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GOOD LIVING
4A
Friday, November 17, 2017
Denton Record-Chronicle
Aging and exercise should go hand in hand
physical activities are free or
low cost and do not require
special equipment.”
The National Institute on
Aging recommends the follow-
ing when considering exercise
and/or physical activity:
■ Stretch. Before starting
any exercise and after complet-
ing any exercise, stretch. This
will help loosen and warm
muscles in addition to helping
prevent injury and cramping. It
is also important to remember
the body needs plenty of water,
especially after exercising.
■ Thirty minutes. Do some-
thing to increase the heart and
breathing rate for at least 30
minutes most days of the week.
The 30 minutes do not have to
be all at once; it could be three
10-minute exercises. A good
rule of thumb to see if it is
enough is to try to talk during
exercise. If you cannot talk at
all, you are exercising too hard;
if you can talk without any
trouble, you are not exercising
hard enough.
■ Use the muscles. Every
movement uses a muscle.
for exercises. The publication
can be found at https://go41ife.
nia.nih.gov/exercise-guide.
One great way to increase
your level of physical activity
and add a little friendly compe-
tition is to participate in our
“Walk Across Texas!” program.
‘Walk Across Texas!” is an
eight-week program in which
teams of eight (family mem-
bers, coworkers, friends, church
members, etc.) strive to virtu-
ally “walk” the 830 miles across
Texas. Miles are calculated
individually by doing any form
of exercise and is then entered
attended recent presenta-
tion by our own Texas
A&M Agrilife Extension
Service program specialist for
gerontology health, Andrew
Crocker, who stressed the im-
portance of physical activity,
especially as we age. Being
physically active can allow
people to do the things they
enjoy, stay independent as they
age and produce long-term
physical and mental health
benefits.
“Health experts agree that
older adults should be active
every day to maintain optimal
health,” Crocker said.
Physical activities get the
body moving and can be any-
thing from gardening to walk-
ing and/or taking the stairs
instead of the elevator, he said.
Exercise is a form of physical
activity that is specifically
planned or structured, such as
weight training or an aerobics
class.
When those muscles are not
used because of a lack of phys-
ical activity they weaken. Weak
muscles may create an inability
to walk or get up from a seated
position. Strong muscles help
reinforce bones, making falls
less likely.
■ Improve balance. In
addition to strengthening
muscles, strengthening sense of
balance is important. To do
this, try standing on one foot,
holding onto a chair for sup-
port if unable to do this task
alone. Also, try standing from a
seated position without using
hands or arms. Be very careful
when trying these activities and
have someone else present.
“Your health provider will
be a key player in your exercise
routine,” Crocker said. “Please
remember to consult him or
her before beginning any type
of physical activity. You will
want to discuss how your
personal health condition may
be affected by exercise. Also,
you will want to start slowly
with any type of exercise rou-
tine.”
He said a good guideline to
remember is “start low and go
slow.” Doing too much, too
soon may cause seriously in-
jury-
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Some safety recommenda-
tions from the American Col-
lege of Sports Medicine in-
clude:
■ Do not hold your breath
while straining.
■ Use safety equipment to
prevent injury. This may mean
a helmet for bike riding or
proper shoes for walking or
running.
■ Drink plenty of liquids
unless specifically advised
otherwise by your health pro-
vider.
Courtney Davis
FAMILY & CONSUMER
SCIENCES
COMMENTARY
increasing social interaction, it
may help prevent, delay or
improve conditions such as
diabetes and heart disease.
Physical activity also helps
strengthen muscles and bones
which have a tendency to
weaken as the body ages.
“One of the great things
about physical activity is that
there are so many ways to be
active,” he said. “For example,
you can be active in short
spurts throughout the day, or
you can set aside specific times
of the day on specific days of
the week to exercise. Many
into an online system. Al-
though this can be done at any
time, a countywide challenge
will be issued this spring, so get
ready!
■ Bend from the hips, not
from the waist.
“Exercise may cause sore-
ness or a little discomfort but
should never cause pain,”
Crocker said.
The National Institute of
Aging publication Exercise &
Physical Activity: Your Every-
day Guide has information on
exercise for older adults as well
as suggestions and illustrations
For more information about
staying physically active or
about the “Walk Across Texas!
program, contact me at 940-
349-2882 or cmdavis@ag.
tamu.edu.
COURTNEY DAVIS is the
family and consumer sciences
county extension agent with
Texas AgriLife Extension.
Physical activity may be
especially helpful to older
adults, Crocker said. In addi-
tion to helping mood and
Metroport Meals On Wheels now available in Argyle
BRIEFLY
IN GOOD LIVING
Trenton, NJ.
FDA OKs new therapy
for hemophilia patients
etroport Meals On
Wheels announces its
Anyone unable to shop or
cook for themselves and want
hot lunches delivered to their
home Monday through Friday
can contact MMOW at 817-
491-8534.
Town Hall, 308 Denton St. For
more information, contact
Deborah Cottle via email at
dcottle @temporah.com.
The Argyle Senior Center
meets every Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday in the Commu-
nity Room at Argyle Town
Hall, 308 Denton St., with
exercise beginning at 10 a.m.
followed by card games at 11
a.m. The ASC has a monthly
luncheon on the third Friday of
every month at noon. Those
attending are asked to bring a
side dish. Anyone age 55 and
older is welcome to attend. For
more information, call Stella at
940-464-7438 or Karen at
940-464-0506.
Keep Argyle Beautiful
meets the second Monday of
every month at 5:30 p.m. in
PointBank, 302 U.S. Highway
377.
services are now
available in the Argyle area.
Metroport Meals On
Wheels has a long history for
helping others with hot lunch-
es. On April \ 1980, MMOW
delivered its first home-cooked
meals to senior shut-ins in
Roanoke. Emily Ragsdale, Sue
Hoke, Shaun Wicker and Kelly
Bradley prepared and delivered
meals to five Roanoke resi-
dents.
Keep Argyle Beautiful pre-
serves and enhances the town’s
natural environment through
visit educational and motiva-
tional programs and special
events. For more information,
visit www.keepargylebeauti-
ful.com or email Deborah
Cottle at dcottle @temporah
.com.
U.S. regulators have ap-
proved the first new treatment
in nearly two decades to prevent
internal bleeding in certain pa-
tients with hemophilia.
The Food and Drug Admin-
istration on Thursday approved
Hemlibra, a weekly self-injec-
tion for hemophilia A patients
who have developed resistance
to standard medicines for pre-
venting bleeding episodes.
The list price will be about
$482,000 for the first year and
slightly less after that, said Cali-
fornia-based Genentech, which
developed the drug.
Genentech, the biotech sub-
sidiary of Swiss dragmaker
Roche, says that’s half the cost of
the only other preventive option
for patients with this resistance.
That treatment requires a two-
hour IV drip several times a
week.
Organizations
The Argyle Chamber of
Commerce meets Tuesday for
breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
at Lantana Golf Club, 800 Golf
Club Drive. The chamber office
is in PointBank, 302 U.S.
Highway 377. For more in-
formation, visit www.argyle
chamber.org or call 940-464-
9990.
Lynn Sheffield
Simmons
THE PLACE IS ARGYLE
COMMENTARY
LYNN SHEFFIELD SIM-
MONS is the founder and past
president of the North Texas
Book Festival Inc. She is the
author of 10 children’s hooks
and two history hooks on Ar-
gyle. Her website is www.argyle
books.com. She can be reached
at lynn@argylehooks.com.
As the Roanoke program
grew volunteers were recruited
in other cities to follow the
plan. In 1993 the program
became Metroport Meals On
Wheels.
The home-delivered meal
program soon outgrew the
volunteers’ kitchens, and rather
than to seek federal funding for
expensive kitchen equipment,
the organization turned to local
restaurants.
Today, meals are delivered
to residents in 22 cities in
northeast Tarrant, south Den-
ton and south Wise counties.
MMOW has continued to
be locally funded, operating
independently of any federal or
state funding. The program is
supported by individuals, civic
organizations and businesses
within the communities it
serves. MMOW also hosts two
major special events.
In 1992, Peggy and Byron
Nelson helped MMOW launch
its annual golf tournament. In
1998 Sadie’s Dry Goods, New
and Used was opened as an
ongoing fundraiser for
MMOW. Sadie’s was named for
Sadie England, who received
MMOW’s first home-delivered
meal. Sadie’s Upscale Consign-
ment & Resale is the largest
source of support for MMOW.
There are also numerous social
gatherings each year that gen-
erate funds for the program.
MMOW is also needing
volunteers in the Argyle area
for the lunch deliveries.
Argyle Lions Club meets
Tuesday following a board
meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the
Community Room at Argyle
The FDA gave expedited ap-
proval to Hemlibra, also known
as emicizumab, for people 12
and older. Genentech continues
to test Hemlibra, with the aim of
getting it approved for all hemo-
philia A patients.
— The Associated Press
Organic-food purists assail
designation for hydroponics
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dards Board, which advises the
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
voted this month against a pro-
posal to exclude hydroponics
and aquaponics — the raising of
plants without soil and fish us-
ing the same water — from the
USDAs organic certification
program.
Many traditional organic
farmers and their supporters say
allowing hydroponic farms to be
certified organic erodes the in-
tegrity of the $16 billion U.S. or-
ganic produce industry.
To them, organic farming is
about far more than not using
toxic pesticides; it’s rooted in en-
hancing the fertility of soils, a
concept developed in the early
20th century by pioneering or-
ganic farmers. Organic farmers
worked hard to create the Na-
tional Organic Program in 2000,
an achievement they say is now
being watered down by allowing
hydroponic farms to be part of it.
“Unfortunately those very
things that it was created to do,
which I think in the beginning it
did do, is now really damaging
because they’re certifying things
that none of us believe are or-
ganic,” said Dave Chapman, of
Long Wind Farm in East Thet-
ford, Vermont.
Traditional organic farmers
“feel like this is a complete slap in
the face,” said Andrianna Natsou-
las, executive director of North-
east Organic Farming Associa-
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Red lettuce grows Nov. 2 at an aquaponic farm, a form of hy-
droponic cultivation, in Hilliard, Fla.
tion of New York. “They feel that
organic now is a complete joke
and it means absolutely nothing,
and their years of working and
their dedication and their com-
mitment is for naught”
The Organic Trade Associa-
tion said it did not support the
proposal to prohibit hydropon-
ics because of the way it was
written.
Marianne Cufone, executive
director of the Recirculating
Farms Coalition, which repre-
sents hydroponic and aquaponic
farmers, said the law left room
for the meaning of organic to ex-
pand. She said she was shocked
that so many people opposed hy-
droponic and aquaporin farming
from being labeled as such.
“I thought it was an absolute
no-brainer that hydroponics
and aquaporin, when done well,
can meet organic standard and
why wouldn’t anyone want that
included,” she said. “They’re ex-
cellent on water reduction.
They’re excellent on space use.
They’re excellent on intensive
production, so we’re using less
resources and creating more
food. That just seems smart.”
Many such farms are inter-
ested in becoming certified or-
ganic because it’s a growing
market, she said. “And it essen-
tially puts this style of farming at
a premium as well,” she said.
That leaves traditional or-
ganic farmers really concerned
about the competition they’ll
face in the marketplace, Natsou-
las said.
Chrysanne Chotis, of South
Burlington, Vermont, said she
didn’t find the flavor of hydro-
ponic produce as interesting as
other produce she buys.
Some farmers are going to
start working on finding an al-
ternative to USDA certification
that represents “real organic
farmers,” Chapman said.
“It’s a tough thing. Nobody
wants to do it... but what else
can we do? If you believe in it,
what else can you do?
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