Harvard Medical School wrote me yesterday. They stated that the number one habit for good health is walking twice a day.
That is how we got Sassy. I wanted a dog who wanted to walk, and she definitely wanted to walk in Phoenix. We had to start in darkness during the Inferno season, so that got her used to early morning walks.
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| She taught herself how to catch the ball and bring it to my hands, at the Phoenix park. |
In Arkansas, an afternoon walk is no problem in the summer. In the morning, if it is near 7 AM, and I am blogging, she starts her hurt and lonely whimper. The same thing happens at 4 PM. I get hurt looks, low growls, whimpers, fussing, all the hints that make me stop and take her outside.
Sassy anticipated the Harvard prescription by a decade.
For those who fear Wuhan Flu, aka Corona, aka Covid, several positive antidotes are easily available:
- Daily walks already provide Vitamin D, a shortage found in a large number of Wuhan patients.
- Zinc has long been known to help prevent virus infections. That is always mentioned in sensible articles about Wu Flu.
- It only makes sense to take daily vitamins like Centrum Silver, where the major vitamins and other ingredients are found to be helpful and not always found in daily diets.
- Boost is a product highly recommended by doctors - milk based and loaded with vitamins, plenty of D, zinc, and other micro-nutrients. The oncologists were delighted that Christina followed their advice and drank Boost regularly.
It would be ideal for people to eat fresh vegetables or fresh frozen vegetables. For a time we were playing a game of "What's so special about..." I would look up the key ingredients in vegetables and fruits as a reason to benefit from them.
Fast food and restaurant food neglect a lot of really special, traditional foods with many virtues. Brussels Sprouts? The cabbage family? Cauliflower? They are also quite satisfying.
One church member press-ganged me into eating nuts as a regular part of the diet. Walnuts are at the top of the list and almonds are good too. Walnuts are now a treat and a habit. My last blood test showed perfect cholesterol levels for the first time - a side-effect of walnuts.
All medical exams start with Smoke? Drink? The life and health insurance people really focus on both. Eliminating tobacco and rope products (hemp, pot) is a major step that many do not take. Alcohol is not a sin, but there is a problem when people feel a need for it, which sometimes moves gradually into can't live without it on a daily basis.
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| Sassy needs a spoon of Frosty Paws to fall asleep peacefully. The nightly game of soliciting FP is a riot. She stares hard out the bedroom door to show me where to find it. Or she barks loudly for it. Or she taps me with her paw and grins. I switched her to French Vanilla, because everyone loves French Vanilla. |
