Welcome back...
On today's program,
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we're talking with Dr.
Marcum about supplements
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and nutritional prescriptions.
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And, we have some questions
from viewers just like you
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that have been
submitted to our website at
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heartwiseministries.org
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And, Dr. Marcum, our
first question for today is:
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"What do you
consider a natural remedy?"
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Yeah, and Nick
that's a great question
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because there are so
many people out there
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that watch the
internet or seen this;
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everyone is trying to
make money selling supplements,
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this and that,
herbs and there's nothing
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wrong with that if needed. Sure!
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But sometimes they're
just not needed period.
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So what do I
consider a natural remedy?
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Well, you know,
things that God gave us
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at the beginning
are natural remedies.
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Getting enough rest,
that's a natural remedy.
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Drinking water -
that's a natural remedy. Right
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Movement -
that's a natural remedy.
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Eating foods that have lots of
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fruits and
vegetables, nuts and grains,
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those are natural remedies
because they have substances
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in those that changes the
chemistry of the entire body.
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Being happy -
that's a natural remedy.
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Having worship in
our life and service,
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those are natural remedies,
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so we were made
to do those things.
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Those are positive inputs
that help us for the good.
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Now, some people
have a deficiency.
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If you have a
deficiency in something,
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then you would
need to supplement. Sure
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For instance, if
you have diarrhea,
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you might run low on magnesium.
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If you don't get
out in the sunshine,
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you might run low on vitamin D.
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If you don't eat certain foods,
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you might run low
on the B vitamins.
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If you have bleeding,
you might run low on iron.
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But as a general, a
person that's healthy
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and eats a well-balanced
diet, they usually don't have
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a lot of deficiencies...
so if they take a lot in,
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they just get
more than they need,
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and it's usually not needed.
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So that's what I
consider a natural remedy...
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something that God
has given us at creation
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to do every single day
that changes the chemistry
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of the entire body rather than
just not one chemical pathway
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which some
supplements and nutrients do,
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you know, something that
just changes everything...
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those are more
natural remedies. Right
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And so, if you
have a deficiency,
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you're going to be
experiencing some symptoms
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to let you know
something is not right. Right
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So if you feel healthy, you
may not need those supplements.
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For instance, someone
might have a broken bone,
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and the doctor might discover
that they don't have enough
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vitamin D and they need calcium
and vitamin D for strong bones.
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Some might have lots of diarrhea
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or might have a
funny heart rhythm...
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And during evaluation, we found,
"Oh, you're low on magnesium."
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Well, you have a
deficiency and then I would
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try to supplement
it with things like,
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greens which have magnesium.
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If you're
running low on potassium,
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maybe things like
bananas and potatoes.
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But they might benefit from
boosting their level quickly
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and we have pills that will do
that for a short period of time
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so we can make sure they get
all the things that they need
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over a long haul.
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Does that make sense,
Nick, or did I confuse you?
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No, I think
that's some great advice.
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Yeah, natural remedies
isn't what everyone thinks...
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"Oh, it's a natural
herb or natural this..."
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Not to me, more of a
natural remedy is something
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that changes the
entire chemistry of the body
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that God gave us...
that's a natural remedy!
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I guess a God-given
thing that we're not
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paying attention to
anymore sometimes. Sure
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It can be really
simple. Yes, it's really simple.
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Another viewer asks: "Is
it true that the hibiscus
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flower helps
lower blood pressure?"
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Yes, well
hibiscus is... if you have
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blood pressure problems
and they can't figure out
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the reason why - it's
sort of a genetic thing,
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yes, hibiscus tea is
something that is used naturally
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that lowers blood pressure.
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Is it the leaves from the flower
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or what part is it, do you know?
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It's the chemicals of the
flower that lowers it. Okay
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But remember, when people
take hibiscus or whatever,
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natural things, you
know, I don't see that
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a whole lot
different than a medication.
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Because the medicine
changes your chemistry,
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hibiscus changes your chemistry,
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it still has
chemical compounds in it.
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A lot of the medicines were
originally derived from plants.
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So... but the hibiscus
is one that's very safe
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that people can use to
help lower their blood pressure.
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It's sort of... what I
would say - a natural remedy
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if a person does
have a disease state.
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Now that's another situation
where people would benefit
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from a natural remedy if
you have a disease state.
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For instance, if people
have plaques of coronary
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artery disease -
that's a disease state,
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they would benefit from
more greens and less fat.
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Another disease state
is if people have diarrhea,
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they would benefit
from more magnesium which
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slows the bowel down
and replaces electrolytes.
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You see where
I'm getting at? Yes
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I keep hearing a theme
also about eating more greens.
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Yeah well, greens are very
good for things like magnesium.
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It's very good to help
take toxins out of the body,
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keep the bowels running good.
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God gave us lots of
green things to eat.
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Some of us don't
eat as many greens,
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but fruits are good to
eat and nuts are good to eat.
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All of these have chemicals
in them that help our body,
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and some people have
deficiencies and they can
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get the deficiencies
just from the food they eat.
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Now, can
supplements ever do harm?
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Yes they can... in
fact, some people would
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take too many of a substance
called, "beta-carotene,"
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and some of the other ones,
they didn't really need them.
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They took too many and it
actually did harm to the body
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because it saturates receptors
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so they can't get the
good things and I guess
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too much of any
good thing can be bad.
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Too much exercise can be bad.
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You can cause
oxidation if you exercise.
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Too much sleep - rest,
can be a bad thing. Yeah
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Too much water can
even be a bad thing.
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So, yes, you can get
too much of a good thing,
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and that's why I think it's
about moderation in life. Right
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Once again, a balance of
all the right ingredients.
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Now if you are short
of a nutrient or substance
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or chemical in your
body, then you might want to
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take a supplement
until you can bring it up
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to the balance that you need.
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If you have a disease
state, you might need something.
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So those are the
specific cases when you do need
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supplements and
extra things and nutrition.
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Now another viewer asked:
"When is Coenzyme Q10 useful?"
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First of all,
what is Coenzyme Q10?
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Coenzyme Q10 is a
substance that the muscles need
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sometimes to keep
it from being sore.
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And, I use Coenzyme Q10
in people that are usually
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on statins that
have sore muscles. Okay
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Because there are proteins
in muscles that sometimes
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can be hurt by a statin and if
they have really sore muscles,
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Coenzyme Q10 can
also help muscles.
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So some people that have a
deficiency in certain proteins,
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Coenzyme Q10 might help
it because the deficiency
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could be generated by
medicines they are taking
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or other different problems.
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Now, other things
that are good for muscles
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besides Coenzyme Q10
is muscles love water.
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Muscles loves magnesium
and calcium and potassium,
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and you get all those if
you eat 3 to 5 fresh fruits
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and vegetables a day - so
muscles like those things too.
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But in people that
have deficiencies in certain
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enzyme systems, Coenzyme
Q10 might help bring that
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enzyme system up -
especially I use it specifically
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in people that have soreness
on statins that we don't want to
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stop the statin because we
really need to keep it going
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in people that have sore muscles
that sometimes helps them a lot.
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So where does
Coenzyme Q10 come from?
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I don't know... It's
not found in a natural
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diet or plant resources?
You can get it in your diet,
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but sometimes in deficiency,
you don't get the numbers
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that you need to be
at, but it's a coenzyme.
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It's a chemical that
helps enzymatic reactions,
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specifically in
proteins in the body.
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But I don't know, specifically,
what foods have it. Okay
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You know, we had
another question come in:
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"What are some
natural sleep aids?"
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I know, once in a while, I have
a hard time getting to sleep
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because maybe I'm
thinking about stuff,
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so if I can just relax my mind,
and just try and not focus on
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the day's work or whatever I've
been worrying about all day,
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that helps, but what
are some natural sleep aids?
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Well, some of the
natural remedies to help people
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sleep is exercise
because it gets people tired;
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it makes chemicals
called "endorphins" that help
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relax you - everyone
feels relaxed after this,
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so that's one natural
remedy that helps you sleep.
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Of course avoiding stimulants...
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You know, too many
stimulants can do that.
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There are foods that help
like bananas - that helps.
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Bananas and kiwi have chemicals
in it that get turned to
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serotonin in the brain
which helps people relax.
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So any of those things...
anything that decreases the
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process called oxidation
could help us rest better. Right
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So things that are oxidizing
in our body are things that
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cause inflammation...
people that eat lots of fats,
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lots of proteins, lots of
animal that causes inflammation
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in the body that hurts
our ability to rest and relax.
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So anything that puts
also stress on the body,
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helps keep us awake.
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For instance, if
you watch TV at night,
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too much light at night...
that might put stressors
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in the body that also
stimulates the body not
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to produce the
medicines, the chemicals
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that we need to sleep better.
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So those are some simple
things to do that might help
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people rest better.
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Do you ever have a hard time,
yourself, getting to sleep?
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No, I never do - I
can hit that thing and I'm
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asleep in no time at all.
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Sometimes if my mind
is really busy, Nick,
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working on a project
that I'm really working on,
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sometimes my mind
works on it as I'm asleep,
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and I don't sleep as
deep, but I don't have
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too much
problems going to sleep,
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but a lot of people
do, and a lot of people
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go for these medications
that help them sleep.
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But unfortunately, these
medicines don't solve the
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problem - they
just treat the symptom.
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and all the medicines
have been shown to hurt
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the cognitive
ability... you're not as smart,
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and you're not as
safe like driving.
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So I don't really, if we
can find out other ways to
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help people rest
and sleep better,
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it's always better than taking
a sleeping pill. That's right!
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You know, I have a 6-month-old
son and we have found
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that whenever we get him lots
of fresh air during the day,
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he seems to sleep a
little bit better at night,
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so exercise, fresh air,
that's really good for us.
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All those things help out a lot.
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So those are natural remedies
that can help us sleep better.
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Now we've got a question
about aging, someone asks:
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"How do foods help with aging?"
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Like what foods might be useful?
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Yeah, aging - you've heard this
word called "oxidation." Yeah
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That's like the body is rusting!
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So foods that
cause oxidation are bad.
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They cause aging,
they change our genetics,
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they make us get older quicker.
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Things that cause antioxidants
prevent these free radicals
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performing that slows
down the aging process.
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That protects - there
is a part of the chromosome
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called the
"telomere," it helps with that.
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So basically for
aging, we want to take
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more antioxidants
and less oxidants.
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So what are foods
that cause oxidation?
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Well, unfortunately, those are
things that come from animals,
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the cheese, dairy,
lots of processed foods.
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That stimulates the process
called "oxidation" in the body,
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turns on all these
bad chemicals that sort of
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makes us more acidic - oxidizes.
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But when we take
the antioxidants,
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that sort of turns
off the oxidation process.
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So antioxidants
not only helps aging,
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but it helps
inflammation in the body,
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it helps the
genetics of the body.
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Now what are foods that
have antioxidants in them?
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Yeah, what are some
sources of antioxidants?
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Blueberries - one of the best!
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All the berries
are good antioxidants.
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Goji berries, but basically
the fruits, vegetables, nuts,
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mainly fruits and vegetables
have lots of antioxidants. Right
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Now some people that are
especially low in antioxidants,
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really focus on the
berries, those type of things.
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A handful of berries
every now and then really helps
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bring up the oxidation
to counteract all these
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antioxidants
we're getting. Oh okay
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So I tell people, if they
have to have something that
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oxidizes it - you
know, foods that they
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have to eat some
bad food occasionally
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for whatever reason...
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Well chase it with some
greens which helps the body
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move it through quicker;
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help it through some
magnesium that will help
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the bowels move quicker;
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chase it with some
antioxidants that help balance
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some of the bad
effects of the food.
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So antioxidants are very
important in the aging process,
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very important in inflammation
and keeping the blood vessels,
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has lots of good things
that help the entire body.
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So eat more blueberries,
more antioxidants...
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More fruit, more vegetables,
basically the things that
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we've talked about all
along has all those good things
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and less of the things
that cause oxidation...
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less of the fat, less of
the cheese, less of the meat,
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less of the processed foods.
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And unfortunately,
guess what's happened?
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In our world, we're
eating more of the bad stuff,
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so we're aging quicker,
we're turning on our genetics,
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we're causing all these
inflammatory things in our body
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which causes all
these health problems
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and sooner or
later turn on symptoms,
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and rather get at
the cause, well they say,
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"Well let me get rid of the
oxidation things in my life,"
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rather than get at the cause,
we're treating the symptom.
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So we're not
really fixing the problem,
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and sometimes
when we treat symptoms,
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we can make things
worse. Right, right
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I think that's
some great advice.
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We've got another
question here, somebody asks:
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"Is hawthorn useful for hearts?"
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You're a cardiologist,
so you should be know.
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Yeah and we get a lot
of questions about herbs
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and supplements and
I'm not an herbologist,
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but a lot of doctors that
are good at herbs are called
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"naturopaths," and they
are very good because they
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use these every day similar
to how I would use medicines.
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And there are some herbs
out there that have been studied
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very well and that are very
useful for certain conditions.
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Now the herbs, if you're
taking an herb, you have to make
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sure it doesn't interact
with something else you might be
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taking in the body. Okay
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A lot of herbs interact with
blood thinners and antibiotics
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and things to make them
less or more effective...
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So you have to talk to
your doctor about that,
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and you have to get
someone that really knows
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the amount that you
should take because we're
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assuming we're taking
an herb or a supplement
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for either a deficiency or
a disease state. Yeah, right
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For in hawthorn, the disease
state is the heart is not as
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strong as it needs to be.
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And this hawthorn helps
the heart through chemicals
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called "glycosides"
makes the heart beat stronger.
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So this is one -
hawthorn that actually will help
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the heart beat stronger.
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It's used very often in Europe
to make the heart beat stronger,
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similar to a medicine we
use here called, "digoxin."
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Another herb that's used
on the cardiovascular system
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that's been proven
in scientific studies,
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double-blinded
studies that shows they work
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is one called "horse chestnut,"
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and some people with vein
problems and vascular problems
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can take horse chestnut
because there are chemicals
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in horse chestnut - it
helps the veins do better.
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So there are many
herbs out there that do work
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and a good naturopath could
help guide you through that.
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There's an "Encyclopedia
of Natural Medicine"
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that can help if
you want to learn more,
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but I see these herbs and
supplements - the place for
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them is to help
get over disease state,
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or if you're running low
on something - then natural.
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But most people can get
what they need in the foods
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and supplements that they
take from what God gave us.
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They don't need
that extra boost.
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So, other than supplements,
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how about the vitamins, let's
talk about that for a minute,
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what are some needed vitamins?
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Yeah, the most common one
I see is people that don't
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go out in the sun 30
minutes, 3 times a day,
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need vitamin D.
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Vitamin D is
really a pro-hormone.
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It helps the bone,
it helps the brain.
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Vitamin D is needed in
every cell of the body.
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So if you have vitamin D
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deficiency, you're
not going to feel good.
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It helps the blood
pressure, it helps the vessels,
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helps you fight
depression, helps the bones,
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many different things.
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Another one that's
very important is "thyroid."
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Now even though
that's not a nutrient,
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Every cell in the body
needs thyroid hormone. Right
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So will have
your thyroid checked;
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sometimes you run low on that.
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We already talked
about the B6 and B12,
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especially for people that eat
a whole food plant-based diet,
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and don't take any things
like fortified soy, fortified...
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You know there are certain milks
are fortified with B vitamins.
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Some people don't take cereals
and grains that have that...
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They might need a
supplement if they stay away
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from all of that fortification.
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Now if somebody wants to learn
more about where they can get
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information on supplements
and nutritional prescription,
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where would you direct them?
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There's an
"Encyclopedia of Supplements,"
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they can get
that on the website,
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and could check
with a naturopath that
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might be able to help you,
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or some doctors have
some basic knowledge.
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I have some basic knowledge,
but I try to get specialized
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help, but remember - I
only use it if a person
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is in a diseased state or has
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a deficiency and I try to
use the things that God gave us
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first, and then if that doesn't
work and we have to add some,
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then I want to do it under
a very supervised situation,
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on someone that uses these
and knows the proper amount,
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and the interactions.
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So everything we put in
either has a benefit or a harm.
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Well thank you, Dr. Marcum,
for sharing with us about
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this important topic.
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Stay right there, we're going
to be back in just a moment.
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Let's pray together...
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Father, Thank You for
helping us to learn about our
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bodies today, Father,
and continue to guide us.
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And thank You so much
for Your everlasting love.
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