Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Dr. Neil Nedley
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL00237A
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00:01 The following program presents principles
00:03 designed to promote good health 00:05 and is not intended to take the place 00:06 of personalized professional care. 00:09 The opinions and ideas expressed 00:11 are those of the speaker. 00:12 Viewers are encouraged to draw their own 00:14 conclusions about the information presented. 00:50 Hello and welcome to Health for Lifetime. 00:52 I'm your host Don Mackintosh. 00:53 We're glad you joined us today. 00:55 And also joining us today is Dr. Neil Nedley. 00:57 Welcome back to the program. 00:58 Thank you, good to be with you. 01:00 Our viewers always enjoy the program you do 01:02 because they are packed with information 01:04 and, you know, the latest research 01:07 and what not, so we appreciate 01:08 the research you do before you come. 01:10 Thank you. 01:11 We're gonna be looking at, you know, everything 01:13 from sexually transmitted diseases today 01:16 to the secrets of aging healthfully. 01:19 So it's covering the gamut here, 01:21 and so why don't we start out with the hot topic 01:23 of sexually transmitted diseases. 01:26 Well this was study done in 2008, 01:30 and actually showing that one in four, 01:33 actually more than one in four 01:35 U.S teenage girls, these are girls 01:37 between the ages of 14 and 19 01:41 have a sexually transmitted diseases currently. 01:46 So 25% one in four. 01:47 Yeah actually more it's 26% or 3.2 million girls 01:52 or you add up the 14 to 19 years olds 01:54 that have it 3.2 million of them currently 01:57 have a sexually transmitted diseases. 02:00 And then what about young men 02:01 or do they have anyway of engaging it. 02:03 Well, this was the study just on the women, 02:05 but obviously young men 02:07 would have high rates as well. 02:09 So what type of diseases are these. 02:11 Are they kind of like the same thing you would see 02:13 in that Bible book of the Leviticus Chapter 18 02:15 or the different things there 02:17 and this leads to what kind of diseases. 02:19 Well, they are actually didn't take a look 02:21 at all sexually transmitted diseases. 02:23 Had they done so, it probably 02:24 would be even higher 02:26 than what that graphic just showed. 02:28 But what they looked at was Chlamydia. 02:31 And Chlamydia was number one in the 14 to 19 years olds. 02:37 And then number two 02:40 was Trichomonas infection actually. 02:44 So Chlamydia, tell me about what this Chlamydia cause. 02:48 Chlamydia can cause infertility. 02:52 It can cause some pain, can cause discharge. 02:55 It can actually increase the risk of having 02:59 a tubal pregnancy what that means 03:01 the baby never makes it down into the uterus 03:03 after conception and of course that result 03:06 in a medical emergency for the mother 03:08 when that tube ruptures. 03:11 Okay, so Chlamydia is a dangerous thing, 03:14 not to be taken lightly. 03:15 Yeah, it can be dangerous. 03:17 Also, if they do have a baby it increases the risk 03:19 that baby will be born preterm 03:21 or even stillbirth. 03:23 And then Trichomonas, what's that exactly? What's... 03:25 Trichomona is actually a parasite. 03:27 You know, it's a parasite that is spread through 03:30 sexually transmission 03:32 from male to female or vice versa. 03:34 And what's the danger with that? 03:36 Well, there is not much danger 03:38 in it to the woman herself except for the fact 03:41 there is very bothersome, odorous discharge, 03:45 itching, just, you know, not feeling well 03:50 particularly in the pelvic area. 03:51 Okay, and does it harmful to a baby or that's can be... 03:56 Can be to the people with Trichomonas infections, 03:59 also increase the risk of preterm delivery. 04:02 However the treatment for the Trichomonas 04:04 infection also increases that risk. 04:07 So the current recommendation 04:09 is if a young pregnant female has Trichomonas 04:15 to actually not treat it because the treatment 04:19 actually increases the risk of preterm delivery more 04:21 so than the disease, but obviously 04:24 if you are not pregnant you really need 04:25 to have it treat it and taken care of. 04:29 So any other diseases that did they study 04:31 whether or not this people had AIDS 04:33 or whether or not they had... 04:34 They didn't look at AIDS. 04:37 They did look at Human Papillomavirus. 04:40 And the papillomavirus is very common 04:43 as well in this age group and they also 04:47 looked at Herpes, General Herpes 04:48 which was also fairly common. 04:50 But Human Papillomavirus in herpes were less common 04:54 then Chlamydia and Trichomonas infections. 04:56 And papillomavirus, what's the danger of that? 05:00 Papillomavirus can be deadly because 05:03 it can cause actual cancer of the cervix overtime. 05:07 And cancer of the cervix kills over 05:09 young women. 05:10 Primarily young women die of cancer cervix. 05:15 They can contract it in 20s, 30s, 40s, 05:18 several years after the first 05:20 Human Papillomavirus Infection as it progress. 05:23 But nonetheless it starts out 05:25 as a sexually transmitted diseases. 05:28 How did that all started? 05:29 I mean you probably don't know the answer, 05:31 but when did the first sexually 05:33 transmitted disease come from. 05:35 I mean, how did they get started? 05:37 Well, that is a good question. 05:39 But, you know, for instance 05:43 which is a Sexually transmitted disease, 05:46 it actually originally was transmitted, 05:49 they trace this now back 05:50 to Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa. 05:53 They actually got traced two chimpanzees. 05:57 It started out in chimpanzees, 05:59 and it was either a human being eating 06:02 infected chimpanzee meat which would be unclean meat 06:06 that caused it or a human being actually 06:09 having sexual relations with animal, 06:12 and chimpanzee that started out. 06:14 And they are not sure exactly which because 06:16 both practices were followed there 06:18 in Africa to some extent. 06:20 And then after that, and it went 06:22 from human to human and spread. 06:24 And so with these parasites and with other infections, 06:29 we know Chlamydia is present in other species. 06:31 We know Trichomonas can be present 06:33 in other species as well. 06:35 It's hard to say exactly how it started out, 06:38 but it probably started out through 06:39 what the Bible would call an Abomination, 06:42 and then that Abomination spread it to human beings. 06:47 Well, so of course the best policy is abstinence. 06:51 But short of that let's say you already 06:52 have a disease what you do? 06:54 Well, you know, let's emphasize 06:56 the abstinence part a little bit before we go 06:59 to the actually treatment. 07:00 What the study showed s if a girl had had just 07:03 one sexual partner for her whole life, 07:06 14 to 19 and she just only had one sexual partner, 07:11 she had a 20% chance of having, 07:14 currently having a sexually transmitted disease. 07:17 For all girls who had 07:19 sexually transmitted disease, 07:21 40% of them had at least one, 07:27 many of them more than one 07:29 sexually transmitted disease. 07:31 And so that means that it is really 07:36 a significant problem and what this also means 07:41 for those of you that are young boys out there, 07:44 is to follow God's plan for your life 07:46 as far as abstinence is concerned 07:49 and don't jump into this because chances 07:52 are you gonna get infected. 07:53 And you are gonna spread the infection. 07:55 And the problem is, you know, young people 07:57 don't realize when they decide to have 07:59 sexual relations with someone they are not 08:01 only spreading, you know, 08:04 organisms between themselves. 08:07 They are actually spreading organisms 08:09 from people with other individuals 08:12 who had sex with before. 08:14 And so it's kind of all of those secretions 08:17 and organisms coming together in an act 08:20 and this one that can have some very deadly 08:23 consequences if not just 08:25 decreasing your quality of life. 08:26 I mean, Herpes is a very decrease 08:28 quality of life thing. 08:29 I mean, you breakout in the source. 08:31 They are painful. 08:33 They never completely go away, 08:35 I mean, they seem to go away 08:36 and then they come back again and.... 08:38 It's for life? Yeah, it's for life. 08:40 Herpes simplex infection is a lifetime 08:43 sexually transmitted disease. 08:46 And so it's the Lord's plan was really the best. 08:51 In fact the American College of Obstetrics 08:53 and Gynecology states this, you know, 08:56 every young woman who has been sexually 08:58 active needs to undergo Pap Smear 09:00 to make sure she doesn't have 09:01 that Human Papillomavirus 09:03 or other complications of it. 09:04 But they say there is only one type of woman 09:07 or actually two types of women 09:08 that are not at risk. 09:10 Women who have never had sex with a man 09:13 or women who have had sex with just one man for life 09:17 and that man has only had sex 09:20 with that woman for life. 09:21 In other words, both have had 09:23 a magnanimous relationship, those people don't need 09:25 to have Pap Smears. 09:27 They don't ever have to be checked 09:28 because there is no way they have 09:29 Human Papillomavirus. 09:31 It's only those who don't fall into that category. 09:35 And, you know, when people 09:36 who are following the Bible code, 09:38 sexually transmitted diseases 09:40 were extremely rare. 09:41 I mean, they wouldn't happen. 09:42 And now that the Bible code is actually less followed, 09:46 in fact it's very rare to find someone 09:49 in their 20s who fits one of those 09:50 two patterns of not having to be screened. 09:54 Okay. Let's say you messed up 09:55 and you have one of the diseases 09:56 what you do then? Well, you certainly... 09:58 Get screened, find out what you have. 10:00 And then get treated for if appropriate. 10:02 I mean, even herpes simplex has a treatment 10:05 to try to decrease the number of spells 10:08 that you break out. 10:10 And Trichomonas has a treatment. 10:13 It's an actually antibiotic metronidazole 10:17 that can help get rid of it. 10:19 And then Chlamydia of course has antibiotics 10:22 that can help get rid of it. 10:23 There is no way to get rid of Human Papillomavirus. 10:26 They have come up with a vaccine 10:28 to try to vaccinate young girls now against it. 10:31 It's a controversial vaccine. 10:33 Some states are mandating it and other states or not. 10:37 But even that isn't 100 percent. 10:39 It only protects against certain types 10:41 of the Human Papillomavirus. 10:43 And Human Papillomavirus really cannot be cured. 10:45 What they do is, they try to remove a portion 10:48 of the cervix where that cancer is. 10:50 It's called Colonization of the Cervix 10:53 and of course that increases risk of problems, 10:56 but it can spare the individuals life. 10:59 So best thing is look before you leap 11:02 and don't leap even after looking sometimes. 11:06 Cigarettes smoking and menthol, 11:08 you did this interesting study about 11:10 how the tobacco companies are trying to entice 11:14 more young smokers. 11:15 Yeah, the problem with tobacco companies 11:18 is that first smoke of a young child 11:22 or of a teenager or anyone 11:24 that they get to take that first smoke. 11:26 It turns out only one in four people 11:29 who smoke, their first cigarette 11:31 will go on to be regular smokers. 11:35 And the reason for that is, 11:37 smoking can be pretty awful that first time. 11:40 It can make you nauseated. It can make you cough. 11:42 It can make you, I mean, it's not good taste there. 11:46 And so it requires repeated exposure. 11:48 And so what they are trying to do 11:50 is to make that first time smoke easier 11:53 and how they do it is to put low amounts 11:56 of menthol in the cigarette. 11:58 So they goes down easy, it's smother experience 12:02 and not near as problematic and that way they will have 12:06 a higher risk that individual go back 12:08 to it again and then get hooked 12:10 because obviously it takes more than one 12:12 exposure to get hooked. 12:14 So this is tobacco companies have not really 12:17 tried to stop at all. 12:18 And of course here in America 12:21 where many people watch this program, 12:23 that's one thing, but around the world 12:25 they don't even have that hold back. 12:28 They really go after to the young people 12:30 with advertising and all kind things. 12:31 Yes. And what menthol does it 12:34 stimulates the cooling receptors 12:35 in the lung and Oropharynx and so that's why it makes 12:39 it easier on them. 12:40 And they only put mild amounts of menthol 12:42 and too much menthol would be problem 12:45 for them as well as far as that first time exposure. 12:49 Frontal Lobe Suppressants, 12:51 are they kind of clumped together? 12:54 They do. In fact, this was a study taking 12:56 a look at rock music and particularly 12:59 if it's played with the volume higher 13:01 in a bar or an entertainment center, 13:04 the individuals who are exposed 13:06 to that music will drink more alcohol 13:09 and they will actually drink it faster, 13:11 and they will drink it in fewer gulps. 13:13 Is that right? So if you turn up the music, 13:16 the Frontal Lobe Suppressants 13:18 often go together, 13:19 the alcohol drinking and the loud music. 13:23 And the loud music, and so you can actually 13:26 increase your liquor consumption 13:28 by turning up that syncopated 13:30 rock and roll music and, you know, 13:32 this goes along with other studies 13:33 that Frontal Lobe Suppressants 13:35 often do go together and when they do go together 13:37 they even make more profound effect as far 13:40 suppressing the frontal lobe. 13:41 Rock music, we know, 13:44 suppresses the frontal lobe of the brain. 13:46 And of course we know alcohol suppresses 13:48 the frontal lobe of the brain. 13:49 And when use them together 13:50 you are likely to do the other one more. 13:54 I guess, you know, the people that run casinos 13:56 in the places where they, you know, 13:57 put people delicately trying in to come in with lot 14:00 of money and leave with a lot of less. 14:04 They usually, they figured this out. 14:05 They have the... Oh, yes. 14:06 Rock music, they have the other. 14:07 And I also noticed that another 14:09 Frontal Lobe Suppressant is to have scantily 14:13 clad individuals of the opposite sex. 14:16 When you put those three together, 14:17 it totally messes up their fontal lobe function 14:20 and they make poor decisions 14:21 and they lose their money faster. 14:23 That's right. And of course that's why casinos 14:27 and gambling joints have taken great 14:29 advantage of this, and will even help 14:32 the woman to know how to dress in order 14:35 to get that man to make a poor decision 14:37 playing blackjack or whatever. 14:40 And he will, you know, afterwards wonder 14:42 why in the world that he make this decision. 14:45 But the reason why is this frontal lobe 14:46 was suppressed and the more they can suppress it 14:48 the more money they will make. 14:50 Well, we want to come back and learn how to make, 14:52 not make poor decisions. 14:54 Join us when we come back. |
Revised 2014-12-17