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This is Bonnie checking in to give you some ideas on how to get your children to eat and enjoy more vegetables. I do not have a green thumb. In truth, almost every house plant I touch eventually throws up its “hands” and dies from neglect or “over care.” There are some very simple summer vegetables [...]
Who hasn’t dropped some food on the floor and still wanted to eat it? If someone saw you drop it, he or she might have yelled, “5-second rule! Or you may have said it to yourself” The 5-second “rule” says food is OK to eat if you pick it up in 5 seconds or less. [...]
Aspirin Therapy in Diabetes
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● April 12, 2012
People with diabetes are at higher risk for heart attack and stroke. An aspirin a day reduces the clotting action of your blood, which helps prevent heart attack and stroke. By reducing the clotting action of your blood, you can also increase your risk of bleeding in the stomach and brain. So, the question becomes, [...]
Untangling the Fast Food Nutrition Information
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● April 5, 2012
Looking at a fast food nutrition chart online or on the back of your tray liner in the restaurant is confusing. You want to know how many teaspoons of sugar are in your soft drink choice or maybe you are choosing between the single hamburger and the double cheese burger with bacon—what do the numbers [...]
First Five Things To Do If Diagnosed With Diabetes
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● March 30, 2012
Newly diagnosed with diabetes? Have you thought “what should I be eating?” Have you completely quit eating carbohydrates because “they are bad”? Or switched to all “sugar-free” foods or just omitted the “bad carbohydrates” like “potatoes, bread, and pasta”? Here are five things to do if recently diagnosed with diabetes. First, do not skip meals. [...]
In Passport to Fitness, our missions is to promote a healthy lifestyle and give the students the knowledge that will lead to better choices throughout their lives. One point we try to emphasize is that healthy is a lifestyle, not a sacrifice or a burden. We promote that learning to live in today’s world and [...]
Don’t Reward or Punish Kids with Food
Posted by: Disease Management & Health Promotion Team in: ● March 21, 2012
When it’s time to discipline your child, try not to do it with food. If you cut out food to punish a child, this can make your child feel anxious. Your child may worry that she will not get enough food or that she will go hungry. As a result, your child may try to [...]
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