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Can Video Games Help Kids Eat Healthy?
 Children who played adventure-based video games ate more fruits and vegetables As with so many things, it may be that quality matters as much as quantity when it comes to children's video games. A new study found that children ate more fruits and vegetables after playing adventure-based video games designed to improve their diet and physical activity behaviors.
The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, compared the effects of two epic video adventure games to two knowledge-based video games on children's behavior. All of the games were designed to motivate children to make healthy lifestyle changes including increasing fruit and vegetable intakes, water consumption, and physical activity.
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| SUPPLEMENT SPOTLIGHT | |
Cozy Up with Hot Cocoa from NOW
 With a history that dates back to the 1500's, hot cocoa has come a long way. Over the years, this historic drink has made its mark on civilizations from all over the world. The earliest version was pioneered by the Aztecs, served cold, and much different than the beverage we enjoy today. In its most primitive days, roasted cocoa beans were added to a mixture of wine and crushed chili peppers. During the 18th century, European chocolate houses were becoming extremely popular. It was there that British locals began adding steamed milk to their chocolate, and drinking it as a dessert beverage. Shortly thereafter, cocoa powder was invented by the Dutch, making it easier to prepare the drink. Today, hot cocoa is enjoyed by people young and old, from every walk of life. NOW® Certified Organic Instant Hot Cocoa puts an organic twist on one of the world's most time honored winter traditions. This delicious, all natural drink mix is Certified Organic by QAI, mixes instantly, and is perfect for any occasion. It has a rich, milk chocolate taste that we're sure you'll love.
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| HEALTHY RECIPES | |
Homemade Spinach Hummus
Ingredients (makes four + cups of hummus):
·2 large 1-pound cans of chickpeas
·1.5 cup packed raw spinach
·1/4 cup tahini buttr
·6 tablespoons water
·Salt to taste (I used 3/4 tablespoon)
·Pepper to taste (several shakes)
·Juice of one lemon (1 tablespoon)
Directions:
·Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
·Thoroughly rinse chickpeas. Drain and spread out on cookie sheet.
·Bake for 25 minute, remove, and let cool completely (at least half and hour -very important!).
·In a food processor, combine all ingredients and blend for at least 10 minutes, pressing down hummus with a spoon
occasionally. It will look clumpy until the end.
·Put into container and refrigerate.
·Serve and enjoy!
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| FITNESS TIPS | |
Tips for Making Time for Health
1. Write exercise into your planner/calendar. At the beginning of the week, I'll look at my calendar, figure out where I can fit in exercise, and write it in (in ink!). The more specific, the better - for example, don't just write "work out," but something like "40 minute run" or "yoga - 1 hour." Be sure to write it in a specific time slot, too, not just on that day in general. Treat exercise like any other concrete appointment that you can't skip - this will really help to make sure you don't blow it off! 
2. Make big batches of meals and snacks at the beginning of the week so you have healthy food on hand for quick lunches and dinners.
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Groundhog Day Fun Facts
The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears. ~Bill Vaughn
To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring. ~W.J. Vogel
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?
~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
Every mile is two in winter. ~George Herbert
The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it. ~Patrick Young
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