SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2016
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J OEL F UHRMAN , MD
A healthy New Year
The holiday season is a joy-
ous time when we celebrate
with our family and friends.
However, the festivities often
present us with tough choices -
tempting, unhealthy foods are
everywhere.
It has become accepted in
our culture to use the holiday
season as an excuse for a six-
week binge on dangerous foods
loaded with sugar, fat, and salt.
Maybe overindulging while
celebrating the holidays has left
you feeling unhealthy and
regretful in the past. When you
are not in good health, it exac-
erbates every other problem in
your life and contributes to
emotional unrest.
The New Year is the time to
make changes. If you are seri-
ous about caring properly for
your body — the only body
you will ever have — you’ll
need to make the commitment
to stay on the road to wellness
and longevity.
No excuses.
Only you are in charge of
your future health.
The holiday eating frenzy
causes more than a few extra
pounds. Junk food, including
the traditional, disease-promot-
ing foods served at the holi-
days, may produce momentary
pleasure, but the results contin-
ue on to compromise your
health for a long time to come.
As a first step, remember the
acronym G-BOMBS: Greens,
Beans, Onions, Mushrooms,
Berries, and Seeds. These are
the most health-promoting
foods in existence; build your
diet around them. Watch out for
addictive, disease-promoting
foods: white flour, sugars, arti-
ficial sweeteners, oils and
processed meats. These foods
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are not only disease-causing,
but also addictive.
Here are some strategies for
staying on track all year round:
• Always keep your kitchen
stocked with fresh and frozen
produce.
• Keep
disease-causing
foods out of your home to
avoid temptation.
• Budget time: plan out when
you will shop for groceries,
cook, exercise, relax and spend
time with friends and family.
• Bring healthy dishes to
share when you attend gather-
ings.
• Cook warming vegetable
bean soups in large batches,
and store leftovers in the refrig-
erator so you can quickly heat
some up for lunch or dinner
later in the week.
• Stay focused on your
health — eating right is self-
care. Do not allow the ubiqui-
tous unhealthy foods around
you to derail you from your
health goals.
• Find a healthy living
buddy. Commit together to
your food and exercise goals.
Getting support from a friend
will firm up your commitment
to yourself.
• Don’t give in to “food bul-
lies.” Friends, family or co-
workers will inevitably push
unhealthy foods on you; remain
confident in your pursuit of
excellent health and decline
Concert
from 1A
“Denise’s repertoire is so
large,” Kaplan said. “I did not
know there were words to
‘Black Orpheus.’ Judi stands
out because she is an alto, a
rare treat to your ear because
she has a lower register voice,
very velvety.”
According to Kaplan, MTG
will emphasize jazz standards
like Dave Brubeck’s “Take
Five,” “How High the Moon,”
“Bye Bye Blackbird,”
“Dolphin Dance,” “Night and
Day,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,”
“Georgia” and other popular
favorites.
MTG was formed in 2014
when Kaplan, a percussionist,
convinced brass instrumental-
ist Ron Green, upright bass
player Michael Anderson and
pianist Gus Russell to form a
jazz quartet. Kaplan and
Green live in Florence and
Anderson and Russell live in
Eugene.
“I called these guys and
said, ‘Would you be interested
in putting something together
for a straight ahead jazz
group?’” Kaplan said. “We
have an opportunity with the
new owner of the theater here
in Florence.”
City Lights Cinemas owner
Michael Falter explained how
unhealthy foods in a kind and
loving manner. Not only will
you be pleased with your food
choices, you will give the bul-
lies a chance to learn from your
example.
Fast forward to next year’s
holiday season: you will effort-
lessly make the best choices;
the ones that will allow you to
achieve overall health and
quality of life.
You’ll be celebrating your
health instead of simply
indulging in the “traditional”
destructive foods. As you eat
for optimal health and vitality,
you’ll be able to more fully
enjoy the special times with
family and friends.
You will flourish and it will
be the most enjoyable holiday
season you've ever had.
There will be no need to
“start over” next Jan. 1.
You will already be commit-
ted to your health, and feel
pleased with yourself for main-
taining your healthy habits over
the holidays.
Dr. Fuhrman is a board cer-
tified family physician special-
izing in lifestyle and nutritional
medicine.
the group’s name came about.
“They were practicing on
the floor and I said how much
I loved Miles Davis, one of
my heroes,” Falter said. “And
I kind of like the idea of miles
to go. In Florence, everybody
here has a lot of years left, so
there are miles to go, and the
Miles Davis connection.
“I would never have men-
tioned the name if these guys
hadn’t been amazing. I would
never associate Miles’ name
with amateurs,” he added.
MTG performed for the
first time December 2014 at
City Lights Cinemas.
Tickets for the Jan. 7 per-
formance are $10 for mem-
bers, $12.50 for non-members
and $5 for any student with
student identification.
The concert is a joint pro-
duction of City Lights
Cinemas and It’s About Time
Productions.
Falter said Box Lunch will
offer take-out dinners, so peo-
ple can eat inside the theater
while enjoying the perform-
ance. Doors open at 6 p.m.,
and the performance is from
6:30 to 9 p.m., with an inter-
mission.
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