M3-Stuart Living-Vol.563

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Lauren StracuzziPurkey

Using a team approach, RE/MAX Community’s unmatched experience and modern marketing strategies, paired with their contract negotiation skills, are four of the main reasons clients like having The Stracuzzi Team by their side when buying and selling real estate.

They strive to be innovative in their marketing, the best in their negotiating and the most

They strive to be innovative in their marketing, the best in their negotiating and the most refined in their presentations. They team up with the best photographers, videographers, stagers, title and escrow officers, and lenders, to bring to you the best real estate experience they can offer.

With a full time office staff and team of 12 agents, you’re not just working with one realtor... you get a whole team! They work together with you to ensure a smooth, skilled and stress-free transaction for their clients.

an understanding that this is one of the most important transactions in your life, and a friendly smile that will that make you feel like you’re a part of their family. The Stracuzzi Team at RE/MAX Commuity believes in the power of relationships. They look forward to working with you, their clients, who throughout this process become friends for life.

You will be greeted with extensive neighborhood knowledge, polished professionalism, an understanding that this is one of the most important transactions in your life, and a friendly smile that will that make you feel like you’re a part of their family. The Stracuzzi Team at RE/MAX Commuity believes in the power of relationships. They look forward to working with you, their clients, who throughout this process become friends for life.

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IMPROVE FITNESS AND YOUR

OVERALL WELL-BEING.

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Getting older, playing sports, or having a condition like sciatica or arthritis shouldn’t hold you back from living your life! You can feel like your younger self again, the one who didn’t feel any aches or pains when walking, running, jumping, or even sitting… all you have to do is visit Stretch Zone.

Drew Brees, former quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is the newest partner at Stretch Zone who advocates for people to regularly get stretched. A er personally going to Stretch Zone for an assisted stretching session, Drew was impressed with the uniquely e ective and nationally accredited Stretch Zone Method®, which is administered by a highly-trained and Stretch Zone-certi ed stretch practitioner.

Here’s How It Works:

1.) Your rst session begins with lling out an intake form and having a consultation with your experienced and knowledgeable stretch practitioner. Based on your medical background and your personal goals, the stretch practitioner will personalize the ensuing 30-minute assisted stretching session to meet your individual needs. On subsequent visits, you’ll simply do a check-in with the practitioner to update your medical pro le with any recent changes and/or any new pain or discomfort that you might be experiencing.

2.) e stretch practitioner initiates the rst steps of the approved Stretch Zone Method®, utilizing Stretch Zone’s special patented straps to encourage your body to relax and ease into the stretches. You won’t nd these straps anywhere else!

very 5,000 miles, like clockwork, you take your car to get its oil changed and tires rotated. It’s basic, routine maintenance, but that consistent attention and upkeep is vital for your vehicle to run e ciently, especially over a number of years. Your body, much like your vehicle, requires regular care and treatment to keep it healthy. And, again like your automobile, your body needs support from someone other than yourself, a professional who can guide it to achieving its utmost abilities and to retaining its peak performance.Comparable to a thunder jacket for your pets, they are meant to calm your mind so that your entire body is perfectly loose, thus allowing the stretch practitioner to stretch your body to its full potential and, as a result, provide you with both preventative maintenance and pain relief.

3.) Assisted stretching (a/k/a passive stretching) is di erent from physical therapy in that your body is being stretched by someone else, you’re not actually doing any work. roughout your 30-minute session, the stretch practitioner will be steadily interacting one-on-one with you, ensuring that you are completely comfortable and not experiencing any pain. Ultimately, you are in control of the stretch, even as your practitioner guides your body through each and every step, because you tell the practitioner when you feel your best stretching position. e more you communicate, the better results you’re going to get!

Take advantage of Stretch Zone’s incredible Special: get one FREE 30-minute

stretching session! Anybody and everybody can and should be stretched. In fact, one Stretch Practitioner I spoke with at Stretch Zone says, “98% of the people I see in front of me really need to be stretched. is is something you should not live without.” Remember, it’s just like getting your oil changed! Plus, celebrities and professional athletes have been getting stretched for years, so it’s time for the general population to be clued into the secret!

✓ 3 HAVE MORE ENERGY TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE? ✓ IMPROVE YOUR GOLF GAME, TENNIS SKILLS OR OTHER SPORTS PERFORMANCE? ✓ MANAGE TENSION AND STRESS MORE EFFECTIVELY?

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IT’S TIME TO FOCUS ON YOU. BOOK YOUR TODAY! FREE STRETCH

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Morpheus8 is a new and revolutionary subdermal adipose remodeling device (SARD). It is the rst and only full-body fractional technology to morph the aging face and contour the body. The triple action of fat coagulation, connective tissue contraction and bulk heating provides practices with a “minimal-downtime maximumresults” oriented procedure.

a Vanderbilt trained plastic surgeon. Dr. Blumenauer operates using modern, advanced techniques that provide natural results that

For What It’s Worth

So, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, about why most of our lives have become so hectic, and lamenting over the good old days. Of course, I know that in hindsight, it was probably hectic back then as well, but I miss the idle time I used to have, even though my husband and I raised four children. Still, it seemed as though there was plenty of time to sit at dinner and go over each other’s day, talk about upcoming plans, and maybe sit down for a quiet evening while the children went to their rooms to do homework. What the heck happened?!

I’m going to go out on a limb here, and blame the internet, and possibly technology in general, but as I write these words, I feel the entire population ganging up on me. Yes, I use the internet everyday. Yes, I ask google for answers to questions that I’m too lazy to research, and yes, I’m on my computer as a writer, non-stop, so who am I to make unkind remarks about the internet? I don’t disagree. All I’m saying is that I feel like families are losing valuable teaching moments, emotional moments, and yes, even punitive moments because everyone has a device in their hands and are spending an inordinate amount of time that could be spent interacting with others. I remember when texting rst became a thing. I thought it was ridiculous. I didn’t see the point of it. If I had something to say, I could just call the person.

by Dr. Melfi, Ph.D.

en, a er free time was sucked into the atmosphere, I realized the beauty of texting. A sentence is typed and received within moments, and the receive answers immediately. ere is no interruption in time management. In fact, you can be speaking to someone on the phone, and texting someone else at the same time. Magic! I don’t know how we ever lived without texting.

But, I digress. Now, when my grandchildren come over, they are glued to their iPads. In restaurants, I see perfectly well-behaved children with their parents, who are free to dine with the other adults free of the inconvenience of their children’s whining or back-talking, because their children are otherwise involved in FaceTime, Tik-Tok, video games and the like. It seems like a winwin, but sometimes I wonder if it isn’t a lose-lose. When I was a child eating at a grownup dinner table, I had to sit politely, and endure an hour or more of adults reminiscing about generational stories that were handed down from one to another. ose stories may be dying at the dinner table as we speak, because children have no interest in hearing them, and are not subjected to sitting there listening. It feels like our ancestors are begging for a chance to be remembered, but the younger generation has little interest in hearing about anything that doesn’t pertain to them or o er immediate grati cation. Please understand,

I’m speaking in generalities, not about your children or grandchildren speci cally. I am simply stating that I feel a great loss of free time, storytelling, family time, and just lazy fun in general.

But how do we go back? e sad news is that we don’t. Without technology, we would have to live o the grid, or on another planet to communicate the way we used to. Everything is done with the internet, and even that is changing so quickly I can barely keep up. For those of us who are of a certain age, it seems like we are falling behind quickly, with no chance of catching our breath.

For What it’s Worth, I’d like just one more day of being in a family where it was exciting to nish dinner and look forward to putting a puzzle together or playing a good old fashioned game of monopoly, but that’s just me. A hopeless romantic, and wide-eyed optimist.

Comments or Suggestions DrMelfi@mediaoms.com

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New Treatment for Alzheimer’s

The FDA approved Aduhelm in 2021 under accelerated approval. First approved June 7, 2021. A subsequent, poorly-explained controversy eventually resulted in MEDICARE to withdraw coverage for the drug. The company decided to support patients, and as of today, has active participation to help individual patients to obtain the treatment via a company support program.

As a result of Medicare not paying for the treatment, many providers stopped administering the drug in their office. Our office had difficulty finding a provider who would administer the drug intravenously.

After some thinking and brainstorming with my staff, I decided to start this I.V. service in our office at 100 US Hwy. 1, Suite 120, Vero Beach.

Muscle Cra Distillery: We Just Raised the Bar!

The equation is simple... Clean eating + daily exercise = a healthy lifestyle.

A healthy lifestyle, however, also includes balance. Sometimes, we just want (and need!) to let loose without compromising our hard work! Meet the woman who has the answer to achieving this balance — Grace Gillespie. Grace is the sole owner and operator of Muscle Cra Distillery, which is the rst and only distillery located directly in downtown Stuart… and, it’s 100% women-owned!

Growing up, Grace was immersed in a life of tness. Her dad was a bodybuilder, and her brother and nephew were boxers, so the gym was a comfortable and familiar place for her. Grace’s upbringing sparked her passion for an active, healthy lifestyle accentuated by setting numerous high-achieving goals. “I knew,” Grace a rms, “health and tness [were] my life at an early age.” Grace ran cross country, participated in multiple sports, and eventually became an award-winning tness competitor. She is also a nutritionist, and trainereducated by the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).

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Entrepreneurship At Its Best

As Joel Osteen says, “Sometimes we say faith is spelled R-I-S-K. Sometimes, you’ve got to risk if you feel a calling deep down. You’ve got to take that step of faith.” at mindset is exactly what Grace embraced when she created Muscle Vodka. As a trainer, Grace wants her clients to enjoy a balanced, healthy lifestyle without jeopardizing their tness goals. “I told my clients, eat this food, don’t drink that, try this,” explains Grace.

To help her clients achieve their tness goals, Grace decided to take matters into her own hands to create the best option for people who occasionally drink alcohol but want to maintain clean eating habits. She went to work, and for 4 years, she studied the chemical compositions of food and alcoholbased products. And, in July 2022, Grace got her DSP (distilled spirits plant) license and opened the rst distillery in Martin County. She launched Muscle Vodka in 2017 at the annual Mr. Olympia Competition in Las Vegas, which is the most prestigious tness industry showcase event in the world.

“Alcohol is still alcohol, but I wanted to create the best option,” states Grace.

Muscle Vodka, which is produced and bottled at Grace’s Muscle Cra Distillery, is made from just two ingredients: corn and water. It is gluten-free, charcoal ltered, and cra ed using a reverse osmosis process that produces the cleanest form of water possible. e vodka is smooth and great tasting.

Today, Grace’s Muscle Vodka is an o cial partner with many tness industry showcases and tness centers.

Prior to opening Muscle Cra Distillery, Grace owned and operated a gym and juice bar in Cleveland, Ohio. She took her nutritional know-how and opened her second juice bar last December, which is located right inside the Muscle Cra Distillery in Stuart. All of the smoothies and juices on the menu are completely organic, contain only natural

sugars, and are all under 300 calories! You can also choose from acai bowls and other tempting, yet healthy, snacks to satisfy your hunger... without the guilt!

Created and Distilled On e Premises

All of Muscle Cra Distillery’s products are created and distilled by Grace on premises. In fact, if you take a walk into the distillery located on Osceola Street, then it is hard to miss the 100-gallon working still, which is proudly presented in the front window.

In addition to Muscle Vodka, Grace created Muscle Sparkling Wine, which can be purchased on the distillery’s website (MuscleCra Distillery.com).

Do you have a tness bu to shop for this holiday season? Muscle Cra Distillery o ers small batch, specialty- avored vodkas and whiskey that everyone (even the couch potato) will enjoy! Eggnog, peppermint, and gingerbread vodkas, plus peanut butter whiskey, are not only delicious

and fun, but also clean and smooth! All of these products are available for sale at the distillery.

Stop into Muscle Cra Distillery for a bottle of Muscle Vodka! Or peruse any of Grace’s four books, which cover everything from motivation to cra ing your own healthy cocktail!

By Gabby Gregory

medical MARIJUANA Is

just more…FAKENEWS?

Bynow, you’ve likely heard the almost miracle-like anecdotes from “patients” on the news about medical marijuana as it becomes more mainstream. When I hear these stories, I have to wonder: are they legitimate? I had to know the TRUTH, so I arranged to sit down with Dr. Anne Lynn Morgan, the Chief Medical Of cer at MMJ Health, Florida’s top-rated medical marijuana doctor’s of ce.

Many people don’t know that medical marijuana is legal in Florida, let alone readily available at over 250 in-state dispensaries (imagine a pharmacy speci cally for medical marijuana). For years, pop culture has depicted marijuana primarily as a recreational drug, but there’s more to the plant than what’s shown on the silver screen. Since its legalization, medical marijuana’s profound effects have changed the lives of countless Floridians. Dr. Morgan, as Florida’s top rated Medical Marijuana Specialist, is responsible for much of this positive impact. Indeed, she and the staff at MMJ Health were honored to be named by The Palm Beach Post as the “Best Medical Marijuana Card Provider” for their level of service and ef cacy in 2020!

Additionally, Dr. Morgan is an expert in the eld of medical marijuana, and is among one of the most respected clinicians in the industry. She sits on the board of directors for the American Academy of Cannabis Medicine, is a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, and is considered to be one of the industry’s highest-rated cannabis clinicians (no pun intended). Dr. Morgan has been in practice for 33 years and was the former Medical Director for United Health, Metropolitan Health, and Humana.

Dr. Morgan has been practicing marijuana medicine speci cally for the last 9 years, with licenses in Florida, Washington, and Pennsylvania. After years of education, research, and hands-on experience, Dr. Morgan attests to the relief medical marijuana brings to people, saying, “We have found that we have over a 90% success rate with medical cannabis.”

Dr. Morgan explains that medical marijuana patients at MMJ Health, rather than experiencing psychoactive effects or feeling high, nd relief from various medical conditions, including anxiety, depression, insomnia, arthritis, cancer, IBS, epilepsy, PTSD, autoimmune disorders, migraines, Parkinson’s, ADHD, Fibromyalgia, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and more. Medical marijuana is not for getting high, it’s for feeling better! How does it work? It’s simple –THC and CBD.

THC and CBD are two chemical compounds that come from the marijuana plant and affect the endocannabinoid system, the human body’s natural system for processing cannabis. “The endocannabinoid system’s reason for existing is to keep our bodies in homeostasis, i.e. healthy and balanced. Cannabis can positively affect so many systems in the body that are not being managed properly by pharmaceuticals,” says Dr. Morgan. Many of MMJ’s patients, since using medical cannabis, have been able to drastically reduce their prescription medication regimen, or have stopped taking prescriptions altogether!

Marijuana is still classi ed as a Schedule 1 substance federally, but Dr. Morgan explains, “It’s not what you think… Medical marijuana is not a narcotic. In fact, after using medical marijuana, many of our patients have reduced taking narcotics and/or opiates without even being asked!”

Medical marijuana is not like anything sold on the street... it’s completely safe! When you get your marijuana from a dispensary, you don’t have to worry about whether it was adulterated. Dr. Morgan clari es, “Florida has very stringent rules about how medical marijuana is grown and prepared, so you know it’s clean, pesticide-free, and has no bacteria or viruses.”

Medical marijuana has become a go-to for doctors across the nation to give their patients relief from a myriad of conditions without having to worry about the severe side effects associated with many pharmaceuticals. For the patients at MMJ Health, medical marijuana is 100% making a difference in their everyday lives. The stories are real. Dr. Morgan says that it is not uncommon for patients to cry, hug, and thank her because they are feeling better than ever since using medical cannabis. Dr. Morgan has seen the results, and she urges anyone and everyone to consider trying medical marijuana.

MMJ Health is at the forefront of technology, so nding out if you qualify for a medical marijuana card is super simple! The MMJ Patient Quali cation System, accessible at www.mmjhealth.com, allows you to nd out in minutes whether you qualify. If you do, then the MMJ Health of ce will contact you. MMJ Health has all of the resources necessary to get your health back on track!

So the real question now is: why wait? MMJ Health is the only all-inclusive medical marijuana of ce in Florida, so you can get quali ed for your medical marijuana card in one visit. The friendly and knowledgeable staff will ll out the tricky government application for you, take your ID photo in their of ce, and submit all of your paperwork to the Florida Health Department. The only thing you have to do once you leave their of ce is wait for your card!

“You shouldn’t have to suffer… medical cannabis can help you! We are real doctors who provide real results,” says Dr. Morgan. The expert staff at MMJ Health encourages you to “Please come and see the MMJ Health difference. We care, we make a difference as a team, and we know our cannabis medicine. Isn’t it time to live your life the way you want, symptom and side-effect free?”

MMJ Health is located at 600 Sandtree Drive in Suite 108 in Palm Beach Gardens. MMJ Health also has locations in West Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Melbourne, Wellington, Boynton Beach, and Boca Raton. Their of ces are open Mondays-Fridays from 9AM-7PM and Saturdays-Sundays from 10AM-7PM. For more information, please call 561-631-7994 or 772-212-4032, or visit www.mmjhealth.com.