Stroke risk tied to antioxidants

http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/stroke-treatment-prevention-center-therapy-physician/nutrition

There are a lot of new cookbooks here! (The cookbook publishers mostly publish all at once each year.) Learn how to add these healthy foods with antioxidants (below) to your meals this new year!

Find out more about antioxidants in your cooking at WebMD:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/antioxidant-superstars-vegetables-and-beans
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/antioxidants-in-fruits

Soup for Weight Loss

I found an article this morning about eating soup and losing weight.
http://www.suite101.com/content/soup-for-weight-loss-a81178

If you eat solid food and drink water separately, the water passes through your stomach without a pause. It doesn't contribute to feeling full.

However, if you combine food and water (soup), the water stays in the stomach with the solid food and makes you feel full for up to an extra hour and a half.

Anyone got a good homemade soup recipe?

Kathi

Mix and match fruit & veggies recipe site (from CDC)

The mix and match fruit & veggies recipe site (from CDC) mentioned in today's Friday Facts has some really good recipes.

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnparecipe/recipesearch.aspx

The other part of the post
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/what/examples.html#1cup
is kind of interesting as well ... unlike those that say half a small apple or half a banana is a serving! This one is based on age and gender.-posted by Charlotte

Walk Indiana

There is a new IN-Shape Indiana program beginning--Walk Indiana.

It looks like someone is walking between cities in Indiana from north to south. We are to join in by walking so many steps each day total, and it really isn't a whole lot. Look at this link: http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe6415787160027c7416&m=fe7115707467017e7414&ls=fdf813717367007a7415717d&l=fe9517777464007e7d&s=fe3215747d640779751273&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe23157973600c7d701d72&r=0.

A pedometer REALLY does help me walk more each day. Try one!

Walking boosts brain connectivity, function

Hmmm. Important link proven between exercise and keeping the brain "connecting" as we get older: http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/10/0826walk.html#. I'd better get goin'!

Try Read a Good Book blog for healthy cook book reviews

See Kathi's healthy cookbook reviews on another JCPL blog, http://myjclibraryrgb.blogspot.com.

True Colors at Work

Carolyn Kalil is one of the top career counseling professionals in the world. We have her book, Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love: Discover Your Unique Gifts and Talents. It teaches a lot about different personalities working together or serving other personalities. Her simple test is at http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp. Once you get through that, you can learn how to be better at your work, or learn better ways to work with others. She teaches people how to be happier and how to understand other people.

Daily Coffee Limbers Up the Heart

Sounds like it is good to drink your morning coffee.

See http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ESCCongress/21867

Waist Size & Health Risk Factor

Important study for future health--waist size and death risk: http://shexbenupdates.blogspot.com/2010/08/waist-size-tied-to-death-risk.html

Fresh Vegetables

It is my opinion that most Americans, when they eat vegetables, make boring ones. At least my mother did. Therefore, I have no childhood memories of loving vegetables- except asparagus. (I'll tell you why in a minute.)

When I spent a year in Minnesota, I learned to love beets. Hated them as a child, but in Minnesota, we picked them fresh out of iron-rich ground and cooked them in Harvard sauce.

My next love-of-vegetables came when I visited Israel. Wow! Spinach quiche, salads for breakfast, falafel in the marketplace, and some kind of veggie combo with a super sauce on it. I ate everything that wasn't nailed down and still lost four pounds during the 10 - day trip. (Might have had something to do with walking several miles a day, but I'm doing vegetables here.)

Why do these vegetable events stand out in my mind? Each one had to do with vegetables that are picked ripe and spend no time in transport or warehouse. The asparagus was one of my favorite events as a child. My dad would put my brother and me in the back seat of the car and drive slowly down country roads. It was our job to watch either side of the road and spot the asparagus growing in the fence rows. Talk about fresh - and free to boot!

I've got the gardens and farmer's market. Now to discover the sauce recipes.

Kathi

Prevention

The September issue of Prevention magazine arrived today. Always has lots of great health information. The article that caught my eye this month was "Be the happiest woman you know".

Free skin cancer screenings

The cancer center here in Seymour is offering free skin cancer screenings on Saturday, Aug 14 from 8-12. You need to to call 522-0480 for an appointment.
My husband and I are signed up!

Beth

Siblings Help Protect Your Mental Health

Having siblings helps with depression and more: http://depressionnewz.blogspot.com/2010/08/sisters-protect-siblings-from.html

How have your siblings made a difference to your mental health?

Take care of your gums! You may be saved from Alzheimer's. See http://oralhealthnewstoday.blogspot.com/2010/08/link-between-gum-inflammation-and.html

Welcome to Wellness!

Hello!

We hope you will enjoy our new JCPL Wellness blog. We hope it will be a lot more interactive, meaning we hope you will contribute your thoughts, experiences and links to good health and wellness information. Let us all hear from you.