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Vol. 3 No. 8, August 2011 Copyright 2011 by Wolf
J. Rinke
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. NEW CPE--HOT OFF THE PRESS
2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
3. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
4. DON'T WORRY … BE HAPPY-PART II
5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
6. HUMOR BREAK
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
8. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
INSIGHT BREAK
"People who have the most positive emotion, the most engagement,
and the most meaning in life are happiest."
-Martin E. P. Seligman
1. NEW CPE--HOT OFF THE PRESS
Nutrition for Cancer Survivors, 2nd Ed.; Barbara L. Grant, MS,
RD, CSO, LD, Abby S. Block, PhD, RD, Kathryn K. Hamilton, MA, RD, CSO,
CDN, Cynthia A. Thomson, PhD, RD, CSO, C219, 28 CPEUs, $179.95.
(Book, 352 pgs and study guide, 36 pgs) This CPE program is designed
to provide you with accurate and useful information that will enable
you to guide patients and their families who are facing the challenge
of a cancer diagnosis and to help them eat healthfully before, during
and after treatment. Upon completion of this accredited, self-directed
learning program you will be able to:
- Differentiate between the Adequate Intake (AI) the Recommended Daily
Allowance (RDA) and the Daily Value (DV),
- Instruct clients how to review reliable and credible scientific
studies,
- Recommend nutritional strategies for eating healthfully while undergoing
cancer treatment,
- Apply nutritional recommendations for calories and protein needs
for weight gain, loss and maintenance during cancer treatment,
- Evaluate the benefits and detriments of vegetarian diets and list
various types of vegetarianism,
- Identify antioxidant micronutrients that play a role in immunity,
- Provide nutritional recommendations for coping with side effects
of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment including constipation,
diarrhea and dry mouth,
- Provide recommendations for physical activity during and after cancer
treatment,
- Detail how dietary supplements can interfere with cancer therapy
treatments,
- Explain health issues associated with processed meat consumption
and recommendations for consuming them in moderation,
- Define clinical trials and options for participation,
- Discuss various types of alternative and complimentary therapies
that support conventional cancer treatment,
- Recommend types and doses of multivitamins,
- And much more.
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2. NUTRITION NEWS YOU CAN USE
FISH OILS MAY LOWER THE RISK FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
Postpartum depression can affect up to 25% of new mothers during the
first year after delivery. Researchers presenting at the annual Experimental
Biology meeting in Washington, D.C., reported that women who took fish
oil supplements during pregnancy had fewer symptoms of postpartum depression
than women who took placebo. Even though it was a relatively small study
researches concluded that since most pregnant women don't meet the daily
recommended dose of omega-3 fatty acids expectant moms would be advised
to "add a fish oil capsule or two to their daily regimen."
ACTION STEP: To get up to date on how you can help pregnant clients
meet all of their nutritional needs read Nutrition for Pregnancy and
Lactation, 4th Edition by C. M. Bareuther, RD. For details go to http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/C211CPEcourse.htm.
Source: A. Park, "Study: Fish Oil May Prevent Symptoms of Postpartum
Depression", April 12, 2011, http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/12/study-fish-oil-may-prevent-symptoms-of-postpartum-depression/#ixzz1SqIpJuGDA.
3. HOW TO SAVE UP TO 16% ON CPEs
To save up to 16% on all of our easy to use, high quality CPE products
go to www.easyCPEcredits.com and use the coupon on the "home page."
Hurry-coupon expires 8/15/11.
4. DON'T WORRY … BE HAPPY-PART II
By Wolf J. Rinke, PhD, RD, CSP
In the last issue of this eNewsletter I shared four specific things
you can do that will make you happier:
1. Make other people happy
2. Love what you do
3. Nourish an attitude of gratitude
4. Love someone deeply
Now let's go on from there to find out what else you can do to be happier.
5. Chase your dreams
Happiness is often a byproduct of something that we are going after-something
that juices us. Think of children. When are they the happiest-about
two weeks before the Christmas or Hanukah holidays, or when they have
ripped all the presents open? Once we have clearly defined, specific
fire in the belly goals we get turned on and we become happy. In other
words if your goal is to be happy-that's what many people in my seminars
tell me-you won't necessarily be happy. You get happy from traveling
the journey or reminding yourself that you are doing something that
improves the quality of someone else's life. Chasing your dreams cranks
up your internal body chemistry to such an extent that it energizes
you to achieve extraordinary results and may keep or may even make you
healthy. Want proof? A good example is Lance Armstrong, who after being
diagnosed in 1996 with an advanced form of testicular cancer which had
metastasized to his brains and lungs was given only about a 50 percent
chance of survival. After receiving aggressive cancer therapy, including
brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy, he went on
to win the Tour de France-cycling's most prestigious and grueling race-seven
times in a row from 1999-2005. (The previous record was winning it five
times.) And just when everyone thought he was down and out, he returned
to competitive racing after four years of "retirement" to
finish third in the 2009 Tour de France. Not bad for someone who at
age 38 is considered old in the punishing sport of competitive cycling.
(Yes, I'm aware of the persistent doping allegations against him.)
6. Treat your "bodymind" like a temple
That's what neuroscientist and pharmacologist Dr. Candance Pert, who
discovered the opiate receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins
in the brain, calls our body and mind because her work has unequivocally
demonstrated that the mind and the body are one. And that thoughts are
things, things that manifest themselves in the body and in your life.
So if you think "bad" or negative thoughts then that will
have a negative impact on your body. And of course the reverse is true.
Since the mind can have only one thought at a time, get in the habit
of monitoring your thoughts and self talk by asking: "is what I'm
thinking about right now negative?" (The worst is hate.) If it
is, it will move you away from happiness and optimum health. On the
other hand positive thoughts, like love, kindness and appreciation will
move you in a positive direction. This is so powerful that there we
now have whole science concerned with this phenomenon-psychoneuroimmunology,
or PNI for short. (Want to know more read her books: Molecules of Emotions:
The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine and Everything You Need to Know
to Feel Go(o)d or devour my CPE program Beat the Blues: How to Manage
Stress and Balance Your Life (http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/cepd.html#C178.)
7. Laugh more
That's right--go ahead and laugh right now. Can't seem to get it going?
Go to the bathroom, stick your tongue out, wiggle your nose and make
the silliest face you can possibly come up with and get yourself to
laugh. If you need more help join a laughter yoga club, popularized
in India, and now available all over the world including the U.S. (http://www.laughteryoga.org).
Or consult with a "certified laughter leader." (Hey, I'm not
making this stuff up!) A good way to nurture this is to laugh more at
yourself. It will cause you to take yourself less serious-which is a
great start because you are not nearly as important as you think you
are. (I'm including myself in that statement; so don't get bent out
of shape). Laughter has innumerable benefits, it turns on your endorphins
and other internal "drugs" that are far more powerful than
anything that you can ingest-legal or illegal. In fact it is so powerful
that the late Norman Cousin used it as an "anesthetic" to
combat pain associated with his incurable disease.
8. Develop a Positive Explanatory Style
Prof. Marty Seligman, who has had a tremendous influence on getting
psychologist to focus on the good-what he has dubbed "positive
psychology"-wrote a number of powerful books addressing this topic
(http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/seligman.aspx). His research
has demonstrated that we can learn to be more optimistic by developing
a "positive explanatory style" (PES). The way you do that
is by focusing on the good stuff, especially when bad things happen
to you. In other words you learn to fake it until you make it. Research
has shown that people who have developed PES, as opposed to a Negative
Explanatory Style (NES) are able to evaluate "reality" more
clearly,-just the opposite of what most people assume-process "bad"
news more effectively, and are more likely to accept what can't be changed
and move on. In short, PES enables you to inoculate yourself against
the negative attitude "virus" and his big cousin-depression.
Plus according to research reported by Tali Sharot, research fellow
at University College London's Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging,
optimists (PES), compared to pessimists (NES) tend to earn more, and
of special interest to nutrition professionals, are more likely to take
vitamins, eat low fat diets and exercise, thereby reducing their overall
risk of heart disease.
9. Keep hope alive
Hope is an incredibly powerful emotion. Without it you not only become
unhappy-you die. No one has told that story more powerfully than Dr.
Victor Frankl in his book Man's Search for Meaning in which he detailed
the role of hope in surviving the German concentration camps. For a
more current scientific explanation of hope and optimism devour Tali
Sharot's book The Optimism Bias, which maintains that hope is hardwired
into the human brain and keeps our mind at ease, lowers stress and improves
our physical health. So be sure to never give up hope, no matter how
bleak it gets. And even more important, be sure not to confuse inconveniences
with problems. Because many of the "problems" that we get
ourselves all worked up about, are inconveniences not tragedies. When
you are in the middle of one of these, a great diagnostic is to ask
yourself: "How will I feel about this in five years from now."
And then act accordingly. To deal more effectively with the real tragedies-which
will come-turn to the source of hope and inspiration that works for
you. It may be religion, spirituality, meditation or listening to a
great motivational speech. (Just had to sneak that in.) It will help
you keep hope alive and make you more optimistic and happier.
Source: W. J. Rinke, Beat the Blues: How to Manage Stress and Balance
Your Life, C178, 28 CPEUs, http://www.wolfrinke.com/CEFILES/cepd.html#C178.
5. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAKAug 3, 2011, 1:30-3:00 "Positive
Attitude: The Key to Wellness and Peak Performance," American Assoc.
of Diabetes Educators (AADE) annual meeting, Mandalay Bay Resort and
Convention Ctr., Lagoon ABGH, Las Vegas, NV. To register or for more
info: http://www.diabeteseducator.org/annualmeeting/2011/index.html
Oct 24, 2011 "Increasing Your Personal Effectiveness", Renaissance
Woodbridge, Iselin, NJ. This full day seminar maybe open to you if your
company is a member of the Institute of Management Studies (IMS). Contact
Ken Verostick, newjersey@ims-online.com for specifics.
Recommend me to the meeting planner of your upcoming state or local
dietetic association and I will help make your next meeting a "howling
success." As a way of giving back, I speak to ADA groups at significantly
reduced rates.
6. HUMOR BREAK
On the importance of walking: I like long walks, especially when they
are taken by people who annoy me.
7. ABOUT THE EDITOR
Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, RD, CSP is the president of Wolf Rinke Associates--an
accredited provider of easy to use CPE home study programs for nutrition
professionals since 1990 available at www.easyCPEcredits.com. He is
also a highly effective management consultant and executive coach who
specializes in building peak performance organizations, teams and individuals,
and an author of numerous CPE home study courses, audio/video programs
as well as several best selling management, leadership and self-development
books including Make it a Winning Life--Success Strategies for Life,
Love and Business. In addition he is an internationally recognized keynote
speaker and seminar leader who delivers customized presentations that
combine story telling, humor and motivation with specific "how
to" action strategies that participants can apply immediately to
improve their personal and professional lives. Preview a demo at www.WolfRinke.com
or call 800-828-9653. If you have questions, or would like him to address
a specific issue or topic please e-mail him at WolfRinke@aol.com.
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