Five Low Fat Holiday Party AppetizersWritten by Renee Kennedy
Holiday foods are about different kinds of flavors that satisfy your taste buds. Here are some food picks - healthy, low fat, all easy to make:1. Marmalade, apple butter, or whole fruit preserves served on low fat crackers with slices of gourmet cheese. (Be sure to read back of packages of cheese and crackers, look for low-fat options.) 2. Pears and low fat cheddar cheese. The sweet, tang of fruit with sharp taste of cheese is a mixture that will please any palette. When serving, allow guests to slice their own fruit -- this will keep fruit from turning brown. 3. Ham and turkey are both low fat meats if you choose lean varieties. Here are a few special ways to serve them depending on level of sophistication of your guests: - For kids: serve meat in bite-sized chunks, also offer grapes and chunks of low fat cheese... let your guests pick up these healthy nuggets with toothpicks. - For older crowd: Buy deli slices of ham, turkey, and cheese. Roll them up, serve with a choice of small dinner rolls (onion rolls, plain, egg, whole wheat...). Add a selection of fancy mustard or any unique fat-free condiments. (Have some fun experimenting with fat free mayonnaise and/or yogurt and spices like chili, dry mustard, onion and garlic.)
| | Malnourished!...Even After Eating a Full Plate. Shocking!Written by Warren Matthews
This is a concept that you may have difficulty in accepting. Nonetheless it is one that I have been ‘preaching' for years and has now been confirmed by studies showing people in US, Canada and UK are amongst most malnourished in world. This is case in spite of obesity reaching epidemic proportions in US. Malnourishment is without doubt a leading factor in a wide variety of health problems including cancers. Does this mean that overweight people are eating all food to detriment of rest of population? Not at all! In fact, obese people figure prominently amongst those people who are malnourished. I can sense you thinking... "That's a crazy statement". After all, when you think of someone being malnourished your mind flashes to pictures which you have seen on TV of starving children in Africa. How can an overweight person be malnourished? Much easier than you think... please read on and I will explain. The Problem is in Food! A recent analysis of a range of staple foods in Canada including potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, apples, onion, broccoli etc, was commissioned by The Globe and Mail and CTV news. The results were predictable to some and a shock to others. Let's use potatoes as an example. This is what analysis found: Over last 50 years potato has lost: * 100% of its Vitamin A * 57% of its Vitamin C and iron. * 28% of its Calcium. * 50% of its riboflavin * 18% of its thiamine Of seven nutrients analyzed only niacin levels had increased. The results were similar for all 25 fruits and vegetables tested. One of worst results was from broccoli in which ALL nutrients had declined measurably including niacin with Calcium down 63%. The Globe and Mail and CTV used comparative figures from government researchers for years 1951, 1972 and 1999. These earlier figures had been published in various scientific journals in UK including British Food journal. Release of this data in US has been limited to a few alternative health journals. Tim Lang a professor at centre for Food Policy in England says as a further example of how our food has been degraded is
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