Welcome back to the program
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I'm Charles Mills here with
cardiologist, Dr. James Marcum
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We're talking about the evidence
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that everyone
seems to be ignoring,
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and that evidence is
the AMOUNT, in this case,
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of toxins in our environment,
in our food, in our lives.
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Dr. Marcum, you're
kind of depressing us here,
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what can we do about this?
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What are things we can
actually do starting TODAY
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dealing with the
toxins in our environment,
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and in our homes
and in our bodies?
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Thing #1 is realize the elephant
is in the room... There you go
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We have a
problem... We have a problem
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You can't find solutions
until you recognize problems.
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So we have to recognize
that this is a problem.
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The second thing - if
you're having symptoms that are
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unexplained, maybe it's
related to some type of toxin.
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There are toxins
that can actually be
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measured in the blood.
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You know, some people
are exposed to this, that,
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or the other, so they
can actually be measured
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in the blood -
different metals especially.
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Some toxins cannot be measured,
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like some of the
ones we saw here,
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they're not
easily measured at all.
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In other words, caramel coloring
would not be in the blood.
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No, you can't measure that.
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You can measure arsenic and
mercury and those type of things
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but you couldn't
measure like caramel color.
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So once you realize #1
that you have a problem...
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#2- If you're having a
symptom, then you really have to
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do something maybe beyond.
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And then a third thing
is - limit your exposure.
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You know, once you
realize it's not bad,
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well let's limit our exposures.
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How might we do this?
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Well, practical
things like opening a window
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so you can breathe at night.
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Working outside around
toxins, maybe if you're around
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bad things, wearing a mask.
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How about if you have
a lot of noise pollution,
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wearing some earphones.
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Protecting yourself,
so you protect your nose,
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you can protect your ears.
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Well how about
protect you stomach from this?
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Well you can try to eat things
that have less toxins in it,
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and you can tell what
things have them in it
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by looking at the ingredients.
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They are required by law
to put the ingredients on,
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and as you saw, some
of these ingredients like
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growth hormone, BHBT,
potassium bromate, Olestra,
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artificial food dye,
artificial coloring 3 or 4
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Maybe if you
can't say the names,
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maybe it would be smart to
avoid as much of that as you can
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What is this... I don't
know but I'm going to eat it.
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That doesn't make a
lot of sense, does it?
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I'm going to put it in
my throat and there you go!
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But why take a chance?
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Now I know it's not a perfect
world and everyone cannot
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eat perfectly or hear
perfectly, or whatever,
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but one of the
things we can do is...
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we can help move
toxins through us.
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We can eat foods that help
detoxify us, that bind us...
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And if you think about
it, if it's in the GI tract,
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you just don't want a toxin
sitting there not moving through
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you want it to MOVE THROUGH.
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How do we get
things moved through?
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Can you spell
FIBER? There you go FIBER!
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Things like kale, greens -
that helps detoxify the system;
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helps pull this out of the body;
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WATER - hydration all of that.
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One of the things that
might help detoxify us is
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a lot of toxins
are stored in FAT.
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Good news - bad
news in that one.
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Yeah, so if you have a lot
of fat, you might be storing
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old stuff in fat cells.
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Yeah, the body has
some place to put it... BUT
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Right, so maybe if we
can work on the weight,
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we can lose this but in
the process of losing weight,
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you might have more toxins
than you expected to deal with.
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It will RELEASE them
back into the body...
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Temporary but painful.
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Any time you can
speed up your metabolism,
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like exercise, sweating...
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You know, you see
them sweat off a disease,
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sweat out the toxins,
you increase your metabolism,
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sometimes the metabolism
can get some of BAD "humors"
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out of the body as well.
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Now these are just some simple
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common sense
things which we can do.
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What we DON'T want
people to do, Charles,
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is be living in fear.
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Living in fear and
being scared all the time -
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the chemistry of being scared
of everything in my environment,
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that might be worse
than the environment itself.
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You know, do you like
science fiction? I do...
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My daughter likes
science fiction and sometimes
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you know, you see
something in science fiction
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that's a little bit scary
and you don't know what's worse,
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the scary thing or this.
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Well the same
thing - which is worse,
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the chemical in the environment
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or being scared of
the chemical environment?
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It's a fine line,
as we've discussed.
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Because the reaction in
the body is very similar. YES!
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They are both stress reactions.
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So which is going to cause
the largest stress reaction?
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So as you can see,
there are no absolutes
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in good health, but
those are some general
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things that I
think people can do...
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Let's run through those again...
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Water, exercise, some
people get hot and sweat it off,
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moving the transit time,
wearing a protective device
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over the ears, over the face.
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All those things will
help a little bit to protect
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their exposures
from chemicals...
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And if you think you
might have a disease,
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some of these weird diseases
that no one can explain,
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ends up being one of these weird
chemical exposures occasionally.
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You know, we did a show
and I thank you for letting
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me talk about some of the
problems that are faced in my
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house with my wife, she has
multiple chemical sensitivities
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And really, there are
things we can do there...
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Watch what we use
for cleaning our house.
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Watch what is on our
walls, what's on our floors,
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try to find natural
materials as much as possible.
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Today's world is better
than it was 20 years ago,
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more and more
people are saying...
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"This is hurting us,
we're not going to do this
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anymore - we're going to
use different ingredients now"
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So it's easier
now to live cleaner
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as far as the environment
is concerned but it takes
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some effort, you
have to do some searching.
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Going back to what we
said at the very beginning,
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you know, our rates of heart
attacks are not going down.
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Our rates of cancer,
chronic disease, mental health
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or chronic pain
are NOT going down.
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So we have to say...
Well, in order to understand
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the solution, sure I can make
prescriptions and treatments,
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but to find a solution, we
have to understand the problem.
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The problem is we're not
sort of doing things the way
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God had envisioned it.
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We've gotten away from
that relationship with God.
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All the stress... you
know, I hate to say this,
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but things aren't
going to get better.
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It's going to
continue to go down this path,
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but we can STILL live
with power and not in fear,
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and we can do what we
can within our control
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to help make our environment
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as healthy as it can
be. Excellent! Excellent!
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Okay, here are some
questions Dr. Marcum, from the
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heartwiseministries. org website
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I invite our viewers
to send their questions in
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because what you want to know
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is what we want to talk
about, as simple as that!
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So
heartwiseministries. org website
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Question #1- This is
what the writer said...
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"I have a lot of
gastrointestinal issues,
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and have been to numerous
specialists without success"
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"I have pain after
eating and spells of diarrhea,
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any thoughts of
something that might help me?"
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Yeah, this could be
many different things.
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Of course, you want to
make sure it's not some
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pathology-like
thing like an infection
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that could get in the bowels.
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You want to make sure
that it's not a medication
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that could be causing it.
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But a lot of people,
Charles, have sensitivities
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to different
things in the environment.
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Like if I yell and scream,
it's going to hurt your ears.
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Well, yelling and screaming
to the bowels is some of the
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chemicals that we put in it.
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So it might be that this
person is getting some chemical
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that they're not used to...
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Something that the body
is not used to and it has a
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chemical reaction...
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It's like a bee
sting inside the bowel.
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And the common things we see
like - cheese, dairy products,
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gluten sensitivities, but
it can also be more complex.
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Certain chemicals can trigger it
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Artificial
sweeteners can trigger it.
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So what I would
suggest this person is go back
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to a whole food
plant-based diet,
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and then see if
they might improve.
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Let their bowels rest,
let them heal up on their own,
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and try not to
stimulate the bowel as much
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with other things that can
cause these immune reactions
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that might be triggering.
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She said it
happened after she eats,
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so maybe she could change
this and also see her doctor,
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and make sure it's
nothing that's pathological
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like an infection, like
some medicines or some other
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reason that could be causing it.
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I would assume that
for this writer here,
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pain after eating - it might
not be a bad idea to see an
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allergist - there may be
foods that they're allergic to.
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And, you know, we see
gallbladder, if you have pain
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after you eat, in
the right upper quadrant,
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sometimes the
gallbladder could be stimulated.
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Sometimes it could be ulcers.
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Ulcers can be
problems, diverticulitis.
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Lots of different things that
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could be
explored for this person.
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Here's another one...
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And I'm assuming the
question was asked because
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of the problem that
this person is facing.
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"Is it possible to
have headaches from
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the air we breathe?"
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Yeah, I guess
anything is possible,
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and I would say, "yes it is"
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We know that people
that have pollution,
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or that they don't
get enough oxygen content,
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they can have headaches.
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We know that people that get
dehydrated can have headaches.
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We know that people that
have certain other chemicals
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in the body can have headaches.
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So, yes, I would say
that any toxin could cause
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the stress of a
headache and it's possible.
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Here's a writer from
South Africa who says
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he has a concern over the
water supply they have there.
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I realize, he says,
chemical contaminants
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can get into the water.
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What do you do when you think
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that the water
you're drinking is bad?
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Can you do something
to help water get better?
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Well that's a
big issue, Charles...
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You know, we talked about
all these medicines that we have
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billions and billions of
them, how are they disposed of?
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Yep - flushed down the
tubes and unfortunately,
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our water treatment centers
can't take out everything.
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So, there is some possibility
that small amounts of
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these medicines
are still out there.
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Yeah, they're finding
medicines in water supplies
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even after they've gone
through the whole system.
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In a glass of water
that you get from your tap,
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someone's medicine may be in
there... drink up! There you go!
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But I tell people, you
can't live your life in fear.
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Yeah but what can
you do about this?
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What you can do about
that is you can get these
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special filters that you
could put on your water devices
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that you can
filter that through.
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That will get some of the stuff.
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It might not get all of it
through, but it can do that.
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If you're really
concerned about it,
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you can actually boil
water or buy special water that
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doesn't come from
that type of source.
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Yeah, I don't want anyone to
live in fear and feel afraid of
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their water.
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Common sense, I think, here.
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You just use a filter, boil
the water if you feel like it,
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but if you also
work on your body
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to make it as
strong as possible,
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your immune system
as strong as possible,
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then you can take water that
may be slightly contaminated,
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but because you have
a good immune system,
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because you've
worked hard on building up
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your body to fight disease,
you'll be in much better shape.
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And you might be the
lucky type that has a beautiful
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mountain stream somewhere!
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You might be that lucky person!
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We'll come to
their house to drink!
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Okay, well we
appreciate these questions from
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heartwiseministries. org
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We invite your
questions there as well.
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We'll take a short
break and when we come back,
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Dr. Marcum was going
to introduce you to the
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Master
Physician, so stay tuned...
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Thank you for joining us today
learning about all the toxins
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in our environment.
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And I guess the
take-home point today is
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I want you to realize that
there are toxins all around us,
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and, unfortunately, over
the years, there has been more
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and more toxins...
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So take time in
your life to think...
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"Am I around toxins and what can
I do to minimize my exposures"
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"And if I'm exposed to toxins,
what are some things that
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I can do to help myself remove
these toxins from my body"
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It might be
something like having some kale
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or some greens or increasing
the metabolism by exercise
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or drinking some
big glass of water.
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But what we don't want you
to do - is to live in fear.
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We want to let you know that
there's a God that loves us,
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that's going to take care of us,
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that's there to be
with us when we need Him.
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Let's pray together...
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Father God... I just
want to thank you today
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for giving us the ability
to learn about all the things
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about our health,
just thank You so much.
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There might be
someone out there, Father,
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that needs Your
healing today in a special way.
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Please be near and
close to that person, Father,
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and help us to
continue to love people,
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and bring as many people
as we can into Your Kingdom
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is our humble prayer. Amen
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One thing that's neat
about the health message
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is everyone has
health, hopefully,
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and everyone wants to
feel better and look better.
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So this is a message that
you can take and share with
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your friends and loved
ones letting them know that
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God has a plan
that's given us in the Bible
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that changes our
chemistry for the good,
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so maybe we don't have
to take much medicines.
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We want to thank
you for joining us today
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on the "Ultimate Prescription"
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Stay with us each week
and send us our questions at
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