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Did you know that even "a small amount of time in

Did you know that even "a small amount of time in nature can have an impact on our health. A two-hour forest bath will help you to unplug from technology and slow down. It will bring you into the present moment and de-stress and relax you. Numerous studies I’ve conducted have shown that shinrin-yoku has real health benefits." Enjoy Nature on Earth Day and benefit your health with a stress management technique too!

Earth Day is a great reminder for us to kindly keep Mother Nature in mind and to treat Earth with respect so many generations after us can enjoy our home too. For a fun engagement we can take on the "City Nature Challenge" by getting outside and finding wild living things. Trees, flowers, weeds, mammals, birds, insects…you name it! Take pictures of what you find and share your observation on iNaturalist!

READ MORE:

https://time.com/5259602/japanese-forest-bathing/

https://treeutah.org/about/news-and-updates/item/134-city-nature-challenge-2021
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Quantity and quality of sleep are both important f

Quantity and quality of sleep are both important for quality of health. Although minority groups have a greater likelihood of having risk factors affecting quality of sleep, it is still possible to put effort to compensate. Read on to learn about some facts and tips regarding sleep and stress.
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April 7 of each year marks the celebration of Worl

April 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking effect in 1950, the celebration has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization.

World health day 2021: Building a fairer, healthier world for everyone
In recent years, countries in the Western Pacific have experienced rapid economic growth, migration and urbanization. This created opportunities for better lives for many, but left others behind. The COVID-19 pandemic has undercut recent health gains, pushed more people into poverty and food insecurity, and amplified gender, social and health inequities. This World Health Day, we’re calling for action to eliminate health inequities, as part of a year-long global campaign to bring people together to build a fairer, healthier world. The campaign highlights WHO’s constitutional principle that “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.”

Read more here:
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/events/world-health-day

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Happy Easter! May your Easter Egg hunt be success

Happy Easter! May your Easter Egg hunt be successful in finding that special golden egg but more importantly, may your Easter be filled with love, joy and peace!

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April is National Stress Awareness Month & also Na

April is National Stress Awareness Month & also National Minority Health Month!

Since today is April Fools Day, let it be a reminder on how laugher can be a powerful medicine. So as you participate in practical jokes, you are helping improve your physical and mental health. Do keep in mind that although making a joke can be fun, making fun of others is not. If you would like to read more about how laugher can improve your over all health, feel free to follow the hyperlink from Mayo Clinic:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-relief/art-20044456

If you ever wondered how April Fools Day came to be, read more at the hyperlink below. Fun Fact:

Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian Calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the new year began with the spring equinox around April 1.

People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes and were called “April fools.”

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/april-fools-day

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Why eating on schedule is healthy? Consuming your

Why eating on schedule is healthy?

Consuming your meals and snacks on a regular schedule can help keep your digestive system in top shape.” When you don’t eat at consistent times each day, it can cause your stomach to overwork resulting in bloating and indigestion, but eating on a schedule “will allow proper digestion of your food, which will result in you having a good comfortable feeling in your stomach”. Sticking to a timetable helps many people avoid feelings of extreme hunger. This, in turn, can reduce the risk of overeating or emotional binge eating.

Read more here: https://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/tips-for-better-digestive-health/
https://www.runtastic.com/blog/en/eating-when-hungry-vs-eating-on-schedule/

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March 30 is Doctors’ Day, an annual observance a

March 30 is Doctors’ Day, an annual observance aimed at appreciating physicians who help save our lives everywhere. Today we thank all doctors everywhere who’ve spent so much time and energy mastering their field of expertise.

EHC would like to thank Dr. Ferreira for her dedication and contribution in helping support our community's health.

In appreciation of Women's History Month, we also wanted to feature two women physicians who made history and who we should know about.

Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from the Geneva Medical College to earn her medical degree in 1849, making her the first female doctor in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Dr. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social awareness and moral reformer, and pioneered in promoting education for women in medicine.

Dr. Dorothea Christiane Erxleben was the first woman licensed by a regulating medical body to practice medicine in the world. After receiving a dispensation from Frederick the Great, she earned her M.D. from University of Halle in 1754 and to become the first woman in Germany’s history to do! She had by her words argued for women’s right and duty to educate themselves, and for a medical practice that utilized the experience of its best practitioners to provide moderate cures for illnesses rather than chasing every costly medical fad.

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Screening for your Gastrointestinal Health is extr

Screening for your Gastrointestinal Health is extremely important as it your gastrointestinal system that allows your body to absorb vitamins and minerals necessary to function.

Most early forms of colorectal cancer do not cause symptoms, which makes screening especially important. When symptoms do occur, the cancer might already be quite advanced. Symptoms include blood on or mixed in with the stool, a change in normal bowel habits, narrowing of the stool, abdominal pain, weight loss, or constant tiredness.

• By screening people at average risk for colorectal cancer beginning at age 45.
• By screening people at higher risk for colorectal cancer (for example, those with a family history or a personal history of colon polyps or cancer).
• By investigating the bowel in patients with symptoms.
• A chance finding at a routine check-up.

We advise for you to see your provider if there are symptoms relevant to you.

Read more here: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7040-gastrointestinal-diseases

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Happy March Equinox or Happy Spring!!! In the Nor

Happy March Equinox or Happy Spring!!!

In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox (aka spring equinox or vernal equinox) occurs when the Sun crosses the equator line, heading north in the sky. This event marks the start of spring in the northern half of the globe. After this date, the Northern Hemisphere begins to be tilted more toward the Sun, resulting in increasing daylight hours and warming temperatures. (In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the opposite: the March equinox marks the start of autumn, as the Southern Hemisphere begins to be tilted away from the Sun.)

Read more here: https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-spring-vernal-equinox

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Spring is right around the corner, which means it

Spring is right around the corner, which means it is time to start planning on what to plant in your garden!

Broccoli is a sun-loving, cool-season crop that is best grown in the chillier weather of spring or fall. It’s also incredibly good for you and has been dubbed the “crown jewel of nutrition.” Broccoli is worth growing for its nutritional content alone. This cole crop is rich in vitamins and minerals, and is a good source of Vitamin A, potassium, folic acid, iron, and fiber.

HOW TO PLANT BROCCOLI

-If starting seeds outdoors, sow seeds ½-inch deep and 3 inches apart.
-Once seedlings reach a height of 2 to 3 inches, thin them so that plants are 12 to 20 inches apart.
-If you started seeds indoors, plant transplants that are 4 to 6 weeks old (and have 4 or 5 leaves) outdoors, 12 to 20 inches apart, in holes slightly deeper than their container depth.
-Space rows of broccoli 3 feet apart. (Closer spacing yields smaller main heads, but more secondary heads.)
-Water well at the time of planting.

Happy planting!

Read more on how to grow your own broccoli here: https://www.almanac.com/plant/broccoli

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! Although the holid

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

Although the holiday originally started as a Christian feast day celebrating the life of St. Patrick and the spreading of Christianity to Ireland, today, it is a day of revelry and a celebration of all things Irish. Don’t forget to wear green!

More St. Patrick's day facts, fun, and folklore

• Blue was the color originally associated with St. Patrick, but green is now favored.
• The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in US soil was held in New York City on this day in 1762.
• St. Patrick’s Day is the traditional day for planting peas, even in the snow!
• Cabbage seeds are often planted today, too, and old-time farmers believed that to make them grow well, you needed to plant them while wearing your pajamas!

Read more here: https://www.almanac.com/content/st-patricks-day

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HAPPY PI DAY & DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!! Daylight Saving

HAPPY PI DAY & DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!!

Daylight Saving Time began on TODAY at 2:00 AM, having us change our clocks forward one hour (i.e., losing one hour) to “spring ahead.”

"Loosing" and hour can suck so why not bring your spirits back up by eating some pie in celebration of Pi Day!!!

Did you know Pi is actually a part of Egyptian mythology? People in Egypt believed that the pyramids of Giza were built on the principles of pi. The vertical height of the pyramids have the same relationship with the perimeter of their base as the relationship between a circle’s radius and its circumference. The pyramids are phenomenal structures and are one of the seven wonders of the world.

Read more here: https://www.piday.org/pi-facts/

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Zucchini Brownies, anyone? Zucchini is packed wit

Zucchini Brownies, anyone?

Zucchini is packed with many important vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It has a high fiber content and a low calorie count. Fiber plays an important role in digestion and may limit the likelihood of suffering from a variety of gastrointestinal issues.

How to prepare?

INGREDIENTS
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1-3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk, with 1 teaspoon lemon juice added to sour
2-1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups shredded zucchini
2/3 cup chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325°F. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, oil, and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla, and sour milk, and beat until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and zucchini. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, and stir until well blended. Spread batter into a greased and floured 13x9-inch pan, and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

We hope you enjoy your healthy dessert!

Read more here: https://www.almanac.com/recipe/zucchini-brownies

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Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are dilated veins in the

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are dilated veins in the anal canal, structural disease. They’re swollen blood vessels that line your anal opening. They are caused by chronic excess pressure from straining during a bowel movement, persistent diarrhea, or pregnancy. There are two types of hemorrhoids: internal and external.

Internal hemorrhoids

Internal hemorrhoids are blood vessels on the inside of your anal opening. When they fall down into the anus as a result of straining, they become irritated and start to bleed. Ultimately, internal hemorrhoids can fall down enough to prolapse (sink or stick) out of the anus.

External hemorrhoids

External hemorrhoids are veins that lie just under the skin on the outside of the anus. Sometimes, after straining, the external hemorrhoidal veins burst and a blood clots form under the skin. This very painful condition is called a “pile.”

We advise for you to see your provider if these symptoms are relevant to you.

Read more here: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7040-gastrointestinal-diseases

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The earliest Women's Day observance, called "Natio

The earliest Women's Day observance, called "National Woman's Day", was held on February 28, 1909, in New York City, organized by the Socialist Party of America at the suggestion of activist Theresa Malkiel.

Today, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world. It is a focal point in the movement for women's rights.

Read more here: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

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NEXT SUNDAY, March 14, Daylight Savings Time begin

NEXT SUNDAY, March 14, Daylight Savings Time begins in 2021. Clocks will "spring forward" one hour and it will feel as an hour of sleep will be lost overnight.

TONIGHT and every other night this week START ADJUSTING your bedtime by 10 minutes so you can make a slow shift to the "new" time next Sunday and AVOID the feeling of "jet lag" or as if the universe has robbed you of an hour of sleep.

#reminder #starttonight #slowshift #adjustyourbedtime #by10minutes #daylightsavings #spring #springforward #empoweredhealingcenter #empoweredhealing #empoweredhealth #empoweredyou #ehcutah #americanfork #utah #utahcounty

Gluten is a mixture of proteins that occur natural

Gluten is a mixture of proteins that occur naturally in wheat, rye, barley and crossbreeds of these grains.

In addition to limiting the unavoidable presence of gluten to less than 20 ppm, FDA allows manufacturers to label a food “gluten-free” if the food does not contain any of the following:

◽ an ingredient that is any type of wheat, rye, barley, or crossbreeds of these grains.

◽ an ingredient derived from these grains and that has not been processed to remove gluten.

◽ an ingredient derived from these grains that has been processed to remove gluten, if it results in the food containing 20 or more parts per million (ppm) gluten.

These requirements are important for people with celiac disease, who face potentially life-threatening illnesses if they eat gluten. It occurs when the body's natural defense system reacts to gluten by attacking the lining of the small intestine. Some individuals may not have celiac disease but may still be sensitive to gluten.

We, at EHC, are not promoting fear but we would like to raise awareness so you could empower your health!

To read more about it, visit: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/gluten-free-means-what-it-says

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The First Major Suffragist Parade in 1913 “For

The First Major Suffragist Parade in 1913

“For too long, women were formally excluded from full participation in our society and our democracy. Because of the courage of so many bold women who dared to transcend preconceived expectations and prove they were capable of doing all that a man could do and more, advances were made, discoveries were revealed, barriers were broken, and progress triumphed.”
- President Obama proclaiming Women’s History Month 2016

On this day 108 years ago, thousands of women gathered in Washington, D.C. to call for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. While women had been fighting hard for suffrage for over 60 years, this marked the first major national event for the movement.

While it took another seven years for the Nineteenth Amendment to be ratified on August 18, 1920, the women who marched on this day in history accomplished their goal of reinvigorating the suffrage movement. As the official parade pamphlet read, they gave “expression to the nation-wide demand for an amendment to the United States Constitution enfranchising women.”

We, in EHC, would like to raise awareness to remember what women had fought and is fighting for.

Read more here: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/03/03/this-day-history-1913-womens-suffrage-parade

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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Irritable bowel sy

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Irritable bowel syndrome (also called spastic colon, irritable colon, IBS, or nervous stomach) is a functional condition where your colon muscle contracts more or less often than “normal.” Certain foods, medicines and emotional stress are some factors that can trigger IBS. It has been considered a diagnosis of exclusion since the cause of the symptoms is not defined, the reason it is called a syndrome.

Symptoms of IBS include:

• Abdominal pain and cramps.
• Excess gas.
• Bloating.
• Change in bowel habits such as harder, looser, or more urgent stools than normal.
• Alternating constipation and diarrhea.

We advise for you to see your provider if these symptoms are relevant to you so they may further investigate and understand what can be the possible cause of your condition and rule out structural gastrointestinal diseases.

What are structural gastrointestinal diseases?

Structural gastrointestinal diseases are those where your bowel looks abnormal upon examination and also doesn't work properly. Sometimes, the structural abnormality needs to be removed surgically. Common examples of structural GI diseases include strictures, stenosis, hemorrhoids, diverticular disease, colon polyps, colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Working with a provider who is looking to help address the cause of the condition instead of just the symptoms will help you understand how manage your health.

Read more here: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4342-irritable-bowel-syndrome-ibs

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Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness with policy

Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness with policy makers and the public of rare diseases and of their impact on the lives of patients, and to reinforce their importance as a public health priority.

There are over 300 million people living with one or more of over 6,000 identified rare diseases around the world1, each supported by family, friends and a team of carers that make up the rare disease community.

Over 6000 rare diseases are characterized by a broad diversity of disorders and symptoms that vary not only from disease to disease but also from patient to patient suffering from the same disease.

Relatively common symptoms can hide underlying rare diseases leading to misdiagnosis and delaying treatment. Quintessentially disabling, the patients quality of life is affected by the lack or loss of autonomy due to the chronic, progressive, degenerative, and frequently life-threatening aspects of the disease.

The fact that there are often no existing effective cures adds to the high level of pain and suffering endured by patients and their families.

Rare Disease Day is a great example of how progress continues to be made, with events being held worldwide each year. Beginning in 2008, when events took place in just 18 countries, Rare Disease Day has taken place every year since, with events being held in over 100 countries in 2019.

Read more here: https://rarediseaseday.org/

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