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An Apple A Day…

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by creatingahealthylifestyle in Healthy Body, Healthy Eating

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5-10 servings of Fruit and Vegetables, An Apple a Day, Cancer, Cruciferous Vegetables, Diabetes, Fruit, Health, Health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Heart disease, High Blood Pressure, high cholesterol, High Triglycerides, Obtain and maintain a healthy body weight, Prevention, Prevention of Diet Related Diseases, sleep apnea, Vegetables

While eating an apple a day may keep the doctor away, one piece of fruit a day won’t give you the benefits of eating 5-10 servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables.  Eating five or more servings of produce has been shown to significantly reduce rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and gastrointestinal disorders. Other benefits of eating plenty of fruits and vegetables may include the prevention or reversal of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, sleep apnea, and aid in obtaining and maintaining a healthy body weight.

If you haven’t gotten a check-up in a while, with a blood test, you might want to so that you can have a baseline and know what’s going on within your body.

Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, arugula, bok choy, collard greens, kale, mustard greens, rutabaga, turnip greens, radish and watercress, have been shown to protect our bodies against certain types of cancers.

Visit a local farmer’s market to see what fruits and vegetables are in season. Add vegetables to what you already eat. Have some fruit when you want something sweet. Once you start experiencing the benefits of feeling better, having more energy and looking better, it will be easier to maintain a healthy lifestyle of eating.

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

Health Concerns for Children – There’s Hope!

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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Childhood Obesity, Children with High Blood Pressure, Children with Type 2 Diabetes, family behaviors, Family Eating Behaviors, Genetic Factors, Health, Healthy Body, Healthy Eating, Heart Disease in Children, high cholesterol, history of obesity, Obesity, Physical Activity, Prevention, sleep apnea, Treatable

Health Concerns For Children - There's Hope!Which is a health concern for children:

a.  Diabetes (Type 2)

b.  High blood pressure

c.  Obesity

d.  All of the above. (See answer below)

Genetic factors play a small role in childhood obesity and related health problems.  Shared family behaviors such as eating and activity habits, are how a “family history of obesity” gets passed down from one generation to another.  For example, having high cholesterol and struggling with maintaining a healthy and comfortable weight was passed down to me because of the types of food I was raised on.  Eating a diet heavy in meat and fat created the high cholesterol. Fortunately, it was not a permanent health condition.  At age 19 when I discovered that I had high cholesterol, I also learned that I could do something about it by changing what I ate and adding some physical activity. And so I did!

Answer: d All of the above.

Diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity are showing up in children along with high cholesterol, high triglycerides, heart disease, sleep apnea and chronic illnesses.  The good news is that all of these medical conditions listed are diet related and are preventable or treatable, for children and adults, with 1) a lifestyle change to healthy eating, 2) maintaining a healthy body weight, and 3) getting regular exercise!

Love, Health & Happiness,

Phyllis

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