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Images of the bodies of loved ones from Flight 17 returning home by train to the Netherlands along with the ongoing struggles in the middle east are so vividly shared with the rest of the world. This is what I suppose put me into a particular mind set. Undoubtedly this may be old news by the time you read this. My intent was not to immediately reflect on all of the loved ones that I have lost, but upon placing the image of Valentino for puppylove™, it just happened. All at once, my heart was broken again just thinking of what a wonderful friend Valentino was and how much we still miss him. Writing this on the very day my father lost his fight with Pancreatic Cancer six years ago.

The loss of my mother just over one year ago and Roxanne, two years ago, along with six other beloved Great Danes throughout our thirty-one years of marriage that touched our lives so deeply. However, I am not counting my losses but rather my blessings. While my heart may feel broken today, I am reminded of how fortunate I am to have shared my life with each and every one of them. Each one remains in my heart, leaving a permanent mark on the person I am today and the person that I hope to be tomorrow. Now let this issue take you away to a better place. A place that lets us devour an abundance of cherries without pits, cool coffee drinks and chilled watermelon specialties, homemade frozen yogurt and more. There is still plenty of time to gather and or buy the freshest locally grown ingredients to share. We recommend sharing with family and friends to celebrate and enjoy every last minute of the summer season before it slips away, but prepare yourself because we guarantee you will be licking your lips when you are done reading this issue of LWM! Remember the key is moderation. Self control and portion control. We know that neither one is easy but depriving yourself of everything yummy is not the answer. Doing that could potentially cause you to crave those things even more. Enjoy this issue in moderation! You can fully abandon moderation when it comes to love and being a good person but not when it comes to eating and drinking.

Peace! Brian & Diane Strauss Editors / Publishers Diane and Brian Strauss Associate Editor: Michael Strauss puppy love™ Creator Sean Strauss Executive Assistant Nick E. Daum Resident Artist and Creator of the Valentino caricature.

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Some of the leading producers of organic dairy products belong to an association that is fighting tooth-and-nail to prevent you from knowing if your food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

In mid-June, four groups, including the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) filed suit against the state of Vermont in an effort to overturn Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law. As it turns out, some of the leading organic dairy companies, including Stonyfield, Organic

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Valley, Aurora Organic and White Wave/ Horizon Organic, are members of the IDFA, which not only joined in the lawsuit against Vermont, but publicly supports a federal bill, introduced in April, that would prevent any state from passing a mandatory GMO labeling law.

The OCA called on the leading organic dairy companies to withdraw from the IDFA. They responded by stating that they would not do that, but that they had “collectively and formally protested” the IDFA’s decision to join in the lawsuit against Vermont and were in “continued discussions” with the association regarding reversing that decision. They also stated that while they had contributed money and resources to pass Vermont’s GMO labeling law, they believe that “one national labeling standard” is preferable to“different state standards.”

The OCA has asked the dairy companies to publicly state their opposition to the IDFA’s role in the lawsuit against Vermont, and to clarify their position on a national labeling standard by publicly supporting a federal mandatory (not voluntary) GMO labeling law, such as the BoxerDeFazio Bill. So far, they have not responded to those requests. source: Organic Consumers Association

Bayberry is an environmentally-sound community designed to reduce dependence on automobiles. Its vision is a reincarnation of the American small town -a place where residents can walk along tree-lined streets to neighborhood schools and shopping -a community in harmony with its environment, interlaced with generous open spaces, recreational amenities and neighborhood greens. Bayberry offers a continuum of lifestyle choices that include sophisticated townhomes, traditional single-family homes and luxury estate homes created specifically for its unique, park-like setting.

With the opening of The Ponds at Bayberry, a community within Bayberry exclusively for those 55 and Better, The Village of Bayberry now offers a place for everyone to call home, from the first-time home buyer to the empty nester.

LWM Editor’s note: Having grown up in Wilmington, we embraced our neighbors.

Walking was the number one means of transportation. We walked to school, to the local shopping center and stayed active all day long within our own little community.

This sounds much like that same environment, truly a wonderful place to grow up, raise children, or retire.

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Integrative Medicine Plays Important Role in Treatment, Quality of Life for Brain Tumor Patients In the US, recent studies show that 50 to 60 percent of cancer patients use some form of integrative medicine. According to Deneen Hesser, MSHSA, RN, OCN, chief mission officer for the ABTA,. “Some of these therapies may be helpful; others could be harmful or interfere with the effectiveness of other therapies.

Rekha Chaudhary, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, “It’s important to understand that integrative medicine is in addition to, or in conjunction with, traditional medicine... Integrative medicine can be part of the healing process by aiding symptom management and promoting health and healing. It should be discussed with your doctor.” Source: American Brain Tumor Association www.abta.org

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ALENTINO!

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Enter: Where’s Valentino Contest Find Answers Here

ow! There are thousands of readers who search for Valentino. He is hiding somewhere on the pages of each issue. The entries keep pouring in.

We hope you have fun looking and will continue your quest to find Valentino. When you find him please email us at: info@livingwellmagazine.net [Please type “Valentino” on the subject line].

Here are the ANSWERS of Where’s Valentino!

July is a time to relax and learn —So Valentino decided to visit The Institute of Massage and Healing Arts on page 15.He heard they were having an Open House and wanted to find out about taking classes.

In June, Valentino was hanging on the white board in the Ad Art of Fitness which was on page 33. Most of the entries told us that he was too easy to find. So I guess we will have to make him a bit harder.

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WHERE’S VALENTINO! SPECIAL GIVEAWAY This month when you find Valentino email us right away, because we will be awarding the first 10 people who find him, (in the right location of course). The first 2 winners to find Valentino will win 2 tickets each to see Bob Sima The Transformational Troubadour-- Brings His Extraordinary, Acclaimed

“Then Sings My Soul Workshop” Sunday, August 24th from 1pm-4pm at The Center of Joyful Living.

Winners will be notified via email and tickets with a list of winners will be available the day of show at the door.

The remaining 8 winners will receive a copy of Bob Sima’s latest CD, Put A Little Love In The World. Get you entries in early!

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A Balancing Act How many meals are right for you..?

Being active is an important part of any weight-loss or weightmaintenance program. When you’re active, your body uses more energy (calories). And when you burn more calories than you consume, you lose weight.

Is there a true or proven way to know how many times a day you should eat?

More than likely every doctor or nurse you talk to would say something different. They may have the same number of times in a day, but the reasoning behind it may be different. Ultimately you’re the one that needs to decide how many times a day you eat, but you need to have an understanding behind some things before you make the final decision.

Something else you need to consider is the activities you do during the day. If you exercise before breakfast or dinner you may find that your workout actually causes your increase in appetite causing you snack prior to eating or eating too much.

If this happens to you try eating a protein bar approximately 30 to 45 minutes before your workout, or after your workout if you find yourself ravenously hungry when your done your workout.

Most importantly consult with a healthcare professional such as a nutritionist to help you design a healthy eating plan that works for you.

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The best way to decide on the number of meals you need to eat is to take a week and document everything you eat and drink.

This will help you to decide when you’re the hungriest and what you’re eating when that happens.

Some interesting facts on portion sizes: In the last 20 years restaurant portions have gotten larger which may be a contributing factor to the obesity issues facing Americans. Some of the eating habits that worked for us years ago do not seem to work anymore, mainly because the portions have gotten considerably larger.

1994 Average bagel size 3’ diameter A fast food cheeseburger A blueberry muffin was 1.5 ounces Two slices of Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Caesar Salad 1.5 cups Spaghetti and meatballs

Calories 140 333 210 500 390 500

2014 Average bagel 6 “diameter “Supersized” A Muffin 5 ounces 2 “large” slices Healthy Chicken Caesar 3 cups Spaghetti and Meatballs “value size”

Calories 350 590 500 850 790 1025

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Everyday chemicals could be a source of our obesity issues.

Obesity is a huge problem in the U.S. and other industrialized countries. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity rates have doubled for American adults and tripled for kids and teenagers aged six through 19 since 1980. Today, 31 percent of American adults and 15 percent of youngsters are classified as overweight.

infants. These early effects can last a lifetime, permanently altering one’s metabolic “set points” for gaining weight. “If you have more fat cells and propensity to make more fat cells, and if you eat the typical high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet we eat [in the U.S.], you probably will get fat,” Blumberg tells the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

The rise in obesity and related health problems like diabetes is usually attributed to an abundance of high-calorie food coupled with the trend toward a more sedentary lifestyle, but there is more to the story. A growing number of researchers believe that certain chemicals collectively known as “obesogens” may be a contributing factor to the growing obesity epidemic. Exposure to these chemicals has been shown to interfere with the way we metabolize fat, leading to obesity despite otherwise normal diet and exercise.

Adult exposure to obesogens has also been shown to trigger weight gain and other endocrine issues while exacerbating the effects of earlier exposure. Certain pharmaceuticals (including some of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants) have been found to be particularly egregious in this regard. Meanwhile, nicotine, air fresheners and many household cleaning products also contain obesogens. Also, soybeans (consumed by both humans and the livestock we eat) contain a naturally occurring obesogen.

Bruce Blumberg, a biology professor at the University of California at Irvine, first coined the term “obesogen” in 2006 after discovering that certain tin-based compounds known as organotins predisposed lab mice to weight gain. In the intervening years, hundreds of research studies have found similar connections between weight gain in humans and exposure to organotins as well as several other common chemicals found in everyday consumer products, agricultural pesticides and even some drinking water.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reports that as many as 20 synthetic chemicals—from the BPA in plastic food storage containers and the lining of cans to phthalates used in the manufacture of non-stick coatings to the parabens in many personal care products—have been shown to cause weight gain in humans, mostly from exposure in utero or as 12

There may not be much we can do about the damage already done, but avoiding obesogens, whether from natural or synthetic, might be the best thing we can do to prevent making our obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other health problems that much worse. Says Blumberg: “Eat organic, filter water, minimize plastic in your life…If there’s no benefit and some degree of risk, why expose yourself and your family?”

Of course, avoiding obesogens alone won’t keep people from getting fat. Eating a nutritious diet and getting regular exercise are as important as ever to keep one’s weight and overall health in check.

CONTACTS: NIEHS, www.niehs.nih.gov; “Obesogens: An Environmental Link to Obesity,” Environmental Health Perspectives, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC3279464/.

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There’s no question that wildfires are on the increase across the American West and other fire-prone regions of the world, and most environmental leaders agree that global warming is largely to blame. In a recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from the University of Utah analyzed a database of large wildfires in the western U.S. between 1984 and 2011 and found a significant increase in the number of large fires and/or the area covered by the blazes. From Nebraska to California, the number of large wildfires increased sevenfold per year over the study period, with the total area burned increasing by 90,000 acres a year on average.

“Wildfire trends in the West are clear: There are more large fires burning now than at any time in the past 40 years and the total area burned each year has also increased,” says Alyson Kenward of the nonprofit Climate Central. “Over the same span, average spring and summer temperatures across 11 Western states have increased by more than 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit, contributing to the higher fire risks.” What worries Kenward and others is that the latest climate model projections show temperatures rising an additional two to four degrees Fahrenheit over the next few decades (and as much as eight degrees by 2100).

According to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), the hotter temperatures we are already experiencing increase fire risks for several reasons. For one, drier, hotter conditions increase evaporation rates and encourage desertification. Also, as snowpacks melt earlier and summer temperatures rise to new heights, the length of the “fire season” is extending. Meanwhile, warming-induced insect infestations and other problems are ravaging many forests, turning once teeming ecosystems into tinderboxes. And the increased frequency of lightning as thunder

storms become more severe only exacerbates the situation.

Not everyone agrees that global warming is causing the increase in wildfires. Professor David B. South of Auburn University points the finger at forest management and fire suppression practices over the last century that have allowed “fuels” to build up on forest floors, making the fires that do get started that much harder to quell or contain. “Policymakers who halt active forest management and kill ‘green’ harvesting jobs in favor of a ‘hands-off ’ approach contribute to the buildup of fuels in the forest,” South told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in May 2014.

“This eventually increases the risk of catastrophic wildfires,” he said, adding that blaming carbon dioxide emissions for increased fire risk would be “simply unscientific.”

Regardless of who is right, we can all help reduce or prevent wildfires. According to Smokey Bear, the federal government’s mascot for wildfire prevention since the 1940s, those of us living in or visiting fire-prone areas should take extra precautions when burning anything outdoors. The campfire safety page of Smokey Bear’s website outlines how to build and extinguish campfires properly to minimize wildfire risks, and provides lots of other relevant tips on how to stay vigilant. You can also help reduce the risk of wildfire by reducing your carbon footprint (drive and fly less, plant trees) and speaking up for legislation and other actions that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

CONTACTS: NWF, www.nwf.org; Climate Central, www.climatecentral.org; Smokey Bear, www.smokeybear.com.

EarthTalk® is written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E - The Environmental Magazine (www.emagazine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@emagazine.com.

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WITH SEAN

Smoking cigarettes should be a thing of the past in my opinion.

With the amount of knowledge we have about the negative effects from cigarettes, it is hard to believe that people keep smoking them when there are alternative options on the market. Now I must say that at no point in my life have I ever been addicted to cigarettes, although I have smoked my fair share, I have seen people I love struggle with the addiction my entire life. For me I just like the act of smoking something, blowing smoke rings and making me feel like a dragon letting out a big puff of smoke, but we live in an age where I can have the smoking sensation and not smell like an ashtray or run out of breath on the most menial of tasks. I’m talking about vaporizers.

Vaporizers are changing the game for smokers everywhere. They are not full of toxic chemicals that are found in cigarettes and offer a variety of flavors as well as choices of nicotine levels and no nicotine at all which is what I use. There are a few different ways you can go about smoking a vaporized cigarette (ecig), and all of them are more affordable than the obscene price that a pack of cigarettes cost. The two routes that I am going to discuss are the disposable vapes that you can get at a gas station or any convenience store and the vapes that are rechargeable and refillable.

For awhile, I was constantly buying the disposable ecigs, which cost around $10 a piece and are supposed to be the equivalent of 2 packs of cigarettes. The basic ones that you can find at most convenience stores come in two standard flavors, plain, and menthol. Menthol tastes as you would expect it too, much like a car freshener, while the plain ones I can liken to a light vanilla taste. Either option gives you a great puff of vapor to ease your cravings. Some brands last a couple of days; others are done in a few hours of use. Disposable ecigs are also being sold as “electronic hookahs”, anyone who is familiar with hookah knows that there are some awesome flavors that can taste like peach or watermelon and every flavor in between, and the vaporizers do a pretty good job of emulating these flavors, definitely a better taste than the standard ashtray flavor of a cigarette. In our modern world though, new technology becomes obsolete very quickly.

now I am enjoying a flavor called “space jam” that tastes like a combination of strawberries and apples, and the vial it comes in costs around $15 and has lasted for over a month. For people switching from smoking cigarettes to vapes there are also varying levels of nicotine that you can choose from to help you gradually kick the habit.

Over the past month, I have had the opportunity to try out the “Smokio smart vaporizer”, a rechareable and revolutionary product for tracking your smoking habits. Touted as the first smart ecig, the Smokio connects via bluetooth to your smart phone to provide detailed information about your smoking habits. By measuring how many puffs a day you have taken, this smart vaporizer gives you the direct equivalent to how many cigarettes that would be. With this data, the app that runs on your smartphone is able to keep track of how much money you have saved by not smoking cigarettes. It also shows you on a map where you have been using your vaporizer, it is very interesting to see where my hot spots are for smoking, most of my vaping is done while in transit between places. During the writing of this article, I have taken 23 puffs from the Smokio, which it says is equivalent to 2 cigarettes. The app also tells me that since I have not smoked a cigarette in 24 days, I have saved $27 and have added 7 days to my life expectancy. Visit: www.smokio. com/#meet

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Make way for the non-disposable ecigs, kind of like the ones that were sold in the malls for way too much money, the prices have dropped considerably and have made it an affordable alternative to smoking cigarettes, with many customized options. In fact, a new upscale vapor lounge opened on the Kirkwood Highway that specializes in relaxing with vaporizers, called Vape Escape, you can find their ad in this issue of LWM magazine for more information. Vape Escape offers you the opportunity to taste test a variety of flavors to put in their refillable vaporizers. Right August 2014

In my continued pursuit to loss weight I have only been successful when I take the time to log all of my meals to keep myself accountable for what I am putting into my body. The Smokio allows you the opportunity to keep yourself accountable for your smoking habits and provide you a way to see immediate benefits of changing your habits. If you are serious about prolonging your life, save money, and conquer, your cigarette addiction vaporizers are for you and the Smokio would be a great option for doing that. A vaporizer is not smoke and many of my friends tell me that it is not the same as a cigarette, so let’s just say that the vaporizer is a diet of sorts, nobody is happy about dieting, but we are very happy with the results. For me vaporizers have helped me with my eating habits, if I’m vaping, I’m not eating at that moment. . That’s until they figure out what ecigs will do to us…lol!

MARTIAN NOTIFIER We are almost at the point where we can live the dream of talking into our watches like Dick Tracy. The next must have device is going to be the smart watch, and slowly the industry has been moving towards creating a watch that makes our already amazing phones even more amazing. The Martian smart watch is a beautiful step in the right direction.

The Martian Notifier is a sporty sleek watch face reminiscent of any big European watch brand. The difference is that the Martian Notifier has a tiny screen towards the bottom of the watch that as the name implies, displays notifications. Personally, I keep my phone in my pocket at all times, but the Martian allows me to take a quick glance at my wrist to check my incoming messages. Any notification you can get on your phone can be displayed on this watch on its scrolling display.

The functionality of the watch may seem limited, but the convenience of what you can do makes it worth it. You can customize an alert pattern for the watches tiny motor so that you can quickly know what app you are receiving a message from.

The watch face also has a mini LED light that can be used as a flashlight. One of the watch functions acts as a remote control for the camera app. The remote for your camera as a new way to control your selfie and portrait picture taking skills, prop your phone up and you can be your own personal photographer. The watch connects to your phone via bluetooth and is a great stylish timepiece to bide my time until Apple announces plans for their iWatch, which is slated for later this year. Martian Notifier is good looking, user friendly and one of the best smart watches on the market right now as well as being very reasonably priced. www.martianwatches.com If you have a question about all things tech or have a tech product you would like me to review, hit me up on Twitter @maskedbluntman

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Intelligent Health, Part II Summer Is a Great Time to Upgrade

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By Karen Verna Carlson, B.A., N.D., Ph.D.(Hon.)

onger days, abundant local produce, and outdoor activities make summer time a great opportunity to joyously upgrade the health of your intelligent body. It can be easy. It can be ecological. It can be fun. It can be lasting.

Because you are educating your 60 trillion citizen cells, tiny improvements in health habits accumulate into huge benefits over the years, like a penny doubled every day. (Which would be a better deal—a million dollars or a penny doubled every day for a month? Do the math: one cent, two cents, four cents, eight cents, 16, 32, 64…. You’d be more than a millionaire on day 28.)

Humankind universally and individually yearns to progress, to improve. It is our nature. Making a habit of upgrading our health habits is an investment in living well.

Create Contagious Momentum Involve family and/or a few friends to formulate their individual choices for an upgrade. That creates a contagious vitality momentum that helps offset the aging momentum. For the past 16

five years, I’ve met weekly with a friend for two hours of mutual practice in mindfully balancing muscles, nerves and energy. Some weeks one or both of us have been so fried by life’s challenges that we hope for a no-show from the other. Yet, after 120 minutes of gentle practice we are always soooooo glad we showed up and just did the best we could at the time. We always experience a phenomenal improvement in well-being, but if the commitment were not shared we’d have lost our momentum long ago. In five years, we’ve cancelled only a few sessions. Need I remind you that consistent practice yields cumulative benefits that are exponential?

Follow Your Bliss Do more of the healthy things you love rather than forcing yourself to struggle towards some idealistic “should.” (Don’t should on yourself is a wise admonition.) Joseph Campbell’s encouragement to follow our bliss has been working its magic for decades. For example, one client loves the ‘great outdoors’ feeling of playing golf, so we capitalize on that enthusiasm to develop better nerve-muscle coordination and better mental focus— qualities that continue to build a better life on many levels beyond the golf course.

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Here’s another example: I love taking baths so I employ herbs, sea salt, different amounts of water and temperature to create more health benefits for my intelligent body than just cleaning it.

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Simplicity, Ease, Consistency Go with what you enjoy. Keep it simple and easy. Be consistent.

No excuses. No exceptions. Recruit companions and let them choose their own activity upgrade. It’s easiest to commit to some daily or weekly activity because the rhythmical energy is a powerful force helping you stay on track. It takes at least three months for a new habit to take root. Be gentle and compassionate with yourself. Give yourself maximum chance of success with a small, realistic goal, and maintain it for life.

Next month’s column on health upgrades might inspire you to improve your enjoyment of what and how you eat.

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YOUTH EXERCISE: FUN TO BE DONE Danny Singles, PT, DPT, MA

Every child needs physical activity as much as they need food and sleep. The specifics might differ, but healthy and physically active kids are more likely to develop into healthy and physically active adults.

Last month’s article focused on current guidelines for youth strength training. It examined some of the risks, benefits, and specifics of performing it in a fun, safe, and supervised manner. This article is really a continuation of that. Instead of focusing on just strength training however, this month’s article will look at general exercise and physical activity guidelines for youth.

Most kids are no longer like the active kids from movies like ET the ExtraTerrestrial, The Sandlot, and The Goonies.

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the movie, Wall-E, is much more accurate these days. In the movie, both adults and kids are depicted as overweight, clumsy, easily fatigued, gadget and media hungry consumers. This isn’t too far from the truth in today’s America. At an increasingly young age, many kids already have an iPad, iPhone, XBox, laptop, TV, etc. available at their fingertips. All of these are powerful tools for learning and fun, but they are also gadgets that can promote sedentary behavior. Devices like the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Kinect attempt to encourage activity, but many kids don’t use them because they are just too much effort. When you are already sedentary, staying that way is often the easiest thing to do.

Previous readers of my articles know that such “slug time” (as a young patient of mine likes to call it ) creates a whole host of problems in adults as well as children.

Problems can arise in the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, endocrine, and nervous systems, for example, due to frequent couch potato time. You wouldn’t let your kids smoke at age 6, so why let them do something that is just as bad? This epidemic of sedentary behavior is multifaceted and there are no easy solutions. What we do know, however, is that an increasing number of children are overweight or obese and increased amounts of sitting contributes to this.

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Parents seem to pick up on this, but many feel powerless to change it. I hear this almost every day from parents of my younger patients: “I wish my child exercised more so they could lose weight.” Losing weight and getting fit is certainly a good goal for an adult. As a kid, however, exercise is not “weight loss.” It is play, fun, and exploration. Despite what a parent or doctor might urge, it ultimately is not done for an adult reason like “weight loss.”

Trying to ascribe adult philosophies onto kids will only result in making kids dislike exercise. Exercise must be fun to be done. The fitness, the weight, the confidence and the healthy habits will all come after that. It must start with fun or else you will get nowhere.

Making it an enjoyable and engaging activity can foster powerful motivation in a child to exercise “more.” What exactly does “more” mean? (Insert here a nostalgic story about playing wiffle ball, riding your bike, playing in the creek, or building a fort outside every day when you were a kid.) “More,” according to the American Heart Association (AHA), means “at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.” This is the minimum requirement.

So what does “participate in at least 60 minutes of enjoyable, moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity every day” actually mean? First and foremost, as we have discussed above, it means exercise should be fun and engaging. You can tell your child to ditch the devices and exercise to lose weight, but you will likely end up with a child with both negative body image issues and one who dislikes exercise. Making it enjoyable can allow some pretty amazing stuff to happen. Kids will look forward to their active time, especially if you practice what you preach. Do yourself and your kids a favor – modeling positive and healthy behavior for them is a win-win for everyone, including you.

Physical activity and child development are closely intertwined.

When kids engage in physical activity, they are learning, growing, and building physical, social, and mental skills that will allow them to be successful, adaptable, and ready to face challenges in life.

kids are encouraged to do more than the minimum in everything else, so why not with their physical activity as well?

What does “moderate to vigorous intensity” means? “Moderate exercise,” as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is exercise that “requires a moderate amount of exercise and noticeably accelerates the heart rate.” The definition of “vigorous exercise” is any exercise that “requires a large amount of effort and causes rapid breathing and a substantial increase in heart rate.”

Age appropriate examples of these types of exercise do NOT include: working thumb muscles to send text messages, walking downstairs in the morning for bacon (“mmm bacon”), throwing an Xbox controller down in disgust after losing again in Call of Duty, shuffling to and from the kitchen to open the cupboard for Double Stuffed Oreos, using arm muscles to support the weight of the head for 3 hours while binge-watching Modern Family, or swiping fingers across an iPad screen to play 2048. What age appropriate activities might include, however, are perennial kid favorites such as: kick-the-can, flashlight tag (or freeze tag, TV tag, or any other type of tag), capture-the-flag, baserunners, sharks and minnows, tetherball, or dodgeball. Sport activities are also a great age appropriate way to get exercise. Be careful not to take the fun out of it by too much pushiness from parents or coaches (it must be fun to be done, remember?). My personal childhood favorite combines strength, agility, power, coordination, and balanced full body exercise in a way unlike any of the others. It is also the simplest —go outside and play on a playground.

At least 60 minutes per day of activity does not mean simply walking to and from the car a few times a day and rounding it up to 60 minutes. What it means is at the bare minimum, kids should have at least 60 minutes of dedicated active time every day. Not every other day or 3x per week, but every day. This is time away from sitting, away from slouching, away from beds, sofas, bean bag chairs, and every manner of electronic device. It is also much needed time away from those bad positions that cause poor posture, tight muscles, and aching backs and necks. Moving every day is important to physical and mental wellbeing. It’s the whole reason I titled my first article, “Movement = Life.” If 60 continuous minutes is impossible, two separate 30 minute bouts or even four 15 minute bouts of physical activity is still better than nothing. Remember though, these numbers are a minimum. Most www.livingwellmagazine.net

To review, listed on the next page are the AHA physical activity recommendations for kids ages 2 and up. Remember to make it fun. There are some great people out there who specialize in this – ask around and you can find them. I’d be happy to talk with you and your child, work with you together, or refer you as needed to a qualified professional. The best people to do this, however, are parents, siblings, and friends. Who else knows your kids’ interests better than you do?

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Full AHA Recommendation (Bare Minimum) for ALL children ages 2 and up:

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• Participate in at least 60 minutes of enjoyable, moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activities every day that are developmentally appropriate and varied.

• If your child or children don’t have a full 60-minute activity break each day, try to provide at least two 30-minute periods or four 15-minute periods in which they can engage in vigorous activities appropriate to their age, gender and stage of physical and emotional development.

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Physical Activity for Children: http://www.cdc.gov/ physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/children.html • AAP Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

Strength Training by Children and Adolescents: Policy Statement Review. Pediatrics 107: 1470, 2001.

• Faigenbaum, AD, et al. Youth Resistance Training: Updated Position Statement Paper from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 23: Supplement 5, S60, 2009.

• Faigenbaum, AD, and Micheli, LJ. ACSM Current Comment: Youth Strength Training Fact Sheet. ACSM Sports Medicine Bulletin 32: 2, 28 • World Health Organization: What is Moderateintensity and Vigorous-intensity Physical Activity? http://www. who.int/dietphysicalactivity/physical_activity_intensity/en/

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in their stool. They appear as small whitish rice grains. Please get to the veterinarian with a fresh stool sample so that it can be evaluated for parasites and the proper treatment instituted.

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Flea control requires that both the pet and the environment be treated. The first and easiest way to control fleas is to routinely use a flea comb, twice a day if possible. Fleas tend to like the groin area, armpit area, base of the tail and under the neck, so make sure to investigate these area first. The fleas can be eliminated by placing them in a bowl of soapy water.

I have two dogs, a Shetland sheepdog and a Sheltie. Now that the warmer weather is here I tend to take them to the park more frequently and they sometimes swim in the near-by river. I am concerned about fleas. Can you give some advice about controlling fleas during the warm weather?

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In order to control the flea population that may infest your dogs, it is necessary to understand the life cycle of the flea.

First off, fleas develop the best in temperatures between 70 – 85 degrees F and a humidity level around 70 percent. The flea goes through four stages in development: the egg, larva, pupa and adult. In ideal conditions the life cycle can take two weeks.

Under less than ideal conditions, it can take a number of months.

A single adult female flea can lay approximately 50 eggs in 24 hours. Basically, the adult female takes a blood meal from its host and then can lay her eggs. Fleas then tend to lay the eggs on your pet’s fur. Most of these eggs fall off your pet as they go through their normal activities. This action, however, leads to the eggs falling into the surrounding environment, often onto carpet, cracks in the floor, between furniture, on your pet’s bedding and toys. Eggs can hatch in anywhere from two to fourteen days depending on temperature and humidity. When the larvae hatch they begin to feast on the pre-digested blood that adult fleas pass into the environment. Somewhere between five and twenty days the larvae begin to form cocoons and become pupae. Once again, depending on conditions, these larvae become adults in anywhere from a couple of days to a number of months. In some conditions pupae will stay in that stage for years. When the adult fleas emerge they will begin feeding almost immediately. Once a female feeds it can begin to lays eggs and the process begins again.

Fleas can be very dangerous in certain circumstances. Young pups or kittens can actually develop what is called flea bite anemia. In other words, the fleas can feed on these youngsters to the point that they become anemic from blood loss. Your pet could have sensitivity to the saliva of the fleas. This will result in your pet scratching their skin and causing a condition called flea allergy dermatitis, a condition that can be very difficult to manage.

Fleas also serve as vectors for Diplidium, a species of tapeworm.

Animals with tapeworms will often show the tapeworm segments

Keeping your pet healthy will deter some fleas. A wholesome, balanced, high quality diet is necessary. I often recommend certain vegetables (no onions or scallions, for example) be added for fresh enzymes, minerals and vitamins. You would be surprised how many dogs love small cut up pieces of the broccoli stem. A good multivitamin/ multi-mineral supplement is necessary as well. My choice is from a company called Deserving Pets. I also recommend omega-3 fatty acids. They help keep the skin health and shiny, as well as having anti-inflammatory properties. As many of you know, there are a multitude of topical flea and tick products on the market. You must understand, however, that these products contain pesticides that you are placing directly on your pet’s skin. Some pets have local skin reactions; others will vomit and become lethargic. I recommend other alternatives, if this happens to your pet. In my experience, smaller dogs tend to have more adverse reactions. I see no point in placing such products on a 4 pound Yorkie that barely goes outside, except to go to the bathroom, and never goes into wooded or high grass areas. There are enough alternatives now available. Some of the all natural products on the market contain diatomaceous earth or flour, neem or yarrow to name a few. My favorite companies are Buck Mountain from Montana and Deserving Pets. I have had many many clients use these products with much success.

Inside your home you can use basic table salt to control fleas. My recommendation is to sprinkle table salt on your carpets and leave it on overnight. Vacuum it up the following morning. It will kill flea larvae and eggs. It is important to throw out the vacuum bag afterwards or you’re just providing a breeding ground for more fleas to hatch. As far as the environment outside goes, it is important to keep debris such piles of leaves to a minimum. This is where fleas like to hang out. Additionally, you can plant flowers that repel fleas such as marigolds, lavender, eucalyptus and fennel. Best of luck to you!

Dr. Rose DiLeva is a 1987 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s school of Veterinary Medicine. She practices alternative and conventional veterinary medicine. Dr. DiLeva is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and a certified veterinary chiropractitioner. She can be reached at her Animal Wellness Center in Chadds Ford, Pa. at 610558-1616 for appointments and telephone consultations. Her web site is www.altpetdoc.com and www.drrosesremedies.com

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How would you define your own sense of style, and how it exemplifies your personality?

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Vanity, comfort or both?

If it doesn’t feel good and if it doesn’t look good, I probably shouldn’t be wearing it.

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 Is your wardrobe based on current fashion trends? Are you comfortable sporting your own style, regardless of what is “in style” at the time?

“Trendy” has always meant “temporary” to me.

There’s a lot of time and money wasted if trends are the focus.

My style is all about easy, classic separates with basic neutral colors for the bottom, color for the top and simple accessories.

Speaking of trends, there was a time I could buy a size 8 petite pair of pants right off the rack and they would fit beautifully.

Since designers have decided that the “trend” is for low riders and hip huggers that gap in the back, never fit right, slide down, and create those muffin tops, I’m finding that shopping for pants is often a pretty futile effort.

 What is the one piece of clothing or accessory from you wardrobe that you could not live without?

Black. Black skirts and black pants have taken me from the boardwalk to the boardroom. We’ve been told we should apologize for this; we shouldn’t. Any top looks good; a little jewelry makes it better. Kudos to shoe designers who are making ballet flats stylish and comfortable.

When I’m in some of the smaller venues, I’m hoping to find something; when I go to catalogues or on-line, I’m looking for something specific. I tend to stop into a clothing store because I’m in the area for something else.

 What wardrobe essential do you think are vital to pull off the perfect look for you?

I happen to love kimono-style tops that flow and that look good over simple tops and pants / skirts. Accented with a wide belt, some nice jewelry and great shoes can take me to a job working with a client (ballet flats) or a special event (heels).

What is the best piece of style advice you  would like to share with our readers?

Making the effort to “dress” just doesn’t take that long with classic simplicity and interesting accent pieces. Wearing a smile and taking a good look in a full-length mirror are good ideas, too.

 Does a designer name mean anything to you?

If so, who are your favorite designers?

I tend to choose fit, style, and color; that focus keeps my wardrobe manageable and dressing quick and easy.

 What is the one piece of clothing or accessory you wish you owned but would never buy yourself?

Nothing contemporary. I’m in the market for a reproduction bustle dress that fastens in the front, complete with underpinnings, for the 1870s look. I have the material but not the skill or time to wrangle with historic sewing. I found someone to make one for me, but she was in the process of moving to England and I haven’t sought out anyone else.

 Do you look for a bargain or is price not an issue if you really love it?

I’m everything from thrifty to pricey. If I find something I really love and know that the look is classic enough to last for years, I buy two. I’ll either wear one out or have a catastrophe happen to the other.

I also tend to be a grab- and -go shopper as I don’t have a lot of time and I don’t enjoy trying on things. I can run through a store in a matter of minutes, buy the two things I know will look great and fit, and get out as fast as possible. I’m pretty much on the mark with this method. Once I found two of my best pieces as I was schlepping through an airport.

 What are your favorite local and online shopping spots?

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fruit fresh watermelon

Watermelon is the proven leader in Lycopene in fresh produce, making it watermelon an important part of a healthy diet.

Containing high levels of vitamins A and C and a good level of vitamin B6. The vitamin A found in watermelon supports optimal eye health and boosts immunity by enhancing the infectionfighting actions of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Power packed with valuble Vitamin B6, watermelon helps the immune system produce antibodies.

Those antibodies are needed to fight many diseases. More Vitamin B6 benefits, helping maintain normal nerve function and form red blood cells. The body uses it to help break down proteins. The more protein you eat, the more vitamin B6 your body requires. Vitamin C in watermelon can help to bolster the immune system's defenses against infections and viruses and can protect a body from harmful free radicals that can accelerate aging and conditions such as cataracts.

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tomatoes

fruit or vegetable?

In the Supreme Court decision, the justices distinguished between science and everyday life. The justices admitted that botanically speaking, tomatoes were technically fruits.

But in everyday life, they decided, vegetables were things “usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats ... and not, like fruits generally, as dessert.” So under customs law, the court ruled, tomatoes counted as vegetables — and the importer had to keep paying the tariff.

are measurably, one of the most consumed non-starchy vegetable and the most significant source of dietary lycopene; a powerful antioxidant that has greater bioavailability after cooking and processing (eg, canning). Emerging research is exploring the protective relationship between tomato intake and a host of conditions, including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, ultraviolet light—induced skin damage, and cognitive dysfunction.

Initial studies of tomato consumption and disease risk reduction focused on lycopene and antioxidant activity.

Recent theories recognize the advantages of the whole tomato; and hence, research on the role of tomato products in health and disease risk reduction extends beyond antioxidant function to include other protective mechanisms such as antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory functions.

Increasing daily vegetable intake in the American diet offers the potential to yield significant health benefits. In addition to the specific benefits of tomato consumption, encouraging greater tomato and tomato product consumption may help increase overall vegetable intake because of their wide availability, deep-rooted acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and convenience of multiple forms. Influencing emerging science about tomatoes and tomato products may be one simple and effective strategy to help individuals increase vegetable intake, leading to improved overall eating patterns, and ultimately, better health.

Source, taken from: B. B. Freeman, K. Reimers. Tomato Consumption and Health: Emerging Benefits. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2010; DOI: 10.1177/1559827610387488

DID YOU KNOW? Tomatoes are Nightshades Tomatoes are one of the vegetables in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, which includes eggplant, bell peppers, and potatoes (although not sweet potatoes and yams). Anecdotal case histories link improvement in arthritis symptoms with removal of these foods; however, no casecontrolled scientific studies confirm these observations.

cherries For anyone who has ever felt the agonizing pain associated with gout you want it to go away as quickly as possible and don't want to experience an attack ever again. For gout sufferers, you might want to consider adding tart cherries to your anti-gout arsenal. A 2012 study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism found that patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared to other fruits. In addition, the risk of gout flares was 75% lower when cherry intake was combined with the uric-acid reducing drug, Allopurinol. Participants consumed just ½ cup (or 10-12 cherries) up to three times per day to achieve results.

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Sweet cherries have been shown to have significant levels of anthocyanins as well as other pigments in perhaps smaller concentrations that together provide synergistic effects thought to be protective to heart and related vascular tissue.

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Surprising Foods You Didn’t Know You Could Grill! By: Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDE, LDN

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As the weather continues to heat up, so do our summer barbeques. However, summer after summer, it’s the same old thing - another hamburger, hotdog, or chicken leg on the grill.

Why not make this summer different by spicing up your next barbeque by using fresh, healthy, and unexpected ingredients that are sure to impress your guests? Not only will these options add variety to your palate, but they are also a great way to boost the nutrient content of your meal as well.

One great way to improve the vitamin and antioxidant content of your meal is to grill up sweet and delicious fruit. Who knew you could toss watermelon and even berries on the grill! For watermelon, drizzle slices with olive oil, place on the grill, and heat for about two to three minutes. Flip and repeat. Then sprinkle salt and a squeeze of lemon over it and enjoy. For berries, mix together lemon juice and one tablespoon of honey, toss in the berries and wrap in foil. Cook over medium heat for ten minutes before serving over a frozen dessert or fresh salad.

Image: Matlaw”s Stuffed Clams (Chili-Lime)

Bring the ocean to your party by grilling up shellfish. Don’t let the idea of clams on the grill intimidate you. It’s actually incredibly easy to add seafood to your next party and it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser. Matlaw’s has just introduced new frozen Stuffed Clam flavor varieties – Bacon and Cheese, Chorizo, Chili Lime, and the tried and true New England Style - and they’re so easy to prepare! Simply wrap the frozen Matlaw’s Stuffed Clams in a foil "boat" and place right on the grill on medium heat for 20 minutes. And the best news - you get the flavor of chorizo and bacon with much less fat and calories while getting the benefit of omega-3 fatty acids from the clams!

Vegetarians can enjoy the grill too! Tofu can make a great addition to any summer barbeque. It makes a great mild protein to throw on the grill as you can season it with a variety of desired spices to suite your palate! Try seasoning with garlic, cayenne for heat, and soy sauce and pair with crunchy green beans – which can also be grilled!

Who doesn’t love cheese? Not only can it make a great appetizer for company, but it’s easy to grill. Wash a thick slice of mozzarella in egg, cover in light Panko bread crumbs and cook for a few minutes on each side. When the cheese begins to melt, remove from the grill. Drizzle with a little olive oil, top with a thin tomato slice and fresh basil and enjoy a mini pizza!

Don’t forget dessert! Forget the typical ice cream sundae - you can even make dessert on the grill that has many fewer calories than your normal ice cream treat. Simply cut an angel food cake into slices, place them on the grill until crisp and toasty, and then top each slice with warm fruit and a dollop of Greek yogurt for a delicious, and healthy, sweet!

In addition to grilling up some fresh and healthy options, you can also improve the health of your next barbeque by improving your side options. Creamy dressings, extra butter, and oversized portions are often the high calorie culprits when it comes to side dishes. To make them healthier, go for lighter options, such as a quinoa salad or grilled veggies. Lightly brush corn on the cob with olive oil and grill for five minutes to get delicious flavor without the need for butter. Cut sweet potatoes into wedges, brush with olive oil, season, and grill for yummy sweet potato fries. For a healthier pasta salad, try whole wheat pasta, add lots of veggies, and use light Italian dressing. Get creative with the side dishes; it is usually possible to make a much lighter version of your favorite dish with just a couple of substitutions!

With a little creativity, you’ll have a summer feast prepared on the grill that has your taste buds singing!

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“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” —John Lennon SILENT NO MORE - Freeing Your Inner Voice

here ‘til I figure it out and then I will take action.” Often it is a long wait, too long, especially when the answer has been within you all along...

“Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.”

—John Lennon

We don’t begin the journey of life with the intention of losing our voice. We start off with noble intentions and lofty dreams, beginning with our eyes wide open and living from our hearts. Then life happens. Sometimes it happens early on and sometimes later, but at some point we come to understand that life is not a straight line.

Some bends are welcomed, like children and career, other bends are not welcomed; they become the winters of our lives. One way or another, we lose focus on who we are and it becomes more about surviving through life. Over time this survival technique becomes not a temporary reaction, but rather where we live. It is then we realize our voice is gone.

“And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?” Pink Floyd So many of my clients come to me seeking to find their voice-- to reestablish that inner connection but they just don’t know how. It feels like a fleeting dream you just can’t quite remember, or worse, the fear of what if you never find it? To counterbalance this fear we justify, “I don’t need my voice,” or “Things are not that bad.” I tell my clients that the truth is you must reclaim your voice; it is your foundation and your furthest reach. It is what makes you, you.

Without it, you become a boat without a rudder. You must find your inner voice.

Then you’ll find the strength that will guide your way. You’ll learn to trust the voice within” - Christina Aguilera You find your voice by speaking your voice. I know it sounds like a “Riddle me this, Batman!” but listen again! You find your voice by speaking your voice. That is the “how.” Sometimes you speak it scared, other times with uncertainty, and even when you are unsure you speak it more. The more you speak it the more you speak from it. You don’t need the certainty of what it is to begin, you just need faith. Faith in you, faith in God, faith in how things really work, faith in this guy mashing the keys on his MacBook Pro but somewhere you need certainty before you begin or you will never begin. If you never begin, you will never find it. It is certainty driven by faith!

That is your how. The very thing you are looking for is what you must have in order to begin. Certainty in you!

In the end, all that you really have certainty about is yourself.

Everything else is either what you believe or is under your influence.

So pick a voice, any voice and begin speaking and don’t stop until it sounds very familiar to your own.

I wish you love and passion. Live Free!!

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The challenge arises in “how” do we find it? Most often what keeps my clients from discovering their voice is that they believe they need to know “how” to find it. At first glance, it is a very fair question-- seems logical. First, you identify what you want, then you want to know how do you get it? This is however....different.

How do you discover your voice when you don’t even know what your voice is? If you don’t know what it is then how can you find it?

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Women With Wings

Karen Jessee

You’re widowed. You’re divorced. You’re struggling with new issues and problems on your own for the first time in a long time and you’re not sure where to turn for help. You have questions and you need answers. You might want to find Kathy Bauers and her volunteer organization, Women With Wings.

Kathy had been a financial advisor for a number of years when she was recommended to a woman whose husband had just passed.

The woman was scared and nervous and didn’t know anything about finances. Her husband had “taken care of those things” and suddenly she didn’t know what to expect or what to do. Kathy assured her she didn’t have to make all the big decisions now; that calling social security, collecting statements and creating a small checklist would be a good, small start.

“But it was during this meeting,” says Kathy, “that I realized that there are many women like her. They are suddenly on their own and they don’t know who to ask for help without feeling someone might take advantage of them.” Kathy knew that she could help answer financial questions but made a good bet that there were other professional women who would be willing to help women in these troubling situations. In October of 2010, Kathy started Women With Wings.

The mission of this organization is to provide practical resources for women who have experienced a loss or traumatic change in family dynamics and now find themselves alone and handling all the day-to-day responsibilities themselves. Kathy has assembled a team of women in various professions who run the website and a helpline. She finds people with unique areas of expertise to run workshops and to answer the many questions from women who are suddenly overwhelmed with their change in status.

because they meet other women who understand what they are going through. Some friendships have been made.”

If you think creating one socially-aware organization was enough for Kathy, think again; she recently began The Pride Professional Connection to start a networking group for individuals and businesses that work specifically with the LGBT community.

“I noticed that after working with my clients, they often asked if I knew someone who could help with taxes or someone who could provide some other professional assistance who would be comfortable with their lifestyle. I had never thought of this before, but I realized it would be great to know other professionals who have experience in LGBT issues.

“This is a very new organization, but it is slowly building,” says Kathy. “It is open to men and women and right now we have about 20 on our e-mailing list. About 10 come to the lunches held the third Wednesday of each month. Note that future lunches will be held August 20th, September 17th, October 15th, and November 19th.

“We’re always looking for speakers for both organizations” she adds.

So, whether you’re the expert or the person who could use the expert, you might want to look to www.womenwithwingsde.org or Kathy.j.bauers@ampf.com. The perfect support system for you might just be a click away.

“This is strictly volunteer,” Kathy emphasizes, “and none of the professionals who run these workshops are there to promote their business. Speakers are there to provide information and strategies, not track down potential clients.”

Workshops, which are usually held quarterly at the Kirkwood Library at 6:00, have included basic home repair and maintenance, finances, budgeting, investing, taxes, estate and family law, real estate, car repair and maintenance, home organizing, and maintaining health. “The feedback from women, ages 25 to 75, has all been positive. They love coming not only for the topics but www.livingwellmagazine.net

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Karen helps clients make the decisions and create the systems that are best for them. She also teaches the strategies to help clients gain greater clarity, control, productivity and peace.

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A Matter of Trust Suzanne Eder

Years ago, when I was first making the transition from energy healer to coach, I became the client of a world-class coach, Tama Kieves, so I could experience first-hand how good coaching is done. She used to have a tagline for one of her online courses, named A Course in Trust, which went something like this:

“Trust would solve every problem right now.”

I remember my initial reaction to that was mixed. On an intuitive level I sensed she was hitting on a profound truth, but on a more practical level I wasn’t totally buying it - it seemed like a bold marketing statement more than anything else. I wasn’t sure how trust could solve the problems I was facing at the time.

Over the years, as I’ve grown and evolved as a person and a coach, I have realized how profoundly true her declaration actually was.

Imagine what your life would be like if you fully, deeply trusted yourself. No more second-guessing, no more self-criticism, no more harboring of resentment toward people who have let you down. You’d be at peace and open to possibility, knowing you have what it takes to navigate the ebbs and flows of Life with wisdom and courage.

This particular state of being is something I’ve observed in countless successful people, and in fact it’s a hallmark of what I call fulfilled success: Self-trust. The happy, successful people trust themselves.

Yet many people do not trust themselves. As a teacher and mentor I’ve witnessed first-hand how often the quality of people’s lives is diminished by a lack of trust in themselves or in the inherent goodness of Life.

Time and again I’ve observed brilliant, talented and passionate people struggle with bringing their dreams to life, and at the core of their struggle is doubt - doubt in their abilities, doubt about getting the support they might need, doubt in being able to succeed in what they see as a competitive world – or, most fundamentally, doubt in their worthiness to succeed or be fulfilled in a way that really matters to them.

As someone trained to perceive our universe as energetic or vibrational, I can literally sense their doubt as a dense fog surrounding them. And that fog interferes with their ability to experience their innate talents, passion and joy. It also interferes with their ability to recognize that life is on their side and that the universe wants to thrive through them.

To me that is the essence of trust – knowing that, regardless of what is showing up in any given moment, this is fundamentally a loving, life-giving universe. Trust isn’t a concept. It isn’t a “thing” you can earn or give to someone – even to yourself. It is not a test you have to pass, or anything you have to prove. Trust is not simply hoping things will go well, nor is it trying to control or manage things to force a particular outcome.

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Trust is an intention. It is, in the world of energy and vibration, a state of being or consciousness arising from that intention. It is a choice to perceive that life is on your side, and that you are worthy of all the good life has to offer.

When you’re living from that state of being, you invest your trust in…

What you want What you love Your talents and gifts Moments of peace, clarity, inspiration Inner guidance Life itself I see these elements as expressions of the Divine within us, but you could think of them as expressions of your highest or best self.

So trust arises from a willingness to open to the highest and best, to the Divine, to Source, to God, to the Universe – however you wish to name it – and to be guided by it.

This was brought home to me vividly several years ago. I was contemplating whether to sell my house in order to reduce expenses, and had exhausted myself with all the what-if scenarios my accountant brain was attempting to model on an Excel spreadsheet. One of those options was to move out of my house into a lower-cost apartment, and rent my home at a price that would cover my mortgage and other owner-related expenses.

The scenario didn’t appeal to me at all, but it looked good on paper. I happened to mention it to a friend of mine and, lo and behold, within a week she called to tell me about a colleague of hers from Europe who would be working in the U.S. for several years and was looking for a home to rent that was close to downtown Wilmington. She thought my home would be perfect for him and his wife.

I was stunned. My first inner thought was, “But my home is perfect for me!” I felt immediate sadness and panic at the idea of moving from my beloved home, and regret for having mentioned the idea to her. Still I thanked her for wanting to help me and told her I’d think about it and get back to her.

After finishing the call I brought my attention into the present moment and focused on the task at hand, which was fixing my breakfast. I breathed gently through the tangle of emotions until they quieted down. I became still.

And then I experienced a moment of Grace.

I felt as if I was suddenly in a new dimension, even though I was still standing in my kitchen, fully alert and present. It was as if I was living and breathing in a velvet field of trust. It was extraordinary. I felt more deeply at peace than I’d ever felt in my life, and in that profound peacefulness a single thought emerged: “This is my home.”

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I knew my decision was made. I would stay in my home and focus on growing my business rather than trying to wring a few more dollars out of my monthly budget. And so I did. I chose to trust what I loved and what I truly wanted.

This is how we bring trust to life. It becomes an ongoing series of choices in what we trust. I learned that the moments of peace and clarity we have, like the one I had in my kitchen, are the moments we can and should trust if we want to live awake and inspired lives.

I’ll be the first to admit that trusting in those moments of exquisite peace and clarity can be challenging because they are infrequent.

It’s easy to dismiss them as random or isolated incidents or maybe even to think we imagined them. Yet those moments are like a sparkling trail of diamonds, leading us one by one to even greater treasure.

The more we invest our trust in those moments, the more of them we have. I always tell clients, when they experience a moment of insight or clarity, to take a step in that direction. Any step. I encourage them to do something, however seemingly small, to demonstrate trust in that moment. It could be as simple as writing it down so as not to forget the potency of the insight. If and when the fog of doubt rolls in again, I tell them to be still until it clears.

This is how we learn to trust ourselves. We intend it, and when that intention inspires a moment of clarity, we acknowledge that moment. We step into it. When doubt rolls in, we pause. Over and over again – clarity, step forward, doubt, pause. A bit of a dance, to be sure.

As is all of life. You’ll do yourself a huge favor if you decide to dance with it rather than sit on the sidelines in doubt. And even if you don’t yourself consider yourself to be a good dancer, let me reassure you with one of my all-time favorite lines spoken by Billy Crystal years ago on Saturday Night Live:

Dancing is like standing still…only faster.

You can do it. Decide to trust yourself. Decide to trust Life. Take one step forward and begin your dance.

Suzanne Eder is award-winning writer, teacher and transformational life coach, Suzanne Eder started her professional career as a CPA and enjoyed a highly successful corporate career in both Finance and Human Resources. She is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing’s intensive four-year program in mind-body-spirit healing, and is a former fitness instructor who taught aerobics, body sculpting and yoga for 16 years. She has also been initiated in Divine Openings, an extraordinary evolutionary process which powerfully supports clients in awakening to their magnificence. Through her writing, classes and workshops she offers inspired and practical counsel in all areas related to personal growth and transformation. Suzanne can be reached at see@mysolidground.com or (302)888-2138.

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Is This the Way Marriage is Supposed to be?

There are certain questions that couples will ask that I have been asked hundreds of times before. When I receive an email that really sums up what I hear over and over again, I respond, but also save it for the “Ask the Sex Therapist” articles here in LWM each year. In the past, I’ve addressed multiple questions and problems in the same article. This time, however, I have tried to focus on questions specifically about love & relationships.

Dear Dianna, I’ve been married to my husband for six years and we’ve been together for nine. In the past two or three years, I’ve noticed my attraction to him waning and our sex life has slowly dwindled in frequency. To make matters worse, even when we do have sex, it feels like it’s the same thing every time. There’s nothing new or different or exciting anymore. Many times it just feels like we’re going through the motions. I’ve talked with other women about this, and I keep getting the same response: “That’s just what happens in a marriage.” I get reminded of all of the good things we have in our relationship and almost feel bad for complaining at all. When it comes to sex—is this really the way marriage is supposed to be?

—Sex Life SOS

Dear Sex Life SOS: Distress signal received. Nine years is a long time to be in a relationship with someone. Yes, there will be ebbs and flows in your attraction, as well as in the frequency of your sex life (depending on a lot of other factors like: having children, financial stability, life changes, etc.). That is generally to be expected. However, there are two points in what you’re asking me that warrant a closer look. First, I hear you saying that you feel like part of the issue for you is that there is nothing new or exciting. You are bored with your sex life—and that boredom may be leading to feeling a lack of attraction toward him. If you are like most of the clients I’ve worked with, I’m willing to bet that you probably have not talked with your husband about this. I’m also fairly confident that chances are he may be a bit bored too. After several years together, it happens.

However, the second issue you’re addressing here I believe is of paramount concern: “Is this really the way marriage is supposed to be.” While it may be normal for things to get boring after a long period of time, it doesn’t mean it needs to stay that way.

Moreover, who gets to decide what anything in life is supposed to be? The question I would urge you to ask yourself is, “Is this the way I want marriage to be?” I think you already know the answer, because you’re writing to me for help.

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you have about your “ideal sex life” with your husband. When you feel like you have some solid ideas, then you can talk with him about them and see if he has some ideas of his own. It is up to you and your husband to work on making it what you both want it to be. Yes, that means you will actually have to have an open and honest conversation with him about your sex life. If that seems like a daunting task, I suggest you seek out the help of a professional therapist, like me, to sit with you as a couple and help you learn how to communicate your sexual thoughts and feelings with one another. If you want your sex life to be more exciting, it’s up to you and your husband to learn how to make that happen. With a little hard work, effort, and willingness to change, you can rediscover a much more fun, exciting, and passionate sex life with each other.

—Dianna If you are feeling like the person above, I imagine you might feel overwhelmed with how and where to start. The first question, as I’ve suggested, is to ask, “Is this the way I want our sex life to be?” Then, with a pen and paper, write down your answers to the following questions:

When you feel like you have a good idea of how you want your sex life to be, you can then talk with your partner about those ideas. You may find that you both share the same desire; however, you don’t know how to change things or how to learn new skills. Rest assured that there are plenty of self-help resources—both books and DVDs, available to help you create a more fun and exciting sex life (search amazon and you’ll get an idea of just how many resources are out there). If part of the issue is about making your sex life a priority (i.e. - carving out time for sexual intimacy) you may want to look at how you are currently spending your time and consider what is less important that can be replaced by quality time spent with your spouse.

If you find that you are able to articulate with yourself what you want, but you don’t feel you can talk to your partner about it, then it is time to seek out the help of a couple’s counselor to help you build the communication skills you need to navigate your way to a more exciting, happier, healthier sex life.

Sexual Health and Healing with Dianna Palimere, PhD, LCSW

What would need to change in order for things to be more as I’d like them to be?

Are there specific behaviors that one or both of us need to change?

What is more important to me, frequency or quality of sexual intimacy?

What would I find more sexually exciting? How do I ask for this?

Since there resources available to help us better understand how to make things more passionate, exciting, fun, etc., how do I find them?

Dr. Dianna Palimere is a Psychosexual Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has been in the field of mental health for the past 12 years, dedicating the past seven years to specializing in clinical sexuality. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in Social Work, a Masters degree in Human Sexuality Education, and a PhD in Clinical Human Sexuality. Utilizing a holistic approach to therapy, she incorporates a variety of clinical interventions in her work with individuals, couples, and families.

She is devoted to helping people achieve sexual health and healing through her work as a psychotherapist in her private practice in Pike Creek, DE; as well as in her work with local nonprofit organizations. To learn more about her or to schedule an appointment, visit her website: www.SexTherapyInDelaware.com or email her directly at: dr.palimere@sextherapyindelaware.com Join us on Facebook, keywords: Sex Therapy in Delaware.

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Watermelon Cherry Mojito

Watermelon Gazpacho

3 pieces of fresh mint, chopped

5 cups chopped Seedless Watermelon

1/4 cup watermelon puree*

1/2 cup chopped yellow onion

1 teaspoon cherry syrup

1/2 cup chopped green peppers

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1/2 to 1 tsp. salt

2 ounces light rum

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 bottle chilled sparkling water

1 tsp. Cumin

1 sugar cane stirrer

1/4 tsp. Chili powder

1 lime wedge

1/2 cup chopped cilantro 2 tsp chopped jalapeno

Using a fork, press the mint back to coat the inside of the glass and leave it in the glass. Add the watermelon puree, cherry syrup, lime juice and rum. Stir well. Top with ice. Top-off the glass with sparkling water or club soda. Add the sugar cane stirrer and lime wedge to the glass and serve.

1 tbsp. Lime juice 1 cup finely chopped seedless Watermelon, reserved for garnish 1/2 to 1 cup finely diced avocado, reserved (optional) Puree the first 10 ingredients

*To make the watermelon puree, remove seeds from fresh watermelon and cut into large chunks.

Place in a blender and process until smooth and well pureed.

Servings 1

in a blender until smooth.

Adjust the seasonings as needed.

Chill in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Stir in the finely chopped watermelon and avocado at serving time.

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In his new book, The Broken Heart Diet, author and restaurant owner Tom Formaro explores how to channel heartbreak through cooking. In The Broken Heart Diet, Formaro weaves an intricate tale inspired by his own journey back to love, and by his own experiences in cooking and working in restaurants. Tom shares one of his own family's recipe for Fried Zucchini Blossoms.

Fried Zucchini Blossoms 12 zucchini blossoms, 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup all-purpose flour, and 1 cup of grated parmesan (freshly grated preferred).

Chilled Tomato Soup with Cantaloupe

Carefully rinse the blossoms.

6 to 8 tomatoes

Set up three shallow bowls or plates; one for the eggs, another for the flour, and the third with the grated parmesan.

1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped ½ cup finely chopped onion 1 cup sour cream

Prepare a large fry-pan by pouring in a good amount of canola (or other) oil – enough to make it about half-inch deep. Heat to medium. You’ll do about 6 blossoms at a time, depending on the size of your pan.

2 ½ tsp. Salt ½ Tsp. Ginger Pepper to taste 4 tsp. Lemon juice

Dip and roll each blossom, first with the flour, then the egg, then the parmesan.

1 Tbs. fresh-grated lemon rind

Place the blossoms in the oil, and fry each side until they are golden brown.

1 large cantaloupe 2 Tbs. chopped fresh Put the tomatoes in boiling water for a few minutes, until the skins start to crack and peel. Remove the tomatoes and peel them. Purée them in a blender or food processor at high speed.

You should have 5 cups of the fresh tomato purée.

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Drain some of the oil by placing the cooked blossoms on a plate with paper towel. And enjoy!

Purée the cucumber and onions in a blender or food processor and add this to the tomatoes. If you are using a blender, you could “prime” it with a bit of the puréed tomatoes. Stir in the sour cream and season the soup with salt, ginger, pepper, lemon juice, and a lemon rind.

Halve the cantaloupe, remove all the seeds, and either cut it into small balls with a melon scoop or peel and cut it into chunks. Toss the melon with the chopped basil and chill both soup and melon for several hours.

To serve, pour the soup into chilled bowls and put a few spoonfuls of the lemon into each one.

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“Life Is A Bowl of Cherries” (especially without the pits!)

“Life Is A Bowl of Cherries” ...now that we know about the Rösle Cherry Pitter

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In a medium saucepan place the pitted cherries, lemon juice, and sugar and bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. While the mixture is heating, mash the cherries in the pot which will release some of their moisture. When the sugar has dissolved, remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes. Place contents in a blender and pulse until smooth.

Fresh Cherry Frozen Yogurt 4 cups pitted fresh cherries 1 teaspoon lemon juice (more or less depending on tartness of cherries) 1 cup sugar (more or less depending on preferred sweetness 1/4 cup half and half cream 2 cups yogurt (if you are use a non or low-fat yogurt, add 1/4 cup heavy cream)

Mix cherry purée, milk, and yogurt together in a bowl.

Chill in the refrigerator over night if possible, but for at the very least 1 hour.

Process the mixture in your ice cream maker for 25 minutes. Eat right away or freeze and enjoy!

Risotto with Creamy Brie, Bing Cherries and Fresh Basil 12 oz of risotto 1 1/2 cups cherries, pitted and chopped ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped

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½ lb of brie, chopped ¼ cup of vegetable stock Salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste Cook the risotto according to package directions for al dente. In a large bowl, combine the hot pasta, the brie, and vegetable stock, stirring really well until the risotto is coated. Allow the risotto to cool to room temperature, add the chopped cherries, fresh basil, salt, and pepper. Best if served at room temperature.

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Marinated Eggplant 1/2 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 Cup Seasoned Rice Vinegar 4 Cloves of Chopped Garlic 1 Tablespoon of freshly chopped Italian Parsley Salt and Pepper to taste 1 whole eggplant or 6 small Japanese eggplant Mix all the ingredients except the eggplant in a large bowl to make a salad dressing. Slice or chunk the eggplant and toss to coat.

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HANDS ON HEALTH by: Ann Wilkinson P.T.M.S,

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I have been on dialysis doing well until last week. It seem after I sat with my neck crooked I got dizzy. I was prescribed medication for the dizziness that makes me tired and now I feel like I am losing ground physically fast since than. Is it possible the dizziness is osteopathic and. I could stop this medication?

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Very often, the C1-2 will become rotated when you have your neck in a compromised position for a long period of time. The occiput and temporal bones can also shift if there is the right vector force of pressure on them. All three rotations cause dizziness. Osteopathically treatment would begin by balancing the pelvis and opening up all tight areas interfering with erect posture. The neck would be addressed after the base of support for standing is appropriately balanced. Tight anterior cervical and sternocleidomastoid muscles also make dizziness. These muscles would be released before trying to derotate the C1-2. The C1-2 must be in neutral before checking and correcting the head bone alignment. All in check, allows for a vibrant craniosacral rhythm and the bathing of the brain in clean, fresh cerebral spinal fluid. Dizziness could resolve in one treatment allowing the discontinued use of the medicine that is giving you adverse affects.

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I am a very healthy active 50 year old. I turned over in bed the other night and got a sharp pain under my rib cage to my groin. The next day I tried to work out and I could not even do a push up without feeling that pain. What can I do to continue with my exercise regime?

It sounds like you may have pulled your Rectus Femoris muscle possibly working out. Have you started a new exercise regime? I like to use a homeopathic remedy in such injuries called Ruta Graveolans 30c for fascial tears as well as the ointment Traumeel. Gentle myofascial release, ice and rest are beneficial. Try swimming the breast stroke, doggy paddle or treading water as an alternative to lifting. Spinning as an alternative to jogging. All activities where the Rectus Femoris muscle is in a shortened position may be more comfortable than ones where it is on stretch. After one week of keeping it very quiet, you can try the Yoga. I recommend the ; the Cobra position progressively to test the waters before adding some of your routine.

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Are you frustrated with your inability to lose weight? You exercise.

You try to watch what you eat. Failing to reach any meaningful goal, you try harder! You exercise more frequently with greater intensity while further restricting calories. Still the pounds remain and so does a growing feeling of despair! Are your goals unrealistic? Are you just getting older? Is it your genes? Or, do all of these common beliefs act as excuses for giving up? Like so many people, you may have underlying causes for your inability to reach your “healthy” weight? And it often has nothing to do with how much you exercise or starve yourself.

To best explore key reasons why weight stays on, despite diet and exercise, we must discuss an emerging system of health restoration called Functional Medicine (FM). FM approaches your health differently and investigates the underlying reasons for loss of good health, including the inability to maintain optimum weight.

What exactly is Functional Medicine?

FM uses a different standard for evaluating the health of a patient.

Besides conducting a comprehensive patient history, cuttingedge lab testing (blood, urine, saliva and stool) is utilized when appropriate to assess the specific needs of the patient. A handful of specialized labs from around the county provide practitioners with profiles that reveal detailed information that standard lab work lacks. Reports detail findings that range from hormonal 42

levels and immune reactions to foods and household chemicals to the health of the gut lining and the existence of harmful organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites). “Optimum” rather than “normal” ranges are used for lab interpretation. Put all these findings together and the root physiological, biochemical, hormonal and neurological imbalances can be uncovered and addressed. Patients often regain a healthier state that goes beyond simply managing symptoms.

What are common reasons for difficulty losing weight, despite eating well and exercising?

Many people fail to lose weight by reducing their caloric intake and by increasing how many calories are burned alone because underlying factors are missed or never considered. They are likely eating the WRONG foods (even if considered low-cal or “healthy”), have food sensitivities/allergies and/or hormone imbalances. The magic starts to happen when all key factors are considered in the creation of a treatment plan!

What are the key tests used to find these problems?

With people suffering from weight loss resistance, saliva tests are performed to reveal the presence of any hormonal irregularities.

Blood work gives valuable information regarding thyroid gland function, issues around insulin and uncovering problematic foods in your diet. Stool analysis may be required depending on the

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patient’s presentation (such as a history of bloating after meals or the extensive use of antibiotics).

What is the treatment program for those underlying conditions?

When weight loss is a main concern, the underlying CAUSE of the metabolic dysfunction must be found! It is typically a complex issue and may have multiple causes with multiple solutions. Treatment protocols are individualized and often include changes in diet (e.g., gluten-free), short-term therapeutic diet programs, exercise (often the person needs less and is stressing their hormonal systems by over-doing it), nutritional supplementation, stress management techniques and naturalbased hormone balancing or rebuilding protocols. Much time is taken to educate patients to understand WHY they are failing to see weight loss and to help them learn how to sustain the results accomplished while under care. They are given the ability to get off of the endless cycle of YO-YO dieting with its damaging effects on their metabolism that encourages the body to gain weight and leaves them in a constant state of exhaustion!

and shows them that knowledge, taking responsibility and the right actions shapes their state of health. The choice is theirs and they don’t have to be stuck in a disease/symptom-management approach waiting for the next diagnosis and additional pill to swallow. By removing the underlying imbalance, Functional Medicine sets free the incredible ability each of us has to heal!

I hope this information brings new understanding to those who may be struggling to achieve meaningful weight-loss. The detailed approach offered by FM practitioners may provide answers that can stop the roller-coaster and bring an end to months of near starvation and painful over-exercising!

Dr. Scott E. Rosenthal is a second-generation Doctor of Chiropractic and a past president of the Delaware Chiropractic Society. His undergraduate degree is in Nutrition and he is a Certified Yoga Teacher. In his Wilmington practice, he offers the cutting-edge Koren Specific Technique (KST) as well as other contemporary and traditional approaches. KST comfortably integrates gentle adjustments of the spine, cranial bones, TMJ, arms and legs (including the wrists and feet). Dr. Rosenthal specializes in pain relief, auto or work injury recovery and natural ways to boost whole body wellness. To contact Dr. Rosenthal please visit rosenthalchiropractic.com or 302-999-0633.

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Your Stay in the ICU: What patients and families should know about intensive care after surgery

dose of one drug. The days of a “shot” every 4 or 6 hours and “toughing it out” in between are over. Depending on the type of surgery, the techniques used for pain relief afterward may include: Regional nerve blocks (using local anesthetics like lidocaine to block large nerve bundles). This is similar to what your dentist does – only on a larger scale.

As if the idea of having major surgery isn’t frightening enough, the thought that you may need to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) afterward can make matters worse. But it doesn’t have to. Preparing yourself and Medications to block inflammation (non-steroidal anti-inflamyour family ahead of time with accurate and timely infor- matory medications, or NSAIDs such as aspirin or ibuprofen). mation can do a lot to make the experience less scary.

Spinal or epidural administration of pain medications.

Unless you’re going in to have a baby or get “a little work done”, no one usually is happy to be going to the hospital. Of the fears patients have surrounding the experience they tend to be the most afraid of being in pain. This can be especially true for older patients, many of whom have vivid memories of childhood surgical and hospital experiences in a time when care wasn’t as focused on the emotional needs of the patients. As a physician who specializes in anesthesiology and intensive care for heart surgery patients, I can tell you the good news that we’ve come a long way since then.

Pain relief You should expect to experience some discomfort after any surgical procedure, but there are many options for relief. The focus of modern acute pain management is summed up in one word: multimodal. This means we use different techniques to attack different aspects of pain. Often small doses of several different medications do the job better and with fewer side effects than a large 44

Intravenous acetaminophen (Tylenol) which can add to the effectiveness of other pain medications.

Injecting local anesthetics around the surgical site.

And if you do need more pain relief, you will likely get a button to push that will cause a pump to inject a small amount of a narcotic (a pain medication like morphine) directly into your IV whenever you’re having pain. This is called patient-controlled analgesia, or “PCA”.

Sedatives can also help break the cycle of: pain-fear-more pain-more fear and so on. New anti-nausea drugs and modern anesthetics lead to less nausea and vomiting after surgery.

The attitude of physicians and nurses has changed as well. We refer to pain as “the 5th vital sign” and are committed to making the surgical experience as non-stressful as possible. We can’t make it fun – but we can make it tolerable.

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aren’t there.

“That tube in my throat” – Depending on the type of surgery you’re having, you may need help breathing during the operation.

Your physician anesthesiologist may need to insert a breathing tube in your windpipe (trachea) to connect you to the anesthesia machine’s ventilator during the surgery. Most of the time the tube goes in after you’re asleep and comes out before you wake up. But after a major operation such as heart surgery, a patient may need to go to the ICU with the breathing tube still in place.

The good news is that all of this is much less common than in previous years. The multimodal approach to pain management ensures that patients receive fewer mind-altering pain medications and sedatives without sacrificing their comfort. Gentle reassurance and repeated reorientation – “Mr. Smith, you’re in the hospital. It’s June 1st and it’s 10 o’clock at night. You just had surgery but you’re doing well…” help to keep disoriented patients safe until the fog clears.

This may also be necessary if a patient isn’t able to breathe well enough without help at the end of surgery, and needs the ventilator for a longer period of time. This sounds a lot worse than it is, and is something that almost every patient asks about. Until you are ready to breathe easily without the ventilator, the ICU staff will keep you drowsy and comfortable with a combination of pain medications and sedatives. Although patients can’t speak with a breathing tube in place, the ICU nurses are very good at helping them communicate their needs until they’re ready to have the tube removed.

As I said at the start – we can’t make it fun, but we will make it tolerable. Many physician anesthesiologists today specialize in ICU care or pain management, and we have more tools available than ever before. With modern techniques for pain management and strong belief in shared decision-making with patients and families, your physician anesthesiologist is there to see you safely and comfortably through your entire surgical experience and ICU stay. That’s what we do.

Steven Haddy, MD is certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. He is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Program Director of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship and Chief of Cardiac Anesthesiology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine.

“I thought I was losing my mind” The ICU can be a confusing place. It runs 24 hours a day. Even if the lights are off in your room, the lights in the hall, the noise, the drugs, and just being sick can confuse even a previously healthy person, resulting in “delirium”. The older we become, the sicker we get, the more drugs we need, the easier it is to become disoriented. In extreme cases, patients may see or hear things that

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