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Everyone benefits from staying active, but senior citizens need it more to keep their brain stimulated and to reduce the risks of developing dementia. It’s a proven fact, healthy and active seniors live a much more happier and fulfilled life.

They are many benefits to living a healthy lifestyle. It improves your cardiovascular health, lowers cholesterol and high blood pressure, keeps chronic illnesses at bay, prevents diabetes, improve mobility in your joints and much more.

Here are some ideas on activities to help seniors reduce the health risks and live a more balanced lifestyle.

Activities:
Golfing
Bowling – also lawn bowling
Senior Softball
Tai Chi
Swimming
Gardening
Racquet Sports – tennis, table tennis, squash, racquetball, badminton
Dancing
Walking
Biking
Hiking
Fishing

Mental Exercises:
Puzzles and Games
Arts and Crafts
Model Building
Scrapbooking
Photography
Cooking
Yoga
Meditation
Reading
Writing

When it comes to working at home, we sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. Our priorities are often focused on our family’s well-being. If we forget to take care ourselves, how are we able to take care of our families?

Sitting on your butt all day is not exactly a cushy job. Get up and get moving is what people should do. Walking to the kitchen for a coffee refill is not what I had in mind.

Here are a few things you need to remember to be productive every day.

- Take frequent breaks to stretch your legs, arms, and back.
- Focus on distant objects and blink often to lubricate eyes.
- Take meal breaks away from the computer as this controls unnecessary eating and it prevents accidents.
- Take meal breaks away from the computer as it’s a reminder to fuel yourself with food.
- Keep the water bottle full. Too much caffeine is dehydrating and dehydration causes fatigue and other ill effects.

During the hot summer months, I like to keep cool by following these 8 helpful tips. Several of these tips can be implemented today and can be used by your entire family.

1. Dress in lighter layers of clothing, light weight cottons and linens are good choices. Wear short sleeve shirts, tanks and shorts. People often comment that they stay cooler by wearing pale colored clothing.

2. Drink hydrating cold beverages through out the day, such as: water, lemonade, iced teas and cold fruit juices.

3. Use ceiling fans or oscillating fans in your home to circulate the air.

4. Avoid using your oven during the hottest times of the day. Try to do your baking very early in the morning. Instead of serving your family oven baked meals, try stove-top recipes or use your outdoor barbecue grill.

5. Cool down with a cold frozen treat like popsicles, ice cream, frozen yogurts and rootbeer floats. A special treat we like to have during the hot summer months is frozen green grapes.

6. Do your outdoor yard work during the coolest part of the day, usually early in the morning or very late in the evening. Dress in light layers of clothing and take frequent breaks while working outdoors.

7. Weatherize your home before summer gets here. Make sure you have good windows, screens and an energy saving air conditioner. If it has been awhile since you have had your air conditioner serviced, time to get it checked out.

8. If you are going to be outdoors for any length of time, carry around a small water mist bottle. As you feel hot, you can give yourself a light misting to help cool yourself off.

My family follows these helpful tips during the summer months to help stay cool.

Shelly Hill has been working from home in Direct Sales since 1989 and is a Manager with Tupperware. Shelly and her husband live in Pennsylvania and during the summertime enjoy spending a lot of family time outdoors. You can visit Shelly’s Shakin ‘N Bakin Recipe Blog for some easy Summertime Recipes.

This article is copyright by Shelly Hill, 2009. All rights reserved.

During the Summertime, I like to make cold beverages using Watermelon because the melon contains a high concentrate of Lycopene, a natural antioxidant that may help to reduce the risk of bladder, cervix, lung and skin cancers.

Adding it to your diet is really easy. Use it as a snack, an appetizer or incorporate it into your summertime beverages. Since Watermelon is fat-free and low in calories, it makes it an ideal food for those who are watching their weight.

Watermelon Facts:

1. The majority of weight in the melon is comprised of water, about 92%.
2. The rind is also edible. Trying using it as a vegetable in a stir-fry dish.
3. Red flesh of the melon is high in beta carotene and it’s a significant source of lycopene.

Here are 3 beverage recipes that you can make that use fresh watermelon.

Watermelon Citrus Cooler

watermelon balls
6 bamboo skewers
3 cups watermelon juice
2 cups grapefruit juice
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons granulated sugar

Thread watermelon balls on to the skewers. Freeze. In a large beverage pitcher, blend watermelon, grapefruit and orange juice with sugar until completely dissolved. Chill for 1 hour. Place frozen watermelon ball skewer in each glass. Fill with melon juice and serve. Makes 6 servings.

Watermelon Frappe

1/2 large watermelon
36 oz. Ginger ale
1 (12 oz.) can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
fresh lemon or lime slices

Remove seeds and rinds from melon and cut into bite-size chunks. Combine melon, limeade and Ginger ale in a blender container. Freeze for 3 hours. Thaw partially to serve. Spoon into tall chilled glasses and garnish with lime or lemon slices. Makes 1 gallon.

Watermelon Smoothie

2 cups seeded watermelon chunks
1 cup crushed ice
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Whip together the ingredients in a blender container until smooth. Serve immediately in chilled glasses. Makes 3 servings.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys cooking & baking. You can visit Shelly at Shakin ‘N Bakin Recipe Blog.

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Copyright © 2009 Work At Home Business Options and Shelly Hill

As busy mothers, we often spend all of our time taking care of the children, doing household chores and running the family errands. When was the last time that you scheduled in some personal ‘me’ time? If you had to stop and think about your answer, it has been too long.

Here is a fact that you should know. If you take 30 minutes of ‘me’ time every day for yourself, you can eliminate symptoms of depression and increase your ability to have fun. Scientific studies show that if you allow some time for yourself every day, you will lead a healthier and happier life.

When it comes to spending some ‘me’ time, here are a few ideas of things you can do.

1. Sit down and read a good book.
2. Take a hot shower.
3. Take a nice bubble bath.
4. Give yourself a manicure or pedicure.
5. Soak your feet and then follow up with a foot massage.
6. Give yourself a homemade facial.
7. Enjoy a cup of coffee or hot tea in a quiet area of your home.
8. Spend a few minutes writing in your journal
9. Do some deep breathing exercises and meditate.
10. Do Pilate’s or Yoga
11. Sit down and write a letter to a friend or family member.
12. Spend some time working on a craft project.
13. Take a 30 minute walk outdoors.
14. Take a small power nap.
15. Spend a few minutes reading your bible or saying a prayer.

The most important thing that you can do for yourself and your family is to take a few minutes every day and spend that time on yourself. You will find that you will get more things accomplished and you will be physically and mentally healthier.

This article is copyright 2009 by Shelly Hill, All Rights Reserved.

Finding a good primary care physician is the most important step in being proactive in your own healthcare.

These days I see way too many people just opening up their local phone books and selecting a physician by viewing an advertisement in the yellow pages or by seeing an advertisement on television. In my opinion, this is the wrong way to be selecting your own personal physician.

Here are the steps you should be taking:

1. Ask your family and friends who they are seeing for their primary healthcare. Ask them for referrences.

2. Call your local hospital or the hospital you prefer going to and asking them for a referral. These days, a lot of hospitals have Physician Referral Hotlines.

3. Call your local state medical board. Ask them to refer a few physicians to you and let them know upfront that you do not want any referrals to problematic physicians who have complaints against them. In addition, any physician that you are considering you should be checking out their credentials with your state medical board.

4. Ask some local nurses. If you don’t know any nurses personally, ask your friends and family if they do. I often find that the best referrals come from nurses who often know who is the best in the area in a specific medical speciality.

5. Call your insurance company. These days a lot of insurance companies will help you find the perfect physician and often times they are also aware of any physician who has complaints filed against he or she, information that you might not otherwise know about.

Sit down and right down the names of the physicians that have been referred to you and go over your list. If you are comfortable with a certain sex (male or female) eliminate the others.

You can call up the state medical board and check out their credentials. You can also get online and go to the American Medical Associations website and find out information there.

I also recommend that you do a web search for the physician you are considering by going to a major search engine online and typing in the physicians name. Usually, a lot of online information will pop up that you can continue your investigation.

You should always do your research before selecting a physician. One of the most important members of your healthcare team begins with the Primary Care Physician so make sure you have one that you fully trust and who is qualified to take care of you and your family.

Shelly Hill has been in the healthcare industry since 1988 both as a healthcare worker and as a patient. This article is copyright 2009 by Shelly Hill, All Rights Reserved.