Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Dr. Neil Nedley
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL00240B
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00:01 Welcome back! We've been talking with
00:03 Dr. Neil Nedley from Ardmore, Oklahoma 00:05 and also, now, he is the president of Weimar 00:09 which also has the NEWSTART Program 00:11 We're glad you're with us. Thank you 00:13 We were talking, before the break, about vitamin D 00:15 and you said everybody needs to get that test. Yeah 00:18 And then it occurred to you and I, during the break, 00:20 that maybe we should talk about what a normal 00:22 level for vitamin D is. 00:24 Yes, you know, we talk about cholesterol... 00:26 The ideal cholesterol is 100 + your age 00:28 but vitamin D, people don't know that. 00:30 And for everyone, the ideal vitamin D level is 50 or higher. 00:34 ...50 or higher Yeah 00:35 And now, you don't really want to be above 80 on that 00:39 because too much vitamin D can be a problem. 00:42 That's why we recommend you know what your level is 00:44 and don't just go out and take mega doses. 00:46 It's not like vitamin C where you can take huge doses 00:49 and you really don't have a lot of side effects. 00:51 Vitamin D... you can get side effects if you take mega doses 00:55 So, you really want to know what it is... 00:57 50 and above is great 00:59 Anywhere from 30 to 50 is fair, could be optimized. 01:04 Below 30 is problematic... 01:06 and if you're below 10, WATCH OUT 01:09 ...There are going to be problems facing you soon 01:12 So, of some health-related cause or another it's going to happen 01:16 And so, you really need to know what your vitamin D level is. 01:19 So it's about the same as on the highway... 01:22 They say don't go lower than 45 01:24 and don't go over 70... but 50 to 80 01:27 Okay, that's a good way of remembering it. 01:29 You don't want to be hazardous and get hit by heart disease 01:32 or any of those other diseases... 01:34 so don't go too slow and don't go too fast 01:36 Next study... Bad childhood experiences and drinking 01:43 Yes, and we've underscored this study that was actually 01:46 done by "Emily Rothman" from the 01:48 "Boston University School of Public Health" 01:51 This was published in August 2008 01:55 and it was a study of 3600 Americans, ages 18-39 02:01 And it found that those who had gone through certain 02:03 negative experiences as a child 02:06 were more likely to have started drinking before the age of 15. 02:10 So what were some of those negative experiences? 02:13 Well, it could be sexual abuse... 02:14 It could be living with a mentally-ill family member... 02:17 Substance abuse in the home... 02:20 or parents divorce of separation. 02:23 And obviously, the one that's most common is 02:26 the parental divorce and separation. 02:29 A lot of times, parents are making choices 02:32 to suit themselves in that regard, 02:34 and they don't recognize that their effects 02:36 are manifesting not JUST on themselves, 02:40 but on their own children. 02:42 In fact, I'd like to underscore a couple of things 02:44 in regards to this... 02:46 When a child is not raised by both biological parents, 02:52 they have an emotional hit that increases, 02:56 particularly under the age of 15, 02:58 increases that child's risk of becoming an alcoholic, 03:01 increases their risk of suffering major depression, 03:04 increases their risk of being a problem adolescent significantly 03:09 And it doesn't matter what the reasons are for the divorce... 03:12 If you're not being raised by both biological parents 03:14 under the age of 15, it causes problems. 03:17 And ANOTHER study, interesting recent study, 03:21 showed that 5 years after a divorce... 03:26 many people think that it would have been wise for them 03:29 to stick it out. 03:31 In other words, they're no happier... 03:33 In fact, if you take a randomized sample of people, 03:36 they're going through a divorce, 03:39 and those who are wanting to go through a divorce 03:41 ...but then work it out 03:43 You'll find out the ones who worked it out 03:46 actually are happier than the couples who decided to split. 03:53 And often when they decide to split, 03:55 they think, "Hey, now I've got all these options... 03:57 I've got the plan in place" 03:58 "I'm going to do better this time" 04:00 And, in reality, they don't. 04:03 And so, that's not saying EVERYONE 04:05 should stick it out 100%... 04:07 There are obvious cases where 04:10 separation and divorce need to occur. 04:12 But I would guess that for every 5 divorces, 04:18 4 of them would have been BETTER... by sticking it out 04:21 And only 1 actually was, at the last resort, best option 04:26 Better not only for them, but better for their kids, 04:28 in terms of healthwise... 04:29 MUCH better for their kids. Um hm 04:31 And you know, there's something there... 04:32 when the divorce occurs, there's much greater 04:35 likelihood that the kids aren't going to be supervised 04:38 in certain points. 04:40 And, of course, these other things are also 04:42 associated with lack of supervision... 04:43 If your parent has mental illness, 04:45 that's often associated with lack of supervision. 04:48 If they have substance abuse... 04:50 In other words, if parents are drinking, 04:52 or if they're involved in drugs, 04:53 the chance of those kids being 04:56 problematic are GREATLY increased. 04:58 So stay with your spouse, if at all possible... 05:03 and it will be better for YOU and your KIDS... Absolutely! 05:05 That's what I hear the study saying... 05:08 Published in "Pediatrics" August 2008 05:10 Physical frailty as it relates to dementia... 05:14 YES... and this is a study that just gives a 05:19 note for us to be aware of. 05:23 And that is, a lot of times when we think of 05:25 Alzheimer dementia, when we think of any other 05:28 brain functions going down with age, 05:31 we just think it's often mental... 05:33 and it's not really a physical problem. 05:35 But, it actually does relate as a physical problem. 05:39 And it found... those who are frail, physically, 05:43 it's an early indicator that they are developing the 05:47 plaques associated with Alzheimer disease. 05:50 And these tangles start to occur even before the 05:55 memory goes down. 05:57 And so, first often, there's physical frailty 06:00 and then Alzheimer's 06:02 And so, if you know someone who's aging, 06:05 and they're starting to get frail, 06:07 that's a sign that you may need early... or check them out 06:12 Because if Alzheimer's is diagnosed early, 06:15 there are a lot of things we can do now to help 06:17 slow the progression of Alzheimer disease 06:19 and help this individual out before problems occur. 06:24 This was published in "Neurology," August 2008 06:30 So, if you, or someone you love is getting frail, 06:33 check it out... This is very good helpful, useful information 06:38 Well, let's go to the next one 06:40 STRESS makes allergies last longer... 06:44 And it makes them worse. 06:45 And it makes it worse... Yes 06:46 And this was an interesting study done by 06:51 "Dr. Janice Glaser" 06:52 She's a professor of psychology and psychiatry 06:55 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio 06:58 And she reported this at the 07:00 "American Psychological Association" meeting 07:02 in August 2008 07:05 And what she found out was that psychological stress and anxiety 07:10 makes seasonal allergies worse and linger longer. 07:14 And so, it's not just the season or not just the pollen, 07:19 but your state of mental health when that pollen comes on board 07:23 ...that has a significant role to play, 07:25 and it may even play a significant enough role 07:28 that if your stress is ably coped with, 07:33 that it can be good as taking an allergy medicine for instance 07:37 Fascinating! 07:38 So decrease stress, and the allergies won't last as long. 07:44 Right, and they won't be as severe. 07:46 Just give us... like what are 07:47 your top 3 ways to decrease stress... 07:49 Top 3 ways of decreasing stress... 07:52 Proper rest is a very important way. 07:56 Regular exercise. 07:58 Exercise helps anxiety. 08:00 It helps stress. 08:01 Physical activity is very important. 08:04 And third, high amounts of omega-3 in the diet. 08:08 And I hesitate to boil it down to 3 because there are 08:11 other important things such as... 08:12 the spiritual aspect of life, 08:16 and having an overall meaning and purpose... 08:18 That's probably more important than the 3 that I mentioned. 08:20 But.. yet, as far as scientific studies are concerned 08:24 the 3 that I mentioned are key. 08:26 By the way, if you do all those 3 things with your kids too 08:29 it decreases their stress, and yours! 08:31 There you go! Absolutely 08:34 What about stroke risk healthy lifestyle, 08:39 and its relation to stroke. 08:43 Well we've know for years that healthy lifestyle is associated 08:47 with reduced heart disease, reduced diabetes. 08:50 In fact, diabetes and heart disease can be controlled 08:54 90% and 80%, respectively, by a very healthy diet. 09:00 And so, critically important, but stroke hasn't really been 09:03 looked at that much. 09:04 And this study showed that a person's odds of suffering 09:08 a stroke is significantly reduced by maintaining 09:12 several healthy lifestyles which include... Not smoking 09:16 Exercising daily. 09:17 Consuming a healthy diet. 09:19 Drinking alcohol either in moderation or not at all. 09:23 And maintaining a healthy weight. 09:26 So, those are 5 factors there 09:29 And if you have all 5 of those factors, 09:33 and you're a woman, your risk of stroke 09:36 went down by 79% WOW, 79% 09:41 And your risk of a clotting stroke went down by 81% 09:45 with those 5 measures. 09:47 Now in men, it wasn't as critical 09:50 It was a 69% reduction in other studies in men 09:53 But this was a "National Institute of Health" 09:56 study... it was funded by the Harvard School of Public Health 10:00 I should say the NIH funded it, 10:02 and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted it 10:06 And it was a study of the "Health Professionals" followup, 10:11 or that "Nurses' Health Study" that we talked about earlier. 10:15 So, what's the 3rd leading cause of death still... 10:22 in America? Stroke? Stroke, yes. 10:24 And really, 69-70% could be 10:26 avoided just by a healthy lifestyle. 10:28 Could be avoided by a healthy lifestyle 10:30 And the exercise was 30 minutes or more a day. 10:33 Maintaining a normal body weight. 10:35 That means a BMI less than 25. 10:38 And if you don't know your BMI, 10:40 I encourage you to get online and find out what it is. 10:42 It's just based on your weight, and height. 10:44 Your BMI really should be between about 19 and 25. 10:49 It turns out taking a multivitamin 10:51 for at least 5 years also reduced the risk slightly. 10:54 And then, of course, the no alcohol, or moderate alcohol 10:58 And then the healthy diet was higher amounts of 11:01 fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes. Um hm 11:06 And lower amounts of saturated fat. 11:08 That seems to be the answer for everything. 11:09 I mean, just foods as grown, exercise... 11:12 These are pretty basic things. 11:14 And so the real issue is getting out there and doing it. 11:17 The "American Heart Association Journal - Circulation" 11:20 published this August 2008... 11:22 you can learn more details from that. 11:24 Dr. Neil, you have a website drnedley. com 11:29 drnedley. com where all this information 11:32 is kind of catalogued, plus much more? Yes 11:35 And you have a newsletter that 11:36 could go out and tell people more about this... 11:37 That's right... It's called the "Nedley Health Report" 11:40 And, actually, you can subscribe to it 11:42 where it can be sent to you. 11:43 We have at least a monthly issue. 11:45 Sometimes we put out 2 issues a month highlighting 11:48 multiple studies. 11:49 All the studies we highlight have been done 11:52 in the last few weeks... that make a difference in your health 11:56 We're really wanting to highlight studies 11:59 simple things that you can do to change your life 12:02 in a positive way, and make it more abundant. 12:06 So I would welcome your subscription to the 12:08 "Nedley Health Report" 12:09 drnedley. com or, you know, if they want to go 12:12 to a great inpatient place... newstart. com 12:16 Right? newstart. com that's where 12:18 you can actually put it all in practice all at one time. 12:22 And experience that vacation resort experience that 12:27 you can get at Weimar there in California. 12:30 Well, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy 12:33 schedule... to help us have a healthier 12:35 lifestyle... avoid amphetamines, 12:37 all these other different things that we talked about. 12:39 You're very welcome and I'm certainly always 12:42 glad to be here on "Health for a Lifetime," Don 12:44 Well, we thank you for joining us as well. 12:47 We know you have a busy schedule, 12:48 but we're glad you spent this time with us! 12:50 We hope, as a result, you'll have health that 12:52 lasts not just for today, but lasts for a lifetime. |
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