Eat sensibly and avoid holiday gluttony
Are we passing to left to the right?” Aunt Anna Faye would ask.
Bowls of steaming food circled around the dinner table. Silver serving spoons groaned from the weight of mashed potatoes, releasing their cargo with a plop onto Grandma’s filigree holiday China, followed by ladles making gravy reservoirs. As forks laden with Christmas Ham, broccoli casserole, sweet potatoes drowning in marshmallow and surreal Jell-O molds entered our drooling mouths, our stomachs hit their boundary.
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Outsmarting the ever-deceptive ‘baby’ carrot
“Oh, they’re so cute.” Yeah, so was Charles Manson when he was a baby.
As a nation seeks to improve their health, adorable, skinless baby carrots have become a family staple. Recently, however, a concerned reader contacted me about the e-mail circulating regarding the use of a chlorine bath in the production of expensive baby carrots that we dish up to nourish our loved ones. Yes, they are adorable, handy time savers, but convenience has its cost.
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Tia Today: More than a turkey
What a wonderful time of year! Thanksgiving is upon us.
Building in the practice of being thankful is implicit in the habits we learn in the Totally Fit Life system. How can you really be alive if you do not have gratitude bubbling up in your soul? (You might say, an inner “carbonation” of the soul.) If that attitude is not in place already, it is learned as you go.
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Anti-Aging Calendar for the week of 11.20.08
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention National Survivors of Suicide Day • The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will bring together thousands of survivors of suicide loss to share in a day of healing and empowerment through the tenth annual National Survivors of Suicide Day program. A local Survivor Day conference will be held in Indianapolis on Saturday. The program will also be available online at www.afsp.org and archived for one year. | Where: St. Vincent Stress Center, 8401 Harcourt Road, Indianapolis | When: Saturday at 1 p.m. | Info: To learn more about National Survivors of Suicide Day, visit www.afsp.org or call 430-7422 for further details.
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Gravy — is it the state beverage?
Heard this before? “By gosh, gravy is my downright birthright.”
Traditional, albeit fatty foods make us feel good… temporarily, at least. With its big round molecules, ethereal greasy gravy feels good on the tongue as it carries the meat’s flavors and luscious, rendered mammalian body fat. Cue salivation.
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Tia Today: Party the new way
How would you celebrate at the end of 10 weeks of walking, playing games, lifting weights and laughing? The answer for this time is a walkathon the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Call it a new way of launching the traditional Christmas season!
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St. Francis, Anthem negotiate
The Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. announced Friday it would rescind plans to terminate its contract with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana, thereby ensuring patients will continue to receive in-network benefits.
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Tia Today: Live into that
My friend Andrea said, “Live into that, Tia.”
What did Andrea mean? Well, she meant the journey of intentional lifestyle choices.
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Anti-Aging Calendar for the week of 11.13.08
Healthy Holiday Cooking Tips • It’s that time of year again when the holiday party invitations arrive in your mailbox. While food is often the centerpiece of holiday festivities, it doesn’t mean you have to gain extra party pounds during the season. All foods can fit – even traditional holiday goodies – into a healthful eating plan with balance and moderation. For heart health, the type of fat you choose is just as important as the amount of fat. In this class you will learn how to choose the right foods to eat and how to prepare foods in a heart-healthy way. Proper nutrition is essential to managing symptoms of heart disease and preventing further complications. | Where: St. Francis Heart Center, Community Center, 8111 S. Emerson Ave. | When: Today at 6:30 p.m. | Info: Registration required, call 782-4422 or register online at StFrancisHospitals.org/heart.
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We’re cutting too much cheese
If, in no way, I ever see another pernicious blue box of instant macaroni again, I’ll be a happy camper.
Read the ingredients? It should read whole milk, grated sharp cheddar cheese, chopped onion, salt and pepper, paprika and another layer of cheese on top with a splash of more milk. Instead it reads like the ingredients to jet fuel. Where’s the cheese? Make your own, for goodness sakes.
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