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Healthy Ezine of the Week: Issue 259

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Physical Effort and Food Energy -- In terms of nutrition, energy is measured in calories. Discover how physical effort and food energy go hand-in-hand.

Fitness Tip

Knock Down Cholesterol
It's not just about diet -- physical activity makes a huge difference, too. Exercise improves your blood cholesterol profile by lowering your levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and, more important, boosting your levels of HDL (protective) cholesterol. It also reduces your overall risk of dying prematurely and helps you control your weight; significantly reduces your risk of dying from coronary artery disease or a heart attack; helps your heart pump more blood with each contraction; reduces your risk of developing high blood pressure and helps lower existing high blood pressure; and improves blood circulation throughout your body.

Nutrition Tip

Saucy Tips
When you order pasta at an Italian restaurant, your healthiest sauce choices are marinara, primavera, and red or white clam sauce. Pasta portions at restaurants are generally way oversized -- order pasta from the appetizer section of the menu to control your portion. Another tip: Share entrees to control portion size. Eat family style and order one or two fewer dishes than the number of people at the table.

Quip or Quote of the Week

Quip:
Food tastes sweeter after you've just eaten an artichoke.

Quick Recipe

Chili-Cheese Pierogi
In a 9 x 9-inch baking dish, combine any flavor package (16.9 ounces) frozen pierogi and 1/2-cup water. Cover and microwave on high five minutes; mix well and drain. Spoon one can (15 ounces) turkey chili over pierogi; cover and microwave on high five minutes or until hot; sprinkle with reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese and let stand, covered, three minutes. Sprinkle with sliced scallions and serve. Serving Suggestion: Serve with a packaged green salad and crusty bread.

Tidbit(s)

Eat Regularly and Snack Often
Skipping meals will most likely cause you to eat more at a later time. Healthy snacks and nutritious mini-meals not only boost your metabolism and energy, but help you keep dinner portions low.

Food Fixes

Try Maple sugar sprinkled on scones or biscuits or stirred into hot apple cider.

To remove gum from hair, rub it with peanut butter or cooking oil. This will release it.

To toast blanched almonds, arrange the nuts in one layer on a shallow pan and bake in a moderate oven until golden, stirring often.

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What's New?

Curious as to just how to do a specific exercise? Or, are you just curious about different exercises? How about adding to your current exercise regime? Check out the brand new section on FitnessandFreebies.com, Exercise!

24 Essentials of Health and Well Being -- Well-being, which is another way of saying good health, can be enhanced in small, easy and pleasant ways. Well-being is a state of mind as well as body. Achieving it can be a simple, joyful experience. Try these suggestions to enhance your health and well-being.