Prime Times Magazine February 2011 Issue

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IIt is interesting to note that with the passage of time women have moved frombeing captured to actually being able to propose marriage themselves. Fact of thematter, this right was first gained by women in Scotland in 1228.

The history of romance is intriguing to saythe least. In ancient times, men often actu-ally captured their wives in a raid rather thango through the effort of capturing theirhearts. When her tribe came searching forher, she and her new husband would hideout and drink fermented metheglin whichwas made from honey – while the moon passed through her phase and until thecoast was clear. This is where we get the word honeymoon. Thus the original mar-riage bond was established and this time honored tradition born.

In the ongoing transition, a number of customs surrounding the eros and agape oflove, have come and gone.

In Victorian times, after a couple had been formally introduced cards wereexchanged. At the end of the evening, the young lady would pick the card of thegentlemen she would like to escort her home and the dating process was under-way. Almost never did a proper couple see each other without a chaperon nearby,and when and if a marriage proposal became a reality, it was a written proposal.

Everyone has heard of bundling, that 16th and 17th century colonial custom wherecouples share a bed fully clothed with a “bundling board” between them. This wasa solution to cold weather, frugal home heating and for other things, while the twogot to know each other better.

The parents, actually, were usually in the room with them. How dating haschanged. Imagination really took over in Wales where one’s intentions wereexpressed with “lovespoons.” If the motif was carved in the form of an anchor it

meant “I desire to settle down,” if in theform of a vine, “Love grows.”

In England a suitor could be observedstudiously studying the gloves of hisbeloved on a Sunday morning to see ifshe were wearing the pair he had senther the week before. Providing a hint of

future acceptance or denial.

In some African cultures the bride and groom take the “tie that binds” quite seri-ously as their hands are bound together by long braided grasses.

How do you and your special love celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do you go out todinner at some special restaurant? But if crowded places seem less than romantic,why not have your own private valentines day several days before, or several daysafterthe official date. Or you could show your love and avoid crowed restaurantsby cooking a special Valentine’s dinner together.

Want to give a Valentine’s gift that is different? Then give the kind of gift that keepson giving throughout the year? It’s the gift of allowing your mate to pursue his orher dream, no matter how much or how little they succeed in such a quest.

Actually, just make every day a Valentine’s Day with your gifts of kindness, patienceand understanding, for this is love at its best.

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LLeetttteerr ffrroomm tthhee PPuubblliisshheerrOur February issue celebrates national heartmonth. Whether your focus is the health of yourphysical heart or with your loves as celebrated onValentine’s Day; we can all agree, heart is the cen-ter of life and family. Having just celebrated our20th wedding anniversary, my wife and I both

remain committed to health and balance in all areas of our life.

Having a healthy heart is important and helps you achieve andmaintain overall health. The American Heart Association recom-mends taking advantage of their ® HealthVault™ website athttps://www.heart360.org . HealthVault is a convenient and secureplace to record your health data with our online trackers, accessadditional information and resources on how to be heart healthy,and even share your results with your provider. HealthVault allowsyou to organize your health information in one place, simplifyingyour life by entering data only once to make informed health deci-sions.

This issue features articles we hope will inspire you to take on thechallenge that healthy living provides and take a few moments toconsider our theme by checking out all of our feature articles. “TheGrapevine” is a new regular column featuring Sommelier, DavidNewton. His passion for education will surely inspire connoisseursboth able and aspiring. We have also altered our layout inresponse to reader’s requests, the font is larger and we trust thisissue will prove to be even more appealing.

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WWe all know how difficultit is to stay active andkeep up our exercise rou-tine. During the wintermonths, it can be evenmore challenging. Ofcourse, in Arizona ourwinters are mild (to saythe least)!

Nevertheless, our strug-gles are real too! It staysdark later in the morningsand is a challenge to getout of bed sometimes. Itgets dark so early; we areready for bed by 8:00pm.And then there is thathandy holiday excuse. You know theone; ate too much, spent too much,gained too much weight!

Well, it's February and it's PAST time toget out and get busy! What a great timeto take a walk outside and enjoy thefresh air. Get some of that naturalVitamin D for yourself, no charge!

Here are some othertips:

1. Do something activeeveryday. As opposed toour hot Arizona days,now is the time to enjoyan outdoor activity.Walk, hike, play golf!

2. Do what you love toget yourself started.What a great time tostart a new program, anew class, a new form ofexercise. Think aboutwhat interests you andgo from there. Try some-

thing new, you may love it!

3. Set specific, concrete goals at thegym. Instead of just saying you aregoing to "go to the gym", set up a week-ly goal (writing it down is important!).For example: Monday 10am StabilityBall Class, Tuesday 12:00 Yoga class,and so on.

4. Keep a food journal. Again, write itdown! Plan your weekly meals andsnacks. Get creative in the kitchen soyou don't get bored. Visit a farmer's mar-ket and choose some fresh herbs, veg-etables and spices. Another great venueis the Asian markets - amazing vegeta-bles and fish, too! Use alternative ingre-dients to make your recipes healthier.Experiment! Make it fun!

The news of fitness guru Jack LaLannepassing at age 96 hopefully reinforceshow important exercise is in life. As welook back on his life, Jack LaLanne exer-cised and ate healthy every day. To thisday, many of the workout machines thathe created are still in our gyms. Hisfamous "juicer" infomercials are stillprevalent on television and the productis a huge seller worldwide. He inspiredmillions to live a healthy lifestyle. Yourlegend lives on, Jack!

Here are a couple things to leave youwith for 2011:• Exercise helps combat winter depres-sion, pesky colds and flu, and creates anall-around sense of well being. • Eating should be an experience. • Ladies - 2011 the Year to get back toyour favorite suit – you know the onesfor business and bathing!

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II asked almost everyone I met today if they knew of any man who might like tomarry me. I asked everyone else if they knew of a man who might like to love me,to adore and to delight in me, be knocked out cold every time he spotted me evenfrom a distance (maybe especially from a distance).

I figured it to be at the very least a vast improvement overthe usual How’s-it-going? But I was wasting my time. Thebest response I got was deer-in-headlight stares, and theworried looks I’ve seen before, and swift, efficient changesto the subject of weather.

I had really hoped for better. Not necessarily a name andphone number scribbled in excitement on a scrap of paper,but perhaps some human-like reply; perhaps, “Gee, sorry;but do you know anybody I could hire to rake theseleaves?” Or repair a large round moth hole in a cashmeresweater? Sort of like Go Fish for grown ups. Any sevens?Nope, any threes? Any husbands? Nope, any addicts? Orwhatever.

People look at me like the question is my fault; like I wrotethe rules or something. Well, I didn’t. If it were up to meevery decent single person in the county would come to therecycling center Saturday at noon and stand in two longlines, one girls, one boys, and play some quick, shoot-from-the-hip version of Red Rover. Red Rover, Red Rover, letthe little lady in the pink hair come over. You know, that sortof thing. (If you think I am perhaps a wee bit heavy on thechildren’s games today, what did you imagine they werefor?)

It is no more ridiculous than what we do too. Twenty-seven million (somebody actu-ally counted) single people sit in living rooms and watch movies and TV showsabout people who are with other people, and then they eat a bag of cookies andgo to bed. Or they do some elitist variation on the theme.Now that’s real smart.

I know I won’t meet my next partner (God willing) asking strangers do they have abeau for me, but I am sick to death of walking around every day all day pretend-ing singlehood is anywhere nearly as good as couple-hood. It’s peaceful, evenlovely, most of the time, but by the fifth day of creation, God knew that going to12 Thanksgiving dinners solo was going to be a drag.

I know the way these things go. A person is invited to a party last minute by a per-son she doesn’t really even like. She goes halfway for spite and she gets seated nextto someone’s brother-in-law who just moved to town from some state like Idaho,after some natural disaster reverted him to single status. They chat and by the fall,they’re going to Vermont to look at leaves... So the prevailing wisdom, handeddown from age to age, is just say yes to every invitation.

I read a piece in a magazine I lifted from my dentist’s waiting room, that gave 12ways to meet a single over 50 and there was not one sensible recommendation onthe page. Personal ads were highly regarded by the author. I toyed with the idea,but when the first two words that came to mind were mercurial and persnickety, Irealized I might be more successful in a verbal venue where I could offer up excus-es and smart-sounding explanations on my own behalf.

Then there’s always on-line dating, holding out the enticing prospect of a virtualrelationship with a virtual person, unless of course you choose to meet, in whichcase you cast in concrete the chasm between reality and what goes on inside yourpretty little head.

You hear a lot of talk (mostly from long-married people) regarding chance meet-ings in the supermarket. But it only happens (they will tell you) when you’re leastexpecting it. The gods can spot an ulterior motive crossing the parking lot. Theyknow if you really had a sudden need for frozen okra, or if it is a sorry ruse. Which

means the only time you’ll meet the one standing, stun-ning, in aisle seven, is when you run in for a quart of coughsyrup with an old coat over your jammies on the third worsthair day of your life.

So. I’ll tell you what will happen. I’ll go on asking friendswho will pretend for friendship’s sake that I am kidding,and one day when I least expect it, I will open the frontdoor to check the mail and there he’ll be. No, not the mailman. My man. And he’ll say something smooth and cleverlike, Hi, it’s me, and I’ll reach out and take him by the arm,and pull him in, and say, “So what’s been keeping you?”

You think that that won’t happen. Well, you’re right. You are. But while I’ve got your fullattention here, do you happen to know of a warm, funny(tall, fit, quirky, well-read, musically inclined) Democratwho might enjoy my company?

I just thought I’d ask.

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“MMy name is David Newton and I am your personal Sommelier.”Yes, I work for you. I wear many hats. I am your wealth of wineknowledge, I am your food and wine pairing guru, I am yourentertainer on stage for the bottle opening presentation, and I amthe subservient being there to keep your glass plentiful. But mymost important job, in the name of the wine industry as a whole,is to teach. The core of my title and the existence of my profes-sion are based on teaching. What is an industry worth if there'sonly a small slice of the pie that understands that industry.

Most of us have come to rely on a sommelier for choosing the wine that we wouldlike to drink. And that is fine. It's probably the easiest part of my job. “Here, drinkthis” ……. As opposed too, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teacha man to fish and you feed him for life.’

I am dedicating this monthly article, to you. To teach you how to choose wines foryourself, for your guests, for the birthday party that you are hosting, for the meetup group that you created in order to promote whatever it is that you do best. It’syour good money that you are spending on what could otherwise be described asexpensive juice.

It is time for you to study your own palate. Your preference for wine is highly indi-vidualized. You simply like what you like; end of story. Where did you grow up?What type of wine did your parents drink with dinner, if any? How do you like yourcoffee? Do you like your martini, dry, dirty or sweet?

Do you have less or more taste buds in your mouth than the average person? Thereare hundreds if not thousands of styles of wine on our retail shelves today for thesole reason that there are 1000 different palates.

So you can imagine that choosing a number of wines for a group of people to tastehas its challenges. I have learned that the bigger the group, the more approach-able the wines need to be. Essentially, I will refrain from selecting the more geekystyles of wine and gravitate to wines with lower acidity, softer tannins, and a touchmore residual sugar than your average food wine.

One of the most common mistakes that I see a wine director make is that theychoose wines that they like while forgetting about their guest or neighborhood andwhat that genre of people might prefer.

For example, in February I host a wine festival featuring 32 wines from around theworld at the Home & Design Ideas Center in North Scottsdale for over 1000 peo-ple. In choosing these wines my first task was to head out and visit the all of thewine savvy stores and restaurants in that area and do a quick study on what stylesof wine and varietals dominated their list. I haven't necessarily chosen the samelabels that are already being sold and poured for that neighborhood, but I defi-nitely chose wines that reflected the new world styles of wine and the respectivevalue driven price point.

Join me on my personal mission to ultimately pull down the wall that separates theperson who is buying a wine from the person who is selling the wine. Whetheryou're a customer standing in a retail wine shop with that ‘deer in the headlights’look in your eye or a server at a restaurant desperately trying to understand whatyour guest is truly asking for, it is time for both parties to start speaking the samelanguage.

“My name is David Newton and I am your personal Sommelier.” David Newton- Executive SommelierGeneral Manager • 480-232-2206 • dvinebistro.com

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OOne of the greatest joys in life is beinghealthy and fit. Exercise and propernutrition will improve the hearts healthand increase life expectancy.

The health of your heart is the mostimportant aspect of being healthy. Aswe age it is of the utmost importance totake care of the heart’s health.

This fact may surprise you that in 75% ofall heart attack cholesterol levels arenormal. Cholesterol is an outdatedindicator for heart disease…

The theory that cholesterol causes heartdisease is an outdated, hypothesis, pos-tulated by Ancel Keyes way back in the1950’s. Not to mention the theory wasflawed from the beginning and wasnever really properly tested.

Today when you go to most physiciansor cardiologists statins are being pre-scribed and used to block the produc-tion of cholesterol. Statin drugs such asLipitor, Crestor or any other statin med-ication have severe, life threatening sideeffects such as severe muscle cell dam-age, polyneuropathy, kidney failure, lossof energy and strength, pain and weak-ness in the muscles and joints, conges-tive heart failure, liver damage,impaired memory loss and confusion.

With continued use of statins it’s not amatter of if – it’s a matter of when willyou go into heart failure? BasicBiochemical Statins block the produc-tion of Co-enzyme Q10. CoQ10 is crit-ical for the function and health of thecellular mitochondria, as a result skele-tal and cardiac muscle begin to breakdown resulting in pain, loss of strengthand energy. Eventually this breakdownleads to heart failure.

February is Heart Healthy Month and ifyou are taking statins this just might bethe time to find a good, open mindedphysician to help you get off of statins.Also you can get started on an exerciseand nutrition plan that will help youbuild a healthy heart. From a hearthealthy perspective there are naturaland much safer ways to reduce inflam-mation and oxidative stress to our arter-ies.

Supplementing with 200 to 300

milligrams a day of CoQ10 and 5000milligrams of L Arginine along withOmega 3 fatty acids, 2500 to 3000milligrams a day, Magnesium, B6, Folicacid and b12, L-Carnitine will supporthealthy arteries, improving health,strength, energy, clarity, memory andreducing or eliminating pain.

A nutrition plan with reduced carbohy-drates will support your efforts in build-ing a health heart…Current researchand recent scientific data...indicates thatdiets high in carbohydrates are a maincontributor to heart disease…Inflammation can be brought on by eat-ing too many carbohydrates... resultingin free radical damage leading to oxida-tive stress and damage to the inner lin-ing of your arteries. Cholesterol is thereto fill in the damaged walls of the arter-ies caused by inflammation and oxida-tive stress.

Research suggests that one of the fore-most indicators for predicting heart dis-ease is C-Reactive Protein (markers forinflammation) and elevated triglyc-erides. Raised levels of homo-cysteineare associated with atherosclerosis. Aheart healthy way to begin your nutritionstrategy is with a 1200 to 1500 calorienutrition plan which would formulate at:20 grams of protein, 30 grams of car-bohydrates and 6 grams of fat, per-meal.

Finally, exercise is an important factor inbuilding a healthy heart. The waistlineis one of the best indicators of the con-dition of your health. For a male anabdominal measurement over 40 inchesand 35 inches for a female indicatessymptoms of metabolic syndrome whichincludes high body-fat, insulin resistanceand low metabolism, because of poorthyroid function. Along with hormonalimbalances exercise helps reduce theabdominal measurements and lowerbody fat which are in direct relation toheart disease.

So in closing healthy heart care is notabout a doctor writing you a prescrip-tion. Healthy heart care is about youtaking responsibility. In taking care ofyour health the foremost and best pre-scription for healthy heart care is exer-cise and nutrition. Are you taking careof your Heart’s Health?

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""LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn ssoommeeoonnee hhuurrttss yyoouu.. AAnndd yyoouu ggeett ssoo mmaadd bbuutt yyoouu ddoonn''tt yyeellll aatt tthheemmbbeeccaauussee yyoouu kknnooww iitt wwoouulldd hhuurrtt tthheeiirr ffeeeelliinnggss.."" –– SSaammaanntthhaa,, 66

""LLoovvee iiss wwhhaatt mmaakkeess yyoouu ssmmiillee wwhheenn yyoouu''rree ttiirreedd.."" –– TTeerrrrii,, 44

““LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn mmyy mmoommmmyy mmaakkeess ccooffffeeee ffoorr mmyy ddaaddddyy aanndd sshhee ttaakkeess aa ssiipp bbeeffoorreeggiivviinngg iitt ttoo hhiimm,, ttoo mmaakkee ssuurree tthhee ttaassttee iiss OOKK.."" –– DDaannnnyy,, 77

""LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn yyoouu kkiissss aallll tthhee ttiimmee.. TThheenn wwhheenn yyoouu ggeett ttiirreedd ooff kkiissssiinngg,, yyoouu ssttiillll wwaannttttoo bbee ttooggeetthheerr aanndd yyoouu ttaallkk mmoorree.. MMyy mmoommmmyy aanndd DDaaddddyy aarree lliikkee tthhaatt.. TThheeyy llooookkggrroossss wwhheenn tthheeyy kkiissss.."" –– EEmmiillyy,, 88

““IIff yyoouu wwaanntt ttoo lleeaarrnn ttoo lloovvee bbeetttteerr,, yyoouu sshhoouulldd ssttaarrtt wwiitthh aa ffrriieenndd wwhhoo yyoouu hhaattee.."" ––NNiikkkkaa,, 66

""LLoovvee iiss hhuuggggiinngg.. LLoovvee iiss kkiissssiinngg.. LLoovvee iiss ssaayyiinngg nnoo.."" –– PPaattttyy,, 88

""WWhheenn yyoouu tteellll ssoommeeoonnee ssoommeetthhiinngg bbaadd aabboouutt yyoouurrsseellff aanndd yyoouu''rree ssccaarreedd tthheeyy wwoonn''ttlloovvee yyoouu aannyymmoorree.. BBuutt tthheenn yyoouu ggeett ssuurrpprriisseedd bbeeccaauussee nnoott oonnllyy ddoo tthheeyy ssttiillll lloovveeyyoouu,, tthheeyy lloovvee yyoouu eevveenn mmoorree.."" –– MMaatttthheeww,, 77

""TThheerree aarree ttwwoo kkiinnddss ooff lloovvee.. OOuurr lloovvee.. GGoodd''ss lloovvee.. BBuutt GGoodd mmaakkeess bbootthh kkiinnddss oofftthheemm.."" –– JJeennnnyy,, 44

““LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn yyoouu tteellll aa gguuyy yyoouu lliikkee hhiiss sshhiirrtt aanndd tthheenn hhee wweeaarrss iitt eevveerryy ddaayy.."" ––NNooeellllee,, 77

““LLoovvee iiss lliikkee aa lliittttllee oolldd wwoommaann aanndd aa lliittttllee oolldd mmaann wwhhoo aarree ssttiillll ffrriieennddss eevveenn aafftteerrtthheeyy kknnooww eeaacchh ootthheerr ssoo wweellll.."" –– TToommmmyy,, 66

""DDuurriinngg mmyy ppiiaannoo rreecciittaall,, II wwaass oonn aa ssttaaggee aanndd ssccaarreedd.. II llooookkeedd aatt aallll tthhee ppeeoopplleewwaattcchhiinngg mmee aanndd ssaaww mmyy ddaaddddyy wwaavviinngg aanndd ssmmiilliinngg.. HHee wwaass tthhee oonnllyy oonnee ddooiinnggtthhaatt.. II wwaassnn''tt ssccaarreedd aannyymmoorree.."" –– CCiinnddyy,, 88

""MMyy mmoommmmyy lloovveess mmee mmoorree tthhaann aannyybbooddyy.. YYoouu ddoonn''tt sseeee aannyyoonnee eellssee kkiissssiinngg mmeettoo sslleeeepp aatt nniigghhtt.."" –– CCllaarree,, 55

""LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn mmoommmmyy ggiivveess ddaaddddyy tthhee bbeesstt ppiieeccee ooff cchhiicckkeenn.."" –– EEllaaiinnee,, 55

““LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn MMoommmmyy sseeeess DDaaddddyy ssmmeellllyy aanndd sswweeaattyy aanndd ssttiillll ssaayyss hhee iiss hhaanndd--ssoommeerr tthhaann RRoobbeerrtt RReeddffoorrdd.."" –– CChhrriiss,, 88

""LLoovvee iiss wwhheenn yyoouurr ppuuppppyy lliicckkss yyoouurr ffaaccee eevveenn aafftteerr yyoouu lleefftt hhiimm aalloonnee aallll ddaayy.."" ––MMaarryy AAnnnn,, 44

""II kknnooww mmyy oollddeerr ssiisstteerr lloovveess mmee bbeeccaauussee sshhee ggiivveess mmee aallll hheerr oolldd ccllootthheess aanndd hhaassttoo ggoo oouutt aanndd bbuuyy nneeww oonneess.."" –– LLaauurreenn,, 44

""II lleett mmyy bbiigg ssiisstteerr ppiicckk oonn mmee bbeeccaauussee mmyy mmoomm ssaayyss sshhee oonnllyy ppiicckkss oonn mmee bbeeccaauusseesshhee lloovveess mmee.. SSoo II ppiicckk oonn mmyy bbaabbyy ssiisstteerr bbeeccaauussee II lloovvee hheerr.."" –– BBeetthhaannyy,, 44

""WWhheenn yyoouu lloovvee ssoommeebbooddyy,, yyoouurr eeyyeellaasshheess ggoo uupp aanndd ddoowwnn aanndd lliittttllee ssttaarrss ccoommeeoouutt ooff yyoouu.."" –– KKaarreenn,, 77

""YYoouu rreeaallllyy sshhoouullddnn''tt ssaayy ''II lloovvee yyoouu'' uunnlleessss yyoouu mmeeaann iitt.. BBuutt iiff yyoouu mmeeaann iitt,, yyoouusshhoouulldd ssaayy iitt aa lloott.. PPeeooppllee ffoorrggeett.."" –– JJeessssiiccaa,, 88

The winner was a four year-old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gen-tleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy wentinto the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When hismother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing,I just helped him cry."

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RRefreshing your home’s interior design is a great way to start off the New Year. Simple changes around your home often pro-vide a better outlook on the coming year. Even in this challenging economic time, when you may feel that you can’t spendvery much to enhance your home’s design, you can create significant changes in very simple ways.

As an Interior Designer, I have some practical ideas on how to get started.

••RReeppuurrppoossee Start with assessing what main pieces of furniture you generally like in your home. Do you have a great vin-tage armchair? If so, consider moving it into a different room and repurposing it. It will feel like a whole new room withoutbuying new furniture.

•• SSoorrtt Sort out unused items. Do you have too much or over-sized furniture for your room? This can give it a cluttered or“storage” look, rather than creating a calming space.

Many of us have more things than we use. Remember “LESS IS MORE”, is an essential step in refreshing your home’s design.

••RReemmoovvee Next, remove all unused items from each room, from furniture, to smaller items and accessories.

••EEnnhhaannccee Find your room’s greatest feature and plan to enhance it with your existing accessories. For example, is it thefireplace in the living room or that armchair you repurposed? Lean some large framed family pictures on top of the mantle;pair the armchair with a decorative small table. Add one or two of your favorite accessories to make your home a personalspace.

•• LLiigghhttiinngg Remember that lighting is an important design tool. Open as many shutters or window shades/drapes as muchas possible to let in the natural sunlight during the day. This will brighten your home’s finishes as well as your mood.

•• RReeffrreesshh If you have a small budget, give yourself the gift of fresh linens for your beds and baths. Having new linens cangive you the feeling that you are at your own private vacation spot. This includes even adding a plush throw on your favoritechair or sofa to curl up with on a cool night.

Some of my favorite places for these types of items are Tuesday Morning and Homegoods. These stores have high qualitybedding, towels and throws at clearance prices.

I hope these steps offer you and your home a refreshed purpose and a brighter newyear.

If you feel you need further assistance, "Refreshing Design" is a consultation serviceI offer clients through J nine designs, LLC. It’s for those who want to reuse andrefresh their spaces without purchasing new furniture or accessories.

My design services also include Residential Interior Design, Remodeling and HomeStaging.

Please check out my website at jninedesigns1.com.

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By Holly Parsons • Photos by Shahein Nadjafi

TThis year, Barrett-Jackson’s internationally acclaimed ulti-mate car auction, charity event and lifestyle experience,held at Westworld in Scottsdale, did not disappoint.Celebrating 40 years of extraordinary contribution to ahobby that provokes nostalgia while renewing purpose andevoking passionate devotion in auto collectors worldwide,is no small feat.

Let’s face it; the Barrett-Jackson teams define leadershipon a myriad of levels. Their goal of driving significantfunds to charity, providing an ethical often breathtakingauction experience, beautifully showcasing some of theworld’s most exotic cars, while surrounding the senses with the power and fuelinjected majesty evoked by perfection on wheels, is their specialty.

Unlimited in scope, this show has something for everyone. Whether you came tobe amazed by the design and perfect symmetry of an Italian Perana Z-one, a vin-tage Bugatti, or Ford’s 2012 - BOSS 302 which was 40 years in concept, view his-toric and vintage art on wheels – share the bucket with a professional racer andtear up the mini race track [thanks Austin], attend the Gala and fashion show or shopfor exotic toys, this show has it all!

Personally, I love the old guys. Their huge engines, wonderful wheels, sleek styleand gloss delight my senses… The Gala Monday nite was a great party. The menuwas diverse; artists produced magic on stage, runway and on canvas. Catwalk fora Cause, Tuesday night, raised thousands for charity and the delightful renditionsof wearable car art finished off a night to remember.

I interviewed a key seller and this is what I learned:

Dave Ressler, former Chevy Dealer and owner of a private Corvette Museum in N.Dakota, auctioned off a pair of white vette, convertibles, a 1953 and a 2003 withnearly identical Vin’s for $170,500. I’m pretty sure he made a profit!

Put it on your calendar for next year… a family affair of epic proportion will pro-vide great memories for years to come.

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By Holly Parsons

Provocative, illuminating, hystericallyfunny and luminously delivered describethis most recent stage performancedirected by one of the most acclaimeddirectors in the industry, Don Bluth.

A veteran of Disney Studios and directlyresponsible for countless classic anima-tion films such as An American Tail, LandBefore Time, Anastasia and the originalSleeping Beauty.

Bluth applies a simple yet magical aireof other worldliness to this 30’s era clas-sical set. Character studies and cos-tumes delight with almost cartoonishsentiment.

This is Bluth’s directorial debut interpret-ing Shakespeare and he delivered amasterpiece of comedic wonder. ArtisticDirector Jared Sakrin , is responsible forthe vision and aplomb that weaves con-sistent extraordinary performances to lifefor the fortunate patrons of Mesa Artspremier company.

Scene stealers propagate as if an ava-lanche of heavenly humor beset thestage. Lana Buss, perfectly cast asHippoltyle/Titania lends delectable ele-gance to both rolls. Tension builds withexquisite timing and spans a gloriousgamut as female philanders Hermia &Helena – portrayed by Justine Hartleyand Dawn Tucker, deliver absolutely bril-liant, performances as love runs amok.

A veteran of SWS Jim Coates, deliversan unforgettable performance as Puckwith seemingly endless energy and per-fect measure.

The sleeper was Jesse James Kamps por-trayal of Nick Bottom. Uncanny, hilari-ous, boisterous, simple, yet complexbravado…combine with slapstick towrap the evening’s final scene in sidesplitting laughter. In closing I must offermy congratulations to AlejandroSanches Vega’s delivery of Tom Snout,as “The Wall”.

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MMy husband and I are having an affair — with each other, and it has been monog-amous for decades of married years, minus adultery, minus separate vacations,minus divorce debates, and most of all, minusboredom.

Ho hum! So this is going to be another mid-dle-to-old-aged love story, you think: mar-riage, mortgage, mental deterioration, thewhole bit. Well, this depends upon whether ornot you view your glass as half-full or half-empty. Sure, we can relate to geriatric com-mercials, but the famous monotony that’s supposed to accompany this part of lifeis missing.

Equipped with both a teaching and a marriage certificate, I left the familiarity ofhome with this strange advice from my mother – maintain a sense of humor. I won-dered if she meant in the bedroom or classroom? Both, I later figured out. But,being married to a doctor, I discovered over the years that my bedroom sense ofhumor was challenged.

A double bed where lovers lace arms is lovely in print; in real life, however, it hasits drawbacks. Not only did I roll towards the weighty impression in the mattress,but I got a heavy limb across my chest, less blanket, and little space. In order tocommondere my rightful share of the realestate and stabilize, I grabbed the sidepulls that are used to turn a mattress and actually secured one around my wrist. Ilaugh to this day about what it took to get a good night sleep.

When the telephone rings at the wrong moment -- the ever-helpful sense of humor

enables my husband to sound lucid on the phone then lets us return to the mood.And then there were the ever present children. As infants while my mate was a med-

ical resident, we slept four in one bedroom:two cribs and one double bed. The first time Iwhispered, "the bottle can wait a few moreminutes," his ego inflated. Afterall he is forev-er; the children are merely on loan until matu-rity.

It has helped to still wear a size-four dress afterbearing three children, and even though I

carry a Medicare B card, the obesity-in-America problem is certainly not mine. Ithas helped to become a good golfer as he likes golf, and play a respectable gameof tennis for mixed doubles. It helped to stay bright enough to take over his officegirl’s place when she was sick and keep confidential what I saw and read there andbe able to juggle my college teaching schedule to fit his time slot. It has helped forme to still unstop the drain and change faucet washers as he never learned thesepetty tasks.

He fixes me a dish of ice cream at night to say thanks for taking care of him. Yes,the division of labor seems to indicate “He Tarzan, Me Jane”, but, for us, it worksas it’s a division of labor not of power. A sense-of-humor shatters a would-be ten-sion so we can save our energy for a few good fights. Shouting and screaming isa super way of letting off steam. I know my mate loves me enough to understandit’s a mood, so I can be myself, even an ornery self.

Each year brings added dimension, and the idea of swinging with a stranger is notonly to use our grandchildren’s latest term -- sick, but also baffling.

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Division of labor seems to indicate “He Tarzan, Me Jane”, but, for us, it works

as it’s a division of labor not power.

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By Juliann Segura

FFive years ago, Irma Winslow and her family moved to Arizona from Idaho with her96 year old mother. The family planned to build a custom home with a mini apart-ment for their Grandmother Ruth Latshaw.

Grandson’s Patrick and James Kieran, master craftsmen with over 40 years of com-bined experience, decided to take part in the design.

As the design elements for the new house were being developed it was decided tomake the space as accessible as possible for grandma. The hallways would be wideenough to accommodate a walker or wheelchair when and if necessary. Vinyl floor-ing was installed instead of carpet because neither wheelchairs nor walkers maneu-ver very well on carpet. The brothers designed the house knowing home is wherethe heart is and this is where their grandmother wanted to stay.

Aging in place, via remodeling is what many families are considering for theirgrandparents, parents or themselves. The idea behind the concept, in most cases,requires making accommodation to your current home.

The Kieran Brothers understood and developed their design concepts through theirexperiences with grandma and are now Certified Aging in Place Specialists [CAPS].With over 76 million Baby Boomers aging in the United States it makes sense. Notonly can aging in the home be more beneficial to your well being, the cost of mod-ifying your home can be a lot less expensive than moving to assisted living. Simpleremodeling of a kitchen or bath can been done in a matter weeks depending onthe scope of the project. Most of us feel home is when we live in familiar settingswith all of our personal belongings. Our suggestion, “Don’t change where you live,just how you live.”

Dear Ms. Prime, What is a girl to do at the age of 64 when she meets someone whobasically knocks her socks off, in a very deep way and that person is 51?

Young lover, woe is me? Age is amorphous. I suspect its maturity that defines thefinish line between consenting adults. When we meet a 23 year old with the maturity of a sage and a 60 year old teenager…we clearly get the difference. Ifyou’re a match, you’re a match – don’t sweat the small stuff – life is too short andlove too precious.

Dear Holly, Why is it that family relationships are such a challenge in our lives?

As ever changing beings we continuously morph between birth and death based ona myriad of influences both internal and external in origin. We all have those treasured relationships with special people where time seems to stand still; years ordecades pass – and the relationship, despite both parties evolution, remains deep,cherished and relevant.

Sometimes we get lucky and the same deep relating will sustain between familymembers. But more often than not negative impressions from the past will prevailthroughout life, robbing both parties. While we chose to behave admirably towardsothers, we sometimes behave abysmally with core family members. Since we canonly control ourselves…make sure you never stereotype or judge another no matter who they are or how they fit into our life.

Unconditional love – in its practical application – means forgiving and forgetting,minute to minute, day to day. Allow your original state of affection to maintain itsequilibrium well beyond the ‘temporary conditions’ of life we so often perceive asreality.

----------Dear Holly,I have a dog that has been diagnosed with Glaucoma; we have already had one eyeremoved and continue to give her medication for the other eye, despite the fact thatshe has lost sight already. She still gets around for the most part, but I wonder if it isfair to keep her in this state or if I should put her down (although that is the last thingthat I want to do). I don't want to keep her around while her quality of life suffers. Themedication does take care of any pain that she may be experiencing. Sincerely, Concerned Dog Owner

Dear dog lover, Unfortunately here is no easy answer to your question. Quality oflife is a vague term. On the one hand it refers to physical capacity, while on theother hand the dog’s interactive ability to give and receive love is also a guidingfactor. If your doggy, despite her disability is in good spirits, clearly enjoying lifewith you, however simple – then allowing nature to take its course might be appropriate. However, if she’s morose, depressed and incontinent, you may wantto consider the humane option... for both your sake.

or issues that baffle us,turn us to tide, break with tradition,and rarely subside…

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WWe all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws beingone of the signals of an MI happening; haven’t we?

It’s not breast cancer, or any other cancer that kills the mostAmerican women. It’s coronary heart disease, which causesheart attacks, the leading cause of death for women. And aswomen grow older, their risk of heart attack and strokeincrease, according to the American Heart Association.

A dramatic example of a heart attack occurred to a middle-age nurse. The vivid description was passed along to me bya friend. Here’s what she described:

Women rarely have the same symptoms men have whenexperiencing a heart attack. You know, the sudden stabbingpain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest anddropping to the floor. About 10:30 one night, I was sitting allsnuggly and warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat inmy lap, reading an interesting story, and actually thinking:Aah, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy LazyBoy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, likewhen you’ve been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwichand washed it down with a dash of water. The hurried biteseems to feel like a golf ball going down the esophagus in

slow motion. Most uncomfortable! You realize you shouldn’thave gulped it down so fast. This was my initial sensation.The only problem was: I hadn’t eaten anything since about 5p.m.

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like littlesqueezing motions that seemed to be racing up my spine. Itwas probably my aorta spasms gaining speed as they contin-ued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone).

This fascinating process continued on into my throat andbranched out into both jaws. AHA! Now I stopped puzzlingabout what was happening. We all have read and/or heardabout pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI hap-pening; haven’t we? That didnt happen to me.

I lowered the footrest, dumping the cat from my lap, startedto take a step and fell on the floor. I thought to myself, if thisis a heart attack, I shouldn’t be walking. But on the otherhand, if I don’t, nobody will know that I need help, and if Iwait any longer, I may not be able to get up.

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowlyinto the next room and dialed the paramedics...I told them Ithought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure build-ing under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. She said

she was sending the paramedics imme-diately, asked if the front door was nearto me, and to unbolt it, then lie on thefloor where they could see me.

I unlocked the door, then lied down onthe floor and lost consciousness. Iawoke briefly and saw the radiologist inhis surgical blues and cap... I nodded offagain, not waking until the cardiologisthad already threaded the tinyangiogram balloon up my femoral arteryinto the aorta and into my heart wherethey installed two side-by-side stents tohold open my right coronary artery. Myheart had stopped somewhere betweenmy arrival and the procedure.

I share this because I want you to knowwhat I learned first hand:

• Be aware that something very differentis happening to your body, not the usualmen’s symptoms. Many women com-monly mistake an MI for indigestion.Some take Maalox and go to bed andnever wake up.

• Call the paramedics. And if you can,take an aspirin. Ladies, time is of theessence. Do not try to drive yourself tothe ER. You are a hazard to yourself andothers on the road.

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Good news, chocoholics! A study justreleased by the American Society forNutrition (ASN) has found that con-sumption of cocoa is good for folks witha high risk of heart disease. A bunch ofseniors, whose average age was 69,were involved in the study.

The study reported that the “intake ofcocoa polyphenols may moderateinflammatory mediators in patients athigh risk of cardiovascular disease.”

A polyphenol is an antioxidant found inplants. “These anti-inflammatory effectsmay contribute to the overall benefitsassociated with cocoa consumptionagainst atherosclerosis.”

The study also said: “Cocoa and itsderived products, such as chocolate,represent very rich sources of dietaryflavonoids (antioxidant nutrients) whichcontain a higher content per servingthan tea or red wine.”

And the health benefits linked to cocoaconsumption have also been related totheir capacity to lower blood pressure aswell as other beneficial effects, thereport said.

All the seniors taking part in the studywere required to limit their intake offoods with a high polyphenol content,such as virgin olive oil, red wine, tea,fruit and vegetables during the fourweeks of the experiment.

Other chocolate research testifies thatchocolate has several notable healthbenefits. Cacao, the source of choco-late, has antibacterial agents that battletooth decay.

Chocolate contains a mild mood eleva-tor. Just the smell of chocolate mayincrease certain brain waves, resultingin a relaxed feeling.

Men who eat chocolate are said to livea year longer than men who don’t. Theflavanoids in chocolate help to keep the

blood vessels elastic. The carbohydratesin chocolate also raise levels of sero-tonin in the brain, creating a sense ofwell-being.

As a teenager, you may have beenwarned by a heartless relative thatchocolate causes acne. Wrong. It doesnot.

Chocolate was once considered sosacred that only those of the highestrank could enjoy it. The cocoa tree wascultivated for centuries by the MayaIndians, the Incas of Peru and the Aztecsof Mexico. The drink prepared from theseeds of the cocao tree was the nation-al drink of the Aztecs.

After Cortez conquered Mexico in 1519the Spaniards took up chocolate as theirfavorite drink. Soon thereafter it spreadthroughout Europe.

It was a quite expensive drink, however.That’s because the cocoa tree growsonly near the equator, and each tree hasonly a few pods. So the yield of seeds ismeager.

But chocolate is not without drawbacks.It may contribute to lower bone density— not good for older folks. It also canset off migraine headaches in somepeople. And it is high in calories.

You probably know that you have tokeep your pet away from chocolate. Itcontains a stimulant which animals areunable to digest.

The only other major drawback tochocolate is the fact that about two-thirds of the world’s cocoa productionoccurs in West Africa — produced forthe most part on small farms using childlabor.

The International Labor Organization(ILO) has estimated that 211 millionchildren between the ages of 5 and 14were working worldwide, in some casesin slave-like status.

But in the past several years, sociallyacceptable conditions for the farmersand the child laborers has been devel-oped.

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TTeemmppee SSyymmpphhoonniicc WWiinndd EEnnsseemmbbllee -- “The Delight of Dancing”When: February 28th 7:30pm Tempe Center for the Arts - 700 W. Rio Salado Pkwy - 480-350-2822Works based on the dance music, including Malclom Aronold’s “Four ScottishDances”

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CCHICAGO - Wouldn't it be nice to be able to waltz your way to good health? In fact, Italian researchers said that when patients diagnosed with heart failureengage in traditional dancing such as waltz they appear to improve health andquality of life at least as well as people who do treadmill-style exercise.

Researchers, led by Dr. Romualdo Belardinelli, director of the cardiac rehabilitationunit at Lancisi Heart Institute, Ancona, Italy, enrolled 110 patients with stable butadvanced chronic heart failure. The patients, mainly men with an average age of59, were randomly assigned into two groups.

One group of 44 patients took to the treadmill and cycling equipment three timesa week for eight weeks. The other group of 44 patients went dancing in a programthat met three times a week and alternated slow dancing for five minutes followedby a fast waltz for three minutes over a 21-minute period. The remaining 22patients acted as the control group.

Dr. Belardinelli said “I chose Waltz because it is a universal dance, which meansthat the findings can be generalized to other countries, however, other dancesmight be just as effective.”

Both exercise training and dance classes were conducted at the hospital and heartrates were monitored during the sessions. Cardiopulmonary parameters wereassessed at baseline and after the eight-week program.

Quality-of-life scores were assessed using the Minnesota Heart Failure LivingQuestionnaire; the patients who were getting their workouts on the dance floorscored significantly better than the patients who were working out in the gym.

The researchers found that heart rate during exercise training were 110 beats perminute while the dancers' hearts beat about 113 times per minute. This differencewas not considered significant.

The cardiac function and anaerobic threshold improvements were also about thesame in the dancers and traditional exercisers, but their performances were statis-tically superior to that of the control patients.

"As might be expected, the real difference between the two groups was in quality-of-life scores, " Dr. Belardinelli said. The scores were assessed using the MinnesotaHeart Failure Living Questionnaire; the patients who were getting their workouts onthe dance floor scored significantly better than the patients who were working in thegym.

"Dancing should be considered an alternative to traditional cardiac rehabilitationfor patients with heart failure," he said.

Dr. Nieca Goldberg, chief of women's cardiac care at Lenox Hill Hospital in NewYork, said the results are important because it is difficult to get patients to completecardiac rehabilitation faithfully, so a program that patients consider "fun and enjoy-able is likely to make rehabilitation more palatable."

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After cardiac-rehab, I connected with a gym-nasium and turned my flabby, gelatinous heartinto a rippling, efficient muscle. Like yourbiceps, your heart responds to aerobic exerciseand daily, light weight-lifting. If you look for-ward to your heart supporting your physical,mental, and spiritual needs, then it wouldbehoove one to strengthen the pulsing orb,considering it beats a whopping 100,000times in one day and about 35 million times in a year, totaling 2.5 billion timesduring the average lifetime. The heart, as we all do, will get by with a little helpfrom our friends, food, a positive attitude, and regular activity.

Returning from San Francisco, I read about visualization; the psycho-physiologicalconnection of mind over body. When I was making deals with God, my mind’s eyewould visualize Pac Man gnawing away and digesting the damaging scar tissuethat covered my heart lining; and then I would gently sculpt my dented andscratched heart back to its original factory condition. By the time I waltzed out ofthe cardiac ward, all my scar tissue had miraculously disappeared, my heart wentback to its normal size, and my cardiac rhythm corrected itself. Yep, It’s All aboutFood

Food is implicated in most risk factors for coronary artery disease. Savvy groceryshopping is the most significant preventative measure you can take.

Leading up to my epiphany I was the proverbial couch potato. Food was merelysomething that had to taste good and would quell the queasy pangs of hunger.Over-cooked, mushy vegetables were an obligatory component to a meal, butterwas its own food group, white bread, fast food, and anything we could out-run gotdeep-fried, and greasy meat and gravy dominated every meal. The only exercise Igot was from the 12 oz. beer curl and sucking in a pack of cancer sticks a week.If I wanted to have a heart problem I partook in every activity possible to expeditethe event. Now I eat a wide variety of vegetables, including kale, and mustardgreens. Get over it!

The second behavior was to wean myself off deep-fried and fast food offerings.After embracing that change, I began to cut cheese from my diet after noting howmuch fat was lurking. American pizza, for example, is way over-cheesed by com-parison to Italian versions. When vegetarian Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplanewas asked if she ate cheese, her response was, “No, cheese is liquid meat!”According to our friends at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the averageAmerican eats 30 pounds of cheese a year; an amount thats almost tripled since1970. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says that cheese, thenation’s biggest source of saturated fat, is giving America a collective heart attackand urges us to cut back. Don’t be cheesed at me, I’m simply the messenger.

Foods you prepare each day for your loving family affect the life-sustaining bloodflow to their heart and thousands of arterial miles. Unless you pickle yourself invats-o-statin drugs, a diet high in delicious, dead barn animals laden with chemi-cals, hormones, saturated fat, and sumptuous cholesterol will most certainly,increase plaque buildup. If the blockage happens in an artery that carries blood tothe heart muscle, a heart attack can occur. When a roadblock occurs in an artery

that delivers blood to the brain, a stroke can occur. Thud! Visualize a whole-food, plant-based diet operating like a plumber’s snake keepingyour arteries unclogged, reducing the risk of your heart freaking out or a clot ren-dering you a turnip. Forgive my yammering, however, indisputable, conclusive

research confirms that it is vital that we livein the fashion the Universe designed.

Increase your amount and variety of whole,unrefined plant food. Discover ancientwhole grains such as quinoa, lentils, seeds,cold water fish, organic lean ground turkeybreast, switch to low-fat dairy and eat moreunrefined whole grain cereals.Reduce your intake of refined white foodswith higher glycemic indices.

We are natural-born risk takers who love to touch the wet paint. We speed, drivewithout seatbelts, bungee-jump, and free-fall, eat blowfish sushi and steak tartar;we smoke cigarettes, and use cell phones, change lanes with our knees while eat-ing breakfast burritos and slurping coffee. In America, when you tell someone notto do something, they will do it.

More proof that fast food is dangerous!After conquering terminal heart disease, there is an empowering feeling that wash-es over your soul which human language cannot convey. It is what it is; a gratefulheart, your main brain, owning another tantalizing chance to get it right. The high-est high!

You can experience a miracle with a little help from your friends; with a sense ofhumor, exercise, food, visualization, and savor the occasional tasty moment ofmeditative gratefulness to the Cosmos for its bounteousness.

Second chances are rare gifts we must warmly embrace.

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IIt’s an interesting time of year to be a man. The holiday run has passed andyou’re staring straight into the teeth of Valentine’s Day. For many, if not mostmen, it’s a battle for survival. Just getting through the holiday gauntlet withouta misstep, is a major achievement. Participation in the Thanksgiving mealpreparation, finding the right gifts while planning the perfect New Year’s Eveevent is exhausting.

Be sure to mix in plenty of family visits – including the in-laws. And once you pullall that off, what’s your reward? Valentine’s Day; you get my point? Exactly! Thatmay sound like a pessimistic, even cynical, outlook. But it needn’t be. The holi-days are a two-way street, and the men who put in a little effort to make the spe-cial women in their lives happy, are generally well rewarded.

Those men actually enjoy this time of year as well. More often than not, anywoman who sees her special someone trying to “celebrate” the holidays, not justsurvive them, is happy and appreciative. It means something to her. You see,the three months between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day are a wonderfultime to share special moments and grow closer. It’s the perfect season toremember why you fell in love in the first place and to rekindle your romanceeach year. It’s a time to be as close together as you can be.

There are any number of reasons for occasional or regular impotence. Manyare physical, ranging from nerve damage to diseases like diabetes, multiple scle-rosis and vascular disease, while as many as half of all men with diabetes alsoexperience ED. While not categorized as a disease, smoking, which affectsblood flow throughout the body, may be a factor. Hormonal abnormalities or

imbalances such as insufficient testosterone levels can also play a part in caus-ing ED. Prostate surgery, which is becoming more common, can also be a cul-prit. Sometimes it is not the physical challenges or diseases themselves thatcause impotence, but the drugs that treat them. The unfortunate side effects ofcommon medicines, both over-the-counter and prescription types, such as med-icines for high blood pressure, are frequently found to be at the root of ED.

Aside from all of the physical causes of ED, there are the psychological onesincluding stress. Anxiety, depression, guilt and low self-esteem are frequentlycited, too. In approximately one-fifth of all Erectile Dysfunction cases, psycho-logical factors are deemed to be the primary cause. But perhaps more impor-tantly, some psychological causation is present in a staggering 80% of allpatients. That’s four out of every five. The human mind is very powerful and canfrequently create what it fears.

Men, she wants the closeness and intimacy as much as you do. It’s an integralpart of a meaningful, romantic life together. You owe it to yourselves to bringthe magic back to your time together. And there is no better time to do that thanValentine’s Day.

Spend time together learning about your options at www.bonro.com. Thenschedule an appointment with your doctor. This year, instead of just observingValentine’s Day, enjoy it and truly celebrate your love together.

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