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Rockin’ Nashville

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Having had occasion to visit Nashville recently, we’re always curious which rock musicians have joined their country counterparts in taking up residence there.  Artists such as Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton, Dave Mustaine, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tommy Shaw, Kip Winger, Bret Michaels, Kid Rock, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Tom Keifer, Tom Petersson, to name a handful make their home there.  

While in Nashville, we also happened to read about the 50th Anniversary of George Harrison’s epic triple album All Things Must Pass.  Sound & Vision magazine noted that one of the musicians on the album was Nashville pedal steel guitar legend Pete Drake.  Small world except when you’re looking for the real pros, go to Nashville.

– Jet Cannon

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10 Essential Boomer Albums

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Music critic Nelson George put together his list for AARP The Magazine. It’s always fun to see if we missed any classics along the way.

Highway 61 Revisted. 1965. Bob Dylan

Sgt. Pepper. 1967. The Beatles

What’s Going On. 1971. Marvin Gaye

Tapestry. 1971. Carole King

Led Zeppelin IV. 1971. Led Zeppelin

Exile on Main Street. 1972. The Rolling Stones

Innervisions. 1973. Stevie Wonder

Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. 1976. The Eagles

Exodus. 1977. Bob Marley & the Wailers

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack. 1977

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Pass the Salt

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Eating Well magazine had an interesting and well-researched article about salty good news and salty bad news. We’ve all heard that a higher salt intake can lead to higher blood pressure. That appears to be true. Nuts.

Salty food is often associated with high calorie food which can lead to weight gain. But salt may also mess with hormones that promote fat storage. Perfect.

Ye,s but salt can reduce cramps for us athletic types, right? Maybe not. Those sports drinks with sodium and potassium may not be as beneficial as we thought. Too many other factors besides depleted electrolytes could be causing those cramps. We don’t care. We like sports drinks and how we look when we’re drinking them.

The salt shaker on the table probably isn’t our problem. Shake, shake, shake up to about a teaspoon. Yes!! The culprit more likely is deli meats, pizza, popcorn, burritos, tacos, soups, crackers and chips that we love to eat. Loaded with sodium.

We’re sticking with the salt on our Margarita and Bloody Mary rims. So there.

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NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAY

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Thank you nationaldaycalendar.com.  We now know that National Stress Awareness Day, on the first Wednesday in November, aims to identify and reduce the stress factors in your life.

Everyone has stress. Some stress is good for us. It helps us to respond to changes in life. Stress is our body’s way of protecting itself from harm. However, too much stress causes harm to our health and relationships.

Identifying the stressors impacting our physical and mental health is important. Sometimes, health problems are the cause. But our health can also be affected by external stressors such as physical abuse, stressful work environments, financial stress, or other family health issues.

Once we identify the causes of stress in our lives, we can begin to eliminate or reduce stress. Some tools that help with stress include:

  • Develop coping skills for anxiety.
  • Identify and let go of the things you cannot change.
  • Exercise to help us to let go of built-up anxiety.
  • Eating a balanced diet fuels our bodies so we’re able to better cope with the stress.

– Jet Cannon

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Metabolism Meltdown

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We’ve been blaming extra pounds gained on a slowing metabolism.  AARP says, not so fast.  The need for less calories as we age likely has more to do with less muscle mass and more couch surfing.  So stick with that strength training and stay active to make room for that Big Mac.  

– Jet Cannon

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I get no kick from caffeine

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Caffeine tolerance is a thing.  We like the Buzz before workouts, for motivation, for focus, and for those times when we need to stay alert.  But tolerance minimizes those benefits.  

We did some reading to get tips on getting a reset and we learned a few things.  First, caffeine is not an essential nutrient!  We agree to disagree on that one.  Next, clearing out the caffeine from your systems takes about a week or even two.  And then the tolerance rebuilds quickly as soon as caffeine consumption becomes a habit again.  Depressing.  

What about just drinking more?  Three or four cups of coffee a day is considered to be fairly safe but more than that is probably not a good idea.  And we need to include all sources of caffeine from chocolate to energy drinks.

After sifting through the suggestions for catching a Buzz when it’s really needed, the most reasonable seems to be either just getting out of the habit of, say, starting the morning with a cup of coffee just because we always do or steadily reducing the amount consumed each day.  Save the big gulp for the days when we really need the Buzz.  It’s common sense that beats going completely cold turkey.

Too drowsy to dig any deeper.  Good luck.

– Jet Cannon

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Beer Buddies

Food and Drink, Good Clean Fun /

We thought you might want to see this story from NPR.  Cats and dogs getting along.  Bipartisan cooperation was on full display during the fourth annual Anheuser-Busch Brew Across America Congressional Brewing Competition, where five pairs of lawmakers, one Democrat paired with one Republican, work with breweries across the country to create new small batch beers and bring them back to Washington, D.C., to find out whose concoction is best.

Said one representative, “You spend time with one another, have a beer with one another — we can still disagree with one another but it’s not going to be the end of the world.” The competition serves as a reminder that people with different political views can work together to create something satisfying.

Cheers!

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