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If you are looking for ways to reduce your fat intake, consider these tips.

Eating too much fat, which many of us do, can lead to health problems. Several types of cancer have been linked to high fat intake. Breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer have all been linked to the same problem.

If you are looking for ways to reduce your fat intake, you"ll want to adjust the way you shop, cook, and prepare food. A few simple changes can bring your intake down to a healthy range.

Food companies and fast food restaurants now distribute brochures that contain the nutritional value of the foods we buy. In the grocery store, the nutritional labels contain the fat content on almost every item. This information makes it easier than ever to control your fat intake.

Forming a habit of reading the nutritional labels and comparing products and food brands before PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  making a purchase will really help you to get an idea of what a healthy intake of fat looks like. In no time, you"ll understand which foods and how much of them you can consume and still maintain a healthy range of fat intake.

This does not mean that you can never again enjoy your favorite meals. You are sure to have some meals that are higher in fat than others. The key is your overall intake. It is natural to vary somewhat in your fat intake from day to day.

It is the habits that you demonstrate over weeks and months that will really impact your health. So go ahead and enjoy your favorite high fat meal from time to time. Just be sure to balance this with plenty of low fat meals.

If you are very physically active, you can probably consume more fat than those who are not, as you"ll be burning more calories.

Now that you know how easy it can be to establish healthy eating habits, you"ll find it is not as hard as you thought!

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First things first: carbohydrates are not harmful to your health - at least by nature. Our bodies have not only developed a preference for them physiologically, they have also grown to depend on carbs for energy. Notably, our muscles and brain depend almost entirely on glucose as an energy source to drive their functions. Carbohydrates are also easily metabolized in our body, as opposed to fats, which undergo a slightly more tedious process.

What's more is in the absence of carbohydrates, our body will actually convert other nutrients to sugars for a more accessible form of energy.

The takeaway here is carbs are not to be feared nor neglected. They are important. But they must be included in your eating plan in an appropriate manner. The right carbs in moderate amounts can actually help you stabilize your blood sugar and may even help prevent Type 2 diabetes.

Let's go over the three most common mistakes both Type 2 diabetics and non-diabetics make PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before   regarding their carbohydrate intake. Avoid or correct these mistakes and you'll be one step further in your quest to improve your health overall and stabilize your blood sugar levels...

1. You eat the unhealthy types of carbs. Everyone is guilty of eating unhealthy forms of carbohydrates to some extent. But, you must ensure this habit is merely an exception, rather than the rule. White potatoes, bagels, white rice, and processed foods are all harmful to your health when they are eaten in abundance. Opt for whole wheat, non-refined types of carbohydrates instead.

You eat too many carbohydrates. It's true carbohydrates are essential, but there is a fine line between a beneficial intake and one that is harmful. Most people consume much more than they truly need. It doesn't help carbs are found in an overwhelming variety of foods. Moreover, you will have to tone down your intake if you are to effectively improve your blood sugar levels and lose weight.

You eat carbs at the wrong time of the day. There is much debate over when you should and shouldn't eat carbohydrates. Generally, as long as your overall intake is under control, the timing of your intake is made less important. That said, there are times where it's important to take in carbs. Eat them predominantly before and after exercise. By doing this you will guarantee they are put to use rather than idly hoping they are not stored as fats. As for the worst time to consume your carbs, it's certainly before bedtime. Since you're not doing any physical activity while you sleep, what you consume before bedtime will be saved for later use in the form of fat.

If you take the initiative, you can avoid the potentially harmful effects of carbohydrates, while still ensuring they provide the essential nutrients your body really needs.

Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.

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Increasing the performance and power of your truck does not necessitate installing a new motor or transmission, though those can definitely be options. One easy to install option that is gaining popularity with the truck crowd is that of the cold air intake. Cold air intakes have long been a staple of racing and street racing cars, but they can just as easily apply to your truck. Why would you install a cold air intake on your truck? Let's look at how they work, first.

A cold air intake system takes the place of your OEM air filter and intake system. Ordinarily, you will need to remove the original breather box, as well as the tubing that leads to the engine. By installing a cold air intake, you can add horsepower to your truck. This happens because a cold air intake brings in cooler air to your engine. Cool air is much more dense than warm air. This means that your engine can burn fuel much more efficiently, increasing your available horsepower. While the gain will not be incredible, it will be noticeable.

The cold air intake system is usually routed in a similar fashion as your OEM system, at the engine. As it travels out from there, though, it will terminate at a different location. This is usually low down the engine, behind the headlights, or even lower down. PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  The object is to get the intake as far from the heat of your engine as possible. This is the only way to get air that is cold enough to do the job right.

What else does a cold air intake do for your vehicle? It can increase fuel mileage under certain conditions, though this is not why most people install them on their vehicles. The primary reason, of course, is to add power in the form of speed and torque. Some of the more popular brands are K&N and Volant. Understand, also, that adding a cold air intake to your truck will change the way your truck sounds. While it won't sound like a street racer, it will definitely sound different.

Now, let's look at some of the drawbacks to adding a cold air intake.

First, there is the expense. While they are relatively inexpensive when compared to other truck accessories and performance enhancers, they do represent at least a modest investment. You must also modify your vehicle; many times by yourself. Some dealerships will not install these devices on trucks, while others will charge considerable labor fees.

The single largest drawback, though, comes in the form of water. This threat is much more prevalent in shorter vehicles, such as passenger cars, but it is present for trucks as well. The placement of the air filter makes is possible for water to splash up from the road or mud hole into the air filter. From there, it is sucked along the intake tube until it gets to your engine. Once there, it wreaks havoc. Granted, it takes more than a few drops of water to disable your engine, but the threat is present and must be considered when debating adding one of these systems to your truck.

That said, there are few drawbacks to this, especially in exchange for the additional horsepower that you will enjoy. You can find a number of quality systems that will work well in this situation, though K&N has been a trusted name for years. Their filters are designed to last for a lifetime, with only cleaning required to continue using the filter.

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Success is easier when you have the right starting point. Does your client intake process give you the right starting point for success?

At an annual retreat recently, one of our clients started with the question:

Who should we serve?

The attendees came up with a list of 15 attributes to describe the client. When the attributes were placed in a priority sequence it created a valuable profile of the person who needs their services.

The profiled client is different from the one they are currently serving. Their current client is more accurately represented by the phrase "someone interested in their services". Of course, that is a very important attribute. You will only be successful if your client is willing to work with you. So "being willing" must be the first check mark on the intake form but not the only criteria. After "being willing" they have 15 other criteria.

This process will allow them to specialize on a specific group. The specialization will create a uniqueness that will help with attracting donors, volunteers, and the right staff.

It will PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  make the process of serving the clients more difficult. They have selected a very challenging segment of society to serve. However, the narrowness of the group means they can focus all of their energy on the specialization and eliminate the need for a broad range of services.

Now they are in the process of assessing the current clients to determine how many fit the new profile. The following step will be to develop a process that tightens the entry requirements over the next several years to ensure they are serving the appropriate people.

As they transition to the new profile, they will be gradually building strength and depth of services. They will avoid losing any current client and the potential income from serving those clients.

For most parochial schools, now is the time to be recruiting new students. Do you have a profile for the student you are best able to serve?

Some of the Christian schools we are aware of are very interested in gathering as many new students as possible. They are less concerned with how well the student fits the profile of their most successful students. As a result, their success with a particular student is hard to predict, parents are often less pleased than they could be, and donors are unsure about the value of the school.

In one school, only about 55% of the students were creating a positive reputation for the school. More than 85% of the students were outperforming their public school counterparts in academics. However, in the areas that distinguished the school from the surrounding public schools (character development, faith formation, etc.), success was less impressive. It is the non-academic areas, which justify the tuition and build a private school's reputation.

Harvard is expensive. Many schools use the same textbooks as Harvard, so the knowledge one learns there is also available at other less expensive schools. The tuition at Harvard is justified by what the graduate does with their life after Harvard. The ones who achieve the most receive the most value from their Harvard education (tuition) and do the most to build Harvard's reputation.

The goal of a parochial education is seldom to go on to Harvard and add to Harvard's reputation. Many Christian schools turn around troubled teens, give a child confidence and self-esteem, provide a safe learning and development environment, or do something else noble. However, if 80% of the students come from stable and healthy families only 20% have the potential to build your reputation. A 20% success rate (if you can be 100% successful) is unlikely to build the reputation necessary to attract significant donor support or increase enrollment.

Next Step:

Develop an intake process that will confirm that your prospective students fit the profile Develop a transition plan that changes the population of those you serve to be dominated by those you want to serve Develop a donor cultivation plan that will ensure that growth in donor support parallels the change in student population Develop a student tracking system that will document your success when serving the targeted population Sustainability comes from providing superior service. The reputation for superior services requires the majority of the clients be in the group that needs your services the most.

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If you are looking for ways to reduce your fat intake, consider these tips.

Eating too much fat, which many of us do, can lead to health problems. Several types of cancer have been linked to high fat intake. Breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer have all been linked to the same problem.

If you are looking for ways to reduce your fat intake, you"ll want to adjust the way you shop, cook, and prepare food. A few simple changes can bring your intake down to a healthy range.

Food companies and fast food restaurants now distribute brochures that contain the nutritional value of the foods we buy. In the grocery store, the nutritional labels contain the fat content on almost every item. This information makes it easier than ever to control your fat intake.

Forming a habit of reading the nutritional labels and comparing products and food brands before making a purchase will really help you to get an idea of what a healthy intake of fat looks like. In no time, you"ll understand which foods and how much of them you can consume and still maintain a healthy range of fat intake.

This does not mean PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  that you can never again enjoy your favorite meals. You are sure to have some meals that are higher in fat than others. The key is your overall intake. It is natural to vary somewhat in your fat intake from day to day.

It is the habits that you demonstrate over weeks and months that will really impact your health. So go ahead and enjoy your favorite high fat meal from time to time. Just be sure to balance this with plenty of low fat meals.

If you are very physically active, you can probably consume more fat than those who are not, as you"ll be burning more calories.

Now that you know how easy it can be to establish healthy eating habits, you"ll find it is not as hard as you thought!

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Unlike trying to unlock the Google search algorithm, it is well known what Medicare and insurance carriers want (and expect) in the documentation that justifies your reimbursement claims. The fact that many chiropractors neglect to meet these requirements is evidenced by 1) increasingly failing post review audits and having to return thousands of dollars, and 2) an alarming number of claims being cut or denied for a lack of "medical necessity." Reversing this trend begins by better documentation.

Sadly, many chiropractors use a rag-tag collection of hand-me-down chiropractic forms that they got at a seminar years ago. Worse, they assume that their travel card notes are sufficient to justify being paid for their care since the checks from insurance carriers keep showing up. The painful truth eventually emerges after they are asked to surrender a dozen files for closer inspection to commissioned auditors who quickly find some omission or other breach.

And while you can't do anything about the past, starting today you can begin collecting the information that satisfies your chiropractic Medicare requirements and insurance company expectations. It starts with the new patient intake forms used to collect their health history and details surrounding their current complaint.

Chiropractic Intake Forms

Obviously you'll want to collect the demographic information, policy numbers of any insurance carriers and the patient's contact details. Besides the history of the current illness, make sure to collect information about their ability to conduct "activities of daily living" so you have a baseline for proving functional improvement-the foundation for proving medical necessity. Oh, and keep it short. Patient should be able to complete your admitting paperwork in 10-minutes or less.

Chiropractic Exam Forms

After reviewing the chiropractic intake form with the patient during the consultation and the patient seems to be a good chiropractic candidate, you'll want to conduct a thorough physical, orthopedic, neurological and chiropractic exam. You'll record your findings on the appropriate examination form that conforms to the 1997 CMS Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines for musculoskeletal specialists.

Chiropractic Diagnosis Codes Form

You must give your findings a specific diagnosis code for each region you wish to treat, based on the current ICD-9 codes. Use a chiropractic diagnosis form that arranges the most commonly-used chiropractic codes by tissue type. This will simplify your ability to link the patient's treatment plan to your diagnosis. Assign the correct codes! Mistakes here can get you in hot water with your board and will reduce your reimbursement.

Chiropractic Treatment Plan Form

How do you propose to PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  help the patient? Just start adjusting and hope for a chiropractic miracle? If your idea of a care plan is three times a week for four weeks, followed by two times a week for four weeks, etc., and you recommend the same thing for virtually every patient, the jig is up! This one-size-fits-all approach will no longer work. Use a chiropractic Treatment Plan Form that includes specific functional goals and treatment effectiveness measurements.

Chiropractic SOAP Note Form

Simply put, most chiropractors don't collect the right information on each visit, or it's so repetitive as to suggest a lack of attention or accountability. When Medicare and insurance carriers look for a way to justify cutting your claims, they often start here. And rightfully so. Many chiropractors resent the reporting requirements and their SOAP notes are glaringly incomplete and fail to suggest that the patient is making progress. Is your current SOAP note complete?

Chiropractic Evaluation Form

At reasonable periodic times you must reevaluate the patient and their progress. This procedure is an automatic obligation and makes you accountable to your treatment plan. You'll want to use a chiropractic form that reports the progress of patient's chief complaint as well as accommodates a returning patient suffering a relapse or an entirely new health issue. Does yours?

Discharge Form

If you open a case, you must close the case. The notion that you can morph a patient's care into some type of supportive or maintenance care and expect carriers to pick up the tab is one of the biggest mistakes chiropractors make. Especially with Medicare patients. Expecting reimbursement for once-a-month maintenance visits won't cut it either. Do you have a discharge form that officially closes the episode of acute care? If not, get one!

Maintenance Care Form

Let's assume that you've resolved the patient's most obvious symptoms and you've ended the third party's obligation to pay for their care. Well done. Even better, the patient has opted to pay for continued supportive care out of his or her own pocket. Your documentation responsibilities aren't over. Record their subjective observations, nonsymptomatic subluxation patterns and the areas you've adjusted.

These requirements aren't unreasonable or capricious. If the tables were turned and you were asked to reimburse for the services someone else was delivering, you'd want the same justification and proof of efficacy too.

While some believe the Insurance Era is behind us, the truth is there are ample insurance monies available for episodic treatment if your chiropractic paperwork collects the vital information that insurance carriers justifiably expect. If you want a piece of it, it's your responsibility to use the right chiropractic forms to collect the data and prove that what you do is making a difference.

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Proper potential client intake should not be taken lightly. Without proper recording of information/records keeping, you could loose out on valuable contact information that could lead to a new sale. When taking down a client's information it is important to keep it in an organized folder (and not sticky notes). In addition, having well structured potential client intake forms is also a must. When a client first contacts you or your gym, it is important to have a client intake sheet readily available near the phone/front desk. On this sheet you will want to include the following information to be collected from the potential client:

*Date they called

*Their first/last name

*Their mailing address

*Their phone number and email address

By collecting all of this information right up front, you will have multiple ways to contact them back, whether it is for a follow up meeting, or if you want to mail them a special discount offer your gym is doing. In addition with having their email, you can send them any initial forms you would normally have them fill out during the initial assessment consultation (such as a PAR-Q).

On the intake sheet you should also have room for making additional notes. Things to ask the potential client could be what times of day would they prefer to exercise, their physician's contact information, and any goals the client can initially think of they would want to discuss.

After you discuss with PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  them the additional questions you wanted to ask, it would be a good time to discuss setting up a free assessment. If they say yes, you are one step closer to making a sale.

Usually after you have covered everything on the intake form is when the discussion of price comes up. Be sure to be up-front with the client as to what options they have and any/all fees that are associated with joining and having a personal trainer.

At the end of the conversation, if the potential client set up a free assessment time, be sure to remind them to wear proper clothing, bring any forms completed (such as the PAR-Q) that you may want them to complete before coming, any medical clearance from their physician, and also any questions they may have.

Following these guidelines, which were created by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) can help ensure not only each client is treated equally, but also you acquire as much information up front as possible, helping you in future attempts to turn them into a paying client (if they choose to hold off on joining right away).

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If you own a foreclosure cleaning business, one of the easiest, free ways to land more jobs is to create a caller intake form (ie, call log) to use as an everyday part of your marketing efforts. We'll explain how in a moment. This is a very easy form you can create yourself using MS Word, or any other word processing software. Once you create it, give it to the person answering your phone and instruct them how to use it - and ensure that they do for every call.

Grow Your Business the Way the Big Boys Do: Why a Caller Intake Form Allows You to Do This

This simple little form PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  can tell you a lot about your business. For example, you can find out how many calls you are getting each day, the types of jobs prospects are calling about, how many estimates you are asked to give, which geographic location the calls are coming from, how many prospects are responding to any marketing you may be doing, which season is the busiest, etc.

By having information like this at your fingertips, you can tailor your marketing efforts to make more money. For example, if you see that the bulk of the calls you're getting come from a certain geographic area, you can market more heavily in that area. As another example, if you see that approximately 50% of the calls you're getting are for light repairs, you can offer special deals and discounts to bring more of those types of jobs in.

This is the kind of info (ie, market research) large companies like Home Depot and Walmart use to fatten their bottom lines. Only you don't have a marketing department or Harvard MBAs on your staff to conduct this type of research for your foreclosure cleaning business. And luckily, you don't need to.

A simple Caller Intake form can do the job for you. In fact, this one simple little form - that you create yourself - can help guide the growth of your business for years to come.

How to Set Up Your Caller Intake Form

The Caller Intake form you create for your foreclosure cleaning business should include, at a minimum, the following info:

--Date/Time of Call

--Caller's Name

--Caller's Company Name

--Caller's Contact Info (at minimum, a phone number; if possible an email and mailing address). Note: The person answering your phone can say something to the effect of, "Would you like to subscribe to our newsletter? We offer special deals and discounts on services in it, in addition to providing valuable industry info our prospects can use." If the person says yes, then get their email address.

--Location of Prospective Foreclosure Cleaning Job

--Scope of Job (ie, what they want done)

--Job Deadline (When they want the job completed)

--Date/Time Prospect is Available to Meet for Estimate

--How Caller Heard About Your Foreclosure Cleaning Company

How the Foreclosure Cleanup Caller Intake Form Can Help Grow Your Business

The Call Intake form ensures that you get all the information you need to give the prospect exactly what they asked for. It will make your enterprise appear professional because you won't have to keep calling the prospect back to ask questions.

It should take you no more than 10 or 15 minutes to pull this form together using the tips here. Again, it doesn't have to be fancy; just thorough.

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Massage treatment intake forms play a critical role where both the client and the therapist are concerned. Massage treatment intake forms convey a wealth of useful information that provides the starting point for treatment.

Why Massage Treatment Intake Forms Are Required By Therapists

Massage treatment intake forms are what go into the client's file first; they are intended to supply the PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  therapist with the necessary information that will enable him to treat you for you problem in a sound and careful manner.

All patients do not receive the same massage treatment. There are a number of things that can influence the extent/regularity of treatment that you get, including the degree and duration of each session. Now what seems appropriate for you may in fact lead to injury in another person with a particular problem. The queries mentioned in the massage treatment intake form are intended to enlighten the therapist regarding your:

a. Medical history b. Present medical problems c. Extent of motion d. Purpose of treatment e. Personal viewpoint concerning massage therapy (for instance, do you consider massage to be a practicable physical therapy or just a soothing, relaxing, indulgence?)

Moreover, massage treatment intake forms also list the elementary requirements like contact data as well as confidentiality disclosure.

The replies given by you against each of the queries listed in the form will reveal to the massage therapist which specific areas require greater focus, the type of massage that will work best for you and tend to make you feel more comfortable, and if any products, techniques, or stimulations are contraindicated where you are concerned because of your problem or allergy and such others.

The objective of massage treatment intake form is certainly to make available a unique massage treatment experience with the best possible results.

What Queries Are Included?

Now, your massage treatment intake form should by no means be excessively intrusive, but some basics are required. The standard massage intake form generally will comprise of queries that inquire about:

1. Your address and contact data

2. Levels of stress

3. Strain

4. Headaches

5. Medical conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy, circulatory and cardiac conditions

6. Latest procedures or problems such as surgery, broken bones, pregnancy, back problems, tissue damage

7. Problems with pain like back pain, sensitive areas, numbness, pressures, or piercing pains

Furthermore, you will have the chance to inform the therapist by means of the massage treatment intake form what your particular area(s) of distress is (are) and in what way you think massage therapy will benefit you.

Your massage therapist just requires you to complete a massage treatment intake form before your initial appointment, and at regular intervals following ongoing treatment. With the help of the information supplied by you, the therapist develops a massage procedure especially for you in order that you attain whatever you set to accomplish from your personal massage treatment experience.

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A massage intake form is a piece of paperwork that you can expect to fill out at your first appointment. Your therapist needs the information on this intake form to give you the best possible care during your appointment.

A client intake form is also necessary for your therapist to keep you safe. Clients that come in for a massage appointment may have allergies, illnesses, recent surgeries, or conditions the therapist needs to know about.

It is also possible that particular parts of the body must be addressed or must be avoided, based on your health status or preferences, and these will be made known on your massage intake form.

A client intake form is vital for a massage therapist to plan your session according to your wants and needs.

If, for example, a client showed up for their massage appointment and did not include on a client intake form that they had an allergy to coconuts, it would be dangerous for the massage therapist to go about using an oil containing coconut all over that client's skin.

As another example, a client may have an insulin pump, and the site of the pump would need to be avoided, but might not be readily visible to the massage therapist. The appearance PhyPal - Connecting Patient & Physicians Like Never Before  of this information on a massage intake form would prevent a potentially dangerous accident.

If you have had a recent surgery, have ticklish feet, need extra attention on your low back, don't like facial massage, don't want oil in your hair, prefer light pressure or deep pressure, these are all things the massage intake form will make your therapist aware of.

A client intake form is also a legal document.

You will want to include ALL information requested by your therapist on your massage intake form. This includes name, address, complete contact information, all conditions, medications, the name and phone number of your health provider, any medical issues new or old, your signature, and the date.

As a legal document, a massage intake form protects both you and your therapist by specifically proving what information was shared with your therapist prior to your massage.

People frequently consider surgeries over five years old "ancient history" and not necessary to include on a massage intake form, but this is a mistaken belief. Knowledge of even an old surgery, accident, or injury can help your massage therapist deduce what may be causing discomfort today.

Others decide intentionally to leave potentially embarrassing conditions, surgeries, or medications off of their massage intake form. This is also a very bad idea, and technically, these individuals are being untruthful on a legal document.

As a healthcare provider, a massage therapist has a responsibility to maintain client confidentiality and you should feel safe, and comfortable including all health related information on your massage intake form.

A massage intake form is your best friend if you want to let a your massage therapist know your health status and preferences.