Welcome back!
Before the break we were
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talking about first aid kits
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and how we can help
care for others, our family,
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and our friends, and we
were talking about EpiPens,
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And Dr. Marcum, is there
anything else we need to know
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about the proper use of EpiPen.
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Well, you know, one of the
things I think is very useful
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for high risk people.
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So high risk people
- who would that be?
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Peanut allergies, bee
allergies, that kind of thing;
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or people - maybe a
teacher, maybe at a school,
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maybe a school nurse.
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One of the things is that does
require a doctor's prescription.
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One of the things we notice,
it doesn't take a whole lot of
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training, as you saw,
it's not that hard to do,
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but they do have
expiration dates. Okay
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So this might be something that
some people would like to add
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to their first aid
kit; others wouldn't.
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So this is something good
that I think we can add to our
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knowledge base even if
we don't have it in our kit,
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it's something we need to know
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about who might
benefit from it. Right
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Now we are talking also about
cardiovascular disease, Nick.
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That's right and we've
had a number of questions
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coming into the website...
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Well let's hold off on the
questions here for a second.
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I just want to make
sure that everyone...
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on our program, we like to
leave them at least two things
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that they can do today
that you can take with you home
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that you can do something
to improve your health.
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And #1, realize that
cardiovascular disease
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is a problem and we
want to meet your need...
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And one of the things
we talked about today is
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lower fat in the diet
and we get fat from animals.
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So we want to get
that as low as we can go,
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and if you're having symptoms,
you might want to consider
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zero fat or as
close to that. Right
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And so that's negative though,
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you know, a lot of
people don't like negatives,
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but let's focus on positives.
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So what is something we can do?
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Let's focus on
something we can do.
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GREENS! Eat more greens.
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I like to eat fresh greens
because it makes nitric oxide.
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It helps blood vessels
around the body - in the heart,
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in the brain,
everywhere needs better blood.
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So I try to eat greens;
3 or 4 fresh greens a day.
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What I do Nick, is I just take
some spinach or Swiss chard,
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or some type of green and I
eat it - now I can eat it raw.
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Now some people that
need to make salads can
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make some salads and put
some balsamic vinaigrette.
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That doesn't have much
fat and just practice on doing
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that and see how you feel.
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If you start eating
more greens and less fat,
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you're going to feel better,
and all of a sudden you'll say,
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"Man, I do feel better!
I can make another change."
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And if you want to learn more,
go to one of these websites
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that we talked about...
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You know, Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine.org
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is an excellent
site; Dr. Esselstyn has a
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wonderful site; Dr. McDougall,
Dr. Ornish, many of them
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or they can go to our
website, heartwiseministries.org
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to move one step at a
time to lower their chance
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of having
cardiovascular disease.
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Now Nick, I think we're
ready to go to the questions.
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Yeah, we have people
write in to us on our website,
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and Dr. Marcum and
other physicians help answer
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and point people
in the right direction
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when it comes to their health.
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And some of the
questions we have today on
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cardiovascular disease
are pretty interesting.
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One viewer writes: "Is
hypertension considered
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cardiovascular disease?"
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Yeah well, it could
be, but hypertension to me,
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is a symptom.
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So if a person has
high blood pressure,
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I want to know - why do
they have high blood pressure?
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You know, Nick, if I put the
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EpiPen in you,
your blood pressure
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would go up... I'd have
some high blood pressure.
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And the treatment for
that would be the EpiPen.
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Now if we needed it to go
up, that's a good thing. Sure
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Some people that
have chronic pain
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have their blood pressure go up.
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Well, would you want to
give them a blood pressure pill?
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Prefer not to take a
pill. No, or you'd want to treat
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the underlying
problem. That's right
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So, when we talk
about high blood pressure,
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it's usually what's
causing the underlying problem.
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Now, high blood
pressure prolonged - can damage
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things because it
makes the arteries weaker,
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it makes the heart...
it's like the heart has to
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pump against a lot of pressure.
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And sooner or later
the heart gets thick
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and then it gets weak.
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So they call high blood
pressure "the silent killer."
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But the key for high
blood pressure is fine out the
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reason "why is it high."
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Is it diet, is it stress,
is it sleep apnea, is it pain,
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is it worries, some
medicines can do it.
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Find out the reason
why, and if you can find out
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the reason why and get it down,
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then you're lowering
your risk of damaging
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these blood vessels.
That's an interesting point.
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You know, I think we
often, and I'm sure it's valid,
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that food often
causes these things,
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but there are so many others
there that you just mentioned.
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Yeah, well we talked about
earlier how people that eat
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high fat diets - you
know, that damages nitric oxide
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so the arteries
don't get bigger.
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In fact, one of the treatments
to lower blood pressure,
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if it's diet, is to move towards
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a whole food, plant-based diet,
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and get processed
foods out of the diet.
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That can lower blood
pressure dramatically,
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and that helps most
of the people do better.
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So really, the
cause of blood pressure
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is not a blood
pressure medicine.
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So the solution is not going
to really be blood pressure
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medicines even though there
are some conditions - thyroid,
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kidney, artery
disease; there are some genetic
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conditions that can
cause high blood pressure,
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but most of the ones that
I see are lifestyle-related.
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Just extra weight - exercise
will lower blood pressure,
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getting the weight off
you will lower blood pressure.
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Lots of things can do that.
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You just mentioned "medications
with cardiovascular disease,"
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we have a viewer who
asks: "What are the side effects
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of statins and are
there alternatives?"
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That is a great questions
and I get that very frequently.
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Statins are medicines that lower
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and stabilize
cholesterol in the body. Okay
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And what I tell people,
sometimes the benefit of the
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medicine is worth it.
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So if a person has had
unstable heart disease,
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high cholesterol,
strong family, history,
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I say, they might benefit
from a statin - if they're
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not having side effects.
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The most common side
effects are damage to the liver,
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muscle problems.
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It can affect your blood sugar.
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It can also even affect the
brain - statin sometimes. Really
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But if a person says, "Listen,
I'm going to eat a really
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healthy diet," and they get
their cholesterol really low,
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they might not
need to take a statin.
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So everything, Nick, we
put in our body has an input.
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You know, and an input
can either be bad or good.
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So the food you put in is
either going to be bad for your
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chemistry or good
for your chemistry.
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The thoughts are
either good or they're bad.
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So, the same thing with
the statin - it has a benefit,
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but it has a danger.
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Do the benefits
outweigh the risk?
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And I try to ask
everyone about that.
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Now, several people
I've had with heart disease,
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they get their
cholesterol down, they exercise,
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they do everything right
and they might not benefit
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as much from a statin as someone
that doesn't do anything right.
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And I still want to
help the person that doesn't
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do anything right too,
and if they're not having a
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side effect, they
might benefit from a statin.
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Now some people,
their belief system...
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they believe that the
medicine is hurting them. Really
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So if a person has a
strong belief system,
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and they say, "I don't think
the medicine is helping me,"
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so no matter what - if
they think it's hurting them,
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it is hurting them.
It's going to hurt them, yes.
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"As a man thinketh, so he is."
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And there is something
called "healing beliefs,"
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if you believe in something,
then it has some change
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in the brain
chemistry and it might help.
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Dr. Herbert Benson,
out of Harvard, has studied
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healing beliefs and
he has found out that
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if people believe it's hurting
them, it is hurting them.
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So there's a belief
system that has to be thrown in
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when you talk
about statins as well.
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So there's a place for
it, but if a person will do
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everything else, maybe
they won't have the need for it.
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Okay... Another viewer
asks: "Should all people
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who have had a heart
attack take a blood thinner?"
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Well, pretty much, I
think all people that have
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taken a heart attack,
unless they have a side effect
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which is bleeding, should be
on some type of blood thinners.
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The most common one
is low dose baby aspirin;
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depending on the situation,
there are stronger ones.
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You know, Plavix
is a stronger one.
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We have higher doses of aspirin.
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But one thing I
want to focus on, Nick...
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A lot of people don't
realize that other things
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can thin out the blood too.
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You mean some natural
ways to thin the blood? Yes
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One of the natural things
is having enough water! Really?
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When you get
dehydrated, guess what happens
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to the blood...It's thicker!
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Over 80% of the blood is water,
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so if you don't drink,
the blood gets thicker.
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STRESS will thicken the blood
and make it more likely to clot.
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So the more stress you're under,
the more the blood thickens.
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There are things like
omega 3-6-9 fatty acids
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which you get in
foods like almonds, flax...
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Those things can help
thin out the blood too.
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So there are other
things out there...
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A lot of people
don't even realize this,
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but tomatoes -
around the tomato seed is a
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chemical that can help thin
out the blood a little bit too.
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So if a person has had a
heart attack and they're not
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having a side effect,
I usually have them on a
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baby aspirin at least,
sometimes more - because I think
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the benefit outweighs
the risk of that. Sure
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So every individual,
you talk to your doctor,
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and ask him, "What's the
benefit, what's the risk,
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and is there anything I
can do to benefit myself
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so I might not need
to take as much medicine?
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You know, talking
about benefits and risks,
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when should a person
consider bypass surgery?
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That can be a risky surgery. Yes
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And I do send people for bypass,
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and it's really if a person
is having lots of symptoms.
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Let's say they haven't lived
very healthy through the years;
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let's say they can't walk
up a hill because they have
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lots of chest pain,
lots of shortness of breath,
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and we do some testing...
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We do testing called,
"stress test and angiograms,"
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and they have blockages
in many of the arteries,
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well that person might benefit
from having a bypass surgery
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not because it
fixes the problem,
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but it helps them get
out and do more and exercise,
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and have a
healthier lifestyle. Right
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That's where it
benefits, so at that point,
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I say "there's a risk of
the bypass, but the bypass
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benefits probably
will outweigh the risks
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because it will help
you feel better, do more,
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and also gives an alternative
blood supply to the heart.
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So if they did
have a heart attack,
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the heart attack
seems to be less as severe,
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but I tell them, "It
doesn't fix the problem,
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it just treats the symptom."
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So there's a lot of things
that there's risk and rewards
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and with medications,
there's a lot of risks
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sometimes, but there's also,
I'm hearing you say there's
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a lot of natural treatments.
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Well you know, a lot of
people don't think that a
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natural remedy
would be "moving." Right!
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A natural remedy
would be drinking water.
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A natural remedy would
be eating healthy foods
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because they have the
healing properties too,
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and a lot of people
don't think about that,
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but I would rather have them
do that than treat symptoms...
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Because symptoms
just... they get worse,
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more medicines - we
don't fix the problem.
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So today, I want everyone
to remember to eat more greens,
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and less fat and it will keep
your arteries much healthier
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than if you don't
do those things. Right
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Well that sounds
like some great advice,
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and we hope that you at home
have appreciated this program,
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and benefit from it.
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And, we also
know that ultimately
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our Creator has the
best answers for our health,
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and sometimes it takes
intervention from on High
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to help us become
better. Absolutely! Absolutely!
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So we'll be right
back in just a moment
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Dr. Marcum is going
to lead out in prayer.
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I'm so glad that we can
have an "Ultimate Prescription"
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with our Creator - the One that
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can help us have
ultimate healing.
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You know, God has
promised to heal us,
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it's just where, when and how,
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and that's such a
wonderful promise.
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There might be someone
out there that needs a prayer
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for healing today and
I want this to be a part
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of everyone's
treatment regimen - is prayer...
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turning to the Ultimate
Physician for their needs.
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Let's bow our heads...
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Heavenly Father,
There might be someone
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out there that needs Your
healing in a special way today.
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Please touch them
Father and help them experience
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Your love and
Your healing power...
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is our humble prayer, Amen
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Now don't forget,
we want everyone to eat
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more greens, less fat,
keep your body healthy,
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and keep turning to
the Ultimate Physician
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as a source of power
and healing in your life.
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