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departments7 reections rom the editor

8 healthy pets

20 t bodies

28 what’s growing on?

30 healthy kids

36 herb blurb

40 healthy eating

47 community calendar

47 advertiser directory

48 community partners

sOUtHeast WIsCOnsIn August 2013

COntents26 Feature StoryRevolutionizing the salon and spa industry

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9 A new form of massage

10 Could it be insomnia?

12 Te prostate: how to overcome BPH and frequent urination

13 5 ways to change your thoughts and be your joyful self!

14 Fighting cancer with diet

16 Ayurveda’s prescription for summer skin care17 What is your rhythm?

18 A natural alternative to dry cleaning

22 Many reasons to get your hearing examined

24 You are what you eat … and so is your lawn

31 Acupuncture: More than a needle

32 Te trouble with being perfect!

34 Olive oil 101

37 Why are my dog’s eyes runny?

38 5 simple things to help you improve your yoga practice

41 Health and wellness Q&A44 Answers to common questions about acupuncture

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ransitionsAnd yet again, another countdown is on to summer’s end. While

the retail world has been all over it or over a month already, panicis setting in or many students and summer ex-time workingadults. At my house, there is much lamenting about “not havingdone enough yet” and “where the time has gone.” Tis mom betterget crackin’!

As we prepare or the transition rom careree summer liestylesto back to school/back to regular work hours, let’s keep our healthin mind! Here are three areas that deserve our attention:

Sleep schedules: Considering that health experts encourage9-10 hours o sleep or children and teens, and 8 hours or adults,our summer schedule o going to bed later just won’t cut it. Agradual (1/2-hour per week) approach to getting to bed earlier isencouraged, so this needs our attention now!

Healthy foods: Plan your strategy and stock up on good optionsor school and work lunches (i yours is in need o improvement).Suggestions include dried ruit, low-at string cheese, yogurt, trail

mix, celery/peanut butter, roasted coconut chips, nuts, roastedseaweed snack, pita/atbread crisps, hummus and salsa.

Frame of mind: Pep talks may be in order here; even i we haveto give them to ourselves! It’s great to work through transitionwith a positive attitude and outlook, and realistic expectations. Weneed to pay attention to mental health issues, just as we would thephysical ones!

Moving on to this month’s content, our writers have some greatarticles to urther our healthy living eorts. Heather Petermananswers some common questions about acupuncture, the use

o which is really on the rise! John Whitcomb advises howchoices may aid in ghting cancer. Rachel Warnock shares ayuda’s prescription or summer skin care. And there’s much molearn, so please read on!

Here’s to a smooth, healthy transition into your end-o-sumschedule!

In health and happiness,




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Many o us know the benets o eating raw oods. Weenjoy improved health when we choose to eat resh

vegetables, ruits, nuts and other unprocessed oods.We may have more energy and see a more healthul glow to ourskin and hair. We may notice we eel better aer a meal o reshoods. Tose same health benets can be seen in our canine andeline companions when they eat a raw diet.

Owners who have included at least some raw meals in dog or cat’s menu notice an improvement in skin and coat, m

playulness and improvement in health concerns such asinections, hot spots and rashes. Although many dogs andsurvive on a diet o canned or dry pet ood, many do not tolbeing ed a highly processed ood even i it has quality ingrediBut it doesn’t make sense to serve them a garden salad, so does it mean to eed a raw diet to the carnivore in our house?

Dogs and cats are carnivores with teeth meant to eat the anithey hunt. Teir digestive tracts are shorter relative to an herbi(the mice and squirrels they hunt) or an omnivore (humans)are efcient in digesting the muscle, organs and bones o prey. Any plant material they consume is that which the preyeaten and partially digested. We aren’t about to open the doorlet the dog out to catch her dinner, so it is up to us to provide traw components in a balanced and sae manner.

Tere are two ways to approach a raw diet. Te rst merequires more than a bit o homework. Feeding a raw diet not mean you buy a package o hamburger and eed it to yourTis is not a balanced diet and may cause more health problYou will need to understand the nutritional requirements o dog or cat. Tese requirements are dierent or each. I youeeding a cat, you will want to nd resources specically or

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Many people have never heard o MuscleRelease Terapy®. It was developed in recentyears and utilizes more up-to-date knowledge

about the human body than more traditional orms o massage. Te treatment is done while you are dressed incomortable, loose-tting clothing, such as sweat pants or yoga pants.

It has been a antastic tool or athletes, rom proessional dancersto marathon runners, to keep their bodies moving correctly andremain pain ree. One marathon runner posted her personalrecord aer an MRT® treatment — running her marathon in justover 3 hours and 30 minutes, taking 15 minutes o o her besttime. Many leading artists in the Milwaukee ballet currently getMRT® to keep themselves limber and able to work pain ree.

It’s not just or athletes though. It’s or anybody o any age who

has any pain, chronic or acute, and is looking or a gentle orm o massage that will not just relieve the pain but also improve postureand balance. Simply put, it’s or everyone.

Te MRT® practitioner addresses the body as a whole to give itthe corrections it needs. MRT® seeks to rebalance the body allow-ing or pain-ree movement and in some cases curing chronic painthat is caused by muscle aches. Where deep tissue massage orcesmuscles to relax or release, MRT® asks nicely until the muscleagrees and relaxes. Ever had a painul deep tissue massage? No pain,no gain, right? O course you might ache or a while, but the resultis well worth the pain, right? Well, what i you could get even betterresults with much less pain or discomort during the massage?

A treatment is usually an hour long and you lay on a massage table just like traditional massage, except that you are still clothed andlaying on top o the sheet. Te practitioner starts by checking yourbreathing. Most people don’t breathe properly, but in order or yourbody to heal quicker or align quicker you must be ree to breatheproperly. Just correcting the breathing alone is great or asthmatics oranyone who has ever had a severe coughing t. Once the breathing isin order, the practitioner moves on to the core muscles.

Te core is very important or balance in the body. Let’s try a little experiment right now to see how your core is. I there is

someone around you (preerably someone you know), stanront o them and tell them to push you gently on your shouDid you begin to all back a bit? Maybe you have to catch ysel? Ten your core is not working properly. Now loosen glutes (your rear i you will) and tighten your stomach. In owords, “loosen your butt and tighten your gut.” Have that pepush you on the shoulder again. Do you eel more balanced? Tbecause you have your core engaged.

Te MRT® practitioner uses gentle positioning o your legships to cause those important core muscles to release and r

Once your core is relaxed, the body will tell the practitioner wto go to next. Your body is smarter than you think! Sometit says it has a problem in the legs due to a slip or a all, so thwhere the releases are done next. Or maybe it’s rom paintiroom all day so the upper body needs the release rst. Tis tment is done literally rom head to toes. Loosening musclesreeing up movement in all your joints.

Now, want to know the technical aspect? What is really haping is very similar to a ull-body myoacial release. Facia 3-dimensional web that runs through an entire body rom hetoe. It runs through every muscle ber and prevents muscles tearing away rom the bone. Tink o putting a balloon insstocking. I you twist the stocking enough, the balloon will eveally pop. Te muscles get trapped the same way. By unwindinacia, it takes the pressure o the muscles and joints.

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i you have trouble sleeping, you’re not alone. Insomnia is acommon problem in our society, where busy schedules, stressand technology help to blur the boundaries between night and

day. About one-third o people report experiencing the symptomso insomnia, and six percent o the population meets criteria oran actual insomnia diagnosis.

So, how does insomnia develop? Te “3 P Model” is a useultheory developed by Arthur Spielman, Ph.D., at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center. Beore a

person even develops insomnia, there may be predisposing acthings about that person that make insomnia more likely to ocPerhaps a person has a strong amily history o insomnia and tha genetic component. Tere can be personality actors: people insomnia tend to be very conscientious. I people with insomare aced with a problem, they want to analyze it and x it, so oen have difculty “turning o” their thinking at night. Tthere are precipitating actors. Tese are lie experiences thatbring on the insomnia: the birth o a child, a job loss, menopor a divorce. Finally, perpetuating actors keep the insomnia g

even aer the stressul event has passed. People nd ways to with their lack o sleep that, in the end, keep the insomnia gFor example, they “sleep in” aer a bad night, or they spend etime in bed in hopes o getting just a little more sleep.

Tere are two other things to consider. First, because insomis such an unpleasant experience, worry and negative thinbegin to take over. Not surprisingly, this happens in the middthe night, when we tend to be less rational in our thinking, anySecond, because insomnia can occur week aer week, over tthe bed becomes associated with worry and anxiety instearelaxation and sleep.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy or insomnia (CB-I) addrall these actors in a systematic way. It involves anywhere our to 12 sessions. Te rst session involves careul assessmethe person’s sleep. Additional sessions are spent making tempochanges to the person’s nighttime schedule, teaching them awhat to do when they can’t all asleep, and eliminating worryanxiety about sleep.

Although this treatment may seem new, it’s based on extenresearch: over 50 clinical trials with data rom over 2,000 reseparticipants. Te American Academy o Sleep Medicine areport rom the National Institutes o Health conclude that C

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is an eective treatment. Te results are comparable to sleepmedications, and unlike medications, improvements are well-maintained even aer treatment.

Why haven’t you heard about CB-I therapy beore? First,keep in mind that this treatment goes beyond the “sleep hygienerules” that you oen hear about. Because o the specializedknowledge and training required, there is currently a shortage o providers. Tese providers specialize in a eld called behavioralsleep medicine, which addresses a number o sleep problems in

addition to insomnia. Tose who are newly diagnosed with sleepapnea and are using CPAP or BiPAP may eel “claustrophobic”or have difculty sleeping when using their mask. Some peoplehave extreme “night owl” sleep schedules that make it difcultto wake up or school or work. Some individuals are botheredby persistent and disturbing nightmares, so much so thatthey’d rather avoid sleep altogether. All o these problems canbe addressed through techniques that change behavior andthinking, or use careully timed bright light.

As our society continues to better understand the negativeeects o poor sleep, behavioral sleep medicine will become aneven more valuable treatment option and one worth investigating,especially as an eective alternative to sleep medications.

and likewise or dogs. You will need to nd healthy souor muscle meats (chicken, turkey, bee, etc.), organs (hliver, kidney, etc.), bone or another source o calcium,

vitamins and minerals (resh ruits and vegetables, or wood supplements). Look or reliable sources or recipesinormation on how to balance the nutrition to suit yourHolistic veterinarians are a good resource.

An easier way to introduce raw ood is to purccommercially prepared raw ood. A wide variety o raw is available rozen in nuggets, patties or large chubs. Te winvolved in eeding this prepared ood is simply to thawserve. Most o these oods contain the components to manutritionally balanced meal. Raw oods are also available reeze-dried orm, requiring the ood to be measured out,time or water to be added and absorbed beore serving.same care should be taken in choosing commercially prepraw oods as in canned or dry oods. Tese oods should be gree and contain high-quality and reliably sourced ingredien

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When I was looking up the lyrics or Stairway to Heaven, Ilooked to see i the composers, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page,a specic meaning or their song. Tey explained in intervthat they didn’t; the lyrics were a matter o interpretation. Mpeople today all victim to negative thinking and “buy” into th

I have spoken with countless individuals who struggle

changing their negative thought patterns into positive onesstress that the goal is to constantly practice reraming what think. For instance, i one keeps generating the thought that a ation is hopeless, it can be reramed by thinking that the same ation has endless possibilities instead. Tis is just one o a hunways to rerame just one negative thought.

“And she’s buying a stairway to heaven.” —Led Zeppelin

like many o us, I have a Pinterest account. I began “pinning”earlier this year. One o my avorite boards is listed under“Interior Design Staircases.” When I started the board, I enti-

tled it “Authentically Fabulous.” Naturally, I pinned images o inter-esting staircases to it, and since its inception, I get anywhere romve to twenty “pins” a day about the new boards others created aboutstaircases. I nd this ascinating because so many o us associate thesebeautiul structures with positive eelings such as joy and happiness.

So, when contemplating this article, I began to think o thecorrelation I could use between stairways and the process o thinking. When I say thinking, I am reerring to the hundreds tothousands o thoughts that each o us generates on a daily basis.Tey are incredibly important because experts in the eld o psychology, including holistic practitioners, have ound out that

thoughts create our eelings. David D. Burns, M.D., is one suchexpert. He wrote “Feeling Good: Te New Mood Terapy.” It hasbeen considered to be the bible on cognitive behavioral therapy,which is one o, i not the most utilized models available to helppeople with anxiety, depression and other thought-induced issues.

His premise is based on the act that i people keep their thoughtspositive, their mood will be the same. By using the stairway as ametaphor or this premise, we could say that ascending the stair-way is like creating upliing thoughts, which puts us in a positivemood. Descending the stairway results in negative thoughts anda declining mood. Ultimately, we decide whether we want to takeour consciousness up or down.

Most oen, many o us think without really thinking. Tat is tosay, by the time we are adults our thoughts are automatic — learnedthought patterns and associated belies that have been programmedinto us rom earlier years. So many o those thought patterns aremodeled on societal expectations. But today each o us gets tochoose and make our own decision on what we believe and think.

“You become what you think most o the time.” —Brian racy rom“ Change Your Tinking, Change Your Lie: How to Unlock your Full Potential or Success and Achievement”

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Startling insights into cancer in the last ve years haveopened up a whole new world on how to ght thedisease. What we are currently doing is not

exactly a ringing success, except or a ew cancerslike the leukemias and lymphomas. A couple o rounds o chemo and the cancer gets madderand madder, and eventually wins. Butthere is a clue hidden deep in history.

Otto Warburg got the Nobel Prize inMedicine way back in 1931 or noticingthat cancer cells can live without oxygen.Following that clue, modern science is now

guring out the details. In essence, all cancers have something incommon. Tey learn to live on “ermentation” o glucose to twoAP molecules. Normal cells turn glucose into 38 AP, so cancercells have to have a lot o sugar to make up or their very sloppy andinefcient metabolism. Tis deect happens in their mitochondria,the little energy actories in the cell. Scientists today are imagingmitochondria in cancer cells and nding that the membranesare all disordered and broken. When you transplant a cancer cellmitochondria into a normal cell, that normal cell becomes cancer-ous. When you transplant the DNA and nucleus o a cancer cellinto a normal cell, it stays normal. So cancer is transmitted by the mitochondria, not by the inherent DNA. Tis leads to a very intriguing hypothesis. Cancer may not be 500 dierent diseases,but rather broken mitochondria in 500 dierent cell types. Tecommon thread may be the broken and dysunctional ability tometabolize glucose.

Let’s ollow that thread a little urther. I cancer cells need a loto glucose to survive, what would happen i they were deprived o their glucose? Te answer depends upon the extent to which thecancer has completely wrecked its mitochondria. Some cancers,like brain cancer, are almost completely “glycolytic,” meaning they have completely messed-up mitochondria. Others are less so.

How do you takeaway their glucose?

Well, easy. Stop eating it. Tehuman body can only store about

1500 calories o glucose in the orm o glycogen, so we don’t have a lot o glucose

inside us. We can turn protein into glucose very slowly i we eat a lot o it. What will we runon or energy i we don’t have glucose? How aboutat? We get glucose in our diet rom oods that we call“carbs” or carbohydrates. Foods like potatoes, rice, bread,beans, pasta, cereal, oatmeal and ruit are all various orms o

carbohydrates. When we eat those, our blood sugar goes up. Wour blood sugar goes up, our cancer gets ed. What do we gewhen we go to most hospitals and get put on chemotherapy? Tright, we get told to eat whatever ood it takes to keep weight oeven when we eel rotten, so we gobble down comort oodsice cream and mashed potatoes. Oops!

It’s cutting edge, it’s new and it works. Eating a high-at, “kgenic” diet will shrink a cancer in weeks. Te theory ts withbasic science. Add the right supplements that block urther caprogression, monitor your blood sugar properly, eat lots ando at, and you can shrink your cancer.

I you want help doing it and are willing to try something dent, Dr. Whitcomb at Brookeld Longevity is the only integrcancer doctor trained by a medical school cancer care progin America. He has treated many patients already with all sto cancer. He has even had one cancer disappear completelyeight weeks. ry that without chemo!

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Reframing your thinking is the rst of ve ways to positi

transform your thought patterns. A second way to change

thinking is to simply set the intention that you will ma

positive thought, such as making “all things are possible”

daily mantra. A third way is to suspend any doubt and sim

“fake it till you make it”! Do it even if you think you c

Fourth, try to notice if you are addicted to negative thin

and make a commitment to acting out the opposite — by reinforcing the positive. And nally, fear usually lurks behin

negativity — so nd specic ways to release your fears!

“As you think, so you shall be.” —Jesus Christ

“Positive thinking is linked to a wide range o health beneaccording to the Mayo Clinic. Tey include: “Less stress, lrates o depression, better ability to cope, better psycholohealth and an increased physical well-being,” just to name a

What do you think? Here is to positive thoughts and e joyul — welcome to heaven!

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Ah, summer. Who doesn’t love theeel o the warm sun on their skin?As pleasant and invigorating as it

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Luckily, ayurveda, the world’s oldesthealth care modality, prescribes somewonderul oils and herbs to nourish,hydrate and protect skin rom the sun.Interestingly, there are benets to usingoils instead o lotions. Te oils sink deeperinto the skin tissue, nourishing and eedingthe nerves housed within that skin tissue.Tey keep skin hydrated much longer thanmost commercial, water-based lotions.

When combined with herbs, they carry the medicinal benets with them into thetissues, the nervous system and the bloodstream. Cosmetically speaking, oils tendto help the skin retain its tan much longerand prevent aking, peeling skin aer asunburn. Te skin still peels, but it comeso as one solid layer in the shower, leavingso, hydrated and tan skin behind it.

In ayurveda, the body is broken downinto the primary elements o earth/water,re and air. Skin is governed by both Vata,the element o air, and Pitta, the elemento re. Vata rules over many things, butprimarily the senses and the removal o

waste in the body. Te skin is the laorgan in the body; through the skin pone o the three primary waste materiasweat. It also contains more nerve endthan any other part o the body, makia sensory organ. However, the body haability to absorb much through the ski“digest” things transdermally. In this Pitta is connected to the skin, as all threlated to digestion and nutrient abstion are ruled by Pitta. Tus, when worwith the skin, one is working primwith those two elements. It is also imtant to keep in mind that summer iseason o Pitta, the season o heat and

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ashwaganda, amalaki, bala, shatavari, neem, manjista, lavenderor sandalwood. Tese will at least get you started.

Ashwaganda and amalaki (amla berry) are both rich in anti-oxidants, which will ght o those harmul UV rays. Amalaki isalso cooling and thus soothing aer sun exposure.

Bala and shatavari soothe the nervous system and nourish thetissues, locking moisture into the skin and keeping it rm.

Neem and manjista are both puriying herbs that will keep theskin clean and clear. Like lavender and sandalwood, they are alsocooling and cleansing to the skin.

Keep in mind as you purchase oils to always select organicunrened oils rom companies you trust. Te herbs listed in thearticle are ound in most Vata or Pitta-type herbalized oils. Mixthe herbal oils with the coconut oil at a 1:3 ratio — 1 part herbaloil, 3 parts coconut oil. Since most herbal oils come in a base o sesame, you’ll be getting the benets o the sesame oil penetrat-ing deep into your system and carrying the herbs with it, whilemaking use o the cooling, nourishing, protecting coconut oil onthe top layers o the skin. Most importantly, enjoy!

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how many times have you lost your balance and allenover while putting on a pair o pants? How many timeshave you slipped on the ice and not been able to catch

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more challenging. Tere are a ew reasons that balance is not upto par or some individuals. One reason or bad balance could bemuscle imbalances. An example o this is having stronger quad-riceps than hamstrings. Quadriceps and hamstrings are oppos-ing muscle groups and i one is stronger than the other, it causesan imbalance in the body. Another reason or bad balance couldbe joint dysunctions. An example o this is i there is an injury to a joint, a compensation is made or it by another part o thebody; this will reduce sensory inormation to the central nervoussystem. One last reason or bad balance is decreased neuromuscu-lar control. Balance itsel is a neuromuscular activity where inor-mation rom the environment around the body is sensed and sentto the brain to decipher how to proceed in the environment, andis then sent back to the body where the action is carried out. Anexample o this is walking on sand. Sand is an unstable surace, sowhen the oot touches the sand, the sensory inormation is sent tothe central nervous system telling the brain that the body needs toassert more muscles in the legs and core to prepare or the unsta-ble surace. When there is a decrease in neuromuscular control,the correct inormation cannot be sent back to the muscles and

ligaments to control the movement o the body and help it ato the unstable surace.

With or without the above-mentioned challenges, peopevery age need to incorporate balance training into their wouts. Studies have shown that balance training reduces injand improves perormance. It helps to reduce injuries by incing proprioception, which is the body’s way o taking the inmation rom its environment and sensing its position in the eronment. Te more the body is challenged proprioceptively

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What people may not realize is that walking provides manthe same benets as jogging, only with less impact on the jand eet. Walking also is less taxing on the heart, particularlpeople who are adopting a more active liestyle aer a peo being sedentary. According to Te Walking Site, the aveperson can burn approximately 100 calories per mile waDuring a brisk walk, with an average pace o 4 mph, a personburn between 149 and 220 calories during a 40-minute walk.

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All living things require ood, water and air or survival.Tat being said, there are choices to be made. Many human beings have the access and ability to make healthy

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On June 19th, I put a call out to certied daycare centers to apply or a ree garden, and within a week, we reached our maximumcapacity o y. Ten, during a busy week in early July, our crew o ve hardworking stas installed 50 small gardens in these daycarecenters throughout Milwaukee! We hope to help provide gardensor all children in Milwaukee. Te donation totaled up to twenty-ve cubic yards o compost and hundreds o cherry and romatomato plants, but the glee in the children’s aces and their squealso excitement to receive these gardens were truly priceless. Tisyear’s gardens consisted o tomatoes, which we know our home-

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Our work with children doesn’t stop there. Growing Power is alsolaunching a new and tasty salad mix this all that we are specically

pitching to school districts throughout southeastern Wisconsin.Kale Salad, comprised o organic micro-greens (de-stemmed spinach, sunower, pea and chard or beet), is a dynamic mix o ntious and delicious tender greens. We’ve conducted several tasteand the response is overwhelmingly positive. We’re condenchildren will love it and benet immensely rom the good nutrit

I am thrilled Growing Power can help children grow, and eat mnutritious and delicious tasting ood. ogether, with our commupartners and volunteers, we are growing power and bringing chilcloser to experiencing real ood the way I did as a child. Come viat our urban arm on W. Silver Spring Drive to learn more abouother educational programs we oer onsite and throughout Milwkee, in partnership with schools, community centers, businessesmore! I you have an idea or an educational program or wouldto share your own experiences and stories with me, please shooan email at [email protected]. I would love to hear rom y

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ood without regard to political or economic orces. In 2008, Mr. Allen receiv prestigious MacArthur “Genius grant” or his eorts to promote urban suable ood systems. Later, in 2010, Mr. Allen joined First Lady Michelle Obashe launched the White House’s “Let’s Move” campaign to address issues a

American youth and the risk o obesity. In 2010 Allen was also recognized as IME magazine’s 100 Most Infuential People in the World. Since then, Mr.has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the James Beard Ain 2011, the NCAA Teodore Roosevelt Award (2012) as well as the NEA SeBenet Corporation Award or Outstanding Service to Public Education in

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Many components o healthy living can reduce a person’srisk o heart disease. For people who have high choles-terol levels, prescription medication has long been

relied on to keep those levels in check. However, there may be otheroptions at a person’s disposal, including a common B vitamin.

While it isn’t as well known as many o the statin drugs used totreat high cholesterol, niacin is a cholesterol-busting vitamin thathas been recommended or its ability to lower cholesterol levelsor years. Also know as nicotinic acid, niacin is a member o thecomplex B-vitamin amily. Many people get the recommendeddaily allowance o niacin rom their diets, especially those whoroutinely eat ortied cereals, lean meats and green leay vegeta-bles. Higher levels o niacin that can be prescribed by a doctor canbe eective in reducing cholesterol levels by slowing the break-down o triglycerides, a type o at ound in the blood. Accordingto doctors at Harvard Medical School, niacin decreases triglycer-

ides by 30 to 60 percent. It also decreases LDL, oen reerred to as“bad cholesterol,” by 15 to 20 percent, while raising HDL, or “goodcholesterol,” by 15 to 35 percent. Te body requires as much as1,000 to 2,000 mg o niacin or the vitamin to be eective, whichmeans it can only be used under a doctor’s supervision.

It is important to note that high levels o niacin can cause someside eects, including headaches and ushing, a red, hot rash thatorms on the ace or up to 30 minutes aer dosing. Tose withgout, diabetes or peptic ulcers may nd symptoms worsen, andthose with chronic liver disease or certain other conditions shouldavoid niacin. For the average patient, aer about two weeks o therapy, ushing and the headaches may be reduced as the body learns to tolerate niacin.

Although niacin can reduce LDL, including the small LDLparticles that can be the most damaging in arteries, and raiseHDL, doctors advise that there has been no evidence to suggestthat niacin can prevent heart attacks. A 2011 study sponsored by the United States government ound that including niacin withtraditional statin medicines to boost HDL and lower LDL didnot provide any protection against heart attacks. Conventionalwisdom suggests that lowering bad cholesterol reduces a person’srisk o heart attack, and researchers have long theorized that

increasing good cholesterol, and using niacin to do so, would htoo. But studies have yet to oer such proo.

Tis doesn’t mean niacin is ineective. Individuals canto their doctors about trying niacin as a rst line o deenhelping counter high cholesterol. It is always best to discuss tment options with a doctor beore using over-the-counter non your own.

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i kids had their way, pizza, chickenngers and rench ries would makeup a signicant portion o their diets.

But parents know they must make kids’culinary choices or them so youngsters getall o the vitamins and nutrients they needto grow up strong and healthy.

Parents also tend to know how difcult itcan be to convince kids to embrace healthy eating. Healthy eating habits can help kids

live healthier lives and perorm better inthe classroom while setting them up ora lietime o making the right choices atmealtime. Tough encouraging kids to eathealthy may not always be easy, the ollow-ing are a ew tips or parents hoping to osterhealthy eating habits in their children.

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importance o not skipping meals. who learn to eat at regular intervalmore likely to continue doing so asgrow older. When kids stick to a schedule, they are less likely to ovand they’re likely to have more enthroughout the day, which should them stay attentive at school and be mengaged in their extracurricular activ

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You may also know that acupuncture isa CM translation used to describe theinsertion o a needle into a specic areaor point.

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needles to enhance acupuncture’s thera-peutic eect?

Tese techniques include electrical stimu-lation acupuncture, Chinese-style massage,gua sha, cupping and moxibustion. Teincorporation o specic ood choices andChinese herbal medicine is imperative orthe continued movement o “qi” or energy,which is activated by the needles.

ectca stmuatonacupunctu (-stm oacu-stmuaton)During an acupuncture treatment, theneedles can be attached to a device thatgenerates continuous electric pulses usingsmall clips. Tis device can adjust therequency and intensity o the impulsebeing delivered, depending on the condi-tion the patient is being treated or. E-stimacupuncture uses two needles at a time sothat the impulses can pass rom one needle

to the other. Several pairs o needles can bestimulated simultaneously. Tis techniqueis a popular and eective clinical applica-tion or pain.

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who would ever think that thiscould be a problem, being tooperect? Is there such a thing?

Unortunately, there is.Tere are many people who have the

mistaken idea that i you are good at some-thing, or you are successul, you were bornwith the intrinsic talent or knowledge toknow just what to do. Nothing could beurther rom the truth!

In order to succeed at anything, you have tocourt epic ailure, embarrassment, mistakesand missteps. People who think they needto be perect are araid or unwilling to takechances that any o these negative things willoccur. Tey delay taking action until they eelthey can turn in a awless perormance. So,o course, they never take action.

Tere are many books written about theearly ailures o amous, successul people.

In “Mastery,” by Robert Greene, he through the biographies o great hiscal gures to determine the behaviorsmade them successul so that they wereto gain control over their lives and desWhat does it take to be great at sothing? Although there are many beiors that contribute to a person’s abiligain mastery, two o them stand out aopposite to seeking perection. Te rto embrace criticism and be grateu

the opportunity to learn and improvesecond is to be willing to “pay your dto be humble, to be an apprentice, to h“beginner’s mind.”

In “alent Is Overrated,” Geo Codiscusses that what really makes the dence in extraordinary perormance highly specic type o practice. It is a ptice that is hard, that pushes you beyyour comort zone, not merely gthrough the motions. Te lesson here be scared but act anyway!

Tere are also many big and sstories o the not-so-amous peoplemeet every day who are trying to atheir dreams and goals. What behahelp propel them orward and which hold them back?

ake the tale o two “wanna be” sherding competitors. (Yes, there reasuch a thing!) Person A studied herdwatched many trials, critiqued the mist

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herding strategies with amous competi-tors. I she and her dog did poorly duringa lesson, she quit and blamed the trainingmethod, the livestock, etc. en years downthe road, Person A has never trialed a dog.

Person B also dreamed o trialing. Shetook lessons, and put hersel out there atpractice and exhibition matches. She stuck with her training and trialing despite many embarrassing moments and many ailures.Tis is not an easy sport! Aer 10 years,Person B has successully trialed many dogs, some to advanced titles. She is now teaching others and remains passionateabout the sport. Who would you rather be?Besides, the embarrassing moments makegreat stories later!

Te key to mastery is practice and doing.So i perectionism is getting in the way o changing something or accomplishingsomething, here are a ew ideas. 1) Set asmall goal. 2) ell someone — secrecy keepsperectionism alive and well! Be account-able. 3) Te key is to act despite your earand anxiety! Te outcome is not important,

eeling good while doing it is not impor-tant, the DOING is important! 4) Allow yoursel to practice making mistakes. ellyoursel that making mistakes is normaland expected. Find some examples o people who inspire you — read aboutthem, talk to them, and you will discoverall o the mistakes they made and continueto make! Notice that they don’t seem toobothered by it — “been there, done that.”

So, instead o waiting to be perect, bea starter! Te perect time never comes;there are no guarantees, ever!

Involve kids when choosing the menu.Kids might be more excited abouteating healthy when you involve themin choosing the menu. Invite themalong on trips to the grocery storeand allow them to choose one o theiravorite oods or the meal in exchange

or eating the healthy are you havechosen. Parents may end up eating a loto side dishes o macaroni and cheese,but their youngsters will also end upeating their vegetables.

Plan healthy desserts. Dessert is oenconsidered an unhealthy indulgence,but there are plenty o nutritious dessertsthat are so delicious kids likely will notrealize they’re eating healthy. A desserto resh ruit and a small serving o yogurt can provide the same post-mealrereshment as ice cream or cake, but itdoes so with much ewer calories and alot more nutrients and vitamins. What’smore, kids will come to look at dessertas a chance to eat resh ruits instead o an opportunity to load up on ice creamor other less healthy alternatives.

Serve healthy portions. Sometimes it’snot just what is on the plate but how much is on the plate that can be healthy or unhealthy. When doling out portionsor the amily, create healthy portions so

kids are not encouraged to overeat. who grow up eating healthy porare more likely to continue doininto adulthood. Overeating is one oculprits behind being overweight obese, so kids who learn to control portions are much less likely to ovand gain excess weight.

Don’t reward kids with ood. Sparents try to reward youngwith ood, allowing kids to indulgunhealthy are in acknowledgementgood report card or something elseshould be proud o. But using oodreward is an unhealthy eating habitcan lead to problems down the roakids become adults responsible or own eating habits.

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you’ve been reading all the wonderul things about oliveoil and have decided to start using it. When you get tothe store to pick up a bottle, you nd shelves and shelves

o options: extra virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil, olive oil, lightolive oil or even extra extra virgin olive oil. Which is the rightone to choose?

First, let’s talk about the dierent types.

exTrA virGiN Olive Oil (or EVOO i you watch RachaelRay) is the rst cold press o the olive, and the very rst olive oil

that comes out o the press. Cold pressing is extracting the oliveoil using mechanical means without chemicals. EVOO has thebest avor, greatest aroma and contains less than 1 percent acidity.It is the best olive oil you can buy. I have seen olive oil advertisedas extra extra virgin olive oil, but there is no such thing. Tis is justa marketing tool to get you to buy a particular brand.

virGiN Olive Oil is also rom the rst cold press o the olive.Te dierence between extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oilis the acidity level. Virgin olive oil is 2 percent acidity vs. the 1percent o extra virgin olive oil. It has less aroma and does nothave the same taste quality as extra virgin olive oil.

Olive Oil is anything aer the rst press. Heat, pressure orchemicals can be used to extract the oil. Olives can go throughmany pressings to extract everything they can out o the olives.It is inerior in taste and aroma to the extra virgin and virginolive oils.

liGhT Olive Oil reers to the taste and color o the olive oil butnot to the calorie count or at content. Tis is typically made withhighly rened olive oil and less-quality virgin oil.

In addition to the types o olive oil, there are also several othings to consider when buying olive oil. Heat, light, time anare enemies o olive oil, so you want to make sure that your oil has been stored properly beore you buy it.

Olive oil should be in a tinted glass, ceramic, porcelain or sless steel (or other non-reactive metal) container when you bClear glass or plastic bottles allow the heat and light to penethe olive oil. Although it is packaged that way so you can seebeautiul olive oil, it is also harming the olive oil inside.

ime is also an enemy o olive oil. Te olive oil should be

the current harvest, so check the “press date” or the “bottleddate. Olive oil should be used within 12-18 months o pressindoes not get better with age, so enjoy it and use it up!

Consider visiting a shop that specializes in olive oil. Te should be able to answer any questions you may have and you pick out the olive oil that is right or you.

Once you get your olive oil home, make sure to store it in pantry or on your kitchen counter (not on the stove) away heat or light. Your olive oil should be in a sealed containekeep the air out o the bottle. Air will compromise the tastearoma o the olive oil so make sure the lid or cap ts snugly oncontainer when not in use.

According to Carol Firenze, author o “Te Passionate O— 101 Tings to Do with Olive Oil,” olive cultivation has baround since 6000 B.C. We are lucky to be able to enjoy tdrops o liquid gold that is olive oil just as our ancestors have doing or centuries.

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move stuck qi. Gua sha is done aer an acupuncture treatment,usually to the neck, shoulders or back. Oil is applied to specicareas and gently scraped (without breaking the skin) with asmooth tool like a spoon, piece o jade or stone. Te strokes ollow the direction o the ribs and spine, and leave distinctively long,temporary red patches on the skin.

CuppngCupping is a suction technique done to alleviate pain and releasetoxins (sha) held in the body. Fire cupping is the most commonorm o cupping. o do this, the practitioner uses a round glass cupwith an opening between 1-4 inches. A ame is briey put insidethe cup to heat the air. Te ame is then removed and the cup isquickly placed on the skin. As the air cools inside the cup, a partial

vacuum is created and the cup sucks onto the skin. Cupping canbe stationary, where the cup is le over a specic point or up toten minutes, or sliding, where oil is applied to the skin and the cupis slid over the area. Cupping can vary in intensity and pressure,depending on technique. In both cases, the vacuum inside the cuppulls on the skin to create the therapeutic eect. Single/multiplecups can be used with either technique.

MoustonMoxibustion uses heat to warm acupuncture points, and canbe done during an acupuncture treatment or as a stand-alone

treatment in conjunction with the needles. Te moxa (dmugwart, a medicinal herb) is lit and burns like incense. combination o the heat and the medicinal qualities o the mstimulates circulation and balances the ow o qi. Te mcommon way to perorm moxibustion is in the orm o a mstick. Te practitioner lights a cigar-like stick o moxa and hit near the skin until that area is warm. Variations include ssticks o moxa in a barrier or “pot” that is laid on the skinmolded moxa placed on the needle.

Nutton and Cns a mdcnAer an acupuncture treatment, nutritional guidelines specic ood choices are promoted and Chinese herbs/ormare prescribed. Both the guidelines and prescriptions are speto the patient and what is being treated; symptoms and underlcauses o the ailment are considered.

Acupuncture may be identied with the needle, but your ptitioner should be using these adjunct therapies, individually a combined action, to assist those needles in providing a lonlasting, more proound eect in your healing process througyour course o treatment.

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The leaves and ruit o the grape have been used medicinally since ancient Greece. oday, grape seed extract is used asa olk or traditional remedy or conditions related to the

heart and blood vessels, such as atherosclerosis (hardening o thearteries), high blood pressure, high cholesterol and poor circu-lation; complications related to diabetes, such as nerve and eyedamage; vision problems, such as macular degeneration (whichcan cause blindness); swelling aer an injury or surgery; cancer

prevention; and wound healing.Te grape seeds used to produce grape seed extract are generally

obtained rom wine manuacturers. Grape seed extract is availablein capsule and tablet orms.

wat t scnc sasStudies have ound that some compounds in grape seed extract may be eective in relieving symptoms o chronic venous insufciency (when veins have problems sending blood rom the legs back tothe heart) and reducing edema (swelling) aer an injury or surgery.

Small randomized trials have ound benecial eects o grapeseed extract or diabetic retinopathy (an eye problem causedby diabetes) and or vascular ragility (weakness in small blood

vessels). Larger trials are needed to conrm these ndings.Grape seed extract contains antioxidants, which help prevent

cell damage caused by ree radicals (highly reactive molecules thatcan damage cell unction). Preliminary studies have shown somebenecial antioxidant eects; however, more research is needed.

A study unded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) oundthat grape seed extract did not reduce the hardening o breasttissue that can occur aer radiation therapy or breast cancer. NCIis also unding studies to evaluate whether grape seed extract is

eective in preventing breast cancer in postmenopausal woand prostate cancer.

NCCAM is studying whether the action o grape seed exand its components may benet the heart or help prevent cotive decline, Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorAnother study is investigating the eects o grape seed extraccolon cancer.

Sd fcts and cautonsGrape seed extract is generally well tolerated when taken by moIt has been used saely or up to eight weeks in clinical trials.

Side eects that have been reported include a dry, itchy scalp; dness; headache; high blood pressure; hives; indigestion; and nau

Interactions between grape seed extract and medicines or osupplements have not been careully studied.

ell all your health care providers about any complementary hpractices you use. Give them a ull picture o what you do to mayour health. Tis will help ensure coordinated and sae care.

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Source: National Center or Complementary and Alternative Me(NCCAM), Herbs at a glance, NCCAM website.

Reerences: Brooker S, Martin S, Pearson A, et al. Double-blind, placontrolled, randomized phase II trial o IH636 grape seed proanthocyaextract (GSPE) in patients with radiation-induced breast induration. Radiapy and Oncology. 2006;79(1):45–51.

Clouatre DL, Kandaswami C. Grape seed extract. In: Coates P, BlackmaCragg G, et al., eds.Encyclopedia o Dietary Supplements. New York, NY: MDekker; 2005:309–325.

Grape. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Web site. Accessed at naturaldatabase.com on June 25, 2009.

Grape seed (Vitis viniera, Vitis coignetiae). Natural Standard Database We Accessed at www.naturalstandard.com on June 25, 2009.




Did you know there are veterinary ophthalmologists? Eyeproblems are never something to ignore! Obviously yourpet’s sight is crucial to his well-being. Sometimes an eye

specialist or pets can perorm tests and procedures that a holis-tic or conventional veterinarian cannot. Don’t hesitate to seek thisservice initially or as a second opinion when your pet’s ocularunction and comort are at stake.

A runny eye or two can have a myriad o potential causes rom

minor to serious.Tis time o year, a clear discharge or simply excessive tearing can

be due to environmental irritants. Many pet guardians are concernedor a pet that has allergies or is sensitive to seasonal pollens or dust. Asimple saline eye rinse can remove allergens and greatly enhance eyecomort. Herbal eye rinses can be helpul. Not only will these providemechanical rinsing, but some herbals can contain anti-inammatory or anti-inectious constituents, and can be very soothing. Somecontain eyebright. Eyebright’s ofcial name is Euphrasia ofcinalis.Ideally, this herb should be organically cultivated as it has becomeendangered. Its constituents have anti-inammatory and astringenteects. It is commonly combined with other herbals and used in theeyes topically or conjunctivitis. Tere are many commercial herbaleye products available on the market. Proper preparation is impor-tant to the production o sae eye topicals.

A single tearing eye may be uncomortable and overproduc-ing discharge due to a corneal ulcer. An ulcer can be a supercialor deep abrasion on the surace o the eye. It can be caused by trauma, such as a poke in the eye rom shrubbery or scratch roma toe nail. Some minor scratches can heal rapidly with no interven-tion. Others may need eye medication to prevent inection whilethe corneal surace repairs. Some deep ulcers need surgical repair

or unique alternative care with autologous serum. Te pet’s blood is used to prepare a topical eye drop to promote heaGoldenseal may also be used to prevent inection and promhealing. Fresh, cooled herbal tea inusions may be used in the but never alcohol extracts.

Breeds with short noses and bulgy eyes are more prone totrauma and irritation. Sti acial hairs and abnormal eye lashecause repetitive, minor eye trauma that may begin with tearing

progress to the development o hyperpigmentation. Upon inspection o the surace o the eye, one will see a black pigmbeginning to cover the cornea like a shade. Tis can cause blind

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1. bUy yOUr OwN yOGA MAT. Yeah, I know, you probably don’t need one, but investing in your own yoga mat says thatyou intend to practice. And when you see it collecting dust, youare more likely to unroll it, or plop it in your car and head toclass than i there was no mat there. Plus, there is an energy component present when you continually practice on your mat,a collection o all your achievements, struggles and successes.Also, i you attend a studio that charges, it won’t take long beoreyou just bought a mat ten times over.

2. STeP bACk AND ASSeSS. Are you only practicing at home?

Do you only practice power yoga or hot yoga, or just Pilates?Step outside your box! Have you ever attended a group class?Maybe it’s time to start. What classes do you preer to attend?Reect on why. What you avoid or say is not or you, many times are the classes that you really need and should take time tolearn to like. Tis may be your opportunity to grow your poten-tial. And usually, how we approach our practice and mat is how we approach our lives, at least or me it is.

3. ASk qUeSTiONS. Lots o questions. Tere is nothing I likebetter than students asking questions about what they are doing.I love to know why, so I like to explain what they are doing andwhy it’s important. Tis oen spikes conversations aer class or

the desire to learn more. Requests oen come into play to prac-tice a certain pose next week or have a philosophy discussionat a later date. Asana is just one aspect o yoga and i you only have an asana practice, then at least make sure you know whatyou are doing. You only get one body, so make sure you know what you are doing with it. Replacement parts are never as goodas the originals.

4. iNveST iN A PrivATe iNSTrUCTiON SeSSiON. Many people don’t think they would really benet rom one, as most

align a session with someone with an issue, but a one-onwith a qualied instructor could help you go rom whereare now, to where you never thought you could go. You crequest to work on some postures you may have quesabout, cultivate a personal routine and maybe get some clon lingo, posture, alignment or how to take your practicthe mat.

5. MAke frieNDS, yOGi frieNDS, ThAT iS. One o the mthings I love about owning a yoga studio is the community icreated. Watching students become mat riends and then wa

ing those riendships transition o the mat. I look at my owand I have ound most o my riends through my studio, aall have similar interests and liestyles. In yoga we have a wsangha, which means community, and a huge element o or me is just that. o know you are not alone in your thouchoices and belies is an amazing eeling. And although is not a religion, it is a liestyle, and surrounding yoursel like-minded people does wonders or the soul.

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indicates that the dye in the tears is staining the ur. Excessive tearson the ace can be due to the lack o proper drainage through theducts. Some ducts can be ushed open with saline.

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gooey, even purulent discharge indicative o secondary inection.A pet parent may notice creamy pus or dried crusting around oneor both eyes. Te traditional Chinese medical diagnosis or thiscondition is liver blood deciency. Herbal ormulations that aretoniying need to be selected. opicals provide lubrication, can besoothing and some even stimulate tear production.

earing or eye redness may be a sign o glaucoma. Excessiveintraocular pressure can be measured with specialized instru-ments. Some breeds are predisposed to this disorder, which isalso common in people. Tis serious disorder can actually causeenough pressure or the eyeball to rupture. Obviously this is apainul disorder that may require emergency care. opical, oraland surgical interventions may be necessary to manage the pres-sure and the pain o glaucoma. An oral Chinese herbal ormulahas shown efcacy as an adjunct to conventional treatment. MingMu Di Huang Wan contains two types o rehmannia, an herb thatnourishes Liver Yin. Liver Yin deciency is a common CVMdiagnosis or the Western diagnosis o glaucoma. In addition to

the glaucoma, symptoms consistent with this diagnosis incexcessive thirst and urine volume, excessive panting, red andtongue, and thin and ast pulse. According to oriental me

philosophy, the “eyes are a window to the liver.” o treat the “ro this eye disorder, one must treat the liver. Te same ormcontains bupleurum, also called Chai Hu. Tis clears windand soothes the liver. In addition, lycium or Gou Qi Zi is incluTis is a type o gogi berry, which is known or its potent antdant properties. Tis same ormula may help some dogs witheye, as well as another similar ormula called Qi Ju Di Huang.

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2. In a saucepan, melt oil and add chopped onions, mushrooms and garlic. Cook or about5 minutes, add chopped zucchini, peppers, broccoli shreds, salt and oregano. Cook until

veggies are just starting to get so. Add spaghetti sauce, rice, beans and cheese. (Cheeseis optional and can be substituted with a dairy ree alternative.)

3. Boil 4 quarts o water in a large pot. Cut the tops o o the peppers and clean out the inside.Boil peppers or about 5 minutes. Pull out with a tongs and set on your cookie sheet.

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Q: How do you manage healthy eating while on vacation?a: Tere’s no doubt that eating healthy can be very tricky when you’re on vacation. Whether you’re short on time or you wantto experience all o the dierent oods available, it can be difcult tostick to a particular diet plan. And you may not be as amiliar withthe local oods, so knowing how nutritious they are becomes a realchallenge. I you’re traveling by car, you can certainly bring yourown snacks or the ride. Tis may help you avoid the need to pick up costly convenience oods. I you’re traveling by plane, asking theight attendant or low-at or heart-healthy options can also help.It might be wise to book hotel rooms that have kitchenettes, andi that’s the case, you can always visit the local grocery store to getsome resh ruits and vegetables and other healthul items. And

i the hotel has a continental breakast, you can try to ll up onruits or yogurt beore you head out on the town. Be sure to visit sit-down restaurants instead o ast ood establishments, since serversare generally better equipped to educate you about the ood they’reserving. But in the end, just do the best you can, and rememberthat you’re on vacation. I you do deviate rom your normal eatinghabits, just be sure to get back on track once you return home.

Q: Is it alright to start an exercise programat the age o 50, and i so, what types o exercisewould be advisable?a: First o all, it’s clear that individu-als may need to dodierent exer-cises dependingon their activ-ity levels and overall health. And thesooner you start exercising, the more benecialit will be in the long run. Being active can increasebone strength, improve cardiovascular unction andprevent numerous chronic diseases. Structured exer-cise can also increase mobility and stability, which

can help prevent alls as you age. I you’re just beginning a worprogram, it’s important to start slow and begin with the basicsalso important to listen to your body. I you start to sense phypain, make sure to stop immediately. And don’t orget to do a prwarm up and cool down. Keep in mind, it will take older indivals a bit longer to recover between workouts. As a result, ligmoderate intensities are recommended. I would advise resisttraining 2-3 times a week, along with some basic aerobic exerciwell. Walking and jogging are certainly reasonable exercise optbut swimming and biking will put less stress on the joints. Inend, it may be best to speak with a personal trainer so that hecan create a customized workout program or you.

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outs. Is it really that important, and i so, what am I missing bydoing it regularly?a: Yes, stretching is a very important part o an ovtness routine. In act, it’s just as important as strength trainingcardiovascular conditioning, though many individuals don’t adto a regular program like they do with these other orms o exerStretching oers numerous benets, including injury prevenan increased efciency o movement, and improved blood ow

nutrient delivery to the joints. It also improves muscle coordtion, overall balance and postural alignment. It can even to alleviate muscle soreness and stress aer a workout. Tare pretty impressive results or just a ew minutes o relaxaUnortunately, people always seem to be crunched or time

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practice specializes in relie o acute andchronic pain. With more than 1,500 hourso specialized training, both Halpap andReader oer very advanced and eectivetherapies to their clients.

“Healing both the body and the mindtogether works best,” says Halpap, whointegrates relaxation techniques (breath-ing, aromatherapy and hot stones) withstretching and trigger point therapy to

provide long-term, positive results orher clients. Halpap, who graduated romthe Lakeside School o Massage in 2007, also oers CranioSacralTerapy®, a gentle approach that releases deep tensions to relievepain and dysunction, and improve whole-body health andperormance. “Tis therapy works quite well on individuals witha wide range o medical challenges, rom migraines to bromyal-gia,” according to Halpap.

“Pain should not be something people live with,” says Reader,the only certied Muscle Release Terapy® practitioner in thestate. Reader graduated rom Lakeside School o Massage in 2005and immediately distinguished himsel as a therapist or individu-als with high body perormance needs, chronic pain, injuries andhigh stress. Combining in-depth training with an intuitive ability to trace pain to its source, he not only has become the massagetherapist that other massage therapists seek out, but has also beenthe ofcial massage therapist or the Milwaukee Ballet since 2006.Reader also oen treats visiting perormance artists and dancers,including celebrities and proessional wrestlers.

“We work together as a team, and our combined experiencebenets our clients,” Reader says.

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CranioSacral Terapy® and then see Rob the next time or MuRelease Terapy®,” Halpap adds.

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Many people have a love-hate relationship with sugar.Tey may love how it tastes, but they also may hate theeects sugar can have on their bodies. As a result, many

men and women would love to reduce their sugar consumption.Te American Heart Association reports that the average adult

in the United States consumes 22 teaspoons o added sugar every day, which equals 150 pounds per year. eenagers consume evenmore, averaging 34 teaspoons every day. According to StatisticsCanada, Canadians consume an average o 110 grams, or 26teaspoons, o sugar daily. Tese numbers are more than twice theamount o sugar a person should be eating.

Healthy ruits, vegetables and some dairy products each containsugar. But rened sugar is what can compromise a person’s health.When more than 10 percent o a person’s total calories comes

rom added or rened sugar, it can prove harmul to both themind and body.

University o Caliornia, San Francisco researchers estimatethat the 130,000 new cases o diabetes documented between 1990and 2000 could be attributed to the increase o sugar-sweeteneddrinks. Tose who drink 1 to 2 servings o sweetened beveragesare 26 percent more likely to develop ype 2 diabetes in their lie-times than those who avoid such drinks.

According to a 2008 study published in the journal MolecularNutrition & Food Research, high-glycemic oods, or those thatare quickly broken down into glucose by the body, can lead toelevated rates o breakouts and acne. Tat’s because sugary oodsand drinks may uel inammation and the production o excesssebum in the skin, resulting in pimples.

When a person consumes more sugar than he or she needs, theexcess may be stored in the body as triglycerides, a type o bloodat. Both high triglycerides and low HDL levels contribute to thehardening o your arteries. Tis condition increases the risk o heart disease, stroke and heart attack.

Inormation published in the British Journal o Psychiatry indicatessugar may be responsible or mood swings and other mental disor-ders. Fluctuations in sugar levels can aect mood and metabolism.

Fortunately, men and women looking to curtail their sconsumption can do so in a variety o ways.

• eNjOy A SUGAr-free Or lOw-SUGAr breAkf

You may begin the day with a sugar rush i you consumemuch sugar at the breakast table. Tis will inevitably resua sugar crash, aer which you may overeat or gravitate towmore sugary products. Starting the day with whole grainslean proteins is a healthier way to uel the body at breakast t

• STOCk UP ON frUiTS AND veGeTAbleS. Whencrave something sweet, grab a piece o ruit or a sweet veble, such as corn or beets. You will be consuming ewer caland eating less processed sugar.

• OPT fOr whOle GrAiNS. Whole grains have a lglycemic index than rened grains, which means they w

turn into a sugary powder keg in your body. Tey also will you to eel uller longer, which reduces the temptation or oeating. Use whole grain pastas and breads when cooking,opt or these oods when dining out.

• reSeArCh The AMOUNT Of SUGAr iN fOODS. Rlabels and ingredients to determine i sugar is hiding inoods and beverages you consume. Anything that ends the sufx “ose” is a derivative o sugar. Some restaurantseven add sugar to oods that don’t need them to make tirresistible and addicting, which is oen the case with meals.

• CUT SweeTeNeD DriNkS frOM yOUr DieT eNTir

Many people consume a substantial amount o sugar in beverages. o avoid overconsumption o sugar, opt or wunsweetened teas or diluted 100 percent ruit juice i you something sweet.

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The use o acupuncture, as part o raditional ChineseMedicine, is on the rise and is becoming more mainstreamthan ever. With this new trend comes a lot o questions.

Who made this stu up? How does it work? How is it perormed?Can acupuncture help me? Is acupuncture sae? Will it hurt?

Tere is no doubt that acupuncture, and CM in general, areoreign concepts to those o us born and raised in the UnitedStates. Tat being said, we are a nation o people acing someserious health epidemics, and acupuncture and other CM tech-niques may just be the answer to the perplexing question … How

do I get healthy and stay that way?

wo mad ts stuf up?CM is a system o medicine over 4,500 years old. Practitioners inChina described epidemic disease many years beore the plaguein Europe, and they were writing about breast cancer well over2,500 years ago! Te only problem is, back then, they didn’t haveall the scientic gadgets that we have today, so their languageseemed a little odd. What we call viruses or bacteria today, they called exterior evils, and what we call tumors, they called stonesor pits. While these terms seem archaic, the parallels to Westernallopathic terms are undeniable.

ho dos t ok?CM requires us to look at the body in a dierent way than youmight be used to. Te principles used in CM are ones that areobserved in nature. Te body’s natural state is to be in balance.When the body is in balance, all the systems work as they should.Nerve impulses re, blood circulates through our veins and nour-ishes the tissues, the digestive system receives nutrients and so on.When the energy gets stuck, becomes too weak or gets too strong,these processes get interrupted and the disease process happens.

We eel pain, get bloated, gain weight, eel depressed, can’t and suer rom disease. Tese imbalances occur or many reasOverwork or stress on joints, injury, surgeries, mental emotional trauma, exhaustion, and poor dietary choices are jew o the reasons that this imbalance might occur.

When this happens, a CM technique known as acupunccan be used to select points that will help return the energy tnatural state and bring the body back into balance. Tis conmay seem a little strange to the skeptical mind, however, acupturists have been using this method or thousands o yearsit has shown success many times over. In act, the World HOrganization (an authority on health-related issues) has a lestablished list o health conditions that are eectively treated acupuncture.

ho s t pomd?Acupuncture is perormed by inserting very thin sterile neinto specic points in the body. Why do we do this? Because t

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points have specic actions that allow the practitioner to helpbring the body into balance, and prevent or treat disease. Tat’sright, prevent! Tat is the really coolthing about acupuncture: it excels atstopping disease beore it starts!

Can acupunctup m?On a very basic level, acupuncture

reduces stress and its oxidative eects.It releases hormones that help you eelyour best and keep you eeling good. Itdecreases inammation and increasescirculation to all the major tissues inthe body, and helps your body get rido the toxic stu circulating in yourblood. Acupuncture has many otherspecic benets, but because o these basic eects, acupuncturecan alleviate many symptoms, most notably, alleviating pain. Itcan also be supportive and helpul in almost all health-relatedconditions.

is acupunctu sa?Acupuncturists use one-time-use disposable needles that areinserted into only one point in the body and then disposed o.Risks include bruising at or around the insertion point, tendernessand inection. It is important to seek out an acupuncturist who

received their education rom an accredited school o Orimedicine. An acupuncturist who holds a master’s degree or hi

has gone through rigorous traiand has completed over 2,000 houpractical training. Tis training the acupuncturist a deep understing o the medicine.

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You may experience a slight presor discomort at the insertion phowever, acupuncture needles aresmall and eel nothing like a hdermic needle. Most people reeeling comorted and relaxed dutreatment and leave with an increoverall eeling o well-being.

So now to answer the big question … How do I get healthystay that way?

Well, only you and your health care providers can answerone, but consider that acupuncture gives you one more aventake control o your health. It just might be the path or you!

Heather Peterman is an acupuncturist and educator. Her education was completed through Midwest College o Orientalcine (Racine, Wis. and Chicago, Ill.), where she completed herelor o Science in nutrition and Master o Science in Oriental meand is currently completing her doctoral work. Heather is the o

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