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>>John Bradshaw:
This is It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
Thanks for joining me.
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When you open the Bible,
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you come face to face
with some stark realities.
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The Bible says this
in Romans 6 and verse 23.
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It says, “The
wages of sin is death,”
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which tells us
that sin is a killer.
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It doesn't always
look like a killer.
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Sometimes it might
look like your best friend.
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But ultimately, sin is deadly.
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Now, my guest
today is Dr. David DeRose
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from CompassHealth Consulting,
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and we're going to
talk about a silent killer.
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Dr. DeRose, thanks
for joining me today.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Great
to be with you, John.
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>>John: It's
good to have you back.
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Today there's a silent
killer we're going to discuss,
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and you talk about
it in your new book,
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“30 Days to Natural
Blood Pressure Control.”
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High Blood Pressure.
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So here's my question:
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We're here to
talk about the Bible,
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but on a Bible
program we're talking about
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high blood pressure,
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a health concern,
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a killer.
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Why would we be talking
about that on a spiritual,
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biblically based
television program?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You know,
John, if it just killed people,
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if it just took their
life, that might be one thing.
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But high blood pressure not
only robs of quality of life;
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it can impair our central
computer, our frontal lobe.
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And as a result,
the way the Holy Spirit
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communicates with us
is through our brain.
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So if we're not
taking care of that brain,
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if it's being pounded
with high blood pressure,
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if we have a stroke,
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if we have dementia contributed
to by high blood pressure,
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we are going to suffer in
our spiritual life as well.
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>>John: I'm reminded too,
the Bible says that our body
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“is the temple
of the Holy Spirit.”
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We should be concerned
from a spiritual point of view
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about how we take care
of the body temple, correct?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
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The other fascinating
thing about the Holy Spirit
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is the Holy Spirit gives
us those fruits of the spirit.
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And we actually show in
the book how those very fruits,
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also embodied in
Jesus' beatitude,
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those things
like kindness and joy,
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those things actually
keep our blood pressure low.
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So these things are
intimately connected:
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spirituality
and physical health.
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>>John: Today we're
going to discover how
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you can keep your
blood pressure low;
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if you have high blood pressure,
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how you can lower
that blood pressure.
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How you can avoid
getting high blood pressure.
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In addition to that, a
number of things very practical
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that will be a blessing to you,
to your life, and if not you,
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then somebody you know who
really needs this information.
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Okay, what's,
what's blood pressure?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You know, it's
surprising that many people,
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even with high blood pressure,
John, don't know what it is.
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Blood pressure is
simply the pressure
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that's in your blood vessels.
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So every time your heart pumps,
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and the heart pumps
roughly, just to make it simple,
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about once every second,
that would be 60 beats a minute,
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many people a little
bit faster than that.
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But the heart pumps,
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it generates a surge of
pressure into the arteries,
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that highest pressure that is
reached is called the systolic.
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That's that upper
number in the blood pressure.
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Then the heart relaxes,
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and when the heart
relaxes, fully relaxes,
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the lowest pressure
in your blood pressure
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is called the
diastolic pressure.
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And so we'll come
up with something like
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120 for the systolic,
when the heart is pumping,
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over 80, the lower
number, the diastolic,
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when the heart is resting.
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>>John: What's a good blood
pressure for someone to have?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You know, this
is a million-dollar question.
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Physicians are still debating
what that magic number is.
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But let me tell you,
we'll cut right through all,
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through all the confusion.
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In the book we show data,
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sound data that shows if
you're not on medication,
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getting your blood pressure
at least as low as 110 systolic
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and 75 diastolic is optimal.
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If you're not on medication.
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>>John: Okay. So you
mentioned medication.
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Medication is one way to lower
undesirably high blood pressure,
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correct?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Correct.
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>>John: Okay.
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Is that medication effective
usually, or ineffective?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
it's an interesting question.
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The medications themselves
typically are effective.
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But what we're finding as
we look at the research is,
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if you follow people for
just a year, many of them,
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with some of the
blood pressure drugs,
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only one out of four people
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keep taking that
drug for a full year.
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>>John: Well, why
would people stop?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Because of the side effects.
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>>John: Okay. What are
some of the side effects?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Some
common side effects
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of common blood pressure drugs:
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frequent urination,
cough, chronic cough,
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decreased energy level,
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decreased sexual performance,
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depression.
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I mean, the list is a staggering
one, and people are impacted.
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I've seen patients who've gone,
before coming to my office,
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gone to one drug after
another after another, because,
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hey, I felt fine, Doctor.
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But then they told me I
had high blood pressure,
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and now I'm having all these
side effects from the drugs.
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>>John: So, then, we want to be
able to get our blood pressure
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under control,
keep it under control.
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And I think anyone
would agree, I really do,
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I don't think this is
alarmist or anti-medicine.
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You're not
anti-medicine, are you?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Oh,
most definitely not.
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>>John: Okay, I don't
think it's anti-medicine to say,
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let's try to live
without medications
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that you don't need to take.
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First, it makes
good financial sense.
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It has to make
good physical sense.
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And if you can avoid,
uh, undesirable side effects,
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you're just a
whole lot better off.
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So, let's drill down.
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How do we get our blood pressure
down if it's up too high?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well, sometimes
the first step is medication,
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just to pick up
on your last comment.
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If your pressure is 220
over 120, you know, look it.
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I don't care what
you do in this book,
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it's not going to
get your pressure down
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to 110 over 70 in a day.
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And when you're running
those 220 over 120 numbers,
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you are bombarding your body,
and you're at risk for a stroke.
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>>John: Okay, let me ask this.
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I asked a question that
I'm now putting on hold.
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Uh, what are the
dangers of high blood pressure?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well, the dangers,
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one that I've mentioned
several times is stroke.
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And stroke is not just a killer.
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It's a crippler.
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And, uh, and not
just as a crippler,
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but can impair our
cognitive abilities.
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Then there's heart attack.
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There's kidney failure.
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There is blindness.
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There is bulging of the
blood vessels that can rupture;
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we call it aneurisms.
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All of these are on this list.
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And dementia is
on the list as well.
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>>John: Most
people, I think, would say,
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oh, that will
never happen to me.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Of
course. And then it happens.
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And then it's too late.
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So the whole message is,
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you've got to be serious
about this silent killer.
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>>John: This is
something really where you need
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to be a little
proactive, correct?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
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And here's the
shocking thing, John.
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Even if a person does not
have blood pressure today,
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in the prime of life, in
their fifties, early sixties,
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no high blood pressure,
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the data indicates that if
you live into your eighties,
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ninety percent of
people in those younger years
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will develop
high blood pressure.
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We've all got to
be concerned about it.
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>>John: Okay. How
do we get it down?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Okay, let's
talk other than medication.
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We're focusing on
natural therapies.
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We go through ten steps.
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We call it No Pressure.
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We're not shooting for a
pressure of zero over zero.
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That's what we find
in the morgue, okay?
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>>John: Yeah, right.
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>>Dr. DeRose: But we're
looking at natural things
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that can lower blood pressure.
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Nutrition is the N. O,
optimal choice of beverages.
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P is for physical activity.
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R is for rest.
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E is environment.
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S, social support.
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The other S, stress management.
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Then we talk about
Use of natural adjuncts,
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we talk about
Refraining from pressors,
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things that
raise blood pressure,
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and then
Exercising faith in God.
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Those are the ten key steps.
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>>John: Okay, in just a moment
we're going to come back to this
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and talk about how you can
get your blood pressure down.
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High blood pressure is something
that cripples and impairs the
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lives of millions of people.
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Millions and millions.
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And this is something
that you want to avoid.
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It's not only good
for your physically
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to avoid high blood pressure,
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but good for you
spiritually as well.
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We'll be back with
more in just a moment.
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>>John: Thanks for joining
me today on It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
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My guest today
is Dr. David DeRose
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from CompassHealth Consulting.
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Dr. DeRose, I'm
glad you're here.
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And one thing that I find
interesting is you're not only
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a physician, but a
minister of the Gospel as well.
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>>Dr. DeRose: I've had
the privilege of serving
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in both those capacities,
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and it's interesting to
me to realize that Jesus,
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when he called
people, when he commissioned,
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every commissioning
service that Jesus had,
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when he sent out the twelve,
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when he sent out the seventy,
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even the great commission,
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especially if you put the
great commission in Mark 16
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alongside the one in Matthew 28,
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he always included healing along
with teaching and preaching.
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So God's given me
the privilege of doing
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all three of
those over the years.
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>>John: You've
written a book called
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“30 Days to Natural
Blood Pressure Control,”
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along with a couple
of colleagues of yours,
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“The ‘No Pressure' Solution.”
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And in here there
are many practical ways
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that a person can use to
get their blood pressure down.
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We've already
spoken about medication.
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That's viable.
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But we know that medication,
and blood pressure medications,
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have a lot of side effects.
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>>Dr. DeRose: That's right.
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>>John: So what can
people do, like really do,
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attainable things, to help
bring their blood pressure down?
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>>Dr. DeRose: One of the
things that is often neglected
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in our environment
is a kind of twins:
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rest and stress management.
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We devote separate sections
in the book to both of these.
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But we find today, especially
as we talk about this interface
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between spirituality
and physical health,
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that many people are
either cutting themselves short
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on rest or they're
becoming overly stressed.
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And it's amazing to me,
from those dual perspectives
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of minister and physician,
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to realize the
Bible has strategies,
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both Jesus offering his rest,
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Jesus offering us
stress management.
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“My peace I give to you;
my peace I leave with you.”
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So these beautiful biblical
truths actually interface
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with an optimal
approach to high blood pressure.
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>>John: How much rest
should a person be getting?
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>>Dr. DeRose: If you
look at the statistics,
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the average person does best
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with about eight
hours of sleep a night.
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>>John: And the
average person is getting about
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how many hours of sleep?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
It's less than that.
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And unfortunately, many
of us think because we can
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drive ourselves, we
don't need that much rest.
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I was under that delusion for a
period of time in my life, John.
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And the interesting thing,
if you're driving yourself,
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even if you're not using
caffeine, and let's face it,
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most people that
are pushing themselves
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are resorting to the caffeine,
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the way those things work
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is they ramp up
the stress hormones,
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which ramps up
the blood pressure.
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>>John: Energy drinks
have really pushed caffeine out
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onto the front line now.
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Do people know the dangers
inherent in using those things,
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do you think?
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>>Dr. DeRose: It's
obvious to me they don't.
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Caffeine is a pressor.
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That means it does
raise blood pressure.
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It makes the blood more sticky.
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It actually
does a host of things
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that really are undesirable.
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But it raises vigilance,
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especially if you're fatigued.
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But it's at a price.
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It's not really
giving you energy;
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it's just whipping the body.
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>>John: So
people press themselves.
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Maybe they use caffeine.
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They go, go, go.
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I read recently
about someone who says,
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“I get by on four
hours of sleep a night.”
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There's a price to pay
for that, though, isn't there?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
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And I can guarantee you, that
person cutting themselves short
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on sleep is worsening how
insulin works in the body,
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raising stress hormone levels,
and raising blood pressure,
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whether or not they
have full-blown hypertension
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today or not.
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>>John: Hmm. Okay, so
what do you say to somebody
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who's not getting enough rest?
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You say, get more
rest, but they don't.
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Simple question: how
does somebody get more rest?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
there's a lot of strategies.
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We actually go through a
whole chapter in the book
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dealing with this.
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One of the simple
strategies that not everyone
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is ready for yet,
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but it's actually called
throwing away the alarm clock.
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And if you do that, it
puts a little burden on you
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to get to bed early enough
that you can wake up in time.
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>>John: Yeah, I don't think
everybody's ready for that.
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What's something
everybody's ready for?
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>>Dr. DeRose: If
you're not ready to get rid
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of the alarm clock,
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at least start dialing back
the time when you go to bed,
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and taking time to wind down.
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Biblical study,
watching “It Is Written.”
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Some great things you
can do before going to bed.
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>>John: Amen. I
could agree with that.
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Okay, so rest is important
in lowering blood pressure.
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Get more rest.
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That's
something everyone can do.
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What else?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well, let's
talk a little bit more about
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the stress side of the equation.
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The analogy we use in
the book to try to make it
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a little bit
more graphic, I mean,
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stress often
seems a bit nebulous.
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So we say, imagine
walking into your bedroom
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and finding a
ravenous lion waiting for you.
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>>John: That would be stressful.
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>>Dr. DeRose: What do you do if
there's a lion in the bedroom?
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You can ignore it.
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You can run from it.
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You can fight it.
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And we use this as an analogy
for how we deal with stressors.
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Some stressors we
do need to eliminate.
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>>John: Is it, is it
easy to know which ones,
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do you think?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You know, this
is where spiritual discernment
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comes in, John.
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You know, a lot of
people underestimate
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how important prayer is.
00:15:52.28\00:15:53.85
One of the routine things
I do in my medical practice
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is pray with patients, if
they're receptive to that.
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Because I believe
that God can guide
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us in making these
important decisions.
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>>John: All right. Okay,
so get a little more rest.
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Eliminate
stressors out of your life.
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Okay. Those are
fairly straightforward
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things that a person can do.
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Let's keep on going
down through the list
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of things that people can do
to lower their blood pressure
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and therefore lower their risk
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of some
catastrophic health event.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Let's talk
about one that many people,
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their eyes kind of gloss
over when we speak about this.
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We say,
refraining from pressors.
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A lot of people say,
well, what is a pressor?
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It's something that
raises blood pressure.
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>>John: And they
would be drugs such as:
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>>Dr. DeRose: They'd be
drugs like Advil, like Nutren,
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like Motrin,
ibuprofen, Naprosyn,
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these common
pain-relieving medications,
00:16:45.53\00:16:48.00
many of them
available over the counter.
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These drugs actually can raise
blood pressure in some people
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as much as 10 or 15 points.
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>>John: Do you have to
consume a lot of that medication
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in order to get, see
the blood pressure spike?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You
don't have to consume a lot.
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If you're sensitive
to these medications,
00:17:01.58\00:17:03.69
they can be driving
your blood pressure up.
00:17:03.72\00:17:06.09
>>John: Can a person find
out if there's a sensitivity?
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How do we know about this?
00:17:08.22\00:17:09.22
>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
one simple way to do it is
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just check your
blood pressure more.
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If you find a day when you're
not taking these medications
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your pressure is
running 140 over 80,
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and the next day when
you're taking the medication
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it's running 155 over 95,
you can make the connection.
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>>John: And that 15-point spike,
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that's sufficient
enough to stay away from?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Oh, John,
just lowering the blood pressure
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a few points
measurably decreases your risk
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of stroke and heart attack.
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It would save millions,
literally, millions of dollars
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in medical expenses,
thousands of lives a year,
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if we could just
lower our blood pressure
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a few points as a population.
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>>John: Just a few points.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Just a few points.
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>>John: And getting more rest,
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doing something about
the stress in your life,
00:17:49.70\00:17:51.03
and some of the pressors,
00:17:51.07\00:17:52.73
that can lower your blood
pressure just those few points.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Yeah, and I know
as we're talking about this,
00:17:55.70\00:17:57.54
it can sound
very, like, well, yeah,
00:17:57.57\00:17:58.94
anybody can say stop doing this,
but what do I do in its place?
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We talk about natural
things that you can do for pain,
00:18:02.21\00:18:04.91
for example.
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One simple thing is
turmeric, the herb turmeric,
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that yellow-orange spice.
00:18:08.85\00:18:10.82
Omega-3 fats.
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These natural fats, by the
way, come only from plants,
00:18:12.42\00:18:16.46
although fish
can concentrate them.
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These are natural blood
pressure-lowering compounds
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that also help with pain.
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>>John: There are things to do.
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You don't have to live a slave
to elevated blood pressure,
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nor do you need to live with
that cloud following you around,
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over your head, saying,
there's a stroke on the way,
00:18:30.67\00:18:32.94
or some other terrible
event further down the line.
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There's a better
way to live, it seems,
00:18:35.11\00:18:37.25
when you embrace the
principles of the Bible
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and the Bible's
prescription for good health.
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So I'll be back with Dr. DeRose
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and we'll have
more in just a moment.
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>>John: Thanks for joining
me today on It Is Written.
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My guest is Dr. David DeRose
from CompassHealth Consulting.
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We're talking
about a silent killer.
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High blood pressure
kills millions of people
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and devastates lives,
00:20:42.44\00:20:44.17
and impacts lives in
tremendously negative ways.
00:20:44.21\00:20:47.18
Dr. DeRose, we talked about some
of the natural ways that people
00:20:47.21\00:20:50.51
can get their
blood pressure down.
00:20:50.55\00:20:52.01
Medication is effective,
but there are side effects,
00:20:52.05\00:20:55.62
and many of them uncomfortable.
00:20:55.65\00:20:57.82
Before I take this in a
different direction with you,
00:20:57.85\00:20:59.95
let's get back to treating
00:21:00.06\00:21:01.32
or looking after your
blood pressure naturally.
00:21:01.36\00:21:04.99
Easy, simple
things that people can do.
00:21:05.03\00:21:06.66
We've talked about
some. Give me one or two more.
00:21:06.70\00:21:09.13
>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
one we can't avoid speaking
00:21:09.16\00:21:11.10
about is physical activity.
00:21:11.13\00:21:13.10
Americans have
neglected that for too long.
00:21:13.13\00:21:16.00
Many are getting more
interested in adding exercise
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or any type of
activities to their program.
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But we really
need to emphasize that,
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because we're still not doing
all that well as a population.
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>>John: What are some simple
things that a person can do,
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your average couch potato who's
just not getting out enough?
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What do you say to that
person, to say, come on,
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you can do this, and here's how?
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>>Dr. DeRose: One of the things
that we encourage in the book
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is setting reasonable goals.
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We actually don't just
talk about things to do.
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We actually help take people, if
you will, by the hand and say,
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what can you do?
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Reasonably, look
at your lifestyle.
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What can you commit to?
00:21:47.54\00:21:48.77
If someone can only commit to
five minutes of exercise a day,
00:21:48.80\00:21:52.27
there's
actually research showing
00:21:52.31\00:21:54.31
that as little as 30
minutes of exercise a week
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can measurably
lower your blood pressure.
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>>John: So start where
you are and do what you can.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Exactly.
00:22:01.48\00:22:02.55
>>John: Do you think,
well, perhaps the idea too,
00:22:02.58\00:22:04.32
then, is once somebody
gets a little taste of this,
00:22:04.35\00:22:06.22
they're going to start
to stretch and expand their,
00:22:06.25\00:22:07.92
their, the time
they spend in exercising.
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.29
>>Dr. DeRose: And
it often does happen.
00:22:10.33\00:22:11.63
And at first you may not
be ready to do that much.
00:22:11.66\00:22:14.30
And if you've got
questions, you know,
00:22:14.36\00:22:15.83
I would tell patients, and
we talk in the book, you know,
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if you're at high risk,
we go through some questions.
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You may need to check
with your physician first.
00:22:20.60\00:22:22.94
But here's what I say:
00:22:22.97\00:22:23.74
you don't need
to call your doctor
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to see if you walk
around Walmart, okay?
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But you could walk instead of,
uh, you know, riding that chair.
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Or if you're riding the chair,
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you know, get up for a
few minutes and walk around,
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in addition.
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>>John: I was with somebody
recently doing something in,
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in an official building,
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and we needed to go from
where we were to an office.
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We walked over here; I followed
and, there were several of us.
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She pressed the button, we
went up an elevator two floors,
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and walked over.
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And when we were done,
she didn't escort us down.
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We realized, there's a
perfectly good staircase.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Um-hmm.
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>>John: Good example, isn't it?
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>>Dr. DeRose: It's
a very good example.
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>>John: Take the stairs.
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>>Dr. DeRose: These
little things, they add up.
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That's what the research shows.
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>>John: Seems
that if you do nothing,
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something bad's going to happen.
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If you do something,
you've, uh, evened the odds up.
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>>Dr. DeRose: You know,
it's very interesting, John.
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You're right on target.
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>>John: Let's connect
this back to the Bible.
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Uh, the body is
God's possession.
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So we have a, really
a duty to preserve it.
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Also, how we do physically,
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and earlier you spoke
about the frontal lobe.
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How we do physically
impacts how we do spiritually.
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So connect this
back to the Bible,
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this question of
high blood pressure,
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taking care of one's health.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
what I find fascinating,
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John, is Jesus, when he taught
the people, he gave a blessing,
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he pronounced a
blessing on things that were
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really counter-cultural.
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You know, blessed
are the poor in spirit.
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Blessed are those who mourn.
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Blessed are the meek.
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.23
We actually show how
these virtues in the Bible
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that Jesus points us to,
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and that the Holy Spirit
accomplishes in our life,
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are the very things that
we need to keep us on track.
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The longest chapter in
our book is the one deal,
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dealing with spiritual health,
because it is so powerful.
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If a person, even if they
don't know Jesus personally
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as their Saviour, they
can still benefit from the
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kind of
principles that Jesus taught.
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So I, we're
actually sharing with people
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who are not Christians,
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and we're saying, follow, in
essence, biblical principles.
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>>John: What are the
studies telling us about
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the physical benefits of
being in connection with God?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Actually,
if you look at the research,
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research shows
that when we fellowship
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with others in church community,
we have less hospitalizations.
00:24:31.37\00:24:36.24
We're hospitalized for a shorter
duration if we end in the,
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up in the hospital.
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We live longer.
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Our blood
pressure tends to be lower.
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.28
And it's not just
that corporate worship.
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It's also our
intrinsic spirituality:
00:24:45.98\00:24:48.72
taking time for prayer, taking
time for a devotional life.
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In fact, some of the
research suggests that
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private relationship with our
Creator is the most powerful.
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>>John: When you think
of high blood pressure,
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well, that word says it all:
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pressure.
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If you have high blood pressure,
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it seems to me you're
under pressure somewhere,
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or your body's under pressure.
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And the Bible is all about
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coming into a relationship
with God and having that,
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that pressure take away, taken
away, or that pressure borne,
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carried, by Jesus.
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What does he say?
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“Come to me, all ye that
labour and are heavy laden,
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and I will give you rest.”
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In the Ten Commandments,
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the fourth commandment
deals with Sabbath rest,
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something many people have
forgotten about or neglected.
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There's something about
a relationship with Jesus
00:25:34.86\00:25:37.23
that is designed to see
our stressors roll away.
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Jesus came that he would
give us life, John 10, verse 10,
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and “give it more abundantly.”
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So you've seen
both sides of this,
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as a minister of the
gospel and as a physician.
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Faith in Christ ultimately,
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if entered into
with both eyes open,
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is the prescription for a
healthy life in this world
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and in the world to come.
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>>Dr. DeRose:
There's no question.
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It's so powerful. And
you mentioned the Sabbath.
00:26:03.22\00:26:05.13
We have actually research in the
book from the Ansons in Israel,
00:26:05.16\00:26:08.50
actually
showing that the Sabbath
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has health-giving benefits.
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>>John: There is
life in Jesus Christ.
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God made us.
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The Bible says we are
fearfully and wonderfully made.
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And as you benefit physically,
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you will benefit and
thrive spiritually as well.
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We only get one
go-around on this planet.
00:26:26.72\00:26:29.38
I think it's
just wisdom, isn't it,
00:26:29.42\00:26:31.09
to think about what
you can do to get the most
00:26:31.12\00:26:33.25
out of your time here, not
just in a self-centered way,
00:26:33.29\00:26:36.16
but the better you do,
00:26:36.19\00:26:37.19
the more service and
the more faithful service
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.29
you can do to
God and others also.
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>>Dr. DeRose: You
got it right on, John.
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>>John: There you go.
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.00
Dr. David DeRose, thanks so
very much for joining me today.
00:26:44.03\00:26:46.10
I appreciate it.
00:26:46.13\00:26:47.30
Your book, “30 Days to
Natural Blood Pressure Control”"
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.70
It is magnificent.
00:26:49.74\00:26:51.47
I know this is going
to be a successful book,
00:26:51.51\00:26:52.87
and the principles in here,
00:26:52.91\00:26:53.81
some of which we
have shared today,
00:26:53.84\00:26:55.74
will be the difference
between life and death for many.
00:26:55.78\00:26:59.78
Grab a hold of what God
is sharing with you today,
00:26:59.81\00:27:02.65
and enjoy more life,
00:27:02.68\00:27:04.35
longer life,
00:27:04.39\00:27:05.02
a healthier life,
00:27:05.05\00:27:06.25
and rejoice more in your Friend
and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
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>>John: So what do you do if
you or somebody you care about
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has high blood pressure?
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Well, you don't do nothing.
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There is something you can do.
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>>John Bradshaw: Dr. DeRose, I
appreciate you taking your time
00:28:20.60\00:28:22.40
to be with me today.
00:28:22.43\00:28:23.16
Thank you.
00:28:23.20\00:28:23.80
>>Dr. DeRose: My pleasure.
00:28:23.83\00:28:24.67
>>John: Well,
let's prayer together.
00:28:24.70\00:28:25.43
Let's pray.
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Our Father in Heaven,
00:28:26.94\00:28:28.27
we're truly thankful that
you are the Great Physician.
00:28:28.30\00:28:31.97
We thank you, Father, that
there are some simple ways,
00:28:32.01\00:28:34.78
attainable,
00:28:34.81\00:28:36.01
practical ways of dealing with
difficult health challenges.
00:28:36.04\00:28:39.88
We are thankful that you are,
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.55
you are
concerned with our health,
00:28:41.58\00:28:43.69
ultimately the spiritual health.
00:28:43.72\00:28:46.55
Give us grace to thrive
physically as well as we can
00:28:46.59\00:28:50.29
and however we are,
00:28:50.33\00:28:51.66
and to thrive in faith in Jesus,
00:28:51.69\00:28:54.50
who came to give us
life more abundantly.
00:28:54.56\00:28:58.77
Bless us for
your honor and glory.
00:28:58.80\00:29:01.74
Give us grace to
grow in faith in you.
00:29:01.77\00:29:05.04
I pray in Jesus' name,
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Amen.
00:29:07.44\00:29:09.44
Thank you so much
for joining us today.
00:29:09.48\00:29:10.95
I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
00:29:10.98\00:29:12.61
Until then, remember:
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It Is Written.
00:29:13.75\00:29:15.52
Man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:29:15.55\00:29:17.32
but by every word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.
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