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Friday, April 29, 2011
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Recipe: Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Potatoes
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Good news for coffee drinkers!
The Magic Multivitamin Bullet or Not?
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Potatoes

 

Serves: 4

 

Ingredients: 

3/4 lb. Brussels sprouts, preferably large

2 small onions

1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, divided  

1/4 tsp. salt

3/4 lb. small potatoes, preferably 2-inches or smaller diameter

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

 

Directions:

1.  If your oven holds two baking sheets side by side, place rack in center. If not, arrange racks in top and bottom thirds. Preheat the oven to 400� F.

2. Remove tough outer leaves from Brussels sprouts and cut crosswise into three to four rounds about 1/2-inch thick. Halve onions and cut crosswise into very thin slices.

3.  In medium mixing bowl combine sprouts and onions, add 2 tsp. of oil, 1/4 tsp. salt and mix to coat vegetables. Spread them in thick layer on foil-covered baking sheet.

4.  In same bowl, place potatoes and drizzle on remaining 1 tsp. of oil. Mix with your hands to coat them. Place potatoes on second baking sheet. Set oily bowl aside.

5.  Place both baking sheets in oven. Bake Brussels sprouts with onions for 15 minutes. Stir, mixing in any browned bits, rearrange in thick layer, and roast until Brussels sprouts are almost tender, about another 10-15 minutes.

6.  Bake potatoes for 30 minutes, or until a knife pierces larger ones easily. Return roasted sprouts to mixing bowl. Transfer potatoes to cutting board and cut them crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. Add potatoes to sprouts. Using fork, roughly break up potato slices and mix with roasted sprouts and onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve.

 

Nutrition:

150 calories, 4g total fat (0.5g saturated fat),24g carbohydrate,  4g protein, 6g dietary fiber, 180mg sodium.

 

Source: Health-e-Recipes

 

 

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Hello !  
  DW

The nutrition world has been a-buzz about the role of  multivitamins (see article below). I just read an interesting study published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science. In the study, participants were told that they were given either a multivitamin or a placebo, when in reality they were all given a placebo. A follow-up survey showed that those who believed they had taken dietary supplements felt invulnerable to health hazards, thus leading them to engage in health-risk behaviors!

 

Supplements are merely that - they are intended to supplement an already healthful diet. These pills are not magic and cannot make up for skipped workouts and skimpy vegetable intake.

 

Have a healthy week!

 ~Debra   

Good news for coffee drinkers! 

Coffee, with its stimulating effects, can cause your heart to feel like it is going to beat out of your chest; no wonder there has been a speculated relationship between coffee and raised blood pressure. Fortunately for coffee drinkers, new research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that there is no link between coffee consumption and high blood pressure.  Researchers pooled data from six previous studies (170,000 participants were surveyed in total) to find out how many cups of coffee they consumed each day -- from less than one to more than five -- and then followed them for up to 33 years.

 

The results showed that one in five participants eventually developed high blood pressure and that there was no difference between people who said they consumed more than five cups of coffee per day and those who drank very little.

 

Bottom Line: If you're already a coffee drinker, continue in moderation. If you're using coffee to make up for missed sleep, think again! You may not be at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, but skipping sleep is never a good idea.

 

Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online March 30, 2011

 

The Magic Multivitamin Bullet or Not? 

supplements

 

Are you one of the 50% of Americans who take a supplement? That's right, 50%, which means if you're not taking a daily multivitamin or mineral supplement, half of the people you know are.This statistic comes from research released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers also found, when they looked at the supplement use of a cross-sectional survey of Americans, that multivitamin-multimineral use was the most frequently reported dietary supplement.      

Many people take a multivitamin because they believe it will help prevent chronic diseases like heart disease or cancer, but unfortunately one little pill isn't magic. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology rearchers report that there was no relationship between multivitamin use and cancer prevention. When the researchers followed 182,099  people for an average of 11 years, and monitored for cancer deaths, they did not find any difference between the risk of dying overall or of major cancers (e.g., lung, prostate, breast, colorectal) between people who took multivitamins and those who did not.         

 

Bottom Line: Supplements, like mulitvitamins, are not really needed by most people. Unless directed by your physician, taking supplements may just be a waste of money. Your best bet is to consume a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean protein and leave the pills on the shelf. 

 

Source: J. Nutr. February 1, 2011 vol. 141 no. 2 261-266

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