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Doctor’s Senior Exercise & Health Newsletter
September 1, 2001
In This Newsletter Published Biweekly Web site: http://www.doctorsexercise.com How to subscribe or unsubscribe: http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/dsenews My Apologies*** I wish to apologize to all the visitors to the Doctor’s Senior Exercise web site who tried to subscribe to the Doctor’s Senior Exercise & Health Newsletter and was unable to complete the subscription process. I had been getting notices of this glitch in the subscription process, and numerous emails that they were unable to subscribe. Hopefully, this has now been rectified, and I urge those of you who had this problem to please try again. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience…. Doc Cane. News And Commentary*** What has happened to all those free sites that were so readily available on the Internet? Remember when we used to get those free websites, offers to archive your snapshots into a family photo gallery, and companies that would store your information, all for free. There were free forums and bulletin boards that would allow you to be in communication with friends and family. That however is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Many sites have started charging a monthly or annual subscription fee. Listbot.com now charges $149.00 for services that had been free. Yahoo charges for real time stock quotes, their online magazine and auction listings. BlueLight.com, that was great for surfing is no longer the same. Charges by long distance companies, for calls you could make from computer to computer are now being charged for. Net2phone is one of the companies that have gotten on this bandwagon. You can no longer get free storage for your information at i-drive.com. All the companies that were once free made money through advertising. Now, they have found better ways, and they justify this by what they say are “premium services”. Oh well, we can’t stand in the way of progress. However, there are many sites that are free and it is only a matter of finding them. I can help you in that regard. Read on in this newsletter and I will mention several sites in my “Around The Internet”. Healthfully Yours*** We are having a heat wave. The temperatures all over the country have been reaching record highs. Even though it is extremely important that we maintain proper fluid levels in the body at all times, it is even more imperative that we do so in hot weather. We engage in more activities that require the increase of hydration our body requires. The more active you are, the more you perspire and that fluid lost in perspiration will have to be replaced. Athletes, especially the weekend athlete is more prone to dehydration than the professional athlete, who is more familiar with being properly hydrated. The amateur runner needs to be aware of this increased need for hydration. Any activity from mild to strenuous causes dehydration in such a rapid manner that it actually hits you without being aware of it, until you start feeling faint, dizzy, flushed and start to get cramping of muscles. You may feel disoriented and mentally confused. Excessive dehydration can cause you to become unconscious at the most inopportune time. Can you imagine this happening while you are driving? If you are driving in very hot climates, have a bottle of water with you so that you can take a sip every 20 minutes or so. It doesn’t matter that you are in an air-conditioned car. When engaged in any type of exercise, even when taking a leisurely walk, you should have fluids approximately every 20 minutes or so, especially during high temperatures. The best time for any such activity is early morning or late afternoon, during the coolest time of day. Relaxing at home, doing housework, gardening, or doing your exercises require that you replace fluids that are lost without you being aware of. To replace these fluids, do not use sugar drinks such as sodas. Most sodas or soft drinks also contain caffeine or sugar substitutes. Juices are not the best way to hydrate the body. Most juices are too acidic and tend to raise the ph of the urinary tract. If you must use a flavored drink, use a drink that will replace the needed electrolytes in the body. Such a drink is Gatorade, but by far, the best drink is still water. Drink at least 8 eight-ounce glasses of water during the day. Do not drink the glassful of water all at once, but sip it slowly each time you drink. It is better to drink the water at room temperature, than ice cold. Drinking enough water has many more benefits that will enhance your health. Water has a great impact on most of the bodily functions. Without water these functions are not only impaired, but can cause many health problems. Some of these problems are:
So you can see how important roll water has in the body to maintain a normal functioning of all its systems. After all the body is made up of a large percentage of water and when this water is depleted, it has to be replaced. Not replacing the water can set up any of the above scenarios causing serious health problems. Around The Internet*** As discussed earlier, here are those free websites that you can use. How long they will remain free is a moot question, but have fun while they are still available. 1. http://www.delphi.com At this site you can have a free Forum, Message Board & Chatroom. They also have enhanced services for payment. This is a neat site, however you have to put up with the advertising. 2. www.geocities.com Here you can create your own free website. 3. www.siteblast.com You can also create a free website at this site. 4. http://www.topica.com/ Where you can start an email discussion or your own newsletter. You can also find a variety of available newsletters that may be of interest to you. 5. http://www.bluemountain.com/ Send free greeting cards for all occasions. Cards can also be sent in Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. 6. http://www.freeyellow.com/index.gsp You can obtain free Web Hosting at this site. http://www.1001postcards.org Another site for free cards and postcards. Recent Articles*** I read a very interesting article in the Sun-Sentinel dated August 12, 2001, written by Jessie Halladay the health correspondent. It concerns a condition known as “Hyperventilation Syndrome”. There are many conditions where hyperventilation can occur. Anxiety is one of the most common and the most known by the average individual. This can also occur during any course of assisted breathing, or during the course of CPR. When there is over-ventilation there is a constriction of the cerebral arteries that results in a lack of oxygen to the brain (Hypoxia). There is a progression of symptoms leading to a respiratory failure and blackout. There are conditions of the central nervous system CNS), liver conditions and many other causative factors that can also cause hyperventilation. Those with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be especially prone to hyperventilation. What made this article of particular interest is that it discusses swimmers; particularly those that like to swim underwater, and those who like to test their endurance to see how long they can remain underwater. Children are especially notorious for seeing who can stay under water the longest. They also do breath-holding contests out of the water. Adults too are prone to seeing how far they can swim under water. What makes this so dangerous is that when the swimmer is underwater, hypoxia can occur and they will blackout. The end result is that unless there is help at hand to aid the swimmer, they will drown. I hope this will serve as a warning concerning this practice. A swimmer is also better served when they do not swim alone. Always use the “Buddy System”, whether adult or child. I hope you enjoyed this newsletter. If you think a friend might enjoy reading it also, please email it to them in its entirety. Doc Cane Copyright Disclaimer, and Trademark Information Copyrightã 1997-2001 Emanuel M. Cane. All rights reserved. Except stated below this material or parts thereof may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed by any means whatever without explicit, written permission from the author. You may circulate copies of the Doctor’s Senior Exercise & Health Newsletter by Manually forwarding it, providing you forward the issue in it’s entirety, no fee is involved, and you may forward no more than three issues to any one individual. You may not attach advertising or otherwise modify the text of the newsletter. |
