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Boost Your Financial Health by Getting Your Checkup Now

By DAVID NOVAK s the calendar turns to a new year, it’s the ideal time to give your financial health an examination. Taking care of the little details now can save a lot of pain and heartache later—for you and your heirs.

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Review your beneficiaries This should not only include retirement accounts, such as IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b) s, and other qualified plans, but also any taxable accounts that have a Transfer-onDeath feature. Also, make sure to examine not only the primary beneficiaries but also the contingent beneficiaries. Many beneficiary schedules also allow you to select per stirpes as an option—if you are not familiar with this, you should discuss with your investment advisor or estate planning attorney.

Review your insurance coverage Some of us like to bundle as many different insurance coverages as we can together, while others like to spread our business out to different companies. Whatever your preference, make sure to shop the rates you’re paying on all your policies—auto, home, umbrella, etc.

For various reasons—not the least of which was laziness—I would rarely shop my rates, but once I did, I was amazed at how much variation there was for essentially the same thing.

Furthermore, are all the extras that are supposed to be giving you discounts (like the Big Brother device in my car monitoring my driving) actually helping you? Once I found out it wasn’t giving me anything, I couldn’t get rid of it fast enough.

Review your distribution/contribution rate If you are still working, how much are you contributing

to your 401(k)? Most employers will offer to match contributions dollar-fordollar up to a certain amount, such as 3% of your income. Taking advantage of this matching amount is a no-brainer; it is equivalent to a 100% return on your investment. You’d be surprised how many people don’t take advantage of this “free” money.

If you are retired, then you are likely in the distribution phase from your investment portfolio. Are you taking money out at a sustainable rate that will not deplete your investments? You may have been planning on living off the income generated by the portfolio, but the current low-interest-rate environment could have thrown a wrench into this strategy.

Furthermore, when calculating the annual withdrawal rate, make sure to include not only the money that comes out regularly each month but also the lump sum distributions. When accounting for these “one-time” withdrawals, you may find out that your current distribution rate is unsustainable over the long term.

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Review your asset allocation You have probably heard the advice to rebalance your portfolio regularly, but are you doing it? If so, how often?

Studies have consistently shown that most investors, left to their own devices, neglect to properly rebalance their portfolio and, in fact, do the opposite—they will buy more of what has recently done well.

The whole point of rebalancing is to “buy low and sell high,” a straightforward concept to grasp on paper, but very difficult to implement, especially in times of heightened market volatility.

Furthermore, this should present an excellent opportunity also to evaluate the appropriateness of your long-term asset allocation target.

Since the stock market has done so well these last few years, it’s been easy to rationalize that you need to have a portfolio weighted on the stocks’ side. Think about not only what your long-term asset allocation target is, but more importantly, what caused you to establish that target.

Review your estate plan It’s essential to review what happens to your assets in the event of your death or incapacitation. Who is your primary and secondary durable power of attorney? Who is your primary and secondary health care surrogate? If you have multiple children, are they all aware of your overall plan? Do they all understand your desires in the event you become permanently incapacitated? The time to talk about all these things is now, in a very transparent way.

I recently went through this exact situation with a parent’s sudden decline and the prospect that he could be in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, we had discussed this possibility and were able to act clearly in accordance with my father’s wishes. While we still had to go through a very painful experience, I took some solace that the entire family had proactively discussed this potential event.

Just as you don’t want to neglect your physical health, it’s crucial to take care of your financial well-being too. It’s a good habit to get into and to keep; doing it regularly at the start of the year makes it easy to remember.

Keep your eye on the news The SECURE Act was just signed into law. It makes significant changes to inherited retirement plans like 401(k)s and IRAs. Among the many changes, the new bill will generate more taxes for the government by requiring beneficiaries of these inherited accounts to withdraw all assets over a 10-year period, thus accelerating the depletion of these accounts. This could greatly affect your estate planning.

David Novak, CFP® is a Certified Financial Planner™ at Novak & Powell Financial Services in Pinellas County. Please note: he is not an attorney and this article should not be construed as one offering legal advice. For information about investment decisions and financial planning, contact him at (727) 451-3440.

Getting A Dose of Iron

Happy New Year!

chair. But everything changed when I began experiencing such fierce pain from Are you ready to get in shape? shoulder tendonitis that I nearly gnawed For the past three years, as editor of this off my arm off at the joint. magazine, I’ve written about a variety of During a subsequent visit to the studies that boast the benefit of exercise: orthopedics office, my doctor read a a trimmer, shapelier physique (oh yeah!), crystal ball (a.k.a. an x-ray) and told me improved strength that a total shoulder and functionality, replacement is likely “It has been an honor and and – perhaps most in my future. privilege (and much fun) importantly – staving Now, I have joined off age-related to serve as editor of this the minority of disability and thus Americans who take publication. I wish you all the dreaded nursing their health seriousthe health, happiness, and home. ly—I have joined a prosperity in this Those all sound like gym. new year! “ such worthy goals, I I am currently said to myself as I sat working with a per~ Terri Bryce Reeves for seemingly endless sonal trainer and ushours in my editor’s ing light weights

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with more repetitions to build up my shoulder, neck and back muscles. My shoulder will be in great shape when the doctor saws it all apart.

And that’s the point.

According to my physician, strengthening the rotator cuff muscles through physical therapy before surgery can improve healing and shorten the recovery period. Maybe there is a teensyweensy chance I could have a lessinvasive arthroscopic procedure too.

Research studies across the country have shown there are many other benefits to strength training, including improved brain health to stave off dementia, depression and anxiety.

Working out can also help to lower your risk for Type 2 diabetes as well as the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and elevated blood sugar.)

Other benefits of strength-training include better joint mobility and less arthritis pain; greater bone density and reduced risk for osteoporosis and related fractures.

Add to that the benefits of weight loss, improved self-confidence, sleep and vitality. Adults who are in good physical shape are less likely to fall too.

So with my need for surgery, comes a goodbye. I need to take a considerable amount of time off, so this will be my last editorial for Lifestyles After 50. I will miss my co-workers, writers and naturally, you our readers.

It has been an honor and privilege (and much fun) to serve as editor of this publication. I wish you all the health, happiness, and prosperity in this new year!

Terri Bryce Reeves Terri Bryce Reeves, Editor

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Dr. Sylvia Earle’s Mission Possible Florida’s Gulf Coast recently designated a marine protected area

By JAN LARRAINE COX

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ur oceans are warming and sea levels are rising. Their waters are polluted with microplastics and becoming more acidic due to increasing CO2 levels. Coral reefs are dying, and many species of commercially exploited fish are in steep decline. Hundreds of coastal “dead zones” now exist.

The underwater ecosystem is faltering, and ominously, that system provides more than half the oxygen we need to breathe.

But there is reason for hope.

The world’s foremost oceanographer, Dunedin resident Dr. Sylvia Earle, has spent her entire career looking out after the oceans, and at 84, she’s not about to stop.

,” Sometimes affectionally called “Her Deepness Dr. Sylvia Earle explores the oceans in the Deep See submarine.

Dr. Sylvia Earle, 84, of Dunedin, is leading a worldwide effort to save the oceans through the organization she founded, Mission Blue. Here she surveys plastic pollution off of Cocos Island in the Pacific.

“If you like to breathe, you will care about the ocean.” ~ Dr. Sylvia Earle

Instead she’s trotting the globe, igniting a worldwide effort to spare the fragile but vital ecosystems that live beneath the sea.

“The ocean is dying. Many may not realize how much trouble we’re in,” she says. “Now, as never before, and maybe as never again, there is a chance to protect the natural systems that keep us alive.

“If you like to breathe, you will care about the ocean.”

As she explains, more than half the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by microscopic marine life that takes up carbon dioxide and water and creates oxygen and sugar.

“That, in turn, drives great ocean food webs and eventually the chemistry of the biosphere,” she says.

In 2009, Earle founded the nonprofit

organization Mission Blue to shield the ocean from further destruction by designating a global network of Hope Spots.

“Hope Spots are special places that are critical to the health of the ocean, Earth’s blue heart,” says Earle. Today there are 130 of these Hope Spots, and Earle and her organization are working urgently to add more.

In August, most of Florida’s Gulf Coast—from Apalachicola Bay on Florida’s northwest coast to Ten Thousand Islands in southwest Florida—was the most recent region to be designated a Hope Spot by Mission Blue.

The northern boundary of the Gulf Coast Hope Spot is home to oyster habitats that require protection and restoration. The southern part recently sustained significant damage from red tide and contaminated water that flowed from Lake Okeechobee. In this

Hope Spot, dozens of organizations are working hard to preserve the ecosystem.

The Gulf Coast’s participation as a new Hope Spot is a significant step toward Mission Blue’s goal of protecting 30% of our ocean water by 2030.

Hope Spots are selected based on characteristics such as diversity of species, habitats, or ecosystems; populations of rare or endangered species; innate potential to have damages reversed or sites with economic importance to the community.

“Hope Spots are about recognizing, empowering, and supporting individuals and communities around the world in their efforts to protect the ocean,” Earle says. *** An expert on ocean health, Earle is the master of her own. The octogenarian works about 300 days a year, giving

talks, leading expeditions, and influencing policymakers. And, she still manages to fit in plenty of dive time.

Mother of three and grandmother to four grandsons, Earle reports there’s no real secret to her vitality, except as she puts it: “good genes and staying active.

Dive! Dive! Dive!”

All of her family members are passionate about the ocean. Earle says their favorite kinds of fish are “live fish of all kinds.”

Raised in the central Gulf Coast town of Dunedin from age 12, Earle became enchanted with the underwater kingdom through her passion for beachcombing and diving.

She has seen her playground transition from a place bursting with marshes, mangroves and sea life to one inhabited by marinas, industrial sites and housing developments.

Having earned a Ph.D. in 1966 from Duke University in the field of Phycology (the study of algae), Earle has launched a myriad of marine environmental projects. She has served as the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) first female Chief Scientist, where she broke the story of the 90% extinction of bluefin tuna.

Since 1998, she has been a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence.

From 1998-2002, she led the Sustainable Seas Expeditions, a five-year program sponsored by the National Geographic Society, to study the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary, a special zone where the environment enjoys special protection.

Earle has authored over 150 publications.

She concludes with a clarion call: “Ocean life drives the water cycle, climate, and weather; it stabilizes temperature, holds the planet steady. We must take care of the ocean as if our lives depend on it because they do.”

For more information: read Blue Hope, a book by Dr. Sylvia A. Earle; see the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary, Mission Blue; or visit mission-blue.org.

Contact Jan Larraine Cox at jlarraine@gmail.com.

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h what fun it is to put away all the celebratory vestiges after the holidays! Lights and decorations are closeted for another year. Wrapping paper and ribbon that wasn’t decimated by eager hands is recycled for future use. The last of Seasons Greetings fro m the Nelsons the eggnog is tossed down the drain, and the dreaded fruit cake? Pulverized in the waste disposal.

If you celebrate Chanukah (or Hanukkah, if you can’t gargle), it leaves its own detritus. The lingering aroma of fried potato pancakes can last up to two weeks, requiring the use of industrial-strength air freshener.

Then there’s the labor of chiseling the hardened wax from the menorah, the candle holder which burns 44 candles over the eight nights of the holiday. Would dripless candles be a blasphemy? Maybe. So, we stand over the sink with small sharp objects, jabbing at the little candleholders until they’re empty and ready for next year.

But for me, one looming issue remains—what to do with the greeting cards containing portraits of my friends and their families?

I’m not talking about those from your dry cleaner or newspaper delivery man. They can be guiltlessly abandoned to the recycle bin. But the family photo cards? Not so easily trashed.

It must have cost the Clarks a pretty penny to assemble all 28 children, grandchildren and dogs on that Hawaiian beach. Not to mention the photographer’s fee. And see how lovely and happy they are, healthy white teeth displayed for the camera? What do I…? How can I…? But on the other hand, do I really need a family portrait of the Clarks?

And here are the smiling Bensons. Not quite as many as the Clarks, but lovely all the same. And Tracy is coddling her new baby. How sweet!

Can I even consider tossing out that baby?

Next come the Berkowitzes. There are enough in this group to qualify as a tribe. And Papa Berkowitz didn’t fail to include his annual family update letter, with each person cross-referenced in the photo and identified by little numbers on their chests. Boy, he really put a lot of effort into this one—such a dilemma.

Here’s one from Betty. She has no children, but look at her adorable dogs. I do love dogs. I would never trash a dog. But yet...

These people look familiar. Oh, they’re my grandkids. Not the best picture. And I have so many others.

I stand by the garbage bin, photo cards in hand, immobilized by agonizing indecision. It would be so much easier if the cards would simply self-destruct 48 hours after New Year’s Day. Hallmark, are you listening?

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Study: Time-Restricted Eating Benefits Health

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hat if you could lose weight and improve your health just by watching the clock? New research shows this is possible and more manageable for most than watching caloric intake.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have reported that a form of intermittent fasting, called “time-restricted eating,” improved the health of study participants who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors that include at least five of the following conditions: obesity, high blood pressure, high serum triglycerides, high blood sugar, and low serum HDL, or high-density lipoprotein.

The syndrome increases the risk of adverse health issues such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and stroke. Three out of 10 Americans have the disorder.

Currently, doctors recommend that patients eat healthier, get more exercise, and take prescribed medications when needed. But these common remedies often prove insufficient to adequately manage risks.

“As a cardiologist, I find it is very hard to get patients with prediabetes or metabolic syndrome to make lasting and meaningful lifestyle changes,” said Pam Taub, M.D., co-corresponding author of the study, associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health.

“There is a critical window for intervention with metabolic syndrome.

Once people become diabetic or are on multiple medications, such as insulin, it’s very hard to reverse the disease process.”

The pilot study, published online in the December 5, 2019 edition of Cell Metabolism, found that when participants restricted their eating to

“Eating and drinking everything (except water) during a 10-hour window allows your body to rest and restore for 14 hours at night.”

10 hours or less over 12 weeks, they benefitted in a myriad of ways. They lost weight, reduced abdominal fat and waist circumference, lowered blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and experienced more stable blood sugar and insulin levels.

The practice is based on the idea that the body benefits when it is in sync with the its natural circadian rhythms, the 24hour cycles of biological processes that affect nearly every cell. Erratic eating

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patterns can disrupt this system and create metabolic syndrome.

“Metabolism is closely linked with circadian rhythms, and knowing this, we were able to develop an intervention to help patients with metabolic syndrome without decreasing calories or increasing physical exercise,” Taub said.

Satchin Panda, Ph.D., co-corresponding author and professor in Salk’s Regulatory Biology Laboratory, said time-

restricted eating is a simple and effective dietary intervention, one where participants can easily adhere to the eating schedule.

“Eating and drinking everything (except water) during a 10-hour window allows your body to rest and restore for 14 hours at night.

Your body can also anticipate when you will eat, so it can prepare the body to optimize metabolism,” he said.

The study involved 19 participants diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, with 16 taking at least one medication, such as a statin. Participants used an app created by Panda called “myCircadianClock” to keep track of eating behaviors. They were told they could decide what time to eat and how much to eat as long as all food consumption occurred within a 10-hour window.

At the end of the 12 weeks, participants averaged a 3 percent reduction in weight and body mass index (BMI) and a 4 percent reduction in abdominal/visceral fat. Many also experienced reductions in cholesterol, blood pressure, and improvements in fasting glucose. Seventy percent of participants reported improved sleep.

“Patients also reported that they generally had more energy, and some were able to have their medications lowered or stopped after completing the study,” said Taub.

The researchers are currently conducting another clinical trial to examine the benefits of time-restricted eating in a larger group of more than 100 participants with metabolic syndrome.

The study examines additional measures that will help the researchers investigate changes in body composition and muscle function.

“Knowing how to optimize circadian rhythms could lead to a new treatment option for metabolic syndrome patients with life-altering diseases,” said Taub.

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very home we’ve ever lived in eventually became a menagerie of dogs, cats, birds, hedgehogs and more.

We even had two Peking ducks once.

But there are never enough pets for my wife. The Joy of My Life now wants to get a sugar glider and a dragon lizard. I feel certain she’s searching online for a giraffe to rescue as well, but fortunately, our manufactured home did not come with cathedral ceilings.

Now I hate to be the buzzkill when it comes to our furry, feathery or longnecked friends, but who inevitably gets strapped with the related duties? Who feeds and waters the little critters, empties the litter boxes, walks the dogs and scoops their waste into little plastic poo bags?

If your household is like ours, it’s the husbands, while the wife-owners merely pet and stroke and speak baby talk to them.

Recently Joy brought home a small cage.

“What’s in that cage?” I asked with trepidation.

“Robin (Joy’s sister) got it for me.

It’s a canary,” she chirps.

“What on earth do we need a canary for? We already have two smoke detectors!” I crow.

“I’m keeping him. His name is Johnny!” she twitters.

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‘No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History ’

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n this lively survey about the history of American women, celebrated New York Times columnist Gail Collins highlights their roles and achievements through the lens of aging.

The book begins in 1620 Plymouth Rock when any woman was considered marriageable if “civil and under 50.” Anyone older than 19 was thought of as past her prime. Spinsterhood was frowned upon, and male doctors thought sex was fatal for women over 50.

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As Collins explains in her optimistic tone, today’s women have a choice in handling their own aging—they can embrace it, deny it, or defer it.

“We baby boomers, because our numbers are growing, now control the definition of what older means. For the last 40 years, we’ve affected morality, tastes, and spending habits.”

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Collins shares plenty of interesting tidbits about American beauty and fashion. For instance, women who had money would layer bacon on their faces to prevent wrinkles. The 1920’s flapper dress was revolutionary because the material used in women’s dresses dropped from 19 1/4 yards to 7 yards.

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Best of all, Collins profiles some of America’s older and more colorful heroines such as Sojourner Truth, who answered a heckler by baring her breasts, telling them she “had suckled many a white babe to the exclusion” of her own offspring. And who can forget N.J. Congresswomen Millicent Fenwick, grandmother of eight who smoked a pipe, served for eight years after being elected at 64, and had the voice of Katherine Hepburn?

Collins’ words of wisdom? “You’re not done until you see yourself as done. Getting older is an adventure like everything else in life: You’ve got to grab it and run with it.”

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