WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 Welcome to the series titled The Six Pillars of Health. 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.640 I wanted to quickly introduce myself. 3 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:08.039 My name is Chandler. 4 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:10.020 I'm a mother of two, a wife, 5 00:00:10.020 --> 00:00:13.040 and a huge advocate for healthy living. 6 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:14.900 I have my master's in nursing 7 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:17.580 with an emphasis in nursing education. 8 00:00:17.580 --> 00:00:19.400 I decided to go into nursing 9 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:22.680 because I was always fascinated by the human body 10 00:00:22.680 --> 00:00:25.920 and understanding how it works optimally. 11 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.880 Through the seven years that I worked at the bedside, 12 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.340 I took care of a lot of sick patients and noticed a trend. 13 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.720 The people that I took care of were really hospitalized, 14 00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:44.640 most often for chronic disease issues, 15 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.600 and I kept taking care of the same people over and over. 16 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.440 It felt a little like a revolving door, honestly, 17 00:00:51.440 --> 00:00:54.820 and I got tired of seeing people not get better. 18 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:58.460 When I evaluated why people were not getting better, 19 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:00.760 I discovered it was twofold. 20 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:04.200 First, a lot of people were not taking ownership 21 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:06.320 over their own personal health. 22 00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:10.660 And second, the general practitioner was not educated 23 00:01:10.660 --> 00:01:13.000 on how to truly teach their patients 24 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:17.200 how to become better through lifestyle modification. 25 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.280 As a mastered, prepared nurse, 26 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:20.920 what my education included 27 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.760 was general understanding of the human body, 28 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:26.680 what could go wrong with different body systems, 29 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:30.740 and then what pharmaceuticals to use when things went wrong. 30 00:01:30.740 --> 00:01:33.940 Really, the only education I got about lifestyle 31 00:01:33.940 --> 00:01:37.700 was very general nutrition and lifestyle education, 32 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:40.180 like things like to exercise more, 33 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:42.800 to encourage people to limit processed foods, 34 00:01:42.800 --> 00:01:44.880 limit fat, and limit sugar. 35 00:01:44.880 --> 00:01:48.940 The problem I found was that really everyone is at a loss. 36 00:01:48.940 --> 00:01:51.100 Our education system doesn't teach 37 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:52.980 our teenagers about health. 38 00:01:52.980 --> 00:01:54.860 Our practitioners are taught a lot 39 00:01:54.860 --> 00:01:56.920 about medication administration, 40 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.440 and the general public is taught very blanket education 41 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:02.680 from the CDC and the FDA, 42 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:04.960 leaving everyone really confused 43 00:02:04.960 --> 00:02:08.120 about how to live healthy and live to prevent disease 44 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.620 and have optimal health and vitality. 45 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:13.500 So I started down the path of self-discovery. 46 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:16.760 I really wanted to understand how we could live in a way 47 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:18.840 that fosters health for myself, 48 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:21.280 for my family, and for my community. 49 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.520 I have done a lot of research and reading 50 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:26.820 over the last three years to put all the pieces together, 51 00:02:26.820 --> 00:02:29.760 and that's where I wanna get started with you today. 52 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:32.020 So like I said, I titled this series 53 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:33.420 The Six Pillars of Health, 54 00:02:33.420 --> 00:02:36.180 and I'm super, super excited to dive in 55 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:38.360 and cover this material with you 56 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:40.500 because it will lay the foundation 57 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:43.180 of what we build our entire understanding 58 00:02:43.180 --> 00:02:45.900 of health on going forward. 59 00:02:45.900 --> 00:02:49.620 In this series, my goal is to accomplish three things. 60 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:52.040 First, I wanna divine health. 61 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:56.060 Second, I wanna cover basic human body physiology, 62 00:02:56.060 --> 00:02:58.340 focusing our education on the gut, 63 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:00.660 the thyroid, and the metabolism, 64 00:03:00.660 --> 00:03:02.980 because I believe if we can understand 65 00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:05.080 how these three systems work, 66 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.740 we can work with our bodies and not against them. 67 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:12.180 And lastly, I want to cover the six pillars of health. 68 00:03:12.180 --> 00:03:15.300 It is through these six pillars working together 69 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:18.300 that we could become the healthiest versions of ourselves, 70 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:20.500 both physically and mentally. 71 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:22.480 So let's jump in. 72 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:25.120 To define health, we need to understand 73 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:26.280 that in the world today, 74 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:28.340 there are really two schools of thought 75 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:32.540 that determine how we as individuals define health. 76 00:03:32.540 --> 00:03:35.880 The first school of thought is called the germ theory. 77 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:37.840 The germ theory, otherwise known 78 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.420 as the microbial theory of disease, 79 00:03:40.420 --> 00:03:44.840 was first made popular by a gentleman named Louis Pasteur, 80 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:47.680 who was the inventor of pasteurization. 81 00:03:47.700 --> 00:03:51.060 This theory states that there are external germs, 82 00:03:51.060 --> 00:03:53.220 which when they invade our bodies, 83 00:03:53.220 --> 00:03:57.140 are the direct causes of different definable diseases. 84 00:03:57.140 --> 00:03:59.680 This theory believes that the only way 85 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:03.240 we can prevent illness is through avoiding these germs. 86 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.440 This theory believes that germs 87 00:04:05.440 --> 00:04:07.800 should be avoided at all costs. 88 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.740 This is the theory that our Western medicine system 89 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:15.020 is based off of and proposes that drugs, vaccines, 90 00:04:15.020 --> 00:04:18.240 surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy 91 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.279 are the ways that we can prevent or treat disease. 92 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.440 The second school of thought is called the terrain theory. 93 00:04:24.440 --> 00:04:26.360 The terrain theory was proposed 94 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:29.000 by a gentleman named Antoine Béchamp, 95 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.840 who stated that our terrain or our internal environment 96 00:04:32.840 --> 00:04:34.980 determines our state of health. 97 00:04:34.980 --> 00:04:37.160 This school of thought proposes 98 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.060 that when our internal environment 99 00:04:39.060 --> 00:04:41.560 is functioning in homeostasis, 100 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:44.560 and our body has the ability to detox 101 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:46.820 and our immune system is strong, 102 00:04:46.820 --> 00:04:48.660 we have the ability to handle 103 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:51.340 any germs we come into contact with. 104 00:04:51.340 --> 00:04:53.140 This school of thought focuses 105 00:04:53.140 --> 00:04:55.560 not only on understanding the body, 106 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.100 but strengthening it so we can have 107 00:04:58.100 --> 00:04:59.980 every ability to prevent disease. 108 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:06.080 and illness. So I want you to ask yourself which theory do you believe? It's important for you to 109 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:12.320 understand this because this will dictate your ability to receive and utilize the information 110 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:18.480 that I will be discussing with you in this series. I am a firm firm believer that there is a place 111 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:25.600 for both. I believe that 95 to 99 percent of the time we need to look at our body, understand our 112 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:32.000 body, and strengthen our internal terrain through diet and lifestyle to be able to handle the germs 113 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:38.400 that we will inevitably come into contact with. I also believe that we do have a time and place 114 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:46.320 for medicine. I believe that around five percent even one percent of the time we need to use the 115 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:53.920 medicine in our western medicine system to handle emergency situations. In times of acute emergencies 116 00:05:53.920 --> 00:06:00.080 our traditional western medical system can serve us well, but we need to remember that it's not the 117 00:06:00.080 --> 00:06:06.400 answer to curing or preventing our disease. It is our responsibility to honor our bodies and treat 118 00:06:06.400 --> 00:06:12.000 them in a way that is honoring to the Lord. Now that you understand the different schools of 119 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:19.840 thought, I want to define health. The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete 120 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:26.400 physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. 121 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:33.520 I appreciate this definition because it takes into account that true health is holistic in nature 122 00:06:33.520 --> 00:06:39.040 and requires someone to have full physical, mental, and social well-being to be healthy. 123 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:46.000 When we are approaching our understanding of health, I believe it's important to first understand 124 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:52.880 how the Lord created our bodies to work. When we understand how our bodies work optimally, 125 00:06:52.880 --> 00:06:58.160 we can better understand how to take a holistic approach to nourish ourselves physically, 126 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:04.720 mentally, and spiritually. In the upcoming lessons, we're going to take a deep look 127 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:10.800 at our digestive system so that you can understand how we can work with our digestive system to 128 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:16.400 support and nourish it. Then we're going to take a look at our metabolism and our thyroid 129 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:22.400 so you can understand how we can support these systems for optimal health. And then lastly, 130 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:29.280 we're going to discuss the six pillars of health. As stated, these pillars focus on the whole person 131 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:34.960 and include pillar number one, which is diet, pillar number two, which is hydration, 132 00:07:34.960 --> 00:07:40.320 pillar number three, sleep and stress management, pillar number four, which is sunlight, 133 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:45.360 pillar number five, which is breathing and connection, and then pillar number six, 134 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:51.520 which is movement and exercise. I will be giving you an overview of these pillars, 135 00:07:51.520 --> 00:07:56.720 how they're important to our overall health, and some tips on how to improve each of them. 136 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:03.520 I'm excited to jump into the material with you, and I hope this material will be as impactful 137 00:08:03.520 --> 00:08:08.560 in your life as it has been in mine. So when you're ready, I will see you in the next video.