Monthly Archive for December, 2006

Having a little fat in salad dressing helps you absorb the nutrients from the vegetables and ferries vitamin E into your blood stream.

There is a myth that cooking food in your microwave zaps it of valuable vitamins and minerals. According to Consumer Reports On Health the microwave cooking may retain the vitamins and minerals better than stove top cooking.

The longer you cook a food in water the more vitamins and minerals you lose. Soups and stews are the exception because you eat the broth used in cooking the vegetables.  

Eating fish, rich in omega 3 fatty acids, keeps both your heart and brain strong; but there is a growing concern here because of the mercury levels in some fish.

Through the Wellness Letter published by the University Of California I have learned of a site that will help you make healthier seafood choices, www.gotmercury.org. Got Mercury even provides a calculator that takes the guess work out of which fish is the safest to eat.

You do not have to give up fish when you www.gotmercury.org.      

Inulin is a carbohydrate that is isolated from chicory root; considered fiber because it’s poorly digested. There is where the similarity between high fiber and inulin ends.

At this time there is no evidence that inulin will reduce the risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes or constipation as well as the fiber in whole grains.

Whole wheat should be the first ingredient listed with 3 to 5 grams fiber per serving. 

Suggestion

Try a bowl of shredded wheat, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, add your favorite fruit. Mix 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract to 1 cup milk (your choice) and pour over cereal, sweeten with stevia. 

Stevia is an herb used as a sweetener; there are no calories in stevia and it is safe for diabetics. Found in health food stores and now sold in many grocery stores. 

Swedish researchers recently found that women who dined on fatty cold-water fish at least once a week had a 44% lower risk of renal-cell carcinoma, compared with women who ate no fish.