Welcome back to the
program, I'm Charles Mills
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here with
Cardiologist Dr. James Marcum,
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he is the founder,
director of Heartwise Ministries
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and that is where we
get a lot of questions
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about nutrition and
all kinds of subjects
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when it comes to health.
One of the most important
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things that we need to
give you is information.
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Yes! If you will
just listen and learn,
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you can be your own best doctor,
as Dr. Marcum says often.
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Absolutely, we are our own
best physicians so information
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is the key. Now one of
questions has to do with
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something I have in my
hand, not particularly Almonds
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that I am saying.
But here are some Almonds
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here and as you can see,
they are uncooked, they are raw
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and they are simply
cleaned and put into a container
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and you eat them.
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One of the questions
that we get about this is
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why are raw foods important
to us as opposed to cooked foods
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or processed foods?
Now that's a great question
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and there's a lot of data
showing that when we transport
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long, long, like coming from
California to the east coast,
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we loose
something in the food. Yes!
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And not just in
the transportation.
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When we cook foods, we loose
some of those vital nutrients
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that are in the foods and
Almonds of course are raw,
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they are not cooked,
they are not processed
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and we get all the good things
with that and with Almonds
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come the Omega 3 fatty acids,
the healthy fats are from that.
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So those we know that help
the brain function help a lot of
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good things in our body,
we don't have to take a pill
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the pill is right there, in fact
I put Almonds down regularly.
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So if you were to cook those
you might loose some of those
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good things in
there. It's like you have a
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five dollar bill and you
cook it and it turns into a
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three dollar bill. You want
to get the full monetary value
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out of... You want
the five bucks out of it.
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You want the five
bucks out of it. yeah!
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But also raw foods
verses cooked foods,
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there is some literature
out there that says if you eat
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half of your food
raw, in it's natural state,
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and you want to get
it as fresh as you can,
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hopefully from the local
field or your own garden,
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that's the best. But no
matter what, if you can get that
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and eat half your food
raw... the cooked foods tend to
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stimulate your
immune system even.
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So there is some data out
that that says it stimulates
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your immune system and
inflammation and stimulated
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immune system is not
so good for the body.
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So if just cooking
healthy food does that,
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can you imagine
what the processed foods,
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and the things that we
are not designed to have,
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what that does to our
immune system, it revs it up.
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So Charles we wonder
why so many people have
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bowel problems. You know I
get a lot of bowel problems
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better when I just get
people to stop eating cheese,
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or stop eating animals, or
stop eating processed foods.
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You can get the body
doing a lot better because the
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immune system doesn't
like some of the stuff.
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A lot of people may not realize
that of course plants have
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lots of fiber in them.
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How much fiber is
in an animal product?
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Zilcho! Zilch,
zero. And you know what
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I started eating... and
I've learned about this and I
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I hope our viewers
can learn more about food,
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there's so much out
there, as you learn it really
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empowers you.
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One of the things that I
had last night when we went out
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to dinner last night, and I
had sea weed. It was wonderful.
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And I've never had sea weed
before, but it really made me
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feel good and sea weed
is a substance that also
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people said helps
you sleep at night.
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The chemicals in
sea weed help you sleep,
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and I had a very good
night's sleep. So did I.
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So I didn't have to
take a sleeping pill,
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I just gave something
that God gave us naturally
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to put in there. So I would say
the answer to this question...
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It's important to eat raw
foods in it's natural states
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and I wish we had more than
that and it's important to eat
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more raw if you can and as
you do this you will enjoy it.
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I actually eat raw... This
is one that a lot of people
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can't do, mustard greens.
I will eat raw mustard greens
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and it will clear your sinuses
out too. No, it really does.
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It seems to dilate my
sinuses, man it brings me alive,
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there is some chemical in
that that really does me good,
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not to mention the
fiber and the transit time.
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So it lowers my risk of
cancer, it opens up my sinuses,
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it does a lot of good things
for me when I eat some mustards.
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A lot of people say to me
well how in the world can I have
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50% of my diet raw?
Well if you eat a salad,
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if you eat fruits, if
you eat a banana, an orange,
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an apple. You are getting
raw food, that's what that is
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so it's very easy to get 50%
of your food from raw sources
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by simply eating that
plant based diet and enjoying
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all those fruits and all
those wonderful leafy things,
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good stuff, Kale, lettuce, raw.
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Alright, next question
from Heartwiseministries.org.
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What is, what's that word?
That is spirulina. spirulina.
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What is spirulina?
Well a lot of people,
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and I hear this all the
time, they say oh if you don't
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eat animals, you
don't get enough protein.
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Have you ever heard that before?
I have. They say you don't get
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enough protein. That
is not the truth at all.
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In fact spirulina is one
of these super protein foods,
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and a lot of people are
using that, it's sort of a bean
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that came from Mexico, it's
one of these new super foods,
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and I wish we would raise
more spirulina and less cattle.
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Ok, if we start eating foods
like this, learning about it,
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super foods...and there is
a great web site that I want
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to tell people
about called Food Matters,
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Food Matters, if you
can go to that web site,
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it's a great web site that
will teach you more about food
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and nutrition
about these super foods.
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But there is other things that
have lots of protein in them
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that are plant based and it
has the good proteins for us
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not the bad proteins.
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Hemp, that is
something we can have, Hemp.
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Chia seeds are a
great source of protein,
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I don't know if you
have heard of that. I have.
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This type of
thing called quinoa,
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quinoa, I don't know
if you've heard of that,
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they use it to make sort
of artificial hamburgers.
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Tempeh, ok, Almonds are
a great source of protein.
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Of course everyone has
heard of beans, lima beans,
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all sorts of beans, Kale
and what's neat about some of
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those vegetable based
source of protein is that the
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nutrient composition is correct,
they have about the right
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percentage of carbohydrates,
the right percentage of fat,
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and the right percentage of
protein in the foods you eat.
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So those foods you get plenty
of protein what you eat and...
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this is the spirulina, I brought
it up because it's one of
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the new super foods
you're going to hear about,
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people are putting
these smoothies together,
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putting a little of this
and that and some of that
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doesn't taste very
good, I tried it once,
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but if you can mix it with
some other things you can do it.
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But again it is giving
you great protein in your body
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it helps you build muscles,
and all those good things,
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and that is something
that is very important.
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You never lack for food
and variety when you go with
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a plant based diet. I
hear you saying these things
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and I'm thinking, God
knew what He was talking about.
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God figured it
out, how nice of Him.
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What is an antioxidant
and why are these important,
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and where do you get them?
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Antioxidants, well we
have processes in our body
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called oxidation, these
are complex chemical reactions
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and I don't want to bore people
about the chemistry behind it
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but just remember oxidation
is bad and antioxidants
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counteract that process.
In our bodies we have these
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the endothelium that we
talked about, when it's oxidized
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the free radical formation,
all this is bad and antioxidants
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are actually the good
guys that stop the bad guys
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from working. Ok!
Foods that have antioxidants,
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blueberries is
probably the best antioxidant,
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berries have lots of anti-
oxidants, they also help fight
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cancers, a lot of these berries,
in addition to other diseases
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we don't understand.
They seem to help the
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brain health, so
antioxidants are very valuable,
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they even say it helps
prevent the aging process
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if you eat a lot of
these healthy berries.
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So I try to eat a lot of
fresh blueberries when I can
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at anytime to have some
antioxidants to help these
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free radicals damage in our
bodies to prevent some of the
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disease that I am seeing
here, it helps a lot of things
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to eat healthy
like these antioxidants.
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Now, not the cooked blueberries,
or not the ones out of a can
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the fresh healthy blueberries.
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Absolutely, that
is very important.
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And there's lots of other foods
that have antioxidants in them.
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Little red beans, little
red beans about two or three
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years ago knocked blueberries
out of the number one spot.
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The little red beans became
the number one antioxidant
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food out there not blueberries.
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But I don't eat little red
beans. Well the blueberries.
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Where do you get
the little red beans at?
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The little red bean
store. I don't know either.
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Bob's Red Mills. You must
have to get them somewhere.
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Yes, you have to get them...
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They are called
little red beans.
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I know you are
a big fan of flax.
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Tell our viewers about flax.
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Well for brain health a lot
of people say you need to have
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those Omega 3's.
Yes. For brain health.
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And flax seeds are filled
with it but there is one thing
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you have to know, you just
can't take flax and chew on it
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because they are really
small and you would have them
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in your teeth and you
can't get them to chew up good.
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Put them in a blender,
like a coffee maker blender
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don't drink coffee, but put
them in a coffee maker blender
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and blend them up and
they make a little powder,
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and you put those over
your salad or over your
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food in the morning,
your cereal and you have that
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wonderful flax flavor as
well as some wonderful Omega 3
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fatty acids,
just marvelous source.
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Doing that, that means you
don't have to have the fish oil
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Omega 3's which I
recommend that you do use flax
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instead of the fish oil. Yeah,
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and I said I put it in my
Oatmeal. Oatmeal, absolutely.
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And I put some Almonds in that
and I throw some blueberries
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in it and I have some
pretty good Oatmeal there.
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Now you heard me say
Bob's Red Mill, I recommend that
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you go Bob's Red Mill,
look it up on the internet
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you can find all kinds
of whole foods, whole grains
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and beans and what-not. Love it.
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But the bottom line, I want
people to learn about nutrition
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just as much as they
learn about their medicines,
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because nutrition can really
help treat a lot of disease as
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well as prevent disease.
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And Bob of Bob's Red Mills is
a Chip graduate, there you go.
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Ok! What is niacin used for was
a question that came in for you?
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What is niacin use for?
Ok! Niacin is vitamin B3.
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Ok, Vitamin B3, and this is
a substance in our body that
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is very important for a
lot of different reactions.
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In fact if you have a deficiency
of Niacin you get a condition
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called pellagra, deficiencies
in vitamin C, you have heard
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of Scurvy, you know you get
a lot of disease if you have
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deficiencies in that.
Niacin is very good in helping
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get rid of cholesterol that
is built up in our arteries.
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A lot of people say that Niacin
can also help mental health
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since some of the chemicals
in our brain depend on Niacin.
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So some people are using Niacin
to actually help depression and
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brain health. There is a whole
fascinating field of nutritional
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as treatments if you look
up on the internet this word
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called orthomolecular medicine,
orthomolecular medicine.
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That's where they are
using different types of fruits,
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vegetables, nuts, and grains
to treat different types of
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conditions. Now I am not
recommending that as the only
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treatment for disease,
but as a concomitant treatment
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for disease I
think it's very helpful.
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You see what I am saying. So
hypocrisy says for you to do.
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Yeah! So that's... if people
are interested orthomolecular
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medicine can help that.
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So Niacin is something
that is used for cholesterol,
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it's used for lots of
different things, it's a vitamin
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that we need in our
bodies. Alright, very good.
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Another question, and this one
I get a lot talking to people.
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Should I take a supplement?
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Yeah! It's according...
Now if you think about our food
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source through the years
we don't have all the minerals
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in our foods. So if
you don't eat fresh stuff,
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if you don't think
your farms are good,
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then you might want to
take a vitamin supplement,
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a regular multivitamin.
But if you get lots of fruits,
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vegetable, nuts, and
grains from a good source,
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and you don't get outside,
you might need vitamin D3.
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If you are pure vegan, some
people recommend that you take
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a B vitamin, cause sometimes
it is not getting through
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the soil, especially
B12. Ok! Alright. Very good!
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I think we have time
for a very quick one.
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High doses of
vitamin C, yes or no?
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It's according...
High doses of vitamin C
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have been helpful to
help boost your immune system
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in certain disease
conditions it might be helpful.
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But as a general rule, if
you are if you are healthy
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you don't need super
doses. Alright. Very good.
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Well, if you want
more information about this
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there are a number of
websites that you can go to
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including
heartwiseminintries.org,
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and we hope that you will go
there and leave your questions
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for answer on a future program.
That's heartwisemininstries.org.
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We'll take a short break
and when we come back let's talk
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to the master
physician. So stay tuned.
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I hope you've learned
something about nutrition today
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and one thing I want you
to leave this program with is
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let food be your medicine
and let medicine be your food.
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It's something that we can't
cover all in a short period
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of time, but there are so many
resources that you can go to,
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so many books you can
read and I think once you start
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getting interested in the field
you will learn more and more
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and more. We've talked a little
bit today about the importance
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of eating raw, eating
more fruits, vegetables, nuts,
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and grains and how it can
change your body's chemistry
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and how some of the illnesses
that we've had over the last
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couple hundred years...
If you look at the evidence
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it can be traced
back to the foods we eat.
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So we want you all to be
healthy and we are going to
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have a prayer right now that
everyone can get out there and
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do better with the food we eat.
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I know it's hard,
you see the supersize,
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you have all the fast food,
it's very convenient sometimes
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but once you start
eating this way you are going to
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start feeling better, you are
going to start learning better,
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you are going
to reverse disease,
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and also more
importantly, you are going to be
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preventing disease,
so let's pray together.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for being with us
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and a God that
teaches us new things,
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and we want to feel
better and do better.
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Please give us each the power
to learn more about all the
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many things we've learned
today especially about nutrition
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and how we can
have healthier bodies.
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We want healthier bodies
so we can serve you better
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so we can go home soon with You
and eat from the tree of life.
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This is our prayer, Amen!
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Many of you
might have questions,
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we invite you to go to
our website, once again that's
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heartwiseministries.org.
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This is how we decide
which programs need to be done
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and this is how we know
how to serve you better.
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I want to thank you for
joining us today on Heartwise.
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Go out there and have some
fresh fruits and vegetables,
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and we hope that you just have a
wonderful great filled day today
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and thanks for joining us.
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