Welcome back, and if
you're just joining us,
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thank you for joining.
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We're talking
about sources of truth
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on today's
Ultimate Prescription.
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And, Dr. Marcum, I
wanna start this segment off
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with you telling the
viewers, what is your favorite
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number one
recommended source of truth?
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I think you kind of already did
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but tell us one more time.
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Well, you know, the
number one source of truth,
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as I've learned in
time is the Bible for me.
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Okay, the Bible
is a source of truth
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and the relationship
that comes from the Bible
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that God will show
me different things
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that I can do and I can,
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you know, go this
and this is a place
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that I can base my
treatment of all people with
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and not only put
hope for the short term,
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but hope for the long term.
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With that involved, recently,
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we've developed a
seven week Bible study
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called Biblical
Prescriptions for Life
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and that can be
found at the 3ABN website,
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and that's another
source that people can do
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to get him in the
word to help them find out
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what truth might
be in their lives.
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And I found that
as we get in the Word
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and ask the God to,
Holy Spirit to reveal truth
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and to show us truth,
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He helps open up
every aspects of life.
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And it might not only be health,
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it might be finances,
it might be relationships,
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but our God is interested
on every aspect of our lives
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and He wants to
help us on everything,
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both for the short
term as well as a long term.
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So my number one source
of truth is the scriptures.
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Right. Now, let's...
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I was gonna say,
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let's change gears a little bit.
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When people want to
find health advice online.
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And I know you have
a few favorite places
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that you like to
direct people to.
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What are some internet
sources that people can trust?
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Well, we're going
to talk about internet,
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but people come
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with all
different types of sources,
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okay, I had one fellow
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that came to
the office every day
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and said his Aunt
Martha is his source of truth,
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you know, so if he wants
to know anything healthy,
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he goes to Martha
because she knows a lot,
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you know, she reads a lot
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and everyone has
different sources.
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Some people don't have
access to the internet,
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so the internet
might not be a source,
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that might be a person,
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it might be an encyclopedia,
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it might be a
newsletter from somebody,
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so those might be
different sources,
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but I say and people
looking at those sources,
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if it's Aunt
Martha, or a friend,
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or loved one, you know,
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make sure it goes
with the scriptures,
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make sure it goes with science,
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you know, test it
with some modern science
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is out there and
then apply it to life
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so, you know,
it's very different.
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Now the internet sources,
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I've got some
great sources that I use
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and I'd share that
with different people
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with chronic medical conditions.
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For instance, if someone
is interested in diabetes
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especially Type 2 diabetes,
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of a source that I use is called
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PhysiciansCommittee
ForResponsibleMedicine.org.
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That's pcrm.org.
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And if I said it too fast,
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you can just drop me an email
at HeartWiseMinistries.org,
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and I'd be happy to
give you that again.
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So that's a great one
for diabetics that I use.
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And I actually
use one on nutrition.
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Nutrition is
constantly changing.
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You know, everyone
has a theory on that.
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And I've been lucky
enough through the years
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that I've got to work
with T. Colin Campbell,
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who wrote "The China
Study" and Dr. Esselstyn,
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but one of the
best sources that I use,
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is one that what my
friend Dr. Michael Greger
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and he has a site
called NutritionFacts.org.
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That's NutritionFacts.org
'cause what Dr. Greger does,
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is he looks at
all of the studies
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and all of the science on
nutrition that's out there
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and he look, does
the research for me.
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Now, what I like about his site
is he's not selling anything,
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so there's no money involved,
you know, it's a 501c3,
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he's not making money
on any of the information
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that he's giving out.
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So I think it's always important
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when you're looking
at any source, Nick,
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to look at, you know,
where the money is flowing,
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you know, someone
making money off of it
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and this and that.
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Now, I'm not saying
that people are making money
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off the information is
necessarily a bad thing,
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okay, because people
pay to see me in the office
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and I give them information,
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so there's a place for
that but be leery of that,
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you know, keep that
in the back of your mind,
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so that one's a
good one for diabetics.
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I would like to
think that our website
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HeartWiseMinistries.org
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is a good site to give people
a little bit of a balance,
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you know, the
balance of modern medicine,
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you know, when
might be a good place
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to use modern medicine?
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When might be
good to use lifestyle?
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But we also focus
on our ministry is that
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it's a relationship with Christ
that we want to focus on first,
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to lead us to these other places
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so we don't fall
off into these ditches.
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There's so many
people get into nowadays.
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So I'd like to think
that is a good source.
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Another good source if
you just want to improve
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maybe eating better
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and you want some
practical things to do,
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there's a website
called PlantPureNation.com,
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and this is a
site I send people to
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if they just want
to start trying to eat
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a little bit better.
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It has recipes and
places they can get meals
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that, you know,
let's say they have meals
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that they can
buy at the store now,
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if they don't
want to prepare it.
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Different ways
you can make things,
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that's a really good site.
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And there's so many
other sites that are out there
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that are excellent.
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And if you have a great site
that you would like to send me,
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I'm always looking
at more information
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for balance sites
that I can refer people to.
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Now, the modern medicine sites,
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there's lots of sites out there
that give some information.
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WebMD is a site that
a lot of people go to,
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that's a fairly solid
site about modern medicine.
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I tell people to try to
stay away from fad sites,
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you know, that
they're trying to...
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Like a lot of people
wanna lose weight, Nick,
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you know, there's
all these fad sites
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that are out there, you know,
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use with this diet, that
diet, this pill, that pill,
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be a little bit
careful when it comes to fads
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'cause most
things that are simple
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that take a pill and
you get well in one day,
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you know, come on, you know
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that's and same with
treatments, you know.
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If I have a treatment
that's gonna cure all backs,
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you know, there's
some people out there,
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they say those things.
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Well, I have a cure
that's gonna take away
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everything in one day.
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I would be leery about
sensationalistic claims,
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but everyone wants a
quick fix for these problems,
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but those are some of the sites
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I use to help my
patients do better and realize
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that you gotta go with open eyes
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and still some of
these sites that I look at,
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98% of what they say is
great, but 2% is sort of fishy,
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you know, so you
have to question that,
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you have to sometimes
choose the good with the bad
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and it's very
complicated but just people,
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if they stay in the
Word and pray about it,
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God's going to help them out.
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And it's hard sometimes,
but just do the best you can,
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especially in
the technology part,
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there's so many new treatments,
MRIs, PET scans, needles,
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all these fancy
pills that are out there,
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all these genetic
treatments that we now,
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who should get genomic
medicine practice on them,
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it can be complicated at
times but just stay in the Word,
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He's gonna give you that peace
to know, where you need to go.
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Now, I imagine
from time to time,
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you have
patients who come to you
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with the diagnosis
and a treatment plan
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from another physician
and they're not sure about it
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and they want to
find another option
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or another perspective on.
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What do you tell
people in that situation?
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Well, I try not to bad
mouth other people, okay.
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I try to say, well,
there's different approaches
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to different things, okay.
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And here's the
approach that I use, you know,
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I try to
understand the acute problem,
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you know, and treat
that, treat the symptoms
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but also if we can figure
out what causes the problem,
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do that but also focusing
on our relationship with God,
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the worship part of it.
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So I said, if
this might be a plan
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that you like to do,
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you know, let me
help you out with that.
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Some people come and say
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"No, I don't want
to do any of that"
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and that's okay, you know,
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we can choose
what they want to do
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but I said sometimes
there's a good, better, best,
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and in my
opinion, not my conviction
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that right now what I know
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this is what I'd
recommend for you.
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And some people say,
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"No, what I've
looked at a truth,
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it doesn't go
with my definition,
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a belief system."
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And belief systems are important
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'cause what I found, Nick,
is that one-third of people
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if they believe a treatment
is gonna help them, it does.
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Yep.
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There's healing
beliefs, that's important,
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you know, in
all aspects of life,
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we call that the placebo effect.
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So you have to take in account
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when you treat somebody
their belief system as well.
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And that's why I incorporate
a spiritual aspect of me,
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'cause for me, that's the core
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of what I do that's
different than other people.
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So I add that in there
and some people accept it,
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some people
don't and that's okay,
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I'm still gonna love them
and we can politely disagree.
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Sure, yeah.
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you know, I'm
gonna go to one question
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submitted from a
viewer on our website.
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They're asking, "Is the
new blood thinner Eliquis safe?
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What's your thoughts on that?
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Yeah, that's, you know,
blood thinners are important
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for different medical conditions
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and everything is about
the risk of the medicine
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versus the benefits.
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And I talk to
patients every day.
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With some people
that are at high risk
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for blood clots.
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I had a friend that recently
had a blood clot in his leg
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because he
didn't get up and move
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when he traveled a lot.
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Well, on him, he
ended up on this medicine
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because the risk of that
clot traveling to his lungs
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and causing a
fatal pulmonary embolism
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was higher than that medication.
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But my goal
would be to teach him
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if there's
something he could do,
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you know,
exercise, move every hour,
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you know, make
sure that clots gone
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so he wouldn't have
to take the medicine
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the rest of his life.
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Some of us have bad genes
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and we have bad
things that happen to us
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and medicines are worth the risk
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even long term.
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So that
discussion has to be made
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with your doctor,
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will look at all
the literature out there
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realizing that
things change over time.
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The practice of
medicine that I'm doing now
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is different than
it was 27 years ago.
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The medicines, the
focus, it's changed dramatically
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and you want to have a physician
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and knowledge source
that constantly changes
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and learns new things
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'cause truth
does change over time,
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based on new
information, new discoveries,
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truth does evolve.
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Yeah.
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Well, we've got a free offer
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And light and
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/light.
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And there is some
great information there
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that really encourage
you to live in the light
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and have a better understanding
of the truth that God gives us.
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Yeah, and this is
an important topic,
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you know, 'cause, you
know, every medical program,
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you know, usually has an agenda,
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you know, some are
trying to sell a product
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or push something.
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Well, we're trying to push
this relationship with Christ
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as a solution to
the world's problems.
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And, within that there's
truth and we can find truth
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to that relationship
and we can help spread it
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to one another.
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This is a great thing
for us to think about today.
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Yeah, Dr. Marcum, thank you
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for sharing with us about truth.
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We hope you've
enjoyed this discussion
00:10:57.29\00:10:58.85
and join us at
HeartWiseMinistries.org
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to find more sources of truth.
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Stay with us as, Dr. Marcum,
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will close with a
prayer in just a moment.
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It's important
for each one of us
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to look for truth in life.
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We can't wear
someone else's truth,
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we have to find truth
ourselves in our heart,
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and I hope that we've
thought about this today
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and that's
something you're looking for.
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I'd like to pray
for you right now.
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Heavenly Father,
please be with each one of us
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and help us to find truth
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that you write in
our hearts, Father,
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'cause You are the
truth that sets us free
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and help this
truth not to be something
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that we accept
from someone else,
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but something that
You put in our hearts
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that we believe.
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Thank you this day, Father,
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for being with us
and giving us hope
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for the future is our prayer.
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Amen.
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I want to thank you
for joining me today
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on the Ultimate Prescription.
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