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Raising Heart Health Awareness One Beat At A Time
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Bermuda; the good news is that it is 95% preventable!
Jump 2B Fit
Bermuda Heart Foundation initially chose jump rope as its heart healthy school initiative as it’s cheap, fun and efficient in strengthening heart and lung muscles, as well as developing coordination, balance, flexibility and rhythm. Jumping rope is one of the oldest known sports dating back to 1600 BC. It can burn up to 1,000 calories per hour and is suitable for a wide variety of age groups as a form of exercise. This is why the programme has grown beyond the schools and branched out into the community.
Your heart is a muscle and, like any other, it needs to be exercised to work efficiently, and jumping rope is a perfect way to do it. A jump rope is a remarkable piece of exercise equipment. Not only is it inexpensive and easy to store, but it can be used to improve cardiovascular fitness, increase agility and tone the body’s muscles at the same time.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Bermuda; the good news is that it is 95% preventable!
Help us end the epidemic of Heart Disease on island today. Visit our website often to learn what you can do to be heart smart!
International Fitness Pros Summer Sport Performance Camp
July 1st to August 16th 2013, Somersfield Academy
Athletes will be introduced to Speed training, Core stability, Cross training, Functional training, Strength Conditioning & Fitness training. Along with Nutrition, Sports Rehab and Sports injury.
Selective qualified trainers will also be scheduled to demonstrate and camp participants will participate in the specific expertise, i.e. Sionna Barton( Jump 2b Fit Trainer); Fiona Backenberg (physio therapist); Bobby Hurdle(Cross-fit Trainer); Daniel Morgan (Sports Rehab therapist); Naquita Robinson(Women’s National Youth & Senior Team Coach); Patrick Calow(Bermuda Rugby Youth Development Coach); Jermal ‘Goofy’ Woolridge (Heavy Weight Kickboxing Champion and 3rd place San Shou World Champion); Teresa Perozzi, Women’s WIBC and NABC Middleweight Boxing Champion.
Grub Day at Saltus
Pupils from Saltus collected funds for the Bermuda Heart Foundation in connection with
a Whole School Grub Day at Saltus on February 8th, 2013 for the Let’s Go Red campaign.
We have compiled your healthy favorite recipes for a cookbook for heart smart living. We have a collection reflecting the diverse ethnicities, family traditions, and taste preferences of our Island home!
The recipes are divided by categories, including: Starters (appetizers, soups, and salads), Entrees/Main Dishes, and Baked Goods/Desserts. You can enjoy as many recipes as you like, now you know that they are heart smart.
See this months recipe
Our cookbook will make a great gift and can be purchased for only $25 from our office on Front Street
A thought for the warmer weather
WATER
- 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
- In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
- Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 30%.
- One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
- Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
- Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
- A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
- Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
- In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
- You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
- To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the “real thing” sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
- To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
- To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
- To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
- To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
- To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
- The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
- To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.
- The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
