12/8/09

Holiday Tips from the American Heart Association

Many families have holiday traditions. Some of those traditions include making special recipes. Try making your old favorites with a healthy twist with these helpful nutrition tips.
Click here for Holiday Tips

12/5/09

Pink Glove Dance

When the video gets 1 million hits, Medline will be making a huge contribution to the hospital, as well as offering free mammograms for the community. Please check it out. It's an easy and great way to donate to a wonderful cause, and who hasn't been touched by breast cancer? And too, it will put a HUGE smile on your face and you will want to pass this on :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw

Liquid Candy

How Soft Drinks Are Harming America's Health

A MUST Read, Please

11/25/09

A Healthy & Grateful Thanksgiving

Being Canadian and living the USA, I celebrate 2 Thanksgivings, which is quite okay with me. It is my favorite seasonal celebration. Tomorrow is the USA Thanksgiving so my article today is prompted by this holiday.

Being a health-conscious individual, I choose to seek recipes that offer maximum nutritional content plus great flavor or to substitute unhealthier ingredients for healthier ones.

Being a Nutrition Consultant, I find joy in seeking recipes for those with dietary restrictions, health issues or simply for those making conscientious food choices like myself.

With you in mind, I joyfully share the following links.



What to Eat and Avoid This Thanksgiving

Registered Dietician Keri Glassman Serves Up Tips on What to Savor, and What to Skip, To Lighten Your Calorie Load

Diabetic Thanksgiving Recipes

Planning A Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Heart-Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes

Crohn's Disease And Thanksgiving Dinner

A Safe Thanksgiving With Food Allergies

Preparing For Thanksgiving With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes

Recipes For A Vegan Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Dinner Doesn't Have To Weigh You Down


Gratitude & Thanksgiving Quotes

A Thankgiving prayer (written by Joe Sherer pastor of the Mount Joy Mennonite Church and shared as the benediction at their community Thanksgiving Eve service):


May the Lord bless you and keep you, May He make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.


May the broad expanse of God’s love and the abundance of His riches in glory, shape your perspective on your own life and needs, including those things which disappoint you.


May the eyes of your heart be open to all the blessings which surround you; may this awareness produce a harvest of generosity in your spirit.


May thankfulness rise up within you, not just during this short season, but day after day, from the early morning watch until you retire for the night.


May your prayers reflect gratitude, while also acknowledging the needs of others whose situations are so drastically different.


May thoughts of Jesus fill your mind, and hunger for God drive your soul, and love for Lord guide your speech and your actions.


And finally, may the grace, peace, and love of the triune God, protect, defend, and empower you to run with perseverance the race marked out for you. Amen.

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Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
~W.T. Purkiser
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"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."

-Eric Hoffer

According to legend, a young man while roaming the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet he filled his leather canteen so he could bring some back to a tribal elder who had been his teacher. After a four-day journey he presented the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled warmly and thanked his student lavishly for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.


Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It apparently had become stale because of the old leather container. The student challenged his teacher: "Master, the water was foul. Why did you pretend to like it?"


The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of living-kindness and nothing could be sweeter."


Self-motivation without gratitude is impossible. Our energy is "sapped" when our entire focus is on what's wrong instead of what is right with our lives. One of our greatest challenges is to live and love in spite of pain and disappointment...to find gratitude in the midst of it all.

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie



10/20/09

Nordic Pole Walking Beginner Basic Class - Ontario, OR Oct 23/09



Nordic Pole Walking is the ideal outdoor activity for anyone wanting to minimize pain, injury, impact on lower body joints, to provide balance, stability and mobility, stabilization for core/lower back, increase calorie burning, cardio output, increase upper body toning, lose weight and much more! It is suitable for the beginner or the advanced exerciser, the orthopedic or arthritic individual. There are techniques everyone.Pole Walking or 'Nordic Walking' is one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational activities in North America!






With millions of Americans walking for their recreational and fitness physical activity, we know how much the addition of Nordic walking poles can ENHANCE one’s walking experience and MAXIMIZE one’s workout and it is our aim to introduce, educate, network and provide the tools and products to everyone in these geographical areas.




Nordic Pole Walking provides the health benefits of regular recreational walking with the total-body resistance training and cardio endurance benefits of Nordic Skiing PLUS MUCH MUCH more! It is easily learned and adaptable to differing surface conditions, seasons, weather and altitudes. Most individuals regardless of age, conditioning and ability can Pole Walk. Just ask our Master Trainer who has trained hundreds of individuals of various health and medical conditions.

Class

What: Beginner Basics Nordic Walking Session I of III


Date: Friday, Oct 23


Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am


Cost: $35/3sessions (3 hrs)


Payment with ck or cash. Please make checks payable to: Health Adventure Coach, LLC


Location: Lion's Park, Ontario Oregon Address: 790 SW 3rd Ave, Ontario OR


Google Map:


http://maps.google.com/places/us/ontario/sw-3rd-ave/790/-ontario-aquatic-center


PRE-REGISTRATION: Call or email Instructor no later than 8:00 am Friday, Oct 23 and wait for a confirmation response. Poles are limited so registration confirmation is required. For questions or inquiries, contact Instructor, Lori @ 208 452 3698 or tvnordicwalkingadventures@gmail.com


Poles are included in class fee and are available for rent or retail.


Instructor: Lori Clinch Adams is a Certified Instructor and facilitator of Treasure Valley Nordic Walking Adventures.

10/18/09

25 Best Walking Cities

Check out the most walker-friendly cities in America

http://www.prevention.com/cities/index.html#

Although not on the list, I would highly recommend Boise, Idaho on your walker-friendly list.

If you are in our vicinity, contact Treasure Valley Nordic Walking Adventures for a Nordic Pole Walk in the beautiful city of trees!

9/16/09

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY POSES GREATEST HEALTH RISK TO AMERICANS, RESEARCH SHOWS

Leading Exercise Scientist Points to Increasing Evidence That Sedentary Lives Can Be Deadly

TORONTO—As many as 50 million Americans are living sedentary lives, putting them at increased risk of health problems and even early death, a leading expert in exercise science told the American Psychological Association today.

Speaking at APA's 117th Annual Convention, Steven Blair, PED, called Americans' physical inactivity "the biggest public health problem of the 21st century."

Blair is a professor of exercise science and epidemiology at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health. He is one of the world's premier experts on exercise and its health benefits and was the senior scientific editor of the 1996 U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health.

Research has shown approximately 25 percent to 35 percent of American adults are inactive, Blair said, meaning that they have sedentary jobs, no regular physical activity program and are generally inactive around the house or yard.

"This amounts to 40 million to 50 million people exposed to the hazard of inactivity," Blair said in an interview. "Given that these individuals are doubling their risk of developing numerous health conditions compared with those who are even moderately active and fit, we're looking at a major public health problem."

Blair's extensive research comes primarily from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, in which he found that fitness level was a significant predictor of mortality. The ongoing study began in 1970 and includes more than 80,000 patients. The researchers periodically measured the participants' body composition and body mass index, and each patient underwent a stress test. Researchers also looked at numerous other factors including the participants' medical histories.

One follow-up study of 40,842 longitudinal study participants showed poor fitness level accounted for about 16 percent of all deaths in both men and women. The percentage was calculated by estimating the number of deaths that would have been avoided if people had spent 30 minutes a day walking. This percentage was significantly higher than when other risk factors were considered, including obesity, smoking, high cholesterol and diabetes.

The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that moderately fit men lived six years longer than unfit men.
More examination of 14,811 female patients in the ACLS showed that women who were very fit were 55 percent less likely to die from breast cancer than women who were not in good shape. This was after the researchers had controlled for BMI, smoking, family history of breast cancer and other possible risk factors.


Blair also highlighted the benefits of exercise on the mind, referring to recent emerging evidence that activity delays the mind’s decline and is good for brain health overall. Blair said he thinks psychologists can be integral in helping patients understand the health hazards of being inactive and encouraging people to look for more ways to get moving. "Over the past few decades, we have largely engineered the need for physical activity out of the daily lives of most people in industrialized societies," said Blair.

The message should be simple, he said: Doing something is better than doing nothing, and doing more is better than doing less, at least up to a point. "We need numerous changes to promote more physical activity for all, including public policies, changes in the health care system, promoting activity in educational settings and worksites, and social and physical environmental changes. We need more communities where people feel comfortable walking. I believe psychologists can help develop better lifestyle change interventions to help people be more active via the Internet and other technological methods."

Invited Address: "Physical Inactivity: The Biggest Public Health Problem of the 21st Century," Steven Blair, PED, University of South Carolina – Columbia Session: 4053, 9:00–9:50 AM, Sunday, Aug. 9, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building – Level 200, Meeting Room 206E
For more information or an interview, contact Steven Blair at 803-777-0567 or cell 214-274-5414 or by
e-mail.

The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world’s largest association of psychologists. APA’s membership includes more than 150,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.

Source: http://www.apa.org/releases/sedentary-lives.html

8/6/09

Choose Your Adventure Sweepstakes

This week, GearJunkie.com has launched its second 'Choose-Your-Adventure' Sweepstakes! A winner and a guest will pick between 5 adventure-vacation itineraries this fall in the Alleghenies, a mountain range in the southeastern United States + receive a gear package to get outfitted for the trip.



In total, the randomly-drawn content winner and a guest of his or her choice will receive airfare, an all-expenses-paid vacation, professional guiding, plus gear from sponsor companies. Gear Junkie readers and the general public can enter now through Sept. 15 for a chance to win.


Sign up today!

Happy Adventuring, !


7/21/09

Powerbelt, the Ultimate Total Body Walking Workout

The acclaimed PowerBelt Walking System is the product that defines the total body walking workout.


With the Powerbelt you’ll burn more calories, tone your muscles and lose weight faster. Simply strap on the fully padded belt, grab the soft rubber handles and go!The patented reels provide smooth resistance over the full range of your arm swing.


You’ll get the calorie burning power of a run without changing your pace. So your walk will help flatten your belly, shrink your waistline and tone your arms.


In fact, research shows that using the PowerBelt can burn up to an amazing 71% more calories than regular walking.


Call Health Adventure Coach today for a Powerbelt Demo, purchase your belt through these links, then join us for Powerbelt Workouts and watch that waistline shrink and belly fat disappear!


Call: (208) 452-3698

Email: lori@health-adventure-coach.com

Nutrient-Dense Low-Cost Foods

Eating healthy can cost more and with the recession we are all facing we need to find a way to get the healthiest foods for less. [read complete article]

7/15/09

Walking, biking to work linked with better fitness

Walking, biking to work linked with better fitness

By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson, Ap Medical Writer Mon Jul 13, 4:01 pm ET
CHICAGO – Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.

In what may be the first large U.S. study of health and commuting, the researchers found only about 17 percent of workers walked or bicycled any portion of their commute.

Those active commuters did better on treadmill tests of fitness, even when researchers accounted for their leisure-time physical activity levels, suggesting commuter choices do make a difference.
For men in the study, but not women, the active commuters also had healthier numbers for body mass index, blood pressure, insulin and blood fats called triglycerides. Women walked or biked shorter distances and they may have done so less vigorously, the authors speculated.

Crumbling sidewalks, lack of bike paths and sheer distances all keep American commuters in their cars, experts said.

"I would love to bike to work, but it is completely unsafe for me to do so," said Penny Gordon-Larsen of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who led the study in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine. "There's one real small, narrow area where there's no bike lane."

She drives to work, but first she walks her kids to school.

The new study is based on tests and questionnaires from 2,364 workers who were part of a larger federally funded study on heart disease risk. The participants lived in Chicago, Minneapolis, Birmingham, Ala., and Oakland, Calif. They were asked in 2005-2006 about their commuting habits in the past 12 months.

The study has a chicken-and-egg problem: The already-active people could be the ones leaving their cars at home. Gordon-Larsen acknowledged that fitness contributes to wanting to walk to work, but she said the reverse also is probably true.

Prior research has found that the countries with the highest levels of walking and biking also have the lowest levels of obesity. But little research has looked at the health of Americans who walk or bike to work, said James Sallis of San Diego State University, who studies environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity. He wasn't involved in the new study.

"I'm really glad to see people starting to take a look at this in the U.S.," Sallis said.

Zoning in many U.S. cities separates workplaces from homes, lengthening commutes, he said.
"You're building in the impossibility of actively commuting to work," Sallis said. Cities that build bike paths like Portland, Ore., see higher rates of cycling, he said, and companies can provide showers, changing areas and secure bike parking to encourage active commuting.
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Lori Clinch Adams, Health Adventure Coach guides daring explorers on personal adventures of lifestyle wellness, health, nourishment and movement. Lori invites you to join her: Get Moving Challenge!

Treasure Valley Nordic Walking Adventures is a division of 'Health Adventure Coach LLC': Offering Nordic Pole Walking private and group instruction, demos, classes, workshops, team activities, adventures and excursions throughout Idaho's Treasure Valley: from Boise to the communities of the Western Treasure Valley of Ontario, Nyssa and Vale in SE Oregon.

Our mission is to


- Introduce this total body outdoor workout to all who are interested in experiencing the fantastic health, rehabilitative and fitness benefits
- Introduce an alternative, non-motorized mode of transportation for commuting, recreation and health
- Provide safe expert instruction and training
- Network neighboring nordic walkers and create local nordic walking clubs
- Provide Nordic Walking Poles & Accessories to Treasure Valley Nordic Walkers

Contact Lori, our Certified Nordic Walking Master Trainer today to begin your New Way To Walk with Beginner Basics Nordic Walking Lessons!
Ph (208) 452-3698 Email: tvnordicwalkingadventures@gmail.com

Enhance Your Walking Experience & Maximize your Workout!

7/1/09

Experts Offers Tips On Grilling To Reduce Cancer Risks

To help you better prepare for this popular activity, Nutrition experts at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center offer advice on how to BBQ the healthy way.

[Click here] for the rest of the article.

6/5/09

Weight Loss With Nordic Pole Walking

[click on flyer above to view details]

at Humphrey's Diabetes Center, 1226 W. River Street, Boise ID on
Saturday June 16. Map
4 Times: 9 am Non-Exercisers
10 am Beginner Walkers
11 am Beginner Walkers
12 pm Everyday Health Walkers
Demo Poles are provided for all registered participants.
To register: call Lori @ (208) 452-3698 or email: tvnordicwalkingadventures@gmail.com
Open to the public

6/2/09

The Evils of Cola// The Healthy Alternative: ZEVIA




We know it's bad but can cola actually kill us?

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5/15/09



HealthAdventureCoach Poles For Heart Health

Adventure With Me!


Join me in my efforts to support Start! Heart Walk

Boise, ID May 30/09


[click here to view my webpage]

Click here to view My Team Page - I need 8 more team members for my team:

Do you walk or nordic pole walk? We need you!


I am fighting heart disease and stroke by participating in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk. Please support this cause by making a donation that will help provide research and education to stop our No. 1 and No. 3 killers. Thank you in advance for your support!

Click here for website of 2009 Start! Treasure Valley Heart Walk






5/5/09

Payette, ID Nordic Walking Classes Start May 6


6 Weeks of Nordic Pole Walking Classes are starting Wednesday, May6 - June10 in the Payette, ID vicinity.

These classes are for beginner pole walkers who can walk at a moderate pace for up to 1 hour duration.

For more details click here

To register, call Lori @ (208) 452-3698 or email: tvnordicwalkingadventures@gmail.com
** if you miss the 1st class, I can prepare you for the 2nd

50 Reasons Why Diabesity Wasn't Prevalent 50 Years Ago

Read Article here

Join me on May 30 in Boise, ID where I am honored to participate in conjunction with Humphreys Diabetes Center & the 'Treasure Valley Weight Loss Challenge' for FREE fun & educational hands-on Nordic Pole Walking Demos & Walks!

Stay posted for details or email tvnordicwalkingadventures@gmail.com

4/13/09

Spring Nordic Walking Classes & Women's Expo-Ontario, OR


FREE 30 minute Nordic Pole Walking Classes-

Date: Saturday & Sunday, April 25 & 26, 2009

Time: 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm each day

Specifics: Look for the redhead (Trainer:Lori) with poles near the entrance. She will be standing near her sign for free classes.
For inquiries, please contact: Lori Clinch Adams,
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Spring Classes in Oregon - Nordic Walking Beginner Basics

Facility:
TVCC Campus, Ontario OR

Dates: Wednesdays (6), May 6 - June 10, 2009

Time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm

For information and to register: TVCC (541) 881-8822

*There is a fee for this course.*

Instructor: Lori Clinch Adams (208) 452-3698

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2/26/09

How to Slash World Cancer Rates By 90 Percent: Healthy Foods, Exercise and Vitamin D

(NaturalNews) Although you won't hear this from the cancer industry or the drug companies that profit from cancer, there's an easy, low-cost and remarkably safe way to slash cancer rates around the world by about one-third, says the World Cancer Research Fund: Promote healthy foods and exercise! Click here for full story.