Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00193A
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00:01 The doctor wants to put me on cholesterol lowering
00:03 medication; I just don't really want to go there. 00:05 Is there any help for me, all the side effects 00:08 and the cost? Today's program is just for you 00:10 entitled Controlling Cholesterol, 00:13 we will be right back. 00:40 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living, 00:41 this is Curtis Eakins your co-host 00:43 and I would like to introduce 00:44 my beautiful bride of 16 glorious wonderful years. 00:50 Paula Eakins, I, I thought you're going to, 00:54 you're so busy getting those years 00:56 in you forgot my name. 00:58 No, I didn't forget your name; 00:59 I just want to hear your voice. Okay. Yeah, 01:01 I should know your name, 01:03 we've been married 16 years, 01:04 wonderful years, hasn't it been? 01:06 Absolutely, absolutely what? 01:07 Controlling cholesterol, oh okay, you shift gears, 01:10 absolutely controlling cholesterol, I guess 01:12 that will be what we talk about. Before we go into 01:14 this topic folks again, as I have mentioned before 01:16 if I didn't mentioned before in our last program. 01:18 This is part of clean heart series, 01:22 several programs dealing with not just 01:24 the heart being clean, but the arteries 01:26 and cholesterol, blood pressure, etc. 01:28 So, this is part of the clean heart series 01:30 we're doing and this program is entitled 01:33 of course Controlling Cholesterol. 01:35 I wanted to start off by 01:38 a lot ask the question you know, 01:39 taking about cholesterol and meats and everything. 01:41 That's true. What exactly is cholesterol and, 01:45 and why is it important? 01:46 Okay, well cholesterol is important you know, 01:48 the sometimes cholesterol has gotten a bad rap. 01:50 You know, cholesterol is bad, fat is bad. 01:54 Well, cholesterol is really good, 01:56 fat is really good we need certain types of fat too. 01:59 Cholesterol is a yellow waxy substance 02:02 found naturally in the bloodstream 02:04 and basically cholesterol is used for cell 02:08 membrane for organ development, 02:11 a sex hormones and body 02:13 energy process of vitamin D. 02:15 So, you see cholesterol is very vital 02:18 for the body function, 02:20 from day-to-day bases. So, we really need cholesterol 02:23 and it's important to the function of our daily lives. 02:27 So, the body is actually making it, 02:29 evidently from what you're saying because 02:30 that's a lot of things it is doing. 02:32 Yeah, well you know, you always have a text that says, 02:35 we're fearfully, wonderfully made, 02:37 okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so with that in mind 02:38 we will talk more about how what organ 02:41 of our body actually makes cholesterol. 02:44 Well, I didn't really say it, 02:45 David said it in Psalms. 02:47 Yeah, well you repeat what David said. 02:50 Absolutely, yeah absolutely okay, okay, 02:51 they understood that. 02:53 Okay, okay now, now time for cholesterol 02:54 screening going in to have to your 02:56 cholesterol checked. What should we do 02:58 before we have our cholesterol checked? 03:00 Okay, well number one, 03:02 when you have your cholesterol checked 03:03 the certain things that needs to be done 03:05 to make sure you have an accurate reading. 03:07 Number one no coffee or alcohol or tea 03:11 at least 48 hours before you have 03:13 your cholesterol checked, alright. 03:15 Okay, quite frankly 03:17 shouldn't be no alcohol period, you know, 03:18 whether you are having cholesterol checked or not. 03:21 You know, no alcohol, Uhum! 03:22 Or tea that's caffeinated tea. So, 03:25 but particularly for those who maybe doing that 03:28 because you want to curtail that at least 03:30 two days before your cholesterol. 03:32 Otherwise you'll have a false positive. 03:35 Also there are certain things that will increase 03:38 ones cholesterol, pregnancy, 03:40 birth control pills, beta-blockers was a 03:44 type of a blood pressure medication, 03:46 taking vitamin D, steroids, all of these 03:50 things will raise ones cholesterol. So, 03:53 medication you want to lay off your medications 03:55 for at least two days as well because that will 03:58 also give your cholesterol a positive high number. 04:01 And keep in mind that 04:03 your cholesterol is basically, 04:06 you have your cholesterol screening check; 04:08 it's based on the last seven days of eating. So, 04:12 if you know, you don't have your cholesterol checked 04:14 and so you wanna have a good number 04:17 then eat a healthy plant based diet 04:21 for the next seven days, 04:25 God's original diet, and then get your cholesterol 04:28 done and you will be amazed 04:29 and that's really proof in the pudding 04:31 where God's original diet, 04:33 which is a cholesterol free diet 04:35 and also impacts the overall cholesterol as well. 04:38 Now, go ahead. 04:39 Now, now I'll gonna say, okay and you said, 04:41 last seven days before you know 04:44 and get your cholesterol done 04:45 and just to go ahead and eat a plant based diet 04:47 and then of course after this over I guess 04:49 you back to the normalcy. No, no, no, no, no. 04:52 It doesn't mean that No, I could 04:54 see it, not just an email coming from that way too. 04:55 I can see it too, I can see it too 04:56 because that's gonna be the true amount, 04:58 what's going on is that we know that, 04:59 it shows you within seven days, 05:02 time frame, if you are doing the plant based diet, 05:05 you can see a difference in your overall cholesterol, 05:08 simply because of it. So, 05:09 why not continue to do here. Right, 05:10 and that's the proof in the pudding 05:12 just let people know that wow! 05:14 It can happen in just seven days, 05:15 so therefore, yeah, lifelong diet, 05:18 excuse me; dietary plan will help 05:20 keep the cholesterol at bay. 05:21 And what about those, ranges as far as 05:23 what's the range when we talk about cholesterol 05:27 as far as low or moving into medium or high, 05:30 what are those ranges. 05:31 Okay, let's first go to the graphic 05:33 there is a chart as far as cholesterol is concerned 05:36 and also the risk of coronary heart disease 05:38 with a scale. You see there on the screen now, 05:40 the blue represents the men 05:42 and orange are represents the women. 05:44 Now as you see there at the far right, 05:47 our cholesterol that's over 239 I believe, 05:50 of course the higher the cholesterol 05:53 the higher the coronary heart disease risk is 05:57 and so with that in mind you see men there over 06:00 239 and you have a risk of a coronary disease risk, 06:04 let's say what 55 percent I believe 06:06 and of course now the lower the cholesterol 06:09 your risk of getting any type of 06:11 coronary heart disease event is reduced as well, 06:15 but now the good thing about this is that 06:17 when you see the cholesterol 06:19 is less than 200 the blue for the men 06:21 is to over 30 percent of 06:23 coronary heart disease risk, 06:24 and women is about 15 percent. 06:27 So, again thank you for the graphic, 06:29 so the point of this is that the higher 06:31 the total cholesterol, the higher the coronary 06:34 heart disease risk is there 06:37 and so with that in mind we suggest 06:40 that the magic number for total cholesterol is 150. 06:44 This is based on the Framingham study 06:46 several years ago. No one has had any coronary already, 06:49 Oh! Coronary heart disease event 06:52 with their total cholesterol 06:53 are below 150. And so with that in mind 06:56 we're looking at the 150 or below 06:59 now of course you have your cholesterol checked 07:00 sometime ago and yours was below 150. 07:03 Below yeah, below 150, I try to make sure of it 07:07 I don't get myself I worked up especially 07:09 stressed out or anything like that, so, 07:10 that's right, along with the, 07:12 the eating habits, exercise 07:14 I was really glad to see it was below 150. 07:17 Yeah, and myself was to above, below 150 07:19 and that's what we want folks the total 07:21 cholesterol and now with that in mind 07:22 that's not the only number that we concerned about. 07:25 There are some components to make up 07:27 the total cholesterol, let's talk about 07:28 that the LDL, HDL and let's talk about those. 07:30 You know, lot of time when people 07:32 go to the health fair, 07:33 they do an overall score 07:34 and I always say to them you know that overall 07:36 score is not really a good score because basically 07:39 as you said before when you've gone 07:40 to a health fair, you are kind of running around, 07:42 your eating things, and of course you're gonna 07:44 take on take your blood 07:45 and then you're going to tell you comeback. 07:47 Okay. A lot of times the score is gonna be higher 07:49 than what it really should be, 07:50 so it's always good to know what those numbers are, 07:53 I always say, you want the whole 07:54 total blood panel done, 07:56 when you go to your doctor, 07:57 you want to have the whole panel, 07:58 the panel is that you get your HDL, 08:01 which are to guys, you get your LDL 08:03 elevated high density lipoprotein is HDL 08:07 that's the good one that's what you want 08:08 to have a high number, 08:10 the LDL low density lipoproteins 08:12 that's gonna be we want that number below hundred, 08:14 you're going to have your VLDL well that's gonna be 08:17 even lower still as far as too much cholesterol, 08:20 too much oil in the system 08:21 and then you're gonna have your triglycerides. 08:23 Now, triglycerides basically all your foods 08:26 have some type of high triglycerides base, 08:28 it's just chemically meaning that 08:30 there is some type of an oil chemically 08:33 that that's in each one of the fruits 08:35 and vegetables, grains, and whatever. 08:37 And so, but you want to look at 08:39 you want to get that HDL level up 08:40 and it is not just the foods you eat, 08:42 there is another way of getting it down, 08:43 which is also a part of our exercise as well. 08:46 Okay, component to it, so 08:48 you want to get those scores, 08:49 now you wanted to know with that overall scores, 08:51 it's not just the one score. 08:53 Good point too and I think in our work book we have 08:55 some numbers HDL the healthy above 60, 08:59 yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and LDL, 09:01 L allows the below hundred, 09:03 so those scores are there and, 09:05 and also the cholesterol ratio, 09:07 which is the cholesterol divided by the HDL, 09:10 right, right, right. For instance 09:12 if your total cholesterol let's say 200, 09:14 the HDL is 50 then your cholesterol ratio is 4, 09:19 you want your cholesterol ratio below 3.5. 09:22 And lot of times though on some blood lipid 09:24 or profiles that have the cholesterol ratio as well. 09:27 Well, let's just talk about some cholesterol sources. 09:30 Okay, they're basically two sources of cholesterol, 09:33 let's go to the screen, look at these 09:35 two sources of cholesterol. 09:36 First you have the liver again 09:37 with fearfully wonderfully made, 09:39 so God designed the liver, the organ 09:43 to produce all the cholesterol 09:45 that the body needs, about 1000 milligrams per day, 09:49 therefore we don't really necessary have to eat. 09:51 Cholesterol in our food because 09:53 the liver does everything we, 09:55 we need as far as cholesterol is concerned, 09:58 okay, but again with the egg there 10:00 is what about 240 milligrams of 10:02 cholesterol in egg, yes, a minimum egg. 10:05 And cheese burger, and hotdogs, 10:08 baloney, and chicken and pork all these 10:11 add more cholesterol to the body. 10:14 Yeah. Now, the point of is that your cholesterol 10:17 the liver is only responsible for about 10:20 a 80 percent of cholesterol, 10:21 the food is about 20 percent. 10:23 Now, the more cholesterol we eat, 10:26 the less the liver makes. 10:29 It kind of balances itself, alright, 10:31 so or again to lower cholesterol one thing 10:34 is no to eat cholesterol, but that's not the only thing 10:37 to, because some people do have 10:38 Coronary Artery Disease or heart disease risk 10:41 and they have a low cholesterol. 10:43 So, but in a way the point is the, 10:45 that the higher cholesterol, 10:46 the higher the Coronary Artery Disease risk. 10:49 Well, I know but lot of times when 10:52 people talk about cholesterol 10:53 and they got a high cholesterol, 10:56 they have been begin to say with your doctors 10:58 wanna put them on Statin drugs. 10:59 Okay. So, talk to us about 11:01 Statin drugs what are they? 11:03 Okay, Statin drugs now there can be a whole 11:05 program just on Statin drugs 11:07 about 13 million people are taking Statin drugs 11:10 all the time and so some other things 11:12 about Statin drugs is that, 11:14 these are drugs that will lower cholesterol 11:16 too many things. Number one, 11:19 Statin drugs will make the muscles 11:22 break down the tissue, 11:25 muscle tissue break down 11:26 and with that in mind it stresses out the kidneys. 11:29 And this has been several reports of 11:31 that reports to the food 11:34 and drug administration as far as 60 deaths 11:37 by one Statin drug that was removed from the shelf 11:41 from the market and in a ten years span some 3,300 11:45 reported diseases due to muscle 11:48 tissue breaking down of Statin drugs. 11:50 That's one thing and another thing is that 11:54 Statin drugs were also impair one's memory 11:58 and so with that in mind you have short term memory 12:01 and you don't remember as much as you used to 12:04 and so Statin drugs were also adopted as well. 12:07 It also depletes coenzyme Q10 12:10 that is used and necessary for the heart 12:13 function to beat properly. 12:14 So, even though Statin drugs do lower cholesterol, 12:17 this a healthy price that people pay 12:20 and taking Statin drugs. 12:22 Now, I'm seen those commercials 12:24 and I have see them bring more 12:25 and the next thing end of the day, take it over TV 12:28 as fast as they put them on, 12:29 but when we start talking about the side effects 12:31 that get very, very scary. 12:32 Yeah. There is another word out there and that 12:34 words about the portfolio diet. 12:36 What is the portfolio diet? 12:38 Okay and we have heard that 12:39 before the portfolio diet, 12:40 this is huge research in 12:43 University of Toronto in Canada, 12:44 Dr. Jenkins and his group researchers 12:46 they looked at all the Statin drugs out there 12:49 and realize that Statin drugs 12:50 it can lower cholesterol, but 12:52 it baleful side effects that comes with that. 12:56 So, they decide to look at certain foods 12:59 that were simply lower cholesterol 13:01 without the side effects and what they had 13:03 discovered that there are 13:04 four basic food components. 13:07 Let's go to the screen, 13:08 let's see what these four components are, 13:09 her it is. We call this the portfolio diet 13:12 and it says here. "Four dietary components, 13:17 has proved to be as effective 13:20 as Statin medication, 13:23 there are viscous fiber, the soluble fiber, 13:27 vegetable protein, soy in particular, 13:31 plant sterols and nuts." 13:35 Those four right there and, 13:38 and I but we tell you how each one of 13:40 those with lower cholesterol, 13:42 alright and so this was fiber will bind bow salt 13:47 that were normally convert into cholesterols 13:49 and that's how this was fiber 13:50 can lower cholesterol. 13:52 And the, the vegetable protein soya in particular, 13:55 it will inhibit liver from reducing cholesterol, 14:00 and reduces rate of production. 14:02 The plant sterols were inhibit absorption 14:05 or cholesterol in the intestines. 14:08 So, each one of those groups 14:09 lowers cholesterol in a different way, 14:12 you put them together in a meal plan 14:15 and that's why they called it the 14:17 the portfolio diet, it's like 14:19 stocks in a portfolio. So, portfolio diet 14:23 all in one meal and they have been shown to 14:25 lower cholesterol just as effectively as 14:30 Statin drugs within about 14:32 two to three weeks, alright. 14:35 So, portfolio diet it's a wonderful diet out there 14:38 and it's really again if you look at honey 14:40 is based on man's original diet. 14:42 Because there is no animal products at all, 14:44 yeah, and the nut foods one other main nuts used in 14:47 that diet too is the almond, 14:49 almonds help to dilate the coronary arteries 14:53 and also the walnuts help to relax the vessels. 14:57 So, thereby it does not only 14:59 lowers cholesterol that not keen down 15:01 it also lowers blood pressure, 15:04 so it's wonderful. Well, you know, 15:05 once again God knew what he was doing, yes, 15:07 in the very first book of the Bible Genesis 15:09 and God spoke about the diet for mankind 15:12 and when you think about that, 15:13 think about the foods that are good for us 15:16 to take into our bodies. There is a recipe that 15:19 I'm going to be doing today. Okay. 15:20 And this recipe believe or not 15:22 a lot of things you mentioned the, the meats 15:24 and everything that is there, 15:26 no they are not gonna be in this recipe however, 15:28 it is a recipe that called easy lasagna that 15:31 a lot of people like because of all the cheese 15:33 and the meat and all that's in there. 15:35 We're going into the kitchen 15:36 and we're going to do easy lasagna 15:38 and no where we're not using any meat, no milk, 15:40 no egg, no cheese you have to get your pencil 15:43 and meet us in the kitchen. |
Revised 2014-12-17