The Benefits of Sleep for Adults
The Benefits of Sleep for Adults Created in Newsletter Library Obtaining sufficient restful sleep is an essential requirement for optimal human productivity. Such a practice is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, which includes a nutritious diet, regular vigorous exercise, and a positive mental attitude. How much sleep one needs varies from person to […]
Strong Bones Are Healthy Bones
Strong Bones Are Healthy Bones Created in Newsletter Library, Staying Young As with the rest of our physical selves, we don’t think about our bones until something goes wrong. Bones are just there, under the surface and unseen, normally never taking up space in our conscious thought processes. Trauma, of course, can injure a bone. […]
Making the Grade
Making the Grade Created in Newsletter Library, Breaking Bad Habits The recent school year has long been over, but the echoes of learning, striving, and achieving persist. We may, if we choose, apply these remembrances of ourselves when we were in school to the circumstances of our health and well-being. We all want good health […]
The 5 Senses
The 5 Senses Created in Newsletter Library The five senses, that is, the sense of sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell, provide us with necessary information regarding the world around us.1 These precious capabilities enable us to navigate our environment with seemingly instantaneous feedback with reference to our actions and activities in our immediate surround. […]
Anxiety – Wide-Ranging Health Effects
Anxiety – Wide-Ranging Health Effects Created in Newsletter Library, Stress & Anxiety Humans appear to be hard-wired for modest levels of anxiety as a fear-arousal warning mechanism. Anxiety may be characterized as uneasiness, fear, worry, and apprehension. Anxiety is a common psychological state in which the basic message is “get away from this situation”. The […]
Hip and Knee Security
Hip and Knee Security Created in Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain Everyone knows someone who has undergone hip or knee replacement. These surgeries are no longer exclusively performed on older persons and are now not uncommon procedures for many patients with persistent, significant hip or knee pain. Problems that lead people to be […]
Holiday Stress – Take a Deep Breath
Holiday Stress – Take a Deep Breath Created in Newsletter Library Most of us pay little attention, if any, to the daily functioning of our many physiological systems. Our hearts beat, our digestive systems digest, and our various hormones, such as those deriving from the thyroid gland, adrenal gland, and pancreas, do what they do. […]
Top Two Tips for Reaching Your Normal Weight
Top Two Tips for Reaching Your Normal Weight Created in Newsletter Library, Weight Loss It’s well-known that one-third of American adults are overweight and an additional one-third are obese.1 In addition, 17% of U.S. children and adolescents are obese.2 Worldwide statistics are similar. These facts are strongly associated with ongoing epidemics in diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Diabetes […]
Yoda and Yoga
Yoda and Yoga Created in Newsletter Library, Healthy Tips In the film classic “The Empire Strikes Back,” the iconic Jedi master Yoda inscrutably refers to “the Force” during training sessions with his disciple, Luke Skywalker. Yoda informs Luke that he “must feel the Force around you.” Yoda himself is frequently seen assuming what may only […]
Indoor Activities and Exercises
Indoor Activities and Exercises Created in Newsletter Library For those of us who live in locales such as southern California, outdoor activities and outdoor exercise are available year-round. Elsewhere, winter sets in and many people discontinue their outdoor activities until the return of spring. As it is important to maintain our fitness levels throughout the […]