Jim Dey

Fitness, lifestyle and mindfulness training. Medical Assistant, Personal Trainer & Buddhist Scholar. Better MEDS: Meditation, Exercise, Diet & Sleep

I’m Certified!

The American Council on Exercise . . . certifies that I am able “to develop and implement personalized exercise programs that improve fitness and overall well-being for individuals and small groups. They focus on helping people enhance their function, health, fitness, and performance, and modify risk factors for chronic disease to improve health.” Yes, I […]

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Who Knew? Lifestyle and Diet Change Lowers Resistant Hypertension (We did!)

Lifestyle changes improve resistant high blood pressure Their results suggest that supervised lifestyle changes, including dietary changes, group counseling, and a cardiac rehabilitation exercise program, provide similar results as medications in reducing blood pressure. MEDICAL NEWS DAILY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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Dept. of “DUH!” Studies: Exercise Made COVID Cases Less Severe

Study: Regular exercise shielded COVID-19 patients from hospitalization, death         Consistent physical inactivity was found to be a more severe risk factor than pre-existing heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure among the group of patients studied. . . . Dr. James Sallis, a professor emeritus at UC San Diego’s

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Humor: Woman Who Says Exercise Is Like Therapy Must Have Some Pretty Light Trauma

“It’s not like I can fault Dana for never having dealt with the trauma I’ve dealt with – that’s not her fault,” says friend Jarrod Smith, who enjoys both weightlifting and regular therapy. “I just wish she could understand that her problems are pretty small compared to most people, and some people require different solutions

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