Montana Health Journal spring 2016 by Montana Living

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Health Journal SPRING 2016

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FIT LIKE SPARTAN Training for high-impact endurance races LIFE AFTER 80 One womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outlook on life after 8 decades BALANCED WAYS The benefits of Qigong SAVING LIVES SOONER Suicide prevention in Montana M O N TA NA L I V I N G. C O M

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CONTENTS FEATURES A BALANCED LIFE 13 How the art of qigong helped one woman find balance GROWING BETTER WHEAT 16 A Montana farmer raises ancient grain wheat FIT FOR RACING 24 How to train for endurance races

DEPARTMENTS HEALTHCARE PROFILE 11 The partnership of physical therapy in surgery recovery

24 PERSONAL JOURNAL 18 A woman looks back on eight decades of life MERCANTILE 23 A health foods store in Hot Springs gets back to basics ALTERNATIVE HEALTH 29 Dr. Chip Halverson’s theory of naturopathy CAMPUS LIFE 30 Fighting suicide in Montana HEALTH TRENDS Benefits of green tea

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Health Matters News for a healthy Montana

Aging in the country Study finds rural areas underserved by medical professionals MONTANA HEALTH JOURNAL

AS BABY boomers age, who is going to take care of them? In rural areas, that question becomes even more relevant, and Montana State University is studying the changes on the rural healthcare landscape. It’s finding that rural areas are underserved in healthcare professionals. Married physicians with highly educated spouses are less likely to practice in rural underserved areas, according to a study

published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study examined 1 percent of all employed physicians ages 25 to 70 years working in the United States. The study found that the proportion of married physicians who are married to highly educated spouses increased from 8.8 percent in 1960 to 54.1 percent in 2010. Compared with other married physicians, those with highly educated spouses were significantly less likely

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to work in a rural “Health Professional Shortage Area.” MSU professor Peter Buerhaus said the results illustrate a growing challenge to induce physicians to practice in rural areas. He said policies are necessary to help counter the shortage of physicians serving in rural areas. “Other studies show that nurse practitioners are more likely than physicians to practice in rural areas,” Buerhaus said. “Policy makers need to broaden their approach ... to provide

health care to these populations.” A recent study found that patients with a nurse practitioner as a primary care provider are less costly to Medicare than patients with a physician primary care provider. Using nurse practitioners, physician assistants and exposing physicians and nurses to rural health early in their education will help overcome the problem of inadequate access to primary care, Buerhaus said.

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Kids’ Fair shows children the lighter side of healthcare THE WORLD of doctors and nurses became real to a group of 2and 3-year-olds through kindergartners at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. For two hours in March, 107 youngsters and students from Stillwater Christian School visited KRMC’s first-ever Kids Fair, where they were shown what the medical world is about. What began as one Kid Kare teacher’s request for hospitalist Anna Robbins, MD, to show a class of 3-year-olds what she does in her job eventually ended with 12 teachers and daycare providers leading their 107 young charges to eight stations at KRMC’s Buffalo Hill Conference Center on Good Friday morning. Children began their visit by reviewing proper hand-washing technique with Shari Courser, RN, and examining the results under black lights, learning that proper hand-washing is a real art. They met a life-size teddy bear that helped Cody Bartholomew show what it takes to go through immunizations and visit the doctor. Dr. Tate Woodward handed out stethoscopes for the children to take home. He taught them to listen to their own and their friends’ heartbeats, disassembled a life-size replica and talked about the body’s inner workings, and shared radiology images of frogs and snakes. Radiology tech Ashley Perlberg answered questions about getting an X-ray. “Perhaps the kids will remember the fair and maybe a seed was planted,” nursing leader Johnnie Logan said. “If any of these little fair participants are ever hospitalized or if they’re just going to the doctor for a well check and immunizations, or if they need to call 911, hopefully fear of the unknown will be less. And who knows? Perhaps on March 25 a healthcare provider was born.” •

A young girl embraces a teddy bear at Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s Kids Fair in March. Photo by Lindsay Goudreau.

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Talking Points FAMILIES

e same survey from the state shows 1 in 3 students between 8th and 12th grade continue to drink at levels and well above the national average. Parents must also combat the negative influence media campaigns meant to glorify underage drinking, marijuana use, and using e-cigarettes. Substances and the teen brain – the parts of the adolescent brain that develop first — are those that control physical coordination, emotion and motivation. However, the part of the brain that controls reasoning and impulses – the prefrontal cortex – does not fully mature until the age of 25, according to the Montana department of health. For more information on how to talk to young people about making smart choices and diﬃcult subjects such as alcohol, marijuana and drug use, visit www.parentpower.mt.gov.

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Montana parents are talking even more to their kids about the dangers of using alcohol and drugs. e Montana Department of Health and Human Services says the frequency of binge drinking, illicit drug use, and cigarette smoking is lower among youth 12 to 17 whose parents engage in monitoring behaviors, such as helping with homework, compared to youth whose parents seldom or never engage in such behaviors. However, parental influence can work the wrong way as well. Research has found that even the slightest parental favorable attitude toward allowing underage drinking, even under parental supervision, increases the risk of the young person not only using alcohol, but using marijuana as well. As perception of harm decreases, use increases, the state health department says. Montana’s underage drinking rates are declining. Yet, other challenges remain.

Respite care program helps Montana caregivers BY KERRIE REIDELBACH

benefits. To help provide family caregivers with the support they need, an eﬀort is underway to connect Montana families with respite services. e coalition has created a website to assist in finding available local and statewide resources throughout Montana. Funds are available on a sliding fee scale to make respite care aﬀordable for all Montanans who need this service. More information is at respite.mt.gov and MontanaADRC.com.

Nathan was born with significant disabilities. But despite the obstacles he has faced in his 34 years of life, he has always been able to live at home surrounded by his Montana family.

S E N I O R H E A LT H However, Nathan’s mom says this wouldn’t be possible without the respite care their family has received. e Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Lifespan Respite Program provides relief to the primary caregiver of people like Nathan. ere are 134,000 Montanans who provide care in the home for family members with

disabilities and Montana’s respite care program gives relief to these hard workers. Caregivers provide a variety of services including everyday tasks such as cooking, feeding, bathing, transferring from a chair to a bed, and

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transportation to doctor appointments. ey help with administration of complex medications and other health care needs. Many family caregivers find their role as a caregiver provides spiritual, emotional and even physical

— Kerrie Reidelbach is Lifespan Respite Program manager for the Department of Public Health and Human Services.

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HEALTHCARE PROFILE

Partner in therapy Ralph Simpson sees physical therapy as a two-way street

BY JEANNE TALLMAN

Whitefish physical therapist Ralph Simpson is constantly learning new ways to help people recover from surgery or injury. He enjoys being associated with many young surgeons who have been trained in innovative and tested modern technologies. Physical therapy, like all

Physical therapist Ralph Simpson is a former PGA therapist who wrote a book about staying in shape for golf.

Physical therapist Ralph Simpson, right, at his clinic in Whitefish.

other facets of medicine, is an evolving and ever changing science. Simpson stresses that if there is good surgery and good therapy, the patient will have a good outcome. It is a collaborative process. Physical therapists assist people but don’t do things to people. e patient, Simpson says, “is the partner in recovery.” Whether it is hips, backs, shoulders, necks or knees, Simpson says, figuring out the diﬀerent ways to help a person return to optimal function after injury or surgery is the goal of a good physical therapist. “ose are the broad strokes in any

physical therapy work,” he says. “If you have a total knee replacement, I like to be involved early on,” says Simpson. “First is to control the swelling with compression and elevation. Ice controls the pain. Our goal is to reduce pain medications as soon as possible. I will keep you oﬀ the leg the first 10 to 14 days.” An injured shoulder’s biggest problem is usually rotator cuﬀ repair, according to Simpson. Rehabilitation protocol is influenced by the size of the repair and the health of the repaired tissue. Simpson says physical therapy focuses on return to full function while protecting the repair.

He says communication with the surgeon is always paramount in the recovery process. When Simpson first started in physical therapy, he began in a large, crowded nonstop clinic 30 years ago. His frustration with that model pushed him to work oneon-one with professional athletes where outcomes and quality of care came first. He spent several years traveling on the P.G.A. circuit. Young Tiger Woods was one of his patients. As part of his work with professional golfers, Simpson also coauthored a book about physical conditioning for golf.•

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the balanced

WAY THE HEALING ART OF QIGONG

BY THERESE WOOD

hen Judith urman was diagnosed with breast cancer, her world was turned upside

down. She was recommended to go through a mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and a mountain of medications. She sought truth by going inward, and there she found the answer that sent her on a journey to find what would eventually be her saving grace. She knew she had to find the root of the problem. urman elected to have the cancerous tumor removed and limited radiation treatments. She then began studying one alternative health therapy after another through the Internet, wellness practitioners, wellness coaches and books. As her mission to find the truth about what was happening in her body unfolded, she came to understand that well-being is based on balance in the body, the mind, and our natural world. urman discovered where she was out of balance, and found a practice that addressed that issue perfectly for her. e practice of qigong, a series of flowing body movements that balances the body’s energy, struck a deep chord with urman. She knew that learning and

practicing qigong would send her on a path to healing. Qigong master Debra Lin Allen, from e School of Qigong Studies in Denver, became urman’s teacher. As she diligently practiced qigong, urman was having such positive results with the remission of her cancer that she became completely focused on learning all she could about this 5,000-year-old Chinese practice. In the end, urman would not only become cancer free during her years practicing and studying qigong, but would go on to become a full five year student and achieve a high certification in the practice. urman explains that through the study of humans and our deep connection with nature, Chinese scholars and scientists realized we may be able to refine our “Qi” (pronounced Chee), which is our vital life force energy, and possibly prevent or correct the imbalances that trigger illness. Qigong, which is derived from the flowing energies of the natural world, focuses on balancing the emotions that are directly related to each of the organs, so that participants can live in a state of more balanced energy, urman said. Qigong, she says, is also about helping people find that state of flow to fulfill their purpose

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and evolve into the person they were meant to become. “A Qigong approach has helped me to balance and reconnect with higher forms of healing energies,” she said. “is connection enables me to feel the peace, harmony and joy that are available to all of us.” She believes that continued Qigong practice, along with practices related to the life energy in foods and how they digest, and her awareness of emotions while eating, are preventing the cancer from returning. “My belief is that we all have a beautiful purpose,” urman says, “No one can do that work for us. Qigong is about empowering each individual to fulfill their purpose and evolve into the person they were meant to become.” urman moved from Great Falls to Bigfork in 2013. At the time she was not teaching Qigong, but using the practice herself. She started going to

Sliters Park in Bigfork, and doing the practice near the river’s edge. Not long after she started this routine, individuals began coming up to her and asking what she was doing. When she explained, they asked if they could join her, and soon a regular group started meeting her at the park to practice. As time went on, individuals began asking Judith if she would come to their homes for private lessons, and this eventually developed into classes at the Summit Health Club. e positive results that her students were getting eventually led to urman opening a practice in Bigfork. After years of teaching in private homes, classes in Kalispell and at her practice in Bigfork, her husband’s work called them to Colorado in the summer of 2015. To close her time in Montana ceremoniously, urman decided to have three final group Qigong sessions in June 2015, at Sliters Park. As she flowed through the series of Qigong movements, with a soft breeze, the rushing of spring water in the river, and a golden sun shining down through the trees, urman smiled a peaceful joy from completing a fulfilling and beautiful cycle with her time in Montana. •

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YOUR MONTANA FARMER

Bob Quinn at his wheat farm in BIg Sandy, Montana.

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healthy wheat A MONTANA FARMER RAISES A HEALTHY ANCIENT GRAIN WHEAT

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History may be repeating itself in the wheat fields of Montana. On thousands of acres in the Golden Triangle, the center of wheat production in Montana near Great Falls, an ancient form of wheat that is said to have been King Tut’s wheat is being studied for its health benefits. e Kamut brand of ancient wheat 16 MONTANA HEALTH JOURNAL SPRING 2016

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(commonly known as khorasan wheat) is finally hitting its stride, some 30 years after the Big Sandy, Mont., father and son team first registered the wheat’s trademark. In February, a study in Italy reinforced the health benefits that Kamut wheat oﬀers. e European Journal of Nutrition published a study showing that Kamut khorasan wheat raised in Montana may have a positive impact on blood insulin and glucose levels for patients with diabetes.

e report, “A Khorasan Wheat-Based Replacement Diet Improves Risk Profile of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Crossover Trial,” showed that consumption of products made from Kamut wheat significantly improved several key markers in the blood such as total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, glucose and insulin. For Bob Quinn, PhD., that’s the kind of news he’s been telling markets for three decades. irty years ago Quinn’s father, Mack, took a jar of Kamut grain to a natural products tradeshow in Anaheim, Calif., where Bob had a booth under the name of his Montana Flour & Grain company. eir goal was to showcase Montana stone ground flour and organically grown grain. Hundreds of people came by their booth, and finally one person showed interest. But this one inquiry in 1986 kept Quinn going. He knew that this form of ancient wheat would one day gain traction. To his surprise, he’s found that traction in Europe, where about 75 percent of his market now is. uinn had first encountered the Kamut wheat at county fair in 1964 when a “guy passing it around was calling it King Tut’s wheat,” Quinn said. e wheat was three times the size of normal wheat. “It was a novelty,” Quinn said. “But nobody had any commercial ideas for it and the novelty wore oﬀ.” at was until about 1977, when Quinn had an idea to send the Corn Nuts company a small sample to see if they might be interested in it. “ey loved it and asked if we could sell them 10,000 pounds of the wheat. We only had half a pound,” Quinn said, “from half a jar of it my father had received from a friend. We increased the seed up to about 50 pounds by 1980 but by then the Corn Nuts Co. had lost interest in it.” After the Expo in 1986, the family started growing the wheat again, slowly but surely, increasing the acreage year by year. e first year they planted half an acre, then 20 acres, then 80. ey are up to 85,000 organic acres now mostly in Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan. e Italians were quick to become enamored with the Kamut wheat. ere are about 2,000 products made from the wheat, from pasta, bread, crackers hot and cold cereal and couscous, to ice cream, beer, cheese and grain syrup. “About anything you can imagine being done with wheat, they are doing it,” Quinn said.

Khorasan wheat raised in BIg Sandy, Montana, is reported to be healthier in study released in February.

With only about 8 percent of his wheat being sold in America, Quinn is out to convince the American public — and farmers — that Kamut is simply better than modern wheat. When the first person told him they couldn’t eat modern wheat but they could eat Kamut, “that’s when we got serious about how we grew it, marketed it and protected it,” he said. “e appeal is great taste and versatility,” Quinn said. “Most people who can’t eat modern wheat can eat this.” Montana farmers, who were initially slow to respond to the advantages of organic farming, are excited about transitioning to organic farming with Kamut wheat, Quinn said. “I’ve gotten more calls in the last six months than I’ve gotten in 30 years,” he said. He’s now spending more time helping Montana farmers “who can’t make money any more using chemicals learn about organic farming and how to do it without having a wreck,” he said. Canada is way ahead of Montana in organic wheat farming. While Saskatchewan has about 1,000 organic farms, Montana has 200, according to Quinn. In order for Montana to catch up to the market demand which is out pacing supply of organic grains, the Legislature needs to address the issue with increased support for research and extension which support organic research and information distribution, Quinn said. “at’s where we need the help,” he said, “but we’re not waiting on them to make up their minds.”

Kamut International of Big Sandy, Mont., also produces snacks from its large-grain wheat raised in Montana.

e recent study released on Kamut wheat is the third in a series of human studies on non-infectious chronic diseases comparing the eﬀects of diets based on ancient Kamut wheat compared to modern wheat. In a previous study about cardiovascular disease, it was shown that a Kamut wheat based-diet was able to reduce cholesterol, blood glucose, markers of inflammation and increase antioxidant activity. Given that diabetics have increased cardiovascular risk, the aim of the most recent Kamut study, Quinn said,

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PERSONAL JOURNAL

Eighty is weighty Gaining perspective on the later years in life

BY INA ALBERT

ighty is weighty. Not weighty depressing. Weighty because time is short and it’s a big job is to deal with the bottom line issues of our lives. My 70s were about accomplishing goals that I had not completed and identifying essential qualities as guideposts to live by in the coming years. First on my list was becoming bat mitzvah. Usually this Jewish religious ceremony is performed at the age of 13, marking the entrance of the young person into the adult community of Judaism. However, when I was 13, girls were not permitted that privilege. e challenge of reading Hebrew almost defeated me, but I did it. roughout the years, leading an active spiritual practice continued. I’m most proud of working with my husband, Rabbi Allen, to found the first Jewish Renewal Congregation in Chicago. Now here I am at 80, still active and healthy. What now? I’m finding that I’m more of a listener than a participant these days. In previous years, I gave my opinion even if it wasn’t invited. Now, I wait and listen, observe body language, facial expressions and check the quality of the vibes — the energy between people. By that time, the conversation is over and there is no need for my contribution. It’s humbling, but I learn more about people from distancing myself than I ever did from mixing it up with my opinions. I call it listening louder. Understanding the process of listening is an obsession. My first book, Write Your Self Well…Journal Your Self to Health, is about learning to listen to the internal fears and trauma of our lives. Clinical trials verify that expressive writing — journaling about emotional issues — relieves stress and speeds the healing process. It was a preface to my next book. Yes. I’m the author of the intergenerational picture book, Granny Greeny Says…Listen Louder. Granny is the result of years of coaching interpersonal 18 MONTANA HEALTH JOURNAL SPRING 2016

communication in hospitals and healthcare facilities. I recognized that patients responded positively to staff members who communicated with patients and demonstrated caring behaviors. Research later confirmed that blood pressure, stress and recovery time are reduced, the immune system is strengthened and relationships improve when patients feel safe and secure with the people treating them. It came down to positive energy created by healthy communication between the staff and the patients. “It’s the vibes, Stupid!” Eighty is the age for harvesting the past. What have I Ina Albert is author of Granny Greeny. accomplished? What haven’t I done that I still want to do? What do I basic belief. consider a life well-lived? Am I walking my As a result, I’ve slowed down, don’t talk? Am I listening louder? I know when I rush from place to place, and stopped do I am a better wife, mother, Life cutting people short. And, I ask a lot more Transitions Coach, a more attentive questions. grandmother and a better friend. It helps Not much is written about what to me let go of judgments and softened my expect in our 80s and 90s except that they take-charge approach. have been called e Wisdom Years. I What about listening to my spiritual assume that means that we share the self ? at’s harder. For the past several accumulated knowledge and experience years, I’ve been spending time in prayer we’ve amassed. Some researchers say that and meditation. I listen louder to my heart a part of our brain is growing larger to and I try to quiet the voice of my internal accommodate the additional knowledge critic. It’s a frustrating and difficult acquired in our 30-plus additional years of process, but it teaches me about the living. Some also feel that elders in the quality of my own energy and connects me later decades are more in touch spiritually. to the world around me. e phrase, WE On that score I agree. ARE ONE, the result of a Creative Spirit I don’t have a bucket list, but there are beyond our understanding, has become a relationships I’d like to strengthen in the

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‘ey are a weighty process of examining my life through beginner’s eyes that bring a fresh perspective to personal history.’ remaining years. I’d like more time with my granddaughters, my family, and much more time with my closest friends. Intimacy is increasingly important. Our social life is busy and my husband and I are involved in community organizations. I’m writing a monthly column for Montana Woman and working on a book of essays about aging. My husband hosts a public radio show called “You Must Remember is,” songs of the 1940s and 50s. In short, life is good. I’d like not to have to worry about money. I’d like my husband and I to stay healthy until the very end of our lives. Suffering is something I’m not good at! And I’d like to leave my writing to those who come after me in some tangible form— more books, stories, and poetry. Cleaning up the relationships that have gone sour became a necessity, and I feel cleaner for having said my I’m sorry’s and thank you’s. I’m learning to accept physical limitations. I’m not capable of living the same way I did 10 years ago. My body is clumsy at times. My breath is short. My body certainly doesn’t look like it did at 50. Wrinkles keep multiplying and skin keeps sagging. Even with these changes, I don’t feel old. I am blessed with genes that preserve my body longer than most, so I have yet to experience the feeling of falling apart. ough I still do housework, I can no longer hike up Big Mountain or downhill ski. I’m exercising (not enough), still eating too much and drinking vodka martinis more than occasionally. Restrictions are annoying. e greatest difficulty is losing words. Because my mother suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease, I’m frightened when I have to grasp for the proper way to express an idea. at’s more frustrating than anything else. e word comes to me too late to make my point, and that’s not soon enough. What are the 80s about for me? ey are a weighty process of examining my life through beginner’s eyes that bring a fresh perspective to personal history. Judging others for being responsible for my disappointments, mistakes and screw-ups is fading away and I’m left standing alone with my life choices and consequences. It’s like watching a movie from an emotional distance. Last, being closer to the end of life certainly encourages me to think more about process of death, the reality of dying and what I want to accomplish in the short time left. In the end, I want to die with dignity, in charge of my life decisions, with a mind that is cogent, and a loving support system to send me on my way. Let’s not forget joy. Celebrating our 80s began just before my husband’s birthday, six months before mine. We created a plan to honor our lives and each other all year long with parties, traveling and enjoying our time together, our children, grandchildren and our friends. Let the party continue and the music play on! — Ina Albert is an author and Life Transitions coach in Whitefish.

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Battling on the soft-drink front Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are borrowing a page from the tobacco industry playbook and investing in lowand middle-income countries. A new report, Carbonating the World, documents how Coca Cola, Pepsi, and other beverage companies are expanding their reach around the world. In the United States, per-capita consumption of carbonated sugar-sweetened drinks declined by 25 percent between 1998 and 2014, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and sales are projected to decline further in North America and in Western Europe. Soda sales in Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Middle Eastern and African countries are all projected to increase between now and 2018, the report said. In Mexico, per-capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks is among the highest in the world, at 135 liters in 2013. Mexico also ranks near the top in the world in adult obesity, first in type 2 diabetes, and fourth in childhood obesity. Between 1999 and 2006, the consumption of calories from soft drinks doubled in some age groups and tripled in others, the report said. In China, sales of carbonated drinks are expected to grow to $16.2 billion by 2018, which would be an increase of 30 percent since 2013. “It’s our thirdlargest global market, growing at double digits,” CocaCola CEO Muhtar Kent said in 2011. The center’s report recommends that governments around the world make improved nutrition a priority, and take such actions as restricting the sugar content of beverages and levying excise taxes on sugar drinks, with the revenues used to sponsor health and nutrition programs. Mexico has taken the lead on soda taxes, with a tax first levied in 2014 that reduced sales of soda by at least six percent. Carbonating the World: The Marketing and Health Impact of Sugar Drinks in Low- and Middle-income Countries was written by Allyn L. Taylor, an expert in global health law at the University of Washington School of Law.

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was to investigate whether a replacement diet with products made from ancient Kamut wheat could help fight diabetes and reduce the onset of secondary complications due to diabetes. ccording to the International Diabetes Federation, diabetes is one of the largest global health emergencies of the 21st century. About 415 million adults, or one in 11 people, have diabetes, and this number is estimated to increase up to 642 million adults by 2040. In the Italian study, two kinds of food products were supplied to volunteers with type 2 diabetes – products made from ancient Kamut wheat and products made from modern wheat. Both the ancient wheat and modern wheat were grown organically. According to the study, consumption of products made from Kamut wheat produced improvement in several key markers in the blood, such as total cholesterol (-3.7%), LDL-cholesterol (-3.4%), glucose (-9.1%) and insulin (-16.3%). (e full study can be found online at http://bit.ly/1SG03yw.) Kamut’s market has been growing over 20% annually for many years,” Quinn said. “I never could have imagined it could have exploded like this.”

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ot many health food store owners grow the food they sell, but David Ronniger is an exception. His passion for growing organic vegetables has landed him accolades in many national publications over his more than 40 years as an organic farmer. After operating Salt Lake City’s first health food store for six years, Ronniger moved to northern Idaho in the 1970s and established an organic farm that evolved into a seed potatoes business that offered more varieties of seed potatoes than any other company in North America. Articles in magazines like National Gardener, Sunset magazine, Time and even the New Yorker have touted the unique and pioneer spirit that embodied the farm and its simple black and white catalog Ronniger created to sell his more than Shopping at Camas Organic Market in Hot Springs, Montana 200 varieties of seed potatoes. A basket of spices and cleaning products. A cafe and bakery in the back is the Ronniger’s small gourmet potatoes looks like fall cornucopia of added attraction that keeps the locals and Hot Springs guests purples, reds, oranges, yellows and blues. His varieties have names coming through daily. like German Butterball, Purple Peruvian, Yukon Gold, Russian Ronniger’s commitment to preserving nature’s gifts through Bananas and French fingerlings. By the 1990s Ronniger’s potatoes seeds led him to establish the Native Seed Foundation, which were being shipped nationwide to New York, Florida, Denver, Los collects and processes over 30 species of seeds of wild trees, Angeles and San Francisco. shrubs and grasses from the Northwest that may be on the verge In 2011 Ronniger moved to Hot Springs, Montana, and passed of endangerment. along the Idaho farm to his son. e lure of some of the world’s His philosophy of living in harmony with the natural world and most restorative geothermal waters brought him to Hot Springs, enjoying the vital energies it offers daily is one that is coming full but he is not one to sit back in retirement. So, he opened the circle. “We need to examine what is shaping our fast-moving food Camas Organic Market on Main Street in downtown Hot Springs culture and the future of health and wellness,” Ronniger said. with his partner Linny Gibson and now they run the store, in “It is all of us, the consumers, who can change the course and addition to growing vegetables to supply it. move toward the quality of food we deserve. Consumers are He continues in his passion for holistic living, herbal coming to appreciate that there is wisdom in smallness as we treatments, fresh organically grown food and community service. savor that less is more. Buying locally offers the quality taste and Although the store is of a modest size, it features an nutrients of fresh picked fruits and vegetables.” • impressive variety and quality of everything from bulk foods, to M O N TA N A L I V I N G . C O M

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FIT to RACE Tips on preparing safely for endurance races

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very year for the last three years, thousands of people have flocked to Bigfork, Montana, for the annual Reebok Spartan Race. Held on steep, mountainous terrain overlooking Flathead Lake, the race leads participants on a grueling endurance test of physical fitness. e races have surged in popularity over the last six years, with endurance races like the Spartan, Tough Mudder, and others drawing thousands of participants, Many of the participants form teams and begin their training for the race months before the starting gun sounds. But for others, whose physical fitness levels may not be as high, are endurance races safe? “e races get people out and get them physically active,” Brad Roy, Phd., said. “ey’re fun, if you train appropriately.” What concerns Roy, the director of the Summit Fitness Center in Kalispell, is the weekend warrior who says “I’m going to do this next week,” and set out to “get in shape.” Endurance races like the Spartan Race can demand physical activities that are not found normally in physical fitness training. Activities like rolling on your stomach under barbed wire, carrying 50pound bags of sand up steep hills, or shinnying up a rope should all be practiced or emulated in some way before attempting an endurance race, Roy says. “You have to have things in your training program that mimic that. If you haven’t, your risk of injury is higher,” he said. “You have to ask yourself ‘have I really trained my body to do that?’ You want to plan well in advance of the race.” Finding a fitness regimen is one thing; doing the right fitness is another. Roy said doing too much too soon can risk hurting you. “You have to have a progressive program,” he said. Training too hard for too many days “just tears your body down,” he said. “You need to really understand your body or have someone who can help you.” Group fitness programs aren’t always the answer to endurance race training. While the social aspect of group fitness is fun, “One size does not fit all,” Roy said. Along with the right kind of training is the right way to train. Proper technique is crucial in learning how to do an activity. “If you don’t do it with the right technique, you risk injury and you may not get the benefit you’re seeking,” Roy, who is also the 26 MONTANA HEALTH JOURNAL SPRING 2016

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ndurance races of today might be a bit like the marathon craze that swept the nation in the 1970s and 80s. e races enticed people to become active, “but you had people doing them who shouldn’t have been doing them,” Roy said. “ere’s that same tendency.” But, he added, endurance races are

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popular. “ese things are taking oﬀ for a good reason,” Roy said. “ey’re fun.” e Competitive Edge program at the Summit Health and Fitness Center helps people achieve fitness goals, whether they are for weight loss or endurance training. e Competitive Edge program takes a high tech approach to fitness, and can analyze oxygen use under physical stress, as well do video gait analysis for runners. Grey Ruegamer, a former National Football League athlete, directs the Summit’s Competitive Edge Program. Ruegamer agrees with Roy’s assessment that the races are fun for a reason: he himself wouldn’t want to run a 13-mile race, but he’d be excited about doing an M O N TA N A L I V I N G . C O M

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endurance challenge with dozens of unique obstacles. “Our bodies are built for endurance, but not everyone trains for endurance,” Ruegamer said. Ruegamer helps people define their fitness goals and devise a program that fits with them. Ruegamer first breaks the process down into how people move, and works to build ways of helping them move more eﬃciently. Ruegamer said he encourages people to develop a fitness regimen specific to training for their athletic goal: whether it’s elk hunting or endurance racing.You have to have a fitness strategy and a way to measure the results, he said. “People often mistake activity for fitness,” he said. “at’s not necessarily going to get you to a goal.” Nor is the approach that “going as hard and as fast as you can and you’ll be good,” he said. Derek Ochiai, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Nirschl Orthopaedic Center, said prospective race participants should have a good assessment of what their fitness level actually is. He recommends first doing some similar races, but that are less intense. Also, he said, observing the race for the first year and not actually doing it can give participants a more realistic assessment of how far away you would be from being able to safely participate. “If you are an average couch potato, this activity would not be recommended,” he said. ere are two main types of risk involved in an endurance race — overuse injury and acute injury, Ochiai said. Overuse injuries stem mainly from doing an activity that is more strenuous than you are used to. ese would include shoulder tendinitis, shin splints and stress fractures. Acute injury may involve injuries such as broken ankles, shoulder dislocations or wrist sprains from falling or getting caught in equipment, Ochiai said. “is type of race is not something you do when you lead a sedentary lifestyle,” he said. erefore, Ochiai said, the training itself may be perhaps the greatest health benefit derived from participating in an endurance race. “I am a big believer in the cardiovascular benefits of exercise, and if doing this race is a goal, then get in shape to do it, which will give you the health benefits,” he said. “And I would hope that these races can motivate other people to make exercise a part of their lives. “e team aspect can help inspire and motivate. It can also lead people to overpush themselves and lead to injury.” •

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Deeper healing Dr. Chip Halverson finds healing in naturopathy BY THERESE WOOD

ne of the six principles of Naturopathic medicine is “doctor as teacher.” Dr. Chip Halverson is the embodiment of this principle. Early in his career, he was a high school history and science teacher. Growing up in Glasgow, Mont., Halverson always wanted to be a teacher and went on to get a teaching degree from Concordia College. After graduation he traveled for one year with the group Up With People before teaching high school for 14 years before he made a decision to pursue a career in medicine. Halverson admits he was a workaholic during his early teaching years; teaching all day, coaching sports after school, and then returning to his classroom to do paperwork at the end of the day along with the requirements to obtain a masters degree. Little did he know that the classroom he was spending so much time in day after day, for years, was infected with mold and a faulty ventilation system. During his fourth year of teaching, he began suﬀering from a myriad of symptoms that became debilitating and were a mystery to one doctor after another. He became sensitive to anything in the environment, and once, while on an overnight trip with his family, his body had such an adverse reaction to the hotel air fragrance that he had to sleep in the car. He lost his voice and had extreme drainage in his throat. Doctors tried treatments of antibiotics and other medications that didn’t help but instead had bad side eﬀects, and eventually a throat surgery led to further complications. A few years before his illness, while preparing for a trip to Russia with a group of students, he went to a naturopathic physician and became intrigued with this kind of medicine. Halverson went on to invest in eight years of additional education, including a premed program and medical school for his second career as a naturopathic physician. “If you optimize the body’s organs of elimination, it will support the body’s natural ability to heal itself,” he said.

Naturophathic physician Dr. Chip Halverson specializes in acute and chronic health conditions and uses many naturopathic modalities.

He specializes in acute and chronic health conditions and uses many naturopathic modalities with an emphasis on a European form of medicine called biotherapeutic drainage, a treatment that detoxifies the organs of elimination by optimizing your body’s physiology. ese organs include the kidney, liver, lungs, digestive tract, skin — and also the emotions.

“If a patient is having pain,” says Dr. Halverson, “it means there is inflammation, and the body is not getting rid of toxins properly, usually the organs of elimination have been neglected,” he said. “at often leads to medical interventions that further congest the extra-cellular

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safer campuses Montana colleges and universities now average eight suicides a semester. About 80 percent of those are male. About onethird involve alcohol and two-thirds involve firearms.

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national advocate for the prevention of suicide. “We all did the best we could have knowing what we knew is senior spring semester was a really tough one for Sam three years ago,” Lombard said. She made several trips from Lombard, a bright, creative Montana State University Spokane to Bozeman that spring, walking alongside her son in his architecture major from Spokane. path but not realizing the steps she might have taken to prevent But, the week before finals was a good one, and things seemed it. to be on the upswing. “I worked at a university and I didn’t want to be a helicopter He’d made progress on his final project. He was making plans parent,” Lombard said. She said she recalls walking across campus to attend a summer class in Denmark. He worked on a welding when Sam was still alive thinking that maybe she should find a project – a lovely garden bench – that he enjoyed. He seemed to be good, independent psychologist that could help them both. But, moving beyond the devastating depression that had recurred she didn't, ultimately trusting her son to do the right thing to during the previous months. solve his illness. “We all know better now,” Lombard said. “We can Yet, when an opportunity came – his in the form of a all do better now.” Lombard also called for mental health and roommate who left town to attend a wedding – emotional education for all, beginning in grade Lombard saw an opportunity to carry out the school. She points out that a suicidal student is more suicide he’d planned for months. And he took it. likely to turn to a friend rather than a professor or In his garage, with his beloved truck, he ended his even a stranger who is a mental health professional, life at the age of 22. and it would be helpful for young people to know “What I know now, and didn’t realize then, was what to do and whom to call. this was a classic pattern,” said Sam’s mother, Karl Royston is the suicide prevention coordinator Help is available Marny, about Sam’s suicide in April 2013. “He was for the Montana Department of Health and Human at the national feeling better. He stopped taking his meds and Services. Suicide Prevention then committed suicide.” Rosston said that Montana has the worst suicide Lifeline, 1-800Since the death of her only child, Lombard, has rate per capita of any state in the country. Montana’s 273-TALK (8255). quit her job at Gonzaga University and become a rate of 24.5 suicides per 100,000 people is nearly

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twice the national average of 13.4. In fact, Rosston said that Montana has been among the worst states for suicide for more than a century. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;ere are several reasons why Montana has high suicide rates. One is its location. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;e entire Rocky Mountain states, and in fact nearly every state in the West, are at the top for suicide. Rosston said all of the Rocky Mountain states share social isolation. In addition, Montanans have easy access to firearms. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;ere is a high rate of alcohol consumption in the state. Rosston said statistics from the last year indicates 48 percent of all suicides in Montana involved alcohol. A high suicide rate among Native Americans also is a contributing factor. Geographical reasons for Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high suicide rate include absence of sunlight in winter, resulting in a vitamin D deficiency that can result in depression. Also, altitude seems to be a factor. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;ere is an inordinate number of suicides above 2,500 feet in altitude. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;e rugged individual mentality and stigma against mental illness in this state are also key, Rosston said. He said this is particularly significant in men age 65 or older who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be a burden and feel that they are holding their loved ones back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is diďŹ&#x20AC;erent on the East Coast where it is cool to have a therapist, where one in five people has a therapist,â&#x20AC;? Rosston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;î&#x20AC;&#x201A;at isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t what happens here.â&#x20AC;? Rosston said Montana colleges and universities now average eight suicides a semester. About 80 percent of those are male. About one-third involve alcohol and two-thirds involve firearms, he said. Rosston said that while the statistics are grim, there is good news, and that is that depression is treatable. He has four recommendations that he thinks could help reduce Montana student suicide rates: mandatory training for all residential hall advisers, a university screening for depression at student health centers, mandatory suicide prevention for all incoming freshmen, and a review of campus-wide firearm policies. He said that most of those that committed suicide with a firearm kept the gun they used in their car or truck. Rosston and Lombard urge that teachers, staďŹ&#x20AC; and friends to connect with someone they feel may be considering suicide, and to reach out to mental health professionals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;î&#x20AC;&#x201A;is is an issue we can stop,â&#x20AC;? Rosston said.

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rate of 7.4%. North America accounted for 27% of this total market volume. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;e real answer to our question about which form of green tea is better lies in how each diďŹ&#x20AC;ers in its process of extracting green teaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beneficial components. Green tea extract can contain the following compounds: â&#x20AC;˘ Polyphenols: catechins, phenolic acids, tannins, and flavonols (kaempferol, quercetin, myricitin, and rutin) â&#x20AC;˘ Xanthines: caďŹ&#x20AC;eine and caďŹ&#x20AC;eine-related stimulants (theobromine and theophylline) â&#x20AC;˘ vitamin C and B vitamins â&#x20AC;˘ Amino acids: L-theanine â&#x20AC;˘ Microelements: aluminum, fluorides, manganese â&#x20AC;˘ Essential oils

he main active ingredients in green tea include caďŹ&#x20AC;eine and caďŹ&#x20AC;eine-related stimulants, specific flavonols, which act as antioxidants, and the highly researched class of green tea catechins. Some of green teaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elements also come with risks. For example, the Food and Drug Administration cites 400 mg as the safe threshold for daily caďŹ&#x20AC;eine consumption. Above 400 mg, health risks include gastrointestinal upset, muscle tremors and palpitations. Tea leaves also tend to accumulate aluminum from soil, and chronic high aluminum exposure (more than 20 mg per day for a 150-pound person) has been found to cause Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;ough thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fair warning, research suggests that one cup of brewed black tea has a little less than one milligram of aluminum and most of it is not absorbed by our bodies because it remains bound to L-theanine, another component found in tea. Making green tea by brewing tea leaves is not a consistent activity for obvious reasons. Water temperature, time of steeping, amount of tea leaves, and brand of tea leaves all aďŹ&#x20AC;ect the teaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final flavor and quantities of compounds present in the tea itself. In one study, brewed tea contained 87 to 106 mg of polyphenols per gram of green tea dry matter, of which 52 to 84 mg were catechins. Green tea supplements are often made with concentrated polyphenol or catechin extracts. Green tea leaves are pulverized and then subjected to organic solvents to isolate green tea polyphenols from the leaves. Labdoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Tea Rankings show that not all supplements are made equal. Many come unstandardized, in proprietary undetailed blends, or as simply as ground tea leaves that have been placed in a capsule. î&#x20AC;&#x201A;e inaccuracy of supplement labels themselves presents a serious disadvantage when choosing a supplement. In Labdoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s analysis of 25 green tea supplements, measured caďŹ&#x20AC;eine content was anywhere from only 42.6 percent of the caďŹ&#x20AC;eine claimed on a label to 131.5 percent more than what the label stated, and almost all of the products with labeled primary catechin amounts measured less catechin content than claimed. Nevertheless, primary green tea catechin content ranged from 27.9 - 484.9 mg per serving, perhaps comparable to the quantity you could obtain from a day's worth of green tea. And at least one research study found that green tea polyphenols were more readily absorbed and resulted in higher antioxidant activity if they came in purified capsule form compared to a drink.

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and your needs. A three- or four-feet width makes it easy to reach all parts of the garden for planting, weeding and harvesting. Raising your planting bed at least 8 to 12 inches improves drainage and provides an adequate space for most plants to root and grow. Fill the bed with a quality growing mix that is well drained but also able to retain moisture and nutrients. is may be a mixture of quality topsoil and compost, a high quality potting mix, or a planting mix designed specifically for raised bed gardens. Grow any plants that you normally would grow in ground. Just make sure the plants are suited to the growing conditions (such as sunlight, heat and wind) in your area. Since the soil mix and drainage is ideal in a raised garden, you will be able to grow more plants per square foot. Just be sure to leave suﬃcient room for plants to reach their mature size. Keep your plants healthy and productive with proper watering. is is critical for growing any garden, but even more crucial in a fast-draining raised bed. e simple act of raising the garden height increases drainage, and a raised bed filled with planting mix means more frequent watering. STRAW BALE GARDENING Add productive garden space and raise your planting bed with straw bale gardening. is technique allows gardeners to create raised bed gardens on a patio, lawn or any area with poor compacted soil. Straw bale gardening has been around for centuries, but thanks to Joel Karsten’s book “Straw Bale Gardens” it has gained new popularity. All that is needed are a few straw bales, fertilizer, a bit of compost and time to condition, plant and water the garden. Be sure to purchase straw bales made from alfalfa, wheat, oats, rye or other cereal grain that have less weed seeds than hay. Start a few weeks before the designated planting date. Place the bales in their permanent location with the cut sides up and twine parallel to the ground. Once you start the condition process, the bales will be very heavy and hard to move. When the bales are in place you are ready to start the conditioning process. is is done to start the inside of the straw bales composting, so they’ll support plant growth. On day one, spread fertilizer over the top of the bale. Use a ½ cup of a complete

garden fertilizer or three cups of an organic fertilizer like Milorganite. en completely moisten the bale. oroughly soak the bale everyday. On days three and five you will add more fertilizer at the same rate used on day one. Bales treated with a complete fertilizer should be ready to plant. You may need to wait a few more days when using an organic fertilizer. e inside of the bale should be the temperature of warm bath water or cooler for planting. If it is hotter than this, wait for the bale to cool a bit before you plant. Use a trowel to pry open

a hole in the bale. Place the plant in the hole and cover the roots with potting mix or compost. Create a planting bed for seeds by covering the bale with a one- to two-inch thick layer of planting mix. Follow the planting directions on the back of the seed packet. Give your straw bale garden a nutrient boost about once a month or as needed throughout the growing season. • Gardening expert Melinda Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine.

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