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These days we cannot travel, restaurants are closed, the new reality, right? We all miss not being able to travel and indulge in great international cuisine.  A big part of travel, here and abroad, is to treat your taste buds. Has it been a while since you have had a chance to travel or indulge at your favorite “go-to” dining? Is it Japanese, Indian, French, Chinese, Greek or Mexican food you miss? We put together some healthy eating tips from…

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Need a lift these days and want quick results try random acts of kindness (RAK).You get extra joy if you don’t get caught. When we practice random acts of kindness, it will release a sense of positivity, we feel better and the recipients of our will RAK’s feel better, which then makes them more likely to be kind to other people, so it is the beginning of paying it forward. Mother Teresa once said, “We may not do great things…

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How do we embrace a pioneer spirit, as we venture into the new world?  The simplest way is to create a confident and resilient self. Can you adapt a pioneer spirit? Find simple ways to move out into our new world. Our world is changed forever. We must embrace adaptability to benefit and learn. Try a new thing. There are many documented benefits to changing things up and doing something new. The best, include mental, social, and physical engagements. A…

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Learn F-A-S-T stroke symptoms: Save a Life. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients. Brain cells begin to die in minutes. Statistics according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)are scary. In leading causes of U.S. death, stroke used to rank fourth. Now it’s fifth.  Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every 4 minutes, someone dies of stroke.2 Every year, more than 795,000…

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OK, immune system for the last months I, Your Host, have been doing Your Job. Killing bacteria and virus every day.  I have been wiping them off, washing them off, using antibacterial solutions.  It is time for you to step back into your roll and do the bad bug killing for me.  Yep, back into your daily grind of keeping my immune system tuned up. I am going out into the big wide world!!  I won’t be bleaching everything, may…

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Both the Center for Disease Control and National of Health recommend adding several breathing exercises every day to help, during our remaining quarantine days. Deep breaths are most efficient in allowing your body to fully exchange incoming good oxygen with outgoing bad carbon dioxid. It has been proven that better breathing has been shown to slow the heartbeat, lower or stabilize blood pressure and lower stress.  All necessary skills to move back out into a world. To experience deep breathing, find a…

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Feeling quarantine funky? Check your water gauge.  As we adjust to being home and are more sensitive to how we are feeling daily, water intake has become very important. If you are feeling any of the funky feelings below, increase your water intake. Adjust your water intake to the chart below and you will feel better. Yep, 2 liters of water a day, if you are between 150 and 200 pounds. This means WATER,  NOT juice, coffee, tea, soda (diet…

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Respiratory therapists have never been more needed than in our fight with Corona virus.  The following is some wisdom from a retired RT, that we find valuable & helpful , with common-sense tools to use.  If this common-sense approach is followed, you can improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies generally to the healthy population. If you have respiratory, or other systemic issues, you already should have been in touch with you…

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