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01:30 ♪[Music]♪
01:40 ♪[Music]♪
01:50 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written.
01:51 I'm John Bradshaw, thanks for joining me.
01:53 The Bible starts with those magnificent words:
01:58 "In the beginning God created."
02:01 The Bible says He began by creating light,
02:03 and on He went through creation week
02:04 making this beautiful world,
02:06 which then was far more beautiful than it is now.
02:09 On the sixth day God created people.
02:13 God made us to inhabit us.
02:16 We were designed to be His dwelling place.
02:17 In fact, He tells us in the Bible
02:20 that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
02:23 However, there's trouble in the temple.
02:26 Millions of people die prematurely every year
02:29 from lifestyle-related diseases.
02:31 Different choices would result in longer,
02:34 better quality lives in many cases.
02:37 So, what can we do about the trouble in the temple?
02:40 Are there simple changes that we can make
02:43 so that we'd be able to live longer, healthier lives?
02:46 Now, thankfully, there are.
02:48 I spoke with Dr. Brian Schwartz, a cardiologist in Kettering,
02:51 Ohio, and asked him how we could live longer and avoid disease,
02:56 especially heart disease.
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03:04 >>John: What else can we say to people who are looking
03:05 to do something about their heart health?
03:08 >>Dr. Brian Schwartz: Yeah, so if you are a sedentary person,
03:10 you really haven't exercised much,
03:13 then even starting the basic level of exercise,
03:16 just simply going out and walking.
03:18 Walking is one of the healthiest things you can do
03:20 for your heart, but you need to get in about 20 minutes
03:22 a minimum of three days a week to get a benefit.
03:25 >>John: That's not too hard.
03:26 I'd like to come at this from a slightly different angle,
03:29 'cause some people say, "I know I'm overweight.
03:32 I know, therefore, that my risk factors are a little high,"
03:37 but the mountain just seems so high.
03:39 Now, you're making it sound
03:41 like from an exercise point of view it's not undoable.
03:44 20 minutes walking, I mean does somebody have to go
03:46 buy some $200 shoes, and join a gym, and run everyday?
03:51 Some guy's watching us, he says, man I need to lose 185 pounds.
03:56 And it just seems like, too big a proposition.
04:01 Encourage that person.
04:02 >>Dr. Schwartz: Yea, so absolutely.
04:03 It doesn't matter what type of exercise you do,
04:05 there must be something that you take an interest in.
04:08 Walking is one of the very simplest things.
04:10 It doesn't require expensive equipment;
04:12 it doesn't require a gym membership.
04:14 If you've got sleet and rain and snow,
04:18 you can go walk at a local mall,
04:19 but you can get out and walk for just 20 or 30 minutes.
04:22 Now, ideally we'd like you to walk for at least 30 minutes,
04:25 five days a week.
04:26 That seems to give the best benefit to the heart.
04:28 >>John: But you're saying, start somewhere.
04:29 >>Dr. Schwartz: A minimum of 20 minutes, three days a week,
04:31 still gives you a great benefit to your heart.
04:34 And also for people that are thinking,
04:36 "you know what I'm 100 pounds overweight,
04:37 I can't possibly get that all down."
04:39 Just losing 20 pounds will often drop the blood pressure by about
04:43 10 points and drop the bad cholesterol by about 10 points.
04:46 Just losing 20 pounds may drop your risk of a heart attack
04:49 by nearly half, just by getting some of the weight down.
04:52 You don't even have to get to the ideal range.
04:55 So, just starting to do some of these things.
04:58 I myself am a vegetarian.
05:00 I tell my patients,
05:01 I don't expect you to do everything I do,
05:03 but the closer you get to doing that,
05:04 the better off you're gonna be.
05:06 >>John: Is meat really that bad?
05:08 I mean, this is America, man.
05:10 We were raised killing animals and eating them.
05:12 >>Dr. Schwartz: Exactly right.
05:13 Well, we are learning that there are all kinds
05:16 of consequences to eating meat.
05:19 Environmental impacts, health impacts,
05:22 a lot of the problems with global warming can be traced
05:24 to the factory farms that we do to get all this meat.
05:28 There was an article in "Newsweek" last year showing
05:30 that Americans eat 4 times more meat than the rest of the world.
05:34 You said we grew up eating meat,
05:37 but it didn't used to be that we had meat with every single meal.
05:39 Now, you have meat with breakfast, lunch, and supper.
05:42 Meat has become the staple of our diet.
05:44 Just reducing it to an occasional thing
05:47 would be very healthy.
05:49 Eliminating it altogether, though, would be fantastic.
05:52 Meat is calorie-packed; it's full of saturated fat,
05:56 especially red meats.
05:58 We now know from studies that have been published
06:02 that it increases your risk for certain cancers.
06:05 And when you compare groups of people
06:07 that are vegetarian versus non-vegetarian,
06:09 the vegetarians live 7 up to 10 years longer
06:12 than non-vegetarians.
06:13 >>John: I think that's worth repeating.
06:15 When you compare vegetarians with non-vegetarians,
06:18 the vegetarians are living as long as a decade longer.
06:20 >>Dr. Schwartz: Up to a decade longer.
06:21 >>John: And you didn't say you must get rid of it all.
06:24 You said, if you can't go that far,
06:27 cut it back so it's just an occasional thing.
06:29 >>Dr. Schwartz: Yeah, I try to practice the ideal,
06:31 and even then, there's things that I can do better.
06:34 All of us have to make choices.
06:35 Sometimes I'm on a trip
06:37 and I pick the best choice that I have.
06:40 But as far as possible, I try to set the ideal.
06:44 I don't always get my 4 days a week of exercise in,
06:47 but I try to do that.
06:49 I live in a stressful world just like everybody else.
06:53 I have a very stressful job sometimes.
06:54 I get called in the middle of the night to come in
06:57 and treat patients with a heart disease and heart attacks,
06:59 and I have to just drop everything and run in.
07:02 That interferes with your daily life,
07:03 so we try to do these the best we can.
07:06 We have to start somewhere and work toward it,
07:09 so just giving up red meat is a big goal.
07:12 I tell my patients, if you don't want to be a vegetarian,
07:14 just eating fish or chicken that's been baked or broiled
07:17 is better than eating the red meat.
07:19 But, if you want to give up fish and chicken
07:21 and eat a plant-based diet, that shows the maximal benefit.
07:24 Then there are vegetarians who decide to give up all dairy
07:28 and become vegan vegetarians,
07:29 and that seems to have even a better benefit.
07:32 They live even longer and have less risk of heart disease,
07:35 less risk of cancer,
07:36 less risk of a lot of these diseases that we suffer under.
07:41 >>John: Jesus said He came into the world
07:43 to give us a more abundant life.
07:45 And you can have that by making simple changes
07:48 that bring profound results.
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08:44 >>John: This is It Is Written.
08:45 Thanks for joining me today.
08:47 There's trouble in the temple, the Bible says
08:49 our bodies are the "temple of the Holy Spirit,”
08:51 but thankfully God has given us, in many cases,
08:54 ways that we can reverse that trouble.
08:56 Here's more with my discussion with cardiologist,
08:59 Dr. Brian Schwartz.
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09:07 >>John: Exercise, diet, if we make some modifications there,
09:12 we will benefit our heart health.
09:15 And in a, in a life, in a nation where heart disease
09:18 is the number one killer, this is pretty serious.
09:21 >>Dr. Schwartz: This is huge.
09:22 >>John: What else can a person do?
09:24 >>Dr. Schwartz: If you've optimized your diet,
09:26 you've optimized your exercise,
09:29 you definitely want, if you smoke,
09:30 you want to give up smoking, that's huge.
09:32 Do the simple things that you can do.
09:35 There is still a role for medications, in some instances.
09:37 If you have a very high cholesterol
09:41 after going on a careful low-fat diet,
09:44 then it might be reasonable to add a medication.
09:47 What is a concern is,
09:48 I have patients literally come in to my office and say,
09:51 "Hey, I want that pill I saw advertised on TV."
09:53 >>John: What's wrong with that?
09:55 >>Dr. Schwartz: And I say, well what pill is that?
09:56 They say, "You know, the one that I can still eat
09:58 my chocolate cake,
09:59 and I just take the pill and it neutralizes the cholesterol."
10:03 That seems to be a problem,
10:04 because we're not dealing with the root cause.
10:06 The root cause is partly our genetics
10:08 but largely what we're eating.
10:10 Some of us have missed the boat on preventing heart disease.
10:13 We've already had heart surgery, we've already had a stint,
10:15 we already have angina when we walk.
10:17 But the good news now is,
10:19 by implementing these simple measures, you can reverse that.
10:22 If you've had one heart attack, you can prevent yourself
10:25 from ever having another heart attack.
10:27 If you've had heart surgery,
10:29 by following simple lifestyle changes, you can prevent
10:32 the need for ever having to go through that process again.
10:36 People that are having angina, that need to have heart surgery,
10:42 have been placed in studies with such as Dr. Dean Ornish
10:46 and Dr. Esselstyn up at the Cleveland Clinic.
10:49 And the ones that go on a very fat-limiting diet
10:53 have had reversal of their anginal pains
10:56 in as low as two weeks.
10:57 >>John: Two weeks?
10:58 >>Dr. Schwartz: Dr. Esselstyn has a series of 18 patients
11:01 that were referred for heart surgery
11:03 but were turned down because they were too high-risk
11:05 to go through the surgery.
11:06 So instead, he took those patients,
11:09 he actually brought them to his home where he taught them
11:11 how to eat a plant-based diet
11:13 that emphasizes absolutely no fat.
11:16 In following those patients over the last 15-20 years,
11:19 not a single one of those patients
11:21 that have stuck to that diet has ever had a heart attack.
11:23 >>John: Yet they were too sick to have surgery.
11:27 In other words, they were left to die.
11:28 >>Dr. Schwartz: They were left with no hope
11:30 from the medical community.
11:31 >>John: And now they're well.
11:34 >>Dr. Schwartz: They may still have some plaques
11:35 in their arteries, but they're not having anginal pains,
11:38 they're not having heart attacks,
11:40 they're following a very careful diet,
11:41 they're exercising,
11:42 but they're healthier now than they were
11:44 when they were first diagnosed.
11:46 >>John: Is there anything dangerous.
11:49 You know, somebody says,
11:50 "Well, I'm going to take some of this on board,
11:53 but maybe my doctor, he or she might advise..."
11:57 you're not talking about anything that has any
12:01 danger attached to it, are you?
12:02 >>Dr. Schwartz: Yes, if you have heart disease and you're getting
12:05 daily anginal chest pains,
12:07 then you should consult with your physician
12:08 before you start a vigorous exercise program.
12:11 If you're diabetic,
12:12 you need to make sure you monitor your blood sugars.
12:15 And if you're even thinking about changing your diet
12:18 and reducing your medications,
12:20 you need to do that in cohort with your physician,
12:23 with his advice or her advice.
12:27 Some people will still need to be on a low level of medication,
12:30 so that has to be coordinated.
12:33 So don't just suddenly say, huh!
12:34 I'm stopping my medication,
12:35 I'm going on this careful plant-based diet
12:37 and I'm giving it all up,
12:39 because you're asking for trouble.
12:40 It took many, many years to get to that point.
12:44 It's a slow process to reverse heart disease once you have it.
12:47 >>John: Number one, nothing dangerous about picking up
12:49 some shoes and taking a 20-minute walk.
12:52 Nothing dangerous about limiting the amount of unhealthy
12:55 food and increasing the amount of healthy food.
12:57 That's healthy and that's responsible.
13:00 >>Dr. Schwartz: Absolutely.
13:01 Unless you're actively having symptoms right now,
13:03 you can get out and start doing those simple measures.
13:05 >>John: However, something, I think this adds appropriate
13:10 balance to any discussion like this.
13:12 Rome wasn't built in a day,
13:14 just like your heart disease didn't happen overnight.
13:17 People do need to take a medium to long-term approach at this.
13:20 If you want to lose 150 pounds and by this time next week
13:24 you're still 150 pounds overweight,
13:25 it's a little too early to get discouraged.
13:27 >>Dr. Schwartz: Exactly.
13:28 Our bodies are actually fearfully and wonderfully made.
13:31 It's amazing how much abuse they can take for many,
13:34 many, many years before these symptoms
13:36 actually start popping up.
13:38 I mentioned that these little fatty streaks occur in children.
13:41 By the time people are in their 20s,
13:43 40-50-60 percent of people have plaque in their arteries to the
13:47 point where half of Americans over the age of 45 have plaque.
13:51 The precursor of heart disease,
13:52 all sitting there in their arteries.
13:55 This all occurs over many, many years: 40-50-60 years,
13:59 so if you're setting off to reverse this process,
14:03 it's also going to be a very gradual process.
14:05 It's not going to all go away.
14:07 But the good news is that even stabilizing the plaque
14:10 that's there, preventing it from getting worse
14:13 and gradually reducing it,
14:14 you're going to start feeling better immediately.
14:16 >>John: Is it fair to say that, in relation to heart disease,
14:19 that there are many people,
14:21 and there'll be many people watching us right now,
14:24 who are much sicker than they realize?
14:27 >>Dr. Schwartz: Oh, it's like a ticking time bomb.
14:28 So, we mentioned earlier that for some it will be too late.
14:32 The first symptom they'll have is a clutch of chest pain and
14:35 they'll collapse on the floor as their heart stops beating.
14:38 >>John: And they die.
14:39 And they didn't know.
14:40 >>Dr. Schwartz: Unless the paramedics can get to them
14:41 within 5 or 6 minutes, somebody does CPR,
14:44 get them to a hospital where that artery
14:46 can be opened back up, they're not going to make it.
14:48 >>John: So there are a lot of people right now
14:49 who are in that condition and they just don't know it.
14:52 And they're not gonna know, they'll never know.
14:55 Their spouse might know, their children might know,
14:57 but they'll never know because,
14:59 >>Dr. Schwartz: Their first symptom might be that they died.
15:02 >>John: This is something that people
15:03 really ought to take seriously.
15:05 >>Dr. Schwartz: Absolutely.
15:06 >>John: Let's talk about this from a spiritual perspective.
15:09 Why does it even matter?
15:10 I mean, in terms of the big picture,
15:16 we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
15:18 In the beginning God.
15:19 On the sixth day He made our grandparents.
15:24 How does this matter spiritually?
15:26 Does this have any connection?
15:28 What connection does this have to our spiritual health?
15:32 >>Dr. Schwartz: Yeah, I think in two ways this relates.
15:35 First of all, we're made in God's image.
15:36 We were designed to reflect His character.
15:40 But we know that our heart, our mind, and our bodies
15:44 is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.
15:46 God wants to communicate with us,
15:48 to dwell with us, and in order to be able to realize that,
15:52 we need a healthy body.
15:54 Particularly the frontal lobes of our brain
15:56 are known to be the spiritual centers of the brain.
15:59 And things like caffeine, like tobacco smoke,
16:02 like lack of exercises, diseases like diabetes and heart disease,
16:06 things that impair the blood flow to that area
16:08 are going to impair our ability to sense spiritual things.
16:12 And, from a further standpoint,
16:15 you can wind up being either somebody
16:19 who can be of service to our fellow man
16:22 and be out there able to help others,
16:25 or you can become a burden:
16:26 a burden to your family,
16:27 a burden to society because you haven't taken care of yourself.
16:30 So, I think it's also a matter a social responsibility.
16:33 >>John: The Bible says that our bodies
16:35 are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
16:37 >>Dr. Schwartz: That's right.
16:38 >>John: If that's the case, then we should be treating them...
16:40 >>Dr. Schwartz: I believe that God created us in a way that we
16:43 live under the same laws that govern the whole universe.
16:47 The laws of cause and effect.
16:49 So, to a large degree the things that we do now
16:53 might impact what happens to us later.
16:56 Now, granted there are things outside of our control,
16:58 and nothing can happen to us if God does not allow it.
17:04 He ultimately runs the whole universe
17:07 and cares about even the hairs,
17:08 knows the number of the hairs on our head.
17:11 But we make choices,
17:12 and as those choices are outside of God's will,
17:15 He doesn't protect us from the consequences all the time.
17:18 There is a day in which He's going to make all things new,
17:22 and He does forgive us for our wrongful habits;
17:24 He does forgive for our sins; but many times we bear the
17:27 consequences throughout the rest of our life.
17:30 ♪[Music]
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18:13 >>John: I get asked every now and then about this:
18:15 We're saved by grace through faith.
18:17 Right.
18:18 But then Revelation 22:12 says,
18:20 "And behold I come quickly,
18:22 and My reward is with Me
18:24 to give every man according as his work shall be."
18:27 Sounds to some people as though this is saying
18:29 we're not saved by God's grace but by our works.
18:31 Now, let's look at this carefully.
18:33 John writes that we are judged by our works,
18:36 not saved by our works.
18:37 The point is that our works, how we live our lives,
18:41 demonstrate or give evidence regarding the reality
18:43 of our profession.
18:45 Anyone at all can claim to be a follower of Jesus,
18:48 but it isn't what you say that really matters.
18:51 It's how you live.
18:52 That's where the evidence really is.
18:54 In the judgment, it isn't just a profession God is looking for.
18:57 He's looking for the real thing.
19:00 I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written.
19:02 Let's live today by every word.
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19:12 >>John: This is a subject that comes close to home for me,
19:15 because my own father had heart disease,
19:16 had open-heart surgery,
19:18 congestive heart failure and died from a heart attack,
19:21 which, if we want to be honest about it, was preventable.
19:24 It was a result of his own lifestyle choices that
19:27 accumulated over many years, and eventually the lights went out
19:31 and Dad was gone, when he could still be here today.
19:34 >>Dr. Schwartz: And that's the tragedy in families,
19:35 is that so many lives are cut short.
19:39 I have patients that come into my office and they'll say,
19:42 "You know, I don't want to give up that part of my diet.
19:44 I don't want to quit smoking, because it's not the quantity
19:48 I'm looking at, it's the quality."
19:49 And in reality they don't realize that those last
19:53 15-20 years, what it's going to be like.
19:55 What is it going to be like to their family,
19:56 to have their life cut short and for the family
19:58 to go on without them,
19:59 when they could have been there for that graduation
20:01 or for that wedding.
20:02 What's it like when they're smothering to death
20:04 with congestive heart failure those last few years.
20:07 Or, when they're trying to smoke a cigarette through a trach,
20:11 because they have such bad lung disease.
20:15 They're trading both the length as well as the quality
20:18 when they choose these habits.
20:20 >>John: Alcohol must factor into heart disease somehow.
20:23 How does it play a part?
20:24 >>Dr. Schwartz: It does.
20:25 There's a lot of mixed reviews in the literature
20:28 about having a glass of wine to help your heart.
20:31 >>John: Oh yes, we've all heard that.
20:32 >>Dr. Schwartz: It gets a lot of press.
20:34 Interestingly, the studies that have most carefully looked at
20:38 that, it turns out it's probably not the
20:40 actual alcohol content in the wine that gives the benefit.
20:44 There's other compounds that come from grapes,
20:47 other compounds in there that might give the benefit
20:49 to the heart and actually help you raise
20:51 those good cholesterols and help be protected.
20:53 Not necessarily the alcohol content.
20:55 So, the thinking is, the benefit in the alcohol,
20:59 and it's red wine that we often hear about,
21:02 what we're hearing is that what's helpful about red wine
21:04 isn't the wine so much as the resveratrol.
21:06 Which you find in grapes and grape juice.
21:09 >>Dr. Schwartz: You can get the same benefit
21:10 from drinking grape juice.
21:12 That's right.
21:13 And alcohol also has a toxic effect on the heart.
21:16 And because alcohol has so many other deleterious effects
21:19 on society, on our livers, on the rest of our health,
21:23 I don't recommend it for my patients.
21:25 >>John: Let's talk for a minute about congestive heart failure,
21:27 which my dad had and so many other people's dads have.
21:33 What is it, and how does it come about?
21:35 >>Dr. Schwartz: Okay.
21:36 So congestive heart failure is a term that's
21:38 thrown around out there,
21:39 but it actually occurs from a cardiomyopathy.
21:41 Something that damages the heart muscle itself.
21:44 So, the heart is about the size of our fist.
21:47 It squeezes the blood.
21:50 In fact, it pumps almost close to a million gallons of blood
21:54 every single year.
21:55 It does an incredible amount of work.
21:58 That little muscle only has about a half-second to rest
22:02 in between every beat.
22:04 But when you get a cardiomyopathy,
22:06 when the muscle itself is affected,
22:08 the heart begins to stretch out.
22:10 It can't squeeze with such vigorous contractions each time.
22:14 That leads to congestive heart failure.
22:17 The symptoms of congestive heart failure are often
22:19 the feeling of smothering.
22:20 I can't catch my breath, I can't lie down flat.
22:24 You start retaining fluid.
22:25 The fluid builds up in your lungs
22:27 and makes your lungs stiff, and that's why you can't breathe.
22:29 Fluid may build up in your legs, and so your legs start to swell.
22:32 You might have to let out a couple of inches on your belt,
22:35 because you're retaining fluid.
22:37 Those are all signs of congestive heart failure.
22:39 >>John: What can be done about it?
22:41 >>Dr. Schwartz: Congestive heart failure can be prevented.
22:45 The number one cause of congestive heart failure
22:47 in the United States is coronary artery disease,
22:50 which we've talked about.
22:51 Around the world there are other causes:
22:53 nutrituional deficiencies,
22:56 viruses can cause a cardiomyopathy or a weak heart.
22:59 Your own body's immune system can react to the heart.
23:03 Parasites can affect the heart,
23:06 and alcohol is actually known to be toxic to the heart as well.
23:10 What can be done?
23:13 If it's due to heart disease,
23:14 by restoring the blood flow to the heart,
23:17 either by reversing the plaque through aggressive
23:19 lifestyle changes that we've talked about.
23:21 By putting in a stent, or going through open heart surgery,
23:23 can help that muscle get more blood
23:26 and it can start to beat more vigorously.
23:28 That can be very helpful.
23:30 For the cases where a virus affects the heart,
23:32 fortunately about half the time that'll get better on it's own.
23:35 Of the other half,
23:36 about a quarter of them will not get better
23:38 and might require a heart transplant.
23:40 And a quarter respond very well to medications.
23:44 >>John: The old says, an ounce of prevention
23:46 is worth a pound of cure, or bigger than a pound of cure.
23:49 >>Dr. Schwartz: Absolutely.
23:50 >>John: I imagine that you would say,
23:53 the best way to treat heart disease
23:55 is to avoid heart disease.
23:57 >>Dr. Schwartz: Absolutely.
23:58 I believe that in my practice
23:59 close to 90 percent of the cases of congestive heart failure,
24:03 90 percent of the cases of coronary artery disease,
24:07 are brought on by our poor choices.
24:10 There are some people that do absolutely everything right.
24:13 We still live in a sinful world where,
24:15 regardless of living well, living healthy,
24:18 they can still suffer from heart disease.
24:20 But that's not the average case.
24:22 >>John: Caffeine.
24:24 Let's talk about caffeine
24:25 in relation to the heart of one's health.
24:27 >>Dr. Schwartz: Personally, I don't drink caffeine.
24:29 That puts me in a very small minority of people.
24:33 People feel generally that they're more awake
24:36 and more alert when they drink their cup of coffee
24:38 every morning or have a caffeinated beverage.
24:40 >>John: Well, we have these energy drinks that'll give you
24:42 a jolt of energy for 2-3-4-5 hours.
24:45 And it's just a caffeine blast.
24:46 >>Dr. Schwartz: It's a lot of sugar and a lot of caffeine.
24:49 Both of those cause an immediate spike,
24:51 but then it tapers off quickly and you're probably actually
24:55 at a lower level of alertness after the fact,
24:58 than when you first took it.
25:02 Because of that, it causes you to want to do another one
25:05 so you can feel better again.
25:06 And so you're constantly in the cycle of feeling like hmm,
25:09 I'm not feeling quite so alert.
25:10 I need to take another caffeinated beverage
25:12 or get another caffeine boost.
25:13 It turns out that, in the studies that I've seen,
25:17 that caffeine does make people feel
25:21 like they're a little bit peppier.
25:22 But after they've been on it chronically,
25:24 you're simply getting back to a normal level of alertness by
25:28 taking the caffeine that you would have had if you'd never
25:30 been on the caffeine in the first place.
25:32 >>John: What does it do to your body that's bad for your body?
25:34 >>Dr. Schwartz: So it's a stimulant.
25:35 It is causing you, and you can feel it if you drink a lot of
25:38 caffeine, you can feel a little bit jittery.
25:41 And because the muscle cells and the heart,
25:44 all of them can become irritable at different times.
25:47 Caffeine stimulates those other cells in the heart,
25:52 besides the natural pace maker, to become irritable.
25:54 And they can take over and trigger faster
25:56 than the natural pace maker.
25:58 When that happens you get a quick little jolt in your chest.
26:01 That's what you feel when you feel a palpitation.
26:03 >>John: So if someone is looking to look after their heart,
26:07 you'd say caffeine's got to go.
26:09 >>Dr. Schwartz: Well, again, it's all about choices.
26:11 So I tell all my patients who drink a lot of caffeine
26:14 that it would be best to limit it to
26:15 not more than one caffeinated beverage.
26:17 But I also tell them again that I don't drink it at all,
26:19 and I think that's the ideal.
26:21 >>John: Brian, thanks.
26:22 I really appreciate your taking the time today.
26:24 It's been a great blessing; you've helped a great deal and
26:27 you've given us a lot to think about.
26:29 Thanks.
26:30 >>Dr. Schwartz: You're very welcome.
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26:32 >>John: Jesus said He came into the world
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27:33 >>John: Today we've discussed that there
27:34 is trouble in the temple.
27:35 Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
27:39 We've also spoken not only about the physical heart,
27:41 but the spiritual heart.
27:42 How is it with your temple today?
27:45 If there's trouble in the temple of your life,
27:47 I don't want you to be surprised or discouraged,
27:50 because the Bible has said that we're all sinners
27:52 and we all have come short of the glory of God.
27:55 The key is not simply admitting or discovering
27:59 that there's trouble in the temple,
28:00 but in coming to Jesus so that He
28:02 can do something about it.
28:04 So as we come to Jesus in prayer right now,
28:06 I want to pray for you and with you that He'll make everything
28:10 right in the temple of your heart.
28:12 Let's pray.
28:14 Our Father in Heaven,
28:15 we thank You today for Your great goodness to us.
28:19 We come to You, Lord,
28:20 asking that You would make our heart right.
28:23 I know there are some people sick and ailing
28:25 and they've been diagnosed recently.
28:27 Some people struggling now
28:29 because of an uncertain physical future.
28:31 I pray for them, please come close to them.
28:34 Remind us again that all of us have sinned,
28:36 we're all in this together,
28:38 and that for all of us there is hope in You.
28:42 We thank You that You are a God who is a God of forgiveness.
28:44 We pray with David, create in us a clean heart.
28:50 Take our hearts, make them Yours.
28:52 In Jesus' name we pray,
28:54 Amen.
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29:14 Thanks for joining me today.
29:15 I look forward to seeing you again next time.
29:17 Until then, remember, it is written:
29:20 "Man shall not live by bread alone,
29:22 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
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