Welcome back we been
talking with Doctor Neil Nedley
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and we talked in the
first half Doctor Nedley about
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caffeine and those high
caffeine drinks and if you miss
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that you need to come back
and watch that program again.
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It had very vital and
important information and then
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we talked about the importance
of vitamin D as it relates
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to longevity colorectal
patients, or cancer patients.
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How common is colorectal
cancer, isn't it like number one
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and number two? - it's
number two is far as cancer
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deaths are concerned.
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What you said was is that
if you have a high level of
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vitamin D, which you can
get either from supplements or
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from sunlight, if you
increase that you decrease your
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risk of dying even after
getting colorectal cancer.
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Exactly. - so it is important
to know what your level is
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you said there was a specific
blood test, what was it?
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25 hydroxy vitamin D level.
Really you would like to be
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50 or above on that level.
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25 to 50 you might be in the
medium part, but really to be
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in the top fourth people in
America you need to be 50 and
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above and that will extend
your life span significantly.
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If you are below 25 that is
when you need to start taking
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supplements in
addition to sunlight.
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So how old should you be
when you find out what your
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vitamin D is? Really
that is a good question.
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Researchers are trying
to get consensus on this.
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I don't think it's
ever too early to get
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a vitamin D level.
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It is so related to so
many health giving benefits
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that even if you are coming
in for a physical as a kid,
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if you get a 25 hydroxy
vitamin D level it could save
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you a lot of problems
down the road by getting
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enough of that vitamin.
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You know both of us have been
associated with the NewStart
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program at Weimer in California.
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One of the acronyms they have
is nutrition, exercise, water,
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sunlight, it is
very important then?
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Sunlight is very important,
it is actually emerging as
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possibly as important as
virtually everyone of those
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other natural remedies
such as nutrition and exercise.
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There are studies actually
indicating that vitamin D may
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be just, if not more
important than regular physical
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exercise. - so you probably
could do both because you
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are out in the
sun while exercising.
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Yes it, it is not that you
should choose one or the other
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really you can do
both and should do both.
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Well let's move on to another
study that you mentioned which
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is hip fractures and
recovery from them as it
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relates to social relationships.
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Yes, and we have a
graphic here in regards to that.
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It actually shows that
contact with friends is tied to
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hip fractures
recovery and I thought this was
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quite an interesting study.
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Elderly adult who
fracture their hip have better
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odds of surviving if they
have a little help from their
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friends, as the study suggests.
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Researchers found that among
a large group of elderly hip
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fracture patients, those
who had regular contact with
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friends in the weeks before
the injury were more likely
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to be alive two years later.
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What about
friends verses family?
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Well they did look at that,
family is important as well.
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If you have close relationships
with your family it does
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help, in extends
your life as well.
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But this study showed it
is actually more important to
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have close friends, and
this wasn't a very high bar as
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close friends were concerned.
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What they did is that they
took a look at patients who
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had seen or phoned a friend
at least once a day before
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the hip fracture and
compared it with people
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who have hip fractures
and hadn't phoned a friend or
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a least talked to them on
the phone, or had contact with
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them on a daily basis.
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They found that those people
were five times, five times
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more likely to die than
those who had daily contact
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with friends.
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So it's probably not a
good time to get new friends
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after you have a hip
fracture, get your friends now.
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Get the friends now.
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Try to avoid the hip fracture
to begin with, but this is
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an interesting study is
showing social relationships.
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Yes and we are social
beings and more studies are
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being done on social support
and social relationships.
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We find that they've play
a role improved mental health
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improves physical help,
but I never really anticipated
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looking at hip fractures.
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Let me ask you one other
question about this study and
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then we want to go
on to another study.
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Did they look at whether
or not the person called their
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friend or did the
friend call the person?
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No, they didn't. - so
what I would say is if your
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friend had a hip fracture
call them, go and see them
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and make them know
they have a friend.
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Visitation to your family
members what you would say
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is very vitally
important. - that's right.
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A few years back I looked
at another study of ministers,
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I was Pastoring at the time
and it just showed the impact
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in this particular study
of a Pastor going to visit
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someone and touching the
patient and praying with them.
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How powerful that was, this
seems to be the same kind of
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thing, same kind of things.
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It is important to go visit
the people and the sunshine
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band's of the hospital and
take some people to sing to
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them and talk to them and
not just once but everyday touch
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bases. - yes that is
right you can definitely help
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your friends and
acquaintances that way.
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Well let's go on,
pregnancy and high vegetable and
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omega-3 intake verses
allergies in children.
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Yes we have a study
published just recently from the
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Journal Thorax in June of 2008.
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We have a graphic on this
showing the Mediterranean diet
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in pregnancy does help to reduce
allergies in pregnant women.
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Women who ate a Mediterranean
diet while pregnant stave
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off not only allergies
but asthma in their children.
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So it not only helps them
it also helps their children
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to not develop
allergies and asthma.
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This is a problem that
is increasing in America.
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There is a lot more allergies
in children today than there
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used to be a
couple generations ago.
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So the Mediterranean diet
would be like, Hummus and taboli
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olive oil, what would you say?
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Well they actually took
a look at the ingredients
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of it, vegetables, fruit,
whole grain breads, cereals,
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legumes, nuts, olive
oil and omega-3 foods.
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Omega-3 foods can include
things like flax seed, walnuts,
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or healthy fish, clean
fish that are higher omega-3.
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This is not really a low-fat
diet, it's a low trans fat
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low saturated fat diet,
but it does have fats that are
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omega-3's. - Right and the
people on this diet ate less
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meat, less white meat, very
infrequently ate red meat if at
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all and had low consumption
of dairy products and eggs.
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So was much more of a plant-
based regime of Mediterranean
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diet that seem to
produce the benefit.
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So if you don't want your
kids to get allergies eat the
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Mediterranean diet or
basically almost a Genesis 1:29
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diet, the diet that is in
the early part of the Bible.
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Another study, or do you
have anything else on that?
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No, it just made a
significant difference.
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Okay another study that
you mention was longevity
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as it relates to exercise.
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Yes and this was a study
in regards to running and
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it took a look at
those 50 and older.
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So those that are
starting to press 50 take note.
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If you take up running
they significantly improve their
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chance of living a long time.
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So in other words 50 years
old, you haven't run before
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and you hear this today
and say I'm 49 and 50 tomorrow
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should they just go out
and start running or check with
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their Doctor,
what should they do?
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It really depends whether
you have a history of heart
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problems or not or if you
are at risk for heart problems.
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If you don't have a
family history of heart disease,
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you don't have high
cholesterol, high blood pressure
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you don't really need a
stress test, just go out
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starting running program,
just start judiciously lighter
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at first and then build
up where you are doing more
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miles and up to an hour a
day or a least a half hour or
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so isn't really
should be the goal.
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If you have high blood
pressure, high cholesterol,
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high family history of
heart problems, it's a simple
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thing to get a stress test.
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Go to doctor and get the
stress test and prove that
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you're going to be fine
on this running program.
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If so it will
definitely increase your risk
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of a long life.
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So again out there Weimer
in the NewStart program they
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have like 15 miles of
trails and that is exactly what
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they said, they
do the stress test.
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People that haven't walked
or run, or anything even for
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years, once they get that
simple okay they start walking
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and it is amazing what
happens in 10, 15 or 19 days.
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A completely turns people
around, this study seems to be
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indicating that the impacts
of running go far beyond the
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things we normally talk about
which is like losing weight,
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and all these other things.
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One of the other types
of studies bringing out?
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Well it is bringing out
reduced risk of heart disease
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significantly, reduced
risk of cancer which is also
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significant, and even a
reduced risk of neurological
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diseases such as
Alzheimer's disease.
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Did they say why that happens?
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I'm not sure of all the
reasons, exercise actually does
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produce some endorphins
and it does produce some
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anticancer chemicals.
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Even interferon is
produced with vigorous exercise,
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interleukins are produced
and these things can help
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prevent cancer and maybe
even help with heart disease.
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Of course exercise improves
insulin resistance and we
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know that is going to reduce
the risk of heart disease.
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It also of course is going
to help high blood pressure,
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if you have high blood pressure
one of the best therapies
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is to go out and get on a
vigorous exercise program.
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So what is vigorous
and what is not vigorous?
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Vigorous will be running,
this study was done on running.
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Not vigorous would
be just a mild stroll in
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the park you know.
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So some people say intermittent
training, or IT, is this true
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running to you a little bit
and rest, run little bit and
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rest. - yea run and
then walk really can be
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helpful, we went necessarily
recommend complete rest but
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running an then when you
are to the point of exhaustion
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go ahead and do a brisk
walk for maybe 40 seconds,
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less than a minute and
then go ahead and go back to
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running for again
less than a minute.
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This is a good way to
start out your running program.
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As you get more fit you
can run for longer periods of
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time and walk for
less periods of time.
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You just keep
building up and building up.
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Building up to no
more than 8 miles a day.
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No more than 8 miles
day? That is interesting I was
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studying the life of
Christ at one point and in this
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particular study they
took all of the distances that
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He had walked or whatnot
with His disciples and the
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average amount that someone
would walk in those days was
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like 21 miles day. -
yeah you can walk more
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than you can run.
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Not running these miles.
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What happens is when
you get more than 8 miles
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you increase the risk
of orthopedic problems.
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So you are going to end
up with knee surgery, ankle
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surgeries, stress fractures
all those types of things.
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Which cuts down the
amount of time you can run.
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Exactly. - we've been
talking with Doctor Nedley and
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talking about some fascinating
things on this program.
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Everything from high
caffeine drinks to looking at
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vitamin D, to look at what
foods to eat during pregnancy
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to decrease the allergies
in your children, and looking
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at of course now
running and longevity.
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Doctor Nedley we are
glad you are there any
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final thoughts as we close?
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Well what that study actually
showed was after 15 years
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15% of the runners had
died, and those who were not
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running 34% had died.
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And that's action after
19 years, so their chance of
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living to age 70 or
beyond was doubled by running.
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We are glad that you
have join us for Health For A
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Lifetime and remember also
we studied here to have a friend
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and maintain a
connection with someone else.
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We are glad you joined us
for Health for a Lifetime.
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