Posted April 14, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Healthy Heart Rate

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According to John Tesh’s Intelligence for Your Life, “if you think it’s impossible to find time each day to improve your health, then here’s some good news.” For example: Check your heart rate when you wake up in the morning.

Place two fingers on the thumb-side of your wrist. Your fingers will […]

Posted July 1, 2018 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

10,000 Steps

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Where did the goal of walking 10,000 steps a day come from? Ten thousand steps was first popularized by Japanese pedometers in the 1960s under the name “manpo-kei,” which means “10,000 steps meter” as reported by UC Davis Integrative Medicine.

According to according to Michael Roizen, a physician and chief wellness […]

Posted January 22, 2017 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Mind-Body Connections

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Whether reading How Placebos Work or How to Treat Your Pain Without Drugs, we have a lot to gain by taking a good look at the mind-body connections.

From the website of Cleveland Clinic:

Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine is dedicated to addressing the increasing demand for […]

Posted December 11, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Relax

Debra’s Wellness Tips “Current research suggests that the speed of this natural recovery could be impeded or hastened by the state of the patient’s mind. If the patient is under emotional stress, believes that recovery is unlikely, or is otherwise in the grip of negative emotions, healing can be delayed or blocked. In contrast, if […]