News of Jill Kinmont’s death in February death at age 75 in her beloved home of Bishop, California brought her story flooding back to me. As a girl I read about her in E.G. Valens book, A Long Way Up. In 1975, it was made into a movie called “The Other Side of the Mountain.” A sequel followed three years later.
Jill was a top dog skier, the national women’s slalom champion. At age 18, poised to join the U.S. Olympic team, Sports Illustrated magazine featured “the pretty fresh-faced skier from California” on the cover. The magazine hit newsstands …
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We have all heard the slogan – “Milk – it does the body good.” But does it? A 12 year Harvard Study showed women who drank 3 glasses of milk a day had more bone fractures than those who drank very little milk. The National Dairy Council website, www.nationaldairycouncil.org, states “the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recognizes that moderate evidence shows that milk and milk products are linked to improved bone health.” Moderate evidence? A government report published in the journal, Pediatrics concluded dairy products were “not necessarily the best way” to provide needed calcium. Because the body becomes …
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Before you swipe your credit card educate yourself about your skin because it’s the only one you own.
The skin is the largest organ of the body, making up about 15% of the total adult body weight. It protects us against external physical, chemical, and biologic invaders, as well as prevention of excess water loss from the body and plays a role in regulating body temperature.
It’s made of three main layers: the epidermis, which is what we can actually see and touch, is also a continually renewing layer. We see flakiness, fine lines of dehydration, and some sun damage …
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May is Melanoma Awareness Month and according to the American Cancer Society’s just released Cancer Facts and Figures 2012, an estimated 76,250 new cases of melanoma will occur in the US this year. This is a major rise of 6,020 cases from 2011 figures. The number of melanoma-related deaths rose by almost 400 cases from 8,790 deaths in 2011 to a predicted 9,180 deaths in 2012.
One of the biggest misconceptions people seem have is that because their moisturizer and/or makeup foundation contains sunscreen they will be safe from the sun’s damaging rays.
UV light has several rays in its …
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Grocery stores offer more than 40,000 products, the majority of which are processed foods lacking in nutrient value. According to the Grocery Manufacturers Association, at least 75 percent of the processed foods contain one or more genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to approve genetically modified foods which are debilitating to the health of our society. Many people do not realize the majority of GMO crops have been genetically engineered to withstand spraying of herbicides, such as Monsanto’s Roundup. Its active toxic ingredient, glyphosate, is systemically transported throughout the plant and into our environment and food …
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