Welcome back to the program,
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I'm Charles Mills
here with Dr. James Marcum
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We're talking about...
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Well, we're talking
about finding truth.
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We're talking about
looking at evidence.
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We're talking about searching
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for what is right
for us... Am I right?
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Right, and you
know, I was bringing up
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sometimes people
will ask a question,
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and they'll want
to take that answer
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and apply it to
large amounts of people.
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And sometimes that will
just be applied specifically
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for you - because
of your circumstances,
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what you're going
through and you can't generalize
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that to a large
number of people.
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But we need a place to begin.
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Yes, you need
sort of a direction...
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But, you know, like
they ask me all the time,
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"Should I do this?"
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Well, it depends - it
depends on lots of factors.
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Well everyone's doing it!
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Well that doesn't
mean it's right for YOU!
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So there's a little bit
of relationship based on
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individuals, based on
looking at the big picture
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for that person and sometimes
I'm afraid that in this world
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that we're going to
generalize it and say,
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"This is what the data
says; this is what you get,
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this is what you get,
this is what you get. "
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Your answer has already been
given based on these studies.
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When we look at the
studies, then we find
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the general information
and the direction to go,
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and then we
adjust it for ourselves.
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Remember, they
are recommendations.
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They're not absolutes,
they're recommendations
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and they're not
absolutes. Okay, all right
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heartwiseministries.
org is the website
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for you to send your
questions in to this program,
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and we've
received a lot of them.
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And, let's talk about
these questions here, Dr. Marcum
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The first one - "I have
fibroids, what are they,
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and are they dangerous?"
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Okay... Sounds kind of strange.
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Fibroids are connective
tissue that gets in the uterus,
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and those can be dangerous
if they grow really big,
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and they cause bleeding.
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Fibroids can sometimes
cause bleeding and in that case,
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the woman would have
to have a hysterectomy
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if it causes bleeding.
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But most fibroids, people
don't even know they have,
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and they aren't dangerous
and we keep an eye on it by
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a simple test called
"ultrasound" to see if the
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fibroid is getting any bigger.
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Sort of like a
small cyst in there.
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As long as it's not squishing
anything or causing any
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problem, it's not a big problem.
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So a lot of people say, "My
doctor says I have a fibroid!"
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And they get all concerned;
lots of people have fibroids.
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As long as you
keep an eye on it,
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it's usually not a big, major
issue unless it starts to bleed.
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Where do you usually have
a fibroid, where are they?
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In the uterus - that's the
only one place it can happen.
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Okay, question #2 from
heartwiseministries. org
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"I had breast cancer in situ"
Yes, cancer that has not spread,
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Okay... "Breast cancer in
situ and the tumor is estrogen
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and progesterone positive. "
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"I have hot
flashes, what should I do?"
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Well first I would, you
know... remember we had said
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let's talk to your doctor;
he knows all of the details
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of your life much
better, but in general,
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some things that women can do,
the estrogen receptor positive,
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those are the ones
that would NOT want to take
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estrogen replacements because
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that could actually feed
the cancer. That makes sense.
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Another thing that we
want to do is extra fat tissue
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...that's where estrogen
is converted peripherally,
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so we want people that have
had a history of breast cancer
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to try to work as hard
as they can to get as much
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extra tissue off their
body, especially the fat tissue.
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That will also help
their chance of doing well.
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We also know that
women that eat healthy,
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eat lots of fruits,
vegetables, nuts and grains,
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as well as an exercise
program, get the weight off;
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they do better with
this type of cancer as well.
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These are all some
things that they can do to help.
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We want to be positive.
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Here's a question here
and I hear some longing,
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and some pleading in this voice.
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"What are a woman's
greatest health risk,
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I am 86 and afraid
of breaking a bone. "
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Wow! And as you go through
time, the greatest risk of
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a woman is heart disease.
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That's even
greater than breast cancer.
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But, as you get older, depending
on your health history,
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depending on your genetics,
... you know, certain things
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might not run in your family...
and I share her concern.
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She is 86, maybe she
hasn't had a heart problem...
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so she does have a significant
risk of breaking a bone.
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And, I see people in my office
every day that have weak bones,
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and I tell them - I know
it's hard, but you gotta get up
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and keep moving
and eat a healthy diet,
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and you have to
move all the body parts,
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be very careful - don't
be too proud to have a walker
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that you carry with
you, to hang on to something,
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to make your
house handicap-safe.
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And it's easy for me to stress
this because I literally see
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people every week that
are in their 80s and 90s
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that fall down and break
a bone, especially a hip,
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and that can be devastating,
the pain that goes with that.
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So these little things
can help but greatest risk,
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in general, for
women is heart disease.
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That's the greatest
chance of having a problem,
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but yes, having a
fall is another issue.
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We see more and more
people getting memory problems
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as they get older -
that's another problem
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that we have to add in there.
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So there are lots of different
things that go into that,
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and, you know, I want
to give her some hope.
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We're lucky that we have a
God in heaven that's going to
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take care of us and we
just have to trust that
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He's going to take care of
us and we have to just do the
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best we can with these health
principles and be so careful.
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If a person is usually
fearful of breaking a bone,
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that tells me
that they are probably
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a little bit
unsteady on their feet,
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and they have to be careful,
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don't be too
proud to have a walker.
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So what can they do to
strengthen their bones?
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We've talked about
this in other shows.
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Walking, weightbearing; of
course, eat a healthy diet,
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but even people
that do all of that,
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still
occasionally break bones...
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And even though you
do everything perfect,
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sometimes the
bones still get weak.
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That's why being
CAREFUL is so important!
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Don't take chances,
don't do things that might
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make you wobbly or
fall, because as we age,
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our balance, our nerves in
our feet, our nerves in our ear,
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aren't as sharp, so we're more
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likely to fall
over the older we get.
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So, I'm sorry to
have to say this, lady...
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but - no skydiving!
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All right... "What
are some foods with
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omega-3 fatty acids?"
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Why is this person asking about
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what omega-3 can
really do for you?
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They have been in the
news all over, the fatty acids,
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because the healthy
fats help thin out the blood
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and they also help
with inflammation...
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And lots of
people have inflammation,
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and there are lots of people
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out there selling
all sorts of products.
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But some simple
things that I use in my diet
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that you might want
to try are things like...
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walnuts, almonds, and flax;
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things like that have
omega-3 in it that are easily
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brought in for digestion.
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There are many other
foods that have it in there.
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You can look and go through
the foods and see which ones
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that you actually like to
eat because that's important.
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If you don't like to eat it,
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you're probably
not going to eat it.
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...But most people can
do pretty good with flax
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because they
could have flax grounds,
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and they can put it on
top of different things.
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Now ground flax
- Yeah ground flax.
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They can put it on oatmeal
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or they can put
it on their cereal.
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And, it doesn't take a
whole lot to get the amount of
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omega-3's you need to
help with inflammation,
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that kind of thing...
Do you know why you need to
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grind
flaxseeds? Do you know why?
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No, tell me
Charles. I'll tell you.
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I learned this
from Dr. Hans Diehl...
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It's the same reason you need
to chew nuts and chew your food.
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That when you chew food,
you actually are releasing
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the omega-3 fatty acids.
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If you just
swallowed them whole,
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your body doesn't release it,
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the chewing does
it. That makes sense!
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And flaxseeds are
too small to chew. Okay
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So you have to have
like a blender or something
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that will grind
them up into a powder.
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Then you put that
powder on top of your cereal.
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You know, that is so
practical for people out there.
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I think that that will help
some people out, thanks Charles.
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So chew your food
or if it's flaxseeds,
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grind it in a coffee
grinder and you're good to go.
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It releases the
fatty acids, the omega-3's
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Okay... This is an
important question here
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because I'm sure
that you get this a lot.
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"What role does diet
have in breast cancer?"
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Yeah, we
touched on this earlier.
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Diet is very important
because of the estrogen,
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especially if they're
estrogen tumor-positive,
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and also for
your general health.
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We want people to be
as healthy as they can
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to make their
immune system strong,
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because if you
have cancer in your body
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from whatever caused
it, whether it's genetics
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or toxins, or a
combination of things,
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you want to have the strongest
immune system that you can -
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...which includes not
only eating good foods,
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getting rest, being mentally
strong, getting exercise,
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it encompasses spiritual life.
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Your spiritual
life will help as well.
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All of these aspects are things
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that can help
your immune systems,
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and the immune
system is so wonderful.
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Charles, our immune
cells fight to the death.
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Yes they do - literally!
They fight to the death!
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Cancer cells are takers.
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They're not good cells,
I don't like cancer cells.
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But immune cells are good
cells and we want to give them
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all the help we can
do to function well,
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and a healthy diet really helps
our immune system quite a bit.
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I know I have lots of
other questions in there too.
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Yeah, as I listen to
you talk here about these,
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I see an
element of fear in here.
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I see people who
are afraid of falling,
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who are afraid of cancer,
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who are afraid of the bumps
and the nodules on their body,
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they are fearful.
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Should we be
afraid, are we too afraid,
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or how can we use
fear as a good tool?
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Well, you know, I want
people to be concerned.
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That's a better word -
sometimes maybe we don't use
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the right word; maybe
the word is just concerned.
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People are concerned
about them because they haven't
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felt this way before.
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This is a new
feeling or a new finding.
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Some people are concerned,
then some people ARE fearful.
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When they are preoccupied by it,
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and they are scared to death
by it, that is not a good thing,
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And some of the
biblical principles
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we talked over before include...
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...Reassurance - that's very
important when people are scared
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Programs like this can reassure
you that this is something that
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you can not worry about as much.
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...Love - Love casts out fear.
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That relationship we have
with each other and with God
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that helps us
deal with these things.
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...Worship - "Come unto me. "
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As we do those
things that are biblical,
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and you know what,
sometimes we still do those
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things and we still
could be scared of things,
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but hopefully, it's just
for a short period of time
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until we can figure out-
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NO, we don't need
to be scared of that!
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I'm just going to let that go!
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So if you have fear,
use it as a motivation to
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try to get you INTO God's Word,
into the scientific journals,
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then onto the internet,
use it as a motivation,
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don't sit there
and be consumed by it.
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Yeah and a lot of the
times, I do during the day,
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is take care of
people's concern.
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Oh, I had chest
pain. Oh, IT'S MY HEART,
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IT'S MY HEART, IT'S MY HEART,
I'M GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK
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No, I prove to them...
no, the evidence doesn't
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point to a heart attack,
I think it's something else,
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and just when I tell that, that
reassurance helps quite a bit,
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and I do a lot of
that during the daytime.
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Well, we're going to
take a short break here,
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and when we come back,
we're going to talk to the
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Master Physician, The
SOURCE of joy and happiness,
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The Source of comfort, The
Source of the ability for us
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to deal with fear and
bring hope into our lives.
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Dr. Marcum will talk
to Him with us in mind,
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so stay right where you are.
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You are unique
and God loves you,
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and I think you realize,
from our discussion today,
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that sometimes things in
medicine can't applied to
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everybody and you
have to look at individuals
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based on how they are,
their individual health
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characteristics and
their needs as well.
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I want to spend some
time now praying for someone.
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There might be someone out
there that needs special prayer
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for healing and on our website
at heartwiseministries. org
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we would like to invite
you to come on there and write
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your prayer requests.
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If you write those
down, we have groups of people
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that will actually pray for
you and you can look and see
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how many people
are praying for you.
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Prayer is a very powerful tool.
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It's a very powerful way that
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God uses to
communicate with Him.
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So let's just bow our
heads as we pray together.
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Father in Heaven...
We want to thank You
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once again for being our
God and Ultimate Physician.
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We want to just ask
You, if there is someone
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out there, Father, that
needs Your special touch today,
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that needs You in a special way,
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please be especially
close to them, Father...
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And as we live
our lives, Father,
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please help us to go out
in service and find those
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that are in need and to
go out of our way, Father,
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and serve them and
help change their chemistry
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in their lives is
our humble prayer... Amen
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Wow... is all I can say when
I get to talk to God... wow!
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You know, isn't
it going to be great
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to be in heaven
when no one is sick...
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we don't have to
worry about all this stuff.
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We don't even have to have
all these discussions anymore.
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We can eat GREAT food every
day, play with the animals,
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have lots of good laughs.
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I'm looking forward to
that day and, hopefully,
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we're going to see
each other there and say,
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"Listen, you were one of the
people we talked to in the past"
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Thanks for joining us
today on "Ultimate Prescription"
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I'm Dr. James Marcum
wishing you the best of health.
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