Research has shown that people who wear a pedometer and have a daily goal of walking 10,000 steps, walk an average of a mile longer each day.
Make getting fit a family activity. Sign up for a 1 or 3.1 mile fun run and train as a family. This will get everyone motivated to exercise and have a fun event to look forward to doing together.
Research has shown that people who wrote down everything they ate discovered they had underestimated their daily calorie intake by 1,050 calories. That could add up to gaining a pound every 3½ days.
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To your vibrant health,
Mary Wozny
April 26, 2008
| A recent issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings summarizes the latest findings on omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular health, and advocates supplementation for the groups most likely to benefit. |
Large trials of over 32,000 participants using fish oil supplements have shown reductions in cardiovascular events (heart attacks, stroke) of 19% to 45%. Researchers recommend consumption of EPA and DHA at 1 gram/day for those with known coronary artery disease and at least 500 mg/day for those without disease. The recommendation is increased to 3 to 4 grams/day for those with high triglycerides, a dosage shown to lower triglycerides by as much as 20% to 50%. Since 2 meals of oily fish per week generally provide only 400 to 500 mg/day of DHA and EPA, people with high triglycerides and heart disease are strongly encouraged to use fish oil supplements to reach beneficial levels. Researchers also state that the combination of omega-3 supplements and statin drugs provides significantly enhanced benefit over statin use alone in improving blood lipid levels.
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Mary Wozny
April 25, 2008
With so many uncertainties in the real estate market nowadays, I was reflecting and thinking that this would be of value to you. Read it and absorb what it is saying to you. Practice it and see your lives and what you are currently experiencing in your real estate business, or in any other circumstance for that matter, see it from this perspective and recognize that something only becomes a “problem” if you allow it to and if you think of it in those terms. If you believe it is a problem then so it shall be!
How many new and ambitious efforts would you undertake if you knew for sure that there would be no problems?
And how many worthwhile achievements do you avoid because you fear that there will be problems?
And yes, you always have what it takes to work through those problems without being overwhelmed by them.
In order to be free of problems, you do not need to avoid those problems.
You can be surrounded by all sorts of complex problems, deeply involved in working through those problems, and still be free of them.
Because the problems will get to you only to the extent that you allow them to do so.
You can give your time, effort and attention to the problems while at the same time keeping your precious, innermost self completely detached from them.
Success is attained not by avoiding problems.
Spectacular success comes when you can thoroughly deal with the problems wihtout letting them pull you down.
Learn to keep the inner part of you problem free. And no problem will ever be a “problem” for you!
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Mary Wozny
April 20, 2008
| About 10-15 percent of the U.S. population (20 million people) have gallstones, and 1 million new cases are diagnosed yearly, according to the US National Institutes of Health. New research indicates that higher magnesium intake may decrease the risk of gallstone disease. |
Magnesium deficiency has been associated with alterations in blood lipids (cholesterol) and insulin hypersecretion, which can lead to formation of gallstones. In addition, gallstone disease is an important risk factor for gallbladder cancer. A recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology analyzed the effect of long-term consumption of magnesium on the risk of gallstone disease.
Researchers studied magnesium consumption and risk of gallstone disease in a group of 42,705 U.S. men from 1986 to 2002. Magnesium intake was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and newly diagnosed gallstone disease was determined twice a year.
During 13 years of follow-up, 2,195 cases of gallstones were documented. The average intake of magnesium was calculated to 352.8 milligrams per day for the study population. Men with the highest average levels of magnesium intake (454 mg/d) were 28 per cent less likely to develop gallstones, compared to men with the lowest average intake (262 mg/d).
It is not yet known whether higher magnesium intake protects against initial formation of gallbladder stones, or whether it simply decreases the likelihood of the already existing gallstones becoming symptomatic. However, since surveys show that most adults do not meet the RDA for magnesium (320 mg per day for women and 420 mg per day for men), improving the diet and supplementing magnesium may prove to be an effective means of reducing the progression of gallstone disease.
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Mary Wozny
April 19, 2008
Dyes and chemicals used to flavor and preserve junk food, require a lot of extra vitamins and minerals from the body just to metabolize and detoxify them.
Because junk food has no nutrients in it, the body must use its precious stores of nutrients to digest junk food.
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Mary Wozny
April 6, 2008
| It is well-established that vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency is very common among northern populations. However, there is little information on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in southern climates with high sun exposure. A recent study shows that adult residents of southern Arizona are commonly deficient in vitamin D despite living in an area with chronic sun exposure. |
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition determined and analyzed blood vitamin D levels in a group of residents of southern Arizona (statistically representative of the larger population).
Participants were categorized into 4 groups on the basis of serum vitamin D concentrations: <10.0 ng/mL, 10.0 to 19.9 ng/mL, 20.0 to 29.9 ng/mL, and 30.0 ng/mL and over. A level of 30 ng/ml is considered a minimum healthy level, and more optimal levels are at 50 ng/ml or more.
The average vitamin D concentration for the total population was 26 ng/mL. Of 637 participants, 22.3% had vitamin D concentrations >30 ng/mL, 25.4% had concentrations <20 ng/mL, and 2.0% had concentrations <10 ng/mL. Blacks (55.5%) and Hispanics (37.6%) were more likely to have deficient vitamin D concentrations (<20 ng/mL) than were non-Hispanic whites (22.7%). Exposure to sunlight had a greater effect on vitamin D levels in whites than in blacks and Hispanics.
Adult residents of southern Arizona are commonly deficient in vitamin D despite living in an area with chronic sun exposure. Adults with darker skin are particularly at risk for vitamin D insufficiency.
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April 2, 2008
