Participants: James Marcum & Charles Mills
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00041B
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00:01 Dr. Marcum, you're telling us that obesity is not
00:04 necessarily a disease and that's fine, 00:06 but can we come up with a better word than obesity? 00:08 That does not sound like a very loving word. 00:10 You're obese or you're fat... 00:12 Is there another way of saying that, 00:14 that would not be quite so off-putting? 00:16 You know, that's good because 00:18 words have power in meaning. Absolutely! 00:21 Words change the way we think, the way we react. 00:24 So we talked about originally that we want to approach this 00:28 loving and judging not judging... very important. 00:31 So what's a word that we can say that's loving and not judging? 00:35 And I want to invite all of our viewers and listeners, 00:37 this is something that you can all help us with - 00:40 find that word because 6 out of 10 people 00:43 are in this - we're in this together. 00:44 We all want to help each other to be better. 00:47 Let's think of some more... 00:48 How about... "A little more of me - chunky" 00:51 No, I don't like "chunky" 00:53 When I see someone who is carrying extra pounds, 00:58 I don't think obese or fat, I think "unhealthy" 01:03 That is an open door - to have that extra weight is 01:06 an open door, so maybe something like 01:09 "shy of optimum health" or "not quite optimum health" 01:12 or.. I don't know what to do, this is interesting. 01:15 What's a loving word for obese or fat... what do you think? 01:19 Someone once told me that there's more of me now. 01:22 There's more of you... that was a little bit nicer 01:25 than saying, "Man, you've put on a lot of weight" 01:28 But anyway, that's something 01:29 that we all need input on, Charles. 01:31 But you know, this is such an important issue 01:34 that we approach it from a biblical standpoint, 01:36 and I think if Christ was here, 01:38 I think He would approach it from a loving and not judging. 01:42 I don't think He would come at it from a fat or obese, 01:45 I would simply say, "I want you to be healthy" 01:47 Yeah, right! I want you to be healthy, 01:49 so here are some things you can do to be healthy, 01:52 and those things actually will help you to lose weight. 01:54 And some people can carry extra weight and still be healthy. 01:57 You know, some people carry extra weight. 01:59 But we probably need to talk about there are some medical 02:02 conditions, Charles, that can cause people to carry extra 02:04 weight and they don't even know it... And there's nothing 02:06 that they can do about it or have been doing about it. 02:08 Well, there are some things they can do - some people... 02:10 There are some things that in families that metabolisms 02:13 run slow and that's the way it is... 02:14 But there's a new hidden... 02:17 A lot of people have low thyroid, okay, 02:20 and thyroid is the hormone that regulates your entire body. 02:26 It measu... all the cells, all the energy, thyroid. 02:29 So one of the things that people always check 02:31 is to see if you have low thyroid, 02:33 because if you have low thyroid, 02:34 that can cause you not to burn calories. 02:37 Some people have enough thyroid but it can't get in the tissue. 02:40 They're calling that type 2 thyroid disease, 02:43 but they usually have other conditions as well. 02:46 Some people just have slow metabolisms 02:48 just because they're not moving around as much 02:50 or drinking enough water or getting enough rest. 02:53 Those are all things that are fairly easy to do 02:56 to speed up your metabolism. 02:57 If you see someone who is overweight, 02:59 can't you say, "Well, your metabolism is too slow" 03:02 Well that's better than obese or fat! YES, YES! 03:04 You have a slow metabolism! 03:05 Well that's not too bad! All right 03:07 Yeah, a slow metabolizer. 03:09 We could call them an "SM" 03:11 Because it's all about metabolism. Yeah 03:13 As-a-matter-of-fact, that's the first question 03:15 that came in to heartwiseministries. org 03:17 on this subject... We have to answer that one. 03:19 "What can I do to speed up metabolism?" 03:20 What is the answer? Okay 03:22 That's a great question and a couple of things 03:25 that they can do is start exercising or moving every day. 03:28 And if you've never done it before, 03:30 we want you to start slow and build up with it. 03:33 You might even want to check with your doctor, 03:34 but I tell people to start doing 1 or 2 minutes, 03:38 build up to 6 minutes, build up to 12 minutes, 03:42 and if you can get up to 45 minutes a day, that's great, 03:44 if you don't hurt your joints. 03:46 Some people that want to lose weight, 03:48 or speed up the metabolism more, 03:49 can even do it longer every day, 03:51 so that will speed up your metabolism. 03:53 ENOUGH WATER - Water is the universal solvent; 03:56 70% of our body is water. 03:59 We have to have enough water. 04:01 REST is important for metabolism. 04:04 When you're rested, you feel more, 04:06 your cells work better, you tend to stay on the 04:08 night and day cycles better. 04:11 NUTRITION is very important for your metabolism. 04:14 There are some foods that just make people feel slow, 04:17 and sluggish and the body just doesn't know what to handle. 04:21 And lots of chemicals, lots of toxins, lots of fried foods, 04:25 lots of heavy stuff... 04:27 That stuff just lays in you and doesn't do much. 04:30 ESPECIALLY that meal late at night. 04:33 It just lays there and gets digested; 04:35 it doesn't move; the bowels don't move it through; 04:38 the circadian rhythms - your body doesn't handle, 04:41 doesn't speed up as much. 04:42 Those are some simple things you can do. 04:44 Other things you can do is make sure your thyroid is good. 04:47 Make sure you don't have a condition like sleep apnea. 04:50 Make sure you're not on a 04:52 medication that's slowing you down. 04:55 Right now, 1 in 5 Americans are on more than 5 medications. 05:00 Some of those can slow your metabolism down; 05:02 certain pain pills, sleeping pills, pills for your brain, 05:07 different things can also start to slow your body down. 05:11 So all are these are little things that can help speed up 05:14 your metabolism. 05:15 A lot of people don't realize that every year, 05:18 your metabolism goes about 1% down. 05:21 So let's say you weigh 150 pounds... 05:24 BY DEFAULT? Yes By default, okay 05:26 Yes, as we age, our metabolism slows down. All right 05:29 It doesn't speed up, Charles 05:30 No, it doesn't speed up... I wish it did 05:33 A baby's metabolism is faster than a 90-year-old's metabolism. 05:36 Things just go slower and it just doesn't work as efficiently 05:40 So if you weight 150 pounds, and don't do anything different, 05:43 you're going to gain about 1-1/2 pounds per year. 05:47 Over 10 years, that's 15 pounds. 05:50 See what I'm saying? So you have to do something more 05:53 ...either cut back the amount of calories or increase your 05:56 metabolism - something more to sort of keep that balance. 06:00 Well, you've opened a door here. 06:02 Which is easier to do, because we want to do 06:04 things that are easy for us. 06:05 Which is easier to do, speed up the metabolism 06:07 or cut down on the fat? 06:08 I think it's got to be a little bit of both. Really? 06:10 Yeah, I think you've got to do both; 06:12 you've got to eat well, as well as cutting back, 06:15 as well as thinking about what you're doing. 06:18 We eat a lot more food than we need to eat now, 06:22 and unfortunately we do and we're just now understanding 06:25 what's going on and in talking about this 06:28 in the New York Times Service article that hit the presses 06:32 and talking about naming this a disease and, oh boy, 06:36 I think we're going to miss the big boat, 06:39 and all of a sudden, we're going to have a lot more 06:40 people on medicines, and a lot less people understanding 06:44 the reason why... Thinking that that's going to take care of it! 06:46 Yes and not dealing with the reasons why, 06:49 we're going to have a lot of downhill health problems 06:52 where we should get back to loving people 06:54 and not judging them, develop relationships, 06:56 see if we can learn from them - 06:58 what might be causing the reasons and just start moving 07:01 ahead one reason at a time. All right 07:03 The second question from heartwiseministries. org 07:06 By the way, we invite you listener too, 07:08 to send in the questions so that we can add them to our program. 07:12 "Do you think the new weight loss medications will be useful 07:15 or should I just join the "Biggest Loser" - 07:17 there's that program again, you were talking about. 07:19 The 2 medicines that are out there, we talked about them... 07:22 I don't think that they are going to solve the reason why. 07:27 I know people are saying, "These are the best things ever 07:30 and it's going to take away your appetite and it going to 07:32 make you lose weight and it might help your metabolism" 07:34 But appetite is a Godsend, we're supposed to eat food, 07:37 we're supposed to hungry for it, 07:38 we're supposed to feel satisfied when we're done! 07:39 My question is to the people that are on those medicines, 07:41 "What are you going to do, take those the rest of your life?" 07:45 You know, take them for 20 or 30 years, 07:48 are you going to take that medicine, 07:49 or are you going to get at the cause of the problem? 07:51 And most, I found in the medical profession, 07:54 that most medicines are only supposed to be given for 07:57 a short period of time. 07:59 They're not supposed to be given day in, year in, year out 08:01 because that's when you start to have more side effects. 08:04 So I don't think that these medicines... 08:07 Let's look at the evidence... 08:09 In the past, "Fen-Phen" didn't solve the problems. That's right 08:12 "Phentermine" didn't solve the problem. 08:15 "Redux" did not solve the problem. 08:17 We had one that even made it so that you quit binding your food, 08:22 so it just passed through you. 08:24 THAT wasn't the problem! So unnatural! 08:27 So I think that we have to get 08:28 back to these 2 principles I outlined. 08:30 We have to learn how to love each other, 08:32 put someone else's interest above our own, 08:34 meet them where they're at, not judging them, 08:37 and finding places that we can work with each other, 08:39 not only doctors, but everyone 08:41 that's interested in helping other people. 08:43 Little things that we can do... 08:45 whether it be - let's go out and do a walk today, 08:47 let's not drive here today, let's take the stairs! 08:50 We can even be subtle about it - in helping the world 08:53 to speed up their metabolism and gain better health. 08:57 I heard you do this yesterday. 08:58 We were talking on the phone and you were driving up 09:00 here to 3ABN and you said, 09:02 "I'm going to stop at a park and I'm going to go for a walk" 09:05 You were doing exactly what you're saying... 09:06 That helps your metabolism! That did! 09:09 I like this idea of the low metabolism, 09:10 and speed up your metabolism. 09:12 So, here's the next question... 09:13 "Why are the rates of low metabolism 09:15 rising so fast in this country?" 09:18 Let's put it that way... Why is that happening? 09:19 There are lots of people that have theories on this, 09:22 and I'm going to throw out a theory, okay? 09:25 First of all, we're not as active as we should be, 09:30 and another theory out there is - there are so many toxins 09:33 in our environment that's paralyzing some of our 09:36 cellular receptors. 09:38 Now this gets a little complicated... 09:39 In our cells, we have little energy packets 09:43 called the "mitochondria" 09:44 That makes energy, it makes metabolism, 09:47 makes us go! 09:49 Sometimes, in the world that we've been under, 09:52 we've had so many toxins that we're not even made to deal with 09:56 and I could go on and on about the list from mercury to lead, 09:59 to dioxins, to this, to this yellow dye to that dye. 10:03 Sometimes, some people say that these are having some type of 10:06 chemical damages on our cells so our cells aren't 10:10 near as efficient as doing. 10:11 Not it's probably just not one thing, Charles. 10:14 It's probably that, we're not as active, 10:17 there's more mental health problems, 10:20 and when people have mental health problems, 10:22 they tend to eat more comfort foods. 10:24 It makes them feel better. 10:26 It's probably multifactorial, but it's the world we live in. 10:29 It's just not simple one thing. 10:31 That's why I don't think there's a simple one solution. 10:34 That's why I don't think the simple medicines... 10:35 I think it going to be looking at it from different aspects 10:39 based on each person, meeting them where they're at, 10:42 helping them along their way, 10:44 looking at the big picture and then coming up with 10:46 a specific plan for each individual person. 10:49 We need to look at ourselves when we look in the mirror 10:51 and we need to say, "You know, I have a metabolism problem" 10:55 "I need to speed this metabolism up and what can I do to do that" 10:58 And Dr. Marcum has mentioned many things that we can do 11:00 to speed up the metabolism - everything from exercise 11:03 to diet and to helping our environment. 11:06 This may be difficult for some people. 11:08 It may be a real challenge for them to speed their 11:11 metabolism up as they should. 11:12 When you have your metabolism sped up, of course, 11:14 your weight drops down. 11:15 So everything you've said here to help us with our weight, 11:19 the good news is - it also helps us with our disease rates, 11:21 and everything else including cardiology. 11:25 Yeah, lowers cancer, lowers all these things. 11:28 It makes our health much better; 11:30 diabetes, high blood pressure, all these things, 11:32 doing this is going to improve as well... All right 11:34 When we come back, Dr. Marcum will have some 11:36 final words for us, so stay right where you are. 11:50 We've been talking about a very sensitive subject 11:54 for many people out there, 11:55 but, you know, we have to talk about it 11:56 because it's a real issue, not only for each one of us, 12:00 but we might be able to help our 12:02 families do better or feel better. 12:04 And we're not giving any specific solutions, 12:07 but naming obesity an illness and throwing a lot of 12:10 medicines, that might not be the best answer... 12:14 especially over long periods of time. 12:16 What I'm suggesting that we leave with you today is 12:19 2 things... 12:20 #1 is love people and not judge them, 12:23 and realizing what works for them might not work for you, 12:26 but you got to meet them where they're at, 12:28 and pray for them and continue to encourage them 12:31 because we're all on this earth together 12:33 wanting to help each other. 12:34 We reviewed some ways to speed up your metabolism 12:37 from drinking water to resting, to moving all the body parts. 12:41 Well one of the things I want to do right now is pray for you, 12:44 so let's bow our heads... 12:45 Heavenly Father, There are some people out there that need 12:49 to have better health and they need You in their lives 12:52 to help them to show them the way to go. 12:55 You are the Ultimate Prescription for us, Father, 12:57 and we thank You for You loving us and not judging us. 13:01 Please help us to do the same as we approach the world... 13:04 is our humble prayer. Amen 13:05 I want to thank you for joining us on the Ultimate Prescription 13:11 and you can use this program, not only to send us letters 13:14 to our website at heartwiseministries. org 13:17 but show this to your friends. 13:19 Someone might need some encouragement. 13:21 They might need someone to pray for them 13:22 because we really believe it's this moving together of 13:26 modern medicine, lifestyle, as well as letting the 13:29 Ultimate Prescription, Our Heavenly Father, 13:32 the relationship with Him GUIDE us in our best health. 13:36 So we want to thank you for joining us and remember... 13:38 LOVE NOT JUDGE and we'll be back with you next time. |
Revised 2014-12-17