ties of old age, aside from dementia, is frailty.” His prescription? Maintain strong thigh muscles, which is what we use to get up out of a chair or bed, and do squats daily. Yoshiro Hatano, Ph.D., popular- ized the use of pedometers and the 10,000 Steps a Day program in Japan that also spread to this country. Wear- ing a small counter is a simple way to keep track of how many steps we take in a day. Such monitoring devices in- dicate how active or inactive we really are, which can be a bit of a surprise. Hatano and his researchers found that most people take 3,500 to 5,000 steps a day. Raising that to 10,000 steps a day will burn more calories, promote better heart function and keep weight under control.
GET A TUNE-UP. Annual physicals are more important than regularly changing the oil in a car, yet men are more likely than women to skip a checkup visit to their doctor, according to a recent poll by Louis Harris and Associates. A growing trend among health centers addresses this concern, offer- ing men a one-stop-shopping-style checkup and testing. Here’s how: Men who aren’t interested in spending a day window- shopping certainly aren’t into a day of appointments to check off a list of
simple health screenings. So, spe- cial health programs—modeled after executive health screenings formerly accessible only at getaway destina- tions like the Mayo Clinic, in Roch- ester, Minnesota, or the Greenbrier Clinic, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia—are popping up at local hospitals from coast to coast. As part of the men’s health
program at Shawnee Mission Medi- cal Center, serving the Kansas City area, for example, doctors empha- size “maintaining optimal perform- ance” versus “let’s see what’s wrong with you.” Prior to an appointment, patients visit a lab location for tests, so that all of their results are ready when they visit the doctor. Then, on the day of their appointment, some additional screenings are performed, if necessary, so the time men spend with the doctor is used more effectively. This personalized, focused at- tention and all-at-once approach can provide straightforward strate- gic health planning—a map of diet, exercise and lifestyle targets to aim for in the coming year that can keep men here and healthy.
Judith Fertig is a freelance writer in Overland Park, KS; see AlfrescoFood
AndLifestyle.blogspot.com. She inter- viewed Dr. Robert Butler before his passing.
Recommended Anti-Angiogenic Foods
According to the researchers at The Angiogenesis Foundation, many easily eaten foods help starve commonly occurring microscopic cancer cells and keep them from becoming a problem. This list, starting with green tea, contin- ues to grow over time as scientists verify the efficacy of various foods based on a body of research.
Green tea Strawberries Blackberries Raspberries Blueberries Oranges Grapefruit Lemons Apples
Pineapples Cherries Red grapes
Red wine Bok choy Kale Soybeans Ginseng
Maitake or other Asian mushrooms Licorice Turmeric Nutmeg Artichokes Lavender
Pumpkin
Sea cucumber Tuna, halibut, flounder, salmon
Parsley Garlic Tomato Olive oil Grape seed oil Dark chocolate Emmental, Jarlsburg, or Gouda cheese
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