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Show a Ik iakr Sri bn nr Lifestyle Monday Morning. Ma 12. HWII I.ige On.- Fat chance just dieting will relieve obesity Linda Huinkci B Information Writci Ft ah Stale Imvcr-it- v riu le'v only a fal i linnet that dieting ahme will relieve the problems of tun-uni- cr obesity ccordmg to tfie last National Health Survey, there ale !X million pounds ol excess body fat a hi men and fullion pound' of 1 excess fat in women This makes a total o erwemhtness ot 1 hilhoii pounds ! Doctors sav that lack of exercise, rather than overeating, is the most important cause of obesity in our society The problem is aicentuated for an uu rease ,n d.ulv by phv sn ul activity We lose weight when we use more i .hones than we consume Senior itieiis should ot cour'i limit the intake ol high-faand high carlKihydiate lands in then diets, but they should remember that they need the same amounts ot nut i itmus foods as young adults need percent ol our senior utieiis are overweight enough to he classified as ohese." observes Dr I.loyd Drury, coordinator of speiial programs for Utah State I'niversity Extension Service "Obesity is more than a matter of personal appearance or discomfort It increases the possihih ty of high blond pressure, atherosclerosis. gallbladder disease and diabetes in some people, and aggravates conditions of cardiovascular disease and osteoarthritis in others " "Thirty to til Drury Reduce by Exercise Medical authorities now recommend that weight reduction be accomplished has to mow Liicigy begets energy, and the oiilv way to expend more cue! gy is to kep increasingly active Exercise makes a person not only look bettor, but also feel better Various and s ..terns ol the hodv ol galls Physical Illness programs should and with a doctors begin slowly Every approval" says Dr Drury movement uses calories, so move aM mild even if it's only your fingers and toes t'ertam activities like short walks mav not use many caloric's at one time hut a number of short walks m a day will amount to a fair number being hm tied up " stimulated through activity and as a I low a states i exult, work more elfec lively person lives not how long In lives is responsible tor the main ot the movement Drury "Regular lomtx can slow down the onset oi the plivxual problems normally associated Dr D ru rv added development of arthritis, one "of the with age' ilvanced ai'c need not mean belli!' most common and painful diseases inactive m ill health oi associated with old age Kxercise also overweight helps maintain good circulation and unhappv Ecu those w ho stay active ' it " can In a truly few anting time of lite i expiration If you're still middle-agestart Doctors say that heart attacks likely to In experienced by an planning now for y our latet years Imu gull game will he worth nothing if you active individual And when a pity si the cally active man or woman suffers a can't get y out sell lip out ot bed coronary attack, they will probably find morning and he more apt to it less seven (mod health m retirement depends surv iv e the experience ill on night exert me and diet throughout your middle years Your diet will take Makes Positive Keelings care of itself if you get regular exercise usually active people Physically ny form of exeiuse, fiom walking have a positive feeling alxmt them selves thal gives them the courage to to playing handball, is beneficial Intel try new experience's (loot! physical ill life Keep in shape now and ket p at It condition and mental health go hand m up into your seventies "Increasing physical activity seems the sensible thing to do." points out Di Drury "We've got to motivate elderly people to exercise Senior citizen ceil ters need to initiate more programs Some centers have daily calisthenics golf tournaments, disco dancing lessons and Ping Pong competitions In Vernal every Friday morning. 75 to SO senior citizens turn out to dance to a 'big hand ' Thev have a great time and lots ol pity sical exercise " Keeping Active The later happy years arc-les- s Increase Workload challenges people to giadually increase tile wolkload on their system Turn those walks into brisk strolls then take up bicycle ruling next try a round of golf 'someday, maybe even tennis Di Drury 111 It won't he easy to get going, spec mlly if you haven't been active for a long time But there's no easy way to in life should he Rut the full promise ol retirement comes only to those who are healthy and active To he active, one years hand Studies show that depression tension and boredom can be combated with a consistent exercise program ami a balain d diet 'Dr Dairv savx particularly the digestive process, arc i t "One's later years present enough emotionally stressful and challenging situations, without adding poor health or immobilization to the list." adds Dr adults in the lilted States of 2 the inactive elderly who have a de i reusing hasal inetahohc rate, tesult lilg ill n need for even less energy and few er i alone' c . fitness For Jeano Dixon Some predictions are prophecies By Don "You liet your life I could have! If my warnings would he heeded, of course I could have changed the Boxmeycr Knight Ridder Newspapers Fifteen years ago she announced the existence in the Middle East of a v erv special child a youngster who would revolutionize the world by bringing an faith to mankind He was 3 years old then, and she predicted hed he doing his stuff by 19xi) "lies in Green Mi is II lifts Judy Mugni Lifestyle Writer By Each year, just when I'm certain will never happen again, the trees outside my window sprout green it leaves. When the leaves appear in front of nty think eyes. a fmut early man J won1 der hat he thought when w beautiful garden simps. Every corner is bursting with blooms, vegetable plants are stacked on countless tables. There are tomato plants already half a foot tall, eggplants are sprouting: there is even summer squash all ready to put into the garden. But I know better. Every year I get so starved for the sight of spring that I cart these wonderful plants home and nut them lovingly in my garden Every year I am outside in nightgown, winter coat and boots at in. IK) pm protecting my after the weather report says freezing temperatures in May This year as I walk through those garden centers. Im keeping my hands in my pockets mmmmm. thats a nice geranium Just one geranium Maylte two? What could it hurt? It was such a funny winter, so strange, so different maybe spring will Ik different. "Uh. sir? Could you help me with these oh. and maybe one geraniums tomato plant" baby-plant- the nights longer colder grew m going to see him by the Were really going D C The Gift of Prophecy" national prominence. she became a biography became a and her annual January and best-selle- to be seeing him Jeane Dixon is the national seer. The countrys most pubEver since a lic crystal-gazegypsy lady in a covered wagon told her as a little girl that she had the gift," not to mention great lines across her palms. Jeane Dixon has been sharing her visions with the world. Shes advised princesses not to marry, presidents not to travel, and whole populations to prepare for flood, fire, earthquake, ty phoon or other disaster predictions mid-yea- r throughout the country. and What fears did he have in autumn as everything seemed to (lie? Did he think perhaps another cold age was approaching that he would live his life in the darkness? What joy he must have felt, what gratitude, as he. too. watched the leaves apHar and felt the sun warm on his arms Each year I wander into the s in appear newspapers 197s Accurate? her track record How But what is She does not crawl awfully far out on the limb to make some of her predictions. When she predicted that Charles de Gaulle might die soon, he w as alrc.idv SKI And at the height of the Watergate scandal, xfu predicted that "at least two or three more mdiet meats" would 1)0 handed down How accurate lx she' Jeane Dixon bristles ever so slightly when her accuracy is questioned. Just because something she said would happen hasnt, doesn't mean that it won't Some predictions would otherwise be the products hunches; she warns ot jet crashes and earthquakes: anil she promises important Soviet defections. What year in modern times has been lice of any of those occurences She had predicted, on several occasions, that Fidel Castro's days were numbered and, as early as 1K. that he would soon pass from the scene." Fidel is still in command, hut Dixon still maintains hell soon be all through. "The time is not yet npc. But it will hapion. What is hanging over hint is hanging over him. hanging right over him. She also said in 19tlK that "within 10 years the system will vanish. Hasn't happened yet. she said 1 didnt mean to set a firm deadline. But what I predicted about the system is under way now." She also predicted early in 1973 that President Prophecy Some of Dixons revelations are reported as plain, straight-ou- t predictions, she said, but the one about the fellow in Egypt is a bona fide, prophecy. Like the prophecy she received m the early 1950s man the man with a about a young, tall, blue-eyeshock of thick brown hair who would eonte to occupy the White House The vision that came to her was that of a dazzling White House with the numerals "190" formed over it Almost immediately, a dark cloud spread and the numerals dissolved and ran over the White House like chocolate frosting on a cake, and over the young man with the shock of thick brown hair standing before it. As rejiorted in her biography "The Gift of Prophecy." Dixon publicly predicted as early as 195H Democratic president elected in that a blue-eyePWO will he assassinated " Knew Killer's Name "I actually knew it as early as 1952," Dixon recalled now. "I even knew part of the killers name because I what was his name? Yes, Oswald could see several letters of his last name I knew the importance of that prophecy and I tried very hard to get the president to not go to Dallas." Full-Dres- r, sought-after-speak- r. Green. is beautiful almost tragic end away from the White House did change Jeane Dixon's life. It brought her for the first time to "Were mid-liWO- include her 1972 revelation or perhaps warning that Hugh Ilelner would enter Chicago politics, that sevcial members of the Nixon administration would later run successfully for big national office, thal Joint Deans "(Hppulanty will save bint from a ).nl sentence (the White House lawyer was sentenced to tip to three years Jimt a year after she made that prediction), a prediction in early 1971 that Nixon would not resign (he did. m August of that yean, that ships, including passenger liners, would he hi lacked on the high setts and held. for ransom: and the long cure for cancer would he acknowledged m hoped-fo- r a home Washington. history But her correct warning that Kennedy would meet Dixon said in a recent telephone interview front her V in the most beautiful color the spring. of I But she adds she prohahly would not have been able to prevent the death of Kennedy. That was a prophecy, and prophecy is the word of God What will happen will happen; the will of humanity cannot change that. Predictions, or forecasts, are merely peeks into the plans of man. like Watergate Jeano now Egypt course Nixon would 'distinguish limiselt by bringing limit control two evils which threaten our society Drug abuse and crime " Yet to Conte True Other Dixoiuan predictions that have yet to conn-tru- s full-dre- d of solid But her greatest prophecy, one that will dwarf the one foretelling the killing of a president, has yet to he given She had hinted that Armageddon has Ihtii revealed to her in a prophecy, hut said the world m not ready for the details on such a message of death and destruction . two-part- y two-part- y "Tills w ill affect the w hole world " she said "Em seeking confirmation on it now I may have it in the " r time for nty predn turns this year mid-yea- Ouiek d No need to spend hours simmering spaghetti sauce, when von can achieve that rich, flavor with this SALE MOVING slow-cooke- recipe. 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