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When Pears are Like Fine Chocolate
Photo: Elaine MageeA few days before Christmas, the Magee family received a gift box from Harry and David. We had received this type of wonderful food gift before – a box filled with a combination of fruit, chocolate and cookies. We tore it open only to find the box was filled with 8 pears. Pears? You could hear the disappointment in the silence.
But as soon as we sampled the first pear we knew this surprise shipment was better than any Harry and David gift box we had ever received. My husband said it best when he declared, “these are the best pears I have ever eaten!” Given that he has been eating pears for more than 50 years, that’s saying a lot. Continue reading…
The Next Step is the Big Step
You’re three weeks into our Think Small Lose Big 8 week program to create healthier, sustainable lifestyle habits. You’ve committed to making healthier choices by writing your pledge and posting it around the house. You’ve also learned that to shed real weight you have to eat real food.
The next step is the big step- literally! It’s time to step it up and move your body. Hey, what goes in must come out. This means that what you eat has to be burned up by physical activity. The great news is that 2010 brings with it new fitness and activity trends to help you mobilize and keep it going. Erase any nightmarish thoughts about 4 AM gym workouts at some Olympic camp. Continue reading…
The Health Benefits of Peanuts
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Peanuts serve as one of the most nutrient rich food choices for both vegetarians and meat eating individuals. The nut offers many valuable vitamins and minerals that aid in maintenance of regular body functions and the prevention of some diseases too.
Nutritional Content
Peanuts contain high levels of healthy fats, a moderate amount of low glycemic carbohydrates and a viable protein source for vegans and meat eaters alike.
Mediterranean Diet Cuts Risk of Stomach Cancer
No wonder why all those Greek statues look so good. Turns out, all that olive oil and Mediterranean food is really good for you.
The Mediterranean diet, long ballyhooed for health and consisting of foods like fruit, vegetables, legumes, fish, cereals and olive oil, may reduce the risk of stomach cancer.
Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists found among the 485,044 men and women, ages 35 to 70, studied, those more stringently following a Mediterranean diet were less likely to develop gastric cancer.
After nine years, only 449 people got cancer.