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July/August 2014 Vol. 3, No. 6
First Glance
Letter from the Executive Editor
10 In & Out What’s happening in and out of New Albany 11
My Story
Head to Toe Toe injury leads runner to find herself through yoga
12 Personalities Curating Community
Mayor supports local nonprofits
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On the Path
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A Sport of a Different Sort Alternative athletic activities abound around New Albany
20 Initiatives From the City of New Albany 22
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Preventive Measures
Assessments track members’ progress at health center
Foods for Fitness
Super Salads Choose your ingredients to maximize health benefits
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Gadgets & Gear
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Small Packages Tiny bacteria – ‘good’ and ‘bad’ – have a huge influence on our lives
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Guarding Your Health Let me be clear. Among the many athletic endeavors in which I have participated, both for recreation and competition, water sports have not been anywhere within the most remote parameters of my spectrum of interest. In fact, my comfort level with water is limited to taking a shower each day after my workout. Therefore any thought I ever had about becoming a lifeguard can be categorized as delusionary at best. If I ever had thoughts of becoming a guardian of the water worshippers, I would have deemed it appropriate to engage in actions that promoted my well-being. As evidenced by the “stud” in the photo at the right on this page (OK, “stud” might not be the best descriptor but I’ll accept “hunk”), support for one’s own well-being is a prerequisite for being able to assist others in their quest to thrive. Consider the fact that I am wearing sunglasses that offer my eyes UV protection to help prevent the development of cataracts and other eye conditions. The zinc oxide ointment on my nose and sunblock containing UVA and UVB applied to my other body parts exposed to the sun offer great protection. The special hat that covers not only my head, but also the ears, is a must. Now think of Healthy New Albany as your everyday lifeguard. Healthy New Albany is thriving because it has a support system that keeps it viable and functioning at an optimal level. In turn, the services it offers to the New Albany community are multiple and of high quality. Healthy New Albany could not perform at its best if it were not for a multitude of factors, such as the many dedicated volunteers who support its offerings. Another factor is the support our organization receives from the city. When you read the article about Mayor Nancy Ferguson, you will gain insight about her commitment to the health of our community. Because of Nancy and the many community volunteers and collaborative organizations such as the New Albany Community Foundation and the New Albany Company, Healthy New Albany will keep a watchful eye on all of us for many years to come. Healthfully,
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By Maritsa Flaherty
my story
Head to Toe
Toe injury leads runner to find herself through yoga Editor’s Note: “My Story” is a first-person column about health issues that touch New Albany community members. Have a story to share? Email laurand@ cityscenemediagroup.com. Submissions should be no more than 500 words.
Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle your big toe. Sitting in the doctor’s office, tears streaming down my face, a line from a Quentin Tarantino movie had become my mantra. After X-rays, MRIs, medications and months of rest, the doctor’s diagnosis was osteoarthritis in my big toe. He proposed two solutions: stop running or have surgery. Surgery also meant no more running. I went for option three. I wiggled my big toe. You never realize how important your big toe is until it is compromised. That toe is more than just one of 10. It is the beginning and end of every step. It stabilizes you, and with it, you find balance. It was my toe injury that led me to yoga. I couldn’t imagine life without running. Running was my identity. It was what I did. It was who I was. When I was stressed out, I went for a run. When I was happy, I went for a run. But when I began to experience pain in my toe, running became a struggle. Devastated by the diagnosis, I remembered a friend had suggested yoga. I had dabbled with yoga in the past but saw it as a luxury, a time to relax and slow down. I didn’t have time to slow down. However, faced with losing who I was, yoga became a necessity. So I created a plan. Step one: Find a yoga class. Step two: Be brave enough to go. I imagined stumbling into a yoga studio filled with yogis balancing on their heads. Step three: Repeat. I found a studio nearby and woke up early one Saturday morning. I snuck out of the house so my two boys wouldn’t Despite being diagnosed with osteoarthritis in her big toe, Maritsa Flaherty can now run without pain. She credits yoga for the change.
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chase after me. The fear: If they catch me, I won’t go to the class, my toe will never feel better and I’ll never run again. If I never run again, I will never be me. After the class, my toe hurt. I was worried. If yoga can’t help, then I’m doomed. But I also found that I felt good, even though I hadn’t run. I felt happy and relaxed. The sun shone brighter and my problems seemed smaller. That afternoon, I was able to laugh and play with my kids more than I had in years. So began my journey of healing. I’ve been practicing yoga for over a year. I can run without pain. While yoga does not cure osteoarthritis, there is some research out there to support that it helps in easing pain and stiffness in the joints. Yoga allows me to be free from pain and stiffness in my toe, so I’m able to keep running. My breath guides me through each pose as my breath guides me through daily struggles. Some days I am flexible, balanced and strong. Others I am not. Through yoga, I have found myself. I can’t be defined as a runner, a mother or a yogi. Even if I can’t run, I am still me. As I stand in hand-to-big-toe pose, I can’t help but wiggle my big toe and smile. Yoga has opened more to me than I could have ever imagined. For anyone struggling with injury, depression, or even if you’re just struggling, I invite you to explore yourself through yoga. Find a studio. Be brave. Repeat. Maritsa Ann Flaherty is the mother of two energetic young boys. She enjoys exploring healthful ways to live her life to the fullest. 11
By Lisa Aurand
Mayor Nancy Ferguson had a big hand in the New Albany-Plain Township Historical Society’s restoration of the Ealy House on Dublin-Granville Road. After its completion in 2010, the society named her the home’s curator. 12
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ancy Ferguson has done more than her share of home renovations over the years, but she’s gotten herself into another one. A few years ago, the New Albany mayor and her husband, Gerald, purchased a fixer-upper in Martha’s Vineyard, where they have vacationed for years. Since then, her “vacations” to the island have turned into work trips.
“We really like it there – except when we have to go up and work,” Ferguson says with a laugh. Her experience with house renovations – beginning with a two-family home in German Village the couple bought shortly after they married in 1977 – contributed to her involvement in the restoration of the 1860 Ealy House as a volunteer with the New Albany Plain Township Historical Society. Upon the completion of the restoration in 2010, the society honored Ferguson for her work. “They made me the curator of the Ealy House, which I think is a fancy title for ‘maintenance man,’” she says, joking. “The historical society has always had a place in my heart.” The historical society is just one example of the various nonprofit organizations Ferguson has assisted in various capacities – both in her role as mayor of New Albany for the last decade and in her free time. In Ferguson’s view, one of the mayor’s main objectives is to support the organizations that support the city’s residents. “Their function is to serve our residents, and they need support as well,” she says. “After I became mayor, I tried to get some financial support for some www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
of these organizations so they could concentrate more on serving the community rather than just doing fundraising all the time.” The historical society, for example, used to spend 95 percent of its time fundraising in order to pay its bills, she says. “With a minimal amount of support from (the city of) New Albany, they now spend 90 percent of their time thinking about how they can teach local history.” After Ferguson was appointed to village council in 1998, she began attending meetings of as many nonprofits as she could fit into her schedule. “Your role (as a councilperson) is to get in the community and find out what people want – what their needs and priorities are – and then go back to council and try to get some of those things accomplished. Even in New Albany, you don’t have an unlimited amount of money. You have to prioritize.” Ferguson has an undergraduate degree in education from The Ohio State University, but after a few years teaching, she decided to head to law school at Capital University, where she met “Gerry” on her first day. They got married halfway through law school and,
after graduation, settled into legal jobs – Nancy for the state in the Division of Real Estate and later the Division of Securities. Gerry is retiring from a 33year career at law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP this December. From her state position, Ferguson moved on to a magistrate role for the Franklin County Municipal Court and then to part-time work as a magistrate at various central Ohio mayor’s courts, including Bexley, Whitehall, Delaware and Gahanna. During the couple’s 12 years in German Village, their only son, James, who goes by Chip, was born. He’s now living in Austin, Texas, is engaged and has a career in real estate. The Fergusons moved to Bexley during Chip’s years in elementary school, then built a house in New Albany, to which they relocated in 1996. “One of my friends that I met at the (New Albany) Country Club … got appointed to the Architectural Review Board and was telling me it was so fun,” Ferguson says. “There was an opening on council and I applied, but did not get it. A month or two later, they had another opening. I went back and interviewed and got it. I had two years there and then I ran for re-election.” She was on council for six years before she was elected mayor. “When the opportunity came about for me to run for mayor, I felt like I knew most of the things our residents wanted. I spent two and a half months going door-to-door to every house in New Albany and I had a conversation with everyone who answered their door about what the community’s priorities were and what things our residents wanted 13
me to work on,” she says. “That was one of the best experiences I’ve had in my years on council and as mayor – finding out what they want and trying to find a way to give it to them within the budget that we have.” Many changes have taken place in New Albany during the 16-plus years Ferguson has been a part of its government, and though she doesn’t take credit for them – “I think our whole community is working to make great things happen,” she says – she is proud of what has been accomplished. A new police station and service facility as well as the Jeanne B. McCoy Commu-
nity Center for the Arts and the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany were all financed without property tax increases for residents. Two other notable changes: buried utility lines in the historic village center and increased leisure trail connectivity. “For 30 years, our councilpeople have been wanting to bury the utility lines. There were telephone poles that were literally in the street and they were so unattractive,” Ferguson says. “We finally were able to come up with the money to … bury the electric and cable lines, and we did it as the last phase of improving the historic village center.”
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She’s planning to invite all living past council members to a party celebrating the project’s completion. Prior to Ferguson’s tenure as mayor, developers were required to build trails as part of new residential development, but New Albany itself did not build trails. Now the city prioritizes spending $250,000 on leisure trails each year, both growing its system and maintaining the current trail network. Ferguson herself uses the leisure trails on a daily basis. Walking is her primary form of exercise; she takes her collie on walks totaling two to four miles daily. “I really love to walk, and I love to get out in the community and see how things look and keep up on all the changes,” Ferguson says. New Albany has a city manager, so other than presiding over weekly city council meetings and over Mayor’s Court on Wednesday afternoons, Ferguson’s duties are mostly informal. Her evenings are often filled with board and commission meetings, which she attends to stay abreast of the latest happenings. She also oversees countless ribboncuttings for new businesses opening in town. If the city grows the way she hopes it will, she’ll be cutting a lot more ribbons in the year and a half she has left on her current term. “I think our residential community is still a little ahead of our business park,” Ferguson says of the need to balance population growth with tax dollars from the city’s corporate residents. “We need to slow residential development or just postpone it as much as we can until we get a little more economic development in our business park.” She’s looking forward both to the opening of the Philip Heit Center this winter and to the fall opening of the www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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Croquet As sports go, it’s not exactly full-contact, but at the New Albany Country Club, croquet is serious business. Croquet is one of the many sports available to the private club’s members. And in the world of tournament-style croquet – differences between tournament style and standard backyard croquet include the regulation, 75-minute timed games and decidedly tighter wickets – you can’t do much better than the club’s croquet lawn. Jennifer Joseph, a club member who chairs the croquet program, says the six-wicket lawn has a reputation as one of the best in the U.S. That reputation led to a gig hosting an official United States Croquet Association tournament: the New Albany Country Club Invitational, which Joseph organizes. This year’s tournament, the third annual, is slated for Oct. 10-12. A tournament-style croquet lawn was one of the amenities Les Wexner wanted the club to have when it was originally built, Joseph says. Today, the club members who play there – including Joseph and her husband, John, who live in downtown Columbus – are members of the USCA, and they play in tournaments all over the country. The lawn is fast, impeccably groomed and pleasantly challenging for those who aren’t used to it, Joseph says. Tournament-style croquet is like a combination of billiards and chess, Joseph says, so many of the skills it hones are mental rather than physical. “For me personally, croquet makes me a better lawyer,” she says. “It has taught me patience and it has taught me the benefit of stepping back and thinking through where I’m going in the next hour, rather than acting impulsively.” A good player must anticipate the opponent’s moves and determine the perfect angle at which to hit the ball, she says. “You always have to think five moves ahead,” Joseph says. “If you don’t, you’re going to end up sitting in a chair on the sidelines while your opponent spends the next 45 minutes destroying you.” There are physical benefits, too, as the game does require a good amount of walking. Joseph relates a story of a friend who started wearing a FitBit durwww.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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ing games and discovered that a regulation 75-minute game racks up about 3,300 steps. Though players tend to be highly competitive, regulation croquet is still a sport for gentlemen and gentlewomen, Joseph says: All players wear white, and each must have not only the proper mallet, but also the proper demeanor, which means no swearing or bad manners.
Dynamic Self Defense Personal protection is the No. 1 goal of martial arts discipline Dynamic Self Defense – hence the name – but it doesn’t hurt that practitioners get a high-intensity workout at each class. In New Albany, Dynamic Self Defense is taught at a Zarley Street studio pre-
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improve power and strength, and chaos drills train the mind to be ready for quickly developing situations. “It’s extremely intense, cardiovascularwise,” says Mulhollen. Mulhollen grew up on martial arts such as karate and taekwondo, but found them ineffective at fending off bullies. It wasn’t until he discovered Dynamic Self Defense at age 15 – he learned from discipline grandmaster Robert Lowery when Mulhollen was still living in Atlanta – that he found a down-to-earth technique that worked for him. Like the students he now teaches, Mulhollen found the discipline made him feel empowered to defend himself against threats. “When they come to my school, they feel strengthened,” he says. sided over by Reynoldsburg resident Scott Mulhollen. The studio, which estimates about 75 percent of its students are New Albany residents, opened nine years ago; Dynamic Self Defense originates from the late 1990s in Atlanta. The discipline is focused entirely on practicality. It takes techniques from a variety of other forms of combat, from traditional martial arts to modern military combatives, and eschews rituals and competitive techniques such as punching from the hip. “We’re all about realitybased movements and responses,” Mulhollen says. The idea is to instill in the practitioner the best techniques for personal defense that fit his or her daily routine and limitations. It’s different from highly regimented, tournament-focused techniques that may lack real-world application, Mulhollen says. “A father of three who travels all week and can’t hit the gym too much, or the mom who has a bad knee or is a little overweight – they’re going to find those curriculums not effective for them,” he says. “You don’t have to be highly athletic in order to protect yourself.” Because there are no rules in a real-world physical encounter, Dynamic 18
Self Defense does not shy away from eye gouges, knee strikes and similar attacks, and every drill imagines a multiple-attacker scenario. “It’s looking past the immediate threat and your awareness of other potential threats that could come at you,” Mulhollen says. Rotation is a key part of training, he says; the entire body is used during drills, so practitioners burn calories quickly in the process. Airshield drills
Rugby Given the ubiquity of such sport staples as soccer, football and lacrosse, many athletically-inclined students may not even think to explore the world of rugby. New Albany resident Joel Bonnaud, who grew up playing rugby in France, aims to change that. “Rugby is really growing here in the United States,” he says. Youth rugby at Bevelhymer Park Photo by Stephan Reed
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That means educating people on the rules of rugby – it’s more than just football without pads, he stresses – and on its widening appeal, as evidenced by the fact that rugby union, the traditional seven-on-seven form, will be an Olympic sport in 2016. He travels to local schools to talk to gym classes and drum up interest. Bonnaud is the local youth development officer for Tiger Rugby, an academy that helps train players and, eventually, sends them to compete on regional, national and even international levels. He administers the central Ohio youth rugby program, a partnership between Tiger Rugby and Ohio Rugby that trains and plays on a field at Bevelhymer Park. There are about 100 central Ohio children in grades 2-12 involved in the program coordinated by Bonnaud, with players making the transition from flag to contact in middle school. At this level, players have the opportunity to play all positions, which means no standing around. There are no downs like in football, so players also have to be quick to get back to their feet and catch up. “In all the levels, starting with the kids, you run a lot,” says Bonnaud. Having players at all positions also forces them to be capable of every skill the sport throws at them – running, tackling and throwing, plus the technical aspects. To prevent injury, players are given intensive instruction on blocking and tackling; no hitting a player who doesn’t have the ball, no hitting above the shoulder level, no tackling out of the air or without wrapping the arms around the tackled player, and making sure to properly position the head and shoulder. Rugby provides an option for children who have yet to find a sport that appeals to them or who are just beginning to enter the world of organized sports, Bonnaud says. “Some kids will burn out on the other sports’ schedules, or they can’t find an interest in (one),” he says. Sign-up information can be found on the Rugby Ohio website, www.rugby ohio.com. Garth Bishop is a contributing editor. Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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From a police perspective, phone calls to the police department have always been and will continue to be a crucial way for us to stay engaged. Our entire 9-1-1 operation is set up assuming incoming phone calls are from people needing immediate assistance, and I don’t see that changing soon for life-emergencies. At the same time, I also recognize that the world is changing, and our communication models and tools need to keep up. With the explosion of smart phones and other mobile devices, we now have an opportunity to make it easy for residents to provide tips and ask questions through a new smart phone app. After researching different options, we decided to make the MyPD phone app available to our residents as a way to complement our existing communications tools. MyPD is a free iPhone and Android app that lets New Albany residents and those who work here quickly connect with their local police. New Albany is now the fourth police agency in Ohio, and the first in central Ohio, to utilize MyPD. MyPD won’t replace 9-1-1 by any means. If you see something happening that may be a medical or life-threatening emergency, we ask that you please call 9-1-1 immediately. But for those times when you have a general police question, have information about an ongoing investigation or simply want to provide feedback about our staff, this app
allows you to conveniently access your police department at the touch of an icon on your mobile device. MyPD also allows you to upload pictures along with text, something you can’t do on a phone call. This information then automatically gets sent via email to the New Albany police dispatcher on duty. Finally, the city’s police website pages are accessible through the app, allowing readers to learn more about many of the department’s outreach programs. To download the app, simply go to http://mypdapp.com or use the QR code on the following page. Those downloading the app will be asked to enter the country, state and city where they live. The country and state fields must be chosen before you can enter New Albany as the city. The entire process takes less than a minute. Once New Albany is chosen and the app is downloaded onto your mobile device, residents have another easy, 24/7 means of access to their local police department. Another new service we plan to provide in the near future, hopefully by the end of the year, is Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of crimes in and around central Ohio. You may have read about BAIR Analytics police crime mapping software in local newspapers or seen a story about it on a local news program. Columbus, Dublin, Reynoldsburg and Bexley as well as Franklin, Licking and Union counties have all integrated some portion of this analytics program. The mapping program itself is helping police agencies work together to establish links to crimes occurring throughout central Ohio, and many www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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members beginning with strategic and thorough body assessments. “The current health care system model is broken, and people want to keep healthy just by treating diseases,” says Tom Caldwell, administrator of sports medicine and ambulatory services for the Wexner Medical Center. “For us, the (Philip Heit) Center is exciting because it really is our lab for changing how we practice medicine, and the focus on pre-
vention could shape how medicine may be practiced with implementation of the Affordable Care Act.” Included in the fitness center’s body assessment program are musculoskeletal screenings, cholesterol and glucose level testing, and a cardiorespiratory fitness exam to determine exercise tolerance. Perhaps the greatest tool for analysis is the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
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“The iDXA is truly the gold standard in terms of measuring body composition and bone health,” he says. To prevent any possible further damage, skeletal condition will be closely examined as a part of enrollment in the fitness portion of the center. Another part of the intake assessment is the Functional Musculoskeletal Screen. “FMS has been used in research for high-level groups, like players in the National Football League, but we want to find what’s right for the average person,” Caldwell says. “We can help find issues someone has had in the past that they may have not known about,” Caldwell says. “We want to avoid any problems that may prevent you from being successful in your program. (A member in a traditional fitness setting) may get discouraged because of pain, but we have professionals structuring the program to alleviate that problem before it even starts.” When a new member is first enrolled, he or she will undergo preliminary testing. If he or she has recently completed these tests, that information can be used instead of undergoing new trials. The tests and screenings give benchmark statistics. A year later, staff will test the member again and compare the numbers. “The screening process helps us get people on the track that’s best suited for them and what they want,” Caldwell says. “We will have a designated professional managing each personal case.” Buckeye Coaching Packages – the types of programs that members can follow – include weight management, cardiovascular health, musculoskeletal health and basic health, among others. A psychoanalytic exam is also administered as part of the preliminary testing
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phase. The exam, a behavioral assessment, helps gauge motivation levels of each member. “We have to use different tactics based on each person’s willingness to change and exercise,” Caldwell says. “Some people are classified as ‘precontemplators.’ They’re not sure if they want to do it, but they sort of want to. They may join and drop out normally, but we’ll assess where they are and keep them from feeling intimidated. Most facilities don’t do this.” Combining fitness and medicine is a tactic unique to the Philip Heit Center,
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“The focus is on personalized health care and trying to be as individualized as possible,” Like says. “No one else is really doing that.” Each unique workout regimen will become a member’s “prescription” for positive physical health. Plans aim for heart rate improvement, among other individual goals, and progress will be accurately tracked. In the past, fitness specialists would use an overarching range of heart rate goals for groups of people based on age, gender and other criteria, but now, specific heart rate targets can be established for each individual, Caldwell says. The contribution and effort from both sides – members and staff – will help keep each party accountable. “It’s the right combination of investment,” Caldwell says. “You’re putting some skin in the game, and that’s your ‘co-pay.’ We invest in (members) with all of our resources.” The Philip Heit Center is slated to open January 2015. “This is tremendously exciting,” Like says. “I’ve never seen anything like it. The program is unique, but the partnership with the city, Healthy New Albany, city employers and Nationwide Children’s Hospital is what will truly set this apart and make it a long-term asset to the community.” Stephan Reed is an editorial associate. Feedback welcome at laurand@ cityscenemediagroup.com. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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Garlic Yogurt Dressing: This dressing combines the probiotics of yogurt with a delicious kick of garlic, which has been shown to kill bacteria, viruses and fungi in laboratory tests. (recipe, p. 28)
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Calories: 297, Fat: 12g, Dietary Fiber: 5g, Sugars: 3.5g, Protein: 36g (without dressing) Spinach, 2 cups: Spinach is high in vitamin C (14 percent of the recommended daily amount), vitamin E (3 percent) and zinc (1 percent). Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps the body fight off bacteria and viruses, among its other essential roles. Red Bell Pepper, ½ cup: A single red pepper has almost three times more vitamin C than an orange – not to mention nearly a third of the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, which helps keep mucosal surfaces (think the inside of your mouth, nose, stomach, etc.) in tip-top shape. Roasted Sunflower Seeds, ½ oz.: A halfounce of these tasty seeds has 5 percent of the recommended amount of zinc. Zinc deficiency can affect the ability of immune cells to function properly, making it easier for the body to contract illnesses. Lean Beef, 3 oz.: We chose top round, one of the leanest cuts of beef, and seared it in garlic olive oil before finishing it in the oven. Beef is an excellent source of iron (15 percent of the recommended daily value), as well as selenium (40 percent), a mineral that works with vitamin E on a cellular level. BONUS Mushrooms (not pictured): To rev up the immune-boosting properties of this salad even further, we recommend adding some cooked mushrooms, which are high in both vitamin D and zinc. 26
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Calories: 306, Fat: 6g, Dietary Fiber: 9g, Sugars: 19g, Protein: 36g (without dressing) Cabbage, 2 cups: We chose cabbage as the base for the Asian flair it would bring to this salad. Choose Bok choy for a higher concentration of vitamin A or red cabbage for its antioxidant properties. Chicken Breast, ½ skinless breast: For its calorie-to-protein ratio, chicken is a great choice. Half a breast has 27 grams of protein, which is great for keeping your energy up and helping you feel full longer after a meal. Tofu would be a good vegetarian substitute, though much lower in protein. Soba noodles, ½ cup: These traditional Japanese noodles are made from buckwheat, giving them a surprising 3 grams of protein – and three grams of fiber – per half cup. Edamame, ¼ cup: Steamed soy beans add two grams of fiber and nearly 6 grams of protein to the salad. BONUS Egg (not pictured): A single hardboiled or scrambled egg would add 17 grams of protein.
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Calories: 315, Fat: 29g, Dietary Fiber: 8g, Sugars: 7g, Protein: 27g (without dressing) Arugula, 1.5 cups: While not quite as much of a “superfood” as spinach, arugula does pack a nutritional punch, with 15 percent of the recommended vitamin A, 6 percent vitamin C, 44 percent vitamin K and 6 percent folate – a water-soluble B vitamin that some studies have shown may lower homocysteine levels in blood and reduce artery wall thickening. Salmon, 4 oz.: The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish such as salmon may reduce inflammation, which can damage blood vessels and cause heart disease. Omega-3s may also lower blood pressure and triglyceride levels and decrease the risk of heart failure. Avocado, ½ fruit: The healthy fats in avocado – 10 grams of monounsaturated fat per half – can help lower LDL cholesterol levels. Roma tomato, four slices: Lycopene, which gives tomatoes their coloring, is an antioxidant. A host of studies have shown tomatoes to be beneficial in a variety of ways; notably, the nutrients in them protect lipoproteins and vascular cells from oxidation, which may be the cause of atherosclerosis. BONUS Almonds (not pictured): Nuts such as almonds and walnuts are also high in omega-3s.
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Tiny bacteria – ‘good’ and ‘bad’ – have a huge influence on our lives
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acteria are all around us – and inside of us – says colorectal surgeon Dr. Jaswant Madhavan. For those who have been hearing the chatter about probiotics, antibiotics and how gut bacteria influences overall health, Madhavan sorts out fact from fiction and tells us about studies that could shape the future of medicine. How do bacteria affect our daily lives? What is the difference between “good” and “bad” bacteria? Why are they important? What you see in the mirror is only part of you. There are about 10 times as many living organisms in your body as cells that make up your human body. The Human Microbiome Project, an NIH-funded project, seeks to identify and map these various organisms that live within us. We have bacteria living all over and inside us. The gut is teeming with micro-organisms. The total weight of these bacteria and viruses is about three to four pounds. That’s what an average brain weighs! In other words – and this is going to
really hurt all those mysophobes out there – you are but a large vessel that breeds trillions of bacteria and helps in their propagation. The organisms that live within us are a part of us. Until recently, their role in our existence has been poorly understood. There are still many of them that have not been identified, and a lot of them have never been grown in the lab. We are a fine symphony, in perfect balance between the trillions of bacteria that live within us and the cells that make up the human body. Most of the bacteria in the gut are found in the colon. In the gut, as elsewhere in the body, the bacteria are not merely commensal in nature, two organisms living together with no harmful effects www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
on the other, but more of a symbiotic relationship in which the gut provides the bacteria with nutrients, and the bacteria in turn help in digesting food, improving the immune system and keeping harmful bacteria under control. Pathogenic bacteria, those that cause disease, are also seen as “normal” organisms within the gut. Their harmful effects and proliferation to disease-causing volumes are stymied by the large volumes of “good” bacteria. Skin bacteria live either on or in the superficial layers of the skin. They are commonly seen in the oil- and sweatproducing glands. Human sweat is nonodorous until acted upon by the bacteria, resulting in body odor. The bacteria live on oil produced by the glands. The “bad” bacteria are responsible for acne and other skin conditions. These bacteria, too, live in the skin normally, but an alteration in the balance between the good and the bad, for whatever reason, results in the excessive proliferation of these bacteria, leading to disease.
deavor to destroy the pathogenic bacteria. Unfortunately, antibiotics are not aimed specifically at the pathogenic bacteria and, in most instances, take a shotgun approach, killing a number of good bacteria at the same time. This results in an imbalance within the body. Most of the time, the gut is repopulated by the micro-organisms from your immediate surroundings. Now, if you were at home, that would probably be fine, but this can present a problem if you’re in an area with organisms that are undesirable, such as a hospital. This results in a change in your biome, and not always for the good. It may take months before you regain your natural biome once you return home.
What are probiotics? Do they work? Are some kinds better or more effective than others? To what types of patients do you recommend them? Probiotics are live micro-organisms that are usually consumed by mouth and are either the same as or similar to the micro-organisms in the body. Their beneficial effect has yet to be demonstrated in a consistent, clinical way. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence of some of them working to treat certain conditions or symptoms. Unfortunately, in most cases, their efficacy across a population for a particular disease condition is lacking. They are usually considered a safe supplement, but they are not usually recommended in people who are
Recent scientific studies have shown possible links between intestinal bacteria and brain chemistry, Is this important to study further? Has this affected your recommendations as a physician? Some of the bacteria in the gut actually produce substances that are usually associated with the brain and the nervous system. These are called neurotransmitters. Some of them, when released, elicit a feeling of well-being, whereas others help in deadening pain. It was found that when gut microbes from easy-going, adventurous mice were transplanted into the guts of timid and anxious mice they became more adventurous. In other words, these bacteria helped in modifying the behavior of the mice. In the future, a visit to your Primary Care Physician may result in you receiving a pill that was created using bacteria that were found in the gut. As they say, “It’s all in the guts!” How do antibiotics work? Do they affect “good” bacteria? As mentioned earlier, the human body with its trillions of micro-organisms is in a beautiful dance to a silent tune. When pathogenic bacteria rear their heads, this dance is disrupted. Antibiotics enwww.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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immunocompromised or even living with an immunocompromised person in their household. Probiotics’ safety in the very young has not been demonstrated. Some of the probiotics have been studied and some of them have been found to have a more consistent number of micro-organisms in them. Others have shown large fluctuations of the organisms between batches. Probiotics from reputable companies are usually a lot more consistent than those of a generic nature. Probiotics are usually recommended for people on long-term antibiotics and to those with antibiotic-associated diarrhea. They are also widely used in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, although, as in most cases, their effects are not consistent. How can I get more “good” bacteria? Can yogurt help the digestive tract? The question of the human biome is still being studied, and we are nowhere near the end of our research. The human biome is like a person’s fingerprint in that no two people will have the same biome. So what is good for one may not have any effect in another or, rarely, may prove detrimental. Eating a diet high in green leafy vegetables is more likely to populate your gut with good bacteria than is eating yogurt. As far as yogurt is concerned, there are very few independent studies to prove its worth. Most studies that have been done were sponsored or conducted by the manufacturers themselves. And the beneficial effects touted are usually seen only on consumption of large amounts of yogurt rather than the small amounts most people consume on a daily basis. Bear in mind that there is a reason why the stomach has very few bacteria: they are all destroyed by the acid in the stomach. The majority of the bacteria consumed by mouth are killed in the stomach, though studies have shown that some of the lactobacilli make it into stool. So you start off with a product where the number or quantity of bacteria is not known and almost certainly varies
widely from batch to batch, and then consume a quantity of the product far smaller than was studied – which the manufacturer conveniently forgets to mention – and, finally, kill off most of the bacteria in the stomach, leaving you with, effectively, a placebo. What is C. diff? How do people get it? What types of treatments are currently available for it? Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming bacterium that is a normal denizen of the colon. Its pathogenic effects, which are due to toxins, are kept in check by the other bacteria in the colon. When these good bacteria have been destroyed by antibiotics, the C. diff bacteria no longer have anything to keep their numbers under control, and they then cause diarrhea, usually manifested as a condition called pseudomembranous colitis. If left untreated, it can progress to a very sudden and dangerous dilatation of the colon that can result quickly in death if not treated appropriately. There has also been an increase in community-acquired C. diff colitis with the increased use of medications to suppress stomach acid. The treatment of C. diff infection at present is more antibiotics. It is usually treated with a metronidazole and failing that, oral vancomycin. A newer antibiotic now available for the treatment of C. diff infection is called Fidaxomycin. There is some evidence that certain probiotics can help in prevention of recurrences that occur in about 20 percent of patients. A novel method of treatment, which at present is available only at a few research centers, is that of stool transplantation. Stool from a healthy donor is placed in the colon of the diseased individual. It has proven to be 90 percent effective in control in cases of the disease where the usual antibiotics have not worked. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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