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Having fun keeps us young at heart. Let’s step back a generation and join Frank Sinatra in a song salute to last Friday’s Halloween contestants at Mission Valley Library’s Zumba Gold® class.   Very Cool Alter Egos   Fairy tales can come trueThey can happen to you if you’re young at heartFor it’s hard, you will findTo […]

It happened innocently enough. I was in El Cajon, walking through the mall, heading toward the exit. I felt a tickle in my throat…A cold? Something spicy was needed to cut that little irritation. Oh, No! The Wetzel’s Pretzels fast food shop appeared on my right with big Jalapeño Cheese Pretzels calling me from the display

As part of October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month the color pink saturates TV athletic events and activities designed to raise money for research and awareness regarding breast cancer.  The one critical fact we hear little about, though, is how we can prevent breast cancer through lifestyle choices.   Yes, women need to be aware

News Flash! Once a week WildFire! will be sending out one minute healthy living blog tips which you can use (or not) to support a healthy lifestyle and enhance your energy. You can look forward to receiving these Vitality Tips on Monday mornings. May we all live long and in good health. WF!

During the last three years of teaching Zumba Gold® classes the most often heard comment from my students is “I love the Joy!” Now is the chance to share your feelings about class with everyone else reading this blog post. Drum Roll…..Announcing the  Why I love my Zumba Gold® Class Summer Sizzle contest. Add a comment in the

My Life Check® was designed by the American Heart Association with the goal of improved health by educating the public on how best to live. These measures have one unique thing in common: any person can make these changes, the steps are not expensive to take and even modest improvements to your health will make

The following article is from an online newsletter I receive from Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Footnotes are included to document research sources. You can read more about Dr. Fuhrman right here. Exercise is much more than just burning calories. The calories burned during exercise, unless you’re a professional athlete, make up a very small portion of

One way I have been able to lose excess fat and maintain an optimal weight is by eating a satisfying, plant based nutrient rich breakfast each morning. A heart healthy, nutrient dense diet includes colorful fruits and vibrantly colored vegetables, including dark green vegetables, red-orange vegetables, beans, peas, seeds, nuts and a few whole grains.

“Vegetables, fruits, nuts and grains are the diet constituted for us by the Creator” paraphrases a sentence from 19th Century health writer Ellen G. White, a founder of the  Seventh Day Adventist Church. In Dan Buettner’s book The Blue Zones Adventists are known for happily functional nonagenarians (90 to 99 years old) and centenarians. Mrs. White’s original quote