Weekly Wellness
Issue 204
Featured Article
The Lactose Intolerant Diet -- Information regarding the necessity of a lactose-free diet with recipes.
Fitness Tip
Lose 5 lbs. a Year Without Dieting
One simple change in your daily routine can help you burn extra calories and shed excess pounds. Anything you do every day to burn an extra 50 calories will save you the equivalent of five extra pounds over the course of a year. It can be as easy as parking your car a mere five minutes further from your office each morning and then walking briskly to your desk and back again after work. That's easy weight loss in just 10 minutes a day!
Nutrition Tip
Nutrition Supplements
Studies show that certain vitamin supplements, taken with a well-balanced diet, may significantly reduce the frequency and duration of upper-respiratory infections. One proven helper: Vitamin C. Take 1,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily. There is evidence that certain other supplements, including zinc, a trace mineral, and echinacea (an herbal supplement) may reduce the duration and severity of an upper-respiratory infection when taken at the onset of illness. Appropriate doses vary from brand to brand, but do not take echinacea longer than eight weeks at a time.
Herb of the Week
Green Mate Leaf
Green Mate Leaf perks you up, soothes your spirit, sharpens your wits, balances your mood, nourishes your immune system, and, if all that is not enough, actually tastes delicious. South Americans call yerba mate the "drink of the gods", and have used mate for hundreds of years to combat fatigue, stimulate the mind, boost immunity, detoxify the body, normalize blood pressure, tone the nervous system, control the appetite, restore youthful hair color, retard aging and cure insomnia. Modern folk use also extends to metabolizing fat for weight loss, balancing sleep patterns and increasing libido.
Quick Recipe
Low-Fat Pesto Sauce
To make your own low-fat pesto sauce at home, combine 2 slices
toasted white bread (crusts removed), 1 cup packed basil leaves,
3 tablespoons toasted walnuts and 1 garlic clove. Process until
finely chopped. Add 3 tablespoons Parmesan shredded cheese,
2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons chicken broth.
Pulse just until combined.
Tidbit(s)
Meat Eaters, Take Note
Frequent meat eaters are three times as likely to develop esophageal cancer and twice as likely to get stomach cancer as those who eat less meat and more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish and poultry, according to a new study. It is the latest linking super-sized meat intake with certain cancers, including colon cancer.
Food Fixes
A simple way to sharpen kitchen shears: cut a piece of steel wool.
A low-calorie solution for high-fat frying of corn tortillas is to place them in the oven, directly on the rack. Bake at 350 degrees, to desired crispness. The tortillas will automatically fold over into taco shell form with just a little postioning help.
Remove odors from wooden carving boards by rubbing them gently with lemon and then letting them air dry.
Caramelizing sugar is easy and fast in the microwave oven. Put the sugar in a glass measuring cup. No fuss, no muss!