Participants: James Marcum & Charles Mills
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00013B
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00:01 Welcome back to Ultimate Prescription.
00:02 I'm Charles Mills. 00:03 We are here with Dr. James Marcum 00:04 and Dr. Marcum we are always searching for truth. 00:07 Yes we are. In this world. 00:08 We are always looking for where we can go 00:10 to find what we need to use in our lives 00:14 to bring about the healing we want so much. 00:16 Any suggestions there? 00:17 Yeah and some of these thought we've been presenting 00:19 are little bit you know, quote out of the box you know. 00:22 Hear this everyday and how fear and selfishness damages 00:25 our chemistry and how love improved our chemistry. 00:29 But I want to invite our viewers 00:31 if they want to ask a question go to our website 00:34 that's heartwiseministries.org. 00:37 You'll also find many other things on that website 00:40 including my new book which is called the Ultimate Prescription 00:43 that's released by Tyndale. 00:44 We are hoping to make that an evangelistic book 00:47 that others can understand health in a different manner 00:50 and also bring them into a love relationship with their Savior 00:53 and let the Savior write truth in their lives 00:56 and improve their chemistry, 00:57 so each one of you out there can be a healer 00:59 and change someone else's chemistry when you share 01:02 some of these truths with them, so it's very exciting 01:05 so, we have some questions that have come into our site. 01:07 Yes, heartwiseministries.org we have some questions 01:11 have come in and I invite you to submit your questions 01:13 if you like to that website, and we just may address 01:16 them here on the air on the program. 01:18 All right question number one for you Dr. Marcum. 01:20 This is John in Indiana and John asks? 01:23 I do not enjoy exercise. 01:26 Yeah, okay. 01:27 And work as an IT specialist my weight is--now IT specialist 01:31 I guess is sitting at computers a lot. 01:32 Information. Yeah. All right. 01:33 My weight is normal. 01:34 I argue with my doctor that exercise is not my thing. 01:39 How can I get started on a basic simple program? 01:42 What, what do you have for someone who exercise 01:44 as not his thing? Yeah. 01:46 John I hear that all the time. 01:49 I don't think anyone really likes 01:51 to exercise, some people do. 01:52 But if you think back 01:53 the way we were designed originally at, at creation. 01:56 We were designed to be up and moving around 01:59 all day long and rest at night. 02:01 So the first thing I want to tell you 02:02 that exercise is good for you. 02:04 It does a lot of chemistry in the body 02:07 It's worth about 10 or 15 medications, 02:09 makes you brain think good or makes you more efficient, 02:11 lowers the rate of diabetes even if you have normal weight 02:14 helps your blood pressure, helps prevent heart attacks, 02:17 helps prevent inflammation, helps prevent sleep apnea, 02:20 helps fight cancer, all most every condition exercises helps. 02:24 So exercise is--didn't a treatment 02:26 and I would like to write to write you a prescription 02:28 for exercise on the pad right now. 02:30 But lot of people know they should do it, but the how? 02:33 We always wonder how? 02:35 How do we make the changes? 02:36 Well, first is education and try not to make it too complex, 02:40 you know that you should you do it. 02:41 The first thing I would do is ask God 02:43 to help me to get into a simple exercise programme 02:45 for a month and you can do simple things 02:48 like I tell people well you know, 02:49 you can get up from your desk 02:50 and do this for a minute or two. Okay. 02:53 It doesn't have to be all at once, 02:55 it doesn't have to be in a fancy gym. 02:57 And what I try to tell people to do is change speeds 03:00 no matter what they're doing, 03:01 you know, because that's the way we were made. 03:02 We weren't made to work at the same speed all day long. 03:04 Right, right. We're made to do a little bit there, 03:06 may be little faster here change speeds 03:09 and what I do on a treadmill is I walk three miles an hour, 03:11 speed it up every five minutes It's that changing 03:14 that helps our cardiovascular system 03:16 and also changes our metabolism. 03:18 And some people think it's probably better 03:20 we call that interval training. Yes. 03:22 It's better to do short intervals 03:23 three or four times a day then all at once, 03:25 but for people who don't exercise 03:27 I would just get into a exercise program. 03:29 So John the first thing 03:30 I like you to do is dedicate this, this test to God 03:33 get that power in your body and get up three times a day 03:37 at your desk and do this for at least two or three minutes. 03:41 Do that for a week and then if you can get on a treadmill, 03:44 you can add that if you can park your car far away and walk 03:48 maybe you have stairs that you can take up 03:50 anything that has movement will help your cardiovascular system. 03:54 If you like to talk move around. 03:56 If you do watch television 03:58 during the commercial never sit down 04:00 you know, walk you know, if you gonna watch a sporting event 04:03 buy a treadmill and walk over the treadmill. 04:05 Try to incorporate movement into your day as much as you can. 04:09 Now we start doing movement, it will become a habit for you. 04:13 And you gonna have some good chemical results 04:15 the best one is probably this chemical called endorphin, 04:17 that's a feel good hormone. 04:19 When you start making more endorphins 04:21 after you exercise you gonna have that rush of feeling good, 04:24 and then you gonna know that God's 04:25 helping you wants to make you feel better 04:27 and then you're gonna be able to take the next step. 04:29 But you don't necessarily have to go to a gym and work out 04:31 even though some people can jump to that. 04:33 Some people can start and do it everyday. 04:35 But it really takes the power of God 04:36 to break these habits and doing something which you can stick 04:39 with till it becomes a habit. 04:40 So John that might be a place to start, 04:43 you know, and just move around. 04:44 If you're behind a television camera, 04:47 you know, may be you can move 04:48 your legs back and forth you know. 04:50 If you're, you know, there's lot of people 04:51 that can do things exercise all over. 04:53 If you're watching TV right now, well get up, get started, 04:57 you know, sit in front of the screen 04:59 and do some exercise here, jogging out get few things done 05:01 with once learn a little bit while you exercise. 05:03 Did you know that if you exercise and learn 05:06 the learning is more effective? 05:07 Why is that? 05:09 Well you have the oxygen going up there. Exactly. 05:10 So the brain works better so. Yeah. 05:13 When you exercise and learn you actually think better. 05:15 Some people also say that prayer is a good thing to exercise 05:19 when you're praying, whether it be walking out in nature 05:21 sometime they think that increases their abilities. 05:24 So John you can do this but it starts with the power of God 05:28 starting something simple sticking with it, and it helps 05:31 if you're accountable to somebody. 05:33 And it also helps if you enjoy it, that's kind of important. 05:36 You'll stick with things you enjoy, I like walking. Yeah. 05:38 Walking is my thing, my wife and just love to walk 05:40 and we walk every days several times a day. 05:43 And we enjoy it, so it is not something 05:45 that we have to go out and it is our thing. 05:48 Walking is our thing, so may be walking can be your thing 05:51 and that is a wonderful exercises movement 05:53 you get out in the fresh air and the sunshine 05:56 other laws of health we've talked about, 05:58 get out there and walk even in the winter time 05:59 we just put all of our ear muffs on and the gloves 06:02 when we go out in walking, very important. 06:04 But you got to like what you're doing and you got to do it. 06:05 All right here we go, 06:07 'cause you want to be well, right, yes, all right. 06:09 Question number two from heartwiseministries.org. 06:12 This is from Daniel in Arkansas and Daniel says my heart 06:17 skips a lot, like when it happens. Yeah. 06:20 Is this dangerous? 06:21 Well, Daniel that's probably one of the most common questions 06:24 I get in my office is people feel their heart skipping. 06:27 And again whenever a person has a symptom 06:30 whether it be chest pain, I can't breathe 06:32 when something doesn't feel right in your body 06:34 we call it a symptom that needs to evaluated. 06:37 And some people can--are smart enough 06:39 and their own bodies could tell what it means, 06:41 some people need the help of a professional. 06:43 So lot of people come to me and they say, listen my heart 06:45 skipping and the first thing 06:47 I ask them right away is how long does it last? 06:50 Does it last a long time? 06:51 Are you passing out? Okay. 06:54 Does it go with anything else? 06:56 You know like my heart starts skipping 06:57 when, when, when someone is hitting me. 06:59 Well then the solution 07:00 to that is they have not someone sitting. 07:02 When the heart skips it could be one of many different things. 07:05 It could be extra adrenaline 07:07 in your body which is caused by stress. 07:09 So I start looking for things that might cause stress in life, 07:12 are you, are you dehydrated? 07:14 Are you sleeping enough? 07:15 Are you having pain in your body? 07:17 Or have you drank too much caffeine. 07:20 Are you worried about things? 07:21 Is work not going well? 07:23 Those are all things that cause stress. 07:25 Do you perhaps have an abnormal heart rhythm in there? 07:28 That's you know that's triggered. 07:30 And in that case we evaluate that by a monitor 07:33 we look at a hole through monitor 07:34 we can actually see what that rhythm is. Right. 07:36 There are some abnormal rhythms that people get no matter, 07:39 no matter if they don't have any stress. 07:41 And those we can help with medicine, 07:43 we have a procedure called an ablation 07:45 where we can actually actually destroy 07:46 that rhythm and sometimes we can give medicines, 07:48 so that's a great place for modern medicine. 07:50 But most people I can find most people with palpitations, 07:55 we can usually make some lifestyle changes, 07:57 make their stress chemistry go down 07:59 and they are usually much better. 08:01 Ah, in this the cares of this world 08:03 can sometimes cause palpitation, 08:04 but I wanna let you know if you're passing out, okay. 08:08 That's dangerous, that's usually a sign 08:09 that this is very serious. 08:11 If it last for a long time, 08:13 you know, more than 5 or 10 minutes 08:14 that could be a more dangerous sign 08:16 that means there's not enough blood getting to your head. 08:19 Also certain medications that you might be on over 08:22 the counter medication, certain prescription mediicnes 08:24 can cause dangerous heart rhythm that makes it skip too. 08:27 So those are situations 08:28 where you definitely want a medical professional 08:30 to look at why, why your heart skips. 08:32 But everyone every now and then has a little skip, 08:35 you know, here or there. 08:36 I hate those when they have because, you know, 08:38 you figure this you have a heart. Yeah. 08:39 And the heart is keeping you alive and it just stopped. 08:42 Even if it's just one or two beats it just stopped 08:44 and that's kind of scary, because you just feel 08:47 that you know things aren't happening right in here. 08:49 Yeah, it's even more scarier if it doesn't restart. 08:52 That's true. 08:53 You know, or it doesn't quit doing that. 08:55 So the palpitations are very common 08:58 and you got to know know why you have the palpitations, 09:01 but the simple things that I would say 09:02 if your not drinking enough water, not getting rest do that. 09:05 Exercise actually helps palpitation due to stress. 09:08 So exercise might be another thing 'cause it makes endorphins 09:11 the opposite of the stress chemistry. 09:13 Taking deep breaths can sometimes help with that. 09:16 If a person has an abnormal heart rhythm Charles, 09:19 sometimes taking, rubbing the carotid arteries 09:22 can help break abnormal fast heart rhythm. 09:24 Sometimes straining down like they have to go to the bathroom 09:27 can break in an abnormal fast rhythm as well. All right. 09:30 So sounds like you're making some changes there, 09:32 you're going down and your forcing 09:34 the blood pressure to go up. 09:35 Well, you're activating 09:36 different parts of the nervous system. 09:37 Oh I see, okay. 09:39 This is the carotid sinus, turns on the parasympathetic. 09:42 Left side, right side? 09:43 It doesn't matter they both have that, you know, you can rub 09:45 that and it helps turn on the parasympathetic system 09:49 which can override this stress symptoms. 09:52 Same thing as deep breathing Yeah. 09:53 You also can sometimes over right. 09:55 Okay, very good. All right. 09:56 Another question here form heartwiseministries.org 09:59 this is from Brenda in Florida and Brenda asks, sometimes 10:02 I get worried and make my self sick. 10:05 She worries her self sick. Yeah. 10:06 I also have a hard time concentrating. 10:09 How can I make my mind stronger? 10:11 Good question. 10:12 Yeah., and we talked about this earlier in the program 10:15 is I think the greatest thing is to plug into this word 10:18 called love and as we have more love, 10:21 we'll have less selfishness. 10:23 Love casts out fear as we have more love we'll have less fear 10:26 and all that stress chemistry will get better. 10:29 Other specific ways to make the mind stronger 10:32 since it is made of physical stuff, lets give the brain 10:35 the physical stuff it needs water, 10:38 good oxygen good circulation with exercises. 10:42 We know that some of the alpha omega 3 fatty acids 10:45 it's been shown to be very useful for brain health. 10:48 We also know that diet 10:50 filled with fresh vegetables 10:51 nuts and grains is very useful for that. 10:54 We also know that the diet 10:56 filled with saturated fats is bad for the brain. 10:59 We also know that too much process sugar 11:01 is bad for the brain. 11:02 Things like caffeine might be bad for the brain. 11:06 Being outside is good for the brain 11:08 being in the dark outside is bad for the brain. 11:11 Getting enough rest both the weekly rest 11:13 and the nightly rest is good for the brain, 11:15 thinking is good for the brain. Yes. 11:18 We also, there's some studies going so that the people 11:20 that watch television that might not be so good for the brain. 11:24 People that are creative 11:25 that might be good for the brain. 11:27 And lastly there're some studies out 11:29 there that say worship is good for the brain. 11:31 And we can make the brain stronger 11:33 by just worshipping and praising God. 11:35 Music the right type of music might be good for the brain, 11:37 so everything really affects the brain, Charles.. Yes. 11:40 So, we want to get back 11:41 to the biblical principals to help our brain. 11:43 Have you noticed that? 11:44 Have you noticed that everything Dr. Marcum 11:47 says here circles right around to the first chapter of Genesis. 11:52 Have you noticed that? 11:54 All the prescriptions that he's given here, all of the ideas 11:59 and guidelines he's given takes us right back here to this book. 12:03 And right back here to the Eden ideal 12:05 that God put in place for us. 12:08 We don't have to look very far to find 12:10 what God has in mind for us in our health. 12:12 We don't have to search very far at all, it's all right here. 12:16 And we have to believe that God knew what he was talking about 12:20 that he's saying these things in love to us and that God 12:23 wants us to follow his guidelines 12:25 because he wants what's best for us, it's right here. 12:28 And I recommend and I recommend strongly 12:31 that you spend some time here looking for the God 12:34 who loves you. 12:35 Stay tuned. 12:41 We started the programme by asking the question 12:44 what does love have to do with it? 12:46 I think after watching today you realize that love 12:50 has everything to do with it and it has to be a part 12:53 of every treatment plan. 12:55 If we don't have love, we have selfishness. 12:58 And sometimes if we don't have love correctly defined 13:01 we have fear which also damages our chemistry. 13:04 I am going to pray for you right now that you will have this type 13:07 of love that God wants us to have in our lives, 13:09 shall we bow our heads. 13:12 Father in heaven as we come to You, we know that you are love 13:16 please reveal your love to us 13:18 through this relationship we have. 13:20 And if there is someone out there that hasn't entered 13:22 in this relationship, 13:23 Father please help change their lives right now Father. 13:26 Open us to truth and help us to understand your real nature 13:30 what you really like and not to believe all that perceptions 13:33 of you that are out there, so that we might truly 13:36 have this healing love which indeed changes our chemistry. 13:40 Is our humble pray Father, amen. 13:44 You know, as we think far about modern medicine today 13:47 you know there is a place for chemistry, 13:50 technology, there's a place for that. 13:53 There's a place for lifestyle, we've talked about exercise. 13:56 But I'm afraid we need to add some thing 13:58 more to that to the mix we have in this world. 14:01 And I want you to take this message to your friends 14:03 and let them know too that we're all healers 14:05 when we have that love relationship 14:07 with our heavenly Father that gives us a treatment 14:09 to offer to the world when we love some one by serving 14:12 them we improve our own chemistry. 14:15 They feel loved everything starts to work better 14:17 and more than that we introduce them to the Ultimate physician 14:21 the great physician the Ultimate Prescription 14:24 this is what we want to do in our lives. 14:26 So don't step back and say I can't do this do it today. 14:30 God will give you the power, 14:32 blessings as we move forward in this mission. |
Revised 2014-12-17