The Goodness of Grapes
by Shereen Jegtvig
According to the Journal of Nutrition, eating grapes and grape products may have some powerful health benefits. Grapes might help to prevent cardiovascular disease, diabetes and tooth decay, plus eating grapes may help to keep your immune system strong, which is important as we head into flu season.
Grapes contain phytochemicals, which are natural chemical compounds that your body uses to protect your health, including the well-known resveratrol. You’ll get the health benefits from grapes when you eat them fresh (or frozen as a sweet treat) or if you drink the juice. Grape juice is naturally sweet, but that doesn’t mean some food manufacturers won’t water it down and add high fructose corn syrup. Be sure to read the labels to buy 100% juice. Read more
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Avoiding the Freshman Fifteen: How To Keep The Pounds Off
by Shereen Jegtvig
We’re still in the first weeks of fall semester at most colleges, which is an interesting, exciting and possibly bewildering time for a lot of college freshmen. For most, it’s their first home away from home, there’s classes, homework, new social groups – it’s really a stressful time of adjustment. And along that stress and excitement can be accompanied by the dreaded “freshman fifteen” which is the extra pounds that young people often gain when they go off to college for the first time.
Why does it happen? Maybe there are more choices and less supervision. Without Mom or Dad to provide the healthy snacks, college kids may succumb to the temptation of a junk food diet. Now it’s easy to keep junk foods in the dorm room as snacks. Or maybe some students use comfort foods to cope with the added stress of school and living away from home for the first time. Read more
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Snacking on the Rise
by Shereen Jegtvig
According to a new report, Americans are snacking more often and that trend is going to increase. As it is, snacking isn’t good or bad, really, it depends on how you do it. Eating snacks can be bad if you choose foods high in calories with lots of sugar and unhealthy fats, or snacking can be good if you choose healthy snacks that can boost your daily nutritional intake. Of course, even with healthy snacking you’ll have to watch your calories if you need to maintain or lose weight. Adding a 250 calorie snack every day will also add about one extra pound of fat to your hips or belly every two weeks. If you snack, be sure to know how much you are eating and reduce the same number of calories from one of your regular meals.
Some people prefer to eat six or seven snacks every day instead of three full meals. Some people believe this practice helps keep blood sugar level because you avoid the natural rise of blood sugar due to eating carbohydrates and fall of blood sugar due to the increased production of insulin. Other people just feel it is easier to control their calorie intake if they just nibble snack size meals all day. The key is to not let small snacks turn into full meals, which will lead to too many calories and weight gain. Read more
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Food Tip – Herbs and Spices
by Shereen Jegtvig
Using herbs and spices is a great way to add zest and flavor to your meals without adding sodium, fat or calories. Herbs and spices may have added health benefits too. You can use fresh herbs (or even grow your own herbs in a garden or in a flower pot on your kitchen window). Stock your kitchen with dried herbs and spices too – such as cinnamon, garlic powder, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, basil and any other favorites you may have.
If you’re not sure how to use herbs and spices in your cooking, you can choose seasoning blends that already contain the seasonings in the right amounts. You can find blends for Italian seasoning, Southwest cooking, Asian combinations and curry powder. One of the ingredients in curry powder is curcumin, which may help to keep your arteries clear and keep your heart healthy. Read more
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