For Your Well Being 
Barbara Christenson, Publisher
The Speak Well Being Group
mailto:barbara@speakwellbeing.com

Published every other Thursday
September 29, 2005, Vol. III Issue 20 

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       In this issue: Apples and Pears, and Sailors, Oh MY!
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Dear Friends,

One of the things I love most about my job is the opportunity to 
learn about innovative viewpoints. This information often initially 
comes via books and authors recommended by none other than our clients.
This was the case with Dr. Marie Savard, author of "Apples & Pears, 
The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness." When a client
told me about that title, I was intrigued and had to know more. Off 
to the bookstore and now I get to share both her ideas and her exper-
tise as a speaker for your health-centered events.

October means meeting season is in full swing and brings National 
Breast Cancer Awareness Month to our attention. I had the opportunity
to attend a different kind of Susan G. Komen Race benefit this week. 
It was "Sail for the Cure" here in Portland with Becky Olson on the 
platform and a bevy of enthusiastic women sailors (and men) in the 
audience. I don't know if it was the wind and water from the daytime 
activities or the wine consumed during the silent auction, but everyone
appeared to be glowing with health and vitality and passion for the 
cause by the time Becky took the microphone. 

I realized I haven't shared any recipes in awhile so read on to the 
end for one of my fall favorites.

Yours truly,
Barbara


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                     Are You an Apple or a Pear?
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As the book jacket for "Apples and Pears" by Dr. Marie Savard reads, 
"When it comes to your health, body shape really does matter!" 
Hmm . . . that gets my attention. Could the key to better health 
actually be found via "testing" with a simple tape measure?

"Chances are you already know if you're an apple or a pear. Most 
women know intuitively whether their bodies tend to store fat 
around their waists (forming an apple shape) or lower down around
their hips, thighs, and buttocks (forming a pear shape)," Dr. Savard 
says. 

But what does it matter? Gut or butt, too much is too much, right? 
Wrong!

Dr. Savard is a nationally-known internist, women's health expert 
and advocate for patients' rights. She is the award-winning author 
of "How to Save Your Own Life" and the creator of The Savard Health 
Record.

According to Dr. Savard, there's much more at stake here than the 
clothing style you might choose to camouflage, minimize or flatter 
your figure. She says your body shape is the single most powerful 
predictor of future health. "Body shape is the closest thing we have
to a medical crystal ball," she says. "This one simple piece of infor-
mation is more important than weight for predicting your risk of heart
disease or stroke. It is connected to differences in your physical 
chemistry, hormone production, and metabolism and directly affects 
your likelihood for obesity, heart disease, osteoporosis, the metabolic
syndrome, diabetes, stroke, varicose veins and certain cancers. 

"The good news," she tells us, "is that this crystal ball only tells 
us what is likely to happen; our health destiny is not written in 
stone. We have the power to improve the course of our lives in spite 
of our shapes . . . if we are willing to take action."

For example, it makes all the difference in your risk for heart disease.
Women who gain weight around their middles (apples) are up to four
times more likely to have a heart attack than women who add pounds 
around their hips, buttocks and thighs, but there are practical steps 
they can take to reduce their risk.

"Apple-shaped women have more visceral fat, which gathers around the
internal organs and is generally more harmful to the body than 
subcutaneous fat, which appends itself to the buttocks and thighs.
Visceral fat creates a physical environment that is primed for heart
disease and stroke. The more abdominal fat a woman has (the greater
her waist is in proportion to her hips) the more dangerous the situa-
tion becomes," Dr. Savard says. "A tape measure can be the most power-
ful tool a woman and her doctor have to identify the woman's risk of 
heart disease and to begin taking appropriate preventive steps."

The best news is that there are things you can do to prevent or even
reverse the risks of body shape. In the book, Dr. Savard offers specific
nutritional and exercise recommendations based on body type for women
of all shapes and sizes. 

"No matter what body shape you have, how old you are, or how much you 
weigh, there are many things you can do to decrease your personal 
disease risk," she says. "Diet and exercise are only part of the equa-
tion. Medical monitoring is critical, as is a change in mindset. We 
need to stop thinking of our weight problems, and learn to accept
ourselves as women with figures. Every woman can become stronger,
look better and feel healthier."

"Once you understand what body shape means, how it is formed, how it 
changes, and how it relates to your health, the effect is like ripping 
off a blindfold," she says. "Finally our stomach and thighs make sense.
Finally you know what you have to do to lose weight more easily. Finally
you can put medical problems in context and really know what to do to 
improve them. Finally you can appreciate and understand your body as it
is, while still nurturing it to become stronger and healthier than ever 
before."

Dr. Savard welcomes the opportunity to share the revelations of apples 
and pears with your group. Find out if you're an apple or pear by taking
the quiz on her website, http://www.applesandpears.org.

You'll be seeing Dr. Savard and other exciting new speakers on my website
as soon as I emerge from the chaos of moving. For info about fees and availability, mailto:Barbara@speakwellbeing.com or call me at 503-699-5031.


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            Becky Olson: The Five H's and Sister Lister
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I love it when I get to see a speaker locally whether it's one of 
"my" speakers, one I'm scouting or someone I just want to hear/see
for my own enlightenment or personal growth. 

Sunday night I got to experience Becky Olson, an up and coming 
speaker in the health arena. Becky recently left the corporate 
world to pursue her passion for speaking and sharing her experience
living through breast cancer. She is a 2X breast cancer survivor, 
author of "The Hat that Saved My Life" and was the keynote speaker
for the "Sail for the Cure" event here in Portland.

I loved that Becky got us all involved in her talk. She had five points
to make, called the 5 H's, and she had us repeat them out loud. Then, 
during her talk, she asked us, when she got to each point, to name it.
Much to my amazement, I remembered each one, and so did other audience 
members! Now, I could tell you what they were...or you could ask. I will
tell you, that her first "H" was Hair and that launched her into the 
story that led to the title of her book, "The Hat That Saved My Life." 
If you want to know the rest of the five H's, email me.  

Becky's also developed a program around a character, "Sister Lister."
A list maker all her life, Becky addresses a problem that many women 
face: Too much to do and never enough time to do it. You're a sister 
lister if you're a woman who makes lists. I can relate. In the weeks 
and days leading up to my wedding, I lived by lists. I even made lists
for my fiancé. So many lists that on our honeymoon, our mantra was, 
"No lists!"

Becky, however, has a point. When you're feeling stressed out by too
many things on your mind, list-making can be a lifesaver.

In her Sister Lister talk, she'll teach you how to better organize 
your life by learning to focus on one task at a time. "Too often we
get caught up in one daunting task only to find ourselves thinking
about all the other ones that are piling up behind it," Becky says.
"The first one doesn't get done and the second one doesn't get started
 because we are not focused.

The best part of it is, she does it all with a sense of humor. "Get 
control, get focused, get it done and then GO PLAY!" she says. I knew
I liked this woman the moment I met her! 

Learn more about Becky on my website, http://www.speakwellbeing.com 
or you can look her up at http://www.beckyolson.com

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               A Different Kind of Turkey in the Oven
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Being married is a whole new world in many ways. One of the things 
that's come up for me, of all things, is meal planning. Now, my 
husband likes to cook and we like to cook together, and we both like
to eat healthy (he would even tell you I have been a good influence
on him in this arena!) Meal PLANNING, however, is a different issue
I'm learning. I know, I know, all of you have known this for years.  

Since I go for my evening Nia workout most weekday early evenings, 
I get home a little after 7 p.m. and I want to eat NOW! So, I plan 
ahead and while I have always done this and cooked for myself, some-
how it's different doing it for the two of us. Anybody know what that
is?

Now that there's a nip in the air, I find myself turning away from 
the barbecue and toward the crockpot and the oven, and two of my 
favorite chapters in Zonya Foco's "Lickety Split Meals for Health
Conscious People On the Go." Those are "Slow-Cooking" and "Oven, 
Exercise, Eat." 

The premise of course, in "Oven, Exercise, Eat," is that after some
quick preparation, you put dinner in the oven and head out for some 
exercise while it's cooking. Got that part covered. I've never been 
a traditional meat loaf fan, but Jim and I agree Tantalizing Turkey Loaf
is a winner (and the house smells awesome when you walk in the door!).
It's on page 133 of the newest edition of LSM. If you'd like the recipe,
mailto:Barbara@speakwellbeing.com and write Turkey Loaf in the Subject
line.

I'll share our favorite slow-cooking recipe in a future issue.

Until next time, take care of yourself, for your well being and those 
you love.

Yours truly, 
Barbara

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