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March 8, 2017 Neanderthals probably weren't the simple, club-wielding, meat-gnawing brutes of cartoon lore. Clues like cave art, tombs, and complex constructed structuresall point to the extinct human species being more culturally advanced than classically thought.

Now the evidence is mounting from a new place: plaque preserved on Neanderthals' teeth.

Examining the contents of the calcified plaque of five Neanderthal specimens that range from 42,000 to 50,000 years old, researchers who study ancient DNA were able to determine their diet. And, it turns out, not all Neanderthals ate alike.

Some dined on a lot of meat, eating the flesh of animals like woolly rhinoceros and wild sheep. But others may have been complete vegetarians, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. In the plaque of these Neanderthal vegetarians, researchers found no evidence of any meat. Instead, they say these individuals dined on mushrooms, pine nuts, and moss.

It's unlikely that these diets reflected any sort of moral or sociopolitical statement. "We really think that these are just reflective of the particular environments that the Neanderthals were in at the time," study lead author Laura Weyrich, a paleomicrobiologist at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide, tells The Christian Science Monitor.

The meat-munching Neanderthal teeth were unearthed at Spy Cave in Belgium, a region that researchers think was more of a steppe environment, with big, rolling, grassy hills or small mountains, when Neanderthals lived there. The moss-munching Neanderthal specimens are from El Sidrn Cave in Spain, which was probably densely forested at the time.

"It's easy to understand how a big woolly rhino could have been wandering through a grassy field," Dr. Weyrich says. But "it's very difficult to picture that big beastly animal trying to squeeze its way through a densely forested area. It's much easier to eat pine nuts that are all over the ground."

This suggests that "they weren't maybe as different from us as a lot of people think," Shara Bailey, a paleoanthropologist at New York University who was not involved in the research, tells the Monitor. "They did what any human would do. They ate what was available to them."

Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, an anthropologist at Ohio State University who also was not involved in the research, agrees in an email to the Monitor. "Traditionally Neanderthal diets have been considered less variable than those of the anatomically modern humans they coexisted with. On this basis, Neanderthals were assumed to have been less adaptable than anatomically modern humans."

But, she writes, "Together with other recent work, this study adds further evidence to the conclusion that Neanderthal diets were quite variable."

Studies of the isotopic composition of some Neanderthal bones published a decade ago suggested that the extinct humans were top-level carnivores. With a diet as meat-heavy as a polar bear, this was hailed as evidence that Neanderthals hunted for many of their meals.

But more recent research looking at wear on Neanderthal teeth from plant roughage and microfossils of plants in their plaquestarted to paint a more nuanced picture of the Neanderthal diet and foraging habits.

Erik Trinkaus, a paleoanthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis and an author on a 2009 study examining the isotopes in Neanderthal bones, calls this new work "a nice supporting analysis of the inferences concerning Neanderthal diet from faunal remains, starch grains in calculus, and stable isotopes," in an email to the Monitor.

Their regular diet wasn't the only hint as to how Neanderthals benefited from their environments. One of the individuals from El Sidrn displayed evidence of being ill, and the researchers found that he had been eating poplar, which is known to be a natural source of the active ingredient in common painkillers used in modern medicine.

"It's not these individuals that were toting clubs and grunting and running around in caves," Weyrich says. Instead, she says, they led "a very nuanced lifestyle."

How do you determine diet from plaque?

Weyrich and her team weren't looking at fossilized chunks of food in the Neanderthals' dental plaque (although that has been done). Instead, they used a technique called metagenomics and sequenced all the DNA preserved in this built-up, calcified tooth gunk. Once they had all the pieces of DNA, they had to assemble them like puzzle pieces to reconstruct the genomes of organisms preserved on the prehistoric teeth.

This plaque isn't quite the same as modern humans scrub off their teeth every night and morning with a toothbrush (or at least tell their dentists they do). The stuff Weyrich and her colleagues looked at is calcified plaque, called calculus, that forms when plaque has built up over a long period of time.

Because plaque traps microorganisms that live in the mouth and bits of food that get stuck there, calculus is a treasure-trove of insights for geneticists like Weyrich, particularly in people who didn't brush their teeth.

"In an ancient individual that didn't have modern dentistry, we have to assume that these calculus samples likely represent a lifelong record of the microorganisms and things that were present in their mouth," Weyrich explains.

It is possible that the calculus might not be a complete record of all the plaque and food that has ever been in an individual's mouth in their lifetime, she admits. That's because there are many factors that go into how much calculus might form and how much food debris might get caught there.

But, Weyrich points out, "because our results matched the isotopes [and other previous research], we really do think we're looking at long-term trends rather than just their last meal that happens to randomly be stuck in there."

"We have to keep in mind that these are individuals," Dr. Bailey cautions. And individuals may not represent the whole group that they live in, so it may be too much of a leap to generalize one population as vegetarians and one as carnivores.

Still, "The kinds of advances that we've been able to make in assessing Neanderthals from such obscure data like dental calculus I think is pretty amazing. The technology blows me away," Bailey says. And, she jokes, thanks to modern dentistry, "the archaeologists of the future are going to be upset that we don't have any of this on our teeth."

Were Neanderthals and Homo sapiens kissing cousins?

Because Weyrich and her team sequenced all the DNA in the Neanderthal plaque, they saw more than just plant and meat matter.

One detail the researchers extracted from one of the El Sidrn Neanderthals' plaque was a nearly complete genome of a microbe, Methanobrevibacter oralis, a strain of which is found todayin H. sapiens' microbiome. Weyrich and her team were able to determine that the Neanderthal strain and the modern human one diverged between 112,000 to 143,000 years ago long after Neanderthals and H. sapiens diverged from their last common ancestor.

This, Weyrich and her colleagues say, suggests that the mouth-inhabiting microbe was being passed between the two species.

The two human species are known to have interbred, but "those interactions of interbreeding were always described as something that was very brash and brutal," Weyrich says. "But if they're swapping spit and they're sharing oral microorganisms, that means that there's something much more friendly, or certainly something much more intimate going on with those interactions."

Bailey isn't sure that that's the only explanation. "Maybe, maybe not," she says. It's possible that the divergence date could be shifted due to other factors, like ongoing selection in the microbe, she explains. "I wouldn't want anybody to read too much into that thinking that this is evidence of Neanderthals and modern humans making out."

Regardless, Weyrich maintains that the overall revelation about Neanderthals from her work is that they "were very capable, very intelligent, probably very friendly beings," she says. "We really need to rewrite the history books as far as how we see them and how we view their lifestyle."

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The nation is in serious danger. The creeping spread of Islam is pushing out Christianity. The countrys borders are swarming with drug-slinging criminals, and its veterans are dying in droves. Heartless, power-hungry liberals snatch guns away from poor, defenseless citizens while openly mocking Gold Star widows. Meanwhile, Democratic operatives are planning a coup from a bunker not far from the White House and wiretapping Trump administration officials, not to mention Trump Tower itselfa looming scandal of Watergate proportions.

The worst part? The propagandistic left-wing media (that subhuman species) wont report a word of it.

At least, thats what I learned spending a few weeks on a self-imposed binge of President Trumps media dieta virtual smorgasbord of Breitbart, Fox News, front-page newspaper headlines, presidential Twitter, and a smattering of Infowars for flavor. I already know what the president thinks of the press, but I wanted to know more about how the world looks to the president through his particular media lens. Yes, even presidents live inside their own filter bubbles. And this past weekend demonstrated just how damaging such media myopia can be when that blinkered vision belongs to the worlds most powerful person.

In less than a day, a Breitbart story accusing the Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower became, via tweet, a presidentially asserted fact. As with most Americans, the television Trump watches, the news he consumes, and the people he follows on social media warp and distort his view of the world.

Millions of people share Trumps media habits. His favored outlets have huge, devoted followings. But unlike everyone else, Trump has the authority to turn these often lopsided and misleading narratives into policyor at least 140-character proclamations that, by virtue of his office, the rest of the world must take seriously. Now the Trump administration is calling for a congressional investigation into the wiretapping claims, even though Trump aides have repeatedly failed to point to any hard evidence to back up the presidents allegations.

And I should have seen it all coming. During my weeks on the Trump media diet, I surfed an endless feedback loop circulating between Trump and his preferred media outlets, where speculation leads to justification, ad infinitum. Through this fish-eye, Trumps wiretapping tweets dont look surprising at all. They would instead represent the logical conclusion of what happens when the President of the United States seems to believe everything he hearsand when he limits what he hears to what he wants to hear.

Trumps media diet is tough to stick to. Its like the Paleo of media consumption. It requires extra preparation to fit everything in and a spartan commitment to elimination. (Trump reportedly swore off Morning Joe after years as a devoted viewer).

Trump follows this regimen rigorously. Aloneperhaps in his bathrobein the pre-dawn hours, he flicks on the television to tune into Fox & Friends, which he recently called the most honest morning show. He scours The New York Times and the New York Postin print, not digitaland scans The Wall Street Journal. At night hes been known to tweet reactions to The OReilly Factor and Hannity and hate-tweet his response to Saturday Night Live. And dont forget the Sunday shows.

Its a lot to take in. So, as with any diet Ive ever tried, I cheated a little here and there. Instead of waking up at 6 am to catch the morning shows and staying up late to watch Hannity, I caught the highlights online. And I added outlets that have a known influence on Trump. Every day I checked in on Breitbart, whose former chair Steve Bannon is now Trumps chief strategist, and watched as Alex Jones face grew ever-redder throughout his four-hour Infowars broadcast. (Please know, dear reader, I did this for you.) Trump may not listen to Infowars, but several of his most controversial claimsincluding the idea that millions of people voted illegallyfirst gained traction on Jones show.

I also created a Twitter account to follow everyone Trump follows on Twitter, a list that notably does not include any government agencies, press secretary Sean Spicer, @WhiteHouse, or even @POTUS but which does include Apprentice producer Mark Burnett and his wife, Touched By an Angel star Roma Downey. In the dark dystopia that is Trumps media bubble, Downeys random musings exuded a welcome ray of light.

Otherwise, the world inside the bubble looked bleak. On Infowars, Jones touted what he called a bombshell story about Hillary Clinton planting moles throughout the White House. On Fox, Sean Hannity asked Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu whether Iran was readying a modern day holocaust. Its up to us to prevent it, Netanyahu replied in a sober baritone. Fox & Friends hosts told the story of an undocumented immigrant accused of murder in Colorado and claimed a DREAMer detained under Trumps executive order was a gang member. Breitbart published videos of Palestinian children dancing joyfully to a song called Pull the Trigger, while Ann Coulter filled my Twitter feed with headlines about crimes committed by Latinos.

For the most part, these stories werent fabricated. But they were cherry-picked, selected to convey an overarching message about what Trump might call American carnage. In this world, immigration and Islam serve as the default enemies, along with the mainstream media and the left. Whenever the president comes under attack by either one, his preferred outlets offer him the ammunition he needs to fight back. When the press seized on reports that US attorney general Jeff Sessions didnt say during his confirmation hearing that he had met with a Russian ambassador, Trumps media mirrors scrambled to dismiss the story as hysterical.

This whole smear campaign is really just part of the Democrats larger fake news conspiracy theory that Russian hacking, hacking, is the reason why Hillary Clinton lost the election, Hannity quipped during his opening monologue.

The wiretapping story wasnt the only one Trump ran with and repeated to millions of people across the country. After a Tucker Carlson segment on Fox about Swedens issues with refugees, the president held a rally in Florida, where he compared Sweden to Brussels, Paris, and Niceall places that have experienced deadly terror attacks. More recently, the president tweeted that 122 prisoners released from Guantanamo have returned to the battlefield, a phony line he repeated verbatim from Fox & Friends.

I surfed an endless feedback loop where speculation leads to justification, ad infinitum.

This alternate universe to which I traveled taught me as much about my bubble as it did the presidents. Im a 30-year-old college-educated writer living in Brooklyn, and my media diet is pretty much what youd expect given those credentials: The New York Times, Politico, The Washington Post, CNN, WIRED (duh), and a whole lot of Refinery29 in my Facebook feed. In Trumps filter bubble, senator John McCain is a politically motivated warmonger. In mine, he and Lindsey Graham represent the lone Republican voices standing up to a rogue president. In my bubble, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau wins over hearts and minds with his good butt and welcoming approach to refugees. In Trumps, the Trudeau effect is steadily decimating trust in government among the Canadian people.

My Trump media diet reminded me that I could also benefit from breaking out of the bubbleexcept Im not the president. Theres no subset of the media who make it their job to convince me Im right. For Trump, there is.

Time and again, Trumps pet outlets find a way to rationalize the presidents claims, even claims as apparently baseless as the wiretapping conspiracy. By Monday morning, while other outlets pressed the administration on the origins of the presidents theories, Utah representative Jason Chaffetz, chair of the House Oversight Committee, sat stiffly beside the hosts on the Fox & Friends couch, vowing to get to the bottom of this.

The real danger in all of this is not that Trump lacks media literacy. Indeed, he may understand the machinations of the media better than anyone. The danger is that an increasingly large number of media outlets today have built their business models around telling the presidents supportersand the president himselfonly what they want to hear. As long as that cycle exists, the wiretapping claim wont be the last online conspiracy theory to become state-sanctioned.

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Tom Brady Wants You to Pay $78 Per Week to Eat Like Him Men's Health Tom Brady is notorious for his strict diet. The Patriots quarterback reportedly avoids sugar, white flour, gluten, all fruit entirely, eggplant, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, dairy, iodized salt, and olive oil. And now, for $78 per week, you too can ...

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Want to live a long, healthy life? Move to South Korea.

In a study from Imperial College London,published in the journal the Lancet in late February, researchers projected the life expectancy for men and women born in 35 industrialized countries in the year 2030. The study authors used 21 different forecasting models to analyze death rates across various age groups over the past 50-plus years, resulting in predictions that they believe are the most accurate statistics available.

The good news: The study predicts life expectancy will increase in all 35 countries. South Korea is expected to take the top spot for both women and men, with projected life expectancies of 90.8 and 84, respectively.

The bad news: The USA came in dead last in its cohort, with the lowest predicted life expectancy out of all high-income industrialized countries an average of 83.3 years for women, and 79.5 years for men.

Although the study doesnt dig deep into why citizens of certain countries can expect longer life spans than others, co-author James Bennett tells The Post that high-ranking countries do have some commonalities, such as access to health care, low smoking rates and healthy diets.

Below, the life-extending staples that keep these top countries ticking.

Bennett cites Koreas traditional diet as one reason why its citizens are expected to live so long.

Thats thanks in part to kimchee, a popular Korean condiment thats served with most meals. The fermented vegetable mix is packed with gut-healthy probiotics which can help your body fight off disease as well as filling fiber and antioxidants.

Other South Korean staples include bibimbap, a popular dish of rice, vegetables, red pepper paste, egg and a small amount of meat.

It goes down so easily, and its full of healthy foods, says nutritionist Joshua Rosenthal, founder of NYCsInstitute for Integrative Nutrition.

Plus, says Bennett, South Koreas recent economic growth has made health care more accessible across the whole population, leading to huge gains in its life expectancy standing.

France isnt exactly known as a health-food mecca the country is synonymous with baguettes, croissants and healthy pats of butter. Still, its citizens tend to live long lives, with a projected life expectancy of 88.6 years for women and 81.7 for men for those born in 2030.

Whats fascinating is that many of the foods that Americans avoid, like foods that are high in carbs or saturated fat, are things you see in a French diet, says Danielle Rehfeld, a personal chef who specializes in global cuisine.

But the French generally consume foods differently than Americans, opting for smaller portion sizes eaten at mealtimes, rather than snacks or binges.

It also helps that they tend to see meals as social events.

Its not just what youre eating, its how youre eating, says nutritionist Rosenthal. If youre eating while youre watching TV, you dont realize how much food you ate youre unconscious.

And staying connected with friends and family has been shown to aid in healthy aging as does the easy access to health care and social services that the French enjoy.

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By Karen Pallarito

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TUESDAY, March 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes in the United States are associated with diets that skimp on certain foods and nutrients, such as vegetables, and exceed optimal levels of others, like salt, a new study finds.

Using available studies and clinical trials, researchers identified 10 dietary factors with the strongest evidence of a protective or harmful association with death due to "cardiometabolic" disease.

"It wasn't just too much 'bad' in the American diet; it's also not enough 'good,'" said lead author Renata Micha.

"Americans are not eating enough fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, vegetable oils or fish," she said.

Micha is an assistant research professor at the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston.

The researchers used data from multiple national sources to examine deaths from cardiometabolic diseases -- heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes -- in 2012, and the role that diet may have played.

"In the U.S. in 2012, we observed about 700,000 deaths due to those diseases," Micha said. "Nearly half of these were associated with suboptimal intakes of the 10 dietary factors combined."

Too much salt in people's diets was the leading factor, accounting for nearly 10 percent of cardiometabolic deaths, according to the analysis.

The study identifies 2,000 milligrams a day, or less than 1 teaspoon of salt, as the optimal amount. While experts don't agree on how low to go, there is broad consensus that people consume too much salt, Micha noted.

Other key factors in cardiometabolic death included low intake of nuts and seeds, seafood omega-3 fats, vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and high intake of processed meats (such as cold cuts) and sugar-sweetened beverages.

Each of these factors accounted for between 6 percent and 9 percent of deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

"Optimal" intake of foods and nutrients was based on levels associated with lower disease risk in studies and clinical trials. Micha cautioned that these levels are not conclusive. Optimal intake "could be modestly lower or higher," she explained.

Low consumption of polyunsaturated fats (found in soybean, sunflower and corn oils) accounted for just over 2 percent of cardiometabolic deaths, according to the study. High consumption of unprocessed red meats (such as beef) was responsible for less than one half of 1 percent of these deaths, the analysis showed.

The take-home message: "Eat more of the good and less of the bad," Micha said.

Vegetable intake, for example, was considered optimal at four servings per day. That would be roughly equivalent to 2 cups of cooked or 4 cups of raw veggies, she said.

Fruit intake was deemed optimal at three daily servings: "For example, one apple, one orange and half of an average-size banana," she continued.

"And eat less salt, processed meats, and sugary-sweetened beverages," she said.

The study also found that poor diet was associated with a larger proportion of deaths at younger versus older ages, among people with lower versus higher levels of education, and among minorities versus whites.

Dr. Ashkan Afshin is acting assistant professor of global health at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

"I commend the current study's authors for exploring sociodemographic factors, like ethnicity and education, and their role in the relationship of diet with cardiometabolic disease," said Afshin, who was not involved in the study.

"This is an area that deserves more attention so that we may fully understand the connection between diet and health," he said.

The study doesn't prove that improving your diet reduces risk of death from heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but suggests that dietary changes may have an impact.

"It is important to know which dietary habits affect health the most so that people can make healthy changes in how they eat and how they feed their families," Afshin said.

The study was published March 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In an accompanying journal editorial, researchers from Johns Hopkins University urged caution in interpreting the findings.

According to Noel Mueller and Dr. Lawrence Appel, the results may be biased by the number of dietary factors included, the interaction of dietary factors and the authors' "strong assumption" that evidence from observational studies implies a cause-and-effect relationship.

Still, the editorialists concluded that the likely benefits of an improved diet "are substantial and justify policies designed to improve diet quality."

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SOURCES: Renata Micha, R.D., Ph.D., assistant research professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston; Ashkan Afshin, M.D., Sc.D., acting assistant professor of global health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle; March 7, 2017, Journal of the American Medical Association

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Dental plaque preserved in fossilized teeth confirms that Neandertals were flexible eaters and may have self-medicated with an ancient equivalent of aspirin.

DNA recovered from calcified plaque on teeth from four Neandertal individuals suggest that those from the grasslands around Beligums Spy cave ate woolly rhinoceros and wild sheep, while their counterparts from the forested El Sidron cave in Spain consumed a menu of moss, mushrooms and pine nuts.

The evidence bolsters an argument that Neandertals diets spanned the spectrum of carnivory and herbivory based on the resources available to them, Laura Weyrich, a microbiologist at the University of Adelaide in Australia, and her colleagues report March 8 in Nature.

The best-preserved Neandertal remains were from a young male from El Sidron whose teeth showed signs of an abscess. DNA from a diarrhea-inducing stomach bug and several gum disease pathogens turned up in his plaque. Genetic material from poplar trees, which contain the pain-killing aspirin ingredient salicylic acid, and a plant mold that makes the antibiotic penicillin hint that he may have used natural medication to ease his ailments.

The researchers were even able to extract an almost-complete genetic blueprint, or genome, for one ancient microbe, Methanobrevibacter oralis. At roughly 48,000 years old, its the oldest microbial genome sequenced, the researchers report.

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PINEHURST, N.C., March 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Due to canine's sensitivity to dietary elements, Assisi Animal Health, developer of the Assisi Loop, an effective non-pharmaceutical anti-inflammatory device (NPAID) that works as a PEMF therapy for animals, shares signs that a dog's diet must be changed.

The saying "you are what you eat" is equally as important for canines as it is for humans. The food that a dog ingests is just as much a part of overall health as exercise and mental wellness.

If a dog presents any of the aforementioned symptoms, it is important to always consult a veterinary professional to rule out any other conditions. If there is no underlying condition present, a change in diet will most likely be necessary.

Assisi Animal Health's clinical solutions complete the Circle of Carethe collaboration of veterinarians and owners in animal health and healing. Our company helps veterinary professionals and owners improve the quality of life for companion animals using the Assisi Loop, the non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical healing device that is based on the same FDA-cleared technology used on humans. The device uses low-level pulses of electromagnetic energy to reduce pain and swelling, and to enhance recovery.

Media Contact: Kaysie Dann, Assisi Animal Health, 866-830-7342, kaysie.dannemiller@assisianimalhealth.com

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Success on the race course is a measure of our preparation, and when racing a Laser, physical preparation is a high priority. The Laser class posted their top 5 tips to improve sailing fitness, but if you sail any boat that demands a high level of physical exertion, these tips are for you too.

Tip #1 Cross Training The best thing about cross training is that if you do it right, it wont seem like work. You can combine a couple or a number of different forms of physical activity into a few days or weekly rotation to keep yourself challenged. This can be jogging and tennis or swimming and biking or just about anything that gets your heart pumping. The key is to get your heart pumping. Plus, when you participate in different physical activities you end up exercising different muscle as well as the thinking part of your brain.

Tip #2 Cardio/Aerobic Work Speaking of getting your heart pumping, cardio and aerobic work are targeted specifically at heart health. Activities that assist in building heart strength and stamina include running on a treadmill, using a rowing machine or a cross-trainer. The more your heart beats, the more blood it sends to the rest of your body. When blood moves into muscles it gains strength and power and increases stamina.

Tip #3 Strength Training for Laser Sailing Fitness We are talking about primarily pumping iron. This means free weights, dumb bells, bar bells and various machines you would find in a gym that forces you to work against resistance. Weight training not only builds strength, it can also give you that hidden extra push while Laser class sailing. Extra power in legs, arms, abs and back resulting from weight training can prove to be your secret weapon out on the water. The important thing to remember with any weight lifting program is to concentrate on proper technique for best results and less chance of injury.

Tip #4 Nutrition While you may think the food you eat will not have much effect on your Laser sailing fitness, there is an important connection. What you use to fuel your body comes from the food you consume. Eating junk food filled with empty calories will not help you much on race day. When you eat properly, your body absorbs the nutrients and protein it gathers from a good diet. They get stored for when you need them most and they get sent to the muscles screaming for extra power. A well balanced diet, with some extra carbs, protein and good hydration on race day, will give you the juice you need to win races.

Tip #5 Rest and Recovery Like a well-oiled machine that performs at the top of its class, if you look after it, it can perform at its peak for longer. However, in order to keep that machine running smoothly without the possibility of breaking down, you need to maintain it. Your body is the same. Rest and recovery is as important as training. Without rest periods your muscles will cramp and fail you when you need them most. Without break time your mind will also let you down by not performing at its sharpest. The last thing you want to do is get burnt out.

Make sure that you check out this short video with Olympic gold medalist Paul Goodison

How serious are you with your sailing fitness? As the saying goes, the best defense is a strong offense. The stronger you become both mentally and physically, the better you will become at coping with the stresses associated with competition sailing. You need to be sharp, prepared and capable in order to win.

If you want to improve your sailing fitness, you need to be disciplined and focused. If it was easy, then everyone would be doing it. So put in the hard yards, and you will see results.

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Combating childhood obesity has become a recent focus for trainers at West Hills Fitness, located at 1753 Lyter Drive.

As it appears that obesity among youths is becoming an epidemic inthe area and across the nation, West Hills Fitness co-owner Kelly Morgan said it is important to encourage and influence the areas youth to live a healthy lifestyle.

Summer is coming, and we want to target the younger people who are not necessarily labeled as athletes, she said.

Technology keeps many children today on the couch and inactive, Morgan said.

The goal is to get them up and get them moving, she said.

The fitness centers new program, Fit 4 Life, will teach young peopleto embrace exercise while having fun andlearning the building blocks of fitness, Morgan said.

Fit 4 Life classes will include sports drills and skills, motor skills development and enhancement, nutritional guidance for parents from a registered dietician and much more.

The six-week camp is open to boys and girls ages 10to 17.

The registration deadline is March 18, andthe first day of camp is scheduled for March 19.

Weve got to attack obesity before it becomes a problem, said West Hills Fitness in-house trainer, Greg Nash.

While studying for his strength and conditioning certification,Nash saidhe came across an alarming statistic.

Sixty percent of all U.S. kids are facing obesity or are already morbidly obese, he said.

Nash believes that by confronting obesity at an early age, a personcan live longer, healthier and happier life.

Living a healthy lifestyle is not just about shedding unwanted weight, he said, becauseit also plays a huge rolein maintaining a healthy state of mind.

But obesity, Nash said, can lead toother serious health issues such asdiabetes and high blood pressure.

I love to see kids grow and see them get in shape, Nash said.

I think Im on the path of setting them up for a successful lifestyle by reaching out tothem early abouttaking care of their bodies, being disciplined and getting in shape.

What I am aiming for with this camp is to start laying the building the blocks for a successful lifestyle for these young kids.

Children can register for the Fit 4 Life camp by having a parent or guardian stop atWest Hills Fitness, Richland Fitness or Ebensburg Fitness, or by calling 525-4829.

Ronald Fisher is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @FisherSince_82.

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Missing Richard Simmons is the latest craze captivating podcast listeners. In it, a one-time friend of Simmons, Dan Taberski, investigates the fitness gurus life in recent years. Simmons hasnt been seen in public since 2014.

Simmons rep has rejected the claims in the podcast, but that hasnt stopped fans from listening.

Missing Richard Simmons has reached No. 1 on the iTunes podcast charts, and many fans are calling it the new Serial, referencing the addictive The American Life podcast of 2014.

New episodes of the podcast are released on Wednesdays, and if you havent tuned in yet, theres plenty youve missed. This week, Taberski tries to track down two people he claims are still in contact with Simmons.

If youre curious about what all the hype is about, here are some of the most-shocking revelations from Missing Richard Simmons so far.

[SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading here if you havent listened to the most-recent episode of Missing Richard Simmons.]

Simmons may not have shut everyone out During the most recent episode of Missing Richard Simmons, Taberski travels to Mississippi to speak with someone named Elijah who he says may still be communicating with Simmons. Elijah avoided speaking with Taberski and his team.

The podcast also speculates Simmons still communicates with his brother, Leonard, who lives in New Orleans. Taberski tracks down Lenny Simmons, who shuts the door in his face and refuses to speak to him in person.

His brother seems confused by Richards isolation In a preview for next weeks episode, Taberski tracks Lenny Simmons down on the phone, and Lenny is heard explaining, Hes not angry with anybody. I dont understand it. I wish I did.

According to Taberski, Simmons manager says hes not sick There has been speculation that a grave illness has sent Simmons into isolation. Taberski insists its not the case.

Taberski says in the latest episode, Ive known Richards manager for a few years now, and I asked him off the record really early on in this process if there was something serious going on, like illness, so that I would know just to leave it be, but he still said no, hes fine, and he still maintains [that].

Richard cried during workout classes, attendees said Taberski called the classes, which he attended for a time, an emotional ritual, almost, for everyone involved.

He said the fitness star would break down in tears mid-class.

It has happened in every class Ive ever been to, Taberski says.

His friend, who attended a class once, described the moment when Simmons began crying.

It was out of control crying, she said. At the time I am thinking it was scary.

Simmons supposedly called fans at home The podcast takes time to interview a fan who says she met Simmons in 1994 and gave him a note with her telephone number.

You have to understand: I am in Nebraska, a woman named Kathy says on the podcast. I was a 450-lb hairdresser. All of a sudden, Richard Simmons jumps in my life who is full of color and I feel, suddenly, hope.

Kathy claims the two spoke at least once a week and sometimes Simmons would confide in her about matters in his life. The podcast hints Kathy was one of many fans Simmons spoke to on the phone.

He would wake up at 4 in the morning and reach out to 30, 40, 50 people with phone calls and emails, Taberski told Yahoo News. It was sustained relationships that lasted years, sometimes decades.

Richard hadnt been to someones house in 7 years In its first episode, the podcast replays an interview Simmons did before he disappeared from the limelight in which he says, I live a very recluse life. This is about the most hanging out Ive done four people in a room. I teach my class, I kiss everybody, I take hundreds of photos and I go home. I socialize with no one.

The star says during the years-old chat he hadnt been to someones home in seven years and only had people at his home for business meetings.

Simmons ghosted 94-year-old second-mother A woman named Jerry speaks to Taberski during the podcast and she is described as being like a second mother to Simmons. He can be heard on the podcast speaking at her small 90th birthday party, which only included close family and friends, and though they spoke very often before he vanished from the public eye, she hasnt heard from him since.

On the podcast, a concerned Jerry begs Taberski for updates on her pal.

What do you know? Anything? I miss him very much, Jerry says.

Simmons' home has no buzzer Taberski attempts to find Simmons at home and speak to him, but he cant figure out how to let anyone inside know he is standing outside of the home.

Theres no buzzer, theres no doorbell, theres no knocker Theres no way of reaching people inside besides screaming, he describes.

Simmons housekeeper eventually steps out to take out the trash, briefly recognizes Taberski dismisses him, avoiding his questions about the famous fitness guru.

At least 1 person still thinks Simmons is being controlled by his housekeeper Mauro Oliveira, Simmons former masseuse, says on the podcast he attempted to interact with the star and Simmons longtime housekeeper stopped him.

Oliveira describes what he says happened when he was in Simmons mansion one day.

She starts screaming like a witch, No, get out, get out Richard looked at me and said You gotta go.

Oliveira claims he asked Simmons directly if the housekeeper was controlling your life now? to which he claims Simmons said, Yes.

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