Twenty-five percent
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of Americans have
high blood pressure...
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And 67 percent
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of those do not
even know they have it.
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That's why we call it
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"the silent killer. "
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We'll be talking about that
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in the next half-an-hour.
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I'm Agatha Thrash
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from Uchee Pines Institute,
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a Medical Missionary
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Training Institute...
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And we hope you will join us
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for this program.
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Welcome to
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"Help Yourself to Health"
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
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of Uchee Pines Institute.
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And now...
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here's your host,
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Dr. Thrash.
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Although more than
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60 million people
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in the United States
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have high blood pressure,
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only about
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a- quarter of those
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have their blood pressure
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under control.
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So,
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we need to find out
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how we can manage
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our lifestyles
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so that we can
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get the blood pressure
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under control.
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And I have with me
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Don Miller who is
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going to talk with you about the
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effect of stress
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on the blood pressure
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and how it affects the
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entire lifestyle.
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So, Don Miller.
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I want to say first
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as I talk about stress,
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that stress has been given to us
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by a very loving God
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for a very real purpose.
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I'll give you sort of a
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scenario that
happened to me not long ago.
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I was in the country of Zimbabwe
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and we were
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riding through a park
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called Wankee,
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and we came upon
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2 lions; a male lion
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and a female lion...
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...somewhere off the road,
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and it was very exciting
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to see these 2 lions there.
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But they were just
sort of laying there
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...I want to see these
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lions DO something.
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And so I decided to
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try to get them to DO something.
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And so I,
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rather foolishly
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got out of the vehicle.
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And, it's amazing
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what stress does for the body...
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how fast it make you move
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because when the haunches
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of that lion, the back haunches
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came up off the ground...
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I was in that car
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so fast,
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I couldn't believe it.
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And see, God gave us
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that reaction that when
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something happens,
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that we need that
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fight or flight
mode in our bodies,
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we've got everything working
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for that.
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As a matter of
fact, what it does
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it raises the blood pressure,
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it increases the pulse rate,
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it constricts certain things,
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your appetite shuts down,
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your digestion shuts down,
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your eliminatory process...
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you can't eliminate...
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all shuts down...
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Because everything is ready
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for that fight
or flight situation.
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Stress brings that on.
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And that's a good thing
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when you're
walking down the road
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and here comes a Rottweiler
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or you get out of your car
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and there's a lion.
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But what happens
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when you're
driving to the airport
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and...
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the plane leaves in an hour
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and you're going to be there...
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it's only 15 minutes away but
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then you come across
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stalled traffic,
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everything is backed up
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for as far as you can see.
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It's the same stress.
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Because what stress is
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is the internal reaction
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to an external stressor.
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And it's how you manage
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that stress that has
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everything to do
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with how you're going to feel
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and how it's
going to affect your
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blood pressure and your life
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because basically
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when people get into
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those situations,
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stuck in traffic,
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or not going to
make your appointment,
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if you do not know how to
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manage the stress...
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...we don't want
to eliminate stress.
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If we eliminated the ability
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to react to a stressful
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situation,
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we would cut out
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a large part...
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an important part of our lives.
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But how do we
manage that stress?
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So here you are...
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you're in the vehicle,
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you've got to get there...
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if you don't get there,
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you're going to
miss the airplane flight.
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So, how do you manage that?
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There are a number
of ways to manage it.
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1. Sit there and say...
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"Okay Lord,
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I'm really
going to be interested
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and see how you
work this thing out...
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...What flight I'm going to get,
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who I'm going to sit next to...
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...Why?
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Why Lord?
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am I going to miss this flight?
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Because He's in charge.
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If we could just understand it.
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He's in charge of
all these circumstances.
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Don't let yourself be a victim
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of circumstances.
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Another thing you can do...
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...car is stopped,
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traffic stopped...
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Turn off the car,
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get out, walk around
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your car a few times.
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We are told that exercise
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neutralizes stress.
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So get out there,
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and so some exercise.
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If you can't get out,
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just do some type of
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...now they teach
you in the airplane,
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some different exercises to do,
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DO some type of exercises.
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Do some isometrics...
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push here and push there,
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squeeze the steering wheel,
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Do anything because as we
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exert our physical
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forces,
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we lessen the
stress on our body,
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because as that
stress builds up,
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we are now releasing
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catecholamine's,
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different stress
hormones in the body.
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We've got to somehow let these
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things perk off
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by using them up through
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the exertion of our muscles
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in our bodies.
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And so when we
get into a stressful
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situation,
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let's not eliminate the stress
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because quite frankly,
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the crying child
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can give you the stress,
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the spouse sometimes
might give you stress.
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You can't
eliminate these things.
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What we have to do is learn
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how to deal with them.
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And as we allow
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God to be the
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One in charge of
our lives saying...
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"Okay, it
doesn't matter anymore.
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God is in charge. "
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And we have to also make sure
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we're not putting
ourselves foolishly
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into a stressful situation.
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The plane leaves in 2 hours,
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and we haven't
started packing yet.
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Now that's the
way I do things...
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but that's not good.
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It gives me stress I don't need.
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We need to be
packed ahead of time,
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leave in plenty of time.
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If you have done your part,
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if stress comes,
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and we learn how to manage it,
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God will do His part.
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And so,
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stress...
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it's a blessing of God,
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it's a blessing to the body
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and when we need it.
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But if we don't
handle it right...
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If we don't manage
it right through the
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exercising
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or completely surrendering
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the stressful situation to God,
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is going to cause some real
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problems and that blood pressure
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is going to rise,
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rise, rise...
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...perhaps sometimes
to the breaking point.
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And that's not
what we want to happen.
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So we need to learn how to
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let God
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shoulder those burdens
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and those
appointments, Dr. Thrash.
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Yes, very good counsel
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about stress.
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And I hope that
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some of these things
will be very helpful to you.
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Also,
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in the management of
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blood pressure, there are
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certain nutrients.
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And I have a
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graphic that
I'd like to show you
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about the nutrients
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that are involved in
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controlling the blood pressure.
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Notice first, "magnesium. "
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Magnesium has a relaxing
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effect on blood vessels,
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and that makes the magnesium
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so that just taking the
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magnesium alone
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can be very helpful.
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Magnesium in the form of
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Epsom salts is the cheapest form
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that you can get it
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but it doesn't taste good,
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so many people like to take
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it as capsules.
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Then we have "potassium. "
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Potassium is also
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very helpful in the control of
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blood pressure.
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Usually, we depend on
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foods for potassium.
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Sometimes
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some people do take a
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supplement of potassium
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but generally it's
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high potassium foods
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that we want to
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depend on for potassium
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because a little bit of
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excess of potassium,
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can result in some
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rather serious
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malfunctionings of the heart.
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Then another one is
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"Coenzyme Q-10"
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CoQ-10 is known
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as a specific nutrient
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for the heart.
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It also has some
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very good
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hyPOtensive effects
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on the blood pressure.
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So we like to use it
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for the blood pressure.
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We like to use
it for anything that
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has to do with the heart.
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It's also very good
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for a number of other
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health problems...
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such as cancer,
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and digestive complaints
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and in a wide variety of
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internal problems
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CoQ-10 can be useful.
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Then, "apples. "
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Apples have a number
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of what we might call
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phytochemicals in them
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and also pectin and boron.
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And all of these
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have a good influence
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on the heart.
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And so we can be
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thankful that
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the Lord has put
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these phytochemicals
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...a whole list of them,
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in apples.
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Plus pectin
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and boron
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that makes it so that
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an apple a day is very good
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for people who
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have high blood pressure.
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And many people
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who do
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some very simple
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lifestyle things,
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and also
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take these special
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nutrient supplements
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can control their blood pressure
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with nothing more.
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Now, not all
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blood pressure is
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the chronic maintenance
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blood pressure.
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There are times
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when the blood pressure
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goes up acutely
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and we are very worried
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about the person.
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In those cases, we need to be
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prepared to help
bring the blood pressure
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down right away.
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And I have with me
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Valerie Schreiber
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who is one of my coworkers at
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Uchee Pines,
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and also a health educator,
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and one of our instructors there
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who is going to tell you how
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she has had some experience
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with dealing with
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an acutely elevated
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blood pressure.
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Valerie Schreiber... Thank you.
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I had an experience
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not too awfully long ago
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in Romania
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where I was
awakened in the middle
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of the night
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with one of our patients
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at our Lifestyle
Center over there...
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whose blood pressure had gone
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extremely high.
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In fact, it was over 200
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the top number
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and the bottom
number was over 150.
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And so they said to me,
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"She's going to stroke
unless you know what to do. "
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So I jumped out of bed real fast
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and ran down to her room
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and we immediately
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set her up,
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put her feet into
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a hot foot bath,
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and I gave
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a teaspoon of
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Epsom salts
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which you just heard Dr. Agatha
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talk about, which is magnesium.
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Now, I gave a heaping
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teaspoon which
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would look something like this
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maybe even a
little bit more than that,
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and you just put it in the water
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and you just stir.
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Now it is kind of bitter...
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but let me tell you,
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when you are an emergency,
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you better drink it.
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So, you just drink it on down.
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Now, it will loosen your bowels
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a little bit but
that's nothing to be
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concerned about because
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it will relax the blood vessels
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and it will bring
the blood pressure down.
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And within about 15 minutes,
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we were taking
her blood pressure
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and her blood pressure
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was coming down nicely...
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and she did not stroke.
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So that was an
incredible experience for me.
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But I want to
show you some other
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things that you can do.
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You can put someone immediately
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into a bathtub
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and do what we call
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a hot half bath,
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so the water could come up here
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just about to your waistline
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would be sufficient
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and you just sit in there
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and I would
still, in an emergency,
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give some Epsom salts
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and the blood pressure
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will start to come down.
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However, if you're not able to
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do that and the patient
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is very serious
and really can't move,
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the important thing
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is to give them water
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about every 10 minutes,
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and have them drinking water,
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give them the Epsom salts,
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and sit them up
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if at all possible,
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have them sitting up
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and you can do a hot foot bath
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but there's one other
thing that you can do,
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and I'm going to
show you on Melissa
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as she gets up
here on the table.
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Let's say it's someone
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that is just
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on the verge of stroking and
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they're in bed.
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So I would immediately bring
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a hot tub of water
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and I would put their feet in a
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hot tub of water
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and I would elevate them
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as much as possible.
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I would put as many
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pillows as possible
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to have them sitting
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up as far as they can
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in the bed
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and THEN,
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I would get myself
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some towels and
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wet them real good
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in hot water
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and you can stick them in the
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microwave for a few minutes
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but if you're
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in a real crunch,
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and it's real serious,
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just get them real hot,
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wring them out
and even if you don't
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have time to
wring them out good,
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don't worry about that...
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Take the hot towel,
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and put it on her extremities
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just like this...
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and what this is doing, is...
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...her feet are
in the hot water,
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hot towels are on her arms,
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and what this
is doing is drawing
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the blood to her extremities
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instead of it going to her head
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and giving her a stroke.
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Now, one other caution
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here for those
that may have diabetes,
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you would do this
in a different way
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if they had high blood pressure.
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You would NOT put their feet
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into a hot foot bath
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because of their
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lower extremities not having
00:12:52.93\00:12:54.56
good circulation...
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cannot tell hot
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when the temperature is too hot,
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and various other reasons.
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But you can do this
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emergency treatment
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because many
people that are diabetic
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also have high blood pressure,
00:13:03.59\00:13:05.14
and they could get
00:13:05.17\00:13:06.29
into a crisis as well.
00:13:06.32\00:13:07.89
So you would do
the very same thing...
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You would sit
them up in the bed,
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give them Epsom salts,
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and you would wet the towels
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to put on both of their arms
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and then you would wet another
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heavy towel in hot water
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or microwave it if you can,
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and put it right
over the top part
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over their legs and the
lower part of their stomach
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And this will create
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the same effect
as the hot foot bath,
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and actually it will cause
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a reaction that will give
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good circulation to their feet
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so they will kind of get a
00:13:34.28\00:13:35.25
double treatment
there... Very good.
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These are very good
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treatments for people with
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an acute flare-up
00:13:41.90\00:13:43.23
of high blood pressure,
00:13:43.26\00:13:44.92
and I'm glad my granddaughter
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doesn't have one of
those acute flare-ups...
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this is Melissa,
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who is my
treasured granddaughter.
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With high blood pressure,
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we sometimes do
00:13:59.68\00:14:01.41
see people who get strokes.
00:14:01.44\00:14:03.44
I'd like to tell you a
00:14:03.47\00:14:05.06
case history briefly...
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A man named, George,
00:14:06.40\00:14:08.62
who had a stroke
00:14:08.65\00:14:10.02
and was unconscious for
00:14:10.05\00:14:12.04
a few days but he
could always swallow.
00:14:12.07\00:14:14.13
As long as a person can swallow,
00:14:14.16\00:14:15.88
you can manage a stroke case
00:14:15.91\00:14:17.67
without
00:14:17.70\00:14:19.44
the specialized nursing care,
00:14:19.47\00:14:21.38
and the specialized equipment
00:14:21.41\00:14:22.96
that you would
need in a hospital.
00:14:22.99\00:14:26.37
But if they cannot swallow,
00:14:26.40\00:14:28.31
then they need to have a
00:14:28.34\00:14:29.86
tube placed down.
00:14:29.89\00:14:31.43
Do not try to make a person
00:14:31.46\00:14:32.99
swallow... who,
00:14:33.02\00:14:34.40
it's obvious, cannot swallow.
00:14:34.43\00:14:38.22
So, doing so may
00:14:38.25\00:14:39.92
get materials into
00:14:39.95\00:14:41.71
their lungs which can cause
00:14:41.74\00:14:43.21
really serious pneumonia...
00:14:43.24\00:14:45.29
and may cause the individual to
00:14:45.32\00:14:46.95
lose their life because
00:14:46.98\00:14:48.36
of that very thing.
00:14:48.39\00:14:50.72
Now when
00:14:50.75\00:14:52.08
George had his stroke,
00:14:52.11\00:14:54.83
we noticed that
00:14:54.86\00:14:56.82
after a while,
00:14:56.85\00:14:58.03
he would begin to get a little
00:14:58.06\00:14:59.32
restless...
00:14:59.35\00:15:02.64
He was moving his arms
00:15:02.67\00:15:04.25
and legs
00:15:04.28\00:15:06.32
as well as he could.
00:15:06.35\00:15:07.53
He had a right-side
00:15:07.56\00:15:08.85
partial paralysis.
00:15:08.88\00:15:11.96
We could tell that he would..
00:15:11.99\00:15:13.09
"uhh" grunt a little bit
00:15:13.12\00:15:14.54
and was just obviously restless.
00:15:14.57\00:15:16.48
So we put his feet
00:15:16.51\00:15:18.44
in hot water
00:15:18.47\00:15:19.54
and we could see
00:15:19.57\00:15:20.96
almost immediately
00:15:20.99\00:15:22.13
that the congestion
00:15:22.16\00:15:23.34
that he would have in the veins
00:15:23.37\00:15:24.60
of his forehead
and the veins in his
00:15:24.63\00:15:26.10
temple and in his neck
00:15:26.13\00:15:27.55
that these veins
00:15:27.58\00:15:29.23
would become
00:15:29.26\00:15:30.68
much less
00:15:30.71\00:15:32.03
congested and
00:15:32.06\00:15:34.90
he would immediately begin
00:15:34.93\00:15:36.21
to get less restless.
00:15:36.24\00:15:38.02
And as we continued
00:15:38.05\00:15:39.84
with the hot foot bath,
00:15:39.87\00:15:41.02
he would very shortly
00:15:41.05\00:15:43.31
stop his movements at all
00:15:43.34\00:15:45.19
a peaceful,
00:15:45.22\00:15:46.87
relaxed
00:15:46.90\00:15:49.66
atmosphere would come
00:15:49.69\00:15:51.27
about the room
00:15:51.30\00:15:52.27
and about the patient
00:15:52.28\00:15:53.27
and we would all feel
00:15:53.30\00:15:54.63
good that we had
00:15:54.66\00:15:56.10
been able to
00:15:56.13\00:15:57.52
help him in that.
00:15:57.55\00:15:59.29
Now,
00:15:59.32\00:16:00.72
we approach
00:16:00.75\00:16:02.02
high blood pressure from
00:16:02.05\00:16:03.32
a great number of ways
00:16:03.35\00:16:04.72
and right at this time
00:16:04.75\00:16:06.62
Don Miller is going
00:16:06.65\00:16:07.95
to talk with you about
00:16:07.98\00:16:08.97
some other methods
00:16:09.00\00:16:10.32
that we use to
00:16:10.35\00:16:11.65
treat high blood pressure.
00:16:11.68\00:16:13.25
Don Miller.
00:16:13.28\00:16:14.55
One of my favorite ways
00:16:14.58\00:16:15.96
of treating myself
00:16:15.99\00:16:17.47
is by the food that I eat.
00:16:17.50\00:16:19.47
And, it's
00:16:19.50\00:16:21.13
almost a given that
00:16:21.16\00:16:22.32
if a person eats
the right type of foods,
00:16:22.35\00:16:24.51
they are not going to get these
00:16:24.54\00:16:25.84
wrong types of diseases.
00:16:25.87\00:16:27.27
As a matter of
fact, the Bible says...
00:16:27.30\00:16:28.85
"If you will diligently harken
00:16:28.88\00:16:31.00
unto the voice
of the Lord your God
00:16:31.03\00:16:32.36
and do that which
is right in His sight,
00:16:32.39\00:16:34.20
and give ear to His commandments
00:16:34.23\00:16:35.56
and keep of all of the statutes,
00:16:35.59\00:16:36.79
I will lay
00:16:36.82\00:16:39.13
NONE of these diseases upon you
00:16:39.16\00:16:41.23
which I have brought upon
00:16:41.26\00:16:42.56
the Egyptians. "
00:16:42.59\00:16:43.87
We look back in
00:16:43.90\00:16:45.31
antiquity to
00:16:45.34\00:16:47.17
the Egyptians...
00:16:47.20\00:16:48.46
they can take the mummies now
00:16:48.49\00:16:50.11
and they can do some
00:16:50.14\00:16:51.50
pathological studies
00:16:51.53\00:16:52.98
of their bodies
and they were finding
00:16:53.01\00:16:54.56
that they were
dying of the same things
00:16:54.59\00:16:55.56
that we're dying of today.
00:16:56.56\00:16:57.56
But God has said,
00:16:57.59\00:16:58.56
If you do what I SAY,
00:16:58.59\00:16:59.56
you won't get these diseases. "
00:16:59.87\00:17:02.12
And basically, He
gave us the diet in Eden.
00:17:02.15\00:17:03.67
He said... I want
you to eat fruits...
00:17:04.37\00:17:06.44
and then He
00:17:06.47\00:17:07.88
finally gave us vegetables
00:17:07.91\00:17:09.07
after sin entered,
00:17:09.10\00:17:10.13
but basically
fruits, vegetables,
00:17:10.16\00:17:11.94
whole grains, nuts and seeds
00:17:11.97\00:17:13.40
are the foods God has given us
00:17:13.43\00:17:15.00
to sustain the body
00:17:15.03\00:17:16.29
in a good and
healthful situation.
00:17:16.32\00:17:19.28
There are 2 types of nutrients
00:17:19.31\00:17:21.01
I want to mention right now...
00:17:21.04\00:17:22.36
One is omega-3 fatty acids,
00:17:22.39\00:17:25.41
and the other is
00:17:25.44\00:17:26.82
L- arginine.
00:17:26.85\00:17:28.29
These are
00:17:28.32\00:17:29.63
very nice
00:17:29.66\00:17:31.72
nutrients that
God has given to us.
00:17:31.75\00:17:33.70
You hear a lot about the omega-3
00:17:33.73\00:17:35.33
fatty acids.
00:17:35.36\00:17:36.33
You don't hear much about
00:17:36.34\00:17:37.58
the arginine...
00:17:37.61\00:17:38.58
but I'm going to tell you
00:17:38.59\00:17:39.56
a little bit about each
00:17:39.57\00:17:40.54
one of these things.
00:17:40.55\00:17:41.96
Basically with the
omega-3 fatty acids...
00:17:41.99\00:17:43.92
let me explain first of all
00:17:43.95\00:17:45.21
where you get the omega-3.
00:17:45.24\00:17:46.58
We always say...
00:17:46.61\00:17:47.58
Where do they
get the omega-3 from?
00:17:47.59\00:17:49.34
Basically, you've got this
00:17:49.37\00:17:51.72
fatty acid chain
00:17:51.75\00:17:53.39
and you have an alpha end
00:17:53.42\00:17:54.99
and an omega end.
00:17:55.02\00:17:56.42
The omega end
00:17:56.45\00:17:58.42
3 bonds up...
00:17:58.45\00:18:00.87
there is a double bond
00:18:00.90\00:18:02.50
and that's the omega-3 end...
00:18:02.53\00:18:04.59
that's where we get the omega-3
00:18:04.62\00:18:06.28
part of the fatty acid.
00:18:06.31\00:18:07.52
It's a very good
00:18:07.55\00:18:08.94
fatty acid for us to have.
00:18:08.97\00:18:10.73
It comes in lots of
00:18:10.76\00:18:12.29
different foods that
00:18:12.32\00:18:13.49
are available to us.
00:18:13.52\00:18:14.81
Now normally
00:18:14.84\00:18:15.97
out there in
00:18:16.00\00:18:17.60
the markets,
00:18:17.63\00:18:18.95
and in nutrition stores,
00:18:18.98\00:18:20.69
you will find your
00:18:20.72\00:18:21.92
omega-3 fatty acids
00:18:21.95\00:18:23.47
being sold as some
types of fish oils...
00:18:23.50\00:18:26.35
And whereas they are
00:18:26.38\00:18:27.85
high in omega-3 fatty acids,
00:18:27.88\00:18:29.80
they are also high in
00:18:29.83\00:18:31.37
biomagnification
00:18:31.40\00:18:32.69
and biointensification
00:18:32.72\00:18:34.14
because they are
swimming and living
00:18:34.17\00:18:36.19
and doing everything
00:18:36.22\00:18:37.60
that they do today
00:18:37.63\00:18:38.96
in polluted waters.
00:18:38.99\00:18:39.96
And so I tend to
00:18:39.97\00:18:41.33
stay away from
00:18:41.36\00:18:42.53
the omega-3 fatty acids from
00:18:42.56\00:18:44.58
fish sources
00:18:44.61\00:18:46.17
and go to the natural sources
00:18:46.20\00:18:48.04
that God has given to us.
00:18:48.07\00:18:49.35
Probably one of the highest
00:18:49.38\00:18:51.39
sources of
omega-3 fatty acids is
00:18:51.42\00:18:53.72
flaxseed oil
00:18:53.75\00:18:54.90
or just flaxseed.
00:18:54.93\00:18:56.49
It's a very nice food.
00:18:56.52\00:18:58.07
It's a very good food.
00:18:58.10\00:18:59.08
As a matter of fact,
00:18:59.11\00:19:00.22
not only is it high
00:19:00.25\00:19:01.53
in omega-3 fatty acids,
00:19:01.56\00:19:03.14
it's an anti-inflammatory.
00:19:03.17\00:19:05.15
Not only is it an
00:19:05.18\00:19:06.56
anti-inflammatory,
00:19:06.59\00:19:07.86
it's high in fiber.
00:19:07.89\00:19:09.18
So if you have a sluggish bowel,
00:19:09.21\00:19:11.23
if you have some type
00:19:11.26\00:19:12.58
of an intestinal problem,
00:19:12.61\00:19:13.95
taking flaxseed is
00:19:13.98\00:19:15.43
an excellent
00:19:15.46\00:19:16.43
solution for that.
00:19:16.44\00:19:17.59
Another nice
00:19:17.62\00:19:19.04
source of omega-3
00:19:19.07\00:19:20.23
fatty acids is walnuts.
00:19:20.26\00:19:21.67
I love walnuts
00:19:22.35\00:19:23.70
and they are very high
00:19:23.73\00:19:24.88
in omega-3 fatty acids...
00:19:24.91\00:19:26.15
especially the English walnut
00:19:26.18\00:19:27.44
and the black walnut.
00:19:27.47\00:19:29.08
But there are many, many foods.
00:19:29.11\00:19:31.16
As a matter of fact,
00:19:31.19\00:19:32.16
most of your foods
00:19:32.17\00:19:33.14
will have some
omega-3 fatty acids.
00:19:33.15\00:19:34.79
I have a little list here
00:19:34.82\00:19:36.27
with some that have it...
00:19:36.30\00:19:37.69
Canned spinach,
00:19:37.72\00:19:38.98
a very nice source of
00:19:39.01\00:19:40.40
omega-3 fatty acids.
00:19:40.43\00:19:41.67
Now people say...
00:19:41.70\00:19:43.22
"I don't like spinach. "
00:19:43.25\00:19:45.46
Children usually say that.
00:19:45.49\00:19:47.20
Well you know,
00:19:47.23\00:19:48.33
I don't know why they don't.
00:19:48.36\00:19:49.45
But when I was growing up,
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.01
my family had a little tradition
00:19:51.04\00:19:53.28
I had 3 sisters...
00:19:53.31\00:19:55.17
I have 3 sisters still...
00:19:55.20\00:19:56.84
and we would all sing
00:19:56.87\00:19:58.20
that little thing...
00:19:58.23\00:19:59.20
"I'm Popeye the sailor man"...
00:19:59.21\00:20:00.96
and then we'd say,
00:20:00.99\00:20:02.78
"and I eat my spinach"
00:20:02.81\00:20:04.02
and we'd pop it in...
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And it was such a joyful
00:20:05.10\00:20:06.11
thing to do.
00:20:06.14\00:20:07.11
And so if we make eating
00:20:07.12\00:20:08.09
a little bit more fun
00:20:08.12\00:20:09.63
rather than "EAT YOUR SPINACH."
00:20:09.66\00:20:11.12
we might enjoy
00:20:11.15\00:20:12.76
it a little bit more.
00:20:12.79\00:20:13.76
Almonds!
00:20:13.77\00:20:15.09
A nice source
00:20:15.12\00:20:16.80
of omega-3 fatty acids.
00:20:16.83\00:20:18.28
California avocados,
00:20:18.31\00:20:20.18
sweet potatoes, bananas
00:20:20.21\00:20:21.65
pretty nice medicine
00:20:21.68\00:20:23.65
wouldn't you agree?
00:20:23.68\00:20:24.65
I suggest we get on
00:20:24.66\00:20:25.91
omega-3's
00:20:25.94\00:20:26.91
because they are
all heart-friendly,
00:20:26.92\00:20:28.56
they are good for relaxing
00:20:28.59\00:20:30.35
the muscle walls of the arteries
00:20:30.38\00:20:32.42
and good for
cleaning out the cholesterol.
00:20:32.45\00:20:33.82
It will help your
cholesterol to come down.
00:20:34.38\00:20:36.19
L- arginine is
00:20:36.22\00:20:37.39
another one that
I want to mention
00:20:37.42\00:20:38.86
briefly today...
00:20:38.89\00:20:40.06
because it has a very nice
00:20:40.09\00:20:41.62
effect on the artery walls.
00:20:41.65\00:20:43.77
Basically,
00:20:43.80\00:20:45.93
your body produces...
00:20:45.96\00:20:47.88
basically your endothelium cells
00:20:47.91\00:20:50.10
on the inside of
your artery walls,
00:20:50.13\00:20:51.85
produce
00:20:51.88\00:20:53.53
a chemical called
00:20:53.56\00:20:54.88
nitric oxide.
00:20:54.91\00:20:56.61
It's not nitrous oxide
00:20:56.64\00:20:58.78
which is laughing gas but
00:20:58.81\00:20:59.94
nitric oxide.
00:20:59.97\00:21:01.04
The nitric oxide
00:21:01.07\00:21:03.01
allows
00:21:03.04\00:21:04.30
the muscle walls
00:21:04.33\00:21:05.58
to relax...
00:21:05.61\00:21:06.89
so they are not always tensed up
00:21:06.92\00:21:08.50
causing high blood pressure,
00:21:08.53\00:21:10.53
but they cause them to relax...
00:21:10.56\00:21:12.39
BUT as cholesterol
00:21:12.42\00:21:14.33
goes up in the body,
00:21:14.36\00:21:15.85
it sort of destroys
00:21:15.88\00:21:17.93
some of that
00:21:17.96\00:21:18.93
nitric acid.
00:21:18.96\00:21:20.30
As that nitric oxide is
00:21:20.33\00:21:22.23
being destroyed,
00:21:22.26\00:21:24.12
we produce more
00:21:24.15\00:21:25.58
of the nitric oxide
00:21:25.61\00:21:27.99
by the L-arginine
00:21:28.02\00:21:30.17
in those endothelium cells...
00:21:30.20\00:21:32.54
But pretty soon our bodies
00:21:32.57\00:21:34.17
become exhausted of the
00:21:34.20\00:21:36.08
L- arginine and
00:21:36.11\00:21:37.62
we can no longer produce
00:21:37.65\00:21:38.89
the nitric oxide.
00:21:38.92\00:21:40.41
So, we have to eat foods
00:21:40.44\00:21:42.14
that are high
00:21:42.17\00:21:43.31
in L-arginine
00:21:43.34\00:21:44.93
to help our
00:21:44.96\00:21:46.25
vascular walls relax
00:21:46.28\00:21:48.12
and bring down blood pressure.
00:21:48.15\00:21:49.38
And I'll just briefly
00:21:49.41\00:21:50.43
read off a list
00:21:50.46\00:21:51.71
of some of the
ways that we can get
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.26
our L-arginine.
00:21:53.29\00:21:54.26
I'll say, first of all,
00:21:54.27\00:21:55.52
fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, nuts and seeds...
00:21:55.55\00:21:57.58
that's a given...
you're going to find it.
00:21:57.61\00:21:59.25
But some very high...
00:21:59.28\00:22:00.58
as a matter of fact,
00:22:00.61\00:22:01.58
the highest source is
00:22:01.60\00:22:02.57
roasted pumpkins seeds.
00:22:02.58\00:22:04.83
I just had some of
those for breakfast today.
00:22:04.86\00:22:06.83
Roasted pumpkin seeds,
00:22:06.86\00:22:08.27
delicious food!
00:22:08.30\00:22:09.27
Soybeans, lentils,
00:22:09.28\00:22:10.83
red kidneys, baby limas,
00:22:10.86\00:22:12.73
almonds, brazil nuts,
00:22:12.76\00:22:13.97
all of these things...
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.25
are high in L-arginine
00:22:15.28\00:22:17.36
which is going to allow
00:22:17.39\00:22:18.51
your body to produce
00:22:18.54\00:22:20.13
the nitric oxide,
00:22:20.16\00:22:21.39
which is going to allow your
00:22:21.42\00:22:22.75
artery walls to relax
00:22:22.78\00:22:24.23
therefore, bringing down
00:22:24.26\00:22:25.73
your high blood pressure...
00:22:25.76\00:22:26.84
Dr. Thrash... Yes.
00:22:26.87\00:22:28.51
Want some medicine?
00:22:28.54\00:22:29.51
Oh YES...
00:22:29.52\00:22:31.24
Yes, a walnut
00:22:31.27\00:22:33.07
is very high
00:22:33.10\00:22:34.70
in a number of things.
00:22:34.73\00:22:35.87
It has the omega-3
00:22:35.90\00:22:37.42
fatty acids.
00:22:37.45\00:22:39.54
It has a very good complement
00:22:39.57\00:22:41.05
of a lot of minerals
00:22:41.08\00:22:43.27
and some very good B vitamins.
00:22:43.30\00:22:45.21
It's a wonderful food
00:22:45.24\00:22:47.44
and I much prefer to
00:22:47.47\00:22:48.89
take a pill that way
00:22:48.92\00:22:50.01
than from some
00:22:50.04\00:22:51.48
pharmaceutical agent.
00:22:51.51\00:22:52.67
Now there are some
00:22:52.70\00:22:54.34
other supplements that
00:22:54.37\00:22:55.54
can be helpful to you with
00:22:55.57\00:22:56.84
blood pressure.
00:22:56.87\00:22:57.84
One of those is "taurine. "
00:22:57.85\00:23:00.20
Taurine, which I will
00:23:00.23\00:23:01.91
show you on the screen,
00:23:01.94\00:23:03.48
so that you will know how
00:23:03.51\00:23:04.92
it's spelled...
00:23:04.95\00:23:05.92
Taurine has a number of
00:23:05.93\00:23:07.76
good influences
00:23:07.79\00:23:09.01
on the nervous system
00:23:09.04\00:23:12.02
and even in the growth
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.29
of babies' brains.
00:23:14.32\00:23:16.93
So, mother's milk
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.65
which is high in taurine,
00:23:18.68\00:23:20.01
is the best for the baby's
00:23:20.04\00:23:22.30
brain development;
00:23:22.33\00:23:23.58
whereas cow's milk
00:23:23.61\00:23:25.43
has almost no taurine in it.
00:23:25.46\00:23:27.14
So, that's a good thing
00:23:27.74\00:23:29.48
that we want.
00:23:29.51\00:23:30.48
Vitamin E...
00:23:30.49\00:23:31.75
can be taken up to,
00:23:31.78\00:23:33.40
say... 400 IU
00:23:33.43\00:23:36.02
a day.
00:23:36.05\00:23:37.02
More than that may cause
00:23:37.03\00:23:38.34
some problems
00:23:38.37\00:23:39.60
with the clotting mechanism.
00:23:39.63\00:23:41.12
And then vitamin C.
00:23:41.15\00:23:42.99
We have not always
00:23:43.02\00:23:44.18
thought of vitamin C as being
00:23:44.21\00:23:45.54
helpful to the blood pressure,
00:23:45.57\00:23:46.77
but recent studies
00:23:46.80\00:23:49.69
show that vitamin C
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.42
is quite useful in that way.
00:23:51.45\00:23:53.84
I like to get vitamin C
00:23:53.87\00:23:55.38
not from a pill,
00:23:55.41\00:23:56.70
but you may
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.33
want to use that if your
blood pressure is high up.
00:23:58.36\00:24:00.00
But I like to get
00:24:00.66\00:24:02.75
my vitamin C
00:24:02.78\00:24:04.37
from the foods that I eat.
00:24:04.40\00:24:06.24
And Valerie Schreiber is
00:24:06.27\00:24:07.83
going to show you some of these
00:24:07.86\00:24:09.28
delicious foods
00:24:09.31\00:24:11.24
that are high in vitamin C.
00:24:11.27\00:24:13.07
What do you have for us Valerie?
00:24:13.10\00:24:14.41
Well, right here I have
00:24:14.44\00:24:16.45
fruits.
00:24:16.48\00:24:17.69
Most people think that
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.33
"Oh, vitamin C
just comes in fruits. "
00:24:19.36\00:24:21.71
But vitamin C is also
00:24:21.74\00:24:23.17
in our vegetables.
00:24:23.20\00:24:24.17
And one of the
highest sources of vitamin C
00:24:24.18\00:24:25.99
happens to be right here
00:24:26.02\00:24:27.60
in red pepper.
00:24:27.63\00:24:29.15
This is one of the
very highest sources
00:24:29.18\00:24:31.07
of vitamin C.
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.29
Now, another place
00:24:32.32\00:24:34.39
where there is high sources of
00:24:34.42\00:24:36.00
vitamin C happens
to be in potatoes.
00:24:36.03\00:24:37.39
Now we don't think of that,
00:24:38.08\00:24:40.03
but in Ireland,
00:24:40.06\00:24:41.27
back in the mid-1840s,
00:24:41.30\00:24:44.50
they had an epidemic of
00:24:44.53\00:24:46.43
scurvy happening.
00:24:46.46\00:24:47.65
And they never had this
00:24:47.68\00:24:48.88
in the country before
00:24:48.91\00:24:50.19
until they had
00:24:50.22\00:24:51.51
a blight with the potatoes.
00:24:51.54\00:24:53.16
And then over 2 million
00:24:53.19\00:24:55.19
people got sick
00:24:55.22\00:24:56.51
and died of various infections
00:24:56.54\00:24:58.22
and diseases...
00:24:58.25\00:24:59.29
and they related it right back
00:24:59.32\00:25:00.88
to the fact that they were
00:25:00.91\00:25:01.96
heavy potato-eaters.
00:25:01.99\00:25:03.14
And really, around the world,
00:25:03.17\00:25:04.40
this is a staple in almost
00:25:04.43\00:25:05.73
every country
00:25:05.76\00:25:06.73
and it has quite a bit of
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.08
vitamin C and it is...
00:25:08.11\00:25:09.39
when you cook this,
00:25:09.42\00:25:10.63
even though you bake this
00:25:10.66\00:25:12.11
potato or cook it,
00:25:12.14\00:25:13.28
it retains at least 30%
00:25:13.31\00:25:15.16
of its vitamin C.
00:25:15.19\00:25:16.46
Unlike what would happen
00:25:16.49\00:25:18.17
in a fruit.
00:25:18.20\00:25:19.29
And so, you know,
00:25:19.32\00:25:20.29
God is so good to us,
00:25:20.30\00:25:21.27
He puts it just
00:25:21.28\00:25:22.71
the right way
00:25:22.74\00:25:24.13
in either fruits or vegetables,
00:25:24.16\00:25:25.75
and so we are better to eat
00:25:25.78\00:25:27.30
them more fresh or steamed
00:25:27.33\00:25:29.31
but those that we need to cook,
00:25:29.34\00:25:30.70
like a potato,
00:25:30.73\00:25:31.76
He still has it chemically
00:25:31.79\00:25:33.63
fixed in such a way
00:25:33.66\00:25:34.88
that we still
retain our vitamin C.
00:25:34.91\00:25:37.97
And so, it's also
00:25:38.00\00:25:39.89
in grapefruit juice.
00:25:39.92\00:25:42.07
It has a good quantity
00:25:42.10\00:25:43.63
of vitamin C in
grapefruit juice.
00:25:43.66\00:25:46.09
Tomatoes have
00:25:46.12\00:25:47.73
a good amount of vitamin C.
00:25:47.76\00:25:50.03
Kiwi has a real good
00:25:50.06\00:25:51.84
amount of vitamin C.
00:25:51.87\00:25:52.87
And believe it or not,
00:25:52.90\00:25:55.37
so does brussel sprouts,
00:25:55.40\00:25:56.92
broccoli, cauliflower,
00:25:56.95\00:25:58.88
all have a good
00:25:58.91\00:26:00.22
amount of vitamin C.
00:26:00.25\00:26:01.58
Now, a few other things
00:26:01.61\00:26:03.10
I'd like to just tell you about
00:26:03.13\00:26:04.52
vitamin C
00:26:04.55\00:26:05.70
is the fact that
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.53
it is also a decongestant.
00:26:07.56\00:26:09.30
You know how when you get a cold
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.48
and you get a stuffy nose
00:26:10.51\00:26:11.53
and you run out and you
buy all these antihistamines,
00:26:11.56\00:26:13.67
well, all you need to do is
00:26:13.70\00:26:14.83
increase your vitamin C...
00:26:14.86\00:26:16.40
Because vitamin C,
00:26:16.43\00:26:18.05
it deactivates
00:26:18.08\00:26:19.84
histamine in your body.
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.15
So the next time
you're congested,
00:26:21.18\00:26:22.59
just start eating some
00:26:22.62\00:26:24.30
fresh fruits of vitamin C
00:26:24.33\00:26:26.27
and you'll find that it will
00:26:26.30\00:26:27.57
decongest your head
00:26:27.60\00:26:29.40
and you won't
need to go out and buy
00:26:29.43\00:26:30.49
antihistamines.
00:26:30.52\00:26:31.49
Now vitamin E...
00:26:31.50\00:26:32.62
we'll talk a little
bit about vitamin E.
00:26:32.65\00:26:34.40
Vitamin E happens to be
00:26:34.43\00:26:36.07
one of the vitamins that is
00:26:36.10\00:26:37.53
ALMOST in every
00:26:37.56\00:26:39.15
common food that we eat.
00:26:39.18\00:26:42.39
It is high in abundance
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in your grains and wheat germ
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and nuts
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and seeds
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but it is also in vegetables
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It's in broccoli
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and it's in cauliflower
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as I have right here,
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and asparagus and
tomatoes and carrots
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and it is quite
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a bit in our
leafy green vegetables.
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And, as well, as it is in fruit.
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So you know, God is so good...
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He just puts everything
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that we need for
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life and health in all
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of His vegetables and
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fruit, and nuts and grains
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And if we learn to eat them
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properly this way,
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in the right fashion,
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and not overcook them
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and not put them in fat,
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we will have all that we need
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for life.
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And I see walnuts have
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shown up again...
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and sunflower seeds.
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So we can,
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with blood pressure problems,
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we can feel
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very good about
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eating these nuts and seeds
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and know that we have
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done something very good
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for the blood pressure.
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So, with these very
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simple things that we have
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the Lord has made it
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so that we are not
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powerless against the
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influence of the evil one
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but have His tools
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that we can work with.
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