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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015
Friendship Club donates
to Florence Food Share
J OEL F UHRMAN , MD
Women: Keep your hearts healthy
In recent years, the impact of
heart disease on women has
gained increasing attention.
Though it is often thought to
affect men disproportionately,
heart disease kills more women
than men.
Heart disease is responsible
for 1 in 3 deaths of American
women each year, killing more
women than all cancers com-
bined.
The standard American diet
(SAD) full of white flour, sug-
ars, oils and animal products
promotes heart disease; as a
result, it has become nearly
ubiquitous to take medications
for elevated cholesterol and
blood pressure, and common
for heart attacks and strokes to
occur.
Health authorities often
advise women to know the
symptoms that may be charac-
teristic of a heart attack, and
they make lenient, ineffective
dietary recommendations about
reducing fat intake.
This does not work.
Instead, women can take
control of their cardiovascular
health; they can become so
healthy that a heart attack is
almost impossible.
A growing body of scientific
literature shows that heart dis-
ease is easily and almost com-
pletely
preventable
(and
reversible) by following an eat-
ing style rich in plant produce
and dramatically lower in
processed foods and animal
products.
My 25 years in clinical prac-
tice is a testament to these prin-
ciples. I have treated advanced
heart disease for nearly a quar-
ter century, and all my early
adapters are still thriving into
their 80s and 90s without expe-
riencing heart disease again or
requiring medications anymore
for hypertension or high cho-
lesterol.
When you learn how to take
care of your heart with superi-
or nutrition, you automatically
take steps that will help to pre-
vent diabetes, cancer, osteo-
porosis and other diseases, and
maintain youthful energy, posi-
tive emotional outlook and
enthusiasm for life. It protects
your brain, not just your heart.
The most important strategy
for taking care of your heart is
to eat your G-BOMBS daily:
greens, beans, onions, mush-
rooms, berries and seeds.
Natural plant foods have
numerous
cardioprotective
effects. For example, greens
activate the Nrf2 system,
which turns on natural detoxi-
fication mechanisms and pro-
tects blood vessels against
inflammatory processes that
lead to atherosclerotic plaque
buildup.
Higher consumption of
fiber-rich vegetables, fruits and
beans helps to keep blood pres-
sure in the favorable range.
Beans, nuts and seeds have
unique cholesterol-lowering
capabilities. Berries and the
flavonoids they contain have a
blood pressure-lowering effect,
plus berries and pomegranate
have potent antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory effects that
protect against the develop-
ment of heart disease.
Getting frequent exercise
and maintaining a healthy
weight are of course also
important, as is minimizing
added salt, alcohol and caf-
feine.
Radical fat exclusion or
complete veganism is not the
foundational principle here.
The foundational principle is
Jazz Night
City Lights Cinemas and
It’s About Time Productions
present “Jazz Night” with
the Miles to Go Quartet,
Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m.
The doors open at 6:30
p.m. The show is from from 7
to 9 p.m. Admission is $10
with membership, $12.50 for
nonmembers.
A portion of the proceeds
will benefit the Siuslaw
school music program.
micronutrient adequacy and
nutritional excellence.
An extremely low-fat diet is
not the optimal method to
address this issue, since includ-
ing nuts and seeds in the diet
benefits cardiovascular health
in several different ways
including cholesterol-lowering,
arterial function, blood glucose
lowering, and weight mainte-
nance.
Furthermore, the combina-
tion of delicious dressings and
dips made from nuts and seeds
with overall healthful diet and
lifestyle habits, not only leads
to more favorable outcomes,
but also was demonstrated to
add a significant increase in
lifespan in the most thorough
study investigating this issue.
Another important message I
have for women: Don’t be
fooled by high-protein weight
loss schemes that emphasize
animal products and/or limit
fresh fruit.
High-protein diets can gen-
erate ketosis, which predispos-
es one to electrolyte imbal-
ances and cardiac arrhythmias
that could lead to sudden car-
diac death. High-protein, low-
carbohydrate diets are associat-
ed with increased risk of car-
diovascular disease and prema-
ture death.
Animal protein also elevates
IGF-1, which is associated with
increased risk of several can-
cers, especially breast cancer as
well as cardiovascular disease.
You can lose weight without
compromising your health; the
most effective eating style for
weight loss is also the healthi-
est way to eat for protection
from cancer and cardiovascular
disease.
My book, Eat for Health,
guides you easily through the
transition toward a health-pro-
moting Nutritarian diet and
helps you achieve a healthy
weight and a substantial reduc-
tion in heart disease risk.
When you use lifestyle inter-
ventions instead of drugs to
reduce blood pressure, choles-
terol and other risk factors, you
achieve much greater results -
because a high-nutrient diet
doesn’t merely lower blood
pressure and cholesterol, it
floods the cells and tissues with
beneficial phytochemicals and
allows the body’s self-healing
mechanisms to work at their
full capacity to restore health.
Dr. Fuhrman is a New York
Times best-selling author and
board certified family physician
specializing in lifestyle and nutri-
tional medicine.
Visit
his
website
at
Dr Fuhrman.com, or submit
questions and comments to
newsquestions@drfuhrman.com.
Wed-Sat 10-7
At City Lights Cinema
1930 Highway 101,
Florence
BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER
FRESH OUT OF THE BOX
The Friendship Club held its
annual picnic for members and
their families at the Woahink
Lake Yurt on Thursday, July 9.
Everyone was asked to
bring nonperishable food for
Food Share.
Guests were greeted with
western music provided by
Joan Long and friends.
After lunch they were enter-
tained by Pat Wheeler and her
line dancers.
The Friendship Club meets
on the second Thursday of the
The Grill & Lounge
at Sandpines
We are now open for lunch in the
Lounge 7-days a week!!
Dinner Fri & Sat nights from 5-8pm
HAPPY HOUR 2-5 Wed-Sun
SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER SPECIAL
Surf and Turf Pasta ONLY $14
“Best value in Florence Period!!”
541-991-0539
1201 35th Street at Kingwood, Florence
Highway 101 & 35 St.
541-997-4623
(we welcome call in orders)
DISTRACTED DRIVING | OTHER DISTRACTIONS
month, September through
June.
The club sponsors card
games year round. In addition
to playing cards and enjoying
good food, the club sponsors
fundraisers for the benefit of
the local community.
The next fundraiser will be
a “Crazy Summer” luncheon
and card party on Saturday,
Aug. 15.
Contact Joan Randle 541-
997-5326 for tickets. Advance
ticket sales only.
COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY JULY 29: SOLUTIONS | HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP
Phone Conversations
S
ometimes, the statistics say it all. According to a AAA study, drivers
talking on cell phones are four times more likely to be involved in
a vehicle crash than drivers who are not distracted.
A University of Utah study
showed that talking on a cell
phone has a greater effect on
reaction time than having a
blood alcohol level of the
legal limit of .08.
But why is talking on your
phone while driving such a
dangerous activity? The
answer is a complicated one
comprised of issues both psy-
chological and physical.
THE DANGERS
Two types of cell phone
behavior typically lead to
unsafe driving conditions,
and it may surprise you which
one can have a greater impact
on your driving.
These classifications of cell
phone usage are:
• Handling the phone,
which includes dialing,
answering, text messaging
and using it for GPS naviga-
tion. If your hands are on
your phone, it means they
aren’t on the wheel.
• Conversations, which can
be just as dangerous, as stud-
ies have shown your mental
commitment to a phone call
is demanding, even if you
may not realize it.
EMOTIONAL
ENGAGEMENT
The National Safety
Council reports that in simu-
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lated driving tests, drivers
who were asked to carry on a
cell phone conversation were
so distracted that they went
unaware of some traffic sig-
nals.
The study compared phone
conversations to other related
activities such as listening to
audio books and news radio,
stating that these types of
activities are less emotionally
engaging, hence safer to do
while driving.
The more emotionally
engaged the subject, the
study found, the less atten-
tive he or she was to safety
signals.
Digging a little deeper, the
results were unaffected by
whether the subject manually
held the phone or if the
mechanism was hands free.
This means that even if
you’re following the law by
using a hands-free device,
you may still find yourself in
a situation where you’re
unable to react quickly
enough to a dangerous situa-
tion.
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