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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, HEALTHY LIVING GUIDE -Thursday, September 24, 2015
THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, HEALTHY LIVING GUIDE -Thursday, September 24, 2015
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Healthy Tips From Dr. Fink
Eating Too Much Or Digesting Too Little? A Common Sense Approach To Healthy Digesting
by Dr. Charles Fink
FInk Chiropractic & Natural Health Improvement Center
Eating the best food or taking the best supplements in the world is expensive and in vain if they are not being digested. Many people do not realize the improvements they will get in their health by understanding what it means to digest. One very important aspect of digesting begins with enzymes. An enzyme is a substance within living cells which causes changes in other substances. In regards to food it changes it by breaking it down. They are vital to breaking apart food to get all the nutrients out of it. These vitamins and minerals then absorb into the bloodstream, from there they are carried to the individual cells in our body. Without enzymes present, food or nutrition will pass straight through you. Enzymes are the key to unlocking all of the nutrients from the food we eat. Enzymes are produced in the stomach and pancreas. However ill health and aging decrease the amount we have naturally. Anyone
who eats cooked food can improve their health by supplementing their diet with enzymes. Adding enzymes to every meal could add years to your life and life to your years. It can ensure you get your money’s worth out of your groceries, give you fewer, if any doctor bills, and give your body that much more stamina and energy. If you have heartburn or acid indigestion you should consider this: Turning off the acid in your stomach, whether it’s with a purple pill or an antacid, can lead to a myriad of other problems. Many people use these acid neutralizers to treat acid reflux, sour stomachs, gas/bloating and other digestive symptoms. However, many of these people are suffering from not enough stomach acid! The function of your stomach acid is to digest protein. When your stomach acid is “turned off”, you can’t digest well. Say someone eats a piece of chicken; it lands in the stomach, and needs hydrochloric acid to break it down. If there isn’t enough of that acid the protein sits in the stomach and starts to putrefy, creating acid and gases. Now, the person might have some symptoms – sour stomach, belching, or even acid reflux. But, it all happened because there wasn’t enough acid to digest properly. If there’s enough stomach acid, the upper sphincter closes when
you’ve eaten to prevent that good acid from going up into the esophagus. It also opens the lower sphincter to empty your stomach. If you don’t have enough acid, not only can you not digest the protein; the upper sphincter does not close causing acid reflux and potential damage to the esophagus. If you ache all over, have stiff joints and an overall lack of energy, maybe properly digesting your food is the answer. For help in choosing proper digestive aids and for information on this and more, call Dr. Fink @ Fink Chiropractic & Natural Health Improvement Center 603-524-4555 or check us out on the web www.finkchiro.net
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“I have always been drawn to life’s silver linings so when I began to lose my hair during chemotherapy, I laid the shining strands carefully on branches in my back yard so that the birds would have silver linings in their nests. ” ~ Deborah Avery, Payson Center cancer patient from NH Lakes Region
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THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, HEALTHY LIVING GUIDE -Thursday, September 24, 2015
Your Health is in Your Hands by Dr. Graham Moneysmith, DC. Contributing Writer
In case you haven’t noticed the political world is heating up as both parties attempt to find the best candidate for the 2016 presidential election. You were probably aware of this if you experience any media, in any way, at any point. It is only September (with a whole year more to go), but it has been inescapable for months. The a d v e rt i si ng a nd campaigning is everywhere. Especially here in New Hampshire. The way we have instant access to such ridiculous amounts of information, makes our lives saturated with mud slinging, promises, and probably some truth stretching moments. Clearly, no matter which side of the party line you fall on two ongoing concerns are healthcare and the economy. These issues certainly don’t stand alone, and are in fact intrinsically linked together. Throw out your political party affiliation for a second, and really look at the problem. Healthcare spending is too much. Forbes.com reported in 2012 that our National Health care expenditure for that year was an expected 2.7 trillion…..trillion. That’s approximately 17% of our GDP! That is insane! What’s really crazy is that some of that expense is for the care of preventable disease. In May of 2012 the Wall Street Journal online posted a study from the state of California. The study looked at the California Public Employees Retirement System. This health program spent $1.6 billion in 2008 and
22.4% of that was spent on “avoidable, chronic illnesses”. Obviously, this is a small sample size. Yet, if this trend were to hold true throughout our country, imagine the economic implications for us if we could avoid preventable disease more often. We are talking about major savings and major money. The fact is, many chronic diseases are very preventable. Some of the most common preventable diseases are diabetes, cancer, stroke, heart disease, and lung disease. That’s not to say, that in some cases, these diseases occur and were unpreventable. That can happen. It does mean, however, all your risk of these issues can be improved with certain lifestyle choices. As it stands now, I’m sure you want to be healthy (who doesn’t?), but it actually goes deeper that that. Our country is very unhealthy and it is damaging not just our bodies, but our economy and future. It is important for us all to get as healthy as possible for our own sake and for the well-being of our country. Here are some easy ways to potentially decrease your risks of the common preventable diseases: 1) Stop smoking: shouldn’t this be obvious now? Save money and save your health. 2) Lose weight: this can help with your risk of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, and stroke. Simply put, we all need to move daily and focus on eating more fruits/veggies and less processed food. 3) Decrease stress: exercise, journal each day, and daily prayer/mediation have all been thought to help with stress, which is a factor in depression, hypertension, and even heart disease. 4) Visit you chiropractor: Chiropractic is not a treatment of those preventable diseases. However, a common com-
plaint I hear in our offices when first meeting someone is that back pain prevents them from daily exercise. Movement helps control weight, decrease stress, and decreases depression. Low back pain also, according to many sources, costs us 100 billion annually. 5) Drink more water: I think most people are dehydrated. Your body doesn’t run well like this. Try drinking at least 64 ounces daily and, depending on your activity level or your size, you may need more. Our country will make some big decisions in next year’s election. No matter which way the vote goes, one thing in regard to our healthcare and the economy will remain true: real change will only come from all of us, as individuals making healthy choices and truly improving our healthcare system and our economy.
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ing was created to give a country inn feel. The Inn is another option for assisted living that was added in 2000. It has spacious accommodations for up to 15 people with private first class private suites on the first floor. They are also pet friendly with some restrictions. There are a wide variety of amenities that are available to those in the
assisted living units including three meals a day with menus that change daily, housekeeping and laundry licensed nursing care available 24hours a day, an inhouse gym, a beauty salon and more. There are also a variety of social activities that can be taken advantage of including, theatre excursions, guest speakers, musical concerts, scenic sightseeing tours, wellness and en-
The Cottage Cafe At Golden View. Three meals a day are served with varying menus.
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richment programs for lifelong learning. The different levels of assisted livingcare also make it easier for residents to stay within the Golden View community as their needs change as they can transition between different areas. One example is of a couple at Golden View, one who lives in the Terrace and the other in The
Inn. All of the areas at Golden View are built and modified to keep up with and even exceed the Federal requirements that are necessary. The newest building on the Golden View campus is the Retreat which opened in 2011. It is a 32- bed, state-of-the-art transitional care center that offers short-term
rehabilitation. Offering all of the latest rehabilitation equipment it has an amazing 85 percent return to home rate for its “guests.� All of the rooms are private at the retreat and are larger than some of the others so as to be able to accommodate the equipment as needed. The Retreat also offers See golden on 7
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The variety and different levels of care at Golden View can best be summed up as being a community with different levels of care all on one campus. It gives people the ability to move from one level of care as their needs change over time and also give them options available at both a financial and care level. It makes a big difference that it can all be done in one place, that resi-
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a country inn feel and offers a relaxation room where guests can unwind with inspirational and relaxing books and tapes or just the quiet time that is needed to unwind from some of the more stressful rehab sessions. Like the Villages and The Inn, the Retreat also offers full meals with
changing menus as well as a continuing array of seminars on health and non-invasive treatment options to help guests learn how to stay healthy once they are back home. (All of the seminars and program given at Golden View are open to all of the residents and guests as well as the community.
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Those spots are fabulous to be hold, and indeed the personality of the Bengal is very different from your regular house cat. Enter now the stately and handsome OZZIE, quite the most stunning cat currently calling New Hampshire Humane Society home. He’d rather be the only cat in the household such is the size of his felineness. He’d enjoy the highest points in your home, perfect vantage points to observe his kingdom. At the same time he loves to cuddle and enjoys the company of humans, savvy, feline friendly ones who can provide intelligent, exciting play and keep his lordship company as he demands. Oh what a truly spectacular cat he is. Anyone should be proud to share their home with him – giving him pride of place, of course! Ozzie is the final cat to enjoy our special adoption promotion during the month of September - a portion of his adoption fee will be offset by funds received from Emily’s Wish. Ç Ç Ç Í˜ĹśĹšĹšĆľĹľÄ‚ĹśÄžÍ˜Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?
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THE FLU!
Don’t put up with sore throats, runny noses, headaches and muscle aches, coughs and worse, GET A FLU SHOT! Call your primary care physician to schedule your flu shot, or visit one of our clinics: Laconia Clinic Oct 6 - Nov 12 Tuesday & Thursday 8:30am - Noon and 1:00 - 4:30pm Occupational Health Service’s Convenience Care – Hillside Medical Park Ages 3 & over / Mon through Friday 7am - 7pm Saturday & Sunday 8am - 5pm LRGH – Infusion / Transfusion Center (ITC) Ages 3 & over / Monday through Thursday 8am - 5pm and Friday 8am - 3pm (holidays excluded) FRH – Franklin Infusion / Transfusion (FIT) Ages 3 and over / Monday through Friday By Appointment Only 934-2060, ext. 8850
Flu Hotline 527-7069 lrgh.org Out-of-pocket cost of a flu shot is $25; most insurances will cover.
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