Hello, as with most
things in medicine and anatomy
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and health, we're
learning new things all the time
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and the heart is no exception.
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Everything from new
foods that can keep us from
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coagulating the blood inside
the blood vessels to new testing
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things, we'd like to talk with
you about these that we know
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you'll love the information
that we have and I'm sure
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you will appreciate my guests,
we hope you will join us.
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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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I think one of the
most distressing problems
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that I run into is that of
how to lower the cholesterol
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in a person who's ordinary
measures don't work well.
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So I would like to invite you to
come with me and I would like to
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introduce you to my first
guest who is Rhonda Clark,
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Rhonda, welcome
to the program today.
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- Thank you!
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- And I'm happy that you
are going to talk with us on
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how to lower the cholesterol.
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- Yes!
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- I get calls from time to
time and I'm sure you do too
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at Uchee Pines, about how
to get the cholesterol down.
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I've tried this, I've tried that
I've been on this kind of diet
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and that kind of diet,
I've taken this kind of medicine
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and it's still high.
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How do you help them?
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Well I have some things to
recommend and it's a blessing,
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simple lifestyle measures
can make a big difference
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in one's cholesterol level.
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So let me share with you
some the things I brought with
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me today, one of the
things that we know commonly
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about lowering the cholesterol
is to lower the fats in our
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diet and it makes a difference
the types of fats that we take
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out of our diet.
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The two big enemies when it
comes to our cholesterol count
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are saturated fats and trans
fats, you may know trans fats
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by another term, partially
hydrogenated or hydrogenated
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fats, these are very
contributory to the development
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of elevated cholesterol levels
and should be eliminated from
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the diet.
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On the other hand, some
beneficial fats may lower the
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cholesterol, these are the
fats that we find in whole plant
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foods, such as nuts, olives,
avocados, the nuts that are
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especially of benefit are
almonds, pecans and walnuts.
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Several studies have been
done on the use of almonds
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to lower the cholesterol
and have been very encouraging,
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so these should be included
in moderation in a healthy diet
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to lower cholesterol.
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All plant based diet makes a big
difference, any product that was
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made by an animal or is an
animal that we take into our
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diet will give us cholesterol.
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When we go to a strictly plant
based diet our cholesterol can
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very nicely come down.
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There also is an important
aspect of a plant based diet,
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it's helpful for us in lowering
cholesterol, and that's it's
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fiber content, when we eat a
high fiber diet, we trap bile
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which holds cholesterol
and excrete it from the body.
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The liver is excellent at
recycling bile and just building
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the cholesterol, making
cholesterol for us when we help
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eliminate more bile by eating
a high fat diet the cholesterol
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is used then in making more new
bile, helping to lower the blood
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cholesterol level.
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Another tip is to spend
time in the sunlight every day,
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sunlight as it strikes our
skin manufactures vitamin D
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in the manufacturing of
this vitamin D, cholesterol is
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utilized, as that cholesterol
is used, the skin needs to
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pull more cholesterol from
our blood to continue making
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vitamin D.
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So spending 20 minutes or
more of sunlight on the skin
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every day is very beneficial
in lowering cholesterol.
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One study showed that a
two hour sun bath lowered total
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cholesterol levels 13%, so
this can be very beneficial
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in your over all program.
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I wanted to share some herbs
too that can be beneficial in
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lowering cholesterol, garlic,
taking garlic in the diet
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regularly can help lower
cholesterol and flax seed,
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these contain some of
the beneficial fats that we
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mentioned as well as
fiber, which are both helpful in
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lowering cholesterol.
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Another interesting herb,
actually a resin called Google
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can lower cholesterol
as can red rice yeast,
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these can be found at
your health food store,
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and can be taken according
to package instructions
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to lower cholesterol.
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One other interesting
thing I wanted to mention in
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lowering cholesterol, and that
is a particular type of food,
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those foods that are high in
a substance called plant sterols
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or plant stanols, these
are plant steroids that help
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inhibit the synthesis of
cholesterol or the building of
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cholesterol in our liver.
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Foods that are high in
plant stanols or sterols include
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potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant,
soy products, celery, all of the
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lettuces, peaches, blueberries,
and apples, some of my favorite
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foods and I'm sure some of
your favorite foods as well.
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- Yes! I like to
hear blueberries coming up
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because blueberries are so
tasty and there are so many
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dishes that they
fit into well. - Uhuh!
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- All the way from a smoothie
to a crisp and breads that are
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made with it. - And
muffins and pancakes.
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- Yes! They're not
only delightful to look at,
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but they are delightful to
eat and delightful to work with.
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- Indeed! - And
of course they have
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so many health benefits. - Yes!
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You know I found an interesting
study in my research for this
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and this was done in 2003.
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They took two groups of
people and put them one on a
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cholesterol lowering medication
called Lovastatin and the
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other group went of a
lifestyle program where they had
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an ounce of raw almonds
in their diet every day,
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they increased the fiber in
their diet, they ate foods high
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in plant sterols,
they got regular exercise,
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another important
factor in lowering cholesterol.
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These individuals in over four
weeks of following this program
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had the same, in fact just
slightly higher results, they
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lowered their
cholesterol equally as well, or
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actually a little bit lower
I should say instead of higher
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as the medication and had none
of the harmful side effects,
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in fact they had the benefits
of these plants to the other
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systems of their body.
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So lifestyle means certainly
can be effective in lowering
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cholesterol, I will mention one
other supplement that I happened
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to cross in my research and
this one I am not familiar with
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this is new but the research is
rather interesting, it's a plant
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alcohol called policosanol
found at the health food store
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it comes from
sugar cane or yams.
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This substance is especially
effective in lowering the LDL
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the low density lipoprotein
type of cholesterol or what we
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commonly know as
our bad cholesterol.
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After taking policosanol
for 6-8 weeks the subjects
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in the study lowered their LDL
cholesterol a range from 11-27%,
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rather interesting I thought.
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- Yes, I've talked with a
physician who has had some
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experience with that and
he was quite charmed with the
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thought that this plant
substance could from just
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sugar cane and yams could
have such a beneficial effect
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on peoples cholesterol.
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- Now he may have mentioned
to you there is one precaution
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in taking this is that is
at its higher doses it has a
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blood thinning component
to it as well, now that can be
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helpful if you are not on
a blood thinning medication,
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but if you do
take an anti-coagulant
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a blood thinning medication,
you may want to stay away from
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the highest doses of this
or at least watch for any signs
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of excessive bleeding, like
bruises that you can't explain.
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- Or blood in the urine or
blood in the bowel movement.
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- Yes, these would be...
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- Or easy bleeding
of the nose or whatever.
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Very good now cholesterol is not
the only fat that can be high
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that can cause
the heart a problem.
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- Yes! There is
also triglyceride.
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- Oh indeed!
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- Do you have people a
lot who ask you about that?
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- Surprisingly a great number,
it seems some people will call
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and say that their cholesterol
count is really ok but their
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triglycerides are so high,
and have asked what can we do
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to get our
triglyceride level down.
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The same things that we
have recommended for cholesterol
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can also lower triglycerides,
but I want to add a couple
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of other suggestions.
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One triglycerides are
also elevated when we have
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an abundance of carbohydrates
in our diet, especially the
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refined simple sugars, eliminate
the refined products from
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your diet, and I think you
will be pleased to see your
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triglyceride coming down.
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Another thing to recommend,
a surprising little study that
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was done on
kiwi fruit. - Oh yes!
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They had individuals eat
two to three kiwis a day and in
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21 days these folks
all saw decreases in
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their triglycerides.
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- Oh I like that treatment.
- Yes! A very nice treatment
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indeed, and some theorize
the vitamin C in which these
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little fruits are so high
in may have had a component in
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lowering the triglyceride level.
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I wanted to make one final
thought that I want to mention
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to, not only about carbohydrate
intake and fat intake but
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when we overeat in
general, even of healthful foods
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we can see elevations
in our triglyceride level.
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So eating in moderation,
following a two meal plan
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may be just the thing that will
finally bring your triglyceride
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level down to a
healthy value, a healthy range.
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- Very good, thank
you so much Rhonda.
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- Thank you for
having me. - I appreciate it.
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Now we have another aspect
of this thing of cholesterol
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that I would like you to know
and that is HDL and LDL and IDL
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and VLDL, and I have a chart
that I think will make this
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a little clearer for
you so let me just show you
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my chart and see if this
doesn't make this clearer.
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Here is a fat globule
with a fatty inner core and an
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outer core of phospholipids
and cholesterol in the
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little valleys between
the rounded portions of the
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phospholipids, of course
this is just a schematic drawing
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and here is a little portion
of the fat molecule taken up
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so that you can see the inside.
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Just the very structure of this
is interesting, notice how the
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artist has put this with
hair pins showing that this part
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is always on the outside,
and this part is always on the
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inside, interesting
structure chemically speaking.
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Then on the surface there are
attachment sites for substances
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that can help to remove
the cholesterol from the body,
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now if you will look at
this portion of the chart,
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here is the HDL, high density
lipoprotein, and you can see
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that these are small,
these are a little larger,
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these larger yet and these
are LDL and the IDL and the VLDL
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now all of these are
different forms of lipoprotein,
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and the lipoprotein as we
saw here the phospholipids,
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these are the ones that
can carry the cholesterol
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so the cholesterol gets into
the HDL and can be taken out
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of the body in that way.
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Here is a cell which can
take up cholesterol having the
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cholesterol born into these
little pits which can go into
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the cell and the cell then
recycles these little portions
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of cholesterol, so this can
help you some what we can make
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cholesterol inside the body
in the liver or we can take it
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in with the food and it is
absorbed through the intestinal
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tract and in this way we can
see that cholesterol is indeed
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quite a study itself, not a
simple thing of I've got high
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blood cholesterol but what
form of high blood cholesterol
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do you have.
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If your HDL is high, that's
good we're very happy for that,
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but if the LDL or the
VLDL, if those are high,
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we're not so happy with that
those can be damaging for us.
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And interestingly enough
cholesterol and triglycerides
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are not the only problem
with substances made in the body
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or that can be made in the
body that can cause a problem,
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homocystene and other substances
can also cause a problem
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for the heart.
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Now I have asked Dr. Don
Miller to also be a guest on our
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program today, and I would
like for you to talk with us
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about another aspect of
this thing having to do with
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cardiac concerns.
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- Ok I will, but you know as you
are showing a picture of that
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cholesterol, I'm thinking
as simple as that thing is
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how can anyone
believe in evolution.
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- I know. - It is
basically so simple
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compared to one eye cone
but still people believe in that
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strange thing,
God is a good God.
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- Yes and to have one
cholesterol molecule which is
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essential for our
health. - Absolutely!
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We have to have cholesterol
for a number of things
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we have to have it in the
skin to make the pro vitamin D
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and we have to have it
in all of our hormone organs
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so that they can
make our various hormones.
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So it's essential to
the functioning of the body
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and yet one wrong enzyme, can
make it so that we cannot make
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cholesterol in a proper way.
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So it's impossible, and
dozens of them are needed,
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so we would have to have a
real explosion of evolution,
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I don't know how I could have
ever believed in that theory.
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- Yes it is
strange. - It's sociological.
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- It is strange.
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I remember one time we had a...
at Uchee Pines we wanted to get
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one of these cholesterol
screening machines and so we
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had a couple of different
companies with their salesman
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come and I remember very
distinctly the day that the man
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came and he put his nice
machine down and buffed it up,
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he was real happy with this
machine, it was a great machine,
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and a bunch of us lined up
and we had little finger sticks
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and got a little drop of blood
and he started feeding these
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things into the machine and
after about five or six went
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through the machine, he
stopped he said just a minute,
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I think there
is something wrong,
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I have to
re-calibrate my machine.
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So he put his calibration fluids
in there and he re-calibrated
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and he said I think it's alright
and took some more of our blood
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and he said I'm sorry,
maybe it got hurt in shipping
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because it's not working.
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He said well what's wrong,
he said all these cholesterols
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are coming out below 150, I
don't know the wrong is here.
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- You could have
told him what was wrong.
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- You're at Uchee Pines.
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- Where they exercise and have
sunlight and have a vegan diet.
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- Absolutely!
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- And trust in divine power,
all of those things that make
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for a low blood cholesterol.
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- And you've got to do all
of these things, we believe that
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the good cholesterol
level is 100 plus your age,
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and if you are 80 years old,
it doesn't mean that it's good
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to have 180, really
the lower the better.
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Triglycerides we like to
see it about what the age is,
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so mine could be just around
60, that's a good triglyceride
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for me, I like
to keep mine lower.
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They did a very interesting
study up in Finland a number of
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years ago, they took 30,000
men and women from Finland
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who were at risk for coronary
heart disease, and they did
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just three simple
things for these people:
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One they got them off of
tobacco, we realize tobacco
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is poison not only to
the heart, but to the entire
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vascular system,
got them off of tobacco.
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Second thing, they lowered
the blood pressure, taking care
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of salt in the diet, getting
them exercising and a few things
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like that, it's quite easy
to lower the blood pressure.
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Third thing lowered the
cholesterol intake into the body
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which is very easy, you
give them more plant based
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carbohydrates and proteins
rather than animal ones,
00:17:55.77\00:17:59.32
so that you are not
getting so much cholesterol
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into the body.
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What were the results,
within a short period of time
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they found that they had a 55%
reduction in fatal heart attacks
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in the men and a 70%
reduction in fatal heart attacks
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in the women, from three
factors, just three factors.
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And there's other factors
that affect the heart you know
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some people say well Paul
told Timothy take a little wine
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for your stomach's sake,
and then someone's people say
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well we take some wine for
our hearts sake and we find
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that the number amount of wine
that you'd have to take to get
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the beneficial effect for
your heart is about 12 glasses
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of wine which then intoxicate
you and it's toxic to the
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heart muscle.
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So instead of giving them
wine, purple grape juice has the
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resveratrol which has an
anti platelet stickiness factor
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which keeps the blood
moving freely as along with a
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clove of garlic a day
would do the same thing.
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- And the resveratrol has
recently been shown to have a
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very beneficial effect on
the endothelium, the endothelium
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is the lining of blood
vessels and the elasticity and
00:19:06.23\00:19:11.96
plasticity of this
membrane is so important to the
00:19:11.99\00:19:16.74
blood vessels to
keep them healthy,
00:19:16.77\00:19:18.49
resveratrol is important
for that, where would you get
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resveratrol?
00:19:22.76\00:19:24.09
- From grapes. -
Purple grapes, and you said
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no wine. - Wine
has other toxins,
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- Cardio-toxic and so...
00:19:29.79\00:19:32.41
- Cardio-toxic alcohol is
not good for the heart and women
00:19:32.44\00:19:38.65
and people who take mammo-toxic
alcohol will have more breast
00:19:38.68\00:19:45.94
problems, breast
cancer and other problems.
00:19:45.97\00:19:48.56
So we can get resveratrol
from purple grape juice,
00:19:48.59\00:19:51.92
or purple grapes but also
from most berries, blueberries
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is one cranberries,
strawberries, most berries
00:19:56.58\00:19:59.94
will give some resveratrol,
peanuts have resveratrol
00:19:59.97\00:20:04.31
and a number of other foods
are found to have significant
00:20:04.34\00:20:08.48
qualities of
resveratrol, but these are all
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plant based, notice.
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So a plant based diet can
be most important to keeping
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the cardio-vascular
system in good health.
00:20:18.51\00:20:20.99
- Absolutely, another one is
exercise, they find that those
00:20:21.02\00:20:24.24
who exercise have half the
amount of coronary problems
00:20:24.27\00:20:27.47
as those who are sedentary,
people who are sedentary
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the health deficit of people
who smoke a pack of cigarettes
00:20:31.50\00:20:38.30
a day, and so the need
to be out and be active,
00:20:38.33\00:20:42.05
to be exercising every
day, not weekend warriors,
00:20:42.08\00:20:45.71
but every day
getting good exercise.
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.84
- What would you think of a
person who just does not like
00:20:47.87\00:20:50.93
to be outside, they love what
goes on inside, they love their
00:20:50.96\00:20:55.04
computer, they love their
telephone, they love their
00:20:55.07\00:20:58.90
desks and their reading.
00:20:58.93\00:21:01.94
They have to learn to
love their heart monitors too,
00:21:01.97\00:21:04.45
they really need to find a way
to break out of that and get out
00:21:04.48\00:21:09.37
and do exercise, now if
they don't like outside for some
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.88
other reasons, then get
some indoor exercise equipment
00:21:11.91\00:21:14.98
and there are some good ones
but still you got to have your
00:21:15.01\00:21:18.05
windows open and get fresh
air, exercise is so vital to the
00:21:18.08\00:21:21.47
human body, you really
can't live right without it.
00:21:21.50\00:21:23.70
- Many women don't like to
get out of door where they live
00:21:23.73\00:21:26.60
because it's not safe in
the city where they live,
00:21:26.63\00:21:29.51
and for them of course we
can recommend a spa, or we can
00:21:29.54\00:21:33.68
recommend the Y, or to get
some indoor exercise equipment
00:21:33.71\00:21:42.47
that can keep them
from being sedentary.
00:21:42.50\00:21:44.67
- one of those simple re-
bounders just stand there doing
00:21:44.70\00:21:46.70
re-bounding is very
good for the entire body,
00:21:46.73\00:21:49.02
that little shake up is good
for the bones for osteoporosis,
00:21:49.05\00:21:52.07
it gets your
cardiovascular system working,
00:21:52.10\00:21:54.85
gets your respiratory system
working, lots of good effects
00:21:54.88\00:21:58.27
from just something as simple
as re-bounding, plus you have
00:21:58.30\00:22:00.90
no stress on the
knees and the legs and hips.
00:22:00.93\00:22:03.17
- Yes, that's such
an important thing.
00:22:03.20\00:22:05.26
- Very important.
00:22:05.29\00:22:06.26
- Yes, well I'm so happy that
you brought up these things,
00:22:06.27\00:22:09.96
thank you so much for
being on our program today.
00:22:09.99\00:22:11.80
- My pleasure, thank you.
00:22:11.83\00:22:12.80
Now to talk about some of
the testing that we now have
00:22:12.81\00:22:17.86
that can help you to know
more about your heart and how
00:22:17.89\00:22:21.34
healthy it is, one of those
is homocystine, homocystine
00:22:21.37\00:22:26.83
is a rather new kid on
the block you might say,
00:22:26.86\00:22:32.24
in laboratory testing,
an we note this about it,
00:22:32.27\00:22:36.82
that the lower it is the better.
00:22:36.86\00:22:40.24
Now with cholesterol generally
speaking, the lower it is
00:22:40.27\00:22:44.01
the better, now
apparently there are some people
00:22:44.04\00:22:47.09
who may need a little higher
cholesterol level, these are
00:22:47.12\00:22:51.32
rare but an occasional
person does seem to need a bit
00:22:51.35\00:22:55.79
higher level.
00:22:55.82\00:22:56.93
Maybe some of their hormone
glands require a bit more
00:22:56.96\00:23:02.33
cholesterol or
whatever, but with homocystine
00:23:02.36\00:23:05.16
at least to the present time,
the lower it is the better.
00:23:05.19\00:23:09.12
So we recommend that it be
below 10 if at all possible,
00:23:09.15\00:23:13.60
certainly below 12, and people
who's homocystines are down
00:23:13.63\00:23:17.95
around 5, they are sort of
enviable, but there are many
00:23:17.98\00:23:22.57
who do have low
homocystine levels.
00:23:22.60\00:23:25.27
Now another one is C- Reactive
Protein or CRP, the C-Reactive
00:23:25.30\00:23:32.03
Protein we've had for a long
time, but in it's application
00:23:32.06\00:23:36.34
as a cardiac test we
have not had it for that long.
00:23:36.37\00:23:40.41
C- Reactive Protein indicates
an inflammatory condition
00:23:40.44\00:23:46.10
in the body, when there is
an inflammation in the body
00:23:46.13\00:23:51.09
it put a strain on a variety
of organs, one of those is
00:23:51.12\00:23:56.20
the heart, it also increases
the likelihood that there will
00:23:56.23\00:24:00.26
be small clots, microscopic
in size, or large clots,
00:24:00.29\00:24:05.83
large enough that they could
block a major blood vessel,
00:24:05.86\00:24:09.44
and the C- Reactive Protein
is an indicator for us that
00:24:09.47\00:24:15.25
something is not good for
the cardio vascular system.
00:24:15.28\00:24:18.30
Now there are some anti-
inflammatory herbs that are
00:24:18.33\00:24:23.00
quite good for the high C-
Reactive Proteins for the high
00:24:23.03\00:24:30.25
fibrinogen level which is
also a factor that we can check
00:24:30.28\00:24:36.39
to see how good the
heart is having it in your body
00:24:36.42\00:24:41.33
and for these an anti-
inflammatory herb may be very
00:24:41.36\00:24:46.19
good, there are also some anti-
inflammatory foods, apples,
00:24:46.22\00:24:50.70
most fruits, blueberries,
kiwi, all of these are very good
00:24:50.73\00:24:57.55
for the heart and are especially
high in anti-inflammatory
00:24:57.58\00:25:01.51
substances.
00:25:01.54\00:25:02.81
Hawthorne berry which is
double first cousin to an apple,
00:25:02.84\00:25:06.82
Hawthorne berry is an herb
which we always think of when we
00:25:06.85\00:25:11.66
think of heart, heart disease,
Hawthorne berry, and it's also
00:25:11.69\00:25:16.04
good for the blood
pressure, white willow bark,
00:25:16.07\00:25:19.67
one of the best anti-
inflammatory herbs that we have,
00:25:19.70\00:25:22.95
it also has some anti-pain
characteristics so we can use
00:25:22.98\00:25:27.78
that as well, and white willow
bark has yet another wonderful
00:25:27.81\00:25:33.60
feature, and that is it
has a very nice anti-coagulant
00:25:33.63\00:25:38.61
factors.
00:25:38.64\00:25:40.04
Interestingly, when we take
these herbs, especially if we
00:25:40.07\00:25:46.48
take them in a crude form rather
than in a purified derivative,
00:25:46.51\00:25:51.73
if we take these herbs
they will usually not overstep
00:25:51.76\00:25:58.40
the boundaries of good
health so that we over shoot
00:25:58.43\00:26:02.33
anti-coagulation as a
drug anti-coagulant can do.
00:26:02.36\00:26:07.13
Then the common kitchen
Turmeric, that's very good
00:26:07.17\00:26:10.90
1/2 teaspoonful one, two, three,
four times a day can be most
00:26:10.94\00:26:16.22
beneficial to people for it's
anti-inflammatory qualities,
00:26:16.25\00:26:21.57
also has a little anti-coagulant
properties as well.
00:26:21.60\00:26:26.11
Rosemary, another common
kitchen herb, grow rosemary,
00:26:26.14\00:26:31.53
put it in all your
soups and and all your stews,
00:26:31.56\00:26:34.79
put Rosemary in breads, sprinkle
it on Pizzas, put it on pasta,
00:26:34.82\00:26:41.98
it's very good in
it's use in the kitchen.
00:26:42.01\00:26:46.48
So major on Rosemary and
don't forget that it can grow if
00:26:46.51\00:26:51.13
you don't have a garden, right
in a flower pot, so put it in
00:26:51.16\00:26:54.91
your living room in a beautiful
flower pot, I think it's a very
00:26:54.94\00:26:59.38
nice looking herb, and when you
go by just cause the little herb
00:26:59.41\00:27:06.00
to wave in the breeze and
see what a nice aroma it puts in
00:27:06.03\00:27:10.10
your entire house.
00:27:10.13\00:27:11.34
Kava Kava another very good herb
that has an anti-inflammatory
00:27:11.37\00:27:17.11
quality, one dose, whatever
that may be, if it's a tea
00:27:17.14\00:27:22.25
then use one cup four times
a day, whatever the done is
00:27:22.28\00:27:26.20
on the package that you purchase
take that four times a day.
00:27:26.23\00:27:29.84
And then the last one is
ginger, ginger has a very good
00:27:29.87\00:27:34.67
anti-inflammatory quality and
can be most helpful in a variety
00:27:34.70\00:27:41.40
of different
kinds of heart diseases,
00:27:41.43\00:27:44.10
these are simple
things that we have told you
00:27:44.13\00:27:47.48
but if you do these
things you will have very good
00:27:47.51\00:27:51.38
cardiac health, Good Bye!
00:27:51.41\00:27:54.99