The following
program presents principles
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designed to promote good health
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and is not
intended to take the place
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of personalized
professional care.
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The opinions and ideas expressed
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are those of the speaker.
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Viewers are encouraged to
draw their own conclusions
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about the information presented.
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Did you know that
cardiovascular disease
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is the number one
cause of death in America?
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While we can't do anything
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about the genes we
inherited from our parents,
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this fatal condition
is largely preventable
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with the simple choices
that you and I make every day.
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Thanks for joining us today
on the Ultimate Prescription.
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Welcome, and thank
you for joining us here.
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I'm your host Nick Evenson,
here with Dr. James Marcum,
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cardiologist and speaker,
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director of Heartwise Ministries
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Well, Nick, it's
my pleasure to be here
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because we're, as
you said in the opening,
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we're going to talk
about the number one killer
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and wouldn't you
like to lower the risk
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of you developing
cardiovascular disease,
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maybe prevent a heart
attack, save a loved one,
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know what to do in
an emergency situation.
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These are all the things
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we're going to be
talking about today.
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That's right.
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And, Dr. Marcum,
we may have a new
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set of viewers watching today,
who don't know who you are.
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Now, you got the lab
coat, you look the part.
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But are you actually
a practicing physician?
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Yeah, well, that's
great, Nick, and you know,
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you don't want to go
on and on about this.
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But I'm a board
certified cardiologist.
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I practice every single day
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with the
Chattanooga Heart Institute
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at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
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and I see patients
every day in my office.
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Yeah.
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And we do stents and bypasses
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and everything that
technology has to offer.
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Been doing this for many years.
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And it's been interesting,
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as I've done this
through the years,
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everything changes
about every 10 years.
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Did you know that? Yeah.
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My field has changed so much
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and we want to update
everyone on what we can do
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in emergency situations.
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But also, I've had the
luxury of through the years
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of being with some
of the best lifestyle,
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how to prevent disease,
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nutritionists, I'm friends with
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T.Colin Campbell and Eccleston
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and some of those
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that are on the
cutting edge of nutrition
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as well as mental health.
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We're going to incorporate
all of this into the treatment,
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prevention of
cardiovascular disease.
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So it's going to be very unique.
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But more than that,
I've learned through my time
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that there's a
place for technology,
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there's a place for lifestyle,
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but the key to health
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is in our
relationship with Jesus,
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because we all,
we're going to discover,
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we all have bad genes,
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we're all going
to wear out someday.
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And as long as we
have Christ in our heart,
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He's the
ultimate path to healing
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and also help us know
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when to use modern technology,
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give us the power
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to make those lifestyle changes.
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So it's in these words
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that we're going to give people,
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not only the place to
use all this technology,
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how to make these
lifestyle changes,
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but give them
biblical prescriptions.
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Encourage them in
their walk with Jesus
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that someday is
going to give hope,
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not only for day,
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but hope for
eternity regarding our health.
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So that's very good news.
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We want to be
positive, don't we, Nick?
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And, Dr. Marcum, I
think it's a real treat,
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that you're willing to come on
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and share your practical advice
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from what you
learn everyday practicing
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with real patients, you
know, with our viewing audience.
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So thank you for
coming on and sharing.
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Well, it's my pleasure.
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And I wish you know,
when I started, you know,
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30 years ago now, I
wish I would have known
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all of these things and
how to, but life evolves.
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And the things
we're talking about now
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in lifestyle have
changed dramatically.
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The things we're talking about,
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our modern medicine has changed.
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But one thing
that hasn't changed,
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one thing that we
can always depend on,
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our source of truth,
and that's the Word of God.
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Because God gives us things
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in the Bible
that doesn't change,
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that we can depend on,
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that we don't have to relearn
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every 10 years
like some of this other.
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So we're going to talk
about some exciting things
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in this program today.
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Yeah, well, let's go
ahead and jump into it here.
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We're talking about
cardiovascular disease.
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And I've got a question for you
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before we get
into our script here.
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How is cardiovascular disease
different than heart disease?
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Because I, when we
first talked about this,
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I thought it was
kind of the same thing,
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but it's
slightly different, right?
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Well, cardio,
think about cardio,
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that's the heart, cardio.
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Vascular is blood vessels.
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So card and it's blood vessels.
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And in our body, there's about
60,000 miles of blood vessels.
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So this is a very,
you know, diffused topic
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and the blood vessels go
to every organ in the body.
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So when we talk
of vascular disease,
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when you make your
blood vessels healthy,
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you're making
your brain healthy,
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you're making your eyes healthy,
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you're making your
liver, your stomach,
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everything in your
body, your joints healthy.
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So when we make our
blood vessels better,
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every organ enjoys that.
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Now, of course,
the heart is the pump
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that pumps all the good stuff,
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the nutrients, the oxygen
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throughout all
these blood vessels,
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which give our organs
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the energy they need
to function correctly,
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the oxygen they
need and why there,
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the organs unload their waste.
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You know the things
that the toxic metabolites,
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they don't go back
into the blood vessels
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and the blood vessels
help us get rid of them
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either through, you know
some of the natural processes,
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going to the
bathroom, breathing out,
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lots of ways that
we get rid of waste.
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That's what the
cardiovascular system does.
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So blood vessels
throughout the body,
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it's a major system,
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and it involves
every single organ,
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every single cell of our bodies.
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So that's why it's
such an important topic.
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And when the heart goes bad,
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it affects
everything in the body.
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Yeah, so cardiovascular
disease is a disease
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that encompasses
the whole body really,
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anywhere the blood
travels through the vessels.
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Right.
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So we want to
optimize our blood vessels.
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We want to
optimize the pump function
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and also know what to
do when we're in trouble.
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Yeah.
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So let's talk about
cardiovascular disease.
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We've got an animation
here we'd like to share
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and maybe you can talk
us through it, Dr. Marcum,
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and kind of tell
us what's going on?
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I will do that.
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It's important for us
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to get a feel
for this vast topic.
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So if we look, the
cardiovascular disease,
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the heart pumps
and blood vessels
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throughout the body
receive oxygenated blood
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through the
arteries, it goes to the legs,
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it goes to the toes, it
goes everywhere in the body,
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then it eventually goes
to the small capillaries,
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and then the blood
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comes back to the venous system,
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and the veins bring the blood
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from all parts of the
body back to the heart.
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The heart then pumps
the blood to the lungs,
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and the lungs pump
out oxygenated blood
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throughout the body.
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So the right side of the
heart pumps to the lungs,
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and the left side
pumps to the body.
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And in these blood vessels,
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there are a host
of different things,
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the oxygen's in
there, hemoglobin,
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which is an iron
substance that holds on to that,
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we have all of our
nutrients that get through it.
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We have things that clot.
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We have in it our immune system.
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It's also a
major transport system.
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So if we think about, you know,
the road system in our country,
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for instance, you know,
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it's filled with trucks
carrying different things,
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sort of think of
our blood vessels,
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as, you know, a transport system
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of bringing good things
all throughout the body.
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And if we have a
supply chain mess up, okay?
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It's going to affect that organ.
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So blood vessels and
the cardiovascular system,
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it's key to
having healthy lives.
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And yet, we're finding
out it's the number one
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cause of death in America.
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It affects many people.
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Sometimes it's genetics,
many times it's lifestyle,
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sometimes it's a combination
of both of these factors
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which makes our body get older.
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Yeah.
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Now let's talk
about a few specifics,
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when the cardiovascular
system is in a disease state.
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What does that mean?
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What is actually
occurring in the body?
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Well, this is a
good question, Nick,
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because what is
actually occurring in the body?
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Well, there's many different
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types of cardiovascular disease.
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There can be problems
with cardiac, the heart itself.
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Okay, the heart might be weak,
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the blood vessels that
feed the heart its blood,
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they might have problems.
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We call that
coronary artery disease.
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We could have problems
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with the heart
electrical system.
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We can have problems
with the blood vessels.
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We can have problems
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with the
clogging of blood vessels
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with fat and lipids,
things of that nature.
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So malfunctions of
the cardiovascular system
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can occur at
either the pump station,
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or the blood vessels themselves.
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And this is important for
people to know about this,
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because they want to
do everything they can
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to keep the
cardiovascular system healthy.
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And we're going to
talk about all the things
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we can do to keep them healthy.
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And then you mentioned
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sometimes it's
a lifestyle choice
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that causes
cardiovascular disease,
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but sometimes
it's not lifestyle,
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sometimes it's inherited.
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Talk to us about that a little.
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Yeah, and this
is very interesting
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because we all have bad
genes, and we all need a savior.
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Now think about this first.
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You can't really
choose the genetics you get...
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Right.
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But you can affect the
expression of the genes.
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Okay.
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So let's say you
have genetic defect.
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And you put stress on
that gene, for instance,
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everyone in the
Evenson family has bad ears,
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and I yell in
your ear all day long.
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Let's not do that. Right.
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Sooner or later
that part will wear out
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and you might
need a hearing aid.
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Let's say everyone
in the Evenson family
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has heart disease at young ages,
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okay, you happen to store fat
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in the arteries or
some other problem,
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and you put
stress on that system.
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And that stress
can be from anywhere,
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okay, it can be from
the fatty foods we eat.
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We know that if we
eat more than 10 to 15%
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of our food in
fat, it can be stored,
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where it's stored
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could be genetically determined,
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can be stored in the arteries,
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get arteries
clogged up everywhere,
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and it can be
genetically determine,
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which arteries,
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sometimes it's
the heart arteries,
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heart attacks,
sometimes it's the arteries
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in the neck, and
the brain, strokes,
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sometimes it would be
arteries that supply the eyes,
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macular degeneration,
sometimes the ears,
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we could have hearing problems.
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So these blood
vessels can be affected
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anywhere genetically determined.
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So let's say, you
put a lot of stress
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on your genetics,
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and over time that
the genes just wear out.
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Yeah.
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Then you're going
to have an expression,
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you're going to have a symptom.
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And depending on
where the malfunction is,
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it might be chest pain,
it might be short of breath.
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If it's
somewhere else in the body,
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you might have another symptom,
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then you're going
to go to the doctor,
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and the doctor is going to
go, "Wow, you have a symptom."
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And the doctor is going to say,
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"Well, let's see if
we can fix the symptom."
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And if it's a blockage
in one of the arteries,
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we can put a stent in it,
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we can bypass
around that artery.
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Sometimes medicines can help.
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Sometimes we can thin
out the blood if we need it,
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but think about it for a second.
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Does that really get
at the cause of disease?
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Not if we're just
treating the symptoms.
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No. So you...
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It makes it more tolerable.
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Right.
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So I assume that
we all have bad genes.
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I have a patient that came to me
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not too long ago from Chicago
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and he was 57 years of age.
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And he had his heart attack
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and had to have
a bypass surgery,
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his arteries
were filled with fat.
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He had lots of chest pain,
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we found out his arteries
were blocked, he had bypasses
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that bypassed
around the blockages,
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so we can feel
better and do more,
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so that symptoms
were being addressed.
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So he comes to me and he says,
"Well, you know, I ate healthy,
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my stress was low.
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I did everything right.
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Why did I have these problems?"
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And the first
thing I asked him is,
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"Well, how old was
your father or mother
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when they had
their heart problem?"
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He said, "Oh, my dad was 32."
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So he got all of
these good years of health,
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because he didn't
turn on the bad genes.
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So the expression of that
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is we sort of
call it epigenetics,
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sort of like the software
that affects the hardware.
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Okay.
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So I assume that
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everyone that
walks in to see me,
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has some element of
cardiovascular disease.
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I assume that you
have a little bit.
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Problems with
the hardware. Right.
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I assume you have some part,
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now whether it's
being expressed or not.
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If you're not having a symptom,
you're probably doing okay.
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Now, if you having a symptom,
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you might have
it or you might say,
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I'm not sure
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whether I'm having an expression
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of this disease or not.
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So I assume everyone has parts
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that wear out at a certain rate.
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Right. Yeah.
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Now, which part wears out
first depends on our genetics,
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and the stress we
put on our genetics.
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Unfortunately, our lifestyles,
some of the habits we have,
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you know, we know that
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smoking wears out the
cardiovascular system,
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we know that diabetes
wears out the cardiovascular,
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high blood
pressure, too much fat,
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and now we're finding out
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that mental
stress can wear it out,
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not getting enough
sleep can wear it out,
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and which is the
most significant factor
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for you really
depends on our genes.
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Now, why do some people
smoke never have a problem?
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They got good genes,
right? Yeah, they do.
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And some people can
eat all the fat they want
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and they never
seem to have a problem.
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They got good genes. Right.
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Well, some
people like my patient
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that came in at age 57,
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with his bypass had bad genes.
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And that's the place
where modern medicine
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can help treat the symptoms.
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Now, sometimes lifestyle changes
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can help prevent the
expression of these genes,
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but we all wear out someday.
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And that's why we
really have to get back to,
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we all have bad
genes, we all need a savior.
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Jesus is the one
that heals us in His time.
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So there's a lot going on
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when we're talking
cardiovascular disease.
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It could be from a
lot of different sources,
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a lot of reasons
why we're having it,
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and it could affect a
lot of areas of the body.
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Yes, this is a
very complex disease.
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And over the
years I've practiced,
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the more we
uncover these things,
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the more we can
add to people's health,
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the more we can tell
them what they can do
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and help them
have a balanced life.
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That's right.
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Well, I think a lot of
people are probably at home
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watching right now are thinking,
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what do I do about it?
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If I have these
symptoms, what do I do?
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Well, I will tell you what?
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We're going to talk
about that in just a moment,
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so stay with us right here
on the Ultimate Prescription.
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