Participants: James Marcum & Charles Mills
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00026B
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00:01 Welcome back to the program.
00:02 I'm Charles Mills here with Dr. James Marcum. 00:04 We're talking about renal disease today 00:05 and kidneys in particular. 00:07 And we have some questions 00:09 from heartwiseministries.org website. 00:11 And I want to invite you, the listener and watcher, 00:12 if you want to put some questions for us on our program, 00:16 you can go to that website and there's a place 00:18 you can click there and you can put your question 00:20 and we'll try to adjust it on our upcoming program. 00:22 It's at heartwiseministries.org. 00:25 Okay, question number one, 00:27 and I want to add a little bit to at here. 00:28 The question is, "I saw on the internet 00:30 someone trying to sell a kidney. 00:32 My question is, is this a good idea? 00:34 I mean, if you sell your kidney 00:36 that means you only have one. 00:38 God gave you two I would assume for a reason. 00:42 Is it a really a good idea to sell your kidney?" 00:44 No, and I actually read this story too, Charles, 00:47 and this poor young man was selling it 00:49 so he'd have enough money to buy an iPad. 00:52 So he was trading one kidney for an iPad. 00:55 Now I don't think that's a very good trade, 00:58 but people do trade body parts 01:00 and so I wouldn't say this is a good idea. 01:02 But people do sell organs. 01:05 The kidney is an organ though, if you think about, 01:07 you know, when it goes bad, 01:10 you know, you can replace it with someone else's kidneys 01:12 and you have dialysis to keep you going 01:14 until you can get a kidney. 01:16 But in thinking about the diseases 01:18 that affect the kidneys, 01:19 the kidney is really sort of an effected organ 01:22 by all this other conditions. 01:24 And if we can keep those other conditions-- 01:26 especially since diabetes is the number one 01:27 cause of dialysis we can keep diabetes down, 01:30 high blood pressure damages kidneys too. 01:32 Those are two of the leading causes of damage to the kidneys 01:35 and if we can control those two factors, 01:37 we can protect our kidneys a lot better. 01:39 And also, you know, it also gets cholesterol in the arteries 01:42 that go into the kidneys, you know, 01:43 lots of things damage-- and stones, 01:46 here's a great thing, you know, 01:47 stones can hurt the kidneys indirectly 01:49 because it blocks up your ureters. 01:51 And so the urine can't get out-- That's got to hurt. 01:53 Your urine can't get out-- yeah, it does. 01:54 And you got that back pressure from a stone 01:57 and the stone tries to pass, 01:58 they say it's more painful to have a stone 02:01 than give birth to a baby, that's how much pain it is. 02:05 When you're trying to pass the stone 02:06 and it hurts like crazy, the urine's back-- 02:09 back--backflow 02:10 and some of the causes of stones is our diet. 02:13 You know, we know people that eat high meat diets, 02:15 lots of caffeine, those can make stones happen. 02:17 So to keep the stones out of you sometimes 02:19 if just changing your diet, hydrating yourself well, 02:22 the basics can get back to that. 02:24 And unfortunately we talk about the fancy things 02:27 we can do like to get rid of the stones, 02:29 like lithotripsy, and putting stents in 02:31 rather than to really focus on things 02:33 that can keep the stones out, 02:35 like maybe eating a plant-based diet, 02:37 maybe drink enough water, 02:38 getting rid of the caffeine in the diet. 02:40 We get back to the basics. 02:41 So for caring for the kidney, 02:43 I think a lot of it's getting back to the basis 02:46 to keep these organs happy. 02:47 That's a good example of what you've been saying 02:49 on this program all along here 02:50 the difference between where modern medicine shines 02:54 and where we need to find other ways. 02:57 If you have a kidney stone and if you have that pressure 02:59 and it's not moving out, modern medicine time, 03:02 but if you don't want to have a kidney stone 03:04 it's time to drink more water. 03:05 You know, we're talking about selling kidneys. 03:07 Now some people are altruistic 03:10 and give their kidneys to a relative. 03:12 You know, that might need one for whatever reason. 03:14 And, you know, I can see that, you know, 03:16 they match them and you take a kidney. 03:18 I've a friend that had a kidney transplant. 03:21 Now his kidney was damaged 03:22 from diabetes and high blood pressure. 03:24 And he was on dialysis for quiet a few years. 03:27 And when he-- he liked to travel, 03:29 but when he was on dialysis he couldn't travel well, 03:31 so he got a new kidney 03:32 and that kidney is allowing him to be a new man. 03:35 So if the modern medicine is very great in that situation, 03:38 because if we didn't have dialysis and a new kidney, 03:41 he would not be with us anymore. 03:42 So there is a good place for modern medicine. 03:44 Again, it's a bridge to get us through 03:46 so that we can deal with some of the chronic conditions. 03:48 I hope that's the message getting across to you, viewer. 03:52 There's a place for modern medicine, 03:53 it's important and God uses modern medicine 03:57 to do wondrous things for us. 03:59 God uses modern medicine to heal us from-- 04:02 we've made some pretty bad decisions, 04:05 but it only goes so far. 04:06 And God says, you know, 04:08 "Instead of Me having to run in here with modern medicine 04:10 and heal you, why don't you start looking 04:12 at what I have in mind for you. 04:14 What I said to you in Eden. 04:16 The diet I gave you, the exercise program, 04:18 the water, the sunshine, the fresh air, the sleep, 04:21 the sleep patterns, the Sabbath rest, 04:23 a relationship with Me. 04:24 Why don't I show you that?" 04:28 So I want to rush in with modern medicines. 04:29 So modern medicine's wonderful stuff 04:32 but, you know, there's a better way. 04:34 All right, "I have frequent kidney stones," 04:37 says this writer, "is there anything 04:38 I can do to prevent these stones? 04:40 They are terribly painful." There you go. 04:41 Yeah, we've already sort of touched on that 04:43 and it's, you know, it's interesting 04:45 that doctors would take care of certain organs. 04:48 You know, we have a specialist now for everything. 04:50 The doctors that take care of kidneys 04:52 are called Nephrologists. 04:54 That's a great name and these guys are excellent doctors, 04:56 because they have to-- 04:57 the kidney's involved in every organ 04:59 and so they know about everything. 05:00 And the doctors that take care of things 05:02 below the kidneys are usually called Urologists. 05:06 So these are the doctors 05:08 that take care of stones are urologists, 05:10 but the stones can affect the kidneys, 05:11 especially if the tubes get backed up. 05:14 So to answer this question, yes, 05:17 they usually take the stone out, 05:19 they analyze the stone, see what kind of stone it is 05:21 and there are certain diets you can be on to help 05:24 that especially they usually cut back on, 05:26 you know, things like red meat. 05:27 I seen them cut back on caffeine. 05:29 But the big thing for stones is you want to hydrate yourself. 05:33 You know, you want to hydrate yourself 05:34 and keep yourself as healthy as you possibly can be. 05:37 But, you know, thank goodness from modern medicine 05:39 to get a stone out of there. 05:40 Because if you're having lots of pain the last thing 05:42 you want to do is pass a kidney stone. 05:44 I've even listened that they use 05:46 sonic sound waves to break them up. 05:47 Yes, yeah, sound waves to break them up. 05:49 Have you ever had a stone before? 05:50 No, never have. 05:52 I mean, they say it's the people that have it says-- 05:54 I've never had one either, they say it's very painful, 05:56 but I've begun to drinking water. 05:57 You know, I drink so much water everyday, Charles. 05:59 Little choice we can make there, turn to water. 06:01 Yeah, and that's an easy choice for me. 06:03 Now I'm curious, Charles, you know, 06:05 about this-- the very first question 06:07 about the guy selling his kidney for an iPad. 06:10 You know, that still intrigues me, you know. 06:12 If you're gonna sell an organ, you know, 06:14 come on, you know, I would raise the ante a little bit. 06:16 It's a little bit hard. 06:17 But I heard the people that were trying to buy it 06:19 are in big trouble now. 06:20 Oh, really. They're in big trouble. 06:22 Because I don't think that's legal to sell organ parts. 06:25 If it's not it should be? 06:27 It's illegal. Yes, okay, all right. 06:28 At least here it is. All right, good. 06:31 Okay, then we talked about some of the causes 06:32 of renal disease and let's move now 06:35 to the kind of lifestyle that we need to have-- 06:38 let's take this through a day, 06:41 a sample day of someone's life that is anti-kidney stone, 06:46 anti-kidney disease. 06:47 What would that person be doing during that day 06:50 to try to keep from having any problems with the kidneys? 06:53 They get up and they would do what? 06:54 Well, you know, it's-- 06:56 the thing is you want to make sure 06:57 you don't have the things that cause damage to kidneys. 06:59 And the two leading causes 07:00 are diabetes and high blood pressure. 07:02 So type 2 diabetes is-- So you'd watch your diet? 07:04 Right, you're gonna get a diet that's low in fat, 07:07 that's hopefully towards a plant-based diet-- 07:09 Low in sodium. 07:11 Yes, where you exercise a lot 07:12 that's gonna lower your risk of diabetes. 07:14 You lower the risk of high blood pressure 07:16 by lowering your sodium and exercise program. 07:18 So the very basics is gonna help your kidneys, 07:21 because it helps the diabetes and high blood pressure. 07:22 And as we learned about all these chronic causes of death 07:26 across the world, we've seen a lot of overlap. 07:29 And a lot of it does go back to lifestyle changes 07:32 that are made at an early age. 07:34 And someone said if you would make 07:36 these lifestyle changes between 0 and 35 years of age, 07:40 do all this between 35, then from 35 to 70 07:43 you usually don't have a lot of problems. 07:45 It-- so it's early ages 07:46 and that's why we have a whole generation 07:48 that might not be getting this message. 07:50 And how do you get children and young people 07:52 to learn these things about the lifestyle and not, 07:54 you know, they're young, "We can do whatever we want, 07:56 I can eat whatever, I can drink whatever, 07:58 I can smoke the cigarettes, my body lasts forever." 08:02 So that's why we have to teach these young people. 08:04 And it really comes from the homes, the families. 08:06 If they see mom and dad doing it, 08:07 the studies have shown they're more likely to do it. 08:10 If they see mom and dad not doing it, 08:12 you know, they're not gonna do it either. 08:14 So if they accumulate this disease in them at-- 08:17 in their first 35 years, the next 35 years 08:20 the doctors are busy treating symptoms. 08:22 It's a great business model. 08:24 We don't want people to stay healthy 08:26 when they're younger, 08:27 because when they get older we want something to do. 08:29 You know, if all these people did this, 08:30 I would be out about 80% and 90% 08:32 of the patients I see everyday, 08:34 if people would live a good lifestyle 08:35 their first 35 years of life. Really, that much. 08:37 Yes. Lifestyle, yeah. 08:40 If you want to put Dr. Marcum 08:41 and his group of people out of business, 08:44 you know, and know how to do that. 08:45 And you wouldn't mind that, would you? 08:47 No, I think I would be a travel agent. 08:49 I like to travel. 08:50 I would like to find something else to do. 08:51 Let's put him out of business. 08:53 You know, in heaven, 08:55 you know, there's not gonna be any sickness. 08:56 We're gonna all be healed, 08:58 you know, by the Master Physician. 08:59 So I do plan to open up a travel agency. 09:02 And if you'd like to go a trip sometime with me 09:05 to some exotic location I have a hoping 09:07 that if I talk to God, that would be okay with him. 09:11 Then I'm gonna take a bunch of people 09:12 on trips all over the universe. 09:13 That'll be a fun thing to do. 09:15 We need to-- I'm gonna retire from medicine. 09:18 We need to complete this program 09:19 and this series with a review, 09:22 a very quick review of what God had in mind. 09:25 What is it that God was trying to tell us 09:29 on those days of creation including the Sabbath? 09:31 What was He trying to tell us about out health? 09:34 Yeah, you know, everything that God does 09:35 is for a purpose and His laws that He gave us at creation 09:39 they maintain themselves forever, okay? 09:42 These are laws that are there 09:44 just like the law of gravity says, 09:45 if you jump off the building you'll break, 09:46 if you break a law of God that He gave us 09:49 designs to be you can have a chemical change. 09:50 Bad thing is gonna happen. Right. 09:52 And that goes from keeping a day of rest, 09:54 to drink enough water, to serving each other, 09:57 we were made to communicate with Him, 09:58 we were made to worship Him, 10:00 we were made to serve each other, 10:01 we were made to eat a plant-based diet. 10:04 All these things now we're now proving scientifically 10:07 and we're seeing that everything God said is true. 10:09 And when we break these laws it's at our own peril. 10:12 So, but, when we keep these laws 10:14 through the power that He gives us, 10:16 then we also can see enormous health benefits. 10:19 And we will walk in that relationship 10:20 even if we have bad genetics 10:22 or we can't do everything quiet right. 10:24 We're promised that He's gonna help us 10:26 and He's gonna ultimately heal us. 10:28 That is so what's great about having this 10:30 ultimate prescription with us. 10:32 And as time goes on in this program 10:34 we're gonna talk about neat things, 10:35 we're gonna talk about how God has given us 10:38 certain plans to help fight disease 10:40 and certain herbs as well as talk to the place 10:42 about modern medicine. 10:43 Learning about what gives us the power 10:45 and how people can stay on the path 10:47 when the whole world says, "No you can't do it this way." 10:50 And that's what so exciting that God gives us 10:52 the power to make these changes. 10:53 When the whole world looks at us and says, 10:56 "You will not surely die." Sound familiar? 11:00 That's what the devil said to Adam and Eve 11:02 when they were tempted to eat of the forbidden fruit, 11:05 "You won't die." 11:07 And we're being told that so much today in the media. 11:10 We're being told that by well meaning friends 11:13 even sometimes physicians. 11:15 The answer is not at the drugstore, friends. 11:20 The answer for chronic diseases is in the grocery store 11:24 and in the pages of the Bible, 11:26 that's where the answer resides. 11:28 We'll take a short break and when we come back 11:30 Dr. Marcum is going to introduce you 11:32 to the Master Physician in prayers. 11:34 So stay right where you are. 11:39 We are finishing our series on the most frequent causes 11:43 of death all around the world. 11:46 And there's a couple things 11:47 that I want to leave with you that you must remember. 11:50 And one of those is that God gave us the blueprint 11:53 for how we should live back at the time of Genesis. 11:57 Go back to that chapter, 11:59 read and learn how God wants us to take care 12:01 of our health and our bodies. 12:03 And also remember this word, prolonged exposures. 12:06 We've talked about this, prolonged exposures to bad 12:09 make things made chemical changes in our body. 12:12 We just finished talking about our kidneys. 12:14 Prolonged diabetes and high blood pressure 12:16 can damage our kidneys causing us to need 12:19 modern medicine which would be a dialysis 12:22 or even at a renal transplant. 12:24 And I want to encourage us today 12:26 to go to the Great Physician to find all the answers. 12:29 Don't depend on me, don't depend on your doctor, 12:32 you be your own physician 12:33 with the Great Physician guiding you. 12:35 Let's bow our heads 12:37 as we ask the Great Physician to be with us. 12:41 Father God, I want to thank you for being here with us today. 12:45 There are many around the world 12:46 that are watching this today that wants 12:48 to come into this healing relationship with you, Father. 12:52 Send your Holy Spirit to touch their heart 12:54 and to turn them to You by believing in You 12:56 that they can have everlasting life. 12:59 And help us to remember about Your Word 13:02 and how it's a healing force in our lives, Father. 13:05 And help us to include You in every treatment plan 13:08 and every dietary change and every medical treatment. 13:11 Help us to-- You to be our Great Physician 13:13 that we always look to. 13:14 This is our most humble prayer. 13:16 Thanking you for being such a loving God, is our prayer. 13:20 Amen. 13:23 I want to thank you for spending time with us today. 13:26 And if you want to learn more about 13:27 how to develop this relationship of God in your life, 13:30 tune into this network "Three Angels Broadcast Network" 13:32 and encourage and nurture this relationship 13:35 that will bring you back to ultimate health. |
Revised 2014-12-17