How You Can Reach Your Fitness Goals!

For good health focus on 6 words:
We become what we think about.

If you think in negative terms you will get Negative Results.
If you think in positive terms you will get Positive Results.

People that have success don't let their circumstances control them.

What is you fitness and health goal?
Focus on what YOU WANT TO HAPPEN!
Incredible things will happen in 2011.


Health Facts About Hormone Replacement

FACTS ABOUT HORMONE REPLACEMENT
By Dr. Jeffrey Weiser

Low Testosterone levels in men is directly correlated with high body fat.  If you have type 2 diabetes, you are twice as likely to suffer from low testosterone as a man without diabetes.  If you have diabetes and your level of testosterone is very low, there's evidence testosterone replacement can help. The bonus is that you're also likely to see your libido improve.

Men with diabetes and low testosterone found that 80 per cent of those getting hormone treatment as well as the usual diabetes drugs managed to get their blood sugar levels, their body's resistance to insulin, and weight down to healthy levels.

Estrogen deficiency in aged females may trigger the development of high blood pressure and obesity.
Estrogen regulates the brain's energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin.   Estrogen Curbs Appetite In Same Way As The Hormone Leptin
Research suggests that the sex hormone estrogen may be for women what testosterone is for men: The fuel of power.

Previous research suggests that reduced levels of the hormone estrogen during menopause are responsible for the increased body weight and abdominal fat often experienced by postmenopausal women. However, while estrogen replacement therapies can reduce weight gain, they also have unwelcome side effects, prompting a search for alternative methods of treatment.

Researchers conclude that there is enough evidence to support giving estrogen therapy to women with diabetes because they can gain protection against cardiovascular disease. Estrogen therapy might also help prevent type 2 diabetes because it lowers the elevated insulin levels often seen in postmenopausal women. Further studies are being conducted based on evidence that postmenopausal women on estrogen therapy developed diabetes less often than those who were not.

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Dr. Weiser recommends:  Evista (Raloxifene) is in a class of medications called selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs).  Raloxifene decreases the risk of developing invasive breast cancer by blocking the effects of estrogen on breast tissue. This may stop the development of tumors that need estrogen to grow.  This applies to the uterus as well.  Raloxifene prevents and treats osteoporosis by mimicking the effects of estrogen (a female hormone produced by the body) to increase the density (thickness) of bone.  Important: if estrogen levels are too high, this medication may be suitable to block estrogen in the breast tissue and uterus, but still allow estrogen to reach the heart (overall positive effect).  You should eat and drink plenty of foods and drinks that are rich in calcium and vitamin D while you are taking Raloxifene.  

I recommend you do your research on both before deciding.

Dr. J Specializes in Strength Training; Weight Loss; Pilates!  

How You Can Stay Healthy With These 13 Reasons to Exercise

Patti Goewey shares her recent article on these 13 Reasons


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Let's face it, some days you just don't feel like exercising.

You get too busy, too stressed and quite simply too tired.

Here's a list of 13 of the top reasons to exercise. Pull out this list and read it when you're having one of those days.

1. To Prevent Disease
Exercise has been proven to reduce the risk of just about every single health problem known to man, from stroke to heart disease to cancer and osteoporosis. Exercise is also a great defense against type 2 diabetes, which is one of the most widely growing diseases of our time.

2. To Look Great
Exercise firms your body, improves posture and even makes your skin glow. Looking your best is a wonderful result of regular exercise.

3. To Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Exercise burns fat and prevents future fat storage. If you want to have a thinner, healthier body, exercise is the answer.

4. To Have More Energy
Anyone who exercises regularly will tell you that they are more energetic, less easily irritated and are more peaceful.

5. To Sleep Better
Exercise boosts energy levels, but also wears you out. It makes you feel more vibrant during the day and sleep better at night.

6. To Age Slower
Exercise is one of the most effective ways to fight aging. When you age your body loses muscle and bone, while the loss of both are drastically reduced with regular exercise. Exercise also helps reduce inflammation.

7. To Relieve Back Pain
In most cases, the best thing that you can do for back pain is to move and strengthen those muscles. Consult your physician or physical therapist for guidance.

8. To Ease Depression
Exercise has been proven to reduce depression – sometimes even as effectively as medication. Just chalk this up as yet another amazing benefit to exercise.

9. To Reduce Aches and Pains
By strengthening muscles around your damaged joints you're able to use exercise to reduce joint pain and overall aches. Always consult your physician before starting an exercise program, especially if you have chronic joint pain.

10. To Stay Mentally Sharp
Exercise has been shown to improve memory and other cognitive functions, and seems to have a protective effect against dementia. A Harvard University researcher called exercise "Miracle-Gro for the brain."

11. To Enjoy Your Lifestyle
Whatever it is that you love in life – your kids, travel, sports, fashion - it is all more enjoyable when experienced in a fit and healthy body. Exercise so that you are able to enjoy all the great things in life.

12. To Reduce Sick Days
People who exercise regularly are 50% less likely to call in sick to work. A regular exercise program reduces colds and upper respiratory infections.

13. To Boost Confidence
Being fit, feeling healthy and having energy are all building blocks to having great confidence. There is no better confidence booster than sticking with a regular exercise program.

Regular exercise gives you so many amazing benefits, as you've seen from the above list. Call or email me today to get started on the exercise program that will change your life forever.


PATTI GOEWEY,
Las Vegas Nevada,
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