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Book Review     In these times of constant change, scientists, business leaders and ordinary citizens like you have begun to wonder. Are they just subject to forces beyond their control? Or can they create "shock absorbers" for their communities and the economy.     In their new book, Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy say the answers to these questions are shaping a new field of inquiry. It's focused on the ability of people and systems to maintain their core integrity and purpose amid unforeseen shocks and surprises.     Zolli curates PopTech, a forum about innovation. Healy is a playwright, which accounts for the book's effective use of metaphor to explain complex issues.     The authors encourage adaptation, agility and cooperation. They say the approach can help you weather disruptions and come to a different way of engaging with the world. Zolli and Healy tell about scientific discover...

Healthy eating and nutrition for the elderly is greatly impacted by several factors, one of them being a change in body composition.  During the later years in life, the body will lose bone and muscle and gain fat because the hormones aren't very active anymore. There are many factors which hinder an elderly person's health.  The information below will help you to lead a healthy life - no matter how old you may be. Water Water in the body decreases with age, so many older folks will become dehydrated very easily.  Sometimes they won't feel thirsty, while other times it's too much work to pour a glass a water.  With this in mind, it's recommended that they drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2.2 pounds of weight. Protein At this stage in life, protein is very important. Protein is needed to support a healthy immune system and prevent the wasting of muscle.  Since energy needs are less, older folks should eat high quality protein such as eggs, lean mea...

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by Bnei Baruch  Desires don't just pop out of the blue. They form unconsciously within us and surface only when they become something definable, such as, "I want a pizza." Before that, desires are either not felt, or at most, felt as general restlessness. We've all experienced that sense of wanting something but not quite knowing what it is. Well, it is a desire that has not yet ripened. Plato once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention," and he was right. Similarly, Kabbalah teaches us that the only way we can learn anything is by first wanting to learn it. It's a very simple formula: when we want something, we do what it takes to get it. We make the time, muster the energy, and develop the necessary skills. It turns out that the engine of change is desire. The way our desires evolve both defines and designs the entire history of humanity. As humankind's desires developed, they urged people to study their environment so they ...

by Nancy Wile The ability of yoga to reduce muscle tension, slow your heart rate and calm a racing mind provides the perfect recipe for a good night’s sleep. There is growing evidence that small behavioral changes in the evening can make a big difference in getting a restful sleep. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that participants who made modifications, like learning relaxation techniques, improved their sleep more than those who took drugs. Yoga Exercises for Better Sleep Certain yoga exercises will help your body and your mind relax more and prepare for sleep. Here are a few postures and exercises that are particularly helpful: 1) Supported Standing Forward Bend This gentle yoga posture helps relieve tension in your neck and shoulders while quieting your nervous system. Steps: • Fold a blanket and place it on a chair • Stand facing the chair (about 1 to 2 feet away) with your feet parallel and a little wider than hip w...

by Emilia Klapp, R.D., B.S. According to U.S. General Surgeon, heart attacks and strokes are highly preventable. Thus, if more people die from heart disease than from any other illness, we need to give a serious consideration to what we are doing wrong. In this article you will find the 7 main reasons why we may end up being part of the American Heart Association’s statistics. 1. We smoke. The risk of dying of a heart attack is about four times higher in people who smoke than in those who don’t smoke. Many of us are under the impression that the major danger from smoking is cancer but that is not quite true; smoking is the major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. In fact, about 40% of deaths caused by cardiovascular disease are due to smoking. Smoking contributes to heart disease in the following manner: • Increases blood pressure, a risk for heart attacks and strokes. • The carcinogen components in tobacco damage the walls of the arteries...

  by Rudy Silva Changes in weather from cold to hot and then back again can causes headaches. Headaches can also be activated from stress, lack of sleep, skipping meals, and unhealthy lifestyle. They can also be caused by diseases, such as hypertension, bacterial infections, meningitis, pharyngitis and sinusitis.   Sinusitis is very common, but not a severe affliction. If left untreated it can become serious because of bacterial growth in the sinus. The cause of sinusitis is the inflammation of any of the Para nasal sinuses, the frontal or ethmoidal sinuses. If you wake up with a headache, feeling congested, and have fluffy and swelling around your eye, then you have sinus headache. Usually the cause of a sinus headache is a virus or bacterial infection causing sinusitis. This type of headache can also be caused by allergens in the air. In his book, Quick Headache Relief Without Drugs, 1977, Howard D. Kurland, M.D. tells of a lady that ignored medical treatment and used only...