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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

By Pamela Schmidlin, Certified Health Coach, Professional Photographer and Videographer, Certified Dog Trainer

May 7, 2013- Omega 3 and 6 Essential Fatty Acids

Omega 3 and 6 Essential Fatty Acids are necessary to our health and our dogs health and life. Although we cannot produce these on our own. SO we need to obtain these from our food sources. If you are not vegetarian or vegan, you can obtain these through fish and fish oils. Whereas vegetarians and vegan, who look for our nutrition through plant sources need to find plant sources to get our Omegas from.

Well, here we go some plant sources that have Omega 3 and 6 Essential Fatty Acids are:
Walnuts, flaxseeds, and chia seeds. Yes, our nuts and seeds have these essential and important Omegas.

Ways to use these are to pack a bag of nuts (a small bag, let's not over do it, remember too much of a good thing turns out not to be so good) and have them during the day.

Take flax, or chia seeds and add them to smoothies (which I did today- I grounded my flaxseeds up and put them into my Vega Smoothie after my workout this morning!) or add them to salads. Actually you can add these to just about anything, pastas, rices, etc.

These can also benefit our dogs, flaxseed and flaxseed oil are used in dogs to strengthen their bones, heal their paws, and maintain their energy. It also also plays a significant role in canine cardiovascular health and skin and coat health. It is an important source of fiber and antioxidants, as well as having anti-tumor properties. Flax seed as an anti-inflammatory useful in treating arthritis, (with three senior dogs, I add a little flaxseed to their food at least once a week).

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Swiss American Vegan Gal Intro

By Pamela Schmidlin, Certified Health Coach, Certified Dog Trainer, Professional Photographer and Videographer

April 25, 2013- I thought I'd really introduce myself to you today.....the next couple of days, you'll be introduced to my "business partners", the Swiss American Vegan Rescue Dogs- Skyler, Sandy, Candycane, and Benji. (AKA the Six Legged Athletes/ Companions!)

I am someone who strongly believes in her family and roots, and wants to learn more about them. I love the fact that my family came from Switzerland and longs to learn more about the country and the customs everyday in order to incorporate them into my lifestyle here in NY!

As a vegan, I came to the lifestyle in steps. First transitioning to vegetarian then to vegan, and now I guess I would be considered an eco-vegan! I came to this lifestyle with the thought of animals, I didn't want to kill oe hurt any animals in anyway for any part of my life. I started to give up eating meat, then dairy, not wear leather, and well you get the point. Soon it became a move for not just the animals but the environment/ planet, I drove less....and walk, run, or ride my bike more than drive. I gave up using plastic bottles- I drink tap water, mostly filtered....and am once again changing the filtering system I use because I found an even better one than I am presently using!

I decided to work with my dogs because they are teachers to me as well....whether it's teaching me to do the proper Downward Dog (Yoga Pose), or teaching me to handle different situations in life, and to remain calm, or just being there to lower my blood pressure (by the way, my blood pressure is unusally low and whenever I have a checkup they are surprized to see such a low yet healthy blood pressure!). They are also my exercise partners, in the next few days you will see how each of my dogs- came to be a Six Legged Athlete with me!

If you are interested in hiring me as a health coach, I will be as neutral about your lifestyle choice as possible- you set your path BUT I will educate you on health choices you can make in your daily life to be the healthiest and happy YOU! Along with your health coaching, I offer one added bonus....your dog gets a FREE health coach along with you. (If you have a cat, bird, hamster, or any other pet- I will be there for them as well! Hey, animals need to be healthy too! And I know that the unconditional love they give in return will be immeasureable!)

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

More pampering yourself: Tongue Cleaning

By Pamela Schmidlin, Certified Health Coach, Certified Dog Trainer, Professional Photographer and Videographer

Tongue Cleaning

Alright we all brush our teeth right?!?!?....And floss....but how many of us clean our tongues? What? Clean our tongues?!?!

Yes, I said it....Clean our tongues. There is alot of bacterial build-up, food debris, fungi, and dead cells from the surface of the tongue that you may not clean off while brushing your teeth. Yuck!

The bacteria and fungi that grow on the tongue are related to many common oral care and general health problems.As well as the decaying bacteria that produce volatile sulphur compounds on the rear of the tongue; these molecules account for 80 to 95 percent of all cases of halitosis (bad breath).

So we have to take that extra step and clean our tongues!

There are several ways to go about this, ready?

First, take your toothbrush and brush your tongue. They do sell tongue brushes! Toothbrushes are not the most effective way of tongue cleaning.

Second, and more effective is tongue scraping. You can purchase a tongue scraper pretty inexpensively. Tongue cleaners are designed to lift and trap the plague caoting and clean the surface of the tongue.

Tongue cleaning will remove some of the millions of bacteria (up to 500 different types), decaying food debris, fungi (such as candida), and dead cells, from the rear surface of the tongue. Tongue cleaning is generally viewed as an effective solution for many cases of bad breath.

When you clean your tongue you are practicing good oral hygiene. The bacteria are considered as major contributors to periodontal problems, plaque on the teeth, tooth decay, gum infections, gum recession and even tooth loss.

In addition, physicianshave reevaluated the link between oral health and pathologies of the rest of the body. Many clinical studies concluded that oral bacteria are associated with a number of serious diseases. Such as cardiovascular problems, pneumonia, increased risk of diabetes, and osteoporosis of the jaw.

Alright to be honest I love puppy breathe, but as our dog get older doggie breathe isn't as cute as that puppy breathe. So it's also important to keep our dogs, teeth and mouth healthy.

So yes, we should continue to brush our dogs teeth....make sure they have something to chew on so that they can work remove plaque themselves as well! BUT they actually have a tongue cleaner for dogs, check the link here: http://www.orapup.com/. The cleaner uses the dog's natural tendencies to lick! While helping your dog towards fresher breathe, you will be treating the dog, and NOT forcing your dog to do anything he/ she doesn't want to do!

So make sure you brush, floss, and clean your tongue! (and your dog's too!)

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