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Wellness Expo

January 20, 2018

“You will return relaxed, refreshed and renewed.”

Expo grand prize is a luxurious wellness, spa getaway

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One very lucky 2018 Health & Wellness Expo patron will win a three-nights all-inclusive stay for two adults at luxurious Zoëtry Paraiso De La Bonita in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Debbie Hines Brown, travel advisor and Cruise Planner franchisee who arranged the wellness and spa getaway for the 2018 expo grand prize, said the winner is in for a real treat. “This resort is all Debra Hines Brown about health and holistic wellness,” said Brown, whose business curates wellness trips around the world for clients. “It’s designed for total relaxation. It’s all natural, offers healthy foods, butler service, and is very eco-friendly,” she said. The resort, which has only has only 100 suites, is situated along Cancun’s famed Riviera Maya. It is a AAA Five Diamond resort offering magnificent ocean views, gourmet dining, unlimited top shelf spirits, and much more. Brown, who has stayed at Zoëtry Paraiso De La Bonita, said all of the suites are designed for ultimate comfort so that guests can unplug from daily life and envelop themselves in tranquility. “You are not going to have a cookie-cutter experience,” Brown said, “And you can do as little or as much as you like.” The package which includes gourmet dining, top-shelf alcohol, and 30-minute spa treatment, is valued at $3,000. It is good between Oct. 5, 2018, and Oct. 5, 2019, except during blackout periods. Brown is also offering up to $500 in airfare credit for flights arranged by her agency. The hotel stay and airfare credit are not redeemable for cash.

Zoëtry Paraiso De La Bonita is a Five Diamond resort offering magnificent ocean views, gourmet dining, unlimited top shelf spirits, and much more.

Brown, who left corporate America in 2014 to open her travel agency, said wellness retreats and getaways, which she defines as “traveling to replenish your physical, emotional and spiritual health,” are a big part of her business because her customers are looking for a more authentic travel experience. She also arranges destination weddings, family and class reunions, ocean and river cruises and other specialty trips in places like India, Dubai, New Zealand and the Mediterranean. “We match clients to the best travel experience,” Brown said. Even though they can book trips on web sites like Expedia, Brown said customers turn to her because she has relationships with the hotels and the tourist boards in the countries they want to visit. “I have been to these places and know

what they are like,” Brown said. “I know what the food tastes like. I know what the beach looks like. I know the value. I am looking out for them. I fix problems before they occur. They have someone who is their advocate.” Brown said the winner of the Zoetry resort stay can look forward to rejuvenation and pampering. “You will return relaxed, refreshed and renewed,” she said. To enter to win the trip, expo goers must visit at least 15 exhibitors at the CrossRoads News 2018 Health & Wellness Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest, Jan. 27 from noon to 5 p.m. on the mall’s lower level between Dillard’s and First Class Barber Shop. For more information about the resort visit www.zoetryresorts.com/paraiso Visit Brown’s agency at www.smartbirdtravel.com or call 404-480-4408.

13th Annual Health & Wellness Expo Grand Prize Entry Form Visit at least 15 of these exhibitors* at the Mall at Stonecrest and enter to win a three-nights all-inclusive stay for two adults at luxurious Zoëtry Paraiso De La Bonita in Riviera Maya, Mexico, and up to $500 in airfare credit. Restrictions apply. Drawing takes place at 4:45 p.m on Jan. 27, 2018 at the Main Stage in front of Sears on the lower level of the Mall at Stonecrest.

_____ AAA, Auto Club South

_____ Cruise Planners - Debbie H. Brown

_____ Lou Walker Senior Center

_____ Arabia Mountain Alliance

_____ DeKalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson

_____ Nuspecies Corporation

_____ Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates

_____ DeKalb Medical

_____ Oakhurst Medical Centers, Inc.

_____ Children’s HealthCare of Atlanta

_____ DeKalb County Sheriff

_____ PNC Bank

_____ ClearCaptions

_____ Discover DeKalb Convention & Visitors Center

_____ Congressman Henry “Hank” Johnson

_____ Humana, Inc.

_____ CrossRoadsNews

_____ JenCare

_____ UniverSoul Circus _____ WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

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* Trip must be taken between Oct. 5, 2018, and Oct. 5, 2019, except during blackout periods. Eligible entries must be validated by at least 15 exhibitors and must include your complete name, address, email address and telephone number. Employees and immediate family members of CrossRoadsNews and the Mall at Stonecrest are not eligible to win. You must be at least 18 years old to enter. You MUST be present to win.

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Wellness Expo

More than 20 exhibitors will showcase their goods and services.

13th Annual Health & Wellness Expo Program Jan. 27, 2018 • Noon to 5 p.m. • The Main Stage in front of Sears Lower Level, The Mall at Stonecrest

Noon Emcee Jazzy Jan Martin

Tribute to Movement with Rae Rae “Exercise Motivator” Clark

12:30 p.m. Lou Walker Senior Center Tai Chi Group

1:00 p.m. Antonio “Chozen One” Hinton

Antonio “The Chozen 1” Hinton

1:30 p.m. Delois Grizzle, President Decatur-DeKalb Chapter of 100 Black Women of DeKalb 2 p.m.

Ken Wilson & Diane Gilliard

Healthy Food Demo with Life Chef Asata Reid

2:30 p.m. Grace Dance Group 3 p.m.

Rae Rae Clark

Delois Grizzle

Lou Walker Dance Troupe

3:15 p.m. Conservatory of Dance 3:30 p.m. Ballroom Dancers Ken Wilson & Diane Gilliard 4 p.m.

Chef Asata

The Beulah Boys

Lou Walker Senior Center Tai Chi Group

Grace Dance Group

Lou Walker Dance Troupe

The Beulah Boys

4:30 p.m. Crowd Line Dancing 4:45

Grand Prize Drawings for a 3-night All-Inclusive Wellness Trip to Zoëtry Paraiso De La Bonita, Mexico, or a Fabulous Health & Wellness Expo Gift Basket from the Mall at Stonecrest

5 p.m.

Expo Ends

Conservatory of Dance & Fine Arts

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“I feel so blessed to have reached so many people at the health and wellness expo.”

Fitness motivator Rae Rae Clark has spent the last three decades, including CrossRoadsNews Expos since 2006, encouraging people of all ages to embrace movement in their daiiy routine.

Rae Rae and friends to kick off expo with ‘Tribute to Movement’ In her 32 years of teaching and motivating people to “move it, move it,” exercise motivator Rae Rae Clarke estimates she has been before more than a million people at expos, community walks, and classes at the YMCA, senior centers and churches. She said training and encouraging people to exercise is her passion. She especially loves sneaking movements on people through dance. “People love to dance,” Clark said. “We are going at it and at the end, they go ‘wow.’ Low and behold they are tired and have done some sweating.” At the 13th annual CrossRoadsNews

Health and Wellness Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest on Jan. 27, Clark will do a tribute to movement to celebrate her years as the exercise motivator and her partnership with CrossRoadsNews and the newspaper’s publisher, Jennifer Parker. Ten dance groups will do a medley of everything from line dancing, to ballroom dancing and hip hop dancing to celebrate movement. “People may not want to exercise, but they love to dance,” she said. In 1995, Clark launched a 23-year mission to reach millions, and she said she has achieved it. At the CrossRoadsNews Health

& Wellness that attracts 5,000 to 6,000 people to the Mall at Stonecrest annually, she has been in front of 65,000 to 78,000 people. And that is a single event. Since 2006, she has kicked off the expo with warm-up exercises and crowd participation. “I feel so blessed to have reached so many people at the health and wellness expo,” she said. This year, Clark is looking to reduce her schedule. “I am part-time retiring,” she said with a laugh. “I am not quitting, just taking it a little easier.” Over the years, Clark has compared the

human body to a car. “For a car to drive, it must have gas, oil and a tune-up,” she said. “For our bodies to move, we need exercise, water and stimulation. If we are consistent with it, we don’t have this obesity epidemic.” Clark and the dancers will kick off the 2018 expo at noon from the Main Stage near Sears. It will be energetic and as usual, expo patrons will get to participate. The expo takes place on the mall’s lower level between Dillard’s and First Class Barber Shop. For more information, visit www.crossroadsnews.com or call 4-4-284-1888.

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‘Back to Basics’ is expo theme 2018 Health & Wellness Expo participants will be encouraged to get up and dance as an easy, fun way to burn calories and stay fit.

Each New Year comes with the promise of new beginnings, and 2018 is no different. This year at CrossRoadsNews’ 13th annual Health and Wellness Expo at the Mall at Stonecrest on Jan. 27, we are offering fun ways to dance your way to fitness, healthy food demos, free health screenings, and lots of information and resources to help you to be successful. But best of all, we will be your cheerleaders, encouraging you to make changes that you can stick with longer than a month. Nationally, most people are done with their New Year’s Resolutions three weeks after they make them. While it is tough to hang in there with our resolutions to lose weight, move more, eat better and reveal a healthier us, we know it can be done if we work together. Experts say that the people who are most successful at dumping carbs and moving more are those who find a buddy to encourage them, and one who for whom they can stand up. The theme of our 2018 Health and Wellness Expo is “Back to basics,” which means embracing the tried and proven methods and

skirting fads and tomorrow’s new thing. It has long been common knowledge that to lose weight, we have to consume less than we are using. So if you have a sedimentary desk job, you can’t eat like a landscaper who is on the move all day, burning calories. This “back to basics” thing is a very common sense approach. If we are conscientious with it, results are just around the corner. But we have to remember that we did not amass the weight in a month, so why expect to lose it in a week? The expo, staged in partnership with Children’s Healthcare at Hughes Spalding and the Decatur-DeKalb Chapter of 100 Black Women, takes place noon to 5 p.m. on the lower level of the Mall at Stonecrest. Be on time to catch Rae Rae “the Exercise Motivator” Clark’s Tribute to Movement at noon, visit at least 15 of our exhibitors to enter to win the fabulous all-inclusive trip to the Zoetry Wellness Resort in Mexico, and don’t leave until the Beulah Boys exit the stage for a crowd line-dance off. The Mall at Stonecrest is at 1-20 and Turner Hill Road in Stonecrest. For more information, call 404-284-1888.

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If “healthy eating” has become a confusing montage of fad diets and “new” fitness trends, I have good news for you.

January 20, 2018

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Head back to basics to jumpstart healthy living

By Life Chef Asata Reid

Do you feel overwhelmed by all of the nutrition advice in the news lately? Are you tired of diets that don’t work? Are you confused by words like “keto” and “vegan” and “paleo?” In this digital age, many of us are suffering from information overload. And unfortunately, that can lead to making unhealthy decisions, or procrastinating on making healthy life changes. If “healthy eating” has become a confusing montage of fad diets and “new” fitness trends, I have good news for you. Let’s get back to basics so that we can make healthy decision without having to consult the Internet, social media or the latest health guru. Getting back to basics is about three things: n Balanced nutrition. n Appropriate portions, and n Energy balance.

Balanced nutrition In the entire world of food, how do you make balanced nutrition simple? First, think about your food in terms of macronutrients, which are carbohydrates, fats and proteins. The USDA recommends that if you consume 2,000 calories in a day, no less than 45 percent of those calories should come from the carbohydrates you consume, like pasta, bread, oatmeal and cereal. Calories from proteins should make up 10 to 35 percent of your daily consumption, from foods like chicken, beef and fish. No more than 35 percent of your calories should come from the fats you eat, like butter, olive oil and cream. n Carbs: 45%-65% n Protein: 10%-35% n Fat: 20%-35% If you follow these guidelines you can maintain a healthy weight. If you need to lose weight, then adjust your caloric intake by reducing it by 500 calories a week -- that’s one plain bagel with cream cheese, one Starbucks Venti Caramel Frappuccino with 2 percent milk and whipped cream, or four slices of bacon -- so we’re not talking major deprivation. A decrease in 500 calories per week can result in the loss of one to two pounds per week. Appropriate portions America suffers from portion distortion. The size of our portions has been on the rise since the 1950s and so have our waistlines. Twenty years ago, a fast-food cheeseburger averaged 330 calories. Today that burger is bursting at 590 calories. The average person would have to lift weights for an hour and a half to burn off that extra 257 calories.

The National Institutes of Health says been better for us, and downsizing our porthat 20 years ago, an order of fries would tions can help keep us at a healthy weight. add 210 calories to your diet. You can do this by using Today those fries have more The size of our portions your hand as a guideline. A than doubled in size and will closed fist is about the size of has been on the rise add 610 calories to your daily a portion of slow-digesting since the 1950s and intake. That’s a difference of carbs like sweet potatoes, 400 calories, which would brown rice, quinoa or lentils. so have our waistlines. take you an hour and 10 Your portion of protein – Twenty years ago, a minutes to walk off. fast-food cheeseburger chicken breast, filet of fish – Dinner plates in the 1960s should be about the size and averaged 330 calories. were typically nine inches in thickness of your hand. Today that burger is diameter in most American A closed fist also reprehouseholds, but today it isn’t bursting at 590 calories. sents the size of a serving of uncommon to find 12-inch fruit. Two thumbs equals a dinner plates for every meal, every day. serving of nuts and seeds, and one thumb As everything has gotten bigger, it hasn’t is about the amount of nut butters or cheese

you can eat as a serving. Plant based fats like olive oil, avocado and flaxseed oil can enhance your diet, and a serving of those fats is the size of half your index finger. Another way to keep portions in check is to focus on whole foods, and make half your plate vegetables at each meal.

Energy balance If you consume more energy (calories) than you burn, then you may find yourself

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Sixty minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity on most days will help adults avoid gradual weight gain.

with balance in nutrition, portions and energy

Yoga and tai chi (left) are tied to stress reduction and decreased joint pain.

Walking, swimming and biking are gentle on the joints. You don’t have to train for a marathon to stay healthy, but if you want to, go for it!

adding on excess weight. It’s important to note that all calories are not created equal though, and that’s why we have to strive for a balanced diet. For example, one gram of fat has twice the calories of one gram of protein or carbohydrates. That is why it is recommended that carbohydrates and proteins make up the bulk of your diet. Alcohol provides seven calories per gram, but it doesn’t have the nutrients needed to enhance a balanced diet, which is why you

hear people refer to alcoholic beverages as empty calories. Excess alcohol can contribute to unhealthy weight gain. n Fat: 1 gram = 9 calories n Protein: 1 gram = 4 calories n Carbohydrates: 1 gram = 4 calories n Alcohol: 1 gram = 7 calories

Move to lose While most trainers I work with attest that “abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym,” the importance of physical activity is

undeniable. Moving your body burns calories, and it doesn’t just have to happen in the gym. Being active in your daily life can lead to an increased calorie burn. Little things add up like taking the stairs and parking farther away from the door. Walking, swimming and biking are gentle on the joints. Yoga and tai chi are tied to stress reduction and decreased joint pain. You don’t have to train for a marathon to stay healthy, but if you want to, go for it! The National Institutes of Health recommends that adults do a minimum of two-and-a-half hours of moderate-intensity

aerobic activity a week. That’s 30 minutes over five days. Sixty minutes of moderate- to vigorousintensity activity on most days will help adults avoid gradual weight gain. Hopefully, you see a theme weaving through these three tips: balance. A balanced diet with moderate portions and balanced energy exertion will support a healthy lifestyle. The takeaway here is that you don’t have to go on an extreme diet or fitness regime to make improvements in your health. In fact, if you are already stressed and overburdened, the added stress of extreme dieting and exercising can set you up for certain failure. Start by assessing where you are in these three measures and adjust towards healthier goals. Tweaking your nutrition, your consumption and your physical activity can help to build a healthier lifestyle that will outlast any fad diet or the latest fitness craze. Life Chef Asata Reid specializes in Food that Fits Your Lifestyle. For more information visit www.lifechef.net and www.youtube.com/ chefasata. Follow her at Twitter/ChefAsata and Facebook/LifeChef

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“The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake.”

Michelle Obama Trail beckons for health and well-being District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson (right) said he was inspired to name the trail after MIchelle Obama because of the high prevalence of heart attacks and diabetes among African Americans.

By Tekia Parks

Runners and cyclists who use the trails off Panthersville Road in DeKalb, will now be exploring the great outdoors on the Michelle Obama Trail. Commissioner Larry Johnson unveiled the new name for the South River Trail on Jan. 13 in honor of former First Lady Michelle Obama. The decision to name the trail for Obama, the nation’s first African-American first lady, was made by the DeKalb Board of Commissioners on Nov. 7, 2016, more than a year ago. The trailer marker shows Obama, wearing a helmet, riding a bicycle. It is inscribed with a quote from Obama: “The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake. This isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved overnight, but with everyone working together, it can be solved. So, let’s move.”

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During the eight years she was first lady, Obama championed movement with her “Let’s Move” campaign. Johnson said he was inspired to honor Obama this way because of the disparity in heart attacks and diabetes in AfricanAmerican communities like ours. “This is just another way to move forward.” he said. The three-mile trail is part of the South

River Trail that begins near the Georgia State University Decatur campus. The Michelle Obama Trail also connects to the newly opened Barak H. Obama Magnet School of Technology in Atlanta. Cheerleaders from the Barak H. Obama Magnet School of Technology, decked out in their red, white and blue school colors, cheered on the crowd. Despite frigid temperatures, Bert Shellie,

a District 3 resident, rode his bike to the unveiling. He said he has been on the trail regularly since it opened in May 2016. “I rode back down on the trail and go from there back to the school,” he said. When the weather warms up, Shellie says he plans to walk and ride his bike on the trail with his wife, Karen. The Michelle Obama Trailhead is at 2946 Clifton Springs Road in Decatur.

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Free screenings for diabetes, hypertension at health expo

DeKalb Medical and Oakhurst Medical Centers will offer free screenings for high blood pressure and diabetes at their tables.

In DeKalb County and nationally, African Americans are disproportionately afflicted by high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and diabetes, and that is why you can get free health screenings at the CrossRoadsNews 2018 Health & Wellness Expo on Jan. 27. Oakhurst Medical Centers and DeKalb Medical will be offering free screenings for diabetes and hypertension from their tables on the lower level of the Mall at Stonecrest.

Hypertension, which often has no symptoms, is often called the silent killer. The only way to determine if your blood pressure is high is to test it. Physicians say that prolonged hypertension can lead to stroke. The expo takes place noon to 5 p.m. on the lower level of the Mall at Stonecrest between Dillardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and First Class Barber Shop.

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