Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 51 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ biggest consensus is that there are three characteristics, and a woman with two out of those big three can be diagnosed with PCOS. “The first characteristic is having an ovary full of very small cysts called a string of pearls. The second is having ovulation problems with irregular periods. And the third is hyperandrogenism, or higher levels of male hormones, which can lead to other medical problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes. High androgen can also cause acne and excess hair growth in women.” According to Cleveland Clinic, polycystic ovarian syndrome is a hormonal imbalance that occurs when the ovaries create excess hormones called androgens, which cause reproductive hormones to become imbalanced. As a result, women with PCOS will have irregular menstrual cycles and unpredictable ovulation. Due to the lack of ovulation, tiny cysts or fluid filled sacs with immature eggs form on the ovaries. It is possible, however, to have PCOS without visible cysts. The cysts are not painful or dangerous, but they can affect a woman’s ability to conceive. “Fertility is one of the leading reasons why patients seek treatment, as a woman with PCOS is more likely to have difficulty getting pregnant,” Dr. Malave continued. “Their cycles are not synced. While we can’t cure PCOS, we can manage it with medications and supplements. “Treatment for PCOS is targeted toward patient expectations and desires. If a patient wants to get pregnant and she doesn’t have regular periods, then we address ovulation. If she doesn’t want to get pregnant, we treat it with birth control pills, which is the quickest way to fix it. We have to address the patient’s desire at the moment. “By using birth control pills, we basically shut down your system, taking away your body’s response and allowing the birth control pills to feed the hormones,” he explained. “This causes shedding of the lining of the uterus so the uterus builds and cleans itself every month. That way we avoid overgrowth of the tissue that grows inside the uterus.” Cleveland Clinic states that treatment for a patient with PCOS who isn’t planning on getting pregnant can include hormonal birth control to regulate the menstrual cycle, medications to block androgens, and insulin-sensitizing medicines. For patients who want to become pregnant, there are drugs that induce ovulation such as clomiphene and letrozole, which are taken orally, and gonadotropin, which is given by injection. If the medication doesn’t help with ovulation, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is an option. While the exact cause of PCOS is still undetermined, studies have found a high genetic disposition, meaning that if the mother has it, the daughter is likely to have it. Unfortunately, the gene for that disposition has yet to be identified. Insulin resistance is another identifiable factor, as an increase in insulin causes human ovaries to make and release male hormones (androgens), which suppress ovulation. Being overweight can lead to insulin resistance, so patients diagnosed with PCOS are encouraged to maintain a healthy weight. “Further complications can arise for a patient with PCOS. A patient with very little ovulation will not clean the inside of the uterus regularly, which can lead to endometrial cancer, which is cancer inside the uterus. Conversely, PCOS does not increase your risk of developing ovarian cancer. “PCOS is a condition that is not curable but treatable,” Dr. Malave concluded. “It’s important to remember that we treat the symptoms dependent upon where that patient is in life. My goal is to help the patient at that time and find the best way to address and regulate the condition.” Dr. Deni Malave-Huertas received his medical degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at San Juan City Hospital. He is accepting new patients at Partners in Women’s Health, 1050 37th Place, Vero Beach. Call 772-770-6116 to schedule an appointment. “PCOS is a condition that is not curable but treatable. It’s important to remember that we treat the symptoms dependent upon where that patient is in life.”
52 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Everyone from Truman Capote to Joan Rivers to the Duchess of Windsor has been credited with coining the phrase, “You can never be too rich or too thin,” but, in fact, you can be too thin – and an ever-increasing number of Americans are being caught up in a surge in anorexia nervosa cases exacerbated by – you guessed it – COVID-19. “The pandemic created the perfect storm for developing an eating disorder,” said Anna Vass Schad, LMHC, a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who counsels clients virtually in Vero Beach and throughout Florida. “Many who exhibited minor symptoms have wound up with full-blown cases because of the isolation and stress we all experienced during that time.” During the first 12 months of COVID-19, the number of hospital admissions for adolescents with eating disorders at the University of Michigan Medical School more than doubled. Over the past three years, there has been a 25 percent increase in the number of adolescent eating disorder patients nationwide, according to an analysis of medical record data from 80 hospitals. The National Eating Disorder Association helpline has reported a massive 40 percent increase in call volume. Even more concerning, monthly hospitalizations for the disease have nearly tripled compared with prepandemic rates. Hospital regions with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases and strictest stay-athome measures during the pandemic experienced the highest numbers of newly diagnosed cases. Though the disease tends to be associated with young women, just Major increase in anorexia nervosa attributed to pandemic about anybody can develop it, according to Schad, “It’s a coping mechanism that doesn’t discriminate across gender, race, socio-economic status, ethnicity, or body shapes and sizes,” she said. “Approximately 75 percent are female and 25 percent are male.” Personality traits such as neuroticism, obsessiveness and perfectionism play a large role in facilitating some eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia. Healthline reports that the causes of anorexia nervosa are complex. The disease can be driven by a range of personal, genetic and environmental factors. The disorder appears to have a strong relationship to other psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression. People with a family history of anorexia are more likely to have it, too. There are three telling characteristics: A persistent restriction of energy intake (food) leading to someone becoming significantly underweight compared to the norm for their age, sex, developmental stage and physical health. A diagnosis of an intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain. Disturbance in the way one’s body weight or shape is perceived, undue influence of body shape and weight on self-image or persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of the current low body weight. Schad said many warning signs can alert family and friends if someone is spiraling out of control. “Since some people with anorexia binge and purge like bulimics, they become expert at hiding food. They have dry skin, are cold to the touch, suffer from fatigue and, of course, have extreme weight loss.” For a complete list of symptoms, check the website of the National Eating Disorders Association at www.nationaleatingdisorders.org. According to Eating Disorder Hope, an online community that shares information from professors, psychiatrists and other relevant experts and organizations, there are many shortand long-term health effects of anorexia nervosa. Short-term health effects begin almost immediately. Starved for nutrients and energy, the body will begin to look for these essential ingredients in other sources – breaking down muscle mass, siphoning nutrients out of bones, or redirecting energy or nutrients from other processes in order to fuel the essential centers of the brain, heart and lungs. In response to the energy deprivaBY JACKIE HOLFELDER Correspondent Dr. Anna Vass Schad, LMHC. PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS
Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 53 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ tion, the brain releases hormones, which could have further negative effects on the body and its internal functions. For women, one of the most important functions of the endocrine system – which is affected by nutrition – is the regulation of the menstrual cycle. When this system is not functioning properly, it’s common for someone to lose their menstrual cycle completely. The body may also pick up on other signals, such as a low level of body fat, which tells it that it’s not a good time to conceive. A lack of critical vitamins and minerals, including iron, can cause anemia, which leads to fatigue, weakness and irregular heartbeat. People with anemia may also bruise easily, experience internal bruising or take longer to heal. Studies have found that up to 58 percent of people with eating disorders have gastrointestinal problems, compared to just 5 percent of healthy people. Common problems include: Bloating Gassiness Nausea Constipation Cramping Diarrhea Short-term effects of anorexia are unpleasant and uncomfortable, but long-term effects are dangerous and potentially deadly. The longer the struggle with anorexia, the more damage is inflicted on the body and the more difficult it will be to fully heal. Common long-term effects include damage to the heart, the muscle most impacted by anorexia. The heart’s electrical system may get out of whack, causing arrhythmia and creating a vulnerability to heart disease or heart failure. Heart damage can be significant and lead to sudden cardiac death. Since it may be struggling to beat as hard as it needs to, it’s common for someone with anorexia to experience low blood pressure. Even with a healthy diet and lifestyle, the body breaks down and rebuilds bones throughout its lifespan. During adolescence, the body makes more bone mass than it loses. But as people age, they naturally begin to lose bone mass, which frequently leads to osteopenia and osteoporosis. The malnutrition brought on by anorexia can greatly speed up this process. Starvation can cause muscle weakness, nerve-related pain, headaches, seizures, fainting, movement problems and, eventually, death. It is a grim picture, but victims of the disease are not helpless. Schad said the underlying causes can be affected by a person’s attitudes and actions, including seeking medical and therapeutic assistance. “Health at every size,” she said. “We must accept that. A large body can be your perfect body. “The stigma that is deeply ingrained in our culture that thinness means healthiness and beauty needs to change. Body acceptance should be the dream for society. We should all be working towards a life without eating disorders.” Anna Schad, LMHC, CEDS, received an MS in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2011. She practiced in Vero Beach until her recent move to Tampa. She will continue to treat her Vero clients and accept new clients here who are willing to meet virtually via Zoom. Her number is 772-789-0153.
54 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Last week, the World Health Organization issued a startling new report urging people to cut artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes from their diets. But that doesn’t mean you should switch back to using real sugar, the agency said. WHO has already issued guidelines urging people to limit the amount of sugar they eat. Now the agency wants people to cut back on all sweeteners, period – whether they’re natural or artificial. “Treat them as an element of the diet which we should discourage,” said Francesco Branca, the director of the department of nutrition for health and development at the WHO. “Sweeteners do not belong to a healthy diet. That’s what we want to say.” Reactions to the report have been mixed. Industry groups, including the Calorie Control Council and the International Sweeteners Association, said the safety of non-sugar sweeteners has been firmly established and that low- and no-calorie sweeteners have SHOULD YOU STOP USING SUGAR SUBSTITUTES? BY TEDDY AMENABAR AND KATIE CAMERO The Washington Post been proved to help with weight management and cutting back on calorie and sugar intake. Others applauded the finding, saying people already eat too many ultra-processed foods, which have been linked to health problems, and the advice should encourage consumers to reduce their intake of both sugar and artificial sweeteners. What sweeteners does the WHO advise against? The WHO is advising people to stop using all artificial or non-sugar sweeteners. The guidance applies to individual sweetener packets that people may add to food and drinks as well as ultra-processed foods that contain the sweeteners, which include: Acesulfame K, Aspartame, Advantame, Cyclamates, Neotame, Saccharin, Sucralose and Stevia. Monk fruit extract isn’t on the list of sweeteners from WHO. It’s a relatively new addition to packaged foods. So, there’s less research available on its long-term effects. That said, “it is likely” that monk fruit extract may act the same as other sweeteners, Branca said. Charles German, a preventive cardiologist at University of Chicago Medicine who studies how physical activity and a healthy diet can improve cardiovascular health, said the WHO’s new guideline is consistent with decades of research on artificial sweeteners. “I certainly agree with the guideline, and I would imagine most physicians do,” German said. Most data and science has found that processed foods generally don’t benefit your health and are more likely to hurt it, he said. What sweeteners are not included on the list? Sugar, honey, agave and sugar derivatives – including corn syrup or sugar alcohols – are not considered “non-sugar substitutes” so they were not specifi-
Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 55 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ cally named in the new WHO guidance. But that doesn’t mean people should switch to those products. In previous guidance, the agency already has recommended cutting back on all sugars. Sugar alcohols, also known as polyols, are commonly found in processed foods and come from plant products such as fruits and berries. The goal is to cut back on both sugar and non-sugar sweeteners, Branca said. “It forces people to think back to the very basics of ‘Okay, how can I have a healthier diet more broadly?’ Not just substituting one ingredient for another,” said Allison Sylvetsky, an associate professor of exercise and nutrition sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. What does science show about artificial sweeteners and weight loss? The WHO advised against using the sweeteners for weight loss. Branca said there are some rigorous clinical trials that show some short-term benefits to using artificial sweeteners for weight loss. But, when similar studies monitored participants for six to 18 months, there wasn’t the same effect on body weight. “It may be in the short-term you do achieve that result, and some studies show that,” Branca said. “We don’t really have evidence to prove that weight is controlled longer term using the sweetener.” Barry M. Popkin, a professor in the department of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, said that artificial sweeteners can help someone with weight loss if they’re eating a healthy diet. But the key is the sugar substitute has to fit alongside a diet of fruits, vegetables and less-processed foods. People often concluded that foods or beverages with zero calories must “positively impact” weight loss. But that isn’t always the case, said Katherine Zeratsky, a registered dietitian nutritionist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. “Low-calorie or zero-calorie sweeteners might be an aid in weight management, but they are by no means that silver bullet in weight management tools,” Zeratsky said. “It comes back to still being thoughtful about your food choices.” What are the long-term health concerns about using non-sugar sweeteners? Branca said the WHO’s review of the available research found groups who regularly consume non-sugar sweeteners had an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. “We’re not saying that we have collected evidence for producing harm,” Branca said. “But, definitely, the evidence we’ve analyzed indicates it doesn’t produce a health benefit.” Is it better to add sugar to my morning coffee instead of artificial sweetener? “No, absolutely not,” said Thomas Sherman, professor of pharmacology and physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. “I think people should use fewer sweeteners in general, but please do not react to this WHO announcement by switching to sugar.” Instead of using two spoonfuls of sugar or two packets of artificial sweetener, cut back to one and then, maybe, none over time, experts say. The goal is to eventually get used to a diet without as much added sugar or artificial sweeteners. Zeratsky said she often recommends people cut back on sugars or sweeteners for a couple of weeks to “reset your taste buds” and try to appreciate the natural sweetness of a strawberry or carrot. “Everybody would be healthier eating less sugar,” said Marion Nestle, an emeritus professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at NYU. Younger, healthier people can still have sugar in their morning coffee if they enjoy it, but moderation is key, said Qi Sun an associate professor in the departments of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But advice for people with certain metabolic conditions, Type 2 diabetes or elevated risks of heart disease are more steadfast. It’s best to avoid adding any type of sugar to your beverages if possible, experts say, as it can increase the likelihood that your condition worsens over time. Sherman said he doesn’t recommend consuming nonnutritive sweeteners, but they can play a role for people trying to cut back on calories. “I don’t consume them myself. I don’t give them to my children. But I don’t fear them. There is a role in using diet versions of drinks to try to eliminate or lessen sugar consumption.” Artificial sweeteners are commonly found in ultra-processed foods and a growing body of research shows that cutting back on these foods can have “a huge impact on our health,” Popkin said. In a controlled clinical trial carried out by the National Institutes of Health, scientists fed a group of people a diet of ultra-processed foods for two weeks and then an equivalent diet from scratch. And, on the diet of ultra-processed foods, the participants quickly gained weight and body fat. As a public health message against all ultra-processed foods, Popkin agrees with the WHO’s guidance against consuming artificial sweeteners.
56 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Exercise is, without question, good for our hearts. But can we potentially get too much of a good thing? A growing body of science, including a new report of the health of almost 1,000 longtime runners, cyclists, swimmers and triathletes, finds that years of heavy endurance training and competition may contribute to an increased chance of developing atrial fibrillation, especially in men. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib as it’s commonly called, is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots and a higher risk of stroke. This new science does not mean that any of us should panic and dial back our training, particularly if our exercise routines are relatively moderate. But it does hint that nobody is immune from cardiac concerns, no matter how fit we may feel. Exercise changes hearts, usually for the better A wealth of research shows that physically active people are substantially less likely to develop or die from heart problems than people who rarely exercise. Exercise demands a lot of our hearts. As soon as we start running or otherwise exerting ourselves, our hearts double or triple the rate at which they pump blood to our laboring muscles. Over time, this exertion strengthens our hearts, just as it does other muscles, remodeling the organ, including its atriums, which are the upper chambers of the heart. The atriums deliver blood to the lower chambers, the ventricles, which pump it onward. BY GRETCHEN REYNOLDS The Washington Post When too much exercise is bad for your heart ...
Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 57 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ In general, these changes are desirable and welcome. But for reasons that remain mysterious, years of repeated, strenuous workouts and races may exact a toll on the heart, according to some emerging research. In a much-discussed 2019 study, for instance, scientists in Sweden gathered medical records for 208,654 Swedish finishers of the Vasaloppet, a draining series of cross-country ski races, with distances of up to 90 kilometers, and compared them to those of 527,448 Swedish men and women who didn’t enter the race. Swedes tend to be active but the hearts of some of those who completed a Vasaloppet showed strain, the researchers found. Overall, the skiers showed no greater risk of AFib than the other Swedes. But those male skiers who had entered the most races or finished with the fastest times, suggesting they’d trained the hardest, were more likely than anyone else, skiers or not, to develop AFib in the following years. (Female skiers had the lowest rates of AFib of any group in the study.) The most risk comes with the most exercise In essence, the study found that “highly trained athletes have a higher risk of atrial fibrillation” than people who exert themselves less, although the overall risk remains low, said Kasper Andersen, a physician and epidemiologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, who oversaw the skier study. That idea was reinforced in the latest study of athletes and atrial fibrillation, published in April in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, which in 2021 solicited medical and training data from 942 male and female longtime endurance athletes. All had, at one point, competed at a local or national level and most still raced. About 20 percent of these athletes, almost all of them middle-aged men, said they’d been diagnosed with AFib. Three percent of them had had a stroke. As with the skiers, those athletes who’d trained the most, in terms of years competing and hours of working out per week, were at highest risk for AFib, particularly if they were men and, more surprising, swimmers (including triathletes). “There was a higher rate of AFib” in the keenest athletes, “when compared to the general population,” said Susil Pallikadavath, a clinical fellow in cardiology at the University of Leicester in England, who led the study. But it wasn’t a random sample, and the incidence likely skewed high, he added, since athletes with AFib probably responded in disproportionate numbers. He’s also unsure why swimming heightened risks in his study, although the sport’s prone positioning may contribute. Pay attention to your heart What does this research mean for those of us who often exercise or compete? First, don’t overreact, said Meagan Wasfy, a sports cardiologist at Mass General Brigham hospital in Boston, who has studied and treated AFib in athletes. Moderate exercise, meaning walking or jogging for a few hours a week, protects us against heart conditions of all kinds, including AFib but also coronary artery disease, meaning plaques in the arteries, the deadliest cardiovascular disease. “By all means, keep exercising,” she said. But don’t, on the other hand, underreact and ignore new symptoms, just because you exercise. The risk of developing AFib can increase “three to fivefold over a lifetime” if you spend many, many hours every week training, she said. So, pay attention to sudden heart palpitations or shortness of breath, she said, especially during exercise. Ditto for unexplained declines in your performance. If you wear a smartwatch with a heart rate monitor, note any spikes in your heart rate. These precautions apply to women, as well as men, Pallikadavath said. To date, longtime female athletes have shown little extra risk of AFib, but there have been few of them to study. “We really need to explore the risk in female athletes,” he said. Still, he wants athletes to be reassured. “The benefits of exercise far, far outweigh the risks,” he said. “This message cannot be stated enough.” New research of nearly 1,000 longtime endurance athletes found that heavy training may contribute to an increased chance of developing atrial fibrillation.
58 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ One-third of U.S. adults say they don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many are desperate to try anything – prescription sleeping pills, over-thecounter sleep aids, herbal supplements, teas, tonics and meditation apps – in their quest for better rest. But there’s a solution that’s often overlooked, and it may be sitting right there in your kitchen: the right foods. Just as diet can have an effect on the systems in the brain and body that control blood pressure, blood cholesterol, weight and other aspects of health, it can affect the processes that regulate sleep. “We’re finding more evidence that improving your diet can lead to better sleep,” says Marie-Pierre StOnge, director of the Center of Excellence for Sleep and Circadian Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. “All of the research is pointing toward similar findings: The foods and dietary patterns that are associated with better sleep tend to be lower in glycemic index [meaning they have less effect on blood sugar levels], low in saturated fat, low in added sugars and high in fiber.” The reverse is equally true. Foods with the opposite attributes can get in the way of a good night’s sleep. Good diet strategies When you build your diet around foods that fit those criteria, you end up with something that looks like the Mediterranean diet – a way of eating that emphasizes plant-based foods, including lots of fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and healthy sources of fat (such as olive oil, nuts and avocados), while limiting red meat, sweets and refined carbohydrates (such as foods made with white flour). Studies examining the relationship between this pattern of eating and better sleep have shown promising results. For example, a 2020 study published in the journal Nutrients followed more than 400 U.S. women for a year to see whether compliance with the Mediterranean diet affected their sleep quality. Those with the greatest adherence to this way of eating had 30 percent lower sleep disturbance scores (meaning they got more solid rest) than those with the lowest adherence. Certain categories of foods – fruits, vegetables and legumes – stood out for their positive effects on various measures of sleep quality. “Legume consumption was associated with better sleep overall,” says Brooke Aggarwal, an assistant professor of medical sciences at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, and one of the study authors. “And the effects were dose-dependent – the more servings of legumes they ate, the more significant improvement they had in sleep efficiency.” (Sleep efficiency is the ratio of how many hours you sleep to how many hours you spend in bed.) But it’s not that the Mediterranean diet necessarily has magic abilities to enhance sleep. “It’s the healthy components of that way of eating – more fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and healthy fats,” St-Onge says. “You can focus on eating those foods in any predominantly plant-based diet.” The advantages of better eating There are several possible explanations for how a healthy plant-based diet enhances sleep. “All of the foods plentiful in the Mediterranean diet are rich sources of fiber, which has beneficial effects on the gut microbiome,” Aggarwal says. A healthier gut and better sleep are connected by various mechanisms. “The gut and brain communicate via the gutbrain axis,” she says. “Specific to sleep, the gut microbiome is thought to send signals that help to regulate circadian rhythms.” Circadian rhythms, part of the body’s internal clock, are controlled by daylight and darkness and affect many body processes, including hormonal activity and the sleep-wake cycle. Additionally, the gut is involved in the synthesis of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that promotes better mood and is an important component for regulating sleep. Higher fruit and vegetable consumption as part of a plant-based diet also means greater intake of beneficial antioxidant compounds called polyphenols. Emerging research points to an association between these compounds and improvements in sleep. “Polyphenols have effects on the autonomic nervous system and can increase heart rate variability [the fluctuation in time between heartbeats],” St-Onge says. Higher heart rate variability is a sign you’re in a relaxed state and is associated with better sleep quality, she says. Some polyphenols also act on receptors in the brain that promote sleep. Plant foods can enhance the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Legumes, soy, leafy greens and seeds are all rich sources of tryptophan, an amino acid (a building block of protein) that the body uses to make melatonin. Turkey and dairy are often cited as the best sources of tryptophan. But the tryptophan in those high-protein foods isn’t actually synthesized as efficiently in the brain as the tryptophan from plant foods. That may be in part because you also need B vitamins and carbohydrates to process tryptophan – both of which you get when you eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains. Eating habits that can wreck your sleep In addition to leaving you feeling tired, not getting enough sleep affects various processes in your brain and body that can lead to unhealthy food choices. Sleeping too few hours may increase hormones that stimulate appetite as well as suppress those that signal satiety. At the same time, short sleep duration appears to activate the reward centers in the brain – increasing cravings for high-sugar, high-fat snack foods. “If you have good sleep, you tend to make better choices in all aspects of your life – eating healthier foods, taking the stairs instead of the elevator,” StOnge says. “And when you don’t have good sleep, you tend to go for the easier, less healthy choices – more processed foods, more snacks, more sugar, less exercise. And this vicious cycle perpetuates itself.” A habitually unhealthy eating pattern (that may be exacerbated by not sleeping well) can in turn lead to more sleepless nights. Along with obvious sleep-wreckers like alcohol and caffeine, foods that are high in fat, sugar and saturated fat have been shown to hurt sleep quality. For example, a small study led by St-Onge, published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine in 2016, found that when participants ate more sugar, refined carbs and saturated fat, it took them longer to fall asleep and they spent less time in the deep, restorative short wave sleep phase. Can specific foods help? Over the years, there have been various studies of how eating individual foods could ease you into slumber. These studies were typically small in scale (and often funded by the food industry), but they usually resulted in lots of splashy headlines touting the miraculous effect of certain foods – such as tart cherries or kiwis. But experts caution against looking at a single food as nature’s sleeping pill. “I like to advocate for better overall dietary patterns for better health and better sleep,” St-Onge says. “Including those foods can’t hurt, but you can’t negate the effect of a day’s worth of a bad diet with a single kiwi before bed.” BY SALLY WADYKA The Washington Post via Consumer Reports Here’s why better eating can help you get better sleep
Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 59 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Answering seniors’ questions on color blindness and other issues Q. Do women get color blindness? A. Yes, but much less often than men. Color blindness affects about 10 percent of men, but only 1 percent of women. Color blindness is the common term used to describe color vision deficiency. The term is misleading, because total color blindness that turns the world into shades of gray is rare. The most common type of color blindness makes it difficult for people to discriminate between red and green. The next most common form of the deficiency affects the perception of blues and yellows. Those with blueyellow blindness almost always have red-green blindness, too. Most people with color blindness inherited it. There is no treatment to correct inherited color blindness. However, there are specially tinted eyeglasses that can help people with deficiencies to discriminate between colors. Q. How can you tell if you have a gambling problem? A. Gamblers Anonymous offers the following 20 questions to help people decide if they have a compulsion to gamble and want to stop. Most compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions. 1. Did you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling? 2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy? 3. Did gambling affect your reputation? 4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? 5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties? 6. Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? 7. After losing did you feel that you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses? 8. After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more? 9. Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone? 10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling? 11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling? 12. Were you reluctant to use “gambling money” for normal expenditures? 13. Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family? 14. Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned? 15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble? 16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling? 17. Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? 18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble? 19. Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling? 20. Have you ever considered self-destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling? Q. I’m taking a variety of medications and was wondering if any of them can contribute to bruising. A. Blood-thinning medications can contribute to bruising. So you might bruise more easily if you take Plavix or Coumadin. Aspirin will have a similar effect. The thinners allow more blood to pool under your skin. So, if you’re taking one of this drugs, what seems like a harmless bump against a coffee table could lead to a nasty bruise. Some dietary supplements can thin your blood, too. Be careful if you are consuming more than normal amounts of fish oil, ginkgo, ginger and garlic. A tendency to bruise easily is common when you age. It’s especially common among women. A bruise – also known as a contusion – occurs when the tiny blood vessels under your skin break after being struck. When you bruise, the blood leaks under the skin and leaves a black-and-blue mark. The harder the impact, the bigger the bruise. As the blood is reabsorbed by your body, the bruise goes away. BY FRED CICETTI Columnist
60 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style From Valentino to Alexander McQueen, the story behind each of the astounding looks in the singer’s Renaissance world tour. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Beyoncé is on tour. It’s been seven years since the last one, and given the level of work and effort that’s gone into the styling of Renaissance alone, you can see why. This being Beyoncé, it’s not just a tour, but a fashion tour de force – grander than any catwalk show. In fact, it could well set more trends than the catwalk, too. This is a woman who has sold 200 million records as a solo artist, not to mention the 60 million she sold as part of Destiny’s Child, so it’s safe to say that anything she wears will have an impact. We’re seeing it already. Google data collected after the first night of the tour showed that searches for “metallic cowboy boots” were up by 488 percent in comparison with the day prior, and “silver bodysuit” up by 426 percent, according to fashion retailer Nasty Gal. It’s not like we’re all going to turn up at weddings this summer in silver bodysuits, but a cultural moment like this will have a trickle-down effect on our wardrobes. It might be the reason you buy a silver pair of sandals rather than a brown pair, or silver jewelry in lieu of your usual gold. But that’s further down the line. As far as Beyoncé is concerned, her Renaissance tour-drobe is pure theater. It’s designed to captivate, engage and be memorable. So let’s break it down: a 36-song set over the course of three hours, for which Beyoncé wears at least nine costumes – each a bespoke creation inspired by the catwalk, but amped up in order to hold its own in a vast arena. A checklist of star designers: Valentino, Courrèges, Mugler, Balmain (no surprise as the singer has co-designed a couture collection for the house). Plenty of Tiffany & Co jewelry completes her looks, including a custom earpiece created by the jeweler with 64 Audio. That was an obvious pairing too, as Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z have fronted an ad campaign for the brand. (There’s also some interest surrounding her hair, which is Rapunzel-like at the moment – and now we know why; last Wednesday she teased a Beyoncé haircare line on her Instagram feed). Bringing it all together was not just one top stylist, but an army of A-list super-stylists, each overseeing a different look – among them Shiona Turini, KJ Moody and British Vogue contributing fashion director Julia Sarr-Jamois. The Alexander McQueen bodysuit The show opens with an Alexander McQueen custom bodysuit and ankle boots (the outfit’s first appearance coming less than a week after the house dressed Princess Kate and BY TAMARA ABRAHAM The Telegraph Beyoncé: ‘This isn’t just a tour – it’s a fashion tour de force’ MEMORIAL WEEKEND SALE THURSDAY - SUNDAY MAY 25 - 28, 2023 40% OFF STORE WIDE 3349 Ocean Drive • Vero Beach • 772.234.6111 Store Hours: Thur. & Fri. 10-5 • Sat. 10-4 • Sunday 12-4
Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 61 Style Princess Charlotte – as well as a number of guests – for the Coronation of King Charles, and Elle Fanning for Cannes, too. To say that the label’s creative director, Sarah Burton, has been busy would be an understatement. The look features silver bugle bead and crystal anatomical embroidery stitched by hand onto a black tulle base and is inspired by a piece from the autumn/winter 2023 collection. Burton was inspired by several different takes on anatomy when creating the collection: “Human anatomy, the anatomy of clothing, the anatomy of flowers,” she revealed in the show notes. “The most prominent motif in the collection is the orchid. It thrives in the air, resists being rooted and grows in the wild. Extraordinarily beautiful and infinitely adaptable, the orchid mimics both predator and prey. In the language of flowers, the orchid is a symbol of love.” Beyoncé has worn McQueen for important occasions for years, including her cover of British Vogue in 2020 and the Hollywood premiere of “The Lion King” in 2019. That she chose it as the opening look for Renaissance cements its status as one of her favorite labels. The Mugler bee (for the Bey-hive) An homage to Beyoncé’s ‘Bey-hive’ of fans, this look took inspiration from a 1997 Mugler couture collection, Les Insectes. The house spent a cumulative 820 hours creating the pieces, but until Beyoncé and her dancers stepped onto the stage in them, the team didn’t know if it had made the cut. “I had already started to sketch before the call came in, as working on this tour was a top priority for us,” says Casey Cadwallader, who has been creative director of the house since 2017. “I flew to Stockholm for the opening night with my fingers crossed. When she appeared on stage in the bee, I was floored – it was the best feeling.” The Valentino gown This is one piece that did not start out on the catwalk; instead it was designed especially for Beyoncé and the Renaissance tour by the label’s creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli, at the request of stylist Shiona Turini. The making of it required 20 meters of ivory silk cady, 390,000 crystal rhinestones (of which at least 1,000 were applied by hand), and took a total of 30 hours to make. It’s representative of craft and painstaking detail that goes into a haute couture creation. It was completed by matching silver opera gloves, custom mirrored shoes by Malone Souliers and a hefty amount of Tiffany & Co jewelry. The Courrèges body suit Like Cadwallader, Courrèges creative director Nicolas Di Felice had no idea if his designs would end up on stage. “You never know when you work CONTINUED ON PAGE 62
62 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style on such a huge project,” he told the Business of Fashion (BoF). “We worked on three variations of the design. There were three lengths and different colors.” The look is true to the Courrèges signatures of 1960s futurism, and features the mirrored medallion that was a key feature of Di Felice’s autumn/winter collection. Completing the look were Gedebe thigh-high boots and Tiffany jewelry. The Loewe handsy bodysuit The tour featured two Loewe designs, one of which was a dazzling gold bodysuit with black arms wrapping the singer’s body. It’s a bespoke piece based on a velvet dress from the Loewe autumn/ winter 2022 collection, designed by Jonathan Anderson. The second look comprised an embellished bodysuit and cargo trousers in technical satin, with all-over appliqué silver Swarovski crystals, and a 3Dprinted bra in a silver chrome finish. The David Koma holographic jacket This wasn’t David Koma’s first time at the rodeo; he has been designing for Beyoncé for more than a decade, and dressed her for her performance opening last year’s Academy Awards. “Beyoncé was the first celebrity to support my brand, wearing a dress from my graduate collection to MTV EMAs back in 2009,” the Londonbased designer says. “The brief ended up being a natural fit for one of my recent collections, so we developed a custom look based on the ‘Underwater World’ story behind the spring/summer 2023 collection. That’s why you see the mother of pearl bodysuit and skirt paired with an incredible iridescent coat and boots.” Koma still gets a ‘pinch me’ thrill, every time he sees the star in his designs: “No matter how many times we get to collaborate, every time I see Beyoncé in David Koma I am just as grateful,” he said. The Balmain pearl cage It’s no surprise that Balmain featured in the tour-drobe lineup, creative director Olivier Rousteing is a friend of Beyoncé’s, and recently collaborated with her on a couture collection – 16 pieces, each inspired by a track on the Renaissance album. There are multiple Balmain pieces that she will wear for this tour, and thus far we’ve seen three: a custom caged pearl bodysuit, a mirrored and embellished mini dress, and a crystal and pearl embellished bodysuit. Rousteing says Beyoncé’s music got his creative juices flowing after the pandemic. “Her spirit, tunes, commitments and messages pushed me to expand my fashion vision, triggering a tidal wave of new ideas, non-stop sketching and a hunger to experiment with new techniques,” he said. The stained glass Anrealage dress Most people outside the fashion industry will be unfamiliar with Japanese label Anrealage – and probably a number within it, too. But its Paris Fashion Week theatrics – in which white garments made from “experimental, photochromic materials” became washed with color under UV light – evidently struck a chord with Turini, who commissioned a dress for the Renaissance tour. The triangular panels are designed to resemble stained glass, but also borrow from Anrealage’s intricately patchworked garments. The styling, with white round sunglasses, lends the look a 1960s feel. The Coperni finale This Paris-based label was a perfect choice for Beyoncé’s finale look; its cofounders Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant are masters in the art of the Fashion Moment – footage from the brand’s catwalk show last October went viral after the designers sprayed a dress onto supermodel Bella Hadid using a specially-formulated liquid fabric. This look was inspired by a look from the autumn/winter 2023 collection, reimagined as a silver corseted bodysuit and a cape embroidered with laser-cut silver feathers that took more than 100 hours to hand-stitch in place. Vaillant said that they also had to take into account Beyoncé’s needs as a performer. “She’s dancing and performing so she has to wear specific underwear, tights, bras,” he told BoF. “You have to have precise zippers so that it’s easy to take it down and take it off.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 61
Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 63 Style Fifteen years ago, Professor Peter Thompson, a psychologist and expert in visual perception at the University of York, tested the old adage about vertical stripes being more flattering than horizontal ones and, shock horror, found the opposite to be true. “Horizontal stripes don’t make you look fatter,” he declared. In a year when stripes are more on the money than ever and stripy knit dresses abound (RIP, florals … well, at least for a few seasons), this is important stuff. It’s also complicated. Why did it take a psychologist to figure this out, you may ask. Because so many sartorial ‘truths’ are to do with what our preconceptions are telling us rather than what our eyes actually see. That’s why myths persist – there are plenty of people who still think horizontal is less flattering than vertical. There are plenty more who think a house looks bigger the emptier it is. If you’re trying to sell yours, know this: It doesn’t. When it comes to wearing stripes, effects vary depending on the width and placement. The vertical stripy dress I’m wearing, for instance, is cleverly designed so that the darker brown and black stripes land on the hips and thighs. Working against that is the fact that it’s essentially an elongated sleeveless vest, with clingy tendencies. Also the stripes bend outwards where my body does, so ultimately they’re accentuating my thighs. Going up a size will alleviate some of the problems, so would a blazer, but if you’re someone who doesn’t like to draw attention to your curves, you’re going to feel self-conscious in this one. That doesn’t make it a bad dress but the chevron-stripe design alongside it from the new Jigsaw x Collagerie collaboration is the best of all worlds – to all intents horizontal, but coming to a V in the middle, which slims waists. It has a dark background – also slimming, because if there’s one ‘fact’ that has proven to be true, repeatedly, it’s that dark colors make objects appear smaller. And multiple colors make it easy to match with a cropped jacket. There are plenty of other ways to wear stripes. Plain floppy trousers with a stripy tank or a tee underneath a dark, boxy, collarless jacket is an easy look to pull off. The jacket creates a neat, slimming frame while the stripes make it youthfully chic. Mixing verticals and horizontals is another route. They’ll scramble the brain and it won’t care whether you look slimmer/curvier or shorter. It will just enjoy the ride. BY LISA ARMSTRONG The Telegraph Stripes are more on the money than ever this season
WINE COLUMN Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Winegrowers are adapting to climate change in many ways. Some consider abandoning traditional grape varieties long associated with their regions for vines that may be better suited to earlier and more variable growing seasons. Others look up – to more northerly latitudes or higher altitudes – in search of new vineyards. Pio Boffa, a celebrated producer of barolo and barbaresco at Pio Cesare winery in Italy’s Piedmonte, not only saw average temperatures rising but also a decline in the autumn rains and winter snows that nourished his vineyard soils with water. So in late 2018 he purchased land higher in the mountains of the Alta Langa with the idea of planting nebbiolo in an area where most vineyards grew chardonnay and pinot noir for sparkling wines. Pio Boffa died in early 2021, and his daughter, Federica Boffa, planted the first parcel of nebbiolo vines at the new site later that spring. The idea, she told me in an email, was “to see if Barolo and Barbaresco might survive and thrive in high altitude vineyards that remain very close to the famous appellations.” She will harvest the first grapes this year, and plans to vinify them using the same techniques her family has used for five generations. If the results are good, she will plant more vines next spring. Boffa will label the new wine as Langhe Nebbiolo, because Italian regulations limit the boundaries for the pricier barolo and barbaresco wines. “For the moment,” she adds. “Who knows for the future?” José Silva also looked up – way up to outer space. No, he’s not planting vines on Mars. Silva, owner of Quinta do Escudial winery in Portugal’s Dão region, hooked up with Terroir from Space, a start-up based in Italy using satellite data and artificial intelligence to help winegrowers identify promising sites for new vineyards. Terroir from Space is the brainchild of Alessandro Saetta, Paul Kimon Weissenberg and Manuel Poêjo Torres, friends with a shared love of wine and science. (Saetta studied aerospace engineering at the Politecnico di Milano.) With support from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus program, they developed an algorithm that compares current and historical satellite images, meteorological records and hydrometry to project trends into the future. Confident that their model could help winegrowers map a new vineyard landscape in a dynamic, changing climate, Saetta and his colleagues joined Porto Protocol, an international group of wineries sharing information and advocating for actions to counter climate change. “There’s an amazing amount of information in satellite data,” Weissenberg explained in a video call. “We can determine soil composition up to half a meter deep, the amount of sunlight that shines on a site, and severe weather events to help us project short- to medium-term trends.” Silva wanted to plant new vineyards at higher altitudes where vines would face less disease pressure and enjoy a longer growing season. He had a site in mind, but Terroir from Space prompted him to keep looking. “Our model projected there would be less rain but more severe storms in the area, so the site he was looking at was too steep a slope and vulnerable to erosion,” Saetta said. The model also made a “surprising” recommendation that Silva seek a northerly facing site, rather than one oriented south or southwest, as is typical in the Dão. “Looking for higher-altitude areas, and preferably facing north, were just two of the conclusions we got from Terroir from Space,” Silva told me in an email. In a business that takes years to yield results, Silva said the information generated by Terroir from Space could help growers avoid costly mistakes when considering new vineyard sites. Gustavo Ascione, one of four partners in Falernia winery north of Naples, said he believes Terroir from Space can help wineries innovate with new blends by helping match grape varieties to particular vineyard sites. Falernia is looking to soften its 4A Falerno del Massico red, a blend of ancient aglianico and piedirosso varieties, with small amounts of cabernet sauvignon or merlot. Finding favorable sites will be crucial, especially since the winery farms organically and cannot rely on chemicals to fight disease, he said. “Being able to predict the best conditions will be essential for us to imagine new investments in new vineyard sites,” he explained. As climate change challenges us to rethink our preconceptions of where wine can be grown and what it should taste like, part of that new perspective may come from outer space. BY DAVE McINTYRE The Washington Post How satellites help wineries pick climate-friendly sites Big Age Statements, Big Age Statements,Bold Experiments Bold Experiments June 22nd, 2023 from 6:00-9:00pm $125 per person *Exclusive of Gratuity & Tax Father's Day Father's Day Gift Gift Bottle Bottle engraving engraving
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PETS Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 69 Lily Divine is one of the liddlest, silkiest, delicuttiest poocheroos I’ve ever met: a 5.4-pound Yorkshire Terrier with looong, flowing hair! I mostly couldn’t even see her feet. She kinda looked like she was floating. We decided to meet at her Dad an Mom’s office, which is an animal hoss-piddle. Lily doesn’t actually work there, but she’s there often on an unofficial basis an she’s very gruh-GARRYus. I quickly realized that, although she’s small, her doganality and sense of humor are BIG! A frenly lady carried Lily out to greet me an my assistant, an showed us back to a nice liddle room with chairs. “Welcome, Bonzo,” said the wee pooch from the lady’s arms. “I’m Lily, of course. This is my Mom, Sandy. My Dad, Randy’s somewhere around here, workin’. I’m glad we can finally meet In The Fur. I love your column, an I’m SO excited to ackshully get to be IN it. I got all groomed speshully for it. How do I look?” She was totally ready for her close up an I told her so, an also mentioned that I liked the way she styled her ears. I had noticed that, while most Yorkies of my acquaintance had ears that stuck up, Lily’s flopped over in the middle, enhancing her you-neek cute-ness. She laffed at that an told her first funny tail. “See, my ears use to be stickuppy like usual. But one time, when me an my goofy liddle brother Joie were jus 12 weeks old we’d ruffhouse play. He was jus 3.3 pounds but he was strong. One time, Joie grabbed me by my left ear an dragged me all over the place an it started droopin’. So I had one up, an one down. A liddle while later, he did the same thing with my right ear. So they were both droopin’ and I decided, well, POO, I’ll just keep ’em like this.” “Tell me how you got your Furever Famly in the first place,” I urged. “Well, Mom an Dad had Yorkies Hannah an Gretta they love,love,loved like all True Dog-Lovin’ Humans do. Then in 2012 Hannah an Gretta hadda go to Dog Heaven within 6 months of each other an Mom an Dad were So Sad they didn’t wanna think about another pooch for A Long Time. “Finally they started looking for two Yorkie grrrls and found two On The Line in Coral Springs: me an my sister Abbie. We were just old enuf to not need mommy milk anymore. So Mom an Dad drove to the breeder to meet us an, of course, we were all groomed an adorable. They agreed to get us both. “Dad went to get the car an Mom was lookin’ at comfy carriers, when she heard a liddle woof. It was our brother, Joie. The breeder lady gently handed him to Mom, and Mom blurted, ‘WE’LL TAKE HIM, TOO.’ So she popped all three of us into the carrier. “With the carrier safely placed in the car, Mom an Dad drove off for home. After a while, Dad said, ‘Let’s take a look at the puppies.’ Mom opened the carrier an out popped Abbie’s liddle puppy head. “‘She looks good,’ Dad said. “Then out popped the second liddle head -- me. “’She looks good,’ Dad said. “Then out popped the third liddle head.” “’Wait. Wha’at? Didn’t we get TWO dogs? Who’s this liddle guy?’ Dad was a liddle confused. Mom explained that we were a set. Dad was like, ‘Cool.’ “Right away, me, Abbie an Joey blended right in with a pooch Mom an Dad already had, Chalupa Rose, a blonde Chihuahua who usta buhlong to Gramma Donna up in Minna-SODA. “Joie hadda go to Dog Heaven so now its just us grrrls. I’m the Alpha so I’m, you know, in charge. Mom calls me a diva, but I think of myself as Queen.” “Seems completely appropriate,” I hastily agreed. “Any fave toys? Pooch pals? How do you stay fit?” “We have a huge toy chest. Mom an Dad remove all squeakers. (I think it’s a human thing.) I speshully enjoy my stuffy bone. Some of my Pooch Pals are Millie, Tillie, Babe an Precious, Yorkies I hang out with when they come in with Miss Sally for their check-ups; and Lucy, a Chihuahua who visits with my human sister Terrie. “My exercise is mostly in the form of Spinning. I can spin till the cows come home. Any time I’m happy an excited, like when Mom an Dad come home from bein’ gone, I spin. “Dad’s an Early Bird. We all stand in the kitchen and spin till he gets our breakfast. “One time, Dad got this liddle air mattress for us, so we wouldn’t be uncomftubble on the tile floor. It was all inflated and Dad added a coupla blankets to make it cozy. We were all four curled up on it and Dad came in an plopped down on it. Soon as he landed on it, Boom, all four of us shot into the air, ears flyin’.” I was laughin’ as I pictured the four liddle Yorkies shootin’ into the air. “We love ridin’ in the car on Jungle Trail with the sun roof open,” Lily continued. “We greet the bikers, an they wave. We get leash walks, of course. “Ooooh, an Guess What, Mr. Bonzo? Mom an Dad decided all our birthdays are July 11. We always have a party! Mom an Dad sing Happy Birthday, then we each get our Very Own Liddle Cupcake!” “That is Totally Cool Kibbles!” I exclaimed. “We all hafta to take different kinds of pills every day so Mom hides ’em in liddle balls of braunschweiger. She thinks she’s bein’ sneaky and that we don’t know our pills are in there but we Totally Know. We just don’t care cuz braunschweiger covers up every other taste there is, and we all love braunschweiger.” Heading home, I was grinning earto-ear thinking about Queen Lily, her long, silky coat and her huh-LARRY-us stories. An my lovely (Not Braunschweiger) evening dish of yoghurt. Till next time, Hi Dog Buddies! Meet Queen Lily the Yorkie … long may she reign! The Bonz Don’t Be Shy We are always looking for pets with interesting stories. To set up an interview, email [email protected]. Lily. PHOTO BY ALEX KOWALSKI
Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ CALENDAR ONGOING Check with organizations directly for updates/ cancelations. Vero Beach Museum of Art: Treasure Coast Creates: A Tribute to Local Artists, thru Sept. 3. VBMuseum.org or 772-231-0707 Riverside Theatre: Friday and Saturday Comedy Zone 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. in Waxlax Theatre, and free Live in the Loop outdoor concerts, 5 to 9 p.m. 772-231-6990 or RiversideTheatre.com McKee Botanical Garden: Pirate & Fairy Celebrations, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays in May; ‘Playing with Gravity’ stone balancing exhibition by Adam Conard thru July 30. McKeeGarden.org First Friday Gallery Strolls, 5 to 8 p.m. in Downtown Vero Beach Arts District. MAY 28 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents the Best of John Williams, with images on the big screen, followed by selected youth musicians from around Florida playing alongside their SCSO counterparts, 3 p.m. at Vero Beach High School PAC. SpaceCoastSymphony.org 29 Memorial Day Ceremony hosted by the Veterans Council of Indian River County, 9 a.m. on Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary. Limited seating; BYO chair. 30 to June 18 - Riverside Theatre presents the country western musical, Honkey Tonk Angels on the Stark Stage. 772-231-6990 or RiversideTheatre.com JUNE 3 Vet Fest, a family day hosted by United Cajun Navy and Next Gen Vets of IRC at IRC Fairgrounds, featuring the Eli Young Band, Mark Chesnutt, and Thomas Cain, food trucks and inflatables, and celebrities from NBA, NFL, & NASCAR. Gates open 9 a.m., music starts 1 p.m. $20, $15 veterans, $5 ages 10 and under; $100 VIP. ngvirc.org 3 IRC 4-H Foundation Casino Night Fundraiser, 6 p.m. at the Polish American Social Club, with $150 in fun money to spend on blackjack, craps, roulette and poker to benefit IRC 4-H youth. $75 - $85. Eventbrite.com 3 Vero Beach Theatre Guild “A Whole New World” Genie Award Presentations, 6:30 p.m. at VBTG. Free, but RSVP required. Donations appreciated. 772-562-8300 4 to July 30 - Summer Sundays Reggae Series on the outdoor stage at Capt. Hiram’s Resort. Visit hirams.com for a full lineup. 7-11 Vero Beach Film Festival, featuring independent films from around the world and special events: Wed. Sur la Mer wine dinner; Thurs. Awards Ceremony and Black & White Gala; Fri. Grand Wine Tasting and Vero Visions; Sat. Vero Visions Dance and Hidden Cellar; Sun. Closing Ceremony and Filmmaker & Audience Mixer. VBFilmFest.org 17 Mary Snyder Golf Tournament hosted by Vietnam Veterans of IRC to support local veterans, 8 a.m. shotgun scramble at Sandridge Golf Course. $75 includes lunch. 772-538- 2484 or vvirc.org Sudoku Page 40 Sudoku Page 41 Crossword Page 40 Solutions from Games Pages in May 18, 2023 Edition Crossword Page 41 (Columbus Discovers...) VERO BEACH 32963 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Althea Powell, Board Certified Pedorthist State Licensed • Custom Molded Orthotics • Custom Molded Shoes • Diabetic Shoes • Elevation 2686 U.S. HWY 1 • VERO BEACH, FL www.powellshoes.com • 772.562.9045 POWELL SHOES PEDORTHIC FACILITY Time to Clean Your Carpets/Furniture? Maxfield Carpet Cleaning • 772-538-0213 5300 N. A1A, Vero Beach • SINCE 1979 Three Reasons to Call Mitch Maxfield: QUALITY: My “2-step system” removes even tough ground-in dirt. All work guaranteed. SERVICE: I, personally, will clean your carpets and furniture. PRICE: Two (2) Rooms (any size)...$77, 6’ Sofa or 2 Chairs...$66 Oils • Edibles • Coffee • Pain Topicals • Skincare Beverages & Non Alcoholic Spirits Gummies & Vape Cartridges • Sleep Aids • Accessories 476 21st Street • Miracle Mile (next to Kelly’s Pub) hempnookcbd.com • (772) 226-7598 • [email protected] CBD & THC PRODUCTS Our directory gives small business people eager to provide services to the community an opportunity to make themselves known to our readers at an affordable cost. This is the only business directory mailed each week. If you would like your business to appear in our directory, please call 772-633-0753 or email [email protected].
GORGEOUS MOORINGS POOL HOME DEEP WATER DOCK OVERLOOKS CUTLASS COVE 226 Binnacle Pt. in the Anchor at The Moorings: 4-bedroom, 5-bath, 3,818-square-foot waterfront home offered for $3,195,000 by Marsha Sherry, managing broker, The Moorings Realty Sales Co.: 772-231-5131
REAL ESTATE 72 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ The homeowners at 226 Binnacle Pt. in the Anchor at The Moorings first came to Vero Beach with friends in 1989. The couple had planned to retire in the Midwest, but after spending the 4th of July at the Moorings Yacht and Country Club, a new perspective opened on their horizon. “We had a great dinner, and it was really fun. My husband fell in love with this place. He would have bought a condominium that weekend,” recalls the owner. They did buy a condominium a few months later; and after a few years, they knew The Moorings was where they wanted to be long term, after spending their entire lives in Saint Louis. “It was the deepwater that sold us. If you want a sailboat, you must have deepwater,” says the owner; so, the Gorgeous Moorings pool home: Dock overlooks Cutlass Cove BY STEPHANIE LABAFF Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 73 couple found the Binnacle Pt. lot and designed a house for it. Noting the long view of Cutlass Cove and easy access out to Porpoise Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway, Marsha Sherry, managing broker at The Moorings Realty Sales Co., notes, “They designed the house with the lot in mind. All primary rooms have spectacular water views.” “This home is special,” Sherry adds. “It’s unusual to have dockage and such a great view. It’s usually one or the other, but this offers both.” Additionally, the house is on a culde-sac so it’s quiet, and there’s very little traffic noise to compete with the sounds of the birds that enjoy fishing from the dock and seawall or nesting in the lush vegetation. The circle drive at the front of the house provides plenty of space for guests to park; and with a three-car, side-entry garage, there’s room to park and store a golf cart and family CONTINUED ON PAGE 75
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 75 beach and boating accessories, along with the family cars – everything needed for the active Florida lifestyle. At the entry to the house, a wash of travertine marble leads directly through the living room and opens to an ever-changing view of sky and water. The owners screened in the back porch so they could open the back sliding doors to enjoy the breeze. In cooler weather, warmed by the flames from the gas fireplace, it’s a lovely spot to sit and watch the boats drift past. Noting the built-ins, crown molding, variety of ceiling detail, deep baseboards and other fine millwork, Sherry says, “It’s millwork for function. There’s a place for everything.” The floorplan is open and spacious but with plenty of privacy. With 12- foot ceilings and 8-foot doors, the owners added transoms to let in extra light. The bedrooms are situated so that everyone has a private suite when children visit. Regarding the home’s versatility, Sherry says, “It can be a great family home with the split bedrooms, or for a single person – you just close off one end. It can work for both.” “It’s been a really good house. We’ve enjoyed it,” adds the owner. In the east wing, the library located just off the foyer is one of the owner’s favorite rooms. With the pool bath located across the hall, it’s a perfect room for overflow guests. Also in the east wing is an en-suite guest bedroom and the primary suite. With pool and river views, the spacious primary suite has a sitting area and two walk-in closets. In the large bathroom, there are dual sinks, a soaking tub, a water closet and a shower with two showerheads. The dining room is to the left of the front entry. The formal space is defined yet open. “Florida formal,” says Sherry. “One of the lovely things about this house is you have such great formal and casual entertaining areas,” she continues. The owner says she missed having a basement, so when they were having this home built, she added lots of extra storage space. There’s a storage room in the front hallway with floor-to-ceiling shelves, a spectacular pantry in the kitchen, over-closet storage in two of the bedrooms and closets in the garage. In the west wing, garage access, a laundry room and a guest suite are located off the hallway near the dining room with the kitchen, family room, breakfast nook and the third guest suite located at the back. The kitchen is designed so the cook can be part of what is happening with the rest of the family. The cooktop on the center island provides a 360-degree view of everything. A built-in desk has space for planning meals or for children to do homework. The adjacent wet bar with a wine cooler and refrigerator is accessible to the living room, dining room and outdoor spaces and works as a prep area or a space for serving hors d’oeurves. There’s plenty of space around the secluded, heated saltwater pool and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 73 CONTINUED ON PAGE 76 MAY ANTIQUE SALE SAVINGS ON FURNITURE, PORCELAINS & MORE! THROUGH MAY 31 3201 Cardinal Drive • Next to Chelsea’s Market • 772 213 8069 • shoptrimmingsvb.com
REAL ESTATE 76 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ spa to lounge in the sun. When you are in the mood for a sunset cruise, the dock with two boatlifts and deepwater access – where the owners had their 46-foot sailboat moored in the past – is just steps away. As a Moorings Property Owners Association member, residents have private beach access and gated security in the Anchor. Designed as a boating community, The Moorings Yacht & Country Club offers a full slate of top-flight country club amenities. The Moorings is a short drive away from Vero’s Ocean Drive for shopping and dining. Nearby Riverside Theatre and Vero Beach Museum of Art offer world-class cultural outings. For families with children, Saint Edward’s School conveniently abuts the community. VITAL STATISTICS Neighborhood: Anchor at the Moorings Year built: 1998 Construction: Concrete block Lot size: 108 feet by 159 feet Home size: 3,818 square feet Bedrooms: 4 • Bathrooms: 5 Pool: Heated, saltwater swimming pool with spa View: Pool and Cutlass Cove Additional features: Library; gourmet kitchen; wet bar; wine cooler; built-in speakers; gas fireplace; cabana bath; custom millwork; tray and coffered ceilings; crown molding; travertine marble flooring throughout; generator; three-car garage; shutters; screened patio; 500-gallon propane tank; and deep-water dock with two boatlifts Listing agency: The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Listing agent: Managing broker, Marsha Sherry, 772-231-5131 Listing price: $3,195,000 226 BINNACLE PT. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 75
REAL ESTATE 78 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Eighteen huge new apartment buildings have sprung up, seemingly overnight, along a stretch of State Road 60 west of the mall that was pastureland and forest until very recently – part of the ongoing push of new development rapidly filling in the space between Vero Beach and Interstate 95. Divided between two major apartment complexes, the buildings will contain 473 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 2,000 square feet. Rents will range between $1,800 and $4,000 a month, and both communities have begun “pre-leasing” ahead of anticipated summer openings, according to their websites. It appears coincidental that these two big upscale rental projects – The Griffon and Aspire Vero Beach – are being built almost next door to each other at the same time by different developers, but county officials say the new rental homes fit in well with the county’s plans for the route 60 corridor and fulfill an important housing need. More than 400 apartments come online on Route 60 BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JOSHUA KODIS
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 79 month according griffonverobeach. com. Move-ins are set for July. Originally known as The Mason Vero Beach, the second new apartment community is now called Aspire Vero Beach, where six three-story buildings with 176 units sit on 21.99 acres at 7590 20th St. (State Road 60). A prior residential development called Vero Grove Estates was planned for the site two decades ago; however, in 2003, before that project could get off the ground, a plume of contaminated soil was discovered on the property, dating back to its “historical use as citrus grove,” according to county documents. That problem was resolved with a Site Rehabilitation Completion Order from The Florida Department of Environmental Protection dated Feb. 24, 2021, and current project developer Waypoint Residential began grading later that year. At that time, according to Waypoint Account Executive Teddy Burnette, the first units were expected to be delivered by the third quarter of 2023, and that schedule appears to be on track. According to its website, aspireverobeach.com, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units between 685 and 1,321 square feet are CONTINUED ON PAGE 83 As the projects were getting underway in 2021, then Indian River County Development Director Phil Matson commented that “new upscale rental developments [along Route 60] are filling a need for professionals such as travelling nurses, doctors, teachers and other professionals, who stay in an area for months at a time.” Located a mile east of I-95 at 7700 20th St. (State Road 60), The Griffon – a 297-unit luxury townhome development – sits on a 49-acre, 2-parcel site between Indian River Estates to the east and a small single-family residential community to the west, and extends north from State Road 60 to 26th Street. Purchased in July 2021 from the estate of Sassan Kassab for $2.9 million by Griffon Residential LLC, the undeveloped property was cleared later that year. With main access off of 26th Street, The Griffon North wraps around a portion of Indian River Estates. The Griffon South main entrance is off of State Road 60; a roadway curving through the two-section development connects the entrances. The developer, Crest Residential, is a multifamily development and investment company based in Birmingham, Alabama, which is “focused on groundup development and acquisition opportunities,” according to its website, “with projects throughout the southeast and Texas, including similar communities in St. Augustine and New Smyrna and one in development in Destin.” The company said it has a “combined history of more than 6,300 units and a total investment of $800 million.” The Griffon is a West Indies-style community offering 13 floor plans from 553 square feet to 1,909 square feet in 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units, as well as options for carriage houses and townhomes. Amenities at the gated community include a “resort-style saltwater pool with sun ledges and private poolside cabanas; poolside entertainment deck with outdoor grilling kitchen and fire pits; cardio and flex gym with Peloton bikes + HIIT studio with on demand fitness classes; resident lounge featuring beer on tap and coffee/espresso bar; luxurious pet spa with tile wash bays and grooming station; bike workshop and storage; electric car charging stations; and complimentary car wash center. Proctor Construction of Vero Beach is the general contractor. Pre-leasing at The Griffon is underway now, with 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom units renting for $1,710 to $,3,745 per
REAL ESTATE 80 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE RIOMAR BAY 501 RIVER DR 1/3/2023 $6,250,000 $5,450,000 5/12/2023 $5,450,000 ANCHOR THE MOORINGS 201 SPINNAKER DR 1/11/2023 $1,950,000 $1,950,000 5/17/2023 $1,725,000 RIVER CLUB AT CARLTON 916 COVE POINT PL 1/18/2023 $1,795,000 $1,795,000 5/17/2023 $1,755,000 THE STRAND AT INDIAN RIVER SHORES 40 STRAND DR 11/9/2022 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 5/18/2023 $1,525,000 SEA MIST COURT 2120 SEA MIST CT 4/28/2023 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 5/15/2023 $1,300,000 BERMUDA CLUB 9045 CASTLE HARBOUR CIR 4/5/2023 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 5/12/2023 $1,130,000 BERMUDA BAY 101 HIDDEN OAK DR 4/14/2023 $825,000 $825,000 5/12/2023 $815,000 BAYTREE OCEAN VILLAS 8424 POINCIANA PL, #8424 1/9/2023 $2,800,000 $2,700,000 5/18/2023 $2,420,000 SOUTH COVE CONDO 1480 OCEAN DR, #2K 11/30/2022 $950,000 $950,000 5/15/2023 $915,000 VICTORIA CONDO 5690 HIGHWAY A1A, #103N 1/19/2023 $849,000 $849,000 5/15/2023 $800,000 SEA OAKS 1460 FERN CT, #304 3/17/2023 $800,000 $800,000 5/18/2023 $675,000 KENTUCKY CLUB CONDO 1536 OCEAN DR, #202A 4/4/2023 $769,000 $769,000 5/17/2023 $740,000 CROWN HOUSE CONDO 1715 OCEAN DR, #3C 3/11/2023 $395,000 $395,000 5/15/2023 $346,250 TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: May 12th to May 18th The real estate market on the barrier island turned in a solid mid-May week with 13 transac- tions recorded, including seven for more than $1 million. The top sale of the week was of a waterfront home in Riomar Bay. The property at 501 River Drive was placed on the market January 3rd with an asking price of $6.25 million. The listing price more recently was $5.45 million. The home sold on May 12th for $5.45 million. The seller was represented by Dan Downey and Cindy O’Dare of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. The purchaser was represented by Beth Livers of Berkshire Hathaway Florida.
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 81 Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales. Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 11/9/2022 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 5/18/2023 $1,525,000 Sven Frisell/Scott Reynolds Compass Florida LLC Sven Frisell Compass Florida LLC Subdivision: The Strand at Indian River Shores, Address: 40 Strand Dr 1/18/2023 $1,795,000 $1,795,000 5/17/2023 $1,755,000 Melissa Talley/ Lucy Hendricks Premier Estate Properties Stuart Tilt ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: River Club at Carlton, Address: 916 Cove Point Pl 1/11/2023 $1,950,000 $1,950,000 5/17/2023 $1,725,000 Judy Hargarten The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Karen Smith ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Anchor the Moorings, Address: 201 Spinnaker Dr 1/9/2023 $2,800,000 $2,700,000 5/18/2023 $2,420,000 Sally Daley Douglas Elliman Florida LLC Sally Daley Douglas Elliman Florida LLC Subdivision: Baytree Ocean Villas, Address: 8424 Poinciana Pl, #8424 POOL DECKS • DRIVEWAYS • WALKWAYS FIREPLACES • RETAINING WALLS STAIRS • ASTROTURF & MORE! 634 Old Dixie Hwy. SW Vero Beach, FL 32962 O: (772) 999-5136 C: (772) 563-8377 Licensed & Insured LIC #16674 INSTALLATIONS • CLEANINGS REFINISHING • REPAIRS Committed To Exceeding Expectations
REAL ESTATE 82 Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales. Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 1/19/2023 $849,000 $849,000 5/15/2023 $800,000 Peggy Hewett Berkshire Hathaway Florida Janyne Kenworthy ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Victoria Condo, Address: 5690 Highway A1a, #103N 11/30/2022 $950,000 $950,000 5/15/2023 $915,000 Rita Curry Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Rita Curry Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Subdivision: South Cove Condo, Address: 1480 Ocean Dr, #2K 4/5/2023 $1,150,000 $1,150,000 5/12/2023 $1,130,000 Holly Gorman ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Jill Slowik Redfin Corporation Subdivision: Bermuda Club, Address: 9045 Castle Harbour Cir 4/28/2023 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 5/15/2023 $1,300,000 Dan Downey/Cindy O’Dare ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Cindy O’Dare ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Sea Mist Court, Address: 2120 Sea Mist Ct Proudly Serving the Treasure Coast for over 40 years 640 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-569-3874 [email protected] ISA Certified Arborist Hazardous Tree Removal Oak Tree Trimming Specialist Professional Mangrove Trimmers Fully Licensed and Insured
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / May 25, 2023 83 pre-leasing now with rents ranging between $1,825 and $2,705. Check the website for most current availability. Also coming along the same dynamic stretch of state highway at the 74th Avenue intersection is a 4,650-square-foot 7-Eleven with a 16-pump gas station and all the newest 7-Eleven amenities. When the 7-Eleven site plan application was filed on Nov. 2, 2020, it listed as the owner of the 3-acre property Buildex Inc., a Vero Beach-based company with local businessman George Beuttell named as president, and Blackfin Partners Investments Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens as project developer. With the addition of these two luxury rental complexes and the bright new 7-Eleven, Matson’s vision for Vero’s long-term corridor growth is taking a big step forward: “We strive for mixed uses along Vero’s corridors, punctuating residential corridors with carefully chosen commercial entities, to avoid the unattractive mile-after-mile of gas stations and strip malls that areas to the south face,” Matson told Vero Beach 32963 last year. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 79
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