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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 10, 2010
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
High Blood Pressure:
Under New Management
Nia Long Announced as Celebrity
Guest for First Black Business Expo
Nia Long
The goal of this series of arti
cles and the goal of the
Health Restoration 101 pro
grams are to help you maxi
mize your chances of living a
longer, healthier life. Our
programs are simple, com
prehensive, well documented
and easy to follow. “It’s not
magic, but it can change your
life. ”
So, you are taking med
ication to control high blood
pressure, and you dearly want
to find a way to better health,
and to end your dependence
on drugs. What to do? This a
question I received recently.
In talking to the caller, and
asking some important ques
tions about her overall condi
tion,
I discovered that she
knew that some of her habits
were counter productive. She
knew that eating sweets;
cakes, pies, donuts, sugar
coated cereal and many other
sugar habits developed of the
years, including ice cream at
bedtime was the worst possi
ble thing to do. “But, I take
my medication every day,
just like the doctor says.”
Upon further questioning I
discovered she, in the begin
ning was pre-hypertensive,
like so many clients, and the
doctor told her then to moder
ate the sweets ( cut down ),
exercise more, and drink
more water. Instead, her
sweets cravings escalated and
was later put on meds and
now more than one for HBP,
and as the meds increased so
did the sugar in her diet
increase.
I asked about other eat
ing habits, such as the fre
quency of eating meat, pack
aged foods: instant potato
Carolyn Guilford, CNC
dishes, frozen dinners,
canned soups and the like.
Well, my conclusion is that
she knew that the choices she
was making were not good,
but had put off making
changes because she wanted
to enjoy her food.
If you have High Blood
Pressure: Cut down of the
sugar intake. Learn to enjoy
the natural sweets - fruits.
Sugar sweetened desserts
once per week is sufficient.
Read package labels - to
avoid high sodium products,
laboratory produced hydro
genated fats, artificial sweet
eners, and chemical addi
tives.
Reduce the red meats -
for the toxic substances and
chemicals fed to the animals.
Increase the amount of water
in the diet. Make an effort to
eat calories, not drink them.
And eat more fresh leafy
greens, beans and peas, fruits,
and the 100% whole grains.
High Blood Pressure, hyper
tension, is a serious cardio
vascular disease that can lead
to stroke, heart disease and
kidney failure. This disease
is all too common in adults,
and growing swiftly in older
children and young adults,
contributing to over 7.1 mil
lion deaths per year in the U
S alone.
Although most people
seem to be unaware, like dia
betes, it can be controlled.
Ideally, I’d like every one to
become aware of the foods
that cause high blood pres
sure. Hypertension is gener
ally diagnosed during regular
checkups. In most cases, the
physician will prescribe med
ications while also informing
the patient of lifestyle
changes that will prevent
future complications.
These lifestyle changes
are very simple and will
make a significant difference
to get blood pressure under
control. Research indicates
that the key elements of pre
vention are weight modifica
tion, lowering the sodium
intake, increasing physical
activity and mindful alcohol
consumption. I love to see
clients become proactive in
fighting this ’silent killer’.
If you have been diag
nosed with hypertension, you
should be treated by a doctor
and continue to take your
medication. As the heart
strengthens and blood pres
sure normalizes, your doctor
will happily wean you off the
drugs.
One of the most ignored
facts about high blood pres
sure is that the complications
often occur simply because of
poor food choices. If you are
ready to save your own life
by creating a healthy
lifestyle, call or write:
Carolyn Guilford, at Health
Restoration 101 RO. Box
2814, Savannah, GA 31402
912) 236-8987
In what is slated to be
one of the largest events to
hit the Savannah Market,
McCants Communications
Group, Inc. recently
announced that Nia Long
will be the featured celebrity
guest at the first annual
Savannah Black Expo.
The Power of E—
Energy, Education and the
Environment will be the
theme of this event which
will be held Saturday, April
10, 2010, from 11 a.m. until
7 p.m. at the Savannah
International Trade &
Convention Center Friday
April 9th
The Savannah Black
Expo will feature “The
Wachovia State of African
American Business Awards
Breakfast” from 8am to
10am at Savannah State
University. Also, The
Georgia Power Black Expo
VIP Kick-off Reception for
Black Expo sponsors and
exhibitors will be held at The
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil
Rights Museum from
5:30pm to 7:30 pm.
Concluding the opening day
of events is the AT&T Black
Expo Launch Mixer from
9pm-Until.
The Savannah Black
Expo is presented by
McCants Communications
Group, Inc., publishers of the
Black Pages USA directories
in conjunction with Modus
Multi Media exclusively in
the Savannah and Atlanta
markets.
The Savannah Black
Expo will be chaired by
Georgia State Representative
J. Craig Gordon.
“These are great opportuni
ties for the community, busi
ness owners, and entertain
ment professionals to net
work together and mingle
with Nia Long, a major
Hollywood Actress,” says
Gerry McCants, President of
McCants Communications
Group, Inc.
During the expo, it is
expected that more than 150
African-American owned
businesses and other vendors
will showcase their products
and services to the public. It
is also a unique opportunity
for major corporations and
government entities to devel
op viable working relation
ships with minority-owned
businesses while marketing
their products and services to
a growing consumer market.
The event also features
seminars, workshops on
Energy, Education, and the
Environment, youth activi
ties and live entertainment.
“There is no way you can be
black in America and not get
anything out of the Savannah
Black Expo”, adds McCants.
“This year, the success of
The Savannah Black Expo
will be largely attributed to
the support we have gained
from the community as well
as our sponsors”, says Gerry
McCants.
The Savannah Black
Expo is sponsored by AT&T,
the City of Savannah,
Statewide Healthcare of
Georgia, Georgia Power,
Imperial Sugar and
Wachovia A Wells Fargo
Company.
For more information on
securing an exhibitor booth
or being a Black Expo spon
sor, call McCants
Communications Group, Inc.
at 877-273-1709 or visit
www.blackexpoweb.com.
Word of Faith to hold End Time
Conference
St. Mary’s Home To Phase Out
Residential Care
Word of Faith Christian
Family Center, 2415
Whitaker St, will be holding
an End Time Conference
beginning Friday, March 19
through Saturday, March 20,
2010. Friday service will
begin at 7:30 p.m.
There will be 2 services
held on Saturday. First serv
ice on Saturday, is at 12
noon, and the second service
is at 7 p.m.
Minister Jeremiah
Wright will be conducting
this conference. Minister Lee
E. Wright, Sr. is the Pastor.
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St. Mary's Home in
Savannah, an institution for
children since 1875, will
phase out its residential pro
gram by June 30.
Changes in federal and
state laws governing child
care agencies have reduced
placement of children in the
home and funding, making
continued residential servic
es not feasible. Currently
there are seven children liv
ing at St. Mary's, which is an
institution of the Catholic
Diocese of Savannah, staffed
by the religious Sisters of
Mercy.
The Sisters will work
with family members and
caseworkers to ensure place
ment of the children before
the end of June. The Sisters
will also work with staff
members, both full and part
time, who number 17, to
help them find other
employment. A celebra
tion will be held at St.
Mary's, at 2170 East Victory
Drive, this summer to thank
the Sisters of Mercy and
other staff, donors and others
who have supported the
home.
Invitations will be sent to all
former residents of St.
Mary's. A date has not yet
been set.
"There is great sadness
in the announcement of the
phasing out of residential
services at St. Mary's
Home," said Savannah
Bishop J. Kevin Boland. We
are all conscious of the
superb service done by the
Church and St. Mary's Home
in particular on behalf of
children".
The whole spirit of
what was accomplished is
embodied in the name Saint
Mary's Home. It truly was a
home of warmth and an
embrace of those in dire
need of care and love.
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