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Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Snack Mix
Serves 12
Ingredients
2 cans (15 ounces each) garbanzos, rinsed, drained and patted dry
2 cups Wheat Chex cereal
1 cup dried pineapple chunks
1 cup raisins
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly coat a 15 1/2-inch-by-10 1/2-inch baking sheet with butter-flavored cooking spray.
2. Generously spray a heavy skillet with butter-flavored cooking spray. Add garbanzos to the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until the beans begin to brown, about 10 minutes.
3. Transfer garbanzos to the prepared baking sheet. Spray the beans lightly with cooking spray. Bake, stirring frequently, until the beans are crisp, about 20 minutes.
4. Lightly coat a roasting pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. Measure the cereal, pineapple and raisins into the pan. Add roasted garbanzos. Stir to mix evenly.
5. In a large glass measuring cup combine honey, Worcestershire sauce and spices. Stir to mix evenly. Pour the mixture over the snack mix and toss gently. Spray mixture again with cooking spray.
6. Bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep the mixture from burning. Remove from oven and let cool. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition per 1/2 cup serving:
Calories 154, Protein 3 g, Carbohydrate 36 g, Fiber 3 g, Total fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 192 mg
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Hello !
You may be surprised, but, currently, registered dietitians cannot receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for intensive behavioral counseling for obesity.
Since this makes absolutely no sense, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) recently gathered over 25,000 signatures to petition the Obama administration for change.
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Celiac and Sadness
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 Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, and products made with these grains. For people suffering from the autoimmune disorder Celiac disease, eating gluten can result in abdominal pain, constipation, decreased appetite, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Celiac disease, which effects somewhere between one in 105 to one in 1,750 people in the United States, is typically controlled by avoiding gluten-containing foods altogether.
Many people who have Celiac disease are able to live normal lives and products that are made gluten-free are popping up in stores everywhere. However, there is new research from Penn State, Syracuse University and Drexel University that shows that those who have Celiac disease are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, even when they adhere to a gluten-free diet.
Researchers used a Web-mediated survey to assess a range of physical, behavioral and emotional experiences in 177 women over the age of 18 who reported a physician-provided diagnosis of Celiac disease. The survey questions explored respondents' levels of adherence to a gluten-free diet and assessed various symptoms of celiac disease: how physical symptoms interfere with functioning, the respondents' experience and management of stressful situations, symptoms of clinical depression, and frequency of negative thoughts and behaviors associated with eating and body image.
The researchers found that the participants who were managing their illness very well reported higher rates of stress, depression and a range of issues clustered around body dissatisfaction, weight and shape when compared to the general population.
Bottom Line: More research needs to be done to determine the underlying causes of these results, but researchers say that "It's likely that the disease, stress, weight, shape and eating issues, and depression are interconnected." If you know someone with Celiac disease, don't let this data discourage them! Knowing what to expect with any disease is the one of the best ways to manage it.
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Antioxidants, Exercise and Blood Pressure
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 Managing blood pressure is one of the best and simplest ways to prevent cardiovascular disease. Researchers have long understood that patients who take antioxidant supplements, and patients who exercised, were often able to maintain a lower blood pressure than those who did neither. Researchers at Appalachian State University wanted to see if combining antioxidant supplementation and physical activity could lower blood pressure even more.
In this study, twenty subjects aged 18-26yo (18 male, 2 female), were randomized to receive a placebo or an antioxidant supplement (a mixture of 1000mg quercetin, 120mg epigallocatechin gallate, 400mg isoquercetin and 400mg omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil) for two weeks. The subjects were then asked to run on a treadmill for 30 minutes and antioxidant status, vascular distensibility (how elastic and therefore healthy the arterial walls are) and hemodynamics (the force of a heart beat) were measured before, immediately after and 30 minutes after exercise.
At the end of the study, the researchers found that those participants who took the antioxidant supplement had a greater decrease in systolic blood pressure (the top number) after exercise than those who received a placebo.
Bottom Line: High blood pressure is known as the silent killer because it is often asymptomatic until it is too late. This study is yet another reason to get out there and exercise; even 30 minutes makes a difference. As far as antioxidant supplementation goes, your best bet it to load up on fruits and vegetables, which provide the perfect mix of antioxidants in one neat and tasty package.
Source:Oxid Med Cell Longev
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