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Nubella Feature
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By Leigh Belanger | Nubella.com
If you're like most people, you equate the holidays with festive foods that appear on the table once a year. These dishes are usually loaded with extra calories in the form of fat, sugar, or both.
And while the holidays wouldn't be what they are without celebratory meals, there are ways to integrate healthier choices without sacrificing festivity.
Learning new dishes and new traditions might take some practice - and your family might take some convincing - but developing fresh flavors for the holiday table can be a welcome challenge and a way to expand your culinary repertoire.
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Nutrition Notes Theresa Stahl, RD, LDN
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Fueling Winter Workouts
With winter approaching, many people turn indoors and consequently, physical activity is harder to fit into the schedule.
But even though the weather outside may be getting frightful, foregoing your workouts during the winter is actually what is more frightful - leading to winter weight gain and winter blues.
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Feature Recipe
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Apple Braised Cabbage
Preparation time: 10 min.
Cooking time: 30 min.
- 1 tsp. unsalted butter or margarine
- 1-1/2 lbs. cole slaw
- 1 Jonathan apple, peeled, cored and chopped
- 1 Tbs. brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp. cloves
- 1/8 tsp. mace
- 3 Tbs. cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup dry red wine or water
- 1/2 cup water
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Health Term Definition
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Body Mass Index (BMI):
The BMI is a way of assessing whether an adult is overweight. It's calculated by multiplying weight (in pounds) by 705, then dividing by height (in inches) twice. A person with a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered to be at a healthy weight. A person with a BMI of 25-29.9 is considered to be overweight. A BMI over 30 is considered obese.
A BMI of 40 or above indicates that a person is morbidly obese. This can increases a person's risk of death from any cause by 50%-150%.
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Spotlight On
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Cabbage
Another member of the brassicas family, cabbage is a staple food in countries from El Salvador to Poland to China. Inexpensive cabbage heads are one of the hardiest vegetables in any garden, withstanding frost and growing well into early winter. Red cabbage has higher levels of vitamin C as well as anthocyanins that act as antioxidants. Green cabbage is high in folate.
Both are high in fiber and versatile in the kitchen. Make a light cole slaw by tossing cabbage with vinegar and letting sit overnight, then adding just enough sour cream or light mayonaisse to make it creamy.
Cabbage is delicious when braised with apples, or stuffed with chopped aromatic vegetables and bulgur.
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Nubella Health Bite
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You can cut your cigarette smoking in half and still not reduce risk of early death, but quitting will definitely lengthen your life, Norwegian researchers said recently. They found that people who reduced their smoking actually had about the same death rates as those for heavy smokers. Women who cut back on smoking actually had a higher death rate from all causes than female heavy smokers.
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Healthy Cooking Recipes
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Recipes: This Winter, Revisit the Chowder Pot
What a way to beat back winter's cold and warm your bones than a bowl of hot chowder. And yes, you can welcome rich-flavored chowder to your health-conscious table.
You even can lose excess fat and calories without sacrificing the full-bodied taste of this classic comfort food.
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Kasha: Whole Grains Go Mainstream
Once upon a time, the only place that stocked whole grains was a health food store. Now, you can find whole-grain products stuffing the aisles of any supermarket.
Thanks to powerful antioxidants, whole grains exhibit anti-disease activity that is equal to, and sometimes greater than, the level known to occur in vegetables and fruits, cancer researchers say.
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