Participants: Charles Mills & James Marcum
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00003B
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00:01 We're talking about air and water today
00:02 and how important it is God created 00:05 these two elements in our lives early in creation. 00:09 It set the foundation for everything to come, 00:11 air and water. And, Dr. Marcum, 00:15 we have a question here 00:16 from Heartwise Ministries website, 00:17 I think that lends itself to these questions. 00:20 Here we go. I have been diagnosed 00:22 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 00:25 I have been on supplemental oxygen for six years. 00:27 I still get very short of breath 00:29 and my heart skips. 00:30 And I had two infections, one requiring hospitalization. 00:33 This is Mel in New York. 00:35 What do you think we should do 00:37 for Mel in the light of what we just learned? 00:40 Right. And you know, 00:42 the basics of medicines are so essential. 00:45 And I see patients and people 00:47 everywhere getting away from the basics. 00:50 So for Mel, Mel, couple things 00:52 I want you to sort of think about today is think about, 00:55 you know, back at creation 00:57 when everything was made perfect. 00:59 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for people 01:01 that don't know what that is. 01:03 That's sort of a blanket term to say 01:05 that something has damaged the lungs. 01:08 And, unfortunately, today, 01:09 I see cigarettes as a number one 01:11 cause of damage to the lungs. 01:13 And cigarettes, of course, damage our breathing 01:16 because that damages the oxygen that we get in us. 01:19 So something as simple as making sure 01:21 Mel doesn't smoke cigarettes and encouraging him. 01:24 And no matter when we make a health recommendation, 01:26 Charles, we want to wrap truth in love. 01:29 So we want to wrap this truth about oxygen 01:32 that God gave us back at creation 01:34 as well as water in love. 01:35 So we wanted to have Mel work on, 01:38 trying to quit smoking and breathe better. 01:40 Now what's another example 01:41 of how a person can breathe better? 01:42 Well, exercise helps the body breathe better. 01:45 Automatically. So if you can get on 01:46 any type of exercise program 01:48 that will help your oxygen. 01:50 And it's important 'cause oxygen 01:51 just like water, is crucial. 01:53 You know, you can live for a while without water, 01:55 but you hold your breath, 01:56 you're gonna pass out pretty soon, Charles. 01:58 Absolutely. Now I want to give Mel 02:00 and everyone out there in the audience, 02:02 something they can do to improve their breathing, 02:04 and everyone can do this at home, 02:05 you know, and this improves--no bills, 02:07 no money involved here. Can I do it too? 02:11 Yes, you can do it. Okay, I'm ready. 02:12 This will help you feel better and do well. 02:14 And we should do this at least three times a day. 02:17 All right. Okay. 02:18 In addition to exercise if you can. 02:20 I want everyone to take in a deep breath 02:23 through their nose. All you can. 02:26 Okay, now let's hold it for a few seconds, 02:28 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, and blow out slowly. 02:36 Okay. Now that's number one. 02:39 I want-- no, we're not gonna do it, 02:40 but I want our audience to do that 10 times, 02:44 three times a day. Now what that does 02:47 when you get adequate oxygen through your body, 02:49 the tissues love it. 02:50 It's like I'm giving you oxygen 02:52 that tissues need to help heal and regenerate. 02:54 It's giving your brain a boost. 02:57 Another thing it does is it turns down 02:59 the stress chemicals in the body. 03:00 And when we are doing that, the opposite happens. 03:02 Exactly. Our brain is not boosted. 03:04 Our cells are not getting the oxygen they need. 03:07 We are actually starving our bodies of that essential. 03:11 Exactly, and that turns on this stress cascade, 03:13 which causes us to need modern medicine. 03:16 So by breathing deeply, 03:18 okay, we get oxygen throughout our body 03:20 just like we had the water. 03:21 We get oxygen to every cell. 03:23 The cell starts getting happy. 03:24 We give our body a better chance of fixing itself. 03:27 I want happy cells. 03:28 Yeah, and we want the body to fix itself. 03:31 But, you know, in the world we live in, 03:33 guess what the evil one's done? 03:34 He's brought cigarettes in. 03:36 You know, we were never designed to breathe car fumes. 03:38 He's brought pollution in. 03:40 Yes. And the houses that we live in, 03:41 sometimes we don't get ventilated. 03:43 Now, Charles, you now a lot about ventilation. 03:45 Yes. You know, you taught me about 03:47 what you do at your house to help more air come in. 03:49 Why don't you share that with Mel? 03:50 Well, absolutely. My wife and I both 03:52 wanted to make sure 03:53 that the air we breathe-- we're fortunate, 03:54 we live in the country and that's kinda nice. 03:57 Well, that was one thing 03:58 where we chose to live had to do with 04:01 what we needed for our bodies 04:02 and we chose to live in the country 04:03 where the air is relatively cleaner. 04:05 Also, we have done many things to the house itself. 04:09 We have changed to 04:10 what's called a low VOC paint in the house, 04:12 which does not off gas, poisons. 04:15 All of the detergents, 04:18 that soaps that we use are scent free and chemical free 04:23 that also helps the air that we breathe 04:25 and when we wear our clothes, 04:26 you know, the fumes and what not. 04:28 We put in bamboo floors as opposed to carpeting 04:34 that can be a lot of-- 04:35 And the windows. And the windows, 04:36 absolutely, keep open them at night. 04:37 Yeah. Lot of people never-- 04:39 If it's 10 degrees outside, our windows are open at night. 04:41 A lot of people don't crack open their windows. 04:44 No. Fresh air, oh, my goodness. 04:46 And occasionally, you hear about people 04:48 that die from carbon monoxide poisoning. 04:50 People don't get good ventilation. 04:52 They get these moles and mites 04:54 that are in their house. 04:56 Not getting enough oxygen causes major problems. 04:59 So getting back to Mel, getting back to Mel. 05:01 Yeah. The deep breathing exercises, 05:03 exercise or try these. 05:05 And I want everyone to do those. 05:06 Another thing that will help 05:08 is that will lower your heart rate 05:09 and lower your adrenaline levels. 05:11 So a treatment for this chronic stress 05:13 we've been taking about in the world. 05:14 Have you ever got mad at someone, Charles? 05:16 Never. Well, I'm not gonna make you mad at me. 05:18 But, you know, there's this saying 05:20 that whenever you get mad at someone, 05:22 what should you do? 05:23 You should take some deep breaths. 05:24 A deep breath. Yes. 05:25 Well, what that does chemically is it turns on 05:28 the part of your nervous system called the parasympathetic, 05:31 which turns off all the stress chemicals. 05:33 So taking deep breaths helps turn down this chronic stress 05:38 that we're getting. That's one of the reasons, 05:39 exercise, deep breathing helps everyone. 05:42 So when Mel just does those things, 05:43 he's turned down these chronic stressors. 05:46 He's helped his oxygen 05:47 that he's already taking get around better. 05:48 He's lowered the chance of getting infections 05:50 that bad lungs get. 05:52 And he's making his medicines 05:53 that he's already taking work more effectively, 05:55 all by breathing. 05:56 And how many of us think about breathing 05:59 taking deep breaths as vital? 06:01 Or in our home having good oxygen. 06:03 And yet, the two elements we can't do without, 06:05 you know, we can miss a pill for a day. 06:07 You know, we can miss a bath for a day. 06:09 But when we miss water and oxygen, 06:11 bad things start to happen. 06:12 So oxygen is another thing that God gave us, 06:16 biblical technology that God gave us 06:18 back at creation and we want to breathe well. 06:21 How many people spend time everyday thinking about 06:23 how they can breathe well? 06:25 They spend time thinking about, 06:26 you know, how they can take a pill? 06:27 Yeah. But how many people think, 06:29 I need to breathe well. I need to drink enough water. 06:32 My! Okay, let's talk about water. 06:34 Let's go back to water here. 06:36 Uh, when you say enough water, 06:38 and I understand that the answer to your question is, 06:41 you know, whether we should drink bottled water 06:43 or spring water or alkalized water? 06:45 The answer is yes. 06:47 Yeah, I could talk-- Just drink water. 06:48 I can talk all day about that, Charles. 06:50 You know, what type of water, 06:51 but some people get so stressed out 06:53 but the water available in Africa. 06:56 Do you know what the word for water is? 06:57 Now you know this, don't you? 06:58 I know this. Well, tell us. Share that with us. 07:00 The name for water in Africa is life, L-I-F-E, 07:04 and it makes the difference between 07:07 being alive and being dead. 07:09 Just the water that's what it's necessary, 07:12 that's how necessary it is. 07:13 And we think, well, we're not in Africa, 07:15 but it still applies. Yes, it does. 07:17 And I want everyone to drink enough water. 07:20 Well, we talked about everyone's urine. 07:22 But, a simple thing 07:23 that I want to demonstrate right now is, 07:25 you know, how we can judge about 07:26 how much water we need. 07:27 Let's do it. Let's do it. 07:29 Well, if you will take your weight, 07:31 okay, and divide it in two, okay? 07:33 That's about how many ounces you need a day. 07:36 For instance, if you weigh 160 pounds, 07:39 you need about 80 ounces of water a day. 07:42 Now this when it's full, this has about 20 ounces. 07:46 So if I pour this into this glass, 07:48 and we're gonna find out that mom was right 07:50 when she says how much water we should drink everyday. 07:53 That pretty much fills up that glass, doesn't it? 07:55 It does, yes, it does. 07:56 So that is about 20 ounces of water in one glass. 08:00 Well, let's say you weigh 160 pounds, 08:02 so how much--let's do your math, 160 pounds-- 08:05 Divided by 2. Divided by 2. 08:06 Eighty. Eighty ounces. 08:07 Eighty ounces. So in a person 08:09 that doesn't have a lot of medical problems, 08:11 you need about-- Four of these. Four 20s. 08:15 That's eighty. At least that. Okay, all right. 08:18 Now you do get some water in the vegetables 08:21 that you eat, you do get water there. 08:23 But the more active you are? Guess what? 08:26 Your metabolism speeds up, 08:28 so this is just the basal amount you need, yeah. 08:30 In the hospital, when I'm setting someone's IV, 08:32 I say, well, the--if they're not drinking anything, 08:35 you know, if they're sick in surgery, 08:36 I set it about 125 ccs an hour. 08:39 That's about 3 liters a day. 08:41 Because that's about how much water they need. 08:43 Now if they have an infection 08:45 or they're sick or their metabolisms ramped up, 08:47 they need more water. 08:48 Have you ever heard that when you get sick, 08:50 what's one of the treatments mom always tells you to do? 08:53 Stay hydrated, drink enough water. 08:55 'Cause the tendency is when you're sick, 08:57 you don't drink water. 08:58 And also sicknesses can use up the water 09:00 that's in your body, yeah. 09:01 The temperature, the inflammation, 09:03 and what not are using up these resources 09:05 that you already have. 09:06 Yeah, well, from a practical standpoint 09:08 what I try to do with water is for me personally. 09:11 I get up. When I brush my teeth, 09:12 I try to at least put down one or two glasses a day. 09:15 And throughout the day, I'm constantly drinking water. 09:17 Now I choose not to drink water at night, okay. 09:20 'Cause when I drink water at night, 09:22 it messes up what we talked about before. 09:24 restlessness, 'cause I've to get up 09:25 and go to bathroom that messes up rest, yes. 09:28 So some people might want to cut their hydration off 09:30 at a certain time of the day. 09:32 But remember these are vital things that we do, 09:35 drinking water, air. 09:37 These are the same as taking prescriptions. 09:39 These are the template 09:40 that God gave us to keep care of this body 09:43 and guess what's happening now. 09:44 The evil one and society has destroyed 09:47 the way we look at water, the way we drink water. 09:49 Water is boring. 09:51 Water, it doesn't have any taste. 09:52 No. Who wants water? 09:53 And I'll tell you, also the air we breathe, yeah. 09:56 You know, it's not as good as it should be. 09:57 And yet, in Africa, they call water of life. 10:01 How many of you think that water is life? 10:03 And lack of water is lack of life. 10:05 Lack of oxygen is lack of life. 10:08 So we run to the doctor, okay? 10:10 And we don't get at the cause all the time. 10:12 But the causes of many diseases 10:14 might be we're just not drinking enough water. 10:17 We're not breathing well. 10:18 This turns on this chronic chemical stress cascade, 10:21 which year in, year out can sometimes cause disease. 10:24 And it could be traced back 10:25 to at least part of it due to not drinking water 10:28 and not giving enough oxygen. 10:30 All right, let's get practical here 10:31 in the last few moments of this part of our program. 10:35 Air is available to us. 10:36 We can just go outside and breathe 10:37 when we take our break 10:39 and during our work our lunch hour. 10:41 Just go outside if it's relatively clean 10:43 and maybe it will be cleaner inside I'm not sure. 10:45 But go outside and just breathe, breathe, 10:47 and take that exercise. 10:48 Breathe it in and hold it for 10 seconds, 10:50 let it out, and do that over and over again. 10:53 That is an exercise we can do, that sure is. 10:54 Also, instead of having that coffee cup or that tea cup, 10:58 instead of having that soda there, 11:01 let's chose some low calorie, 11:05 no calorie, no calorie wonder here. 11:08 Water is not boring. 11:09 I understand that sitting 11:10 in the hospital for days and days, 11:11 and having surgery, that's pretty boring. 11:13 I understand that being sick 11:14 and going to the emergency room can be boring. 11:17 We can bypass all of that by simply abiding 11:21 by these rules that God put in place in creation, 11:24 the very, the very early in creation, 11:26 the second day of creation of the air and the water 11:29 to bring that kind of healing to our body, 11:30 so very important. 11:32 Well, these are extremely important words of information 11:36 that you've given us, Dr. Marcum. 11:37 We really appreciate that. 11:39 We'll take a short break now and when we come back, 11:41 Dr. Marcum, is gonna do something 11:43 that's just as vital as air and water. 11:46 He's gonna take us 11:48 into a conversation with God in prayer. 11:51 So we invite you to stay tuned for that. 11:59 I hope you've learned something very valuable today 12:02 that God's plan given at creation 12:04 has some great ways to change our chemistry. 12:07 Maybe obviating the need to go to a doctor, 12:10 one of those is water. So if nothing else today, 12:12 I want you to remember to drink enough water. 12:14 It could save your life. 12:16 It could help your body do so much better. 12:18 And work on taking enough air in everyday, 12:22 those deep breaths that we talked about. 12:25 You know, at this time in our program, 12:27 I want to give everyone a chance to turn 12:30 to the ultimate physician, 12:31 the great healer as the source of all power. 12:35 And I want you to right now wherever you might be, 12:37 if you don't have a relationship 12:39 with our Heavenly Father. 12:40 Let's invite Him into your lives 12:42 so you can learn more of these truths 12:43 and He give your power to make 12:45 these changes in your life. 12:47 Let's just all bow our heads together. 12:50 Father, God, we want you to be 12:51 our living water in our lives 12:54 but we also want to remember 12:55 these principles that you gave us. 12:57 If there might be someone out there 12:59 who hasn't given their life to You, 13:00 Father, that hasn't entered into that relationship, 13:02 Father, through the Holy Spirit impress them 13:05 to start this relationship at this very moment in time. 13:08 Thank You for giving us these truths that change our bodies. 13:12 Thank You for giving us biblical technology 13:14 is our humble prayer. Amen. 13:18 Well, as we move forward here, 13:19 I want you to have a new concept. 13:22 We've talked about this living water, 13:24 this relationship with our Heavenly Father. 13:26 This just is even more important 13:29 than that physical water that we bring in. 13:31 And remember, there's a place 13:33 for modern medicine 13:34 and we need modern technology 13:36 especially for acute situations. 13:38 We also need the change of lifestyle. 13:41 But to make it all possible is this relationship 13:44 with our Heavenly Father this brings us altogether. 13:47 This is truly the Ultimate Prescription. 13:50 Thank you for joining us today and God bless you. |
Revised 2014-12-17