Weekly Wellness
Issue 390
Featured Article
Easy Ways to Eat Your Vegetables Easy ways for you to incorporate vegetables into your daily diet with ease and simplicity.
Fitness Tip
Fat Can be Good for Muscles
With age, muscle mass decreases and strength fades. It is a condition known as sarcopenia. Staying active and doing resistance exercises can help you maintain muscle and build strength. Diet can also help. Several studies suggest that getting plenty of high-quality protein is important for maintaining muscle. Now, new research from the UK suggests that eating fatty fish can influence strength, specifically grip strength. While several other foods -- vegetables, fruits and whole grain cereal -- are positively linked with greater strength, specifically grip strength, fatty fish had the strongest association by far. For men and women combined, eating fatty fish more than once a week was linked to a grip strength of 3-1/2 more pounds more than those who ate no fish. Researchers believe that it is the anti-inflammatory action of omega-3 fatty acids that may benefit better muscle function. If so, these findings suggest yet another reason to get more fatty fish like light tuna, salmon and sardines in your diet.
Nutrition Tip
Fab Flaxseed
The tiny, nutty flavored flaxseeds are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids and lignans, which may block hormone-related cancers. They pack plenty of protein and fiber, too. Sprinkle one or two tablespoons of ground flaxseed into yogurt, cereals, salads, soups and batters.
Quip or Quote of the Week
Quote
A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline. --Herbert B. Prochnow
Quick Recipe
Coffee Lover's Delight
10 to 12 large marshmallows
1/2 cup brewed coffee
1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped
In a heavy saucepan, combine marshmallows and coffee; cook and stir over low heat until melted. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Fold in whipped cream. Spoon into individual dessert dishes. Chill. Yield: 2 servings
Tidbit(s)
The Company You Keep
Studies show that most of us base how much we eat on what others around us eat, so steer clear of the big eaters in your social circle, at least when food is around. Sashay over and make small talk with the folks who aren't hovering near the food table.
Food Facts
Have soup. You can stick with the basics like tomato or vegetable soup or mix up some minestrone or vegetable chili to cut winter's chill. When possible, choose soups with less sodium.
Order salads, vegetable soups, or stir-fried vegetables when eating out.
Tasty Tidbit...
Craving something chocolately and yummy but don't want to wreck your diet? Try Hershey's Reese's Peanut Butter 100 calorie Wafer Bars. This snack nails the flavor of Reese's Cups, but it's not a diet-wrecker. Comes in individual packages and packs a great crunch.
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