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Fitness Tip

Why Measure Body Fat?
The key to long-term weight management and better health is building lean muscle and losing body fat. Being healthy does not mean getting "skinny". A thin person can have an excess of body fat. A muscular person can technically be overweight, but healthy. Getting and staying lean means controlling your body fat percentage. Measuring estimated body fat and weight together gives you a more accurate picture of your total fitness. As part of a fitness plan, it helps you set more realistic goals and better reflects a positive healthy change in your overall body composition. Body fat is not always visible, and traditional scales cannot measure it. Consider purchasing a scale (such as Health-O-Meter) that measures body fat percentage, or ask your doctor how to best determine yours.

Nutrition Tip

Pomegranates
Pomegranates are hot, both for their great taste and antioxidant punch. Now you can get your fix beyond the juice aisle! The latest:

  • Savory pomegranate chicken sausage from sausage retailer Jody Maroni (www.jodymaroni.com).
  • A new carbonated alcoholic beverage called Peels from Anheuser-Busch that is made with 100 percent pure fruit juice and comes in a blueberry-pomegranate flavor, available at grocery and convenience stores nationwide (www.enjoypeels.com)
  • Pomegranate Frappuccino, a blend of tangy tea, mint and pomegranate juice available at your local Starbucks.

See also: Belly Bytes: Pomegranates

Quip or Quote of the Week

Quip:
Saffron is the most expensive spice on Earth.

Quick Recipe

Pomegranate Lemonade
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup pomegranate juice
2-1/2 cups water Crushed ice
Combine sugar and lemon juice. Stir well to dissolve. Pour lemon mixture and pomegranate juice into a pitcher; stir well. Add the water. Pour into 4 (8-ounce) glasses. Add crushed ice as needed to each glass.
Serving size: 1 8-ounce glass.
Calories: 75, Fat: 0, Cholesterol: 0, Protein: 0, Carbohydrate: 19g, Sugars: 18g, Fiber: 0, Iron: 0, Sodium: 11mg, Calcium: 14mg.

Tidbit(s)

Germy Grocery Carts
Shopping carts are often teeming with bodily fluids and 1-million germs on just one shopping cart handle, according to Pure Cart Systems, a Wisconsin based company marketing an automatic carwash style, cart purification system. It sprays a federally approved germ-killing mist that dries in minutes and zaps bacteria like E. coli, fungus, and mold. Ask your store's manager about it. You can also suggest they visit the Web site at PureCartSystems.com.

Food Fixes

Replace plain milk with vanilla or chocolate soy milk when baking muffins, cakes or waffles. It adds flavor as well as protein and vitamins.

Check your refrigerator. See any beer lying on its side? If so, you are sabotaging your good time by increasing the surface area of the beer exposed to the air trapped in the bottle or can. The longer you expose brew to air, the weaker it will taste.

When cutting pears, halve them lengthwise, and then scoop out the core with a small spoon or melon baller. To prevent discoloring if you're not eating or cooking them right away, toss them with a little lemon juice.

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