Hello, I'm Agatha
Thrash, a staff physician
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from Uchee Pines
Institute in Alabama.
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I wonder if you've
ever noticed that women
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seem to be sicker more...
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but you'll notice that men
seem to die younger than women.
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Well there's a reason for
that and we're going to be
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talking about women's
diseases and why they're sicker.
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So, you join us during the next
half an hour and we'll discuss
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a number of these things.
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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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Yes, it is true that
women are sicker more...
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They have more pain.
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They seem to have more
disability than men do.
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And, you would expect me
probably to say that the Lord
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has endowed us with
more sophisticated equipment
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than men have and, therefore,
that's why we are sick more,
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and that is also true.
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We do have some very
sophisticated equipment
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And of course, that equipment is
likely to be breaking down some
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because it is very
much more complicated.
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Take for instance the anatomy
of the female pelvic organs
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These organs have some
extremely sophisticated
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interconnections and they're
so arranged that, at times,
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the way the hormones
influence the cervix and the
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muscle of the uterus.
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Because of these
things, a woman does have a lot
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of pain... we call it
"dysmenorrhea," or painful
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menstruation.
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And so every woman needs
to learn how to deal with
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this kind of problem.
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And so, I have with me
today, Shannon Jenkins.
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Shannon is one of the
Lifestyle Educator students
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at our school, at Uchee Pines...
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And with her is my
granddaughter Melissa.
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Melissa is also a student
in the Lifestyle Educator
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Program there.
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And Shannon, if Melissa
had painful menstruation,
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what would you do for her to
help her to relieve her pain.
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There's a very simple back
massage that we can give her
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It only takes 5 minutes.
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Ohhh... that sounds very good.
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I'm sorry I'm not the subject.
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Right here is her spine...
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and right to the
right side of her spine,
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place the heel of your
hand, and with as much pressure
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as she can tolerate, press
down and slowly inch your way
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down the spine.
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Go all the way down
to the end of the spine
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and then come back up
and inch your way back up.
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She will tell you if
there is too much pressure.
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And that is very simple.
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Five minutes and it's all over.
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Yes... and I have seen
a lot of young women with
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this very simple thing... to
get an enormous amount of relief
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Now, you can also
apply heat and in the classes
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that you are taking
there at Uchee Pines, you have
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some heat demonstrations...
Could you show those to us?
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You can use a
hot water bottle...
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Just take it and fill it with
water, very hot and even boiling
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You can buy one of
these at a department store
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or a drug store.
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Just fill it with water,
and then press and expel the air
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because air bubbles do
not produce heat very well.
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Screw the cap on and
cover it with a towel.
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Cover it with a towel
so that if it's too hot,
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it won't burn
her... That's right.
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And place it on the lower
back and you can leave it there
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for an hour.
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And, if it gets too hot,
you can use a thicker towel.
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What if you don't
have a hot water bottle?
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And a lot of homes
aren't equipped with
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hot water bottles anymore.
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Well, you can just
use a plastic bottle.
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You can just use a
laundry detergent bottle.
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...Or any plastic
bottle for that matter.
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Just fill it with hot
water and wrap it in a towel.
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That also includes
doing a little bit of work and
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a lot of people nowadays
don't want to do so much work.
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Well that's very simple,
all we need to do is purchase a
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heating pad from a
department store, and place it
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on the back and
leave it there for an hour.
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Yes... that delivers heat to
the back and now since the pain
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is in the front...
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Why do you put it here on the
back... do you have any idea?
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This is the place
for reflex organs.
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This helps the
uterus and the cervix.
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Um hm... now that's very good.
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The outflow tracts to all the
pelvic organs are in the back
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in the lower part and that's
why... and mainly on the right.
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And that's why the massage is
mainly on the right of the body
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It's very interesting
about these things and I always
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enjoy hearing about
them and seeing our young
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students learn about them.
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Now painful menstruation
is not the only problem
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that young women have.
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We have A LOT of other
things that women have...
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And, in addition to the things
that have specifically to do
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with the pelvic organs,
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we also have a number
of disorders and diseases
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that, although they
are not unique to women,
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they tend to be
more common in women.
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One of those is
thyroid problems.
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You will see that women
often have an enlarged thyroid.
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The thyroid of many
women is of such a nature that
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they get what we call a "goiter"
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It is so large...
that it's disfiguring.
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We may need to cut
it out in that case.
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Or, we may be able to treat
it with some very simple things
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And... a number of
years ago, my husband and I
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put together some
things that women could do
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to help themselves with
an underactive thyroid...
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which would then grow a goiter
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And there are a number
of things that can be done
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in the way of herbs such as...
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Motherwort... that's a
very good one for the thyroid
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Echinacea is also a very
good herb for the thyroid
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These are not
specific for the hormone...
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They do not replace the hormone.
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But they tend to
stimulate or to heal the thyroid
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and enable the thyroid
to produce more in the way
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of the hormone that IS
specific for the thyroid.
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Bugleweed is another
one that one can use.
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Quercetin, a substance
that comes from onions...
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this also has a very beneficial
effect on the thyroid.
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The very common rolled
oats, another very good herb
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that we can use, or
supplement that we can use
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for people who
have a thyroid problem.
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Then, if there is a problem
with an overactive thyroid,
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such things as catnip,
and hops and other things that
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have a sedative
influence on the body...
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that can be very helpful.
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Now we have a lot of
hydrotherapy that can be done
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for an underactive thyroid,
or an overactive thyroid.
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Heat treatments
to the thyroid can be
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extremely beneficial.
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Various types of
foods can help the thyroid
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and, interestingly, some
of the same things that help
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women with their
pelvic organ diseases can also
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help the thyroid.
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And so I have with
me, Lidia Seda today,
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who is going to show us
something that looks very nice!
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In fact, it looks
like a breakfast meal...
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Is it a breakfast meal?
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Well actually, this
can be a breakfast meal,
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but it's more a SUPPER meal.
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It's light... it
doesn't help to promote obesity.
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And obesity is a BIG problem,
especially for young women.
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They are finding that
young girls are entering puberty
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at a much younger
age... even at 9 years old
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because of being obese,
or even mildly overweight.
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What they have found now is
that there is a certain hormone
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called "leptin"... which
is produced by fat cells.
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And so, because the young
woman is a bit overweight,
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she's producing
more of this hormone...
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and this hormone is causing
her to develop at an earlier age
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Can you imagine the
problems that she might have?
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In school... that her body
is ready to deal with certain
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situations... more
mature but her mind is NOT
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Well, this is one meal
that can help to eliminate
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the problem of obesity.
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And I'd like to share
with you how I made it
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and what it contains.
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Well, first of all,
what you would need are:
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And you would cut the
apples, cut the bananas.
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Place all your
ingredients into a pot...
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the juice, and also the
cornstarch and make sure
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you don't put your
cornstarch in when it's hot.
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Put it in when it's cold.
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This way, it won't get clumpy.
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And stir it until it
comes to a gentle boil
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...And it's ready
and it's a light meal.
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And you can have it with
crackers as we have here.
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The interesting thing about
some of the products we have
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in the fruit soup...
is that grapes and apples
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have some very
protective properties.
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For example, grapes have a
trace mineral called selenium.
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And selenium can
help guard against cancer.
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And apples and
grapes have flavonoids.
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And they have found
that flavonoids can help
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guard against
the oxidation of LDL.
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It also is a much
more potent antioxidant
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than vitamin E which
can protect against cancer.
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AND this also prevents
heart disease because it
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helps against clumping of
blood or blood aggregation.
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So, Dr. Agatha, these are
some of the wonderful benefits
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we can get by
just having fruit soup!
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I'm impressed and that it's a
very nice substitute for dinner.
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It's a supper and supper,
ideally, should be something
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that supped from a
cup and not something
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that is eaten with a fork
from a dinner plate... Exactly.
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Yes, a very light
meal, or no meal at all.
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Or no meal at all...
and that's what I did.
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Many years ago when
I visited Uchee Pines,
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I weighed about 200
pounds and I decided to go on a
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no-third-meal plan.
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Uh huh... And that helped
me and then eventually I went
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on a LIGHT meal in the evenings.
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Like a fruit soup, or maybe
a little tomato soup with a
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few crackers...
Something very light...
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Or maybe just an apple, or
a banana and a slice of bread.
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But that helped me
to maintain my weight...
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and to reduce many risks
in the future that I may face.
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Yes... it is a fact that
women who are overweight do have
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quite a big problem
with various diseases.
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And so, this is a very
good demonstration of something
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that can be done to make
it so that a woman can reduce
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her risks of getting
a variety of diseases.
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Now another type of disease
that is not unique to women
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but it is more
common in women is that of
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disease of the veins.
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Now, everybody is endowed
with veins and men, as well as
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women can have a
problem with varicose veins
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but by far, in a way
greater number of people who
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have varicosities are
among the feminine set.
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And I have my colleague,
Dr. Winn Horsley, with me today
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And Dr. Horsley is a
staff physician at Uchee Pines,
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a physiatrist, and is quite well
able to talk with us about veins
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So, tell us what you have about
varicose veins, Dr. Horsley.
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Good... I'd be
happy to Dr. Agatha.
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Varicose veins... we should
probably understand first of all
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what is the underlying
issue... the underlying cause.
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It doesn't have to do
with being a man or a woman
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It's a very simple principle...
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and it's that if you
have a container with a tube
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coming off the container,
that has either liquid
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or a gas, or air in it,
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that pressure is going to
be communicated down that tube.
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If we put that
container under pressure,
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the same pressure is
going to go down that tube.
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Now that's exactly what
happens anytime a person
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strains or bears
down... as we say...
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...with pressure in their trunk,
in their chest and abdomen.
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This, with respect to what
tubes go out of the chest..
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the trunk, we're talking about
blood vessels as the main tubes.
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Now, the arteries don't
get affected this way because
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they're already under pressure.
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But veins, by
contrast, are very low pressure.
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When we say someone has
a certain blood pressure,
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we're talking
only about arteries.
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Veins are basically
zero pressure UNLESS
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a person does this
heavy bearing down.
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Now who does this?
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Well, I could start with men.
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Weight lifters do!
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And weight lifters
will tend to develop
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problems in the veins.
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Perhaps I could take
a moment first to show
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the way the
veins are equipped...
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...the way the Lord
created veins so that they do
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handle blood flow
even without pressure.
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I'm going to show a leg
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and then a vein in the leg...
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Foot here and here is the leg.
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We'll say the knee
is out in front here.
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Maybe I could use this
green to show us a vein...
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This is clearly more
symbolic than real in size...
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But I want to show
you what is in a vein.
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If a vein were just
the way I've drawn it,
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you couldn't get blood at
zero pressure from the foot
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going up to the
heart... where it has to go.
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Instead what we have, are
little valves... one way valves
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When the person uses his legs,
the muscles tighten around the
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vein and push the
blood up past this valve.
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As soon as they relax, it
would fall back here, except
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that the valve now shuts,
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and the blood is
then in this compartment
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and it will keep on
going because there are other
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valves all the way up.
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And different muscles contract
and we get the blood going up
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into the trunk.
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The problem that happens
with varicose veins, we said,
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was that the person has a
lot of pressure in their trunk
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with this bearing down
activity like we said a
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weight lifter might do.
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The pressure is so much,
that these delicate valves
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in the veins can't
withstand it and they actually
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blowup
backwards... they will blow out.
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They're built to withstand
a certain amount of pressure
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...reasonable pressures.
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Well, one other kind of
situation where these veins
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definitely will blow
out, is in childbirth.
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Can you imagine... we
men more have to imagine...
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I guess we've seen it, plenty
of us, a woman there who is
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bearing down for not
just a few seconds of lifting
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a weight, but bearing
down with tremendous force
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hopefully alternating at
times, over a period of minutes
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but for hours on end.
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Well, it's a real
set up that can ruin
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these little
valves in the veins.
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And so we end up
with varicose veins...
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these bulging veins that
not only have discoloration but
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you can see them
often bulging right out from
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the rest of the
surface in the thigh.
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How would you treat
these kinds of people with
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these bulging veins and
sometimes they're even painful.
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Yes... I wish it
were easy to treat them.
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The valves,
once they have blown,
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it's really rather
difficult to give a permanent
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curing treatment but we can
do some things that will help.
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One very obvious thing,
is that when these veins
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have blown out and
you've got them bulging now,
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there actually is a
fair amount of oozing
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of liquid from the veins
so that the rest of the leg
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can become
swollen... can become edematous.
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One of the things that
will help there, as well as with
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the bulging of the veins,
is simply to have the person
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lie down and elevate the legs.
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That might be needed once,
twice, maybe more times per day
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for 15 or more minutes...
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to just lie down and
have the legs elevated.
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I remember, very well, one
gentleman who had this problem
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from other issues,
not actually the exact
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same situation I'm
talking about but this kind of
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swelling in the legs and
he found that having the legs
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perfectly upright was way
better than just elevating
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them on a couple of pillows.
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If you have a person inch, while
they're lying on their back,
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inch towards a wall,
and have the legs upright,
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it supplies perhaps twice
the amount of drawing power
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than just putting
them up on 2 pillows would.
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So it would be sort of putting
them at a 90 degree angle.
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That's exactly right.
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Yes, I could see how the column
of fluid would have quite a
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bit of pressure to go
BACK into the veins because of
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the fluid would go back into
the veins from the pressure of
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gravity... That's it.
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Now, if this problem of
the veins gets very advanced,
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you can have very
serious changes occur.
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The soft tissue
around and the skin,
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can become dark and
hardened with times...
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...scar tissue getting in there,
from the amount of swelling
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that's been in place for,
not just months, but even years.
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...what we call brawny edema.
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And if it really
gets worse, beyond that,
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you can even
have ulcerations form.
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Hopefully at the earlier stages,
you'll be able to do more.
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If you don't have
the skin badly involved,
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a very simple thing
to do is just massage...
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When you have the legs up
especially is an ideal thing
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...massage towards the heart.
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Towards the trunk of the
body which is, of course,
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the direction you
want that fluid to go.
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Another thing
that could be done...
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Again if the skin is intact,
is to put on some pressure
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wrap.
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Most people have
heard of Ace wrap...
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a sort of tan-colored,
elastic kind of wrap.
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You MUST be CAREFUL
when you use Ace wrap though.
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Very careful that when we
apply it, the high pressure
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must not be UP on the leg here,
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it must be DOWN at the foot.
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You must have HIGH pressure
at the more distant areas
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from the trunk...
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And then gradually
decrease the pressure as you go
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further up the leg.
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Otherwise, you're putting
a constriction on the leg.
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What about such things
as garters, and tight bands
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that women wear with
stockings that they wear.
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You're reading my mind.
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Because the very point I
was making there made me think
00:20:59.84\00:21:02.56
exactly... of what
are some other problems
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.33
that affect the veins.
00:21:04.36\00:21:05.89
Those tight garters...
in fact, even stockings
00:21:05.92\00:21:09.48
that are too tight at
the top are a real problem.
00:21:09.51\00:21:12.76
REMEMBER, veins are not
built to withstand pressure.
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And so, if you're blocking
the returning blood flow here
00:21:17.30\00:21:20.96
with a tight elastic wrap,
or elastic area of stocking,
00:21:20.99\00:21:27.80
your BLOCKING all this
blood that's down below
00:21:27.81\00:21:30.43
from getting passed,
so we want to avoid all
00:21:30.46\00:21:33.17
of that kind of thing.
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In hospitals, good nurses
will often tell the patients
00:21:34.54\00:21:38.00
to snip stockings
which they use in hospitals
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if they're a
little tight at the top.
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One other thing, I'd like to
mention about this very point of
00:21:43.60\00:21:47.59
putting pressure on veins...
the areas which are going to
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cause a problem in
this return to the heart...
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And that is SITTING in a
certain way, or having a seat
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that is constructed in
such a way that you get a lot of
00:21:57.44\00:22:00.27
pressure UNDER the thigh.
00:22:00.30\00:22:03.98
If a seat... the edge of
the seat, near the knee is
00:22:04.01\00:22:11.72
high compared to what
the person's lower leg is...
00:22:11.73\00:22:19.37
in terms of getting
support from the floor,
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.62
if the feet are
barely touching the floor,
00:22:21.65\00:22:24.81
and, instead, what is holding
the knees and the lower legs up,
00:22:24.84\00:22:27.69
is the edge of the seat,
then you are putting too much
00:22:27.72\00:22:29.62
pressure behind the knee
and, therefore, constricting
00:22:29.65\00:22:32.96
these veins.
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So a short woman, could
be expected to have more
00:22:34.38\00:22:37.22
varicose veins if she
sits a lot, than a tall woman.
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That's right... assuming
the same size of chairs.
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Another issue... I think
that can affect some people
00:22:43.77\00:22:48.98
is crossing the legs and
I'm talking to myself here
00:22:49.01\00:22:53.92
because I tend to do that a lot.
00:22:53.95\00:22:55.40
But, really, crossing your legs,
does exactly the same thing.
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You're putting pressure
on those veins which tend
00:22:59.70\00:23:01.91
to run in the BACK, rather
than the front of the thigh.
00:23:01.92\00:23:06.02
Well, thank you very much.
00:23:06.05\00:23:07.33
This has been very enlightening
and very interesting...
00:23:07.36\00:23:10.13
about the way that the
Lord has constructed us.
00:23:10.16\00:23:12.56
And He wants us to have
every construction possible
00:23:12.59\00:23:15.81
to do everything
that we need to do.
00:23:15.82\00:23:18.13
And in regard to that,
I'd like to show you a model
00:23:18.16\00:23:21.23
of the pelvic organs.
00:23:21.26\00:23:23.32
You will see here,
the female pelvic organs.
00:23:23.35\00:23:26.95
Here, of course, is the entry.
00:23:26.98\00:23:29.29
And then at the end
of that, is the cervix...
00:23:29.32\00:23:33.74
down here at the bottom... I'll
turn it this way a little bit so
00:23:33.77\00:23:37.01
that you can see that better.
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And the cervix is a very
vulnerable area for cancer,
00:23:38.94\00:23:45.65
especially because viruses
now are so common in this area.
00:23:45.68\00:23:51.10
Especially the
human papilloma virus.
00:23:51.13\00:23:53.60
It's very common in this area...
00:23:53.63\00:23:55.45
and is likely to cause a problem
with infecting the cervix.
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Then is the body of the uterus
with the lining of endometrium
00:24:00.09\00:24:05.98
which is that that bleeds every
month with the menstrual period.
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.60
When the hormones fall
off in the cycle of the woman,
00:24:09.63\00:24:13.88
that sort of knocks the
props out from under the lining
00:24:13.91\00:24:17.21
and it then bleeds and
that is the menstrual flow.
00:24:17.22\00:24:20.78
But usually not more than 2
or 3 tablespoonsful of blood
00:24:20.81\00:24:25.13
will be lost and a lot of fluid
so it looks like a lot of blood
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.88
And then, of course,
the fallopian tubes and
00:24:28.46\00:24:31.39
the ovaries here.
00:24:31.42\00:24:32.93
The ovaries are another very
vulnerable part of a woman's
00:24:32.96\00:24:36.30
anatomy and can cause
a good bit of problem,
00:24:36.33\00:24:39.42
especially problems with
cysts or problems with cancer.
00:24:39.45\00:24:43.92
Now, Don Miller is going to
assist me now in talking about
00:24:43.95\00:24:49.16
this thing of women's diseases
00:24:49.19\00:24:51.02
And Don Miller is a Lifestyle
counselor at Uchee Pines and
00:24:51.05\00:24:54.72
what do you have
to talk with us about?
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I want to talk, today, a little
bit about early menarche...
00:24:56.18\00:24:59.20
which basically is the time
at which a child can reproduce
00:24:59.23\00:25:03.55
its generation, or another
way that we can put it is
00:25:03.58\00:25:06.80
when a girl
starts her per period.
00:25:06.81\00:25:08.66
We seem to have this
desire in our society today
00:25:08.69\00:25:12.98
to see our
children grow up very fast.
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.01
And our children are
growing up very fast.
00:25:15.04\00:25:17.73
And I don't think
we're seeing our children,
00:25:17.76\00:25:19.73
or society in
large... getting any better.
00:25:19.76\00:25:23.20
Basically, we want to
slow this process down.
00:25:23.23\00:25:27.91
The average age of
puberty today is down around
00:25:27.94\00:25:31.17
11 years of age.
00:25:31.20\00:25:32.35
And I read an article some
time ago that in some parts
00:25:32.38\00:25:35.36
of the world, in
developed countries only,
00:25:35.39\00:25:37.69
it's down as low as
7 and 8 years of age.
00:25:37.72\00:25:40.33
And this is a huge
problem because the earlier a
00:25:40.36\00:25:43.27
girl reaches
menarche, starts her period,
00:25:43.30\00:25:46.24
the more... with all these
new hormones coursing through
00:25:46.27\00:25:49.59
her body, with all these
new sensations that she never
00:25:49.62\00:25:52.28
had before, she sort
of has something happening
00:25:52.29\00:25:55.04
inside of her body that
makes her sort of reach out and
00:25:55.07\00:25:57.97
do things that she
should not be doing.
00:25:58.00\00:26:00.13
We see more delinquency.
00:26:00.16\00:26:01.61
We see less scholarship.
00:26:01.64\00:26:03.44
Se see more trouble.
00:26:03.47\00:26:04.50
We see a MUCH LARGER
generation gap in the family
00:26:04.53\00:26:07.67
between the
child and the parents.
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.57
When you see a
BIG generation gap,
00:26:09.60\00:26:12.01
you can pretty much be
sure that that child is already
00:26:12.04\00:26:14.81
into their period.
00:26:14.84\00:26:15.93
And so what we want to
do is... we want to slow
00:26:15.96\00:26:17.93
that process down.
00:26:17.96\00:26:18.99
We can slow it down
by a less refined diet.
00:26:19.03\00:26:22.58
Going into more
complex carbohydrates...
00:26:22.61\00:26:25.94
fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, nuts and seeds.
00:26:25.97\00:26:28.67
We need to get the
child in bed on time.
00:26:28.70\00:26:30.96
For some reason,
we're letting children
00:26:30.99\00:26:32.50
stay up until ALL
hours of the night.
00:26:32.53\00:26:34.16
My bedtime, as a child,
was always between 8 and 8:30.
00:26:34.20\00:26:37.98
And it's good to get
our children in bed on time.
00:26:38.01\00:26:40.92
And then staying away from
the stimulating things that our
00:26:40.96\00:26:43.64
children are exposed
to... television, books, movies,
00:26:43.67\00:26:47.11
videos and video
games... all these things
00:26:47.14\00:26:49.72
will cause the body to
start maturing too quickly.
00:26:49.75\00:26:53.58
A 100 years ago... 120 years
ago the average age of menarche
00:26:53.61\00:26:57.12
was around 17 years of age.
00:26:57.15\00:26:59.31
In some parts of the world
today, it's still the same way.
00:26:59.34\00:27:02.37
And you just do not see
that wanderlust that takes over
00:27:02.40\00:27:06.11
in a child when they
have that large generation gap
00:27:06.14\00:27:09.18
because they started
their periods too soon.
00:27:09.21\00:27:11.20
We need to slow them down.
00:27:11.23\00:27:13.01
We need to do it
with simple diets...
00:27:13.04\00:27:15.18
And we need to BE with
our children and help them
00:27:15.21\00:27:17.37
through these transitions.
00:27:17.40\00:27:18.69
And if they are already into it
right now, mothers and fathers,
00:27:18.72\00:27:21.53
be with them and
help them because it's
00:27:21.56\00:27:23.93
serious times for
them... Dr. Thrash.
00:27:23.96\00:27:26.13
Yes it is... a very
serious time for a young child.
00:27:26.16\00:27:29.99
I have a quote here that I
think is a very good one...
00:27:30.02\00:27:33.43
It says, "You should
keep saddening thoughts and
00:27:33.46\00:27:36.24
and saddening
subjects away from you.
00:27:36.25\00:27:38.95
Be cheerful, happy, grateful,
and have a firm reliance upon
00:27:38.98\00:27:43.33
God and an unshaken
confidence and trust in Him.
00:27:43.36\00:27:47.33
Your health will be much
better if you control your mind.
00:27:47.36\00:27:52.36
And to that, I
can only add Amen.
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