March 2013 Newsletter
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Quote Of The Month: A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. (Author Unknown)
Congratulations To:
J. Seney of Prescott, AZ. Winner of our February early payment drawing for 1 free additional year of membership.
Congratulations to our winner and thank you to everyone that entered the drawing.
Keeping Fit With Jourdin Hendershot:
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A-Z Work Out
Bored? Having a difficult time trying to figure out what to do? Want to get some exercise? Here are some great ideas that involve exercise!
- A- Applauding for a show using your arms and keeping up the resistance.
- B- Bouncing on a pogo stick.
- C- Chasing your cat/dog/significant other around the house and getting your heart rate up.
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- D- Diving into a heated pool and swimming some laps.
- E- Experiencing the feeling of accomplishment from doing something you don‘t normally do (activity).
- F- Falling onto your bed, rolling off and then doing it again (yes, your heart rate will go up).
- G- Going to a nearby trail, mountain to go hiking and enjoying the beautiful weather.
- H- Hopping on one foot then the other, this works balance and stability, yep, there‘s that heart rate again!
- I- Ice-skating at the closest rink with friends and family, working on balance and stability!
- J- Jumping rope or jumping in place, or jogging in the neighborhood, nearby track or up a trail.
- K- Kicking your legs up and down, gets the heart rate up and works those glutes!
- L- Laying on one side to stretch your spine, then rolling over to do the other side, ahhh, peaceful moment.
- M- Maxing out your heart rate by speed walking or running in spurts and burning those calories.
- N- Never ever quitting, continuing on with your workout and your goals! Way to go!
- O- Opening your hands to catch a ball, basketball, softball, or whiffle ball, but having fun!
- P- Pilates, stretching working the core.
- Q- Quick stepping with a partner, taking dance lessons to learn the quick step if you don‘t know how!
- R- Running around the block as quickly as you can, recover, then do it again, ah, the calories you‘ll burn!
- S- Stepping up a flight of stairs instead of taking an elevator. Work those legs!
- T- Trying on your old roller skates or rollerblades and feeling like a kid again!
- U- Understanding that stepping out of the box is a great thing to do! Step out of your fitness comfort zone.
- V- Voyage across the lake, by swimming, rowing a boat, kayaking and using that upper body strength!
- W- Wading in a heated pool and treading water, what great cardio work!
- X- Xylophone, banging on it and using your hand/eye coordination!
- Y- Yoyo, find one and use that hand/eye coordination again.
- Z- Zzzzzzzz what you‘ll be doing after you exercise from A to Z!
If you have questions you would like to discuss with Jourdin, feel free to drop her an email by clicking here.
Grandma's Kitchen With Grandma C.:
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Creamy Baked Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 2 large potatoes, pre-baked , skins on and diced into 1 inch pieces
- 4 slices bacon
- ½ cup celery
- ½ cup diced onion
- 4 cups milk
- 1 tbsp butter
- ½ tsp garlic salt
- 1-2 tsps dried parsley flakes
- Salt and Pepper
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Saute bacon in a frying pan until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
In a large saucepan or dutch oven type pan, melt butter on medium heat and add celery, onion and garlic salt. Saute for approx 5 minutes.
Add milk and turn heat up to medium high, stirring constantly until milk mixture is hot. Add diced baked potato.
Break up bacon and add to sauce. Add parsley flakes, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer on medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
No need to thicken the sauce,the potatoes will create the right thickness.
You can always add a tablespoon of bacon drippings to the soup for extra flavor, or just add an extra slice of bacon. For a thinner soup, add an extra cup of milk.
Our family particularly enjoys this recipe because of it's hearty texture, with the chunky potatoes (skins on) and bacon. It's one of our favorites!
If you have a recipe that you would like to share with Grandma C., drop her an email by clicking here.
To Your Health: with Meri Osborne
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The Scariest Things You Eat EVERY DAY!
Health awareness has boomed in the USA over the past 12 years. Statistically, Americans are more health-conscious now than they were in the year 2000.
While it‘s great news that more people are watching their calories, fats, carbs, etc., it‘s equally frightening that in a recent poll, when asked if they are aware of the dangerous ingredients found in the food they were eating, over half of them said no.
For Example, foods such as diet soda, coffee creamer and butter contain some interesting ingredients that you may want to avoid:
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- Yellow #5 & Yellow #6 - Second most commonly used, these dyes are found in our condiments, our chips, bread and pudding mixes, and our cereals. The danger: research has linked both dyes to learning disabilities in children.
- Aspartame - A very controversial ingredient, Aspartame is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener found in many food items such as diet soda, low-fat candy, yogurts, and other artificially sweetened foods. The danger is the years of studies and research linking the additive to major health problems from headaches, neurological problems and cancer. While other groups who have studied this as well claim Aspartame is harmless, my research has me worried that my personal obsession with diet cola may come back to haunt me.
- Red #3 & Red #40 - Dyes found in common foods from cakes, cookies, candy, artificial fruit snacks, flavored drinks, and the list goes on. The danger is that research has linked these dyes to thyroid cancer. While there is no hope for a ban on Red #40 due to its popularity as the most used dye in America, the FDA banned the liquid form #3 from cosmetics and external drugs, but has yet to ban the dye from food.
- Butylated Hydroxy Anisole (BHA) - A preservative found in foods like butter, cereal, crackers and most other foods with added fats, BHA has been linked to stomach cancer in mice. Research continues!
- Titanium Dioxide - Often found in paints and sunscreens, it is also commonly used in the food industry to whiten over processed items like icing and salad dressing. The concern is the fact that TD is a component of the element titanium. Titanium is mined from the ground and could potentially be contaminated with toxic lead.
I‘m sure for all of us it would be next to impossible to completely avoid consuming any of the aforementioned items, I mean, we do need to eat SOMETHING. But now I will definitely be more aware what I‘m eating.
Remember, we live every day. We only DIE once. Take control of your health so you can enjoy life to the fullest!
The above health material is provided as an information service. It should not be used for diagnostic purposes nor is it intended to take the place of the important relationship between you and your doctor.
News You Can Use: News From Inside Your Dental Plan
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Senior Open Enrollment Continues Through April 30, 2013
Our memberSHIP is still in port… Don't get left standing on the dock!
I know that most of you reading this newsletter are already members of Savon Dental Plan® but we do want to take this opportunity to let you know that we are under Open Enrollment on our Senior Plan right now.
This is a great time to help any senior citizens that you may know become a member of your dental plan and save money on their enrollment fee.
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As an added bonus to you, our member, if you refer someone to Savon have them mention your name and if they join during this open enrollment, we will credit you with 2 additional months of free membership.
To learn more about the Senior Open Enrollment, simply click on the picture of our Ship or visit www.YoureMissingTheBoat.com!
Fun Facts:
Facts About St. Patrick's Day We Bet You Didn't Know
- The actual color of St. Patrick is blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick's Day during the 19th century. Green, in Irish legends, was worn by fairies and immortals, and also by people to encourage their crops to grow.
- The very first St. Patrick's Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.
- The phrase, "Drowning The Shamrock" is from the custom of floating the shamrock on the top of whiskey before drinking it. The Irish believe that if you keep the custom, then you will have a prosperous year.
- 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, according to the 2003 US Census. That‘s almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.
- The name “leprechaun” has several origins. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word “leipreachan,” which means “a kind of aqueous sprite.” Or, it could be from “leath bhrogan,” which means “shoemaker.”
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14.
- Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.
- The harp is the symbol of Ireland. The color green is also commonly associated with Ireland, also known as “the Emerald Isle.”
Come back for more in next months issue!
Dental Talk - A Member Blog Forum:
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Come blog with us! Dental Talk with Savon is a fun forum to post your interesting topics! Your comments are welcome, it‘s free to use and no membership is required.
Some of the topics include;
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These are just a few of the topics. Our blog site contains many other interesting topics. Please join us!!
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