Weekly Wellness
Issue 388
Featured Article
Cookie Baking Tips Do your cookies burn, or get too crisp or perhaps not quite crisp enough? Try these tips to make the perfect cookie every time!
Fitness Tip
Walk, Don't Run
Worried abour your triglycerides? Stop running and start walking! A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology states walking and other moderate-intensity exercise are the best kinds for redoing your level of triglycerides, a type of fat found in your blood. Researchers assigned 240 overweight, middle-aged adults to do one of the following: Work out intensely (the equivalent of jogging at 6 MPH) either 12 or 20 miles per week, walk 12 miles per week at a moderate intensity (around 4 MPH) or do nothing. The moderate exercisers showed double the improvement in their triglyceride levels, compared with the other groups -- and only the moderate exercisers' levels stayed low for more than two weeks after their last walk.
Nutrition Tip
Broccoli Bonanza
Here's an easy way to get two potent cancer-blockers that modify natural estrogens into less damaging forms and increase the activity of enzymes that fight carcinogens. Aim for three servings a week of broccoli or its cruciferous cousins.
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quip
A Tangelo is just like a tangerine, but reddish-orange and seedless. You can recognize a Tangelo by its neat bell-shaped body, which gives it the nickname "Honeybell."
Quick Recipe
Lime Delight
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, undrained
1/4 cup lime gelatin powder
1/2 cup cream-style cottage cheese
1 cup non or reduced-fat Cool Whip
In a small saucepan, bring pineapple to a boil over medium heat. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved. Chill until slightly thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir in the cottage cheese and whipped topping. Refrigerate. Yields 2 servings.
Tidbit(s)
Deep Breathing
You can lower your blood pressure by taking ten deep breaths per minute (instead of the usual 16 to 19) for 15 minutes a day over two months, studies show. Researcher David Anderson, PhD, a hypertension expert at the National Institute on Aging, says shallow breathing (more beats per minute) may delay your body's excretion of salt, a high-blood-pressure trigger.
Food Facts
Because pork tenderloin defrosts and cooks quickly, it is a good cut to keep in the freezer for last-minute meals. Thaw tenderloin using the defrost cycle of your microwave according to the manufacturer's directions.
Pasta, rice and vegetable salads should chill for a few hours to allow flavors to blend.
Tasty Tidbit...
Guilt free fries: Keep the skin on the potatoes; cut them into wedges and toss with salt, pepper, paprika and olive oil. Bake at 425 degrees for 35 minutes or until crisp.
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