(Joyce Meyer) HE DIDN’T NEED TO TAKE ONE.

(Don) HE DIDN’T, ABSOLUTELY, BUT BACK THEN, REALIZE THAT THE NUTRIENTS IN THE FOOD WERE SO GREAT BECAUSE THE SOIL WASN’T DEPLETED, BUT WHEN GOD CURSED THE GROUND WHEN ADAM SINNED 6,000 YEARS AGO, IT HAS TAKEN THE EARTH ABOUT 6,000 YEARS TO TRULY DIE.

JOYCE MEYER ONLINE TALKS ABOUT THE EARTH SUMMIT MET IN 1992 AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE SOIL OF NORTH AMERICA HAD LOST ABOUT 85% OF ITS NUTRIENT CONTENT.  NOW REALIZE IF FOOD — GRAINS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, WHATEVER — IS GROWN IN GROUND THAT DOESN’T HAVE ADEQUATE MINERAL CONTENT, IT’S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MINERALS IN IT, SO WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO SUPPLEMENT WITH SOME VITAMINS AND MINERALS. ALSO, A LANDMARK STUDY WAS DONE BACK IN 2002 AND PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL FOR THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION THAT RECOMMENDED THAT EVERY ADULT AMERICAN TAKE A MULTIVITAMIN EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO HELP PREVENT CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.  WE FOUND  ATJOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES THAT SO MANY AMERICANS ARE NUTRITIONALLY DEFICIENT IN MULTIPLE NUTRIENTS SO THAT’S THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

BEFORE THEN, MOST DOCTORS HAD SAID IF YOU TAKE A VITAMIN, ALL THAT’S GOING TO GIVE YOU IS EXPENSIVE URINE, BUT REALIZE THAT ABOUT 96% OF AMERICANS DON’T TAKE IN ENOUGH FIBER.

ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER, NO WONDER COLORECTAL CANCER IS THE NUMBER TWO CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES.  ABOUT 95% OF ADULT AMERICANS LACK VITAMIN D. NOW, VITAMIN D IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMINS NOT ONLY FOR HELPING OUR BONES PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS AND OSTEOPENIA BUT ALSO IT HELPS OUR PANCREAS, IT HELPS TO NORMALIZE OUR BLOOD SUGAR, IT HELPS OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT IT ACTUALLY HELPS PREVENT THE FLU SO IT DOES SO MUCH MORE; IT HELPS PREVENT CANCER, IT HELPS PREVENT HEART DISEASE. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING VITAMINS, YET 95% OF ADULTS DON’T TAKE IN ENOUGH IN THEIR DIET.  REALIZE 75% OF AMERICANS DON’T GET THE CALCIUM THEY NEED, ABOUT 73% DON’T GET THE VITAMIN K THEY NEED. VITAMIN K IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY HELPS WITH COAGULATION OF BLOOD BUT IT ALSO HELPS THE BONES TO STAY STRONG, PREVENTING OSTEOPOROSIS, AND IT PREVENTS CALCIUM AND PLAQUE FROM FORMING IN THE ARTERIES. VITAMIN K COMES MAINLY FROM LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES BUT AMERICANS JUST AREN’T EATING THEM. – JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES.

(Joyce Meyer) WELCOME BACK. I’M WITH DR. DON COLBERT AND HIS WIFE MARY AND WE’RE DISCUSSING HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. IN PARTICULAR, WE’RE DISCUSSING HOW EXCESS STRESS CAN STEAL YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR JOY. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES LEFT IN THE PROGRAM TODAY AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME REAL KEY POINTS ACROSS TO PEOPLE SO I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN STRESS US OUT BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS HURRYING. I JUST CANNOT STAND TO HURRY. THE MINUTE I START TO HURRY, EVERYTHING TENSES UP.  TELL US  HERE IN JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR BODY WHEN WE TENSE LIKE THAT.

(Don) WHAT’S HAPPENING IS WHEN YOU HURRY, YOU SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR BRAIN THAT YOUR BODY IS IN A STRESS STATE, YOUR BODY IMMEDIATELY GOES INTO FIGHT OR FLIGHT PATTERN.  WHEN YOU GO INTO FIGHT OR FLIGHT PATTERN, YOUR ARTERIES CONSTRICT, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GOES UP, YOUR HEART RATE GOES UP, YOUR BODY PUTS FATS AND SUGARS IN THE BLOOD STREAM IN ORDER TO GIVE ENERGY FOR YOUR MUSCLES TO ENABLE YOU TO FIGHT OR FLEE.

(Joyce Meyer) BECAUSE YOUR BODY SAYS THERE’S AN EMERGENCY.

(Don Colbert) ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHAT’S HAPPENING IS YOUR BODY IS MORE PRONE TO DEVELOPING ILLNESS WHEN THAT HAPPENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. DOING IT OCCASIONALLY IS NOT GOING TO HURT BUT WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT, EVENTUALLY YOUR BODY BECOMES STUCK IN THAT KIND OF LIKE YOUR ACCELERATOR GETTING STUCK.  THESE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS IN A FRENZIED PACE, THEY’RE ALWAYS IN A STRESSED PACE, THEY’RE ALWAYS ON EDGE AND READY TO GO, GO, GO. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EYES. YOU CAN SEE STRESS WRITTEN OVER THEIR FACE BECAUSE THEIR BODY IS STUCK IN HURRY MODE. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN HURRY MODE, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS FIRST YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR PEACE AND IT’S GOING TO COMPROMISE YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE STRESS HORMONES GOING THROUGH YOUR BODY OVER AND OVER, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES REMINDS US THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY LOCK DOWN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE INTO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE YOUR ARTERIES, IF THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN CONSTRICTED, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL DEVELOP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL DEVELOP HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES; EVENTUALLY YOU’LL BE MORE PRONE TO A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE WHEN WE’RE IN THIS STATE, THE PLATELETS ARE MORE PRONE TO STICK TO THE LINING OF THE ARTERIES; ALSO, THE MUSCLES GET TENSE AND TIGHT SO YOU’RE MORE PRONE TO MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS CARPAL TUNNEL, SUCH AS TMJ, NECK PAIN, BACK PAIN, IRRITABLE BOWEL, ALL OF THESE.  IT’S KIND OF LIKE DOMINOS GOING DOWN IN A DOMINO EFFECT.

(Joyce Meyer) WE PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR HURRYING, DON’T WE?

(Don) ABSOLUTELY SO I TELL PEOPLE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXPERIENCE THAT PEACE, SLOW DOWN, TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS, MEDITATE ON SOME SCRIPTURES, SING A PRAISE SONG, LAUGH, OR TAKE A NICE WARM BATH WHEN YOU’RE AT HOME AT NIGHT TO WIND DOWN BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE LITERALLY GO TO BED IN THIS STATE AND WHEN THEY GO TO BED IN THIS STATE, THEY CAN’T SLEEP WELL; THEY DON’T ENTER INTO THAT DEEP STAGE III AND IV SLEEP OR STAY THERE LONG ENOUGH TO RECHARGE SO THEY’RE TIRED.

(Mary Colbert) A BIG REASON FOR THE STRESS ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER ONLINE IS BECAUSE WE DON’T ALLOW MARGIN IN OUR LIFE. IF WE WOULD BUILD IN MARGIN… LIKE DON AND I USED TO GO TO THE AIRPORT, HE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO SEE THE PATIENT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND TO MAKE IT JUST ENOUGH TIME TO WALK ON THE PLANE.  THERE WAS NO MARGIN TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

(Joyce Meyer) ARE THERE VITAMINS THAT ARE BETTER THAN OTHER VITAMINS OR ARE ALL VITAMINS EQUAL?

(Don) I WISH I COULD SAY ALL VITAMINS WERE EQUAL BUT AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON, IT DEPENDS ON THEIR DIGESTIVE FUNCTION, IT DEPENDS ON THE STRESS.  IF A PERSON IS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, THEIR NUTRIENT NEEDS INCREASE. IF A PERSON DOESN’T HAVE THE HYDROCHLORIC ACID OR THE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES THEIR BODY NEEDS, THEY CAN’T ABSORB AND DIGEST AND ASSIMILATE THE VITAMINS THAT THEY NEED.

ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, AS FAR AS ALL VITAMINS BEING CREATED EQUAL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT FORMS OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS; SOME ARE JUST POORLY ABSORBED. WE FIND THAT WHOLE FOOD VITAMINS ARE ACTUALLY ABSORBED BETTER. FOR MOST CHILDREN AND ADULTS UP TO THEIR FORTIES OR AGE 45, THEY’RE GOING TO NEED A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE MULTIVITAMIN, PREFERABLY A WHOLE FOOD MULTIVITAMIN, AS WELL AS A PHYTONUTRIENT POWDER THAT CONTAINS ALL THE DIFFERENT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WE NEED SO WE CAN GET OUR FIVE TO THIRTEEN SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY.

(Joyce Meyer) AND THEY’LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS IN YOUR BOOK WE’RE OFFERING.

(Don) CORRECT, AND THEN JUST AN OMEGA 3 FAT BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEFICIENT IN OMEGA 3 AND THAT IS A PROTECTIVE FAT THAT PROTECTS US AGAINST HEART DISEASE, PROTECTS US AGAINST CANCER, HELPS TO LOWER OUR TRIGLYCERIDES, AND IT DECREASES INFLAMMATION IN THE BODY. WE FIND NOW THAT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE THE ROOT IS INFLAMMATION, THE ROOT PROBLEM OF ARTHRITIS IS INFLAMMATION, THE ROOT PROBLEM OF HEART DISEASE OR CORONARY DISEASE IS INFLAMMATION. ONCE A PERSON GETS OVER 45-50, THEY’RE GOING TO NEED A FEW OTHER EXTRA NUTRIENTS SUCH AS COENZYME Q10 AS WELL AS SOME OTHER ANTIOXIDANTS WHICH CAN HELP THE VISION; THERE ARE SOME SUCH AS LUTEIN AND ZEAXANTHIN THAT PREVENT MACULAR DEGENERATION AND CATARACTS. THERE IS ALSO EXTRA CALCIUM WE NEED.  WE NEED EXTRA VITAMIN D3. MANY PEOPLE NEED A SUBLINGUAL B12 BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY CANNOT ABSORB B12 ADEQUATELY.

(Joyce Meyer) THAT MEANS ONE YOU PUT UNDER YOUR TONGUE AND IT JUST MELTS, RIGHT?

(Don) AND SOME PEOPLE NEED SPECIAL ENZYMES OR HYDROCHLORIC ACID BECAUSE THEY JUST DON’T DIGEST WELL.  AGAIN, IF A PERSON TAKES AN ANTIBIOTIC, THEY’RE OF COURSE GOING TO NEED GOOD BACTERIA –

WE CALL IT PROBIOTICS — IN ORDER TO HELP THE GI TRACT BECAUSE TWO-THIRDS OF OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS LOCATED IN OUR GI TRACT. – JOYCE MEYER ONLINE.

ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE UNHEALTHY BECAUSE THEIR GI TRACT IS UNHEALTHY BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH GOOD BACTERIA.

(Mary Colbert) ONE REALLY GOOD IMPORTANT THING WE CAN’T FORGET IS THE HORMONES.  WE HAVE TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BALANCING PEOPLE’S HORMONES.

(Don) NATURALLY – NATURAL BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES BECAUSE WHAT WE FIND IN MEN AND WOMEN ESPECIALLY OVER THE AGE OF 50, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE DEFICIENT IN HORMONES. WHEN WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH HORMONES, YOUR BODY IS GOING TO GENERALLY LOSE MUSCLE MASS, YOU’RE GOING TO FEEL IRRITABLE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE STRESSED, YOU’RE GOING TO BE AGITATED. YOU’RE GOING TO BE GRUMPY. WE CALL IT “THE GRUMPY OLD MAN SYNDROME” AND IN WOMEN WE CALL IT MENOPAUSE; IN MEN, WE CALL IT ANDROPAUSE. BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT HORMONES WILL HELP PEOPLE AGE GRACEFULLY AND THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY I THINK ESSENTIAL FOR MOST ADULTS AS WE GROW OLDER.

(Joyce Meyer) SO EVEN HAVING GOOD NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS WILL HELP YOU COPE WITH STRESS. I KNOW THE B VITAMINS ESPECIALLY WILL HELP WITH THAT AND THERE ARE SOME HERBS THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT. LET’S TALK ABOUT STRESS AND TELL ME WHAT… AS YOU SAID, WE’RE ALL GOING TO HAVE STRESS. YOU CAN’T LIVE AND NOT HAVE STRESS AND GOD ACTUALLY BUILT OUR BODIES TO HANDLE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE RIGHT KIND OF STRESS WHICH WOULD BE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN AN EMERGENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HE NEVER INTENDED US TO WORRY. HE DIDN’T WANT US TO HAVE ANXIETY.  HE DIDN’T WANT US TO BE SO BUSY THAT WE HAD NO TIME TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. WHAT DOES STRESS DO?  HOW MANY ILLNESSES ARE STRESS-RELATED?

(Don) WELL,  JOYCE MEYER ONLINE SHOWS THAT 75% TO 90% OF ALL VISITS TO PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS ARE FOR STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS; THAT MEANS MOST TENSION HEADACHES, MOST IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, MANY MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS, MANY PALPITATIONS, GUT DISTURBANCES, MANY OTHER TYPE DISEASES HAVE AS A ROOT SIMPLY STRESS.  REALIZE THAT STRESS SO WEAKENS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT MANY FLUS AND COLDS AND SINUS INFECTIONS ARE SIMPLY DUE TO TOO MUCH STRESS. WHAT WE DO FOR STRESS, AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE IT BUT WE TEACH THEM HOW TO COPE WITH IT.  THE FIRST THING I DO IS I PRESCRIBE TO MOST EVERY PATIENT TO WATCH JOYCE MEYER EVERY DAY ON TV.

(Don) AND THEN THEY NEED TO RENEW THEIR MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD EVERY DAY. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL BECAUSE PEACE COMES FROM WITHIN AND THE WORD OF GOD IS LIFE AND PEACE AND IT’S TRUTH, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT WORD OF GOD DAILY IN ORDER TO REMAIN RESILIENT IN A STRESS-FILLED WORLD, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO. JOYCE MEYER TELLS US THAT WE CAN LIGHTEN OUR BURDEN. WE DON’T HAVE TO BE DOING ALL THESE THINGS FOR ALL PEOPLE. JUST SIMPLY LEARNING TO SAY NO IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO INSULATE OURSELVES FROM STRESS. IT’S SO SIMPLE.  STRESS COMES FROM JUST A FEW THINGS. FOR MOST PEOPLE IT COMES SIMPLY FROM STINKIN’ THINKIN’, FROM ANXIETY, FROM FEAR, FROM WORRY, FROM UNFORGIVENESS, FROM REHASHING A PROBLEM OVER AND OVER, FROM ANGER, FROM GUILT, FROM GRIEF.  JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES TEACHES US THAT IT LITERALLY GETS US STUCK IN THAT SIMILAR TO PULLING A SCAB OFF A SORE WHERE IT NEVER HEALS. THAT’S THE MAJORITY OF OUR STRESS.  SO, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL SUCH AS OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR WORRIES, OUR PERCEPTIONS AND OUR ATTITUDES, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS OUR FAMILY. REALIZE ONE OF THE GREATEST STRESSES IN OUR BODY IS INTERACTING WITH OUR FAMILY, HAVING A TEENAGER THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL.

(Mary Colbert) THAT’S WHY WE CALL THEM TEEN “AGERS.”

(Joyce) THEY’RE TEENS AND THEY AGE US. (laughing)

(Mary Colbert) EXACTLY RIGHT.

(Don) BUT ALSO THERE IS SO MUCH FIGHTING IN BETWEEN SPOUSES AND THERE’S JOB STRESS AND FINANCIAL STRESS, AND THE GREATEST STRESS IS TIME STRESS. THERE ARE SO MANY TIME SUCKERS – THINGS THAT SUCK OUR TIME BECAUSE WE’RE TOO BUSY. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO WORK TWO JOBS, MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY CAN’T SAY NO, ONE PERSON’S STRESS BECOMES THEIR STRESS ON TOP OF THEIR SHOULDERS. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STRESS HORMONES INCREASE IN OUR BODY.  THERE’S GOOD STRESS AND THERE’S BAD STRESS. A GOOD STRESS IS A PROMOTION OR WATCHING AN EXCITING BASKETBALL GAME.

(Joyce Meyer) MOVING TO A NEW HOUSE.

(Don) ABSOLUTELY AND IT’S SIMPLY STRESS LIKE A MARRIAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT’S A GOOD STRESS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WAY WE’RE DESIGNED, THESE HORMONES INCREASE AND THEN RIGHT AS SOON AS THE STRESS IS OVER, THE BALL GAME IS OVER, OR THEIR PROMOTION IS OVER, THEY GO BACK DOWN TO NORMAL. NOW BAD STRESS IS WHEN STRESS OCCURS TOO FREQUENTLY OR IT’S STRESS THAT WE’RE LITERALLY STUCK IN AND WE CAN’T GET OUT OF IT SUCH AS A BAD DIVORCE OR BEING FIRED AT WORK AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A JOB OR HAVING A TEENAGER IN REBELLION, ON DRUGS OR HAVING A COURT CASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES SHOWS THAT WE’RE LITERALLY STEWING IN THESE STRESS JUICES BECAUSE INSTEAD OF GOING UP AND COMING DOWN, IT STAYS UP. IT’S SIMILAR I TELL PATIENTS IT’S LIKE HAVING YOUR ACCELERATOR STUCK TO THE FLOOR.  WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS OCCURS IS OUR BODY GOES INTO HIGH ALERT AND OUR MUSCLES GET TENSE, OUR FISTS MANY TIMES WILL CLENCH UP,

WE’LL RAISE OUR SHOULDERS UP LIKE THAT, AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR GETS STUCK, THE MUSCLES STAY UP LIKE THIS SO PEOPLE DEVELOP TENSION HEADACHES, OR WE FEEL IT IN OUR GI TRACT, WE TIGHTEN OUR GI TRACT AND WE DEVELOP IRRITABLE BOWEL BECAUSE THE WAY WE’RE DESIGNED, WHEN WE EXPERIENCE FIGHT OR FLIGHT, THIS POWERFUL ADRENALINE GOES THROUGH OUR BODY AND IT ENABLES US TO EMPTY OUR LOAD SO WE CAN RUN FASTER.  ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER, THAT’S WHY PEOPLE GET IRRITABLE BOWEL. THAT’S WHY I HAD IRRITABLE BOWEL BECAUSE MY STRESS RESPONSE WAS STUCK AND I WAS STEWING IN MY OWN STRESS JUICES. LEFT UNATTENDED AND NOT COPING WITH THE STRESS WILL ALMOST ALWAYS LEAD TO DISEASE AND UNFORTUNATELY MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE SUFFERING FROM STRESS-RELATED DISEASES. OBESITY IS ANOTHER STRESS-RELATED DISEASE.