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Diet
4U Online
October 6, 2003
In this issue you’ll find,
1.
Diet Tip of the Month
2.
Quote of the Month
3.
Something Free For You
4.
Editor's Picks for October
5.
Nutritional Article of Interest
* Extra Power Meals, Which Foods Best Boost Your Immune System?
6.
Recipe of the month
Diet
Tip of the Month
Eat a meal before going to parties. If you go
hungry, you're setting yourself up for a rough time. And when you get there,
stand as far away from the snacks as you can. Offer to bring something (like a
non-fat dip and vegetables).
Quotations for Dieters
"Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination." - William Longgood
"Man's best friend is a doggone computer." - Anonymous
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Editor's
Picks for October
Halloween
- lots of Halloween fun, music and recipes here. They
have recipes for hand-shaped ice, eyeballs, green slime and more. Best of
all, you can play songs from their jukebox while you tour the site
Absolute Halloween -
For kids
Nutritional Articles of Interest
Extra Power Meals
Which Foods Best Boost Your Immune System?
Oct. 1 — Americans spend as much as $1.7 billion a year on vitamin and mineral
supplements, but nutrition experts say much of what our bodies need to fight off
infection can be found in foods.
In its latest edition, Prevention magazine says a poor diet is a top factor in
making us susceptible to illness. It then lists the top five foods that give
your body the best immunity: beef, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, tea and yogurt.
While an all-around healthy diet is crucial, these particular foods help us best
flex our immunity muscles, the magazine said.
Each of the foods should be eaten every day to boost immunity, nutritionist
Heidi Skolnik told Good Morning America.
"We should eat these daily, as often as we can, especially in this
weather," she said. Plenty of rest is also essential to keeping our immune
systems up, she said. Health experts also advise a flu shot.
Beef It Up a Little
Of the five immunity-boosting foods, beef may be the most surprising,
considering health experts recommend limiting our red meat intake. But
moderation is still key.
"People should still not be eating a 24-ounce porterhouse on a daily
basis," Skolnik said. "A three-ounce portion of beef — and
importantly very lean beef that is low in fat — is an important source of
zinc."
Zinc deficiency can greatly increase your risk of infection. Zinc helps develop
white blood cells, the cells that we really need those to fight off foreign
bacteria and viruses.
Vegetarians and those who do not eat red meat can look for their zinc supply in
poultry, pork, fortified cereals, yogurt and milk. If you like oysters, they are
also a fantastic source of zinc, Skolnik adds.
We should also be eating orange vegetables daily, especially this time of year.
Sweet potatoes, or any of the orange vegetables, are a great way to add vitamin
A to our diets. The reason? Vitamin A is important for our skin, which is the
first line of defense for our immune systems, Skolnik said.
"Think orange, foods like sweet potatoes, and also carrots, squash,
pumpkin," Skolnik said. "These are all great, especially because they
are all in season this time of year. They all are great sources of
beta-carotene, which the body quickly turns into vitamin A."
Although many of us eat carrots, it is often two or three days between servings,
so we need to eat them more regularly, Skolnik said.
Mushrooms, Yogurt to the Rescue
To add to those 3-ounce lean burgers, mushrooms are another high-immunity food.
"Like beef, mushrooms help in the production of white blood cells in the
body," Skolnik said. "Some recent studies have also found that they
may make white blood cells act more aggressively against foreign bacteria."
The very best kinds of mushrooms are shiitake and maitake, which are available
in most supermarkets.
In addition, the English may know something about fighting off a cold.
Skolnik
recommends a cup of black or green tea a day to muscle up our immune systems.
"Tea is a great source of polyphenols," Skolnik said. "Polyphenols
clean up free radicals, damaging compounds that can hurt your DNA and accelerate
aging."
Antioxidants take care of the free radicals, and tea has more antioxidants per
part than fruits and vegetables.
Yogurt, another immunity-boosting food, is especially important to eat,
particularly after you have been prescribed antibiotics. Brands that contain
active cultures are a good source of healthy bacteria for your stomach.
"When we take antibiotics they destroy most of the bacteria in our
body," Skolnik said. "The problem is that there are some beneficial
bacteria that the antibiotics take care of as well. We need these, especially
those found in our intestines, to help us break down foods."
The lack of those bacteria can make us vulnerable to germs that cause diarrhea,
for instance.
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Cardio for the Heart, Weights for
the Waist
The cardiovascular exercise that many people do is not helpful in losing
weight. It is great for your heart, but doesn't increase your metabolism
and so it won't help you shed pounds.
The evidence is everywhere: Look around your gym and notice the number of
overweight people on the treadmills; then compare them with the physiques of
people in the weight room. In 1987, there were 4.4 million treadmill users in
the United States, and 37.1 million by 1998. Meanwhile, Americans have
continued to get fatter.
Diet 4U recommends their clients devote 25 percent of their exercise to
cardiovascular work and 75 percent to strength and resistance training. We
recommend working with elastic ropes and free weights that can even be carried
with you when they travel.
The bottom line, is that muscle burns calories; the more you have, the more
you burn.
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Recipe
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The Best Light
Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie saves 151 calories and 12 grams of fat per slice from the
traditional version and it tastes identical!
1 cup ginger snaps
16 oz can pumpkin
1/2 cup egg whites (about 4)
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, cloves)
12 oz can evaporated skim milk
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