>>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. David 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, a
health concern, 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 us 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' beatitudes,
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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
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how 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 vessel
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is called the
diastolic pressure.
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And so we'll come up
with something like 120
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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,
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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--
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
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is 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 1 out of 4 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,
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, one that I've mentioned
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several times is stroke.
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And, uh, stroke is not
just a killer; it's a crippler.
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And, uh, and it,
not just is a crippler,
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but can impair our
cognitive abilities.
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Then there's heart
attack. 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 aneurysms.
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All of these are on that 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, uh, 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 50s, early 60s,
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no high blood pressure,
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the data indicates that
if you live into your 80s,
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90 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 10 steps.
We call it "NO PRESSURE."
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We're not shooting for
a pressure of 0 over 0.
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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."
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"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 10 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
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the lives of millions of
people, 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: So what do you do if
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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, uh, 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
12, when He sent out the 70,
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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, uh, in here there
are many practical ways
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that a person can, uh, 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, 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
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about 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
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because we can 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 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
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out 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,
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. 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 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, uh,
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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Uh, 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
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that not
everyone is ready for yet,
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but it's actually called
throwing away the alarm clock.
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And, uh, 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
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about 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--
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I mean, 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.
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.
00:14:19.25\00:14:20.39
You know, a lot of
people underestimate
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how important prayer is.
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Uh, 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 us
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in making these
important decisions.
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>>John: 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 things
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that a person can do.
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Let's keep on going down
through the list of things
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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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uh, 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 Nuprin,
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like Motrin,
ibuprofen, Naprosyn,
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these common
pain-relieving medications,
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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,
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they can be driving
your blood pressure up.
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>>John: Can a person find
out if there's a sensitivity?
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How do we know about this?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
one simple way to do it
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is 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
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and some of the pressors--
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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,
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it can sound very--like,
well, yeah, anybody can say,
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"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,
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for example.
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One simple thing is
turmeric, the herb turmeric,
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that yellow-orange spice.
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>>John: Sure.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Omega-3 fats--
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these natural fats, by the
way, come only from plants,
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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
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or some other terrible
event further down the line.
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There's a better
way to live, it seems,
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when you embrace the
principles of the Bible
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and the Bible's, uh,
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
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and impacts lives in
tremendously negative ways.
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Dr. DeRose, we've talked
about some of the natural ways
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that people can get, get
their blood pressure down.
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Medication is effective,
but there are side effects,
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and many of them uncomfortable.
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Before I take this in a
different direction with you,
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let's get back to treating
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or looking after your
blood pressure naturally.
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Easy, simple
things that people can do.
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We've talked about
some. Give me one or two more.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well, one
we can't avoid speaking about
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is physical activity.
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Americans have, uh,
neglected that for too long.
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Many are getting more
interested in adding exercise
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or any type of
activity 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, reasonably?
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Look at your lifestyle.
What can you commit to?
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If someone can only commit to
five minutes of exercise a day,
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there's
actually research showing
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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.
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>>John: Do you think--well,
perhaps the idea, too, then,
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is once somebody gets
a little taste of this,
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they're going to start
to stretch and expand their,
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their, the time
they spend in exercising.
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>>Dr. DeRose: And
it often does happen.
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And at first you may not
be ready to do that much.
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And if you've got
questions, you know,
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I would tell patients--and
we talk in the book, you know,
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if you're at high risk, and
we go through some questions,
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you may need to check
with your physician first.
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But here's what I say:
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You don't need
to call your doctor
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to see if you can
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
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in an, 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;
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we went up an elevator
two floors 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: Mm-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, John,
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is Jesus, when He taught
the people, He gave a blessing;
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He pronounced a
blessing on things
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that were 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."
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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
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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 Savior,
they can still benefit
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from the kind of
principles that Jesus taught.
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So I, 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.
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We're hospitalized
for a shorter duration
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if we end in the,
up in the hospital.
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We live longer.
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Our blood
pressure tends to be lower.
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And it's not just
that corporate worship.
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It's also our
intrinsic spirituality:
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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: 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 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
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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. It's so powerful.
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And you mentioned the Sabbath.
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We have actually research in the
book from the Ansons in Israel,
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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.
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I think it's
just wisdom, isn't it,
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to think about what
you can do to get the most
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out of your time here, not
just in a self-centered way,
00:25:03.13\00:25:06.00
but the better you do,
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the more service and
the more faithful service
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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.
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Dr. David DeRose, thanks so
very much for joining me today.
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I appreciate it.
00:25:16.01\00:25:17.18
Your book, “30 Days to
Natural Blood Pressure Control,”
00:25:17.21\00:25:19.75
it is magnificent.
00:25:19.78\00:25:21.35
I know this is going
to be a successful book,
00:25:21.38\00:25:22.82
and the principles in here,
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some of which we
have shared today,
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will be the difference
between life and death for many.
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Grab ahold of what God
is sharing with you today
00:25:29.69\00:25:32.46
and enjoy more life,
longer life, healthier life
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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.
It's important that you do it.
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And it's easy,
and it's effective.
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I'd like to offer you a free DVD
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>>John Bradshaw: Dr. DeRose, I
appreciate you taking your time
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to be with me today. Thank you.
00:26:52.24\00:26:53.64
>>Dr. DeRose: My pleasure.
00:26:53.68\00:26:54.78
>>John: Well, let's
prayer together. Let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.08
we're truly thankful that
You are the Great Physician.
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We thank You, Father, that
there are some simple ways,
00:27:01.88\00:27:04.65
attainable,
00:27:04.69\00:27:05.89
practical ways of dealing with
difficult health challenges.
00:27:05.92\00:27:09.76
We are thankful that You are,
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You are
concerned with our health,
00:27:11.46\00:27:13.56
ultimately the spiritual health.
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Give us grace to thrive
physically as well as we can
00:27:16.43\00:27:20.14
and however we are
00:27:20.17\00:27:21.50
and to thrive in faith in Jesus,
00:27:21.54\00:27:24.37
who came to give us
life more abundantly.
00:27:24.41\00:27:28.64
Bless us for
Your honor and glory.
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Give us grace to
grow in faith in You.
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I pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much
for joining us today.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then, remember:
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"It is written,
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'Man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:27:45.36\00:27:47.13
but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
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