Developing a wellness plan

Deana Lancaster

News Reporter
deana@usnews.com

ROSS Regan thinks
100 is “a good round
number to aim for.”

He's ulking about years
and in his case, it’s not an
unlikely number — he’s 71
and, so far, he’s never been in
a hospital.

The former North
Vancouver school trustee and
administrator for the Pacitic
Marine Training Institute has
spent a lifetime cating proper:
ly and taking care of his
health.

“Ive been vegetarian near-

Ivy oall) my fife.” he said.
“Growing up we had pure
food straight off the farm.
The food now is manufac-
tured and there are things
missing, we need supple-
ments.”

But it wasn’t until the
North Van resident began to
see friends and acquaintances
heading into their senior years

struggling with the onset of

health problems, that he start-
ed thinking seriously about
what it takes to develop a
lifestyle free from disease and
life-threatening illnesses.

He started to do some
research and ended up read-
ing more than 200 studies on
everything from body systems

Preventing
concussion

From page 18

Properly fitted, this simple
addition to a young athlete's
list of essential equipment will
help prevent concussion by sta-
bilizing the mandible (jaw-
bone) as well as ensuring con-
stant neck and jaw muscle
tone, thereby increasing the
effective mass of the head.
(This resuls is useful in diffus-
ing anv kind of head blow).

Assuming you’ve taken alt
reasonable precautions in help-
ing to avoid damaging head
trauma, the fact is that it can
and does continue to occur, so
immediate and appropriate
management is essential.

The Brain Injury

to tood analysis to genetic
cnginecenng.

“Its avery comples topic
figuring Gut Ww hat vour body
needs. Alot of people don't
know how to approach wl” he
said,

That's why he’s compiled
the results of bis research tor
his selipublished book,
Healthy Dircetions.

“TEhis ist meant to be a
big, moneyv-maker, it’s not my
intention ta be a big name in
the health industry. But if I
can help people five better,
than I think it’s a good ven-
ture.”

In an easy-to-read format,
Regan helps readers do a per-
sonal health analvsis and ftig-
ure out what wise heaith prac-
tices could be substituted for
those that are damaging. He
provides information about
sources of nutrition, ways to
strengthen the immune sys
tem and on how to develop a
personal wellness plan.

The book is not intended
for seniors only.

“Good health — should
never be taken for granted at
any age as most illness is the
result of earlier decisions rela-
tive to food and lifestyle,” he
says in the book’s introduc-
tion.

Healthy Directions is avail-
able for S10 at Good Nature
Health Foods in Westview
Shopping Centre.

Association of BC and The BC
Ministry for Children and
Families have produced a fami-
nated instruction card which
outlines the various grades of
concussion likely to occur in
the athletic arena along with
the procedures necessary to tol-
low should circumstances
require. (I don’t have enough
room to outline the salient
points in this column but they
are available by calling Monica
Sayers at }- 800-510- 3221).
The possible course of
actions oudined in it need to
be read, understood, reread
and kept within arm’s reach of
every trainer at every practice
and contest the kids in their
charge are participating in.
The bottom line here is the
coaches (both volunteer and
professional) that do such a ter-
rific job helping our ankle
biters enjoy and develop them-
selves around sport should be

OSTEOPOROS:

(Fifth ina series)

ROSS REGAN

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

NORTH Vancouver resident Ross Regan would like
to see people five better, and he provices plenty of
tips on how to do it in his book, Healthy Directions.

given all support possible in
ensuring a healthy and safe
environmen. Their respective
organizations owe them that
moral support at every possible
opportunity. Indeed, aside
trom the moral issue [ wonder
about the legal ramifications of
injured athletes not having any-
one within earshot who is
trained in the basics of post:
concussive management.

We love our Kids and want
them to be strong and healthy.
That doesn’t mean we have to
wrap them up in cotton wool,
bur let’s ensure that when they
compete with enthusiasm,
commitment, as well as a fire in
their eves that the odds are at
least stacked in their favour.

A closing comment cour-
tesy of Richard L. Evans:
“Children will not remember
you for the material things you
provide but for the feeling that
you cherished them.”

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