Chronic Disease Prevention

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Chronic Disease Prevention through Lifestyle Habits, Nutrition & Physical Activity.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) 75% of chronic illnesses

*Heart Disease

*Cancers

*Diabetes

*Physical degeneration
*Mental/Emotional Health

are preventable with healthy lifestyle habits. Unfortunately, our health care model has become sick care. The most effective form of health care is proactive - the prevention of illness.

Typical health issues plaguing the workplace have a major lifestyle component which means we can protect ourselves from illnesses which contribute to absenteeism, presenteeism, loss of productivity & creativity, motivation & employee engagement. As employers - if we encourage a more health centric, conscientious lifestyle at work & at home - we are putting our workforce in a position of strength, confidence & sending a clear message of respect & concern for our people and their families. Family illness effects the workplace too, numerous studies relating employee absenteeism, stress & loss of productivity because of illnesses at home. We as employers must find compelling ways of encouraging not only a healthier workplace - but a strong, convincing belief in proactive healthcare that the employee introduce this health model into the home environment.

Lifestyle Responsibility at Home

How family member illnesses sabotage our workplace success.

the Importance of lifestyle habits before the age of 13. Set up a self perpetuating environment of nutrition, physical activity, healthful behaviors & overall respect for health at home - relieving our own personal stress to excel at work

Preventing Metabolic Syndrome - Metabolic Syndrome is compromising the health of about 25% of our employees. Don’t wait just diagnose it - prevent it! There is no mystery disease here - good nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction - & personal ownership of health can wipe out the majority of metabolic syndrome. However, most people think they know what the good nutrition & exercise imply - there is current research that proves why the majority of people who think they are living healthy - are falling short.

Respiratory Disorders: - Rampant in the workplace. Knowing how these viruses spread will help you understand the keys to prevention. There is much we can do to strengthen us from these colds, flus, bronchial infections.

Destressing With Exercise & Nutrition: Stress is a major component to both short term illness & chronic, debilitating illnesses. Eliminating stress is NOT a reality in our current lives - it is all about external factors. However there is much we can do to help us identify & manage stress - & manage ourselves around stressed individuals & potentially stressful situations.

Mental & Emotional Health: This is much more complex than people understand Unfortunately many develop a victim complex here & we do not realize how much of the prevention of these issues is within our control. These disorders are much more difficult to deal with once in existence. Urge your employees to

understand how reliant mental & emotional health is upon the right intensity & frequency of physical activity. Fuel your body efficiently so it may respond to the physical activity & strengthen not just our bodies but also our minds.

Nutrition on the Go: Reality has it that none of us have a sous chef to prepare our every meal with perfectly balanced nutrition. Understanding how our nutrition is what fuels our bodies to performance is key. Being busy demands we are even more loyal to healthy eating and feeding our bodies optimally. Understanding how poor nutrition does directly effect illness & performance will help us think more - & make more conscientious decisions over our nutrition. There are many ways we can organize our lives that healthy eating is as natural as breathing.

Nutrition & Exercise for ENERGY! We can energize or completely deplete with our nutrition & exercise. The problem is when we are feeling depleted - we tend to turn to all the behaviors & nutrition that deplete us even more. Energy = productivity - & is contagious. This is the virus you want in the work place.

No time is No Excuse for No Exercise- Physical Inactivity is our #1 lifestyle killer. Exercise is not just at the gym. Program includes scheduling, possible reasons we thing we have no time, work activities, building camaraderie in the workplace with physical activity. Even if there is very little time for “exercise” - sedentary time is a big killer. Learn ways we can avoid the silent killer of sedentary behavior regularly through out the day.

My Achey Breaky Body!!! Adult “growing pains” are NOT a necessity - most are from lack of “functional training” working our bodies through controlled, specific exercises that strengthen us from day to day injuries and weakening. Carpel Tunnel, lower back pain, foot pain, sore hips........Being knowledgable about correct exercise to protect muscle mass, our joints, cartilage & reduce adiposity to prevent break down.

Hyperpalatable foods: Sugar, Salt & Saturated Fat - understanding food addictions are just as deadly as cigarettes, alcohol & drugs. There is a reason we crave certain foods - as an addict craves their fix.

The one Rx for Chronic Illnesses: Alzheimers, Diabetes, Heart disease, cancer, arthritis, asthma, allergies, organ breakdown, metabolic disorders, stroke, migraines, obesity, mental health , stress, looking good - Exercise - The one Rx to stave off & reduce life’s serious killers - with ZERO bad side effects. Name on Rx that has the same claim to fame. There are sooooooo many ways to get our exercise - and fall in love with your fitness & health.

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Shira@fitfan4fun.com

Laughter & Humor - a potent Lifesaver: Laughter & humor have their obvious benefits - but they have been clearly proven to have strong physiological effects and are outstanding coping mechanisms through many tough situations. The difficult part - is finding the humor - but a skill well worth acquiring. Not to mention - it clearly eases tension in the workplace - and makes it a much more positive, productive environment.

Attitude & Outlook- its importance & physiological & environmental origins. We set the stage of how others view us. We control the slant with which we see the world. Our attitude & outlook have serious impact on our health & vice versa. In order to have cohesion at the office - each person has to be able to look at themselves, feel good in their skin & minds - and positively contribute to the ambience at work.

Cognitive Strength - So.....much more than Genetics!!! There is such a thing as brain food - however brain food also needs its partner of physical activity - the appropriate Rx. We can greatly improve our focus, our retrieval, our Short Term Memory & Long term memory with our healthy lifestyle habits.

Dealing with Difficult People - how they can deplete us - putting ourselves in a position of strength. We Cannot & should not try and control the actions of others - however, we can control ourselves - yes with great strengths. The greatest teaching we can provide is thru role modeling - by our own behavior - not only can we reduce our own stress & empower ourselves to work from strength and not reflex - we can influence the behavior of others around us.

The Road to Unhealth is sometimes paved with Good Intentions - Many people think they are making healthful decisions. We have so much BAD information shot at us, we follow what others are doing, we do not eat for our lifestyle.....the list is endless. We can have the best intentions - but those intentions can be depleting us - ultimately leading to degenerative disease.

Muscle Masstery: Our Muscle Mass plays many roles in our bodies. It is NOT just about pumping up to look good. Muscle mass decreases dramatically our killer chronic illnesses, prepares us against day to day injury, is key to determining degeneration of our bodies, & is a major shareholder in metabolism, hormone production & anti aging.

Anti Aging: The fountain of Youth is your own sweat! Anti aging is NOT found in those expensive products we smear on our skin. True anti aging is the prevention of degenerative disease which goes all the way down to the cellular level. Aging is a reflection of break down of internal functioning. With reliable, regular practice of many lifestyle practices, we can definitely slow this process.

Make Nice with your Metabolism We cannot fool our metabolism. It is the great dictator of our being. We have to stop blaming it & fighting it & learn to work with it. Understand what angers it to get stubborn & what we do to earn its trust that we are not going to deprive or destroy our health. Our metabolism was designed as an alarm system within us to protect us from ourselves! Work with it!

Self Sleuthing: Take charge of our own health care. This is not to be left to a 20 minute check up per year with your family doctor. Our bodies communicate with us through many ways- we have to learn the lingo. Take charge of our blood work and track it ourselves, learn to look for signs of deficiency & breakdown. Know how to reverse this problem, where to go for help, applying self care.

Exercising through out the Day! AKA - LTPA Leisure Time Physical Activity - there are studies now to prove even when we do have an exercise period - it is critical to the prevention of metabolic syndrom & chronic illness to get physical activity through out the day.

Weight Loss is NOT a cure for Obesity: When many of us think of obesity - we are fixated on the loss of weight. However, this is ony a very small part, and we need to understand why many other contributing factors must be addressed in order to attain permanent fat loss. Sad fact is more than 80% of people regain their weight plus more withind 2-4 years of its loss. Understand the physiological, social & psychological factors one must deal with.