Welcome back to the
program, I'm Charles Mills.
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We're here with
cardiologist, James Marcum.
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We're talking about
health as we do on this program
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every time and some of
the frequently asked questions
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that have come in to
heartwiseministries.org
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You've made it
very clear, Dr. Marcum,
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that the Bible has a
lot of prescriptions for us,
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and I've just chosen one
here I want to swing by you
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and see what you think,
it's found in Psalm 37:23.
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Open it up on the screen
here and here's what it says:
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There are 2 parts to this here
that "The steps of a good man
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are ordered by the Lord
and he delighteth in his way."
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You've made it clear that
if we are not delighted by what
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we're doing, it's not
going to be as effective
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as it can be - am I
on the right track here?
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I think so,
Charles, and that's another
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wonderful text on
the steps of the Lord.
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And you know what, when
I think about that text,
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as we enter in a
relationship with our God,
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you know, we talked
about doing things and
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we don't do things on our own.
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When we do things just
on our own, that could be
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stressful because that
makes us selfish because we're
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doing it for us, but when
we surrender our lives to God,
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He's the One that
does the changes for us
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because we said it and He
can help us with the steps
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that He wants us
to take one-at-a-time,
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sometimes He moves us,
sometimes we're running,
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sometimes we're moving
slow, but He directs our
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steps when we're in
that relationship with Him,
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and He delights in that.
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He's happy about
that, so I just think that's
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another great text that
shows us the valuable treatment
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that comes from that
relationship with God,
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how He helps us to go
to A to B, to B to C...
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Well, not everyone... this
nutrition thing is not so easy.
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It takes some steps, and
the same thing with our brain.
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Getting our brain right
and getting us back to the way
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God wants to be, you
know, creating a new mind,
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that's not so easy,
but He takes us in steps.
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He didn't say - all at once.
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He said there are
steps in this relationship,
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and He delights when
we're making these steps.
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So it's a
wonderful text, Charles.
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Now I know why you
put this right here.
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Let's talk
about this Dr. Marcum.
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You're talking about steps
and how important they are.
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When we start exercising,
when we start making the
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transition from where we
are to where we want to be,
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this little device here is kind
of an important little device
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that we use to
measure our steps.
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This is.. what is this called?
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That's a
pedometer. A pedometer, okay.
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And you wear it on
your belt and it keeps track
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of the steps you take
and it gives you all sorts of
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information and it can
turn that into distance
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in kilometers or miles,
but that really measures
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how active you are and one
of the most common questions
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we get to the website is -
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"How much exercise
do I need each day."
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So every time we take a
step, this measures it. Yep
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Is there any kind of measuring
in the steps we're taking
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to have a good
relationship with God?
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Is there any kind of
pedometer we can have for that?
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Yeah, there are lots of
pedometers and, you know,
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just look at the fruit, you
know, look at the fruit. Yes
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Look at the things that God
has accomplished in your life.
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Look at the
evidence in your life.
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You know, look back 5 years ago,
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and I ask people to write a
diary about you and God. Yes
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And keep down the
things where you've seen Him
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lead in your life,
whether it be radio programs
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or a chance to reach people
or a success that you might
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have at work or
opportunities to serve.
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And as you see the way
God has led you and look back,
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you say, "Yes, sometimes
it feels like I'm not making
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many steps, but when I
look back, I am making steps.
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This program is a step as
far as I'm concerned. Yeah
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We are taking steps making these
programs because many years
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ago you and I were on the
radio and we said, "I wonder
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what we can do to reach
the world with this message,
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we want to make people healthy;
we want to make them feel good.
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I wonder what
steps we can make."
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And here, 3ABN came
along and 3ABN welcomed
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us here to do this program.
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These programs are
steps, they're measureable steps
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that we're taking
to do what we believe
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God wants us to do,
and that's kind of cool.
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You know, and as people
watch the programs and learn
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one thing at a time,
maybe they could incorporate
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a step, look at the
evidence see how they feel,
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ask God to be the One that
changes and see how they move.
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And if they feel
better, well maybe they can make
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another step and these
steps might be walking more,
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and exercising -
that's a very important thing.
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And we talked about how
much exercise we need a day,
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and I talked to different people
and a great article came up
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that said we should
get up and move every hour
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no matter what we're
doing. That's a step!
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Yeah, a lot of
people sit all day long. Yes
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They sit in computer terminals.
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You know, at least move
around the room every hour.
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That's very
beneficial, that's movement.
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We try to get people
to walk up to 45 minutes
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to an hour every
day, that's total moving.
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And we try to get them to walk
in 6 minute intervals, okay,
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because what 6 minutes
does is you go faster - slower,
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faster - slower.
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When you go faster,
it changes the diameter
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of our blood vessels. Yes
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We also make different factors
that make the blood vessels
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big or smaller, big or smaller.
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A complex result of all
these chemical reactions
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is better blood supply and
better health to our organs.
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Exercise helps the
brain, lowers the risks of heart
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attacks, helps every
single organ in our body,
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so I can't emphasize how much
a movement program helps us.
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And in our world, the last 200
years, we don't move as much,
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and as we don't move as
much, we put stress on our body.
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You know, Charles, if you just
sit all day long that puts...
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the blood can't leave your
legs as good, your back has
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lower back pain.
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It changes the
levels of insulin, glucose,
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cortisol - all in your body,
all these chemical reactions
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are very complex, so
just by sitting too long,
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you can actually hurt your body.
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That's a stressor - we
talked about all the things
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that we weren't designed to do.
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We were never
designed to sit all day,
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and sit in the same position.
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Our listeners and our
viewers, right now, stand up.
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Stand up right where you
are, stand up... very good.
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Stay standing for
another minute or so
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because we're
trying to bring you a step
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toward health,
this is another step.
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Stand up there, sort of
move around the chair...
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We'll wait for you, go
ahead move around the chair.
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There you go, moving around,
looking good, looking good.
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These are steps that we
can make, steps literally,
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and steps mentally and
emotionally that we can make
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toward that wonderful
health that we all want.
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Very good, okay, you
can sit back down now.
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They did that very well.
You know, a lot of people
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will walk more than they
think and just by wearing
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a pedometer, you
keep track of your steps
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and you realize that, "Hey,
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I really do get
my steps in at work."
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Yeah, don't you feel better?
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I feel better just
knowing that you just did that.
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Thank you viewer,
I appreciate that.
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Okay, frequently
asked questions from the
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heartwiseministries.org
website...
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"My family has lots
of cancers.. Oh dear..
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any suggestions
for lowering risk?" Yes
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It's all about
risk, isn't it? Yes
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Well risk of cancer, you
know, what I tell is do things
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that we know that
help prevent cancers.
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If you have risk of skin cancer,
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don't be too much
exposure in the sun.
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If you have a
risk of lung cancer,
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avoid cigarettes and exposures
in the air. And secondhand. Yes
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If you have a
history of colon cancer,
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you definitely want to
avoid fats in your diet.
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You want to eat a
whole food plant-based diet.
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In fact that diet lowers
the risk of almost everything.
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If you have a
history of breast cancer,
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you want to make sure
you don't have extra weight,
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you want to
make sure you're on a
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whole food plant-based diet.
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All the things we
talked about for heart disease,
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also helps lower
the risk of cancer.
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Isn't it wonderful how God
created these chemical pathways
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and even though we
don't understand them,
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when we do those
things, we reap great benefits.
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And more than
anything, if you have cancer,
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get screened - get
screened for cancer so
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if they detect it
early, that's once place where
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modern medicine can help you.
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If you have a skin
cancer or melanoma,
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if you find it early, you
cut it out - you're cured.
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So go for early detection
as well. All right, very good.
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"What are the
natural treatments,
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this person asks from the
heartwiseministries.org website,
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"what are the natural
treatments for anxiety." Oh dear
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Now anxiety and fear and
phobias affect many people now.
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And in fact, 1 in 6 people
have some type of anxiety,
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and it ramps up from there...
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Anxieties, phobias,
fears, post-traumatic stress,
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you know, all those things
increase the stress chemistry
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that we've talked
about, damages the body.
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So how do you treat anxiety?
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Unfortunately, a lot of
people run for medication,
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but the first thing I
tell people is - in our brains,
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our brain works a
specific way, and most anxieties
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comes from the part of
the brain, the reptilian part
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of the brain that
just wants to stay alive.
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And brains want to be
happy; they want to feel safe,
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and, of course, when
they don't feel safe,
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then it makes all these
other chemicals, these reactions
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that have these
anxiety feelings.
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So a couple of simple
things is realizing, you know,
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if you feel
anxious about something,
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is something really
life-threatening or not?
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A lot of people have
anxiety just because they
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overreact or take
things personally.
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And when you do feel anxiety,
have some things uploaded
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in your brain that you can
do right away to lower that.
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For instance, take 10
deep breaths and say a prayer.
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"Come unto Me and I
will give you rest."
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Just go over that and
try to relax your body.
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Be thankful for 2 or 3 things.
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Find something to laugh about.
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And then one of the
leading things that I recommend
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comes from Philippians
4:6, "Be anxious about nothing"
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So, God wants us
not to be anxious,
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He knew it was
damaging and in the very next
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verse, it says, "Pray."
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Pray, prayer is getting
back into that relationship.
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Getting back in that which we
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know has healing powers as well.
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So those are some simple
things to help with anxiety.
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Of course, eating healthy
foods, avoiding supplements,
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avoiding things that
cause inflammation in the body,
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all those things can help.
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When you're doing these things,
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then that might
help you overcome anxiety
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so you don't have to take
a pill, that kind of thing.
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Exercise is also
another great thing,
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natural things
that can do for anxiety.
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I think exercise,
going out for a walk,
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is one of the most
powerful things we can do
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for feeling blue, a
little anxious, you know,
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just go out there and
put your walking shoes on
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and go for a nice,
brisk walk for 10-15 minutes,
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pretty amazing stuff and a
lot cheaper than taking a pill
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or going to see
a doctor for that.
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All right, let's talk
about blood clots in the body...
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"How do blood
clots form in the body,
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and what can we do about them?"
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They just show up?
Is that what happens?
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No, they don't and
there's usually a reason.
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Blood clots in the heart usually
come from an abnormal rhythm
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like atrial fibrillation.
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It also comes from a
weak heart where parts of it
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aren't moving and
the blood stagnates.
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Blood clots in the
heart, of course, can stay in
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the heart or worse yet, can
be pumped in different places.
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And, that's one form of clots.
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That's clots in the arteries
usually, comes from the heart.
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Clots in the veins can
also come from just not moving,
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having venous insufficiency,
when you don't move or sit
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long in place, the blood
doesn't move because you have
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to move the valves.
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The valves have to push
the blood out of the legs.
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When we sit for long periods of
time, the valves which move the
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blood in, don't do
the job, the blood sits,
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it can form blood clots.
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The most dangerous
blood clot we hear is called a
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"pulmonary embolism."
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That's where a clot comes up
the veins, gets in the lungs;
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that can even be fatal.
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What do you do for
people who are laying in bed
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in the hospital or
can't move very good?
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We give them medicines to
naturally thin out their blood.
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We also put compression
devices on that squeeze the legs
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to simulate that.
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There are other medical
conditions, genetic things
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that can make the blood clot
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that we need blood thinners
for, certain types of diseases,
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cancer makes
the blood clot more.
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So all of these things
form different blood clots,
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and if you can find
out what causes the clots,
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sometimes you don't need
to be on a medicine for it.
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But a lot of times,
if it's due to the heart,
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you do have to do a
medicine because usually
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what's going on is sort
of a permanent situation,
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and it's always
about risks and benefits.
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"Is any medication safe?"
I get that question a lot.
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The answer to
that is probably not.
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It's all about
risk and benefits.
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Some have less risk than others.
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Well, we're learning
steps today, steps to health,
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and one of the most
important steps that we can take
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as Christians is to
talk to the Master Physician.
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I'm going to do
that on our return,
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so stay right where you are.
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You know, I've learned
so much through the years by
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answering people's questions
because it has forced me
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to learn things I
might not look up.
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So thank you for your
questions and I hope today
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you've learned
something, and that some of your
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questions have been answered.
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Let's spend some time praying
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for each other,
let's bow our heads.
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Heavenly Father, I
want to thank You for
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being a God that loves us
and helps us find the answers
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to life's tough questions
and there might be someone
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out there that needs You in
a special way today, Father,
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please be with them and
help them to have healing
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in the love that You
have for them, Father.
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And just thank each one
of us for doing Your work
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and we look forward
for You coming again soon.
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This is our humble prayer. Amen
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If you might have questions
that we didn't answer today,
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I want to invite you
to our website that is
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heartwiseministries.org
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We want to thank you for
being a part of our ministry.
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We also have a prayer team where
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we're actively
praying for each other.
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So until next time, wishing
you all of God's healing.
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