News and Updates
JULY 2010-
Andrea completed a 2 hour training course in diabetes management.
April 2010 -
Andrea earned a Certificate of Training in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management.
She previously earned a certidicate in Adult Weight Management..
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August 2010
LUNCH BOX IDEAS
As we prepare for back to school time, we start to wonder, "What am I going to put in the kids lunch boxes and what is a good afterschool snack?"
Many of the items listed below can do double duty - as a lunch box item or afterschool snack.
Try these ideas:
▪ Conventional sandwiches—deli meat, peanut butter* and jelly, cheese, bagel and cream cheese, bagel and peanut butter, vegetarian pita pocket, tuna fish
▪ Unconventional sandwiches—humus and pita bread, falafel, cheese and crackers, cream cheese and jelly, cream cheese and olives, sunflower butter, soy-nut butter, wrap filled with vegetables and cheese or deli meats, quesadilla, calzone, and Stromboli, Canadian bacon with lettuce and tomato
▪ Conventional alternatives to sandwiches—dinner leftovers (meat/chicken/fish/pork, grain, pasta or potatoes, vegetables), cheese and crackers, leftover pizza, soup or stew, takeout leftovers
▪ Unconventional alternatives to sandwiches—single-serving cereal or cereal from home in storage container (just add milk), scrambled eggs or hardboiled eggs, yogurt with granola, quiche, chili, pancakes or waffles, nuts,* filled croissant, homemade smoothies, bean salad, homemade muffin
▪ Fruits—apple, pear, banana, grapes, berries, oranges, grapefruit sections, canned fruit in juice, fruit cocktail, grapefruit sections, cherries, pineapple chunks, melon, pomegranate, guava, papaya, tangerines, clementine, fruit salad
▪ Vegetables to eat raw, steamed, or with dip—cucumber slices, celery, carrots, green beans, snow peas, blanched broccoli, asparagus or cauliflower, grape tomatoes, beets, corn, salad, guacamole, bean salad
▪ Snacks—fruit leather, sunflower seeds, baked potato chips, pretzels, multigrain crackers, high-fiber granola bar, graham crackers, applesauce, multigrain chips or tortilla, dried fruit, nuts,* tube yogurt (try freezing), cereal bars, dry cereal, banana chips, dried peas, breadsticks
Remember - the kids might not like what you pack today but think it is wonderful the next time you send it in the lunch box. So try new things more than once.
JULY 2010
FOODS AND PESTICIDES
I have already gotten several questions about the recent study that found a potential connection between pesticides and ADD/ADHA, etc. It was based on amounts of pesticide residue in the childrens urine and if they had any of the above mentioned issues.
So what to do? WASH your fruits and produce - just like you should have been doing anyway! There are special fruit/vegetable washes that help clean the outside and any waxes, etc off the foods. But you do not have to have anything special - just wash using plenty of water and gently rub the surface.
To find out which fruits and vegetables have high pesticide levels inside the fruit/veg [the part you normally eat], go to : www.foodnews.org It will give a list of items you should buy organic to avoid exposure.
