A happy stomach goes far
towards making a happy person.
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If you would like
to have a happy stomach
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we have some tips for you
that may help you in that line.
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So if you would
like to happily join us
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we'd happily
accept your company.
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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 is
your host, Dr. Thrash.
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This happy stomach
is not too difficult,
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but the stomach is
probably the most abused organ
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in the entire body.
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As infants we start right
away teaching our children
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that they can get
comfort from eating,
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so any time they are
uncomfortable in any way
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or they are crying or
upset, we simply give them
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something to eat.
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Some times it is not the
very best since it may be
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not at meal time.
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They may get something
that we would consider a snack,
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or even junk food, and of
course we don't want to do that.
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So the resulting inflammation
in the stomach can cause
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the child to be just a
cranky and irritable child.
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and it may even have a
variety of difficulties with the
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appetite and their food
habits and they may have
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some problems with
constipation and diarrhea,
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pain in the abdomen.
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These are common childhood
complaints and unfortunately
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they often persist
into adult life as well.
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Gastritis is an
inflammation of the stomach,
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it looks when we
actually put a scope down,
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or we open the stomach up, it
looks as if it may be raw beef.
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It may be totally red, it may
be bloody, Aspirin, other drugs
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can cause a gastritis, but
so can irregular eating habits.
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Eating off schedule,
drinking a lot with one's meal,
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especially if it is
very hot or very cold,
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those can cause a big
problem for the stomach.
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Eating when one is upset
or very tired, sad, or angry,
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always the person who
has any strong emotion,
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they should wait to eat until
these emotions have subsided
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or been resolved.
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It's not at all wrong if
you simply decide to skip a meal
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because of some strong
emotion or excess fatigue
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and just wait until
you are more rested.
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Does that mean to wait an hour
or two and then take your meal?
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Not usually...
usually the best thing is
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for you to skip the meal
entirely, not eat again until
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your next scheduled meal.
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O course two meals a day are
the best for the stomach of any.
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So we want to obey these laws
that we know and stick strictly
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to them so that we can
have a very happy stomach.
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One of the problems that
we can get with the stomach
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is called a hiatus hernia...
Hernia because the stomach
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herniates back up into
the chest from the abdomen,
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the diaphragm separates
the chest from the abdomen
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and the esophagus comes
down, goes through the diaphragm
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and immediately
forms the stomach.
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Now when it forms the
stomach, the stomach is an
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abdominal organ, but if there
is increased intra-abdominal
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pressure, then the stomach
can push back up through the
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hiatus in the diaphragm so
it is called a hiatal hernia.
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Now because if the stomach
pushes back up through the
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diaphragm it may bathe
the lower end of the esophagus
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with gastric juices.
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They are very powerful and
the esophagus is not designed
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so that it can have
that very strong acid,
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and the very strong digestants
that the stomach is designed
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to have.
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So with these irritating
substances from the stomach
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in the esophagus, we can
actually get an ulceration
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of the
esophagus because of that.
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So esophagitis, and gastritis,
as well as the discomfort
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of the stomach pushing
back up into the chest.
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If we do x-ray studies on
just our general population
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we find that between 30 and
40% of the population at large
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will have this kind of sliding
hernia where a bit of the
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stomach goes back
up into the esophagus.
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If the person is asymptomatic,
they don't have pain,
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or indigestion, or heartburn,
then that probably means
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they have a very
strong cardiac sphincter.
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That cardiac sphincter is the
tight muscle at the top of the
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stomach that keeps material
from the stomach from going
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back up into the esophagus.
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All of these things are helpful
things to know but increased
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intra-abdominal pressure
can come from being overweight,
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from overeating, from having
intestinal gas, from having
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abdominal fat, pregnancy,
from a tumor inside the abdomen.
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So all of these things
are helpful things to know
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that can make it so
that you do not need
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to have the problem that you
may have with a hiatus hernia.
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Now the next thing that we are
going to talk about is something
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that I think you will be
very interested in, it's a
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common thing and Dr. Donald
Miller is going to talk with you
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about that.
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You know it's funny Dr. Thrash
we talk about these subjects...
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it strikes me that if I were
to give this lecture in Zambia
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or Zimbabwe, or India, they
would all sit and look at me
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with blank stares saying,
what are you talking about.
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Because most of our
problems that we talk about are
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problems of the west,
of our opulent lifestyles,
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of our rich lifestyles.
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Peptic Ulcer is one of
those things that people usually
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only get when
the live in the west.
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It's a terrible problem, it can
be a life threatening problem
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if you start getting a bleeding
ulcer that a person could
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bleed to death from.
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But basically a peptic
ulcer is the result of this
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mucous barrier that we
have all the way through our
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alimentary canal that protects
ourselves from the very foods
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that we eat and
the digestion thereof.
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Let's take for
example we eat some protein,
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which is basically
digested in the stomach.
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The way we digest protein
is with hydrochloric acid.
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The interesting thing is
the stomach itself is made up of
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protein, so how do we
keep from eating our stomach
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with the same thing
that's eating on the protein
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that we are eating?
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We've got a mucous barrier
that protects the stomach
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from it's own digestive
juices, but what happens to that
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protective barrier if we take
things like vinegar, spices,
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aspirin, it burns a
whole or washes it away
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and then the stomach lining
itself is susceptible to the
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hydrochloric acid.
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For years the treatment
for peptic ulcers was to drink
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a glass of milk, naturally
right away that buffered
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the hydrochloric acid
and it took the pain away.
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But when you take
down that much Calcium,
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what happens is the
body produces gastrin,
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gastrin says we need
some more hydrochloric acid
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and so a short time
later the hydrochloric acid
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goes back up, you've got
the problem back all over again.
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Milk is not the solution,
bland food is the solution.
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You may think, or you may
have a problem with too much
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acid production, there's a
good way to find out whether
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your problem is over
production of hydrochloric acid.
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When you are having the
pain, take the juice of a lemon
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and mix it with a small
amount of water and drink it.
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If your pain goes up, you
are producing to much acid.
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A good way to put out the
pain is to drink some water
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or eat some more food which
will neutralize or dilute the
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acid that is out there.
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But I would not recommend that
you say that you ate breakfast
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and two hours
later you got the pain,
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don't eat food then
because that is just going to
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exacerbate the
problem on down the line,
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you need to do other
things to modify your problem.
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So the problem is to
much acid production,
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you are eating a whole...
Or they found some people
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who take aspirin...
they've looked in the stomach's
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and found an aspirin
stuck to the stomach wall,
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burning a whole right
through it, and that's a very
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bad problem.
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So people who take aspirin,
steroids, tobacco, alcohol,
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all of these things will
help to promote peptic ulcers.
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So what do you do
for a peptic ulcer?
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You need to eat
more alkaline foods,
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potatoes are extremely good.
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As a matter of fact we would
recommend that you take some
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potato peelings from the
white potato and you boil them,
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and make a thick broth
out of those and drink that.
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Extremely good
for peptic ulcers.
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One of the best things for
peptic ulcers is cabbage juice.
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Just get a juicer if you
can, and juice some cabbage.
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If you can't get a
cabbage juicer, just eat some
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raw cabbage, you are
going to get some of the effect
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of the juice in your
stomach which is extremely good
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for that particular problem.
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Stress is a great
causer of peptic ulcers.
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We found that people who have...
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There is a story that I once
read about a man who had been
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shot by a shotgun in the
stomach and the wound did not
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properly heal, and so the
doctor placed a scope in there
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and he could observe what was
going on, and he observed many
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interesting things, especially
when the person was upset
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he could see that the
blood would start oozing out
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of the stomach wall.
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So this stress problem,
the best thing to do for stress
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is to get some exercise.
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A very easy thing to remember:
"Exercise neutralizes stress. "
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Stress is a good
thing, but for peptic ulcers,
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you have to find a way
to get rid of the stress.
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Very important is
to eat small meals.
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When we eat large meals
it causes the body to rally
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in more forces to digest
food, hydrochloric acid goes up,
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you have a compromise down
there, so the best thing is
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eat small meals.
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Three small meals a day if you
must, two small meals is better.
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Dark green leafy
vegetables are extremely good
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for peptic ulcer, so go
out and grow them and eat them.
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Make sure your food
is extremely well cooked,
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especially your grains.
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This is one time that we
would recommend when you have an
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active peptic ulcer, perhaps
some well cooked white rice
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would be ok, but even
better would be millet.
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Millet is extremely bland
food and it's quite good for us
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in many other ways.
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Our fiber needs to be
increased in the diet,
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that goes without saying
no matter what our problem is,
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we need to get
more fiber in the diets.
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Chew your food well.
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When you don't chew your food
well, you have large amounts
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of food in your stomach
that is un-chewed, which means
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it is going to be
very hard to digest it.
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The body puts in a herculean
effort to digest the food
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through the action of the
stomach, which is going to
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cause more acid to be produced
and more trauma to the stomach.
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So chew your food to a cream
before you turn it loose is the
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best way.
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I don't say
count, chew 30 times.
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It's interesting when you
try to do that, you sort of
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loose track of
what you are doing.
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Here is what I would recommend,
when you are eating your meal
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you sit down and you get
your fork full or your spoonful
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of food, put it in
your mouth, and they lay the
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instrument down and fold
your hands, sit on your hands,
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put your hands behind
your neck, do something
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with your hands
and chew your food.
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We have a tendency that
when we get a fork full of food
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and put it in our mouth,
we dive right back down for
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the next fork full.
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While you are getting
that ready and is almost ready,
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your mind sees this, it
can even be subconscious
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and all of a sudden that food
is on the back of your tongue.
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That half chewed olive,
that big piece of tomato,
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whatever it is ready, and
all of a sudden it dives down
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the gullet and pretty
soon it is in your stomach
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and your body says what
are you doing to us down here?
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And you are going to have big
problems so chew your food well,
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eat smaller meals, and
there are some other nice things
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that you can take.
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I have already mentioned, don't
take vinegar, don't take spices,
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they are extremely bad
for that mucous lining.
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You can also help the mucous
lining with a few nice things,
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you can take slippery
elm, find it in the powder form
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in a herb store, mix it
with a little bit of warm water,
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and you are going to
find if let it sit long enough
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it becomes very
gelatinous like mucous.
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Drink that down it will
coat the lining, extremely good
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for the stomach.
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Garlic is extremely good
for that, so is charcoal.
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Charcoal is probably one of
the best things that I would
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recommend if you
have a peptic ulcer.
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You mix about two or
three spoonfuls of charcoal with
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some water and drink
that a few times a day,
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very soothing for the
stomach and will help you
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along these lines.
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Don't chew gum!
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Chewing gum is bad for the
peptic ulcer because you are
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constantly working your salivary
glands, you are constantly
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swallowing down, your digestive
amylase gets down in stomach,
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and you've got
some more problems being
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formed down there.
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So peptic ulcer in
not the end of the road,
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but if you start finding that
you have coffee ground stools,
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basically it looks like
coffee grounds, which is
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basically well digested
blood because it has gone
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all the way through your system,
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you've got a serious
problem, see your doctor.
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If you start vomiting
blood, very serious problem,
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see your doctor and take care
of it but I would start working
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on that peptic ulcer right
now, and if you don't have one
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you start working on the
prevention for peptic ulcers.
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Prevention is always Dr.
Thrash the very best way,
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rather than the cure.
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Yes, it's far better especially
in gastrointestinal problems
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to prevent the problem
if it is at all possible.
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There is one that we have not
yet understood how to prevent,
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that's Chron's Disease.
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Chron's Disease probably
has a preventable cause,
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but we don't
know what it is yet.
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Causes may be an autoimmune
disorder in which case we
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wouldn't have a lot
that we can do at this time
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to prevent it but it
may be an infectious agent
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and if it is then
there is much that we can do.
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There are many ways to treat
naturally the infectious agents
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that can involve the
gastro- intestinal tract.
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One that I like a lot for a
peptic ulcer which is involved
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with the H-Pylori germ is
Myrrh, Goldenseal, Echinacea,
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Myrrh, Garlic, all of
theses that Dr. Miller mentioned
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and also some grapefruit
seed extract, and maybe some
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Elderberry extract.
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All of these can be helpful,
these so called anti-microbial
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herbs, they are very helpful
for any kind of infectious agent
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in the gastrointestinal tract.
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If Chron's Disease is
related to an infectious agent
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then all of these may be
helpful in these individuals,
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as well as some hydrotherapy.
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Hot packs over the abdomen,
maybe hot baths to bring the
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mouth temperature up a good
bit, all of this may be helpful
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in infectious diseases of
the gastrointestinal tract.
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But another thing that we
have found may be a factor,
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it may not be the total
cause but it may be the factor
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in Chron's
disease is an allergy.
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Allergies for the
gastrointestinal tract
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can be very simple, can be
nothing more serious than milk
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or a lactose sensitivity,
or a casein sensitivity,
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in those cases and the
elimination of milk and
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all dairy products can be very
helpful, very curative in fact.
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But often there are some other
things that are involved in a
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sensitivity in Chron's disease,
one of those is citrus fruits
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and juices, and of course
any kind of irritating substance
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like coffee, tea, colas,
chocolate, those can also be
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irritating to the person with
Chron's disease even if they
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are not a part of that
that one is allergic to.
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Interestingly enough the person
with Chron's disease can develop
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a lot of allergies that
they haven't always had.
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Chron's disease came on,
then the allergies developed
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because the intestinal
tract not as strong to resist
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an allergy as it would have
been if it had not gotten sick.
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Where does
Chron's hit the person?
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Well it's usually...
We can always say that
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Chron's will almost always
affect the terminal portion
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of the ileum.
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That's the small bowel,
the terminal portion of the
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small bowel, and the
end of that is almost always
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involved in Chron's disease.
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The first part of the
colon may also be involved,
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and in individuals who
have a very severe case of
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Chron's disease, practically the
entire gastrointestinal tract
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from the esophagus to
the anus may be involved.
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These are very severe cases
and fortunately they are not
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really common.
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Now there are some treatments
that can be used besides the
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anti-microbials, we can use
certain vitamins and minerals
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that these individuals
tend to be low in already,
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so we can use those:
Magnesium, and perhaps Zinc.
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Sometimes there is an
iron deficiency anemia,
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in which case we need
to supplement with iron,
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and then the use of
Pectin and other fibers.
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Pectin in particular is
very good and any kind of rough
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or fibrous foods such as
the vegetables, grains, fruits,
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nuts, and seeds.
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Those can all be very
helpful for the person who has
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Chron's disease, making certain
of course that the person with
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Chron's disease is not
sensitive to these foods.
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The onset of Chron's disease
is usually around the age of 20,
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that's the peak incidence,
and by 40 almost all cases of
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Chron's disease have
already had their beginning.
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So we can be thankful that
the symptoms of Chron's disease
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don't usually occur in later
life, or don't usually have
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their onset.
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Now at this time Dr. Don
Miller is going to talk with you
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about Ulcerative Colitis,
a very distressing disorder,
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Dr. Miller!
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Ok, you can pretty
much tell where that is at,
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Ulcerative means you have
some ulcers, colitis is in the
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colon, a major problem,
and it's manifest by bloody
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diarrhea, mucous in the
blood, or bloody mucous in the
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stools, bloating,
sometimes people loose weight,
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a lot of pain and
discomfort in the abdomen area.
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Basically the number 1
cause would be constipation.
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It's not just the fact
that the person is constipated
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it's what is
causing the constipation.
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It's causing an irritation...
people who have a lot of spices
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in their food, a lot
of meat in their food,
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a lot of milk in their
food, are opening the door for
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Ulcerative Colitis.
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Again this is one of
those things that you do not see
00:20:55.45\00:20:58.00
in the developing countries.
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It's just one of those
things that is feedingly rare.
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There was a doctor years
ago working in Africa for years
00:21:01.96\00:21:06.46
named Dr. Dennis
Burkett, he became known as
00:21:06.47\00:21:09.33
"the fiber doctor. "
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He noticed that the
people that he dealt with,
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.00
none of them ever got colon
cancer and finally he determined
00:21:12.01\00:21:16.30
that the reason why is these
people have a high amount of
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fiber in their diet.
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So colon cancer is one
step beyond Ulcerative Colitis,
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people who have this constant
irritation because of the
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impaction of the fecal material
in the colon are going to tend
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to have more of those problems.
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So what do you do about it?
1. Almost the same as we talked
00:21:36.13\00:21:40.34
a little bit ago about
Peptic Ulcer is you eat
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smaller meals and
you chew your food well.
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You eat a high fiber
diet, it is extremely important.
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But going again to this
cabbage juice thing is extremely
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important, but at the
same time at the onset of the
00:21:52.71\00:21:55.91
treatment you will probably
not want to eat to many raw
00:21:55.92\00:21:58.86
grains, and you do not eat
raw fruits on an empty stomach.
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You need to eat
some cooked foods first,
00:22:04.54\00:22:06.73
but again with the cooked
foods, and this is something
00:22:06.74\00:22:09.54
that we don't get in our
society, our grains should be
00:22:09.55\00:22:13.76
well cooked.
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The inspired book that I
once read said that grains usual
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porridge or mush should
have several hours cooking,
00:22:19.10\00:22:21.77
and we believe that the long
starch chains that are put into
00:22:21.78\00:22:26.07
the blood stream are
very damaging to the body.
00:22:26.08\00:22:28.96
every single part of
the body so we want to have
00:22:28.97\00:22:31.01
well cooked grains in the
body and it will help move this
00:22:31.02\00:22:35.13
problem along.
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There are other
things that you can do,
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.13
hot fomentations over the
abdomen area is extremely good.
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Doing a massage
over the colon area,
00:22:42.51\00:22:46.71
basically down around
where your appendix is...
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people always know
where there appendix is.
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You put your fingers and just
do a circular massage up the
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Ascending colon, get
just below the rib cage,
00:22:55.57\00:22:58.41
go across the Transverse colon,
and then get the other side
00:22:58.42\00:23:03.60
of the rib cage and you
go down the Descending colon
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and you do that
a number of times.
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A few years ago we had
a patient at Uchee Pines
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who had some type of a
severe gastrointestinal problem
00:23:10.95\00:23:17.17
and really it had not been
diagnosed what his problem was,
00:23:17.18\00:23:20.46
he had been to 23
different doctors,
00:23:20.47\00:23:22.07
spent a quarter of a million
dollars and he spent 21/2 years
00:23:22.08\00:23:25.56
trying to find the
solution to his problem.
00:23:25.57\00:23:27.36
Came to Uchee Pines and by
God's grace he, for me anyway,
00:23:27.37\00:23:33.47
he got to be my patient,
I enjoy working with these
00:23:33.48\00:23:35.87
challenging people.
00:23:35.88\00:23:36.85
One of the treatments
that I decided to do...
00:23:36.86\00:23:39.79
When I was ready
through John Harvey Kellogg's
00:23:39.80\00:23:41.75
hydrotherapy manual trying
to find out what did he do
00:23:41.76\00:23:45.19
with strange problems in
the colon area and basically
00:23:45.20\00:23:48.87
what I did was after I
gave him a Russia Steam Bath
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which would give
him a lot of relaxation,
00:23:52.68\00:23:55.19
I take a hose with cold water
and I would spray it right there
00:23:55.20\00:23:59.30
in the appendix area and
then sort of just play it up the
00:23:59.31\00:24:03.02
Ascending, across the Transverse
and down the Descending colon
00:24:03.03\00:24:06.21
and I would do this
over and over again.
00:24:06.22\00:24:08.41
Now whether that helped or
the Russian Steam Bath helped
00:24:08.42\00:24:12.93
or the two other treatments
that I was giving him helped,
00:24:12.94\00:24:15.17
whatever it was, he
was told one night...
00:24:15.18\00:24:18.45
He was woken in the
middle of the night...
00:24:18.46\00:24:19.88
He heard his name and he woke
up and he looked over to see
00:24:19.89\00:24:22.52
what his wife wanted... she
was sound asleep over there,
00:24:22.53\00:24:24.58
he turned back over and he heard
his name again and he realized
00:24:24.59\00:24:28.14
it wasn't a
human speaking to him,
00:24:28.15\00:24:30.13
and the voice in his
room said "YOU ARE HEALED"
00:24:30.14\00:24:33.47
and he was completely healed
of this particular problem.
00:24:33.48\00:24:37.39
So the simple things that we
can do, again I would recommend
00:24:37.40\00:24:40.63
the slippery elm, I
would recommend the garlic,
00:24:40.64\00:24:43.27
I would recommend
staying away from the irritating
00:24:43.28\00:24:45.95
substances, the coffee, colas,
chocolates, and the alcohol,
00:24:45.98\00:24:50.35
and of course the meat
and the milk, and eating a
00:24:50.38\00:24:52.93
bland diet to help
this problem cure itself.
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If you do this it is a whole lot
better than the other options.
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Yes, and often these very
simple things can be helpful
00:25:00.93\00:25:05.41
Ulcerative Colitis
which is a perplexing and
00:25:05.45\00:25:09.64
distressing disorder.
00:25:09.67\00:25:11.43
Another disorder of the
colon is that of polyps.
00:25:11.46\00:25:14.84
Polyps are small finger like
projections, or they begin small
00:25:14.87\00:25:18.88
and they grow and they
can get to be quite huge,
00:25:18.91\00:25:23.28
almost golf ball or the
size or a peach and these
00:25:23.31\00:25:29.26
individuals can have
major symptoms from polyps.
00:25:29.29\00:25:33.30
There is another kind
of polypoid disease called
00:25:33.31\00:25:37.17
Adenomatous
Polyposis of the colon.
00:25:37.20\00:25:40.45
This has some hereditary
components of it and sometimes
00:25:40.48\00:25:47.04
these individuals
require even a Cholectomy.
00:25:47.05\00:25:50.37
The entire colon being
bleeding and raw but fortunately
00:25:50.40\00:25:55.89
that is not a common disease,
but individuals who have it
00:25:55.90\00:25:59.28
can be helped by following
a very careful lifestyle.
00:25:59.31\00:26:04.72
Now with polyps, they are often
due to lifestyle transgressions
00:26:04.73\00:26:10.82
and you know the eight natural
laws of health expanded to
00:26:10.85\00:26:16.62
all of those that we generally
talk about up to 14 or more
00:26:16.65\00:26:21.34
laws of health and apply all of
these in your life as you can.
00:26:21.37\00:26:26.19
Polyps of the colon can
progress to cancer of the colon,
00:26:26.22\00:26:32.22
polyps are considered to
be pre-cancerous and with
00:26:32.23\00:26:36.03
cancer of the colon there
is really a serious problem.
00:26:36.06\00:26:39.41
But even with cancer of
the colon there are things that
00:26:39.44\00:26:43.10
can be done that can slow down
the growth of the cancer and
00:26:43.13\00:26:46.75
make it so that the individual
with colon cancer can have a
00:26:46.78\00:26:51.62
partial remission or
sometimes a complete remission.
00:26:51.65\00:26:55.55
We had a woman at Uchee
Pines one time who went 18 years
00:26:55.58\00:27:00.01
from the diagnosis
of an annular cancer,
00:27:00.04\00:27:03.48
which grows in a circular
fashion around the colon
00:27:03.51\00:27:08.27
until the time that she got
widespread metatheses and died,
00:27:08.28\00:27:12.06
but we felt that her
remission was a great tribute to
00:27:12.07\00:27:16.08
changing her lifestyle,
becoming a total vegetarian
00:27:16.11\00:27:20.17
eating just high fiber
plant based diet and trusting in
00:27:20.20\00:27:27.33
divine power.
00:27:27.36\00:27:28.41
There are symptoms that
one has throughout one's life
00:27:28.44\00:27:34.19
that can indicate the
probability or an increased
00:27:34.22\00:27:38.06
risk of getting a cancer
of the colon and these are
00:27:38.09\00:27:40.83
such things intestinal
bleeding, and hemorrhoids,
00:27:40.86\00:27:44.53
and a variety of
symptoms such as that.
00:27:44.54\00:27:48.68
Now we hope that our discussion
of these problems with the
00:27:48.71\00:27:53.06
gastrointestinal tract
will give you a more peaceful
00:27:53.09\00:27:55.98
colon and
gastrointestinal tract.
00:27:56.01\00:27:58.37