Welcome back. On
today's program we're
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discussing food as medicine.
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And I'm your host Nick Evenson,
joined here by Dr. James Marcum.
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And Dr. Marcum, we
are talking about turmeric
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on today's program.
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And there's an
interesting fact about that
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that I found online here.
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90% of the world's turmeric
comes from India. Right.
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And did you know
that at weddings in India,
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they'll actually use the
turmeric as a paste on the skin,
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the face and arms
of the bride and groom;
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just kind of as a decoration.
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Yeah. And also it will make
your skin turn yellow. Exactly.
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Yeah, yeah. Online;
it's a pigment. Uh huh.
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It's a pigment
that acts from curcumin.
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That's very interesting
because I talked about all the
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different articles on this.
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This has been
studied very well. Right.
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And some are using this as
a treatment for skin lesions.
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Because, remember we
talked about inflammation.
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It seems to cut
back inflammations.
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It seems to help some
things that will help different
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types of skin lesions.
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And if you think, you
know, it helped me with...
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I had some inflammation
on my tendons in my feet.
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It helped that. We know it helps
other types of inflammation
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like arthritis, different types
of inflammation in the bowels,
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like ulcerative
colitis in Crohn's disease.
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It might help that.
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So it seems to have some
anti-inflammatory cells that
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turns down all
those inflammatory cells,
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which tend to, in
certain types of inflammation,
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actually damage the body.
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So it seems to be, not only does
it have anti-cancer effects,
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but it seems to have
anti-inflammatory effects that
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helps knock down
the immune cells that we
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don't want going crazy.
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You know, the excito kinds, and
some of those dangerous ones.
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Uh huh. So I think the
literature is very strong to
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recommend that unless you have
gallstones or kidney stones.
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I think turmeric is a
great thing we can use
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to add to a regimen
to not only treat disease
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but prevent disease.
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And I think everyone has a
little inflammation in their
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body every now
and then. Sure. Yeah.
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See, now we talked
earlier about different ways
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that you can use turmeric.
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You can use the root
or the supplement pills.
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We want to talk about, maybe,
a few ways you can actually
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put it in your food using the
root in the powder form. Okay.
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And to do that we went
and sat down with our friend,
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Kristina McFeeters,
of Kristina's Kitchen,
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and she showed us a way to
incorporate it in a daily meal.
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So let's take a look at that.
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Welcome to Kristina's Kitchen.
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I'm Kristina McFeeters.
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Turmeric is a yellow root.
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It's extremely
bitter, very strong,
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and it's used as a
spice often in Indian curries.
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And it also is very bright
yellow, as you can see here.
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And anything that you cook
it in, when it cooks it actually
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gets a brighter yellow
flavor than when it's raw.
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Today I'm going to show
you how to make my favorite
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scrambled tofu using the
turmeric to both make it yellow,
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and give it a hint of flavor,
and also so we can incorporate
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turmeric in for
its anti-inflammatory
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properties as well.
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To start out we're going to take
a block of water packed tofu.
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You want firm or extra firm.
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And when you take it you
want to get the water out of it.
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We are going to
drain it thoroughly.
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And then I always like to
rinse it, so that way there's
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some fresh water on it.
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And drain that
water off as well.
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What we're going to do is we're
going to break this tofu up into
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chunks into a small
skillet, or a saucepan.
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It doesn't have
to be perfectly cut.
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Just break it up
however you like.
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Now we have the tofu
ready, and so we are going to
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add our seasonings.
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Our first one we're going
to put in 1 teaspoon of salt,
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1 teaspoon of onion powder,
1/2 a teaspoon of garlic powder,
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and a 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric.
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I know that doesn't seem like
much, but turmeric, a little bit
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goes a long ways,
because it's very strong.
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Last we will use
our wet ingredients.
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This is a toasted
sesame oil, which is optional.
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If you don't have it, it'll
still taste good without it.
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But we're going
to put 1 teaspoon in.
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And lastly, we're going to
put 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
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This adds a little
bit of a sourness to it;
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kind of gives it a little
bit more of an eggie flavor.
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If you want something
that tastes almost exactly like
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scrambled eggs, instead of
salt you can use black salt.
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And that will give a
very strong eggie flavor.
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Now we're going
to cook our tofu.
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Turn your stove on
high, and bring it to a boil.
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Stir your seasonings in so that
the turmeric, and some of the
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other seasonings are
evenly coated over your tofu.
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And then once it starts
boiling, turn it down to low
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and simmer it for
about five minutes,
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and then you're ready to serve.
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Okay, our
scrambled tofu is done.
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Isn't that amazing?
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And see how simple that is?
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Just this simple
ingredient, turmeric,
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can give you
anti-inflammatory properties,
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and help you make a delicious
meal that's so simple and easy.
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Be sure and try this at home.
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Thanks Kristina. And, you
know, we really appreciate
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those cooking demos.
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Dr. Marcum and I, we're
not necessarily the best cooks.
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But I think we
could even follow those.
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And if you want to get more
information about how Kristina
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uses these ingredients in
her health food store visit:
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and she has other
recipes there that you can use
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to eat better every day.
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And Dr. Marcum, we're
talking about turmeric.
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We just saw a great way to
incorporate it into our diet.
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And, actually,
that was really good.
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We ate that after she made it.
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It was pretty tasty.
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And what she said, simple.
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It might be simple for her,
but it wasn't as simple for me.
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You know, so I mean, you
have to have some aptitude.
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I'm just not a big... I'm
just not big in the kitchen.
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But maybe I should
learn. I don't know!
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But most people can learn
that if they go to Kristina.
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She can coach them up, you know?
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That's right. It's sort of
like an acquired skill, I guess.
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That's right. You know?
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You know, we've talked a
lot about nutrition recently
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here on this program.
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But nutrition isn't the
only thing we need to focus on.
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It's just one piece
of the puzzle, right?
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Yeah, and you know what?
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You know, God has
taught this in the Bible.
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It's just not about one thing.
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You know, our health is
the things we put in our body,
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the things we breathe,
the way we move, our thoughts,
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our actions; all of
that changes our chemistry.
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And we're now having
studies that show that.
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Nutrition's very important, but
there's many other things that
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God shows in the
Scriptures that also changes the
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chemistry of our body.
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Yeah. You know, one thing water.
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We haven't talked
about that yet, but water,
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it's part of nutrition.
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But it's so important
that we drink water. It is.
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And there's also
things like movement. Uh huh.
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What else? Oh, I mean, just
seeing great things outdoors,
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You know? And I recently did a
Biblical Prescription about how
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we can add this to our lives.
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That's right. Let's
take a look at that.
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It's called the
Biblical Prescription for Life,
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and there's some
awesome sites on this.
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And lets have a look.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum with your
Biblical Prescription for Life.
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Would you like to have
less inflammation in your body?
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Today's Biblical
Prescription is found in
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A study done at the University
California Berkeley showed that
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people that saw awesome sights,
whether that be a sunrise,
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beautiful trees, water, or
walking outside in God's works;
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they had lower
amounts of a chemical called
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Cytokines in the body.
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Less Cytokines,
less inflammation.
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And this helps every
cell in the body do better.
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So your Biblical
Prescription is say to God,
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How awesome are Your works!
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Appreciate
creation; all the wonderful
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things God has given us.
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You'll lower your
Cytokines in the body;
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have less inflammation
in your body as well.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum,
and this is your Biblical
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Prescription for Life.
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And if you want to learn more
about Biblical Prescriptions
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for life, visit us at:
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Or you can go to the website,
BiblicalPrescriptions.com/3abn
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You can order the
DVD by Dr. Marcum and the
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accompanying study guide.
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And this is intended to
be a small group Bible study
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that you can use to live
more in harmony with God's
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design for your life.
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Yeah, and what I like about
this study is it's a balance.
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Uh huh. You know, some
people harp on exercise.
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Some people just harp on,
you know, the different aspects
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of health like
the different foods.
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But this gives a balance.
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You know, there's a
place for eating well.
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There's a place for thinking
well, moving well, being outside
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in the sunshine,
breathing better.
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You know, getting along with us.
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But the key thing for this is,
I think, what sets it apart is
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it shows the importance
of worship, and how worship
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is a key to healing.
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And it shows the science
behind worship, and how when we
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incorporate worship into
our lives in that relationship,
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how God gives us the
power to make gigantic changes
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for the right reasons: how
it changes our brain, our DNA.
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Then we start seeing truth.
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Then we're able to
incorporate this full aspect.
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And remember, everyone,
God moves at different speeds,
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and different times.
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But it's that relationship that
gives us the power that's the
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real aspect of healing.
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I think that's what this
program sets it apart from some
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of the ones out there.
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Yeah, and if it sounds like
a program that's interesting to
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you, and you'd like to get a
copy of it, you can call 3ABN
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and then order
your copy today at
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And that's about all the
time we have on today's program,
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so we're going
to wrap it up here.
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And Dr. Marcum is going to
share a few final thoughts with
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you in just a moment.
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We've been talking today about
the medicinal properties of
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turmeric; the yellow
pigment being so valuable,
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especially in fighting cancer,
and helping in inflammation.
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So I want to encourage you
to talk to your doctors about
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adding this to your
nutritional plan each day.
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I know I've done it and
it really helped with my
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inflammation in the body.
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There's many different
ways you can do it that we've
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learned about today.
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Another thing I'd like to
encourage you to do is visit
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our website. That's
HeartwiseMinistries.org
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On that website you can
learn a lot about nutrition.
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There's resources you could have
to develop a healthy lifestyle.
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You can also leave
your prayer requests,
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and also pray for others.
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With this in mind, I'd like
to pray for each one of you.
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There might be someone out there
that needs a special prayer
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for healing, that might need
a little extra help in eating
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better, or
living a healthier life.
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To know that God is right there
with you, wanting to help you
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achieve great
things with your health.
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So let's pray together.
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Father in heaven, thank You for
giving us so many good things
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to make our bodies
better, so we can serve You.
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Thank You for helping to make
our spiritual, and our physical
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lives interwoven, Father,
and helping us to understand
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Your will for our life.
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Please be with each one of those
that need healing today, Father.
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And come very close to them.
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This is our humble prayer, Amen.
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I want to thank each
one of you for joining us.
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And we'd love to hear
from you on our website,
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so drop us a line.
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Let us know how
you're incorporating these
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changes into your life.
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Turmeric, curcumin, you can take
this in a tablet, you can grind
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up the root, you can
find some healthy recipe
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to add it to your life.
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This will help your
inflammation in your body,
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lower the risk of cancer.
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It does a lot of things we
don't even know about this.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum
wishing you the best of health.
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