This document discusses the importance of wellness and healthy lifestyle choices. It contains the following key points: 1) Our health is dependent on the quality of what we eat and drink, as our bodies regenerate cells every 7 years using these building materials. 2) Staying hydrated with water has many health benefits, including proper kidney function, weight loss, and reduced heart attack risks. 3) Exercise can help prevent diabetes and obesity by improving health, and also increases human growth hormone production which aids in maintaining muscle and bone density. 4) A study found that lifestyle changes focusing on diet, exercise and stress management were able to change the activity of hundreds of genes related to prostate cancer after just

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The secret of getting
ahead is getting started.
-Mark Twain

2. Why Wellness?

3. WE ARE WHAT WE EAT!
The quality of our health is contingent
upon the quality of the building
materials going into our bodies.
Our bodies are
made up of what
we eat and drink.
The body completely regenerates
our cells every 7 years

4. WHY YOUR BODY NEEDS WATER
Helps keep kidneys functioning
properly
Eliminates waste
Helps with weight loss
Gives body cells shape, form and
elasticity
Carries nutrients and oxygen to all
cells
And . . . It Has NO CALORIES!

5. Women / Men who had a high daily intake of water (5+
glasses) had 41% / 51% fewer heart attacks as those
who had low intakes (<2 glasses).
With those who drank other fluids (coffee, soda pop,
etc.), they found no protective effects of higher fluid
intake.
In fact, those who had the highest fluid intake from
other beverages (in place of water) had higher mortality
rates, especially in women. - Source: American Journal of
Epidemiology 155 (9):827-33, Jan. 2002
Adventist Health Study, 6 years, 8280 men and 12017 women:
And…Water Helps prevent Heart Disease!!

6. Exercise and the connection to Diabetes & Obesity

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30 men with low-risk prostate cancer chose lifestyle changes over
conventional medical treatment
Three months of major lifestyle changes:
• a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy
products
• moderate exercise such as walking for half an hour a day
• stress management, such as meditation or deep breathing
Results after 3 months:
• Weight loss, lower blood pressure, other health improvements
• Prostate biopsies showed changes in activity in about 500
genes — disease-preventing genes increased; disease-
promoting genes shut down or “turned off”
*Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine
Research Institute, Sausalito, California
A New Study* Says YES!
Can Lifestyle Change Our Genes?

8. Exercise and Human Growth Hormone
Our production of Human Growth Hormone
decreases significantly as we age
EXERCISE promotes our internal production
of growth hormone.
• By gradually increasing the intensity or
difficulty of exercise we are helping to
increase growth hormone production.
Very important to our health:
• Helps keep our body fat low
• Helps us maintain our muscle mass and
bone density
• Just as important for women as for men

9. And how could we forget…
Warm-Up The Dynamic Wellness Way
Triggers release of Synovial Fluid
Warm up our joints as well as our muscles
Plus it’s just plain FUN

10. Let’s Rock and Roll!
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The Ahead Wellness Challenge