Participants: Nick Evenson (Host), Dr. James Marcum
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP000101B
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00:01 Welcome back. We want to thank you for staying with us here on
00:02 the Ultimate Prescription where we're 00:04 discussing food as medicine. 00:06 And someone just brought it to our attention during the break 00:08 that's it's actually pronounced Chia seeds, right? 00:11 I guess the fact checkers are right, so I would like to 00:15 apologize to the Chia seed family: their mothers, brothers, 00:19 uncles, and all the people in the Chia family, 00:22 and the manufacturers, for making... What did I say? Kia? 00:25 Kia, yeah, Kia's a car. 00:27 Uh, you know, you get a good few years. 00:28 I did say pumpkin and sesame seed right? Right? 00:30 That's right, that's right, yeah. 00:32 And we can eat those raw, we can put them in baking. 00:34 There are lots of ways to incorporate this to maybe 00:36 help our physiology. 00:38 That's right. And our friend, Kristina McFeeters, 00:39 has done a nice cooking demonstration on how 00:42 to use sesame seeds. 00:44 So let's take a look. 00:46 Welcome to Kristina's Kitchen. 00:48 I'm Kristina McFeeters. 00:50 Today we are going to make a Toasted Sesame Salt. 00:56 It's kind of similar to a Parmesan, but it doesn't 00:59 have the cheese flavor. 01:00 It has an amazing nutty flavor. 01:03 And you can use it to sprinkle on salads, spaghetti, pizza, 01:08 or any vegetable dish. 01:10 The nice thing is its mostly sesame seeds, 01:14 with just a little salt. 01:15 We're going to take a half a cup of sesame seeds 01:18 and put them in a dry skillet. 01:21 And we're going to lightly toast them to bring out the flavor. 01:28 They may pop and make a little bit of a mess, but it's okay. 01:36 So we've toasted these sesame seeds until they've turned 01:39 nicely golden brown. 01:40 Now they're really hot, so we're going to let them cool for about 01:44 10 to 15 minutes before we grind them and add 01:48 the other ingredients. 01:50 Now we have our sesame seeds nicely cooled. 01:54 We are going to put them in our coffee grinder. 02:03 And then we're going to add a half a teaspoon of salt. 02:11 If you want it saltier, you can put more salt in it. 02:14 You can also put other ingredients in with it like 02:18 garlic powder, or even nutritional yeast, if you want 02:22 more of a cheesy flavor. 02:32 You don't have to grind it completely; 02:33 just so its chopped up coarsely. 02:36 And we're just going to put it in our little shaker. 02:40 I'm going to make myself a funnel. 02:51 Alright, we have it in our shaker, and we're ready to eat. 02:56 And this stuff is amazing. 02:59 I wish you could smell it right now. 03:00 It smells so good! 03:02 But if you don't have the time to make your own, 03:05 there are companies that make something very similar. 03:09 This one is by Celtic Sea Salt. 03:11 It's a toasted sesame seed with garlic, and it comes with its 03:16 own built in grinder. 03:17 And you can grind it directly on your food. 03:19 But there's nothing that beats the smell of freshly 03:24 toasted sesame seeds. 03:25 This stuff smells so good, and tastes amazing. 03:29 It's my favorite on salads, on spaghetti, 03:33 on garlic toast, on vegetables. 03:37 There's so many things you can use with this, and it just adds 03:40 so much flavor with very little salt. 03:44 Thanks, Kristina. We really appreciate her doing these 03:46 cooking demos for us. 03:47 And we tasted that sesame salt that she'd made there. 03:49 It was delicious. 03:51 Yeah, and you can put it on different things like spaghetti, 03:55 and different things you can put it on the top of. 03:57 Some people put it on chili's, lots of things 03:59 you can put it on top of. 04:00 Very good substitute for Parmesan cheese, 04:02 if you want to avoid cheese and dairy. 04:04 Yep, it's a good substitute. 04:05 That's great. So, you know, people don't think about 04:08 the power house that seeds have. 04:10 But seeds not only do they have a lot of good things that keep 04:13 us going, but they can be used in some cases 04:17 as a substitute for medicine. 04:18 I would much rather try some pumpkin seeds than take an 04:22 Ambien, which is a pill that makes you not 04:25 think better at night. 04:26 I'd much rather try that to increase my melatonin levels, 04:29 via this tryptophan serotonin pathway than that. 04:32 Yeah. So there's lots of ways that God has given us to change 04:35 our body's chemistry. 04:36 You know, we've had a question come into the website 04:40 You can send me your questions there if you have some. 04:42 But someone writes, What can I do to combat depression? 04:46 Yeah, Nick, lots of people, unfortunately, 04:50 suffer from depression nowadays. 04:52 And we could go a long time about this. 04:55 But there's some things that I have done that 04:56 help with depression. Okay. 04:58 For instance, I had a person come with just 05:01 postpartum depression, okay? 05:03 And we put her on an exercise program, 05:06 and getting outside with Vitamin D. 05:09 And that helped change her chemistry, and she didn't need 05:12 to take a medicine. 05:14 Now, so nutrition can also help in depression. 05:17 There's different foods, and we've talked about them in other 05:20 programs that some chemicals decrease the monoamine oxidase. 05:25 We talked about different foods that would do that. 05:28 For instance, greens increase a chemical that can help 05:31 butyrate, that can help our good bowel flora. 05:34 We've talked about flax and nuts via the Omega 3 might 05:37 help with depression. 05:39 Here today we've talked about tryptophan, which might increase 05:42 serotonin, which is the chemical that they try to increase 05:46 in people that are depressed are serotonin. 05:49 A lot of these medicines, their whole purpose is to boost 05:51 serotonin levels. Okay. 05:53 Well, if you can boost that by adding tryptophan, Omega 3's 05:56 in your diet, increasing your butyrate, doing some of these 05:59 other things; remember we talked about some of the teas. 06:03 Those are the ones that help. 06:04 These are natural things that we can do. 06:07 But I think one of the big ones that I want to encourage people; 06:09 is make sure you don't have low vitamin D levels. 06:12 The people that have some of the highest depressions are the 06:15 ones that don't get outside. 06:17 They make vitamin D. 06:18 Vitamin D is important. 06:20 It's an important pro hormone that makes serotonin levels. 06:23 And in fact, for years people in the higher latitudes, 06:27 as it got dark, you'd get cabin fever; you don't feel well. 06:30 So those are some little things that people can do. 06:32 If you have more questions, go to the website. 06:34 We can get into it in a little bit more detail. 06:36 But those are some things that we can do to help 06:38 fight off depression. 06:39 That's right. You know, God's given us a lot of great advice. 06:42 He's given us a lot of great things we can eat, 06:44 but let's take a look at one of our Biblical Prescriptions 06:47 for Life, for a little bit more guidance. 06:51 I'm Dr. James Marcum with your Biblical Prescription for Life. 06:55 A patient came to the office the other day, 06:58 and I noticed that they were complaining of 07:00 frequent viral infections. 07:02 They couldn't seem to shake these infections 07:04 three or four times a year. 07:05 Well, I suggested a Biblical Prescription for Life. 07:09 And that was found in Genesis where God created light. 07:13 Light is not only an energy source for the world, 07:16 but light also changes the physiology of the body. 07:20 When we're not in the light, guess what? 07:22 Our body just doesn't work as well. 07:24 Light helps improve the immune system. 07:27 Our cells fight off infections better. 07:30 My patient started going out in the sunlight thirty minutes, 07:34 three or four times a week, and sooner rather than later 07:37 their infection started to go away, 07:39 and their immune system became stronger. 07:42 Light is your Biblical Prescription for Life. 07:49 And if you'd like to learn more about Biblical Prescriptions, 07:52 and following God's plan for our health, you can visit our 07:54 website HeartwiseMinistries. org or you can go directly to 07:58 BiblicalPrescriptions. com/3abn and there's a special gift 08:03 waiting for you there. 08:04 And you can also order a copy by calling 3ABN at 618-627-4651. 08:10 Dr. Marcum thank you for sharing with us about the power of nuts, 08:13 and how they might help us sleep better at night 08:15 among other things. 08:17 Yeah, well seeds are very powerful, you know. 08:19 Nuts are good, too. 08:21 I think I said nuts; I think I meant seeds. 08:23 Yeah, you meant seeds. 08:24 But you're welcome, Nick. 08:25 I appreciate that. 08:27 Alright. Well, there's more to come. 08:28 Thank you for watching our Biblical Prescription. 08:30 And Dr. Marcum is going to close with a few final 08:31 thoughts in just a moment. 08:38 We've learned today how with God's help we can make changes 08:42 in our nutrition one step at a time. 08:44 We've also learned that there's studies done that show that when 08:48 we eat food it can also be used to change the 08:50 physiology of our body. 08:52 We specifically showed that today with pumpkin 08:55 seeds and sesame seeds. 08:56 You want to sleep better at night? 08:58 Well, maybe try some pumpkin seeds. 09:00 You want some trace elements in the body? 09:02 Well, these seeds are loaded with good things in our body: 09:05 magnesium, potassium, zinc; good things that our body 09:10 needs to function well. 09:11 If you might have a question about today's program, 09:15 or if you might want prayer, go to our website: 09:17 HeartwiseMinistries. org 09:20 There you'll find a prayer page where we're praying for each 09:23 other, encouraging each other to do better. 09:26 And I want you to pray for our friends and neighbors as well. 09:28 And there's lots of other resources. 09:30 I would like to end today in prayer, specifically praying for 09:35 those who need a little extra help to maybe 09:37 have better health. 09:38 Let's bow our heads. 09:41 Dear Heavenly Father, there are some out there that are having 09:45 a hard time changing for the good. 09:47 We pray that You show them truth, and give them the power 09:50 to make changes one step at a time according to how 09:54 You lead in their lives. 09:56 Some of them out there, Father, need healing. 09:58 We pray for their healing, and You know best how 10:01 to heal in Your time. 10:02 Father, thank You for this day and for giving us the 10:06 opportunity to serve such a loving God. 10:08 This is our prayer today, Amen. 10:12 Well, again if you have questions go to our website: 10:15 HeartywiseMinistries. org and try to find some creative ways 10:20 to substitute seeds into your diet. 10:22 It might be in the baking, it might be the sesame seeds 10:25 like Kristine showed. 10:26 Well, we want you to think about this. 10:28 And I'm Dr. James Marcum wishing you the best of health. |
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