Welcome back to the
Ultimate Prescription.
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I'm your host, Nick
Evenson, and today we are
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discussing food as medicine.
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And we've been
talking about ginger.
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And I have to confess
I made a mistake earlier.
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See, we called this the ginger
root, but I Googled it and
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ginger is actually not
a root, it's a rhizome.
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What is a rhizome? A
rhizome is an underground stem.
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So it's actually not a root.
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So it's a stem that
grows under the dirt.
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So it's a stem
that grows underground.
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That right, that's right.
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And I also found out that this
is native to Southeastern Asia.
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I'm not sure if we import
it, or we grow it here now,
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but it originally came
from Southeastern Asia.
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You know, what I like about
that, it seems like a little bit
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of ginger rhizome... That's
right!... goes a long way.
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Yeah, yeah. You know, I've
noticed, I put a little in my
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mouth a few minutes ago, and
I think my breath has improved.
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I'm going to take
your word for that.
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Well, I think it could
improve your breath, Nick.
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I think so. Maybe I'll try some.
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You know what I
like to try to do?
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It sort of gives you a
tingly... Can you imagine?
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It helps wake
you up a little bit.
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I'm going to kiss Sonya.
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That's my wife. Your wife.
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Yes, I'm going to
kiss Sonya, and see if...
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See if she likes the juice?
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See if it does anything special.
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You know, maybe it has
something more than just
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the inflammation? I don't know.
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You should try that.
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Yes, and for sure it cuts
back nauseous. That's right.
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So, anyway,
interesting. We're off track.
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On a more serious
note, let's get back to
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the task at hand here. Serious.
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Ginger is very good for you;
a lot of healing properties.
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Are there any cautions?
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That's a good word: cautions.
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You know, when we use food as
medicine, a lot of the cautions
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come when we mix it
with other medication,
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prescription medications
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The three prescription
medications I think people need
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to be careful when they,
you know, if they're on those is
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medicines that thin
the blood, blood thinners,
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blood sugar medicines that
lower the blood, and grapefruit.
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Those are things that tend to
interact, you know, quite a bit
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with different types of
food systems that we might eat.
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So ginger is one of those.
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If you're on a blood thinner,
ginger can actually make
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your blood more thin.
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So you have to be careful
if you're on a blood thinner.
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Another thing, if you're on
blood sugar medicines, you know,
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that lower your blood
sugar, ginger can make your
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blood sugar go too low. Uh huh.
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So if you're on
those types of medicines,
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check with your doctor.
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And again, calcium channel
blockers, it seems to effect
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calcium channel blockers, too.
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Those are a
certain class of medicines
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that lower blood pressure.
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So those we have to
be very careful with.
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And if you're ever in
doubt, ask your doctor.
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If you're ever in
doubt find it on...
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The Internet has
lots of great sites.
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You can certainly go to our
website: HeartwiseMinistry.org
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where we answer
questions all the time from
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viewers and listeners.
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So ginger is very valuable as
a way to treat certain diseases
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like migraines, cramps, nausea,
inflammation, as well as maybe
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it can prevent problems too,
like bad breath, in my case.
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Right, right. Yeah, you
certainly want to work with your
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doctor to make sure that
your blood doesn't get too thin;
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if your blood
pressure gets too low.
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Right. All these things you
want to make sure it doesn't
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interact with medications.
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Now we have questions that come
in to our website sometimes,
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HeartwiseMinistries.org
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You can ask your
question if you have one there.
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But people often are
asking about supplements.
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You take this ginger
root as a supplement?
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No, I don't. I do not
take that as a supplement.
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I take that as
treatment. Treatment? Okay.
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So I take that as treatment
for inflammation, okay?
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And that's what I take that for.
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Now I could take it
just as part of my nutrition,
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because I want to feel
good, or I like the taste,
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or it has nutritional benefits.
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But I don't take
it as a supplement.
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So what's the difference between
treatment and supplement?
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How do you, how do you...
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Supplements are
for deficiencies. Okay.
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If you have a deficiency
you need a supplement. Uh huh.
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If you don't have
a deficiency then you
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don't need a supplement. Right.
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Okay? So I don't
necessarily have to have ginger.
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Because you don't
need ginger to live. Right.
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I use ginger as a treatment,
like a prescription medication
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to change my chemistry. Uh huh.
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So a lot of people ask,
Do I need supplements? Yeah.
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And usually if you're on a whole
food plant based diet you get
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almost everything you
need in the food we eat. Okay.
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You know, you get
your trace elements.
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You get your
phytochemicals, all that.
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Now people that are on
the standard American diet:
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lots of processed foods,
lots of meats, lots of dairy,
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they often do need
supplements because they don't,
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might not get enough of the
trace elements we talked about,
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all the fiber that
we've talked about,
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all those good things we get.
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But some people
do need supplements.
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And one of the most common
supplements that are needed
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is Vitamin D. Okay, sure.
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And Vitamin D is
actually a prohormone. Okay?
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People that live in high
altitudes, like in Fairbanks,
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Alaska, or wherever,
they don't get out in the sun.
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They don't get Vitamin D.
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So if you don't need Vitamin
D I recommend a supplement.
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Because you don't have enough
of this much needed substance.
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So if you didn't get enough
sun exposure you're at risk
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and might need to
take a supplement.
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Vitamin D is good for
bones, brain, blood vessels,
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many things that need
Vitamin D; every cell needs it.
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So what I recommend if you
don't get out in the sunshine,
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take D3, a supplement,
2000 international units a day.
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Now you can certainly have your
blood tested, but I take it in
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the wintertime,
because my D levels get low.
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And when it gets low you get
cabin fever, your serotonin goes
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down, depression might go up,
inflammation, different things
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in the body that need Vitamin
D; bones might get weaker.
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So I think that's a
supplement that most,
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many people need to take.
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Now if you live in
Hawaii, probably not.
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You'd get plenty of sunshine.
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If you live in Ecuador,
probably not. That's right.
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But if you live up in
Alaska, probably yes. Sure.
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Okay, another supplement: B12.
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Have you heard of B12? I have.
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Okay. B12 is actually
something that we need that's
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not made by plants. Uh huh.
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We need B12 to make blood cells.
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It keeps us
from being in anemic,
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helps support our
nerves, helps support our brain.
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So if you eat a... Originally
this is from a microbe,
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that's found in the
earth, that blankets the earth.
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For awhile, you know, a lot of
times our food source gets it,
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but nowadays we
don't get enough B12.
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Now recently, I really don't
eat much processed foods at all.
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I used to get B12 in
my fortified soy milk,
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almond milk, that. Right.
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You get it in fortified foods.
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But if you don't eat
processed foods very much,
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you might not get enough B12.
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So B12 is a supplement
that most people need to take.
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And most people take
about 2500 micrograms.
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That's a very
little amount a week.
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A little bit of
B12 will go a long way.
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Some people get it in fortified
foods like almond milk.
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Some people get it in...
nutritional yeast has it in it.
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So B12 is a
supplement that many people
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that are whole
food plant based need.
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Now if you use soy milk,
almond milk, nutritional yeast,
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you might not need that.
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But I'm starting to take
it now since I moved away
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from processed foods.
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I don't get it so
much in that. Right.
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What's something
else that might be needed?
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Iodine for instance, iodine.
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Okay, what is that needed for?
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That's needed for
your thyroid. Okay.
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Now most people get iodine
because in the 20's they started
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putting iodine
in the salt we use.
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So most people that eat
some type of processed foods,
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of salt, or something get
plenty of iodine in their diet.
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But there's a few people
that don't eat any processed
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food, any salt at all.
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They might want
to eat some iodine.
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And you can get
in different foods.
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You know, seaweed is a good
source of iodine, if you want it
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in food, and there's other
food that has a little bit.
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But some people have to take
a supplement for that. Sure.
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Now another thing
that people might want to
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supplement is fiber.
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Did you know we need fiber
in our body, and we quoted it
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earlier that 97% of people
don't get enough fiber. Right.
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So if you don't get enough
fiber, and you don't like to eat
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fruits, and
vegetables, nuts, and grains,
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you might need
some fiber in your diet.
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And you can get that in many
different fiber substitutes.
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So those are the supplements
that, depending on your
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situation, that
some people need.
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Now all these other things,
food is medicines, you know,
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you don't actually
have to have to survive.
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You know, they
don't cause disease.
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You know, so these
supplements, people take it.
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Now if you take too many
supplements can it be bad?
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Well, if you had 400
French horns in the orchestra,
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French horns aren't bad,
but sometimes you have too many
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French horns and it drowns
out the other instruments.
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The orchestra
wouldn't sound very good.
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Right. And that happens when you
take too much of a good thing.
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Right. We've seen things like
beta-carotene, and different
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supplements that people load
up on, and it actually messes up
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receptors and enzyme
systems, and then body
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can't function normally.
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So you can take things
that maybe don't help you,
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that you don't really need, that
can actually hurt you, Nick.
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So I thought that was
very, that's a very good
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question that people have.
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There's some good answers about
supplements, some good uses for
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ginger that we've
talked about. I like it.
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But there's more to good
health besides just nutrition.
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And we've got a short clip
of Dr. Marcum presenting another
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Biblical Prescription for Life.
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And let's take a
look at that right now.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum with your
Biblical Prescription for Life.
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Many suffer now from
upper respiratory infections.
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These are usually
caused by viruses.
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Our Biblical Prescription
for Life is found in
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Did you realize that acts
of kindness help improve our
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body's immune system? helps us
make oxytocin, and things that
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help us ward off infections?
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So just acts of kindness,
like smiling, a helping hand,
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a kind word, helping someone
in trouble, or in danger.
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These help improve
our own immune system.
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So to lower your risk of having
an upper respiratory infection,
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try practicing acts of
kindness everywhere you go,
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and make a
stronger immune system.
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I'm Dr. James
Marcum, and this is your
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Biblical Prescription for Life.
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And if you'd like to learn more
about Biblical Prescriptions
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for Life, this is a
seven week Bible study program.
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There's a DVD and a study guide.
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And you can learn about that at:
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And you can also order your
copy by calling 3ABN directly at
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Dr. Marcum, thank you for
sharing not only about ginger,
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but also Biblical
Prescriptions for Life.
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Because there's a lot of
different things that we can do
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to live in accordance
with the way God designed us.
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Yeah, and people we're,
it's not all about nutrition;
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but all the inputs in our body,
our belief systems, the way we
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think, the things we do during
life; whether we get up and we
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move, the way we
breathe, drinking water.
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There's so much
that includes health.
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But the key that this program
does, it shows that health
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occurs when we have a
relationship with our Lord.
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He sort of helps us to heal.
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He introduces that relationship
that makes everything possible.
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That's right. We want to
thank you for joining us here on
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the Ultimate Prescription today.
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We're just about out of time.
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But if you have any health
questions, or if you want more
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health resources,
visit our website at:
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HeartwiseMinistries. org,
and also be sure to visit the
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prayer forum there, as
prayer is a very powerful thing.
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And God will heal
us all in His time.
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Stay right with us.
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Dr. Marcum is going
to close with a few final
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thoughts and a prayer.
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Ginger, a treatment
for migraine headaches,
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a treatment for nausea, a
treatment for inflammation,
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and perhaps so much more.
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God has given us these foods
that help change our body's
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chemistry, but you know,
God's given us much more.
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He's promised to be
our ultimate healer.
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Let's turn to Him prayer.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank You
for being our ultimate healer.
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Thank You for
having a relationship,
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a healing relationship with us.
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That we don't have to have
fears, Father, because You're
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going to make up
for our weaknesses.
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You're going to heal us, Father.
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And we want to thank You for
all those that need a special
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prayer today, and a special
comfort, please be near them,
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and hold them close
in the palm of Your hand
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is our prayer, Amen.
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I want to thank you for
spending time with us today
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on the Ultimate Prescription.
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If you have a question
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