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Recipe of the Month: Spicy Fish |
Servings 6
Ingredients
- skinless fillets 2 lbs (450g)
- raw mushrooms 1/2 cup (120 ml)
- chopped celery 1/2 cup (120 ml)
- chopped green pepper 1/2 cup (120 ml)
- water 1/4 cup (60 ml)
- tomato sauce 8 oz. (225 g)
- cinnamon 1/4 tsp. (1 ml)
- ground cloves 1/8 tsp. (.5 ml)
- cumin 1/4 tps. (1 ml)
- garlic powder 1 tsp. (5 ml)
- dried thyme 1/2 tsp. (2.5 ml)
Preparation:
- Cut fillets into 6 portions
- Saute mushrooms, pepper, celery, in 2 Tbsp. (30) oil until tender
- Add remaining ingredients to mixture
- Arrange fish in a single layer in a well-greased baking dish
- Cover with the vegetable mixture
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes.
This recipe originally appeared on www.renalinfo.com by Baxter Renal. |
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Cooked Right, Fish Can Help a Woman's Heart |
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Long known as heart healthy, fish that's baked or broiled also protects against developing heart failure.
Research tracking more than 84,000 postmenopausal women for an average of 10 years found that those whose diet included more baked and broiled fish - defined as five or more servings per week - had a 30 percent lower risk of heart failure compared to women who ate less than one serving per month.
The study was published in a recent journal, Circulation: Heart Failure. |
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Losing more than 15% body weight significantly boots vitamin D levels in obese women |
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 Overweight or obese women with less-than-optimal levels of vitamin D who lose more than 15% of their body weight experience significant increases in circulating levels of this fat-soluble nutrients.
The year-long study involved 439 overweight-to-obese, sedentary, postmenopausal Seattle-area women, ages 50 to 75, who were randomly assigned to one of four groups: exercise only, diet only, exercise plus diet and no intervention.
Those who lost 5 percent to 10 percent of their body weight - equivalent to approximately 10 to 20 pounds for most of the women in the study - through diet and/or exercise saw a relatively small increase in blood levels of vitamin D, whereas women who lost more than 15 percent of their weight experienced a nearly threefold increase in vitamin D independent of dietary intake of the nutrient.
It is thought that obese and overweight people have lower levels of vitamin D because the nutrient is stored in fat deposits. During weight loss, it is suspected that the vitamin D that is trapped in the fat tissue is released into the blood and available for use throughout the body.
Click here to learn more about this study. |
| Tip of the Month: Yoga is Therapy - Benefits for Patients with a Chronic Illness |
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 All forms of therapy are not merely just medicine - or a pill taken daily. Meditation, exercise and yoga are all ways to heal the body and center one's mind in a more spiritual way. Registered nurse and certified yoga instructor Corinne Clynes teaches us how beneficial yoga can be to the mind and body of patients coping with a chronic illness in the latest issue of At Home with AAKP magazine.
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