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ZUMBA CREATOR IN TOWN The Creator of Zumba is coming to Carmel Dance Arts! Beto Perez, creator of Zumba, will be offering a two-hour Master Class Sunday, October 19, from 6 to 8 pm; Call 8449131 or stop by the Carmel Dance Arts Studio (575 Carmel Drive) for more information or to order your tickets. Come join the party! SMOOTH OPERATORS - The Smoothie King website says, “Say hello to a better beach body,” but their 40 oz. Strawberry Kiwi Breeze or Blackberry Dream “Trim Down” smoothies contain roughly 750 calories each. Don’t assume that because it’s a smoothie, it’s good for you. Most aren’t. To keep the calories between 200 and 250, order any 20 oz. Slim-N-Trim smoothie except strawberry, or better yet, just have some fresh fruit.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
-Nutrition Action Healthletter
October 11 10am - 1pm
Riley Hospital for Children at Clarian North 11700 N. Meridian, Carmel Each child can pick a FREE Pumpkin!
This is a story about striving for unconsciousness. It’s about what’s happening to us between the hours of 10:15 p.m. and 7 a.m., when we should be hanging z’s. Sleep shuts down your body and awakens your mind. In addition to being vital, it’s also bizarre and contradictory - it’s the inactive activity, the void you fill by dreaming up entire worlds, the state of nothingness that means everything. The science of sleep is only about 40-years-old, and among the things yet to be discovered by researchers is how sleep works, exactly. That, and how to define it. But that’s sleep for you: full of mysteries and surprises. Maybe the most surprising thing of all is that 60 million Americans do it very poorly, suffering any number of sleep disorders. And more than half of the afflicted are men, according to James Rowley, M.D., director of the sleep-disorders center at Harper University Hospital, in Detroit. Many of these guys would deny
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they have a problem, and those who acknowledge it probably aren’t being helped. “Women get motivated when they’re sleepless,” says Dr. Rowley. “Men are silent.” As the years pass, the odds are that these bleary-eyed, silent guys will get even less sleep, and touch off a cascade of other miserable conditions. If sleeplessness doesn’t put a sudden end to your morning commute, it can dim your brainpower and success on the job. It can sour the report your doctor gives you on your cardiac risk, make you fatter, and set you up for diabetes. It will make you fight more with your wife, kids, and house pets. Sleeplessness is the symptom that makes its underlying cause - stress, depression, pain, or all of the above - even worse. The stakes are high when it comes to sleep. For our own good, we all need to rest a little easier.
- menshealth.com