Hello and welcome to
From Sickness To Health.
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I'm your host Rico
Hill and I'm Sickness.
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And today I would like to
begin the program by quoting
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Isaiah 26 and verse 3. It says:
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"Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace
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whose mind is stayed on Thee
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because he trusteth in Thee. "
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Isn't that an
encouraging scripture? Yeah...
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if you live in a bubble
and nothing bothers you.
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What do you mean by
that? I mean let's be honest:
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life is stressful.
People have worries.
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Kids are stressful;
your job is stressful.
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Your spouse gets
on your last nerve.
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Health nuts... stress...
but hey, I actually enjoy it.
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You enjoy stress? Oh, I love it!
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Think about it. When people
are stressed the biochemistry
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goes crazy. They're
more susceptible to disease
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and sickness... I
find my way in there.
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And that's what you like?
Oh I love it! I love attention!
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Oh it figures! Well I need
you to know that's not going to
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happen here today
because today our topic is
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stress: When You're
Too Stressed To Be Blessed.
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What do you mean
that's not going to happen?
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Well it's not going to happen
because I'm not going to let you
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stress me out
and anybody else out.
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Oh-ho... how you gonna do that?
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Well it's easy. See, I
just start the program.
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Roll it! That's how I do it.
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Thank you for joining
us here in the studio of
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From Sickness To Health.
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We have a rock solid
program for you today.
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And we want to just first
start by saying hello to our
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friend and co-host
Sickness who is remote
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somewhere stressing
somebody out I'm sure.
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I know that you're going
to be working with somebody
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somewhere in an office
causing stress, so we'll be
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talking to you in a few
moments. But in the meantime
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I want to introduce to
you the guests - our experts -
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today. And we have with us
once again Dr. Thomas Jackson
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who is a doctor of
natural health sciences.
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But also he runs a ministry,
a gospel medical missionary
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ministry in Huntingdon,
TN, where he is the speaker
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and director... I think
for something like 38 years.
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Is that right? Yes. Well
we're glad you're here today.
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Welcome to the program.
Oh, good to be here again.
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Oh, we're glad you're here.
And joining us today also is
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Dr. Camille Clark who
is specializing in internal
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medicine. Thank you
for being here today.
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Thanks for having me. We're
going to talk about stress.
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We are. We're going to
talk about stress! We are.
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You're not
stressed out, are you?
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Look at that smile on
her face. She can't be...
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There might be stress
but therefore she is doing
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a good job handling that stress.
That's right! That's right!
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Now I want to do something
a little different today.
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I want to start
out by showing a video
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that really puts into
perspective what stress is.
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How it affects the body. So
we're going to run that video
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and then we're going to
go check in with Sickness
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where he is.
Let's roll the video.
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Your body: stress
affects everything within us.
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Look at what stress does.
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You know stress is one of
those things that oftentimes
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starts in the brain.
Your hypothalamus signals your
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pituitary. The pituitary then
signals something called your
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adrenal glands. Your adrenal
glands live above your kidneys
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and they release
something called epinephrine
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as well as other stress
hormones commonly thought of as
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adrenaline. Adrenaline
then affects your liver
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because your liver wants to
increase the amount of glucose
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in your system. What also
happens with stress hormones
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is your heart beats faster.
Your blood pressure goes up,
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over time increasing
your risk for heart attacks,
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strokes... very
dangerous things.
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But you know what? It doesn't
just affect your cardiovascular
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system. It also increases in-
flammation throughout your body
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including in your arteries.
You know what? It even affects
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people's
breathing... hyperventilation
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and other things when
you become too stressed.
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So hey, what
about your GI tract?
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People can have nausea,
vomiting, stress ulcers.
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I know some people
that when they get stressed
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they actually develop
constipation or diarrhea.
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So what you're looking
at there is an animation
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of every single essential
organ system in the body
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being affected by
something called stress.
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And when 80% of Americans
report feeling stress in their
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lives or being overstressed
this is a major problem!
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A major problem. Hmm.
Doctors: most people don't know
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that stress impacts the body
in such a universal way as this,
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do they? That's
true... very true.
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Well... go ahead. And you find
that most of us don't realize
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that probably 9/10 of
our sickness is the result of
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probably not knowing
how to manage stress.
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It might not be an initiator
of sickness but a promoter.
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It might accompany
like improper eating...
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stress added to that. And so
we do not address those things.
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We might address maybe the
physiological aspect of sickness
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but never the emotions
and the mental disposition
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that it has upon our health.
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Well, we're going to talk about
that because we're going to look
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at all the various health
laws as we call them - um-hmm -
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that can... when you
violate them, when you don't do
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them or do too much or
you're intemperate or whatever
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how it will bring on
stress. Before we get into that
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we want to see
how in a practical way
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how Sickness might be
stressing someone out.
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So let's turn to the monitor
and see what's going on there.
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Hello Rico. I'm here
in the office of a great
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stress candidate. You know
the thing I love about stress
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is that just about
anything can trigger it...
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especially all these
noises and confusion.
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Notice how it works, like when
something falls on the floor
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and breaks.
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Yeah... or all
these phones going off.
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Just ringing and
ringing. It's bill collectors
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and telemarketers.
Oh! You're stressing out!
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Oh by the way,
her boss just called.
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He needs a report on his
desk by the end of the day
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or else. Imagine
that for stress. Oh-ho...
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You need something to
eat: some comfort food
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right about now like
some fast food or a candy bar.
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But you and I know a
little sugar... that'll just add
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to her stress level.
Um-hmm... tastes so good.
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Last night she
didn't get any sleep.
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She was stressing about
what the day would bring.
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Oh yeah, you know right about
now you should get a workout in.
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Um-hmm. But you
don't have time for that.
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Look at all those
e-mails. Umm, keep typing.
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Give your fingers some exercise.
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You know, how about some water?
That'll help your stress level.
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Naah... let's go for
exercising with coffee!
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Mmm... I'm going to pour
you some nice coffee here.
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That'll give you the energy
'cause you didn't get any sleep.
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Now her nerves are
going to be wrecked.
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She won't just be stressed...
she'll be anxious, too.
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Back to you Rico.
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Wow... poor lady. You know, she
almost looked a little familiar
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to me. But let's
talk about this situation.
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Now she was - like most people -
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unaware of all of
these factors and how they
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were impacting
her... namely the caffeine
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that was also found not only
in the coffee but also in the
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candy bar. Didn't get enough
rest; didn't get enough sleep.
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Yeah, we're going to
talk about all that, but
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we want to just
kind of look at stress.
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Let's really break it down.
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What is stress? What is it?
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I'm glad you asked
that question, Rico, because
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stress is very common.
It's something that we all
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have to deal
with, all have to face.
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We have something
called stress sores.
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So as was mentioned
before there are a lot of things
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in our lives
that can cause stress.
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It can be family; it
can be responsibilities;
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it can be job; it can
be finances... deadlines.
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And stress is
actually our reaction to it.
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And even going back to the
video there, they mentioned
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what happens in the body
on a physiological level when
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you are stressed out. So your
heart pumps faster - um-hmm -
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trying to deliver
blood. Your GI system is
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not stopping to digest because
there are more important things
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to take care of right now.
You don't need to be eating your
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food but you need to
be utilizing your energy.
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So there are
positive reactions to stress
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and negative
reactions to stress.
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For instance, if a bear
comes out when you're walking
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on the hill, is that
time to relax? Take it easy?
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It's time to run!
It's time to run or fight.
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That's right! That's what
you're referring to: the fight
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or flight response. Absolutely,
the sympathetic response.
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That's a sympathetic
response. Absolutely!
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So in that moment your
heart's beating faster,
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your digestive system
cooling down a little bit
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so that you can deal with
that immediate... Get a rush of
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adrenaline. Absolutely.
So you need that adrenaline;
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you need that epinephrine.
You need all of that to react.
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But the danger comes in
when you're dealing with that
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on a constant basis
- on a constant basis -
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and it's having a
continual effect on your body
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and wearing out your system
and you're keeping on going
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and not taking that time to
rest, to relax, to rejuvenate.
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'Cause our bodies were not
made to continually be under
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that amount of stress.
That's right. You know, what's
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interesting is that
you talk about the bear.
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I won't tell the story now
but there was one time that
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that I was on a hike
and I was chased by a bear.
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And I know a little something
about adrenaline coming
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about adrenaline coming out
of your system and just going
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out of your system and
just going through your system -
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right - so that you can run.
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Now I'm here today
because of adrenaline.
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Now I don't want to hold you
to that, but you know, I've done
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a little research on bears
here and I heard that they can
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in a straight line they
can run the speed 19.6 seconds.
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That's right, that's
right... but you know what?
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There's something
called angels. OK, come on now.
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So I had a little bit... I had
some double aid: a little bit
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of adrenaline and some angels.
That's right. So let's continue
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on with this discussion.
So very excellent point about
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what really is happening.
So stress is something that is
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usable. It's good for the
body; it's something that we all
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experience. In fact, stress
is... It happens when we're
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lifting weights, right?
There's tension, stress upon
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the muscles to
develop muscle strength.
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It's valuable in one sense
that if you're going to develop
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mental power you've
got to tax you mind.
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Um-hmm. In a spiritual sense,
trials and tests bring about
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developing character. Ah-ha!
And so when a woman is about
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ready to bring forth a
child there's stress there
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in the labor. She
can testify to that.
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No... I can't testify.
I've seen it... I've seen it.
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In the hospital you've seen it?
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OK... but stress is valuable
and as mentioned it can be
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also adverse. And one of the
things that I understand with
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stress: stress becomes dangerous
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when it exceeds
my ability to respond
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constructively. Yeah.
So... the intensity of it
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and the duration of it. And
so if it exceeds my capacity
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to respond... As doc
mentioned, the stressors.
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Say you've been working
for 24 years. You've still got
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a mortgage on your house.
All of a sudden you're laid off.
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Ah, yes. All
right... that's stress.
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You've been off for
about a year... two years.
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You know, that's the
duration... intensity.
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So how we respond to
that will determine the impact
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stress has on my life. Do
you follow what I'm saying?
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I follow what you're
saying. Now there is a landmark
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experiment and I've heard
- you've shared this before -
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of the cat. Because Dr. Clark
mentioned that our digestive
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system goes into like...
almost like a hibernation -
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that's right - it
stops while there is stress.
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That's right. Now what
is this thing with the cat?
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The cat... and I coin that...
it's pinching the cat's tail.
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Um-hmm. And there's a
doctor from Harvard University
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did research on how stress
impacts the digestive system.
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This was in the late 1950's etc.
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So what they did with this
cat: they surgically inserted a
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x- ray machine into the cat
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to monitor the
flow of digestion.
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So while the cat was
eating calmly and purring
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digestion flowed smoothly.
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Then the doctor went over
and pinched the cat's tail
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and the cat became
angry in feline fashion.
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So that immediately
stopped digestion. Um-hmm.
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And so as the cat was calmed
down then digestion flowed back.
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So what he was trying
to determine: how stress,
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worry, anger, can interfere
with the flow of even digestion.
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Even the best diet. I
mean, you can be on the best
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organic, plant-based diet
which I'm not knocking that -
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praise God for it - and your
body is on unmanageable stress
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that food will
ferment in your system...
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therefore producing toxins
or poisons. Auto-intoxication.
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Auto-intoxication... stress!
And so this is why we have to
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be very mindful how to
address the impact of stress
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upon our lives. So I
like what you just said.
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You said even though the
food that you may be eating
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is good food - um-hmm - how-
ever, when this particular food
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is being taken in while
there is stress - that's right -
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I always like to say
eating is sacred. Yes!
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In other words, you don't eat
while you're actually writing
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bills. That's a good
point. Right? That's right.
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Or while you're
angry. Or while you're angry.
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Or you don't sit down and eat
and have a conversation about
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something that is going to cause
stress because you will not
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benefit from that wonderful
meal that you're having.
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Is that right? I call it
"pinching my tail. " Rico!
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Mr. Sickness again.
Hold on a second. Let's...
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We've got a perspective here.
What do you have to share here
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Sickness? Well, I don't know
if I'm allowed to speak since
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I'm not wearing suspenders
like the rest of you all.
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Anyway... So look, here's the
thing: people have comfort food.
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That's how we
deal with our stress.
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So now you're trying to
stress us out that we can't have
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comfort foods?
What are you saying?
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Now I know what you're thinking
out there. You're saying:
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"Yes! Comfort
food... we love it. "
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But we need to talk
about that, don't we? Um-hmm.
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Because when we're
talking about comfort food
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we're talking about things
that may even be contributing -
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that's true - to stress.
Sugar! Refined white sugar.
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Talk about that Dr. Camille.
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So... comfort
foods, what are they?
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Well for a lot of the ladies
out there it's some chocolate.
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Chocolate has a lot of sugar.
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And you're right: it
does make you feel good...
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for a time. But in terms of
the glycemic index, what is that
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doing to your body? It
gives you a temporary high
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and then what happens
afterwards? You get a low.
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Yeah. And so you're feeling
even worse than you were feeling
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before. So while a lot of
the comfort foods may give
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a temporary "buzz, "
the long-term effect is
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actually even worse than
where you started before.
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Wow! So in the video we
saw there with Sickness and the
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office worker, we saw that
she was having not only some
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sugar which has caffeine
in it - it was chocolate -
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Right? You talk about the
chocolate and the ladies, yeah?
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but also there was
coffee. Um-hmm. Caffeine.
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Caffeine. So she was
getting like a double express...
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of "express-o, " right?
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So we see that the foods...
What other foods are we talking
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about that can cause stress?
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Stress... As you
already mentioned, sugar is one.
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Sugar is one. Because
#1, too, sugar not only robs
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the body of B vitamins which are
also necessary to support the
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central nervous system. Calcium.
We find sugar turns to alcohol
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in the body so that means it
depreciates oxygen to the brain.
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And we find that outside of
sugar... You mentioned caffeine.
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The theobromine
that's within the chocolate.
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You find even fried
foods can suppress the body's
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receptors or stress receptors.
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You find that without food
dehydration does the same thing.
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We can go on and on.
Those are some of the main
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foods. Sugar... soft drinks!
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You know, these
beverages with carbonated drinks
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will also produce stress.
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So all of this attacks the
adrenal glands, the kidneys,
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the liver. These things
definitely impact the body
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to the degree where the
body's got to cope with it...
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body's got to adjust to
it. And I'm going to jump in
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real quick. What we're
talking about here is when
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you're eating processed sugar
you're walking around basically
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in a pro-inflammatory
state constantly.
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And if you don't believe that,
all you have to do is visit
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say an emergency
room after Halloween.
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When people have had, you know,
copious amounts of chocolate
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and white refined sugar their
immune system is suppressed
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and therefore
they end up being sick.
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There's a stress on the body
and they didn't even know it!
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That's true? That's right. Let's
talk about some other things.
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How about water?
You've got water right here.
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You drink too much water
and you get stressed out?
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Or you don't drink
enough... which is it?
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When you don't drink enough.
When you drink enough water.
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Right. Talk about that for
a second. You get dehydrated.
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The body is made mostly
of water, and so when it's
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depleted and
you're not replacing it
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then your body is kind
of out of balance - um-hmm -
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and so you do see the effects.
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I do want to go back a little
bit, though, to the sugar thing
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if that's OK just for a moment.
We talk about... so sugar's not
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bad. There are different types
of sugars. There are natural
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sugars, OK? There are natural
sugars in the body that are
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necessary for us to function.
If we need to fight or flight
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or do what we have to
do. Glucose! We need glucose.
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That's right. We need glucose.
That's what the body, the cells
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use on an individual level
to help you carry out whatever
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task. What we're talking about
are the refined sugars. Um-hmm.
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The simple sugars. The ones that
are not going to be sustained.
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Right... the added sugars
that are not going to sustained
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at a healthy level in your body
00:18:56.87\00:18:58.77
but rather is going to
give you that spike and then
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that downfall that's going
to cause a lot of the stressful
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reactions that
we're talking about.
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So I think it's
important to clarify, you know.
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Not all of it's bad, but we're
talking about the processed...
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the simple and the refined
sugar. Thank you for that.
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Thank you for that
because we would have had people
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leave here saying: "Wow! They're
saying you can never have
00:19:16.12\00:19:17.95
anything sweet! "
But you can actually have
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things that are sweet
obviously. We've talked about
00:19:20.42\00:19:22.66
that on another program.
We're talking about the white
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refined processed sugar
that is depleted of minerals.
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It's essentially
poison... it really is.
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But you can use
honey; you can use stevia;
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you can use maple syrup.
You can use different types of
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sugar. Cane sugar
that is not processed.
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That is a good sugar. So
thank you for clarifying that.
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What about exercise?
Let's go back also to the water
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situation - OK - because as doc
said a body's over 80% water.
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And we find that when
our bodies become dehydrated
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God designed the
body to compensate.
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And so the body will have to
take water from certain areas
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of the body. And
there's several areas,
00:19:57.93\00:19:59.56
and one of the
areas is the brain.
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The brain is 80% water.
00:20:01.26\00:20:02.73
And so we can end up with what
they call cerebral dehydration
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and that interferes with the
electrical current in our brain.
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And then also it
can produce depression.
00:20:09.57\00:20:13.17
Lack of water can also
facilitate depression...
00:20:13.38\00:20:16.08
memory loss. So water is an
essential for our body. Right.
00:20:16.28\00:20:20.18
Wow! Wow! Did you hear that?
00:20:20.38\00:20:21.95
We're talking about
water. Not having enough water
00:20:22.15\00:20:25.52
you actually can
become not only stressed out
00:20:25.72\00:20:28.82
but depressed. That's
right. And one thing that I say
00:20:29.02\00:20:31.63
Rico: if anybody
irritates you, provokes you,
00:20:31.83\00:20:35.83
take a water break.
00:20:36.23\00:20:37.97
Let's talk about exercise
real quick. Now exercise...
00:20:41.14\00:20:43.61
We realize that we
have to manage our stress
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because stress is natural,
right? But how does exercise
00:20:47.24\00:20:50.58
play into this? A lot of people
live sedentary lifestyles.
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They're just kind of in
front of the television.
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They're having their chocolate;
they're having their caffeine.
00:20:54.65\00:20:56.65
They're doing
whatever they want to do
00:20:56.85\00:20:58.22
and their body is
stressed. They don't know it.
00:20:58.42\00:21:01.22
And then they're adding
to it by not exercising.
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How does exercise play in? And
then I want to talk about sleep
00:21:04.33\00:21:06.19
so let's... Oh I
can handle this one.
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Yeah... I'll answer
your question about exercise.
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You want to talk about stress?
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You have to plan
to go to the gym.
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You have to get
dressed up to exercise.
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You have to actually go there.
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Oh man... you talk about stress.
00:21:20.94\00:21:23.11
Look, people walking these days?
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This is the 21st century;
that's why we have cars.
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Do we agree with this?
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You know, he makes
a really good point.
00:21:30.92\00:21:33.12
So... You're telling
me blue is telling true?
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That was a good point he made.
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It may seem like it's very
stressful to get dressed up
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to go to the gym to exercise,
00:21:43.40\00:21:45.30
but what actually happens
when you are in the process
00:21:45.50\00:21:47.90
of exercising is
completely different.
00:21:48.10\00:21:49.90
So the body releases natural
endorphins that make you feel
00:21:50.11\00:21:54.54
better and your stress is
actually relieved as a result.
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So initially it may seem like:
"Yeah, this is a very stressful
00:21:58.08\00:22:01.88
process that I have to
go through, " but I think
00:22:02.08\00:22:03.79
for a lot of us - that's
right - especially for me
00:22:03.99\00:22:05.85
you know as long as I
can get myself to the gym
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.92
once I'm there I
actually feel a lot better.
00:22:08.12\00:22:10.19
And you know what? You don't
necessarily have to go to the
00:22:10.59\00:22:12.46
gym. You don't have to go
to the gym! You can just take
00:22:12.66\00:22:14.06
a walk outdoors! Get out of
your house and go for a walk.
00:22:14.26\00:22:17.80
That's exercise! Instead of
fighting for that parking spot
00:22:18.00\00:22:21.10
close to the Wal-Mart entrance
00:22:21.30\00:22:23.20
park at the end of the
parking lot and walk there.
00:22:23.41\00:22:26.94
There you go! Instead
of taking the elevator
00:22:27.14\00:22:28.84
take the stairs. Take
the stairs! Take the stairs!
00:22:29.04\00:22:31.18
How about sleep? Does lack
of sleep, too much sleep...
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.32
can that stress us out?
00:22:34.52\00:22:35.85
A lot of people don't
know that when you actually are
00:22:35.88\00:22:38.35
on certain social media sites...
00:22:38.55\00:22:41.99
Two o'clock in the morning,
your body doesn't know it
00:22:42.19\00:22:45.73
because you should
be in bed sleeping.
00:22:45.93\00:22:48.16
It thinks you're
being chased by a bear!
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.40
Releasing cortisol. And
can that put weight on you?
00:22:50.60\00:22:53.70
Oh most definitely... yes.
00:22:53.90\00:22:56.20
The Bible tells us, you know,
it is not wise to rise up early
00:22:56.40\00:23:01.08
and stay up... Rise up
early and go to bed late.
00:23:01.28\00:23:04.08
That's right. You
give my beloved sleep.
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We find that sleep
is a recharging process.
00:23:07.32\00:23:10.59
Especially has impact
upon the nervous system. Yes.
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.15
And also there is a time
because during the daylight time
00:23:13.36\00:23:16.73
there's a neurotransmitter
called serotonin
00:23:16.93\00:23:21.46
that is synthesized
into what we call melatonin.
00:23:21.86\00:23:24.93
As the sun sets, you
know, it's time for us to rest.
00:23:25.13\00:23:28.50
So between certain hours our
body is producing these hormones
00:23:28.70\00:23:31.47
recharging our batteries.
Because, case in point,
00:23:31.67\00:23:36.08
you go home tonight,
leave your car lights on
00:23:36.28\00:23:40.28
all night, you understand.
The fact is you won't be able to
00:23:40.48\00:23:42.95
start the car because
the battery is drained.
00:23:43.15\00:23:45.39
And so sleep deprivation
definitely impacts our stress
00:23:45.59\00:23:49.26
level. Case in point:
during the Gulf War...
00:23:49.46\00:23:51.89
during the Gulf War
there is a situation called
00:23:52.29\00:23:55.73
blue on blue or friendly fire.
00:23:55.93\00:23:59.37
The United States Navy personnel
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.94
were mistaking their
own airplanes for the enemy.
00:24:02.14\00:24:06.98
They were shooting
at their own airplanes.
00:24:07.18\00:24:09.08
And this continued to happen
till they began to do a little
00:24:09.48\00:24:12.28
research and
assessing the situation.
00:24:12.48\00:24:14.32
They found out that the
personnel were sleep deprived.
00:24:14.52\00:24:18.29
Aah! Sleep deprived. It
affected their judgment.
00:24:18.49\00:24:21.49
Um-hmm. And so sleep definitely
has a great impact upon how
00:24:21.69\00:24:24.96
we deal with stress. So
in our own families we might
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.46
be doing a little friendly fire.
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.00
Friendly fire. We might be
arguing, fighting, shooting
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.80
at one another... and
because we are sleep deprived.
00:24:31.00\00:24:33.57
Well we're almost out of
time here, but, you know,
00:24:33.97\00:24:37.04
I think it all comes
down to do we trust God.
00:24:37.44\00:24:40.14
Do we trust God who told us
that we need to drink water?
00:24:40.54\00:24:43.21
We need to eat the right foods.
00:24:43.61\00:24:46.08
We need to get exercise.
We need to go to bed and
00:24:46.28\00:24:48.12
have our bodies function accord-
ing to the circadian rhythm.
00:24:48.32\00:24:50.89
Now there was a professor
00:24:51.19\00:24:54.06
who came into her class
with a glass of water like this.
00:24:54.26\00:24:57.53
And she said, you know:
"How much water is in here? "
00:24:57.83\00:25:01.06
And the took guesses.
Eight ounces; six ounces;
00:25:01.26\00:25:03.16
and various things like
that. And as she held it out
00:25:03.37\00:25:06.60
she said: "If I hold it for
a minute, what will happen? "
00:25:06.80\00:25:09.14
She said: "Well, you know,
my arm will get a little tired.
00:25:09.34\00:25:11.21
But if I hold it for an
hour what will happen? "
00:25:11.41\00:25:13.41
"Well, your arm will
start to get achy. You'll have
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.24
aching in the arm. " "But
if I hold it all day long,
00:25:16.44\00:25:19.28
what will happen? Well, the
arm will become paralyzed. "
00:25:19.48\00:25:23.35
And the point she was
making: stress is like that.
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.65
We have to... We'll have
it... We'll have stress, but we
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.42
have to put it down.
We have to put it down.
00:25:29.62\00:25:32.63
We have to manage
it and more importantly
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.56
we have to trust in God.
00:25:35.86\00:25:39.13
God has designed us
that if we don't trust Him
00:25:39.33\00:25:42.70
we'll stress out.
00:25:42.90\00:25:44.24
"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.44
and lean not unto
thine own understanding.
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.08
In all thy ways acknowledge Him
00:25:52.48\00:25:54.22
and He shall direct thy paths. "
00:25:54.42\00:25:56.95
That's Proverbs
chapter 3 verses 5 and 6.
00:25:57.15\00:26:00.56
Well this has been another very
informative program, hasn't it?
00:26:00.76\00:26:03.93
I mean, lots of
really good information
00:26:04.13\00:26:05.79
that I think is
going to help people.
00:26:06.09\00:26:07.90
No? Well what I
think is really fascinating
00:26:08.10\00:26:11.10
is that when we
trust in our own selves,
00:26:11.30\00:26:14.17
our own ways, and not God's
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.64
the human body is
designed to stress out.
00:26:16.84\00:26:19.97
We ultimately manage
stress by trusting in God.
00:26:20.18\00:26:24.35
So they say. Oh,
you don't believe it?
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.12
Of course I do but
haven't you learned anything
00:26:27.32\00:26:30.32
from me today? I really haven't.
00:26:30.52\00:26:32.22
OK. I get people to trust me
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and not what God has
said and then they get sick.
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I mean I really don't
know what I'm talking about...
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I just say stuff. But hey,
I call it planting reasonable
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doubt. That's my thing.
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And I call it sick.
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No, no, no, no... Sickness.
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Well you know
what? I can't deny that.
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You keep trying to cause doubt
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and I'll just keep sharing
the truth that leads not only
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to health but
also to eternal life.
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Look friends, we have an
invitation from a loving Savior
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who has said to us:
"Come, all who labor
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and are heavy
laden with burdens. "
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He promises to give us rest.
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In other words, trust
Him more and stress less.
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We can cast all
of our cares on Him
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because He cares for us.
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I cannot say the same
for the one who would want
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to cause you stress.
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Third John 2 says: "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
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and I'm Sickness. Maranatha.
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