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a Successful Partnership

By LYNDA HUDZICK

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t’s not every couple that can spend all day every day successfully working together, but Ann and John Luciano from First Capital Engineering—and happily married for 28 years—are accomplishing just that. As Ann Luciano so clearly put it, “I really can’t imagine working anywhere else!”

Ann Luciano grew up at the foothills of the Pocono Mountains.

She received an undergraduate degree from Marywood University and her Master of Science degree in audiology from Columbia University.

In the early 1990s, the Lucianos moved to York due to John Luciano’s job relocation. Ann Luciano took a position with York ENT as an audiologist but was also very much involved with her children’s busy lives.

Because her husband’s new job demanded more than 80 hours per week, they rarely saw each other, and that wasn’t something they were very happy about.

“Finally one day, I suggested to John that we should start our own

engineering firm,” she said. “He accepted the offer!”

In October 1995, First Capital Engineering was established, drawing on the skills of both partners to get it off the ground.

“I built the foundation of the company by writing the business plan, obtaining insurance, renting office space, and applying for a small-business loan,” Ann Luciano said. “John focused on providing professional engineering services to clients.”

It wasn’t easy at first. When their company initially opened its doors, they had no leads and no contacts and hadn’t yet been able to develop a reputation in the community.

“But we both believed in the business and knew we were going to be successful,” Ann Luciano said.

“People recognized our commitment, our values, our customer service, and our quality of work that we provide to our clients. As a result, we continue to annually increase the number of clients we serve and the work that we do.”

The Lucianos take great pride in

John and Ann Luciano, founders of First Capital Engineering.

First Capital Engineering is certified as a WomanOwned Business Enterprise by the Women Business Enterprise National Council.

The company holds other certifications as well.

each project they work on and treat each one as though they themselves were the customer—something that they feel sets them apart from larger firms.

“One particular job I am especially proud of is the redesign of the Red Lion Horn Football Field,” Ann Luciano said.

They were originally contracted to conduct a feasibility study to determine the best way to meet the various needs of the student body.

“Our job was to determine the best means of using and modifying the properties that Red Lion School District had on hand,” Ann Luciano said.

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First Capital Engineering worked hard to complete the study, obtain all the approvals and bids, implement the contracts, and break ground all within one year … and the students were never without their field space because “construction began the day the last graduate walked off of the stage on Horn Field and was completed for the first home football game that fall,” Ann Luciano said.

The Lucianos are proud to be able to act as mentors for their staff and are happy to provide training programs for them to grow professionally, using “lead by example” as their motto. They are also proud of the fact that many of their employees serve within the local community as volunteers.

Personally, both Ann and John Luciano recognize the importance of giving back to their community, and it’s something their parents and grandparents instilled in them from an early age.

“Since it was never an effort for our own parents, we automatically ‘stepped up’ when we moved to York and got involved in various organizations and volunteered,” Ann Luciano said.

Ann Luciano serves as the district chairperson for the New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America; she is on the Farm & Natural Lands Trust board of York County; and she is on Drexel University’s advisory council – College of Engineering Executive Development.

Her husband, John, is an executive board member, a finance committee member, and a camping committee member for the New Birth of Freedom Council and Friends of Scouting, Boy Scouts of America, and is serving as the

committee chair for the annual York Distinguished Citizen Celebration.

He is a member of the Rotary Club of York; chairs the Youth Leadership committee; serves as the Parish Council president and long-range planning chairman for St. Patrick’s Church in York; serves on Drexel University’s advisory council College of Engineering executive development; and is a PIAA track and field official.

Having fun is also important to this busy couple, so they enjoy exercising,

forgotten his journey from diagnosis and through treatment.

It was his wife who discovered a hard spot on his stomach and encouraged him to see a doctor. He wasn’t too keen on the idea at first, and in fact told his wife when she suggested and then insisted on it, “I just ran 9 miles yesterday. I am not going to the doctor.”

But go to the doctor he did, and after much discussion, it was decided that an ultrasound would be completed to

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It’s not work if you love what you do … and if you are able to spend every day with the person you love, then every day is a gift.

skiing, running, and biking together on the rail trail.

But no matter whether they’re working together or playing together, Ann Luciano makes it very clear that “it’s not work if you love what you do … and if you are able to spend every day with the person you love, then every day is a gift.”

John Luciano is in agreement with his wife that every day is a gift. A cancer survivor, he is celebrating that he is now cancer free, but he hasn’t

investigate Ann Luciano’s discovery.

The results showed the likelihood of cancer, although more rests were needed to confirm.

The eventual diagnosis was that John Luciano had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A treatment regimen of chemotherapy was designed, and the Lucianos were required to attend a seminar before the treatment began.

Always one who was very active, John Luciano remembers that “they said I may only have enough energy

after the treatment to walk to my mailbox to get the mail, and that this would be good exercise. I was devastated.”

He had done his homework on what to expect during the treatment regimen, which was three days every 28 days for six months.

“I brought in a laptop and phone and worked to pass the time and keep up my morale,” he said. The Benadryl he was prescribed to prevent a reaction to treatment made him very tired, but he was able to work out following treatments.

Due to the prednisone he was also prescribed, he additionally wrestled with hair loss, mood swings, the loss of sleep, and the desire to “consume massive quantities of food,” he said.

“My family, especially my wife, took great care of me during this time.”

At the conclusion of treatments, John Luciano and his son were able to ride the Lancaster Bicycle Club’s Covered Bridges Tour in August 2012.

“I was a little slower than previous years, but I completed the bike ride,” he said.

He truly believes that the fact that he was in great physical condition before the diagnosis helped him through.

“My advice to everyone is to stay healthy—be prepared for the fight. If it were not for the great condition I was in before the diagnosis, it would have been much more difficult to recover,” John Luciano said.

He also said how grateful he is to live in an area where there are great physicians, nurses, and technicians, but most importantly he is grateful to his wife. It’s just one more example of a successful Luciano partnership.

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Juggling It All

By THUY SINDELL, Ph.D.

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omen often try to “do it all.” We can’t say no and in doing so, we often run ourselves ragged trying to squeeze family, work, community, and ourselves into the equation.

I am a believer in being able to create the life you want. In full disclosure, what I have been able to accomplish has depended upon a supportive partner in life and a child who is relatively easygoing.

So how can you go about making sure your personal life and home life don’t suffer and that you’re productive and engaged when you’re at work? It all starts with your well-being!

“Me” Time It wasn’t until I had my daughter that I realized “me” time was so important. Suddenly, I found that working out was “me” time and not a chore. I shifted my mentality around working out: if it’s a workday, it’s a workout day.

While the goal is five days a week by default, I expect that there will be exceptions (e.g., when I have early meetings) and don’t beat myself up about it.

I also pledged that weekends are time off, so absolutely no workouts.

This relieves me of any pressure or guilt if I hadn’t gotten in my full workout during the week.

I am dedicated to getting enough sleep. My body likes eight hours. This gives me a strong baseline so I have the energy to be “present” throughout the day.

Once I accepted that my body was for “me,” I started to reframe other things as “me” time.

My commute became “me” time to do whatever I wanted—listen to talk radio, listen to music, catch up with family, or just to be quiet.

I get a 1.5-hour massage every Saturday morning and have found someone who works on his own so it doesn’t break the bank. I stopped feeling guilty about it, and I see it as a way of taking care of myself.

Tip 1: Have a set time for bed so you can get eight hours of sleep (if that’s what you need) and have time to work out.

Tip 2: If it’s a workday, it’s a workout day.

Tip 3: Do workouts that you enjoy and are time efficient (workout videos and jogs vs. going to the gym).

Take care of you first, so you can take care of others.

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It wasn’t until I had my daughter that I realized “me” time was so important.

After Work – Dinner and Family Time When I walk through the door of my home between 6 to 7:30 p.m., I try to be present for my family. I will check email before turning in at 10 p.m. to relieve myself of any angst before going to bed. I like to get my inbox down to zero because I don’t like to wake up to surprises, emergencies, or an outrageously full inbox.

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are expected to work at night.

Our family keeps our meals during the week quick, healthy, and simple. I am fortunate enough to have a husband who is a great cook so he is typically in charge of the protein, and I’m in charge of the greens. Between the two of us in the kitchen, we can usually get dinner on the table within 15 minutes. The prep work is minimal.

I make salad dressing on the weekends for use during the week.

We steam vegetables for four minutes if we get tired of salad. Proteins are easy and quick to cook.

Broiling, grilling, and sautéing only take a few minutes on each side.

We leave braising and roasting for the weekends.

Tip 1: Think ahead at least two days to plan your meals.

Tip 2: Make meals that are fast and simple.

Tip 3: Use your weekends to make bigger batches of things that can be used during the week.

Keep it simple, fresh, and healthy.

Marriage and Date Night My husband and I only started date night after our daughter was born. We didn’t see the need before then.

Date night is on the same day every week, and it gives us a chance to connect and be together out in the world as a couple. We keep date night simple. It’s just dinner.

I’ve heard of other couples giving up doing date nights because they were making big plans like concerts and movies and were running out of ideas. When you make it a big deal, it becomes a big deal and more difficult to maintain.

Tip 1: Make date night consistent, even if it’s not weekly but maybe the first Friday of the month.

Tip 2: Keep the night simple.

Tip 3: Do things that allow you to connect and talk, not just have shared experiences like watching a movie.

Be consistent with having date night and keep it simple.

Outsourcing and Delegation Whether we like it or not, sometimes it is just easier to pay money, even if it’s a little bit of money, to make life easier. I’ll admit: There are some things I’m really cheap about and other places where I will splurge.

My husband had to remind me that instead of spending 30 minutes ironing on a Sunday afternoon, I could have the work done at the cleaners, and I could spend that time reading or being with my husband or daughter enjoying the weekend.

Now I look at other opportunities to outsource. I’m finding it’s often solved by shopping online, from buying lipstick refills to kitchen sponges.

There are other things, too, such as having our nanny supervise our daughter’s homework after school so it is already taken care of by the time my husband and I get home from work. This has allowed us to focus the few hours we have together as a family on having dinner and talking about each other’s day.

I’ve also learned to ask for more assistance from my husband and even my 8-year-old daughter.

Children can do more than we sometimes give them credit for. My daughter has even surprised me with a latte in the morning! Who knew!?

I had been conditioned to do it all myself and not ask for help. That’s just plain silly.

Tip 1: Shop online when possible, and leverage delivery services.

Tip 2: Discover things you do that don’t take a lot of time but start to add up and see if you can outsource them.

Tip 3: If you can’t outsource, delegate the tasks to others in the household.

Buy back your time in any way you can.

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Yes, You Can Go on Vacation— and Actually Not Work!

By WENDY WALLBRIDGE

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acation is great in theory.

In practice, many of us find ourselves doing work, thinking about work, or answering emails. That’s if we even manage to take time off.

Last year, 41 percent of Americans didn’t even take a day for themselves, according to travel site Skift.

Approximately 429 million vacation days go unused each year.

But vacations are an essential break from the daily grind. People need sufficient down time on a daily basis to maintain high performance, and they need to take all their annual vacation time.

When you never unplug, you

lose touch with yourself and what’s important to you, and your broader, wiser perspective—and that’s when burnout starts to set in.

Here’s how to go on vacation and enjoy it, too.

Pen—Don’t Pencil—It In Scheduling a vacation can seem unthinkable when you’re too busy to check the weather, let alone schedule plane and hotel fares.

But once you take the time to look at your calendar, figure out when your work cycle is on the ebb, coordinate the dates with your coworkers, and get your boss’s approval—buy your tickets right away and tell your boss

that you did so.

If you put money down, you and your boss are less likely to turn back or forget those dates are blocked out for you to be out of the office.

Pay It Forward To get ahead enough to be away for several days, you may have to put in some long nights or working weekends. It may seem a daunting price to pay, but you won’t regret it once you’re over the hump.

If you’re worried about work piling up while you’re gone—or if you simply have too much to do before you leave— consider delegating some of it.

Find colleagues you have helped

or for whom you can return the favor when they go on vacation. Or you could make this an opportunity for someone junior who reports to you and give her first crack at something you would normally handle.

Last-Day Checklist So you can go with an unencumbered conscience, make sure you do these three things before you leave: 1. Send a status update to your boss and any people who’ll be covering for you, so they know where everything stands.

2. Create a backup plan for anything that might suck you back

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3. Tell your team how accessible you’ll be by phone while you’re away and when you’ll be checking email (see below), and inform everyone outside the company of this via your outgoing voicemail message and automatic vacation email reply.

The Email Exception Ideally, you won’t open your email at all when on vacation, but let’s face it: It gives us peace of mind to know that things are under control, so likely you’re going to check in every now and then.

The key is to make it a minimal number of times and days … and then stick to that schedule.

If you have to check your email, do it only twice a day, at a set time in the morning and in the afternoon, and never respond unless it’s a true emergency.

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Reboot with Mini-Breaks Every Day A real getaway with a change of scenery is ideal if you can swing it, but equally important are intermittent recovery opportunities during the day.

To be fully creative, we need to regular recovery times.

Sustainable high-performance expert Tony Schwarz says, “The most effective way to operate at work is like a sprinter—working with single-minded focus for periods of no longer than 90 minutes, and then taking a break. That way when you’re working, you’re really working, and when you’re recovering, you’re truly refueling the tank.”

Aim for a daily practice of 10 minutes of “me time,” when you disconnect from technology and connect with yourself.

Women tend to discover their path as they go along, rather than follow a prescribed long-term plan, and they can only know what the next right thing for them is if they take the time to breathe and listen inside to their deeper longings.

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t was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. All you wanted was to vent with your (male) significant other.

You just wanted him to listen, but instead he regaled you with what you should have done, how you should respond.

Our reply (because it’s undoubtedly happened to all of us) was probably something like, “I don’t want you to fix it! I just want you to listen!” possibly accompanied by tears.

Our conclusion might be that he doesn’t think we’re capable, so he has to fix it. We might think he doesn’t care, he wasn’t listening, or he didn’t hear us.

Would you believe that he actually tries to fix it because he does care?

And All This Time We Thought He Just Didn’t Understand According to brain studies, men have a more immediate and intense

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The reality is that men and women perceive the world differently.

emotional reaction than women do.

That’s because our brains have two different empathy centers: cognitive empathy (“I understand how you feel”) and emotional empathy (“I feel how you feel”).

When presented with a woman’s distress, a man’s emotional empathy center lights up brighter and faster than a woman’s does. But in less time than it takes us to think, “He doesn’t care,” that emotional center dims and the cognitive empathy center wakes up.

That sends a message to the male brain that says, “RED ALERT: She’s in distress. Stop the distress!”

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do females discern those subtle signs of sadness? Ninety percent of the time.)

Our female friend’s emotional empathy center lights up slower and not as brightly as a man’s. But hers stays on longer, so we don’t think she wants to fix anything. We simply think that she cares, she has listened, and we have connected.

Why Women Go to the Bathroom in Groups It often seems that we do this (though I found no statistics supporting the claim!). If we do, it could be because our brain has more circuits for connecting with others and for language than men’s brains.

• “ Facial gazing” (eye contact, which facilitates connection) increases by 400 percent in girls in the first three months of life. It does not increase at all for boys.

• G irls have 11 percent more neurons for language. At 20 months, girls have as much as three times the number of words that boys do. At age 6, a girl’s language skills are similar to those of a 12-year-old boy.

So Why Can’t They Be More Like Us? To start, our brains are structurally different.

We have all those circuits for connection and language; they have more circuits for math and spatial awareness.

Males actually have a tiny area in the middle of their brain— completely absent in females—that gives them an accurate sense of where their bodies are in space.

They are, in a sense, one with the earth.

This is why the spatial skills of an 8-year-old boy are similar to those of a 12-year-old girl. Also why when you yell, “Be careful!” to your 6-year-old grandson his attention is diverted, and he is more likely to fall. It might also be why men think they never need to ask for directions.

Men also have more brain space devoted to sex, which is why it can seem they think about sex all the time. In reality, it is twice as often

as women do, undoubtedly related to the brain area that is twice as big as that in women.

Men’s brains are, in fact, bigger by about 10 percent (no, that doesn’t make you smarter, guys). They have 6.5 percent more gray matter, the area where our brains process information. Men also have more within-lobe activity (i.e., the right brain talking to the right brain), whereas women have more crosslobe activity using the whole brain, again, connecting the two.

Women’s brains are packed together more closely even with 12 times the total number of neurons. This leads to more and closer connections and quicker processing, especially emotional processing, which men have more difficulty doing, possibly tied in with their inability to discern those signs of sadness.

White matter, the part of our brain used to connect processes, is 9.5 percent greater in women.

In addition to structural differences, our brains are energized with two different kinds of fuel that enhance those differences.

All brains actually start out as female with two X chromosomes.

Eight weeks after conception, testosterone floods the male brain, closing off some circuits for language and connecting, essentially “de-feminizing” the brain.

The pre-puberty surge of testosterone does the same, decreasing a young man’s need to connect and his ability to listen.

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Meanwhile, estrogen fuels our brains, increasing substantially at puberty and increasing our desire to differentiate from our parents and be attractive to boys as well as our need to connect, which we often do through language. And, perhaps, going to the bathroom together.

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This doesn’t even begin to address differences in socialization, individual behavior preferences, or personality. Nor does it consider the stereotypes or biases for and against each gender.

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The reality is that men and women perceive the world differently.

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What a Woman Wants— In Cars Marcia Moran, new car sales manager at Freedom Auto Group, sits up high in a striking RAV4 XLE AWD.

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all used to be the “big reveal” for new cars, but now many auto manufacturers unveil new models or restyles of existing models in the spring as well. Purchasing that new car should be a fun experience— after all, there’s a long-held financial saying that it’s the second largest purchase one makes.

Some people view a vehicle as transportation—a means to get from here to there—while others take a more personal view. Additionally, men and women tend to have different wants and needs in their vehicles.

“The biggest thing that I see today

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is that women are well educated on the product. They’re doing research not only on the vehicles, but also on dealerships,” says Marcia Moran, a 20year veteran in the car sales industry and new car sales manager at Freedom Auto Group, Harrisburg.

She said that popular vehicles for female buyers at Freedom Toyota had previously been four-door sedans such as the Corolla or Camry, but when the RAV4 (a small SUV) was redesigned in 2013, it quickly became a top seller among women.

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sit up higher, which means increased visibility. It’s easier to get in and out of. It now has a larger engine, a 2.5liter four-cylinder, and the cargo room gives it more versatility. Plus it goes well in the snow. Prior to the redesign, the spare tire was mounted on the back of the vehicle, and now it has a sleeker style that’s more appealing to women.”

The RAV4 is one of several small SUVs. The segment includes the Ford Escape, which was redesigned for 2013; Honda CRV, which was redesigned in 2012; Mazda CX-5; Subaru Forester; Hyundai Tucson, which is redesigned for 2016; and Nissan Rogue.

Moran says that women look for safety features such as anti-lock brakes, traction control, vehicle stability control, and blindspot monitoring.

Although at least 10 car companies have made automatic brakes a standard feature, Toyota was the first full-line automaker to offer the system in their Smart Stop Technology, which brings the vehicle to a stop in cases of unintended acceleration.

Moran adds that backup cameras are also popular.

“That’s a really nice feature—it helps in all kinds of situations, including parallel parking,” she says.

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The interior of the RAV4 boasts many features, including an available GPS navigation and Entune multimedia system and blind-spot monitor radar screens.

One item that was also on my list of features was remote start. It’s nice to have in the winter to warm up the vehicle (and clear the windows) when it’s parked outside on cold days and in the summer to cool it down on a hot day before you get into it.

Fortunately, manufacturers have installed safety features that make it difficult to steal the car when the remote start is being used—the vehicle is still locked and you actually have to start it to drive away.

Savvy female car buyers have become the norm rather than the exception, and Moran says that’s affected their interaction with dealerships.

“When women walk into a car dealership, they want to be treated with respect and know that they’re a valued customer. It’s been my experience that people visit two dealerships before making the purchase decision. At Freedom Auto Group, we realize that—we’re in the ‘life improvement business’ and our

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A number of technology features such as Bluetooth, which allows hands-free operation of cellphones, are also on female buyers’ lists of features. Some manufacturers have enhanced Bluetooth technology that allows for voice commands.

The remote power liftgate, which allows for easy access to the rear cargo area, is also on the top of their lists.

“It’s great for stowing groceries or kids’ sporting gear,” Moran says.

Additionally, once a woman has narrowed down the vehicle and options she prefers, color comes into play.

“Color is really important to women. Because so much information is available online, most women come in with one or two [colors] they prefer. If we don’t have it on our lot, we’ll dealer locate it,” she stressed.

I purchased a vehicle last year and definitely agree that color is an important consideration along with technology and safety features.

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customers are guests in our home,” she explains.

She stresses that the buying experience for women is about the best price, and that includes being transparent about pricing, i.e., having prices of vehicles clearly labeled; the best service both during and after the sale; and the way they’re treated.

“Our role at the dealership is to help them find the vehicle that fits their needs,” Moran says.

With regard to service, it’s important to have options to meet women’s schedules, which include work-related considerations as well as juggling children’s commitments with sports and/or extracurricular activities and home-related items.

Moreover, there are a lot of single moms, so service amenities such as shuttles to and from work or local shopping malls, providing loaners, and picking up or delivering a car for service from work are important offerings.

“Most dealerships offer Saturday service hours, but who wants to spend time on a Saturday waiting for your car to be serviced?” Moran says.

Another trend she identified is leasing a vehicle rather than purchasing it.

“It’s not only more affordable, but a number of women choose to lease rather than purchase because they don’t have to deal with repairs other than routine maintenance since they aren’t driving it past the manufacturer’s warranty period,” she explains.

She also pointed out that in some cases people have been looking for a pre-owned vehicle and were able to lease a new vehicle for the same monthly payment they had budgeted.

“Purchasing a new car should be an exciting and fun experience for women, not something intimidating,” Moran says.

The RAV4 also has a height-adjustable power lift gate that can be opened while seated in the car or from the outside.

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By BARRY SPARKS relationships, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Sex and alcohol are a delicate balancing act. While alcohol can lower a man’s inhibitions and make him more comfortable about initiating sex, too much alcohol typically reduces a man’s sexual response.

“Men need to take the hormonal effects of alcohol seriously,” said Loeven. “Excessive use of alcohol affects testosterone levels and consequently your libido or sex drive.

Alcohol also is a major cause of erectile dysfunction.”

He added: “Alcohol affects anything that’s associated with blood flow. Alcohol’s damaging effects,

particularly vascular, make sense.”

Quitting alcohol can have a positive effect on a man’s sexual health.

In a study involving 17,000 alcoholic men, 50 percent who stopped using alcohol for several years returned to normal erectile functioning. Reversing the sexual effects of alcoholism, however, is compounded by the fact that long-term alcohol abuse often leads to chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, which also can cause erectile dysfunction.

Loeven said a spouse’s or significant other’s support can be extremely important in helping to decrease the partner’s alcohol consumption or quit entirely.

“A spouse can provide extra motivation to the alcoholic,” he said.

“She needs to support changes and offer encouragement.”

Loeven said many alcoholics are high-functioning. They go to work, interact with others, and participate in family activities. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a drinking problem.

“Alcoholics need to make lifelong changes,” he said. “Some alcoholics may be able to decrease their consumption, but that’s often difficult.

For some people, one drink will always be one too many. Alcohol addiction is very real.”

While there are myriad alcoholrelated diseases and conditions,

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hile alcoholism affects both men and women, men are almost twice as likely to die from an alcohol-related disease as women, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 3.3 million deaths worldwide every year result from the harmful use of alcohol. Researchers have shown a link between alcohol consumption and more than 60 diseases. And, more information about alcohol’s negative impact is coming out each year.

“I see the negative health effects of alcohol every day,” said Dr. Michael Loeven of WellSpan Family Medicine in Manheim. “The longer someone has been drinking, the more negative effects I see. Although two drinks a day (for men) may be beneficial to one’s health, it quickly becomes harmful after that point.”

Health problems associated with alcohol include anemia, cancer, cardiovascular disease, cirrhosis, depression, seizures, high blood pressure, nerve damage, infectious disease, pancreatitis, dementia, gout, and kidney disease.

Despite the potentially devastating impact of chronic alcohol use, many men do not want to address the issue.

Men who may not pay attention to other health risks may be receptive to listening when it comes to their sexual health and performance.

Studies have shown that men who abuse alcohol have a 60 to 70 percent chance of suffering from sexual problems, which can include erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, loss of sexual drive, difficulty experiencing orgasm, ruined

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Loeven said two common ones he sees are sleep disorders and depression.

Alcohol can help induce sleep, but it also affects your sleep pattern. After making you feel tired, alcohol acts as a stimulant. It causes you to wake up more frequently, particularly in the second half of the sleep period. This fragmented sleep pattern keeps you in a lighter stage of sleep and decreases the amount of deep sleep or REM sleep. This results in daytime fatigue and sleepiness.

Alcohol is a depressant. Although it’s not clear which comes first, alcoholism or depression, 30 to 50 percent of people with alcoholism also suffer from clinical depression. Many people use alcohol to help forget their depressive symptoms.

In reality, however, alcohol use may contribute to them. Alcoholics experience a significant reduction in their depression symptoms after three or four weeks of quitting drinking.

There is a concern that family physicians, such as Loeven, may see more cases of alcohol-related dementia in the future. In a recent

Dr. Michael Loeven of WellSpan Family Medicine.

interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Tony Rao, a London geriatric psychiatrist, warned about a potential wave of alcohol-related brain problems as more baby boomers reach retirement age.

Baby boomers are thought to drink more than the generation before and after them. And, they do not seem to have decreased their drinking as they have aged.

Rao said although the number of people diagnosed with alcohol-related dementia is small, it is growing faster than the aged population.

Loeven expects more research studies to be released about the harmful effects of alcoholism on health. He admits, however, it can be difficult to convince patients that alcohol use is related to so many diseases and conditions.

“I see alcoholism across the age spectrum and socioeconomic classes,” he said. “Alcohol has been part of our culture for a long time. But the evidence clearly shows that alcohol abuse is bad for your health in many ways.”

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Power Up Your Plate with 13 ‘Super Foods’

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ow healthy is your diet?

If you’re like most of us, you probably tend to eat the same meals day after day—maybe cereal and fruit for breakfast, a roasted turkey sandwich for lunch, chicken or pasta for dinner, and maybe something sweet for dessert.

Nothing wrong with that—all foods (yes, even chocolate!) can be part of a healthy eating plan. But the fact is that some foods pack more nutritional punch per serving. Add more of these “super foods” to your regular eating regime, and you’ll boost your vitamin and mineral intake.

Incorporating these kinds of nutrient-dense foods is particularly important if you’re trying to lose weight, says registered dietitian Joan Carter of Houston, Texas, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

“It’s the nutritional bang for your calorie,” says Carter. “If you’re watching your weight and can consume 1,600 calories, for example, you want to be sure that those calories are spent wisely.”

So, the next time you’re dining out or shopping for groceries, give these 13 “super-foods” a try:

Super Food: Spinach Spinach is a much better choice than iceberg or leaf lettuce for salads.

“You get much more bang for your calorie with spinach because you get vitamin A, iron, and folic acid,” says Carter. In general, the darker the greens, the more nutrients they contain.

Super Food: Collard Greens A cup of collard greens, a Southern staple, contains as much calcium as a cup of milk. Try cooking them in

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chicken broth, adding a small amount of ham or prosciutto for taste—you may find that you love them.

Super Food: Strawberries Strawberries aren’t just delicious; they’re loaded with folic acid and are high in vitamin C. A cup of strawberries contains only 45 calories, yet almost 4 grams of fiber, too. Add some to your cereal in the morning, eat them with your lunch, or serve them with yogurt for a light dessert.

Super Food: Asparagus Asparagus is high in folic acid, and research suggests that foods like asparagus play a role in preventing heart disease, says Carter. It’s also a natural diuretic and can help prevent pre-period bloating.

Super Food: Oats You’ve probably heard that oatmeal is a healthy way to start your day, and for good reason.

“Oats are high in soluble fiber, which is what makes it gummy when you cook it,” says Carter. “It mops up cholesterol and helps keep your

[blood] cholesterol low.”

Try steel-cut oats for extra iron, or packaged single-servings for a speedier meal.

Super Food: Walnuts Walnuts are a good source of essential omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant.

They are high in calories, but try adding chopped walnuts to your salad or oatmeal to add nutritional punch.

Super Food: Skim Milk You get 302 mg of calcium and 8.4 grams of protein in a cup of skim milk, with no added fat. When you’re cooking, however, you may want to try evaporated skim milk.

“It’s got double the calcium of skim milk and you can use it to make soups, casseroles, and anything that you would add milk to,” says Carter.

Super Food: Yogurt Yogurt contains live cultures, which are considered “probiotics.”

“Probiotics essentially colonize your intestine with happy bacteria that are good for you as opposed to

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Include more “super foods” in your regular diet, and you should notice an improvement in your health and your performance both on the job and off!

bad bacteria,” says Carter.

Greek yogurt contains more protein than regular yogurt, but either low- or no-fat versions are high in calcium and low in calories.

Super Food: Broccoli Broccoli is high in vitamins A and C, and it’s naturally filling—a cup of chopped, raw broccoli will provide you with almost 2.5 grams of fiber for only 80 calories.

Super Food: Kiwi The modest kiwi is high in vitamins A and C, and two kiwifruits have more potassium than a banana! Too tart for you? Add it to a fruit salad instead of eating it alone.

Super Foods: Grapes Grapes, particularly dark grapes, have polyphenolic compounds, the phytonutrients that help your body repair and maintain its cells. A cup of grapes has about 58 calories, and they’re a good source of potassium as well.

Super Food: Beans

Beans are a good source of folic acid and make a great substitute for meat-based protein; they’re also high in fiber and relatively low in calories.

For example, a cup of chickpeas, or garbanzo beans, contains 269 calories and nearly 5.7 grams of fiber; a cup of black beans, 227 calories and 7.2 grams of fiber; and kidney beans, 225 calories and 6.4 grams of fiber.

Super Food: Tomatoes Tomatoes are loaded with vitamins A and C and they contain lycopine, a phytochemical that appears to help prevent macular degeneration, a condition that can cause blindness.

And at only 26 calories for a mediumsized tomato, you’re getting a lot of nutrition per serving.

Remember that the better you eat, the better you’ll feel. Include more “super foods” in your regular diet, and you should notice an improvement in your health and your performance both on the job and off!

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