Diets Demystified
Nutrition Lecture
NUTRITION LECTURE
The Food Industry, Politics & You
How Your Nutrition is influenced by Food Companies,
The Farming Industry, Supermarkets and the Government
Learn How to: WHEN: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
TIME:
5:30 – 6:30pm COST: FREE! Non-Members Welcome!
WHERE:
Front tot classroom For More information Call Kim or Jane Today! Phone: (845) 565-7600
Email: [email protected] or
A message brought to you by IHRSA, International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association…
Greetings!
The Baltimore Sun posted an today describing exercise as an affordable, accessible, and effective preventive tool in combating chronic disease.
“In the 19th century, most work involved physical activity; in the 20th century, exercise became a leisure pursuit; today, it’s an urgent medical necessity.
Exercise: It’s cheap, readily available, and the single most effective step nonsmokers can take to avoid chronic and potentially fatal diseases. If it were being hawked on late-night television, you’d think the phone lines would be tied up for hours.
But regular physical activity remains a hard sell. Despite mounting evidence that it lowers the risk for obesity, heart disease, diabetes, depression, and many forms of cancer, the average citizen is increasingly sedentary. Still, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) isn’t giving up on us.”
In October, the HHS issued the first-ever national . They describe the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans. IHRSA is a committed supporter of the Guidelines. Members have access to an extensive download library of resources to assist them in using the Guidelines in their facilities and local community to promote safe and effective physical activity.
Regards,
Joe Moore
President & CEO
This message brought to you by IHRSA and
in the interest of reaching 120 million members by the year 2010.
Get Moving,
Decrease the Chances of Breast Cancer +
Normal-weight women who carry out lots of vigorous exercise are approximately 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don’t exercise vigorously. A study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women, reported in BioMed Central’s open access journal Breast Cancer Research, has revealed that a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease –
While an Investigator at the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Michael F. Leitzmann led a team of researchers who followed the 32,269 women for eleven years and found that vigorous activity may protect against breast cancer, independent of body weight control.
Vigorous activity was judged to include things like heavy housework (scrubbing floors, washing windows, heavy yard-work, digging, chopping wood) and strenuous sports or exercise (running, fast jogging, competitive ; , on hills, and fast dancing).
Less Stress Without Medication NEW YORK (CBS)
Stress is one of the top health complaints for New Yorkers, and there’s new way it can be treated without medication. All you need is a caring pair of hands. New research shows, a supportive, warm touch lowers stress and blood pressure.
“It’s very powerful, touching, it’s part of healing,” one woman said.
Dr. Stephan Quentzel from Beth Israel Medical Center explains, “ Chronic stress in particular is related to heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, across the board major killers
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A study followed married couples and found that massage and other non-sexual caring forms of touch lowered stress hormones and blood pressure especially among men. It also increased a hormone called oxytocin which has a calming effect.
“Changes in the brain, changes in stress hormone levels, changes in how our blood clots, all of it is tied to stress levels,” Dr. Quentzel said.
For years, health care workers have noted the healing power of what is called “the laying on of hands.” Reports have shown that regular physical contact helps patients heal better, faster. “It does relieve stress, definitely, like affection and just human contact,” one man said.
A Series of Healthy Habits to Live By
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The AHA recommends a serving of fish two times per week. Besides being a good source of protein and a food relatively low in the bad type of dietary fat called saturated fat, fish has omega-3 fatty acids-which have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease
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Fatty fish such as mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon are rich in two kinds of omega-3 fatty acids: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
Foods such as tofu, soybeans, canola, walnuts, flaxseed and their oils contain alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which converts to omega-3 in the body. Even though the benefits of ALA are controversial, the AHA still recommends foods containing it as part of a healthy diet.
In addition to their heart-health benefits, there is some evidence that omega-3 fatty acids may also soothe an overactive immune system, Johnson says. Even though this benefit is still being studied, she says there appears to be a link between getting more omega-3s in your diet and reducing allergies, asthma, eczema and autoimmune disorders.
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5 Easy Low-Cal Desserts that include Chocolate
Banana-Peanut Butter Sandwich.
Peel a banana and cut it in half lengthwise. Spread 1 tablespoon creamy reduced-fat peanut butter onto the cut side of one half, then top with the other half to create a banana sandwich. Cut into bite-size pieces, if desired.
Low-Cal “Ice Cream” Sandwich.
Low-Cal Peanut Butter Cup.
Stir 1 teaspoon creamy reduced-fat peanut butter into a sugar-free, fat-free chocolate pudding cup. It tastes just like a peanut butter cup!
Not-So-Decadent Chocolate-Covered Strawberries.
Ricotta Fruit Cup.
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Adapted from The Biggest Loser Success Secrets
A Series of Healthy Habits to Live By
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1st of 13 Healthy Habits:
EAT BREAKFAST Every Morning
Breakfast eaters are champions of good health. Research shows people who have a morning meal tend to take in more vitamins and minerals and less fat and cholesterol
. The result is often a leaner body, lower cholesterol count and less chance of overeating.
“That one act [of eating breakfast] seems to make a difference in people’s overall weight,” says Melinda Johnson, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She says breakfast can hold off hunger pangs until lunchtime and make high-calorie vending machine options less enticing.
For kids, breakfast appears to enhance alertness, attention and performance on standardized achievement tests, the ADA reports.
To get the full benefits of breakfast, the Mayo Clinic recommends a meal with carbohydrates, protein and a small amount of fat. Its experts say that because no single food gives you all the nutrients you need, eating a variety of foods is essential to good health.
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BOSTON – February 5, 2009
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (), and the United States Professional Tennis Association (), the world’s oldest and largest association of tennis-teaching professionals, have joined forces to promote the preventive health benefits of exercise on Capitol Hill.
The partnership aligns two major initiatives:
The USPTA’s Tennis – for the health of it
! SM, a campaign to make the general public aware of the tremendous health, fitness and psychological benefits of tennis and encourage people to get out and play the sport as a part of their regular fitness regimen; and
IHRSA’s “Vision for a Healthier America,”
a policy platform asserting that regular physical activity, as a core component of prevention and health promotion, will lead to a healthier, happier and more productive America, while reining in skyrocketing health care costs. 
Joe Moore, President and CEO of IHRSA. “At this critical time in our nation, as Congress debates the importance of physical activity as a core component of preventive health care, we are thrilled to join with USPTA to bring the message of Tennis – for the health of it! to Capitol Hill.”
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Revving Your Engine
Though some of the factors affecting metabolic rate can’t be changed, happily, there are ways to maximize the metabolism you’re born with-even when you’re dieting.
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Among the best ways is exercise
“Since muscle burns more calories than fat
-even while at rest-the more muscles you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate, which means the more calories your body will be burning just to sustain you,” Kimball says.
Personal fitness trainer Kelli Calabrese MS, CSCS, ACE, notes that every pound of muscle in our bodies burns 35 calories a day, while each pound of fat burns just 2 calories per day.
While 30 minutes of aerobic exercise may burn more calories than 30 minutes of weight training, Calabrese says, “in the hours following the cessation of exercise, the weight training has a longer-lasting effect on boosting metabolism.”
Having extra muscle also means you can eat more and gain less.
Adds Yanagisawa: “We don’t tell people to exercise while dieting only to burn calories-we also know that exercise builds muscle, and that is what will help you burn more calories and maintain the weight loss you work so hard to achieve.”
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