Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00189A
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00:01 Ladies, I need for you to get your family together
00:04 and come and sit down to listen to this show. 00:08 It is such an important topic 00:10 and everybody needs to know what's going on. 00:13 The title, Cause for the Pause, stay by. 00:44 Hi! Welcome to Abundant Living. 00:46 This is Curtis Eakins your co-host 00:48 and I would like to introduce my 00:49 beautiful bride Paula Eakins. 00:51 How are you doing today? 00:53 I'm doing wonderful. Just wonderful, 00:55 you're doing wonderful everyday. 00:56 Thank you. You're welcome. 00:58 I've been wonderful everyday, God is good everyday. 00:59 God is good everyday. Everyday. 01:01 And, God is good. Absolutely. 01:03 Now, we're gonna Cause for the Pause. 01:06 Absolutely, absolutely. That's what you said, 01:07 right. Absolutely, absolutely. Now, again I didn't say this 01:10 from the outset that this is a part of the Women's 01:13 Health series and so it's gonna be a running series 01:16 just on ladies only. 01:18 Now, men you can listen as well, 01:19 but again these are some health issues 01:21 that women are experiencing and so we gonna let you 01:24 tell the ladies Cause for the Pause is what topic 01:29 we're talking about. Well, you know, 01:30 I like what you said about the men. It's too good. 01:33 These programs are really designed, 01:36 mainly whenever women are going to different changes 01:40 in her lives. She is a kind of experiencing 01:42 about herself and lot of times the family 01:44 do not understand what she is experiencing 01:47 and why she is acting a certain way or 01:49 what's going on with her. And, so these programs 01:51 are designed to not only help her, 01:54 as she is moving through 01:55 these different transitions in her life, 01:57 but also to help the family, the husband, 01:59 the children to know that when she is going through 02:02 these different changes or journeys in her life, 02:04 as to what is really happening 02:09 and then how to get the help that she really needs to have, 02:11 the information she needs to have 02:12 to get the help that is needed because I'm telling 02:14 you right now on a subject like menopause 02:17 once that starts up and if it's not understood 02:19 by her or her family there is going to be 02:22 trouble in the camp. 02:24 Trouble in the camp, of course. That's 02:25 the house, the camper, that's their apartment, 02:29 the condo and everything. 02:31 Okay, also, those who maybe living in tents. Okay, trouble. 02:35 That includes the tents as well. 02:36 In the place of dwelling, alight. You name it. 02:38 You know, I said now when we do travel 02:39 throughout this country in the broad 02:41 of course you've a PowerPoint presentation 02:43 on the menopause, cool answers for a hot topic. 02:47 Absolutely. And, so of course all the women out there 02:50 and of course I take the man, and I'll talk about 02:53 prostate health and sexuality, 02:54 you have the women and I've set in on one of your sessions 02:58 and they really make it real and so, but again 03:02 like you said before a lot of husbands and wives, 03:05 they are experiencing these things together 03:07 and the marriage is compromised. 03:09 Absolutely, absolutely. Because the wives 03:10 going through some changes, we talk about that 03:12 and this is one part of the series, by the way 03:14 we'll comeback we go to the another part 03:16 and then the husband may not know 03:18 or understand what's going on as well. 03:19 So, therefore there are some problems of for us in marriage 03:22 and communication problems as well. 03:25 So, let's talk about menopause, 03:26 let's define the term and about some ages 03:30 and some stats, let's talk about that. 03:32 Well, actually menopause is the stopping 03:34 of menstruation for at least 12 months, 03:36 when there is no menses for 12 months 03:39 then basically a woman is in that era 03:41 already of actually menopause. 03:43 How many over 40 million women and counting, 03:47 still the numbers are going up, 03:49 the average age, well, between the ages 03:52 of 45 and 50, 45 and 55 is when, Okay. 03:56 we actually, when is the note as the menopause era. 03:59 However, the average age is about 51 years of age. 04:02 Okay, so the range can be, it's a wide range. 04:05 A very wide range. We had to put one number 04:07 as the medium age, 51, it would be like 51, 04:09 which is wise to make dad in the middle 04:11 of the baby boomer, so I think that every, 04:14 so many seconds someone as menopausal 04:17 talking to that stage. Yes, yes. 04:19 So, I think every 7 seconds, someone turn 50. 04:23 Someone. So, I mean this is a hot topic right here. 04:25 Very hot topic now. And you talk about, 04:27 so it has to be a woman, who is experiencing 04:30 no menstruation for at least 12 months. 04:34 That's right, for 12 months. You know, that period 04:36 is considered to be menopause. Right, right. 04:39 Officially, alright. Officially. Now, there is some, 04:42 you said...What are the different stages of menopause 04:44 or the different stages of that? Yeah, there 04:45 are different states. Number one is called, perimenopause. 04:48 Peri. Which we always say that somewhere in that timeframe 04:52 in the 30s or your early 40s, is the first time you should 04:55 go in and so having your first testing 04:57 done to see how you stand. Estrogen progesterone 05:00 testosterone, all those levels, we're going to talk about 05:02 that later. To kind to get a count on where 05:04 you are health wise and that's first one pre, 05:07 it can actually be very, very younger, that could be 05:10 a younger age in other words that it can actually start. 05:12 This is when you start having a heart palpitations, 05:15 mood swings, joint pain, memory loss. Okay. 05:20 That's some of the signs that you're actually 05:21 moving into that, you're going into, that pre, 05:23 that's a peri or pre, menopausal time, 05:24 yeah, menopausal time. Okay. 05:26 And, there is also a stage called artificial menopause. 05:29 Artificial menopause means that for some reason 05:32 or another the ovaries have to be removed 05:34 and once those ovaries are removed 05:36 than of course it automatically puts 05:37 women into a menopause also. 05:39 So, that's the or surgical menopause. 05:42 Surgical, it's called surgical. 05:44 Fibroids, cancer, whatever, okay. That's right 05:45 that's right. Now, when you go through 05:46 the surgical menopause of course, 05:48 this is really an issue for the ovaries 05:49 and once the ovaries are removed 05:51 or disturbed then of course it set 05:53 you also up for menopause. Alright. 05:55 Okay, what are some other things because, 05:58 along with that also you got of course lack of blood 06:01 to the actual ovary itself once again then. 06:03 What about chemo and radiation. 06:07 Any chemoradiations, actually chemo drugs 06:08 are given to a woman at that age, 06:10 early age timeframe, then have to be 51 06:11 once again it's disturbing the cells of the body, 06:15 disturbing the uterus and the ovaries 06:18 and so with that in mind it puts her into 06:20 what would be called the artificial. 06:22 Artificial meaning that, it stops 06:24 before its suppose to, it normally happen. Right, 06:27 okay. Okay. And, I know that people who 06:30 don't go through chemotherapy, 06:31 there's a nick name for several times 06:34 like that chemo brain, chemo fog 06:36 because it destroys your brain cells, 06:38 but also destroys or affects the ovaries 06:41 and one of the nick names is chemo pause. Right, 06:44 Menopause, chemo pause. That's right, that's right, 06:46 that's right. When we are going through that treatment 06:48 because of the devastating affects of that 06:51 go right into menopause as well. 06:53 Well Curtis there are stages. 06:55 When we talk about the history. 06:56 Yeah. The first time that information started out about 06:59 women whenever go to see their doctors not understanding 07:01 what was going on, of course once again like PMS. 07:05 Umm! Umm! Menopause is a misunderstood subject. 07:08 Okay. Misunderstood and mistreated. 07:10 That's the reason why we have a program like this. 07:12 To educate both the woman and the family, alright. 07:15 You know, in the 1940s. Okay. 07:17 They thought it was an estrogen issue. Alright. 07:18 And estrogen is of course related to 07:21 the growth development, the female sex hormones also, 07:26 also her character. Okay. 07:28 So, estrogen, they figured okay. 07:30 Let us give her some extra estrogen. 07:31 And she would be okay. She would be fine. 07:33 Alright. Oh! No, no, no. That wasn't enough. 07:34 Then they went to progesterone. 07:36 Okay. Now, they started coming in and complaining 07:37 again then that was in the 1970s, 07:39 must be a progesterone issue, a progesterone 07:43 I'm sorry is breast and bone health 07:45 Okay, now we're talking about. 07:47 Emotional stability. Mood swings. 07:49 Of course mood swings. And that kind of other things. 07:51 So, we got estrogen in the 40s. Yes. 07:52 Now, added with that in the 70s, 07:54 that's right, progesterone alright. 07:56 And with that something else in addition to that. 07:58 And, they create problems, problems with the libido 07:59 that's a sex drive, it is like going down, 08:02 going down, alright so that's. So, discover another hormone. 08:06 A different issue. Progesterone along with 08:09 the last one testosterone. Okay. 08:11 Yes, indeed ladies we do have testosterone also 08:15 small, small amounts not a lot, 08:17 but that's also related to bone health, 08:19 stability, not say stability, I'm talking 08:22 about the bone health as well. Okay. 08:23 And, then also along with that the energy is getting lower. 08:27 Okay. Because of that and then of course 08:29 once again the libido. Yes. 08:30 So, let's talk about some symptoms, 08:32 you mention some already, yes, yes libido, but again. 08:35 yes, yes, yes. When those levels began to drop 08:38 the estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, 08:42 I mean many body functions that those 08:45 three hormones produce what happens, 08:48 you mentioned libido, but I know there is a whole 08:50 list of menopausal symptoms. Let's go through some 08:52 of else because people maybe experiencing 08:54 some of those and may not even connect the dots. 08:56 Let's go through some. 08:57 Well, I want to say that, when those three, 08:59 once it was estrogen then progesterone 09:00 then testosterone each one was a separate issue. 09:03 Right. And they began to combine estrogen progesterone. 09:05 Which is hormone replacement And, then moved into 09:08 therapy, yes, testosterone trying to figure out 09:09 what was going on and so with all that 09:11 in mind, there were same things 09:12 that was going on with the woman 09:13 and sometime not been able to explain that you know, 09:15 she might to go a doctor and say, 09:16 you now has got mood swings, 09:18 I just don't feel right, I'm irritable all the time. 09:19 Okay. This is not my personality, 09:21 I'm experiencing and ladies we use to say the word 09:23 hot flashes, but now we say power surges. 09:26 Power surges. It's sound so much better. 09:28 Yes. Power surges. Power surges. 09:29 Okay and night sweats and then the night sweats 09:34 and those night sweats means that at nighttime 09:35 depending on what we are wearing, 09:37 not enough air in a room, of course at that 09:39 particular time we sweat. 09:41 Okay. Okay, and that can get very, very, very serious, 09:45 alright. Along with that you have 09:48 once again low sex drive and then a weight gain 09:51 because the metabolism is also connected to the hormonal level. 09:54 So, the metabolic, if the hormone level 09:57 is down and there is a problem with anyone 09:58 of those three estrogen, progesterone, testosterone. 10:01 Okay. Then of course there is going to be a problem 10:04 with the metabolism. Now, as we always used to say, 10:07 I used to say getting older, but now I say getting 10:09 more mature. More mature in age. 10:12 Yeah, that's sounds little bit better. 10:13 Okay with that in mind, our metabolism 10:14 begins to slow down. Okay. 10:16 And, that's male and female by the way. 10:18 And with that in mind along with that metabolism 10:21 means it's going to be a weight gain. 10:23 So, lot time women say to me, 10:24 you know, I'm gaining weight, 10:25 I'm eating same amount of food I was eating before, 10:27 but my weight is going up and that's because of the 10:29 the metabolism a part that hormonal 10:31 thing as well and depression. 10:33 Curtis, I cannot bring up enough about anxiety, 10:37 irritability, and depression. I'm telling you 10:41 when a woman experiences those things, 10:44 she is absolutely totally out of it. 10:47 Just out of it. Totally out if it. 10:49 And it is one those things that can really cause some 10:51 real issues in a marriage. That's right. 10:54 Real issues in the family. A lot times 10:56 she does not know what she is experiencing 10:58 and why it is going on and then of course 10:59 the family does not understand what's going on. 11:01 Yes. So, you got some real things going on 11:02 here just simple testing can help that, 11:05 that's why I said you want to start earlier 11:07 doing a test, so that when you begin a move 11:08 toward that 45-50 years of age, 11:12 you can go back and see your physician. 11:15 Umm! Umm! See where you were. 11:16 See where you are now, that's also 11:18 a real good indicator that you might 11:20 be going into premenopause, perimenopause and/or. 11:23 Okay. in menopause itself. 11:24 Yeah, I know when we do seminars 11:26 again a lot of ladies will come to my wife 11:28 and talk about their menopausal symptoms 11:30 and lot of that guys usually the husbands will come to me. 11:33 And, then we will come home and compare notes 11:36 and realize that we're talking to the same couple, 11:37 Exactly, but they may not talk openly with one another. 11:40 That's right. But again this is 11:41 so what's plaguing the American population right now. 11:44 Now, with all those symptoms that maybe 11:46 some people maybe experiencing, 11:47 they don't have the experience all of those, 11:49 but some of those. Yes. 11:51 There are also some health risks 11:52 attached to that as well. Let's talk about some 11:54 health risks. Now, if I was not enough with the all 11:56 other things going on, now we have got to look at. 11:58 Now, once again because the estrogen levels going down. 12:01 And some of your other the progesterone 12:02 testosterone. Now, we're talking about 12:04 heart disease. Okay, heart disease. Oh! You know, 12:06 basically early in a women's life, 12:09 she does not have experience the heart disease 12:11 because of the estrogen levels. 12:13 Right. As a man would because so woman 12:15 would actually have her heart attacks later 12:17 in life, okay. Umm! Umm! 12:18 Because the estrogen is there. 12:20 Once you are going through menopause of course 12:21 the estrogen levels are going down 12:23 and she might experience then of course 12:25 her first part of heart disease. 12:27 Okay. Postmenopausal women 500,000 12:32 women postmenopausal that's. Okay. 12:34 Okay, that's experiencing that as far as heart 12:36 disease is concerned, plaque build up, related to diet. 12:39 Oh! Okay. Cholesterol, saturated fats, 12:42 so with that mind you have to really look at that diet 12:45 and what we're putting into the body system. 12:48 Because I know the estrogen when it's low, 12:50 it also helps metabolize the HDL 12:52 or the good cholesterol. Absolutely. 12:53 Healthy cholesterol. Absolutely. So, thus affect 12:55 with the heart. Absolutely. What other health problems. 12:57 The other one is obesity, we talked about that before. 12:59 That's lack of, of the ovarian hormone. 13:04 That's gonna cause a problem with that, 13:06 it lowers the bodies metabolism once again 13:09 and it affects the weight and the body shape. 13:12 Oh! Okay. Alright, sometimes ladies think okay, 13:14 if I just go on a diet I would be fine, 13:16 but ladies we will never look like we did when we were 18, 13:19 okay. Our body shape does not go back to 18. 13:21 We can look good, we can take care of ourselves, 13:24 but to try to go back, back, back, ah, ah, 13:27 we will do fine where we are, as long as we know 13:29 what's going on and what's happening 13:30 and then take care of ourselves that is so key, 13:32 And, I think there is another key that 13:34 you still look good, when I first married you 13:36 15 years ago. Praise him. Praise and I just want to 13:38 just kind of through that in. All credit to the Father. 13:40 I don't want to through you off little bit, 13:42 I had to say that. I just owe that to the father. 13:44 Okay. But, I take care of myself, I really, 13:46 really, really take care of myself. 13:48 You know, when you are raising children up. 13:50 You go through a whole lot. Basically for women, 13:52 we take care of our husbands, we take care of our family, 13:55 we take care of the neighbors all everybody else. 13:57 And, we don't spend time taking care of ourselves 13:59 and if you don't catch that early 14:02 and I say early, I'm talking about near 20s and 30s. 14:03 This is when you would become aware of it. 14:05 And then take care of yourselves as you began 14:07 to mature and go through that mature journey 14:09 then of course you really pay more attention then, 14:12 you started it. Umm! Umm! 14:13 You keep it going, it makes you feel real good. 14:15 The last one osteoporosis. Oh! Osteoporosis. 14:18 That's right, brittle bones, no, no, no, no, 14:20 let's talk about that, yes. We only talking about 14:21 decrease in bone density. Okay. 14:23 And, so with that in mind you have to take care 14:25 of your body and that you gonna be able to do, 14:27 we talk about that again. Okay. 14:28 Curtis, I know that our time is moving 14:30 and I want to talk little bit about HRT 14:33 Hormone Replacement Therapy. Okay. 14:35 In this particular part of the program 14:36 because it's very, very key. 14:37 As we late talked about all these things going on, 14:40 so how is that relate to menopause? 14:42 Yes, a lot of times women of course going through 14:44 menopause and first they were just using estrogen. 14:48 Estrogen Replacement Therapy and then they decided well, 14:51 that was causing blood clots and uterine cancer. 14:54 Well, that wasn't working. They said, well 14:56 let's add progesterone to that, 14:57 when you add progesterone to that 14:59 then you have Hormone Replacement Therapy, 15:02 then they decided just go ahead and have 15:04 a big Women's Initiative Study, 15:08 to see how Hormone Replacement Therapy 15:10 fairs with those women who are going through 15:12 menopausal symptoms. Yes. 15:14 So, they did that, I think in early 2000, I believe. 15:17 2002 when they stop. 2000 when they stopped yes, 15:19 so they did that Hormone Replacement Therapy. 15:22 Thousands of women involved in that, 15:24 but guess what folks they realized 15:27 it wasn't working as well as they first thought. 15:30 That's right, that's right. The risk out way 15:32 the benefits. And, what happens is this 15:35 and holding to your seats, this a really amazing 15:37 they had to stop this study 3 years prior 15:40 to it's completion date. Absolutely. 15:42 The reason why is this? Number one, 15:43 they discovered the woman in the study had 21 percent 15:47 higher rate of breast cancer. Number two, 15:52 29 percent higher rate of heart attacks. 15:56 Number three, now hold on to your seat for this one, 15:59 a 41 percent higher rate of stroke. 16:03 Yes, yes. Just wait a minute, 16:05 and it came to a screeching heart, 16:06 they had to stop their program, 16:08 so because of that and when they stop 16:10 that the following year breast cancer 16:13 diagnosis dropped by 15 percent the low, 16:17 the biggest drop in years. So, therefore, women are 16:20 using or have to use something else 16:22 or they are moving to another alternative. 16:24 Next time, we meet, we talk about Preventing 16:28 Power Surges. We're gonna talk about 16:31 some natural products that you can use in our next program. 16:34 Well, you know, you gonna have definitely have 16:36 to stay tune for that second part 16:37 because we have only done with 16:39 the problems and the symptoms 16:40 and a risk factors and of course HRT. 16:43 We definitely want to stay tune, 16:45 so we can look at what can we do. 16:47 What can we do and I know, you're saying, 16:49 are we going in the kitchen. The answer is definitely yes. 16:51 As, we're going to be making sure 16:53 that you tune it for the next program. 16:54 We are going to kitchen. And we're gonna 16:56 actually do a recipe called Franks in a Blanket, 17:01 see you in the kitchen. |
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