Choose home exercise equipment wisely

According to Internet Media:   As the weather improves, many of us start to think of exercising to shed the winter pounds. A question that often comes up is, “what do you recommend for home exercise equipment?” The other question revolves around cost of the equipment. “Is this piece of equipment worth the money?” etc. I’ll start with the second question first. Any piece of home exercise equipment is worth the money if you use it. If you buy a treadmill, it is worth the money if you use it. If you don’t use it and turn it into a very expensive clothing rack, then it’s not worth it.

Picking a piece of exercise equipment revolves around several things. First, what is your goal? Are you trying to lose weight? Continue a rehab process from an injury? Just get back some general strength and flexibility that may have been lost from age and inactivity? Perhaps you recently had a surgery or are planning a surgery and want to be able to exercise and rehabilitate more at home?

How much space do you have? Are you living in an apartment? Will you be exercising in the basement? Do you have any limitations? Can you leave the equipment up or do you need to take it down after each use?

It would be nice to be able to tell you that there is one great piece of equipment in the world that would allow us to exercise every part of our body the right way and allow us to achieve all of our goals in a minimal amount of time each day! Unfortunately, the answer to that question is no. Exercise equipment is as individual as we are.

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New Recipe Guide Makes Gluten-Free Cooking Tastier, Healthier and Easier with Pulses

According to Internet Media: Pulse Canada is responding to the growing demand for gluten-free foods by releasing a down loadable resource booklet that includes recipes for meals, snacks and baked goods that feature gluten-free pulses and pulse ingredients (peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas).

Pulse Canada's Pulses and the Gluten-Free Diet: Cooking with Beans, Peas, Lentils and Chickpeas was developed in collaboration with Shelley Case, RD, dietician and author and Carol Fenster, PhD, consultant and author of several gluten-free cookbooks. Pulses and the Gluten-Free Diet offers 26 new recipes that are tasty, nutritious and easy to make at home.

“Gluten-free is one of the fastest growing food market segments. As many as one in 133 people are affected by some level of gluten intolerance. Pulses and pulse ingredients are gluten-free and easy to use in many recipes including baked goods, snacks and meals,” said Peter Watts, Director of Market Innovation for Pulse Canada.

“Celiac disease as yet has no known cure. The only treatment of celiac disease is strict adherence to a gluten-free diet,” said Jim McCarthy, Executive Director of the Canadian Celiac Association. “This guide is an excellent resource providing new nutritional choices.”

“Recipes that include pulses as an ingredient can significantly improve fiber and B vitamin intake of someone who is following a gluten-free diet, which tends to be low in these nutrients,” said Carolanne Nelson, PhD RD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, University of Prince Edward Island.

Pulses are a healthy, sustainable ingredient that offer excellent health benefits that can help reduce and prevent chronic health issues such heart disease and diabetes. They are a rich source vegetable protein, complex carbohydrates - including dietary fibre, as well as vitamins and minerals such as potassium and iron.

“Pulses are a natural prescription for healthy living and can play a key role in providing Canadians with the nutrition they need” says Watts. “Combined with the contribution pulses make to environmental sustainability, pulses play a significant role in supporting healthy people and a healthy planet.”

To download a free copy of Pulses and the Gluten-Free Diet: Cooking with Beans, Peas, Lentils and Chickpeas, visit: http://www.pulsecanada.com/pulses-and-the-gluten-free-diet Pulse Canada is the national association representing growers, traders and processors of Canadian pulse crops (peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas).

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Neiman Marcus: 2 Day Sale

According to Internet Media:  Neiman Marcus is having a 2 day Sale. You can expect to save an extra 25% off of savings as much as 70% off. The Sale is online only on selected Merchandise only. You will find things on sale such as dresses, shoes, contemporary and more!

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Students help others in Bahamas

According to Internet Media:    ASHLAND -- Ashlee Boes, a student at the Dwight Schar College of Nursing in Mansfield, and Miriah Keller, an Ashland University music education major from Mansfield, were among 16 Ashland University students who dedicated their spring break to helping others -- on the tropical island of Eleuthera, Bahamas.

This is the first medical trip mission that Ashland University has participated in, said Dan Hellinger, visiting professor at Dwight Schar College of Nursing. Hellinger joined with Dr. John Swope, director of "the Religious Life Network" and The Call at Ashland University, in arranging the trip.

The students worked with Bahamas Methodist Habitat, based at Camp Symonette in James Cistern on the island of Eleuthera. Bahamas Methodist Habitat has been working since 1992 to improve the lives of those on the island by repairing homes damaged by hurricanes and upgrading substandard housing, Swope said.

While in the Bahamas, the students painted, repaired a roof and worked on fixing a quadraplex for senior citizens that was in need of repair. They also helped remodel a previously condemned clinic in James Cistern.

Nursing students completed health assessments, reported their findings, dispensed medications and observed nursing practices in the Bahamas and the resources with which the nurses have to work.

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