Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …
Tag: Nutrition
Oct 10 2015
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
Once again this week’s H & F news is abbreviated due to other pressing matters.
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By Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times
Is Type 2 diabetes reversible?
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed in some people, at least temporarily, but it may take extreme measures.
Lifestyle changes like weight loss and exercise are most likely to have an effect early in the course of the disease, shortly after a patient moves from prediabetes to diabetes and is still producing some insulin. At that point, “if you can reduce your body’s requirements for insulin by losing weight, you may be able to go back to the prediabetes phase,” said Dr. Judith Fradkin, director of the division of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic diseases at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
By Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times
Calcium, eaten in foods or taken as supplements, has little or no effect on bone density or the risk of fracture in people over 50, according to two large reviews of studies in BMJ.
One analysis reviewed 59 randomized controlled trials of the effect of dietary and supplemental calcium on bone density. Together, the trials included 13,790 men and women over 50. The data showed that more calcium in the diet or taken as supplements increased bone density about 1 percent to 2 percent – too little to have any effect on fractures.
Oct 03 2015
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Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Once again this week’s H & F news is abbreviated due to other pressing matters.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
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By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times
The notion that you cannot refreeze thawed foods “is a myth,” said Tina Hanes, a registered dietitian with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Any raw or cooked food that has been thawed can be refrozen as long as it was thawed properly – in the refrigerator, not on the counter – and hasn’t spoiled. That includes raw meat, poultry, fish and seafood, Ms. Hanes said.
“It’s one of the most popular questions we get on our hotline,” she said, “but it is safe to refreeze raw meat, as long as it’s not spoiled.” [..]
“You can refreeze anything as long as it’s been handled properly,” Ms. Hanes said, adding that it is safe to thaw and then refreeze frozen fruit, vegetables, breads, cakes, processed foods and other items. The process, however, may affect their texture, taste and color, making them mushy or dried out and less appetizing, depending on the item.
Sep 26 2015
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Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
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Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
How many dishes can you cook on autopilot?
I’m talking about easy meals that your hands can manage on their own, leaving your mind free to ruminate about your hard day at work or help your kids memorize their multiplication tables.
If the answer is zero not counting scrambled eggs or pasta with jar sauce, read on.
The more often you can just cook without worrying through a recipe, the freer, easier and more relaxed dinnertime will be. You and your family will be better fed, too.
~ Meissa Clarke ~
Making great meatballs is all about memorizing a basic ratio that you can adjust to suit your taste.
Cooking fish for 10 minutes per inch of thickness is an old rule of thumb that works perfectly when roasting fillets or steaks.
You can use any kind of meat to make these dead-simple scaloppine – veal, turkey, chicken, pork, even beef if you can find pieces thin enough.
If you keep canned beans, tomatoes, onion and garlic in your pantry, you can make this dish on any weeknight without having to shop.
The key to roasting all kinds of vegetables is to know the right temperature for cooking them.
Sep 19 2015
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Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
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Over 50 percent of this colorful chicken stir-fry is composed of vegetables.
Spicy Stir-Fried Japanese Eggplant and Cucumber
Crunchy, water cucumber contrasts nicely with soft eggplant in this stir-fry.
Spicy Stir-Fried Tofu With Corn, Green Beans and Cilantro
This stir-fry is a light meal, sweet and spicy.
Stir-Fried Brown Rice With Poblano Chiles and Edamame
The rich, nutty taste of brown rice adds a satisfying note to this dish.
Rainbow Peppers and Shrimp With Rice Noodles
For a vegetarian version of this dish, try it with tofu instead of shrimp.
Sep 12 2015
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Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
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This is the first summer in a long time that I haven’t had a tomato garden. My garden needed a rest, and my plan was to work on my annual tomato piece for Recipes for Health during the two weeks I spent in Provence, where my love affair with Mediterranean cuisine began. It was an easy assignment. Summer cooking here revolves around tomatoes, squash and eggplant, and these ingredients pretty much dominated my market baskets.
When I started going to Provence more than 30 years ago, the tomatoes were superior to anything I could find in the States. Now that’s not the case, thanks to our wonderful farmers’ markets, which offer a wider variety of these nutrient-dense vegetables than any French market I visited this summer. An added benefit is that in American markets you are much more likely
~Martha Rose Shulman~
This dish is inspired by the Catalan signature dish, but mustard takes the place of the traditional raw garlic.
Provençal Tomato and Squash Gratin
Tomatoes do double duty here, forming a sauce and decorating the top of the dish.
Rainbow Trout Baked in Foil With Tomatoes, Garlic and Thyme
Cooked in packets, this savory fish dish can be assembled well ahead of time and baked at the last minute.
Tomato, Squash and Eggplant Tian
A tian takes a little time to assemble, but you’ll be rewarded with a beautiful presentation of summer’s bounty.
Dijon mustard spread on the pastry dough before baking adds even more French flavor to this dish.
Sep 05 2015
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Welcome to the Stars Hollow Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share and exchange your favorite healthy recipes.
Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
You can now find past Health and Fitness News diaries here and on the right hand side of the Front Page.
I’m still traveling. The regular health and fitness will return next week.
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As long as there are still peaches, plums, apricots, berries and nectarines to be had, I’m buying them up and making pies and galettes. A galette is a free-form pie, more rustic than a tart. Although they’re usually made with classic buttery pie dough or puff pastry, I’ve been working at developing a dough recipe that is delicate and tasty but not too rich. I decided that a yeasted dough could work, and came up with a formula that yields enough for two galettes but has only 60 grams of butter (about 4 tablespoons). The flavor is nutty and rich because of the whole-wheat flour, but the dough isn’t heavy. The trick is to roll it very thin, then freeze it right away so that it doesn’t continue to rise and become too bready, and also so that it’s easy to work with when you are ready to assemble the tart. The dough works beautifully for these free-form galettes.
~Martha Rose Shulman~
This yeasted dough is a cross between a pizza dough and pie crust dough.
Nectarine or Peach and Blackberry Galette
Almond flour spread over the crust before baking adds flavor and absorbs juice to keep the crust from getting soggy.
Apricot, Cherry and Almond Galette
Baking deepens the flavor of even less than perfectly ripe apricots.
Plum, Almond and Orange Galette
The plums’ deep color and the perfume of orange zest give this tart extra appeal.
Mixed Red Fruit, Apricot and Hazelnut Galette
Use whatever stone fruits and berries you like for this delicious odds-and-ends pie.
Aug 29 2015
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Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
You can now find past Health and Fitness News diaries here and on the right hand side of the Front Page.
This week’s digest is abbreviated since I am, once again, traveling this week.
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There is little room in my repertoire at this time of year for dishes that don’t include tomatoes, but this week I kept it pretty simple.
I tried a new recipe for roasting tomatoes. I roasted them for 2 hours at a low temperature (300 degrees), which didn’t dry them out completely but intensified everything about them. I snacked on them all week, and also put them through a food mill for sauce. They will definitely become a habit, along with the fresh tomato sandwiches I’ve been eating for lunch every day. This won’t stop until September.
An irresistible way to use the freshest tomatoes.
Tomatoes make a great base for a luxurious summer risotto.
Soft Tacos With Roasted or Grilled Tomatoes and Summer Squash
Tomatoes and summer squash make for delicious taco fillings.
Greek Chicken and Tomato Salad
A tomato-centric Greek salad that is substantial enough for lunch or a light supper.
Amazingly Sweet Slow-Roasted Tomatoes
This method of roasting won’t dry out the tomatoes completely but will intensify everything about them.
Aug 22 2015
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Welcome to the Stars Hollow Health and Fitness weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Questions are encouraged and I will answer to the best of my ability. If I can’t, I will try to steer you in the right direction. Naturally, I cannot give individual medical advice for personal health issues. I can give you information about medical conditions and the current treatments available.
This week’s digest is abbreviated since I am, once again, traveling this week.
Tomatoes receive a lot of attention from nutritionists largely because of a phytonutrient called lycopene. Studies have long suggested that lycopene, which is contained in the red pigment, has antioxidant properties. Now growers are raising and marketing “high-lycopene” tomatoes. Indeed, a company based in Israel has developed a dried cherry tomato, which it is calling a “raisin tomato,” that contains almost 100 times the amount of lycopene in a regular cherry tomato.
I love this suggestion on preparing tomatoes for cooking from the author, Martha Rose Shulman
In many of this week’s recipes I’m using a technique that may be new to some of you. Rather than peeling, seeding and dicing the tomatoes, I grate them on the large holes of a box grater. This is a technique I learned in Greece; it’s used throughout the Mediterranean. Cut the tomatoes in half, squeeze out the seeds if instructed to do so, and rub the cut side against the grater. Don’t worry: the skin is tough and you won’t scrape your hands. When you feel the holes of the grater against the inside of the tomato skin, you’re done. It goes quickly, and it’s a nifty time-saver.
Aug 15 2015
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Basil contains flavonoids that are believed to have some antioxidant properties; it’s an excellent source of vitamin K, and a very good source of iron, calcium and vitamin A.
Pots of Basil will also keep away flies although it is unclear why, possibly the fragrant oils. The oils have also shown to inhibit the growth of some pathogenic bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics.
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