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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
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Relationships<br />
By Ronda Degaust<br />
Internationallyknown<br />
NLP<br />
Trainer<br />
Q: Dear Ronda,<br />
Each year I set a goal to increase my<br />
income and I never seem to obtain<br />
it. I heard everyone has a financial<br />
thermostat of how much money they<br />
will attract in their life. Is there a way<br />
to raise this thermostat?<br />
– Lacking Prosperity<br />
Help Me,<br />
Ronda!<br />
Ronda Degaust is the author of How To<br />
Heal from Years of Criticism, Insults,<br />
Abuse & Rejection. She is a Break-thru<br />
Coach & International NLP Trainer. She<br />
teaches you how to release negative emotions<br />
to Maximize Your Life Potential.<br />
Find out more at her website<br />
www.lifepotential.ca or email her with<br />
questions at breakthru@lifepotential.ca<br />
A: Dear Lacking Prosperity,<br />
The reason for a stationary financial<br />
thermostat is connected to your belief<br />
system regarding money. We often<br />
heard comments such as: filthy rich,<br />
money is dirty, rich people are not nice<br />
etc. These comments, although common,<br />
form an internal representation<br />
that money isn’t a good thing.<br />
The main belief that holds people back<br />
from obtaining greater prosperity is<br />
self worth. If you don’t believe you are<br />
worthy of having more than enough<br />
money, you get what you believe. As<br />
Henry Ford so wisely stated; “Whether<br />
you think you can or you can’t, you are<br />
right.”<br />
The first step to change your financial<br />
thermostat would be to improve your<br />
relationship with money. Become<br />
comfortable with the thoughts of having<br />
money and change the limiting beliefs<br />
that don’t support you. If you believe<br />
rich people are not nice, make it a<br />
goal to meet a nice rich person. Have<br />
a conversation with him or her and<br />
learn about them. You may find out that<br />
people, whether rich or poor, can be<br />
nice or not nice. Money doesn’t make<br />
a person good or bad; money is just a<br />
means to an end.<br />
Changing your limiting beliefs and your<br />
relationship with money will raise your<br />
financial thermostat and increase your<br />
prosperity.<br />
Q: Dear Ronda,<br />
My mother has Alzheimer’s disease<br />
and sometimes when I visit her she<br />
doesn’t remember me. It hurts deep in<br />
my soul when this happens. Am I so<br />
insignificant in her life that she can<br />
forget me so easily?<br />
– Forgotten Daughter<br />
A: Dear Forgotten Daughter,<br />
Although I’m not an expert in Alzheimer’s<br />
disease, recently my own mother<br />
lost the battled with the disease.<br />
In the early stages when my mother<br />
started to lose her memory, she made a<br />
comment that really demonstrated what<br />
was happening inside her brain. My<br />
mother asked me when she was going<br />
to be 50. Instead of getting upset for<br />
such a question, I stated her oldest was<br />
56 and her baby was 43, so she was 50<br />
for a while. She said okay and started to<br />
talk about something else.<br />
During another visit she was talking<br />
about going home, but the home she<br />
was referring to was her childhood<br />
home. She hadn’t lived there for almost<br />
60 years, but she was adamant her<br />
mother wanted her home. Of course<br />
during this visit she didn’t remember<br />
me; I wasn’t born in the memory of so<br />
long ago.<br />
Understand the disease is not a reflection<br />
of your significance in her life, but a deterioration<br />
of the brain which is beyond<br />
her control. Finding acceptance and not<br />
challenging the memory loss is the most<br />
loving gift you can give to your mother<br />
during the last stage of her life.<br />
“To enjoy your journey to the life<br />
you want: Dream It, Determine It,<br />
and Make It Happen!”<br />
Q: Dear Ronda,<br />
I’ve been in a long term relationship<br />
of 18 years and recently he decided<br />
he wanted to end it. Although it wasn’t<br />
good for a long time, I am feeling lost<br />
in how to begin a new life as a single<br />
person.<br />
–- Single Sheila<br />
A: Single Sheila,<br />
You are about to begin a new chapter<br />
of your life and taking a few steps can<br />
enhance your journey.<br />
Step 1: Determine your personal interests<br />
and hobbies.<br />
Step 2: Search out groups you can join<br />
to share these interests. Doing this will<br />
increase your social network and fill<br />
your life with activities.<br />
Step 3: Take a self development journey<br />
and address any negative emotions so<br />
you don’t carry these forward into new<br />
relationships. We often repeat history<br />
unless we have resolution on past hurts.<br />
In this journey, take the time you need<br />
to discover who you are, what you want<br />
and how you are going to live your life.<br />
To enjoy your journey to the life you<br />
want: Dream It, Determine It, and Make<br />
It Happen!<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
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Monthly Columns<br />
Help Me Ronda 4<br />
Editor’s Notes 6<br />
Spa & Massage Directory 7<br />
Mercury Minute 12<br />
Viewpoint Inspired 13<br />
Calendar of Events 26<br />
Online Spotlight 28<br />
Sports Schedules 30<br />
<strong>January</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong> edition<br />
Cover Story<br />
BodiRocker-Transform Your Body In Just 10 Minutes A Day! 20-21<br />
Feature Story<br />
What’s a <strong>Health</strong>y Dinner?<br />
Read what 10-year-olds at Jefferson School have to say 18-19<br />
Flower Power<br />
Want to Increase Your Vibration 9<br />
Flower Power Comes to the Rescue 10<br />
Top 5 Valentine’s Day Flowers 11<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Theme of the Month: Thyroid <strong>Health</strong><br />
Thyroid Disease: Why the Epidemic? 14<br />
Selenium for Thyroid Function 23<br />
14 Functions of the Thyroid Gland 29<br />
Discover Winter!<br />
Old Man Winter Workouts 7<br />
Snowboard <strong>Fitness</strong> 16<br />
Beat Winter Blues with Snowshoes 17<br />
How to Avoid Snowboard Injuries 32<br />
Snowboarding Games 32<br />
Winter Fun in Ontario – 10 Things to Do 33<br />
<strong>Health</strong><br />
Study Shows That A Chiropractic Adjustment<br />
Can Lower Blood Pressure! 8<br />
Discipline is a Pain! 15<br />
Peripheral Neuropathy Sufferers 22<br />
Researchers Find New Patterms In H1N1 Deaths 24<br />
Exercising Into <strong>2010</strong> 25<br />
Look As Young As You Feel! 27<br />
Is it Gossip or Truth? 36<br />
Diary of Neck Pain 37<br />
How to Talk to Your Daughter about Menstruation 38<br />
FAST Test for Stroke Symptoms 39<br />
Pets & Fun<br />
Top Tips From the Top Dog 34<br />
How to Make Your Own Pet Shampoo 35<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
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“<br />
Hello...I’ve been anxious<br />
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Editor’s Notes<br />
Happy New Year! What kind of plans do you<br />
have for your new year? Will you be learning<br />
any new sports? Trying out any new workout<br />
routines? Using any new supplement plans or<br />
new protein shakes? Eliminating a stubborn<br />
bad habit?<br />
With every new year, there’s always room<br />
to grow. And to me, that is the exciting part<br />
of life! With growth there is discovery. That<br />
discovery is what fuels the passion of life for<br />
me! How about you?<br />
In this issue, you’ll discover some great articles. First of all, the cover story<br />
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You’ll also discover things about snow sports in this issue as well as the health of<br />
your thyroid gland. If you’re prone to work in the kitchen, you’ll love the article<br />
on how to make fruit leather. Have a great month!<br />
Dr. Donna, Editor<br />
Dear <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>,<br />
Approximately 30-50% of all my new<br />
patients became aware of my services<br />
through my ads in <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>. This has been a fairly consistent<br />
pattern since I began advertising with you<br />
around 13 years ago. If I were to count<br />
all the referrals from these new patients I<br />
would say that <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
has been responsible for helping me build<br />
50% of my patient base.<br />
In all my years of practice no advertising<br />
has ever come close to these statistics.<br />
What is great about most of the patients<br />
that have heard about me from <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> is that<br />
they are truly interested in improving their health. They tend to<br />
refer other people who are also interested in health and fitness. I<br />
would highly recommend any health-related business to advertise<br />
with <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> – it’s well distributed throughout<br />
Sacramento & targets only people who are truly interested in<br />
improving their health.<br />
Thank you, <strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> for helping me reach<br />
Sacramento residents that are in need of my services.<br />
Sincerely, Brett A. Gottlieb, D.C.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Tanna Lyon<br />
discover winter!<br />
Day Spa &<br />
Massage Directory<br />
Old Man Winter Workouts<br />
Old Man Winter is right around<br />
the corner creeping into town.<br />
Enthusiasm and motivation turn to<br />
ice. You could head indoors, but it<br />
just wouldn’t be the same, especially<br />
when you’re used to running and biking<br />
in the fresh air. You can pack on a<br />
few pounds and cozy up in a blanket<br />
or get creative. Look at winter as an<br />
opportunity to add new twists to your<br />
regimen or hone your body for optimal<br />
performance in your chosen sport, be it<br />
motocross, softball or skiing.<br />
If you are already a regular at the gym,<br />
try something new that will challenge<br />
your body in ways it’s not used to.<br />
If you lack strong skills in running,<br />
swimming, or biking, winter is the<br />
ideal time to set up a program that will<br />
improve your weakest link.<br />
Some of the best cardio activities<br />
come from winter disciplines. Take<br />
on winter’s challenge and consider<br />
learning a new skill. There are plenty<br />
of organizations that put on events<br />
to help get you started. Last year a<br />
friend and I signed up for a “Learn<br />
to Skate Ski” day and it was truly an<br />
ultimate adventure.<br />
Here is a list of fun-filled health and<br />
fitness winter activities that can revitalize<br />
your winter blues:<br />
Skate Skiing<br />
Winter’s best cardio and strength<br />
workout. You will also be working<br />
your quads, hamstrings, calves, and<br />
glutes. Skate Skiing is easy to learn but<br />
takes a lifetime to master. To simplify<br />
what skate skiing is, imagine ice<br />
skating on skis while simultaneously<br />
propelling yourself forward with poles.<br />
Cross Country Skiing<br />
The most profoundly aerobic sport on<br />
earth with a mix of endurance, long<br />
thigh-burning ascents and swooping<br />
downhills. Gliding through the woods<br />
is so peaceful that you forget you are<br />
getting a killer workout.<br />
Snowshoeing<br />
You can walk or run with a pair of<br />
snowshoes. You can build an aerobic<br />
base through low intensity, long distance<br />
snowshoeing. Incorporate hills<br />
and develop leg strength and power<br />
and increase upper body endurance<br />
and strength by adding in poles.<br />
So no matter how cold it gets, head<br />
outdoors to work up that sweat. At<br />
least follow precautions against the<br />
weather and layer your clothing, keeping<br />
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to your skin and carry adequate liquid<br />
to stay hydrated.<br />
Enjoy learning your new skills!<br />
Tanna Lyon is the author of Old Man<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
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health<br />
By Dr. Brett Gottlieb, D.C.<br />
Study Shows<br />
That A<br />
Chiropractic<br />
Adjustment<br />
Can Lower<br />
Blood Pressure<br />
Yes, you heard correctly, a recent<br />
study published in the Journal of<br />
Hypertension showed that a chiropractic<br />
adjustment to the upper neck<br />
can lower blood pressure. However,<br />
this adjustment to the upper neck<br />
was not the typical neck adjustment<br />
that most chiropractors administer.<br />
The adjustment in this study was one<br />
that only chiropractors trained in<br />
the NUCCA technique can perform.<br />
NUCCA stands for National Upper<br />
Cervical Chiropractic Association.<br />
This association is responsible for<br />
training and certifying chiropractors<br />
in this adjustment technique that<br />
lowers blood pressure.<br />
The significant observation of this<br />
study was that this chiropractic<br />
adjustment not only lowered blood<br />
pressure but also sustained the lowered<br />
blood pressure until the study<br />
was concluded which was many<br />
months into the future. Furthermore,<br />
this upper neck adjustment lowered<br />
blood pressure as well as any of the<br />
best drugs and combination drugs<br />
available today but without any of<br />
the side-effects. Even more incredible<br />
was that every subject in the<br />
study responded and only 1 adjustment<br />
was necessary. In fact, the results<br />
of this study were so significant<br />
that the top medical researcher in the<br />
world on hypertension has decided to<br />
start a follow-up study to see if the<br />
same results can be duplicated.<br />
Many people are taking blood pressure<br />
medication but are suffering<br />
from side effects, which severely<br />
upset the quality of their lives. The<br />
NUCCA chiropractic adjustment to<br />
the upper neck could be a safe and<br />
effective alternative to blood pres-<br />
sure medications and all the side<br />
effects associated with these medications.<br />
Of course, more studies will<br />
need to be done before your medical<br />
doctor is going to recommend this<br />
adjustment to the upper neck. That<br />
doesn’t mean you can’t try it out<br />
right now.<br />
This adjustment is effective for<br />
many other conditions as well such<br />
as migraine headaches, fibromyalgia,<br />
chronic fatigue, and neck and<br />
back pain to name just a few. The<br />
adjustment itself is very gentle with<br />
no forceful twisting and cracking of<br />
the neck. It feels like a slight pressure<br />
at the contact point located just<br />
below the ear. For more information<br />
and to see an actual picture of the<br />
adjustment being administered to a<br />
patient please visit my website at<br />
www.painfreelife.net. If you would<br />
like to make an appointment to see if<br />
you qualify as a good candidate for<br />
this procedure please call my office<br />
for a free consultation and exam. My<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Dr. Donna (ret. D.C.)<br />
<strong>Health</strong><br />
To Evette Smith, helping people<br />
improve their health isn’t just a<br />
profession; it’s a calling. She lives<br />
and breathes what she can possibly<br />
do to improve people’s health.<br />
It’s that internal motivation that<br />
prompted her to begin taking classes<br />
in French medical aromatherapy,<br />
not just ordinary classes that anyone<br />
can take, but the learned methods<br />
and practices of aromatherapists in<br />
France where aromatherapy is part of<br />
mainstream medicine. These classes<br />
were offered only through Master<br />
Aromatherapist, Alexandria Brighton.<br />
Evette’s certification will soon<br />
give her the credentials of a certified<br />
international aromatherapist.<br />
What is Aromatherapy?<br />
Aromatherapy focuses on utilizing<br />
the essential oils of plants for therapeutic<br />
healing. When the highest<br />
quality therapeutic grade essential<br />
oils are used topically on the body or<br />
consumed orally, they can affect the<br />
energetics of an organ or body system<br />
by stimulating its renewal and<br />
restoration. However, not all essential<br />
oils can be consumed. Some are<br />
toxic with adulterated additives, and<br />
that’s where a trained aromatherapist<br />
really comes in handy. Your safety in<br />
using these types of oils depends on<br />
the safety knowledge gap, and Evette<br />
can be your bridge.<br />
“There’s a big difference between<br />
how I use these plant essences with<br />
Aromatic Acupuncture for emotional<br />
healing and how they are used in<br />
massage therapy,” Evette said. “As<br />
a bodyworker, I will use them 2<br />
ways: 1) via a diffuser that sends the<br />
fragrance into the air; a great way<br />
that these quality essences promote<br />
healing, and 2) diluted with high<br />
quality message carrier oils (grapeseed<br />
or jojoba) that penetrate into the<br />
muscles being massaged to promote<br />
various tissue and joint healing,” she<br />
stated.<br />
She may even apply them to specific<br />
acupuncture points to accelerate<br />
healing. Inside her two bags of<br />
essential oils, blends and essences,<br />
Want to Increase Your Vibration?<br />
Aromatic Acupuncture May be the Way to Emotional Healing<br />
she has about 95 different bottles,<br />
each one of them for a different<br />
therapeutic purpose.<br />
Emotional Blockages Translate<br />
to Poor <strong>Health</strong><br />
“The goal of my aromatic<br />
acupuncture consultation session<br />
is to identify the body’s blockages<br />
of energy and release the emotions<br />
that may be ‘stagnant’ there. For<br />
example, if there’s a blockage of<br />
energy along the heart energy path<br />
(meridian), a person can experience<br />
a sense of abandonment, betrayal,<br />
no joy or passion, lack of happiness,<br />
controlling feelings or a feeling<br />
that the love being expressed is<br />
conditional. These emotions feel<br />
real to the person but they can be<br />
dealt with once the emotion has been<br />
identified, released, and the process<br />
of application is administered along<br />
the acupuncture point along the<br />
meridian. The essential oil blend will<br />
be used for a specific period of time<br />
by the client,” she said.<br />
“Every body and person is different;<br />
therefore, the body dictates the<br />
timeframe. After that specific time<br />
of using the oils is over, retesting is<br />
done.”<br />
The emotions that we experience<br />
certainly can be a response to the<br />
circumstances we face. For example,<br />
if you did not receive a Christmas<br />
present from your boss, any normal<br />
human being may feel his lack of<br />
gratitude, resentment, even betrayal.<br />
However, if your chakras are aligned,<br />
these feelings wouldn’t last too long.<br />
They’d be processed with a healthy<br />
mindset and you’d proceed on to the<br />
next emotional crisis in life. If your<br />
chakras were not balanced, you’d<br />
hold onto those emotions longer –<br />
sometimes years – and then your<br />
reactions to new situations would be<br />
based on these feelings. That’s why<br />
it’s important to clear the negative<br />
energy to help restore a healthy balance.<br />
Even the Unborn Can be Hurt<br />
“The chakras come into play very<br />
soon after conception. They develop<br />
at certain points during development.<br />
For example, the Crown chakra is<br />
active at about the 3rd month. The<br />
Third Eye chakra is active at month<br />
4; the Heart chakra at month 6. If<br />
the mother’s experience during the<br />
gestation period is traumatized in any<br />
way, the infant could be born with<br />
chakras ‘out of balance’. This is just<br />
one way we can get out of alignment,<br />
and it begins at an early age.”<br />
What is Aromatic<br />
Acupuncture?<br />
Evette admits that normal everyday<br />
traumas can also create blockages in<br />
our emotions that affect the chakras,<br />
creating imbalances. The key, she<br />
says, is to identify these imbalances<br />
and proceed to use the highest<br />
energetic substances on the face of<br />
the earth – true, pure plant essences<br />
– and use them to remove negative<br />
energy and get realigned to a healthy<br />
emotional state of well-being.<br />
The Aromatic Acupuncture method<br />
of application she uses was developed<br />
by Alexandria Brighton.<br />
Combined with clinical kinesiology,<br />
she can determine which chakras /<br />
meridians need balancing first.<br />
“It’s important not to release more<br />
than three emotions at one time,”<br />
she said. “Emotional releases can be<br />
overwhelming so proceeding slowly<br />
and cautiously but steadily is the<br />
key.”<br />
Some of the essence remedies,<br />
referred to as HYDRessences, are<br />
taken orally if they are recommended<br />
for you. These are called the Dragon<br />
series. The Yellow Dragon HYDRessence<br />
blend, for example, addresses<br />
our need for security, nourishment,<br />
comfort, stability, support, sympathy<br />
and abundance. The plant essences<br />
in this blend support the digestive<br />
system, muscles, tendons, and<br />
ligaments. The White Dragon is a<br />
warming blend of cinnamon, cloves<br />
and nutmeg that brings you the sense<br />
of letting go, inspiration, power,<br />
heaven, wisdom, refinement, and<br />
guidance. There are also other Dragons:<br />
Red, Green and Black.<br />
These HYDRessences (Dragon)<br />
blends are dropped into water and<br />
then drunk throughout the day and/<br />
or evening. It’s an easy way to foster<br />
change in physical, mental and emotional<br />
health.<br />
“Using these essential oils and plant<br />
essences has been such an aide to me<br />
and my clients. Their transformation<br />
has accelerated very fast. I’d highly<br />
recommend their usage,” she said.<br />
To find out more about setting up a<br />
consultation with Evette, give her a<br />
call at (916) 705-0600.<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
9
Flower Power<br />
By Dr. Donna, editor (ret. D.C.)<br />
Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick for Good<br />
Let’s get down to the bottom line<br />
of why you can’t keep those New<br />
Year’s resolutions, or worse yet, why<br />
you won’t make them in the first<br />
place.<br />
It’s not that you haven’t gone to the<br />
right seminar or read the right book<br />
or met the right people or the right<br />
mentor to motivate you.<br />
The real reason is that you have<br />
emotional issues that are blocking<br />
you. Without emotional blockages,<br />
you would simply set a goal, then<br />
obtain it, one right after the next.<br />
You would become limitless.<br />
Dr. Davis screens every patient<br />
he sees in his office to determine<br />
if they have limiting beliefs. It is<br />
astonishing that almost everyone<br />
has several severely<br />
limiting beliefs, but<br />
they are often not<br />
aware of some of the<br />
most serious ones<br />
because those beliefs<br />
are in the unconscious<br />
mind.<br />
A great many people<br />
benefit from starting<br />
with ReviveAll, his<br />
master combination of<br />
six different flower essences. One of<br />
the flowers, Maquilina, actually has<br />
helped hundreds of people overcome<br />
a sense of futility and hopelessness.<br />
By simply adding the drops into<br />
water that is drunk during the<br />
daytime in sips, the energetics of the<br />
flowers are transferred to the person,<br />
somewhat similar to a homeopathic<br />
preparation or a Bach Flower<br />
Remedy. In 21 days, quite often the<br />
sense of futility and hopelessness is<br />
gone.<br />
After ReviveAll, the rest of the<br />
Abundant Life Program is a great<br />
help and provides support over three<br />
more months.<br />
How Can Flowers Have So<br />
Much Power?<br />
We don’t know as much about<br />
flowers as we do about foods and<br />
herbs. Scientists know that the<br />
essential oils of plants can be<br />
antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory,<br />
stimulant, relaxant, restorative and<br />
rejuvenating. The essential oil of<br />
roses can put a person in a romantic<br />
mood when he or she wasn’t feeling<br />
romantic 10 minutes prior. The<br />
“The Source frequencies of these essences<br />
appear to “overwrite” harmful memories and<br />
defeating beliefs, replacing them with Divine<br />
flower harmonics. Our thoughts, behavior, and<br />
well being can improve dramatically when we<br />
are no longer hindered by negative thoughts<br />
and feelings hiding in the unconscious or<br />
subconscious mind.” – Dr. Brent Davis<br />
essential oil of lavender can relax<br />
the most stressed out person or calm<br />
down hungry cats clamoring for<br />
their dinner.<br />
However, the finding that flowers<br />
seem to have an emotional mission<br />
in life — to help us overcome our<br />
emotional blocks — is a recognition<br />
and belief that more and more<br />
people are starting to adopt after<br />
learning it from Dr. Davis.<br />
Here’s a list of some of the<br />
emotional hurts that other<br />
flowers in the ReviveAll<br />
combination address:<br />
May Apple<br />
• “I lose my power when<br />
others don’t listen to me<br />
or invalidate me.”<br />
• “I am too shy to show<br />
my capabilities and my talents.”<br />
• “I fear being alone.”<br />
Maquilina<br />
• “No matter what action<br />
I take, I will be defeated”<br />
Pink Lady Slipper<br />
• “My heart is not safe.”<br />
• “I cannot trust in life.”<br />
Blue Eyed Grass<br />
• “I suffer from the hurt<br />
of emotional abuse.”<br />
• “I have deep rage that<br />
I cannot control.”<br />
Tulip Poplar<br />
• “My self-esteem is<br />
weak and unbalanced.”<br />
Wild Iris<br />
• “I am essentially<br />
unlovable.”<br />
• “I am disconnected from<br />
the Source of all life.”<br />
• “I am free from the threat of all beings.”<br />
Now think for just a moment about<br />
what’s happening here. If you are<br />
walking through life with the hidden<br />
emotional belief that whatever you<br />
do won’t be a winning achievement<br />
for you and that your mistakes are<br />
unforgivable, how can you ever<br />
succeed? When people witness that<br />
they are harboring the belief that<br />
Maquilina removes (the utter sense<br />
of defeat) they often state, “Well…<br />
I don’t believe that!” They don’t<br />
believe it consciously perhaps, but<br />
it is the unconscious that is being<br />
addressed.<br />
How much good will another<br />
Tony Robbins tape or seminar or<br />
firewalk really do for you? How<br />
much good will another mantra or<br />
100 affirmations do for you? Do<br />
you really think that if you say<br />
affirmations long enough, your<br />
subconscious mind will believe<br />
them?<br />
It’s <strong>2010</strong>, time to try something<br />
new that really has much potential to<br />
change you on a molecular, energetic<br />
level, possibly permanently. Check out<br />
www.floralive.com for more info.<br />
How to Test for the Emotional<br />
Blockage of Futility and<br />
Hopelessness<br />
Does it strike a chord with you<br />
that the following beliefs could<br />
be operating quietly in your<br />
unconscious mind?<br />
• Regardless of my efforts, I cannot<br />
influence the outcome.<br />
• No matter what action I take, I will<br />
be defeated.<br />
If it seems so, somewhere along<br />
the long path of life, you developed<br />
this emotional blockage. By<br />
using the flower Maquilina, this<br />
emotional obstacle in your life can<br />
often be removed permanently,<br />
according to Dr. Davis.<br />
Photos: Copyright Dr. Brent Davis All rights reserved.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Amy Nutt<br />
Flower Power<br />
Even though giving flowers on<br />
Valentine’s Day is a tradition that<br />
began back in the 1700´s with the<br />
introduction of the flower language<br />
to Persians by the Swede, Charles II,<br />
it is still a very popular one that is<br />
carried on to this day. In fact, flowers<br />
are still the most popular romantic<br />
gift, along with chocolate, for this<br />
special day celebrated by those in<br />
love. Are you unsure about which<br />
flower to gift your darling this year?<br />
Here are the top five flowers that are<br />
sent out for Valentine’s Day.<br />
1. Roses.<br />
Roses lead the pack as the #1<br />
romantic flower for lovers. These<br />
delicate flowers are much loved<br />
because of their message of love<br />
and the sweet aroma that emanates<br />
from their silky petals. They are so<br />
popular, in fact, that there are over<br />
150 types of this beautiful flower!<br />
They have been bred to be disease<br />
resistant, for best aroma and for a<br />
wide variety of colors. Giving roses<br />
as a gift never has to be boring!<br />
2. Carnations.<br />
Carnations are the second most<br />
popular flower that is purchased for<br />
Valentine’s Day. This is possibly<br />
because they are generally lowerpriced<br />
than roses and are considered<br />
to be very romantic. The ruffled<br />
appearance is quite feminine and<br />
carnations make excellent flowers to<br />
give to women on this special and<br />
romantic day. They come in a variety<br />
of pretty colors to choose from, as<br />
well.<br />
3. Lilies.<br />
Lillies are another very popular<br />
flower this time of year. Romantic<br />
and elegant, these are high class<br />
flowers that give your Valentine’s<br />
Day gift a classy touch and bump it<br />
up a notch. Combined with highpriced<br />
chocolates, they are the<br />
perfect way to say I love you. Lilies<br />
come in several colors including<br />
orange, pink, red and white, all of<br />
which are pretty romantic and make<br />
them very popular flowers both to<br />
give and to receive.<br />
4. Alstroemeria.<br />
Alstroemeria is yet another popular<br />
flower for Valentine’s Day. This<br />
is very similar to the lily; in fact,<br />
alstroemeria is often referred to as<br />
a Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas.<br />
A delicate blossom that is often<br />
variegated or spotted, these flowers<br />
are a beautiful gift for that special<br />
person in your life. Though you may<br />
not be able to pronounce the name,<br />
they are some of the most popular<br />
flowers given this time of year.<br />
5. Tulips.<br />
Tulips are the final flower on our top<br />
five list. Simple, yet elegant, they<br />
are very romantic and make an ideal<br />
gift for the uncomplicated woman<br />
who enjoys beauty in its simplest<br />
form. These flowers are sold by the<br />
thousands during the Season of Love,<br />
in every color under the sun, with<br />
red and pink as most popular for<br />
Valentine’s Day.<br />
There you have it – the top five sold<br />
Valentines Day flowers. Each of<br />
these blooms is popular for its very<br />
own reason, whether for beauty,<br />
tradition or aroma. It’s a good idea<br />
to consider what your sweetheart<br />
prefers before investing in a bouquet.<br />
Some women hate roses, for<br />
example, so you want to be sure that<br />
the flowers you select are ones that<br />
she will enjoy the most.<br />
Tidys Flowers at www.tidyflowers.<br />
com offers a number of Valentine’s<br />
Day flowers and bouquets delivered<br />
anywhere. Show that special someone<br />
how much she/he means to you with<br />
a stunning bouquet of Valentine’s Day<br />
flowers from Tidys!<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
11
astrology<br />
By Michael Mercury<br />
The Mercury Minute<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
“May the beauty of who we are be what we do” ~ Rumi.”<br />
<strong>January</strong> — The Full Moon<br />
Jan. 29th, 10:18 a.m. p.m.<br />
(PT) Keep your focus on your<br />
personal needs and how they<br />
contribute to your community?<br />
<strong>January</strong> — The New Moon in<br />
Capricorn on Jan. 14th, Solar<br />
eclipse 11:11 p.m. (PT) New<br />
beginnings for a New Year. A<br />
great day for internal reflection<br />
concerning the way you live?<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) If<br />
you want to stop suffering, then stop<br />
thinking. But don’t expect a standing<br />
ovation. Your inner self is calling you<br />
to harmonize with your needs. You’re<br />
on the right path for personal growth<br />
and you have a year of change for a<br />
new side of you to emerge. Relationships<br />
are the focus and keep you heart<br />
open for a happy year for personal<br />
growth.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You’ll<br />
have a unique opportunity to create<br />
a vision that serves many; therefore<br />
allow your creativity express itself.<br />
Daydreaming helps you clarify your<br />
creative thinking. You’re in the right<br />
position to make an important impact<br />
on those who need help. You get the<br />
opportunity if you are patient and keep<br />
trucking on your path to self-realization.<br />
Life is funny and you know that<br />
to be true!<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) Confusion<br />
and distractions occur if you don’t<br />
ground yourself. Take your time before<br />
you act, and make sure that you weigh<br />
the outcomes of available choices!<br />
You’ll feel a release of energy from<br />
within, which is without. Your personal<br />
social life is picking up and romance<br />
is in the wind for those who are single.<br />
Intimacy draws you closer to the one<br />
you love.<br />
ARIES (Mar. 21-April 19) You sense<br />
that it’s time to make a change in your<br />
life. You shine when you give of yourself,<br />
so it’s time for a change. Listen<br />
to your Spirit, because now is a time<br />
for you to meet someone who will illuminate<br />
you from the inside out. A new<br />
vision is a gift that helps guide your<br />
current situation. Get plenty of rest and<br />
pay attention to your health?<br />
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Due to<br />
the shifting astrological canopy, be<br />
careful with your decisions, because<br />
it will affect others as well as you.<br />
You’ll be making a shift this year and<br />
you determine if it allows you to grow.<br />
You’re reluctant to change, so embrace<br />
this New Year for your own good. Pay<br />
attention to what is offered this month.<br />
The love you make is equal to the love<br />
you have for yourself.<br />
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)Your attitude<br />
toward romance, music, and esthetics<br />
begins to change and you move<br />
in a new direction with your creativity.<br />
You’ll see a new friend in a romantic<br />
way and this gives you a new point<br />
of view. You’re changing your way of<br />
life and evolving in a new direction.<br />
As you make new choices, see the possibilities<br />
before they happen.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Use this<br />
month for self-renewal, as you spend<br />
more time with a new relationship that<br />
has come into your life. You have a<br />
second sense that something is about<br />
to change, so get ready for a major<br />
shift that is coming your way this year.<br />
Don’t be so critical of others -- you<br />
only define yourself. Learn to stop<br />
beating yourself up over what you cannot<br />
control!<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You feel<br />
stressed under the present canopy of<br />
the stars, but don’t aggrandize your<br />
situation or you will regret it. Examine<br />
your world and make the appropriate<br />
adjustments that help give a better<br />
understanding of you. Try to not think<br />
for a change, as it is time to go inside.<br />
You are a most amazing person when<br />
your ego doesn’t get in the way.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) If your<br />
life hasn’t been what you had hoped,<br />
then redirect what you’re doing. Find<br />
some peace of mind by spending<br />
quality time with people who care for<br />
you. Laughter is good for your health<br />
and for discovering your inner joy!<br />
Let go of old attitudes that no longer<br />
serve you. Helping others is the focus<br />
for you. The New Year is going to be<br />
easier to deal with than the past year.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)<br />
The planets are working on bringing<br />
you change for the next few years,<br />
which makes it a good time to reconnect<br />
to what is important with you?<br />
You’re so giving but you need to start<br />
paying attention to your own needs.<br />
Strive for balance and be less judgmental<br />
for a life that is easy. In fact,<br />
don’t judge at all! You’re in demand<br />
for your talents and taste.<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) For a<br />
smooth month, it is advisable to meditate,<br />
keep your thoughts to yourself,<br />
and avoid turbulent people. You are<br />
starting to feel restless and excited at<br />
the same time, but what else is new?<br />
This is just your creative energy looking<br />
for an outlet. Get physical and<br />
listen to your body. You are supported<br />
for any romantic involvement that you<br />
are in or for any new potential relationship.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)<br />
You’re going to have energy taking<br />
you in all kinds of directions and it<br />
would be best to keep it in low gear<br />
for this month. Romance makes an<br />
appearance, so be ready for some fun!<br />
Pay attention to your health and keep<br />
your resolutions for a change. You’re<br />
very philosophical, but if you don’t put<br />
it to good use, then what value is it?<br />
You may consider taking a trip.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
Viewpoint<br />
Inspired...<br />
relationships<br />
Hey Mitch,<br />
I’ve started off <strong>2010</strong> pretty well. Forced myself to the gym. Eating MUCH<br />
better than I did over the last few months of ’09. But you know what? I do<br />
this every year, Mitch!<br />
I have this “pattern”, I guess you’d call it. My friends say they all do the same<br />
thing! We set those resolutions, go for it, push, push, push… And then life<br />
catches up with us.<br />
Mitch, how do we get ourselves out of this vicious cycle of bad habits, feeling<br />
like a pig (and a loser), then a good habits period (while work piles up), then<br />
back to the bad habits?!<br />
I’m almost 40, Mitch. I have a LOT of experience with this challenge. I’ve<br />
read some great books, made charts and lists… I just always fall! ARGHH!!<br />
Do you have some words that might help me?<br />
Trying But Failing,<br />
Sacramento, CA<br />
Good Goals Are:<br />
• Realistic (Not so hard to reach they<br />
require 100% commitment)<br />
• Remind yourself you “Have<br />
Enough”<br />
• And, You have “Done Enough”!<br />
Dear Trying,<br />
Funny story about a guy who’d never<br />
felt drawn to exercise… a man was<br />
suddenly “assigned” by his doc to do<br />
three weekly 25-minute cardio sessions.<br />
So, most unenthusiastically, he<br />
forced himself out of bed at 5:33 a.m.<br />
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays<br />
to join a neighbor for morning jogs.<br />
After a couple of weeks, I asked him<br />
how it was going. He told me he was<br />
enjoying runner’s euphoria! After<br />
I congratulated him, he finished his<br />
sentence with, “…on Tuesdays, Thursdays,<br />
Saturdays and Sundays!”<br />
SO MUCH of what we encounter are<br />
NOT the actual experiences or things<br />
in our lives, but the challenging/blocking<br />
terms we give them!<br />
Take the term “eating better” which<br />
suggests that someone not eating an<br />
extremely healthy diet is “bad” (versus<br />
“better”)! Do you think a term like<br />
“power eating” or “energy eating”<br />
might have a different effect, when trying<br />
to get there?<br />
… Maybe those foods that aren’t on<br />
the “great for your health list” can be<br />
on the Reward Food list, or the Saturday<br />
Night Food List! There are NO<br />
“bad foods”; just foods that may need<br />
to be a more limited part of your diet<br />
for you to become your strongest self!<br />
Not feeling compelled to hit the treadmill<br />
endlessly has no connection with<br />
the terms “loser” or “pig”! There are<br />
losers who are in great shape! Some<br />
of our greatest human beings have/had<br />
very “unhealthy” diets!<br />
Remember the definition of insanity?!<br />
The only way to stop a perpetuating<br />
cycle is to GET OFF THE CY-<br />
CLE!! Time to find a NEW approach!<br />
NEVER long for the old ways or how<br />
things used to be. They weren’t as<br />
they now seem, and you are a stronger,<br />
smarter being! Every day is opportunity<br />
to seek life’s lessons, and to find<br />
new opportunities… New ways of<br />
living.<br />
• A stretch (Not so easy they aren’t<br />
interesting, nor rewarding when<br />
achieved)<br />
• Specific and measurable…<br />
Example of a poor goal: “I’ll lose<br />
some weight this year”<br />
A good goal: “I will lose 15 pounds by<br />
April first of this year”<br />
ANOTHER good goal: “Instead of<br />
pushing to the gym, I’ll do something I<br />
enjoy to get exercise!”<br />
Here are some resolutions EVERY-<br />
ONE should START withAnd let the<br />
others follow!...<br />
• LOVE yourself more this year than<br />
last year<br />
• FORGIVE yourself for ALL mistakes<br />
you’ve made in the past<br />
• FORGIVE others for ALL mistakes<br />
they’ve made in the past<br />
• Remember you ARE “Good<br />
Enough”<br />
WHO are your resolutions with?!<br />
While our actions affect those we love,<br />
our commitments and integrity are first<br />
to ourselves.<br />
AND, your most powerful message:<br />
Set your Resolutions as “Intentions” –<br />
Loving YOU… And then LET GO!<br />
… You become powerful the moment<br />
you LET GO and trust a greater power.<br />
Namaste,<br />
Mitch<br />
Submit Your Questions or<br />
Responses:<br />
Mitch Darnell, MA, OM<br />
Relationship Coach & Wedding Officiant<br />
ForeverInspired@surewest.net • 916.247.1655<br />
www.ForeverInspired.net • www.SacGroom.com<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
13
Thyroid health<br />
By Dr. David Minkoff<br />
Thyroid Disease:<br />
Why This Epidemic?<br />
On a global scale, a staggering 200<br />
million people have problems with<br />
their thyroid gland, with over 50%<br />
remaining undiagnosed. In the US<br />
alone, the instance of thyroid disease<br />
is running close to epidemic levels and<br />
equally as worrying is the number of<br />
un-diagnosed or mis-diagnosed cases.<br />
So just what is responsible for these<br />
runaway statistics?<br />
The Thyroid Gland —<br />
So Small, Yet So Vital<br />
Most people would locate their thyroid<br />
gland in the neck area, and many know<br />
it is somehow linked to weight-gain or<br />
weight-loss. How many times have you<br />
heard an overweight person say, “I have<br />
thyroid problems”? Well what does that<br />
really mean?<br />
The thyroid gland sits wrapped<br />
around the windpipe behind and<br />
below the Adam’s Apple area. This<br />
small bowtie-shaped gland produces<br />
several hormones in both men and<br />
women, the two most important being<br />
triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine<br />
(T4). These hormones help convert<br />
oxygen and calories into energy,<br />
making the thyroid the master gland<br />
of metabolism. The hormones are also<br />
essential for the proper functioning<br />
of all our organs, including our heart,<br />
musculoskeletal system and brain.<br />
Hypo or Hyper?<br />
The two most common forms of<br />
thyroid disease are hypothyroidism and<br />
hyperthyroidism, and as their names<br />
suggest, they are at opposite ends of the<br />
scale.<br />
When it functions as it should, the<br />
thyroid will produce T3 and T4 at a<br />
20% - 80% ratio. An underproduction<br />
of these hormones will slow down<br />
the body’s metabolism, causing<br />
hypothyroidism. Common symptoms<br />
of this condition are weight gain despite<br />
eating sensibly, feeling cold, fatigue,<br />
depression and possibly increased blood<br />
pressure and cholesterol levels.<br />
Hyperthyroidism occurs when an<br />
excess of T3 and T4 speeds up the<br />
body’s metabolism, and if the mild<br />
condition is left untreated, it can<br />
lead to complications such as severe<br />
weight loss despite a healthy appetite,<br />
nervousness, staring eyes, accelerated<br />
heart rate and insomnia.<br />
Causes of Hypothyroidism<br />
• Autoimmune thyroiditis, where the<br />
body’s own immune system attacks<br />
the thyroid gland, is the major cause of<br />
hypothyroidism.<br />
• A lack of iodine in the body. Iodine is<br />
necessary for the production of thyroid<br />
hormones, and iodine deficiency<br />
due to inadequate intake can lead to<br />
problems.<br />
• This is also true for a deficiency of<br />
protein in the body and a deficiency of<br />
magnesium and zinc.<br />
• Heavy metal poisoning (as with<br />
mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium)<br />
of the thyroid can also lead to<br />
hypothyroidism; chemicals and<br />
pesticides can also be a factor.<br />
• Root canal teeth can leak toxins into<br />
the body and enter the thyroid gland,<br />
producing malfunction.<br />
• Babies can be born without a thyroid<br />
gland, or with one that is not properly<br />
functioning.<br />
• Surgical removal of the thyroid gland<br />
or treatment with radioactive iodine,<br />
often for hyperthyroidism, can also<br />
lead to hypothyroidism.<br />
Causes of Hyperthyroidism<br />
• In 70% of people with<br />
hyperthyroidism, the cause is a genetic<br />
disorder called Graves’ disease.<br />
Graves’ disease may be secondary<br />
to dental infections, root canals or<br />
mercury fillings.<br />
• Lumps or nodules in the thyroid may<br />
gradually grow and increase in activity<br />
also leading to an overproduction of<br />
thyroid hormones.<br />
• Thyroiditis (inflammation of the<br />
thyroid gland), where the thyroid<br />
gland leaks thyroid hormones into the<br />
blood.<br />
• Overmedication with triiodothyronine<br />
(T3) and/or levothyroxine (T4)<br />
may also cause hyperthyroidism.<br />
Why This Epidemic?<br />
Thyroid disease is one of the silent<br />
epidemics of our time. The<br />
shocking fact is that nearly half<br />
of all women and a<br />
quarter of all men in<br />
the US will die with<br />
evidence of an inflamed<br />
thyroid.<br />
As with many of today’s<br />
illnesses, the increased<br />
incidence of thyroid<br />
disease can be linked to<br />
an overburden of toxins caused by<br />
pollution through air, water and food. If<br />
you have a concern about your thyroid,<br />
you may want to note the following<br />
potential causes of problems:<br />
Iodine deficiency is one cause of<br />
hypothyroidism. However, studies<br />
are also showing that in the case of<br />
chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, the<br />
highest prevalence occurs in countries<br />
with the highest intake of iodine, such<br />
as the US and Japan. So, although<br />
iodine supplementation should be<br />
implemented to prevent and treat iodine<br />
deficiency disorders, supplementation<br />
should be maintained at a safe level.<br />
Soy. High soy consumers and users of<br />
isoflavone supplements can be at risk of<br />
thyroid disorders since soy isoflavones<br />
can damage thyroid function. This is<br />
actually a rare occurance.<br />
Smoking has a negative impact on<br />
thyroid function and can cause a 3 to 5<br />
fold increase in the risk of all types of<br />
thyroid disease.<br />
Tap water. Standard water treatment<br />
plants cannot remove the chemical<br />
perchlorate from the water supply.<br />
According to one researcher, “There is<br />
a statistical association between lowlevel<br />
contamination with ammonium<br />
perchlorate and elevated or abnormal<br />
thyroid function.” Also, chlorine<br />
content in the water can displace the<br />
much needed iodine.<br />
Fluoride is a poison for enzymes that<br />
accumulates in the body. Since the<br />
body can only eliminate 50% of its total<br />
fluoride intake, this build-up can cause<br />
harm to the thyroid by blocking the use<br />
of iodine.<br />
Pesticides such as sumithrin (Anvil) and<br />
resmethrin (Scourge), are coming under<br />
considerable criticism for their adverse<br />
chronic effects on the thyroid.<br />
Family history of thyroid disease is a<br />
warning signal. Also a family history<br />
of depression, autoimmune disease,<br />
chronic fatigue or weight issues can<br />
signify thyroid problems.<br />
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14<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
Discipline is a Pain!<br />
It’s into the New Year already, but not<br />
too late to take an honest look<br />
at the role of discipline in your<br />
life and, if<br />
necessary,<br />
make some<br />
changes<br />
to enjoy life<br />
more than you<br />
ever knew you could.<br />
Like many people I meet,<br />
you may have never really<br />
considered the health<br />
road you are on. Most of<br />
us just cruise through<br />
life and do our best<br />
to navigate the inevitable<br />
obstacles<br />
that interfere with<br />
our health.<br />
Only when the<br />
obstacles get bad<br />
enough, do we take<br />
ourselves to a doctor<br />
and hope for the best.<br />
I’ve seen that most<br />
folks never really<br />
think too much about<br />
their health until it<br />
slips away. By then,<br />
unfortunately, it can<br />
be too late to get<br />
much back. Like<br />
many blessings in<br />
our lives, we often<br />
take our health for<br />
granted until it’s gone.<br />
I have learned that much of<br />
what separates the<br />
“haves” from<br />
the “havenots”<br />
when it<br />
comes to vibrant health, is discipline.<br />
To pro-actively pursue great health<br />
and wellness requires discipline. The<br />
problem is, discipline is a pain-a real<br />
pain. Discipline is a pain at home,<br />
work, school, play, even in marriage.<br />
It’s a pain mentally, spiritually, emotionally<br />
and physically. Heck, I’m<br />
tired just thinking about all the ways<br />
my life requires discipline!<br />
I’ve learned that much about life<br />
is truly a pain. I have also seen<br />
that the pain of discipline is like<br />
lifting a few pounds. It takes<br />
some effort. In contrast, the pain<br />
of regret, for all the things we<br />
have lost because of a lack<br />
of discipline, is like bearing<br />
the weight of hundreds<br />
of pounds. Regret can be<br />
rough, and painful. So, it<br />
seems, that some pain is inevitable.<br />
The good news is,<br />
for the most part, we get to<br />
choose: the pain of a few<br />
pounds on an ongoing<br />
basis, or the unbearable<br />
pain of tons later<br />
in life.<br />
When I first sit down with<br />
new patients, I always try<br />
to get a sense of their values<br />
and interests. I’m very interested<br />
in people. Many new<br />
folks I meet at Anderson Chiropractic<br />
are in pain. Their<br />
main interest is simple;<br />
get out of pain! I can<br />
relate. I have been in pain,<br />
too. However, what is more<br />
of a challenge is to help<br />
people understand two<br />
important concepts. One<br />
is that pain is usually not<br />
the real problem. Most pain that<br />
I deal with is actually a warning<br />
signal. Its job is to alert the brain<br />
to a problem. Second, problems<br />
are often the result of<br />
years of neglect and<br />
inadequate discipline<br />
in terms of<br />
spinal maintenance.<br />
It does not take a tremendous amount<br />
of discipline to get out of pain. Pain<br />
has a way of almost making us pay<br />
attention and do whatever treatment<br />
is necessary until it goes away.<br />
Usually that involves showing up<br />
for chiropractic adjustments, home<br />
ice therapy, stretching and the like.<br />
Good ol’ pain has a way of moti-<br />
By Dr. Gregg C. Anderson<br />
vating and inspiring us to be disciplined!<br />
I think a little paddling on<br />
the tushie works the same way with<br />
toddlers.<br />
What takes more discipline is taking<br />
the recent bout of pain as a lesson<br />
and then embarking on a pursuit of<br />
stability, correction and maintenance.<br />
This pursuit takes more discipline<br />
because there is no longer much<br />
pain, if any, to motivate and inspire<br />
us. Now is the time to regularly<br />
hoist and endure the few painful<br />
pounds of discipline.<br />
The truth is that one’s health is going<br />
in one of three directions: slowly getting<br />
worse, maintaining or actually<br />
improving. We get to choose. If we<br />
choose to treat our health passively,<br />
it will usually slowly get worse. In<br />
the case of spinal health, this usually<br />
means the progression of spinal immobility,<br />
muscular atrophy, disc degeneration<br />
and then pinched nerves,<br />
<strong>Health</strong><br />
arthritis and organ damage: the pain<br />
of regret.<br />
The better choice is to accept and<br />
embrace the pains of discipline. It<br />
is the only way to improve or even<br />
maintain wellness. These pains<br />
include perhaps a little time, a few<br />
bucks, some effort and the like. No<br />
discipline is easy. Few people are<br />
ever successful by accident. I guess<br />
you could say wellness is not an accident.<br />
My hope is always to be encouraging<br />
and to help people make informed,<br />
rational choices about their health<br />
and wellness. There’s no free and<br />
easy ride to the top, but once you<br />
get closer, the view is amazing and<br />
certainly worth the painful efforts.<br />
To help, I have some awesome New<br />
Year plans for our patients and I am<br />
almost through the process to be a<br />
certified 100 Year Lifestyle Provider.<br />
Make <strong>2010</strong> your best year ever!<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
15
Discover Wniter!<br />
By Jonathan Angelilli<br />
Snowboard <strong>Fitness</strong> –<br />
Snowboard Exercises<br />
and Workouts<br />
Advanced Snowboard Exercises and<br />
Strength Programs for Pro Snowboarders<br />
Snowboarding is a sport that requires<br />
a balance of physical strength, technical<br />
skill, and mental focus. Naturally,<br />
for a pro athlete, all 3 of these skill sets<br />
must be optimized, along with nutrition,<br />
flexibility, and rest/recovery. A properly<br />
designed strength and conditioning program<br />
will provide any pro athlete with<br />
a major advantage in physical strength,<br />
AMPLITUDE, and STYLE over his/<br />
her competitors, while decreasing the<br />
risk of injury and increasing the judges’<br />
score cards.<br />
Physical strength is broken down into<br />
different qualities of strength: power,<br />
power endurance, absolute strength,<br />
speed strength, and strength endurance.<br />
What kind of strength is required varies<br />
depending on the kind of event. Be<br />
warned, these are advanced programs,<br />
even a pro athlete must build up to<br />
them, especially if they have not done<br />
workouts like this before or haven’t<br />
been training hard in a gym for at least<br />
2 years. Working with a partner or<br />
trainer is always advised to maintain<br />
safety when performing heavy lifts.<br />
Half-Pipe/Snow Park<br />
For a pro freestyle snowboarder in the<br />
half-pipe, power endurance is going<br />
to be very important; in particular,<br />
the ability to accelerate off the lip<br />
explosively, and decelerate rapidly<br />
when landing back into the pipe, over<br />
and over again. To train for power<br />
endurance, you should use heavy<br />
weights for low reps (2-5) doing<br />
compound movements like a barbell<br />
back squat and a slow temp (4 seconds<br />
down, no pause at the bottom, 2 seconds<br />
up, no pause at the top) coupled with<br />
incomplete rest. By managing, tracking,<br />
and gradually tweaking these acute<br />
training variables (rest, tempo, sets,<br />
reps), a pro-snowboarder can be assured<br />
that the program will allow them to<br />
keep pushing their limits on the snow<br />
and getting higher and higher out of the<br />
pipe. This workout should be coupled<br />
with an explosive/polymeric workout<br />
that emphasizes Olympic lifts (snatch<br />
& clean& jerk), depth jumps and other<br />
plyometrics that require the body to<br />
decelerate its mass at a rapid rate.<br />
There will be very similar strength requirements<br />
for the snow park. Increasing<br />
power endurance will help greatly<br />
in preventing injury and bumping amplitude.<br />
While the park/pipe is the best<br />
place to practice technical skills, like<br />
grabs, putting trick combos together,<br />
etc., the gym is by far the best place<br />
to intelligently push the limits of your<br />
strength and power.<br />
Quarter-Pipe<br />
For the quarter pipe, the most important<br />
strength quality is power. The PRO<br />
needs to be able to explode two times,<br />
once to get up, once to land, and then<br />
gets to rest for awhile in between<br />
attempts. Their program needs to<br />
include a pure power workout: heavy<br />
loads of 1-3 reps, 6-8 sets, only 1 or<br />
2 exercises, including at least one<br />
“to get flexible, you have to get strong<br />
in a larger range of motion.”<br />
Olympic lift. The athlete should rest<br />
at least 3 minutes in between sets to<br />
ensure maximal neurological recovery,<br />
which is necessary for maximum power<br />
development.<br />
Grabs<br />
While grabs are obviously technical and<br />
are not going to be practiced in a gym<br />
(unless you have a huge trampoline set<br />
up), you can still push the boundaries<br />
and take your grabs to the next level<br />
with a balanced strength training<br />
program. Optimal strength can only<br />
be developed when the athlete has an<br />
optimal range of motion i.e. flexibility.<br />
Lack of flexibility is mainly due to<br />
WEAKNESS, which the body responds<br />
to by developing tightness. So to get<br />
flexible, you have to get strong in a<br />
larger range of motion. A stretching<br />
program will help if you use gentle<br />
contraction while stretched to increase<br />
your strength in tight ranges. Hold the<br />
contraction for 5 seconds, then release<br />
deeper into the stretch, and repeat 3 or<br />
4 times. Developing strength in new<br />
ranges will allow the athlete more<br />
flexibility to TWEAK THEIR GRABS!<br />
You know the judges love it; a little<br />
extra tweak can make a big difference<br />
on their score card.<br />
Program Design<br />
It is important to keep in mind that<br />
while there are a lot of cool exercises<br />
and workouts that will transfer to your<br />
abilities on the slopes, the only way to<br />
consistently make progress is to track<br />
your workouts and gradually manipulate<br />
the training variables (exercise selection,<br />
tempo, rest, sets, reps). With the<br />
industry’s explosive growth, athletes<br />
with the most talent, most commitment,<br />
and best programming are the ones that<br />
are going to excel both on and off the<br />
slopes.<br />
If you have any questions or comments,<br />
please don’t hesitate to contact me or<br />
visit me at www.ptbizcoach.com<br />
Jonathan Angelilli aka Johnny <strong>Fitness</strong><br />
has worked as a full time trainer for<br />
over 8 years, has completed 8 certifications,<br />
trains several celebrities, and<br />
is currently the Training Director of<br />
Dynamic Results, an upscale fitness<br />
and lifestyle company in NYC. He has<br />
directly coached, managed, and mentored<br />
over 100 personal trainers in the<br />
last 5 years alone, and owns a highly<br />
successful consulting company for<br />
personal trainers. His coaching clients<br />
have achieved amazing results including<br />
making more money, helping more<br />
people, and creating more opportunities<br />
for their fitness business.<br />
16<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Kimberly Aardal<br />
Discover Wniter!<br />
Beat Winter Blues<br />
With Snowshoes<br />
As temperatures start to cool,<br />
thoughts turn to the coming winter<br />
and with that, winter sports. One winter<br />
sport that comes to mind is snowshoeing.<br />
Snowshoeing has become a<br />
popular pastime in Colorado and other<br />
states that embrace winter sports. The<br />
wonderful thing about snowshoeing is<br />
you don’t need any specialized skills<br />
or training to do it. Any person that can<br />
hike can snowshoe.<br />
While snowshoeing has been around<br />
for many years, only recently since<br />
the 1970’s, has it become a recreational<br />
activity for outdoor enthusiasts.<br />
Snowshoeing was a necessity for many<br />
living in rugged, snowy terrain and the<br />
only way to travel through deep snow<br />
during the winter months. Along with<br />
the recent popularity of snowshoeing,<br />
technology has stepped up and designed<br />
and manufactured more durable and<br />
lightweight snowshoes. Snowshoes<br />
have come a long way since the wooden<br />
framed, rawhide-laced versions worn by<br />
Inuits and Native Americans.<br />
If you want to try snowshoeing, check<br />
with local ski rental shops where you<br />
plan to snowshoe. Most will have<br />
snowshoes for rent. This is a good way<br />
to see if this is a sport you want to get<br />
into. The experts in the rental shops<br />
should be able to offer advice on size<br />
and type of snowshoes to rent. Along<br />
with the snowshoes, they will fit you<br />
with appropriate sized poles that will<br />
come in handy during your hike. You<br />
should also have a good pair of insulated<br />
winter boots and gaiters (gaiters fit<br />
over your pants and boot tops) to keep<br />
your feet warm and dry. Start off by<br />
practicing walking with your snowshoes<br />
on near the trailhead until you feel comfortable<br />
and ready to venture out. Take<br />
it slow and conserve energy by keeping<br />
your feet close to the snow so you’re<br />
almost shuffling along.<br />
Snowshoeing Tips<br />
1. Determine snowshoe size based on<br />
your weight, which will determine<br />
the length you need.<br />
2. Choose snowshoes based on your<br />
activity and experience.<br />
• Recreational (hiking snowshoe) –<br />
Best for most beginners and gentle<br />
terrain<br />
• Backcountry – Best for hut trips,<br />
winter camping trips and more<br />
advanced snowshoers<br />
• Racing – Designed for those who<br />
want to move fast through the snow<br />
and compete in snowshoe races<br />
• Women’s – Designed with women<br />
in mind to accommodate stride and<br />
body shape unique to women<br />
3. Snowshoe poles are invaluable for<br />
balance and help to get you up hills.<br />
4. Purchase good quality insulated<br />
waterproof boots.<br />
5. Wear appropriate winter clothing.<br />
• Base layer<br />
• Wicking layer<br />
• Insulating layer<br />
• Warm hat<br />
• Warm gloves<br />
• Warm socks<br />
“Snowshoeing is a perfect way to get some<br />
outdoor time during the winter months and<br />
keep those blues at bay. It brings a whole<br />
new perspective and beauty to our natural<br />
surroundings. ”<br />
6. Bring along the Ten Essentials – the<br />
very same essentials you should take<br />
on a hike.<br />
7. Practice good etiquette while snowshoeing.<br />
Avoid cross-country ski<br />
tracks if at all possible. Big snowshoes<br />
can really mess up cross-country<br />
ski trails.<br />
8. Bring along a nice hot thermos of<br />
soup or chocolate to enjoy on the<br />
trail.<br />
9. Be aware of avalanche potential;<br />
see avalanche safety tips. Even<br />
though you may be careful and know<br />
avalanche safety rules, others may<br />
not be. So be vigilante and aware of<br />
others around you that may trigger<br />
avalanches and avoid those areas.<br />
Finding a good trail to snowshoe is as<br />
easy as finding a good hiking trail. In<br />
most cases, trails that can be hiked in<br />
the summer will make good choices<br />
for snowshoeing as long as they are not<br />
too steep. The most important factor is<br />
navigating. While many trails are well<br />
marked in the summer, winter brings a<br />
blanket of white that covers the obvious<br />
path you may be used to.<br />
The other common navigating obstacle<br />
is fresh snow. Some snowshoe trails<br />
may be very popular and well marked<br />
from previous snowshoers or crosscountry<br />
skiers, but after a fresh dump of<br />
snow, it is more challenging to stay on<br />
the trail.<br />
Other hidden dangers may include<br />
ponds, rivers, hidden drop-offs that are<br />
not discernable while snow covered.<br />
Keep in mind that you generally cannot<br />
cover as many miles snowshoeing as<br />
you can hiking so pace yourself and<br />
give yourself plenty of time to enjoy the<br />
surrounding beauty and solitude that<br />
winter brings. Popular snowshoe trails<br />
in Colorado can be found in most areas<br />
of the state. Many Colorado mountain<br />
towns have ski areas or Nordic centers<br />
that offer groomed trails for both snowshoers<br />
and cross-country skiers.<br />
Snowshoeing is a perfect way to get<br />
some outdoor time during the winter<br />
months and keep those blues at bay.<br />
It brings a whole new perspective and<br />
beauty to our natural surroundings.<br />
There is nothing better than venturing<br />
out after a fresh snowfall and breathing<br />
in snow scrubbed fresh air while savoring<br />
the quiet and solitude of the forest<br />
or mountains that a blanket of snow<br />
brings.<br />
I live and spend time in Southwest<br />
Colorado and have a passion for hiking<br />
and the outdoors. I live in the high<br />
country with my husband and our yellow<br />
lab Ginger. My website is focused<br />
on hiking information that includes<br />
reviews of hikes, maps and general hiking<br />
information, winter sports, snowshoeing,<br />
mountain towns with lodging<br />
and restaurant recommendations are<br />
included as well. Take a look www.<br />
coloradohikersguide.com<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Feature Story<br />
By Dr. Donna and Courtnay Kaump<br />
What’s a <strong>Health</strong>y Dinner?<br />
Here’s what the kids said…<br />
<strong>Health</strong> & <strong>Fitness</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> has been visiting<br />
10-year-olds at Jefferson Elementary School<br />
in Sacramento, helping the children learn<br />
better penmanship and learn all about<br />
different kinds of teas. They shared with us<br />
what they believe a healthy meal is.<br />
A healthy dinner is steak with sea salt and a side of green<br />
beans. First put the steak on grill until it starts to get dark<br />
brownish and season with salt and pepper. Second, boil<br />
the green beans for five to ten minutes on the stove. Then<br />
put sea salt and pepper on it. Next, get a apple, orange<br />
strawberry and blackberry, then get a bowl and cut the<br />
fruit. -Deangelo Castine, Jr.<br />
A healthy dinner would be baked salmon with steamed<br />
broccolit, cauliflower, carrots and brown rice. Preheat<br />
the oven at 350. Then sprinkle with very little sea salt<br />
and pepper. Place the salmon in the oven for 12 to 15<br />
minutes. Next, start steaming the broccoli, cauliflower<br />
and carrots. Also cook the brown rice following the<br />
directions on the box. Surround the bake salmon on the<br />
platter with the cooked vegetables. Place the rice in a<br />
surving bowl and enjoy a healthy meal.<br />
-Valerie Tasabia<br />
A good healthy dinner is to make beans, chicken, rice.<br />
First, fry some chicken a vegetables. Put the chicken<br />
and vegetables in a pot. Then, cook some rice in a<br />
pot. Next, boil some beans and make chili. Then, after<br />
dinner you can have some peaches with white cream.<br />
-Michael Gonzalez<br />
Ever wonder what a healthy dinner is? A healthy dinner:<br />
mashed potato. First, cut the skin of the potato.<br />
Then I mashed the naked potato, put it on a plate with<br />
some steak. Finally, eat a cup of fruits for dessert.<br />
-Jason Abuda<br />
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It is important to eat a healthy dinner. First you have to<br />
ick up some pork chops, onions, and olive oil from the<br />
store. When you come home, get a big frying pan and<br />
put some cut up onions and olive oil in the pan. Then<br />
put the pork chops in the frypan and cook it for twenty<br />
minutes. While it’s cooking, you can prepare the wonderful<br />
salad. You put walnuts, dry cranberries, spinach<br />
leaves, cherry tomatos, and vinaigrette. Now I can start<br />
the steamed veggies. You put zucchini, squash, brocli,<br />
and califlower in it. After that you steam it in a steamer<br />
for twenty minutes. ENJOY! -Marisa Resuello<br />
There are lots of healthy food and unhealthy food. First<br />
of all, people should at least eat one fruit a day. Fruit is<br />
healthy because it doesn’t have any table salt or grease.<br />
Next, people should eat steak or any orther type of<br />
meat twice a day. Steak is a protein but before eating<br />
it I would clean it then put sea salt over the steak. With<br />
that steak I would eat a bowl of salad. In the salad I<br />
would put tomato, mushroom, chicken and lettuce.<br />
Fruit, steak and a salad are healthy foods that people<br />
can eat. -Carlos Ortega<br />
A real healthy dinner is steak with a baked potato, with<br />
a small salad. For dessert, people can have some sliced<br />
fresh fruit. People need protein in their life because I<br />
know for a fact people in your family don’t want to be a<br />
humungus balloon. -Azaana Sands<br />
A healthy dinner is healthy for your body. First I would<br />
buy some dried mushrooms, green beans, carrots, one<br />
garlic, one onion, one bell pepper, cabbage, shelled<br />
shrimps, and pork. I would buy the vegetables at a<br />
farmer’s market so they can be fresh. Next, prepare<br />
the pan to heat in the stove. Then chop the garlic and<br />
onion, then mix the pork and shrimp, cover and cook<br />
for 3 minutes. Then, put 2 cups of water. When it boils<br />
put the chopped mushroom, cover and cook for five<br />
minutes. Mix the boiled beans, carrots, bell pepper,<br />
and mix also the cabbage. Cover and cook for another 3<br />
minutes. Sprinkle a little salt to taste. Lastly, serve hot.<br />
Serve the tasty dish hot and enjoy. These are just steps<br />
for a healthy dinner. ---Geline Salvador<br />
People should eat healthy for their body. One way to<br />
eat healthier food is to use sea salt instead of table salt.<br />
Eating prosessed foods like chips, cup of noodles and<br />
macaroni and cheese can make a person gain weight.<br />
<strong>Health</strong>ier food for people are proteins, fruits and<br />
vegetables. Finally one of the most important ways to<br />
keep your body healthy is to drink lots of water and get<br />
exercised. -Jaden Gilbreath<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Cover story<br />
By Dr. Donna, Editor<br />
Transform<br />
Your Body<br />
in Just<br />
10 Minutes<br />
A Day!<br />
When Ricky Kaufmann headed out<br />
on a sailing trip to the British<br />
Virgin Islands, he couldn’t bear the<br />
thought of not being able to work<br />
out as usual. He brought along his<br />
lightweight, indestructible BodiRocker.<br />
What happened next defied his<br />
imagination.<br />
Men and women observing him use<br />
the BodiRocker stood in amazement<br />
at how easy it was to use it and how<br />
unique it was. Then they lined up to<br />
try it out themselves. It was fun to use,<br />
and had a dynamic nature to it and<br />
even looked pretty cool.<br />
Over the next few days, Ricky ended<br />
up creating different workouts for all<br />
the crewmembers and the BodiRocker<br />
was being used for several hours<br />
during the day – even though the<br />
regular workout only takes 10 minutes!<br />
Each one of them saw the benefits in<br />
terms of strength, coordination, and<br />
balance, and the ability to increase<br />
performance of the sports they<br />
currently played just by using it. The<br />
ladies commented on their sexy toned<br />
arms and stomachs that were visibly<br />
flatter after only a few uses. The guys<br />
raved about how the BodiRocker was<br />
the secret to getting ripped faster with<br />
rock hard abs.<br />
That wasn’t all that happened. When<br />
the boat was in the harbor, word from<br />
the grapevine sent fellow sailors from<br />
other boats in their regatta. The sailors<br />
wanted to discover what the crew was<br />
exercising on. Each night the boat was<br />
in a new harbor, the BodiRocker was<br />
passed around to all the crewmembers<br />
who couldn’t resist trying it.<br />
Here’s How to Use It – It’s Simple<br />
The BodiRocker isn’t just for athletes<br />
who want to finely tune the shape of<br />
their muscles. It’s also for beginning<br />
exercisers.<br />
The length of the average BodiRocker<br />
workout is completely up to the<br />
fitness level of the user, the exercises<br />
performed, and at what intensity. To<br />
address target muscles, it only takes<br />
5-10 minutes.<br />
What is great about a 10-minute<br />
workout is that you can perform it<br />
multiple times throughout the day<br />
as a quick energizing break from the<br />
routine and demands of the workday.<br />
The BodiRocker can also be integrated<br />
into a routine that takes much longer.<br />
If you’re working out at the gym,<br />
integrate the BodiRocker into a<br />
workout as a single set or multiple sets<br />
of challenging exercises. About 30<br />
different exercises can be performed<br />
on the BodiRocker and routines have<br />
been created for circuit training,<br />
martial arts, cardio, Pilates, and dance<br />
routines.<br />
What You Should Know About<br />
Exercise Balls<br />
The concept of this innovative<br />
equipment started with a thought of<br />
excellence.<br />
“We were looking at classic,<br />
foundation exercises that can be done<br />
anywhere and decided that the pushup<br />
was one of the best,” Anthony Kest,<br />
President of BodyPro Technologies<br />
said. “But there had to be a way to<br />
improve on an already-great exercise.<br />
If you go to the gym, you will see<br />
people doing push-ups on exercise<br />
balls, half balls, and on medicine balls.<br />
They do this to recruit more support<br />
muscles in order to balance and correct<br />
position.”<br />
Now here’s the key to what Anthony<br />
said: The bulk of these support<br />
muscles comprise your core muscles.<br />
When you strengthen your core<br />
muscles, you improve overall athletic<br />
performance and prevent injury.<br />
“Core training has been very important<br />
to competitive athletic training<br />
for many years just as isolated<br />
strengthening of muscles. But until<br />
relatively recently, core training has<br />
not been well understood or adopted<br />
into workout regimens by the general<br />
exercising public,” said Ricky<br />
Kaufmann, COO. Ricky is the one<br />
mentioned on the sailboat earlier.<br />
“Inspired by the benefits of core<br />
training, utilizing major balancing<br />
elements, and coordination, we<br />
developed an apparatus specific to the<br />
push-up exercise,” Ricky said.<br />
“The end result of our efforts is the<br />
BodiRocker, and although simple in<br />
its concept, it is an amazing and very<br />
effective apparatus,” commented John<br />
Young, CEO.<br />
The BodiRocker is safer and more<br />
comfortable than working on exercise<br />
and/or medicine balls. And it’s more<br />
challenging. It’s better than doing<br />
pushups on the floor.<br />
“If you haven’t been able to do<br />
pushups on a ball or even on the floor,<br />
you can do them on the BodiRocker. If<br />
you’re a very experienced athlete, the<br />
BodiRocker can take you to levels of<br />
fitness higher than on balls. You can do<br />
balancing pushup movements that are<br />
90% one handed,” said John.<br />
The BodiRocker also allows you<br />
to correct your position after losing<br />
balance without taking their hands off<br />
the apparatus.<br />
Tested and Proven<br />
Ask Ricky about the testing phase<br />
of the BodiRocker and he’ll tell you<br />
about the care taken to create an<br />
adaptable type of equipment.<br />
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Inspired by the benefits of<br />
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balancing elements, and coordination, we developed an<br />
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concept, it is an amazing and very effective apparatus...<br />
“The design of the BodiRocker went<br />
through a variety of phases beginning<br />
with the basic shape of the arc and<br />
what radius had the right feel and<br />
effect we were looking for. Handle<br />
positions and the number of handles<br />
were tried and tested until we found<br />
something that was effective for<br />
different size users while keeping the<br />
apparatus simple, focused and light.”<br />
“Once we had what we thought was<br />
a good prototype to expand our field<br />
studies on, we started putting it in the<br />
hands of many different types of users,<br />
from fitness trainers and athletes to<br />
people just starting to exercise. We<br />
took this feedback and incorporated<br />
into the next round of prototypes.<br />
From there we worked with fitness<br />
trainers as well as internally on<br />
creating a great variety of exercises<br />
that can effectively be done on the<br />
apparatus. In doing so, more changes<br />
were made to enhance the performance<br />
of those exercises,” said Ricky.<br />
The result is evident. The BodiRocker<br />
works. Because of this, BodyPro<br />
Technologies is able to offer a<br />
complete 30-day guarantee on the<br />
BodiRocker.<br />
“The BodiRocker has been in use<br />
by several professional strength<br />
and conditioning trainers, Yoga<br />
instructors, Pilates experts, and dance<br />
instructors. The results and general<br />
feedback that we are getting on a daily<br />
bases has been extremely positive. We<br />
also have some professional and<br />
fairly extreme athletes utilizing the<br />
BodiRocker in their personal routines<br />
with great results,” said Anthony Kest.<br />
Your Kids Can Use the BodiRocker, Too<br />
If your children can perform a pushup,<br />
they can use the BodiRocker. Of<br />
course, supervision by an adult who<br />
is knowledgeable in proper form and<br />
execution of exercises, as well as<br />
knowledge specific to physiology of<br />
children and the impact of exercise<br />
always makes a tremendous difference.<br />
Ripped Upper Body and Abs<br />
“The secret is that as you strength<br />
train your chest, shoulders and arms,<br />
your core muscles are also engaged<br />
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as you control the motion of the<br />
BodiRocker.<br />
Multiple grip positions zero in on<br />
the muscles you want to develop.<br />
www.bodipro.com Cushioned handles and a balance<br />
“The beauty of the BodiRocker is that meter keep you right on track while<br />
it simultaneously combines classic you do the exercises. With each rep<br />
strength training and core training,” you get double the results in half the<br />
John Young said.<br />
amount of time.<br />
Transform your body today!<br />
For more info and to order, visit<br />
www.bodirocker.com.<br />
Behind the Scenes of This State-of-the-Art Technology<br />
The brains behind the BodiRocker are the brains behind the desks at<br />
BodiPro Technologies, Inc., located in Fremont, CA: Anthony Kest,<br />
President, John Young, CEO, and Richard Kaufmann, COO. Their websites are<br />
www.bodirocker.com and www.bodipro.com.<br />
Anthony Kest’s vision of BodiPro Technologies was to develop high-quality<br />
home exercise equipment. Anthony excelled at sports his entire life. His<br />
experience as a certified fitness training instructor and India-trained yoga<br />
teacher allowed him to develop the BodiPro Portable Body Gym. (Check this<br />
one out on their website, too!) The development of the new BodiRocker excites<br />
his passion even further because it allows him another opportunity to share his<br />
mission of physical activity and exercise for all.<br />
John Young, CEO’s entrepreneurial skills in technology and manufacturing<br />
were developed from a start-up company all the way to 125 employees per<br />
shift. Now very successful in real estate development as well, John’s<br />
business knowledge PMS and 485C expertise RED insures WHITE the security of BLACK their business in<br />
today’s hard times. A health and fitness enthusiast in general, John is also a<br />
professional race car driver & team owner.<br />
Ricky Kaufmann, COO is an engineer and inventor with over 20 years<br />
business experience and expertise. He’s been a lifelong serious health,<br />
fitness, strength and extreme sports enthusiast. He helped develop the<br />
most advanced full suspension mountain bikes of their era and went on to<br />
design fitness machines while providing personal training to NCAA athletes,<br />
tri-athletes, strength training individuals and southern California beach<br />
volleyball players. Ricky is also the CEO of Deft Devise, Inc., a proprietary<br />
products and contract product development company.<br />
All three have impressive career achievements too numerable to report here.<br />
SMW.TV<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
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health<br />
Peripheral Neuropathy<br />
Sufferers!<br />
Told by neurologists you’ll have to take medication<br />
for pain the rest of your life, and you will get worse?<br />
I urge you to get a second opinion!<br />
Hi, my name is Dr. Wayne Pack, D.C. In 2006, I developed peripheral<br />
neuropathy. I experienced severe pain in my feet and toes. My legs felt<br />
like they belonged to someone else, and there were times when I wished<br />
they did belong to someone else. I was also having difficulty with my balance and<br />
coordination. After some time, I was examined by two local Sacramento neurologists.<br />
They both confirmed that I was suffering with peripheral neuropathy. They<br />
told me three things:<br />
1) there was nothing that could be done for it<br />
2) I would just have to take medication to relieve the pain<br />
3) my condition would get worse and in all probability, I would end up with a<br />
cane or walker, and I might become unable to walk.<br />
As a die hard golfer and skier, I was devastated. I accepted their diagnosis, but not<br />
their forecast for my future. Shortly thereafter, I started exhaustive research on the<br />
treatment of peripheral neuropathy. My research led me to a group of medical and<br />
chiropractic neurologists in Europe who have helped thousands of peripheral neuropathy<br />
sufferers get their lives back. Their work has been introduced to doctors<br />
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By applying their treatment protocols,<br />
my legs and feet now function normally<br />
without pain, or numbness and I no<br />
longer experience a loss of balance or<br />
coordination. I have now been treating<br />
peripheral neuropathy patients successfully<br />
for over two years. And yes, I am<br />
now playing golf again, and I expect<br />
to go skiing as soon as the good Lord<br />
sends a little more snow.<br />
What is Peripheral Neuropathy?<br />
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition in<br />
which there is a loss of communication<br />
between the brain, and the spinal cord,<br />
and the periphery (chiefly, the feet and<br />
legs, and in some cases, the hands and<br />
arms) where the many bizarre, painful,<br />
symptoms peripheral neuropathy<br />
usually occur. In order to gain more<br />
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This new treatment is designed to help<br />
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By Phil Le Breton<br />
thyroid <strong>Health</strong><br />
Selenium For Virus Protection<br />
& Thyroid Function<br />
Selenium deficiency often goes<br />
untreated because it does not create<br />
any noticeable symptoms. A certain<br />
amount of selenium is needed to protect<br />
the body from viruses and to promote<br />
healthy thyroid function. Research<br />
is being done and shows promise in<br />
using selenium to treat HIV and AIDS,<br />
allergies, flu, chronic fatigue syndrome,<br />
strokes, arthritis and more.<br />
Selenium helps to regulate thyroid hormones<br />
and also supports the immune<br />
system. It helps to create antioxidants<br />
that clear out and protect cells from free<br />
radicals. Selenium deficiency is thought<br />
to trigger viruses into attacking and<br />
reproducing. Studies are being done to<br />
test the theory that selenium deficiency<br />
is the trigger for the HIV virus (among<br />
others) to switch from dormant into<br />
active status. It is believed that viruses<br />
switch into action when they need to<br />
visit more cells in search for more selenium.<br />
It is also believed that appropriate<br />
selenium levels slow down the HIV<br />
virus replication process.<br />
amount present in the plants that the<br />
animals fed on. Levels of selenium<br />
in soil vary so much from region to<br />
region that it is very hard to tell how<br />
much we are actually getting.<br />
Brazil nuts have an unusually high<br />
amount of selenium, as much as eight<br />
hundred times the daily requirement<br />
per ounce. If you do eat Brazil nuts,<br />
do so in moderation and watch for side<br />
effects of having too much selenium in<br />
your diet. Hair loss, horizontal white<br />
streaking or blotching of the fingernails,<br />
garlic breath, gastrointestinal<br />
disturbance, fatigue, irritability, and<br />
flushing of the face are signs of too<br />
much selenium.<br />
The anti-viral, antioxidant and antibiotic<br />
properties of selenium make it useful<br />
for maintaining a healthy immune system<br />
and is thought to help prevent heart<br />
disease and certain cancers. Depletions<br />
can occur when you have gastrointestinal<br />
problems that cause selenium<br />
not to be absorbed. Selenium is also<br />
destroyed in foods that are processed or<br />
refined. This can lead to autoimmune<br />
problems and thyroid problems.<br />
Talk with your doctor if you plan on<br />
supplementing with selenium before<br />
you buy vitamins. (See www.nutri.com<br />
for supplements.) A vitamin and supplements<br />
regimen should be discussed<br />
with a health care professional familiar<br />
with your health history and current<br />
medications to avoid drug interactions<br />
or unwanted side effects.<br />
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Nutrition, top quality wholesale<br />
supplements with the best Vitamin<br />
C Powder on the market (C-Salts).<br />
Visit www.nutri.com to buy vitamins<br />
or buy supplements of the highest<br />
quality.<br />
Editor’s Note: A hair analysis can<br />
determine your selenium levels and is<br />
considered just as accurate as a more expensive<br />
blood test. For more information,<br />
contact me at 916-649-8323 or editor@<br />
healthfitness.us<br />
Selenium is critical for thyroid<br />
hormone metabolism. It is part of the<br />
enzyme necessary for conversion of T4<br />
hormone into the active form T3. Low<br />
selenium levels can lead to thyroid<br />
damage and hypothyroidism. However,<br />
high levels can do the same thing.<br />
Therefore, if you have thyroid issues,<br />
it is extremely important to monitor<br />
your thyroid function along with your<br />
dietary intake of selenium. A skilled<br />
physician or nutritionist will help you<br />
adjust and determine the right dosage<br />
of vitamins and supplements required<br />
for your thyroid to function at its best<br />
level.<br />
We get selenium from whole grains,<br />
some seafood, most meats, and nuts.<br />
The amount of selenium we get<br />
from grains and nuts depends on<br />
the selenium content of the soil that<br />
they were grown in. The content of<br />
selenium in meat depends on the<br />
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<strong>Health</strong><br />
Article submitted by: American Thoracic Society<br />
Thyroid Disease:<br />
Why This Epidemic?<br />
Continued from p. 14<br />
Radiation and X-Rays are known<br />
to cause damage to the thyroid and<br />
technicians should always cover the<br />
patient’s throat.<br />
Researchers<br />
Find New<br />
Patterns in<br />
H1N1 Deaths<br />
Stress is a factor in almost every kind<br />
of disease and can affect the thyroid.<br />
Pregnancy. It is estimated that between<br />
5-10% of all pregnancies will result in<br />
PPT (Postpartum Thyroiditis).<br />
Menopause. Hormonal changes during<br />
this period of a woman’s life can wreak<br />
havoc on her thyroid.<br />
Why This Misdiagnosis?<br />
The statistic that more than 50 per<br />
cent of thyroid disorders remain<br />
un-diagnosed is alarming. Why is<br />
this? One problem is that because<br />
symptoms of hypothyroidism often<br />
vary from person to person and are<br />
non-specific, the correct diagnosis<br />
can easily be missed. Many cases<br />
remain undiagnosed because<br />
some practitioners and the patients<br />
themselves, mistake the symptoms of<br />
hypothyroidism for depression, obesity<br />
or menopause.<br />
Hyperthyroidism tends to run in<br />
families, occurring most often in young<br />
women. It is often misdiagnosed as an<br />
eating disorder, anxiety or stress.<br />
The thyroid affects all the other<br />
hormones in the body and its proper<br />
regulation is essential to good<br />
hormonal balance and health. With<br />
the disturbing increase in thyroid<br />
disease, at LifeWorks Wellness Center<br />
we suggest that an annual screening<br />
of thyroid function be done. This<br />
would include blood tests that check<br />
on thyroid hormone levels and body<br />
iodine levels.<br />
Brazilian researchers have performed<br />
the first-ever autopsy study to<br />
examine the precise causes of death in<br />
victims of the H1N1 swine flu.<br />
“The lack of information on the<br />
pathophysiology of this novel disease<br />
is a limitation that prevents better<br />
clinical management and hinders the<br />
development of a therapeutic strategy,”<br />
said lead author, Thais Mauad, M.D.,<br />
Ph.D., associate professor of the<br />
Department of Pathology at São Paulo<br />
University, in Brazil.<br />
The results of their study will be<br />
published in the <strong>January</strong> 1 issue of the<br />
American Thoracic Society’s American<br />
Journal of Respiratory and Critical<br />
Care Medicine.<br />
The researchers examined 21 patients<br />
who had died in São Paulo with<br />
confirmed H1N1 infection in July and<br />
August, 2009. Most were between<br />
the ages of 30 and 59. They found<br />
that three-quarters (76 percent) of<br />
the patients had underlying medical<br />
conditions such as heart disease<br />
or cancer, but there was no clear<br />
complicating medical condition in the<br />
remaining quarter. All presented a<br />
progressive and rapidly fatal form of<br />
the disease.<br />
While previous data has shown that<br />
most patients with a non-fatal infection<br />
have fever, cough and achiness<br />
(myalgia), Dr. Mauad noted that “most<br />
patients with a fatal form of the disease<br />
presented with difficulty breathing<br />
(dyspnea), with fever and myalgia being<br />
less frequently present.”<br />
All patients died of severe acute lung<br />
injury, but there were three distinct<br />
patterns of the damage to their lungs,<br />
indicating that the infection killed<br />
in distinct ways. “All patients have<br />
a picture of acute lung injury,” said<br />
Dr. Mauad. “In some patients this is<br />
the predominant pattern; in others,<br />
acute lung injury is associated with<br />
necrotizing bronchiolitis (NB); and in<br />
others there is a hemorrhagic pattern.”<br />
“Patients with NB are more likely to<br />
have a bacterial co-infection. Patients<br />
with heart disease and cancer are more<br />
likely to have a hemorrhagic condition<br />
in their lungs. It is important to bear<br />
in mind that patients with underlying<br />
medical conditions must be adequately<br />
monitored, since they are at greater<br />
risk of developing a severe H1N1<br />
infection,” said Dr. Mauad. In these<br />
patients, H1N1 infection may present as<br />
a potential fatal disease, requiring early<br />
and prompt intensive care management,<br />
including protective ventilation<br />
strategies and adequate hemodynamic<br />
management. “We found that 38<br />
percent of these patients had a bacterial<br />
infection (bronchopneumonia). This<br />
has important consequences because<br />
these patients need to receive antibiotic<br />
therapy, in addition to antiviral<br />
therapy.”<br />
The researchers also found evidence<br />
of an influenza-associated “cytokine<br />
storm,” an aberrant immune response<br />
in the lungs of certain individuals,<br />
which was almost certainly involved<br />
in the pathogenesis in these fatal<br />
cases of the H1N1 infection. “[This]<br />
suggests that an overly vigorous host<br />
inflammatory response triggered by<br />
the viral infection may spill over to and<br />
damage lung tissue, thereby causing<br />
acute lung injury and fatal respiratory<br />
failure,” noted John Heffner, M.D., past<br />
president of the ATS.<br />
Further research is needed to<br />
understand precisely how and why<br />
certain patients succumb to a fatal<br />
progression when infected with H1N1.<br />
While most patients experience a mild<br />
illness with no lasting effects, this<br />
research lays important groundwork<br />
for future efforts by defining the<br />
histological patterns associated with a<br />
fatal infection.<br />
“We would like to deepen our<br />
efforts into the understanding of<br />
the immune responses in cases of<br />
severe infection,” said Dr. Mauad.<br />
“This could ultimately lead to new<br />
therapeutic approaches.”<br />
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––<br />
Contact for Study: Thais Mauad M.D.,<br />
Ph.D., Department of Pathology, Sao<br />
Paulo University Medical School, Av<br />
Dr Arnaldo, 455 Room 1155, 01246-<br />
903, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil<br />
Phone: +55 11 30617173<br />
E-mail: tmauad@usp.br<br />
Contact for Commentary: John<br />
Heffner, M.D., Past President of the<br />
American Thoracic Society<br />
Phone: (503) 215-6258<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
Exercising<br />
into <strong>2010</strong><br />
By Marc McCauley, Son of Bill McCauley,<br />
Yoga Instructor, Koh Samui, Thailand<br />
health<br />
There are some interesting ways of<br />
looking at what our society calls<br />
Exercise. In America we “Exercise”<br />
more that any other nation in the<br />
world. We seem to be intent on looking<br />
the best we can in order to fit into the<br />
model of styles that we have created<br />
through movies and magazines, etc.<br />
As we grow older, we also would<br />
like to feel as good as possible for a<br />
longer amount of time. The thought<br />
of getting older seems to be terrifying<br />
to most of us and exercise is assumed<br />
to be the activity through which we<br />
might maintain a youthful position of<br />
comfort and vitality for the longest<br />
amount of time possible.<br />
<strong>Health</strong> and fitness are major goals for<br />
many of us. In order to reach, achieve<br />
and enjoy the experience of a goal,<br />
we must have a clear idea what health<br />
and fitness means to us. This is simply<br />
because we must know what we are<br />
looking for, in order to find it. We<br />
have been a most inventive lot here in<br />
America, creating countless machines<br />
and automatic apparatus in an attempt<br />
to make our lives more enjoyable. The<br />
idea of time-saving devices giving<br />
us more time for leisure can lead to<br />
many interesting outcomes, and stems<br />
again from our need to make life seem<br />
longer; without so much suffering<br />
would be nice.<br />
So now our “equation” is forming.<br />
Life Time Exercise-<strong>Health</strong>-Leisure-<br />
Invention. The power in and of work is<br />
the catalyst that creates the interaction<br />
of each one of these components. Work<br />
is a very ordinary word in our society,<br />
which in truth creates everything<br />
extraordinary. Work through your life<br />
over time equals accomplishment.<br />
Work during your exercise time for<br />
health allows you to enjoy your leisure.<br />
Work on your Inventions creates time<br />
to exercise for health.<br />
These six words – life, time, exercise,<br />
health, leisure and invention – seem to<br />
go together in endless ways. The word<br />
that seems to represent the desired<br />
outcome of all these combinations<br />
is the seventh word that belongs in<br />
our equation - Happiness. Without<br />
happiness, life is worthless. Time<br />
means nothing, Exercise is futile,<br />
<strong>Health</strong> is impossible, Leisure is nonexistent,<br />
and Invention is uninspiring.<br />
Life is not an answer to an equation,<br />
as if some kind of outcome will be<br />
quenching of the purpose of your life.<br />
Life is more of a group of wonderful<br />
questions whose answers come<br />
constantly in little Inspirations and<br />
glimpses of enthusiasm. A balance of<br />
your own perception allows the view<br />
of reality.<br />
Balance is the key to success in Life.<br />
Balance in your body is brought<br />
about through working out a balanced<br />
Exercise routine. Bringing Life,<br />
Time, Exercise, <strong>Health</strong>, Leisure, and<br />
Invention into proper focus creates a<br />
Happy life.<br />
In our modern society, time is a<br />
very valuable commodity. The<br />
scheduling of events that unfolds is<br />
a balancing act we all participate in.<br />
The form of exercise we choose is<br />
key to the outcome of our <strong>Health</strong>. The<br />
chosen form of exercise must have<br />
regenerative qualities that rebuild,<br />
replenish and reorganize 100% of<br />
the body’s systems. Each person<br />
has a chosen amount of time he or<br />
she devotes to exercise. Spending<br />
100% of this allotted time engaging<br />
in exercises that only affect a small<br />
percentage of the body’s many<br />
systems and functions is not a good<br />
investment of time. It’s too much time<br />
invested with not enough return. We<br />
must go back to the essence of the<br />
body in order to bring the body back<br />
to proper balance.<br />
There is not a machine that can<br />
balance the body and mind, bringing<br />
us to the point of health. In order to<br />
achieve balance and full body health,<br />
there is only one agency to turn to and<br />
this is the human body itself. None<br />
of those wonderful machines we’ve<br />
created have the ability to create<br />
themselves, maintain themselves, or<br />
think for themselves. We as humans<br />
must understand that the only “thing”<br />
that can fix the body is the body, and<br />
this must be done through the habitual<br />
practice of wisdom exercises.<br />
The body is not only psychological<br />
and physical it is also physiological.<br />
In order to bring the body to its<br />
full potential we have to take into<br />
consideration the wisdom of the body.<br />
Educating ourselves in the process<br />
of the Yoga science does this. Yoga<br />
Science was developed from and<br />
as the essence of life. It is a perfect<br />
science of life and treats 100% of the<br />
body’s systems, bringing the body<br />
back into balance.<br />
Man has invented many machines.<br />
These machines are assumed to make<br />
life more enjoyable. We respect and<br />
admire these machines, assuming<br />
they will do he work for us. Much<br />
advancement has been made in<br />
transportation, communication and<br />
processing of data. Many aspects of<br />
life have come to change completely<br />
through the invention of many<br />
mechanical devices. These machines<br />
sprung from essence, which is<br />
creativity. It is very important to<br />
remember that the human body and<br />
mind created these machines. The<br />
human body and mind being <strong>Health</strong>y,<br />
To be balanced and focused is the<br />
desired outcome of our exercise<br />
routine.<br />
In America we have been exercising<br />
more than any other country in<br />
the world yet we have more health<br />
problems than any other country.<br />
For more information about this<br />
article contact Yoga Loka at:<br />
916-454-4100, 4820 Folsom Blvd.,<br />
Sacramento CA, 95819. Visit our<br />
website at:www.yogaloka.net<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
25
JAN’10 – FEB’10<br />
Calendar<br />
of events<br />
Let’s Play Tennis<br />
at the Park!<br />
This Winter with the City of<br />
Sacramento Parks and Recreation<br />
Throughout the greater Sacramento<br />
area, tennis programs are offered for<br />
juniors, (ages 4-7 and 8-15*) as well<br />
as adults, from beginning to advanced<br />
levels. Fun is the focus when playing<br />
“the sport of a lifetime.“ For further<br />
information, please call 916-277-6054<br />
*Scholarships available<br />
Every Sunday<br />
Mobile Adoption Clinic 11AM-4PM<br />
Petco: 1917 Douglas Avenue,<br />
Roseville<br />
(in the Target Shopping Center)<br />
call PETCO to confirm 916.786.8655<br />
Dogs, Cats, Kittens, Puppies and<br />
Rabbits (are featured at these adoption<br />
clinics. (Shelter animals and animals<br />
in Friends‘ foster care program are<br />
showcased. Adoption fees vary. All<br />
animals currently in Friends foster care<br />
are spayed/neutered and current on<br />
vaccines. Cats are tested for FeLV/FIV<br />
and dogs are tested for heart worm.<br />
Some shelter animals will already be<br />
spayed/neutered, those that are not will<br />
be scheduled at time of adoption.<br />
Nike Weekly Runs<br />
Join us for our weekly workouts.<br />
All paces and distances are welcome<br />
and we even reward you for running<br />
and inspiring others to run. Mileage<br />
Rewards:<br />
* 150 Miles = Free Nike Short Sleeve<br />
Running Top<br />
* 500 Miles = Free Nike Long Sleeve<br />
Running Top<br />
Tuesday night workouts<br />
* Every Tuesday evening<br />
* Start time: 5:30 p.m.<br />
* From Fleet Feet Sports (2311 J<br />
Street)<br />
Tuesday nights offer a fun speed<br />
workout option or a casual run 3 to 5<br />
mile around beautiful McKinley Park.<br />
Sunday long runs<br />
* Every Sunday Morning<br />
* Start time: 8:00 a.m.<br />
* From Fleet Feet J Street<br />
Going long on the weekends by yourself<br />
can be challenging. Fleet Feet<br />
Sports can help! Fleet Feet Sports’<br />
staff lead a friendly group of runners<br />
& walkers of all abilities on an all<br />
abilities and participants are encouraged<br />
to bring a friend of like ability<br />
to ensure partnering within different<br />
paces. In addition, Fleet Feet Sports<br />
staff members will offer suggestions<br />
on mileage progression in preparation<br />
for local races such as the Shamrock’n<br />
Half Marathon.<br />
All group walks/runs are free of<br />
charge.<br />
Second Saturday<br />
Art Walk<br />
On the second Saturday of each<br />
month, galleries in Sacramento stay<br />
open for a Sacramento Art Walk late<br />
into the evening, allowing people to<br />
walk from gallery to gallery, viewing,<br />
experiencing and discovering local art<br />
galleries and meeting artists. 6:00-<br />
9:00 p.m. Downtown Sacramento<br />
and Del Paso Boulevard area. www.<br />
sacramento-second-saturday.org<br />
Mad Cat Bicycles<br />
PARK TOOL SCHOOL<br />
We’re pleased to provide this great<br />
hands-on program for learning bicycle<br />
maintenance and repair. We’ve developed<br />
our class around a curriculum<br />
designed by the Park Tool Company,<br />
the world’s largest bicycle-tool manufacturer.<br />
This is a 9hr course, spread<br />
out over 3 evenings that walks you<br />
through the tools and how to make<br />
necessary adjustments to your bike.<br />
Classes are normally held each month<br />
in the evenings from 7:00-10pm (6pm-<br />
9pm during winter months) in our<br />
store. Class dates vary each month,<br />
but most of them fall on Monday or<br />
Wednesday evenings. Class size is<br />
limited and advanced registration is<br />
recommended. Call us at 916.488.8588<br />
or email sales@madcatbikes.com to<br />
reserve your spot.<br />
Tuition: $345 (includes your own set<br />
of Park tools, apron, repair manual and<br />
snacks.<br />
Upcoming Classes:<br />
-November 9th, 16th, 23rd<br />
-<strong>January</strong> 11th, 18th, 25th, <strong>2010</strong><br />
-February 8th, 15th, 22nd, <strong>2010</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> 21-24, <strong>2010</strong><br />
International<br />
Sportsmen’s Expo <strong>2010</strong><br />
With 500 exhibiting companies,<br />
seminars, contests, new deer and<br />
elk trophy displays, an electronics<br />
theater, and a giant Youth Fair, the<br />
International Sportsmen’s Exposition<br />
(ISE) is California’s largest, most<br />
diverse and exciting event all year for<br />
anyone interested in fishing, hunting,<br />
boating, offroading and related travel<br />
opportunities. For <strong>2010</strong>, ISE will host<br />
Adventure Base 100, a huge interactive<br />
display celebrating the 100-year<br />
anniversary of the Boy Scouts of<br />
America.<br />
Times: Thur-Fri 11am-8pm/Sat.10am-<br />
7pm/Sun.10am-5pm<br />
Location: Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition<br />
Blvd., Sacramento 95815<br />
Tickets: Adult (16+), $15, Youths 15<br />
& under Free with Paid Adult<br />
Official website: sportsexpos.com<br />
<strong>January</strong> 31 (Sunday)<br />
Elk Grove Bridal Show<br />
Sunday, Jan 31 2:00p to 6:00p<br />
at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites<br />
Elk Grove, Elk Grove, CA<br />
Free Admission- Free Parking!<br />
Pick up your Free copy of Sacramento<br />
Bride and Groom <strong>Magazine</strong> and Bride’s<br />
Bag! Delectable tastings from local<br />
caterers-Golden Gourmet-River City<br />
Cakes- Margarita Mama, and more!<br />
Play Bride Bingo for great Prizes!<br />
Not a Bride? Our Special Event<br />
Vendors will help you with your<br />
Special Event Parties, Graduations,<br />
etc. Special show discounts available.<br />
Price: FREE Admission<br />
Phone: (916) 470-7437<br />
Holiday Inn Express<br />
9175 West Stockton Blvd<br />
Elk Grove, CA<br />
Website:www.elkgrovebridalshow.com<br />
February 11th-14th<br />
Sacramento Ballet Presnts<br />
Nine Sinatra Songs<br />
Thursday-Saturday at 7:30p.m.,<br />
Sunday at 2 p.m.<br />
Location: Sacramento Community<br />
Center Theater<br />
Tickets: $15-$$63<br />
For more information call:<br />
(916) 808-5181<br />
Website: www.sacballet.org<br />
February 12th – 15th<br />
Friday-Saturday 10a.m. –9p.m.,<br />
Sunday-Monday 10a.m.-5p.m.<br />
Surf & Turf Sports, Boat<br />
and Rv Show<br />
Now in its 56th year, the Sports, Boat<br />
and RV Show is managed by a team<br />
of consumer trade and sporting event<br />
experts and continues to be the best<br />
for exhibitors and show visitors. The<br />
Sports, Boat and RV Show brings the<br />
best of the motorized outdoors to one<br />
location with boats, recreational vehicles,<br />
motorcycles, all-terrain-vehicles,<br />
personal watercraft, adventure travel<br />
options and all the gear that helps outdoor<br />
enthusiasts enjoy their sports.<br />
Admission: $5-$7<br />
Location: Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition<br />
Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95815<br />
916-965-9653/Toll Free 888-862-8924<br />
Website: www.surfandturf<strong>online</strong>.com<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Carrie Pepper<br />
holidays<br />
Look As Young<br />
As You Feel!<br />
Aging is inevitable. As we look<br />
in the mirror, those little laugh<br />
lines, creases across our forehead,<br />
and the slight sag of our jaw line are<br />
oftentimes indications of life passing<br />
that we’d prefer to erase, or at least<br />
diminish. The market knows this and<br />
products, “procedures” and miracle<br />
creams abound. But do these products<br />
really do what they claim? And what<br />
about the more invasive procedures<br />
such as facelifts and injections of toxic<br />
substances such as Botox? How about<br />
a chemical peel where you literally<br />
dissolve the top layers of your skin?<br />
Yes, these can and do diminish lines and<br />
wrinkles. But do any of these actually<br />
address the sources of aging? The<br />
answer is no.<br />
This is the first in a series of six<br />
monthly columns, which will address<br />
anti-aging, both in skin care and nutrition.<br />
A revolutionary technology will<br />
launch this <strong>January</strong>. In fact, what is<br />
about to happen will change the skin<br />
care industry forever. It is patented<br />
and it is the only technology clinically<br />
proven to stop the skin from aging.<br />
Together with this technology, we’ll<br />
talk about another treatment for those<br />
who love their skin and want it to look<br />
more vibrant, healthier and just plain<br />
better. This was originally invented<br />
by an Italian physician and physicist<br />
named Luigi Galvani back in the<br />
1700’s and has been utilized in highend<br />
salons, mostly in Europe, for the<br />
last 50+ years. Treatments range from<br />
$150 - $400, depending on local. That<br />
doesn’t include the time you spend fitting<br />
this luxury into your already busy<br />
schedule.<br />
You may be wondering, just what<br />
is a Galvanic treatment? This is a<br />
process where a mild energy current<br />
is used, along with a treatment gel,<br />
to deep cleanse, lift out impurities,<br />
tone and tighten, reduce pore size and<br />
rejuvenate the skin. It’s affectionately<br />
known to Europeans as “the wrinkle<br />
iron”! Your skin becomes much more<br />
absorbent (up to 70%) to any product<br />
you apply afterward. When you’re<br />
already spending your money on costly<br />
potions, wouldn’t you like to know<br />
they’re actually being absorbed instead<br />
of just sitting on your skin’s surface?<br />
So perhaps you’re thinking that this<br />
sounds like a simple way to enhance<br />
the appearance of your skin, reduce<br />
lines and wrinkles, get that glow back,<br />
but you just don’t want to spend that<br />
kind of money. The recent introduction<br />
of a small, hand-held device<br />
allows you to have this fabulous skincare<br />
regimen for about $7 a treatment.<br />
Have you ever tried to get rid of cellulite?<br />
Pretty impossible without<br />
liposuction. Yes, that’s right, using<br />
this little device, along with a special<br />
body gel, reduces the appearance of<br />
cellulite. In fact, 35% using this treatment<br />
experienced a decrease (up to<br />
one inch) in the circumference of their<br />
thighs. That alone is worth its weight<br />
in gold!<br />
One of the most commonly used techniques<br />
today, Botox therapy, certainly<br />
does reduce lines and wrinkles. It is<br />
also extremely costly as injections<br />
need to be given every 4 to 5 months<br />
for lasting results. Side effects include<br />
bruising, flu symptoms, respiratory<br />
infection and muscle weakness. A<br />
friend of mine who tried this before<br />
she discovered the Galvanic device,<br />
said, “I had the worse headache of<br />
my life!” Although the procedure<br />
is deemed “safe” by the FDA, the<br />
Botulinum toxin is the most poisonous<br />
biological substance known to man.<br />
An injection, in very small amounts,<br />
blocks nerve impulses and paralyzes<br />
the muscles. Voila! Lines and wrinkles<br />
become less apparent.<br />
The choice is yours. You can spend<br />
money on costly procedures that simply<br />
address the signs of aging, come<br />
with a big price tag and possible side<br />
effects, or you can purchase a handheld<br />
Galvanic device, cozy up in your<br />
robe and slippers and give yourself a<br />
safe, simple treatment that leaves your<br />
LOOK AS YOUNG<br />
(OR YOUNGER)<br />
AS YOU FEEL!<br />
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So, the next time you look in the mirror<br />
and long to see an image looking<br />
back at you – one with a few less<br />
wrinkles and tighter, smoother skin,<br />
know that you have an option. It’s<br />
quite amazing what an emotional lift<br />
an in-home spa treatment can be.<br />
For information, please contact:<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Dennis Earle<br />
Thyroid <strong>Health</strong><br />
The thyroid, rather than being a<br />
separate “part” of the endocrine<br />
system, is a major player of the whole<br />
endocrine system which regulates<br />
metabolism, growth, development and<br />
puberty, tissue function and moods.<br />
It does this by secreting thyroid<br />
hormones that regulate the speed in<br />
which body’s chemical functions<br />
proceed (metabolic rate).<br />
Technically speaking, the thyroid<br />
gland regulates or in some way participates<br />
in the process of the following<br />
14 body functions:<br />
• regulates basal metabolic rate<br />
• regulates body temperature<br />
• regulates appetite<br />
• promotes the use of glucose for<br />
energy<br />
• stimulates protein synthesis<br />
• increases lipolysis (fat breakdown)<br />
• regulates cholesterol levels<br />
• maintains standards for cardiac function<br />
• promotes normal nervous system<br />
development in the fetus and infants<br />
• promotes normal nerve and nervous<br />
tissue function in adults<br />
• enhances effects of sympathetic nervous<br />
system (fight or flight response)<br />
• promotes body and skeletal growth<br />
• promotes development of muscles<br />
and muscle function<br />
• regulates standards for female<br />
reproduction and breastfeeding<br />
14 Functions of the<br />
Thyroid Gland<br />
For as small as the thyroid is in physical<br />
size, it does quite a bit for our bodies.<br />
So just how does it do all this?<br />
The thyroid gland is located in the<br />
front of your neck just below the<br />
Adams Apple. It is wrapped around<br />
the trachea (windpipe) and has a<br />
shape similar to that of a bow tie or<br />
butterfly. Its only purpose is to produce<br />
hormones, which are introduced<br />
through the blood, affecting metabolism<br />
throughout our entire body. The<br />
thyroid gland produces its two most<br />
important thyroid hormones, thyroxin<br />
(T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), from<br />
iodine, which it gets from seafood and<br />
salt in the diet. Although the thyroid<br />
produces more T4 than T3 hormones<br />
(approximately 10:1 ratio) the T3 hormone<br />
is the more biologically potent<br />
of the two. Once introduced into the<br />
blood from the thyroid gland, a large<br />
portion of the T4 hormone is then converted<br />
into T3 hormone. The T3 hormone<br />
is the actual hormone affecting<br />
the body’s metabolism.<br />
The thyroid gland works in conjunction<br />
with two other glands, the hypothalamus<br />
gland (the area of the brain<br />
that controls body temperature, hunger<br />
and thirst) and the pituitary gland,<br />
located at the base of the brain, which<br />
acts as a regulator to the output of the<br />
thyroid gland. Hormones produced<br />
from each gland signals the next gland<br />
to produce its hormone.<br />
duce a hormone called TSH which in<br />
turn signals the thyroid to produce T4<br />
and T3 hormones. In addition to the<br />
signal from the TRH hormone from<br />
the hypothalamus gland, the pituitary<br />
gland senses the levels of T4 and T3<br />
hormones in the blood and signals the<br />
thyroid gland by the amount of TSH<br />
hormone it releases to either increase<br />
or decrease the production of T4 and<br />
T3 hormones.<br />
Because of the wide influence the<br />
thyroid has on the rest of the body, it<br />
is essential that the thyroid be kept in<br />
good health at all times. A dysfunctional<br />
thyroid can escalate, causing<br />
further dysfunction and damage to<br />
other organs of the body, and in some<br />
cases, if left unattended, a dysfunctional<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
29
Sports Schedules – <strong>2010</strong> SEASONs<br />
Sacramento Hornets Men’s Basketball 2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
Date Opponent Time/Result<br />
11/13/2009 at Rice L 51 - 81<br />
11/14/2009 vs. Houston Baptist W 70 - 60<br />
11/15/2009 vs. South Alabama L 58 - 70<br />
11/18/2009 BETHANY W 90 - 75<br />
11/21/2009 at Oregon State W 65 - 63<br />
11/24/2009 at Idaho L 61 - 75<br />
11/28/2009 UC RIVERSIDE L 58 - 59<br />
12/2/2009 at UC Davis W 59 - 57<br />
12/5/2009 * WEBER STATE L 65 - 80<br />
12/8/2009 at USC L 36 - 51<br />
12/12/2009 at Pacific L 49 - 79<br />
12/19/2009 * IDAHO STATE W 64 - 63<br />
12/21/2009 # WILLIAM JESSUP W 74 - 42<br />
12/27/2009 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT L 78 - 82<br />
12/31/2009 * at Eastern Washington L 75 - 79<br />
1/2/<strong>2010</strong> * at Portland State L 66 - 94<br />
Date Opponent Time/Result<br />
1/9/<strong>2010</strong> SEATTLE W 80 - 67<br />
1/15/<strong>2010</strong> * MONTANA 7:05 PM<br />
1/17/<strong>2010</strong> * MONTANA STATE 1:05 PM<br />
1/22/<strong>2010</strong> * at Northern Colorado 6:05 PM<br />
1/24/<strong>2010</strong> * at Northern Arizona@ 12:05 PM<br />
1/29/<strong>2010</strong> * at Weber State 6:05 PM<br />
1/30/<strong>2010</strong> * at Idaho State 6:05 PM<br />
2/5/<strong>2010</strong> * PORTLAND STATE 7:05 PM<br />
2/7/<strong>2010</strong> * EASTERN WASHINGTON 1:05 PM<br />
2/13/<strong>2010</strong> at Seattle 1:05 PM<br />
2/18/<strong>2010</strong> * at Montana State 6:05 PM<br />
2/20/<strong>2010</strong> * at Montana@ 3:05 PM<br />
2/26/<strong>2010</strong> * NORTHERN ARIZONA 7:05 PM<br />
2/27/<strong>2010</strong> * NORTHERN COLORADO 7:05 PM<br />
3/6/<strong>2010</strong> at Big Sky Tournament Quarterfinals TBA<br />
3/9/<strong>2010</strong> at Big Sky Tournament Semifinals TBA<br />
3/10/<strong>2010</strong> at Big Sky Tournament Championship TBA<br />
San Jose Sharks<br />
Date Opponent Time (PT) TV<br />
Dec. 1 vs. Ottawa 7:30 PM RSNE/CSBA<br />
Dec. 3 vs. St. Louis 7:30 PM FxMW/CSBA<br />
Dec. 5 vs. Calgary 7:00 PM CBC/CSBA<br />
Dec. 9 vs. Los Angeles 7:30 PM PrLA/CSBA<br />
Dec. 11 vs. Dallas 7:00 PM My27/CSBA<br />
Dec. 12 at Phoenix 5:00 PM CSBA/FxAz<br />
Dec. 17 vs. Anaheim 7:30 PM NHL/CSBA<br />
Dec. 21 at Dallas 5:30 PM CSBA/FxSW<br />
Dec. 22 at Chicago 5:00 PM VS/TSN2<br />
Dec. 26 vs. Anaheim 7:30 PM PrLA/CSBA<br />
Dec. 28 vs. Phoenix 7:30 PM CSBA<br />
Dec. 30 vs. Washington 7:00 PM CNSW/CSBA<br />
Dec. 31 at Phoenix 4:00 PM CSBA<br />
Jan. 2 vs. Edmonton 7:00 PM CBC/CSBA<br />
Jan. 4 vs. Los Angeles 7:30 PM FoxW/CSBA<br />
Jan. 6 vs. St. Louis 7:30 PM NHL/CSBA<br />
Jan. 9 vs. Detroit 7:30 PM FxDt/CSBA<br />
Jan. 11 at Los Angeles 7:30 PM CSBA/FoxW<br />
Jan. 12 at Phoenix 6:00 PM CSBA/FxAz<br />
Jan. 14 vs. Boston 7:30 PM NHL/NESN<br />
Jan. 16 vs. Edmonton 1:00 PM RSNW/CSBA<br />
Jan. 18 vs. Calgary 7:00 PM RSNW/CSBA<br />
Jan. 19 at Los Angeles 7:30 PM CSBA/FoxW<br />
Jan. 21 vs. Anaheim 7:30 PM KDOC/CSBA<br />
Date Opponent Time (PT) TV<br />
Jan. 23 vs. Buffalo 7:30 PM MSG/CSBA<br />
Jan. 28 vs. Chicago 7:30 PM CSNC/CSBA<br />
Jan. 30 vs. Minnesota 7:30 PM FxNo/CSBA<br />
Feb. 2 vs. Detroit 7:30 PM FxDt/CSBA<br />
Feb. 4 at St. Louis 5:00 PM CSBA/FxMW<br />
Feb. 6 at Nashville 5:00 PM CSBA<br />
Feb. 8 at Toronto 4:00 PM CSBA/RSNO<br />
Feb. 10 at Columbus 4:00 PM CSBA/FxOh<br />
Feb. 11 at Detroit 4:30 PM NHL/FxDt<br />
Feb. 13 at Buffalo 4:00 PM CSBA/MSG<br />
Mar. 2 vs. New Jersey 7:30 PM MSG+/CSBA<br />
Mar. 4 vs. Montreal 7:30 PM TSN/RDS<br />
Mar. 6 vs. Columbus 7:30 PM FxOh/CSBA<br />
Mar. 11 vs. Nashville 7:30 PM FxST/CSBA<br />
Mar. 13 vs. Florida 1:00 PM FFLA/CSBA<br />
Mar. 14 at Anaheim 5:00 PM CSBA/PrLA<br />
Mar. 16 at Dallas 5:30 PM CSBA/FxSW<br />
Mar. 18 at Vancouver 7:00 PM TSN<br />
Mar. 19 at Calgary 6:00 PM RIS/RSNW<br />
Mar. 21 at Edmonton 5:00 PM CSBA/RSNW<br />
Mar. 23 at Minnesota 5:00 PM VS/TSN2<br />
Mar. 25 vs. Dallas 7:30 PM NHL/CSBA<br />
Mar. 27 vs. Vancouver 7:00 PM CBC/CSBA<br />
Mar. 28 vs. Colorado 5:00 PM Alt2/CSBA<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
continued next month
Sports Schedules – <strong>2010</strong> SEASONs<br />
Sacramento Kings<br />
Date Opponent Time<br />
December<br />
Wed 02 vs Indiana 7:00pm<br />
Sat 05 @ Phoenix 6:00pm<br />
Sun 06 vs Miami 6:00pm<br />
Tue 08 @ New Orleans 5:00pm<br />
Wed 09 @ San Antonio 5:30pm<br />
Sat 12 vs Minnesota 7:00pm<br />
Tue 15 @ Portland 7:00pm<br />
Wed 16 vs Washington 7:00pm<br />
Fri 18 @ Minnesota 5:00pm<br />
Sat 19 @ Milwaukee 5:30pm<br />
Mon 21 @ Chicago 5:00pm<br />
Wed 23 vs Cleveland 7:00pm<br />
Sat 26 vs LA Lakers 7:00pm<br />
Mon 28 vs Denver 7:00pm<br />
Wed 30 vs Philadelphia 7:00pm<br />
<strong>January</strong><br />
Fri 01 @ LA Lakers 7:30pm<br />
Sat 02 vs Dallas 7:00pm<br />
Tue 05 vs Phoenix 7:00pm<br />
Fri 08 @ Golden State 7:30pm<br />
Sat 09 vs Denver 7:00pm<br />
Tue 12 vs Orlando 7:00pm<br />
Date Opponent Time<br />
Fri 15 @ Philadelphia 4:00pm<br />
Sat 16 @ Washington 4:00pm<br />
Mon 18 @ Charlotte 11:00am<br />
Wed 20 @ Atlanta 4:00pm<br />
Fri 22 @ Orlando 4:00pm<br />
Sat 23 @ Miami 4:30pm<br />
Tue 26 vs Golden State 7:00pm<br />
Fri 29 @ Utah 6:00pm<br />
Sat 30 vs Charlotte 7:00pm<br />
March<br />
Tue 02 @ Oklahoma City 5:00pm<br />
Wed 03 @ Houston 5:30pm<br />
Fri 05 @ Dallas 5:30pm<br />
Sun 07 vs Oklahoma City 6:00pm<br />
Tue 09 @ Portland 7:00pm<br />
Wed 10 vs Toronto 7:00pm<br />
Fri 12 vs Portland 7:00pm<br />
Sun 14 vs Minnesota 6:00pm<br />
Tue 16 vs LA Lakers 7:00pm<br />
Fri 19 vs Milwaukee 7:00pm<br />
Sun 21 @ LA Clippers 12:30pm<br />
Mon 22 vs Memphis 7:00pm<br />
Wed 24 @ New Jersey 4:30pm<br />
Fri 26 @ Boston 4:30pm<br />
Sun 28 @ Cleveland 12:00pm<br />
Tue 30 @ Indiana 4:00pm<br />
Wed 31 @ Minnesota 5:00pm<br />
April<br />
Sat 03 vs Portland 7:00pm<br />
Tue 06 vs San Antonio 7:00pm<br />
Thu 08 vs LA Clippers 7:00pm<br />
Sat 10 vs Dallas 7:00pm<br />
Mon 12 vs Houston 7:00pm<br />
Tue 13 @ LA Lakers 7:30pm<br />
February<br />
Mon 01 @ Denver 6:00pm<br />
Wed 03 vs San Antonio 7:00pm<br />
Fri 05 vs Phoenix 7:00pm<br />
Sun 07 @ Toronto 9:00am<br />
Tue 09 @ New York 4:30pm<br />
Wed 10 @ Detroit 4:30pm<br />
Tue 16 vs Boston 7:00pm<br />
Wed 17 @ Golden State 7:30pm<br />
Sat 20 @ LA Clippers 7:30pm<br />
Sun 21 @ Phoenix 5:00pm<br />
Tue 23 vs Detroit 7:00pm<br />
Fri 26 vs Utah 7:00pm<br />
Sun 28 vs LA Clippers 6:00pm<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
31
Discover winter!<br />
By Michael Millbank<br />
Snowboarding Games<br />
How to Avoid<br />
Snowboard Injuries<br />
Okay, so we all know that<br />
snowboarding is considered to<br />
be an extreme sport and injuries are<br />
always possible whenever you are<br />
snowboarding. However, you can<br />
avoid getting hurt if you are very<br />
careful even though this isn’t always<br />
the case. There are precautions that<br />
you can take to minimize your chances<br />
of risking an injury.<br />
First of all, as with any other dangerous<br />
sport, make sure that you always<br />
wear a helmet. It doesn’t matter<br />
what type of snowboarding you do,<br />
a helmet can be your best form of<br />
protection in case of a wipe out. Head<br />
injuries are always serious and you<br />
can help to minimize your chances of<br />
a head injury if you wear your helmet.<br />
If you are planning to do stunts and<br />
tricks that involve air, you will want to<br />
wear a full face helmet. You can help<br />
to minimize your chances of facial<br />
fractures, cuts, etc. by wearing the<br />
proper protective gear.<br />
Another important safety feature in the<br />
sport of boarding is that of your board<br />
bindings. That’s right. If your bindings<br />
are not a proper fit to your boots<br />
or board if could result in involuntary<br />
foot movement, which in turn can<br />
cause you to wipe out. Make sure<br />
that your bindings properly fit your<br />
boots and board.<br />
Yet another important feature is for<br />
you to wear a board leash. This will<br />
help to keep your board with you in<br />
case of an accident. It may not necessarily<br />
keep you from getting hurt;<br />
however, it can keep others from getting<br />
hurt because of a runaway board.<br />
Many slopes and recreation areas are<br />
now requiring boarders to wear the<br />
leash at all times while on the mountain<br />
or in the park.<br />
Wear protective gear. You can purchase<br />
knee pads or padded pants that<br />
can help to protect you in the event of<br />
an accident. The more protection that<br />
you wear, the better off you will be<br />
in the long run. It may not be “cool”<br />
in people’s eyes, but it is cool to help<br />
protect you from receiving injuries<br />
in case of an accident. So, who cares<br />
what others may think of you; at least<br />
you are smart and are wearing protection.<br />
Another great way to help you to<br />
avoid any possible injuries that could<br />
result in an accident is to know what<br />
your abilities are and to stick with<br />
them. Don’t try to go out of your<br />
realm, especially when it comes to<br />
your ability. Yes, you can try tricks<br />
and stunts, but don’t try them until you<br />
become a seasoned boarder and you<br />
have learned all of the ins and outs of<br />
the sport.<br />
Always snowboard with someone<br />
else. Never do it alone. Make sure<br />
that there are others around you at all<br />
times. In the event of an accident, you<br />
will be in low temperatures and if you<br />
have to wait for someone to find you,<br />
it could mean the difference between<br />
life and death. With a buddy or someone<br />
else around, if you wreck, there<br />
will be help.<br />
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Any time a new sport item is invented,<br />
two people will get together<br />
and make it into a competition. This<br />
is simple human nature and snowboarding<br />
is no different. For many<br />
who had not seen it before in the<br />
early 1990’s, snowboarding looked<br />
like some strange cross between<br />
skateboarding and skiing. In an<br />
amazingly short time, the competitions<br />
snowboarding enthusiasts<br />
enjoyed were a part not only of<br />
American competitions, games and<br />
sports, but a part of the Olympics. It<br />
was a meteoric rise for this popular<br />
sport that shows no sign of losing<br />
fans, supporters or its very own<br />
superstar athletes.<br />
In snowboarding an athlete<br />
descends a slope that is completely<br />
or partially covered in snow. The<br />
rider rides a snowboard that is<br />
held in place by a special binding.<br />
Snowboarding was initially inspired<br />
by surfing, skiing and skateboarding<br />
in late 1960’s and 1970’s, but really<br />
took off as a competitive sport a<br />
decade later. There are many different<br />
snowboarding games or<br />
competitions. Slopestyle, Big Air,<br />
Halfpipe, Boardercross, Indycross,<br />
Rail Jam, and Racing are among the<br />
best known.<br />
In the Slopestyle, the influence of<br />
both skiing and skateboarding are<br />
clearly seen. Athletes compete<br />
and perform tricks with moving<br />
over, around, though, across, and<br />
down terrain features. This style is<br />
an obstacle course in part which<br />
includes jumps and jibs for the<br />
boarder to jump or slide across.<br />
Big Air looks most like a ski jump<br />
competition on snowboards. A<br />
special launch is built and boarders<br />
jump and do tricks while in the air,<br />
then try to execute a clean landing.<br />
The Halfpipe is a ditch built in a<br />
semi-circle around 8 and 22 feet<br />
deep. Athletes go from one side of<br />
the ditch to the other performing<br />
tricks while staying in the air as much<br />
as possible.<br />
Boardercross and Indycross are the<br />
standout competitions because they<br />
look more like a motorcycle motocross<br />
track than a skateboard or skiing contest.<br />
There are jumps and obstacles<br />
made out of snow on the downhill part<br />
of the course. Several boarders in<br />
groups of 4 or 6 race down the track<br />
in a series of heats in Boardercross.<br />
The Indycross is a single competitor<br />
run and the board rider has to skid and<br />
turn down the course to complete it.<br />
The Rail Jam, as might be suspected<br />
from the name, is more of a jib contest.<br />
The snowboarder performs slides<br />
and tricks on rails, pipes, walls, and<br />
other features dreamed up by the<br />
race designers. Prizes are awarded<br />
for best overall in the male and female<br />
category.<br />
Racing events are straightforward with<br />
snowboarders racing downhill through<br />
gates, which demonstrate technical<br />
skills along with the speed of the<br />
boarder.<br />
Snowboarding has become a big part<br />
of the Winter X Games also known<br />
as the Extreme Games, a commercial<br />
annual sports competition held by<br />
ESPN. These games have become so<br />
popular that often entire Snowboarding<br />
teams from the Olympics show up to<br />
compete.<br />
Snowboarding games became a part of<br />
the Olympics in 1999 in Nagano, Japan.<br />
There are 6 snowboarding events<br />
at the Olympics including men’s and<br />
women’s halfpipe, parallel gain slalom,<br />
and snowboard cross.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
Winter Fun in Ontario<br />
10 Great Things to Do in the Snow!<br />
Discover winter!<br />
By Heather Bayer<br />
7. Luge – Natural luge or ‘Naturbahn’<br />
doesn’t use artificial snowbanks but<br />
follows the natural contours, curves<br />
and banks of a slope. Redstone River<br />
Luge is only one of six natural tracks<br />
in all Canada.<br />
8. Winter festivals – Anywhere that<br />
has snow cover for five months of the<br />
year will celebrate it at some point.<br />
There are winter festivals to enjoy<br />
all over Ontario, from small village<br />
events to the biggest of them all –<br />
Winterlude in Ottawa. A great experience<br />
for all the family.<br />
9. Ice fishing – If you ever saw Jack<br />
Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the<br />
movie, Grumpy Old Men, you’ll<br />
remember the ice hut scenes. Ontario’s<br />
ice covered lakes brings this to you!<br />
Most of the larger lakes have ice hut<br />
rentals, so arrive rent your hut and<br />
start fishing in comfort!<br />
We can be confident of snow here<br />
in Ontario and although not<br />
blessed with mountains for skiing and<br />
snowboarding of the Rockies variety,<br />
there are lots of alternatives to get you<br />
wrapped up and out in the white stuff.<br />
Here are 10 great ideas to get those<br />
cheeks rosy and get your exhilaration<br />
soaring!<br />
1. Snow tubing – I put this at number<br />
one as, in the words of a friend, “This<br />
is the most fun I’ve ever had with my<br />
clothes on.” Yes, this is a real blast.<br />
Sit in a big inner tube, get dragged to<br />
the top of a hill, choose your degree<br />
of gradient, then off you go. The most<br />
fun is with a group of friends or family<br />
and you have four or six tubes<br />
spinning down the slope. Try it – you<br />
won’t be disappointed!<br />
2. Cross country skiing – For pure<br />
tranquility and the best of our winter<br />
wonderland, there is little to beat here<br />
with a few hours on the trails. This is<br />
an easy sport to learn; you take a lesson<br />
or two; rent skis, boots and poles,<br />
and you are on your way. Many ski<br />
areas have rest huts where you can get<br />
hot chocolate to warm up at the end of<br />
the day. Bliss!<br />
3. Dog sledding – Take part in or<br />
watch this great activity and you’ll be<br />
hooked. Ontario boasts some of the<br />
biggest dog sled events in Canada,<br />
and some of the best places to experience<br />
sledding first hand. Try a moonlit<br />
outing.<br />
4. Snow shoeing – This is such great<br />
exercise, and the best way of getting<br />
into deep snow country in winter.<br />
This is the way the early settlers<br />
got around; there were no 4WD or<br />
snowmobiles for them! You can really<br />
experience what it must have been<br />
like. This is also the best opportunity<br />
to see winter wildlife.<br />
5. Snowmobiling – There are thousands<br />
of kilometers of snowmobile<br />
trails in Ontario so whether you have<br />
your own or rent one for the day, you<br />
won’t be short of a trail to blaze. Try<br />
a snowmobile safari where everything<br />
is provided for you, even a guide, or<br />
rent a machine and go it alone.<br />
6. Ice skating – Outdoor skating is<br />
exhilarating at the best of times,<br />
and even more so when it is on the<br />
longest skating rink in the world, a<br />
7.8 km roadway of ice in the heart<br />
of Canada’s capital, Ottawa’s Rideau<br />
Canal offers fun for all the family.<br />
And it’s free!<br />
10. Stopping in by the fire –<br />
Sometimes winter is best experienced<br />
from indoors. When the snow is<br />
coming down in bucket loads and the<br />
world is mostly white, the best thing<br />
may be to curl up in front of a log fire<br />
with a good book. Rent a cozy cottage<br />
in the country, preferably one with a<br />
hot tub, and prepare for a few days of<br />
complete relaxation.<br />
And after a long day pursuing one of<br />
these wonderful activities, why not<br />
come back to a cozy cottage, curl up<br />
by the log fire with a glass of wine,<br />
and reflect on this wonderful winter<br />
wonderland.<br />
Heather Bayer is CEO of<br />
CottageLINK Rental Management,<br />
specializing in cottage vacations in<br />
Ontario and Southern Quebec. (See<br />
www.clrm.ca)<br />
For a whole range of winter activities<br />
see www.clrm.ca/winter_activities.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
33
pets<br />
Top Tips from<br />
the Top Dog<br />
Question from Lucy the Laborador:<br />
Top Dog Buck, how did you go from<br />
being just a regular dog from a dog<br />
pack to such a Top Dog on the Police<br />
Force wearing the Badge of Honor?<br />
It’s the new year and I was setting<br />
some goals for myself and thought<br />
maybe if I did the same things that you<br />
did, I could be a Top Dog just like you!<br />
Answer: Lucy, you are smart to think<br />
ahead. So many of our four-legged<br />
friends set such minimal standards<br />
for themselves. They’re content with<br />
wagging their tail when their Master<br />
comes home at night and begging for<br />
scraps at the dinner table. What kind<br />
of life is that? Dogs should be more<br />
dignified than that!<br />
Just think about it. We are scent<br />
masters of the world. Even the breeds<br />
By Officer Randy Van Dusen<br />
and Top Dog, Buck<br />
that don’t ever do police work have<br />
noses worth high honor.<br />
We can sniff out a burglar, follow his<br />
track for miles, find cocaine amidst<br />
thousands of boxes on a cargo deck,<br />
help an epileptic get ready for a<br />
seizure and call for help, and identify<br />
hurt parts of the body with our nose.<br />
And that’s just one set of skills.<br />
Some of us can scale a 10-foot wall,<br />
jump repeatedly without tiring, jump<br />
through car windows to get the bad<br />
guys, tackle a human and take him<br />
down, and intimidate criminals into<br />
doing the right thing and not trying to<br />
escape.<br />
We’re graceful as a gazelle, dedicated<br />
to our Master, can sense evil intent<br />
on the part of someone and don’t put<br />
up with an evil eye looking our way.<br />
We’re the best of the best. And I’m not<br />
just talking about police dogs. Many of<br />
you dogs out there can do a lot of these<br />
things as well.<br />
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We have a heart of gold and we would<br />
never think twice about giving our life<br />
for our Master.<br />
So you have to remember who you are<br />
and what you were made to do. That’s<br />
a first step and it’s drilled into us in<br />
training. We’re treated like Top Dogs<br />
and after awhile, we start acting like<br />
Top Dogs.<br />
Now if you’re at home watching a<br />
lot of television, let me ask you this.<br />
What shows are you watching when<br />
your Master is at work? The Dog<br />
Whisperer only deals with dogs that<br />
haven’t learned who they are and<br />
their potential. Flip the stations with<br />
your paw and find the ones that show<br />
amazing dogs, like heroic rescue dogs<br />
in the 9-11 disaster, FBI working dogs,<br />
Canine Courage shows, Therapy Dogs<br />
or Mascots of the Civil War.<br />
If you want something a little different,<br />
check out the movie station and find<br />
the movies about the RCA Victor<br />
dog, Air Bud, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin.<br />
While you’re watching these shows,<br />
something will happen deep inside<br />
your brain: sparks of inspiration will<br />
become seeds.<br />
Then ask yourself the question,<br />
“What’s the best that I can be? What<br />
one skill can I excel in that will delight<br />
my Master more than anything? One<br />
day you will then have a picture pop<br />
up in your brain of the answer. Then<br />
just become the dog in that picture.<br />
Learning may have a few obstacles but<br />
you will do it because that trick is what<br />
you’re supposed to do in life. Trust me<br />
on this. It works.<br />
Question From Jared Miller<br />
for Officer Randy:<br />
This New Year I want to set some<br />
goals for my family on crime<br />
prevention. Our neighborhood is<br />
getting rough and I worry about them.<br />
What do you recommend?<br />
Answer: You can make great progress<br />
by creating drills with your family on<br />
what to lock up the house before bed.<br />
Create a list of things that must be<br />
done so that your family can stay<br />
safe at night while they sleep. Include<br />
things like: check the windows to<br />
make sure they’re closed and locked,<br />
check the doors, check the stove to<br />
make sure the oven and burners are<br />
turned off and lock the garage. It may<br />
take a few hours to create your list but<br />
take the time to put the list items in<br />
order so the actual home check only<br />
takes a minute each night. This way it<br />
will always be done no matter if you’re<br />
feeling sick. If you’re not feeling<br />
well, it’s still important to do the drill<br />
because that’s the worst time that a<br />
potential criminal can take advantage<br />
of you. So be safe, not sorry!<br />
Top Dog Buck and Officer Randy Van<br />
Dusen are officers at the Sacramento<br />
Police Department. Questions for<br />
Top Dog Buck and Officer Randy Van<br />
Dusen may be emailed to: editor@<br />
healthfitness.us<br />
34<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Dr. Donna (ret. D.C.)<br />
pets<br />
Make Your Own Pet<br />
Shampoo? Why Not?<br />
You can make your own bath soaps.<br />
You can make your own laundry<br />
soap with soap nuts as discussed in our<br />
November issue. Why not schedule<br />
a great day with your friends, invite<br />
them over and make your own pet<br />
shampoo that smells how you want it<br />
to smell?<br />
The fact is that you can create a milder,<br />
more natural formula that washes your<br />
pet’s fur just as good as or better than<br />
the retail version. Today’s homemade<br />
cosmetics are not the traditional<br />
food-based concoctions of yesterday.<br />
Instead, you have access to the same<br />
manufactured and raw materials that<br />
the big companies use. And your<br />
products can look just as professional.<br />
5 Good Reasons Why People Make<br />
Their Own Pet Shampoo<br />
There are several reasons why people<br />
make their own pet shampoo.<br />
• Tired of paying the high prices for<br />
pet shampoo at the pet stores<br />
• Prefer to add their own essential oils,<br />
fragrances, and active ingredients<br />
based on what’s needed for their pet<br />
• Sick and tired of being lied to by<br />
companies about “natural” products<br />
when the only natural ingredients are<br />
a few drops of an essential oil.<br />
• Want to experience the fun during<br />
the creation of their own pet<br />
shampoo<br />
• Want to create unique presents to<br />
their friends and family<br />
• Looking for a new business;<br />
breaking into the billion dollar pet<br />
care business has a lot of promise.<br />
Certainly your pet will be happier<br />
and healthier with less chemicals<br />
in his shampoo. When it comes to<br />
chemicals, all bodies whether animal<br />
or human, have to detoxify them or<br />
they will get sick.<br />
Making your own pet shampoo is<br />
something brand new that not a lot of<br />
people have discovered yet. Another<br />
similar type of product is making<br />
your own pet ear washes and pet<br />
deodorizers. It’s only time before<br />
people start making their first quarter<br />
of a million dollars for this type of<br />
business; why not be among the first?<br />
The Process is Simple<br />
Making your own pet shampoo is a<br />
simple 3-step procedure, almost like<br />
making pancakes (You add certain<br />
ingredients together in a bowl and<br />
other ingredients in another bowl.<br />
Then you simply mix the two bowls<br />
together.) In pet shampoo making,<br />
there’s no heating involved and no<br />
possibility of burning yourself. The<br />
shampoo ingredients are not lye based,<br />
as they are in soap-making.<br />
We ordered a Mild, Soap-Free Pet<br />
Shampoo Kit created by Somerset<br />
Cosmetic Company in Renton WA.<br />
All the ingredients arrived and the<br />
actual shampoo making only took 10<br />
minutes.After mixing the ingredients,<br />
the shampoo is poured into the bottle<br />
that’s provided in your kit. (See www.<br />
makingcosmetics.com) It was an easy<br />
way to get acquainted with the kids that<br />
live across the street and a fun time.<br />
The pet shampoo concentrate contains<br />
very mild surfactants suitable for<br />
sensitive skin, a soy-based protein<br />
conditioner, and an emollient that<br />
moisturizes your pet’s coat. The kids<br />
were amazed at how good their little<br />
poodle mix smelled and felt a sense of<br />
pride and accomplishment as well. The<br />
pet shampoo was a big success.<br />
Check out Somerset Cosmetic Company’s<br />
website at www.makingcosmetics.com<br />
and find out about their other do-ityourself<br />
kits for making color lipsticks,<br />
mineral make-up, rose hip hand cream,<br />
moisturizers, and shimmer body soufflé<br />
kit (light skin cream that gives the<br />
body a healthy glow and shimmer).<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
35
health<br />
By Dr. Donna, Editor<br />
Is It Gossip<br />
or Truth?<br />
Editor’s note: Below is a copy of an<br />
email I received about a health issue.<br />
When these come in the email, it’s<br />
important to determine whether or not<br />
there’s any truth to them. Here’s the<br />
email:<br />
“I want my friends and loved ones to know<br />
what has happened to me in hopes that it<br />
will never happen to you or anybody you<br />
care about.<br />
About 10 days ago, I felt a cold coming on;<br />
so before I went to bed I used Zicam Cold<br />
Remedy Nasal Gel. It’s supposed to help<br />
you “get over your cold faster.”<br />
Immediately after I sprayed it into each<br />
nostril I felt the most horrific burning<br />
sensation imaginable. It literally felt like I<br />
had sprayed pepper spray directly into my<br />
brain. It burned all the way to the top of<br />
my skull. My nasal passages swelled, my<br />
eyes watered - the burning lasted all night<br />
long into the next day.<br />
After about a day, I realized I couldn’t<br />
taste anything and I thought, “Wow!<br />
I must really have a bad cold.” Then<br />
I noticed that I couldn’t smell coffee<br />
brewing, couldn’t smell my perfume when<br />
I put it on, couldn’t smell the popcorn<br />
I burned, couldn’t smell my favorite<br />
candle. I panicked and starting smelling<br />
everything that I could find that had really<br />
strong odors - ammonia, finger nail polish<br />
remover, bleach, etc. I couldn’t smell<br />
ANYTHING!<br />
I started tasting everything that had really<br />
strong tastes such as HOT salsa, raw red<br />
onions, Doritos, coffee. I couldn’t taste<br />
ANYTHING! <br />
<br />
I told my mother and she said, “Oh, I’ve<br />
heard Zicam can affect your olfactory<br />
nerve.”<br />
I went <strong>online</strong>, typed in “Zicam side<br />
effects” and bam; up popped all sorts of<br />
web sites with people reporting the same<br />
thing I experienced. It seems that this past<br />
June, Zicam pulled the swabs for adults<br />
and children off the shelves<br />
but not the nasal gel. <br />
I went to my ENT and he<br />
said the Zicam had basically<br />
“FRIED” my olfactory nerve<br />
and the results are most<br />
likely permanent. He put me<br />
on a strong dose of a steroid<br />
called Prednisone in hopes of<br />
recovering ANY bit of the nerve<br />
damage but he told me to “take<br />
this and pray.” He said he had<br />
read about the side effects of<br />
Zicam and couldn’t believe it<br />
is still on the shelf. It isn’t FDA<br />
approved.<br />
I am taking the Prednisone and<br />
praying but nothing is happening. I<br />
LITERALLY CANNOT SMELL OR<br />
TASTE ANYTHING! I can tell if<br />
foods are hot or cold, I can tell<br />
the consistency and I can faintly<br />
detect if it is salty but that is it. <br />
I don’t want this to happen to<br />
ANYONE else! If you have Zicam in<br />
your medicine cabinet –THROW IT<br />
AWAY! ---Susan<br />
Editor’s Comments<br />
I did some fact checking and found<br />
this press release from the FDA to<br />
verify that the story above is indeed<br />
possible.<br />
FDA NEWS RELEASE<br />
For Immediate Release: June 16, 2009<br />
Media Inquiries:<br />
Siobhan DeLancey,<br />
301-796-4668,<br />
siobhan.delancey@<br />
fda.hhs.gov<br />
Consumer Inquiries:<br />
888-INFO-FDA<br />
FDA Advises<br />
Consumers Not To<br />
Use Certain Zicam<br />
Cold Remedies<br />
Intranasal Zinc<br />
Product Linked to<br />
Loss of Sense of<br />
Smell<br />
The U.S. Food and<br />
Drug Administration<br />
today advised<br />
consumers to<br />
stop using three<br />
products marketed<br />
over-the-counter as<br />
cold remedies<br />
because they are<br />
associated with the<br />
loss of sense of<br />
smell (anosmia).<br />
Anosmia may<br />
be long-lasting<br />
or permanent.<br />
The products are:<br />
--Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel<br />
--Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs<br />
--Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids<br />
Size (a discontinued product)<br />
The FDA has received more than<br />
130 reports of loss of sense of smell<br />
associated with the use of these three<br />
Zicam products. In these reports, many<br />
people who experienced a loss of smell<br />
said the condition occurred with the<br />
first dose; others reported a loss of the<br />
sense of smell after multiple uses of<br />
the products.<br />
“Loss of sense of smell is a serious<br />
risk for people who use these products<br />
for relief from cold symptoms,” said<br />
Janet Woodcock, M.D., director of the<br />
FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and<br />
Research (CDER). “We are concerned<br />
that consumers may unknowingly<br />
use a product that could cause serious<br />
harm, and therefore we are advising<br />
them not to use these products for any<br />
reason.”<br />
People who have experienced a loss<br />
of sense of smell or other problems<br />
after use of the affected Zicam<br />
products should contact their health<br />
care professional. The loss of sense of<br />
smell can adversely affect a person’s<br />
quality of life, and can limit the<br />
ability to detect the smell of gas or<br />
smoke or other signs of danger in the<br />
environment.<br />
The FDA has issued Matrixx<br />
Initiatives, maker of these Zicam<br />
products, a warning letter telling it<br />
that these products cannot be marketed<br />
without FDA approval.<br />
“Companies have an obligation to the<br />
public to demonstrate to the FDA that<br />
their products are safe, particularly<br />
when there is evidence they may be<br />
causing serious adverse events, and<br />
they are marketed for minor, selflimiting<br />
conditions like the common<br />
cold,” said Deborah M. Autor, director<br />
of CDER’s Office of Compliance.<br />
<strong>Health</strong> care professionals and<br />
consumers are encouraged to report<br />
adverse events (side effects) that may<br />
be related to the use of these products<br />
to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse<br />
Event Reporting program <strong>online</strong>, by<br />
regular mail, fax or phone.<br />
For more information:www.fda.gov<br />
36<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong>
By Dr. Donna (ret. D.C.)<br />
health<br />
Diary of Neck Pain<br />
they have when healthy. In studies,<br />
endorphins and enkephalins were<br />
produced in people that used the<br />
machine. It takes about 10 minutes of<br />
shaking for it to work. Stepping off the<br />
K1, the pain will be gone.<br />
a minute, maybe this is temporary…<br />
8:25 p.m. Pain is still gone totally. I<br />
can move my neck in every direction.<br />
It’s as if I had no pain at all, ever.<br />
What’s in it?<br />
It’s 7:45 p.m and my neck has been in<br />
excruciating pain for the past 4 hours.<br />
It’s an old injury that is reactivated by<br />
lots of deskwork which encourages<br />
poor posture.<br />
It’s too late to go to the chiropractor<br />
and too late to get a massage. Do you<br />
ever have days like this? Days where<br />
you just want to scream and say,<br />
“Can’t someone take this pain away?”<br />
If You’re Complaining, You’re Not<br />
Looking for an Answer<br />
My pain and circumstances could be<br />
a lot worse. I could be just like some<br />
of the people that have so much pain<br />
so much of the time that they have<br />
to smoke marijuana to stop the pain.<br />
That must be tough because then<br />
they have to buy enough of it to have<br />
around in their times of need, making<br />
them potential crime victims. With<br />
new recipes, it’s possible now to get a<br />
high enough dose from eating a laced<br />
lollipop or brownie or even cup of tea.<br />
This option isn’t for me although it<br />
certainly can work for others.<br />
Some pain-relieving methods that<br />
worked in the past may work now. For<br />
example, hanging upside down always<br />
takes the stress off the muscles in my<br />
neck, the source of my pain. Only 2<br />
minutes upside down is enough to go<br />
from excruciating pain to no pain at<br />
all. There’s just one little problem –<br />
getting the gravity boots over the chin<br />
up bar and then getting up from the<br />
hanging position without traumatizing<br />
the rest of the body. Agility in this area<br />
never seemed to come easy.<br />
Taking three capsules of Vitamin E<br />
also has helped in the past. It takes<br />
about two hours to reduce the pain.<br />
Drinking more water seems to help as<br />
well. A few cups are ineffective but<br />
four or more cups can cut the pain.<br />
Exercising on the K1 machine also<br />
helps. This is a triangular oscillating<br />
system that shakes the body at a<br />
certain frequency that is thought to<br />
align the cells with the frequency<br />
Where Would We Be Without Friends?<br />
My friend Laurie sent me something<br />
new to try for neck pain. I reserved<br />
it for a night just like tonight. It’s<br />
a supplement called Eezapein, one<br />
that is taken by cancer patients who<br />
have greater amounts of pain than I<br />
do with my neck. Their pain could<br />
be throughout their entire body and<br />
relentless 24/7. Laurie’s husband had<br />
a protruding disk in his neck and was<br />
able to avoid surgery and decrease pain<br />
by using this product. If Eezapein is<br />
good enough for cancer patients, I’ll<br />
try it.<br />
It’s 7:50 p.m. and I’ll turn the burner<br />
with the kettle of boiling water on.<br />
(You did know that microwaves are<br />
harmful for your health?)<br />
The packet of Eezapein goes into<br />
the coffee cup and the boiling water<br />
fills the cup. Now it’s just a matter of<br />
waiting for it to cool.<br />
It’s 8:00 p.m. now and I’m ready to<br />
drink the drink. You may be wondering<br />
about the taste. It’s not bad-tasting and<br />
it’s not sweet. I’d rate it as neutral and<br />
don’t think anyone would gag on it<br />
at all. I drink it down and wait to see<br />
what is happening to my neck pain.<br />
8:03 p.m. Pain still there.<br />
8:04 p.m. Pain is getting lighter.<br />
8:06 p.m. Pain is gone! How could<br />
that be? That worked so fast and it’s a<br />
drugless method of relieving pain. Wait<br />
The ingredients include: Notoginseng,<br />
Cnidium, Red Sage, Red Peony,<br />
Astragalus, Cyperus, Circuma<br />
rhizome, Carthamus flower,<br />
Codonopsis, White Peony, Lotus Node,<br />
Hawthorn fruit, Licorice Root and<br />
Stevia. This is a totally natural herbal<br />
product that uses a lot of Chinese<br />
herbs. No sugar. No wheat. No drugs.<br />
No artificial coloring. No milk. No<br />
corn. No soy. No preservatives. This is<br />
my type of product, fitting in with my<br />
ideology about health.<br />
And it works.<br />
Those cancer patients really had a<br />
secret there that they weren’t sharing<br />
with anyone else. They knew how to<br />
stop excruciating pain with a simple<br />
glass of herbal tea.<br />
I asked Laurie who else has benefited<br />
from this Eezapein, which is<br />
appropriately named. She said those<br />
with intractable pain, shingles,<br />
tooth pain (before they got to the<br />
dentist), back pain, and headaches.<br />
I mentioned we should add neck<br />
muscle pain to the list.<br />
The pain stayed away for 25 hours,<br />
then returned at a very low level. I was<br />
then able to go visit my chiropractor.<br />
I remained pain-free for four<br />
additional days.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.immuneenhance.com. This<br />
product could change your life.<br />
<strong>January</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />
37
health<br />
By Dr. Donna Schwontkowski (ret. D.C., M.S. Nutrtition, Master Herbalist)<br />
How to Talk to Your<br />
Daughter About<br />
Menstruation<br />
In many cultures, people celebrate<br />
the day when their children become<br />
adults with a coming of age party.<br />
These parties honor the transition<br />
from childhood to adulthood. For<br />
girls, the day that she becomes an<br />
adult can be linked to the start of<br />
menstruation for girls.<br />
The type of celebration and the age at<br />
which these parties are celebrated vary,<br />
depending on the culture. In other<br />
cultures, stories, songs, and dances<br />
are part of a big celebration for girls.<br />
Movies may also be incorporated into<br />
the big party. In these movies, a young<br />
character or characters start out on a<br />
journey of personal growth and by the<br />
end of the story, have developed in<br />
some way. This is usually through the<br />
undertaking of responsibility, or by<br />
learning a lesson.<br />
In western society, there isn’t much of<br />
a celebration for girls as they become<br />
young women. With little emphasis on<br />
the transition, children are not made<br />
aware of the importance of the event of<br />
a girl’s first period.<br />
In the 1950s through late 1960s, the<br />
big sanitary products companies such<br />
as Kotex, Always, and Tampax created<br />
girls’ first menstruation kits that<br />
were passed out to school girls right<br />
around the time that they would be<br />
experiencing their first period. At that<br />
time, the age of a girl’s first period was<br />
between 13 and 15 years old. Now, the<br />
age of a girl’s first period has dropped<br />
to as low as 8 and 10 years old, making<br />
it more difficult to approach the girls<br />
collectively.<br />
Celebrating a girl’s first menstruation<br />
is an important right of passage.<br />
Making it into a big occasion is a<br />
way of telling your girl that it’s a<br />
great thing to be female, which can<br />
encourage her own acceptance of her<br />
femininity. At a time when young girls’<br />
bodies are developing, this is critical to<br />
her self image.<br />
Talking to your daughter about<br />
menstruation doesn’t have to be<br />
difficult. Here are some ideas to get<br />
you started:<br />
1. Call three or four of your female<br />
friends and plan the event. Input<br />
from other women is very helpful,<br />
as they will share their own stories<br />
of how this day was celebrated in<br />
their own life.<br />
2. Plan the event on your own. This<br />
can be simple, such as scheduling<br />
a nice weekend together with<br />
your daughter to a retreat or even<br />
something such as a special brunch,<br />
special dinner, or even special<br />
breakfast in bed.<br />
3. Bring gifts to the event. Everyone<br />
appreciates gifts and in our culture,<br />
gifts are symbolic of special<br />
occasions. The gifts you bring<br />
should be related either symbolically<br />
or physically to the occasion at<br />
hand. For example, roses that are not<br />
yet fully blooming can be symbolic<br />
of the girl turning into a woman.<br />
You could even fill her room with<br />
roses; now that is a very memorable<br />
event! Another idea could be a gift<br />
basket with all types of feminine<br />
hygiene products. This will offer her<br />
the opportunity to select the ones<br />
that she likes best.<br />
4. Talking to her about the actual<br />
menstrual period is easier than ever.<br />
The schools have already started<br />
the process. Make a list of the key<br />
points you wish to cover in advance.<br />
The next article will address that.<br />
Making this day very special for your<br />
daughter will have many positive<br />
benefits and ramifications for your<br />
daughter for the rest of her life.<br />
Next month: Find out more on this<br />
important topic!<br />
If you have any special stories that<br />
you want to share with us about what<br />
happened during your own coming of<br />
age, be sure to send them to editor@<br />
healthfitness.us.<br />
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Article submitted by NewsMax<br />
health<br />
FAST Test for<br />
Stroke Symptoms<br />
Did you know strokes are the<br />
third-leading cause of death in<br />
Americans, and leave hundreds of<br />
thousands more disabled?<br />
Almost five million Americans have<br />
had a stroke at some point in their<br />
lives, and an additional quarter of a<br />
million Americans will suffer strokes<br />
this year alone.<br />
In many cases, a stroke occurs without<br />
warning. Yet, for a number of people<br />
there will be signs. Unfortunately,<br />
many people, especially women,<br />
ignore them. Before the big one hits,<br />
there are usually several episodes of<br />
mild neurological symptoms, such as<br />
sudden numbness of one side of the<br />
face or an arm. This may last only<br />
seconds and then pass.<br />
I describe other symptoms in my<br />
special report.<br />
Other people often spot the problem<br />
first. They may notice that one side of<br />
the personís face seems to sag, or that<br />
they make little sense when speaking.<br />
Sometimes the person isnít walking<br />
right. Ignoring these symptoms can<br />
lead to disaster.<br />
Be aware of common thoughts some<br />
stroke victims have had prior to a<br />
stroke:<br />
• I must have been leaning on my arm.<br />
• I must be hungry.<br />
• I can’t think of the words I want.<br />
And get to know the symptoms I<br />
describe so you can take advantage<br />
of the window of opportunity to treat<br />
a stroke. To help people recognize<br />
the symptoms of stroke quickly, The<br />
Stroke Association has come up with<br />
the FAST (face, arms, speech, timing)<br />
test:<br />
Face: Ask the person to smile. If the<br />
upper or lower face on one side is<br />
weak or does not move, it may indicate<br />
a stroke.<br />
Arms: Ask your loved one to raise<br />
their arms out straight. Weakness in<br />
one arm is a sign of a stroke.<br />
Speech: Have them say a simple<br />
sentence. Garbled speech, word<br />
searching or nonsense speech can<br />
indicate a stroke.<br />
Timing: Call 911 if any one of these<br />
is present. While they do not always<br />
indicate a stroke, time is of the<br />
essence.<br />
Taking an aspirin when symptoms first<br />
occur, for instance, can prevent most<br />
strokes, but it is important to use this<br />
time to get to your doctor for a proper<br />
workup.<br />
You can also cut your risk of a deadly<br />
stroke if you make sure your blood<br />
pressure is under control. In my report<br />
Eliminate Hypertension Forever, I give<br />
you vital information on how to cure<br />
high blood pressure without drugs. I<br />
detail nutrients that will lower your<br />
risk of developing high blood pressure<br />
as well as other medical conditions<br />
that can lead to stroke.<br />
For more information go to:<br />
www.newsmax.com<br />
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