Weekly Wellness
Issue 263
Featured Article
Tips For a Low Sodium Diet -- Help and how-to's on practicing a low-salt diet.
Fitness Tip
Happy Trails!
Daily walks relieve feelings of anxiety and depression, and increase feelings of enthusiasm and optimism. And that's not all. Daily walks also can help you boost your energy level, enhance your self-image, release tension, manage stress, and improve your ability to fall asleep quickly and sleep well.
Nutrition Tip
Buying the Best Salad Dressing
No matter what flavor you choose, check the label and choose dressings that have no more than 3g of total fat, 2g of saturated fat and 300mg of sodium. Try to keep your portion to about 2 tablespoons. Bonus tip: If you are watching calories, skip the salad dressing aisle altogether and top your salad with flavored vinegars (e.g., balsamic, raspberry), but hold the oil.
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quip:
Nutmeg contains a mildly hallucinogenic chemical called myristicin.
Quick Recipe
Blue Heaven Dressing
In a small bowl, combine 1/2-cup buttermilk, 1/4-cup each low-fat mayonnaise, reduced-fat sour cream and crumbled blue cheese, 1-tablespoon each minced garlic and minced scallions, and 1/8-teaspoon cayenne pepper; mix well. Chill one to four hours.
Tidbit(s)
Lemons are healthy and cranberry juice is healthy, so try squeezing lemon into your water sweetened with cranberry juice.
Wrapping celery in aluminum foil when storing it in the refrigerator will help to keep it fresher for weeks.
Use a rind of Parmesan cheese to impart a nice nutty flavor to home made tomato sauce. Simply slip the rind into the sauce, and remove it when cooking is complete.
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