the cortisol
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'cause they fatigue. So
then people reach for the coffee
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to make up for what the
adrenals aren't providing.
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So they use coffee to stimulate
them and pick them up in the
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morning instead of cortisol.
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Now, cortisol
has a daily rhythm.
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Cortisol is high in the morning
and drops down to low at night.
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So we're effective in
adapting in the morning
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and we're ready to go to sleep
at night and recover and repair.
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Um-hmm. When people
fatigue their adrenals
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the opposite occurs.
They ruin the adrenal capacity
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to produce cortisol in the
morning... so they reach for
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coffee to make
up the difference.
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And then cortisol rises at
night and they can't sleep.
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They can't sleep. So
when people can't sleep
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this is causing a whole
"nother" host of problems.
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Yes. Because then the adrenals
have to produce cortisol at
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night to raise the
cortisol from night to morning
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to reduce inflammation in
the body from the previous day's
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stress. This sounds to me
like people are sleeping but
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they're stressed
while they're sleeping. Yes!
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Can you imagine that? In fact,
we call it hyper adaptosis.
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We become addicted to stress.
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So the body's in stress...
Who likes stress though?
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People don't enjoy stress
but you're saying that when
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we're drinking coffee we're
actually creating an environment
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where we are addicted to stress?
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Yes, we're not at
rest in our hearts.
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OK, let's... I want
to get Lydia in on this
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because we're about to
show a clip that is going to
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really speak to what happens
physiologically when we drink
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coffee. Let's take
a look at this clip.
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This is going to... This
is going to blow you away.
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Let's take a look.
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It's everywhere. From 320 mg
in a Starbucks Caffè Grande -
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about the max you
should have in a day -
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to energy drinks, to
sodas... now even inhalables
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100 mg in an instant.
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But could that daily dose of
caffeine be changing your brain?
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We turned to researchers at
Wake Forest in North Carolina
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where I underwent
two MRI brain scans.
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The first scan with
no caffeine in my system.
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Then I downed just one drink.
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Now my second MRI.
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This was my brain before
caffeine; this was after.
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The difference was remarkable.
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It's like a 40% drop in
the blood flow to your brain.
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That's a lot.
So before caffeine?
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With caffeine the
blood flow to my brain
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dropped about 40%? Went down
40%. Forty percent. Really? Yes.
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Why the drop? Caffeine blocks
a chemical called adenosine
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which controls
blood flow to the brain.
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Add caffeine: blood vessels
constrict, less blood circulates
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in the brain and your blood
pressure and heart rate go up.
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So if you skip your regular
coffee, that surging blood
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can trigger a caffeine headache.
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It's like trying to get a
fire hose to pump blood up
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through your skull. If
you're a caffeine lover,
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your brain has actually changed.
It now functions normally
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on caffeine. How much
caffeine do I have to drink
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to change the
physiology of my brain?
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Not very much. Not very
much? Like even a cup a day?
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One cup a day
will change your brain.
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Can you imagine that?
You drink a cup of coffee
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and the physiology of
your brain has been changed?
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Reduced by 40%? This
has never happened to you,
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at least not from coffee, right?
At least not from coffee. Right.
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What do you think about this:
this drug that would actually
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change the
physiology of your brain
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and yet it's completely legal?
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Well, my opinion on
coffee is I think it's a crutch.
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And maybe it's just
because I've never been addicted
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to that. And I do understand
that it is an addiction
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for some people. But
I've never had to lean on that
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in order to start my day
or pick me up during the day.
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I don't know that
there's any other way to put it
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than it just
becomes an addictive crutch.
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I know you and I've seen how
you function: you have a lot of
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energy... so you don't
need coffee to give you energy.
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So we're seeing here,
though, from this clip
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that it blocks
the hormone adenosine
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and this has some
relationship with headaches.
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I mean, after while
people can't get off of coffee
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because they get a headache.
You want to explain that, doc,
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why this happens? It's
a detoxing reaction also.
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I've seen this in
many many patients.
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When they come off of coffee
it's about a 5-10 days stint
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of headaches. So I have them
drink water - literally 1/2 cup
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every hour through the day
- to wash through the system
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and cleanse the
kidneys and the liver
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more efficiently to
make the headaches much less
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and more quickly
to go through that.
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But it does clamp down
vasculature to the brain
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so that's the mechanism
by which it works. Um-hmm.
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I'd like to read something
if I might from a book I really
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enjoy called
Counsels on Diet and Foods
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that talks about the
effect of coffee on the body
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very briefly if I may.
Please... go ahead, go ahead.
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This is said: "The nerves
of the stomach from coffee are
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excited. These convey
irritation to the brain. "
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We talked about that
gut/brain connection.
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This is one of
the ways it happens.
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"And this in turn is aroused
to impart increased action
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to the heart... " So you
get palpitations of the heart
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commonly with coffee.
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"and short-lived
energy to the entire system. "
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So there's energy that we
feel is bursting, but it's not
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a true energy to the system...
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it's a
stimulation to the nerves. OK.
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"And there seems to be a
strength that's increased...
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but it's momentary
and it's from excitement,
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not from strength
inherent in the body. "
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"The intellect is aroused... "
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So we're more
hyper in our thinking.
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"and the imagination becomes
more vivid. " So people want
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that to seem like they're clear
but the downside is it leads
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then to depression.
And once depression occurs
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what do we reach for? More
coffee. That next cup of coffee.
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So it's addictive in the
sense that we are stimulated
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depressed, stimulated
depressed. And it continues
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because the adrenals can't
support the cortisol we need
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to keep the energy levels
that we require to function
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through the day. Now
will that cup of coffee
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alleviate that
bout with depression?
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Or will one ever get to
the place where the depression
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is so severe
that then I just need
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something else
like an anti-depressant?
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This is common. I call it
one step forward and two steps
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backwards. Aah! So it's
constantly digging a deeper
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and deeper hole: that we have
something else to try to get
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out of when
coffee is not enough.
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When coffee is not enough.
Wow! We probably should have
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called this program
When Coffee is not Enough.
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Now... Lydia, now as an
ex-pharmaceutical executive
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what is out there in
terms of drug medication
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that would, for the person
who might drink so much coffee
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and it's not really enough,
now they need something else?
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What? I mean we don't
have to get into the names
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but are there certain
things people are looking for?
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Well, the #1 thing
would be an anti-depressant.
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If we're talking about
coffee bringing on depression
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and somebody is a
chronic coffee drinker
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it would lead to reason
that they would be reaching
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for an anti-depressant
chronically as well. OK...
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wait a minute. I
just heard something.
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So we're saying that
the #2 commodity is coffee.
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The #1 drug prescribed
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in the marketplace
is anti-depressants.
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Is there a relationship?
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Is there a connection or
is that just coincidence?
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Far from coincidence.
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We live a lifestyle
that leads to depression.
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One of the keys is we
have no anchor in our lives
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to the Lord so
we rely on ourself.
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And we do things in our life-
style that tear our bodies down
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and we don't study nature
and the Lord's laws in nature
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that allow us to
follow His way to heal.
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And so we rely in our own ways.
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And our own ways always
lead to degradation of health.
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And so it's essential that
we start living a style of life
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congruent with
how we're created.
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So it's imperative for
us to understand physiology
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and how we're made, and how
we live supports how we're made
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that we can live the life as
true witnesses of our Creator.
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We need to really
help to educate people.
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And really, that is the
purpose of this program:
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we want to make sure that
you are equipped with as much
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information that we can share.
That's why we bring on the
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experts to talk directly to you
about what's happening in our
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bodies. Now, I think it's
probably important for us to go.
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We've heard from the
doc, we've heard from you, and
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certainly you've heard from
me and we even heard from the
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newsclip. But let's hear from
the people who are out there
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on the street. What do
they think about coffee?
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You know, it's so confusing!
One minute you have a program
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that says coffee is
helping you live longer,
00:19:47.32\00:19:51.05
it's fending off Alzheimer's.
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The next minute a study
that just came out very recently
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said that people are
dying within the first 15 years
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of the program when they
have the amount of coffee
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that people are
consuming right now. Um-hmm.
00:20:04.93\00:20:07.04
What is the
truth? It's hard to tell.
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But we do know that
this is confusion, isn't it?
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And the Bible tells
us in I Corinthians 14:33
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that "God is not the
author of confusion. "
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So let's take a look
and let's hear some of the
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confusion if you will.
Let's go to the streets.
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All right. I'm out here on the
street, Sickness, and with me is
00:20:29.12\00:20:32.26
Duchess of
Overstreet. The duchess!
00:20:32.46\00:20:35.66
Wow... what a
pleasure. Where are you from?
00:20:35.86\00:20:37.60
Northern Alberta Canada.
Canada. Today I'm with the
00:20:37.80\00:20:40.04
duchess of Canada. Now
let me ask you a question:
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what do you think of caffeine?
00:20:42.34\00:20:43.67
I think it's the only
way some people get started
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but it's really bad
in large quantities.
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It's really bad for you?
Yeah, in large quantities.
00:20:49.48\00:20:51.71
Oh, large quantities. So
a little bit every few hours
00:20:51.91\00:20:55.12
might be OK. In
small amounts, yeah.
00:20:55.32\00:20:57.32
Small amount.
Yeah, that's a good plan.
00:20:57.52\00:20:58.99
Caffeine. A lot of people
have an issue with caffeine.
00:20:59.19\00:21:00.76
Do you love caffeine like I do?
No! You don't love caffeine? No!
00:21:00.96\00:21:03.73
No. What's wrong with caffeine?
It makes my heart race fast.
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.00
That's because it
wants to get you going. No!
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.53
Caffeine is good.
Palpitations. No... not for me.
00:21:09.83\00:21:12.57
Oh man, you're
confused. You need a new doctor.
00:21:12.77\00:21:14.54
Well maybe. Yeah,
she needs a new doctor.
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.81
She thinks
caffeine is bad for her.
00:21:17.01\00:21:18.51
Tell me what you
think about coffee.
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Uh... it's great in the
morning but not at night.
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Uhn-um. Why would you say
that? I cannot fall asleep
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for nothin'. Well sleep
is a total waste of time.
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Why would you want to sleep?
It is! I mean, I'm a student;
00:21:31.02\00:21:33.32
I've gotta stay up studying.
Trying to conquer the world.
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Jana does not sleep. She
gets her milk in her coffee.
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Everything good. Let's
talk about this: caffeine.
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What do you think about
caffeine? Ah, man, that's...
00:21:42.83\00:21:45.87
Good. I used to
be addicted, man.
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Used to be? What? Did you quit?
00:21:50.54\00:21:51.94
Yeah. Can't quit on me,
man. I had coffee this morning
00:21:52.14\00:21:54.14
but it was small. He
didn't quit! He didn't quit!
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I think the
evidence is overwhelming:
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Americans are addicts.
00:22:00.95\00:22:04.02
As long as we can get
our caffeine in the morning,
00:22:04.22\00:22:07.12
the afternoon, late
afternoon, evening, dinnertime,
00:22:07.32\00:22:11.69
just before bed... it's OK.
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.83
And that's a good
thing. Addicts are OK with me.
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Back to you, Rico.
00:22:20.40\00:22:21.80
I've gotta get some caffeine;
I had got to get some caffeine.
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Well, I don't know what
to say about it, you know?
00:22:25.71\00:22:27.54
People... We see
that people love it.
00:22:27.74\00:22:29.98
They want it. In fact, as we
heard from the very beginning,
00:22:30.38\00:22:33.72
they need it. Um-hmm.
They need it but do they
00:22:33.92\00:22:36.75
REALLY need it? According
to what the doctor has shared
00:22:36.95\00:22:40.59
with us we don't really need it.
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.29
It's really doing something
to our body, putting us in a
00:22:42.49\00:22:44.59
chronic state of depression
and a chronic state of stress.
00:22:44.89\00:22:50.20
And that much stress
on the body constantly
00:22:50.40\00:22:53.64
is tearing the body down.
00:22:53.84\00:22:55.47
And we may love the
taste, we may love the smell,
00:22:55.67\00:22:58.51
we may even enjoy
how it makes us feel
00:22:58.71\00:23:01.64
but ultimately it's
going to have its consequences.
00:23:01.94\00:23:07.32
It's going to
have its repercussions.
00:23:07.52\00:23:09.72
Now I wanted to just
kind of get a summary
00:23:09.92\00:23:14.79
if you will, you know, of the
things we've been talking about.
00:23:14.99\00:23:17.76
I love the fact
that you have a practice.
00:23:18.76\00:23:21.33
I always tell our audience
that you educate your patients.
00:23:21.53\00:23:24.53
Amen. You educate them,
educate them, educate them.
00:23:24.73\00:23:27.67
And I'm sure you do it
pleasantly and you do it
00:23:28.07\00:23:30.91
certainly intelligently. Um-hmm.
00:23:31.07\00:23:33.07
And you practice there
in? In Medford, Oregon.
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Medford, Oregon. But that's
not all that you're doing.
00:23:37.28\00:23:39.95
You're taking this
thing to the next step.
00:23:40.15\00:23:41.95
You're starting up some
kind of a health center,
00:23:42.15\00:23:45.65
a lifestyle center, to deal
with these chronic cases, right?
00:23:45.85\00:23:48.56
That's right. We
have one in Idaho,
00:23:48.76\00:23:50.49
Open Door Ranch,
and we have a second one
00:23:50.69\00:23:52.33
we're starting in
Medford, Oregon, as well -
00:23:52.53\00:23:54.36
OK - under our umbrella
of Open Door Life Institute.
00:23:54.66\00:23:57.63
And it is a medical missionary
school and health care center
00:23:58.03\00:24:01.10
combined. Medical
missionary? That means
00:24:01.30\00:24:02.80
that you are sharing...
'Cause a lot of people don't
00:24:03.00\00:24:05.11
know the term of medical
missionary, but if you think
00:24:05.31\00:24:07.61
about a mission or missionary
this is sharing the good news
00:24:07.81\00:24:11.98
of the gospel
and the Word of God
00:24:12.18\00:24:14.15
but combining it also
with the physical healing
00:24:14.35\00:24:17.39
that is needed... because
they go together, don't they?
00:24:17.59\00:24:18.95
Absolutely. So you're...
Essentially you are ministering
00:24:19.15\00:24:22.99
or you are blessing
both mind, body, and spirit.
00:24:23.29\00:24:29.26
Yes. Making
people whole. Absolutely.
00:24:29.46\00:24:31.87
You know friends, I
believe that's exactly
00:24:32.07\00:24:34.50
how Christ did it and He would
have us do the exact same thing.
00:24:34.90\00:24:37.91
Rather than dealing with
the symptoms, dealing with
00:24:38.11\00:24:43.21
the issues in such a
way where we medicate them
00:24:43.41\00:24:47.18
gets to the root of the
problem. What is the cause?
00:24:47.38\00:24:49.95
And I really appreciate
that about your practice
00:24:50.15\00:24:52.59
and your ministry. Now
Lydia, I'm going to before
00:24:52.79\00:24:56.06
I read... before I have you
tell and share what you're doing
00:24:56.26\00:25:00.30
'cause you were a pharmaceutical
representative or executive
00:25:00.50\00:25:04.87
and you left that all alone.
00:25:05.17\00:25:08.27
You walked away from
it because you didn't want
00:25:08.47\00:25:10.64
to be out there
just medicating people
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.67
but you want to inspire
people. You want to educate them
00:25:12.87\00:25:16.34
and you want to
have them be blessed.
00:25:16.64\00:25:18.58
And, you know, there's
something about what you said
00:25:18.78\00:25:22.85
in the beginning of
the program when you said
00:25:23.05\00:25:24.72
"I never used
coffee; I never needed it.
00:25:24.92\00:25:27.02
And I wake up feeling
refreshed. " But there is a
00:25:27.32\00:25:30.73
spiritual side to this,
and I want to just kind of read
00:25:30.93\00:25:33.03
this text and have you comment
with what you're doing now.
00:25:33.23\00:25:38.40
OK. I think it's a
blessing. OK... thank you.
00:25:38.60\00:25:40.74
In Psalm 143 and verse
8. Father, bless your Word.
00:25:40.94\00:25:44.04
In Jesus' name we do pray, Amen.
00:25:44.24\00:25:46.37
In Psalm 143:8 it says:
00:25:46.57\00:25:48.71
In 30 seconds can you
tell us this whole "hear
00:26:03.09\00:26:06.13
Thy lovingkindness" because
I've heard something from you
00:26:06.33\00:26:08.36
and it's heavenly. Thank
you. So now what I'm doing
00:26:08.56\00:26:12.27
is I am a medical musician
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.67
and I do "Let Music Be Thy
Medicine" which is a concert
00:26:15.87\00:26:18.87
seminar that brings
together music and health.
00:26:19.07\00:26:21.98
Oh beautiful! So people can hear
00:26:22.28\00:26:25.61
the music of heaven, and
it ministers not only to their
00:26:25.91\00:26:30.85
soul but it has some medicinal
properties to it, right? Yes!
00:26:31.05\00:26:35.46
In fact, the
clinical studies that I share
00:26:35.76\00:26:38.73
show that in many
instances that classical music
00:26:38.93\00:26:42.16
has a beneficial effect
that's superior to traditional
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.70
drug therapy. Amen!
Well, I tell you, friends,
00:26:45.90\00:26:49.27
here's the thing: instead of
picking up that cup of coffee
00:26:49.47\00:26:52.21
why not get up in the morning
and commune with your Lord?
00:26:52.41\00:26:55.78
Take in the
wonderful wonderful sweet savor
00:26:55.98\00:27:00.05
of God's love
instead of that coffee
00:27:00.25\00:27:02.98
and allow yourself to hear Him.
Because if we're drinking coffee
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.79
and reducing the amount
of blood flow to the brain
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.82
the question for us
is: can we hear His voice?
00:27:09.22\00:27:12.59
If our brains aren't functioning
can we hear His voice?
00:27:13.70\00:27:16.30
Well, as always, we
want you to be healthy.
00:27:16.60\00:27:19.73
We want you to go
from sickness to health.
00:27:19.93\00:27:22.94
Here's the health that
we're sharing with you today:
00:27:23.84\00:27:26.41
try God.
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.94
Truly the best part of
waking up is when we wake up
00:27:30.21\00:27:33.28
with a zeal for life that only
comes from the God of heaven.
00:27:33.48\00:27:36.15
Now we have shared a
great deal about coffee today.
00:27:36.35\00:27:38.79
Now do I believe that
people are just going to
00:27:39.19\00:27:41.99
stop drinking
coffee and make the change?
00:27:42.19\00:27:44.79
Maybe some will... some won't.
00:27:46.13\00:27:49.26
I must confess I used to love
the smell and taste of coffee
00:27:49.46\00:27:54.24
in the morning. Aah!
However, when I lined up
00:27:54.44\00:27:58.07
the effects of
coffee versus the benefits
00:27:58.27\00:28:01.24
well, the harmful
effects outweighed the benefits
00:28:01.64\00:28:04.61
and I had to make a choice.
00:28:04.81\00:28:06.15
My prayer, my hope for
you today is that you'll also
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.38
make a choice.
Rico, do you really think
00:28:08.58\00:28:10.55
information trumps addiction?
00:28:10.75\00:28:13.19
Again I say: my people
are jittery and headachy
00:28:16.02\00:28:19.39
for a lack of caffeine.
Well, the Word of God says
00:28:19.69\00:28:23.16
"My people perish
for lack of knowledge. "
00:28:23.37\00:28:26.60
Hosea 4:6. And
with that knowledge
00:28:26.80\00:28:30.07
"We can do all things through
Christ who strengtheneth us. "
00:28:30.91\00:28:33.64
Philippians 4:13.
00:28:33.94\00:28:35.91
We'll see. Well... that
is our program for today.
00:28:36.11\00:28:39.75
And I'd like to end
it the way I always do:
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remember III John 2: "Beloved,
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I wish above all things
that thou mayest prosper
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and be in health. "
I'm Rico Hill. Be healthy.
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And I'm blue guy... in
need of one more cup of brew.
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Maranatha.
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