Some Earthly Eating Knowledge (Day 3 of Low-Fat Eating)
The Truth About Folic Acid:
Foods to which folic acid has been added (like cerals and pasta) are what’s really responsible for the recent improvements in folic-acid blood levels not in dietary supplements found in common form which is unfortified items as recently thought.
How To Build Your Own Food Pyramid:
If the food pyramid was based on your eating habits instead of the ideal diet from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), what would it look like? Go to USDA/CNPP. Click on the link under the “Healthy Eating Index” , register and list your lastest meals. In return, you will get a non-hold-barred analysis of your diet, including a personalized pyramid. If it’s a little off, don’t fret. You can record up to 20 days’ worth of eating habits, so you have the opportunity to build a better pyramid.
Organic: What It Really Means:
Don’t give up if you don’t know the difference between products labeled “organic” and “100% organic.” Though the U.S Department of Agriculture just implemented its national standards, the word is still slow in getting out on what the many newly defined terms actually mean. To learn more, check out A Practical Guide to Understainding Organic by Stoneyfeild Farms.
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Earthly Eating Recipe: (Day 3 of Low-Fat Eating)
Low-Fat Milk And Your Diet:
Drinking low-fat milk before or with a meal helps you feel more full sooner and eat less the next time. The lighter the milk, the greater the effect. That is, fat-free milk works better than 1 precent, and both work better than 2 precent. Going low-fat also takes a load of calories out of your diet. Nearly every successful strategy for cutting fat from your diet includes drinking lower-fat milk.
Low-Fat Frozen Desserts:
Many people keep eating until the have had something sweet. Fortunately, that doesn’t have to be bad. Frozen desserts are a good way to satisfy a sweet tooth without piling on calories. A Creamsicle® weighs in at just 100 calories, and a Tofutti Cutie® vanilla or wild berry sandwich is only 120 calories. A half-cup of chocolate frozen yogurt adds a modest 115 calories to your dinner. Of course, people who have gotten used to this appraoch can use another treat. Have a satisfying amount of low-energy density food at your meal and then for dessert eat one piece of the most delicious chocolate you can find.
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Raspberry-Orange Smoothie
Serves: 2
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1 orange, peeled, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup raspberry or orange flavored yogurt
In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses that are fluted and serve.
Happy Eating!
November 16th, 2007 at 2:27 am
Hi Shelly,
Terrific blog! Keep writing. Come visit my blog: http://www.about-albuquerquenm.com there’s fun there too! Can you find the Apricot…recipe…hint it’s an older blog.
Mary
November 18th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Data on role of folic acid supplements in colon cancer has been conflicting and recent data suggests it may increase colon cancer. However, the Nurses heart study showed had shown the opposite.
Of course, folic acid is beneficial during pregnancy and recently has been shown to reduce incidence of strokes.
Given above info, taking folic acid supplements routinely without consulting your physician may not be prudent.