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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 10, 2008
HEALTH NEWS AND FEATURES
Clearing that Mental Fog
Community Health Fair
by Carolyn Guilford,
Certified Nutritionist
More and more I hear
folk talking about brain fog.
Persons in Chemotherapy the
most, but also persons of all
ages. Trouble recalling names
and dates, newly learned
materials, details of events
and information from along
ago.
This brain fog affects
persons in every age range,
from teenagers -difficulty
learning, working profession
als, retirees, as well as the eld
erly. We call it ‘brain failure.’
Our overall quality of
life is linked to cognitive
function. Academic perform
ance, career success, self
esteem and confidence, and
the enjoyment of life, all
comes from peak brain health.
And peak brain health comes
from regular physical exer
cise, regular mental exercise
and the right nutrition.
We know that exercise
strengthens the heart and is
needed for good circulation,
which sends vital nutrients,
glucose and oxygen to all the
cells of the body. And it sends
these vital nutrients to the
brain as well.
The brain also needs the
mental exercise. Learning
new skills, languages, or chal
lenging the brain with read
ing, games, puzzles even as
we age, keeps the brain sharp.
It’s a ‘use it or lose it’ organ
like any other, and is at risk of
growing dull.
A healthy diet. The same
nutrients we rely on to keep
the body healthy and strong
are also needed to keep brain
cells strong and active.
One of the main reasons
for poor cognitive function in
this age is the farming prac
tices which depletes the soil in
which the foods are grown,
causing produce to be very
low in the very nutrients vital
to life and health. But, also the
processing, the adding of
chemicals and preservatives,
and pesticides, all of which
are toxic to the brain.
This is a very good case
for buying organically grown
produce, and for growing
your own. Other neuro-toxins
include smoking, chronic
stress, chronic diseases: high
cholesterol, diabetes, and high
blood pressure, and the med
ications for these diseases,
and the drinking of alcohol.
Foggy thinking and
faulty memory is really an
early warning sign of brain
decline to come, in the form
of dementia or Alzheimer’s
disease in the future.
With the right care, the
brain, as with the body, is per
fectly designed to last our full
lifetimes of one hundred and
twenty (120 ) years.
So how do we care for
this brain and this body for a
good life?
Avoid the things that are
bad:
Sugar, fatty meats,
cream, lard, shortening,
hydrogenated fats, doughnuts,
fried chicken, candy bars,
commercially prepare cook
ies, breads and muffins, and
french fries. Junk foods and
processed foods. Alcohol, caf
feine, artificial sweeteners,
and sodas.
And embrace the good:
Baked and broiled fish,
leafy greens, berries, all the
colors of veggies, nuts and
seeds, whole-grain fibers, and
organically grown meats and
produce, as much as possible.
Aerobic exercise
enhances circulation to the
brain also, carrying vital nutri
ents and oxygen to the cells
for energy and peak perform
ance.
Mental stimulation with
mind teasers helps multiply
and extend branching neu
rons, helping keep them flexi
ble and supple, all of which
empowers the brain to leam
more, recall quickly, accurate
ly and to remain sharp.
A study call ‘ACTIVE’,
published in December 2006,
Journal of American Medical
Association showed that men
tal exercise can help fight
cognitive decline in older
adults and also may “help
maintain thinking skills need
ed for everyday tasks.
For more information,
call Carolyn Guilford at
(912) 236-8987 or email:
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The Tatemville
Community Improvement
Association, Inc., in con
junction with St. Peter's
A.M.E. Church, will be
sponsoring a Health Fair on
Saturday, September 13,
2008 from 8:00 a.m. until
3:00p.m. Activities will
include a 5k walk that starts
from the Tatemville
Community Center and ends
at St. Peter's A.M.E.
Church., blood pressure
checks and health informa
tion booths, activities for
the children, voter registra
tion and a picnic.
The association
received a Family
Assistance Grant from the
City of Savannah and is
sponsoring this activity with
part of that grant.
Road to Wellness Health
and Information Fair
The Savannah-Dixon
Park Neighborhood
Improvement Association
will host a Road to Wellness
Health and Information Fair
on Saturday September, 13,
2008, at Dixon Park located
on the comer of E. Broad and
Henry Street. This program
aims to bring residents to get
to raise awareness about
health issues impacting their
community as well to give
them a host of health infor
mation that can be used to
keep them healthy as well as
their family members.
From 10a-2pm partici
pants can enjoy a Free
Cookout and take advantage
of FREE Health Screenings
and Health Information.
• FREE $ 25.00 Gas Card
Raffle
• FREE Giveaways (First
Aid Kits, Flashlights,
Pedometers, etc)
• FREE Blood pressure
Screening
• FREE Moon Bounce for
Kids, Face Painting, and a
host of other activities
For more information,
W. John Mitchell at 912-272-
7543 or Tyrone Daughtry at
912-651-3685.
“Celebration of Hope” to Raise Funds
for Backus Children's Hospital
The third annual
“Celebration of Hope”
wine-tasting and auction will
be held on Saturday
September 20, from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m., at the Hilton
Savannah DeSoto's
Harborview Room. Funds
raised at the event will bene
fit families with children in
the hematology/oncology
program at the George &
Marie Backus Children's
Hospital at Memorial
University Medical Center.
More than 75 specialty
wines will be available for
tasting. There will also be
live and silent auctions with
a variety of fine items up for
bid.
Celebration of Hope is
the opening event for the
Savannah Jazz Festival and
will feature a jazz perform
ance by the renowned Ben
Tucker Trio. Tickets are $75
per person. To purchase tick
ets or for more information
please call 912-350-8194 or
visit kidshope.memorial-
health.com.
Backus Children's
Hospital works with the
Curtis and Elizabeth
Anderson Cancer Institute at
Memorial University
Medical Center to provide
the region's only pediatric
and adolescent
hematology/oncology pro
gram.
Memorial University
Medical Center (MUMC) is
a two-state healthcare organ
ization serving a 35-county
area in southeast Georgia
and southern South Carolina.
The system includes its flag
ship hospital, a 530-bed terti
ary medical center;
Memorial primary and spe
cialty care physician net
works; a major medical edu
cation program; business and
industry services; and
NurseOne, a 24-hour call
center. Memorial University
Medical Center has been
named a Distinguished
Hospital by J.D. Power and
Associates four years in a
row for providing an out
standing patient experience.
Visit our Web site at
www.memorialhealth.com.
Getting the Word Out
About Prostate Cancer
Chatham County Health Department to Hold Educational Sessions
Gone are the days when
cancer was a taboo subject
talked about behind closed
doors in hushed tones. Today
thanks to awareness cam
paigns, more and more people
are finding out about different
cancers and how they can be
prevented, detected, and treat
ed. Certain kinds of cancers
are still hard for some people
to discuss.
Case and point:
Prostate cancer.
According to the
Centers for Disease Control,
prostate cancer is the most
common cancer (after skin
cancer) affecting men in the
United States. In fact, one in
six men will be diagnosed
with prostate cancer in his
lifetime.
Talking openly about a
cancer that can affect part of a
man's reproductive system is
not easy. The Chatham
County Health Department
wants to change that by get
ting the word out about
prostate cancer.
“September is Prostate
Cancer Awareness Month and
we want residents in the
Coastal Health District,
including Chatham County to
start talking about this disease
to promote awareness of it,”
said Coastal Health District
Health Promotion and
See Prostate Cancer, page 12
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