Diabetes Resources

Oct 27th, 2005

Diabetes PHD Overview – from the American Diabetes Association Learn how Diabetes PHD works, what to expect, and how to view and improve your results with this quick and easy overview. It’s a pretty neat tool. Get it here: https://www.diabetes.org/phd/profile/default.jsp Note: This web page requires a flash plugin. If you can’t view it, you probably don’t have this capability. If your agency allows you to download software, you can get flash here (or better yet, you can do this at home).

Is Your Favorite Seafood Safe to Eat? Sorting Out the Confusion

Oct 20th, 2005

Confused about whether your favorite seafood is safe? Check out these resources from EatingWell. I’ve pulled them all together in one post to make it easier for you to access them:

Catch of the Day – Special Report [pdf] here
Wild vs Farmed: How green is your salmon? [pdf] here
The Great Salmon Challenge – Blind-tasting a global bevy of fish choices here
The Essential EatingWell Seafood Guide (mercury safety rating, omega-3s, harvest notes) [pdf] here
Unfit Fish – Avoiding mercury: no-nonsense guidelines for the seafood consumer here
Recipes: Grilled Salmon with North African Flavors here Sautéed Flounder with Orange-Shallot Sauce here Sizzled Citrus Shrimp here

Eating Well – Recipes

Oct 20th, 2005

Are you familiar with the magazine Eating Well? I used to subscribe but then lost track of the magazine for many years. I’m glad to say I’ve rediscovered them through their online offerings. Some very nice stuff.

If you want to try great healthy recipes, check them out. They’ve got recipes for soups, appetizers, sandwiches & burgers, desserts, breakfast & brunch, cakes and pies, main courses….and more. See the recipes here.

Here’s one I’m eager to try – Savory Breakfast Muffins (if you’re tired of the sweet variety).

Trans Fats: Risky But Still Legal

Oct 20th, 2005

Here are two short articles that hit the high points about the dangers of Trans Fats and new legislation: Risky But Still Legal: Consumer’s Guide to Trans Fats: Where & How to Avoid Them by Joyce Hendley here Trans Fats on the Brain–Fresh new Concerns about partially hydrogenated oils by Peter Jaret here

Toxins in Our Food

Oct 19th, 2005

Have you noticed that more people are becoming concerned about the quality of our foods? Even conventional grocery stores are offering organic choices and free range, hormone-free meat and poultry. I think this is a great trend. I’m always on the lookout for "clean" food and am willing to pay a little more for it. It’s becoming surprisingly affordable.

I thought you might be interested in an article I came across today. It comes from Toxic Relief by Don Colbert, M.D., (Lake Mary, FL: Siloam, 2001) How to Get Sick: A Modern Prescription for Illness . . . Eat Grocery Store Produce and Processed Foods

What a mouthful — literally!

Pesticides and herbicides are among the world’s most deadly chemical compounds. If a pesticide or herbicide kills one thing, it will probably kill, mutate, or seriously damage a whole host of other things. The problem with these compounds is that they tend to stay on the fruit, vegetable, or plant they were applied to.

Toxins from our water, air, food, and buildings only make things worse. Most pesticides are known carcinogens, and some of them pose as counterfeit versions of the female hormone estrogen. These xenoestrogens may promote cancer by stimulating estrogen receptors in the body. Animal growth hormones are another cause for concern. They don’t disappear after an animal is butchered, prepared for market, or cooked. They go right into our stomachs. Nor do they disappear from the milk of a cow treated with antibiotics.

It is estimated that one glass of commercial, non-organic milk purchased from a grocery story may contain the residue of up to 100 different antibiotics! Beyond the hormones that are injected directly into the animal, many of the meats we eat come from animals fed with antibiotic-laden feeds.

Growth hormones in our food supply are even blamed for causing the abnormally early menses of young girls and for the overabundance of female hormones in young men. (Female hormones are given to milk cows to increase production.) Source: Don Colbert, M.D., Toxic Relief (Lake Mary, FL: Siloam, 2001)