Archive | July, 2010

Get Your Body Ready…BOOT CAMP Style!

14. July 2010

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Boot camps are the hottest thing since sliced bread! They are so popular and often quite expensive. The secret they are not telling you is that it is SO easy to make up the workouts on your own! I’m going to make this as simple as possible. For a half an hour workout, I want you to do half of it cardio, and the other half strength. We’re just going to mix them up. Keeping your heart guessing whether it’s going up or down is a good thing.

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Keeping your Brain Healthy

14. July 2010

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The brain is a major organ in the body that has many functions. It is important to keep the brain a healthy functioning part of the body both mentally through continued learning and physically with proper nutrition. The brain controls sight, hearing and respiration, as well as many other functions (Medical, Surgical Nursing in Canada, 2006). Let’s take a look at what we can do to keep our brains healthy.

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Water and Physical Activity

14. July 2010

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Did you know? The human body is made up of 56-64% water. Water provides the basis for blood pressure and body temperature regulation. In addition, it is the base of digestive juices, sweat and urine, and the fluid found within joints.

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Keeping Hydrated in the Heat, the Importance of Water in the Diet

14. July 2010

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With the summer months approaching you may be beginning to plan summer activities for you and your family, things such as soccer, baseball, running, hiking, and much more. Activities like these can be fun, yet draining on the body. It is very important that when having fun in the sun during the summer months we pay attention to our bodies needs and stay hydrated.

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In this edition of Be Well June 2010

14. July 2010

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Water has been and will continue to be a topic in the media and in this month’s Be Well. Our Manitoba growers had an early spring and seeding is well on the way. Then the rains came. Typically after seeding, a nice rain is always appreciated but the past downpours have led to drowned out plants and perhaps the need to re-seed. Time becomes an issue and tough decisions are made by growers on what to do next. If you would like to follow a few of our growers and their experiences, check out www.facebook.com/manitobacanolagrowers. They have been talking about the weather, weed concerns and how the crop is handling it all for the last bit.

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