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Looking Back |- And Forward I think I’ve figured it out, I’m a sociologist. The human being in all its many forms and combi nations fascinate me. I’m always trying to figure out the what and why of the things we do. Having an inkling of the what and how come why moves my brain to pondering ways to make the not so good things better and spread the good stuff around. Of This & That Trenesia Y. Stubbs Columnist emml:trenesia@pstel.net Toxic Belly Fat - A Poison Fuel I’ve had several people tell me that there are already great columnists writing on matters of faith and that they’d like to read different things from me. I kinda sorta, in principle agree. The name of this column—Of This & That—was meant as the defining flavor of its content. Some of the columns I’ve written recently have bordered on soapbox material that might be better placed in a blog or dif ferent column. I have a need, without doubt, to express my thoughts about more serious matters and be persuasive while doing so, but this isn’t the fo rum—I don’t think. One of my friends said the more serious stuff sounded like speechifying or preaching. It’s wonderful to get feedback from you readers as your contribu tion is invaluable in helping me know whether I’m speaking a language you’ll enjoy. Having said all of that—boy can I be wordy—the Lord is an integral part of my life and my views of the world. It’s always my intention to run my thoughts and experiences through Him and make my strong opinions Jesus the Christ friendly. Any- who, some of what you’ll read here will still be speechifying and preaching, just not mostly. Whew! Got that out! • LADY BUG Aha! Thank God I’ve found a solution to both my ladybug and housefly neuro sis. The Saracen family of car nivorous plant eats insects. Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! If you’ve ever seen the play or movie, “Little Shop of Horrors,” you’ll have met Seymour, the hapless florist who nurtures a Venus fly trap of monstrous proportions. The pop cultural line is: “Feed me, Seymour. Feed me.” That phrase for a time became syn onymous to voraciousness. The Venus fly trap in the film grows large enough to eat hapless humans venturing too close. Some specimens carnivo rous plants are large enough to devour frogs and larger prey— making the film not so unimagi nable. Wait, wait, wait! One of the bestest things is there will be fewer fly and ladybug carcasses in the kitchen or any other of the I’d rather they not be there places. The Saracen family of carniv orous plants boasts a wide vari ety of beautiful shapes, colors and versions of them exists in all but the very, very dry or cold parts of the world. The species is euphemistically referred to and sold as pitcher plants, such a harmless sounding pest control. Take that you uninvited guests! • Have you ever made the mistake of praying for patience? It’s one of the things I always warn milk-fed baby Christians about. If you pray for patience the Holy Spirit will give you many, many opportunities (di sasters) to learn patience. Don’t do it! Pray for strength, pray for wisdom, pray for peace, but don’t, under any circumstances, pray for patience. • Instead of arming teachers with guns, why don’t we arm them with self-defense skills? The Korean Martial Arts Acad emy is now offering a 6-8 week self-defense course Monday through Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and a class at 4:00 p.m., espe cially for Crawford County’s teachers. • I got a chance to see the sights around New Orleans dur ing Super Bowl XX with my mother, Bettye Joyce. We had such a great time. We actually got great seats in the stadium because the wife of a fellow at a Super Bowl reception we attended was ticked off that he’d imbibed so much he was stretched out in a comer snor ing. The Patriots were playing the Bears and, since mom dis liked all things associated with the Patriots football team, we rooted for the Bears. I’ve al ways wondered if that guy so bered enough to catch any of the game. This year’s Super Bowl game was a great game, but the best moments for me were when I remembered my time in New Orleans amongst the fanfare of Super Bowl. Hi Mom! • Ladies help the guys out for St. Valentine’s Day. Give them BIG hints about what you want or expect on that fateful day. Maybe a lighted arrow pointing to a glow in the dark picture of what you want is a bit much, but then again, some of our honeys need considerable help. Fat has many good pur poses (one of the main ones being our backup energy source), but one kind of fat that can be very bad for our shape and our health “is visceral fat that has turned toxic!” Though fat storage is a vital source of energy, “if it becomes toxic, it can also become an energy source for disease.” Visceral fat is the fat that builds up around the waist area and can gradually thickly surround vital organs such as your liver, intestines, kidneys and your stomach. I like to imagine visceral fat as surrounding our plumb ing (vital organs, etc.) with an energy insulation that can also absorb toxins that stay in our system, when they don’t get flushed out through normal elimination, such as (sweating, urination and bowel movement). Once this fat gets very toxic, (even for a thin person) it’s sorta like an over soaked sponge that sets there secreting poison ous inflammatory toxins into our organs and tissues, that can lead to organ failure and other chronic diseases with names attached “once the in flammation has manifested itself into a discoverable and nameable disease.” Visceral fat, as well as any other fat, is a storage area for energy and back in the hunter gatherer days pro vided a quick source of en ergy when needed whether it was in fight or flight. The hormones we secrete into our systems when we’re scared, tensed up, or stressed out encourages even more vis ceral fat storage around our midsection for the purpose of reserve energy. A big differ ence is now we have plenty of stress but very little fight and flight to bum off these fat calories (from the visceral fat storage) and also to return our stress hormones back to normal. Cortisol is a stress hormone and a major culprit in directing the body to store belly fat. (Much of this can be offset by regular exercise and other means of lowering stress levels). I really believe a lot of the health problems we are hav ing today is due in big part to not only the wrong calories and too many of them, but also our body’s system con stantly being flooded with hormones (such as adrenaline and cortisol) from constantly being on red alert, with no follow up of fight, flight, or exercise to relieve this angst with the good feel hormones that come with high energy expenditure, “such as the feel good endorphins.” We have an abundance of mental stress at times without get ting physically stressed after wards, “which is a good way to work off the former.” We are constantly bom barded with toxins in the air, foods, etc. and unless our body has a consistent way to get it out, “it will simply insulate the toxin in fat or mucous for our protection.” Even a thin person can have visceral fat that has turned toxic from years of environ mental exposures combined with poor dietary choices and a lack of intense physical activity. A lot of the toxicities that stay in our system, are due to the types of food and drink in our diets that simply do not encourage elimination of these, and when we con stantly have stress hormones circulating in our system di recting fat storage around the midsection, (we not only have a lot of unnecessary en ergy storage in this area) we also have a potentially big toxic sponge that sets there entwined around our organs soaking up and then releas ing bad chemicals that cause inflammation, “which is the root of almost all chronic disease!” The body tries to hang on to fat when its trying to protect us from these tox ins, and since mucous and fat surround these things to protect us, “if we can simply detoxify our body we take away the reason stubborn fat is stubborn.” This takes time and keeping protective mi cronutrients (from fruits and vegetables) going through our system helps assure safe release of these toxins and likewise the safe release of fat. What we can do: 1. 3-5 hours of moderate to rapid pace activity per week, “this not only will help bum off the visceral fat around our midsections, but will also help in working off the stress that is telling our body to put it there! Any rapid activity can constitute as exercise, so get creative by having a mix of things you enjoy, such as hiking, biking, jog ging, swimming, tennis, etc., along with consistent weight bearing exercises to keep ev erything strong. Workup a good sweat at least 3 times a week, “this helps push toxins out.” 2. Increase water and fiber intake to help eliminate toxins. We should take in 1/2 Your Health by Wade Yoder Master Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist our body weight m ounces of water minimum and at least 5 grams of fiber per serving “for anything that goes in our mouth except for water,” (fi ber binds up and carries out toxins & water flushes). 3. At least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, “this keeps our antioxidant levels high in the blood and helps our body to get rid of the toxins circulating in our systems that cause aging and disease. 4. Find whatever means you can to de-stress your life, do everything you can to get good qualify sleep, “this is when our body recovers from the stresses of daily living! Mental stress is a BIG cause of two things we don’t like “visceral belly fat & death!” Tri-Sport Towing And Recovery Office: 478-836-3029 - Cell: 478-954-5937 208 S. Bugger *Hwy. 341 South •Roberta, GA 31078 - 24 HOUR IMERBINCY SERVICE - 478-825-0077 77 Marshall MM Road, Fort Valley, GA 31030 Gas, lottery. 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This week of budget hearings proved very interesting in learn ing about the financial interworking of our state government. This is the most important role of your General Assembly - to pass a balanced budget. This past week The Appropriations Sub-Committee, on which I serve as Vice Chair, General Government, began examining closely the budgets of certain state agencies. We heard from the Department of Drivers Services, the Depart ment of Natural Resources, the State Inspector General, Secretary of State along with many other departments. Governor Deal has asked each state agency to cut their budget by 3% in order to keep Georgia's budget balanced. Once the subcommittees pass their respective portions of the budget, the whole House Appropriations Committee will review and pass balanced budgets for both the remainder of FY 2013 and upcoming FY 2014. It will then go to the House floor, where every member of the House will have the opportunity to voice their opin ions on how the state is spending your taxpayer dollars. Voting with then take place to approve or reject the state budget. Last week we welcomed many groups to the Capitol. Tuesday was Tourism/ Agritourism Day Many agritourism businesses visited with legislators to point out the importance not only agriculture plays in our state, but the many activi ties and events which bring in tourists from all over the United States. Agrito urism includes visits to working farms, orchards, ranches, wineries, and other agricultural operations — and these destinations offer a huge variety of outdoor adventures as well as educational, entertainment, relaxation, hospitality, shop ping and dining experiences. Agritourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry, all while supporting and sustaining Georgia's farm lands. On the House floor President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to us about his trav els in Georgia and especially how much he enjoys visiting Warm Springs. Al though it wasn't really FDR, actor James Fowler, did an excellent rendition of President Roosevelt and encouraged visitors to the Little White House in Warm Springs. Georgia is very fortunate to have many state parks and historic sites all over our state. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources' website is a won derful tool to help you plan your next outing, www.gastateparks.org. The House also recognized our Georgia National Guard with an invite resolu tion in the House Chamber. The men and women of the Guard were commended for their strength, leadership and courage in their willingness to serve selfishly on the behalf of all Georgians. As I say every time I have the opportunity, I am honored to be serving as your State Representative. I am continuing to work hard to ensure not only that Mid dle Georgia is the best place to live, work and raise our families, but that our great state of Georgia continues to be the preeminent state in the nation. Remem ber I do want to hear from you so please contact me at 404-656-0287 or by email robert.dickey@house.ga.gov. Representative Robert Dickey District 140 J
