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Almonds and Walnuts

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Participants: Nick Evenson (Host), Dr. James Marcum

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00:01 Welcome back to the Ultimate Prescription.
00:02 I'm your host, Nick Evenson, here with Dr. James Marcum.
00:05 And on today's program we are talking about food as medicine.
00:08 And specifically we're talking about almonds and walnuts.
00:11 And, Dr. Marcum, let's hear a little bit about
00:14 nutrient composition.
00:15 And I know that's an important thing when we're
00:17 talking about nutrition.
00:18 What is nutrient composition, and how does it relate to nuts?
00:20 Nutrient composition is important, but you know,
00:24 I'm still thinking about how we can make health
00:26 programs more fun. Oh, how's that?
00:28 We could play nutty games.
00:30 See what I'm saying?
00:31 What we could do is we could play with these nuts,
00:34 and you know, play them back and forth.
00:35 Like little footballs?
00:37 Yeah. You think people would like that?
00:38 See the value of that?
00:40 I think they might value your thoughts on nutrient composition
00:43 a little bit better.
00:44 Okay. Well, I'll talk about some nutrient compositions
00:46 rather than eat the nuts.
00:48 But our body was designed to have so much...
00:51 You know, the three big things we put in our body are:
00:53 carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
00:57 Well, what's an example of a carbohydrate?
00:58 Yes, well, it's hard to say, but for instance a potato
01:03 is mainly made of carbohydrates, but also has some
01:06 proteins and fat in it.
01:07 Corn is mainly made of carbohydrates,
01:10 but also has some fats.
01:12 A lot of people use the word starch for carbohydrates.
01:15 Carbohydrates are basically sugars. Okay.
01:18 Different types of sugars.
01:20 So originally our body was designed to mainly
01:22 use sugar for energy.
01:25 And we have sugar, but we also have protein, and fats.
01:30 Well, we know that nuts have healthy fats. Right.
01:33 So we want to try a nutrient composition to eat no more than
01:36 about 15% of our calories in fat.
01:39 Now if we eat more calories than that in fat,
01:43 guess what? it's stored.
01:44 It can be stored in our cells and cause conditions like
01:47 diabetes, or it could be stored in our arteries and called
01:51 atherosclerosis and blockage in arteries.
01:53 The fats that are the most dangerous are...
01:56 You've heard about the trans fats. Right.
01:58 And fats that come from animals.
02:00 Those are fats that are the most dangerous.
02:02 And plant based fats don't tend to be as dangerous.
02:06 But if you eat too many of a good thing it's dangerous.
02:09 You know, too much of any good thing; like if you eat cashews
02:12 all day, and that's all you get; makes your cal's and fats.
02:14 So our bodies may have most of our calories in carbohydrates,
02:18 about 10 to 15% in fat, and about 10 to 15% in protein,
02:23 unless we're sick. Right.
02:25 Now that's as a baseline.
02:27 Now there's always exceptions to every rule.
02:30 People that are healing, or athletes
02:32 might need to do things.
02:33 Certain types of disease conditions might need a
02:36 little bit different.
02:38 And you talk to your doctor.
02:39 But God made us sort of that nutrient composition.
02:41 And He also made us to have most of those
02:43 calories from plants.
02:46 And if you think about it, the people of China, you know,
02:49 they were people of rice.
02:51 Rice is predominately carbohydrates,
02:53 10 to 15% protein, 10 to 15% you know, of fats. Right.
02:59 People, the Aztecs, they were people of corn. Uh huh.
03:02 Corn was their staple.
03:04 Again, the same nutrient composition.
03:06 How about the Inca's?
03:07 They were people of potatoes; about the same
03:09 nutrient compositions.
03:11 Well, that's about the same nutrient composition that
03:14 our body runs best at.
03:15 And when we put the types of fat, we found that these fats
03:19 that come in nuts have the Omega 3's.
03:22 The Omega 3's can make Omega 6's.
03:24 They can also make other healthy fats, and our brain
03:27 especially needs fat for metabolism.
03:30 So our brain does need, our bodies do need some fat,
03:33 but not as much as the standard American diet.
03:36 Guess how much it's estimated that a person
03:38 eats in fat every day, of calories in the United States?
03:42 35%. 35 to 40%! Alright!
03:45 If you do that over a long period of time guess what?
03:48 And you don't run or burn that fat off.
03:50 You're going to store a lot.
03:52 Exactly! And it stores in bad places.
03:54 So, I mean, so if someone says, You're a little nutty,
03:58 and you eat nuts for your fats, that might be a good thing.
04:02 Right. So it is possible to get too much of a good thing.
04:04 And, you know, there's many different ways to eat nuts.
04:07 I like to eat it raw.
04:08 Some people like to put it on oatmeal.
04:11 Some people put it on salad.
04:13 Some people make dishes with these. Right.
04:15 But, you know, there's many ways that we can use nuts,
04:18 and incorporate them into our diets.
04:20 Right. Our friend, Khristina McFeeters, has a little cooking
04:23 demo where she's going to show us a fun way to make a sweet
04:26 treat using almonds and walnuts.
04:28 Let's take a look.
04:30 Welcome to Kristina's Kitchen.
04:32 I'm Kristina McFeeters.
04:34 Today we'll explore one of my favorite ways to add almonds and
04:38 walnuts to my diet.
04:40 Healthy nuts are amazing, and they're easy to find.
04:43 You can find raw nuts usually near the produce section of your
04:48 grocery store, or if they're not there you can often find them
04:52 in the baking isle.
04:53 Walnuts taste the best if they're lightly toasted.
04:57 We like to toast them in the oven by putting them on a cookie
05:00 sheet and baking them at 200% for about 40 to 45 minutes.
05:05 Almonds, you can roast the same way: lightly toasted in the
05:10 oven, or you can eat them raw.
05:12 They're amazing both ways.
05:13 And what we're going to make today is one of
05:16 my favorite desserts.
05:18 And it's so simple and easy, you'll want to make it, too.
05:22 Here we have Medjool dates.
05:24 They're one of the really soft, juicy, sweet dates.
05:32 We're going to take the pit out of it, and turn it inside out.
05:39 Put a walnut or an almond inside it, roll it up,
05:46 pinch it closed, and then roll it in coconut.
05:55 It's ready to eat.
05:57 See how simple and easy that was?
05:59 And it's so delicious, yet so full of amazing nutrition
06:05 to help a healthy brain, a healthy heart, prevent heart
06:09 disease, all through a simple amazing dessert.
06:13 Be sure and try this at home.
06:16 You know, and thanks Kristina.
06:17 You know, we appreciate you sharing some fresh ideas
06:19 on how we can incorporate more healthy foods into our diet.
06:22 And Dr. Marcum, we've had some questions come into our website.
06:25 That's HeartwiseMinistries. org.
06:27 You can send me your question there, and Dr. Marcum, or one of
06:30 our people on our advisory board will give you some
06:33 health advice for free.
06:35 That's a free service we do.
06:36 You can also submit your prayer requests there,
06:38 and ask for prayer, and pray for others.
06:40 And there's also radio programs, health articles,
06:42 and lots of good health resources there.
06:43 So check out of website at HeartwiseMinistries. org.
06:46 But one person writes in and asks, Is there some healthy food
06:50 that might help satisfy my sweet tooth?
06:53 Oh, boy, healthy foods that...
06:55 Oh yeah, there are. Okay?
06:57 And, you know, God has given us sweet things to eat in nature.
07:01 Lots of good things.
07:02 And it's not so concentrated, and it's not so processed.
07:07 Yeah. And it doesn't stimulate those addictive dopamine
07:11 receptors in our brain.
07:12 That kind of stuff.
07:13 But let us talk about what are some things that people can
07:15 add to their food that might help it, that they might
07:17 not of thought about. Yeah.
07:19 Well, one thing that people might think about is honey.
07:21 You know, honey's a good thing to add.
07:23 It's, you know, it's been around.
07:25 It's a biblical food that's been around for a long time.
07:27 You know, we've seen it throughout the
07:30 Bible as a sweetener.
07:31 People can add that to just about anything.
07:33 And the nice thing about honey is it has a different type of
07:37 sugar that's metabolized in the body more evenly.
07:41 Whereas processed foods get into the body real quick,
07:44 causes our insulin levels to shoot up real fast.
07:47 You know, that sugar rush. Right.
07:49 You know, the sugars in honey don't tend to do that.
07:53 Another one that people don't think about is molasses.
07:56 Did you ever use molasses?
07:58 I've had it several times.
07:59 Yeah, molasses. Some people use molasses.
08:01 Some people use a little bit of things like agave syrup. Sure.
08:06 Agave's a healthy type syrup.
08:08 Applesauce is another natural sweetener. Right.
08:11 Some people use dates; the sugar in dates to make things
08:14 taste a little sweeter.
08:16 One that's a natural sugar that's found in grapes and
08:21 pears is a chemical called erythritol.
08:24 And it's spelled erythritol.
08:28 And a lot of stores have that, and that's sort of a healthier
08:32 sugar that's more of a natural sugar that you can
08:36 use to sweeten your food that sort of adds a
08:40 little bang to that.
08:42 But in thinking about, you know, the things that I really like,
08:45 I just like to, for instance, in the morning my oatmeal...
08:49 Rather than add honey, I have berries on it. Right.
08:51 You know that natural that comes from berries.
08:53 So I try to use berries and natural fruits to
08:57 sort of make it more.
08:58 And if I really need a little extra, and I'm really hurting,
09:00 I use, personally, either honey or Agave.
09:03 Now my wife throws applesauce in the things.
09:06 There's a lot of people that bake use different things.
09:08 And that's why this... I wanted to bring up erythritol.
09:11 If you're a baker you might want to do it.
09:13 And talking about the different types of sugars, you know,
09:17 once you do this it could make food a little bit more fun
09:19 when you have good substitutes.
09:21 And it looked like Kristina was having fun when she was making
09:24 those things in the coconut.
09:25 So talking about nutrition, it can be a fun thing to do.
09:29 That's right. You don't have to play with almonds and walnuts,
09:32 you can make things.
09:33 I think when you learn how to do things that are different
09:35 it sort of makes you say, Well, I'm going to try something else.
09:38 What else can I substitute for something I didn't lack?
09:42 Now what are some sugars that get people in trouble?
09:44 High fructose corn syrup gets people in trouble.
09:47 The sugars that come with soda pops.
09:52 The sugars that come with, you know, with different types of,
09:56 you know, like Fruit Loops, and different types of cereals.
10:01 Yeah, sometimes that can come high.
10:02 So read the labels on processed cereals and see if it has whole
10:06 fructose corn syrup.
10:08 That's what we want to try to avoid.
10:10 The high fructose corn syrup. Right.
10:11 What you want to avoid. Yep.
10:12 That sounds like some good advice.
10:14 If you have a question, we'd invite you to visit our website
10:17 at HeartWiseministries.org and click on the
10:19 Ask the Doctor page.
10:21 And you can submit your question there,
10:23 and we'll try and get you a good evidence based result answer
10:27 from one of our physicians on our medical board.
10:29 And we're just about out of time for this program, but thank you
10:32 so much for joining us.
10:33 We pray that God will bless you as you seek to serve Him
10:35 and follow His ways for our lives.
10:38 And Dr. Marcum has some final thoughts.
10:40 He's going to join us in prayer in just a moment,
10:42 so stay right with us.
10:49 I hope you're convinced after hearing our discussion on nuts.
10:53 We talked about walnuts and almonds;
10:56 how good they are for the body.
10:58 We talked about the scientific studies, and the Omega 3's,
11:01 and how they help our whole body do better.
11:04 So I want to encourage you to try to incorporate nuts into
11:08 your diet to help prevent disease.
11:11 And also if you might have a certain medical condition,
11:13 talk to your doctor about whether it can
11:15 treat disease as well.
11:16 I also want to tell you about a Bible study that's available.
11:20 It's Biblical Prescriptions For Life, if you're interested in
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11:27 and neighbors about how they can improve their health with
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11:31 You can go to the 3ABN website and order yours today.
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11:38 It's a seven week Bible study that takes you towards health,
11:41 one step at a time, and it shows the balance between our
11:45 physical and our spiritual health; moving us one
11:48 step with God's help.
11:50 You know, we all need prayer in our lives every day.
11:53 And if you go to our Heart Wise Ministry website, you'll see a
11:57 prayer list, where we're praying for each other.
11:59 God can do things we cannot even imagine.
12:02 So let's pray together right now.
12:04 Dear heavenly Father, thank You for making us,
12:10 and teaching us ways that we can take care of this gift
12:13 that You've given us better.
12:14 Give us the power to see truth, and change us where we need to,
12:18 Father, so that we might serve You better.
12:20 And be with those who especially need Your healing.
12:23 We know that You hear when we walk with You, Father.
12:26 And thank You for this day, and for giving us life.
12:29 This is our humble prayer, Amen.
12:31 Well, I hope each one of you are doing well.
12:35 And if you have a specific question about medical issues,
12:38 go to our website. That's:
12:42 And I'm asking, When you see a prayer, you can click on it,
12:45 and pray for someone else.
12:46 If you have a special prayer need, let us know.
12:49 And don't forget about nuts and how valuable
12:52 they are to your body.
12:54 Until next time, I'm Dr. James Marcum,
12:56 wishing you the best of health.


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