Hello and welcome to
Health for a Lifetime
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I'm your host Don Macintosh.
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We're glad
you've joined us today.
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Today in the studio
we're going to be talking with
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Dr. Neil Nedley.
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Dr. Nedley is a physician in
internal medicine, specializing
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in the organs of the body
and looking a little bit deeper.
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He's done some programs
with us before that many
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of you have enjoyed.
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Today we're going to be
talking with Dr. Nedley about
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health at all ages, is
that what we're talking about?
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That's right,
health at every age.
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Every age.
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We don't have to wait
until we're older to be healthy.
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We can start even
before we're born, perhaps.
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That's the whole point.
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Many people don't worry about
their health, Don, until they
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start aging and then they're
wanting to try to prevent
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disability, premature death,
and that's important, but really
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how well we're functioning
at every age is very important.
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If the child isn't functioning
well he's not going to be doing
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as well academically, not going
to be part of the family unit
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as well, and so it gets
down to children and even before
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as you eluded to.
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You're an author, you've
written several books that
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have been very well received.
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One is "Proof Positive" that
goes through some of the things
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that we'll cover today,
but you're working on some more
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material that will
come out in the future here.
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We're excited about that.
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You've also written
a book on depression.
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Now I want to talk about
this health at every age idea.
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When we talk about health
at every age, you've alluded
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to the fact that actually a
person's health starts before
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they have any decision making
process involved in that before
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they're even born.
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Before they're even born.
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Actually their health
can be dependant upon their
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parents' health at the
time they're conceived.
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Time they're conceived.
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So just when, so to
speak, they're a twinkle in
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their dad's eye
or their mom's eye.
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Exactly.
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People out there that
are beginning to think about
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starting a family or
they want that to happen
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especially they
need to listen up to what
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your about to say now.
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What are you going to tell us?
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The dad's health is actually
just as important as the
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mother's health at
the time they conceive.
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The dad's health!
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The dad's health.
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Now you wouldn't think that.
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Normally a dad just thinks,
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"Well, it's all
her, it's the women"
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That's right and it's all
put on her, she's pregnant, etc.
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But we have to back up from
the time the woman finds out
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that she's pregnant and then
all of a sudden she's interested
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in being healthy
for the baby's sake.
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We need to back up before
that and she needs to be very
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interested in her husband's
health if they are planning on
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having children and conceiving.
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So what should she be saying
to her husband about his health?
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What kind of things
does he need to be watching?
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Nutrition is an
important aspect.
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Actually it boils down
to just two large areas.
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The dad's health is dependant
on what the dad is putting into
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his body and what the
dad is doing with his body.
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What he's putting into his body
can have a lot of importance
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in regards to how high a quality
the sperm is that he is donating
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to the person.
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How often is sperm replaced?
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How healthy does he have to be
for how long before conception?
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It's about a week process.
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If you go back to the
forerunning of a sperm
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it could be even up to a month.
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But actually sperm is
turned over every few days.
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Really if he's planning on
conceiving, if he would change
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his life and get much healthier
for 30 days before conception
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he could do a lot of good.
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So slow down, don't go to
those fast food restaurants,
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so what kind of
things are we talking about?
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What kind of things
does he need to be putting in
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before conception?
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We're trying to
prevent sperm damage.
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The sperm is damaged by
what we call pro-oxidants.
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For instance cigarette smoking
has an increase risk of damaging
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the sperm and if the
sperm is damaged at the time of
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conception that baby may end
up with a childhood malignancy
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such as a brain tumor
or a whelms kidney tumor
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or even leukemia.
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All from cigarette smoke.
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All from
cigarette smoke in the dad
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at the time of conception.
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And is it them smoking
or even second hand smoke?
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Second had smoke can
play a role as well but more
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important is their own smoking.
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So stop smoking if you're
thinking about having a child?
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Exactly.
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All right, what else?
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In addition to that, being
on a high anti-oxidant diet
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can help prevent
that damage as well.
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High anti-oxidants, you're
saying that the sperm is going
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to be damaged I
suppose by what they call
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free radicals or something?
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Correct.
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Explain what a free radical is.
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I've always found
that term very interesting.
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Free radicals are
present in the environment.
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0-3 or ozone
actually is a free radical.
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It turns into an 0-2 and
then a free oxygen molecule
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that can produce a lot of
damage as it bounces around.
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So what can we do to protect
us against these free radicals?
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Well actually the study that
was done on preventing childhood
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malignancy, looking back at the
father's health showed that the
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amount of vitamin C he
was consuming at the time of
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conception was critical
in preventing the damage
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from the free radicals.
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So you mean at the
time of conception,
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that would be
like that month before.
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Exactly.
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So what, get a big supplement,
get a bottle of vitamin C
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and have it by
your bed at all times?
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That actually will protect
some up to 250 mg or more
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of vitamin C a day can
be protective for the sperm.
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But better than the antioxidant
pills in the bottles are the
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antioxidant
fruits and vegetables.
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And the fruits and vegetables
that are high in vitamin C.
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Because not only will you
get the benefit of the vitamin C
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but you also get the
benefit of a number of other
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antioxidants in those
fruits and vegetables.
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So let's take a look at those
and see what they would be.
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I think we have
a graphic on that.
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Yes, we have foods that
are high in vitamin C and
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fortunately
fruit is a good source:
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Broccoli, notice it says "raw"
the reason why is when we cook
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a vegetable or fruit
it will destroy about half
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of the vitamin C.
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And then we get into the foods
that are very high in vitamin C
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Brussels sprouts is loaded
with vitamin C, so much so
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that even if we boil Brussels
sprouts and destroy 1/2 of
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the vitamin C, we're
still going to end up with 98 mg
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in a cup of Brussels sprouts.
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Orange juice, notice
if it's fresh it's 124 mg.
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The ready to serve orange juice
that's sitting on the shelf
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in the grocery stores,
the vitamin C gets destroyed
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over time.
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Just a couple weeks on the
shelf and you'll have about 1/2
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of that vitamin C.
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You'll actually do better
in getting the orange juice
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from orange concentrate,
that preserves the vitamin C.
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Or if you do it yourself
and actually juice it yourself.
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So you can see, Don, that it
wouldn't be hard if you're on
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a diet particularly that has
more raw fruits and vegetables
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in them to be easily getting
your 250 mg of vitamin C a day.
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So if you're a wife and your
husband just really doesn't like
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healthy foods like this or
he'll eat whatever you make
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for him, it's a good time
for the wife to take the husband
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out to some kind of restaurant
that has all those things
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on the salad bar.
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Yes, that's right or just
go to the grocery store and to
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the produce section.
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That would be better
than most restaurants.
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I can just see it now,
all these young couples
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in the produce section, getting
their red bell peppers, kiwis,
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hey you know, Brussels
sprouts, I got to confess,
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Brussels sprouts, I really
almost loath Brussels sprouts,
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but now I know why they taste
like that, they're just like a
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vitamin C pill that's not sweet.
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I don't think this is going
to affect a global economy of
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Brussels sprout consumption
because I said this but...
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So all those
different things vitamin C,
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that gives us protection.
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Vitamin C protects the
sperm from genetic damage
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Anything else you
want to say about the men,
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these men that are
thinking about having children?
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You've told them they need
to step up to the plate and
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put the right
things on the plate.
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Anything else they need to know?
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The other thing is even in
regards to whether they have a
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job or not can be important.
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Well, these women watching
today are going to love this!
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"Get out there, get a job!"
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What does this
have to do with it?
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Actually studies show
that once a woman does conceive
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and is pregnant, if the man
is unemployed, she will have a
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marked increase risk
of pregnancy complications
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then if her husband is
employed in a work environment.
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Wow, so you need to get a job!
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Any kind of job? Wal Mart?
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In the study they didn't
look at the types of jobs.
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They just looked at
whither they had a job or not.
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So get a job!
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If you're thinking of
having... you know that's
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good sense any way, right?
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Because you're going
to have to support...
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You're going to have to
provide for your family.
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Probably that
increases the stress.
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I mean, hey, we've got
this baby coming and...
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Right, the
husband is unemployed.
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But actually, even if
they were on the state system,
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the state support system,
in fact the study was done in
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Scandinavia where if a husband
doesn't have a job, they're
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pretty well supported by
the more socialist countries
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over there.
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But even despite the financial
support that comes from
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unemployment, the study showed
that being employed dramatically
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reduced the risk of pregnancy
complications in the female.
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What about a person
who just can't get a job?
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And I should mention, to
clarify, that last statement
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I made; that's
employment of the husband
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Of the husband, not of the wife.
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Not of the wife, in fact we
can get into that when we cover
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woman's health aspect of things.
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So what if you can't get a job?
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I mean you really,
truly can't get a job.
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All these guys out there that
are doing this, their sighing...
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Well, that's a good point
because there are some things
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that man can do as well.
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Being supportive to his wife
during her pregnancy, not adding
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to her stress level, but
actually doing what he can
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to decrease the stress level
will help out significantly.
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Ok, well, is it... the men
are really miffed at this point!
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They got to get a job, they're
going to have to eat all the
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Brussels sprouts, you've got the
broccoli, anything you can do...
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Anything else about the men?
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They're beaten down now
but... anything else we can do
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to help them?
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Well, actually if they're
on a general exercise program
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during this time that
can help them as well.
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Actually, this is all
good stuff for you men,
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don't be feeling
bad about it, this is
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excellent stuff, actually.
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Should be doing
it anyway, right?
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When you understand that your
not only helping your yourself
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in this process, but
you are helping a little one
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for the rest of their life
in doing these habits it really
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takes on an added responsibility
and is an added motivational
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factor for the husband to do
what's right as he's planning
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on starting a family.
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The Bible says, "No one
lives to themselves," I mean
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what we do impacts others.
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I think it's a very profound
thing that you've brought to
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our attention because if
we thought that way more often
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there would be a lot
less problems of every kind.
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Yes, exactly.
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That's why things can be passed
on to the third and fourth
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generation and the
Bible also talks about that.
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I guess that's part of being
a man though, anyway, really
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a definition of being a man
would be someone that's going
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to take responsibility.
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Correct.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Neal Nedley.
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He's an internist
from Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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He's also a best selling author.
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He's written several books,
one called "Proof Positive" that
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deals with general
health of every kind.
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Another one, "Depression the
Way Out" and other books that
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are forth coming as well.
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We've talked a little bit
about the dad and conception.
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When we come back we're
going to talk about the mom.
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So join us when we come back.
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shed a few pounds?
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diet for most of your life?
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But not found anything that
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If you've answered yes to
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Welcome back.
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If you've just
joined us, welcome to
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Health for a Lifetime.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Neal Nedley.
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Dr. Nedley is an internist
from Ardmore, Oklahoma.
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He's also a best selling author,
writing books that can prevent,
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stop, or even reverse
disease if you have it.
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One book is entitled
"Proof Positive," another book
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deals with depression called,
"Depression the Way Out. "
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But today we've been
talking with Dr. Nedley about a
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fascinating subject
- Health at Every Age.
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As we've been talking with the
Dr. we've learned... well Dr.
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what have we learned?
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We've learned that health
even begins before we're born
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based on decisions our parents
make, our father and mother.
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And we were kind of picking
on the dads to start out with
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because they need to
take responsibility of
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eating the right things.
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And they really need to stop
smoking before the baby is born.
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It dramatically increases the
health and prevents childhood
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malignancies.
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You're saying at least a month
before conception so that it's
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not damaging the sperm.
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Correct.
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Ok, let's come back now... I
know that we've come down hard
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on the men but
what about the ladies?
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Do they have some things
they need to think about?
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Yes, they are donating
half of the genetic material.
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So what we've said about
vitamin C can also apply to the
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woman.
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Also, very important is the
woman's mental health during
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her pregnancy.
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Actually women who are more
stressed out, those that are
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involved in higher stress jobs
have about a five-fold increase
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risk in pregnancy complications
compared to women who are
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handling stress better and
not having all these stressors
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coming at them.
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Well, that kind of
comes back to the men again.
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For the ladies themselves,
it's good for them to be able to
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start saying, "No, I can't
do that"... it's ok to say no.
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It's alright to say, "No. "
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In fact, actually this is
even more critical during the
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first pregnancy.
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There is a complication that
occurs in one out of every ten
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first pregnancies,
called pre-eclampsia.
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Pre-eclampsia... I know that's
something... 'pre' means before
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'eclampsia' I'm not sure.
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What's this mean?
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Pre-eclampsia is a
condition of the placenta.
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Of course that supplies
the nutrients to the baby and
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filters things from the
mother and then supplies
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them to the baby.
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The placenta itself can
undergo some transformation,
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again caused by free radicals,
that actually threaten the
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health of the
mother and the baby.
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The mother will get high
blood pressure during this time.
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She will get a lot of swelling,
in what we call pitting edema,
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where if you press on the
ankle it will leave a pit there.
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A urine test will actually show
that she is starting to dump
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protein in her urine.
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And when those
three things happen,
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then that's pre-eclampsia.
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Meaning that if the trend
continues and the trend is not
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reversed, the woman
will go into eclampsia.
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The difference there is,
the woman actually seizes.
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She goes into a seizure
that can be life threatening
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to her and also
very life threatening
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for the unborn child.
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And all these can be prevented
by decreasing the stress
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and having the kind
of nutrition she needs.
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Exactly.
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Interestingly, women who
are not working, particularly in
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their second and third
trimester actually do better.
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Their risk is less
of developing eclampsia.
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And that underscores again the
additional reason why it would
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be beneficial for the
man to work during this time.
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Well, this is a big
thing, I mean there are so many
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single moms out
there, you understand that.
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What would you do
if you're a single mom?
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Well, there are some
other things you can do as well.
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First of all, it's important
for you to design your schedule
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and maybe say, "No," to decrease
the amount of stress the woman
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is having during the
time of the first pregnancy.
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But also important is her diet.
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Because if she is on a diet
that is high in anti-oxidants
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that can prevent the free
radical damage that occurs
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to the placenta that
sets this whole process off.
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I can almost hear a court case
coming up where someone says,
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"Hey, you made me work too much"
to their employer "and there's
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all these studies that say
that if I work this happens. "
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"So you should have let me
off work and you pay for this. "
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Well...
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You're not meaning to start
this revolution I understand?
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No, no, I'm not meaning to start
this, that would get into the
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politics of things, but in
reality, it would be healthier
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for the mom to at least not have
a stressful job during the time
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that she's carrying the unborn.
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Anything else that moms can do?
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Foods high in anti-oxidants,
that's critically important.
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Not only is vitamin C important
but also the total anti-oxidant
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burden, in fact there's
several nutrients that come down
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as being very
favorable in preventing these
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pregnancy complications.
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I think vitamin C
is an anti-oxidant.
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Vitamin C is an
anti-oxidant and that's one of
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the critical nutrients.
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In fact one of the
studies is being done currently
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is to actually even give
I-V vitamin C to the woman after
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she's gone into pre-eclampsia
to try to prevent the eclampsia.
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But the best way of doing this
is before you get pre-eclamptic
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to be eating those
vitamin C vegetables.
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But not only vitamin C, Don,
but also foods high in vitamin E
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Those are the two most potent
anti-oxidant nutrients that we
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consume is
vitamin C and vitamin E.
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In addition to that vitamin
B-2 or riboflavin is critically
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important and selenium an
anti-oxidant mineral that is
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present particularly in
whole grain foods is critically
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important in helping to
prevent this pre-eclampsia.
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Well, let's look a little
closer at a list of those.
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I think we have the
top 10 anti-oxidants.
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We have the vitamin C for
the guy and we need that for the
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gal as well, but we'll look here
and see what we have in terms
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of anti-oxidants:
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Garlic not only helps with
the anti-oxidant load but it is
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an anti-bacterial agent
and can prevent infections.
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Is it ok for a
pregnant lady to take garlic?
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Oh, yes, it's
actually healthy for her.
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It can prevent the pre-eclampsia
and other complications
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we've been talking about.
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Not just before conception
but it's ok, even if they get a
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little cold, to be taking
garlic during their pregnancy?
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That's right.
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There are studies indicating
that even garlic gargles can
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help when we have a cold
and things of that nature.
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I can see people rushing
to their sinks right now!
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Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!
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Getting these foods high in
anti-oxidants is good for the
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mom and for the dad.
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I mean I can see them all going
to the super market right now
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and getting all
those things together.
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What else can the mom do?
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In addition to that,
it's important for her to
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avoid toxins.
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She needs to
also not be smoking.
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Critically important, she should
not be consuming any alcohol
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whatsoever.
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Alcohol can play with the fetal
brain and can actually decrease
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the brain ability of that child
and that person throughout life.
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How about caffeine?
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Caffeine is actually
is best to avoid as well.
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There are a few studies
indicating that the higher
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the caffeine consumption
the lower the birth weight
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in the child and of course
the lower the birth weight
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the higher the complication risk
for that child throughout life.
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If the birth weight is
lower, does that mean that their
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head will be smaller and
the brain will be smaller too?
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Actually it does.
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There are studies indicating
the higher the birth weight
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the higher volume of the
brain and actually the larger
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the brain will become.
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Now that's up to a point.
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You can get too large.
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Like a diabetic baby?
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Right, exactly.
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That's not going
to be beneficial.
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For babies, particularly under
10 pounds, the closer we get
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to 8, 9 pounds babies actually
the healthier they tend to be
00:24:17.87\00:24:22.77
throughout the
rest of their life.
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So decreasing the stress, not
really working as much, at least
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the second and third
trimester, making sure they get
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anti-oxidants, making
sure they avoid toxins,...
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anything else?
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Well, one of the other
toxins that many of the medical
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associations are
picking up is mercury.
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The highest amount of mercury
in the food supply is in fish
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and sea food.
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Many of the medical associations
are telling pregnant women to
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avoid fish and
sea food consumption.
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So say goodbye to Red Lobster?
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That's right because mercury
is there and the mercury can get
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into the fetus, it does cross
the placenta and cause problems.
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What kind of
problems would it cause?
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It can cause anywhere from
infertility before they get
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pregnant to if they're already
pregnant causing even a higher
00:25:12.54\00:25:17.82
risk of depression in
the baby once it's born.
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Oh! Ok so the people out there
that are having problems with
00:25:20.90\00:25:23.22
fertility it might be good
to just say "no" to the sea food
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and go see some different food,
that being anti-oxidants, and
00:25:26.98\00:25:30.19
maybe they'll turn that around.
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Anti-oxidants and plant
foods that are high in Omega 3.
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You know we have this dichotomy
in fish where they have Omega 3
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which is beneficial, but in the
industrial society in which we
00:25:40.51\00:25:43.95
are living in today, a
fish is more toxin laden
00:25:43.98\00:25:47.18
than ever before.
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And so the answer to
that is to get the Omega 3
00:25:48.61\00:25:50.85
from plant sources.
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.07
Now do you have a book coming
out that's going to have all
00:25:52.10\00:25:54.04
pre-conception recipes?
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Yes, actually,
we're entitling the book,
00:25:56.26\00:25:59.72
"Health at Every Age. "
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You'll have that in there?
00:26:01.26\00:26:02.70
We'll have recipes
for pre-conception.
00:26:02.73\00:26:05.24
Oh, really?
00:26:05.27\00:26:07.02
Yes we are!
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And we are going to have
recipes during pregnancy,
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getting enough of the protein,
enough of the iron, calcium,
00:26:10.84\00:26:14.01
some of the other nutrients
we haven't mentioned here.
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And then getting even to the
health of the infant and child
00:26:15.90\00:26:20.51
and recipes for children.
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Maybe we could call
it February 14 foods.
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There you go.
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Valentine foods!
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Oh, that's
going to be excellent!
00:26:27.60\00:26:28.82
So we've talked about health
at every age, we talked about
00:26:28.85\00:26:31.03
mother, we've talked about the
father, what about grandparents?
00:26:31.06\00:26:33.87
Well, grandparents can play
a role too, because obviously
00:26:33.90\00:26:37.87
grandparents can influence their
children in eating habits and
00:26:37.90\00:26:42.06
their grandchildren.
00:26:42.09\00:26:43.34
Having a structured family
were there's support on the
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.97
grandparents side
of things is important.
00:26:47.00\00:26:49.31
I know I'm blessed by having
my mother-in-law live near by
00:26:49.34\00:26:53.53
and that's a great blessing.
00:26:53.56\00:26:54.81
I know you're also blessed
in the same way, aren't you?
00:26:54.84\00:26:57.08
Exactly,
mother-in-law and father-in-law.
00:26:57.11\00:26:59.34
To be able to have multiple
adults, the more the better
00:26:59.37\00:27:04.50
raising these
little ones is a real help.
00:27:04.53\00:27:06.28
It is a real help.
00:27:06.32\00:27:07.29
But interestingly, Don,
the mental health of the child
00:27:07.30\00:27:10.77
also has another dependant
factor, and that is that they're
00:27:10.81\00:27:13.84
being raised by
both biological parents.
00:27:13.88\00:27:16.12
So they need to be involved.
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.13
You don't want to
have the grandparents alone
00:27:17.14\00:27:19.24
raising the children.
00:27:19.28\00:27:20.37
Unfortunately we see
that more in society.
00:27:20.40\00:27:23.61
Studies show that if they're
raised by both biological
00:27:23.65\00:27:25.58
parents they come out healthier.
00:27:25.61\00:27:27.60
We've been talking
with Dr. Neal Nedley.
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.74
We've been talking
about health at every age.
00:27:29.77\00:27:31.42
We've focused on health
before the baby is even born.
00:27:31.46\00:27:35.01
There have been some
pretty practical things
00:27:35.04\00:27:37.29
coming out of this program.
00:27:37.33\00:27:38.43
Those men out there need to get
a job, they need to be eating
00:27:38.46\00:27:41.21
the right foods, and those
ladies need to be backing away,
00:27:41.25\00:27:43.97
all the different things
have been summarized here.
00:27:44.00\00:27:45.74
If you just joined us
you'll want to get this program.
00:27:45.77\00:27:48.26
It's something that has a
lot of real practical value.
00:27:48.29\00:27:50.74
We've been
talking with Dr. Nedley.
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.12
He's a physician, he's an
author, he's written some things
00:27:52.15\00:27:55.05
on many of these subjects.
00:27:55.09\00:27:56.08
We hope it will help you
and have health for a lifetime.
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