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Happy New Year
Author: John
Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Be well.
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The Truth About Juice
Author: John
With juice labels proclaiming their healthy benefits, it’s hard to believe we’re not making our life better with a refreshing glass of fruit juice. But just this week, Dr. Jennifer Ashton stopped by the CBS Early Show to clear up some juicy health myths. The problem with juice is that once you remove all of the solid portions of the fruit, you are left with just some phytochemicals, coloring and lots of simple sugars. Simple sugars are those that are easily and quickly absorbed by our bodies and can cause the same blood sugar and insulin spikes as those in sodas. Large insulin spikes over a period of time can cause insulin resistance, weight gain and host of other medical problems. So that is why a one-cup serving size of juice has fewer calories and fewer grams of sugar than the same size serving of regular soda. Now the juice has some nutritional value and the soda has various chemicals that have no nutritional value whatsoever, so the the best answer to this dilemma is to eat the whole fruit instead and drink water. If the taste of water is not appealing puree a favorite fruit, freeze it in ice cubes and then put it in your water. So watch the video and ..
Be well.
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4 Tips To Improve Your Health
Author: John
I just read an article with a few great tips on health and wellness I’d like to share. Here are some of the highlights that might interest you.
1. A big splash of non-fat milk turns your morning java into a protein drink, giving you more stamina and a bone boost. If your out try Starbucks Grande Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte, a 130-calorie treat with 12 grams of protein and 40 percent of your daily calcium.
2. Want less colds or flu this winter? Wash your hands for about 20 seconds with soap and water every time you cook, use the bathroom, blow your nose, handle garbage or touch a public surface. Temperature of the water is immaterial to cold prevention but luke warm water is better for the skin on your hands.
3. Eating, brushing your teeth or combing your hair with your non-dominant hand challenges your brain and helps it think faster.
4. Want to live a little longer or at least live better for the time you have? Don’t smoke and walk at a quick pace for 20 minutes 3 times a week.
Be well.
Reprinted from:
- Health Magazine, November 2009
- Prevention Magazine, November 2009
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Typically, I focus my blog entries on health and wellness. However, today I came across several related articles, notably one from Mashable.com about the Barnes and Noble’s new e-reader, the Nook. This gives food for thought on how reading can enhance our overall health and wellness. It’s a well documented fact that keeping the mind active and engaged can increase or extend our brain cell’s life. So, let’s take a look at the Nook.
Some details about the Nook; 2 GB of storage on board (enough to hold about 1,500 eBooks), an SD slot for expanded storage up to 16 GB, and wireless capability. As for the wireless, with the wireless turned off, the battery will last a reported 10 days on a single charge, pretty good for a small battery. The OS will be Google’s amazing Android system. The device connects to the Barnes & Noble eBook store using a free 3G AT&T connection, but it does lack a web browser. The Nook will have an added feature, lacking in other eReaders — the ability to loan a book to a friend. The friend won’t even have to have a Nook — the LendMe feature can be used to loan a book to any device that will run the B&N eReader software, including Macs, PCs, BlackBerries and iPhones. The lending is limited to 2 weeks at a time, but nevertheless, this displays exceptional user-friendliness, which definitely out performs Amazon’s Kindle in this regard. It also supports the open ePub standard, again further undercutting Amazon’s proprietary content store. Unfortunately, in terms of available title selection, Barnes & Noble can’t quite compete with Amazon, for now. So, if you’re primarily in the market for obscure titles or authors, you might want to verify their availability in the Barnes & Noble store to make sure the content market behind this device lives up to your expectations.
Unlike the Kindle, the Nook has a Wi-Fi connection that customers will be able to use at Barnes & Noble’s more than 700 physical locations and 600 college stores in 50 states. The current version does not allow connection to Wi-Fi networks outside the stores, but will allow Nook owners to digitally browse complete titles while they’re in a Barnes & Noble store and read free content.
Pre-orders for the device are now available (a photo for your viewing pleasure is below), with an expected ship date in November. So, does the Nook pique your interest? Or one of the other gazillion eReaders that seem to be on market?
There are many uses and opportunities to implement the Nook in our daily lives. Besides the enjoyment of leisure reading, how about references and support data? Normally, when I need information about a certain subject I either go to the library or try to find it online. Although I have acquired a variety of books over the years, I still can’t carry them around in any quantity or easily find the exact reference I need at that exact moment. Especially when I’m away from home or writing articles for Holistic Wellness, I usually need to reference or lookup. In steps the Nook – convenient, compact and travel friendly. Having the ability to carry around 1500 books plus another 16 GB of written material could at times be certainly helpful, not to mention the ability to not pack or keep up with several books. Now, add the ability to lend a friend a helpful reference, your favorite book or a new article, this is definitely an added plus. What about the ability to carry multiple guide books while traveling without the “books”? I certainly wish I had it on our last trip. What a weight and space saver that would be! My hope here, now that one company is doing it, maybe – soon – we’ll be able to download books and magazines from the library just like regular books. What a thought . . . that future technology will help us, personally, with our health and wellness!
Be Well.
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http://mashable.com/2009/10/20/nook-official/
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/10/barnes-noble-unveils-nook-ebook-reader-again/
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1 Portions reprinted from http://mashable.com/2009/10/20/nook-official/
Author Barb Dybwad
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Keeping Your Mind
Author: John
One of the many aspects of good holistic wellness and health is our mental well being. As we get older, we become slower mentally and more forgetful. We become more depressed when we worry if this forgetfulness is part of some disease. Sometimes it feels we are losing our minds. Cognitive degenerative diseases initially show up as signs of simple aging. Scientists are unsure what the various causes of these diseases are. They have many theories about the different causes but nothing really substantial that they can say “this is the cause”. Therefore, research carries on.
There seems to be two major branches of causation that are being pursued; genetic and environmental/life style. Genetic research of these diseases is still a process of matching similar gene mutations and separating of aspects of these diseases. Once the particular gene or genes is determined then animal testing is required to determine if manipulating the genes has any effect or not. Each year a new anomaly is noted, a theory is developed and testing started. The various causations of the multiple forms of dementia make it unlikely a full solution will be forthcoming in even the distant future.
A much more promising solution to these problems, at least in the short term, seems to involve changes in life style. These changes are further divided into physical or mental changes. The things we can change physically are exercise and diet. Exercise, despite all its benefits, brings up negative connotations to people. Possibly because they feel they have had exercise crammed down their throats. Their parents and grandparents never exercised, so why should they. What people don’t realize is that their parents and grandparents lives were much more active than we are today. Technology which attempts to make our lives easier has also made us softer. Starting with the mass manufacturing of the automobile in the beginning of the last century, we now move and walk less and sit more. Next, through tv, video games and computers, we have let ourselves become soft and out of shape. Fortunately, this can be easily reversed by simply having a brisk walk for 50 minutes 3 times a week. Just that amount of exercise every week has been shown in studies to increase speed and sharpness of thought and the volume of brain tissue. An additional benefit of exercise, along with diet, is to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and risk of dementia in older people. Exercise can help lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels and control weight.
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