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2011 NEW YEAR . NEW YOU.
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Treat diabetes before you get it • Exercise less than three times a week Diabetes is a growing • Come from a high risk problem. Nearly eight ethnic background, includpercent of the U.S. populaing African Americans, tion has type 2 diabetes Hispanic Americans, Asian and the numbers are rising Americans and Native daily. You may be at risk of Americans developing diabetes if you: Warning signs of type • Have high blood 2 diabetes include unpressure or are already on explained weight loss, blood pressure mediincreased thirst and cation urination, fatigue • Have elevated EARLY and bleary vision. blood sugar Many people have • Are overweight no symptoms until (particularly around their blood sugar the waist) soars. • Have low HDL cholesThe time to treat diaterol (the good kind – this betes is before you get it. should be a high number) Make appropriate lifestyle • Have high triglycerchanges now and prevent ides (this should be a low diabetes from ambushing number) your future. • Are 45 or older Start with your diet. • Had diabetes during a Limit beverages such as previous pregnancy pop and fruit juices. Focus • A family history of on lean poultry, fish and diabetes other low fat proteins. • Gave birth to a baby Choose whole grains. Fill weighing more than 9 your plate with fresh vegpounds By Evergreen Hospital staff
5-Star Rating in Spine Surgery. Should you need spine surgery, it’s comforting to know that Evergreen’s surgeons, nurses and staff take getting you back on your feet very seriously. In fact, Evergreen has received a 5-star rating for Spine Surgery in 2011 and is ranked in the top 5 in the state by HealthGrades, the country’s leading health care rating system.
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HealthGrades studies nearly 5,000 hospitals each year, reviewing more than 40 million hospitalization records before it awards the ratings. So, rest assured knowing that should you need us, we’ve got your back.
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For more information, visit www.evergreenhospital.org/spine.
etables and fruits. Exercise 30 to 60 minutes daily. Walking is easiest. If you’re overweight, dropping just 10 percent of your extra weight will lower your risk and your blood pressure too. If you need help making changes, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center offers a 12-week intensive lifestyle intervention program that includes increased education and physical activity. The class meets two hours, one night a week. Class leaders are a cardiologist, a registered dietitian and an exercise physiologist. Most insurance programs cover the $750 cost. The next Diabetes Prevention Program begins Jan. 18. Call 425-899-3001 for more information. If you need more information on diabetes, call Evergreen’s Healthline at 425-899-3000 or go to www.evergreenhospital.org.
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Assemble your team to compete against the best from Kirkland gyms during the Kirkland Winter Fitness Challenge. Challenge events include one minute TRX atomic push ups (not your ordinary push up); two-minute shuttle run (brutal) and three-minute row on Concept II rowing ergometer. Teams of three may be male, female or coed; everyone competes in the same division. All team members compete in each event. The minimum age requirement is 18. The competition takes place in your team’s facility. Video each participant, showing end time
for each participant (for example, how many push ups). Post team scores on your Web site. Preliminary round needs to be completed by Jan. 29. Top three teams will compete in the championships, which will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 12 at Central Park Tennis Club, 12630 N.E. 59th St., Kirkland. Entry fee for the Winter Fitness Challenge is $25 per team. Entry fees, which are due by Jan. 22, go towards cash prizes for the top three teams and administrative cost to Central Park Tennis Club. Make checks payable to Central Park Tennis Club. For more information about the competition, contact Clay Runnels at: strongrfastrbettr@gmail. com.
Take Your First Steps Toward Fitness Whether you’re just beginning to exercise or you’ve been active for years, get fresh insight from an experienced personal trainer during a free event, “Take Your First Steps Toward Fitness” at 2 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Kingsgate Library. Ashley Kurtz is a certified personal trainer with more than 13 years experience. She will help you get fit and stay healthy with exercise recommendations and sample workouts.
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Learn how to use library resources to get in shape and stay motivated. There will be time to ask specific fitness questions and the event will conclude with an optional 15 minute walk from and back to the library. Handouts include walking maps showing additional walks around the Kingsgate Library neighborhood. So whatever shape you’re currently in, take your first strides toward becoming a healthier person in the New Year! Register at the Kingsgate Information Desk or by calling 425-821-7686. The library is located at 12315 N.E. 143rd St., Kirkland.
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of time, and usually involves supplementing fiber to help “sweep” the intestines, some liver and kidney stimulating herbs, and possibly plantbased laxatives. Often, people experience increased energy, better digestion, and better sleep and mental clarity after doing a cleanse for a week to a month. Stress, inflammation, and exposure to chemicals and taking many pharmaceutical medicines all take its toll on the liver. Sometimes avoiding all of the above can be hard to do, so in lieu of that, many medicinal herbs are excellent for the liver. Eating bitter salad greens, taking herbs in capsule, tea, or liquid extract form such as burdock root, artichoke leaf, milk thistle seed, and dandelion root, are great ways to stimulate the liver to release toxins and many also act as gentle diuretics by stimulating the kidneys, while promoting the flow of digestive juices.
RESOLUTIONS
Most people have a vague idea that they have a liver, kidneys, and a colon; some know where they are and what they do. When we talk about things like the “lymphatics” and the gallbladder and spleen, few people know their function or location. So, your liver is located just over and to the right of your midline, tucked partially under your right rib cage. It is involved in too many processes to mention here, but is the primary filter in the body. That means it packages, metabolizes, and neutralizes many things we intake and produce. This is the time of year many people think of as an opportunity to start anew. A cleanse or detox can mean many things and can be strong or gentle in its action and can involve dietary changes or not. Primarily, a cleanse involves targeting the primary elimination organs or channels through which our body gets rid of excess nutrients, toxins, or other waste products. It can involve removing solid foods from the diet, or eating only unprocessed, easy to digest foods for a period
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