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8 | January 23, 2020 | the frankfort station news
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Tips on diet, exercise, mindfulness and more highlighted at annual Healthy Living Expo
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
Whether attendees were
interested in diving into a
new exercise regimen, trying
the latest diet or simply
tweaking their wellness
plan to make it more effective
in 2020, 22nd Century
Media’s fourth annual
Healthy Living Expo had
something for everyone.
Held Saturday, Jan. 18,
at the Tinley Park Convention
Center, the free event
featured 70-plus vendor
booths, health screenings,
healthy cooking demonstrations,
workout classes
and much more. The first
300 attendees were rewarded
with free tote bags
and stress balls.
Heather Warthen, chief
events officer for 22nd
Century Media, explained
that the event included a
complete approach to wellness,
highlighting mental
health, medical services,
mindfulness and more,
along with the staples of
diet and exercise.
“We brought back all
of our cooking demos and
we have a couple of great
speaker sessions with
Kimberly Kramer — who
is a registered dietician
with UChicago Medicine
— so those are really exciting,”
Warthen said. “We
also brought back our
workout classes again this
year.”
Heidi Richard, of UChicago
Medicine Ingalls
Memorial, and her team
spent the day sharing information
about the organization’s
primary care
locations, same-day mammogram
appointments,
innovative treatments and
UChicago Medicine’s
Brittany Means, of Cardio Party with Britt, leads a
workout Saturday, Jan. 18, during 22nd Century Media’s
Healthy Living Expo at the Tinley Park Convention
Center. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
brand new podcast.
“We’ve just launched a
new podcast called ‘Things
You’re Too Embarrassed
to Ask a Doctor,’” Richard
said. “It covers things that
you might not feel comfortable
asking like, ‘Why
do I have adult acne?’ or
‘Is stomach gurgling normal?’
and a few topics that
may be embarrassing. [The
expo] gives us insight into
the voice of what people
are really interested in to
help us inform what are activities
will be and to help
us promote people living
well and being healthy.”
Along with UChicago
Medicine, several Healthy
Living vendors shared information
about fighting
and treating the flu.
Physicians Immediate
Care’s Jimmy Quattrocki
explained that Alere, a
rapid flu testing device,
allows doctors to test for
A and B strands and diagnose
whether or not a
patient has the flu within
three minutes of the test.
“We have 43 urgent care
locations open in Illinois
and Northwest Indiana,”
Quattrocki said. “We’re
open seven days a week in
all of our clinics. We treat
anything from common
colds and flu to broken
limbs. We treat children
from two months of age
up to the oldest adults. We
take pretty much all the
major insurance plans —
we’re in network with all
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Illinois plans — and
patients that want to see
us can make an online appointment.”
Newer wellness trends
also were showcased,
with several vendors offering
oils and products
made with cannabidiol —
a chemical found in cannabis
plants — to relieve
everything from inflammation
to anxiety. Oils,
edibles, smoking products,
inhalers and more
were available at the booth
of the Homer Glen shop
Hempology CBD Store.
“CBD oil is going to
give you the medical benefits
without the high,”
Hempology owner Mark
Diorio explained. “It’s
non-psychoactive, so you
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