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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. 02:58 ♪[Music] 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 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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. 09:01 ♪[Music] 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] 17:32 >>Announcer: In Matthew 4:4, the Word of God says, 17:34 "It is written, 17:35 man shall not live by bread alone, 17:37 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." 17:41 "Every Word" 17:42 is a one-minute, Bible-based daily devotional, 17:45 presented by Pastor John Bradshaw 17:46 and designed especially for busy people like you. 17:49 Look for "Every Word" on selected networks, 17:52 or watch it online every day on our website. 17:55 itiswritten.com. 17:57 Receive a daily spiritual boost. 17:59 Watch "Every Word." 18:01 You'll be glad you did. 18:06 ♪[Music] 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. 19:06 ♪[Music] 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. 26:31 ♪[Music] 26:32 >>John: Jesus said He came into the world 26:34 to give us a more abundant life. 26:36 And you can have that by making simple changes 26:38 that bring profound results. 26:40 And with that in mind, I'd like to offer you a special book. 26:42 It's called, “Confidence in Chaos.” 26:45 If you want to get your heart right with God, 26:46 this is the book that's gonna to set you 26:48 on the path to that place. 26:49 In order to get this book, call right now. 26:51 The number is: 1-800-253-3000, 26:55 and simply ask for “Confidence in Chaos.” 26:58 Or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 27:02 >>John: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 27:04 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 27:07 To support this international life-changing ministry, 27:11 please call us now at 800-253-3000. 27:15 You can send your tax-deductible gift 27:16 to the address on your screen, 27:18 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 27:22 Thank you for your prayers and for your financial support. 27:24 Our number again is 800-253-3000. 27:28 Or you can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 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. 28:57 ♪[Music] 29:07 ♪[Music] 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." 29:28 ♪[Music]♪ |
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