Elevate Your Tailgate With These Healthier Game Day Favorites
If you're like me, and love game day snacks as much as sacks, you're not alone. Many sports fans fess up to enjoying football food more than the game. Problem is, typical fan fare like chips and dip, burgers and brats, pizza, wings and beer can easily add up to more than a day's worth of calories and several days' worth of saturated fat -- all before kick-off!
Here are some of my favorite lighter football snacks so you don't end up feeling like a 300-pound lineman by the end of the season.
Skinny Dips
To contain calories when there's a "blitz" on chips and dip, I opt for dips with more filling fiber and fewer calories ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
You're Eating Fish All Wrong
By Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD
Eating fish has been tied with lower rates of heart disease, stroke, depression and Alzheimer's disease. But how you eat it may be the real key to reaping its benefits. Recent research from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine concluded that study volunteers who regularly ate fish had larger brain volumes in regions associated with memory and cognition, but only if the fish baked or broiled, not fried.
Baking and broiling are also better for your waistline. For example, a dozen fried shrimp can pack 280 calories, versus a mere 85 calories for 12 shrimp that have been steamed or broiled. To...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Peppers Stuffed with Farro and Smoked Cheese
This dish combines smoky-flavored cheese and paprika with the crunch of the farro and walnuts. Simmer the farro or spelt until it splays (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - August 25, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Recipes Source Type: news
Top 10 DIY Spice Blend Recipes For Dinners That Delight
(Healthcastle.com) Herbs and spices are the key to any tasty kitchen, particularly for the time crunched. But mixing spices can seem intimidating for those new to cooking and it can be hard to break out of a rut. I know I spent several weeks eating nothing but salt, pepper and cayenne when I lived on my own! While it was delicious, it did get old quick. I’ve rounded up some of my favourite spice mixes for you to throw together with common ingredients at home to keep on hand.
read more (Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians)
Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians - July 22, 2014 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Top 10 DIY Spice Blend Recipes For Dinners That Delight
(Healthcastle.com) Herbs and spices are the key to any tasty kitchen, particularly for the time crunched. But mixing spices can seem intimidating for those new to cooking and it can be hard to break out of a rut. I know I spent several weeks eating nothing but salt, pepper and cayenne when I lived on my own! While it was delicious, it did get old quick. I’ve rounded up some of my favourite spice mixes for you to throw together with common ingredients at home to keep on hand.read more (Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians)
Source: HealthCastle.com Nutrition Tips - written by Registered Dietitians - July 21, 2014 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
Cayenne Medical sues MedShape over soft tissue anchor
Cayenne Medical levels a patent infringement lawsuit against MedShape over soft tissue anchor technology.
Cayenne Medical filed a lawsuit against rival MedShape Inc., alleging infringement of 2 of its patents covering its AperFix soft tissue anchor by MedShape's ExoShape device.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, alleges that MedShape hired former Cayenne salespeople with knowledge of the 2 patents at issue, which cover Cayenne's AperFix device.
Cayenne Medical, MedShape Inc.Legal News, News Well, Orthopedics, Patent Infringementread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - April 18, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Source Type: news
Cayenne Medical nears $6M funding goal
Cayenne Medical raises $5 million in a hoped-for $6 million equity round.
Cayenne Medical is $1 million away from reaching its $6 million fundraising goal, according to a regulatory filing.
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Cayenne Medical makes medical devices used in knee and shoulder reconstruction surgeries.
Nine unnamed investors ponied up a collective $5 million in the equity and options sale, according to the filing.
Cayenne MedicalNews Well, Funding Roundup, Knees, Orthopedics, Shouldersread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - February 20, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Chris Walker Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Meyer Lemon and Ginger Infusion With Turmeric and Cayenne
You might want to reach for this tea if you feel a sore throat coming on. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 3, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Tea Recipes Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Bug parts, rat hair in your spices
You may inadvertently be getting more than you bargained for when you put paprika in your chicken paprikash. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA: Bug parts, rat hair found in spices
You may inadvertently be getting more than you bargained for when you put paprika in your chicken paprikash. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's in your spices? Bug parts and rat hair
You may inadvertently be getting more than you bargained for when you put paprika in your chicken paprikash. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - October 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What are the benefits of cayenne?
Cayenne pepper is a hot chili pepper, frequently used in the preparation of spicy dishes, associated with a wide range of health benefits . The chili originated in Central and South America. It is named after the capital city of the French Guiana, "Cayenne". Cayenne pepper is normally added to food in either its natural or powdered form and is also available as a cream or capsule to be applied topically - to treat arthritis and muscle pain... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Forty words of love in Hungarian
As a child, Charlotte Mendelson thought her grandparents' native Hungarian sounded ridiculous. But now her tiny vocabulary keeps their memory aliveMy grandmother was fearless. Yet if I asked her about the past, she would start crying. What kind of monster would have questioned her? So I resisted and now it is too late.She and her husband, my maternal grandparents, were Hungarians. Or so I thought. They spoke Hungarian, impenetrably, to each other. Even after 50 years in Britain, their accents remained so strong that kindly strangers would direct them to tourist attractions. To my sister and me, their English-born grandchil...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Charlotte Mendelson Tags: The Guardian Family Hungary Grandparents and grandparenting Language Features Life and style Languages Source Type: news
Have a heart healthy July 4th!
Happy Fourth of July from Boston Children’s Hospital! If you’re planning on firing up the grill and inviting family and friends to join you for a backyard barbeque this afternoon, why not create a few menu items that are both delicious and heart healthy? The following recipes were complied by the staff at Boston Children’s Heart Center, each a healthy twist on a traditional BBQ favorite. Enjoy!
Appetizer: Low fat deviled eggs
Serving deviled eggs? Try low-fat cottage cheese for healthier take on a sinful treat.
INGREDIENTS
12 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled
1/3 cup nonfat or low fat cottage cheese
1/...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 4, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tripp Underwood Tags: All posts Health & wellness Healthful eating fourth of July saftey healthy eating healthy food heart Heart Center keeping kids safe on fourth of July Source Type: news
Toxic Bodies, Toxic Attitudes
As most of my friends know, I am not a fan of “cleanses.” The idea that we need to be cleansed is rooted in a guilt that is quintessentially American, and the result is a deep internal conflict. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - April 24, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Zanthe Taylor, M.F.A. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health Parenting blueprint cayenne pepper desperation detox cleanse disapproval Dove video excavation fast food fuzzy concept health claims juicing lemon juice marketers Master Cleanse medical bene Source Type: news
