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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 11
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Insulin Resistance
Are you suffering from one
of the most common diseases
of the modem age? No, not a
deadly new virus. Not cancer.
Not heart disease.
It's a disease caused by the
body's inability to make the
most of the foods we eat. As
many as one in three people
suffer from it. Insulin
Resistance, also called
Syndrome X, and Metabolic
syndrome.
If these names don't ring a
bell, the symptoms might. Are
you tired after you eat, and at
times when you shouldn't be?
Gaining a pound here and
there - and having difficulty
losing them? Is your blood
pressure going up year after
year, and your cholesterol too?
Insulin resistance is the
main cause of type 2 diabetes,
which affects an estimated 30
million Americans. It also sets
the stage for obesity and coro
nary heart disease - even if
you're not diabetic.
Insulin resistance is caused
in large part by eating refined
carbohydrates, like white
breads, enriched pastas, and
sugary foods. Eating too much
animal fat and omega-6 fatty
acids from vegetable oils and
foods fried in them.
Normally, after you eat a
meal, your body breaks down
carbohydrates into glucose,
blood sugar.
When a person eats a
lot of refined carbohydrates
year after year, a dangerous
cycle sets in. Insulin levels
remain chronically high, and
cells become less responsive
Carolyn Guilford
resistant - to the insulin.
Consequently, relatively little
glucose gets burned, and blood
glucose levels remain high.
With chronically high glucose
levels, insulin resistance
becomes diabetes.
New research tells us that
elevated glucose is a major
source of dangerous free radi
cals. Glucose is a highly ener
getic compound and the pri
mary source of energy for the
body, and will spontaneously
oxidizes itself and spin off
large numbers of free radicals,
which reacts badly with nor
mal molecules in the body, and
also oxidizes cholesterol in the
blood, setting the stage for
coronary heart disease. This is
not a good thing.
What To Do?
Being overweight increases
your risk of developing insulin
resistance. But being a thin
couch potato is just as
unhealthy as being over
weight, in terms of the metab
olism. So get active. Regular
exercise, a daily walk, taking
the stairs, any consistent activ
ity helps stimulate insulin
receptor cells. To get the ener
gy you need for exercise; your
body uses insulin to move
sugar and fat into cells, where
they're burned as fuel.
Change your eating habits. If
you're insulin resistant - high
blood pressure and high cho
lesterol are clues - the worst
thing you can eat are refined
and enriched carbohydrates,
such as white breads, white
pastas, cookies, donuts, and
any thing made with refined
flour, and candies, chips and
other junk foods. Eat more
fresh fruits and veggies. Cut
down on the animal fat. Also, I
suggest eating smaller, more
frequent meals, no more large
meals that trigger the release of
a lot of insulin. When you get
insulin resistance under con
trol, you’ll look better feel bet
ter, and be better. You’11 have
more energy, lose the cravings,
and your weight will normal
ize.
Getting the right nutritional
supplements for you, will be a
great help. If you feel you can’t
get your health concerns under
control yourself, Health
Restoration 101 has a plan for
you, which has been extremely
successful, and can change
your life.
Carolyn Guilford
www.HealthRestorationl 01
.com
P.O.Box 2814,
Savannah, GA 31402
DBHDD to Celebrate $2.4 Million
Grant Award
The Georgia
Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental
Disabilities (DBHDD) and
Savannah Chatham County
Area will celebrate receiving
a $480,000 grant from the
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
with Mayor Otis Johnson and
the community.
The grant will be award
ed for five years totaling $2.4
million and will fund the
Healthy Transitions Initiative
that is designed to support
youth and young adults with
serious mental health chal
lenges. The celebration will
be held from 8:30 - 10:00
a.m. on Tuesday, November
17, 2009 at the Chatham
County Department of
Family Child Services
(DFCS) located at 761
Wheaton Street, Savannah,
GA 31401.
“The
Savannah/Chatham commu
nity has developed a system
of care that is ready to go to
the next step; the inclusion of
young adults and the devel
opment of services for this
unique population,” said Lorr
Elias, Regional Service
Administrator, DBHDD
Savannah Regional Office.
“We are proud that our com
munity was recognized at the
national level and are excited
about celebrating this award
and bringing more communi
ty partners to the table.”
The Georgia Healthy
Transitions Initiative Youth
to Adult (YTA) project will
help improve outcomes for
youth and young adults ages
16 to 24 with serious mental
health conditions and transi
tion them to adulthood in
areas such as education,
employment, housing and
other services designed to
enhance their well being.
The YTA program will
provide individual service
planning and pair young peo
ple with “coaches”. The
coaches, along with project
staff members, will support
each young person by identi
fying his or her transition
goals and coordinate com
munity supports and
resources to help them meet
their needs.
A family liaison will
also be there to help support
family members in under
standing the transition
process. Continuation of
these funds will be deter
mined by availability of
funds and progress achieved
by awardees.
For additional informa
tion about the SAMHSA
grant award visit
www.dbhdd.georgia.gov or
go to
http://www.samhsa.gov/gran
ts/
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids/proposals will he received by [he Board of
Education for the City of Suvanmdi and Cuumy of
Chatham at the Purcha-sing Department,
21)8 Bull Sired. Room 213.
Savannah, Georgia 31-tfil.
10-34 Autograph Software Licenses
Closing Date: U/IW09@2'EM
If 149 Elevator inspection Ar Maintenance Service^
(Animal Con true u
Closing Date: 11/24/09 @3-PM
RFP 10-31 Online he-paid School Meals- School Nutri
tion Program
Closing Date: 31/24/09 @ 3 FM
1(1-S3 Copv Paper-Quarterly Bid
Closing Date: l2rt)l/09<& 11 AM
R FP 10-36 Moving Serves (Annual Contract)
Pre-bid meeting will he held at Savannah
Chatham Country Board of Education, 208
Bull Si RM 103, Savannah* GA3I401 on
u/16/09 @ 10 Am
Closing Date: 12/01/09 6 2 PM
At the lime and place noted above, bids wiII be pub
licly opened. No extension of the bidding period will
be made unless indicated by written addendum. The
Board reserves the right to reject ary and all bids and
to waive any irregularities or technicalities in propos
als received whenever such rejection or waiver is ftl
the best interest of tile Hoard. The Board has the right
to disqualify a bill qf any bidder deemed non-respon-
Htve to the Board. Bidding documents may be ob
tained from the Purchasing Department, 20H Bull
Strcd. Room 213. Savannah, Georgia II401 or they
may be downloaded from the District's web site,
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The Board of Education is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Chatham and Effingham Health
Departments Expand Target Groups
for H1N1 Vaccination
The Chatham and
Effingham County Health
Departments are now offering
the 2009 HINt flu vaccine to
additional target groups as
outlined by the Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention. The Health
Departments are currently tar
geting the following groups
for vaccination:
o Pregnant women
because they are at higher risk
of complications and can
potentially provide pro
tection to infants who cannot
be vaccinated.
o Household contacts and
caregivers for children
younger than 6 months of
age because younger infants
are at higher risk of influenza-
related complications
and cannot be vaccinated.
Vaccination of those in close
contact with infants less
than 6 months old might help
protect infants by “cocoon
ing” them from the virus,
o Healthcare and emer
gency medical services per
sonnel because infections
among healthcare workers
have been reported and this
can be a potential source
of infection for vulnerable
patients. Also, increased
absenteeism in this population
could reduce healthcare sys
tem capacity. All people
from 6 months through 24
years of age; children from 6
months through 18 years of
age because we have seen
many cases of H1N1 influen
za in children and they are in
close contact with each other
in school and day care set
tings, which increases the
likelihood of disease spread,
and; young adults 19 through
24 years of age because we
have seen many cases of
H1N1 influenza in these
healthy young adults and they
often live, work, and study in
close proximity, and they are a
frequently mobile population.
“We will continue to priori
tize the targeted groups for
vaccination based on the
amount of vaccine we have
available,” said Dr. Diane
Weems, Chief Medical
Officer for the Coastal Health
District.
The vaccine will be
provided at no cost; however,
Medicaid, Medicare and some
private insurance can be billed
for a nominal administration
fee.
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