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THE GEORGIA POST
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to read, all is scfe.
Thomas Jefferson
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018
Health and fitness
clips from 2018
YOUR
HEALTH
Wade Yoder
Functional training for real life function: exercising your
muscles in the manner you use them in real life will strengthen
and empower movement. This trains you like an athlete instead
of a bodybuilder, “ever notice how stiff bodybuilders move?
April... “Cancer control month?”: when did the language
change from The search for a cure to
Cancer Control? The nearest cure we will
probably ever find is prevention through
lifestyle. It would be stupid for business if
the cancer industry to come up with a cure,
they like residual income too!
Homeostasis vs. Cancer: homeostasis is
simply a state of normal that our body tries
j' to return to no matter if we get dehydrated,
^ cold, hot, sick, infections or even get emo-
V tionally upset. This list of things the body
is continually trying to keep balanced is a
long one and like many say...the struggle is
real! So what am I doing that is assisting or
undermining the balance my body is trying
to maintain or return to?
Diagnosed to death: in July of 2013 the Journal of the Amer
ican Medical Association (JAMA) published an article from
researchers at the National Institute of Cancer that caused
quite a stir, “Over diagnosis and Over treatment in Cancer: An
Opportunity for Improvement.” This should be a concern to
all of us that get sucked into this loop since: carcinogens cause
cancer and chemotherapy is carcinogenic, surgery and biop
sies open cancer pockets in a barbaric (and potentially cancer
spreading) manner, and radiation can actually cause cancer by
messing up cellular DNA in an area. Stay calm after diagno
sis and do not fall for high pressure sales tactics used by the
oncology industry. Your cancer has probably been growing very
slowly over many years and if given enough healthy habits may
simply shrink the cancer back to a point where it becomes a
non-factor. Everyone of us fights cancer every day even if we’re
not diagnosed with it.
Burning fat by controlling blood sugar: lowering blood
sugar is one of the simplest strategies to trigger the fat burn
ing process. Lowering our blood sugar simply helps our body
recognize the need for another source of fuel, thus triggering
the release of energy substance from our fat cells. When our fat
cells release this energy they shrink.
Burning fat with apple cider vinegar: excess blood glucose is
stored as fat and research has shown that consuming 1 table
spoon of apple cider vinegar in 8 oz. of water prior to mealtime,
reduced fasting blood glucose concentrations in healthy adults
at risk for type 2 diabetes.
The fat burning effect of food: surround yourself with foods
that take longer to digest (such as raw vegetables, nuts and
other unprocessed foods). These foods trigger what is known as
the thermic effect of food and will burn more calories through
out digestion vs. fast absorbing foods.
Fat burning tool chest for your kitchen: oatmeal, eggs,
apples, grapefruit, strawberries, eggs, nuts, berries, broccoli,
cauliflower, celery, tomato, beans, quinoa, tuna (grilled fish),
grilled chicken.
Burning fat through brain power: our body is one of the
most powerful producers of personal designer drugs that we
can ever hope for, and with the power our brain has, with
its signaling system of hormones and nerves throughout the
body, there should be no doubt it has the capability to increase
metabolism, burn more fat and increase muscle gains when we
get a more vivid picture in our mind of what it is we are trying
to do, while we’re doing it.
The fat burning effect of compound exercises: if you want to
increase the cardio and fat burning potential of your workout,
“do a lot of compound movements in the beginning of your
routine and keep any of your individual muscle exercises at the
end of your routine. This includes things such as biceps curl;
triceps push downs, calf exercises, and leg extensions.
Pumping up the flab: fat with muscle pumped up under it
actually can give a person a very healthy look and is one of the
best short cuts for getting shaped up quickly! Rapid weight
loss in the final weeks and days prior to an event will leave you
looking saggy and unhealthy.
WADE YODER is a Master Trainer and Fitness/Nutrition Specialist. Con
tact him at www.wadeyoder.com
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New year, new possibilities
Whether 2018 was the best year
of your life or the worst, a new year
can bring lots of emotions and
memories.
If it was a really good
year, you wonder if this
year will be as good. If the
year was filled with strug
gles and heartache, you do
not want to go through it
in the new year.
A new year can bring
hope. Hope springs eter
nal.
After all we just cele
brated the birth of our
Savior and King. That
thought alone should be a
reminder to carry us into
the fresh, new year. Our
circumstances change.
People may come and go in our
lives, but God never changes. He is
constant. He makes all things new,
even you. May one of your goals be
to keep Christ first and foremost
in your life in 2019 and the coming
years.
Personally, 2018 was not a banner
year. It was one of struggles and
trials and change. Professionally,
2018 was a decent
year at the news
paper. It is always
newspaper tells the life and times of
the communities they serve.
We like it when someone shares
an item with us that will make a
good story. We don’t always
know things or hear about
them so helping keep us up
to date means a lot to us.
A community newspaper
is like a partnership with the
community. We rely on each
other.
We don’t mind differing
opinions and we don’t have a
■, r .JH problem debating the issues
Day At
ATime
Victoria
Simmons
year
a challenge. Some
months are better
than others, but
there is always a
struggle to have
enough advertise
ments to cover
everything and to
cover as much as
is humanly possi
ble without killing ourselves.
As a community newspaper, our
resources are limited but I think we
do a great job with the resources we
do have on hand, especially employ
ees and those in the communities
who help us in one way or another.
To our communities, we are grateful
and we say thank you for your sup
port, subscribing, advertising and
reading. Every so often someone
will come into our office and tell us
they really like reading the newspa
per and to keep up the good work.
It’s something we savor and hold
onto when we receive a complaint.
For those here who lost a loved
one in 2018, we offer condolences.
We go with many of you through
those loses and when we lose some
one we grieve as well. We miss sub
scribers when when we lose them.
Social media has tried to take
some of our duties away, but really
only adds to society’s anxiety. Social
media doesn’t attend the meetings
and report on government enti
ties and they don’t cover the good
stories about people in our com
munities. To us our newspaper is a
living history and we especially like
writing good stories of accomplish
ments, good samaritians and good
changes going on around us.
When you go back and read
previous newspapers, you can get a
pretty good idea of the atmosphere
in the community and the people. A
Do at least
one thing
in a friendly manner. We give
you a forum to voice opinions
in letters to the editor. Of
course, they can’t be slander
ous or libelous, but otherwise
we only edit for grammar and
misspelled words.
If you are one to make resolu
tions, don’t beat yourself up a few
weeks later when you haven’t kept
them. None of us is perfect. If you
make goals, then remember it’s the
end result that matters and life is a
journey.
I’d like to challenge each of you to
do a few things this new year. First,
take stock of where
you spend your time
and the people you
spend it with. Get
_ • _ /»rid of the negativity
tltat XS OUt OJ in your life. That
« can mean people
your comfort who constantly drag
zone this
you down.
Be a Christian
witness. In today’s
world there is much
division and hate.
Don’t join in with that group. Offer
respect and love to the rest of the
human race, regardless of whether
you agree with them or not. We
frequently disagree on issues in
our office but we agree to disagree
respectfully and move forward. It’s
not about who has the last word, or
even the best argument.
The season of giving may have
just passed but don’t let it end there.
Continue to give of yourself and
help other people.
Henry Ward Beecher wrote “Ev
ery man should be born again on
the first of January.”
If there are changes you need to
make in life, do it; don’t keep put
ting it off. A new year always bring
changes and challenges.
Keep your commitments and
promises this year. Don’t make ones
you can’t keep.
Do at least one thing that is out of
your comfort zone this year. You’ll
be amazed how it makes you feel.
New beginnings can be valuable.
My staff and I look forward to the
new year and wish you and yours
the best, whether you are a support
er or a critic. We appreciate you ah.
Never forget to tell someone thank
you. Happy New Year.
VICTORIA SIMMONS Is a columnist,
author, motivational speaker, minister and
publisher of The Georgia Post/Byron Buzz.
Contact her at: vsimmons54@gmail.com
Holiday musings
Been thinking about the slew of resolutions that
will be made as we approach New Year’s Eve. You
know that Michael Jackson song, Man in the Mirror?
“If you want to make the world a better place, take a
look at yourself and make a change.” Let’s work on
the judge yea not thing. I think it will help us hear the
direction of the Holy Spirit better. Let’s give ourselves
a break. Heck, let’s give others a break, too, while
we’re at it.
For every $2 spent, $1 saved. That
gets a little money put aside and has
the added benefit of decreasing spend
ing. I don’t know why it is that saving
seems to be a huge boulder in the road
for some folks. My perspective is I
really hate paying someone else to use
my money.
I’d found myself scanning for a clas
sical music station periodically and de- OF THIS &
spaired of finding one. Being out of the THAT
range of a favorite genre was no fun. Trenesia Stubbs
Then one evening on the way home and
scanning radio stations the wonderful complex theme
of classical music came on. It was at a time of night
when I wouldn’t normally be on the road, so, not the
perfect solution.
Sharing this with my sister she asked if I had a
Pandora account. Well, yeah. In the classic “duh” tone
of voice she told me to play my classical music station
from Pandora. Yay!
That space age family The Jetsons, is nearly here,
but I’m and I’m lagging behind the technological
curve. I’m certain, as you’ve probably thought, too,
my smart phone is smarter than I am. That’s why I
get a little gleeful sometimes when I turn the little
sucker off.
I’ve killed three smart phones in the soon to be past
year. I bought a spare phone when I lost the first one.
My tech insurance cancelled me after the second one.
This third phone is a lot dumbmer and cheaper. Go
me. Maybe I’ve found my technological place in life.
I hope so. Oh, the good news is I’ve been able to get
this one insured, just in case.
Invariably some of us are grieving during this joyful
season. Let’s remember them while praying for mercy
and grace.
I shared my love of the talent of Rod Serling and
his television series, The Twilight Zone, last week.
There’s an episode I ran across while cleaning up my
notes, “The Eye of the Beholder,” Season 2,Episode
42. In it, a woman whose face is bandaged has had a
series of cosmetic surgeries. The audience comes in
just before the last ditch effort is revealed.
The woman’s plight is empathized by the hospital
staff surrounding her. Then, suddenly old Rod turns
the drama on its ear. The bandages are removed and
reveal Elly May Clampfrom The Beverly Hillbillies,
Donna Douglas—a classic beauty by the day’s stan
dards. The faces of the hospital staff are revealed as
distorted, mask like and horrid. What one considers
beautiful another may find revolting. That’s not the
only lesson taught in this episode though.
“Eye of the Beholder,” also gives us a glimpse into
a society where the non-standards are ostracized.
The patient is sent away to be with others of her
kind. A leader of some sort or other is seen giving a
rousing speech espousing hatred of the different, the
non-standard; making a plea to his audience to eradi
cate those who don’t conform to the standard.
Then the woman is given over to Little Joe from
Bonanza, Michael Landon, also considered a hottie by
the day’s standard. He reassures her,
Janet Tyler: Mr. Smith?
Walter Smith: Yes?
Janet Tyler: Why do we have to look like this?
Walter Smith: I don’t know, Miss Tyler, I really
don’t know. But you know something? it doesn’t
matter. There’s an old saying, a very, very old saying:
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. When we leave
here, when we go to the village, try to think of that,
Miss Tyler. Say it over and over to yourself. “Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder”.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we really, really, really
understood this? If we practiced this, both in physical
beauty and in spirit? If I am not to your taste there’s
no need for hostility or hurt. Turn to someone whose
beauty you can appreciate. I think that would solve
a lot of the world’s problems, since we’re all made in
His image anyway.
TRENESIA STUBBS is a contributing columnist. You can
contact her by email: trenesia@pstel.net
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