Posted on: Monday, January 31, 2005

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Help yourself for free

Advertiser Staff

Achieving good health doesn't have to be a costly, complicated endeavor. Dr. Andrew Weil, editor of the publication Self Healing, offers a few ideas:

• Wash your hands often. Using soap and water is the most important thing you can do to ward off colds, flu and other infectious illnesses.

• Manage your appetite. Be conscious of portion sizes, and learn to eat when you're truly hungry.

• Take a daily walk. Walking outdoors is a great way to work off extra calories and get bone-building vitamin D from sunlight. Light is nature's mood booster.

What to do with your fast-growing gadget graveyard?

The Sierra Club's Hawai'i chapter encourages residents to help the environment and recycle old cellular phones, pagers, PDAs and chargers.

To find out how, reach the organization at 538-6616.

Final word

Carolyn Murphy | 31, Estée Lauder model, on raising a kind daughter, in Organic Style magazine:

"When I was a child, I was outdoors a lot. We weren't allowed to watch TV. That's how I'm raising Dylan ... I'm constantly complimented on how sweet and good-natured my daughter is."