Alzheimer’s causes changes in behaviour that many people find most distressing. The progressive deterioration of brain cells is the main cause of behavioural symptoms. In the early stages, these can be irritability, anxiety and depression; in later stages, anger and agitation, aggression, restlessness, pacing, physical or verbal outbursts, delusions, sleep disturbances and hallucinations. It is important to get supports in place while the disease is in the earlier stages. A medical evaluation can determine if changes in behaviour are due to other factors such as drug side effects, discomfort from infections and other conditions.
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Does your Gut Dislike Travelling?
Laying on a sunny beach in February means you had to travel to get there. Travel frequently involves air travel, time zone changes, and disrupted eating and sleeping patterns. These can lead to irregularity or uncomfortable digestive issues, which in turn affect our immune system. Our body will also likely be exposed to unfamiliar germs and bacteria that we do not normally encounter. Taking probiotics before and during your trip helps keep your gut and digestive system normal and happy so that you can really enjoy your holiday. Your local health food store can help you choose the best ones for you.
Dieting with the Enemy
Want to really bring out the worst in people? Try weight loss! It won’t be unusual if you’re showered with fattening food or sabotaged by people who claim to love you. The problem usually starts when you are in change mode, but your friends and family are not. Your success may make them feel guilty, which in turn pricks at their conscience. They may be thinking they should be pursuing weight loss too. The best thing you can do is to make friends with the enemy. Be firm with your boundaries and acknowledge that your goals are important too. You got this!
Wellnessnews Women’s Expo – February 10
The Wellnessnews Women’s Expo is the place to Explore, Indulge, Escape & Shop. It will be a day of fun and new approaches to nutrition, fitness and overall wellbeing. Bring your girlfriends, mom and neighbours to visit over 80 exhibits, indulge in pampering in the Diva Oasis, participate in the activity area and attend sessions on Nutrition/Healthy Aging. The Expo is FREE. VIP tickets can be found where you get your Wellnessnews, from an exhibitors or off our website. While not required to attend, tickets redeemed raise funds to help women in our communities. See you on February 10th at the VI Conference Centre in Nanaimo.
Safe Harbour’s Critical Needs
Please consider donating gloves (always needed), men’s socks and underwear (medium & large), women’s socks and underwear (small & medium), all toiletries, warm wear and gift cards. Granola bars, and bags of apples and oranges would also be welcomed. For more information call 403-347-0181 or visit SafeHarbourSociety.org.
Profile – Corner Mountain Inn and Wellness Centre
The perfect balance of backcountry wilderness with the luxuries of modern life, Corner Mountain Inn and Wellness Centre not only offers spacious rooms and healthy, delicious breakfasts but also therapeutic-grade essential oils, spa treatments and wet cedar sauna, nutrition consulting, pesticide-free or organic foods, and the peace and quiet to help you reclaim your health. Plan a visit to the Inn, break the cycle of busyness and rediscover the value of simple things. Janet Casey, RN, Wellness Coach, Owner/Operator, Corner Mountain Inn & Wellness Centre, CornerMountainInn.ca
Happy New Year
Welcome to the first edition of the Wellnessnews Choices for Healthy Living® in Red Deer and Central AB! Healthy Living means making positive daily choices and taking personal ownership to enrich our life in areas such as our physical, emotion, social, occupational, financial and spiritual wellbeing. Mindfulness and the intention behind our daily habits, choices and actions all play a role on this journey. Fortunately, our wellness can always be enriched through education, awareness and practice. That’s great news, right? Wellnessnews Choices for Healthy Living® strives to be the community resource that showcases health tips, local opportunities and resources plus the variety of health practitioners and businesses that can help you achieve your goal of optimal health and wellness. When we are healthy, our entire community benefits! Pauline Mousseau, Wellbeing Marketing Solution Publisher, Wellnessnews Central Alberta. Wellnessnews.ca
Access Consciousness
The target of Access Consciousness is to help get people to the point where they are conscious enough to create change within themselves, so that it is also possible to change everything that is not working for them in their everyday life. Once people begin to be more conscious, it will be easier to thrive in the face of the shifts that are occurring everywhere on the planet right now. There are courses available for helping you get real-life tools you can use and showing you how to get where you would like to be. Are you ready to invest in YOU? Robin Chant, Inspire You Studio, RobinChant.com
New Year Resolutions
It’s wonderful to want to make changes in your life. The problem is, change doesn’t happen overnight, and most resolutions end up being abandoned. Then we feel guilty about it. Consider, instead, small sustainable steps towards a healthier lifestyle. Being healthy isn’t just about what we eat and how much we weigh. Real wellness includes how we talk to ourselves, our outlook on life, and how we deal with stress. Feeling better can start with any of these things. See January as only the beginning of your wellness journey!
Need More Magnesium?
A 2006 report from the World Health Organization estimated that 75% of adults consume a diet that is deficient in magnesium. One in five adults consumes less than half of the U.S. RDA for magnesium. A study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control, published in the Journal of Nutrition, explains: Magnesium is an essential element that is crucial to hundreds of physiologic processes in humans. Not surprisingly, inadequate intake of magnesium has been linked to various adverse health outcomes, including the development of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and headaches. Furthermore, magnesium is important in bone growth and may play a role in athletic performance. Marita Dowsett, B.P.T. Physio4U, Physio4u.net
Quit Smoking with Laser Therapy
Is quitting smoking on your ‘New Years Resolution List’? Have you tried just about everything, with little success? Laser Therapy is clinically proven to help to control cravings and withdrawal symptoms. In clinical studies, patients report a noticeable reduction in cravings, and have a higher chance of success in quitting. The benefits of quitting smoking with laser over other interventions include no medications with unpleasant side effects, no unhealthy nicotine in your system in the form of patches, and pleasant side effects of relaxation which are a result of the endorphins released in response to the laser. Start the New Year as a nonsmoker, and making smoking a habit of the past. SmartChoice Laser Centre, SmartChoiceLaser.com
