The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • J7

Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, J7 Seniors in Lake Question: you continue to oversell exercise? I mean, not spring chickens any more. Answer: All I know about successfully growing older demands that I repeat this mantra: Evidence in support of the health-affording benefits of regular exercise is irrefutable. Indeed, the American Heart Association lists an of as a risk factor. So, failure to exercise joins the risk list, alongside smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, stress, diabetes and afamily history of heart disease. My intention here is to persuade, or coax, rather than to play the role of the scold.

Nonetheless, truth compels me to report that you either exercise or in time you will suffer the debilitating consequences of disuse. These include withering, wasting (think osteoporosis) and chronic weakness. Now, some more cheerful news: scrap the eight-letter word that is a turnoff for many, and replace it with or It was the late George Sheehan, M.D., author and running advocate, who taught, should be a reward, a time set apart to enjoy, either alone or with Next up is Ann Smith, dance teacher and grandmother, who chastises meand other scribblers. As public scolds, she argues, we have exercise away from what it is, a natural She tailored your alleged solutions to fit everyone. So, you proceed to create the false impression that your way is the only to get exercise.

The Smith philosophy, or approach, begins with the irrefutable observation that, like our animal friends, we mortals were born to move: to walk, dance, skip, jump, run, ski and swim. Before automobiles, elevators and escalators, people found ways to get from point A to point B. Author William Styron, in a delightful essay with sings the praises of regular walking, dog in tow, adding of original and most versatile intellects have been impassioned and thereafter names Einstein, Walt Whitman, Lincoln, Thoreau, Emerson, Wordsworth, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Thomas Mann. Physiologists and exercise scientists observe that as children we instinctively interpret our signal to move, run and play. However, as we become cerebral adults, that instinct is repressed.

One result: We interpret feelings of fatigue and listlessness incorrectly. We see them, instead, as signals to snack (pizza, junk to nap, or to promptly sit before the television. Without fail, this negative path leads to premature aging andpoor health. Permit me to transmit the message: Stop waiting, please, for the magical pill to take the place of regular activity. Rather, find some form of movement (activity) to do every other day, something that maybe gets you outdoors, where in the words of the late Bill Styron, to manifestations of Nature in several of its most seductive moods.

Finally, Dr. Walter M. Bortz, author and avid exerciser, pulls no punches when he states, is lethal, becomes more important to survival the older we become conditioning becomes increasingly predictive of Survival, folks: the whole ball- game. Onward, then, to a workout and along life. GRAY NOTES: Quote of the week: easiest way to preserve health and with greater profit than all other measures is to exercise In the year 1533, author Cristobal Mendez wrote this enduring line Edna Parkerof Shelbyville, was 115 years, 220 days when she died Nov.26, relinquishing her title as oldest person in the world.

Her counsel on long life: more Good reads: Outliers, The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Typical review: Outliers is a pleasure and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days Rear bumper sticker spotted in Dixie: you follow Jesus this Lastly, author Thomas Dunn Loneliness as a Way of Life Harvard, 2008) writes, is a force that makes us confront the fact of our mortality, our need for each Write Bard Lindeman at 5428 Oxbow Road, Stone Mountain, GA 30087-1228, or e-mail Gray matters Stop waiting for a magic pill start exercising! By BARD LINDEMAN SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL Age: 88. Family: got my wife, Teacy; five childrenand 10 grandchildren. Where I live and for how long: We spend six months in New Jersey and six months in Mount Dora. been coming here for 16 years.

Defining moment: I have two: when I got my degree in medicine from Georgetown University and when I married my wife. My exercise routine includes: Ilift golf and do lawn bowling. What makes a perfect world: Iwas born in Italy, so liberty and democracy. What makes you tick: My family. What annoys you: Anybody who complains.

Favorite pastime: Lawn bowling like Italian bocce and bridge. Occupation: Retired internist. Fondest childhood memory: Coming over in a boat from Italy at the age of 10. It was fun. My first job was: An internship.

I was paid $25 a month, and I paid $15 for laundry. I was 25years old. What did you want to be when you were little: I know. In my free time: Golf, lawn bowl and bridge. Then the for my wife.

why been married 56years. Amovie pay to see again: Gone with the Wind Ameal I help but go back for seconds: spaghetti. My philosophy for life is: Pray to God. And be a good person to everybody. Someday I hope to: God willing, see my grandchildren get married and have a good life.

CARTER SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL Senior spotlight: Luigi Principato LORI CARTER TO THE SENTINEL Luigi Principato, a retired internist who with his his time between Mount Dora and New Jersey, came to America from Italy when he was 10 years old. He enjoys lawn bowling. Monday Swiss steak with tomato gravy, mashed potatoes, peas with mushrooms, applesauce, low-fat milk, coffee or tea. Tuesday Baked chicken quarter with Spanish sauce, yellow rice with peppers and tomatoes, mixed vegetables, peach crisp, low-fat milk, coffee or tea. Wednesday Breaded pork-chop patty with onion gravy, herbed potatoes, garlic spinach, fresh fruit, low-fat milk, coffee or tea.

Thursday Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic spinach, tossed salad with carrots, green peppers and tomatoes, birthday cake, low-fat milk, coffee or tea. Friday Egg salad, beet-and-onion salad, tossed salad, fresh fruit, low-fat milk, coffee or tea. Menu is subject to change without notice. Leesburg Senior Center, 1211 Penn Leesburg, 352-3263370. Eustis Senior Center, 301 W.

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