Participants: Nick Evenson (Host), Dr. James Marcum
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP000092B
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00:01 Welcome back to the Ultimate Prescription
00:02 and thank you for joining us. 00:04 I'm Nick Evenson, your host, 00:05 and we're talking with Dr. James Marcum today 00:06 about the medicinal properties of food, 00:09 and how we can incorporate that into our diet 00:11 to live healthier lives as God intended. 00:13 And, Dr. Marcum, what are we gonna talk about today? 00:15 What kind of foods have we brought 00:17 that we're gonna talk about? 00:18 You know, you know, 00:19 there are so many different foods 00:21 we can talk about, 00:22 but what I wanna do is talk about specific foods 00:25 and studies that have been done that proves, 00:28 proves beyond a doubt that these foods, 00:30 the chemicals in them 00:31 can be used to treat certain conditions. 00:34 And I had a gentleman that came to the office 00:36 not too long ago 00:38 and he suffered from Gout, okay. 00:39 Now what is gout? 00:41 You know, gout is a very painful condition 00:44 that many people have 00:45 where the body makes excess uric acid, 00:48 and the uric acid gets in a joint usually 00:51 and it causes lots of inflammation, 00:53 lots of pain. 00:55 In fact, one of the joints 00:57 that happens with the most is the big toe. 00:59 So when anyone comes with a swollen big toe, 01:03 you always say, "Well, could they have gout?" 01:05 And the way we make this diagnosis, 01:07 it's sort of an arthritis, inflammation, 01:10 inflammation of a joint is called arthritis. 01:13 And different things can cause the inflammation, 01:15 sometimes the inflammation is caused by uric acid, 01:17 we call that gout, 01:19 sometimes it's caused by just age and wearing out, 01:22 we call that osteoarthritis. 01:24 Sometimes the body attacks itself, 01:26 we call that rheumatoid arthritis. 01:29 So there's different types of arthritis 01:31 and we can treat this with medicinal, 01:34 you know, we can use food as a medicine treat. 01:35 So this gentleman came to me 01:37 and he had a lot of problems with gout. 01:40 Well, I told him that cherries could be used to treat gout. 01:44 And we brought some cherries here today, 01:47 and he started eating the cherries. 01:49 And guess what? 01:51 His inflammation of his body decreased. 01:54 And I wanna share with our viewers of how cherries 01:57 is the treatment for inflammation, 01:59 specifically, the inflammation of gout. 02:01 And we brought some cherries here, didn't we? 02:02 That's right, we did it. 02:04 I'm actually gonna go ahead and take one 02:05 and we're gonna cut it up here and just kinda... 02:06 You've gotta tell and taste 02:08 'cause if we've got food, we might as well try it. 02:10 But some people have never even eaten cherries very much. 02:12 So are those hard, are they soft? 02:15 These are whole cherries, and they're, they're not hard. 02:19 They're kind of soft, 02:20 but they have a pit in them and a stem. 02:22 So I'm gonna try not to cut myself here 02:24 and we're gonna cut one open and see. 02:25 Okay. 02:27 So I gave this gentleman cherries to help with, 02:30 you know, his inflammation of his gout, 02:32 'cause he had gout a lot. 02:33 Uric acid, he measured in his blood, 02:36 sometimes we used to actually check crystals, 02:39 we used to put a needle in it 02:40 and get the crystals out to prove 02:42 what kind of arthritis it was. 02:44 But we started eating cherries and guess what his gout... 02:48 Are you gonna try that or you want me to try that? 02:49 Oh, you try that, Marcum. 02:51 So the cherries... 02:52 You better be careful, 02:53 don't stain your jacket, please. 02:55 No, I won't. 02:56 Very juicy. Juicy. 02:57 Very flavorful. I like that. 02:59 You can eat them on their own, they're nice and sweet. 03:01 And about a cup is probably a decent serving I would guess. 03:05 This is about a cup of cherries. 03:06 And... 03:08 I guess you eat them raw. 03:09 You wash them off and eat them raw. 03:10 Yeah. Okay. 03:12 They're probably better for you 03:13 just like this rather than having them in a pie. 03:14 'Cause what happens when we take these foods 03:16 and we put them in with ice cream, or pies... 03:18 Sometimes we get the bad things from the other foods 03:21 and, you know, it negates as much of the good stuff 03:23 from the cherries. 03:24 But anyway, these ideas as cherry is treating gout 03:27 and inflammation has been around for a long time. 03:31 In fact, in the '50s, there was a Cleveland Clinic article 03:35 that suggested cherry as a treatment for gout. 03:37 But back in around 2006, 03:40 in the Journal of the Nutrition, 03:43 Dr Kelly showed the studies where people ate cherries, 03:47 it helped inflammation, 03:49 decreased the inflammation that comes with gout. 03:53 But, you know, you want to get at the cause of gout as well, 03:56 remember, uric acid. 03:57 Sometimes people just get it 03:59 because their metabolism is poor. 04:01 But a lot of people eat uric acid in their foods. 04:04 We know that foods that have animals in them 04:07 have a lot more uric acid in them than plants. 04:11 So we... People eat more plants that have lots of gout 04:13 that helps prevent it. 04:15 Now the medicines that sometimes used to that 04:17 is we have one called, Allopurinol. 04:19 And that's really used to help the production of uric acid, 04:23 and then when a person gets it, 04:24 they get on lots of anti-inflammatory, 04:27 'cause it's very painful when your foot is all swollen. 04:29 So they've traditionally taken one called Indocin, 04:33 other anti-inflammatories, 04:34 but now this study shows that maybe instead of taking 04:37 the anti-inflammatory medicines, 04:39 we can take cherries as a treatment 04:41 for chronic disease. 04:43 So as we talk this series of programs, 04:46 we're gonna talk about different foods 04:48 and how it can help different conditions, 04:50 and also we're gonna talk about how certain foods, 04:52 bad foods can cause, accelerate things to happen. 04:57 Did you know that, Nick, if you have genetics, 05:00 let's say you're born with, 05:01 you know, your bad genes for instance, 05:04 do we know that bad habits including bad foods 05:07 put stress on our bodies? 05:10 And when the stress happens to the body, 05:12 the part of our DNA called the telomere starts to change, 05:15 it gets smaller, 05:16 then we have mutations in our genetics, 05:19 and disease is activated at a much earlier age. 05:22 So let's say you're destined to have abnormalities 05:26 in a metabolism at certain age. 05:28 Well, if you eat certain foods that put stress on that system, 05:31 that might happen at an earlier age 05:34 than if you didn't do things 05:35 that we're putting stress on the body. 05:37 So everything that we put in our bodies, in our minds, 05:40 is either gonna make us better or worse. 05:43 And what I define as stress is anything 05:45 that goes against God's original plan, 05:48 sort of puts stress on us. 05:50 And we saw in our opening about, 05:52 we talked about Genesis 05:54 and how our original plan was 05:56 to eat lots of things that grow. 05:58 Well, when we put things that don't grow in us, 06:01 it could put stress on it and activate bad things, 06:04 including bad genetics 06:05 that we might have inherited from our mom and dad. 06:08 No, not everything, you know, some things are purely genetic 06:11 but usually it's things that stresses, 06:14 turn on our genetics, 06:16 and there's a rapidly growing field 06:17 called epigenetics. 06:19 What activates your genes? What turns them on and off? 06:22 Why do these things happen? 06:24 A very fascinating thing that we're gonna talk about, 06:27 and food seems to play a role 06:29 in how our genes are turned on and off. 06:31 And it seems like food seems to help our good genes do better. 06:35 Yeah. 06:36 You know, there's a lot of great information right there. 06:38 Let me kind of see if I can recapture 06:40 a couple of key points that you mentioned. 06:42 One of them was that uric acid is the key contributor 06:44 for causing gout, is that right? 06:46 Yes, that's correct. 06:47 And eating a heavy meat diet contributes to more uric acid? 06:51 Yes, it does. Okay. 06:52 That's more gout in the body and if you have bad genes 06:55 that can't, you know, metabolize uric acid, 06:57 that uric acid is made too much of it, 07:00 we can see that in the blood or in the joint 07:02 and if it gets in a joint, 07:04 and the crystals start to deposit in that joint, 07:06 you have lots of pain. 07:08 A big swollen toe, a big swollen foot, 07:11 those type of things happen. 07:12 So basically, if we eat more zero'iym as you said earlier, 07:16 things that grow... 07:17 Things that grow. 07:19 Eat more of that, that's kind of God's plan for our lives 07:20 and if we follow God's plan, 07:22 it's gonna, it's gonna help many areas of our life. 07:25 And we're gonna find out that these are the studies 07:27 that we know about, 07:29 there's lots of studies that we don't, 07:30 so we know that cherries help gout 07:32 but we also know that cherries have antioxidants 07:35 that help our DNA, 07:36 lower the risk of cancer, 07:37 lowering the risk of many other things 07:39 that are going on in our bodies. 07:41 That's great. 07:42 You know, we've actually been working 07:43 on a Bible study program 07:45 called Biblical Prescriptions for Life, this last year, 07:47 we're gonna talk about that more in just a minute, 07:49 but we've got a clip 07:50 that Dr. Marcum presents a Biblical Prescriptions 07:52 for Life in 60 seconds, 07:54 and we wanna take a look at that right now. 07:56 I'm Dr. James Marcum 07:58 with your Biblical Prescriptions for Life. 08:01 Unfortunately, many in this world 08:03 suffer from chronic pain. 08:05 Well, I've got some good news for you 08:07 and that's a Biblical prescription 08:09 for the treatment of chronic pain. 08:11 It's in Psalm 100:2, it says 08:14 "Serve the Lord with gladness, 08:16 come before His presence with singing." 08:20 Did you know that when we sing, when we have music in our life, 08:23 it is a treatment for chronic pain? 08:26 Studies in Circulation, the Southern Medical Journal, 08:29 and also the Cochrane report has shown, 08:31 that when we have music in our lives, 08:33 it decreases our pain in our body. 08:35 It might do this by increasing oxytocin and endorphins 08:39 or decreasing chronic stress. 08:42 But if you have chronic pain, 08:43 I want to encourage you 08:44 turn to a biblical prescription for life. 08:47 That's found in Psalms 100:2, 08:49 "Come before the Lord with singing." 08:56 So that's a Biblical prescription 08:58 from the scriptures 08:59 that can help everybody's lives today. 09:02 And I think it's so interesting, Nick, 09:04 that now we have technology to prove the Bible is true. 09:10 You know, we know that God's words are true, 09:12 but now we have science, and studies, 09:14 and we have DNA. 09:16 We can look at these genetics, 09:17 and we can look at these MRIs and scans, 09:20 and show how God's word actually does affect our lives. 09:23 Yeah. 09:24 And what that, you know, that's why we published this 09:27 Biblical Prescriptions for Life, 09:28 this is a seven-week Bible study 09:30 that literally walks people through 09:33 these Biblical prescriptions. 09:34 Right. 09:35 So this is a video and a study guide 09:37 that people can take 09:39 and do at home with their friends. 09:40 And this is to help make these health principles practical, 09:43 and applicable, and to help each other along 09:46 in studying God's word and in a small group setting. 09:49 Is that right? Yeah. 09:50 And it's also a way that they can help their friends, 09:52 and neighbors, and if you're, 09:54 if you wanna share the gospel with someone, 09:56 it gives ways that you can introduce them 09:58 into a relationship with their Savior. 10:00 'Cause this shows how worship in itself 10:02 changes their physiology. 10:04 Yeah, now, is this just about food 10:06 or is this covering a broad spectrum of health? 10:08 Health is more than just one aspect. 10:11 You know, health involves everything in our lives. 10:13 The way we think, the way we move, 10:16 the way we interact with God, the food we eat, 10:19 but it really focuses on worship, 10:21 and how worship acts as a corner of our health, 10:24 'cause when we have worship, God gives us the power 10:26 to change for the right reasons. 10:28 So how can people get a hold of this? 10:29 Yeah. 10:30 So we would love to encourage you all, 10:32 if you wanna learn more about 10:33 Biblical Prescriptions for Life, 10:35 you can visit our website at BiblicalPrescriptions.com/3abn. 10:39 And you can find the video that you just saw 10:41 of Dr. Marcum presenting a 60-second message, 10:43 and you can share that on your social media, 10:46 you can download those, and play them in your church. 10:48 Wherever you can, 10:49 you're welcome to download those 10:50 and share those. 10:52 And we also invite you to call 3ABN 10:53 and get your copy by calling them at 10:55 618-627-4651. 10:59 So they can order this, 11:00 they can start their study in their home, 11:02 and they can take this to their friends and neighbors, 11:04 small groups, that sounds like something that, 11:07 and it's very inexpensive as well, 11:09 much cheaper than taking medicines 11:11 the rest of your life. 11:12 That's right. 11:13 You know, we're trying to follow Jesus' example here 11:15 when He, when He reached people, 11:16 He tried to help them with their physical health 11:18 and then point them towards a relationship 11:19 with the Father. 11:21 And that's kind of 11:22 a lot of your philosophy in health, right? 11:23 Yeah, and if they have questions 11:25 and get a hold of us, how they can get a hold of us? 11:28 With our website? Yep, that's right. 11:29 Sorry. Our website... You got blank on me there. 11:31 That's right, sorry. Stay with me. 11:33 HeartwiseMinistries.org is our website 11:35 and we encourage you to visit that 11:37 and see health articles, we also have radio programs, 11:40 a lot of great health content you can find there. 11:42 So thank you very much for joining us today 11:44 and Dr. Marcum is gonna close in a moment 11:46 with just a few final thoughts. 11:55 We have covered a lot of ground today. 11:59 But I wanna leave you with two major thoughts 12:01 that you can take with you. 12:02 Number one, is food can be used as medicine. 12:06 We can use certain foods to treat things 12:09 as well as to prevent different conditions, 12:12 and we want you to check with your doctor, 12:14 when your medical condition to see 12:16 if certain foods would help, help you do better. 12:19 So don't do this 'cause certain foods 12:21 can interact with the medications 12:23 your physicians might have you on. 12:25 Point number two, 12:27 is cherries is very useful for people 12:30 that have gout and inflammation. 12:32 So try some cherries if you might suffer from gout. 12:35 And realize cherries probably do a lot more 12:37 than just help the inflammation of gout. 12:41 We also know the importance of prayer, 12:43 and God's word in healing our bodies 'cause, you know, 12:46 all of us are promised healing. 12:48 It's just where, when, and how, 12:49 when we have that relationship with our heavenly Father. 12:53 So let me say a prayer with you today, 12:55 those of you that might need a little extra help, 12:58 might need encouragement to make some changes 13:00 one step at a time. 13:01 Let's bow our heads. 13:04 Heavenly Father, we thank you for being a God 13:06 that loves us and give us recommendations 13:08 about the foods we should eat, 13:10 and given us different things we can do to make our bodies 13:13 that you've given us better, now those, 13:15 all those out there that need healing right now, Father, 13:18 we pray that You be especially close to them. 13:21 Now go with us this day, is our prayer. 13:24 Amen. 13:26 Well, I wanna thank you for joining us 13:28 on the Ultimate Prescription. 13:29 If you want to get a hold of me, 13:31 go to our website HeartwiseMinistries.org, 13:34 there we have a wonderful prayer page. 13:36 And if you leave your name and your prayer requests, 13:39 we would be happy to pray for you. |
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