>>John Bradshaw:
This is It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
Thanks for joining me.
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Don't you just love it
when you find a simple way
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of solving a big problem?
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Today they call
them "lifestyle hacks."
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You're doing
something around the house,
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but if you just do
this little simple thing,
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there it is;
you've got it fixed.
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Well, let's think
about a serious problem,
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more serious
than a clogged drain,
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or, or dust
accumulating some place.
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What if we were to
talk about health problems?
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And what if you were to
learn that there are simple ways
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to turn around, to reverse
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seriously
challenging health problems?
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We're going to
talk about that today.
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And it's important we do
so because the Bible says
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that our body is the
temple of the Spirit.
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We were constructed to be
an habitation for God Himself.
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Well, my guest today
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is the president of
CompassHealth Consulting.
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His name is Dr. David DeRose.
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Dr. DeRose, welcome
back to It Is Written.
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Thanks for joining me.
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>>Dr. David DeRose:
Great to be with you, John.
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>>John: You've written a book
called "The Methuselah Factor."
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I'm going to guess--
Methuselah lived long--
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this is about living long.
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Why'd you write the book?
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What, how did you
perceive the need to be there?
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>>Dr. DeRose: John, over
the years I've seen people
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dramatically
change their lifestyles.
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And one of the
amazing things to me
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is over the years
I've seen this connection
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between some of the progress I
saw people make in their lives--
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or not make,
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if they refused to make
some of those simple changes--
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and a connection
with blood fluidity.
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So I was sensitized
to this years ago by a,
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a genius neuroscientist by
the name of Dr. Bernell Baldwin.
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But, just seeing it play out
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and then seeing the
medical research say
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you improve your blood fluidity;
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you're going to
lower your risk of stroke.
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You improve your blood fluidity;
your mind will work clearer.
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Just amazing connection.
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>>John: Now, my leaning
is that the majority of us
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have never heard a,
a medical professional
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refer to blood fluidity.
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What's blood fluidity?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
the technical term for it
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is hemorheology.
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And basically it's the science
that looks at how blood flows
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through your blood vessels.
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So, blood is a complex fluid.
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It's not just like water.
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It's got the liquid elements,
it does have water in it,
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but it also has
cellular elements--
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the red blood cells,
the white blood cells.
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It has fats and
clotting proteins.
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So it's a very complex fluid,
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and the science that studies
how well that blood flows,
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particularly in the
most constricted places,
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the little
capillaries, it is so important.
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Here's an amazing insight.
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You would never think of driving
a vehicle into a passageway
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that is narrower than the width
of your vehicle, would you?
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>>John: Right, sure.
No, you wouldn't do that.
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>>Dr. DeRose: But what's
amazing is your red blood cells
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are about eight
microns in diameter.
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Your smallest blood
vessels are only three microns.
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In other words, the red
blood cell is twice as wide
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as the smallest passageways.
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>>John: But that sounds
like then the blood can't flow
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through those little--
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>>Dr. DeRose: That's
what you would think.
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But the Creator designed
our red blood cells to be able
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to fold over on
themselves and squeeze through
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the blood vessels,
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provided those red
blood cells were healthy.
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And so a lot of this
has to do with the health
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of the blood cell, the health
of the circulatory medium,
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the blood, and it
makes a profound difference.
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>>John: So let me ask
you a very fundamental,
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very basic, uh,
foundational question.
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What does blood do?
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What are the things
that blood does for, uh,
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us human beings?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Blood basically
allows us to transport things
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through our bodies.
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It allows us to get
oxygen to our tissues.
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It takes away
the waste products,
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like carbon dioxide and
other byproducts of metabolism,
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brings them to the kidneys;
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in the case of,
of urea, for example,
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brings the carbon dioxide to
the lungs, where it's exhaled.
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So the blood is
moving all these things,
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and then it's transporting
nutrients and micronutrients,
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fuels, and enzymes.
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It is the medium by
which life really is conducted.
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>>John: So it's
clear to say, then,
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that if you
compromise your circulation,
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you're compromising your
health all the way around?
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>>Dr. DeRose: I love
what one author said--
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and this was not a, a highly
schooled medical scientist--
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but expressed it this way:
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"Perfect health depends
on perfect circulation."
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Scientists couldn't have
described it better today.
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>>John: So how do we
improve our circulation?
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Or how do we
improve our blood fluidity?
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The book deals with
this in, in great detail,
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but I'm just going to ask you;
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you can now sift through
this entire book in a moment
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and, uh, pull out
for me a couple of ways
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that we can
improve our circulation--
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and keeping in mind this
will improve our overall health
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and lengthen our lives.
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So, it's important.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
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So, like you crystalized, John,
I mean, it's a 30-day program.
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The last 30 chapters of the book
walk people through simple tasks
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that help them
optimize their blood fluidity.
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One of the recurring themes that
you'll see in several sections
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is the whole topic of fats.
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>>John: But I
hear-- I don't believe--
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but I hear that fats are
good; fat doesn't make you fat.
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So, what's your
take on fats in the book?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
here's the ironic thing:
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We do need fats.
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We need certain fats
because we have to have
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certain essential fatty acids.
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Our body can't make them.
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>>John: So the ones
we need would be...?
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>>Dr. DeRose: The ones we
need and the ones that optimize
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circulatory health are fats
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generally that
come from plant sources.
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>>John: Avocado?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Great.
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>>John: Anything else? Nuts?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Olives, nuts, seeds.
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Here's the interesting thing.
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Those animal fats
generally are saturated.
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So the lard, the
beef fat, the dairy fats,
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those saturated fats
make membranes more rigid.
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I mean, this isn't,
you know, complex science.
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You ask someone,
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"The butter that's
sitting on your table at room,
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room temperature, has it
just turned into liquid?"
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>>John: No, it doesn't.
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>>Dr. DeRose: No,
it's still basically solid.
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It might be soft
at room temperature.
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>>John: Sure, but it's a solid.
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>>Dr. DeRose: But what
about those plant fats?
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What about the,
uh, omega-3 fats?
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You got some flaxseed
oil. That's going to be liquid.
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>>John: Right.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well,
those fats that you eat
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actually become the fats that
make up your cell membranes.
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>>John: So, so let
me ask you this, then.
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So you're using a
lot of animal fats,
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and they become the
membranes in your blood cells?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Your blood cells,
your other cells of your body,
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your neurons, your brain cells.
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>>John: So what does that
do, then, if saturated fats
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start to compose your,
the cells within your body?
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>>Dr. DeRose: So one thing
that happens to the red cell,
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going along with
our earlier description,
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the red cell membrane, if you're
eating more saturated fat,
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becomes more rigid.
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It's less able
to squeeze through
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those tiny blood vessels,
and your blood fluidity suffers.
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>>John: And so what happens
then if you've got blood vessels
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that are not getting
good blood flow through them?
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>>Dr. DeRose: If your
blood is not flowing well,
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your blood
pressure will tend to go up.
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You'll have to
exert more pressure;
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the heart will have
to exert more pressure
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to get the blood to flow.
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So one of the consequences:
high blood pressure.
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When those
membranes get more rigid,
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insulin can't work as well.
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Insulin interacts
with the cell membrane.
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When that happens, you
become insulin-resistant,
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setting the stage for diabetes,
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and that, too,
worsens your blood fluidity.
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>>John: If you're looking
for simple ways to address
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some of life's most
challenging problems,
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you have found them today.
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We're talking about
the Methuselah factor.
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We're going to discuss caffeine.
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We'll talk about Botox.
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And we'll talk
about forgiveness.
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All that and
more straight ahead.
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>>John: The same killer diseases
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are taking the lives
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even though God has
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>>John Bradshaw:
Thanks for joining me today
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on It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
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My guest is Dr. David DeRose,
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and he has written a new book
called "The Methuselah Factor."
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Methuselah, who lived
to be 969 years of age.
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Clearly we're
talking about longevity,
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but who simply wants to
live longer in this world?
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We want to live forever.
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So we'll discuss that today.
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Dr. DeRose, in this book
you've got a 30-day program,
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a very simple 30-day
program for people to follow,
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uh, through which
people will almost certainly
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improve their health.
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You talk about caffeine in here.
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I read where
caffeine was referred to
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as "the world's most
widely used mind-altering drug."
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But from time to time
we hear about caffeine
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being a good thing
for you; it's a positive.
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Drink more;
you're going to be okay.
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Tell me about caffeine,
how it reacts with the blood.
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>>Dr. David DeRose: Some
really interesting things, John.
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One of the ways that
caffeine works is it interferes
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with a compound in
your body called adenosine,
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and adenosine has
many helpful functions.
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It helps blood vessels relax.
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It helps your
platelets become less sticky.
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Problem is, you block that,
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the platelets, the clotting
cells, will become stickier;
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that impairs
your blood fluidity.
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Your blood vessels
will be less relaxed.
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That will raise
your blood pressure,
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also interfering
with optimal blood flow.
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But more than that,
adenosine interference,
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if you will, caused by caffeine,
raises stress hormone levels.
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Now, a lot of people
perceive that as good.
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You ramp up the stress hormones,
and you feel a surge of energy
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just like you would if a
lion showed up in your bedroom.
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>>John: Right, right.
So that's good or bad?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Well, actually it's great
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if there really is a lion there.
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But when you're sitting
behind the wheel of your car,
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raising those stress hormones
is not going to help you.
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When you're sitting at the,
at the desk at the work place,
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it's not going to help you.
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Here's the bigger concern, John,
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and you, you kind of
alluded to this already,
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and that is caffeine also
interferes with our will power
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and our ability
to change behaviors.
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Years ago, Dr. Bernell Baldwin
told me and, and other, uh,
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medical students with me
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that caffeine was dubbed by the
famous Russian scientist Pavlov
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as "bad habit glue."
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And we're finding evidence
today that that is really true.
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>>John: So why is it--
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well, actually, I,
I think I know why--
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but why is it, in your opinion,
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that we continue to
get bombarded with studies
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that say caffeine is good? Why?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Let me tell
you about a study we quoted
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in the book.
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This is a big study.
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Over 500 thousand, uh, men and
women here in the United States,
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they looked at them, they looked
at their lifestyle habits,
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and when the
research was published,
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the Associated Press and other
news wires carried the headline,
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"Want to Live Longer?"--
question mark--"Drink Coffee."
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>>John: Okay. See, this is the
very thing I'm talking about.
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People who, you know, they, they
don't read medical literature,
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so they believe the headlines.
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Caffeine is profoundly
bad for you, and yet here's--
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you said this was in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Yes.
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>>John: Okay. So,
tell me about the study.
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How did they possibly
come to the conclusion?
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>>Dr. DeRose: No, it
was an amazing study.
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It actually really proved what
Baldwin and Pavlov had said.
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Because what they did--I, let
me just, let me read for you--
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>>John: Sure.
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>>Dr. DeRose: ...actually what
these researchers, uh, said.
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I was shocked, because I
went to the New England Journal
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after I heard
the, the headlines.
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I had not seen
the study before it,
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and I start reading
through it, and I'm just amazed,
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because here's what
the researchers wrote.
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They said, "In age-adjusted
analyses, coffee consumption
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was associated
with increased mortality
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among both men and women."
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>>John: Well, wait,
they said, "live longer,"
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but this is exactly
the opposite of that.
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>>Dr. DeRose: It's
exactly the opposite.
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I go, wait a minute!
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I'm, so I'm reading through the,
the results and the discussion
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of the researchers.
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It says, drink more
coffee, basically die sooner.
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I said, how did they, how did
they come up with this headline?
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I start reading further,
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and they found that coffee
consumption was associated
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with just about every bad habit
that the researchers study.
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I mean, here's the list.
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People were more
likely to smoke cigarettes
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the more coffee they drink.
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They drank more than
three alcoholic beverages a day;
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they were more
likely to do that.
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More likely to
eat more red meat,
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have lower
educational attainments,
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neglect to engage in
vigorous physical activity,
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and consume fewer
fruits and vegetables.
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So it's exactly what you
would predict if you'd say,
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if you want to take something
to keep you in your bad habits,
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that's what the
coffee was doing.
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We said, well, how then did
they come to that conclusion?
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>>John: Yes, I'd like to know
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how, how you can have
all of that in the study,
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and they say you live
longer if you drink it.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Now, the
researchers were not being
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dishonest.
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>>John: Uh-oh?
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>>Dr. DeRose: They,
they were--I, I mean,
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I'm giving them the
benefit of the doubt, John.
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They were saying,
let's try to undo the effect
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of all the bad things that
caffeine is associated with
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to just know what
the coffee itself does.
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Now, I know this--I
can see you're struggling.
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>>John: How do you do that?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Becau--there's
all these advanced statistics
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that you can do, and
at the end of the day,
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after they ran all these
statistical, uh, programs,
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they said, you know what,
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yes, if you just
look at the raw data,
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drink more
coffee-- you die sooner.
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When you correct
for all the bad things
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that coffee's associated with,
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you actually live longer
the more coffee you drink.
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>>John: So if you drink alcohol,
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but you account for
taking out the road accidents
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and the cirrhosis of
the liver and so forth,
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you may even be able to
say, drink alcohol--live longer?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
You're catching the fallacy
00:14:06.74\00:14:08.18
of basically drawing a
conclusion that's the opposite
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of what you really see in life.
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>>John: You have to be
careful, then, don't you?
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What does a person like
me, what does a person like me,
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the average Joe, do
when you read about a study
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that says fat is good;
caffeine makes you live longer;
00:14:20.66\00:14:24.43
red wine is good for the heart--
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contrary to common sense
and contrary to the Bible--
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uh, how do we sift through that?
00:14:30.23\00:14:32.30
>>Dr. DeRose:
Well, you know, John,
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you filtered it pretty good.
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Once you actually
read what was in the study,
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and I, you know, put it
there in the book for you--
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so a lot of times it is
just going back to the study,
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even if there's a lot
of technical language,
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if you're just
a thinking person,
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you can often pick
up on gaps in the logic.
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Or you can look at
who sponsored the study.
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>>John: Right.
00:14:50.42\00:14:51.25
>>Dr. DeRose: Have
you ever done that?
00:14:51.29\00:14:52.22
>>John: Yes, I have.
I, I've, I've done that,
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and when you connect the
dots, it can be pretty stunning.
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Okay, in here you
talk about forgiveness,
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uh, not merely as
a biblical principle,
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but forgiveness as having a
positive benefit to your health.
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Even, even it
positively reacts with your,
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your blood fluidity,
which is quite remarkable.
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How does it do that?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Maybe we
need to step back a minute,
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because we've talked
about stress hormones
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in relation to caffeine.
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We've got to
talk about them again
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when we speak about forgiveness.
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But let me explain it this way.
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I mentioned a
tiger in your midst.
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Sure, it would be great,
if there was a tiger here--
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now, I know you've posed
with these, uh, you know,
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large felines--
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>>John: I, I have, and you can
be sure that the stress hormones
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went right up.
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Now, this was useful.
00:15:30.59\00:15:31.89
Because if somehow that cat
got out of line and took a swipe
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at you, you'd want your
blood to be more coagulable,
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wouldn't you?
00:15:38.77\00:15:39.60
>>John: You bet I would.
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>>Dr. DeRose: So, so
this serves a useful function
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in a real
life-or-death situation.
00:15:42.84\00:15:45.17
But the problem is most of
us carry these stress hormones
00:15:45.21\00:15:49.28
around with us like
they're our friends.
00:15:49.31\00:15:52.05
You know, we're
going to hold this grudge.
00:15:52.08\00:15:53.65
Every time I see that
fellow in the workplace,
00:15:53.68\00:15:56.35
I'm going to scowl at him
because he got the position
00:15:56.38\00:15:59.52
that I should have had, and,
00:15:59.55\00:16:00.86
and it was because he circulated
some malicious emails about me.
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But when we
exercise forgiveness,
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that basically has the opposite
effect on those stress hormones.
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>>John: I'll be back with more
from Dr. DeRose in a moment,
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including...Botox.
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What do you think we
have to say about that?
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I'll have more straight ahead.
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>>Dr. David DeRose:
Hello, I'm Dr. David DeRose,
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a specialist in
internal medicine
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and preventive medicine.
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And I've been surprised over the
years in working with patients
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and studying the
medical research literature
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just how powerful hemorheology
is when it comes to health.
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You may be
wondering, what is hemorheology?
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Well, I call it
the Methuselah factor,
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and that's the title of my book.
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"The Methuselah Factor"
really helps you connect
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with things that can
help your blood be more fluid.
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You say, "Why
is that important?"
00:17:32.45\00:17:34.38
It's important because it
can help you decrease your risk
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of a stroke or a heart attack,
even lower your risk of cancer.
00:17:36.92\00:17:40.56
But it's a whole lot more than
just preventing killer diseases.
00:17:40.59\00:17:44.49
If you improve
your blood fluidity,
00:17:44.53\00:17:46.63
your mind will work better,
00:17:46.66\00:17:48.00
you'll perform
physically better,
00:17:48.03\00:17:50.80
and you'll decrease
your risk of dementia.
00:17:50.83\00:17:53.64
So, don't hesitate.
00:17:53.67\00:17:55.54
Dive into "The
Methuselah Factor."
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Make a difference in your life
00:17:57.31\00:17:59.37
and the life of
those that you love.
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>>John Bradshaw:
Thanks for joining me today
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on It Is Written.
00:18:04.18\00:18:05.11
I'm talking to Dr. David DeRose.
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He's written a phenomenal book.
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It's called "The
Methuselah Factor."
00:18:08.42\00:18:10.99
Uh, David, it's not
simply that it's a great book,
00:18:11.02\00:18:13.62
but it deals with
eternal principles.
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This is what I
like: eternal principles.
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Blood fluidity, take a moment
to recap: What's blood fluidity?
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>>Dr. David DeRose: Basically,
it's just trying to optimize
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circulatory flow,
00:18:25.60\00:18:26.94
getting nourishment to
all the tissues of your body,
00:18:26.97\00:18:30.04
getting the wastes away from
the, where they don't belong.
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>>John: And I notice in here
00:18:32.51\00:18:33.41
sometimes you've
got to add a little.
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What about vitamins?
00:18:36.11\00:18:38.08
What is it with multivitamins
00:18:38.11\00:18:39.51
that they're
not always so great,
00:18:39.55\00:18:40.92
and what are the good
ones you might want to add?
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>>Dr. DeRose: I'm not an
advocate of multivitamin,
00:18:43.12\00:18:45.32
multi-mineral preparations.
00:18:45.35\00:18:47.22
Uh, there is things in
them that actually can increase
00:18:47.26\00:18:51.19
a risk of cancer.
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That's the case of beta carotene
in some of the research.
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There's things that can
worsen our blood fluidity
00:18:54.86\00:18:57.03
for many of us.
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If you're not iron-deficient,
taking iron can not only
00:18:58.23\00:19:01.44
worsen your blood fluidity,
but in some of the research,
00:19:01.47\00:19:04.27
may be putting
you at higher risk
00:19:04.31\00:19:05.61
for Parkinson's and dementia.
00:19:05.64\00:19:07.91
>>John: I think what
people do is they say,
00:19:07.94\00:19:09.31
"Well, this will
cover all of the bases,"
00:19:09.34\00:19:11.15
but it covers some of the bases
that don't need to be covered.
00:19:11.18\00:19:13.42
>>Dr. DeRose: No, I recommend
00:19:13.45\00:19:14.62
that people take specific
nutrients, if they need them.
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And one that we commonly
see people being deficient in
00:19:17.65\00:19:20.39
is vitamin B12.
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>>John: Why are
people deficient in that?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Real, real
interesting connections today.
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I mean, one is, as we get older,
00:19:26.49\00:19:28.20
we can have problems absorbing
B12, but even more fascinating
00:19:28.23\00:19:32.30
are connections
with common medications.
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More and more people
being put on the diabetes drug,
00:19:34.90\00:19:37.41
Metformin, even
before they have diabetes.
00:19:37.44\00:19:40.08
It's a diabetes-preventive drug,
00:19:40.11\00:19:42.14
but Metformin
lowers vitamin B12 levels.
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>>John: Wouldn't you, before
you take a diabetes prevention
00:19:45.85\00:19:50.02
or preventive drug--
00:19:50.05\00:19:51.39
certainly it's going to be
said some people must have it--
00:19:51.42\00:19:54.16
aren't there other natural,
more healthy things you can do?
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>>Dr. DeRose: This
was actually looked at
00:19:56.46\00:19:57.96
by the Diabetes
Prevention Program.
00:19:57.99\00:19:59.73
They found, as
good as Metformin was,
00:19:59.76\00:20:02.30
it wasn't as powerful
as just diet and exercise.
00:20:02.33\00:20:05.50
Lose a little bit of weight,
get more regular exercise--
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more powerful than
even the best drug.
00:20:09.14\00:20:11.51
>>John: So B12 does what,
if you add it into your diet?
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>>Dr. DeRose: Well, I'll
tell you the story of Armell.
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We, we share her
story in the book.
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A 28-year-old woman from Africa
having problems with tingling
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on her chest, her back,
numbness in her arms and legs.
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She, uh--weakness
in her hands and feet.
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No one could figure it out until
they checked her B12 level.
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B12, very
important for blood health,
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.36
very important for nerve health,
and if your B12 level is low,
00:20:36.40\00:20:41.14
it will worsen
your blood fluidity.
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>>John: I've heard people say,
00:20:42.70\00:20:44.01
"Eat meat; eat dairy.
That's where you get it."
00:20:44.04\00:20:47.01
True or not true?
00:20:47.04\00:20:48.11
>>Dr. DeRose: That is
really not the best strategy.
00:20:48.14\00:20:49.64
As we look at overall health,
those are not the winning foods.
00:20:49.68\00:20:53.62
Uh, many people like Armell have
to take high-dose vitamin B12.
00:20:53.65\00:20:57.49
She was taking 2,000 micrograms.
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.59
Once she was diagnosed,
only had it accessible orally
00:20:59.62\00:21:03.32
there in Africa
where she was living,
00:21:03.36\00:21:04.76
couldn't get injections that
I would give a patient like her,
00:21:04.79\00:21:07.56
and within a month's time,
symptoms dramatically improved.
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.63
The worst part of it,
she was taking a common drug
00:21:11.67\00:21:14.34
that we use here in the States,
00:21:14.37\00:21:15.50
a common drug family,
an acid-blocking drug.
00:21:15.54\00:21:18.34
If you've got
reflux esophagitis,
00:21:18.37\00:21:21.08
you know, heartburn problems,
if you've got ulcer tendencies,
00:21:21.11\00:21:24.35
and you're taking
one of these pills,
00:21:24.38\00:21:25.98
you're likely
decreasing your B12 levels,
00:21:26.01\00:21:29.72
you're
impairing your absorption,
00:21:29.75\00:21:31.45
and you're at high
risk for B12 problems.
00:21:31.49\00:21:33.32
>>John: Undoubtedly,
and I'm sure you'd agree,
00:21:33.36\00:21:34.82
sometimes medication
is absolutely essential,
00:21:34.86\00:21:37.63
but until it is,
00:21:37.66\00:21:38.83
man, you want to stay away
from it as best you can, right?
00:21:38.86\00:21:40.83
>>Dr. DeRose: Yeah,
and especially these
00:21:40.86\00:21:41.86
over-the-counter things,
00:21:41.90\00:21:43.06
I mean, people can get so
many things over the counter.
00:21:43.10\00:21:44.87
"Don't
self-medicate" is my message.
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>>John: Okay, I've
said a couple of times
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that we're going
to talk about Botox.
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Now, you mentioned Botox
in "The Methuselah Factor."
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Uh, by now I think we're
familiar with what Botox is.
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You get the Botox injections;
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the wrinkles
miraculously disappear.
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Explain what it is, why
and how it does what it does,
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and then tell us what
the book says about Botox.
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>>Dr. DeRose: During the
course of the 30-day program,
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optimizing circulation,
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optimizing the
Methuselah factor--
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my synonym for blood fluidity--
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we have a section
dealing with stress.
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And when we get to a
section where we talk about
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harnessing your stressors, we
talk about the power of smiling
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in the face of stressors.
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Actual research
shows that if you smile
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in a stressful situation,
it lowers your stress hormones.
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>>John: I'm trying not to smile.
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Just talking about
smiling and seeing your smile
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is making me smile.
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Okay.
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>>Dr. DeRose: Okay. But
now here's the amazing part.
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If you go and get
those Botox injections,
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and they inject
your smiling muscles,
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like the, uh, the
muscles here by your eyes
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that cause the
so-called crow's feet.
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>>John: Sure.
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Inject those with Botox;
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it affects your
ability to fully smile.
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>>John: Right.
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>>Dr. DeRose: And you
will tend to be more depressed.
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>>John: Oh, is that so?
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>>Dr. DeRose: But
here's what's interesting.
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If they give you the
Botox injections in muscles
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that are used to frown,
your mood will tend to come up.
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>>John: So, that's
not such a bad thing?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
Not such a bad thing.
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Basically, your facial
expression has a reflex action
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on your brain.
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>>John: So, so that means
that you can coach yourself
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to be more positive
simply through the actions
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you choose to commit?
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>>Dr. DeRose: You
know, the Bible talks about
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being more joyful.
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And the Bible
talks about praise.
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Think about those
connections, John,
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and how powerful that is.
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>>John: In here now,
"The Methuselah Factor,"
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it's not simply a
book of medical advice, uh,
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because what you do is
you connect a person with God
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and the power of God.
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"Seek spirituality," you say.
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Now, spirituality can
be practically anything.
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What are you really saying?
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>>Dr. DeRose:
[exhales] Really, you and I know
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the most powerful spiritual
connection is with our Creator.
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But, John, I wrote
this book to take people
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right where they were at.
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And I'm happy for someone
just to start reflecting more
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on what's really
important to them,
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to start thinking
about the bigger picture.
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Because I realize that
just like Paul said in Romans 1,
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that everyone, if they
really stop and look at it,
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will see evidence
of a loving Creator.
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>>John: How have
you seen faith in God
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react upon a person's health?
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>>Dr. DeRose: It's amazing.
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I see it react
in two primary ways.
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One, it helps us
re-perceive everything.
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When we realize that
we're the child of the King,
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it just changes the
whole outlook of life.
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But more than that,
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when I realize that my body is
the temple of the Holy Spirit,
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and I start caring
for myself differently,
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I can have a more
vital, more vibrant communion
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with my loving Savior.
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.29
>>John: Best way for a
person to connect with God--
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someone's
saying, "You know what,
00:24:55.99\00:24:57.09
I got to do
something about my health,
00:24:57.13\00:24:58.66
and I've got to do something
about my relationship with God."
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Where do you
recommend that person begin?
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>>Dr. DeRose: I
recommend you take time
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to just be with the Creator.
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I love reading the Bible, taking
time in meditation and prayer
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about those great
themes in Scripture.
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>>John: Mm-hmm.
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You talk about
forgiveness in the book.
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How does a person
begin to exercise that?
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>>Dr. DeRose: We actually go
through steps to forgiveness.
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>>John: Okay.
00:25:19.85\00:25:20.82
>>Dr. DeRose: We
remind people it's a process.
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And I think there's no
better model for forgiveness
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than our Savior as
He was there at Calvary.
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>>John: And one other thing
I, I find really fascinating--
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"Be humble" is
something you're saying here.
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Talk about that for a moment.
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>>Dr. DeRose: You
know, our culture today,
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we are so focused on our rights
and what's important for me
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in defining my
turf and protecting it
00:25:38.80\00:25:42.04
that we've forgotten
the value of humility.
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So many times in the Bible,
it calls us back to be humble,
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to be meek, to be submissive.
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>>John: "The Methuselah Factor."
00:25:51.21\00:25:52.55
Methuselah was
somebody who in the Bible
00:25:52.58\00:25:54.38
lived to be 969 years of age.
00:25:54.42\00:25:57.82
And yet if you
adopt the principles
00:25:57.85\00:25:59.42
of "The Methuselah Factor,"
00:25:59.45\00:26:01.32
you'll live far
longer than Methuselah.
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You can live forever.
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>>John: The same killer diseases
which are taking the lives
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of millions and
millions of people every year
00:26:09.66\00:26:12.27
are taking the lives
of Christian believers,
00:26:12.30\00:26:14.14
even though God has
told us plainly and clearly
00:26:14.17\00:26:16.47
how we can avoid those diseases.
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Now, you want to avoid them.
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So make sure you
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>>John Bradshaw: Dr. David
DeRose, thanks for joining us.
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It's been a blessing. Thank you.
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One question I didn't ask you:
00:26:41.73\00:26:43.53
Where can we get a copy
of "The Methuselah Factor"?
00:26:43.57\00:26:46.47
>>Dr. David DeRose:
Well, most people get the book
00:26:46.50\00:26:47.90
either from our
website, compasshealth.net,
00:26:47.94\00:26:50.81
or from Amazon.
00:26:50.84\00:26:51.97
>>John: And you
can also get the book
00:26:52.01\00:26:53.58
at itiswritten.com.
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Let's pray together now.
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Our Father in heaven,
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we've been blessed as
we have discovered again
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that as our Creator, You care
about our life in this world.
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You want the very best for us.
00:27:05.52\00:27:07.92
We can improve our health
as we cooperate with those
00:27:07.96\00:27:11.83
very simple yet
effective, powerful principles
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You've given to us.
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And, friend, God
wants you to live forever.
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If you've been far
from God, come home.
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If you've been
blocking God out of your life,
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open up your heart to Him.
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If you've not been
experiencing His forgiveness
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and His presence,
open your heart to Him now
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and invite Jesus to
be the Lord of your life.
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Lord, would You be that for us?
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And keep us and bless us
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and grant us a closer walk
with You than we've ever had.
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We thank You, and
we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Thanks so much
for joining me today.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then, please do remember:
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"It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
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