Stay Tuned....

Tomorrow starts a new focus: Literacy and Education.

Henry Eyring 1964

" ..We are going to do everything more and more using our heads and less and less using our arms. Any young man or woman who is so ill-advised at the present time, if their mind is good enough to let them, to not go to the Brigham Young University, or one of the other state universities and get training is a very brave person. I mean, it is almost guaranteed that unless they are much smarter than the people who go to college and get the training that way, they will have a subservient position in the community. Society needs us to go ahead and get training if we possibly can, if we are able to."

Grains

Today's Assignment

Learn more about grains and how to incorporate them into your diet

Click HERE for help

Food Pyramid

Today's Assignment

Make smart choices from the food pyramid

http://www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/resource/MyPyramidBrochurebyIFIC.pdf

Stop the Aging process!

Today's Assignment

Incorporate more antioxidant rich foods into your diet.

For a list of the highest ranked antioxidants, click HERE

Health Goals

Today's Assignment

Set a goal that will lead you to living a healthier life.

According To former General RS President Barbara B. Smith, our goals should include:

1. To obey the Word of Wisdom;
2. To maintain proper weight and endurance through regular exercise, adequate rest, and a balanced diet;
3. To improve or maintain personal and home sanitation;
4. To practice preventative measures to preserve good health;
5. To learn and practice home health skills.

Don't Let Good Intentions Backfire

Today's Assignment

Send your kids the right message about nutrition!

http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/100599hth-brody.html

10,000 steps a day

http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html

Smart Snacking

Today's Assignment

If you must snack, choose a healthy, low calorie snack

1/2 c. sugar-free Jello and two Tbsp. reduced-fat whipped topping
two handfuls of chocolate raisins
1/2 an apple spread with 2 tsp. peanut butter
1/2 c. orange juice (Try it frozen!)
1/2 c. fat-free, sugar-free instant or packaged pudding
whole wheat toast with 1 tsp. sugar-free spread
non-fat yogurt (artificially sweetened)
single serving of apple sauce
1 serving of many varieties of Campbell's soups
a Fudgesicle
6 saltine crackers with 2 tsp. of peanut butter (My personal favorite!)
half a turkey sandwich using reduced-calorie bread, mustard, and veggies
mock S'more: reduced-fat Graham cracker, topped with a jumbo marshmallow and drizzled with chocolate syrup
50 Calories

Increase activity

Today's Assignment

Look for ways to increase your activity level doing daily household chores

Clean out your closet or the garage, re-arrange your furniture, scrub the floors, clean our the gutters, change your bed linen, vacuum, wash your windows, sweep your porch or sidewalks.

Give up the caffeine

Today's Assignment

Eliminate caffeinated beverages from your diet~ caffeine actually increases cellulite- probably by impairing circulation and lymph flow.

Eat more Avacado

Today's Assignment

Eat an avacado today~ then make them a regular part of your diet.

Avocados are rich in glutathione, a powerful antioxidant that attacks free radicals in the body by blocking intestinal absorption of certain fats. They also supply even more potassium than bananas and are a strong source of beta-carotene. Scientists also believe that avocados may also be useful in treating viral hepatitis (a cause of liver cancer), as well as other sources of liver damage.

Breast Health

Today's Assignment

Perform a breast self-exam. Contact your doctor if any abnormalities are found.

For instructions, click HERE

Sun Smart

Today's Assignment

Protect your skin from the summer sun

If you are planning to spend a lot of time outside this summer, whether it's lying on a beach, playing a lot of sport or simply working outside for long periods, there are a few simple things you can do to reduce the risk of over-exposure:

check the UV level before you go out; this is a more accurate way of finding out how strong the sun is than using the temperature as a guide

on particularly hot and sunny days, spend time in the shade between 11.00 am and 3.00 pm when the sun is at its peak

use a good factor 15+ sun-tan lotion that protects you against UVA and UVB rays even if you think you have relatively dark skin

wear a hat and sunglasses to protect your head and eyes

keep a T-shirt or loose top with you to cover up every so often

Disease Prevention

Disease Prevention

The Best Way to Prevent Disease is to practice good health habits

· Eat a balanced diet. Be sure to eat a variety of foods, including plenty of vegetables, fruits, and whole grain products. Include low-fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry, fish, and beans.

· Drink lots of water and go easy on salt, sugar, alcohol, and saturated fat.


· Exercise on a regular basis and get plenty of rest.

· Get a flu shot to help protect you from seasonal flu.


· Make sure that your family's immunizations are up-to-date.

· Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or
sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

· Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.

· Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.

· Stay home if you get sick. The CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them

Quality, not Quantity

Today's Assignment

Focus on the nutritional value of what your children eat, not how much they are eating.

Do not despair over your children's nutritional shortcomings. The biggest problem most kids have is not lack of nutrients. Instead, it's an overload of calories. Parents spend too much energy trying to get children to eat more. Kids won't starve themselves. When they are hungry, they will eat."

Sweetie

Today's Assignment

Cut back on, or eliminate altogether, sugar sweetened beverages.

"If you reduce you intake of beverages, particularly sugar-containing beverages, it's a simple but easy way to help maintain your weight. You can avoid additional weight gain, or if you are on a diet, it's an easy, simple way to help you achieve your goals,"

What's Your Rate?

Today's Assignment

Get a good heart rate monitor

A good heart rate monitor can help guide you to go faster or to slow down the pace no matter how you feel. This way you can achieve the greatest aerobic benefit from the time invested.

Go Dancing

Today's Assignment

Go Dancing!

Learning to dance can be a fun, social, local and friendly way to enjoy low-intensity physical activity and skill learning,"

Smile~

Today's Assignment

Make an Appointment to see your dentist. Schedule regular check-ups every 6 months.

Weight control

Today's Assignment

. Lower your weight to the lower end of the body-mass index for your height.

Even more important, banish belly fat, which acts like a ‘hormone pump’ releasing estrogen into the bloodstream as well as raising levels of other hormones. This is strongly linked to colon cancer and probably to cancers of the pancreas and endometrium (lining of the uterus), as well as breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women.

Bad Habits

Today's Assignment

If you are a smoker, begin a smoking cessation program

For helpful information on smoking cessation, visit THIS website

Five

Today's Assignment

Resolve to eat 5 fruits/vegetables every day

Update your immunizations

Today's Assingment

Review your immunization records and see your health care professional for ones you are lacking.

For immunization schedules, click HERE

Prevent the spread of germs

Today's Assignment

Reduce or eliminate illness causing germs in your life

Clean your home regularly, especially places where germs could live. Prevent insects and animals from getting inside our homes.

Protect food from insects and animals by keeping it properly covered. Where possible, refrigerate perishable foods.

Wash foods carefully to remove as many germs as possible.

Properly dispose of human and animal wastes, since insects and rodents are attracted to them.

Wash your hands before eating, after using the toilet, after changing soiled diapers, and so on.

Brush your teeth after each meal.

Always cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing.

Wear shoes, sandals, or other foot coverings.

Eat properly and rest. Eating proper foods and getting enough rest can help us avoid or overcome illness. Germs are less able to infect a healthy body

Get a physical

Today's Assignment

Schedule a physical with your health care professional

A Health Care professional can recommend practices specific to you to optimize your individual health.

Theme for June

On to the next topic of provident living....... Physical Health.

We have a group meeting at the Lazona Ward building in Mesa Tuesday June 2nd 7pm where we will be covering epidemic and pandemic influenza information and preparedness. Hope you can join us. e-mail me if you need directions to the building.


Healthy bodies help us meet the demands of life. Parents must keep themselves healthy and use wisdom and good judgment in caring for their children and teaching them good health practices.
Many resources have been provided so we can maintain good health.

The Lord expects us to use these resources to prevent and cure illnesses that afflict us and others. This requires that we use modern medical practices and exercise faith, prayer, and the power of the priesthood.

If we do these things, and it is God’s will, the sick can be healed.

President Brigham Young taught: “Then let us seek to extend the present life to the uttermost, by observing every law of health, and by properly balancing labor, study, rest, and recreation, and thus prepare for a better life. Let us teach these principles to our children” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 186).