Summer greetings to you, from HealthSteps Rx. This June edition of the STEP-POWER™ Weigh Ezine brings to you good wishes for a safe and pleasant summer that includes healthy eating along with an active fitness lifestyle. This month’s ezine topic is not about protecting your health, as much as it is about protecting the health of the sea. Eating seafood is important for our health, but if we don’t protect the health of the sea, our health and so much more will be severely impacted. So, first of all, if you didn’t get a chance to read last month’s newsletter, “ Something’s Fishy, ” I hope you will consider doing so nоw in the STEP-POWER™ Weigh Archives, May 2006. In this month’s, “Something’s Fishy, Part II,” I am going to share with you a fun summer vacation spot for the entire family, as well as alert you to how you can protect our sea. In addition, I will continue to provide you tidbits on making traveling with diabetes, a little simpler. But before I get to our topics, I have:
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Something’s Fishy – Part II |
Over spring break in March of this year, my daughtėr, Heather and I, took a trip to Monterey, California, where we got the chance to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which offers a unique look at the beauty of marine life with some amazing exhibits, including sea otters, jelly fish, octopus, tuna, sharks, and so much more. This is a wonderful outing for people of all ages and interests and I would encourage you to visit if you are in the neighborhood of this beautiful city on the bay. One of the major missions of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is for us all to be educated on how to make “Choices for Healthy Oceans.” You see, believe or not, there is a limit to the fish in the sea, and there are some serious issues that are “troubling our waters.” I hope you will visit these links to learn about these issues, and/or read the selected issues I have chosen to mention hėre. To protect our oceans, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program publishes six pocket-size regional seafood guides that you can simply download and print and take with you to restaurants and markets to help you make eco-friendly seafood choices. There is a lot we as consumers can do to protect our waters. By protecting our waters, we also protect ourselves!
Worldwide, fisheries throw away 25% of their catch
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, one in four animals caught in fishing gear dies as bycatch—unwanted or unintentional catch. Tons of fish are tossed out, dead or dying, because they're not the kind the fishermen wanted to catch. The discarded animals may have no market value, or there may be no room on the boat to bring them to shore. Or the bycatch may be a marketable species, but too small to sell. Sometimes, fish are discarded because the fishermen lack the proper permits to land them. Dolphins, sea turtles, seals and whales all get caught by accident in fishing gear and drown. Seabirds, including endangered albatrosses, drown when they snatch baited hooks and are pulled under water.
Bycatch hurts us all
Sharks, swordfish and red snapper are just a few of the fishes harmed by accidental kills. Bycatch often takes yоung fish that could rebuild depleted populations if they were allowed to grow up and breed. The animals we catch and throw away have important roles to play in marine food webs. By killing these animals, we're taking food away from tunas, salmon, swordfish, dolphins, sea lions and other ocean wildlife.
Ocean fish are wildlife—the last wild creatures that people hunt on a large scale. Once it seemed the ocean would supply an endless bounty of seafood. Today, we're discovering its limits. Between 1950 and 1994, ocean fishermen increased their catch 400% by doubling the number of boats and using more effective fishing gear. In 1989, the world's catch leveled off at just over 82 million metric tons of fish per year. That's all the ocean can produce. Sending more boats won't help us catch more fish.
Read much more here about this very serious and important subject.
If you have nėver been to Monterey , California , I urge you to visit this most beautiful and peaceful place, and take a walk or jog along Oceanview Blvd for the best stress-reliever ever. There is nothing like the fresh cool sea air hitting your face, with the sounds of the waves hitting the beautiful rocks and shores, and watching the sea otters bask in the sun while you engage in a healthy cardiovascular walk/run. It’s definitely not your ordinary “work-out.” On this trip, Heather and I stayed in the small town of Pacific Grove , at the Green Gables Inn. It was an amazing and relaxing stay in this beautiful Bed and Breakfast. This was my second visit to the Green Gables Inn, as my husband and I also stayed hėre on an earlier visit several years ago. Both Monterey and Green Gables warranted a second trip, and I hope it won’t be my last. If you stay in this vicinity, it’s a short walk to the aquarium so be sure to get your exercise in-- even on vacation!
More Travel Tips for People with Diabetes |
When traveling by airplane to your summer destination, be sure to inquire in advance if your airline has any special rules for passengers needing to carry on insulin syringes and other diabetes supplies. Inform airport security that you have diabetes and are carrying your supplies with you. Keep your insulin vials and supplies in their original packaging with their original prescription labels, and keep lancets capped. If you wear an insulin pump, ask airport security to inspect it without removing it from your body. Request for a supervisor should there be any problems.
To promote good blood circulation it is advised not to cross your legs while sitting. Whether you are traveling by plane, bus or train, try to walk up and down the aisle a few times during the trip. Be sure to also drink lots of water during your trip. Driving in hot weather and long airline flights can cause you to dehydrate (lose body fluids). If you must stay seated, you can still exercise by lifting each knee and rotating your ankles several times during the trip. When traveling by automobile, stop at least every two hours and walk around to stretch your legs.
Have a safe trip and thank you for your continued support of “The STEP-POWER™ Weigh.”
Cheryl
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