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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9B
Stand up or you'll fall for an),thin00
HEALTH AND FITNESS
CHUCK NORRIS
info@creators.com
Q: Mr. Norris, someone
told me that sitting can be
bad for your health. Ever
heard of that?
--Randy T.
Newark, N.J.
A" I recently read a fasci-
nating yet alarming article
about sitting by Maria
Masters in Men's Health
magazine. She reported how
people who sit for most of
the day are 54 percent more
likely to die of a heart attack,
regardless of how much they
exercise or how well they eat.
Yes, you read that right: 54
percent.
The study came from the
research journal Medicine &
Science in Sports & Exercise.
Scientists from the Penning-
ton Biomedical Research
Center -- the nation's leading
obesity research center,
located in Baton Rouge, La.
-- analyzed the lifestyles of
more than 17,000 men and
women over 13 years.
It seems this isn't the first
study to link sitting and
heart disease. As far back as
1953, British researchers
discovered that sitting bus
drivers were twice as likely
to die of a heart attack as
standing trolley conductors.
And as recently as 2007, Uni-
versity of Missouri scientists
reported that people who had
high levels of non-exercise
activity but didn't exercise
much burned more calories
a week than those who ran
35 miles a week but had mod-
erate levels of non-exercise
activity.
As far as why it is more
dangerous to sit than stand,
Marc Hamilton, Ph.D., a
physiologist and professor at
the Pennington Biomedical
Research Center, says the
answer revolves around the
enzyme lipoprotein lipase, or
LPL, which breaks down fat
in the bloodstream and turns
it into energy. Hamilton
discovered that standing
rats have 10 times more LPL
than lying rats, regardless of
their diet or how much they
exercised.
It's not that humans are
exercising less; it's that we're
sitting more. Especially with
the advent of the personal
computer and the social
networking era, we lead more
sedentary lifestyles. A 2006
University of Minnesota
study found that from 1980
to 2000, exercise patterns re-
mained the same in people,
but the amount of time
we spent sitting rose by 8
percent.
Whether they be corporate
workers or students, most
who sit for a living have
learned by experience about
the posture and back pain
risks of sitting for long
periods. But the fact is that
we also burn 60 more calories
an hour when standing ver-
sus sitting. (That's roughly
500 calories for every eight-
hour workday.) A study from
the University of North Car-
olina, Wilmington found that
within eight months of start-
ing sedentary office work,
people gained an average of
16 pounds. Combine that with
the increased LPL levels and
it is no wonder that our
sedentary hearts are more
like ticking time bombs.
Hamilton explained: "We
know there's a gene in the
body that causes heart dis-
ease, but it doesn't respond to
exercise, no matter how often
or how hard you work out.
And yet the activity of the
gene becomes worse from
sitting -- or, rather, the
complete and utter lack of
contractile activity in your
muscles. So the more non-
exercise activity you do the
more total time you spend on
your feet and out of your
chair. That's the real cure."
So here's what Hamilton
and I recommend:
--Stand up! Get up off
your tush more often. If you
usually take one break an
hour, now take two -- if even
for a short stretch or a drink
of water down the corridor.
I'm not trying to reduce pro-
ductivity, but consider that a
European Heart Journal
study of 5,000 men and
women found that those who
took more breaks during the
day were 1.6 inches thinner
than those who did not.
--Redefine exercise as a
lifestyle rather than just an
activity. Redefine working
out to include every portion
of your day. Don't just be fit;
live fit.
--Stand when you talk on
the phone. Redefine your
phone ring; download a ring
tone that reminds you to get
off your derriere. When the
phone rings, it's a sign not
only that someone wants to
talk with you but also that
you need to stand up again.
--Lastly, consider allotting
time (certain hours) in your
day to stand up and work.
\\; .
Temporarily remove your
chair from your sight for that
period of the day. Move your
computer to a waist-high
counter, table or desk. Con-
sider getting a stand-up desk;
these desks are becoming
more and more popular.
Leading the way are many
employees in the offices at
Men's Health magazine who
have dumped their office
chairs and are standing
during their workdays.
It's more proof to support
this old adage: If you don't
stand for something, you'll
fall for anything.
Write to Chuck Norris (info@
creators.corn) with your questions
about health and.fitness.
Copyright 2011 by Chuck Norris
Distributed by creators.cam
Burn permits available II
Burn permits required as o Sunday Plumas County residents may ,11 Check
obtain burn permits prior to
Effective Sunday, May 1, find out if it is a permissive For more permissive burn
the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection
(CalFire) Lassen-Modoc-
Plumas Unit will require
dooryard burning permits for
residential burning within
Lassen, Modoc and Plumas
counties.
Burning permits are
required from May 1 to mid-
night June 30 for all residen-
tial burning on State Respon-
sibility Area lands. Midnight
June 30, a burning suspen-
sion will go into effect until
the end of the declared fire
season or until lifted by the
unit chief.
Burning can only be done
on permissive burn days. To
burn day, contact a local Air
Pollution Control District
(APCD):
Lassen County: 252-4247
Plumas County: Portola,
832-4528; Quincy, 283-3602;
Greenville, 284-6520; Chester,
258-2588; Vinton/Chilcoot,
994-3561
On permissive burn days,
burning can only be done
dhring permissive times.
Burn hours for Lassen
County are as follows:
May 1 - 31: open hours
June 1- 3:5 a.m. - noon
Burn hours for Plumas
County are as follows:
May 1 - 31: open hours
June 1 - 30:5 - 11 a.m.
day information, visit
https://secure.arb.ca.gov/pfi
rs/cb3/cb3.php.
Only natural vegetative
material such as leaves, pine
needles and tree trimmings
may be burned. Household
garbage may not be burned.
Do not burn on windy days.
Burn barrels cannot be used
without authorization from
an APCD.
Those who burn must
have a signed permit in their
possession while they are
burning and they are respon-
sible for maintaining control
of their fire at all times.
Possession of a permit does
not protect them if their
Final dredging meeting May 10
The Department of Fish and
Game(DFG) has scheduled a
sixth and final meeting to
take public comment on the
state's proposed Suction
Dredge Permitting Program.
Following the release of a
draft Subsequent Environ-
mental Impact Report (SEIR)
for the proposed program Feb.
28, five public meetings were
held throughout the state.
An additional public hear-
ing to receive comments on
the draft SEIR has been
scheduled for the last day of
the public comment period,
Tuesday, May 10, from 9 a.m.
to noon. The meeting will be
held in the auditorium of the
Natural Resources Building,
1416 Ninth St., Sacramento,
CA 95814.
The draft SEIR addresses
the potential environmental
effects that could result from
the implementation of the
proposed program.
The proposal addresses the
issuance of permits and suc-
tion dredge activities con-
ducted in compliance with
these permits, consistent with
DFG's proposed amendments
to the existing regulations
governing suction dredge
mining in California.
The draft SEIR and sup-
porting documents are avail-
able on the DFG website at
dfg.ca.gov/suctiondredge.
Written comments must
be postmarked by May 10,
and may be submitted
either by email to dfgsuction
dredge@dfg.ca.gov or by
regular mail to:
Mark Stopher
California Department of
Fish and Game
601 Locust St.
Redding, CA 96001
In other developments,
state Sen. Ted Gaines' bill,
which would have repealed
the current moratorium on
suction dredge mining, re-
funded permit fees and
required DFG to complete an
economic impact report on
the effects of the prohibition
died in the Senate Natural
Resources Committee earlier
this month.
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burn escapes. They are still
liable for any suppression
costs.
If a burn escapes control,
seek help immediately.
Wildfires can spread very
quickly. A fast response from
the fire department can
reduce suppression cost con-
siderably. Remember, the
responsible parties may be
billed for suppression costs,
so the sooner they seek help
the better the outcome may
be.
Simple common sense can
greatly reduce the chance of
an escape. Those who don't
feel it's safe to conduct a burn
shouldn't burn.
For more information on
burn permit requirements,
contact a local fire depart-
ment or visit cdflmu.org or
fire.ca.gov.
May 1 at booths hosted by
Plumas National Forest Fire
Prevention staff.
The permits are free. Dates
and locations include:
Saturday, April 30
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In Graeagle, at Graeagle Park
In Quincy, at Safeway in the
Plumas Pines Shopping
Center
In Greenville, at Evergreen
Market
Sunday, May 1
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In Portola, in the parking lot
behind Kwik Stop (KS)
Burn permits may also be ob
tained at Forest Service offices
during their normal business
hours.
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****STRAIGHT TALK FOR THE CONSUMER****
Bad enough to refer
So, continuing on with this I would like you to carefully consider the following: The vast
majority patients entering dental offices with the diagnosis of periodontal disease are given
treatment and kept in that office under the care of the dentist and hygienist until their
periodontal condition worsens over time to the point when they are finally bad enough to be
referred for advanced treatment of the disease. Do you see the fundamental flaw with this
system of care?
What is really going on is that the patient in question is not being treated adequately enough
for their disease to be controlled over the long-term and instead are being treated insuffi-
ciently to keep their gum disease from progressing and getting worse. This is the absolute
bottom line behind what ! have been saying in these articles. This current and common
system of Gatekeeper is severely flawed and you, the patient, are the victim. To support my
point, i would give the following as an example: When a patient is referred to a periodontist,
after the phase of active therapy the patient is returned to the dentist's office for supportive
care with that dentist's hygienist. But the periodontist always prefers to have the patient
alternate supportive hygiene care between the general dentist's office and the periodontist's
office. The reason this is done is that the periodontist realizes that the care in the general
dentist's office is usually inadequate to keep the post-treatment patient from beginning to
worsen again in terms of their gum disease. I say this from position of experience for I
practiced Advanced Periodontics in a referral orientated office for 16 years and saw this all
the time. My hygienists and I had to be vigilant and aggressive whenever needed with these
patients to keep control of their inflammation.
Think again about this: The patient is kept in the general dentist's office until their periodontal
condition worsens to the point where they need to be referred to the periodontist, the expert,
for treatment. This may take years and often does. Along the way, deep cleanings and
perhaps antibiotics, systemic or local, are provided. After each deep cleaning the condition
improves and everyone including the patient are happy. But then the patient begins to break
down again over time and again they are treated in the above way. This is the scenario that
plays out every day in every dental office in the country.., until the patient gets bad enough
to be finally referred for evaluation and treatment.
On the other hand, since we do have the ability to control nearly all of these cases from
getting worse from the way they first present in our offices, why are these patients getting
"bad enough to finally be referred"? The simple reason is that the care they are getting is
inadequate. This is why it is called Supervised Neglect. I don't know about you but to
me this is a completely unacceptable style of practice and given the immense systemic
implications of Periodontal Disease, you the consumer should be very, very concerned.
My email address for these articles is DrmichaelWH@gmail.€om and please feel free to write
me and ask any questions regarding these articles. Any comments will be appreciated and any
questions will be answered. Straight Talk for the Consumer o n Dentistry will continue!
DR. MICHAEL St., Quin00
431 Main W. and DR. EMILY S. HERNDON J