Welcome back to the
Ultimate Prescription.
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I'm your host, Nick Evenson,
here with Dr. James Marcum.
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And today we are
talking about food as medicine.
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Specifically we've been talking
about hibiscus, and beverages,
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and hydration, and
that kind of thing.
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And, Dr. Marcum, what else do
we need to know about drinking
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beverages that
have healing properties?
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Well, you know, we've
talked about hibiscus.
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And I like this study
because they compared it
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directly with the pill. Yeah.
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And it showed it's just as good.
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I'm drinking some
tea here today, too.
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And I like it because there's
chemicals in that help my body.
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And there's numerous studies
on different teas out there;
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none quite as good
as the one on hibiscus.
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But some of the
studies have suggested that it
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can help lots of ways.
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For instance, there's an Asian
study that was done that showed
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that people that drank different
types of teas can have a 30%
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reduction in breast cancer. Wow!
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And if the
people want to do that,
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that's a
molecular, nutritional food.
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And you can go to our website
and I'll be happy to give you
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the exact
references of the studies
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if you really want
to see which study.
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Another interesting
study is different types of tea
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can help with depression. Yeah.
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So it helps with depression.
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They've really studied that a
lot with green tea quite a bit.
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It decreases an enzyme
called monoamine oxidase.
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And this is an enzyme
that breaks, you know,
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we want to have less of
this, because it helps the brain
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chemical serotonin
and dopamine. Right.
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So there's some studies that
showed drinking certain teas,
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especially green tea, may
help in fighting depression.
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It may lift up your moods.
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That's other. I saw another
study that showed that certain
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types of tea may
help with Parkinson's and
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movement disorders.
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And it probably has the same
type of ability to change some
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of the chemistries, especially
monoamine oxidase, which helps
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some of the brain chemicals
rise to a higher level.
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I'd like to drink tea because
there's been some studies that
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show that it has a relaxing
effect on your brain waves.
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Yeah. So there's a lot
of studies that show...
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We're just learning a lot about
it; that certain teas can effect
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the way the metabolism, the
chemistry of the brain works;
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especially the
alpha brainwaves change,
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and it gives a calming effect.
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So I've noticed that when I
drink tea it gives me sort of
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calming, relaxing effect.
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I don't know whether
it's due to a physical change,
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or a belief
system change. Right.
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You know, if you believe
something is helping you,
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studies have shown that you
can, it can help you as much
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as 33% of the time.
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It's called the placebo effect
sometimes? or is it different?
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Yes, that's what people call it,
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but I like to call
it healing beliefs.
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It's a much more positive term.
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Yeah. In fact, you know,
talking about healing beliefs,
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there was a true story of a
gentleman that was in his 50's.
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He went to his doctor, and
they found on a routine CT scan
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a small little mass on
the backside of his liver.
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And it was in a place that
they couldn't really biopsy it.
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Right. So they said,
Listen, we're not going to take
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the risk of the biopsy.
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We'll just take an eye on it to
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see if it's getting bigger.
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Well, this gentleman was
convinced that it was cancer,
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and he was convinced
that he was going to die.
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And in one year, from
them just keeping an eye on it,
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he did pass away. Wow!
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And they did the autopsy on him,
and they biopsied this mass,
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and it was a benign cyst.
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And he didn't have
anything in his body
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that could have killed him.
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There's no reason
he should have died?
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No! He believed he was
going to die, and this was an
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example of healing belief.
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So, sometimes when we take
something in, if we believe
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it's going to help
us, it does help us.
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And that's why sometimes when
you go to a doctor, you know,
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they tell you the belief system.
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You know, you believe it
and it changes your chemistry.
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Your brain responds to that.
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So that might be part
of the reason tea calms me,
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because I
believe it's calming me.
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But there are some studies
that show that it changes
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the alpha waves in the brain.
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So different
beverages have different effects
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chemically on the body.
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We've talked about hibiscus tea.
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There's others that
might help in other things.
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We're going to have more
studies on this as time goes on.
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And a good site, if you want to
learn more about the different
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types of teas and studies that
have been done that prove it,
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is nutritionfacts.org.
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Dr. Greggor is a friend of
ours that's been on our radio
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program numerous times.
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He's done a lot of research
on all the studies that are out
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there on
different food products.
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He's reviewed the literature.
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And this is one site that I
go to when I want to learn about
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which foods have solid
evidence that it helps.
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Now I'm not saying other foods
don't help, but this is so far
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where we have the evidence.
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Now a hundred years
ago we didn't study food
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like we're doing today.
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But now people are looking
for alternatives to change
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the physiology of the body.
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Well, let's talk about
this a little bit more.
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We've talked about some
of the benefits of teas.
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I know it's very popular
for people maybe to drink tea in
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the morning sometimes.
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People also like to
drink coffee in the morning.
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Some people like
to drink alcoholic
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beverages in the evening.
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But not all of these
beverages are good for us. Yeah.
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What is the best, absolute
best thing we can drink?
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Well, I think the best
thing for us to drink is water.
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Just regular plain old water?
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70% of our body is
made of water. Uh huh.
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Now I know that some
people like to flavor
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their water, and that's okay.
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You know, if you put lemon or
something in the water it might
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add some acidic
component, and that can hurt
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the enamel on the teeth.
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Some people have the acidic
component to help other things.
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But water is the best beverage.
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Every cell in our body
depends on water. Yeah.
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Water, lack of water,
70% of American's don't get
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enough water every day.
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When you don't get water in
your body it puts stress on our
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body, turns on the stress
chemistry, turns on processes
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like oxidation and stress.
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It's the number one
cause of daytime fatigue.
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Drinking enough water
will thin out the blood.
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Drinking enough water
helps every cell in the body;
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helps our brain,
our memory do better.
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It helps every
joint feel better,
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because we need the lubrication.
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It thins out the blood.
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So water helps a lot
of things in our bodies,
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so I think water
is the best beverage.
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So then let's talk about the
opposite side of the spectrum.
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What would you say is
maybe the worst beverage for us?
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Oh boy, lots of bad beverages.
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But you have to put alcoholic
beverages up there at the top,
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because they're associated
with different cancers.
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They make us not rest well
at night; they're addictive.
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Other beverages that might
not be so good is soda pops,
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You know? High
fructose corn syrup in there?
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Yeah, they have lots of that.
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That's addictive. They have
really, they don't really help
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your body in any
way, shape, or form
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So that's a lot of information.
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And there's lots, yes, there's
lots of soda pops out there
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of different varieties.
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We're finding out that milk, you
know, milk from a cow might not
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be so good, because it has
chemicals, dairy and different
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things in the
chemicals, and fat in the milk.
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That might not be
such a good beverage.
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And yet all throughout the
television and commercials,
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have you seen that
commercial about milk?
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Oh, yeah. Got the milk.
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Yeah, yeah, it's been in study.
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In fact, nowadays the milk
industry's been picking on other
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types of alternative
beverages like soy, almond,
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other
alternatives, because they said,
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They shouldn't call that
milk, because that's not milk,
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that's another beverage.
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Right, yeah. So I don't know.
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But I think milk is not a
great beverage for us either.
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And that's just a few of them.
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So alcohol, milk, soda pop,
some of those might not be the
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best beverages
for us to consume.
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But we definitely want to
put water in our bodies. Yep.
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I'm just going to stick
with drinking mostly water.
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That's a good plan.
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And if you'd like to help
yourself get back on track with
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following God's design for your
life, we've got a short clip
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to help you get
on the path there.
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This is a Biblical Prescription
for Life clip by Dr. Marcum.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum with your
Biblical Prescription for Life.
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Unfortunately, many people
have high blood pressure today.
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Well, our Biblical Prescription
for Life comes from James.
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Well, how was this a
Biblical Prescription for Life?
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There are so many
inputs in the world we live in.
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There's inputs from television,
cell phones, media, radio.
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How do we know who,
or even what to believe?
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Sometimes these inputs
put stress on the body.
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And guess what? The
stress raises cortisol levels,
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raises adrenalin levels,
raises our blood pressure.
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Well, when you're looking for
answers, I want to invite you
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to remember this text, this
Biblical Prescription for Life.
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James 1:5. Ask God for His help.
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And you can learn more
about Biblical Prescriptions and
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following God's
design for your life at:
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The Bible study is made
for a seven week group study,
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and it contains a DVD, as
well as a daily study guide.
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And there's some great content
in here that covers things
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such as nutrition, water,
movement; lots of great things.
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Also worship. Yeah.
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And, Dr. Marcum, what do
you recommend for people about
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Biblical Prescriptions?
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Yeah, I think if
someone's wanting to take steps,
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one at a time, getting back to
God's plan, using it to improve
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their health, maybe
as a way to reach their
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neighbors and help them,
even there's opportunities
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to spread the gospel.
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This is a great plan for
people to kick off any type of
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improvement in health.
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Yeah, it also can be
used for evangelism. Uh huh.
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And if you'd like to
get your copy you can do so
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by calling 3ABN at:
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Thanks so much
for tuning in today.
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We hope that God richly blesses
you, and leads you on a path
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towards better health.
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We're going to close the program
in just a moment with Dr. Marcum
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giving a few final thoughts.
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Remember beverages can
change your physiology.
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We're learned about how
hibiscus might be an alternative
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treatment for people
with high blood pressure.
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And there's many other different
types of teas and beverages
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that are useful, but don't
forget to drink your water.
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If you have questions go to our
website: HeartwiseMinistries.org
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We have a prayer page
there that's very useful.
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And I want to close our
program today in prayer.
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Dear heavenly Father, please
be with each person today.
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We pray for
healing in their lives.
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Now go with us and give us
Your power is our prayer, Amen.
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Again, if you have
questions, go to our website:
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I want to encourage
you to pray for each other.
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If you might have a prayer
request, we'd invite you also
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to write that down.
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Until next time, I'm Dr.
James Marcum, wishing you
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the best of health.
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