| THE BEST MEDICINEf- LAUGH! FIRST DOSE There are always two ways to look at everything, I guess. My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion last October, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table. My wife noticed me staring and asked me, "Do you know her?". "Yes", I sighed, "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since." "My God!" says my wife, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?" Got a Joke? E-mail it to us: frontpage@collectivewizdom .com |
| THE BEST MEDICINE- LAUGH! SECOND DOSE Last night, my friend and I were sitting in the living room and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug." She got up, unplugged the TV, and threw out my wine |
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February 23, 2008
Last Updated November 19, 2008
By Susan M. Callahan, Associate Editor and Featured Columnist
Losing weight is a matter of balancing 3 things --your diet,
your exercise and your intestinal health. The simple truth is that
most diets fail because they make you unhealthy. You start off
losing weight fine but you get tired because it is deficient in
some vital mineral or nutrient or you're eating too little or--
and here's a common complaint-- you get constipated.
Diet, exercise, bowel health. If any one of these 3 things is out
of balance, your body will sabotage your efforts to lose weight.
Here is a diet, a work-out you can do at home, and information
you need to avoid constipation.
Diet and Exercise
For diet, I have a simple one
1. Eat egg whites, wheat toast and yogurt for breakfast. One
piece of fruit (a pear, a small apple, a half a banana or a small
banana). Tall glass of cold water. Drinking cold water burns 70
calories a day. If you have to have coffee, okay but use 1%
milk instead of cream and artificial sweetener, if you must have
a sweet taste. If you are diabetic, substitute the Ideal Breakfast
for Diabetics.
2. 10:30 AM Snack. You should eat an apple or pear, plus 3
walnut halves. The fruits help to add fiber and the walnuts
help to clear your arteries and improve heart health.
3. Lunch. A Huge green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, vinaigrette
dressing, plus skinless chicken, turkey or fish. Substitute a
turkey sandwich, lettuce tomatoes on wheat if you wish. I
recommend vinaigrette dressing made of balsamic vinegar and
a spoon of olive oil for one important reason. Studies have
shown that vinegar cuts your cravings for sweets. And olive oil
helps to slow your digestion, making you feel fuller quicker.
Drink a glass of cold water or sugar free lemonade.
4. 3:30 PM Snack. Apple or pear, plus 3 walnut halves.
5. Dinner. Fish and a huge amount of steamed ( or sauteed in a
little olive oil spray) vegetables, made up of greens, broccoli.
Again, a salad also. Big glass of cold water. If you are diabetic,
substitute the Ideal Dinner for Diabetics.
For exercise. The simple exercises that you can do either in a
gym or at home work best.
1. Squats. Do 3 sets of 8 to start with. When that's
comfortable, do 3 sets of 12.
2. Push-ups. Aim for 15 full military style if you've never done
any. Build up to 25.
3. For cardio, walk at least 45 minutes to 1 hour each day. If
that's too comfortable, try speeding up.
4. Dance. No matter your age, dancing is one of the best cardio
workouts. If you're young, try hip-hop. I did hip-hop classes
for fun this past summer, and believe me, it's a strenuous
work-out. Try modern, jazz, or free-style. There's a reason
dancers have such amazing bodies! Article Continues Below
5. Make sure you don't get constipated. To lose weight over a
long period of time or to lose a lot of weight, you need to stay
healthy. Your bowel movements will tell you whether you are
eating right. Think of them as your body's truth-teller. If you
have the right diet and exercise going in, and the right kind of
bowel movements going out, then you're in balance.
If you're having regular bowel movements without straining
and your movements are smooth--rather than hard and
marble-sized--then you're doing something right in your diet
and exercise. If you're straining or if your movements produce
hard little marbles, that's a warning sign. It means you have to
adjust your diet or your exercise or both. Here's why.
Your Bowel Movements --How they Relate to Your Diet
Bowel movements need sufficient water and sufficient bulk to
come out the proper size and in the proper frequency.
What is that ideal frequency? It depends on what you eat. It
takes meat between 48-72 hours to make its way from your
mouth, through your stomach, intestines and out. It takes
most vegetables about 2 hours.
But, if you are eating a balanced diet, most doctors expect you
to void at least once per day, more if you're eating a lot of
vegetables and other foods containing fiber.
Constipation --indicated by straining to void withoit successful
or minimally successful voiding---often increases as we age for
a number of reasons. The muscles in our rectum don't relax
when they should to allow voiding.
Sometimes, the problem is that we are too sedentary. Exercise
helps you to void by helping the intestines to move the
contributions along.
Sometimes, our medications are at fault.
Many drugs or minerals slow down the passage of our stool
through the large intestine. Watch out for foods or drugs high
in iron, calcium blockers, antihistamines, opioids, high blood
pressure medications, anti-depressants, and antacids.
What if you are not voiding? How long can you go without
voiding before it's a sign of an emergency? Unfortunately,
there is no magic number that fits all cases. Simple
constipation is different from intestinal blockage.
Intestinal blockage means that the bowels cannot move
through because something is blocking them. This is a serious
medical emergency and requires immediate attention. See
www.mayoclinic.com. The Mayo Clinic lists the following
symptoms for intestinal blockage:
crampy abdominal pain that comes and goes (intermittent)
Nausea
Vomiting
Inability to have a bowel movement or pass gas
Swelling of the abdomen (distention)
Abdominal tenderness
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New research has shown that a good's night sleep is necessary
to lose weight and combat obesity.
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February 23, 2008
Last Updated November 19, 2008
By Susan M. Callahan, Associate Editor and Featured Columnist
Losing weight is a matter of balancing 3 things --your diet,
your exercise and your intestinal health. The simple truth is that
most diets fail because they make you unhealthy. You start off
losing weight fine but you get tired because it is deficient in
some vital mineral or nutrient or you're eating too little or--
and here's a common complaint-- you get constipated.
Diet, exercise, bowel health. If any one of these 3 things is out
of balance, your body will sabotage your efforts to lose weight.
Here is a diet, a work-out you can do at home, and information
you need to avoid constipation.
Diet and Exercise
For diet, I have a simple one
1. Eat egg whites, wheat toast and yogurt for breakfast. One
piece of fruit (a pear, a small apple, a half a banana or a small
banana). Tall glass of cold water. Drinking cold water burns 70
calories a day. If you have to have coffee, okay but use 1%
milk instead of cream and artificial sweetener, if you must have
a sweet taste. If you are diabetic, substitute the Ideal Breakfast
for Diabetics.
2. 10:30 AM Snack. You should eat an apple or pear, plus 3
walnut halves. The fruits help to add fiber and the walnuts
help to clear your arteries and improve heart health.
3. Lunch. A Huge green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, vinaigrette
dressing, plus skinless chicken, turkey or fish. Substitute a
turkey sandwich, lettuce tomatoes on wheat if you wish. I
recommend vinaigrette dressing made of balsamic vinegar and
a spoon of olive oil for one important reason. Studies have
shown that vinegar cuts your cravings for sweets. And olive oil
helps to slow your digestion, making you feel fuller quicker.
Drink a glass of cold water or sugar free lemonade.
4. 3:30 PM Snack. Apple or pear, plus 3 walnut halves.
5. Dinner. Fish and a huge amount of steamed ( or sauteed in a
little olive oil spray) vegetables, made up of greens, broccoli.
Again, a salad also. Big glass of cold water. If you are diabetic,
substitute the Ideal Dinner for Diabetics.
For exercise. The simple exercises that you can do either in a
gym or at home work best.
1. Squats. Do 3 sets of 8 to start with. When that's
comfortable, do 3 sets of 12.
2. Push-ups. Aim for 15 full military style if you've never done
any. Build up to 25.
3. For cardio, walk at least 45 minutes to 1 hour each day. If
that's too comfortable, try speeding up.
4. Dance. No matter your age, dancing is one of the best cardio
workouts. If you're young, try hip-hop. I did hip-hop classes
for fun this past summer, and believe me, it's a strenuous
work-out. Try modern, jazz, or free-style. There's a reason
dancers have such amazing bodies! Article Continues Below
5. Make sure you don't get constipated. To lose weight over a
long period of time or to lose a lot of weight, you need to stay
healthy. Your bowel movements will tell you whether you are
eating right. Think of them as your body's truth-teller. If you
have the right diet and exercise going in, and the right kind of
bowel movements going out, then you're in balance.
If you're having regular bowel movements without straining
and your movements are smooth--rather than hard and
marble-sized--then you're doing something right in your diet
and exercise. If you're straining or if your movements produce
hard little marbles, that's a warning sign. It means you have to
adjust your diet or your exercise or both. Here's why.
Your Bowel Movements --How they Relate to Your Diet
Bowel movements need sufficient water and sufficient bulk to
come out the proper size and in the proper frequency.
What is that ideal frequency? It depends on what you eat. It
takes meat between 48-72 hours to make its way from your
mouth, through your stomach, intestines and out. It takes
most vegetables about 2 hours.
But, if you are eating a balanced diet, most doctors expect you
to void at least once per day, more if you're eating a lot of
vegetables and other foods containing fiber.
Constipation --indicated by straining to void withoit successful
or minimally successful voiding---often increases as we age for
a number of reasons. The muscles in our rectum don't relax
when they should to allow voiding.
Sometimes, the problem is that we are too sedentary. Exercise
helps you to void by helping the intestines to move the
contributions along.
Sometimes, our medications are at fault.
Many drugs or minerals slow down the passage of our stool
through the large intestine. Watch out for foods or drugs high
in iron, calcium blockers, antihistamines, opioids, high blood
pressure medications, anti-depressants, and antacids.
What if you are not voiding? How long can you go without
voiding before it's a sign of an emergency? Unfortunately,
there is no magic number that fits all cases. Simple
constipation is different from intestinal blockage.
Intestinal blockage means that the bowels cannot move
through because something is blocking them. This is a serious
medical emergency and requires immediate attention. See
www.mayoclinic.com. The Mayo Clinic lists the following
symptoms for intestinal blockage:
crampy abdominal pain that comes and goes (intermittent)
Nausea
Vomiting
Inability to have a bowel movement or pass gas
Swelling of the abdomen (distention)
Abdominal tenderness
Get Enough Sleep
New research has shown that a good's night sleep is necessary
to lose weight and combat obesity.
Comment On This Article Here!
Related Links:
Your Waist Size Determines Your Health
Why Americans Read In Bathrooms-The Hidden Epidemic of
Constipation
Exercises You Can Do At Home to Lose Weight
Bowels -3 Keys to Normal Bowels
Quinoa-The New Superfood?
Fish Oil Benefits-Let Me Count the Ways
My Heart Attack
Fat-It's Alive!
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| Squats --The Right Way to Do Squats What is the right way to do squats? Many people do squats improperly. The thing to remember is that you should never dip down too low. When your derriere is level with your knees, stop. Do not let your derriere dip below your knees. Think of it as sitting down in an imaginary chair. Your derriere never goes below your knees because the chair's seat stops it. That's how low --and no further--you should go when you do squats properly. Any lower strains your knees. To heal, you must rest the knees. Glucosomine/chondriatin also helps sometimes but mostly the knees need rest once they are strained. |
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