Water Walking Wednesday With HHWN

Hewitt Health Wellness Network

 Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with

 Bryant & Anita Hewitt

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

 

Food To Chew On:

Rebuilding Your Life

1 Corinthians 4:7 (NKJV)

And what do you have that you did not receive?

 

Thought For The Day:

The Lord wants to surprise the world with what He can do with a life totally surrendered to Him. And He’s building a life in which He can live with us…. Amen

 

Today is water walking Wednesday. One of the best exercise is water aerobics, it works the whole body without putting pressure on any part of the body… if you stick with it and do it at least 3 times a week you will see results. Take it from me  I had lost 85+ lbs. If I can do it, I know you can too…

Have a Healthy Day with HHWN J

 

Mediterranean Diet Can Help Women Live Healthier And Longer, Study Says

 

Beyond just protecting your heart and keeping you agile, the Mediterranean Diet could be the key to living a longer-- and not just healthier -- life, a new study suggests.

Researchers analyzed data taken from 10,670 women in their late 50s and early 60s and found that women with healthier diets were more likely to live disease-free to 70 and beyond. The data was collected as part of the Nurses' Health Study, one of the longest-running studies on women's health and aging.

Women with healthy, balanced diets were 34 percent more likely to age healthily, while those following the Mediterranean Diet were 46 percent more likely. Healthy dieters consumed more whole grains and less alcohol and red meat. The Mediterranean Diet similarly limits red meat and is rich in fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats.

The healthy agers lived to 70 without having major chronic diseases, cognitive impairments, physical impairments, and mental health issues. Each participant's overall health was recorded in the mid-1980’s and again 15 years later.

13 Small Choices That Can Change Your Life In Great Ways

 

7. Loneliness is terrible for your immune system, so nurture your relationships.

 

Short-term stress is useful for learning and does not harm the immune system, but long-term stress can cause inflammation and illness. Isolation and loneliness have a negative effect on the immune system including increased inflammation.

 

Surprisingly, people who are imprisoned and secluded, but still feel close to someone, did not suffer negative consequences to their immune system. In other words: just caring about another person can have strong benefits.

 

8. For the sake of your immune system, be generous and support your community.

 

Generosity and community service have positive effects on the immune system. Research shows that generosity and concern for people, not objects, helps positive immune response. Recently, a study showed that community service increased happiness, which in turn decreased factors related to inflammation. These benefits were not associated with other happiness-inducing activities, such as shopping, or travel, for example.

 

9. Believe in your capacity for extraordinary experiences and talents.

 

Recent research showed that out-of-body experiences could be triggered in normal people using virtual reality equipment. Other research shows that religious/spiritual experiences can, also, be triggered in many people by many different means. Surprisingly, the capabilities of savants—who display advanced mathematical, memory, artistic and music capabilities without training—can be triggered in ordinary people who have brain injury or with magnetic/electric brain stimulation. This appears to work because one brain region suppresses another and, when unsuppressed, it releases these abilities. These talents are not manufactured, but exist and need to be released. The take away? Don't limit yourself.

 

10. Know that animals are far more intelligent than most scientists realize.

 

Those who know animals understand this. Evidence shows very advanced cognition in animals even with very small brains. Birds and lizards are, in fact, extremely intelligent—with advanced memory, planning, social intelligence and tool use. Birds also use syntax, learn singing as a language, and show mourning behavior. Perhaps most extraordinary are bees (and other social insects) who, with tiny brains, have symbolic language, abstract concepts, self-medication, advanced mathematical problem solving, and kaleidoscopic visual memory.

Knowing how intelligent animals are, hopefully, could make us more compassionate and empathetic to all animals and, especially, those that depend upon us. Perhaps with this knowledge the ways we utilize and kill animals can change.

 

A Healthy Menu For

Wednesday

 

For breakfast select one low-fat blueberry waffle, 2 tbsp. sugar-free syrup, ½ cup fresh raspberries and 1 cup nonfat milk. Enjoy coffee or tea sweetened with a sugar substitute, too. Your lunch meal includes 2 scrambled eggs, 1 oz. low fat cheese, 1 slice of toasted whole grain bread and 1 tsp. soft margarine and ½ cup fresh pineapple. For dinner, choose 3 oz. broiled salmon, ½ quinoa, ½ cup broccoli and cauliflower mix. Have 4 oz. low fat yogurt with ½ cup sliced strawberries for dessert.