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Exercise for High Blood Pressure
Exercise for High Blood Pressure
High Blood pressure or hypertension may have no symptoms that you can see or feel. It is sometimes called the silent killer. It can lead to stroke, heart disease, eye problems, or kidney failure. The first number is your systolic pressure. This tells you how much the blood flowing through your [...]
Could Eating Slowly Keep Weight Off?
This may seem like old news to you, two new studies show that heavier people eat faster than those who are at a healthy weight. In essence, you feel full after eating less by eating more slowly. There were some nutritional facts I did not know that came from these studies.
That is, that refined grains [...]
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Exercise can help Arthritis Patients
Doctors are beginning to prescribe exercise as therapy for Arthritis. If you suffer the pain and stiffness of arthritis, you may not be enthusiastic about exercising. But arthritis specialists say that’s exactly what you need to do. A recent study from Northwestern University looked at physical activity among 1,000 adults, between 49 and 84 years old, [...]
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National Institute on Aging
Here’s a good link for information on Aging….. worth a look.
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
For information on the G4Life Campaign, go straight to
http://go4life.niapublications.org/
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Effort vs. Results
We put forth effort and we don’t see the results we want. We look at the scale and are disappointed. So what do we focus on, the effort or the result? We dwell on the result, because it’s right before our eyes.
As with so many aspects of life, this focus on results is an illusion. [...]
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The Benefits of Losing Weight
There are many benefits to losing weight.
When I lost weight:
My cholesterol was normal (went off of medication)
My blood pressure is very good.
AND THE LATEST;
Each year the doctor signed a paper for me to get special medicare shoes,
This year he said “I can’t sign this’. You do not have sugar diabetes”
I mentioned [...]
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Nia… Dancing through Life
So many Stronger Seniors ask if I do dance exercise.. the answer is yes. I am a blackbelt instructor for Nia, which I teach in several venues including the Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group Center for Integrative Health and Wellness . Nia is dance and movement program that integrates the mind and body. The [...]
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Nice Note from Kaiser Permantente
Hello Anne,
We follow your DVDs and LOVE them. The group asked me to email you in hopes of persuading you to create more Stretch, Strength and Core exericse DVDs. Of all the DVDs we do, you are by far the favorite. We appreciate your tone of voice, clear instruction, gentle yet challenging workouts and music. [...]
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Can stress can make us overeat?