My internist cousin says he knows who will live among his older patients: those who own dogs. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provisionally agrees. They believe the data show that dog (and cat) ownership can lower blood pressure, feelings of loneliness, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, while at the same time increasing chances for exercise and socialization. So how do we get all these benefits from another species?
The Fitness Center at Longboat Key Club & Resort announced the hire of Heather Hackett as its new fitness manager. Hackett’s previous experience includes owning and operating I Train Your Kids, a youth-oriented wellness and fitness program, serving as a consultant for Healthy Outlook Worldwide and as client liaison at Dictor Martin. “We are very [...]
The most logic approach when starting a weight-loss program is to go on a diet and increase your “calories out” versus your “calories in.” Consequently Jan. 1 all gyms are full and everyone tries to tighten their belt by eating less. Statistics show that 85 percent of people who go on a diet will gain their weight back within two years. Those are lousy odds! So what does really work? Here are some weight-friendly eating habits you can adopt for successful permanent weight loss:
Historians often view wars as ending with winners and losers. We “won” World War II — and the Germans and Japanese lost. In most human conflicts results are less clear-cut. People don’t tend to think of the “War on Cancer,” started by President Nixon, and the “War on Terror,” begun by the second President Bush, as operating in the same mental realms.
Gallup’s annual Health and Healthcare survey, where Gallup asks Americans to say how much they weigh and has every year since 2001, reported Nov. 29 that Americans are an average of 20 pounds heavier than they were 20 years ago. The average weight for an adult man is now 196 pounds and for a woman it is 160 pounds, 20 pounds more than in 1990. Each of them would prefer to weigh between 16 and 22 pounds less.
As was clear in Part I, many factors can help revive the American economy. They also hold many lessons for individuals. A lot of what has kept the United States competitive since the 1970s has been successes in technology like those from Silicon Valley, where at least 35 percent of the engineers are foreign born; a long list of our major entrepreneurs and innovators were born outside the United States.
Is America’s economy failing? Why are 45 percent of families barely making it? Is a nation with stalled growth, a corrupt and over powerful financial sector, staggering debt, political dysfunction and fighting two wars overseas while its infrastructure crumbles, able to come back?
Dr. Matthew Edlund spoke Oct. 18, at Book1Store on Main Street about simple changes we can all make in our daily routines that will add years to our lives and keep us healthier. Dr. Edlund directs the Center for Circadian Medicine and is an internationally recognized expert on rest, biological clocks, performance and sleep. His [...]
Folks, we can relax. No more hard choices, no more worries about diet, no more worries about what is good for us and what is bad for us. Some very prominent people are recommending a national food czar who will set a national diet that will turn us into lean mean fighting machines rather than fat, nerdy, and placid couch potatoes
Those of you who read these pages know I like to travel; love to fly. I report on it periodically. So I was off to Tampa before first light. I’m always impressed that seven aircraft remain overnight at Tampa International for US Airways. I guess they need a place to sleep
