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Can stress can make us overeat?

I think we all know the answer to that. If you’ve had hectic day, you may grab a big muffin during your afternoon break. You’re only going eat half  but before you know it, you’ve finished off the entire serving of fat and sugar — and, at least temporarily, you may feel better. You’re not alone. Turns [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Barriers to Exercise

Hi Anne, I have a hard time staying on an exercise program. My lack of progress can cause so much frustration that I give up…Thanks, Lita Understood… we need to define our expectations and make them manageable. Everyone is different and has different results and different goals. If we we grade our progress just on weight-loss, frustration [...]
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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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