Healthy Living Now - Spring 2012

Healthy

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now spring 2012 ISSUE

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What are you putting on your body?

Dr. David Suzuki

Spring Cleaning DETOX

Lisa Morris of

Artworth

Welcome “Ask Miki” North America’s #1 Psychic

In this Issue...

Surviving Heart Disease

Dr. Michelle Durkin, B.Sc., ND

Plastics

4 Ways to Wean

3 tips to change your diet for life

At Home Workout 6 Heart Smart Moves

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it’s what’s inside that counts..

Contributors....................................................................................................................... pg 6 Editor’s Musings................................................................................................................pg 7 What are you putting on your body?...................................................................... pg 8

By Dr David Suzuki

Our Plastic Addiction – 4 Ways to Wean..............................................................pg 10

By Anne Marie Bonneau

The Green Belly Movement – An Interview with Jillian Raycroft................. pg 11 3 quick tips to change your diet for life................................................................ pg 12

By Stefanie Heron

Surviving Heart Disease – One Woman’s Story.................................................pg 14

By Daniella Barsotti / Photos by RoseMary Rashotte

Ask Dr. Jen.........................................................................................................................pg 18

By Dr. Jennifer Webster, MD

Spring Cleaning – Not just for your home and garden..................................pg 20

By Dr. Michelle Durkin, B.Sc., ND

Saving for your children’s future.............................................................................. pg 21

By Lianne DiRocco, PFP, CSA, CSWP

Practicing Reading Effectively................................................................................. pg 22

By Michael Maloney, M.A.

Artworth............................................................................................................................pg 23

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Celebrating Rick Hansen............................................................................................pg 33 Courtesy of Mary Thomas, CJBQ Newsmaker Sundays

At Home Workout - 6 Moves to a Healthy Heart..............................................pg 34

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dr. david suzuki Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. He is Companion to the Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for science, the United Nations Environment Program medal, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, and Global 500. Dr. Suzuki is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and holds 26 honorary degrees from universities around the world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the long-running CBC television program The Nature of Things, and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, as well as the acclaimed series It’s a Matter of Survival and From Naked Ape to Superspecies. His written work includes more than 52 books, 19 of them for children. Dr. Suzuki lives with his wife, Dr. Tara Cullis, and family in Vancouver, B.C.

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contributors Dr. Michelle Durkin BSc., ND is a graduate of the University of Guelph and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. Michelle teaches at Loyalist College in the Biotechnology and Food program, and she is a member of the Canadian and Ontario Associations of Naturopathic Doctors as well as the Association of Perinatal Naturopathic Doctors. Michelle will be speaking at The Healthy Living Expo on April 29th.

Michael J Brethour is a professional photographer living and working in the Belleville area. Reporter and photo-journalist by day for The EMC newspaper, Michael owns his own studio, Michael J Brethour Photography and has recently launched a documentary film career.

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Michael Maloney, M.A. is the author and founder of the Teach Your Children Well book series. With 40 years of teaching experience, 25 learning centers around the globe, & 34 books to his credit, Michael was named Canada’s Literacy Educator of the year in 2001, in 2010 Rotary International adopted his catalogue Rotary Reads, to assist it’s 23,000 clubs world-wide to share literacy effectively.

Stefanie Herron is a traditionally trained acupuncturist, certified personal trainer, nutrition coach and lifelong student of health and wellness. She combines acupuncture, physical fitness and a simple holistic approach to nutrition in her practice, enabling her patients to take control of their health. Visit her website at www.primalplayground.tv Kate Cottrell is a medical writer with a longstanding interest in complementary therapies. Over the past 20 years, she has written on a range of topics for both medical professionals and healthcare consumers, with a current focus on new developments in the treatment of autoimmune disease. Kate was pleased to work on this piece with Janet Riley, a local, practising Bowenwork® Therapist.

Darek Wierzbicki internationally acclaimed stylist, has been the recipient of countless awards in the industry, including Canadian Hairdresser of the Year and AvantGarde Artist. As an established member of the elite Matrix Global Design Team, he stages shows and seminars around the world. Darek has appeared on Oprah and is frequently featured in major publications such as Canadian Hairdresser and Salon Magazine. Studio 237, his salon in Downtown Belleville, recently placed in the top 5 for Salon & Spa Design in Canada.* www.darekw.com www.studio237.com Lianne DiRocco is a Vice President and Wealth Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns.

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So much can happen in just a year! One year ago, we joined forces to create Healthy Living Now magazine to share and inspire good health for the mind, body and our environment.

We are honoured and thrilled with the fabulous feedback we’ve had from readers, collegues and friends, but more importantly, we thank you for your willingness to share your stories. Through chance conversations in coffee shops, gyms and via email, your stories inspire us and our readers.

Ask Diane Quaiff-Williams how quickly life can change. She shares her personal story - from heart attack to recovery and beyond on page 14 and Dr. Jen Webster brings us the information we need to understand our hearts and how to keep them healthy!

Change is never easy, often scary ...yet always necessary. In this issue we meet the founders of Artworth who have used art personally to effect changes and growth in their own lives. They now are sharing their passion for art with others through Artworth Belleville. We are also thrilled to Welcome “Ask Miki”, North America’s #1 Celebrity Psychic to HLnow. Miki’s intuitive foresight will bring awareness and entertainment to our pages and our website. (www.hlnow.ca) Join us as we dive into The Green Belly Movement as it spreads across the globe, sharing a passion for health and green veggies! As spring nears, we talk detox with Dr Michelle Durkin, and if you feel a need to change your diet...we bring you 3 quick tips to change your diet for life!

Now, just when you begin to think that some things, like pollution, will never

Andrea pictured at the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Celebrations with two of her children, Cameron and Sophie. Photo by RoseMary Rashotte change - we are happy to bring you the inspiration you need to make it happen with Dr Suzuki’s “What are you putting on your Body” and our own “Our Plastic Addiction - 4 Ways to Wean” by Anne Marie Bonneau.

Finally, no bigger inspiration can be found than Canada’s own Rick Hansen. His passion for raising awareness, respect and accessibility for people with physical limitations has been inspiring the world for over 25 years.

Special thanks to Quinte Broadcasting’s Mary Thomas for sharing excerpts of her interview with Rick Hansen from his recent Man in Motion 25th Anniversary tour in our area.

So try something new, dive in with both feet, or just dip your toe in to start... but start. As you find your passion and make the changes you need to find your sunshine in life, let us hear about it! We want to help you celebrate every step of the way!

Email your story ideas and feedback to us at editor@hlnow.ca or publisher@ hlnow.ca .

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Every day, we slather ourselves with liquids, lotions, and potions-from shampoo and soap to deodorant and makeup. After all, most of us want to look and feel clean and to smell nice. It’s not uncommon for a single person to use 10 or more personal-care products daily.

We don’t usually think of our cosmetics as a source of pollution. But U.S. researchers found that one eighth of the 82,000 ingredients used in personal-care products are industrial chemicals, including carcinogens, pesticides, reproductive toxins, plasticizers, and degreasers.

Take a look at the ingredient list on your bottle of shampoo or hand lotion. Most of us would have a hard time identifying which chemicals in the typically long list of ingredients may be harmful to human health or the environment.

Chances are your personal-care products contain ‘fragrance’ or ‘parfum’-often the last item on the ingredient list. Fragrance recipes are considered trade secrets so manufacturers don’t have to disclose the chemicals they include. More than 3,000 chemicals are used to create ‘fragrances’, usually in complex mixtures. Up to 80 per cent of these have never been tested to see whether they are toxic to humans.

These fragrances are not just found in perfumes and deodorants but are also in almost every type of personal-care product, as well as laundry detergents and cleaning products. Even products labelled ‘fragrance-free’ or ‘unscented’ can contain fragrance, usually with a masking agent to prevent the brain from perceiving odour.

The negative effects of some fragrance ingredients can be immediately apparent, especially for the growing number of people with chemical sensitivities. For example, fragrance

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Other chemicals may have harmful effects that don’t show up right away. For example, diethyl phthalate (DEP) is a cheap and versatile chemical widely used in cosmetic fragrances to make the scent last longer. But it is associated with a range of problems. The European Commission on Endocrine Disruption has listed it as a Category 1 priority substance, based on evidence that it interferes with hormone function.

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this good earth by anne marie bonneau

We each carry within our bodies a pound of dissolved plastic. That’s according to environmentalist David Suzuki, in his new book, The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for Our Sustainable Future. It’s a pretty stunning claim. I’m assuming we ingest it. After all, most of us already know that chemicals leach from plastics into our food. And so much of what we put in or on our bodies today comes packaged in plastic: food (pretty much all processed food—even soda and tin cans are lined with a thin layer of epoxy), toiletries, cosmetics, medicines, dental implants, and on and on.

Since reading Suzuki’s book, I’ve tried to eliminate as much plastic from my diet as possible. As I began my quest, I quickly realized that self-reliance helps a lot. Most of what I’ve been doing requires minimal skill and most don’t take much time either.

The following strategies will help you cut back on your plastic consumption (and most will also save you money).

1. Make it Yourself. I find to truly eliminate plastics, I need to reduce the things I buy that come wrapped in plastic.

For example, unless you buy fresh-baked bread in paper bags (which is a good option), most bread comes in thin plastic bags and it’s pretty tasteless. Homemade tortillas, cookies and bread not only taste scrumptious,

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but the flour, lard and salt you’ll need come packaged in paper. Other items I make from scratch include mouthwash, toothpaste (yes, it’s a little hardcore) and yogurt. (see www. hlnow.ca for recipes!)

2. Store leftovers in glass containers and mason jars. For leftovers, use glass containers instead of plastic ones in the fridge and freezer. I have amassed a large collection of glass jars and bottles that I use to store leftovers in the fridge, broths and soups in the freezer and bulk items from the grocery store.

If you freeze liquid in glass, use widemouthed jars (they’re less likely to break—I learned this the hard way). And remember to leave at least an inch of space at the top to allow liquids to expand as they freeze. So, cooked and drained beans can go practically to the top but cooked beans in liquid need some space.

Can’t get the sticky label off your jars and bottles? Peel off what you can, smear with vegetable or olive oil, wait a few hours and the label should easily come off.

3. Carry a stainless steel water bottle with you. Since you’re now carrying around your water bottle with you everywhere, why not make water your drink of choice? You’ll avoid the chemicals that can leach from plastic bottles, cut down on single-use plastic bottles

that fill up already over-burdened landfills, plus you’ll eliminate from your diet unhealthy choices like energy drinks, pop and juice.

4. Cloth produce/bulk item bags. I don’t know if the plastic bags you get in the produce and bulk sections of the grocery store pose any harmful effects to our food, but they are piling up in landfills and leaching chemicals into the ground.

Do you really need a plastic bag to hold three oranges? I admit you can’t very well carry green beans, raw oats or flax seed up to the cashier by the handful so my daughter and I sewed some very basic reusable cloth bags out of thin, sheer fabric. Some of them have drawstring closures. Others are simply the same basic rectangle shape as the plastic ones, serged along the sides and across the top edge.

I would love to aim for 0% plastic. But even the steps I’ve taken so far have made a noticeable difference. Since I began addressing our plastic addiction, the recycling bin doesn’t fill up nearly as quickly as it used to.

So, hopefully my kids and I are filling up less on plastic too. For recipes from this article visit www.hlnow.ca and for more tips on reducing plastics from your life visit www.theplasticfreechef.com.

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AMY: What is the Green Belly Movement – Tell me about it?

JILLIAN: The Green Belly movement started in my kitchen – and nutrition school... The Green Belly movement was born because everyone should be having their greens everyday...all-day – and the benefit of putting them into a shaker, or a smoothie or into a blender mixed with water – is that it’s going to get right into the blood stream within the next 5 minutes...so it’s quick it’s fast - whether you’re trying to be really busy trying to get successful, or really busy trying to get fit... it’s going to work into your lifestyle...so that’s where it all started it’s kind of progressed ...world wide..

2 cups filtered water AMY: Yes, tell me about 1 head of romaine the world wide – Starlettuce bucks is a huge part3 handfuls of spinach ner...How did you get 3 stalks celery into Starbucks?

1 apple JILLIAN: So – Starbucks - I 1 pear just asked them – and they 1 banana were all for it. It originated in Belleville from their team and I’ve gone out from there all the way to the US, which is pretty awesome... it’s east and west in Canada ... So they are there to help as far as bringing attention, as long as I visit the stores so far... and ultimately teach them.

by any party, which is pretty exciting too because the whole point is to cultivate the health and to elevate the whole life experiences.

AMY: So you created the recipe, presented it and said – I just want to mass market this now...help me out?

JILLIAN: Yes, Exactly – I’ve actually created 16 drinks in total and we decided to just go out with one for now, but there’s more to come...

AMY: So we’re going to have one of the recipes in the magazine – which one are you going to give me?

Green Belly Blend

AMY: So now you’re travelling all over – visiting all of the Starbucks locations to pump up the staff JILLIAN: You got it! That’s it - Everyone needs to understand, the staff needs to understand the education behind it...It had nothing to do with sales

Blend all of the gorgeous foods in the order as written above and enjoy.

are over 30 locations I’ve actually ...been in contact with. It’s just a slow process – as far as ensuring that everyone is in complete understanding and knowledgeable of what they are drinking.

AMY: And how often should you have a Green Belly?

JILLIAN: You can have it once a day or 5 times a day – but on any given day, just whatever your favourite cup is – take that cup and fill it up and drink it. You’re good to go!

JILLIAN: So that will be The Vanilla Bean Mache one – so for that one, in the Belleville location, you just simply ask for Jillian’s Green Belly and they will be happy to make you one.

AMY: So what’s the plan from here?

JILLIAN: Oh Gosh – Anything is possible – that’s something I’ve learned – that you create your own possibilities – so truthfully a tonne is on the list of things to do – literally anything you can think of – it’s basically what’s going to happen!

AMY: So which Starbucks can you order these at now?

JILLIAN: You technically can order it everywhere now if you know the recipe, but the goal for the green belly movement is that it is worldwide as far as the name and just ordering a green belly. So you can order it anywhere, but specifically, there

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by stefanie heron After the holidays and the inevitable eating binges, we are all ready to start the new year on a clean slate. Resolutions to exercise and eat right are usually the most popular, but often by the end of January or mid-February, our enthusiasm dwindles as life chugs along at its regular non-festive pace. It doesn’t mean that we’re not interested in making those changes, but life gets in the way and we’re often confused about which approach to take, and how to make it stick.

Losing weight through dietary changes doesn’t have to be an exercise in complete deprivation. Food can still taste great and be satisfying, but there are a few things that will need to change. At the Primal Playground, we implement these tips with all of our students to get them started on the road to rapid weight loss.

1. Eliminate sugary beverages from your life

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This includes soda, juices of any kind, energy drinks, mocha latte’s etc., and sweet alcoholic mixed beverages. The beverages may say they’re ‘low fat’ but frankly – that doesn’t matter. They are FULL of sugar. Once your body has replenished its store of glycogen and has the blood glucose level under control, all other glucose gets stored rapidly in fat cells in the form of triglycerides. One of these beverages a day, plus a heavy starch meal can throw your body’s metabolism into storage mode. Stick to water and unsweetened tea and coffee.

2. Replace high starch/high glycemic foods with alternatives.

Processed foods such as pasta, muffins and bread are very high on the glycemic index scale, as are white potatoes and rice. This

means that they contain a LOT of glucose that your body rapidly absorbs. As mentioned above, this can lead to a state of constant fat storage and high triglyceride levels. I can hear every reader calling out mentally right now: but what do I eat instead? Here are a few ideas to cut those fat building foods out: Remove

Instead

Recipe

Pasta

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3. Eat REAL food.

If you’re ever in doubt about what you should include in your diet this simple rule will help you. If man made it, don’t eat it. If it was produced in a factory, has more than one to three ingredients and comes complete with a box and a marketing campaign telling you how good it is for you, opt out. No one needs to post slogans and ‘heart smart’ labels over the produce aisle and yet we all know that those foods are healthy. Processed foods contain many substances that our bodies were not designed to handle, plus, many food manufacturers add ingredients that are in fact different forms of sugar.

Why these recommendations? Why have I not suggested once that you reduce your fat intake? - Because SUGAR is the number one culprit in causing metabolic dysfunction. It is highly addictive and has the ability to set us on a path of constant craving, despite having just had our fill. Not only is excess glucose rapidly converted into fat, it stimulates insulin secretion (which can lead to insulin sensitivity and a host of other issues including metabolic disorder) and actually prevents your body from accessing the stored energy in your fat cells for use between meals – meaning your ‘sugar drops’ and you crave more sweet snacks. A vicious cycle indeed.

Take home message: Eat real food – meat, vegetables, eggs, moderate fruit and nuts.

Cauliflower Rice 1 head of cauliflower 1/2 red or white onion, finely chopped 1 egg 1/4 oz sun dried tomatoes softened (reserve the liquid) 2 cloves garlic 3 TBSP butter Chop your cauliflower into small pieces and place in a steamer for 20 minutes. Place the chopped onion, minced garlic and softened/chopped sun dried tomatoes into a LARGE mixing bowl. When the cauliflower is soft (poke it with a fork to be sure) remove it from the steamer and add it to the bowl.

With a potato masher or spatula, smash it all up to bits, mixing with the other ingredients as you go. Crack the egg over the top and stir in.

Heat the butter in a large frying pan.

Once it’s hot, add the cauliflower mixture and fry on med-high for about 10 minutes, or until the bottom begins to brown. Pour in the reserved sun dried tomato liquid and increase the heat slightly to deglaze the pan.

Serve!

Zucchini noodles with Meat Sauce A great alternative to pasta that’s quick and easy to make! They go with any sauce, however most of us have a go-to tomato meat sauce that we regularly make. Our recipe is here, but if you would rather stick to your own just make sure that it doesn’t include added sugar. If you wish to cut the acidity of the tomatoes, add diced carrots instead.

Meat Sauce 2 lbs ground beef (preferably grass fed) 1 onion 3 cloves garlic 1 large carrot Oregano/basil/parsley to taste (about ¼ tsp each) 2 TBSP coconut oil for frying 1 large can of diced tomatoes, drained 1 large can of crushed tomatoes

Melt the coconut oil in a large saucepan and add the ground beef to brown, breaking up with a spatula. After roughly 5 minutes, add the onions, garlic and carrot and stir well.

Cover and stir occasionally for 5-8 minutes.

Add the dried herbs and continue to sauté uncovered for 4-6 minutes. Add the drained diced tomatoes and the crushed tomatoes and recover. Reduce the heat to med-low and stir occasionally.

Zucchini Noodles Cut the ends off of roughly 6 medium zucchinis and peel them with a potato peeler.

Using the same potato peeler, continue to peel off wide slices of the zucchini, giving it a quarter turn every 2 ‘noodles’. When you get to the middle of the zucchini and it’s no longer comfortable to use the peeler, slice them thinly with a knife. Transfer a bit of the sauce to a deeper pot, add half the noodles, half the remaining sauce, then the rest of the noodles and sauce on top of that. Keep the heat at medium and stir occasionally until all the zucchini is softened and heated through. Plate and serve!

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By Daniella Barsotti Breathe. Take it easy and breathe. Breathe slowly ... in ...out ...nice and easy. That’s what they want you to do ...that’s what you have to do to keep your blood pressure down and ease the stress on your heart. That’s what you need to do to stay alive.

Imagine you’re in an ambulance, speeding down the 401 to Kingston because you’re having a heart attack. Your family and friends have no idea where you are or what is happening to you and everything you were scheduled to do – make dinner for the family, solidify plans for the long weekend - none of this matters now because all that matters is you. For the first time in years, you’ve spent the past forty five minutes thinking only of you. Breathe slowly. Get through this. Make it to the hospital alive.

A doctor is with you. He’s monitoring your pulse and encouraging you to use your mind to try and control what is happening to your body. Then, something happens. It’s not good. You find out that you are allergic to the dose of morphine you were given and your blood pressure radically drops. You think “I’m in trouble here,” because you hear the sirens, feel the acceleration of the ambulance and hear the seriousness in the doctor’s voice when he asks if the paddles are charged. Stay calm. Concentrate on the breathing but it’s so hard as the pressure builds on your chest ...But it doesn’t matter. You have to breathe... slowly, calmly ...in ...out. Breathe slowly. Get through this. Stay alive.

On May 22nd, 2010, Dianne Quaiff Williams had a heart attack. With a family history of heart disease, and working as a Re-

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y One Woman’s Stor storative Aide at Hallowell House in Picton, it was hard to believe that she had been experiencing the warning signs of a heart attack for months and chose to ignore them. The chest pains and pain under her breast and arms that brought her to tears in her bed at night were cast off as work related injuries.

She lived on coffee and continued to smoke while working in a busy environment and taking care of the family, putting herself last, as many women do. And when her husband, friends and co-workers suggested she have her symptoms checked, Dianne said “No, I’ll be fine,” She kept on going about her life in full force convincing herself that she would not fall victim to the disease that caused one relative to have a heart transplant, another to have bypass and cost her father and grandfather their lives. Like most women, Dianne thought she was invulnerable to serious illness and like most women, she was wrong.

This is one woman’s story of survival. A story that held me on the edge of my seat as I interviewed her. As I listened, I thought of my own life, my mother’s and my sister’s and I realized that women, especially women with families, are all connected by a bond that is so beautiful yet so deadly. We all love the people in our lives so much that we unconsciously sacrifice a little bit of ourselves every day and if we aren’t careful, we can sacrifice it all. As you read this account of where Dianne was and where she is now, I urge you to think of yourself and then think of ways to take better care of yourself, for your sake, your partner’s and your families’.

To a layperson like me, there are no physi-

Dianne Quaiff Williams.

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cal signs that indicate that Dianne had a heart attack. She is a beautiful woman with a smile and a twinkle in her eye that makes you want to smile. She is in good shape, has a healthy body weight and moves as well as anyone, and no one appreciates that more than she does, considering what happened to her almost two years ago.

The night before her heart attack, Dianne didn’t feel well. She’d been sweating as she had done occasionally on previous nights and lay awake dealing with what she thought was acid reflux; the sweating she blamed on hot flashes and the warm night. The next day while she was at work, the signs continued to manifest themselves.

Profuse sweating, pain in her arm, difficulty breathing – things were getting worse for Dianne and she was in deep denial carrying on with her day in spite of how ill she was.

“On my lunch break, I couldn’t finish my cigarette,” she said. “I went back inside and had to sit down because the sweating was worse and it was getting harder and harder to breathe. You’d think at that point I’d realize that what was happening to me was serious, but I stayed in denial,” At the end of her shift, a concerned coworker suggested it was her heart that was causing her symptoms and that she should

go to the hospital. Brushing aside how she to run into before we realize if we don’t take a silent heart attack. felt, she left Hallowell House and stopped off care of ourselves and we’re gone, we’re hurt“I was in the bathroom and I didn’t even at the store to buy what would become her ing the ones we love. What happens to them know I was having one until the nurse last pack of cigarettes. if we’re gone?” rushed in and took me back to my bed and “I still have them,” she says with an uneasy There was a great sense of urgency and arranged for me to be immediately taken to smile. “Tucked away in a drawer ...kind of like a greater sense of aloneness that surfaced the cath lab. I never felt a thing. If it weren’t my ...” she trails off and I fill in the blanks in when Dianne described the process of being for the monitors letting her know, my heart my mind. It’s a reminder of what could have treated for a heart attack. There was the inwould have just stopped” happened that day. formation they shared with her as they took When someone survives a heart attack “The cigarettes? ...That’s never going to the necessary steps to stabilize her. They there are a lot of psychological issues that happen again. They could stay there for a asked her questions about herself to keep arise. One of those issues was seeing her hundred years. I don’t care,” abreast of how she was feeling and they had family for the first time since she’d been adShe left the store got into her car and presented her with many significant options mitted to the hospital. She’d felt tremendous drove half way home with the air on full regarding her care. The one that stood out guilt when she saw how worried they were blast hoping to find some relief from the the most was her description of a needle and blamed herself for hurting them by not sweating. Knowing what she was experiencavailable to her that would disperse the taking care of herself. ing was not normal, she pulled over to the blood clot on her heart. While it was a very “They didn’t really know what they were side of the road and made the decision that effective method it did not come without coming to find. I never want to see that look saved her life. Dianne drove to the hospital. its risks. It was a decision she had to make on my kids’ faces again,” “I thought, it’s a long weekend. I’d better quickly. It was a decision she had to make Another issue is fear. Fear while you are just go to the hospital and get in the hospital and the fear you myself looked at. It’s probably experience upon discharge. nothing and it will only take a “Nobody tells you it’s okay to “I remember talking to this woman and she told me, few minutes,” be scared. That it’s normal to not Luckily there was no one to close your eyes; to be “Wow! You’ve done really well! You’re a survivor!” and I want ahead of her in Emergency and afraid of the dark or to be afraid Dianne saw the nurse right away. to sleep because you don’t know thought , I am! I know how incredibly fortunate I am.”

As she spoke of her symptoms, if you will wake up again ...if her arm went numb and she you’ll have another attack. Nodropped her keys to the floor. body tells you it’s normal to feel “I remember she said ‘Come with me. alone, lonely, to feel depressed ...that sometimes You’re having a heart attack and we need to “You know they have to stop the heart atyou’d just sit and cry.” send you to Kingston right away,” tack and while they are working on you, you After being off work for 4 months after In minutes she was hooked up to monihave to decide. Do I want to risk having that her heart attack, Dianne turned to the Beltors and was prepped for the trip and it was clot going to my brain? Am I going to have a leville Heart and Stroke Foundation for supduring this time she realized how important stroke? You just don’t know at the time. I was port where she has made several friends and it was to clear her head of everything and foalone and I said yes and luckily, it went well is now a volunteer. She does a lot to help cus on herself. and they had me bundled up and stabilized raise awareness and much needed funds “The same time you’re having a heart atand on my way to Kingston,” for the organization. She has put together tack; your mind doesn’t slow down. I kept Often the symptoms of a heart attack a team called “Nurses with Heart” and chalthinking no one knows you’re here ...I have in women are quite different from those in lenged other teams to take part in the Heart to work ...who’s going to call in to work?...I men. and Stroke “Big Bike” Fundraiser. They raised have supper to get ready ...It’s a long week“I was waiting on that crushing pain in just over $2100 in their first year. By working end,” she said, shaking her head. my chest. It never happened. My symptoms with other survivors and people who have “We’re multi-taskers,” I offer. “For many were totally different from the ones I had lost loved ones to heart disease or stroke, of us, we are the engines of our household heard about,” Dianne has found support and inspiration. and we can’t imagine or accept the engine Her biggest scare came the day after she “I remember talking to this woman and breaking down,” was moved out of the Intensive Care Unit . she told me, “Wow! You’ve done really well!

“But how many brick walls do we have She was surprised to find out she was having You’re a survivor!” and I thought , I am! I know

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how incredibly fortunate I am. I could have hit another car while driving that day ...I thought, what if I killed someone ...I mean, what was I thinking? After the heart attack, it took a long time for me to come out of the “poor me” phase and move into the survivor phase. I went from being afraid of closing my eyes thinking that I might not wake up to knowing if I don’t wake up tomorrow, at least this time I tried [to take care of myself ],” Like everyone, Dianne has had her share of stress in life. I would describe her the way I describe myself and many of my friends, as

Dianne works out daily at Curves in Picton.

one of those strong women who seem to be able to take a lot and stay in control. Before her heart attack there were a lot of health issues in her family and as the stress built up she internalized her feelings, smoked, kept going, kept on living each day just to get to the next; caring for her family ...forgetting to care for herself. Her advice to women is simple, “We know our bodies and we know when something’s wrong. Don’t blame how you feel on something else. Don’t ignore signs and symptoms that are unusual, because it could be too late.”

Dianne has come to terms with the fact that the outcome could have been so much worse that day and she is grateful for the second chance she’s been given. She has made many drastic and positive changes and has a goal to eventually live her life medication free. Though ten percent of her heart muscle is permanently damaged, ninety percent is excellent. She found a heart smart exercise program in Picton and learned how to work within the parameters of her blood pressure and heart rate limits. She exercises every day; eats healthy food, has lost weight, has given up smoking and has helped others quit too. I asked her if she was at peace with the experience of having a heart attack and she smiled and said quite confidently that she was. Those sparkling eyes see life differently now and I could tell it feels good.

“You know what?...I’m here. I want to live.

I get to see my husband, my kids and my friends. I’m lucky to have a wonderful family

and so much support. I work in an environment that’s built around care. I love my job.

Every day I get up and my feet hit the ground and it’s a good day.

Daniella Barsotti is a writer employed with Quinte Broadcasting. Daniella is also the founder of Adam’s Hope, a non-profit organization in our region assisting families and their Autistic children.

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ask dr. jen

by Dr. Jen Webster, MD

Dear Dr. Jen – What exactly is a heart attack and how do I know if I’m having one?

Your heart is a large muscle that is constantly working! Your heart is supplied with blood through special vessels all around it.

The heart requires a steady blood supply to keep the muscle tissue energized and pumping effectively. Your heart works best when your blood vessels are as open as possible. However, for a variety of reasons (including smoking, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure), the vessels become stiff, narrowed, and clogged with cholesterol deposits. Over time, small blood clots form inside the vessels where the narrowing is happening. Eventually, the inside wall of the vessel becomes sealed off, which stops blood flow to that part of your heart muscle.

This is usually quite painful, and results in you having a “heart attack”.

As you might have heard, women often receive different medical treatment from men when they suffer from heart attacks.

The medical community as a whole is working to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosing women with chest pain, but it continues to be a challenge as men and women experience different symptoms when having a heart attack.

Often we see images of men clutching their chests and falling to the floor when

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they have heart attacks on TV. We are also used to hearing heart attack pain described as “squeezing” or “like an elephant on my chest”. Women often use different words to describe chest pain, including “sharp”, “burning” or may relate it to indigestion or heartburn. Many women feel sensations in their necks and throats. Some of the most common complaints of women experiencing heart attacks include fatigue, shortness of breath, and sleep disturbances. You may also experience cold sweats.

PLEASE do not feel silly about heading to the emergency room if you develop sudden chest pain that lasts longer than a few minutes and feels like the sensations described above. If the thought that you may be having a heart attack crosses your mind, call 911 immediately. Tell someone nearby you think you may be having a heart attack – it could save your life!

The only real way to tell if you are having a heart attack is to go to an ER, especially in our area! You will need a heart tracing, or EKG, to help doctors determine if your heart muscle is being damaged, or if there are any abnormal heart rhythms. You will also have to have blood tests to determine if there is any heart damage. You will likely be monitored for at least 8 hours and your pain will be managed while tests are done.

Depending on what the doctors find, there are numerous treatment plans that could be developed, including angiography (where a stent is used to open up the clogged vessel), bypass grafting (open heart surgery to replace the clogged vessels), and hospitalization for monitoring. This is all very patient-specific, and is decided at the time of someone suffering from a heart attack.

Luckily there are times when a woman who presents to an ER with chest pain is found to not be having a heart attack. When this occurs, she is usually offered a variety of other tests, including an exercise treadmill test, or by radionuclide imaging tests. These help determine if there are any signs of the heart not getting enough blood (which may possibly warn of a heart attack in the future).

How do I know if I am at risk of heart disease?

More women in Canada will die from heart disease now than breast cancer! Imagine if we put as much positive energy into heart health as we do for other extremely worthy health causes! There are multiple reasons why a woman may get heart disease, and fortunately, we can change some of them!

Some risk factors which we can’t change: • • •

Age over 55 Personal history of coronary heart disease Family history – first degree male under 55y, or female under 65y

Risk factors for heart disease that you CAN change: 1. High Cholesterol: See your health care practitioner, and have your cholesterol numbers checked! Your LDL (or bad) cholesterol can be lowered by reducing the animal products in your diet (butters, high-fat dairy, red meat), and your HDL (or good) cholesterol can be improved by exercise and hearthealthy fats found in salmon, nuts, and olive oil. There are also numerous medication options to change your cholesterol if diet and exercise alone isn’t enough! Keeping your cholesterol at a normal level helps prevent

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2. Diabetes: Taking good care of your diabetes will lower your risk of heart complications! Work with your health care practitioner to find the treatment strategy that works for you. Don’t know if you have diabetes? It’s easy to get screened with a simple fasting glucose test!

3. Obesity - having extra weight on your body means your heart has to work harder to pump blood. Even a weight loss of 5-10lbs would be a great start for your heart! Have your health care practitioner check your BMI and waist circumference, and work toward a plan to help lower your weight. It could be as simple as adding a walk to your day, or swapping a glass of juice for water instead!

Other prevention ideas: Be Active! Moderate intensity physical activity for at least 30 minutes most days of the week is ideal.

Minimize alcohol – we don’t know of a safe level, except to keep it to one drink a day or less.

Keep a Heart Healthy Diet: Eat your veggies, eat whole grains, minimize red meat, try oily fish like salmon or mackerel, and minimize the salt and processed foods in your diet

If your mouth is not healthy, you are not healthy.

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Get the family involved: Children who are overweight often have changes in their blood vessels that put them at risk for heart disease. Encourage them to be active too, and share in the healthy diet you prepare for yourself.

The mouth is a reflection of what can be going on in the rest of your body. The mouth-body link is a major topic of interest in medical research.

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4. Smoking - It’s no secret that smoking has health risks, but did you know that even a few cigarettes while you’re out with the girls raises your heart risk? There are many options to butt out these days – your local Health Unit often runs programs to help people quit, many for free!

This habit is notoriously hard to break, but it is key to keeping your heart healthy.

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Diseases of the gums puts you at greater risk for heart, brain, liver, pancreas disease and may affect fetal development.

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In fact, you can have very complex, serious, hard-to-treat disease of the gums, and teeth and not have any pain to alert you to it.

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However, good health of the mouth is linked to living a longer and healthier life.

5. High Blood pressure – If you know you have it, work with your health care provider to ensure you are maintaining the best possible treatment for it! If you’ve not had your pressure checked recently, start with the machines in drug stores (They’re better than nothing). If your numbers are up over 140/90, see a health professional as soon as possible. The higher your blood pressure, the harder your heart has to work, and keeping your pressure down has a multitude of other benefits!

*Disclaimer: This information is not intended to be taken as medical advice. Please see your own practitioner to obtain advice specific to you.

For more information about risks for heart disease, try the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation’s website (www. ehealth.heartandstroke.ca) and try their “Risk Assessment” Tool, or talk to your health care professional.

Dr. Jennifer Webster, MD is a family practitioner in Belleville, ON and a professor in the Queen’s Family Medicine program. Dr. Webster lives a healthy, active lifestyle together with her husband Robert and her two children.

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Spring Cleaning: Not just for your house and garden!

By Dr. michelle durkin, B.Sc., ND

When we think of spring we think of spring cleaning, and preparing our gardens for new growth. We should also be thinking of spring cleaning for our bodies. The heavier, hearty foods should now begin to change to lighter, raw, and fresh ingredients. It is because of this that spring is the most logical time of the year to embark on a detoxification program.

Detoxification is how our bodies process and eliminate metabolic waste from our cells as well as toxins from our food, water, air or other exposures as a result of our jobs, hobbies, or homes. These toxins usually accumulate in our bodies over a period of time, particularly in fat tissue. Our liver is the main organ involved in detoxification as it metabolizes compounds for elimination. Our bowels and kidneys are also important in order to eliminate these compounds that have been metabolized in the liver. Chances are if you live on planet earth you need to enhance your detoxification pathways for optimal health.

Individual health is dependent on planetary health and right now our planet is not doing so well. We have hundreds of toxins, many of which have been classified as carcinogens, that have accumulated in our ecosystem. For cells to be healthy they need proper nutrients going to the cell, proper elimination of waste away from the cell, and proper nervous system stimulation to the cell. A well designed detoxification program will enhance all of these functions in the body.

Some subjective and objective measurements can also help determine the priority of a detoxification program. First, a symptom questionnaire can rate specific symptoms related to toxicity as well as environmental exposures and genetic weaknesses. Second, a bio-impedance analysis can be performed. This is a simple in-office test that measures hydration level, metabolism, body fat percentage, toxicity level, and health of the cell membranes. Third, specific blood tests can be requisitioned by a naturopathic doctor to determine the liver’s detoxification ability and nutritional deficiencies. Using this information, specific dietary and supplement recommendations can be made for a desired period of time. This ensures each detoxification program is designed for the individual.

The body’s capacity to carry out this complex process of detoxification starts with what you are eating. Certain foods can burden the detoxification machinery of your body, while other foods and nutrients can help it. It is very common during a detoxification program to eliminate all refined sugars (white or brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, candy, and desserts), caffeine, alcohol, red meat, dairy products, hydrogenated oils, peanuts and peanut butter, soy, gluten, and corn. During this time you are also increasing berries, green leafy and cruciferous vegetables, gluten-free grains, beans, peas, lentils, chicken, turkey or fish, dairy substitutes, olive oil, flaxseed oil, all spices, water, and herbal teas.

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Are you prepared for your child’s education?

by Lianne DiRocco, PFP, CSA, CSWP As parents, we have a tendency to view the money that we earn as a means to assist our children and family with their needs before ours. Most importantly ensuring our children are able to have a post secondary education. A post-secondary education is an invaluable personal asset although it can also be expensive. If you have children then a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is an excellent way to save for their education. By setting aside an affordable amount monthly or bi-weekly, your RESP contribution can grow quickly and painlessly.

Here is how it works.

An RESP is a tax deferral plan designed to help save for your children’s post-secondary education. The contributor to the RESP is called the subscriber and the future student is the beneficiary. Although contributions to an RESP are not tax deductible, all of the income in the plan compounds on a tax deferred basis. In addition, there is also the Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG) - a federal program that will deposit grants directly into your child’s RESP based on you contributions. Finally, when the accumulated income and the CESG are withdrawn from the RESP to pay for education expenses, the beneficiary student pays the taxes, not the subscriber. Withdrawals of CESGS and the accumulated income are taxed in the student’s hands as ordinary in-

come. Generally, this income would attract little or no tax if withdrawn over a few years due to the student’s basic personal exemption, tuition and education tax credits.

Planning Tips and Considerations: 1.

Start your child’s RESP early in order to obtain the maximum benefit from government grants and the tax-free compounding effect on your money 2. Open a family plan when possible in the event one child decides not to pursue post-secondary education. A family plan allows contributions to be made into one RESP for all of the children but the income does not have to be paid out proportionately between the beneficiaries.

3. Start having conversations with your children in their early teens about the cost of post-secondary education and what they can expect from you as far as financial support. If the child is going to have to contribute to the cost of his/her education then they too need to have a plan.

Remember, learning about RESPs is an assignment you can’t afford to skip. Get started today on planning for your children’s future.

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Practicing

Reading

by Michael Maloney, M.A.

Effectively Teaching a child to read can either be a joy or a catastrophe. Some children learn easily, others struggle mightily. Thirty to thirty-five percent of children will have some degree of difficulty learning to read. Reading problems make everything else about schooling incredibly more difficult. From a review of 100,000 studies on reading instruction, there are proven effective strategies to teach almost any child to read.

The most effective strategies for teaching children to read are drawn from a 2.2 billion dollar, national study called The FollowThrough Project, which compared 16 different methods with hundreds of thousands of children over 20 years. A particular method called “Direct Instruction”, developed at the University of Oregon, was the clear winner.

It concentrates on teaching phonics, blending skills, irregular word strategies, and reading rules as the basis for effective reading instruction.

Despite the success of Direct Instruction, and despite the fact that it is a public domain method, many of its strategies have been overlooked or ignored by publishers of children’s reading materials.

There is also the issue about reading standards. When is good enough, good enough?

We know that when children learn to speak, they speak at or near the same rate as adults.

When children have learned to read well, they can read passages at the same rate at which they converse. Children with reading problems may speak as quickly as adults, but they read much more slowly and with more errors or omissions. Competent readers can decode words at 180-200 words per minute, the same rate at which they talk.

To see how your child is doing, here is a

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simple test. Ask the child to pick a book that is appropriate to his or her age and grade level. Ask the child to read a passage aloud to you from the book. Count the number of words the child reads as well as the number of errors you hear in 1 minute. Errors are words that are miscalled, skipped, or inserted or words on which endings have been added or dropped. As you listen, the pace of the reading should be at about the same pace as the child carries on a conversation.

If it is much slower than that, you know that there are words in that story that are challenging. If there are a lot of errors, the child will have difficulty understanding what they have read.

If you do find a problem, either a child who is reading too slowly or a child who is making more than 2-3 errors per page, you can do a great deal to solve the problem by working with the child for 10-15 minutes every day. Listen to the child read aloud. If the child makes and error, simply tell him or her the correct word and have him or her reread the sentence. Praise the child for working hard and for doing what you ask. Your praise is very important to him or her. Hint: Don’t start sounding out words or using other reading strategies. Leave that up to his or her teacher.

Set the kitchen timer. When you have done 10-15 minutes of reading practice, read the child a story from a book s/he chooses or play a game of hangman or make cookies. End the session with something that is fun for the child. Read the same 2 or 3 stories until the child can read them easily, then let him or her pick a new one. In a few weeks, you will see a great improvement in their reading skills.

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Housed in the CORE Centre in downtown “We’ve seen the amazing capacity that Belleville, the non-profit group ART/worth art has to change lives,” says Morris. “We’ve aims to provide space, materials and faciliseen it in our own lives and we’ve seen it tators to make art programming available in our work.” They have endless stories to to organizations and groups that don’t tell to drive the point home; one example have the facilities to do it themselves. after another of lives that have been transThe three artists held an ART/worth symformed through art. As powerful as any are posium in early March and heard from lotheir own stories. All three credit art with cal community groups dealing with issues changing their lives, perhaps with savranging from mental illness, addiction, poving them. When they speak of the healing erty and street youth to Alzheimer’s and the power of art in dealing with mental illness community health of seniors and children and addiction, domestic violence, sexual with special needs. The one thing that they assault and homelessness, they speak from heard over and over was that art programtheir collective experience. ming had been identified as a much-need“I love my life right now,” says Paylor, and ed component to the processes of healing his two friends quickly jump in to echo that and recovery and to general wellness itself, statement. You can tell without a doubt that but it was often difficult to find the space, they mean it. And perhaps that speaks materials or peoas eloquently as ple to run the proanything to the fact grams within each that they are on to organization. something. Some“Par tnering thing big. seemed to be the For more inforanswer,” says Kenmation or to inquire ny. “That’s where about partnering we felt we could with ART/worth fill a need. We have contact artworth@ space here at the live.ca. Donations CORE, we have the of art supplies will supplies and we be gratefully acthe Below Kenny, Lisa and Peter, founders of Artists have facilitators.” cepted. r Brethou J. l ville. Photo by Michae “And now we Line & ArtWorth Belle

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by Darek Wierzbicki Many women are concerned about the long-term effects of permanent hair dye on their health. They would love to hide the grey or try out a fashionable colour or highlights, but they are apprehensive about the absorption of ammonia-based dyes. I’m glad to say that there are several solutions to this dilemma. The easiest is semi-permanent colour, which is an extremely popular method of covering grey without the chemicals present in permanent colours.

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We can smell it in the air. Spring is just around the corner...it’s time to slough off the dead skin of the cold, dry winter and add moisture to the skin that will be revealed as we remove layers of winter clothing. Just as we should be careful what we put into our bodies, we must consider what we apply to our bodies, and natural is almost always the best!

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Will Your Stormy Relationship Last Through The Spring?

Dear Readers, Welcome to “Ask Miki” North Americas only Syndicated Psychic Advice Column!

About a year ago, I met a woman eager and anxious to marry. She had been with the same man for years but needed reassurance, that this was Mister Right.

Immediately, I saw this was not Mister Right and told her to move on because there had been infidelity, and a few break-ups. However, despite her doubts, she plunged into marriage with him. About three weeks after a wedding that was plagued with obstacles to the point that it almost never happened, she came to see me again seeking advice this time, on how to get out of the marriage. I reminded her that I was a Psychic-Medium and sadly what she needed now was a lawyer. My Name is Miki and I have been a professional psychic-medium for thirty-eight years and sad to say, I’ve encountered many situations like this. On the brighter side, I have also helped many, not only in personal relationships but in just about every aspect of life. Perhaps, I can also be of help to you now that I have joined Healthy Living Now as a regular columnist. I will be happy to answer, from a Psychic perspective, your questions about the aspects of life closest

Ask Miki

to the heart: Love, Family Issues, Personal Relationships, the spirit world, loved ones who have crossed over, superstitious beliefs and anything else that is important to you. On that note I look forward to receiving your letters and leave you with our very first question to read and enjoy!

Dear Miki

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I have known this man for a few years.

Every time I see him, I have butterflies in my stomach. When we meet and he is with other people, he jokes and laughs, but when we meet and he’s alone he’s closed in his shell and won’t talk very much. I know he’s separated and was pretty hurt about it and is also busy with his own business. My feelings for him are very strong, and I know that he’s got feelings too but I think he is afraid to act on them. Do you see something happening between the two of us?

Signed, A

A

There are always silent signals that people send back and forth to each other, that indicate they would like to form a romantic connection. This is followed by flirting, which ultimately leads to the first physical connection, as in the famous first kiss. I sense that you are sending out the right signal, but don’t see him picking up on them at all. You should actually end up sending those same signals to other men who world be interested in forming a relationship, because the apple of your eye, has no intentions of ending up with a place in your heart or home.

Daily Affirmation Signals of romance are difficult to read so don’t allow your heart to turn a stop sign into a green light.

Miki is a Toronto-based Professional Psychic who is featured daily in the media. Personal and telephone appointments are available as well as lectures, Corporate Events ,Private parties and media events Please call us at (416) 537-5955 or 1-877-ASK-MIKI and visit our website at www.askmiki.ca Send your questions via e-mail to: AskMiki@aol.com. Please include with your questions, names, birth dates and photos, (if available), of yourself and persons you wish to ask about and a brief description of your situation. All identities will be kept confidential Miki has been regularly featured as a guest in numerous major media markets including City TV, The Life Network, Breakfast Television, CBC, CTV News, Global News, YTV, Report on Business TV and CTV Talk Television. She is the resident Psychic Investigator for Relic Hunter Steve Santini on the Reality TV Show Deals from the Darkside on The OLN Channel and Technical Psychic Advisor to Television and Film Production Company Two of a Kind Productions in Los Angeles, California. Her portfolio also includes Q107 Radio, Edge 102, CBC Radio, CFRB Essential Talk, The XZONE Radio Show and 680 News Radio. Print Media features include Toronto Life Magazine, EYE For The Future Magazine, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Sun, Globe and Mail, Metro Daily Newspaper, Report on Business Magazine, and 24 Hours Sun Media Daily Newspapers.

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This supports the understanding that as we age we can have control in how our body ages, directly resulting in the quality of our lives. The bottom line is, ‘use it or lose it’. This, I know, is some times easier said than done but allowing yourself to be a priority for your health will benefit everyone around you. Finding the time can be over half the battle,

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book review

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey

book by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. • review by Brian Nashman On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. She witnessed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, or write. Within four hours Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized she was having a stroke and enabled her to seek help before she was completely lost.

Jill Bolte Taylor writes, “Every brain has a story and this is mine…

The story that follows is my stroke of insight into the beauty and resiliency of the human brain. It’s a personal account, as seen through the eyes of a neuroscientist about what it felt like to experience the deterioration of my left brain and then recover [and

survive] it. It is my hope that this book will offer insight into how the brain works in both wellness and in illness. Although this book is written for the general public, I hope you will share it with people you want to help recover from brain trauma [not just stroke patients] and their caregivers.”

Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains, we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. My Stroke of Insight is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time.

I recommend this book to anyone who is,

or knows someone who is, recovering from brain trauma, as well as anyone who is interested in learning more about the brain without taking heavy science courses. The book contains useful information including how to recognize symptoms of a stroke, what Dr. Taylor needed in terms of attitudes and interactions from her caregivers, which may be useful to other patients, as well as information on the Harvard Brain Bank.

Dr. Taylor is now teaching neuroanatomy in her home state of Indiana as well as continuing her advocacy for the Brain Bank.

Brian Nashman is the Director of the Belleville and Peterborough Scholars Education Centres. He is a certified provider of the Fast ForWord program from Scientific Learning which is a cognitive software program for students with reading & learning difficulties, ADD. ADHD, autism, acquired brain injuries and auditory processing disorders.

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Celebrating Rick Hansen On the eve of Hansen’s arrival in Belleville as he and teams of committed Canadians commemorated the 25th Anniversary of his original Man in Motion tour by re-tracing the Canadian portion, Hansen took time to answer a few questions for CJBQ reporter Mary Thomas.

Below is an excerpt from that interview.

HANSEN: It was truly a highlight for me seeing the way Canadians from coast to coast embraced my Man in Motion tour but also, more importantly, that they joined with me on the long ultra marathon of social change to help make the world healthier and more inclusive.

THOMAS: You know, there may be some people in my audience who don’t remember

Rick Hansen in Belleville, Oct 2011. Photo by Michael J. Brethour

By Mary THomas

the original Man in Motion Tour.

those barriers on an ongoing basis.

HANSEN: Well, you know, I was actually inspired to wheel around the world because I had represented my country for over a decade in wheelchair sport - in marathoning.

I travelled the world and I saw all kinds of physical and attitudinal barriers that didn’t have to be there, so I decided that I would do something to change awareness and attitudes to a positive perspective of the potential of people with physical disabilities if the attitudinal and physical barriers were removed, and to challenge people to continue to work hard to ask people in their local communities what their challenges and obstacles were and to see if they could remove

THOMAS: How long were you away in that original tour?

HANSEN: It was a 2 year, 2 month and 2 day journey over 40,000 kilometres, 34 countries and 4 continents and we averaged about a full marathon every single day. When we came back into Canada, it was really just a special moment because it was an example of how so many people looked into their communities and celebrated local champions who had disabilities.

THOMAS: When you look back on that time, was there anything that made you cry or made you laugh?

HANSEN: The phenomenal moments where... you know, in Poland, there was a gentleman who had a spinal injury who didn’t have a wheelchair – he could only push himself on a piece of plywood with little skateboard wheels – and he came out with tears streaming down his face – tears of pride and joy – because for the first time, his family and community looked at him and celebrated him as a human being with potential and he was a local hero during the celebrations and during our journey. Those moments they make you realize that what you’re doing is making a difference and it inspires you to keep going. (referring to the Canadian leg of this commemorative tour:) So many amazing stories and each one of them in their own right continues to inspire us to think – wow, we’re all working together for a country we believe in!

As recorded on CJBQ’s Newsmaker Sundays.

Used with permission from Quinte Broadcasting Corp.

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at home workout SIX moves to a healthy heart Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

by ashton calnan, B.SC., CPT, CK

2-3x per week

Week 1

1 set, 8 reps

1 set, 12 reps

1 set, 15 reps

Ashton Calnan has a Bachelor of Science degree, with honours in Human Kinetics.

She is a personal trainer and Kinesiologist with extensive experience in athletic therapy. Ashton owns The Right Fit studio in Belleville.

Week 2

1 set 15 reps

2 sets 10 reps

2 sets 15 reps

Week 3

2 sets 12 reps

2 sets 15 reps

3 sets 15 reps

Week 4

3 sets 12 reps

3 sets 15 reps

3 sets 15 reps (add weights)

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jumping jacks

Just like grade school - Jump up, landing with feet spread apart sideways, and arms up, jump again closing feet and returning arms to your sides

4

Keep your abs tight, stand tall and drive your knees to the ceiling one at a time

high knees

Mountain Climbers

2

In plank position on your hands and toes, one at a time drive your knee to your elbow, modified version on your knees

5

3

burpees

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crab walk

Start in standing position with hands above your head, jump up, down into a squat with your hands on the ground, extend your feet back and in one motion move into plank position, return to squat position, return to standing

butt kickers

Stand tall, bring your heels to your butt, one at a time

Start in sitting position on floor, hands behind you. Lift your body into the air and walk 5 steps, rest.

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Training for the ironman by kelly mckinney My goal for my first Ironman is simply to finish. After seeing me train, my coach agrees.

Either she appreciates the Zen simplicity or she thinks it’s the best I can hope for. But when pressed, I admit my real goal is to finish the race standing up, not crawling across the finish line as Julie Moss and others have done. Julie Moss was in the lead of the Hawaii Ironman in 1982 and very close to capturing first place when her body gave out on her.

My real goal is to complete an Ironman without unwanted bodily secretions of any kind.

But, first I need to finish the swim. I have never been a great swimmer. I was a lifeguard for a brief time in high school and fumbled my way through the swimming test. When I decided to do an Ironman I couldn’t swim more than two lengths without gasping. I sink like a stone. To prevent drowning I have to swim fast. And at that speed, two lengths was all I could muster. Eight months later, I am swimming better, but other swimmers still offer advice still offer advice and once, while doing laps, someone threw me a lifesaving device.

The Louisville Ironman swim is 2.4 miles long and takes place in the Ohio River.

Thomas Jefferson thought the Ohio was the most beautiful river on earth. “Its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth...”.

He had me at bosom, but he was writing in the 1700s. The river looks fast and it is now a thick, soupy brown. 200 years and some industrialization between the river’s start in Pittsburgh and 900 odd miles later in Louisville have added fertilizer, bacteria from raw sewage and heavy metals. But pollution and PCBs are the least of my worries right now.

One of the keys to swimming is buoyancy. I am disappointed to learn that the race director has declared wetsuits, which provide terrific buoyancy, will not be permitted as the

water temperature is too high. Ironman rules declare 83.8 degrees Fahrenheit as the cutoff. If you think that is an obscure number, in Celsius it is 28.8. At the same time, I have never felt comfortable in wetsuits (except at parties) so the simplicity of a swimsuit, goggles and cap is appealing.

To make things interesting, the Louisville, Kentucky race features a unique time-trial start. Instead of stumbling into the water en masse with 2500 other swimmers (which has its own charms) we will be starting one at a

Kelly and three of his four children. From left: Hanna, Harry and Piper. Photo submitted time jumping off a dock. This means the last swimmer will lose approximately 45 minutes of the total available time. The race closes at midnight, which sounds like plenty of time, but for first-time Ironpeople, 17 hours might not be enough. Which is also why, despite the race director’s warnings not to arrive too early for the start, the line snakes forever when I arrive nervous, confused and thinking of Julie Moss at 5:30 a.m.

I meet some great people in the line-up and we chat about the swim, our goals for the

day and anything we can think of to keep our minds off what lies ahead. The race gun goes off at 7:00 a.m. The fleshy line of Speedos moves slowly for 20 minutes and then stops.

Someone has had a heart attack in the water!

We jostle for a look out of morbid curiosity and our own fear. Despite the efforts of the support team, lifeguards in kayaks and other swimmers, we find out later he died that morning. To get our minds off the tragedy we discuss our entry into the water. Should we jump, dive, slip-in casually? I consider an elegant belly flop, but at the last minute manage an awkward cannonball splashing a few of the race volunteers. I apologize with a mouthful of the Ohio and my race begins.

The best advice I learned from my coach while training is: run, bike, swim at a pace that you can do all day. (My wife has suggested another endurance activity that might benefit from the same philosophy). Regardless of your goal, the experts say the race doesn’t really start until half-way through the last event, the run. So I am happy to churn through the water slowly. I don’t get excited when I bump into other swimmers and I try not to drink too much (more) of the Ohio River. At one point I hit a sandbar and doggy paddle confused for 20 feet before realizing where the deeper water is. I move slowly in that direction and hum a tune I think is Ole Man River.

I emerge from the water after 1 hour and 26 minutes shriveled, but delighted. Even though the lead swimmer only took 47 minutes I am tickled to still be on my feet and smile my way through the transition tent.

Kelly McKinney is not a writer or an elite athlete. His three part series on his first and last Ironman Triathlon is cleverly divided into three installments: The Swim, The Bike, and part three (Untitled at press time).

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by Alison kemp Something I hear all the time is “I am not a gym person, I can’t stand to be stuck on stationary equipment. I want to play!” If this sounds like you, then we would both rather have our eyes poked out then be stuck on an indoor piece of equipment. Getting active and staying active should be fun and exciting. Being inspired and encouraged to try new things is my main goal in life and I am passing my passions about fitness on to you.

I want you to get out and do something you have never done before.

For some this may mean you start something traditional (which is fantastic) and for many of you it means trying something completely different. Whenever I think there is nothing left to try or I am getting too old to add new sports and activities (by the way, I am 44) I find something just around the corner. Unfortunately (or fortunately) my friends and family get dragged along with me.

I am an adrenaline junkie and adventure addict by nature and need to make just about everything I do exciting and heart pounding. I took up race skiing this year and put my snowboard aside to somehow figure out this “carving thing” skiers all talk about. I signed up for pole fitness classes one year ago at a local studio (www.bythemoon.ca) and numerous acro yoga workshops in Kingston with a very bendy girl who calls herself “twisted” (www.twisted.ca).

My reasons for choosing these activities were to get me out of my normal strength training routine (routine is the key word here meaning that I was bored) and out doing a workout that was completely outside of the box. I can honestly say I have never had as great or hard a strength workout as I do when I take pole fitness or balance myself on my partners body during acro yoga.

Fitness is everywhere and can be anything that raises your heart rate, makes your muscles burn and brings a smile to your soul. Inspire yourself to find that activity that touches your deepest core.

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All the equipment used to provide the care you receive at BGH was paid for by donors.

Better equipment for better care at BGH

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Success Story Updates Kristin Crowe and Lisa Botting Just a quick check in with a couple of the people who have been featured in our Healthy Living Now pages...to let you know how they are, what their up to and what the future holds...

Kristin Crowe - UPDATE: Since her ride with Lance Armstrong, Kristin continues to eat clean and work out daily to rebuild and regain her pre-diagnosis level of fitness. Under the watchful eye of her oncologists, she remains in good health. Career wise, she is enjoying an unexpected flourish of speaking engagements. Sharing her story of courage, cancer and her ride with Armstrong, Crowe leaves audiences with a sense of hope and optimism. She most recently spoke in Mexico at an International Women’s Conference celebrating Women’s Day on March 8th, 2012, and she has begun writing a book for catharsis and to inspire others to embrace the challenges life throws at them, to find the lessons guiding them to their true purpose and to follow their dreams and live BIG! You can catch her next public speaking event locally at The Healthy Living Expo, Belleville, ON on April 29th, 2012 - www.thehealthlylivingexpo.ca Lisa Botting – UPDATE: When we first met Lisa she had lost an incredible 50 lbs with a little help from Weight Watchers and a lot of personal commitment and determination... Today Lisa has kept her weight off and offers this update for our readers...”Life is great since losing the weight. However maintaining the weight is just as hard as losing it (if not harder). You really have to keep up with exercising and still be aware of your nutrition program. I still weigh myself at least once a week and exercise 4 to 5 times a week. This is a lifelong commitment for me and I never want to put the weight on again!”

Bowenwork® A unique therapy from Down Under

by Kate Cottrell

Bowenwork® or Bowtech® refers to the original Bowen technique developed in Australia more than 50 years ago by Tom Bowen, a manipulative therapist. Bowenwork® is a series of very subtle, gentle moves over muscles, tendons, nerves and ligaments (types of connective tissue). Each “Bowen move” sends an impulse to the central nervous system, which in turn sends a non-specific default impulse back to the area affecting the body, generally promoting balance.

Bowenwork® has been reported to improve or resolve a wide range of conditions from migraine headaches, frozen shoulder and fibromyalgia to mood, digestion and sleep problems. Based on how the body responds – which is unique to every individual – different procedures are used each visit, usually weekly or bimonthly.

During a 1 hour session, the therapist completes a series of moves with waits of a few minutes in between that allow the body to integrate the informa-

tion it is receiving. Bowenwork® promotes balance by inputting signals and giving the body time to respond in the way that it deems appropriate. Because the body may continue to respond for 5-7 days or even longer, no further treatment is recommended until that process is complete.

This way, the body determines when the balancing occurs, in collaboration with the experience of the practitioner.

Treatment is only required as indicated by increased pain or other symptoms in the body.

Bowenwork® recognizes the inherent ability for the body to balance given the right conditions, and in this way it is very much a patient-directed modality.

For further information on Bowenwork visit www.bowentrainingacademy.com Column contributed by Kate Cottrell with reference from Janet Riley, RN, a licensed Bowenwork® instructor and practitioner practicing in Belleville. Find out more at www.bowentrainingacademy. com or at 613 848-2083

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events.. to get you moving!

Friday, March 30 Celebrating Living Green: Success through Community Action Empire Theatre, Belleville 7pm Keynote speaker Franke James and musical guest Sarah Harmer Tickets $25+. www.quintesustainability.ca

Saturday & Sunday April 28 & 29 RescindeX Nordic Thunder Strongman Show Amateur Show in the AM, Canada’s top Professional Strongmen Compete for Prize Money both afternoons!

At The Healthy Living Expo, Yardman Arena

Saturday & Sunday March 31 & April 1 Maple in The County Festival Prince Edward County www.mapleinthecounty.ca

Saturday & Sunday April 28 & 29 The Healthy Living Expo Wally Dever Arena, Belleville $5 daily or $8 weekend pass, 12yrs under free www.thehealthylivingexpo.ca

Saturday & Sunday April 14 & 15 Marmora Kayaking Weekend For more details call 613-475-1458 or 613-473-1087.

Friday, April 27 Discipline MMA presents MIXED MARTIAL ARTS @ The Yardman Arena Begins at 5:30, MAIN Card at 8pm Tickets at Bulls Box Office or online www.disciplinemma.com Portion of $ to Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial in Quinte West

Saturday, April 28 Rotary Trump Aids Poker Walk 5K walk raises funds to fight AIDS worldwide www.trumpaids.ca to register

Saturday, May 5 The McDougall 5km Run/Walk for the Quinte Children’s Foundation Starts at 9am at West Zwicks, Belleville s

613-961-1777 hoskingmotorsports.com

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Sunday, May 13 Spring Thaw Run – 4K/10K George St Boat Ramp, Belleville www.triandrunsports.ca

Saturday & Sunday May 19 -20 & May 26-27 Heirloom Tomato Seedling Sale 10am – 4pm Vickies Veggies Prince Edward County www.vickiesveggies.com

Saturday, May 19 Annual Lilac Festival and Plant Sale Macaulay Heritage Park, Picton 8am – 3pm, 613-476-2148 x 426

Full Household Hazardous & Electronic Waste Schedule for 2012 For all 9 municipalities - can be found on our website www.hlnow.ca or at www.quinterecycling.org. You are welcome to go to any and all events on the schedule. These programs are free to attend.

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