Weekly Wellness
Issue 346
Featured Article
Easy Ways to Eat Your Vegetables Easy ways for you to incorporate vegetables into your daily diet.
Fitness Tip
Eat Fish to Lower Heart Rate
How fast your heart beats when you are at rest can be an indicator of heart attack risk. In fact, higher resting heart rates have been linked to an increased risk of sudden death. The good news is that eating fish can lower your heart rate. In a new Harvard Medical School study, people who ate five or more servings per month of fish such as tuna or salmon (baked or broiled) averaged 3.2 fewer beats per minute than those who ate less than one serving per month. Researches credit the omega-3 fatty acids in fish, though it's not clear how they help.
Nutrition Tip
The New Diet Coke
Do you drink diet soda by the gallon, but worry about possible long-term health effects? Well, worry no more because the new Diet Coke Plus will ease your mind. Billed as a "Health and Wellness brand", it has 15 percent of the B vitmains you need daily and 10 percent of the zinc and magnesium. A Pepsi product called Tava, debuting this fall, will also have small amounts of B and E vitamins, plus chromium. The drinks are the latest in the fortified-food trend. (Orange juice, milk, bread, cereal, even bottled water -- all "infused" with vitamins and minerals came first). Nutrition experts caution that these drinks aren't true "health foods". While Diet Coke Plus has no sugar, fat or calories, it does contain caffeine. (The artificial sweeteners in sodas have no health risks, the latest research shows). Still, if you occasionally forget to take your daily multivitamin, a bottle or can of any vitamin-infused drink might help you out. Alternatively, to aid in weight loss, consider a boost with Proactol Fat Binder.
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quote:
My soul is dark with stormy riot, directly traceable to diet.
--Samuel Hoffenstein
Quick Recipe
Fruity Crispbread
Spread 1 tablespoon fruit-flavored low-fat yogurt or 100 percent fruit jam over a slice of whole grain crispbread.
Tidbit(s)
Jell-O Fusion Flavors
Give your taste buds a treat with Jell-O's new gelatin blends called Fusion Flavors. Jell-O put an exotic twist on your favorite flavors and, to quote Kraft, "the result is a multiple fruit fused combination you're sure to love". In addition, Jell-O spruced up its Jell-O Pudding and Pie Filling by putting chips right in the mix. Get a creamy, delicious dessert in five minutes!
Food Fixes
Store dried beans in a cool, dry cupboard in their packaging or in a tightly closed canister or jar. They will keep for up to one year. The older the dried beans, the longer they will take to cook and the more water they will absorb. Once dried beans are cooked, you must refrigerate to prevent spoilage.
Almonds and peaches are cousins. The almond tree is in the stone fruit family, more closely related to peaches, apricots and plums than to walnuts or hazelnuts.
Tasty Tidbit: Top a small baked potato with 2 tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt and sprinkle with Cajun seasoning.
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