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ARBOR HILLS Community Manager Carol Hakala
Letter from the Manager This month we will be continuing our crime prevention meetings. This is a perfect time for all of us to take a few moments, talk about what is going on in our neighborhood and heed the advise of the law enforcement officers who know what they are talking about. Please make time to meet us at the Arbor Hills office clubroom Wednesday, June 16th at 6pm for our Crime Prevention Meeting. We will be discussing how to prevent being a victim of crime and ways to reduce crime in our community. Also, we will offer advise on how to make your renter’s insurance work for you. I look forward to seeing you all there. As always, we are at your service. Carol Hakala
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Sweet & Stylish Apri1 18th 12-2pm
Dive-In Movie July 10th 8-10pm
Jazz Under the Stars October 2nd 7-9pm
Jazz Under The Stars May 23rd 7-9pm
Pool Splash Bash August 21st 2-4pm
Heath & Wellness Expo November 16th 6-8pm
Pool Splash Bash June 19th 2-4pm
Health & Wellness Expo September 15th 6-8pm
Holiday Party December 4th 6-8pm
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OOL SPLASH BASH SATURDAY, JUNE 19TH FROM 2-4PM!
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his is going to be an event full of nonstop music mix from every genre to the Top 40 playing for you and your friends by the pool. We are going to have Hula Hoops, Limbo games, Interactive Dancing and some great games for both the kids and the adults! We will also have some delicious food and beverages for you to enjoy – but don’t wait until the end of the party to come by as it might already be all gobbled up! Our Pool Splash Bash party is one of the most popular events of the year so be sure to come by as early as you can to pick out your favorite lounge chair by the pool. Feel free to invite your friends and family also! The laughs are constant as we have fun with all of the games being played and the Dance Contests start. This event is weather dependant. If there is a 40% or greater chance of rain the day of the event based on the forecast 24 hours prior to the event, the event will be cancelled for possibly reschedule. The source used to determine forecast is weather.com.
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IVE IN MOVIE NIGHT SATURDAY, JULY 10TH 8-10PM!
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emember those Drive in Movie theaters? What a great evening of fun enjoying some fresh popcorn in the outdoor air while watching a funny movie. IT’S BACK! We are going to be having a Dive in Movie Night right here in your community at the Pool! A huge movie screen will be setup at the pool and you are going to have a blast watching a great movie while enjoying the night air that smells of freshly popped popcorn! What movie is being played? That one is up to your Leasing Office - so call and put in your vote for a movie suggestion. We will be offering freshly popped popcorn at the event as well as yummy beverages. The pool will be open for this event - so plan to float in the water or stretch out next to the pool - however you do it, just relax and enjoy a great night of fun. Invite your family and friends also! Event is weather dependent - call your leasing office if any question as to the weather.
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HIGH APR? Don’t Worry, You Can Still Negotiate! By David Ellis, June 5, 2010, CNN.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In
the never-ending battle
competition,
less
between credit card companies and their customers over
consumer
interest rates, consumers still hold at least some of the cards.
consumer
Even
as issuers have gotten squeezed by historic loan
losses
and
earlier
this
Americans
hogtied year,
by
new
experts
federal
suggest
rules
that
introduced
card-carrying
still have plenty of leeway to negotiate a
lower rate.
“I
companies] will be just as willing now
as they have been,” said
Nick Bourke, director of the Project at The Pew Charitable
Safe Credit Cards Trusts. In
past,
the
bartering
with
As
most
cardholders
their
bank
on
had
their
little
annual
seemed
of
the
prevented
due
to
change
after
new
from
Congress February
law,
credit
practices
such
card as
companies
“double-cycle
lawmakers had even drafted a bill, the banking
industry
warned
dreadful
Congress
consequences
that for
a
new both
law issuers
would and
consumers.
“We
Credit in
card companies started hiking rates last summer
anticipation
industry
of
tougher
attributed to
Rates
the
strapped
new
rate
rules,
increase
consumers
are deeply concerned that these rules will result in
6 W3 LIFESTYLE - FINANCIAL
although
to
the
can’t
who
have moved even higher still.
the
risk
pay
in
their
national
average
for
a
As
platinum
of last week, card
stood
at
11.31%, according to Informa Research Services. Rewards cards stood at 12.33%. Just six months ago, those rates were 10.6% and 11.8% respectively. But Bourke
billing” and arbitrary rate increases.
Before
far, a number of those predictions have come to
difficulty percentage
CARD Act.
part
were
have
So
bills.
passed major new rules for the industry in with the
and
Edward Yingling, chief executive of the American Bankers Association, said during a Congressional hearing in May 2008.
the that
fewer
choices,
reduced consumer access to credit cards,” said
lending
rate.
But
prices,
pass.
[card
think
higher
pointed out that the recent increases are not
nearly as severe as those enacted just before the was signed into law.
Despite
the uptick in rates, experts say
issuers can’t afford to be completely inflexible with customers looking for a lower rate.
For starters, Americans still can vote with their feet and
CARD Act
move their business elsewhere if they are unhappy with the current credit card company.
Estimates put the number of
Of
course,
different types of cards available to consumers at more
negotiating
10,000, according to the publication The Nilson Report.
a lower rate
than
payments industry trade
with a credit card company
At the same time, the steady improvement in the economy in
will
the past year has led to some relief for banks who had been
prove easy for
weighed down by bad loans.
everyone.
Industry
charge -offs, or loans a bank considers to be
not
percentage of Americans that are behind on payments has also
Long-standing cardholders or those with high credit limits, for example, have typically been among the most successful in winning a lower rate from their credit card company. Industry experts said that probably holds true today.
With
And while consumers whose credit got dinged by the recession might not fare as well, those who simply kept up with their
uncollectible, fell to
10.91%
April, Moody’s. The
during the month of
according to the most recent data published by dropped in recent months.
banks no longer intently focused on loan troubles,
credit card companies are once again looking to add customers, said Odysseas
Papadimitriou, CEO of Evolution Finance, which publishes Cardhub.com, a credit card comparison site. “With
“most cardholders had little difficulty bartering with their bank ”
credit losses coming down, what
Papadimitriou, with Capital One (COF, Fortune 500).
their way into a lower
“If
APR.
you are somebody who is paying
your bill on time, using your card and carrying a balance, you are a
great customer for a credit card
we are seeing is increased competition between major issuers in getting new business,” said
payments may also be able to talk
company,” said
Bourke.
a former executive
Several issuers contacted for this story, including Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) and Discover (DFS, Fortune 500), said they have continued to look at individual accounts to determine if they can offer customers an interest rate reduction.
“We’ve in
always been committed to helping cardmembers
need,
and
spokesperson for
that
is
Discover.
no
different
today,”
said
a
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Are you a believer? Are you a attracting more believer in mind over matter? Think money, better it, Feel it, and it will be. If you have health, and not already watched it or read the relationships; in book, go today and enjoy the power of The short, happiness. Secret written by Rhonda Byrne. Not really a movie or documentary, The Secret is more of a video seminar, a presentation featuring In the end, programs like this generally find a series of authors, philosophers, doctors, an audience that is open to the message, and quantum physicists, entrepreneurs, and many will probably find it to be a source of inspiration. Others will approach it with a spiritual practitioners expounding on the powers of The Secret (probably “more money, good deal of skepticism or the most well-known of the presenters better health, and dismiss it as another way of marketing happiness is Jack Canfield, author of Chicken relationships” the masses. It simply won’t Soup for the Soul and The Success resonate with everyone, but Principles). if it resonates with you, you’re likely to enjoy it and get a lot out of it. What is The Secret, exactly? “That principle can be summed up in three simple words: thoughts become things,” proclaims writer Mike Dooley, author of Notes from the Universe. Put it another way, it’s The Power of Positive Thinking and how it can be applied to
WELLNESS - W3 LIFESTYLE 9
STOP, DROP, AND ROLL INTO A FIREHOUSE By David Wolfe
They When
are
spreading
up
and
Firehouse”. Then and
order part
so
speak.
to
we walked through the door the employees
looked hot
“wildfire”
like
–
cold
came
said we
unison,
in
saw
their
sandwiches.
the
even
great
After
more
selection
we
made
surprisingly
Firehouse
some of the
“Welcome
to
monteray
of
a
our
delicious
locations, like the
one we visited, have a digital soda machine which has a variety of special mixes in soda drinks.
The
dining
tabletops.
print and of
room
white
theme
authentic
were
only
warm
The
I had Combo steak, cheese.
for were
medium
an
few
a
red
assortment
around.
minutes
delivered
to
Firehouse Steak
when
the
table.
our and
We
Cheese
which was a good serving size of sirloin onions,
bell
peppers
and
was
warmed
still
The sandwich soft. It was served
and
a
was
was
was
scattered
a
Dalmatian
with
scheme
there
apparel
seated
the
tables
color
and
fire
sandwiches
had
bag
a
of
great
extremely
chips
for
price
for
tender
and
that
you
provolone but
was
with a medium beverage
$6.29
lunch.
had
a
which
The
lot
of
I
thought
meat
flavor.
My partner had N Ladder Sub
was
If
beverage
super
and
They are didn’t taste
ham,
was
which
bag
and
(1/2
large
which
cheese
tender
fresh. it
jack
a
came
chips.
of
juicy
and
pound)
Hook
turkey,
to
Their
and
$7.57
with
meat
everything
was
tasted
very generous with the meat and like
cold-cuts
cheap
either.
The
sandwiches seemed to have more meat than bread.
Our got
little
excited
choose ham,
We
red
fire
about.
I
from
for
kid’s
the
REALLY
daughter
menu.
roast beef,
hat
was
There
Firehouse Subs. She
liked which
she
very
pleased
were
a
just grilled
$2.99 cheese,
lot
was of
such or
extremely
I
when
saw
choices
as:
to
turkey,
peanut
butter.
ordered the ham sandwich and it had a few
pieces of ham on it with higher quality white bread.
It
also
came
with
Overall Firehouse
2 Oreo
cookies
and
a
drink.
seems to have a quality unlike most
comparable sub shops.
They
were quick, well staffed,
clean, and offered a quality food for a great price.
We’ll
Firehouse soon I think next time I will have the Hook and Ladder sub. be back to
you want it with lettuce and tomato you’ll need to
specify
want
it
“fully
involved”.
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RED, WHITE, & BLUE BURGERS BY LAURIE, FOOD.COM
Ingredients:
Directions:
• 1 large sweet white onions
1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
• 1 lb lean ground sirloin
2. Using sirloin
• 1 teaspoon olive oil •
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
•
hamburger bun
•
red
peppers,
lightly
1/2-inch
four
shape thick
the
patties.
ground
Try
to
them too densely.
3. Season with salt and pepper. 4. Lightly
drizzle
the
red
pepper
quarters
with
olive oil.
stemmed,
seeded
quartered
•
into
hands,
leave some air in the burger and avoid packing
• 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese
bell
your
salt, to taste
and
5. Cook grill
the for
burgers about
medium burgers.
6. At
5
on
both
sides
over
the
hot
6
minutes
per
side
for
to
the same time, grill the peppers for
minutes on each side.
7. Lightly toast the buns on the grill. 8. Serve the burgers on toasted buns with grilled red peppers, slices of sweet white onion and crumbled blue cheese.
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to
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Thursday, June 3rd Transformers 3
Thursday, June 10th Dreamgirls
Thursday, June 17th Star Wars
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ARBOR HILLS Office Closing
Pool Season is Here! Get ready for a fun filled and safe pool season. The water is crystal blue and the temperatures are already climbing into the 90’s. Remember these helpful tips to keep your time at the pool enjoyable; Pool hours 8am until 10pm daily Never swim alone Never bring glass or your pet into the pool area Make certain the gates to the pool area close behind you Never dive or run in the pool area Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult Only residents are allow with 2 guests maximum
So, Let’s have a Pool Party Join us at the Pool on Saturday, June 19th for a great afternoon at the pool. We will have lots of food and drink to start the season off right from 2pm until 5pm. See you there!
In observance of Independence Day on July 4th, the office will be closed. If you have an emergency please call 911. Of course, maintenance is on call 24/7 for your convenience. Pay rent online…..No Night Drop Rent, contracts and move out keys must be submitted in person during office hours. Also, we encourage everyone to save time by logging on to www. arborhills.riverstoneres.com to pay rent. This is the easiest and fastest way to get your rent and utilities paid. Don’t forget about the Early Bird Special. If you pay your rent before the 1st, you will be in the hat for $50 off your next month’s rent. Rent is due between the 1st and the 5th of the month. Rent is late after the 5th. All late utilities and rent must be paid in the form of a money order. If you have not received your water statement, we have a copy of your amount in the leasing office. Remember, any payment made after the 5th of the month must be in the form of a cashiers check or money order.
SEX AND THE CITY 2 By Lisa Schwarzbaum, EW.com May 28, 2010 (EW.com) -- Mood swings similar to those experienced by menopausal Samantha are a common side effect of exposure to “Sex and the City 2.” Two and a half hours spent in the company of fortysomething Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and fiftysomething Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) takes a toll: The experience of listening to the girls complain about their fairy-tale lives from the comfort of an all-expenses-paid luxury vacation in the Arabian desert may leave a viewer feeling by turns nostalgic, disoriented, and impatient. Don’t worry. This is a normal response to revisiting an essence-of1990s-NYC experience and seeing it through 2010 eyes. And it’s a natural reaction given that, in turning the blinged-out foursome into garish caricatures of their already outlandish selves, it seems the producers are just not that into us. Once upon a time, Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha represented an extravagant (white) fantasy of sophisticated city-that-never-sleeps sisterhood. They were Manolo’d ambassadors from a world of Manhattan glamour and cosmos who, underneath their finery, were recognizable as real types of women in an American urban world. Now? Well, the friends still look porelessly fine. And I’m delighted that, in an antidote to recession frugality, their wardrobe budget hasn’t taken a hit. But in “SATC2,” whether the topic is gay marriage discussed at the over-the-top wedding of Carrie’s Best Gay Friend (Willie Garson) to Charlotte’s own BGF (Mario Cantone), or gender roles in the complicated United Arab Emirate of Abu Dhabi explored on a camel, the conversation has been reduced to a string of quips. ‘’It’s Bedouin, Bath & Beyond!’’ Carrie chirps about amenities in a luxurious desert oasis. ‘’Lawrence of my labia!’’ Samantha purrs -- ewww! -- about an attractive man observed driving across the dunes. Writer-director Michael Patrick King compulsively jams pun after groaner pun into the script, tipping the ladies’ lifestyles and life issues perilously into cartoon territory done better by Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley on BBC’s “Absolutely Fabulous.”
Yet with the exception of Miranda (who, honestly, is far too mature and engaged in the world to still hang with these meme-me gals), not one of the fashion fiends lifts her head out of her luggage to get a clue. While Miranda reads up on Abu Dhabi and learns to speak basic courtesies in Arabic, Charlotte scrambles like an American maniac in search of clear cell-phone reception. Samantha is still at it with the horny shtick: She insults her hosts as she rails against not being allowed to dress as trampy as she wants. Carrie still can’t get over the awful fact that, while she gave Big an expensive vintage wristwatch for their second anniversary, he gave her a high-end flat-screen TV installed in their bedroom so they could watch old black-and-white movies together. Together. As if the gesture were an insult rather than an offer to share something, anything, other than nights out on the town. It’s of passing interest to note that all the male characters who make return visits -- including John Corbett as Carrie’s ex, David Eigenberg as Miranda’s husband, Evan Handler as Charlotte’s husband, and Jason Lewis as Samantha’s actor boy-toy -- are so nice and mild and understanding and accommodating that they fade into invisibility. “SATC2” doesn’t have time to follow any relationships other than those among Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, Miranda, and their suitcases full of costumer Patricia Field’s caftan-themed creations. As Carrie might type on her laptop while giving one of her girly little shrugs, When did “Sex and the City” become so long and mean so little? C-
Three of the four have uninteresting but reasonable problems: Charlotte is upset that motherhood is hard; Miranda is upset that she’s unappreciated at work; Samantha is upset that she can’t outrun menopause. The fourth takes the cupcake: Carrie is upset because she’s got everything, including marriage to Big (Chris Noth), a new book and a humongous closet, and now she’s... what? Spoiled and bored, we can’t help but think. (‘’Is this because I’m a bitch wife who nags you?’’ Carrie wheedles when Big asks for some space; at the screening I attended, the audience answered aloud, Yes.)
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RETAILERS POSTED 9TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF GAINS By Blake Ellis Staff Reporter - June 3, 2010 cnn. com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Consumers out
their
and
department
their
favorite
discount
rising an average of
stores
in
May,
helping
retailers
5.3%. Costco led the way with a 9% rise in May sales, but that increase was slightly below analysts’ forecast for an increase of 9.7%.
Reuters, 28 leading chains such as Macy ’s (M, Fortune 500), Target (TGT, Fortune 500), Costco (COST, Fortune 500) and J.C. Penney (JCP, Fortune 500), May sales rose 2.5%, coming in slightly below the firm’s initial estimate for an increase of 2.6%. looks
Same-store
performance,
to
sales
at
sales,
tracker
a
measure
Thomson
same -store
monthly
key
gauge
sales
of
at
sales
a
stores
for
retailer ’s open
May’s 2.5%
increase was a big jump from
small
of
0.5%,
from
the
improvement
and
4.8%
it
was
sales
a
decline
April’s
significant
28 stores, 63% 37% missed.
the
while
company
said
that
higher
gasoline
prices
and
stronger foreign currencies pressured sales.
Sales
Target slightly better than expected. In
at discounter
the
department
store
same -store sales gain of
rose
arena,
1.4%.
1.3%
last month,
Macy’s
logged
a
However, some retailers struggled to boost their sales. The Buckle’s (BKE) sales fell, 5.4%, a big miss from the 0.6% rise expected by analysts, and sales at Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) declined 3%.
retailers
posted for the same month a year ago.
Of
The
at
least a year.
bump
increase,
hit
post their ninth straight month of increasing sales.
which
largest
and
wallets
According
the
pulled
beat analysts’ expectations,
Other clothing retailers such as The Limited, fared better, posting a sales jump of 5%, compared to a forecasts fror a 2.1% increase.
Among the best performers last month, discounters posted
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RESTAURANTS TAKE CALORIES to the Extreme By Sabriya Rice, cnn..com, May 25, 2010 An estimated 67 percent of U.S. adults over age 20 are overweight or obese - and a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest says some popular restaurant chains are contributing to the problem. The report awards the Extreme Eating 2010 Award to a total of nine dishes from seven companies. “These chains don’t promote moderation. They practice caloric extremism, and they’re helping make modern-day Americans become the most obese people ever to walk the Earth,” stated CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson in a press release. The report highlights for example that a Five Guys bacon cheeseburger with a large order of fries adds up to 2,380 calories, and that P.F. Chang’s double pan-fried noodle combo, which includes beef, pork and chicken, comes to about 1,820 calories. One meal can put a person close to – or well over – the 2000 -2500 calories per day the USDA recommends for the average person to maintain a healthy weight. A spokesperson from P.F. Chang’s says the nutritional information for the double pan-fried noodles combo is inaccurate. The company notes that according to the website, the dish contains only 455 calories per serving, and the serving size is for four people. However the CSPI says, that wording can often be misleading. “One of the oldest tricks in the book is to say that a given plate of food serves X number of people,” says the CSPI. “While people do often share at Chinese restaurants it’s hard to imagine four people sharing this and nothing else!”
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C N N received responses from two of the other restaurant c h a i n s mentioned in the report. California P i z z a Kitchen – which was cited for two dishes, including a pesto cream penne pasta that amounted to 1,350 calories before any meat was added – says it offers a wide variety of menu choices and that, most often, its pizzas are shared. “We welcome our guests to modify any of our menu items to meet their dietary needs,” a company spokesman says. Similarly, Outback Steakhouse said its chefs can customize meals, desserts and drinks to satisfy customers’ specific preferences and dietary needs. Outback says the company was among the first to offer an online nutritional tool that “ provides [consumers] with all of the information needed to make an informed decision when placing an order.” In fact, many of the companies in the report currently list their nutritional information right on their websites: Bob Evans; California Pizza Kitchen; Five Guys; P.F. Chang’s; Outback Steakhouse; Chevys. Nutritionists say it is a good rule of thumb to check out nutrition information before heading to a restaurant. Also, the USDA and the American Heart Association offer other useful tips for ways you can eat healthfully when dining out on their websites.
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HOW EXERCISE WORKS at the Cellular Level By Alice Park, time..com, May 26, 2010 We all know that exercise is good for us, but do we know why? How do those hours of sweating it out on a treadmill or pushing yourself in a weight training regimen actually help your cells and tissues to get healthier? Two papers by separate groups may provide some intriguing answers. One team, led by researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital, isolated several dozen metabolic byproducts of exercise in the blood and studied how these compounds change before and after exercise, while across the country, a team at the University of California, San Francisco, studied the effect of exercise on how a cell ages. Both groups of researchers shed new light on how the body responds to exercise, and their findings suggest news ways of enhancing the beneficial effects of physical activity on the body. In the Massachusetts paper, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the scientists isolated 200 metabolic byproducts in the blood of 300 subjects who agreed to run for 10 min. on a treadmill in the lab. Blood samples were taken before exercise, immediately after the activity, and then one hour later. Of the 200 agents, 20 showed significant changes before and after exercise; most of these were well known byproducts of physical activity, such as increases in lactate and variations in the breakdown of fats, sugars and various amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, in the muscles. One pathway that had not been identified before emerged from this analysis however — the production of a vitamin that promotes insulin release. It was also clear that more fit individuals were able to burn fat more effectively during exercise, since they released more of the byproducts of fat metabolism than less fit subjects. Such information, say the authors, could lead to a better understanding of how to test people for fitness and maximize the beneficial effects of exercise for them — for example, by potentially giving them compounds that can make up for deficiencies in their body’s ability to breakdown fats, sugars or proteins for energy. In the second study from UCSF, which appeared in PLoS One, the researchers focused on a specific part of cells known to dictate aging. Telomeres are the portions of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that help to stabilize the genetic material in the cell as the cell divides and its genes are replicated over and over again. With each cell division, however, telomeres tend to shorten, and when the tips are worn down enough, that’s a signal for the cell to die.
A growing body of research, some by the same UCSF team, suggests that stress can accelerate the shortening of telomeres, and therefore of cell life. So the research team (which included Elizabeth Blackburn, the scientist who co-discovered the enzyme responsible for whittling down telomeres and earned the Nobel Prize for her work) decided to test whether exercise could counteract that decline and potentially maintain telomere length and cell vitality. Working with samples of immune cells from the blood obtained from 62 post menopausal women, the researchers analyzed the length of telomeres on these cells during a three day period. The volunteers, many of whom were caring for loved ones suffering from dementia, recorded the number of minutes of vigorous physical activity they completed at the end of each day. After compiling the data, the scientists found that despite similar levels of stress in their lives, those getting the recommended 75 minutes of weekly physical activity that the government advises did not experience a shortening of their telomeres, while the women exercising less than this amount did. It’s an intriguing window into how lifestyle changes such as exercise can affect cellular aging, and perhaps even combat the negative effects of stress on our cells. But, caution the authors, the study still needs to be replicated before they can comfortably confirm that physical activity can inhibit aging. Taken together, the two studies hint at how complex — and systemic — the effects of exercise can be on the body. Creating such cell-level windows into how our bodies react to physical exercise may help us to both appreciate the significance of daily activity as well as figure out better ways to make the most of those hours at the gym.
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