Participants: Don Mackintosh, Skip MacCarty
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000107
00:47 Hello and welcome to "Health for a Lifetime"
00:49 I'm your host Don Mackintosh 00:51 and we're going to be talking today about stress - 00:53 what can we do about this common plague, 00:56 if you will, in America. 00:58 There are good things that we know about stress; 00:59 there are negative things when we think about stress. 01:02 Here to talk to us about this important subject is 01:05 Dr. Skip MacCarty - Welcome Dr. MacCarty! 01:07 Now you have done extensive research over the last 20 years 01:12 with stress seminars and now you're a fellow of the 01:15 American Institute of Stress. 01:17 You've done some major presentations for that 01:19 organization in December 2000 and whatnot; 01:22 you have a seminar "Stress Beyond Coping" 01:25 that has been endorsed by, among other groups, 01:29 the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 01:31 and we're going to be covering some things today 01:33 that people can get more information by actually 01:35 looking at your seminar, getting it for themselves 01:38 or their community by calling here or that "Health Ministries 01:42 Department" in the General Conference... 01:43 But one of the keys that you've mentioned to me 01:46 that's very important - one of the things to look at 01:48 is exercise as it relates to stress, 01:51 and that's what we want to talk about today. 01:53 Give us just an overview of your whole approach to stress, 01:56 and then look at these keys 01:57 and then we'll hone in on exercise. 01:58 Okay Don, the model that I operate out of is 02:01 called the stress tank and it kind of shows all the 02:05 relationship of the parts to the whole... 02:08 It shows... think of your life as a tank and stressors 02:13 constantly coming into your life every day, 02:15 and if the stress fills to the overflow point, 02:18 then various kinds of harm can result, illnesses, 02:22 relationship breakdowns, strain in relationships, 02:27 accident proneness, etcetera. 02:28 Fortunately, there's a pressure relief valve on this tank, 02:31 and when that pressure relief valve is fully opened, 02:34 with the 7 Keys of stress management, 02:36 it drains the stress tank to safe levels, 02:39 prevents stress from building to the harmful point. 02:42 Things we can do to close that pressure relief valve as well; 02:45 alcohol, tobacco, addictive behavior, shopping - 02:49 you know, overspending addictions and so forth, 02:52 can actually create more stress, 02:55 even though they are short-term to help. 02:57 You feel good when you go shopping, 02:59 you feel bad when you've spent 03:01 more than your husband or wife wants. Right - exactly! 03:04 Well, not just feel bad, but you get debts, 03:06 and it creates serious problems. 03:08 And there are things we can do to create larger tanks 03:10 actually to handle more stress at any one time... 03:13 And those are all things we do in a 12-hour seminar, 03:15 but I want to focus right now on one of the 7 Keys. Okay 03:18 The 7 Keys that open the pressure relief valve... 03:26 And we're going to talk about exercise this time. 03:28 Exercise today - yep 03:29 All right, so tell us about exercise, 03:31 how does it fit into stress management 03:33 or dealing with stress? 03:35 Well in the stress management pyramid that I've developed, 03:37 in which I show how the 7 Keys are arranged hierarchically, 03:42 starting with the lesser important ones at the bottom, 03:44 not that they're not important, 03:45 they are very important, but compared to the ones 03:47 above them, they are less 03:49 important than the ones above them. 03:50 Now the bottom 4 components, 03:52 the eating healthfully, exercise, relaxation, 03:54 time management, organization, 03:56 you can kind of arrange those differently. 03:59 You can put exercise up higher on that, 04:02 but the top 3 are even more important... 04:04 But exercise is one of the foundational elements, 04:07 it is VERY important for stress management, VERY important. 04:10 So it's not something that we should just relegate to the 04:12 dust bin - it's something we should focus on; 04:15 it does have very positive elements when relating to stress 04:18 And it's something you can do immediately. 04:20 Some of the other techniques of stress management 04:22 takes some time to learn them. 04:23 Exercise - you know how to do it and you start immediately, 04:28 and get benefit and results. 04:29 What EXACTLY makes it important? 04:30 Well, in answering that question, Don, 04:35 I'd like to kind of explain the difference between 04:37 the 2 different kinds of stress... Okay 04:40 We've talked before about real stress, which is stress in which 04:46 your body is actually invaded by something or you are 04:50 assaulted in some way and the process of stress is just... 04:53 ideas going through out heads that we imagine we're threatened 04:57 or fears that come from just irrational beliefs 05:00 that we have and so forth. 05:02 That's 2 ways to distinguish stress that researchers 05:04 distinguish between real and processive... 05:06 Real or imagined? But there are 2 other ways... 05:07 Yes, 2 other ways and one is called distress... DISTRESS 05:12 Distress is the harmful stress, like DIS-EASE. Okay 05:16 The harmful stress that actually raises your stress hormones 05:22 to a level that's helpful in a short run... 05:27 It helps you in an acute stressor, 05:28 but if it becomes chronic, it actually adverse affects 05:31 your immune system and makes you more irritable, 05:35 and all kinds of things that are harmful to you and in every way. 05:39 Chronic stress is harmful in every way. 05:43 You want to avoid it if at all possible. 05:47 It's where our resources to adapt to whatever situation 05:52 we're in are overloaded. 05:53 Now the other kind of stress is a beneficial stress. 05:56 Stress researchers realized this very early on... 06:00 Eustress - that's a new word for me. 06:02 The little prefix "eu" on the word stress there 06:06 is a Greek prefix that means "good" 06:10 Eulogy means... Good words about somebody. 06:13 Speaking good words about somebody who is deceased, 06:15 and euphoria means... You feel just great - feel good. 06:18 A feeling of well-being, a good feeling. 06:20 And so eustress is a beneficial stress; 06:22 the spice of life - it's working hard toward achieving a goal, 06:26 and you achieve a good goal. 06:28 It's having enough stress and enough challenge. 06:30 If you weren't challenged when you got up during the day... 06:31 if you have absolutely nothing to do when you got up, 06:34 it sounds heavenly but, really, if you were to put an 06:39 active person flat on their back, 06:40 that's very stressful for an active person. 06:45 And now, I've got a chart showing, in the workplace 06:48 what they've worked out - that center column there 06:54 is the optimal amount of stress and that's eustress... 06:57 You're adequately challenged, you have plenty to do, 07:00 and you can even have added to that pressure, 07:03 added work pressure that's a little bit more than you can do 07:06 comfortably and it's a great challenge, 07:09 but still it's acceptable... 07:11 your productivity is acceptable and still good. 07:15 But you get too much work overload and you have distress, 07:20 then it gets dangerous. 07:21 The same works the other way which is very interesting. 07:24 If you have too little to do, 07:26 you can still do okay if it's just a little less than 07:28 you're capable of, but if it gets WAY less, 07:31 if you have nothing to do almost on your job, 07:34 or you get laid off, let's say, and no other job prospects, 07:38 it can be very distressful, HARMFULLY distressful 07:41 to your health and so how exercise fits into this... 07:46 when you exercise, Don, you put your body under stress. 07:50 You actually stress your body, 07:53 but it's a healthy stress, it's EUSTRESS... 07:56 that's the point, it's eustress. 07:58 So the ways that exercise benefits is because it 08:01 kind of gives us a dry run at stress, but it's a positive way. 08:05 Well yes, it actually puts your body under stress. 08:09 You know, there's a number of 08:10 benefits for exercise, numerous benefits. 08:13 What are some of the ways that exercise 08:15 benefits in this way? 08:17 All right, #1- It enables us to react more calmly 08:23 and less drastically to stressful situations - 08:25 it conditions us to do that. 08:27 It helps our body functions return to normal more quickly 08:31 after the stress reaction. 08:32 So it's just like training for a marathon... 08:34 We go out and we run it every day or we walk it at first, 08:36 then we are more and more able 08:38 to handle that stress for the long haul. 08:40 Yes, there's a stress sequence, kind of a stress reaction. 08:45 What exactly do you mean by stress reaction? 08:47 What does that mean? Well, there are 3 stages 08:49 to the stress reaction or the stress response... 08:52 And Dr. Hans Selye, the original 08:55 researcher in the field of stress, 08:57 back in the 30s and the 40s and 50s, 09:00 he created the stress reaction 09:03 that talked about these 3 sequences. 09:05 The first sequence, the first stage, is the "alarm stage" 09:09 This is where you perceive some kind of threat... 09:12 When you go into this, your body actually, 09:18 biochemically, prepares to meet an emergency situation. 09:23 Is that guy causing the stress or is he under stress? 09:28 It could be either right? 09:29 Well yeah, he's... HE'S CAUSING THE STRESS! 09:32 I have no idea - it just looked like good clip art 09:36 to represent an alarm reaction. 09:39 So that's the first stage, the alarms... 09:40 And your heart rate increases, 09:44 your blood thickens and your vessels constrict 09:48 so your blood pressure rises to get the blood out 09:51 to your extremities because you're going to need to 09:53 get away from this situation or to fight in this situation. 09:57 Your respiration increases, the rate of respiration, 10:01 more oxygen to the brain and to the extremities. 10:03 Stress hormones and adrenalin are pumped into your system. 10:08 You're ready to go - the fight or flight syndrome there. 10:10 That's right... the- -of sugar is pumped into your blood, 10:15 muscle function is keener, but your digestive process 10:18 shuts down. 10:19 And the reason for that is that... 10:21 It's not as important. That's right 10:22 It's more long-term and your body senses it... 10:26 "No long-term projects are allowed right now, 10:29 we got an emergency in front of us," 10:31 so it prepares to meet that emergency. 10:33 That's the alarm stage. 10:35 Then it goes into the next stage which is the resistant stage. 10:40 Okay, we're prepared for fight and flight in the alarm stage. 10:44 AGAIN, 2 very dangerous guys there, I see... 10:47 with the gun and the Wylie rabbit... Right 10:50 Then we go next to the resistant stage. 10:53 Oh look at these guys where they are sparring here now. 10:56 That's right... They said, "Hey look, 10:58 you can't take over my house. " 10:59 This is where stress becomes chronic. 11:01 This is where it's not dealt with in just a few minutes. 11:04 It's a long flight... It becomes a more lengthy 11:08 engagement and when stress becomes chronic, 11:13 then it gets dangerous because the stress hormones 11:16 are continuing to circulate at high levels in your body, 11:19 and when that happens, eventually... 11:22 and sometimes it's going to happen in a matter of 11:23 just a few days, that your immune system gets 11:26 suppressed to the place where you're now more susceptible 11:31 to colds, to flu, to killer diseases... 11:36 And the longer that stress goes unrelieved, 11:39 the more dangerous it gets. 11:41 And so exercise fits into this - how? 11:43 Well, we're coming to that. Okay 11:46 Because the last stage is returning to normal... 11:49 You either deal with the stress and return to normal 11:52 or you actually exhaust your body resources... 11:56 And when you exhaust your body resources, 11:59 you can get depressed... 12:01 I see the guy in the picture there, 12:04 I can tell which one is kind of exhausted... 12:06 He's in the stocks. You have a clue... 12:09 Maybe his stocks have fallen or something there. 12:11 And the other guy is happy, 12:13 he's got a big grin with his teeth there. 12:14 When you're exhausted and your health breaks down, 12:18 you can go into shock, in fact, or you could even die. 12:24 If it's severe enough and long enough, you could die from it. 12:28 So stress can actually kill. 12:30 So the stress reaction is fight or flight, 12:33 it's the resistance and then it's either return to normal 12:36 or you're over, you're exhausted. 12:38 You just get exhausted, yeah, and some people, 12:40 they just can't go on anymore and get depressed. 12:43 Now what exercise does... 12:44 If you look at the physiological changes 12:46 that take place during exercise... 12:47 Again, heart rate goes up, 12:49 the amount of blood being pumped out of the system increases, 12:53 so the blood can get out to the working muscles, 12:56 blood pressure rises again. 12:58 And, it's interesting, blood thickens when you're in stress 13:01 in case you're wounded... And get those clots out there 13:05 Get those clots going, yep. 13:07 Your breathing is more rapid, just like in a stress response, 13:11 however, it's deeper when you exercise - so it's healthier. 13:16 Because rapid breathing in a stress reaction 13:20 tends to be shallower. 13:21 Tissues take up more oxygen, 13:23 manage for sugar in the blood again, 13:25 just like when you're under a lot of stress, 13:28 and the digestive process tends to shut down 13:30 during the exercise time as well; 13:31 again, to get the blood out to the 13:33 extremities where it's needed. 13:34 Now when you exercise, several things are happening... 13:38 One is you're using the stress chemicals that are produced... 13:43 So if you are in chronic stress and you exercise, 13:46 you're beginning to burn off some of those chemicals 13:50 that you need to be burning off... 13:51 And are already there and you need to get rid of them. 13:53 That's right, you need to lower those chemicals, 13:56 but also, when you exercise, just like you were saying, 13:59 you're conditioning your body. 14:00 It's like running plays over and over again, 14:03 so you just do them instantaneously. 14:16 That's the 3rd thing that it does for us. 14:18 It enables deeper relaxations and sleep. 14:23 Have you ever been so tired at the end of the day, 14:26 that you couldn't sleep? 14:27 Yes - and that means I'm too stressed out? 14:31 Well, a lot of times that comes from a sedentary, 14:35 maybe you haven't had enough exercise during the day, 14:37 so what happens is your mind is exhausted, 14:42 but yet your body is tense... 14:44 Your body is tense. 14:45 Oh I tell you, when I exercise, I feel like staying up 14:47 all night though, that's a problem for me. 14:49 So you can't exercise that late. 14:52 I mean even if I do it in the morning, it's amazing. 14:57 Well, you know what you're saying 14:59 when you say that? No, what am I saying? 15:01 What you're saying is - your body requires less sleep. 15:03 You're body requires less sleep when you exercise, regularly. 15:06 That's right... I find the same thing 15:08 So that's one of the things when people say, 15:09 "I don't have time to exercise. Give me a break, 15:12 I'm already so busy" 15:13 Many people, with their exercise on a regular basis, 15:16 they find they do not need as much sleep. 15:18 Their body actually gets along well without that much sleep. 15:21 They are actually saved nearly as much time 15:24 in the sleep that they need when they exercise aerobically. 15:27 Even earlier in the day, like you say. 15:29 So it doesn't mean you can't sleep, 15:31 it just means you sleep more efficiently, more effectively. 15:34 We're talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty 15:35 We're talking about the benefits 15:36 of exercise as it relates to stress. 15:38 We've talked about how, if we exercise, 15:41 we can run right back and look at the rest of this program. 15:43 We hope that you do that. 15:44 Join us when we come back. 15:52 Have you found yourself wishing 15:53 that you could shed a few pounds? 15:55 Have you been on a diet for most of your life, 15:58 but not found anything that will really keep the weight off? 16:01 If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, 16:03 then we have a solution for you that works. 16:06 Dr. Hans Diehl and Dr. Aileen Ludington 16:09 have written a marvelous booklet called... 16:11 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 16:13 and we'd like to send it to you free of charge. 16:16 Here's a medically sound approach successfully used 16:19 by thousands who were able to eat more, 16:21 and lose weight permanently without feeling guilty or hungry 16:25 through lifestyle medicine. 16:27 Dr. Diehl and Dr. Ludington have been featured on 3ABN 16:30 and in this booklet, they present a sensible 16:33 approach to eating, nutrition and lifestyle changes that can 16:37 help you prevent heart disease, diabetes and even cancer. 16:39 Call or write today for your free copy of... 16:42 "Reversing Obesity Naturally" 16:43 and you could be on your way to a healthier, happier you. 16:47 It's absolutely free of charge, so call or write today. 16:55 Welcome back, we're talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty 16:57 We're talking about stress. 16:59 We're talking about what we can do to alleviate it or reduce it, 17:03 put it in the right level, I guess 17:04 is a better way to say it. 17:05 And joining us today has been Dr. Skip MacCarty 17:09 We've talked about several different things... 17:10 The fight or flight syndrome. 17:12 We've talked about the resistance that comes 17:16 when we exercise. 17:17 We've talked about returning to normal, 17:19 and all these things exercise helps us with because it 17:22 kind of trains our body, uses up those hormones 17:25 and all these different things 17:26 that you've been talking with us about. 17:28 What are some other benefits of exercise 17:31 that we can appreciate in terms of stress? 17:33 Okay - stress, besides enabling better relaxation and sleep, 17:38 also raises the good cholesterol, the HDL cholesterol 17:42 The "happy" cholesterol as you have referred to it. 17:45 Okay, so it protects against heart disease and all 17:48 those things... Protective cholesterol raises it. 17:50 It's the only recommended thing we can do 17:53 to raise that good cholesterol, 17:55 kind of carries off the bad elements there. 17:58 And it burns off biochemical 18:00 byproducts of the stress reaction. 18:02 So again, when stressful situations prepare us 18:05 for fight or flight, often we don't do either, 18:07 and so exercise helps to burn off some of those chemicals 18:12 that are in our system to be used. 18:14 It also triggers the release of pain-killing substances 18:16 from the brain - endorphins, so that it gives a good-feeling, 18:21 and that's important in stressful times... 18:25 And promotes just general health including 18:27 cardiovascular conditioning. 18:28 I've got a couple of slides from research done by 18:30 Dr. Lester Breslow who was Dean of School, 18:32 Public Health, U.C.L.A. 18:34 This shows 7,000 people studied over a period of 9 years 18:38 shows death rates during that time 18:40 from people who NEVER exercised 18:44 and you see 16.1% there and those who exercised often. 18:51 This was for women now, this particular slide... 18:55 There was a difference of over 2 times the number of people 19:01 from those who exercised often to those who exercised never, 19:04 twice as many people died during that period of time 19:07 in that study that they were studying. 19:09 But notice the biggest difference with just 19:11 if they'd just got out and exercised some, 19:13 and they just tried to get out and exercise some. 19:15 So a little bit is actually helpful for stress 19:18 and for longevity. It is... 19:19 And the next slide shows, with men, was even more 19:23 pronounced, almost 3 times more men died in that study 19:29 who never exercised than those who exercised 19:32 often and quite vigorously. 19:35 So again, even moderate exercise is better than none at all. 19:39 Absolutely - absolutely! And for stress, very important 19:43 for ALL the reasons we've been talking about. 19:45 Sometimes people will say to me, "I'm going to go jogging 19:47 or this or that," and I kind of tongue-in-cheek 19:49 say, "You know, why don't I 19:52 give you a ride? I mean, if you need to really 19:54 get there that fast, they kind of laugh. Yes 19:55 And then there's that statement, I can't remember who said it... 19:57 It says, "You know, when I had the urge to exercise, 19:59 I just lay down for a while and it passes. " 20:02 W. C. Fields, yeah, he lays down until it goes away. 20:06 There's a cartoon I like, it's a Walnut Cove cartoon 20:09 that has these 2 joggers; 20:10 one is quite heavy-set and the other is slender 20:13 and they're jogging along and... let me get the exact 20:18 way that that goes here... 20:21 One says to the other or the heavy jogger says 20:27 to the trim one, "When I started running my only concern 20:30 was to prevent heart trouble, but now that I have been 20:32 getting up and running at 4:30 in the morning for about 20:34 a month, my perspective is starting to change" 20:36 And the next frame, the trim jogger says, 20:38 "Yes, the thing about running gives you a whole new outlook" 20:41 And in the final frame the 2 joggers drop off in the 20:44 distance and the heavy-set jogger is saying... 20:47 "Yeah, heart disease actually is starting to sound pretty good" 20:52 But it's not really true, actually when you start 20:55 exercising and get exercising regularly, 20:57 you look forward to it and you don't feel as good 21:01 when you're not exercising. 21:02 You've suggested that exercise is really important, 21:06 but people say, "Well look, there are lots of different 21:09 things I can do, what kind of exercise is the best?" 21:11 Well for stress, aerobic exercise is still the best. 21:15 Aerobic exercise where you're getting enough oxygen 21:20 when your heart rate is going up to a... 21:23 ...Considerable amount, a target rate 21:26 that you're supposed to be at. Right 21:27 So what exactly is aerobic exercise... 21:29 it sounds pretty chemical. 21:31 Yes, there are actually 3 components to 21:35 aerobic exercise. All right 21:37 And you can put it in the acronym "F-I-T" 21:40 You have "Frequency" - at least 3 to 6 times a week. 21:46 "Intensity" - I like to just suggest that it's easy for me to 21:50 remember - work up to a sweat, 21:52 and then you want to hold it at that level if you can 21:55 for 20-60 minutes, probably not more than 60 minutes, 21:58 and for most of us, maybe not even close to that, 22:00 but particularly if you're starting... 22:05 So F-I-T... frequency, intensity and time. 22:08 It doesn't count though that we're under these 22:10 television cameras and it makes us sweat, right? 22:12 That's right... That doesn't count 22:14 If was kicking my legs as we're here for 20 minutes... 22:17 And when we talk about aerobic exercise, we always have to add 22:20 the caution "check with your doctor before 22:24 you begin an aerobic exercise program 22:26 if you're not regularly exercising now. " 22:28 So that's just to be safe. 22:30 All right, so in your stress management seminar, 22:33 "Stress Beyond Coping" 22:35 which you've recommended for individuals 22:38 and communities across the country, 22:39 what is it that you recommend for choosing an exercise program 22:43 for your individual stress management program? 22:46 Well, to have some kind of aerobic exercise program 22:49 and whatever works best for people... 22:53 Some kind of aerobic exercise program and that could be 22:58 walking a real brisk rate, or jogging if they like, 23:01 bicycling, whatever works up to a sweat... 23:05 And then secondly, would be to choose some kind of activity 23:10 that's enjoyable because that 23:14 means you're going to get back to it; 23:15 you'll look forward to getting back to it and doing it. 23:18 You'll want to experiment around a bit; 23:20 experiment with even different equipments before you buy one, 23:23 and go down to a gym and try different equipments 23:25 if you're going to buy some equipment, 23:27 but get something that you enjoy doing. 23:30 Now you know, I used to lament the fact that all my exercise 23:34 things I like to do were dependent on other people, 23:37 but in your seminar, one of your other keys was that 23:39 you're supposed to have close relationships, 23:40 and relationships with other people... 23:41 so that's really not a negative, it's a positive. 23:44 That's right, in fact, when you exercise with someone else, 23:48 it also is an accountability factor built in. 23:52 I've got a walking partner myself and we call each other, 23:56 and maybe one of us wasn't planning to go that day, 23:59 but just you know, it really.. They put the clamps on you. 24:01 That's right... It probably works into the 24:04 time management key too that you talk about 24:06 in your seminar where you say, "Hey, I'm going to be with 24:09 the "greens" - all 18 of them - or whatever, right? 24:13 So you kind of work those all together, 24:16 it kinds of works together. 24:17 So exercise is important to work it in. Yeah 24:20 Anything else? And then we suggest 24:22 exercising in fresh air if you possibly can... 24:25 And even in the wintertime, if you're dressed properly, 24:28 you can exercise in fresh air. 24:30 And if you buy equipment, put your fresh air by 24:33 an open window or something. 24:34 Put your equipment by the open window... 24:36 Yeah, by an open window... You said put the fresh air 24:38 by the open window. Did I? 24:39 That would be a real exercise program! 24:43 Okay, so fresh air and with a friend... 24:46 What were the 3 things? 24:49 Regular - get maybe accountability 24:51 on all those different things. Yeah 24:52 And then finally, if someone can't exercise aerobically, 24:56 let's say they're just not able to do that, 24:58 Maybe they've been injured; 25:00 maybe they're in a situation 25:01 where they just can't do that right now. Right 25:03 Then we suggest just anything you can do to raise your level 25:07 of activity - whatever will raise your general 25:09 level of activity to do that. 25:12 As an example - I try to have as a policy, 25:16 never to take an elevator if I can take the stairs. 25:22 Even at O'Hare Airport, I'm quite frequently 25:26 at O'Hare Airport - they have a lot of stairs 25:29 you go up and down or escalator, 25:32 and I always try, if I can, my bags aren't too big, 25:35 and if my wife wants to take the escalator, I'll go with her 25:37 because people are more important 25:39 than something like this... Your exercise program... Yes 25:42 But just having that as a general rule, 25:45 when I go to the hospital and make hospital visits, 25:47 I'm an associate pastor, then I'll try to take stairs 25:51 going from different floors instead of the elevator, 25:53 that type of thing. 25:54 Or walk to the hospital... 25:56 Yes - well not exactly that far. 26:02 So, I get the principle... 26:03 Yeah, and we recommend... you can do house chores 26:07 aerobically- there are many different ways 26:10 you can raise your general level of activity. 26:14 Some people will drive around a parking lot a couple of, 26:18 2 or 3 times looking for a little closer spot, 26:21 when they ought to just, by principle, 26:23 park farther away and walk in. 26:25 Just even that little bit extra. 26:26 I don't want you to miss the last point 26:28 we talked about making and so let's go to that 26:31 because putting this... 26:32 We talked about stress, we've talked about its 26:34 importance, we talked about all that, 26:35 but put it in perspective for us now. 26:38 I put to put exercise in perspective, 26:40 along with food and all the other elements. 26:42 This Scripture... 1 Timothy 4:8, physical training, 26:46 I'm going to translate it into exercise, okay? 26:49 Exercise is of some value - Well we now it has a great value 26:53 We talked about all the different values it has. 26:55 But in perspective, exercise is of some value, 26:59 but godliness has value for all things, 27:01 holding promise for both the 27:02 present life and the life to come. 27:05 In perspective, that's why when you look at the 27:09 stress management pyramid, exercise is toward the 27:12 bottom of the illustration, as important as it is, 27:14 toward the bottom; the spiritual component 27:16 integrating spiritually into our lives, 27:18 godliness comes at the very top. 27:20 That is the single most important resource 27:24 in stress management. 27:26 We've been talking with Dr. Skip MacCarty 27:28 We've been talking about STRESS and how we can cope with it. 27:32 There is a seminar that has been produced by 27:34 Dr. MacCarty that's available for communities and individuals. 27:37 It's called "Stress Beyond Coping" 27:40 and you can get more information about this and the other 27:43 7 Keys in dealing with stress and managing it in your life. 27:47 We hope that you can take advantage of that resource. 27:50 We're glad you have watched us today, 27:52 and we hope that as a result of today's program 27:54 you'll have health and happiness that lasts for a lifetime. |
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