Here's What The Obamas Are Eating For Thanksgiving Dinner
This year, President Barack Obama and his family are spending Thanksgiving at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where they'll dine on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes -- and six kinds of pie.
Here's this year's menu, as provided by the White House press office:
Dinner:
Thyme Roasted Turkey
Honey-Baked Ham
Cornbread Stuffing
Oyster Stuffing
Braised Winter Greens
Macaroni and Cheese
Sweet Potato Gratin
Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Dinner Rolls
Dessert:
Banana Cream Pie
Coconut Cream Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Pecan Pie
Cherry Pie
As the Associated Press notes, it's Obama's responsibility to pick up the tab for the me...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why I'm Thankful That I Stutter
Over the years while family and friends gathered at the Thanksgiving dinner table with roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing and other delectables still warm on the plates, we'd share with each other what we're thankful for. Normally, it's friends, family, a new job, an award recently won, a roof over our head and food on the table.
I never thought I'd be thankful that I stutter.
Stuttering was always considered a flaw. It was something that I had to live with for the rest of my life. Something that could be fixed -- maybe -- but would take years of effort. Everyone stutters at s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
November is National Diabetes Month
Thanksgiving is soon approaching, a time when many are giving thanks for food, family and health. Many favorite dishes are loaded with sugars and it is tempting to overeat. This can be a health issue for those with diabetes. Whether we have a family history or not, we shouldn’t deprive ourselves but rather, consider eating in moderation while enjoying a great feast.
The Diabetes Educator website provides a nice visual on how to divide your plate along with some healthier recipes: https://www.diabeteseducator.org/export/sites/aade/_resources/pdf/general/ThanksgivingPlateResource.pdf
The American Diabetes Association inclu...
Source: Dragonfly - November 25, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: Health Literacy/Consumer Health News From NN/LM PNR Training & Education Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Caramelized Onion and Fennel Risotto
For vegetarians and other Thanksgiving guests who are tired of sweet potatoes and root vegetables, try this hearty risotto flavored with a taste of fall. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 15, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Risotto Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Cooking and Cookbooks Veganism Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Caramelized Onion and Fennel Risotto
For vegetarians and other Thanksgiving guests who are tired of sweet potatoes and root vegetables, try this hearty risotto flavored with a taste of fall. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Risotto Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Cooking and Cookbooks Veganism Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Well: Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Caramelized Onion and Fennel Risotto
For vegetarians and other Thanksgiving guests who are tired of sweet potatoes and root vegetables, try this hearty risotto flavored with a taste of fall. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 15, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By TARA PARKER-POPE Tags: Risotto Thanksgiving Day Vegetarianism Food Cooking and Cookbooks Veganism Recipes Featured Vegetarian Thanksgiving Source Type: news
Pumpkin: More Than Just Pie
We carve faces in them and love the pies, but pumpkin, it turns out, is actually a very nutritious gourd with so many great beneficial components that can make it a great side dish to many meals, much like sweet potatoes, only without a blood sugar spike. It's in the same plant family as squash, cucumber and melons, very similar to butternut squash, yet it's mostly forgotten and left out of our diet. Its bright orange color denotes a rich content of carotenoids, the precursors to vitamin A. Nurses Health Studies indicate that a diet high in carotenoids can decrease the risk of cataracts and cancer.
Pumpkin is chock full...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
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
A Cross Between Ginger and a Carrot
I woke up with the sunlight … and birds singing so loudly I thought they were in the room with me.
I walked out of my cottage to a warm breeze, and sat down to a delicious breakfast: fresh fruit, banana pancakes and a tall glass of jackfruit juice.
I made my way to my friends Westi and Lelir’s house, where he greeted me with a long “pick and hoe” garden cultivating tool. Westi said, “Ready?” smiling, holding out the long handle towards me.
We walked up the steep hill behind his home to his private herb garden. I wondered what we might harvest today.
He stopped in front of a row of very tall plants and smiled, ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - October 13, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Hormone Health Source Type: news
Seeking a Balance in Feeding Children
The ever-shifting winds of food trends make feeding children more complicated than ever. Parents' fears, nested in the poor state of Western food culture, have eroded competence at one of parents' most basic tasks: nourishing children into healthy, happy adulthood.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - September 18, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Zanthe Taylor, M.F.A. Tags: Diet Parenting Self-Help food preferences nutrition sweet potatoes Source Type: news
How to tame stubbornly high blood pressure
High blood pressure is a leading cause of stroke
and heart disease. Dozens of medications and other therapies are available to
treat high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. Yet many people can't
get their blood pressure under control even by taking multiple medications, reports
the September 2014 Harvard Heart Letter.
"When people have high blood pressure despite being on
three different medications, including a thiazide diuretic, they have what's
known as resistant hypertension," says Dr. Joshua Beckman, a cardiologist
at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Some people with resistant hypertension may...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - August 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Controlling blood pressure with food
The typical western diet often fails to deliver three key minerals for blood pressure control: calcium, magnesium, and potassium, reports the August 2014 Harvard Health Letter.
Calcium helps blood vessels tighten and relax when they need to. Magnesium does that, too, and is also needed for energy production and moving calcium and potassium around the body. Potassium lowers blood pressure and protects against muscle cramping and an irregular heartbeat.
How much of these nutrients do adults need? Here are the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for all three:
Calcium: 1,000 milligrams (mg) for women ages 31 to 50, and 1,20...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - July 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can I Be a Vegetarian and Have Type 2 Diabetes?
Many of my patients fear that they cannot follow a vegetarian diet if they have Type 2 diabetes because the diet is carbohydrate dense. The opposite is true, in fact, many people with Type 2 diabetes are very successful in following a vegetarian diet. Vegetarian diets include higher intakes of vegetables, whole-grain foods, starchy vegetables like corn and sweet potatoes, legumes, and nuts. These types of foods are rich in fiber, healthy fat and good carbohydrates. They are low in saturated and trans fat, sodium, and sugar. The key to eating a vegetarian diet when having diabetes is to make sure you eat adequate amoun...
Source: About Diabetes - May 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipe: Honey-glazed sweet potatoes
(Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day)
Source: MayoClinic.com Recipe of the Day - May 15, 2014 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news
