Participants: Dr. James Marcum (Host), Charles Mills
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00035B
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00:01 Welcome back to the program.
00:02 I'm Charles Mills here with cardiologist, Dr. James Marcum 00:04 We're talking about healing our hearts naturally, 00:07 and you've made the very important point, Dr. Marcum, 00:10 that "natural" does not necessarily mean 00:13 something that's other than medical. 00:16 It means that this is something that GOD has put in place for us 00:20 something that God has in mind; 00:22 a law that God placed into our existence during creation week. 00:27 One of the questions that came to 00:29 heartwiseministries. org 00:30 folds right into this. 00:32 Someone asked, "What are the best ways to 00:34 lower my blood pressure?" 00:36 And, let's talk about that... 00:37 What did God have in mind for naturally lowering 00:40 blood pressure? That's a great question... 00:42 Well, let's look at the Garden of Eden, 00:44 and also let's look at the science behind it. 00:47 Well we know that people that are active, that are working 00:50 that are exercising movement lowers blood pressure. 00:53 No pills necessary... No - science proves that. 00:56 And a lot of people have high blood pressure 00:58 because they're not moving. 00:59 The endothelium does not dilate like we've talked about; 01:03 we gain extra weight which puts stress on our bodies, 01:05 so exercise is one natural way. 01:08 We also know that the food we eat... 01:10 At the Garden of Eden, God gave us a plant-based diet to eat. 01:13 We know that as we've eaten more and more fat, 01:16 processed foods through the years, guess what? 01:19 Our blood pressure has gone up, cardiovascular has gone up... 01:21 The research, science is proving a plant-based diet 01:25 helps lower your blood pressure. 01:26 Rest - we know that in this stress-filled world, 01:31 people aren't taking a weekly rest; 01:33 people aren't resting well at night... 01:35 Well, we know that people that don't rest well from sleep apnea 01:39 have higher levels of adrenalin, higher blood pressures... 01:41 So we know that when people don't rest well, 01:44 both weekly or nightly, their blood pressure, 01:46 cardiovascular disease, endothelial disease, 01:48 their risks all go up. 01:50 We know that people that don't, we've talked about this before, 01:53 worship - when you worship the wrong types of things, 01:56 that could affect your stress levels as well. 01:59 We were made to worship the true God, 02:01 and we've shown that people that worship, 02:04 that have meditation... 02:05 You know, we've shown the deep-breathing, 02:07 when that body relaxes, when the stress chemistries 02:10 go off, when the front part of the brain takes over, 02:13 makes these endorphins that help us, 02:16 make these dopamines that relaxes our body, 02:19 when we cast out all this fear and anxiety, 02:22 that that also helps lower the tension... 02:24 And anything that lowers stress in our lives, 02:27 anything that lowers stress... 02:29 You talked about your driving to Washington - Yes, yes 02:31 We talked about any chronic pain can cause high blood pressure. 02:34 That puts a stress on the system, 02:36 but a lot of things that people don't realize is little things 02:39 like television. Television! 02:41 I think television stresses people out.. you know. 02:43 You know - when they watch a violent show, 02:45 you know that's stressful for some people. 02:47 When you watch the news and hear all the bad things... 02:50 We weren't made to know what is going 3,000 miles, 02:53 what someone else did that bad - that all goes in our mind, 02:56 it all creates a chemical reaction. 02:58 So when all this is bombarded with us and we have all the 03:01 media that is around us and texting and cell phones, 03:04 and busy jobs and not resting at night, 03:07 sooner or later, our stress level continues to climb 03:10 and not only do we have high blood pressure, 03:12 but we also have all these skips. 03:14 So remember, we were sort of designed for a little bit 03:18 simpler of a life. 03:20 If we would have needed all this stuff at the very beginning 03:22 don't you think God would have given it to us at creation? 03:25 He gave us what we needed... 03:27 We've created a lot of stuff that MAYBE we don't need... 03:31 And as we've brought stuff into the equation, 03:33 there comes from chemical consequences. 03:36 So those are some simple NATURAL ways 03:38 you can do to help lower your blood pressure. 03:40 You know, a lot of people listening to that list 03:42 that you just gave and they say, 03:43 "Well okay, I will try #3, or I will try #4" 03:48 And we've got to say that anything you do 03:51 is going to be helpful, but if you want to enjoy 03:54 release from the problems that we're facing, 03:58 you really need to do most if not all of them. 04:01 Would I be on the right track here? Yeah 04:02 I mean, everything helps, but you've got to do them 04:04 and you've got to do them consistently, 04:06 and you've got to do a lot of them. 04:07 But I found some people, Charles 04:08 they just can do one thing at a time, 04:11 and if they stick with it, they feel better, 04:13 and the next thing - the place I start is 04:16 try to get into a relationship with their Creator. 04:19 Let Him come into your life and tell you and help you 04:22 do these things so you don't have to do it all by yourself. 04:25 Come into that relationship and He could say, 04:27 "Well, maybe I should drink more water, eat more better," 04:29 and as you do that, you'll feel Him working in your life, 04:31 your chemistry will be changing. 04:34 Now you have something here on the desk that I want to 04:36 just hold up so everyone can see it because there are a lot 04:39 of questions about this particular device. 04:41 This is a pacemaker and we hear a lot about people 04:45 getting pacemakers put into their bodies... 04:48 When do we know that we need to have a pacemaker? 04:52 What are the indications that it's pacemaker time? 04:54 Well we talked a lot about skips hearts... 04:56 You know skips usually aren't dangerous as long as someone 04:59 is not passing out. 05:01 But prolonged fast rhythms can be dangerous; 05:04 prolonged slow rhythms can be dangerous... 05:06 And again, if the rhythm is going slow, 05:08 usually it has a symptom. 05:11 If the heart rhythm is going too slow, 05:13 sometimes people get dizzy, they're fatigued, 05:15 they pass out. 05:17 We tell this by putting monitors on us to say, 05:19 "Wow Charles, your heart was only going 30, 05:21 and it did not speed up" 05:23 "We think you might need a pacemaker. " 05:25 This is a great place for modern medicine. 05:28 You know, of course, we want to make sure your thyroid 05:30 is not causing it to have... 05:31 Now is this beyond the opportunity for 05:33 natural to help out? Yes it is... 05:36 There's something physically wrong with the body. 05:38 There is something physically wrong that is going on. 05:41 It might be a degenerative disease; 05:43 the wires of the heart, the natural pacemaker 05:45 just about getting old and be wearing out. 05:47 Now sometimes, the thyroid can make it go slow. 05:50 Certain medications can make it go slow. 05:53 So we want to make sure the patient is not on those. 05:55 But if they are not on those, there are no other causes, 05:57 sometimes the body just wears out. 06:00 Other systems wear out - thyroid wears out, 06:02 but we can replace the thyroid almost... 06:04 Or are injured, they wear out or are injured - an accident. 06:06 Another thing that can happen is the battery of the heart 06:08 just goes slower and slower. 06:10 Before this happened, people passed away sooner. 06:13 But we now have modern technology; 06:15 we can keep a heart going at a certain speed 06:17 by implanting a pacemaker. 06:19 This is one of the greatest places for medical technology. 06:22 I had a minister, not too long ago, that his pacemaker 06:26 wore out at a very young age. 06:27 His natural pacemaker... Yeah 06:28 And he talked to me - "Is there anything I can do 06:30 naturally to replace it? 06:32 I said, "No, there's really not 06:33 anything to replace what's worn out, 06:35 but we do have a pacemaker. " 06:36 So he's got a pacemaker; 06:37 he's still continuing in his ministry. 06:40 If he didn't have that pacemaker, 06:41 eventually his heart would have gone slower and slower 06:43 and slower and eventually would have stopped. 06:46 So pacemakers are a great example of a 06:49 great place for modern medicine. 06:51 Now let's talk a little bit more about this pacemaker. 06:54 I love the technical aspect of medicine. 06:56 You make an incision someplace on the chest, 06:59 and you just slip this guy right inside there and there's wires 07:01 It goes underneath the skin and there are 2 wires that we run 07:04 into the heart; one does the pacing, 07:06 and one also does the sensing. 07:08 Sometimes if your heart goes above a certain speed, 07:11 we don't need to pace it. 07:12 Sometimes it might just drop below a certain speed at times. 07:15 Then sometimes, every beat needs to be paced. 07:18 The battery part usually lasts about 7 years, 07:21 and then we replace this part, we leave the wires in, 07:24 we replace this part and put a new one in. 07:26 So you have to make the incision again, open it up, 07:28 take it out, put it in and then... 07:29 Just like a car battery, except we have 07:31 to go through the incision place... 07:32 When you get the pacemaker replaced, 07:34 it's much easier than the first because the first time, 07:36 we have to position the wires in the correct positions 07:38 in the heart and usually, depending on what type of 07:41 rhythm problem you have, one goes in the top part 07:43 that is the atrium and then one goes in the bottom 07:45 in the ventricle and those are the right side of the heart. 07:48 I am amazed at modern medicine, 07:50 I really am, because it has such an important place 07:54 in our lives and has such an important part to play, 07:57 but we've got to know when to play it - that's the thing. 08:00 The balance - we have to make sure that we understand that. 08:02 There are natural things we can do and God has put 08:05 natural laws for us to follow that can bring about 08:07 AMAZING results... 08:08 But there comes a TIME, there may be an event 08:11 that requires that modern medicine step in... 08:14 And I'm a firm believer that God created modern medicine 08:18 to be there for those times 08:19 because we are living in a very unnatural world! 08:21 We are living in a world of sin where things are damaged, 08:24 and where hurt happens... 08:25 And when we say "modern medicine is bad, 08:29 natural is good," we're making a big mistake 08:31 because God has made available these modern 08:33 wonders like these pacemakers. 08:36 When God puts these in the mind of someone 08:38 or the inventor someplace and this pacemaker is made for us, 08:42 that's an answer from God and we can praise God for it. 08:45 But before we run to modern medicine 08:48 for every ill that we have, we look for that pill, 08:50 and so they'll send us a bill and get rid of our ills, 08:52 we need to think - what can I do naturally? 08:55 Now of course, we need to talk about this... 08:58 There are some dangers involved 09:00 with taking some of these medications, 09:01 and this is a question that came into 09:03 heartwiseministries. org 09:04 "What are the dangers of blood pressure medications?" 09:07 And there's no medication for pacemaking, right? 09:10 No, no - no medicine, not long-term, okay? 09:13 If there was, it would probably have been invented, 09:15 and it would have kept the person on the medicine 09:17 for a long period of time. 09:18 But medicines for blood pressure... 09:21 you know, unfortunately, many people are on 09:23 medicines for blood pressure and they don't even know 09:25 why they have high blood pressure. 09:27 So blood pressure medicines all have risk. 09:29 There's a type of blood pressure medicine that takes sodium out, 09:32 salt out of your body, and some of these medicines 09:35 take potassium out of your body, 09:37 and when you take too much sodium and potassium 09:39 out of the body, you could get dehydrated 09:41 or your potassium could go low. 09:43 So getting dehydrated could make you dizzy and pass out. 09:46 It could hurt your kidneys. 09:47 Low potassium could cause a funny heart rhythm. 09:50 One of the most serious problems with blood pressure is 09:53 the blood pressure going too low. 09:55 So the blood pressure might get too low, 09:57 you do not get enough blood to your head, 09:59 you might get dizzy, you might pass out 10:01 ESPECIALLY if you might be dehydrated 10:04 which also causes the blood pressure to go low. 10:07 All the blood pressure medicines can cause you to be fatigued, 10:11 and there are lots of other side effects. 10:13 Some of the blood pressure medicines also slow down 10:15 your heart - so your heart can't speed up as fast. 10:18 So every medicine has a risk as well as a benefit, 10:22 and that's why you have to talk to your doctor - what's the risk 10:24 But the biggest risk I see with blood pressure medicines 10:27 are the side effects like fatigue and tiredness, 10:30 low blood pressure, the electrolyte problems 10:33 if it's one that takes fluid out of your body, 10:34 and sometimes you even have potassium 10:36 if it's one of the diuretic-type medicines. 10:38 So that's just a few, but yes, blood pressure 10:41 medicines have to be treated with respect. 10:43 But first, I want to encourage people... 10:45 you have to know if you truly have high blood pressure, 10:47 and if there's a cause that you can do something about 10:50 to have a natural remedy. 10:51 For instance, if you have too much sodium in your body, 10:54 if you can quit eating processed foods and go to a healthy diet, 10:57 sometimes the blood pressure will come down just like that. 11:00 You know, Dr. Hans Diehl, he's a good friend of yours 11:02 and mine too - Dr. Hans Diehl of the CHIP Program 11:04 has mentioned a nice little test that you can have 11:07 when you buy a processed food, 11:09 if you insist on eating a processed food, 11:11 and some processed foods, you know, that have been into 11:14 cans or frozen whatnot are fine. 11:16 What you do is you look at the label and you find 11:19 processed foods where the sodium count is equal to or lower 11:24 than the calorie count. 11:25 If this product has 90 calories, then you don't want to have 11:29 anymore than 90 mg of sodium in this thing. 11:32 You will need to find that sodium count LOWER 11:34 or the same as the calorie count. 11:38 Kind of a nice way of, when you're shopping, 11:39 to look and see if you are getting something 11:41 with too much sodium in it, 11:42 and that's very easy to do in processed foods. 11:44 Again, the sodium problem is usually not from the shaker 11:47 on the table that you have there. 11:49 It's usually from the processed foods that you eat, 11:51 and you have to watch out for that. 11:53 So if you want to lower your blood pressure, 11:55 there are some things that we can do naturally, 11:56 and if you want to keep that arrhythmia from happening, 11:59 unfortunately you need to have modern medicine 12:02 step in under those circumstances possibly... 12:04 Rhythms - if you have a dangerous rhythm, 12:07 usually you're passing out, dizzy, it's prolonged. 12:10 That needs to be checked on pretty quickly. 12:12 We'll take a short break and when we come back, 12:15 we need to talk to the Master Physician, 12:18 that Wonderful, no-waiting required, no forms to fill out, 12:23 nobody in front of you, the Man who will sit with you, 12:27 and listen to all of your problems and give you 12:29 encouraging words and things that you can do... 12:31 We'll talk to that Master Physician 12:33 on our return, so everybody stay right where you are. 12:43 We've been talking about natural ways to treat 12:46 heart disease, specifically focusing today on 12:49 hypertension and a little bit about rhythms, 12:51 but the principles we've talked about today go for entire health 12:56 We want to have natural remedies that's God's way, 12:59 and sometimes we need to move one step at a time, 13:02 but when we move one step at a time, 13:04 we have to keep moving. 13:06 We do one thing and then we have 13:08 to find out something else. 13:09 If we don't keep moving, we can't keep enjoying the 13:11 chemical benefits from coming back to God's plan. 13:15 So we want you to move on a path, on a road to good health, 13:19 and that road is continuous movement, 13:21 trying to improve each step of the way 13:23 with God leading you and helping you. 13:25 A couple of things I want you to keep in mind today... 13:28 that if you might have high blood pressure, 13:30 get it checked to make sure you really have it. 13:32 A lot of people don't have high blood pressure. 13:35 If you do have high blood pressure, 13:36 find out the reason WHY. 13:38 If you can treat the reason why, 13:40 sometimes you won't need to take a medication. 13:43 However, some people do need to be on medications, 13:46 and it must be monitored very closely. 13:48 Well, we want to pray with you before we sign off today. 13:51 Let's all bow our heads... 13:52 Heavenly Father... As we come to You today, 13:55 we want Your natural remedies for our health problems, 13:59 and we want to take one step after another step 14:02 on this pathway with You leading us along this path 14:05 to better health. 14:06 We want to thank You for being our God, 14:08 and our Ultimate Physician. 14:11 Thank you for joining us today on the "Ultimate Prescription" 14:15 And if you might have questions or concerns, 14:17 we want to invite you to go to our website that is 14:20 heartwiseministries. org 14:22 It is through your questions and comments that we 14:24 determine what our programs are going to be about. 14:27 Now as we go today, I want to wish you 14:29 walk with God, help Him lead you on that 14:32 ever continuing path to great health. |
Revised 2014-12-17