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Healthy Ezine of the Week: Issue 164

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Shopping Solutions for Healthful Eating

Fitness Tip

How Much Exercise Do I Need? In order to reap the greatest benefits from your exercise routine, it is generally recommended that you engage in 30-45 minutes of physical activity several days a week. If you have been physically inactive for a while, you might want to begin with less strenuous activities, such as swimming or walking. This will allow you to begin to improve your physical condition without unduly stressing your muscles, tendons, and joints. You can also do shorter lengths of exercise several times a day in order to reach your total of 30-45 minutes. Try walking vigorously for fifteen minutes in the morning, then do another 15 minute walk during your lunch break, and another after dinner.

Nutrition Tip

Ten Red Flags That Signal Bad Nutrition Advice

  • 1. Recommendations that promise a quick fix
  • 2. Dire warnings of dangers from a single product or regimen
  • 3. Claims that sound too good to be true
  • 4. Simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study
  • 5. Recommendations based on a single study
  • 6. Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable scientific organizations
  • 7. Lists of "good" and "bad" foods
  • 8.Recommendations made to help sell a product
  • 9.Recommendations based on studies published without peer review
  • 10. Recommendations from studies that ignore differences among individuals or groups

Nutrient of the Week

Tyrosine (Non-Essential Amino Acid)
Transmits nerve impulses to the brain; helps overcome depression; Improves memory; increases mental alertness; promotes the healthy functioning of the thyroid, adrenal and pituitary glands.

Quick Recipe

Diet 7 UP Raspberry Ice
8 ounces ice cold Diet 7 UP
1/4 cup raspberry sorbet
1/4 cup fresh raspberries
2 ice cubes
Additional raspberries for garnish
Directions:
In a blender, combine the Diet 7 UP, raspberry sorbet, raspberries and ice cubes and blend until smooth. Pour into a 12-ounce glass and garnish with additional raspberries. Enjoy!
Find more of these drink recipes at Diet Drink Recipes

Tidbit(s)

Echinacea Review
Echinacea is a top-selling herbal supplement in the U.S. It may help reduce the duration of colds. Eleven echinacea products were purchased and tested by ConsumerLab.com. Five failed. One had excessive lead contamination. Four had less key echinacea plant chemicals than claimed on their labels. In this Review you will discover:

Source: Consumer Lab

Food Fixes

Fresh eggs are rough and chalky . They will sink and stay horizontal on the bottom of a glass of water. The egg white is viscous and close around the plump yolk.

To crack alot of nuts at one time, place them in a towel or pillow case and gently hammer them until cracked.

Do not throw away left over vegetables freeze, and use the next time you make soups/stews.

If you soak beans overnight, you will get less gas from them. When you drain the old water add a pinch of ginger to the new boiling cooking water.

This 'n That

Free recipes for many dietary needs!

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