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Sources of Truth

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00:01 Welcome back, and if you're just joining us,
00:02 thank you for joining.
00:04 We're talking about sources of truth
00:05 on today's Ultimate Prescription.
00:07 And, Dr. Marcum, I wanna start this segment off
00:09 with you telling the viewers, what is your favorite
00:12 number one recommended source of truth?
00:14 I think you kind of already did
00:15 but tell us one more time.
00:17 Well, you know, the number one source of truth,
00:18 as I've learned in time is the Bible for me.
00:22 Okay, the Bible is a source of truth
00:24 and the relationship that comes from the Bible
00:26 that God will show me different things
00:28 that I can do and I can,
00:30 you know, go this and this is a place
00:32 that I can base my treatment of all people with
00:35 and not only put hope for the short term,
00:37 but hope for the long term.
00:39 With that involved, recently,
00:41 we've developed a seven week Bible study
00:43 called Biblical Prescriptions for Life
00:46 and that can be found at the 3ABN website,
00:48 and that's another source that people can do
00:50 to get him in the word to help them find out
00:52 what truth might be in their lives.
00:55 And I found that as we get in the Word
00:56 and ask the God to, Holy Spirit to reveal truth
01:00 and to show us truth,
01:01 He helps open up every aspects of life.
01:04 And it might not only be health,
01:06 it might be finances, it might be relationships,
01:09 but our God is interested on every aspect of our lives
01:12 and He wants to help us on everything,
01:14 both for the short term as well as a long term.
01:17 So my number one source of truth is the scriptures.
01:20 Right. Now, let's...
01:22 I was gonna say,
01:23 let's change gears a little bit.
01:25 When people want to find health advice online.
01:27 And I know you have a few favorite places
01:29 that you like to direct people to.
01:30 What are some internet sources that people can trust?
01:32 Well, we're going to talk about internet,
01:35 but people come
01:36 with all different types of sources,
01:38 okay, I had one fellow
01:40 that came to the office every day
01:41 and said his Aunt Martha is his source of truth,
01:44 you know, so if he wants to know anything healthy,
01:46 he goes to Martha because she knows a lot,
01:48 you know, she reads a lot
01:50 and everyone has different sources.
01:52 Some people don't have access to the internet,
01:54 so the internet might not be a source,
01:56 that might be a person,
01:58 it might be an encyclopedia,
02:00 it might be a newsletter from somebody,
02:03 so those might be different sources,
02:05 but I say and people looking at those sources,
02:07 if it's Aunt Martha, or a friend,
02:09 or loved one, you know,
02:11 make sure it goes with the scriptures,
02:13 make sure it goes with science,
02:15 you know, test it with some modern science
02:17 is out there and then apply it to life
02:21 so, you know, it's very different.
02:22 Now the internet sources,
02:24 I've got some great sources that I use
02:26 and I'd share that with different people
02:28 with chronic medical conditions.
02:31 For instance, if someone is interested in diabetes
02:34 especially Type 2 diabetes,
02:37 of a source that I use is called
02:39 PhysiciansCommittee ForResponsibleMedicine.org.
02:44 That's pcrm.org.
02:48 And if I said it too fast,
02:50 you can just drop me an email at HeartWiseMinistries.org,
02:54 and I'd be happy to give you that again.
02:56 So that's a great one for diabetics that I use.
02:59 And I actually use one on nutrition.
03:02 Nutrition is constantly changing.
03:04 You know, everyone has a theory on that.
03:06 And I've been lucky enough through the years
03:08 that I've got to work with T. Colin Campbell,
03:10 who wrote "The China Study" and Dr. Esselstyn,
03:13 but one of the best sources that I use,
03:15 is one that what my friend Dr. Michael Greger
03:18 and he has a site called NutritionFacts.org.
03:23 That's NutritionFacts.org 'cause what Dr. Greger does,
03:27 is he looks at all of the studies
03:29 and all of the science on nutrition that's out there
03:32 and he look, does the research for me.
03:35 Now, what I like about his site is he's not selling anything,
03:38 so there's no money involved, you know, it's a 501c3,
03:42 he's not making money on any of the information
03:45 that he's giving out.
03:46 So I think it's always important
03:47 when you're looking at any source, Nick,
03:49 to look at, you know, where the money is flowing,
03:52 you know, someone making money off of it
03:54 and this and that.
03:55 Now, I'm not saying that people are making money
03:57 off the information is necessarily a bad thing,
04:00 okay, because people pay to see me in the office
04:03 and I give them information,
04:05 so there's a place for that but be leery of that,
04:08 you know, keep that in the back of your mind,
04:09 so that one's a good one for diabetics.
04:12 I would like to think that our website
04:14 HeartWiseMinistries.org
04:16 is a good site to give people a little bit of a balance,
04:20 you know, the balance of modern medicine,
04:21 you know, when might be a good place
04:23 to use modern medicine?
04:24 When might be good to use lifestyle?
04:27 But we also focus on our ministry is that
04:29 it's a relationship with Christ that we want to focus on first,
04:33 to lead us to these other places
04:34 so we don't fall off into these ditches.
04:36 There's so many people get into nowadays.
04:38 So I'd like to think that is a good source.
04:41 Another good source if you just want to improve
04:44 maybe eating better
04:45 and you want some practical things to do,
04:48 there's a website called PlantPureNation.com,
04:54 and this is a site I send people to
04:56 if they just want to start trying to eat
04:58 a little bit better.
04:59 It has recipes and places they can get meals
05:02 that, you know, let's say they have meals
05:04 that they can buy at the store now,
05:06 if they don't want to prepare it.
05:07 Different ways you can make things,
05:09 that's a really good site.
05:10 And there's so many other sites that are out there
05:12 that are excellent.
05:13 And if you have a great site that you would like to send me,
05:15 I'm always looking at more information
05:18 for balance sites that I can refer people to.
05:21 Now, the modern medicine sites,
05:23 there's lots of sites out there that give some information.
05:27 WebMD is a site that a lot of people go to,
05:30 that's a fairly solid site about modern medicine.
05:33 I tell people to try to stay away from fad sites,
05:37 you know, that they're trying to...
05:39 Like a lot of people wanna lose weight, Nick,
05:41 you know, there's all these fad sites
05:42 that are out there, you know,
05:43 use with this diet, that diet, this pill, that pill,
05:47 be a little bit careful when it comes to fads
05:49 'cause most things that are simple
05:51 that take a pill and you get well in one day,
05:55 you know, come on, you know
05:56 that's and same with treatments, you know.
05:58 If I have a treatment that's gonna cure all backs,
06:00 you know, there's some people out there,
06:02 they say those things.
06:03 Well, I have a cure that's gonna take away
06:05 everything in one day.
06:06 I would be leery about sensationalistic claims,
06:09 but everyone wants a quick fix for these problems,
06:13 but those are some of the sites
06:15 I use to help my patients do better and realize
06:18 that you gotta go with open eyes
06:20 and still some of these sites that I look at,
06:22 98% of what they say is great, but 2% is sort of fishy,
06:27 you know, so you have to question that,
06:30 you have to sometimes choose the good with the bad
06:32 and it's very complicated but just people,
06:35 if they stay in the Word and pray about it,
06:37 God's going to help them out.
06:39 And it's hard sometimes, but just do the best you can,
06:42 especially in the technology part,
06:44 there's so many new treatments, MRIs, PET scans, needles,
06:48 all these fancy pills that are out there,
06:50 all these genetic treatments that we now,
06:53 who should get genomic medicine practice on them,
06:55 it can be complicated at times but just stay in the Word,
06:59 He's gonna give you that peace to know, where you need to go.
07:01 Now, I imagine from time to time,
07:03 you have patients who come to you
07:04 with the diagnosis and a treatment plan
07:06 from another physician and they're not sure about it
07:09 and they want to find another option
07:11 or another perspective on.
07:13 What do you tell people in that situation?
07:15 Well, I try not to bad mouth other people, okay.
07:19 I try to say, well, there's different approaches
07:21 to different things, okay.
07:23 And here's the approach that I use, you know,
07:27 I try to understand the acute problem,
07:30 you know, and treat that, treat the symptoms
07:32 but also if we can figure out what causes the problem,
07:35 do that but also focusing on our relationship with God,
07:39 the worship part of it.
07:40 So I said, if this might be a plan
07:42 that you like to do,
07:44 you know, let me help you out with that.
07:46 Some people come and say
07:47 "No, I don't want to do any of that"
07:48 and that's okay, you know,
07:50 we can choose what they want to do
07:51 but I said sometimes there's a good, better, best,
07:54 and in my opinion, not my conviction
07:57 that right now what I know
07:58 this is what I'd recommend for you.
08:00 And some people say,
08:01 "No, what I've looked at a truth,
08:03 it doesn't go with my definition,
08:05 a belief system."
08:06 And belief systems are important
08:08 'cause what I found, Nick, is that one-third of people
08:11 if they believe a treatment is gonna help them, it does.
08:14 Yep.
08:15 There's healing beliefs, that's important,
08:17 you know, in all aspects of life,
08:19 we call that the placebo effect.
08:21 So you have to take in account
08:22 when you treat somebody their belief system as well.
08:25 And that's why I incorporate a spiritual aspect of me,
08:28 'cause for me, that's the core
08:30 of what I do that's different than other people.
08:33 So I add that in there and some people accept it,
08:35 some people don't and that's okay,
08:37 I'm still gonna love them and we can politely disagree.
08:40 Sure, yeah.
08:42 you know, I'm gonna go to one question
08:43 submitted from a viewer on our website.
08:46 They're asking, "Is the new blood thinner Eliquis safe?
08:50 What's your thoughts on that?
08:52 Yeah, that's, you know, blood thinners are important
08:54 for different medical conditions
08:56 and everything is about the risk of the medicine
08:59 versus the benefits.
09:01 And I talk to patients every day.
09:02 With some people that are at high risk
09:03 for blood clots.
09:05 I had a friend that recently had a blood clot in his leg
09:08 because he didn't get up and move
09:09 when he traveled a lot.
09:11 Well, on him, he ended up on this medicine
09:13 because the risk of that clot traveling to his lungs
09:16 and causing a fatal pulmonary embolism
09:19 was higher than that medication.
09:21 But my goal would be to teach him
09:23 if there's something he could do,
09:25 you know, exercise, move every hour,
09:27 you know, make sure that clots gone
09:29 so he wouldn't have to take the medicine
09:30 the rest of his life.
09:32 Some of us have bad genes
09:33 and we have bad things that happen to us
09:35 and medicines are worth the risk
09:36 even long term.
09:38 So that discussion has to be made
09:39 with your doctor,
09:41 will look at all the literature out there
09:43 realizing that things change over time.
09:45 The practice of medicine that I'm doing now
09:48 is different than it was 27 years ago.
09:50 The medicines, the focus, it's changed dramatically
09:53 and you want to have a physician
09:55 and knowledge source that constantly changes
09:58 and learns new things
09:59 'cause truth does change over time,
10:01 based on new information, new discoveries,
10:04 truth does evolve.
10:05 Yeah.
10:06 Well, we've got a free offer
10:08 that I want to mention to our viewers at home.
10:09 We have a free guide to walking in the light.
10:12 And light and truth in the scriptures
10:13 are often interconnected there.
10:15 And so we want you to download this free guide
10:17 to walking in the light
10:18 at BiblicalPrescriptions.com /light.
10:22 And there is some great information there
10:24 that really encourage you to live in the light
10:26 and have a better understanding of the truth that God gives us.
10:29 Yeah, and this is an important topic,
10:31 you know, 'cause, you know, every medical program,
10:34 you know, usually has an agenda,
10:36 you know, some are trying to sell a product
10:38 or push something.
10:39 Well, we're trying to push this relationship with Christ
10:42 as a solution to the world's problems.
10:45 And, within that there's truth and we can find truth
10:48 to that relationship and we can help spread it
10:50 to one another.
10:51 This is a great thing for us to think about today.
10:54 Yeah, Dr. Marcum, thank you
10:55 for sharing with us about truth.
10:57 We hope you've enjoyed this discussion
10:58 and join us at HeartWiseMinistries.org
11:01 to find more sources of truth.
11:03 Stay with us as, Dr. Marcum,
11:05 will close with a prayer in just a moment.
11:14 It's important for each one of us
11:16 to look for truth in life.
11:18 We can't wear someone else's truth,
11:21 we have to find truth ourselves in our heart,
11:24 and I hope that we've thought about this today
11:26 and that's something you're looking for.
11:28 I'd like to pray for you right now.
11:32 Heavenly Father, please be with each one of us
11:34 and help us to find truth
11:36 that you write in our hearts, Father,
11:38 'cause You are the truth that sets us free
11:40 and help this truth not to be something
11:41 that we accept from someone else,
11:43 but something that You put in our hearts
11:45 that we believe.
11:47 Thank you this day, Father,
11:48 for being with us and giving us hope
11:50 for the future is our prayer.
11:52 Amen.
11:54 I want to thank you for joining me today
11:55 on the Ultimate Prescription.
11:57 If you might have a question or need a prayer,
11:59 go to our website HeartWiseMinistries.org.


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