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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> WELCOME TO COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
AM SHELLEY IRWIN.
THIS MONTH OUR SPOTLIGHT ON MACHINE'S HEALTH.
EQUAL TIME SO WE SAY HELLO TO THE GUEST WAITING TO GET OUR MACHINE'S HEALTH FROM BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN DR. GRANT GOOD TO YOU.
MARY FREEBED.
THEY SAY HE RUNS FAST DR. TODD BUCKLEHAM.
I LIKE THE NAME OF THE SHOT HERE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
LETS LET'S START WITH YOU.
EXPANDING ON EACH OF THE ROLLS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESSES AND CERTAINLY COMES TO TREATING MEN.
SURE.
SURE.
SO WE ARE IN OUR PRACTICE WELL-BEING WE PROVIDE TRADITION AGO OUTPATIENT COUNSELING TO OUR CLIENTS WHICH ARE MEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF MEN HERE.
WE'RE GETTING THERE BUT WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM UNIQUE, WE IN CORPORATE EXERCISE INTO TREATMENTS TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT AS WE GO ALONG HOW EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT EXERCISE IS AS FAR AS TREATMENT FOR COMMONLY OCCURRING.
IS THE BEST REASON TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED AND HAS THE WORLD'S BEST SIDE EFFECTS WHEN IT COMES TO FORM OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND IT REMAINS OVERLOOKED AND UNDER UTILIZED SOD TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.
WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THATTER THAN COMMUNITY AND ABROAD EVENTUALLY SO THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
I LOVE WHAT WE DO.
IT IS JUST HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN, SO THANKS.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
DR. BUCKINGHAM.
TALK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SERVICE ZAIME TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT HE SAID.
EXERCISE IF IT WERE A PILL IT WOULD BE THE MOST WIDELY PRESCRIBED DRUG IN THE WORLD FOR THE HEALTH BENEFITS IT HAS.
THAT IS WHAT I AM HERE TO DO.
AS MEN WHEN WE GET OLDER.
WE TEND TO BECOME LESS ACTIVE.
DEVELOP MORE BODY FAT THEN THIS BODY FAT CAN BE DEBT TRY AMOUNTLE TOLL THE RURAL HEALTH AND LEAD TO OBESITY, METABOLIC DISEASE.
WORK WITH ATH LEES TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS BUT ALSO WORK THE AVERAGE EVERY DAY PERSON WHO IS LOOKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THED DYES AND TRY TO STAY HEALTHY AS THEY GETTER OLD THANK YOU.
TALK ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SERVICE.
>> WELL, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, REALLY, WE GOT TO GEL MIN ENGAGED ON THEIR OWN HEALTH AS WE HAVE WOMEN.
ONE OF THE LAST STUDIES I JUST READ.
MEN ARE 24% LESS LIKELY TO SEE A PHYSICIAN IN A YEAR THAN A MAN.
GOT TO START GETTING MEN TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT OUR HEALTH IN GENERAL IS AND OUR HEALTH IN PARTICULAR.
YES.
LET'S STAY WITH THAT DR. DRANT.
FIRST OF ALL THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF MEN TODAY.
>> HEART DISEASE.
>> WHY?
>> HEART DISEASE ACTUALLY CREEPS UP ON YOU OVER THE YEARS.
HYPERTENSION, YOU HEARD US CALL IT THE SILENT KILLER.
HEART DISEASE, IT IS NOT YOUR HEART BUT OLD VASCULAR SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE STROKES AND GOT TO WATCH THE CHOLESTEROL LEVELSMENT WE GOT TO WATCH OUR STRESS.
IT CONTINUES TO BE THE LEADING KILLER.
WE BT TO GETTINGSER SIGHS.
WE BT TO GET OUT AND ABOUT.
AM SURE BRANDON AND TODD KNOW HOW IMPORTANT EXERCISE IS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
GETTING GUYS OUT.
UNDERSTANDING THAT DIABETES.
DIABETES IS RELATED TO EXERCISE, TOO.
YOU KNOW, 30 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DIE BEE TESS THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
IT IS INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY STRONG RISK FACTOR FOR HEART DIES.
I WILL TELL IF YOU IF YOU GO IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WELL CHEST PAIN.
DO YOU HAVE HYPERTENSION?
DO YOU HAVE DIABETES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT SIG THIS THE UNDERLYING HEART DIES.
WHY YES.
BEFORE I DO MOVE ON TO MOST LIE LOOK THE CONVERSATION OF EXERCISE DR. GRANT.
AT WHAT POINT SHOULD A MAN BEGIN SEEING HIS DOCTOR?
>> FOR AND THICK?
>> FOR THE FIRST, AS TEEN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE PEDIATRICIAN.
BUT AS A MAN.
SHOULD THERE BE A YEARLY VISIT?
>> YEAH.
THERE SHOULD BE A YEARLY VISIT, SHELLIE.
I VERVEN IN ABOUT ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE.
ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT BRIDGES AND WHERE MEN DROP OFF OF THE HEALTHY SCENE OF THE MAINTENANCE SCREEN IS THAT GOING FROM YOUR PEDIATRICIAN TO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN THAT IS WHERE WE SEE THE SUDDEN, YOU ARE 22 YEARS OLD.
NOT GOING TO GO TO THE PEDIATRICIAN ANY MORE.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE SEE WHO YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AND SOME PEOPLE SEE A PEDIATRICIAN AS A CHILD THEN WHEN THEY MAKE THAT TRANSITION IS WHEN THEY SOMETIMES DROP.
BUZZ NO, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD GO ONCE A YEAR FOR CHECKUP.
ONCE A YEAR FOR SPECIFIC ROUTINE SCREENINGS TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE CERTAIN DISEASES COME EARLY, EARLIER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT AND FAMILY HISTORIES PLAY PART.
KNOW WHAT THE RISK BENEFITS THERE WITH YOU.
OK I GET BACK TO ON IN THIS SCREENINGS WHEN IT COMES TO COLON.
WOULD YOU EDUCATE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TO EXARE SIGHS 101 AND WHY IT SHOULD BE, WELL, CORE LATED IN OUR LIFE-STYLE?
>> YES.
SO LIKE WE TACKED ABOUT EARLIER.
EXERCISE IS AMAZING AT ALL HEALTH BENEFITS NOT ONLY PHYSICAL BUT MENTAL AS WELL.
EXERCISING FOR JUST TEN MINUTES WOULD DAY CAN BENEFICIAL.
THE KEY IS TO BE CONSISTENT AND GIT IN EVERY DAY OR MANY DAYS A WEEK AS YOU CAN.
JUST TEN MINUTES HAN BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE THOSE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT.
NOW MORE IS BETTER, WE RECOMMEND 30 MINUTES A DAY FOR 150 MINUTES TOTALLAL A WEEK.
SO THAT IS OUR GOAL.
BUZZ EVEN JUST TEN MINUTES IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN GET TEN MINUTES A DAY.
IT CAN REDUCE THE RISKS OF ALZHEIMER'S, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCERS, OBESITY, IT IMPROVES THE MOOD, CARD VASCULAR HEALTH, JOINT HEALTH, METABOLISM.
THE HEART BECOMES STRONGER.
THE MUSCLES BECOME MORE RESILIENT.
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM GETS STRONGER AND HAS A GREAT BENEFIT ON YOUR BODY AS WHOLE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.
>> YES.
AND BRENDAN, BRING EXERCISE AND MENTAL HEALTH TOGETHER.
THAT WHAT IS THE END DORR FIFE EFFECT?
WHY IS IT THAT EXERCISE MAKES ME FEEL BETTER?
>> SURE.
WHAT THEY FOUND TIN RESEARCH NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT IS USUALLY RIGHT AROUND 25 MINUTES OF MODERATE TINS TY CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE.
SO NOT A LEISURELY STROLL BUT ALSO NOT, KNOW, TOO INTENSE, JUST A MODERATE PACE OF EXERCISE FOR ABOUT 25 OR SO MINUTES IS AFTER THAT WHEN THE BRAIN STARTS TO TRIGGER RELEASE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT NEUROTRANSMITTERS, ENDORPHINS SHALL DOPAMINE, AND SPECIFICALLY, THESE THREE NEUROTRANSMITTERS HELP TO BOOST OUR MOOD, BOOST OUR ENERGY, AND REALLY REDUCE OUR STRESS, HELP US FEEL MORE CALM, RELAXED, SHARPEN OUR FOCUS, OUR THOUGHT, AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE MORE SHARPENED AND CLEAR, SO WE ARE THINKING BETTER.
WE'RE THINKING EFFICIENTLY, WE ARE ABILITY TO LISTENER AND PROCESS INFORMATION HAS IMPROVED AND OUR MOOD IS BOOSTED.
OUR STRESS LEVEL IS REDUCED.
WE FEEL MORE CALM, MORE RELAXED, AND ALL AFTER ABOUT 25 MINUTES OF, YOU KNOW, A MODERATE TINS TY CARDIOVASCULAR WORKOUT.
SO A GREAT.
IT IS MY FAVORITE FORM OF, I CALL IT MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION.
IT REALLY IS.
IT IS MY FAVORITE MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY.
AS SAID BEFORE, AS THE WORLD'S BEST SAID EFFECTS.
I MAY GN THE TOUGHEST PART IS TO GET STARTED.
>> YES.
>> YES.
THAT IS CORRECT.
>> YEAH.
>> DR. GRANT, LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF MUST SCREENINGS A MALE SHOULD HAVE WHEN HE IS READY TO SEE HIS DOCTOR?
>> WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TWO SCREENINGS THAT THE DOCTOR TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
WE TALK ABOUT SCREENINGS.
CERTAIN GREEN SCREENINGS THAT ARE SIMPLE.
HAVING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED.
THAT IS A SCREENING WE DON'T THINK ABOUT.
IT IS NOT ELABORATE.
THAT'S THE SILENT KILLER.
YOU CAN ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE A SPIKE AT 30 OR 35 IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN FINDING OUT AT 55 OR 60 WHEN THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE THE VASCULAR SYSTEM.
SO THE OTHER SCREENINGS HERE ABOUT COLONOSCOPIES FOR COLON CANCER AND ACTUALLY, WE ARE REDUCING THE AGE OF COLONOSCOPIES SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FAMILY HISTORY NOW.
WE USED TO SAY 50 AND BEGINNING TO SAY NOW IT IS 45.
WELL, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU NEED COLONOSCOPIES.
YOU NEED THEM FOR SCREENINGS.
YOU NEED SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU FIND.
ANY CHANGES OR ANY MASSES YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE COLON SCREENING, IF FOUND EARLY ENOUGH IS A BEATABLE DISEASE.
>> WHAT DO YOU SHARE ABOUT A PROSTATE SCREENING.
>> PROSTATE SCREENING IS SIMPLE.
IT IS A BLOOD TEST.
IT IS CALLED PSA.
YOU HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN.
WHERE WILL THE CANCER OF THE PROSTATE ACTUALLY GIVES OFF A CHEMICAL, WHICH ENABLES US TO DETERMINE 2:00 IF THERE IS PROSTATE CAN THEN BODY.
THEN INITIAL SCREENINGS ARE USUALLY AT ABOUT 55.
UNLESS YOU GOT SOME FAMILY HISTORY AND IF YOU GOT A FATHER OR BROTHER THAT HAS IT.
FANNED YOU HAD SECOND COUSIN, MANY, AND THEN AGAIN, GET IT SOONER.
THE RISK BENEFIT IS JUST A BLOOD TEST.
ING THAT IS ALL IT IS.
CERTAIN POPULATION FUSS ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
SUGGEST YOU GET PSA DONE AGAIN, SOONER, AGAIN, PROSTATE CANCER, IF CAUGHT EARLY ENOUGH, IT HAS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE TREATED.
>> THANKER FOR THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP.
>> YES.
SO SLEEP, IT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT MEN, AND REALLY, ANYONE CAN DO FOR THE HEALTH, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT WE GET AT LEAST SEVEN HOURS OF SLEEP EACH MIGHT.
THOSE WHO DON'T ARE HIGHER RISKS FOR HYPERTENSION, TYPE 2 DIABETES, OBESITY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON TAKING SUPPLEMENTS, CERTAIN DIET, THEN, THEN, EVEN EXERCISE, BUT THEN, ONLY SLEEPING FOUR TO FIVE HOURS A NIGHT, IN THE, WEARING IT LIKE IT IS A BADGE OF HONOR.
I THINK WE NEED TO STOP CELEBRATING THE LACK OF SLEEP, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT CAUSE INCREASED HEALTH RISKS BUT ALSO DECREASES YOUR PERFORMANCE AT WORK.
FOR ME MEN, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS.
BUT LOOK OF SLEEP MAKES YOUR TEST CALLS SMALLER.
>> WE CAN SAY THAT WORD HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO TELL ME MORE, THEN, LET'S MOVE INTO WATER.
WILL STICK WITH YOU DR. BUCKLEHAM, THIS OBVIOUSLY THE NUTRITIONAL ISSUES HERE.
>> OH, YEAH.
WALTER IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
SO YOUR BLOOD IS COMPOSED OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND THIS LIQUIDLY SUBSTANCE CALLED PLASMA SO PLASMA HELPS TRANSPORTS THOSE RED BLOOD SELL CREELS TO THE BODY WHEN YOU BECOME DEHYDRATED YOU LOSE FLUID THROUGH THE PLASMA.
YEP.
HE IS TAKING A DRINK RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOUR BLOOD BECOMES THICKER WHICH MAKES IT HARDER THEN IT CANE CREASE THE BLOOD PRESSURE AND LEADED TO HYPERTENSION AND HEART DISEASE.
SO IT PROMOTES CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH.
IT HELPS TO THE JOINTS WORK BETTER AND CLEANS THE BODY.
THE KIDNEYS NEED WATER TO FILTER WASTE AND SEVERELY DEHYDRATED THE KIDNEYS ARE NOT GOING TO FUNCTION HOW THEY NEED TO.
WATER HAS A LOT OF BENEFIT FORCE THE BODY AS WELL.
>> WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
APRIL IS STRESS AWARENESS MONTH.
SO LET'S OPEN A CAN OF WORMS WHEN IT COMES TO STRESS, FIRST OF ALL, HOW MUCH STRESS IS NECESSARY, AND/OR UNNECESSARY IN MY LIFE.
>> STRESS IS SOMETHING, STRESS IN LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNAVOIDABLE.
MAIN, LIFE IS DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, THE PACE OF LIFE SEEMS TO BE INCREASING AS WE GO.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONES AND YOU KNOW, HOW CONNECTED WE ARE.
YOU KNOW?
VIA THE INTERNET I GUESS.
THE FLOW OF INFORMATION THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS CAN BE OVERWHELMING SO WE CANNOT AVOID STRESS.
THE BEST WE CAN DO IS LEARN BETTER WAYS OF COPING WITH IT, OF MANAGE IT, AND THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL ON MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US.
SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD COPE WITH STRESS ORDEAL WITH STRESS IS BY BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE AND BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT IT STRIG TRIGGERS THE RELEASE OF OXYTOCIN IN OUR BODIES WHICH IS UNNATURALLY LIKE STRESS REDUCING CHEMICAL, PERHAPS DR. GRANT CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN ME.
BILL THAT SUDDEN WE WITH V BEEN SOCIALLY ISOLATED FROM EVERYBODY.
AND SO, I THINK THAT THAT HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD NORMALLY DEAL WITH STRESS, AND BUT IT IS UNAVOIDABLE FACT OF LIFE, AND, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN THE BEST WAYS WE CAN TO COPE WITH IT OR REDUCE AT THIS TIME OR IN LIFE.
>> WOULD YOU AS THERAPIST, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WOULD MOST LIKELY A PRESCRIPTION FOR EXERCISE, BUT WOULD YOU TALK TO YOUR GENTLEMEN PATIENTS, TALK THERAPY WOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS?
SURE.
SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, COGNITIVE THERAPY IS PROVEN TECHNIQUE FOR LEARNING HOW TO KIND OF MENT ALALLY RESPOND HOPE TO STRESSORS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR LIFE.
AND THEN, THEN MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION TECHNIQUES CAN BE ALSO A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN IN HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS ON, POE, AS RELAXATION TECHNIQUE, ON ITS OWN, OR A WAY OF DEALING WITH STRESS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOMENT, OR IN THAT MOMENT.
I WOULD MOVE OUR THOUGHTS AWAY FROM THINGS THAT MAY BE STRESSING US OUT, BUT MAYBE WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THAT TIME.
SO BEING ABLE TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS, OUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING STRESS IN THE MOMENT CAN ALSO BE HELPFUL.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> DR. GRANT, LET ME YOU HAVE ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION OF BEING AWARE OF OUR STRESS, AND MINIMIZING IT, THEN ANY OTHER SCIENTIFIC TERMS YOU LEAD THROUGHOUT THERE.
WELL, I WAS LISTENING TO HIM JUST NOW.
HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.
HE TALKED ABOUT OXYTOCIN LEVEL THEN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SIMPLER.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO WORKED A STRESSFUL JOB AND THEY RETIRED.
GOD YOU LOOK GREAT AL THE SUDDEN.
RETIREMENT MUST BE AGREE WALK.
YOU HEAR THAT A LOT.
STRESS RELEASES CORTISOL.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STRESS RELEASES CORT TY SAL.
YOU TEND TOP GET IN CREASED WEIGHT, INCREASED SWELLING, INCREASED WEIGHT AROUND THE GUT.
WE KNOW WEIGHT AROUND THE GUT FOR MEN PUTS YOU AT INCREASED RISK FOR DIE BEET TEGS SO ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE PHYSICAL RESPONSES TO STRESS, JUST LIKE WHAT TODD WAS SAYING ABOUT SLEEP.
SLEEP.
WE ARE REALIZING IS SO IMPORTANT.
SLEEP APNEA AS WE ARE COMING UP.
FIRE INNING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE RELATERALEDLESS OF THE SIZE AND SLEEP APNEA CAN LEAD TO HYPERTENSION AND IRREVERSIBLE PULMONARY WHICH IS DIFFERENT KIND OF HOOPER TENSION SO WE WARM OUR FOCUS ON SLEEP AND THERE IS ARTICLE JUST YESTERDAY THAT CAME OUT, THAT SHOWS ACTUALLY, THAT THOSE THAT GET LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS OF SLEEP ARE INCREASED RISK FOR DIMENSION SHA IN THE LATE 70'S SO ALL THE THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO COME TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> BACK TO YOU, TODD.
I KNOW YOU ADDRESSED WATER, HOW ABOUT A CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE OUR RACE IN THE MORNING?
HOW GOOD OR BAD THAT IS FOR ME PHYSICAL LOGICALLY.
>> SO COFFEE CAN HELP BEFORE A RACE, CAFFEINE HELPS IMPROVE YOUR OR DECREASES HOW HARD THE EFFORT FEELS.
TOO MUCH COFFEE COULD BE DETRIMENTAL SEW TALKING A LOT ABOUT SLEEP HERE AND THE HALF-LIFE OF CAFFEINE RANGES FROM FIVE TO TEN HORSE IN HEALTHY ADULTS SO MEAN FUSS DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE AT 3:00 P.M. HALF OF THAT CALF EVENT COULD BE IN THE SYSTEM AS 1:00 A.M.
SO THUS WHY I RECOMMEND NOT DRINKING COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS PAST NOON BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS NOT AFFECTING YOU, IT IS.
COFFEE OR CAFFEINE CAN ALSO GIVE YOU ANXIETY, DIGESTIVE ISSUES, SOME TRANSIENT INCREASES IN GLAD PRESSURE OR HEART RATE, AND SO, SO I IT UPCALLY TEND TO STAY AWAY FROM CAFFEINE UNLESS IT IS LIKE THAT FOR THAT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING BENEFIT, THE NIGHT BEFORE, OR MO NOT THE NIGHT BEFORE.
DON'T DO IT BEFORE THE RATE BUT THE MORNING BEFORE A RACE, BECAUSE THAT CAN HELP DECREASE THE EFFORT OF THE EXERCISE ITSELF.
>> DR., BACK TO YOU.
PERHAPS A QUESTION FOR US AGAIN.
A SPECIAL WHEN IT COMES TO MACHINE'S HEALTH.
THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 KEEPING MANY AT HOME, HE TURN TO ALCOHOL TO OPIOIDS AND WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT HERE?
THE ONE COME MEN I WILL LEAVE WITH MEN AND WOMEN GET YOUR VACCINE.
SO WE CAN GET IT.
WE ARE SHOWING MORE PEOPLE WE CAN GET VACCINATED THE BETTER.
WE KNOW MICHIGANS THE EPIEN CENTER OF COVID RIGHT NOW.
WE GOT TO GET VACCINES INTO ARMS RIGHT NOW, THE ONE MESSAGE AWANT TO LEAVE.
THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL.
WE'RE DEEP IN THE TUNNEL.
WE ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED.
THAT IS NOT HELPING OUR STRESS.
WE'RE SITTING AT HEM AND EATING HOW.
THAT IS NOT HELPING OUR OBESITY.
AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS WITH VACCINATING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED TO GET TO THAT 75-80% NUMBER IF WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNITY.
THE NUMBERS ARE SHOALLY SLEEP CREEPING UP BUT HOPS ARE BEING OVERWHELMED TODAY WITH COVID.
YES.
>> HOW DOES WITH IN, HOW DOESES A MAN BREAK OUT OF A CYCLE THAT HE HAS GOTTENP INTO THIS PAST YEAR OF PERHAPS ABUSING HIMSELF IN UNWAY OR THE OTHER NOT PURPOSELY, MAYBE.
>> SURE.
SURE.
SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE SHALL YOU?
>> YES.
YES.
YOU KNOW THE NUMBER ONE THING IS TO SEEK HOPE OPEN TO RECOGNIZE THESE ARE COMMON ISSUES WE STRUGGLE WIN OUR SOCIETY.
MANY MANY PEOPLE DEAL WITH ADDICTION TO SOME SUPPORT OR WHAT HA OF THIS THE CASE MAY BE.
IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT IS NORMAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF HELP OUT THERE FOR IT.
THE FIRST STEP IS TO SEEK HELP.
THERE IS PLACES.
YOU MEAN, THERE IS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE SELF-HELP GROUPS SUCH AS AA OR YOU KNOW SOME OF THE OTHERS IN OUR AREA.
THERE IS ALSO SEEKING HELP THROUGH A THERAPIST OR EVEN TALKING TO A LOVED ONE OR YOU KNOW A FAMILY OR FRIEND YOU KNOW PARTICULARLY SOMEBODY WHO YOU KNOW HAS STRUGGLED WITH IT IN THE PAST AND BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND IF IT IS SHORE SHOE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE.
>> I MENTIONED WEIGHT GAIN, NOW I WANT YOU DR. BUCKINGHAM TALK ABOUT ONE WHO POSSIBLY MAY NEED YOUR SERVICES OR OTHER SERVICES TO LOSE WEIGHT AND WHY SHOULD ONE LOSE WEIGHT IN THEIR 40'S AS A MAN.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE DR. GRANT TOUCH ON MEN TYPICALLY WOE STORE FAT AROUND OUR ABDOMEN THAT CAN LEAD TO META POLLIC SYNDROME, DIABETES AND SO THOSE ARE SEVERE METABOLIC DISEASE HAS CAN DETRIMENTAL LATER UNLIFE AND LEADING TO HEART DISEASE AS HE SAID, THEM IN BER ONE KILLER OF MEN SO THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO LOSE WEIGHT.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE MARY FREE BED, WE HAVE IT.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME AND THIS MACHINE RIGHT THERE CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE YOUR BODY COMPOSITION SO NOT ONLY MASH SHORE THE BODY FAT AND SHOWS WHERE IT IS THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY BUT SHOWS YOU THE MUSCLE MASS AND THE BONE DENSITY WHICH CAN BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL AS WE GET OTHER AS WELL.
SO LOSING WEIGHT OR MAINTAINING YOUR WEIGHT IF YOU ARE A NORMAL WEIGHT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GET OLDER AND WE GOT SOME TOOLS THAT CAN HOPE YOU DO THAT.
YES.
>> DR. GRANT, STARTING TO NEAR OUR, WHAT IS WE CALL THE CLOSING COME MEMBERS WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT FOR MACHINE'S HEALTH IN 2021.
>> MACHINE'S HEALTH IN 2021.
EXERCISE.
WATCH WHAT YOU ARE EATING.
GET A VACCINE.
DO NOT AVOID, IF YOU ARE DO FOR A COLONOSCOPY.
IT IS SAFE TO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL.
IT IS SAFE.
IF YOU ARE DUE FOR PROSTATE BLOOD TEST.
IT IS SAFE.
GET IT.
IF YOU ARE FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE.
GO THOUGH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE.
YOU CANNOT DEFER HEALTH ANY LONGER.
WE DEFERRED HEALTH DURING THE FIRST SURGE AND CATCHING UP WITH US.
DON'T.
DO NOT DEFER.
DO NOT PUT OFF ANY VISITS.
IT IS SAFE COMMUNITY TO COMMON.
THAT IS THE MESSAGE WITH LEAVE.
ALWAYS NESSAGE LOVE TO LEAVE THREE THINGS, VACCINATE, VACCINATE, VAC MATE.
YES.
YOU ARE AVAILABLE, I TRUST, FOR TELEHEALTH, YOU AND YOUR COWORKERS.
YEAH.
YEAH.
AND BLUE CROSS ACTUALLY PAYS FOR TELEHEALTH LIKE ANY OTHER SERVICE.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> THERE IS A BEST WEBSITE FOR BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MY?
I YEAH.
BCBSN.COM.
AUM YOUR ANSWERS SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE.
VERY NICE.
BRENDAN KELLY TAKE A MOMENT OR TWO WITH SOME CLOSINGED A VASE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN.
>> SURE.
A MESSAGE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT TO PEOPLE FOR YEARS NOW IS OFTEN AS WE CAN IS WHEN IT COMES TO EXERCISE, IT UPCALLY, WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE, FOE, HOB HAVE NOT BEEN EXERCISING FOR AWHILE, THEY FIND THEMSELVES GETTING A LITTLE OLDER, STARTING TO GAIN WEIGHT, OR GET OUT OF SHAPE THE THING THAT TYPICALLY TO START EXERCISING IS THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND IT UPCALLY THEY WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT.
AND THEN THAT IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT THAT CAN TAKE AWHILE.
YOU KNOW, A PERSON HAS TO EXERCISE TODAY, TOMORROW, ALL OF THESE DAYS AND THE WEEKS TO COME IN READIER TO GET THE REWARD THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BE IT LOSING 20-POUND OR 30-POUND OS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
WHAT IS VITAL IS FOR THAT PERSON, FROM THE GET GO, WHEN THEY GO TO THE GYM THEY GO OUTSIDE FOR A RUN OR GET ON THE BIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY FEEL AFTERWARDS?
HOW DO THEY FEEL BEFORE THEY GO THOUGH GYM.
THEN HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTERWARDS?
HOW'S THE ENERGY LEVEL?
HOW US THE MOOD.
HOWS THE STRESS?
HOW IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHTS AND COGNITIONS YOU KNOW?
HOW DO YOU FEEL BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE NOTICE IS LIKE, WELL, I FEEL BETTER.
THAT IS IMMEDIATE BENEFIT THAT PEOPLE GET FEX ARE SIGHS THAT CAN HELP HELP BECOME CONSISTENT AS YOU SAID EARLIER WITH IT.
RIGHT.
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE FOE US CAN ON THE PHYSICAL HEALTH GAINS THEY KNOW IT WILL NOT HAPPEN TODAY.
SO IT ICE EASIER TO SAY WILL DO IT TOMORROW.
THEY WON'T GET THAT REWARD THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TODAY.
IF THEY FOCUS ON THE IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OF HOW EXERCISE MAKES THEM FEEL, THEN IN TERMS OF A REWARD, THEN, LIKELY, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY DO BECOME MUCH MORE CONSIST TEN AND THEN THEY STILL GET THE PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFIT AND IT US MORE OF A SECONDARY APPROACH.
YEAH.
YEAH.
SO I THINK IT IS VITAL.
GOOD.
HOW DO WE FIND OUT BUT AND YOURS.
WELL, OUR WEBSITE SIS WWW.GR WELL-BEING.COM.
OR OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 616-458-6870.
GIVE US A CALL ANY TIME.
NICE.
A MINUTE LEFT FOR YOU DR. BUCKINGHAM.
GET ON THAT BICYCLE.
GIVE US THOSE COMMENTS BUT YOU WILL BE THERE SOON.
WHAT DO YOU LEAVE US WITH?
SO PIGGY BANKING ON WHAT THE OTHER GUY SAID WITH FIRST OF ALL WITH COVID, A NEW STUDY JUST GOT RELEASED WITH THAT 50,000 ADULTS WITH COVID-19 AND RESEARCH FOUND THAT THOSE WHO MET THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GITLINES OF 150 MINUTE OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS ACTIVITY PER WEEK SHOWED SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, ICU ADMISSION, AND DEATH DUE TO COVID-19, SO EXERCISE DOES SEEM TO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A PROTECTIVE EFFECT AT LEAST AS OF NOW FROM THE PRELIMINARY RESEARCH ON COVID-19, SO EXERCISE IS A BIG ONE.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP IN TO START RUNNING FIVE MILES A DAY.
YOU WANT TO START SLOW.
S THAT HE KEY.
FURB RUNNING, KNOW, YOU MAY START WITH A ONE-MILE RUN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN THE ENTIRE MILE.
YOU CAN RUN A MINUTE.
JOG A MINUTE.
SOMETHING I HAVE MY ATHLETES DO, EVEN SOME OF MY HIGHER ADVANCED LEVEL ATHLETES I HAVE THEM RUN A FEW MINUTE THEN WALK A FEW MINUTES WALKING SHOULDN'T BE SEEN AS WEAKNESS FOR MEN.
AROV MEN SEE WALKING AS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT VERY COOL TOLL DO.
LOOK I NEED TO BE RUNNING ALL OUT OUT THE TIME.
>> GOT YOU.
EVEN A WALK IS BENEFICIAL.
>> NICE.
START TODAY.
HOW DO WE FIND MORE INFORMATION QUICKLY?
>> SO YOU CAN GONE TO MARY FREE BED.COM OR CALL THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT AT 616-840-PLAY.
THANK YOU, MEN, FOR TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY'S HEALTH.
ENJOY YOUR DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
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