QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK
You can submit your questions (anonymously, of course) to Sandra at [email protected] Additionally, we still want you to brag about your successes – whether in the area of healthy lifestyle changes or just life in general.  This can be anonymous as well.
As always, we wish you Optimal Health,

HAPPENINGS!
GROUP WALK: the 3rd Wednesday of the month at noon.  The next one will be February 17th We will meet at OHI for stretching first – feel free to bring your spouse or a friend (and don’t forget your water bottles!).
THURSDAY LUNCHEONS: Every Thursday we offer tours of Optimal Health Institute along with a healthy [...]

Referral Incentive Program
As a nontraditional medical practice, we are very dependent on word of mouth advertising. We need your help to get the word out about our philosophy of health care and the services we provide.  We pride ourselves on comprehensive assessments and personal treatment plans.  If you have found working with us beneficial, we [...]

Supplement of the Month
CO-Q-H

Note from Sandra: Co-Q-H (also known as ubiquinol) is not nearly as well known as CoQ10.  CoQ10 – which is actually found in some of our other supplements (e.g., the Daily Pack, Men’s or Women’s Formula) is the precursor to Co-Q-H (meaning that once you take CoQ10, it becomes CoQH in [...]

Recipe of the Month
Chocolate Cheese Torte

Note from Sandra:  Okay, so this isn’t the healthiest recipe – but, it isn’t awful and it is Valentine’s Day!

Nutritional Info (per serving):
Makes 12 servings:
Calories:  270           Carbs: 39 g                Sodium: 293 mg      Fiber: 1 g
Fat:  9 g*                    Sat Fat: ? g*              Protein: 6 g                [...]

THE RIGHT STUFF (to eat)
Hop to It

IHOP isn’t exactly synonymous with healthy food.  A stack of 5 Original Buttermilk Pancakes without syrup, for example, supplies roughly 750 calories’ worth of white flour and two-thirds of a day’s saturated fat (13 grams).  Most pancake combos (2 pancakes, 2 eggs, hash browns, and 2 bacon strips [...]

Exercise May Stave Off Mental Decline
Regular workouts protected cognitive function of older adults in two studies
Exercise appears to help prevent and improve mild cognitive impairment according to two new studies. Researchers found that people who did moderate physical activity in midlife or later had a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment and that six [...]

JUST FOR FUN
The Human Body
It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3kg (6.6 lb).
The average man’s penis is two times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each [...]

Sex: Question and Answer
Note from Sandra:  As interest in this column seems to have declined, I will be “retiring” it.  However, feel free to still send in your questions and I can either respond privately or occasionally include the column in a newsletter.  Thanks to all of you who asked questions!
13 Simple Tips for [...]

The Unromantic Truth About Why We Kiss
The kiss may have evolved for reasons that are far more practical – and less alluring – than previously thought.
British scientists believe it developed to spread germs.
They say that the uniquely human habit allows a bug that is dangerous in pregnancy to be passed from man to woman to [...]