To Double the Odds of Seeing 85: Get a Move On

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, here is more evidence of the need to become more active and exercise on a regular basis. Some basic guidelines are laid out here in this article from the Wall Street Journal.Here is a quote that says it all and sums up our philosophy here at TK Health and Wellness and that is that we simply cannot afford not to get healthy.

“It’s one more piece of data that says we all need to be moving in America,” says Emelia Benjamin, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine, who wasn’t involved with the study. “It’s pretty clear that Americans want to take a pill, but we’re all going to be bankrupt unless people start taking on these lifestyle changes.”

Visit our site at www.tkfamilyplan.com to get started with a basic exercise plan you can perform in your home and some minor nutrition changes you can make that will have a big impact on your life.

online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703954904575109673558885594.html#mod=todays_us_personal_journal

Boosting Metabolism with Muscle

From www.myyogaonline.com (click on family health and wellness in

the right hand column and then to the link to My Yoga Online in the right

hand column there), excellent information on the benefits of converting

body fat to muscle and how to do it with yoga.

www.myyogaonline.com/blog/2009/12/boosting-metabolism-with-muscle/

U.S. Children: Generation Snack

This article reflects a study that surveyed over 31,000 kids but the results

would probably be similar if it surveyed 31,000 adults. It is constantly repeated

and painfully obvious, but if we just replaced highly sugared and salted snacks

with fresh fruit or even frozen fruit our calorie, processed sugar and salt

intake would decrease dramatically. Watch your local grocery store for sale

prices on fresh fruit and you (and your kids should you have them) try it for a

week and see how all of you feel.

well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/u-s-children-generation-snack/?pagemode=print

Even More Reasons to Get a Move On

Again, study after study, some referred to in this article from the NY Times,

indicate the value of exercise and its’ effect on our bodies, both physically and

cognitively. It is never too early or too late to begin exercising and getting

more active. In addition to the reasons in the article, another factor that we

emphasize on the home page of our health and wellness site (see link in

right hand column) is the fact that due to the economy, combined with

ever-rising health insurance and health care costs, we simply cannot afford to

be unhealthy any longer. Whether you try our fitness or walking programs on

our site or any other plan, try something, for you and your family’s good.

www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/health/02brod.html?ref=health

10 small steps for better heart health

Incorporating minor changes in our daily life like those listed

here in “HealthBeat”, the newsletter from Harvard Medical School,

can have a major effect on our wellness and thus our life.

It just doesn’t take that much time or effort to take these small

steps.

Try these simple steps for a few weeks and see if you feel the difference.

www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/10-small-steps-for-better-heart-health?utm_source=review&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FEB2010&j=23

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