Health for a Lifetime

Studies In Caffeine, Vitamin D, And Exercise

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Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Dr. Neil Nedley

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Program Code: HFAL00234B


00:01 Welcome back we been talking with Doctor Neil Nedley
00:03 and we talked in the first half Doctor Nedley about
00:06 caffeine and those high caffeine drinks and if you miss
00:10 that you need to come back and watch that program again.
00:12 It had very vital and important information and then
00:15 we talked about the importance of vitamin D as it relates
00:18 to longevity colorectal patients, or cancer patients.
00:22 How common is colorectal cancer, isn't it like number one
00:25 and number two? - it's number two is far as cancer
00:28 deaths are concerned.
00:29 What you said was is that if you have a high level of
00:32 vitamin D, which you can get either from supplements or
00:34 from sunlight, if you increase that you decrease your
00:38 risk of dying even after getting colorectal cancer.
00:41 Exactly. - so it is important to know what your level is
00:45 you said there was a specific blood test, what was it?
00:48 25 hydroxy vitamin D level. Really you would like to be
00:52 50 or above on that level.
00:54 25 to 50 you might be in the medium part, but really to be
01:00 in the top fourth people in America you need to be 50 and
01:04 above and that will extend your life span significantly.
01:07 If you are below 25 that is when you need to start taking
01:10 supplements in addition to sunlight.
01:12 So how old should you be when you find out what your
01:14 vitamin D is? Really that is a good question.
01:18 Researchers are trying to get consensus on this.
01:22 I don't think it's ever too early to get
01:24 a vitamin D level.
01:25 It is so related to so many health giving benefits
01:29 that even if you are coming in for a physical as a kid,
01:34 if you get a 25 hydroxy vitamin D level it could save
01:38 you a lot of problems down the road by getting
01:41 enough of that vitamin.
01:42 You know both of us have been associated with the NewStart
01:45 program at Weimer in California.
01:49 One of the acronyms they have is nutrition, exercise, water,
01:53 sunlight, it is very important then?
01:57 Sunlight is very important, it is actually emerging as
02:01 possibly as important as virtually everyone of those
02:07 other natural remedies such as nutrition and exercise.
02:10 There are studies actually indicating that vitamin D may
02:14 be just, if not more important than regular physical
02:18 exercise. - so you probably could do both because you
02:21 are out in the sun while exercising.
02:24 Yes it, it is not that you should choose one or the other
02:25 really you can do both and should do both.
02:27 Well let's move on to another study that you mentioned which
02:31 is hip fractures and recovery from them as it
02:35 relates to social relationships.
02:37 Yes, and we have a graphic here in regards to that.
02:41 It actually shows that contact with friends is tied to
02:47 hip fractures recovery and I thought this was
02:50 quite an interesting study.
02:52 Elderly adult who fracture their hip have better
02:55 odds of surviving if they have a little help from their
02:58 friends, as the study suggests.
03:00 Researchers found that among a large group of elderly hip
03:03 fracture patients, those who had regular contact with
03:06 friends in the weeks before the injury were more likely
03:09 to be alive two years later.
03:11 What about friends verses family?
03:13 Well they did look at that, family is important as well.
03:16 If you have close relationships with your family it does
03:19 help, in extends your life as well.
03:22 But this study showed it is actually more important to
03:25 have close friends, and this wasn't a very high bar as
03:33 close friends were concerned.
03:35 What they did is that they took a look at patients who
03:37 had seen or phoned a friend at least once a day before
03:41 the hip fracture and compared it with people
03:45 who have hip fractures and hadn't phoned a friend or
03:47 a least talked to them on the phone, or had contact with
03:52 them on a daily basis.
03:54 They found that those people were five times, five times
03:58 more likely to die than those who had daily contact
04:03 with friends.
04:04 So it's probably not a good time to get new friends
04:06 after you have a hip fracture, get your friends now.
04:09 Get the friends now.
04:10 Try to avoid the hip fracture to begin with, but this is
04:14 an interesting study is showing social relationships.
04:17 Yes and we are social beings and more studies are
04:21 being done on social support and social relationships.
04:24 We find that they've play a role improved mental health
04:28 improves physical help, but I never really anticipated
04:31 looking at hip fractures.
04:33 Let me ask you one other question about this study and
04:36 then we want to go on to another study.
04:37 Did they look at whether or not the person called their
04:42 friend or did the friend call the person?
04:44 No, they didn't. - so what I would say is if your
04:47 friend had a hip fracture call them, go and see them
04:50 and make them know they have a friend.
04:52 Visitation to your family members what you would say
04:55 is very vitally important. - that's right.
04:58 A few years back I looked at another study of ministers,
05:01 I was Pastoring at the time and it just showed the impact
05:04 in this particular study of a Pastor going to visit
05:07 someone and touching the patient and praying with them.
05:10 How powerful that was, this seems to be the same kind of
05:13 thing, same kind of things.
05:15 It is important to go visit the people and the sunshine
05:19 band's of the hospital and take some people to sing to
05:21 them and talk to them and not just once but everyday touch
05:24 bases. - yes that is right you can definitely help
05:28 your friends and acquaintances that way.
05:30 Well let's go on, pregnancy and high vegetable and
05:35 omega-3 intake verses allergies in children.
05:38 Yes we have a study published just recently from the
05:43 Journal Thorax in June of 2008.
05:46 We have a graphic on this showing the Mediterranean diet
05:49 in pregnancy does help to reduce allergies in pregnant women.
05:56 Women who ate a Mediterranean diet while pregnant stave
06:00 off not only allergies but asthma in their children.
06:04 So it not only helps them it also helps their children
06:08 to not develop allergies and asthma.
06:11 This is a problem that is increasing in America.
06:12 There is a lot more allergies in children today than there
06:15 used to be a couple generations ago.
06:17 So the Mediterranean diet would be like, Hummus and taboli
06:20 olive oil, what would you say?
06:27 Well they actually took a look at the ingredients
06:30 of it, vegetables, fruit, whole grain breads, cereals,
06:35 legumes, nuts, olive oil and omega-3 foods.
06:39 Omega-3 foods can include things like flax seed, walnuts,
06:45 or healthy fish, clean fish that are higher omega-3.
06:49 This is not really a low-fat diet, it's a low trans fat
06:53 low saturated fat diet, but it does have fats that are
06:57 omega-3's. - Right and the people on this diet ate less
07:02 meat, less white meat, very infrequently ate red meat if at
07:07 all and had low consumption of dairy products and eggs.
07:09 So was much more of a plant- based regime of Mediterranean
07:15 diet that seem to produce the benefit.
07:17 So if you don't want your kids to get allergies eat the
07:20 Mediterranean diet or basically almost a Genesis 1:29
07:24 diet, the diet that is in the early part of the Bible.
07:27 Another study, or do you have anything else on that?
07:30 No, it just made a significant difference.
07:33 Okay another study that you mention was longevity
07:37 as it relates to exercise.
07:39 Yes and this was a study in regards to running and
07:44 it took a look at those 50 and older.
07:46 So those that are starting to press 50 take note.
07:51 If you take up running they significantly improve their
07:57 chance of living a long time.
08:00 So in other words 50 years old, you haven't run before
08:04 and you hear this today and say I'm 49 and 50 tomorrow
08:07 should they just go out and start running or check with
08:11 their Doctor, what should they do?
08:12 It really depends whether you have a history of heart
08:16 problems or not or if you are at risk for heart problems.
08:19 If you don't have a family history of heart disease,
08:22 you don't have high cholesterol, high blood pressure
08:24 you don't really need a stress test, just go out
08:27 starting running program, just start judiciously lighter
08:31 at first and then build up where you are doing more
08:35 miles and up to an hour a day or a least a half hour or
08:38 so isn't really should be the goal.
08:40 If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
08:43 high family history of heart problems, it's a simple
08:45 thing to get a stress test.
08:46 Go to doctor and get the stress test and prove that
08:49 you're going to be fine on this running program.
08:51 If so it will definitely increase your risk
08:55 of a long life.
08:57 So again out there Weimer in the NewStart program they
09:01 have like 15 miles of trails and that is exactly what
09:05 they said, they do the stress test.
09:07 People that haven't walked or run, or anything even for
09:11 years, once they get that simple okay they start walking
09:14 and it is amazing what happens in 10, 15 or 19 days.
09:18 A completely turns people around, this study seems to be
09:22 indicating that the impacts of running go far beyond the
09:25 things we normally talk about which is like losing weight,
09:29 and all these other things.
09:30 One of the other types of studies bringing out?
09:32 Well it is bringing out reduced risk of heart disease
09:35 significantly, reduced risk of cancer which is also
09:39 significant, and even a reduced risk of neurological
09:42 diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
09:44 Did they say why that happens?
09:46 I'm not sure of all the reasons, exercise actually does
09:52 produce some endorphins and it does produce some
09:56 anticancer chemicals.
09:58 Even interferon is produced with vigorous exercise,
10:01 interleukins are produced and these things can help
10:04 prevent cancer and maybe even help with heart disease.
10:07 Of course exercise improves insulin resistance and we
10:10 know that is going to reduce the risk of heart disease.
10:13 It also of course is going to help high blood pressure,
10:16 if you have high blood pressure one of the best therapies
10:18 is to go out and get on a vigorous exercise program.
10:22 So what is vigorous and what is not vigorous?
10:24 Vigorous will be running, this study was done on running.
10:27 Not vigorous would be just a mild stroll in
10:30 the park you know.
10:32 So some people say intermittent training, or IT, is this true
10:36 running to you a little bit and rest, run little bit and
10:39 rest. - yea run and then walk really can be
10:43 helpful, we went necessarily recommend complete rest but
10:46 running an then when you are to the point of exhaustion
10:49 go ahead and do a brisk walk for maybe 40 seconds,
10:53 less than a minute and then go ahead and go back to
10:56 running for again less than a minute.
10:58 This is a good way to start out your running program.
11:01 As you get more fit you can run for longer periods of
11:04 time and walk for less periods of time.
11:06 You just keep building up and building up.
11:09 Building up to no more than 8 miles a day.
11:11 No more than 8 miles day? That is interesting I was
11:15 studying the life of Christ at one point and in this
11:18 particular study they took all of the distances that
11:21 He had walked or whatnot with His disciples and the
11:24 average amount that someone would walk in those days was
11:27 like 21 miles day. - yeah you can walk more
11:31 than you can run.
11:33 Not running these miles.
11:35 What happens is when you get more than 8 miles
11:37 you increase the risk of orthopedic problems.
11:39 So you are going to end up with knee surgery, ankle
11:42 surgeries, stress fractures all those types of things.
11:45 Which cuts down the amount of time you can run.
11:47 Exactly. - we've been talking with Doctor Nedley and
11:50 talking about some fascinating things on this program.
11:54 Everything from high caffeine drinks to looking at
11:58 vitamin D, to look at what foods to eat during pregnancy
12:02 to decrease the allergies in your children, and looking
12:06 at of course now running and longevity.
12:08 Doctor Nedley we are glad you are there any
12:11 final thoughts as we close?
12:12 Well what that study actually showed was after 15 years
12:17 15% of the runners had died, and those who were not
12:22 running 34% had died.
12:25 And that's action after 19 years, so their chance of
12:28 living to age 70 or beyond was doubled by running.
12:31 We are glad that you have join us for Health For A
12:34 Lifetime and remember also we studied here to have a friend
12:37 and maintain a connection with someone else.
12:40 We are glad you joined us for Health for a Lifetime.


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