Weekly Wellness
Issue 232
Featured Article
The Perfect Meringue -- Make the perfect meringue topping on your pies!
Fitness Tip
Anger Suppression
Suppressing anger has been linked to depression, and many health care experts believe it can lead to a variety of increased health risks, from excess weight to heart attack. One option: exercise with punch. "Anger-obics", a term coined by anger expert Lisa Tener, combines movement, visualization, creativity and humor to help you physically express anger in healthful ways. EXamples range from stomping on a Post-it note -- on which you've written a word or situation that gets your goat -- to dancing energetically while shaking a scarf to release your anger.
Nutrition Tip
Menu Makeovers
A simple recipe makeover can turn you high-fat, high-calorie foods into many healthier, guilt-free meals:
- Use evaporated skim milk instead of cream.
- Saute with olive oil instead of margarine or butter.
- Replace one-third of the white rice, pasta and flour with their whole grain counterparts.
- Add black beans to chili, chopped carrots to meat loaf, barley to beef stew, and raisins or nuts to banana bread.
- Instead of a whole plate of macaroni and cheese or a full bowl of beef stew, dish up about one-third that amount and add a green salad or steamed vegetables.
- If you crave a cheeseburger, go ahead, but eat it in modest portions and only once in a while as a treat.
Source: American Institute for Cancer Research
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quote:
"I have often noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over thier food that they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race." --Dan Marquis
Quick Recipe
Soy Smoothie
Mix a creamier smoothie and get the healthy bonus of soy protein by using silken tofu instead of milk or yogurt as the base. Enjoy this quick recipe for a tasty, fruity soy shake: 3 to 4 ounces of silken tofu, 4 ounces 100 percent orange juice, frozen unsweetened strawberries, 1/2 medium banana, crushed unsweetened pineapple. Blend thoroughly and enjoy!
Tidbit(s)
Twice-a-Day Breakfast Diet
Researchers has 28 people eat cereal with 2/3 cup of fat free milk and a piece of fruit for two meals each day (breakfast and either lunch or dinner). The "breakfast club" also snacked on fruits and vegetables and ate a normal third meal. After two weeks on the twice-a-day cereal diet, the average weight loss was 4.2 pounds. Because cereal is also a great way to get fiber (critical for fighting disease), be sure to choose one that contains at least 7g of fiber per serving. See also: Healthy, Heart Warming Cereal
Food Fixes
Spice up your meringue by adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to the sugar when making the meringue.
When removing labels from jars, try using a vegetable peeler to ease the process. It will even take off the glue if you soak the jar in hot water first.
Dried herbs should be stored in a cool, dry place. However, red spices such as chili powder, paprika and red pepper will maintain flavor and color longer if stored in the refrigerator.