The silent killer
in the United States
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is still high blood pressure...
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and we are very eager
to have you understand
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as much as we can let
you know about blood pressure
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and how to control it...
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because very few
people who have hypertension
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in the United states know how
to control the blood pressure...
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even with medications.
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I'm Agatha
Thrash, a staff physician
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from Uchee Pines Institute,
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a Medical Missionary
Training Institution,
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and we'd like to invite you
to join us as we present this
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program on hypertension for
you in the next half-an-hour.
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Join us, won't you?
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Welcome to "Help
Yourself to Health"
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
of Uchee Pines Institute
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and now, here's
your host, Dr. Thrash.
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Certain segments of
our population tend to have
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more hypertension
than other segments.
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One segment is that
familial group like myself.
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In my family, we just
expect that almost everybody
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is going to have high
blood pressure at some time.
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Then, there are
the American blacks,
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they tend to be more likely
to have high blood pressure than
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other segment groups.
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So those of us who have a
problem with high blood pressure
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need to learn early in life
how we can take care of that.
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So, my husband and I
wrote a book called...
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"Natural
Treatments for Hypertension"
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and published it a
number of years ago showing how
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various natural things
can be used by people who have
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high blood pressure.
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And what we did was to
try to get everything that was
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applicable to a home
setting and put it in one book
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for the control of hypertension.
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So, we think that people reading
this could be greatly blessed by
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knowing about this aspect
of what is available to treat
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high blood pressure.
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We also feel that every person
and every family who has a
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problem with blood
pressure should have their own
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blood pressure
cuff and stethoscope and
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most of the time, you can
get this kind of equipment in
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a drug store, or a variety
store or a department store like
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Wal-Mart.
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You can get these for under $25.
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You don't need the
best quality of stethoscope.
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You can get a
stethoscope for over $100...
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but a stethoscope that
costs under $5 will usually
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do the job very well for you.
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What you need to watch
out for is that this tube
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right here, is sort of stiffened
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and is not flimsy and
that it doesn't make noise
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this one that has 2 tubes like
this needs to have some kind
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of stabilizing device
such as this one has...
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so that they won't flop together
like that and cause you to
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make an error or
cause you to hurt your ears.
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Now, the way to put
the stethoscope in the ears
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you would think that if
it points sort of towards you
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this way, that that
would be the way to put it in,
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but actually, you want the
ear pieces to point forward just
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a little bit.
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And so, often it
will come that way.
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If it does not come that way,
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then you should simply
take your thumbs and push the
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ear pieces forward just
a bit, so that they will
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fit better in the ears,
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because the ear canals
go upward and backward,
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not forward as one
might think and so it makes it
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easier for the person to hear.
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Then, also, don't put this
in your ears before you get
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this part positioned
under the edge of the cuff...
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Because if you try to slip
it under and this is in your
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ears, it will be like
loud thunder right in your ear.
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And, so you want to
protect your ears in this way.
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Then, of course, you can
get someone to teach you how to
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do the blood pressure reading
or most blood pressure cuffs
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come with some instructions
that tell you how to do
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your own blood pressure.
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Now, you need to know
what the readings mean.
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There are two
aspects of the readings;
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one is the systolic and I
would like to show you on the
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board, just what
these various things mean.
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Now, I have here
120/80 and these are
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the systolic and the
diastolic which is here.
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Now as you see
these, you may wonder
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what do these mean?
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Well, we recognize 120/80 as
being the upper limit of ideal.
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Now, you may find
that your blood pressure
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is different from that...
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But if it is higher...
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let's say yours is 140/80,
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you may worry just a little
bit about this higher pressure
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because it's making a
trend in a wrong direction.
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And while we would not
yet call this hypertension,
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we might give you some
caution that your blood pressure
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is going up.
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Because doubtless, it has
not been that all of your life.
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When you were a
child and maybe a teen,
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it was doubtless less than that.
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But now it's going up
and you can expect that
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little by little, it
will continue to go up,
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and the systolic will
also go up... perhaps to 90.
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Now some cardiologists,
would not even call
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this hypertension, 150/90, but
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we can say that it
is above the ideal.
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And what the researchers have
found is that at each level,
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as the systolic goes up 10
points, we find that there is
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a 15% increase in
the number of strokes.
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So whatever it is at 120/80,
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at 130/80, the stroke
rate will be about 15% greater.
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And at 140, the stroke
rate will be about 15% greater
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than it is at 130.
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Now admittedly, at these
levels we're not going to have
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much stroke at
all... either way.
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But just to know that we
want to keep the blood pressure
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as low as possible.
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Now there is another
thing for you to know...
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and this is a test
that you can make yourself.
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This is called
postural hypotension.
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That means your
posture makes a difference
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in your blood pressure.
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Let us say that
you're blood pressure is...
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we'll just say 150/90...
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and that's what it is
when you're sitting at a table.
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And then when you stand up,
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the blood pressure
cuff is still on your arm
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stethoscope is still in place
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when you stand
up, give a few seconds
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and then take the
blood pressure reading again.
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If it drops considerably...
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let's say it drops to 130/65,
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then we may say that you
have postural hypotension.
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Postural
hypotension is not a good sign
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in blood pressure readings...
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and so we want
to be careful about
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watching that aspect as well.
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Postural hypotension can
increase your risk of getting
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various kinds of
blood pressure problems.
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Now some people will
look at their blood pressure
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and let us say that
theirs is about 90/40...
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and they think... "Oh, I
have very low blood pressure
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that must be why
I don't feel good. "
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No, that isn't why
you don't feel good.
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There is some other cause.
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Most likely, it's a
very rare person who runs a
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blood pressure of 90/40
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or even less than that...
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...even 80/20, who has symptoms
from their blood pressure.
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If you are weak,
or you feel not good,
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with a low blood pressure,
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it may be because you
aren't drinking enough water,
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or because you don't
sleep enough at night,
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or because you are tense and
nervous, or you're high strung.
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But it's not likely to
be your blood pressure,
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not if it is a reading like this
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Let me show you why...
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We depend on the difference
between the systolic and
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the diastolic to help
us to have a circulation.
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So the pressure that
the heart puts on the blood,
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and the
relaxation of the vessels,
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will determine how
good the circulation is.
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So if you get a good
squeeze on the heart,
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and the vessels will
receive it very well,
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and pump it back to
the heart very well,
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you're going to
have a good circulation.
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And a good circulation
is what is required to
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make it so that you feel good.
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So let us define then,
what this difference is.
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It is called "pulse pressure. "
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Now the pulse pressure
determines your circulation.
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This pressure is what makes
the blood pass from the heart
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through the arteries and veins
and back to the heart again.
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And so, if you have a
very low blood pressure,
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don't feel that it is
automatically a sign of
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your not having sufficient
blood of sufficient circulation.
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Now one of the important
things that we find that a
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person has in the
control of the blood pressure
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is that of the
religious experience.
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And of course, the religious
experience involves not only
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church-going but also individual
Bible study and prayer,
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and meditation and transferring
your guilts and your
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stresses and your
dissatisfactions or
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whatever you may have
might be a negative emotion...
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transferring
these to the Lord...
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letting the Lord take
care of those things that you
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cannot change.
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Do not bear those
as your own stresses,
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but talk with the
Lord about those and
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and recognize that the
Lord wants you to be happy.
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The Lord wants
you to be healthy.
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And so, if your
schedule, or your surroundings,
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or the weather where you live,
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or whatever it
may be... your job...
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whatever it may be
that is a part of your life,
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if you cannot control it,
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you cannot change it,
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then you may pray and the
Lord is merciful and good to
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make it so that we are
able to have a reversal of those
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feelings of tension and stress.
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Now another thing that we can
do to make it so that we have
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better control of
the blood pressure
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is that of weight control.
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In the weight control,
there are only a few rules
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that we need to have so that we
can control the weight the best.
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And without any question,
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I tell you from much experience,
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my own experience, as well as
the experience of many patients,
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that you will feel more
comfortable with your food
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if you're a total vegetarian
and trying to lose weight.
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You will be able to eat enough
so that you are comfortable
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and you still can lose weight.
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So let me recommend
that you consider being a
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total vegetarian when you
are trying to lose weight.
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That means to use fruits,
vegetables, whole grains,
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nuts, and seeds.
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And that will be your diet.
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And the many delicious
things that we can prepare from
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these very simple foods
that God has provided for us.
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So that's one very simple rule.
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If you can't follow that one,
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then aim toward
it as much as you can
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with the expectation that
eventually you will try to get
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the whole way.
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The second thing
that I can tell you
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that will help you to be
comfortable with your diet
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and still lose weight is that
of free fats or visible fats.
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That would be margarine,
mayonnaise, fried foods,
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cooking fats, salad
oils and in the beginning,
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it would also be nut butters.
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That would be peanut
butter, almond butter,
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sesame butter, and any of the
nut butters that you might get.
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Nut butters have free
fats in them which are handled
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a little
differently in the body.
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Not in the chemistry of
it but it's absorption and
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and the way it's handled in the
intestinal tract and the liver.
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You can control your
weight better if you do not have
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these free fats.
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Now another thing that you
will find will help you with
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diet, is that of not having
a great variety at one meal.
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A great variety would be
maybe 2 or 3 main dishes,
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and 3 or 4 fruits or vegetables
or fruits and vegetables
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mixed at the same
meal, 2 or 3 breads,
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and 1 or 2 spreads.
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The more items
you have in a meal,
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the greater the likelihood
that you are going to overeat.
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Because you eat this
thing and you think...
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"Well, I'm not satisfied with
that... I'm not full with that,
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so, I will eat some of this. "
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And then, you want seconds
because you haven't had enough
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so you take seconds and seconds
of this, and seconds of this
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and seconds of this and...
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And you've had
much too much to eat.
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Whereas if you have... let us
say... 2 or 3 items in a meal,
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maybe plus bread and spread.
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Then you tire of that
article of food before you have
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fully filled up and
you just have to say...
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"I can't eat anymore.
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I'm going to have to
push away from the table. "
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So if you will
learn that simple rule,
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it's not very difficult to do,
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that simple rule will help you.
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Then another very simple rule...
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Nothing between meals
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and nothing after
4 in the afternoon.
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That means a 2-meal plan.
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Eat a good
breakfast, eat a generous lunch
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and no supper at all.
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Now most people
eat only 2 meals a day.
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Unfortunately, they
eat the wrong 2 meals.
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They eat lunch and
they eat a humongous dinner.
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And, we should have
dinner in the middle of the day
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and not in the evening.
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Lunch should
represent probably about 40%
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of what we eat in a day.
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Breakfast should be
maybe 50% of what we eat...
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and then if we eat
anything at all in the evening,
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it should be no more than about
10% of our daily food intake.
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And so in this way, we can
help ourselves very much with
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weight control which is
very important in the control of
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the blood pressure.
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Now I'd like to talk
with you also a bit about
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salt restriction.
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Salt restriction alone
can help many people who are
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salt-retainers to
have a reduction in their
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blood pressure.
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Some studies show that probably
about the ideal amount of
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intake of salt would
be about 500 mg per day...
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that's in all that we eat
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and that's not added salt,
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that would be sodium as it
occurs or salt as it occurs
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in our foods and many foods,
especially many vegetables
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are themselves high in salt.
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So we want to be very careful
not to overdo with the salt.
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A rule of thumb that will help
you to keep your salt intake
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below what we might consider
to be the therapeutic level is
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#1. No baked goods. Baked goods
all have some salt added to them
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unless they are
marked "salt-free. "
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Then, no ready-prepared foods...
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because all ready-prepared foods
also have salt added to them
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unless they are
marked "salt-free. "
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Then, no dairy products...
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because dairy products
are naturally high in salt.
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And if dairy products are made
up into some kind of prepared
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dish, they will also have salt
added to that too, most likely.
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And, so dairy products
are a problem for the person.
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And then the rule, no
salt added at the factory,
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no salt added at the stove
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and no salt added at the table.
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And with these simple rules,
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you can enjoy the
benefits of a diet below 500 mg
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of salt in the food
that we eat in one day.
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Now there are many other
aspects of controlling the
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blood pressure and Don Miller,
my coworker at Uchee Pines
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is going to help you.
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And I see him
bringing on a large pill...
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That's a very LARGE
blood pressure pill!
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That's my favorite pill.
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It's one of mine...
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If that will help my blood
pressure, I want to know it.
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You tell us about it.
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Okay, we'll talk about that.
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God has given us all of
the medicines that we need
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in the natural environment
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but I want to just
mention 2 things...
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Dr. Thrash has been
talking to you about salt...
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I want to give you a
personal experience about salt.
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A number of years
ago, I went to work for a
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number of Korean people in
the northern part of Georgia.
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And every single person in
this whole place was salt-free.
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The cooks cooked
salt-free for everybody...
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and I was part of the everybody.
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So every meal, I went down to
salt-free rice, salt-free tofu,
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salt-free everything.
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And quite frankly, I'll have to
admit, it was insipid at first,
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and was really hard to take.
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After the 2-week period of
time, with these people eating a
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total salt-free diet, I
mean it was salt-free...
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not one grain of
sodium in it anywhere...
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I LOVED the food.
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It was SO good.
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Then I got in my car
and drove back down to
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Alabama, to my home...
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got there about lunchtime.
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I had driven all morning.
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And, being a bachelor, I
went to a bachelor's favorite
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food... opened a can of beans,
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put them in my
skillet, warmed them up.
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Sat down, dumped
them on a plate...
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took one bite... threw
them all in the garbage.
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They were SO salty, I
could not stand them any more.
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It is a learned habit.
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It's and acquired taste
and we CAN break the taste.
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NO one needs that much salt.
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No one at all.
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And I want to give
one other exercise...
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Dr. Thrash talked
about low blood pressure.
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And in case the low blood
pressure is being caused by
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a disease process, and you
just don't feel good with it,
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if you feel good and
your blood pressure is low,
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let me give you
an exercise for that.
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It's a very simple exercise.
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Basically, you take
the palm of one hand
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and you place your elbow
in your hand and then you
00:19:51.70\00:19:55.87
put your arm on your
shoulder and you push,
00:19:55.90\00:19:58.62
like this and you do this.
00:19:58.65\00:20:00.92
That's a nice exercise
for low blood pressure.
00:20:00.95\00:20:04.29
Congratulate yourself...
00:20:04.32\00:20:06.18
that you've lived in such a
way to get your blood pressure
00:20:06.21\00:20:09.28
down low enough that
your heart is saying...
00:20:09.31\00:20:11.62
"I love living here.
00:20:11.65\00:20:13.12
I love working for this person.
00:20:13.15\00:20:14.76
I'm going to work
for a long, long time. "
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There are ways that we can
get our blood pressure down.
00:20:16.86\00:20:19.49
...One is by exercise.
00:20:19.52\00:20:21.13
Getting out there...
getting that heart working...
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see working that heart
out there in the exercise
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in the fresh air
and the sunshine,
00:20:26.21\00:20:27.73
lowers our blood cholesterol,
00:20:27.76\00:20:29.72
lowers our blood pressure,
00:20:29.75\00:20:31.29
strengthens our heart...
00:20:31.32\00:20:32.68
not just
strengthens the heart muscle,
00:20:32.71\00:20:35.28
but strengthens the
muscles in our arterial system.
00:20:35.31\00:20:39.38
And so everything is stronger...
00:20:39.41\00:20:41.21
blood pressure goes down.
00:20:41.24\00:20:42.65
We could also lower
the blood pressure by
00:20:42.68\00:20:45.09
staying out of
stressful situations.
00:20:45.12\00:20:47.25
And many times, we can't stay
out of the stressful situation,
00:20:47.28\00:20:50.52
so we have to learn how to
control or manage the stress.
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If there is something that
comes up that is very stressful,
00:20:54.07\00:20:56.90
either quit the
field... is one term we can use,
00:20:56.93\00:21:00.19
go outside, do some exercise
because exercise neutralizes
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stress... turn to
a different activity.
00:21:03.36\00:21:06.24
And if you cannot change it,
00:21:06.27\00:21:07.81
then resign it to the Lord and
let the Lord handle your stress.
00:21:07.84\00:21:11.31
That's the best way to
take care of your stress.
00:21:11.34\00:21:13.27
Sit there and say, "I cannot
control this situation right now
00:21:13.30\00:21:17.33
but I'm not going to let this
situation control me either. "
00:21:17.36\00:21:18.33
Relax... and let it go.
00:21:20.51\00:21:23.87
It will pass, believe me.
00:21:23.90\00:21:25.62
"This too shall pass. "
00:21:25.65\00:21:27.07
Other things we can do for
our blood pressure Dr. Thrash
00:21:27.10\00:21:30.29
talked about
lowering our salt intake.
00:21:30.32\00:21:34.03
There are certain foods
that we can take into our diet.
00:21:34.06\00:21:36.02
You've heard a lot about
things like omega-3 fatty acids,
00:21:36.85\00:21:41.30
and L-arginine.
00:21:41.33\00:21:42.52
L- arginine is a very nice food,
00:21:42.55\00:21:44.37
and I want to just explain
briefly about L-arginine.
00:21:44.40\00:21:47.95
It's one of the base elements
in the endothelial cells
00:21:47.98\00:21:53.31
of our vascular system
that produces a chemical called
00:21:53.34\00:21:58.71
"nitric oxide. "
00:21:58.74\00:22:00.60
The nitric oxide
allows the vascular walls,
00:22:00.63\00:22:05.39
the arterial walls to relax.
00:22:05.42\00:22:06.39
When they can relax, we
have lower blood pressure.
00:22:06.70\00:22:09.65
Trouble is... if our cholesterol
is high into our system,
00:22:09.68\00:22:13.49
it sort of fudges up that system
00:22:13.52\00:22:15.93
and the higher our cholesterol,
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.18
the faster it
destroys this nitric oxide.
00:22:18.21\00:22:21.84
Well, it destroys
the nitric oxide...
00:22:21.87\00:22:24.24
our endothelium cells
produce more nitric oxide
00:22:24.27\00:22:27.81
using up more the L-arginine.
00:22:27.84\00:22:29.80
Pretty soon, it completely
depletes the L-arginine.
00:22:29.83\00:22:33.35
And what do you have left?
00:22:33.38\00:22:34.62
You have no nitric oxide,
00:22:34.65\00:22:36.62
the artery walls become rigid
00:22:36.65\00:22:37.62
and they do not relax
00:22:37.65\00:22:40.64
and; therefore, we have
a higher blood pressure.
00:22:40.67\00:22:42.80
We need to eat foods
that are high in L-arginine.
00:22:42.83\00:22:46.33
And just very
briefly... what are those foods?
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.54
Fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, nuts and seeds.
00:22:48.57\00:22:54.79
Eat God's foods and you
will get enough L-arginine.
00:22:54.82\00:22:57.81
We find that even
with a high cholesterol,
00:22:57.84\00:23:01.50
if we are eating
foods high in L- arginine,
00:23:01.53\00:23:04.42
we will find that our
blood pressure goes down
00:23:04.45\00:23:07.75
because it still producing
enough of the nitric oxide
00:23:07.78\00:23:11.27
to relax the vascular walls.
00:23:11.30\00:23:14.76
There are other
very good foods...
00:23:14.79\00:23:16.16
and some of my favorite,
I've mentioned these particular
00:23:16.19\00:23:18.38
pills and I've brought
my favorite pill here today.
00:23:18.41\00:23:20.90
This is one of
my favorite pills...
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.36
it's high in potassium.
00:23:23.39\00:23:25.70
Potassium has a tendency
to lower the blood pressure.
00:23:25.73\00:23:29.53
There are many foods that
are very high in potassium.
00:23:29.56\00:23:33.10
I've sort of made a list here.
00:23:33.13\00:23:34.57
As a matter of fact,
they did a study in 1997...
00:23:34.60\00:23:37.20
basically, it wasn't a study,
00:23:37.23\00:23:38.63
it was a review of all
the literature on potassium.
00:23:38.66\00:23:42.45
And as they looked
at all the literature
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.66
about the effects of potassium,
00:23:44.69\00:23:46.37
they found that it has
an effect on lowering the
00:23:46.40\00:23:49.95
blood pressure.
00:23:49.98\00:23:50.95
All right, some of the
foods with potassium besides my
00:23:50.96\00:23:52.93
watermelon here...
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.05
fruits,
vegetables and whole grains.
00:23:54.08\00:23:56.12
Okay, great.
00:23:56.15\00:23:57.52
In particular, things like
apricots, avocados, bananas,
00:23:57.55\00:24:01.65
blackstrap molasses.
00:24:01.68\00:24:03.25
A good way to take
blackstrap molasses...
00:24:03.28\00:24:05.52
it is also going to
give you some good iron,
00:24:05.55\00:24:07.49
is take a spoonful,
put it in some warm water,
00:24:07.52\00:24:10.17
stir it up and drink the water.
00:24:10.20\00:24:12.09
You are going to be
getting plenty of the potassium,
00:24:12.12\00:24:15.62
and plenty of the iron.
00:24:15.65\00:24:17.09
Also, figs, dried
fruits, nuts and potatoes
00:24:17.12\00:24:22.52
and another one of my
favorite foods which is garlic.
00:24:22.55\00:24:24.98
Garlic is a good source
of potassium but is also an
00:24:25.01\00:24:28.68
extremely good medicine
for your high blood pressure.
00:24:28.71\00:24:32.30
You see... garlic has an
antiplatelet stickiness factor.
00:24:32.33\00:24:37.95
And that's what we want.
00:24:37.98\00:24:39.40
We have higher blood pressure
when all of a sudden, or
00:24:39.43\00:24:42.87
over a period of time,
00:24:42.90\00:24:44.56
our blood cells start to
aggregate or stick together
00:24:44.59\00:24:48.06
and our blood has to push
harder... the heart is pushing
00:24:48.09\00:24:51.49
harder to get this stuff up
through those small capillaries
00:24:51.52\00:24:54.19
and many times, it can't get
through the small capillaries
00:24:54.22\00:24:56.99
and parts of tissue die
in the kidneys, in the eyes,
00:24:57.02\00:25:00.92
in all parts of the body.
00:25:00.95\00:25:03.37
And so, we need to be
taking this garlic which has the
00:25:03.40\00:25:07.59
antiplatelet stickiness factor,
00:25:07.62\00:25:09.00
one raw clove a day will
give us all the antiplatelet
00:25:09.03\00:25:13.82
stickiness factor that we need
to keep our blood less viscid
00:25:13.85\00:25:16.93
and keep it flowing
through our bodies...
00:25:16.96\00:25:19.15
and I believe there is
something in here that keeps
00:25:19.18\00:25:20.15
the mosquitoes away.
00:25:20.18\00:25:21.15
So, it's a good food and I
recommend it to your palate.
00:25:21.92\00:25:26.90
Very good, the garlic is also
a good anti-mosquito food and
00:25:26.93\00:25:33.50
we want to let it be
exuding from the skin.
00:25:33.53\00:25:36.87
Now there are some herbal
remedies that I would like to
00:25:36.90\00:25:40.42
show you that can help in
the control of blood pressure.
00:25:40.45\00:25:44.63
Coleus is one of those.
00:25:44.66\00:25:46.56
Coleus forskohlin is the
very same little plant that
00:25:46.59\00:25:50.80
grows in pots.
00:25:50.83\00:25:52.34
Then Hawthorne berry...
00:25:52.37\00:25:54.14
Hawthorne is a relative
of apples and has a number
00:25:54.17\00:25:59.01
of phytochemicals in it.
00:25:59.04\00:26:01.58
Those chemicals that come from
plants... that have a beneficial
00:26:01.61\00:26:05.16
effect on the blood pressure.
00:26:05.19\00:26:07.17
Ginkgo.
00:26:07.20\00:26:08.37
Ginkgo is known for its benefits
to the memory but it is also
00:26:08.40\00:26:13.86
excellent for
the blood pressure.
00:26:13.89\00:26:15.69
Cornsilk and
watermelon seed and buchu...
00:26:15.72\00:26:18.46
these are 3 diuretic herbs and
are very helpful in the control
00:26:18.49\00:26:25.58
of blood pressure.
00:26:25.61\00:26:26.73
We also have some
interesting other herbs...
00:26:26.76\00:26:30.75
and I'd like to
show you... Arjuna bark.
00:26:30.78\00:26:34.56
Arjuna bark is not one
that we're very familiar with
00:26:34.59\00:26:38.36
but it is one that is very good.
00:26:38.39\00:26:40.05
And the olive
leaf and the mistletoe.
00:26:40.08\00:26:43.29
Those are also very good.
00:26:43.32\00:26:45.87
Mistletoe will slow
down the heart rate,
00:26:45.90\00:26:47.74
and olive leaf has a number
of other very good benefits
00:26:47.77\00:26:51.33
besides on the blood pressure.
00:26:51.36\00:26:53.11
Then I have one more
graphic to show you...
00:26:53.14\00:26:55.68
These are more herbs
for blood pressure...
00:26:55.71\00:27:00.30
Yarrow, black cumin
seed and, of course, garlic.
00:27:00.33\00:27:03.89
The yarrow is a very
common herb that we find growing
00:27:03.92\00:27:09.80
everywhere and the Lord
put these good plant chemicals
00:27:09.83\00:27:15.55
in the plants not just when
modern peoples began to have
00:27:15.58\00:27:19.83
high blood pressure...
00:27:19.86\00:27:20.83
but the Lord put these
phytochemicals in the plants
00:27:20.86\00:27:25.27
from the very beginning...
00:27:25.30\00:27:26.59
And I've often wondered whether
He put them in the plants BEFORE
00:27:26.62\00:27:31.36
Adam and Eve had
their experiment into sin,
00:27:31.39\00:27:35.31
or if God put them in the plants
AFTER Adam and Eve sinned.
00:27:35.34\00:27:43.07
Whatever it is, we can
know that our Heavenly Father
00:27:43.10\00:27:46.84
has made provision
and that we need not feel
00:27:46.87\00:27:52.02
that we are helpless
00:27:52.05\00:27:53.02
against high blood pressure.
00:27:53.05\00:27:54.03