Weekly Wellness
Issue 165
Featured Article
Using the Ol' Bean - Poor beans, the most neglected members of the vegetable world. We take them for granted, yet they are the supporting characters of many meals. Soups, entrees, casseroles, side dishes, and even many desserts would be thin and monotonous without the addition of beans...
Fitness Tip
Lifestyle Changes
Lifestyle changes can be effective including the following:
- Think of changes as permanent. This problem is a marathon not a sprint.
- Exercise must be worked into one's lifestyle. This not only will help with weight loss, but helps you deal with stress and improves over all health.
- Vegetables are beautiful! Include two servings with every meal.
- Avoid junk food with high fat and Sodium and high sugar contents.
- Use the power of affirmation and suggestion to help.
- Reward yourself for small successes.
- Maintain a positive attitude and don't let small set backs discourage you.
Incorporating these and other changes in your life can produce great long-term benefits, not only in dollars but a large amount of pain and suffering as well.
Nutrition Tip
The Breakfast "Thing" Again!
Breakfast is considered by many to be the most important meal of the day, yet it is the meal that is most often skipped. Some people don't make time for breakfast because of a misguided dieting effort. Although they feel that skipping breakfast is a benefit because it eliminates some calories, in reality, they are missing out on a lot more than that. Eating a healthy breakfast each morning plays an essential role in helping keep you feeling full and promotes healthy metabolic functions, which are important for weight management.
Did you know that...
- According to the American Dietetic Association, starting your day by eating a healthy breakfast can actually help people lose weight or maintain their weight better than people who choose not to eat breakfast each day.
- The National Institutes of Health recommend eating breakfast every day because people who do are less likely to overeat later in the day.
- Regular breakfast consumption is a common characteristic of people who have successfully lost weight and kept it off.
Nutrient of the Week
Glycine (Non-Essential Amino Acid)
Glycine helps trigger the release of oxygen to the energy requiring cell-making process; Important in the manufacturing of hormones responsible for a strong immune system.
Quick Recipe
Meatless Tex-Mex Pitas
Stuff whole-wheat pitas with a mixture of canned black beans, rice, chopped tomatoes and chopped mangoes. Add some green chilies or sliced jalapeno peppers if desired.
Tidbit(s)
Ad Nauseam Campaign
To call attention to the media's responsibility to screen ads for weight loss products and services that promise far more than they can scientifically deliver, the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management is inaugurating Ad Nauseam, a new campaign. The Partnership invites the public to participate in searching out questionable weight loss advertisements. Consumers who find ads that they think may contain dubious claims for weight loss products should save the ad and the publication it appeared in and send it to the Federal Trade Commission staff.
Food Fixes
Old eggs are smooth and shiny. They will float in a glass of water. The egg white is watery and the yolk is flat in an egg roughly 3 weeks old.
To see if a pineapple is ripe, see if you can pull out one of the leaves at the top. The pineapple will also have a golden tone to it.
If your vegetables are too salty add some raw potatoes to them. Potatoes absorb the salt. (Some say this is a wives tale, some swear by it; all you can do is see if it works for you!)