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Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000222A
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00:01 Well, I just want to know
00:03 is it hotter here or is it just me? 00:07 Okay, on our program today 00:09 we are gonna talk about power surges. 00:11 So you need to stay by. 00:50 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:51 This is Curtis Eakins, your co-host 00:53 and I have another co-host as well 00:56 my beautiful wife who is fanny. 00:58 Is it hot here or is it just me? 01:00 Oh, no. 01:01 You explain some of those-- now we don't say hot flashes. 01:05 That's right. Be careful. 01:07 Yes, the program is entitled preventing power surges. 01:12 Because I do remember, 01:13 I do remember doing those presentations one time 01:16 and we were saying the word hot flashes 01:20 but there was a problem because in the church 01:23 where we attend at first church, 01:25 I see men fanning, okay. 01:29 I see children fanning. 01:31 And so I'm like well, everybody can't be having hot flashes. 01:35 So then a lady came to me-- Maybe air-condition was broke. 01:37 Lady came out to me and she said 01:39 there are not called hot flashes dear 01:41 they are called power surges. 01:45 That means it makes a distinction between 01:46 those who are actually going through that 01:48 and women who went menopause. 01:50 I think we are talking about today, 01:52 we are talking about menopause. 01:53 So in one of time it's pretty built in heating. 01:57 Oh, yes, you never know 01:58 I mean, you can actually have a power surge 02:00 in the summer, in the winter, 02:02 you know, and we will talk about, 02:03 you know, different foods that can bring it on 02:05 and different things it can happen, 02:06 is that reason for they have these power surges 02:09 but she actually brought me a plaque. 02:11 Yeah, you had a plaque. 02:12 I meant to bring that plaque with me 02:13 but I left it at home. 02:15 So anyway, it say I'm not having hot flashes, 02:18 I'm having power surge. 02:20 so in winter time only, next you honey, 02:22 Mexico people have those power surges. 02:24 We'll talk about that. Built in radiator. 02:26 All right, yeah, so we are talking about men-pause. 02:32 Women come forward. Come forward. 02:34 Because it's all about women. 02:37 All about the ladies, its all about the ladies. 02:38 All about the ladies. All about the ladies, okay. 02:40 Well, let's talk about menopause-- 02:42 we can talk about-- we're gonna get as much 02:45 as we can before we going into the kitchen. 02:47 Let's go ahead and let's define some terms. 02:50 What is menopause by definition? 02:52 Well, you know, when we talk about menopause 02:53 we talk them of the stop, stopping of the menses. 02:55 When you get to the point 02:56 where the menses or to the point 02:58 where you might go like a whole year 03:00 because sometime women think 03:01 they are going through menopause 03:02 but actually it's that timeframe 03:04 when its actually preparing for menopause. 03:05 But menopause means when you go whole year 03:07 without your menses you are more or less 03:09 moving into menopause. 03:11 That is age group, you know, 03:14 is a part of knowing when it's going to go on. 03:17 So why don't we look at that 03:18 so that menses once gain pause, 03:22 things are getting ready to chance. 03:23 Really for the better even though it seem like 03:25 it's the worst right now what is going to get better. 03:27 yeah, so let's talk about the age 03:29 because I know that it can vary, 03:32 we can have other things that bring on menopause 03:35 we talk about that as well. 03:37 But let's go to our first graphic, 03:38 talk about the age, honey. 03:39 Let's look at the first graphic at this time. 03:41 You want to talk about 03:42 or you want me to talk about it? 03:45 Oh, you got the graphic, you made it so-- 03:46 Okay, well, let's talk about, okay. 03:47 At what age do menopause symptoms first appear? 03:50 Now of course, 03:53 there the average age is right at 51. 03:56 If you have to have an average age 03:58 it can be 45 to 55. 04:01 You see there it can start as early as 40 04:05 it can go on pass 65. 04:09 That's a long ways but again the peak 04:11 is right at that 50-55 that mark right there 04:17 but 45-55 is usually the time where a woman is going 04:20 through the menopause that change of life. 04:24 Well, now there is also a timeframe 04:26 when it can be a thing called surgical menopause 04:29 and when we talk about surgical menopause it means that, 04:31 if for any reason either the ovaries 04:33 and or the uterus is removed then of course or both 04:37 then of course they automatically plummeted 04:38 into menopause at early age. 04:41 It was amazing as we were doing study on this 04:43 as talking about menopause 04:45 that we found women in their 20s 04:47 that actually were already in menopause. 04:49 And you say well, how is that possible? 04:50 If the ovaries and or the actual uterus is removed 04:54 surgically they can cause a problem 04:55 and she will go into menopause 04:56 because its actually a hormonal imbalance as well. 05:00 Also chemo and radiation-- 05:01 Oh, chemo-- that's right. 05:03 Chemotherapy, radiation at a young age 05:06 that can also cause some problems 05:07 for her go into menopause as well. 05:10 It was kind of when we are doing research 05:11 and talking about the subject 05:12 how many women were actually in menopause at early age. 05:15 So when we talk about that sometime we have women 05:19 who are doing our program as a matter of fact 05:20 when we do a program called Power Surges 05:22 we normally have to do PMS syndrome 05:25 and then move into menopause 05:27 because if we just say its gonna be menopause 05:29 women mostly-- younger women say 05:31 well, that's so far away, 05:33 that's in the 50s and 60s so I'm not worried now. 05:35 I'm just 20, okay. 05:37 But-- And you do PMS-- 05:38 When they come in and they see-- 05:40 The older women won't come because oh, I'm passed that. 05:42 No, yeah. 05:43 So what happens as we did a program called 05:45 Women's Wellness Week and it was every subject 05:48 dealing with the women, 05:49 the thyroid, migraine headaches, 05:52 PMS, heart diseases, stroke, 05:55 all those different things that dealt with women. 05:57 And believe it or not as the week began 05:59 to build the ages of the women they got older and younger 06:03 because they start talking about, 06:04 they are talking about women, the stuff we're going through. 06:07 And so and that respect is good 06:09 because really and truly we tell women 06:11 in your 20s is to have 06:13 your first test done, the hormonal test 06:15 which you are gonna talk about a little bit 06:16 and then that way you will have a gauge 06:18 as you get to your 30s and 40s and something goes down 06:20 you can go backwards 06:21 and see well, this is where my hormones 06:23 were at one time and now they have changed. 06:26 So don't think because you are not 06:27 50 or 60 or 51 whatever our average age is 06:31 that you are not suspect 06:33 or able to go through a menopause. 06:36 That's what I want to tell. 06:37 Yes, okay, now there's another term called perimenopause. 06:42 And I think we have a graphic on that 06:44 and let's go to the screen at this time. 06:45 Let's talk about perimeno. 06:47 Well, first before going to the screen 06:48 what is perimenopause? 06:50 Now this is before, this is pre-menopause 06:52 and this is getting ready, moving up toward. 06:54 Like I already mentioned that comment about 06:56 when you are moving to the age of it. 06:59 You are not at menopause its peri's, 07:00 Yeah, but it's got some serious symptoms, 07:02 serious symptoms that go along with it. 07:04 Okay, so it's coming but it's not yet there, okay. 07:06 Let's go the screen at this time, all right. 07:08 Perimenopause and here we have it folks, 07:11 and now-- let me start 07:12 from the top, from the head 07:13 and walk all the way down to leg. 07:15 Number one, of course you have headaches 07:17 and you have hot flashes 07:18 or now we call them power surges, all right 07:22 and hormone imbalance that kind of thing. 07:25 The teeth begin to loosen. 07:27 The gums begin to recede. 07:30 We are talking about perimenopause 07:31 now folks, all right. 07:32 You have weight gain, the abdomen loses muscle tone 07:36 so therefore you got that tummy, the belly or the bulge. 07:41 The breast began to droop, 07:43 vaginal dryness, you have bone loss, 07:48 you have sexual impotency there. 07:54 And so a lot of things are going on during that time. 07:56 So this perimenopause 07:58 and so we need to understand that-- 08:00 oh, you have to fan out again just by me talking. 08:03 Just mentioning all that stuff, that first of all. 08:04 Oh, you, I would you feel it 08:06 you got the fan already, all right, yeah. 08:08 But women are going through this. 08:09 I think what happens honey, 08:11 a lot of times we don't talk about this topic. 08:14 No. 08:16 Although its very prevalent in our churches, 08:19 in our communities because we did that 08:21 at South Central Conference camp meeting 08:23 well, the time you see this probably late on 08:26 but just a few months ago as one of the largest crowds, 08:29 we head over 100 because these are topic topics 08:34 that not being talked about, its being hush. 08:37 The woman, the husbands and wife 08:39 did not talking to one another what's going on 08:42 and so you have a lot of issues, 08:44 emotional issues, physical issues, 08:47 and you have a lot of things that come from that 08:50 that can be very damaging to the marriage relationship 08:54 because its not being talked about. 08:56 That's why we want to focus on this topic today. 08:59 Well, the other thing too you have to remember also 09:01 and that is around the age time 09:02 if you are talking about the average age about 51 09:05 this is also when the children are leaving home. 09:07 You got the emptiness syndrome. 09:08 So the depression and all of the other things 09:10 that are mentioned there that this you cursing like woo. 09:14 I mean, it's all that stuff going to happen to me? 09:16 Well, not necessarily because believe it or not 09:19 a lot of things you can do to prepare yourself 09:20 from menopause and get ready for menopause 09:22 and you don't want to wait 09:24 until that timeframe as we already said. 09:26 In the 20s and 30s you want to get your first test, 09:28 you want to take care of yourself 09:29 because if you take care of yourself 09:31 when you are younger okay, it will really benefits you 09:35 as you began to move to the more seasoned age. 09:38 Okay, now let's talk about some lifestyle things 09:41 that women can do that can mean, 09:44 women are gonna go through this, 09:46 most women will experience this. 09:48 What are some of lifestyle factors 09:49 they can do as far as elevating 09:52 some of these symptoms we just mentioned? 09:54 Well, some of the things you said, 09:55 for instance you mentioned bone density 09:57 and some things that was going on with bloating 10:00 of the belly or sagging here and there that-- 10:02 Sagging here and there. 10:03 That itself-- 10:08 Sagging here and there. 10:09 You early mentioned the term just sagging here and there. 10:12 I mean, you know, if the thing is that 10:13 you know, we are gonna age, 10:15 I mean, that's just natural 10:16 and the cats come of closet glory and lays in our grace. 10:19 We are going to age and so but getting for it-- 10:22 for instance we did on one of our program 10:24 we did a thing called belly or bed exercises 10:27 and that meant that as soon as you wake up in the morning 10:29 you know, you actually talk to the Father God, 10:32 thanking Him for a brand new day 10:34 and then we actually show them bed exercises you can do. 10:37 Well, you don't have to do no push-ups, 10:38 you don't have to hurt your neck. 10:39 You can actually lay in the bed and do the exercises 10:43 that will actually deal with the core 10:45 which is where the core is 10:46 where you're gonna get the abdomen. 10:48 You know, if you don't take care of the core 10:49 you are gonna have some issues 10:51 right there in the stomach region 10:52 and believe it or not 10:53 it will tighten up the stomach, all right. 10:56 And so if you want to know what those are you're gonna 10:58 hit us on abundantlivingtv.org 11:01 But then also walking, very, very important. 11:03 Okay, walking is good. 11:04 And that's good because whether she is stressed out 11:06 or depressedor whatever is going on 11:08 sometime rather than say something 11:09 to someone out of order just take a walk, 11:12 take a walk you'll feel better, you'll feel better. 11:14 And then also toning is so important. 11:17 You talked about you know, things sagging 11:19 and moving around and carrying on 11:20 so this immense stress trench, bench, stress-- 11:25 okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, 11:27 I'm gonna get-- Resistant training. 11:28 Resistant training. I'm at resistant training. 11:31 Okay, that sounds so much better. 11:32 Resistant training. 11:33 Doing resistant training that also helps out, 11:35 you know, you want to get that at least three times a week, 11:38 you want to walk at least three to four times a week, 11:40 and strength bearing is really, really simple. 11:43 Now ladies, when we say strength bearing 11:45 we are not talking about trying to get out there 11:46 and do 15 and 20 pound weights, okay. 11:48 As a matter of fact I like the idea 11:49 but the weights are out there, 11:51 girly oh, weights out there as well. 11:52 They are pink and blue and beige 11:54 and that kind of colors. 11:56 And so I have friends that are out there doing 15, 11:59 you know, pound weight. 12:00 If you hurt yourself trying to life a 15 pound weight 12:03 you are down for a month or two months, all right. 12:05 But if you go toward the five and ten pound 12:08 the name of the game is more reputation, 12:11 okay, rather than heavier weights. 12:14 So that means if you are doing a rep of three reps of 10 12:17 you want to balance it up then you want to move it to, 12:19 you know, 15 you can move up to 20. 12:21 Same weight you get the same effect, 12:23 you don't need to hurt yourself. 12:24 Now you've been doing some weight training 12:26 and you want to roll up your sleeves 12:27 and get a close up shot of your muscle baby, 12:30 roll up your sleeve. 12:32 Okay, I think this point once again. 12:34 That call you have another hot flash, another power surge. 12:36 Can you tell about the key test that 12:37 a individual takes in order to know what's going on. 12:40 You just bypass that question all together. 12:42 Yeah, yeah. You're not gonna-- 12:44 people see your muscles, right. 12:45 Okay, so but-- 12:47 oh, one more thing about clothing at night, 12:49 can you just talk about that just for a moment? 12:52 Okay, okay, clothing at night. 12:54 Yes. 12:55 You don't want to wear a whole lot of that 12:57 slinky, silky kind of things. 12:59 You want to wear more of the cotton knit 13:01 type of things and so this, 13:03 you know, this gets very, very personable 13:04 so you do you have to call me up 13:05 or you email me or send me a message 13:08 because I know, you won't want me to get into all that. 13:09 I'm not gonna on TV 13:10 but there is some real serious things ladies, 13:12 let me talk about when it comes to that 13:14 as matter of fact when we did a program 13:15 on menopause there is no men around 13:17 and we really get down the nitty-gritty about 13:20 how we are feeling and what is going on, 13:22 well we should and should not do. 13:23 And women are screaming and howling on the floor. 13:26 They just have fit because it's funny 13:28 although it's serious, its very funny 13:30 but its something to think about. 13:31 Yeah, because even it makes me blush 13:32 when I hear that so, anything to make me to blush 13:35 you know, they are getting kind of-- 13:37 But one time you tried to come in at room, 13:39 he tried to sneak in that room 13:40 where we were talking about that and-- 13:41 That's a last one, don't do that. 13:42 I know, Curtis trying to come and we go get out-- 13:48 Let's talk about the testing 13:51 and this all hormones that women should have tested. 13:55 You have of course your estrogen, 13:57 progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, DHEA. 14:01 Yes. Yes. 14:03 Again let me say that again. 14:04 Estrogen, progesterone, 14:07 testosterone, cortisol, DHEA, those tests 14:12 and we are talking about saliva test. 14:13 Yes. 14:14 Little bit more accurate then the urine test 14:16 and saliva test. 14:17 I know amazing drugs where we live in Huntsville 14:20 well, actually Madison for the fifth of city, 14:22 Tawingo there he does that 14:25 compound pharmacy beginning to that as well. 14:27 So a lot of times people take medication. 14:31 The Premarin, Premarin 14:37 pregnant mares'urine, okay. 14:43 Heart attacks and strokes and that's estrogen therapy. 14:46 And then you have the Prempro 14:48 which is hormone replacement therapy, 14:50 estrogen progesterone but then with that 14:53 you have anxiety, you have dementia, 14:55 gallbladder diseases, blood clots, 14:59 heart diseases, breast cancer 15:02 and increase of ovarian cancer with the Prempro. 15:06 So with that honey, 15:08 there's something out called bioidentical. 15:10 Let's talk about that before we close out. 15:12 Okay. 15:13 Briefly about what's bioidentical? 15:15 That's been out for a while. 15:17 Bioidentical hormones 15:18 is actually a compound pharmacist, 15:21 these gentlemen or women what they do 15:23 is when you go to your doctor 15:25 and they are prescribing to you either Prempro or Premarin 15:28 then you might want to look at another option. 15:30 Of course, everything we always say 15:31 you want to make sure you and your doctor 15:34 are on the same page with this. 15:35 But anyway once your are diagnosed 15:37 with this estrogen issue, 15:39 progesterone or testosterone or all three 15:41 then what they will do is they will actually write up 15:44 the doctor, your doctor 15:45 will write up a prescription for you 15:47 and that prescription with you and your doctor in agreement 15:49 will take that to a compound pharmacist 15:51 and they will actually the bioidentical hormone-- 15:53 Customize, adjust for-- 15:55 For the individual. Right. 15:57 Not gonna take you way up high, 15:58 its gonna even you off 15:59 and so you actually gonna feel better 16:01 and once again you checking on that 16:02 and the saliva test is the better one to do it. 16:04 And then we have a number four of the compound formula. 16:06 Yeah, let's go to the screen at this time. 16:08 And this International Academy of Compound Pharmacist, 16:12 there it is right there 16:14 and the number is 281-933-8400. 16:20 Again 281-933-8400, 16:27 International Academy of Compound Pharmacist. 16:30 And these are state license pharmacist, 16:34 the state board and they customize 16:38 your needs based on your saliva test. 16:40 So it's customized just for your needs. 16:43 Honey, you have a closing thought? 16:44 Well, I know I got a closing text, 16:45 that closing text because we know 16:47 a lot of women going through different things 16:48 whether be early perimenopause or menopause itself. 16:52 One of my favorite scriptures that Father God has given me 16:55 a long time ago is found in the Book of Jeremiah. 16:57 Jeremiah, Old Testament Jeremiah 29 17:00 and we are gonna look at verses 12, 13 17:02 and then go back to verse 11. 17:04 Lot of people quote 11 first but I want to do 12 and 13. 17:07 And this is how it reads. 17:09 In verse 11 the Jeremiah 29, 17:11 it says, "Then shall ye call upon me, 17:16 and ye shall go and pray unto me, 17:18 and I will hearken unto you. 17:21 And ye shall seek me, and find me, 17:24 when you search for Me with all your heart." 17:26 And verse 11, 17:28 "For I know, I know the plans and the thoughts 17:30 that I think toward you, saith the Lord, 17:33 these are thoughts of peace, and not of evil, 17:35 to give you an expected end." 17:38 God is so awesome because in a word He tells us 17:40 that He is always concerned about us 17:42 no matter what is going on. 17:43 And I say it to you get that scripture 17:45 and write it down and pray to God 17:48 ask Him to help you and be with you. 17:49 And I did want to say to-- even though 17:51 we said men-pause and women come close. 17:53 I want you to know that 17:55 for women it is best to talk to your family, 17:57 talk to your husband about what's going on. 18:00 Because the more they understand 18:01 what you are going through 18:02 the better off you are gonna actually be. 18:04 And so along with that 18:05 you know, we are going into kitchen, 18:07 I know you wonder about that. 18:08 Yes, we are and we are gonna be doing 18:10 a pineapple orange smoothie 18:12 and we are gonna be doing Polynesian "Chicken" Kabobs. 18:16 Get your paper and your pencil 18:18 and meet us in the kitchen. |
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