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Chicken dishes for flavorful winter meals 12/8/11
It’s a busy time of year, but one that is perfect for cooking. Colder weather, combined with holiday entertaining, lure many of us back to the kitchen. If you’re short on time but need a tasty, healthful and economical recipe, chicken is the solution.
From the National Chicken Council, here are four new cold-weather chicken recipes …
Hayes Green Beach recognized as top rural hospital 12/7/11
The National Rural Health Association named HGB as one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals out of 1,300 in America. In addition, the hospital was recently recognized for outstanding performance in patient safety, and received three Quality Improvement Awards of Excellence for inpatient and outpatient clinical performance, as well as emergency department transfers, by the Michigan Center for …
Sleep problems? Exercise helps, according to study 12/6/11
People sleep significantly better and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week, a new study concludes.
A nationally representative sample of more than 2,600 men and women, ages 18-85, found that 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity a week, which is the national guideline, provided …
10 “clean” foods to put in your shopping cart 12/5/11
When you make out your weekly shopping list, are most of the foods you go for in boxes, cans, or some other packaging? Are the foods packed full of ingredients that you can barely pronounce? If so, then you and your family might not be getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need to stay …
Crush Calories: Even during the holidays! 11/28/11
Yes, I do know December is a cornucopia of sugar cookies, pies, candy and festive cocktails so you’re probably not too concerned with cutting calories or spending more time exercising this month. But when January comes and you’re still nursing a fat and sugar hangover you’ll thank me. Truth is, we’re all likely to indulge …
Banish the winter blues 11/28/11
Do the cold, dark days of winter make you want to hole up and hibernate? You’re not alone! The “winter blues”—low energy and lack of motivation—is normal and can be attributed to the lower light intensity and lower temperatures of northern locales.
Try these tips to brighten your mood and spark your energy.
Lighten up: To counter …
Why I like CrossFit 11/28/11
CrossFit is a conditioning program that mixes Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, calisthenics, gymnastics, sprints, plyometrics, and a few hard-to-categorize exercises like rope climbing. Most of the workouts are measured by how fast you finish a workout, how much can you lift, or how many reps you accumulated over a given time.
Its unique approach to training has …
Americans are eating too much salt 11/10/11
Americans are eating too much sodium, and the American Heart Association believes that we need to increase our public health efforts to encourage the public and private sectors of the food industry to reduce sodium in the food supply, a point emphasized in a report issued today from the US Centers of Disease Control and …
Nine ways to strengthen your marraige 11/9/11
Have you ever noticed that most Hollywood love stories end with the lead couple finally “getting together”? You’re supposed to assume that they live “happily ever after,” but the audience is rarely shown what happens after that first blissful kiss. And there’s a good reason for that. If you’ve been married for more than a …
Tracking fat, cholesterol not necessary for a heart-healthy diet, says a new report from Harvard Medical School 11/8/11
A crucial take-home message of Healthy Eating for a Healthy Heart, a newly revised report from Harvard Health Publications, is to consider the types of foods that you eat and your overall dietary pattern, rather than focusing on individual nutrients such as fat, dietary cholesterol, or specific vitamins.
“There are no single nutrients or …
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