Mountain Views News          Saturday, September 11, 2010

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THE GOOD LIFE

MountainViews-News Saturday, September 11, 2010

SENIOR HAPPENINGS

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS

Today’s Subject: 

Detoxification

FYI: 

September is Senior Center Month

 NCOA’s National Institute of Senior 
Centers has designated September as 
Senior Center Month “Senior 
Centers, Your Place to Connect”

Join us on... 

September 11th - Family Preparedness 
Festival; 9 am to 3 pm in Memorial 
Park. Free items & information 
including eye & ear screenings plus the 
Senior Commission will be handing out 
the new File of Life medical information 
packet to residents.

September 13th - The Braille Institute is 
starting a FREE seminar every Monday 
focused on daily living with sight loss; 
10 am at the Hart Park House/Senior 
Center.

September 14th - Blood Pressure Checks 
& Give-a-ways; 11 am to 12 noon at the 
Hart Park House/Senior Center.

September 20th - Experience the new 
Wii Fit - join Lisa for her free stretch 
class & learn how a new video game can 
help you stay fit; 1 pm in the Hart Park 
House/Senior Center.

September TBA - Lunch with the City 
Manager

September 30th - The Final Scoop - come 
build your own ice cream treat as we end 
our month of celebration; 12:30 pm

For more information about the activities 
listed, please call the Senior Desk at 
(626) 355-7394.

UPCOMING EXCURSIONS

September 16th - Long Beach 
Aquarium & lunch on the 
Queen Mary.

More information on the 
September trip will be 
available in the next newsletter or later 
this month by calling the Senior 
Services Desk at (626) 355-7394.

Thursday, October 14th - Kellogg House 
& Arabian Horse Center at Cal Poly 
Pomona; cost is $35 per person and 
includes a lunch buffet. Minimum 
of 20 people for this price. Registration 
opens September 7th in person or 
online.

Thursday, November 18th - Historic 
Mission Inn Tour & Lunch Buffet 
in Riverside; cost is $43 per person. 
Maximum of 30 people for this trip. 
Registration opens September 27th in 
person or online.

Friday, December 17th - Candlelight 
Pavilion Theater Christmas Show & 
Lunch; cost TBA Maximum of 32 
people & maximum of 4 tickets per 
person. Registration opens October 4th 
in person or online.

Pasadena Highlands & Accredited 
Sponsor Bingo Prize

Pasadena Highlands, an independent 
and assisted living community, is proud 
to provide a special gift basket on the first 
Tuesday of each month. Accredited In-
Home nursing care will provide a special 
prize on the 4th Tuesday of each month. 
Bingo takes place every Tuesday at 1:30 
pm in the Hart Park House / Senior 
Center in Memorial Park. The game 
begins at 1:30 pm but those wishing to 
play must arrive 10 minutes before to 
secure your Bingo cards. Join us on 
the 1st & 4th Tuesday of each month for 
your chance to win these special prizes. 

Recipe of the Week:

Lasagna Rolls w/Red Pepper Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

Lasagna: 

8 uncooked lasagna noodles 

4 teaspoons olive oil 

1/2 cup finely chopped onion 

1 (8-ounce) package presliced mushrooms 

1 (6-ounce) package fresh baby spinach 

3 garlic cloves, minced 

1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese 

1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese 

1/4 cup minced fresh basil, divided 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 

Sauce: 

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 

1/4 teaspoon salt 

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 

2 garlic cloves, minced 

1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained 

1 (7-ounce) bottle roasted red bell peppers, undrained 

1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper 

DIRECTIONS:

 To prepare lasagna, cook noodles according to package 
directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and rinse under cold 
water. Drain.

 Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 
onion, mushrooms, spinach, and 3 garlic cloves; sauté 5 minutes 
or until onion and mushrooms are tender. Remove from heat, 
and stir in cheeses, 2 tablespoons basil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper.

 To prepare sauce, place vinegar and remaining ingredients in a 
blender; process until smooth.

 Place cooked noodles on flat surface; spread 1/4 cup cheese 
mixture over each noodle. Roll up noodles, jelly-roll fashion, 
starting with short side. Place the rolls, seam sides down, in a 
shallow 2-quart microwave-safe dish. Pour 1/4 cup sauce over 
each roll, and cover with heavy-duty plastic wrap. Microwave 
at high 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with 2 
tablespoons basil.

 
The idea that the body accumulates 
waste products is as old as mankind. 
The medical perspective on this is that 
the idea of toxins is largely unprovable, 
while many naturopaths, chiropractors, 
and other health practitioners have made 
careers “detoxing patients.” So, how do 
we separate good science from health 
fads? This is not always so easy to do, 
but let’s take a walk through a “real time” 
experience.

 
Say that you have a recurring health 
problem. Headaches, joint pain, perhaps 
a rash of some kind. Imagine that you 
get a standard lab profile and there is 
nothing unusual; maybe your doctor runs 
an additional test or two just to rule out 
other factors, but these, too, are negative. 
At that point, a specific medication may 
be prescribed, and if the symptoms 
disappear, then case closed.

 Let’s carry this process one step further now. What if your health care practitioner said 
right up front, “We want to know if your body is able to eliminate harmful chemicals, and, 
along with standard lab tests, we will evaluate this.” The tests come back: the standards are 
normal but liver detox pathways are way off. You are then given a simple program to enhance 
digestion and elimination and soon the condition has cleared. Does this suggest that the 
concept of detoxification may be a solid one? At this point, it may not matter if any of this 
is hard science (although a great deal of research indicates its efficacy). You have become a 
believer and the next time you develop a physical problem, you may hear yourself say, “I’d 
better clear those detox pathways, looks like my body may be in overload.”

Next Week: Some Simple Detox Ideas. Have a great week! Dr. John

Dr. John Talevich, D.C. has practiced in Sierra Madre 
for thirty years. His clinic, LifeWorks! Chiropractic, 
offers patient-specific approaches to the alleviation 
of pain and individually tailored wellness programs. 

September Birthdays

Edwina Garcia, Yvonne Osti, Donna 
Andersen, Lena Boyadjian, Teresa Chaure, 
Cathy Gunther, Esther Macias, Maria 
Padgett, Edna Peyton, Sheila Pierce, Denise 
Reistetter, Shirley Seiler, Nancy Shollenberger, 


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LifeWorks! Chiropractic Center

Individually Tailored Wellness Programs

31 S. Baldwin Avenue Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024

626-355-4710

Activities: 

 Unless listed differently, all activities are at the Hart Memorial Park 
(Senior Center) 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre

Lunch Program: Monday- 
Friday at the Intervale 
Café -12:00 Noon-Call 
(626) 355-0256 to make 
your daily reservation. 
Suggested donation $2.00 
for seniors (60+) and $3.75 
for visitors.

MENU BELOW

Monday: 

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm: 
Strength training with Lisa 
Brandley. FREE class of 
stretching with light hand 
weights while you sit.

Tuesday:

2nd Tuesday of each month 
FREE blood pressure 
checks by Methodist 
Hospital; 11 am to 12 noon 

3rd Tuesday of each month 
FREE financial consulting; 
10 -12 noon call 355-7394 
for an appointment

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm: 
BINGO; cards are only 25 
cents each so stop by & 
play 

5:30 pm to 7 pm: Yoga; 
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please 

call 355-5278 for more 
information

Wednesday:

11 –11:45 am: Balance 
Class with Teryl. FREE 
class designed to improve 
balance & refresh the joints

2nd Wednesday of the 
month: FREE Legal 
Consultations: 10-11:30 
am. Appointments call 
355-7394

Wii Wednesday - 1:00 
pm or call the senior desk 
at 355-7394 to arrange 
another time & day to 
learn how to play. No 
previous experience or 
skills required and it is 
great exercise.

Thursday:

1:00 to 3:30 pm: Game 
Day. Join us for UNO 
and Poker with Bridge on 
the 2nd & 4th Thursdays; 
so please call for more 
information.

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Yoga; 
$7.00 - 50 & over. Please 
call 355-5278 for more 
information

Friday: 

1:00 pm: Ping Pong

Saturday: 

11:30 am: Senior Club 
brown bag lunch and 
BINGO at 12:30 pm

From the Inside Out

What’s Your Basic Body 
Temperature?

By Mary Carney

 Last weekend was my fifth anniversary of offering 
Precision Far InfraRed (precision hyperthermia application) 
sessions at my booth at the Cancer Control Society’s annual 
Alternative Therapies Convention at the Sheraton Universal. 
Whole body hyperthermia was “the” new word at the 
convention this year, although precision hyperthermia was 
lauded by the end of the event. Three years ago the widely 
discussed procedure was “hypothermia”, or the process of cooling the body down so much 
that cancer cells couldn’t multiply. 

 Thanks to Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura Hillyer, Ph.D., O.M.D., from whom I learned the precision 
hyperthermia process her passionate outburst on behalf of hyperthermia, following the 
hypotherapy presentation three years ago, the importance of keeping the whole body warm 
is now more clearly understood. 

 This year, Dr. Kazuko (as she is affectionally known) presented more dynamite details on 
the effects of body temperature and health. So, cuddle up in your warm flannels, blankets 
and hot water bottles, and marinate in that wonderful old claw-footed bath tub.

1) 97.7 - 98.6oF : Ideal inner body temperature. Healthy, your immunity is strong.

2) 96.8 - 97.5oF : Blood flow begins to constrict and flow more slowly. Body shakes 
involuntarily in attempt to increase body temperature.

3) 95.0 - 96.6oF (Most of us): If this temperature range continues, automatic nervous 
system (ANS) functions such as digestion and elimination, weaken. We are unable to 
completely digest our food, creating a buildup of inner toxins. Elimination slows, so we can’t 
get rid of this increasing toxin load, we auto-toxify faster. This leads to other symptoms of 
ANS failure, such as allergic reactions, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, thrombosis, 
diabetes, heart troubles, kidney troubles and lung troubles. 

4) 95.0oF: Immune system capability decreases sharply. This is the ideal core body 
temperature for cancer cells to rapidly proliferate. (an easy way to slow cancer cell 
proliferation is to get warm, and stay warm!)

5) 93.2oF : If your core body temperature reaches below this point while you’re in 
water, you will drown. 

6) 91.4oF : Before freezing to death (in the mountains), hallucinations occur.

7) 84.2 - 86.0oF : Lose consciousness, pupils dilate open

8) 80.4oF : Temperature at which death occurs. 

 So, do you know what your core body temperature is? Upon awakening? In the middle 
of the day? In the evening? And what causes low core body temperature, anyway? To quote 
from Dr. K’s presentation this year, the following are major contributors:

• Over-drinking water, and/or too much Soda (especially with ice).

• Constant low temperatures (below 74º) from Air conditioning. 

• Emotional and physical Stress. ANS Imbalance. Tension constricts blood vessels in the 
extremities, cooling them down, while most of the blood is concentrated in the warmer core, 
heating it up. 

• Toxins and pharmaceutical drugs.

• Life style. Showers vs Hot long baths.

• Eating habits: Yin and Yang food. Salt and Sugar balance. 

• Improper and insufficient Exercise. 

• Incomplete Elimination. 

 Me? I used to be very smug when, upon awakening snuggled warmly in my blankets, I’d 
find my temperature at 96.8 … Hah! I’d think. I’m not 98.6, and I’m still alive! Take that, 
scientific standards! And now to discover that it’s a contributing factor to wellness (or lack 
thereof), well! 

 Once again, raising our core body temperatures this is something that we can deal with, 
from the inside out. Drink hot tea, hot soups, hot baths. More exercise. Dress accordingly, 
if you’re going to be in A/C areas; Remember: A/C conditions are is set for men wearing at 
least a T-shirt, long sleeve shirt, socks, foot covering shoes and long pants (and maybe vests 
and suit jackets). Freezing yourself to be “fashionable” is “too cool” to be healthy.

 And just the reminder, “Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Dark Leafy Greens, Whole Grains 
Seeds and Nuts” …. Wellness grows from the inside out. Until the next time, stay well!


DIAL - A - RIDE TICKETS

Tickets can now be purchased at:

Sierra Madre City Hall

Hart Park House / Senior Center

Sierra Madre Library

Meals are delivered to 
home-bound seniors by volunteer 
drivers through the YWCA 
Intervale Lunch Program M-F (with 
frozen meals for the weekend.) Call 
the YWCA at (626) 214-9460 or 
Darlene Traxler at (626) 355-0256 
for more information.


Meals-On-
Wheels

SIERRA MADRE’S 

FARMERS MARKET

Wednesday 4-7pm

 Fresh vegetables and seasonal fruits from California 

family farms. 

Specialty foods, vegetarian and vegan dishes, ethnic foods and hot 
food - Everything you’ll find at the farmers market has been made 
or picked fresh, is pesticide-free and preservative-free. 

Free public parking on Mariposa.

MEALS-ON-WHEELS NEEDS 
VOLUNTEERS TO DELIVER 
MEALS TO OUR HOMEBOUND 
NEIGHBORS **ONCE A MONTH 
OR WEEKLY** 

Please contact Darlene Traxler at 
626.355.6220 or (626) 355-0256.


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