Welcome back!
We've been talking with
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Dr. Neil Nedley
from Ardmore, Oklahoma
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and also, now, he is
the president of Weimar
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which also has
the NEWSTART Program
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We're glad you're
with us. Thank you
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We were talking, before
the break, about vitamin D
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and you said everybody
needs to get that test. Yeah
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And then it occurred to
you and I, during the break,
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that maybe we should
talk about what a normal
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level for vitamin D is.
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Yes, you know, we
talk about cholesterol...
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The ideal
cholesterol is 100 + your age
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but vitamin D,
people don't know that.
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And for everyone, the ideal
vitamin D level is 50 or higher.
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...50 or higher Yeah
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And now, you don't really
want to be above 80 on that
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because too much
vitamin D can be a problem.
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That's why we recommend
you know what your level is
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and don't just go
out and take mega doses.
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It's not like vitamin C
where you can take huge doses
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and you really don't
have a lot of side effects.
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Vitamin D... you can get side
effects if you take mega doses
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So, you really want
to know what it is...
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50 and above is great
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Anywhere from 30 to 50
is fair, could be optimized.
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Below 30 is problematic...
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and if you're
below 10, WATCH OUT
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...There are going to
be problems facing you soon
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So, of some health-related cause
or another it's going to happen
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And so, you really need to know
what your vitamin D level is.
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So it's about the
same as on the highway...
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They say don't go lower than 45
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and don't go over
70... but 50 to 80
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Okay, that's a good
way of remembering it.
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You don't want to be hazardous
and get hit by heart disease
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or any of those
other diseases...
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so don't go too slow
and don't go too fast
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Next study... Bad childhood
experiences and drinking
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Yes, and we've underscored
this study that was actually
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done by "Emily Rothman" from the
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"Boston University
School of Public Health"
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This was
published in August 2008
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and it was a study of
3600 Americans, ages 18-39
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And it found that those
who had gone through certain
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negative experiences as a child
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were more likely to have started
drinking before the age of 15.
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So what were some of
those negative experiences?
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Well, it could
be sexual abuse...
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It could be living with a
mentally-ill family member...
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Substance abuse in the home...
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or parents
divorce of separation.
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And obviously, the
one that's most common is
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the parental
divorce and separation.
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A lot of times,
parents are making choices
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to suit
themselves in that regard,
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and they don't
recognize that their effects
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are manifesting
not JUST on themselves,
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but on their own children.
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In fact, I'd like to
underscore a couple of things
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in regards to this...
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When a child is not raised
by both biological parents,
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they have an
emotional hit that increases,
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particularly
under the age of 15,
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increases that child's
risk of becoming an alcoholic,
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increases their risk of
suffering major depression,
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increases their risk of being a
problem adolescent significantly
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And it doesn't matter what the
reasons are for the divorce...
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If you're not being raised
by both biological parents
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under the age of
15, it causes problems.
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And ANOTHER study,
interesting recent study,
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showed that 5
years after a divorce...
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many people think that it
would have been wise for them
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to stick it out.
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In other words,
they're no happier...
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In fact, if you take a
randomized sample of people,
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they're going through a divorce,
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and those who are
wanting to go through a divorce
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...but then work it out
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You'll find out the
ones who worked it out
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actually are happier than the
couples who decided to split.
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And often when
they decide to split,
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they think, "Hey, now
I've got all these options...
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I've got the plan in place"
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"I'm going to do
better this time"
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And, in reality, they don't.
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And so, that's
not saying EVERYONE
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should stick it out 100%...
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There are obvious cases where
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separation and
divorce need to occur.
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But I would guess
that for every 5 divorces,
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4 of them would have been
BETTER... by sticking it out
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And only 1 actually was, at
the last resort, best option
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Better not only for them,
but better for their kids,
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in terms of healthwise...
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MUCH better for
their kids. Um hm
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And you know,
there's something there...
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when the divorce
occurs, there's much greater
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likelihood that the kids
aren't going to be supervised
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in certain points.
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And, of course,
these other things are also
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associated with
lack of supervision...
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If your parent
has mental illness,
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that's often associated
with lack of supervision.
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If they have substance abuse...
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In other words, if
parents are drinking,
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or if they're involved in drugs,
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the chance of those kids being
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problematic are
GREATLY increased.
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So stay with your
spouse, if at all possible...
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and it will be better for
YOU and your KIDS... Absolutely!
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That's what I hear
the study saying...
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Published in
"Pediatrics" August 2008
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Physical frailty as
it relates to dementia...
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YES... and this is a
study that just gives a
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note for us to be aware of.
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And that is, a lot of
times when we think of
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Alzheimer dementia,
when we think of any other
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brain functions
going down with age,
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we just think
it's often mental...
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and it's not
really a physical problem.
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But, it actually does
relate as a physical problem.
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And it found... those
who are frail, physically,
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it's an early indicator
that they are developing the
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plaques associated
with Alzheimer disease.
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And these tangles start
to occur even before the
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memory goes down.
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And so, first often,
there's physical frailty
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and then Alzheimer's
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And so, if you know
someone who's aging,
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and they're
starting to get frail,
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that's a sign that you may
need early... or check them out
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Because if
Alzheimer's is diagnosed early,
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there are a lot of
things we can do now to help
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slow the
progression of Alzheimer disease
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and help this individual
out before problems occur.
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This was published in
"Neurology," August 2008
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So, if you, or someone
you love is getting frail,
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check it out... This is very
good helpful, useful information
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Well, let's go to the next one
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STRESS makes
allergies last longer...
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And it makes them worse.
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And it makes it worse... Yes
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And this was an
interesting study done by
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"Dr. Janice Glaser"
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She's a professor of
psychology and psychiatry
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at Ohio State
University in Columbus, Ohio
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And she reported this at the
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"American Psychological
Association" meeting
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in August 2008
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And what she found out was that
psychological stress and anxiety
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makes seasonal allergies
worse and linger longer.
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And so, it's not just the
season or not just the pollen,
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but your state of mental health
when that pollen comes on board
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...that has a
significant role to play,
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and it may even play a
significant enough role
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that if your
stress is ably coped with,
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that it can be good as taking
an allergy medicine for instance
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Fascinating!
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So decrease stress, and the
allergies won't last as long.
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Right, and they
won't be as severe.
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Just give us... like what are
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your top 3 ways
to decrease stress...
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Top 3 ways of
decreasing stress...
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Proper rest is a
very important way.
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Regular exercise.
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Exercise helps anxiety.
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It helps stress.
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Physical activity
is very important.
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And third, high
amounts of omega-3 in the diet.
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And I hesitate to boil it
down to 3 because there are
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other important
things such as...
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the spiritual aspect of life,
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and having an overall
meaning and purpose...
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That's probably more important
than the 3 that I mentioned.
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But.. yet, as far as
scientific studies are concerned
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the 3 that I mentioned are key.
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By the way, if you do all those
3 things with your kids too
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it decreases
their stress, and yours!
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There you go! Absolutely
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What about stroke
risk healthy lifestyle,
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and its relation to stroke.
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Well we've know for years that
healthy lifestyle is associated
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with reduced heart
disease, reduced diabetes.
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In fact, diabetes and
heart disease can be controlled
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90% and 80%, respectively,
by a very healthy diet.
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And so, critically important,
but stroke hasn't really been
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looked at that much.
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And this study showed that
a person's odds of suffering
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a stroke is significantly
reduced by maintaining
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several healthy lifestyles
which include... Not smoking
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Exercising daily.
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Consuming a healthy diet.
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Drinking alcohol either
in moderation or not at all.
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And maintaining
a healthy weight.
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So, those are 5 factors there
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And if you have
all 5 of those factors,
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and you're a
woman, your risk of stroke
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went down by 79% WOW, 79%
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And your risk of a
clotting stroke went down by 81%
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with those 5 measures.
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Now in men, it
wasn't as critical
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It was a 69% reduction
in other studies in men
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But this was a
"National Institute of Health"
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study... it was funded by the
Harvard School of Public Health
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I should say the NIH funded it,
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and the Harvard School of
Public Health conducted it
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And it was a study of the
"Health Professionals" followup,
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or that "Nurses' Health Study"
that we talked about earlier.
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So, what's the 3rd
leading cause of death still...
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in America? Stroke? Stroke, yes.
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And really, 69-70% could be
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avoided just by a
healthy lifestyle.
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Could be avoided
by a healthy lifestyle
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And the exercise was
30 minutes or more a day.
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Maintaining a
normal body weight.
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That means a BMI less than 25.
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And if you don't know your BMI,
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I encourage you to get
online and find out what it is.
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It's just based on
your weight, and height.
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Your BMI really should
be between about 19 and 25.
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It turns out
taking a multivitamin
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for at least 5 years also
reduced the risk slightly.
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And then, of course, the no
alcohol, or moderate alcohol
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And then the healthy
diet was higher amounts of
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fruits, vegetables, whole
grains, nuts and legumes. Um hm
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And lower
amounts of saturated fat.
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That seems to be the
answer for everything.
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I mean, just foods
as grown, exercise...
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These are pretty basic things.
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And so the real issue is
getting out there and doing it.
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The "American Heart Association
Journal - Circulation"
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published this August 2008...
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you can learn
more details from that.
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Dr. Neil, you have a
website drnedley. com
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drnedley. com where
all this information
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is kind of
catalogued, plus much more? Yes
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And you have a newsletter that
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could go out and tell
people more about this...
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That's right... It's called
the "Nedley Health Report"
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And, actually, you
can subscribe to it
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where it can be sent to you.
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We have at
least a monthly issue.
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Sometimes we put out 2
issues a month highlighting
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multiple studies.
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All the studies we
highlight have been done
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in the last few weeks... that
make a difference in your health
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We're really
wanting to highlight studies
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simple things that you
can do to change your life
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in a positive way,
and make it more abundant.
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So I would welcome
your subscription to the
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"Nedley Health Report"
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drnedley. com or, you
know, if they want to go
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to a great inpatient
place... newstart. com
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Right?
newstart. com that's where
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you can actually put it all
in practice all at one time.
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And experience that
vacation resort experience that
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you can get at
Weimar there in California.
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Well, thank you so much for
taking time out of your busy
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schedule... to
help us have a healthier
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lifestyle... avoid amphetamines,
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all these other different
things that we talked about.
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You're very welcome
and I'm certainly always
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glad to be here on
"Health for a Lifetime," Don
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Well, we thank you
for joining us as well.
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We know you
have a busy schedule,
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but we're glad you
spent this time with us!
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We hope, as a result,
you'll have health that
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lasts not just for
today, but lasts for a lifetime.
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