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National Nut Day happens this week on Thursday, October 22nd. To celebrate – let’s raise a one ounce serving of walnuts in toast to heart health benefits obtained from eating nuts on a regular basis.  If you are limiting calories (there are 185 calories in 1 oz. walnuts, or about – 14 walnut halves,) research from several sources1 indicates […]

Here we are…52 weeks, one year completed, of Monday Morning Vitality Tips. I kind of feel like Christopher Columbus, whose day of landing in the New World, we celebrate as a U.S. holiday today. (A number of civic groups, states and other nations differ in their Columbus Day interpretations.) However, our similarities with Columbus’ 1492 voyage

As we enter October and pink ribbons abound notifying the public that we are in breast cancer awareness month, I encourage us –           The Choir – to chime in with the American Cancer Society that lifestyle choices such as “avoiding tobacco products, staying at a healthy weight, staying active throughout life, and eating a healthy

Sometimes life rewards us with a payoff. This last Saturday evening I ran into overheating issues with my car’s radiator. I found myself… wrestling and fighting with a jammed radiator cap,  walking a city block while hauling two 9.4 pound gallon antifreeze/coolant jugs from the auto parts store,  getting down on hands and knees –

This coming Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the earth’s northern hemisphere will enter the Autumnal Equinox at 1:21 Pacific Daylight Time. On Equinox dates (the other being the Spring, or Vernal Equinox) daytime and night last approximately the same number of hours. For those who celebrate Pagan and Wiccan traditions, the Autumnal Equinox is called Mabon and

When talking up our September Self-Improvement creativity project in classes last week, I noticed a few attendees looking a little concerned. “Uh. Oh. Do the ladies feel un-creative?” I felt dismayed. “Did some adult long ago tell a student she didn’t have an artist’s soul?” Fear not. Creativity grows with the doing. Beto Perez, skilled dancer/choreographer and

By googling around the internet…we discover that September has been designated Self-Improvement Month. Even though our canine friend below is napping and not thrilled with self-improvement…most of us can find something related to health upon which we may want to act.                    In fact, Sunny B. at

Last day of August. Cool breezes returning. Children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews are back in school. A number of Vitality Tip readers visited vacation spots around the globe. We delighted in showing friends and family San Diego’s best. Life is good. Before we move into September and this Friday’s, September 4th Ovarian Cancer Alliance of San

We’ve heard that effective weight management includes eating an early dinner. A recent KPBS.org article on what and when to eat referenced a study by researchers at Harvard University and the University of Murcia which found that dieters who ate breakfast and a main meal before 3 p.m. lost more weight than people who ate late into

This past weekend several hot weather records were broken throughout San Diego County – giving us appreciation for San Diego’s normally temperate days. If blistery hot weather should return, remember Vitality Tip # 2 – Drink Enough Water!  Meanwhile let’s commiserate with 18th Century English novelist Jane Austen…”What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps