Fwd: TV and Your Waistline, Healthy Salad Recipe, and More

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A delicious recipe, I love the sound of agave & mustard dressing - also some

important news on coral calcium.

 

Marianne

 

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21, 2003

> TV heads: beware the bulge

> Watching television may not be the quintessential brain booster, but is the

> boob tube bad for your physical health?

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> Create a new you

> Spinach and Watercress Salad with Strawberries, Asparagus, and Artichoke

> Renew yourself this spring with a salad packed with antioxidants, notably

> vitamins A and C, as well as folate and fiber.

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> Could your calcium be contaminated?

> I’m interested in the benefits of coral calcium over other forms of calcium

> and appreciated Anthony Almada’s article “Is Coral Calcium Cool? " ...

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TV heads: beware the bulge

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> Watching television may not be the quintessential brain booster, but is the

> boob tube bad for your physical health? Indeed, say Harvard researchers, who

> established a link between TV viewing and obesity (Journal of the American

> Medical Association, 2003, vol. 289, no. 14). Over the course of six years,

> they compared women’s television-watching habits with their other sedentary

> behaviors, such as sewing, reading, and writing, and found that each

> two-hour-per-day increment of television watching led to a 23 percent increase

in

> obesity. Each two-hour-per-day increment of sitting at work was associated

with a 5

> percent increase in obesity. By contrast, women who stood or walked around

> their homes for two hours a day reduced their obesity risk by 9 percent. The

> researchers estimated that if women adopted a relatively active

lifestyle—that

> is, less than ten hours per week of TV viewing and more than 30 minutes a day

> of brisk walking—they could reduce their risk of obesity by almost

> one-third. –Pamela Emanoil

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> Create a new you

> Spinach and Watercress Salad with Strawberries, Asparagus, and Artichoke

> Serves 4 / Renew yourself this spring with a salad packed with antioxidants,

> notably vitamins A and C, as well as folate and fiber. If you desire,

> sprinkle goat cheese on top for added texture and flavor.

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> 1 cup strawberries

> 7 cups fresh spinach

> 1 cup watercress

> 1 cup chopped walnuts

> 1 cup chopped artichoke hearts

> 1 cup chopped and blanched asparagus spears

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> Agave-Mustard Dressing

> 1 tablespoon olive oil

> 1 tablespoon flax-seed oil

> 2 tablespoons agave nectar or honey

> 2 tablespoons orange juice

> 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar

> 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

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> Rinse strawberries and pat dry. Remove stems; cut berries lengthwise into

> slices. Set aside.

> Rinse spinach well and spin or pat dry. Trim watercress leaves from stems;

> rinse leaves and spin or pat dry. Place spinach, watercress, strawberries,

> walnuts, artichoke hearts, and chopped asparagus in a large salad bowl.

> Combine ingredients for Agave-Mustard Dressing in a jar. Cover tightly and

> shake. Pour dressing over salad and toss. PER SERVING: 322 cal, 67% fat cal,

> 26g fat, 3g sat fat, 0mg chol, 20g carb, 10g protein, 10g fiber, 145mg sodium

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> FUNctional Kitchen is written by James Rouse, ND, the creator of Optimum

> Wellness and The Fit Kitchen, seen weekly on NBC’s KUSA television news.

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> Could your calcium be contaminated?

> Q. I’m interested in the benefits of coral calcium over other forms of

> calcium and appreciated Anthony Almada’s article “Is Coral Calcium

Cool?â€

> (Delicious Living, February 2003). I understand that the area coral calcium

comes

> from (Okinawa) is polluted with mercury and other substances. During your

> research, did you come across the breakdown or analysis of the components, so

I

> know whether my supplements might contain harmful substances?

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> A. Check with each coral-calcium supplier, because each product has a

> different chemical specification. Be aware that no studies to date have

compared

> coral calcium with calcium citrate or gluconate. In my article, I pointed to

> one small study showing that coral calcium (in fortified crackers) was

> absorbed better than calcium carbonate, but the method of measurement was less

than

> exact. No studies in English have shown coral calcium to have any favorable

> effect on bone metabolism in humans. In fact, the scientific research behind

> coral calcium is limited and is dwarfed by that on calcium carbonate and

> citrate, the latter of which has been shown to lower cholesterol in women.

–Ant

> hony Almada, MS, cofounder of Experimental and Applied Sciences and founder

and

> chief scientific officer of IMAGINutrition

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