Author and medical doctor Chauncey Crandall shares about his latest book, "The Simple Heart Cure."
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PAT: YOUR HEART, YOU DON'T
THINK MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL IT
STARTS MISFIRING AND ALL THE
SUDDEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU.
DID YOU KNOW IT IS AN AMAZING
STATISTIC, MORE PEOPLE IN
AMERICA DIE OF HEART ATTACKS
THAN ALL THE CANCERS COMBINED
INCLUDING BREAST CANCER,
PROSTATE CANCER, ETC., BRAIN
CANCER, ETC. WE HAVE A NOTED
CARDIOLOGIST, DR. CHAUNCEY
CRANDALL WHO BECAME AN INTERNET
SENSATION AFTER HE DIDN'T JUST
DO MEDICINE, HE PRAYED FOR A
DEAD MAN.
THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IN
AMERICA.
U
REPORTER: HEART DISEASE
KILLED MORE THAN ANY MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
DR. CHAUNCEY CRANDALL KNOWS THIS
AS A DOCTOR AND HEART CONDITION.
AT 48, DR. CRANDALL FOUND
HIMSELF IN THE ER WITH A
BLOCKAGE.
HE RECOVERED USING THE SAME PLAN
AND DR. CRANDALL SHARES THIS
PLAN IN HIS NEW BOOK.
PAT: PLEASURE TO WELCOME BACK
A NEW FRIEND, DR. CHAUNCEY
CRANDALL.
BLESSINGS ON YOU.
PAT: THANK YOU, "SIMPLE HEART
QUEUE."
NO. 1 ON AMAZON?
IT IS GETTING THERE.
PAT: WHAT ABOUT HEART
ATTACKS?
YOU HAD ONE OF YOUR OWN, YOU ARE
ARE CARDIOLOGIST, WHAT HAPPENED?
WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO HAVE
VICTORY IN THIS LIFE.
I HAD AN EVENT OF 48.
IN THE BEGINNING OF A MASSIVE
HEART ATTACK.
I DIDN'T HAVE HEART DISEASE OR
DIABETIC.
I DIDN'T HAVE EXTREME
HYPERTENSION.
I ENDED UP ON THE OPERATING ROOM
TABLE WITH A WIDOW MAKER LESION.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD IF I
HADN'T GONE TO THE HOSPITAL.
THREE MAIN ARTERIES TO THE
HEART, MAIN LAD.
I HAD A BLOCKAGE IN THE VERY
BEGINNING.
IT IS THE MOST DEADLY BLOCKAGE
YOU CAN HAVE IN THE HEART.
YOU CAN HAVE SUDDEN DEATH.
THAT DAY I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
I HAD EXTREME PAIN IN MY CHEST.
I COULDN'T WALK, PAT, FROM ONE
END TO THE NEXT WITHOUT HAVING
SEVERE CHEST PAIN AT THE AGE OF
48.
PAT: YOU ARE A CARDIOLOGIST,
DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD THIS?
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE PAIN WASN'T TYPICAL CHEST
PAIN.
IT WAS SHOULDER PAIN THAT
RADIATED TO THE CHEST AND TOOK
ME 24 HOURS BEFORE I COULD
FIGURE OUT THAT WAS TRULY A
HEART EFFECT.
I WAS A CARDIOLOGIST.
PAT: DID YOU CLABS?
I COULDN'T KEEP WALKING WITH
MY WIFE, DEBORAH.
I SAT ON THE STEPS AND SAID YOU
NEED TO TAKE ME TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM.
I THINK I AM HAVING AN EVENT.
GET ME THERE QUICKLY.
MY PARTNER THROUGH ME ON THE
OPERATING TABLE.
I COULD SEE THE BLOCKAGE.
I SAID FIX THIS.
I SAID LEAVE THAT ONE ALONE,
I'LL FIX THAT ONE MYSELF, THAT
IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT.
PAT: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
THESE THINGS?
OVER 500,000 PEOPLE DIE OF A
HEART ATTACK EACH YEAR.
A MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE
PRESENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
WITH HEART DISEASE?
HEART DISEASE IS THE NO. 1
KILLER.
PAT: "THE SIMPLE HEART CURE,"
HOW DO WE PREVENT IT?
CHANGE OUR LIFE.
THAT DEMANDS A PLANT-BASED DIET.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE STRICT RIGHT
OUT OF THE SHOOT.
WHICH INCLUDES VEGETABLES AND
FRUIT AND VERY LITTLE MEAT.
THAT IS THE KEY.
LOTS OF STUDIES SAYING IT IS --
IF WE WANT TO REVERSE IT, WE
HAVE TO BE STRICT FOR THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR AFTER AN
EVENT.
THAT DEMANDS PROPER DIET, PLANT
BASED, EXERCISE WHICH IS WALKING
AN HOUR A DAY, PROPER SLEEP,
EIGHT TO TEN HOURS, LOWER
STRESS.
I AM THE CARDIOLOGIST I WAS UP
AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING INSIDE
SOMEONE'S HEART.
I HAVE A LOT OF STRESS.
I NEEDED TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL
WITH THAT AND FIFTH FAITH IN
GOD, HE IS OUR HEALER AND
DELIVERER.
PAT: LET ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING.
I SEE A GUY TAKE A SCALPEL AND
STARTS CUTTING, WHEN WAS THE
FIRST TIME YOU DID THAT CUTTING
AND WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?
FIRST TIME WAS IN THE
BASEMENT AT YALE, UNIVERSITY.
OPERATING ON PIGS AND HEART
TRANSPLANTS.
PIG HEART IS SIMILAR TO THE
HUMAN HEART, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME AND IN MY
MEDICAL TRAINING, FASCINATING,
CHEST OPENED, HEART BEATING AND
LIFE OF THIS MAN IS THERE AND
START WORKING ON IT.
IT IS LIKE BEING IN AN ORCHESTRA
WE ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS EVENT
AND BRING LIFE INTO THIS PERSON.
I HAVE CARRIED THAT DONOR HEART
ACROSS THE ROOM TO THE OPERATING
TABLE WHERE THAT PATIENT IS THAT
NEEDS THE NEW HEART.
I HAVE CARRIED THAT HEART ACROSS
THE ROOM.
JESUS DOES THE SAME THING, PAT.
HE WANTS TO GIVE US HIS HEART IN
EXCHANGE FOR OUR DAMAGED HEART.
MEDICINE IS CLEARLY GOD.
EVERYTHING I DO SUPPORTS THE
REALITY THAT CHRIST IS REAL, THE
LORD IS REAL.
HE IS THE CREATOR AND DELIVERER.
ANYONE WANTS TO BELIEVE GOD, GO
INTO MEDICINE.
PAT: TALK ABOUT STRESS.
THE WORLD IS IN CHAOS.
EVERYONE COMING IN WITH STRESS
AND ANXIETY.
STRESS IS THE BIGGEST RISK
FACTOR OTHER THAN A TERRIBLE
DIET.
PAT: WHAT IS STRESS?
WE CAN HAVE GOOD STRESS AND
BAD STRESS.
FOR ME IT IS MEETING THE
HELICOPTER.
I ENJOY IT.
BUT THE BODY DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
THAT AS GOOD STRESS, IT
RECOGNIZES GOOD STRESS HERE, BAD
STRESS HERE.
IT ALL COMES HERE, BODY
RECOGNIZES IT AS JUST STRESS.
BLOOD PRESSURE AND STEROIDS GO
UP, ADRENAL GLANDS START FIRING,
ARTERIES START RESTRICTING,
PLATELETS GET STICKY.
ALL THESE THINGS GO INTO BATTLE.
THE HEART IS PREPARING ITSELF
FOR BATTLE, PAT.
WE CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS.
PAT: YOUR PROBLEMS IN THE
STOCK MARKET, MIGHT LOSE YOUR
JOB, YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
'OBAMACARE' AND POLITICS, ALL
THAT MAKES STRESS?
EVERYBODY IS STRESSED OUT,
THAT IS WHY HEART DISEASE IS
ACCELERATING.
EVERYONE IS IN A STATE OF CHAOS.
PAT: MAKES THEM FAT, TOO.
YOU START RELEASING ADRENAL
STEROIDS AND THEY GO OUT, YOUR
INSULIN LEVEL GOES OUT AND
DEPOSIT FAT INTO TISSUE.
BODY BUILT TO HANDLE STRESS.
ONLY IF YOU ARE RUNNING AWAY
FROM A MOUNTAIN LION.
PAT: ONCE HE LEAVES YOU
ALONE, [LAUGHTER].
WE STAY IN STRESS ALL THE TIME,
DON'T WE?
WE DO.
IT IS NOT GOOD FOR US.
PAT: YOU MENTIONED FIVE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT KEEP
PEOPLE FROM HEART ATTACKS?
FIVE KEYS WE SPEAK ABOUT IS
PLANT BASED DIET, ONE HOUR OF
WALKING EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE
THIRD IS EIGHT TO TEN HOURS OF
SLEEP.
PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING SLEEP, ON
THEIR COMPUTERS, WATCHING THEIR
TV.
THEIR MIND CAN'T REST, OKAY.
PEOPLE WITH SLEEP APNEA, THEIR
MIND IS SCRAMBLED.
THE PART ISN'T WORKING
CORRECTLY, WE ARE
HYPERSTIMULATING OUR BRAIN.
WE NEED REST.
FIFTH IS FAITH IN GOD.
GO TO GOD, HE WILL DELIVER YOU
AND HEAL YOU.
PAT: WHAT ABOUT FISH OIL?
THERE IS A BIG DEBATE WITH
PROSTATE CANCER AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STUDY.
IT IS GOOD, PART OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN DIET, I THINK
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ON 1,000
MILLIGRAMS.
PAT: SALMON?
SALMON IS THE BEST, WILD
SALMON IS THE BEST.
PAT: DO YOU EAT IT EVERYDAY?
I EAT IT COUPLE OF TIMES A
WEEK.
PAT: I HOPE YOU SAY HORSE
BACK RIDING IS KEEPING STRESS
DOWN.
WE HAVE A GREAT MAN THAT
RIDES HORSES.
I WAS WATCHING YOU HOLD THE
REIGNS WITH YOUR FEET AND THAT
IS EXERCISE, PAT?
PAT: YES.
KEEP RIDING.
PAT: WALKING AND STAYING OFF
OF, LIMITING BEEF AND STRESS,
WILL THIS DO IT?
YOU ARE AT RISK FOR HEART
ATTACK.
WHAT ABOUT STATINS?
THEY ARE GOOD IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE BATTLE AND NEED TO WIN.
WE PUT PEOPLE ON STATINS SIX
MONTHS TO A YEAR AND TRY TO
TAPER THEM OFF.
IT IS NOT A LIFE-LONG THING.
PATIENTS ARE OVERWEIGHT,
OVERSTRESSED, NOT EATING WELL.
IT TAKES YEARS AND YEARS TO
COUNSEL THEM TO GET TO A BETTER
LIFE STYLE.
STATINS PART OF THE LIFE STYLE
EARLY ON BUT NOT THE FINAL
FORMULA.
WE'LL WITHDRAWAL THEM OVERTIME.
PAT: HOW ABOUT VITAMINS?
THEY ARE GOOD BUT WE NEED
THEM THROUGH FOOD.
PAT: BEANS?
BEANS ARE GREAT.
IF YOU HAVE THREE CUPS OF BEANS
A DAY IS AS EFFECTIVE AS A
STATIN DRUG IN LOWERING
CHOLESTEROL.
PAT: THERE ARE THINGS IN HERE
THAT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH AND
RECOMMEND IT.
CHAUNCEY IS PRAYING FOR ME TO BE
110.
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
YES.
I'LL LAY HANDS ON YOU RIGHT NOW.
PAT: HE ALREADY HAS.
I AM TRYING TO SETTLE DOWN, YOU
HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
PAT, WE ARE ENTITLED TO
VICTORY, THE LORD HAS GIVEN US
THAT.
WE CAN WALK IT OUT IN GOOD
HEALTH AND WILL GET WELL IN
JESUS' NAME.
PAT: AMEN.
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK ABOUT HOW
TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
"THE SIMPLE HEART CURE."
I HAD ATRIA DEFIB LAGS.
YOU HAD IN HER JERRY WEST, GREAT
BASKETBALL PLAYER, WHAT WAS HIS
PROBLEM?
HE HAD ARRHYTHMIA, TOO.
HE HAD SUDDEN DEATH, RIGHT?
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS LIKE SYSTEM
OF THE HEART, IT CAN GET SCARS,
AGE, PERFORM INCORRECTLY.
THESE SYSTEMS CAUSE SMALL SPARKS
THAT CAN BECOME VERY ERRATIC AND
GIVE US PROBLEMS OR EVEN SUDDEN
DEATH.
PART OF THAT, TOO, PAT, CAN BE
IMPROVED IF PEOPLE START NOW ON
THIS PROGRAM.
PAT: YOU SEE OVERSEAS, YOU
DON'T SEE THIS?
WE DON'T SEE HEART DISEASE.
THE DISEASE OF THE ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM IS DISEASE OF SMALL BLOOD
VESSEL THAT FEED THE NERVES OR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
IT ALWAYS STARTS IN THE ARTERIES
CALLED ARTERIOLES THAT FEED THE
ELECTRICAL NERVES.
PAT: GREAT.
THE DVD THAT FEATURES DR.
CRANDALL AND JEFF IS CALLED
"DEAD RAISER."
WOW.
TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET
THE DVD
GO TO CBN.COM.
IT IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, "THE
SIMPLE HEART CURE."
I APPRECIATE DR. CRANDALL A
DEAR, DEAR FRIEND THAT LOVES THE
LORD.
THANK YOU, PAT.
PAT: GOD BLESS.