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gopd choice for parents, but
research shows otherwise.
Nutritional scientific researcher
Rick Handel said, “the fat sub
stimtes themselves ... many of
them are made from sugar and
otljer ultra-refined carbohy
drates. Too many empty carbo
hydrate calories in the diet can
bejas bad or worse than too
much fat.”
Studies indicate that the
obsession with counting fat
grams has actually contributed
to weight gain. “In moderation,
far in the diet helps slow down
the absorption of calories; they
aldo stimulate the hormone
CCK which signals the brain
that you are full,” said Handel.
S£ay said although he believes
the old adage “you are what
you eat,” he also believes that
parents should use common
sense and go back to the basics.
“Cutting out sodas and having
kids drink more water would
make a huge difference,” said
Seay.’He added that simply
making sure your child goes
outytfe tp play or encouraging
exercise is important.
“Don’t be afraid to look at
supplements. There are safe
and effective products available
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Harris advises mothers who
would like to stay home to take a
look’ a their talents and skills and
think about what they enjoy
doing. ‘ It is important to remem
ber that an in-home business may
not bea lucrative as an actual job
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foods, of Mexico and Central and South America.
Although Matthie-Jacobs does not claim to be a food
expert, she and her husband have traveled all over the
world in quest of exotic flavors. She has in turn taken
her dining experiences and created one of a kind,
spicy' low fat and no salt recipes that are shared in the
book.' “I cook wjth a con
scious focus on creating food
that' celebrates flavor and fun
and, in most recipes, 1 attempt
to keep the fat content low
with out sacrificing flavor,
says Matthie-Jacobs.
Studies done on peppers
continue to dispel myths that
hot,foods are bad food you.
Research indicates that eating
chiles results in the produc
tien of mucus linings which in
turn .protects the stomach wall
and promotes the healing of
utocns.* Studies also indicate that eating hot foods will
sped calorie consumption by as much as 45 percent.
Chile peppers are high in vitamin C and A, in fact a
gteen chile (any unripened chile) is three times higher
iif vitainin C than any citrus fruit. The list of benefits
f*m eating chiles is long and diverse, but the obvious
Ijealth notes
flaad in Hand Hospice
!vice of Northeast Georgia
ystem Inc., will be holding
training session for new
:rs from 9 a.m. to 1:30
Monday through Friday,
!9, at the Gainesville Hand
office at 2150 Limestone
olunteers are needed to sit
ients, run errands, provide
family members or work
lice. For information, call
3-8556.
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SkDD/ADHD/Learning disabled
.'.free seminars on unlocking
j xtr’dulds potential without med
i son. A. Martin Wuttke, Clinical
1 sector of the Institute for Family
i 1 illness, will speak on how
1 combined with a
tyme-based education and thera
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J.J. Seay shows an example
of his 120 pound weight loss,
these size 50 pants are
replaced with a size 34
to help children and adults,”
Seay said. He attributes his
weight loss to a change in
lifestyle, the help of a herbal
supplement and prayer.
“Because I was overweight as a
child I was doing all the wrong
things to fit in, like abusing
drugs,” Seay said. He explained
that his unhappiness ultimately
outside the home.
Harris says to set priorities, real
izing that action often leads to
sacrifice.
Harris says she does her best to
provide her services at an afford
able rate. Generally she charges
Association for Child
Development may help leave nega
tive labels behind. All seminars are
7:30-9 p.m. The dates are: Jan. 28,
Feb. 10 and Feb. 25. Fa* informa
tion, call (770) 395-7526.
Depression support group
Appalachian Family Services is
offering a free support group for
depressed individuals on the sec
ond and fourth Thursday of each
month at Northside Hospital -
Cherokee in Canton at 7 p.m. All
support groups are led by trained
facilitators. For information, call
(770)592-6515.
Mothers of Children with
Special Needs
If you are a parent of a child with
Special Needs, you are invited to
share your thoughts and concerns,
led him to drop out of school
and move away from his fami
ly-
“When I turned my fifte over
to the Lord, I found peace with
myself and that’s when najy life
really began to change, aod a
neighbor introduced me.|o • ’
product that helped me dp. what.
I’d strongly desired to do Aice
I was a little boy,” he said.
Most experts agree that exer
cise is the key to successful
weight loss. Realizing that even
low levels of activity can be?
beneficial for health is Impor
tant for those who wantlolose
weight. However, dieters both
young and old would coneadfe
that the most difficult part of
any weight loss plan is simply
sticking to it, hence the yearly
renewal of the same personal
fitness goals.
“When I was a kid, people
said awful things to me. I typi
cally laughed with them,'but
inside I wasn’t laughing at all,”
Seay said. He said to remem
ber the diet industry is geared
toward adults, but that children
who face weight problems dei!
with more scrutiny in ondday
than adults do in six moSthfi.
“As parents and mentors* it i«j
our responsibility to recognize
these problems and help ‘Chir
dren deal with them beratthey
turn to unhealthy habits," saick
Seay.
Statistics show that 87 pcfcc"nt>
of all reported cases df auprif |t- v
ia are young girls between use
ages of 12-21. A January
1996 Seventeen Magazine
poll of middle and high
school students showed
that the most common'rea
son for the use of the bar
biturate “speed” is its abili
ty to curb the appetite,
more evidence of the
X hazards of overweight
“ children.
an hourly rate based on the job to
be done.
Harris says she would*some day
like to be able to provide some
services on a volunteer basis, but
for now, making a living is her
priority.
benefit is the infusion of favor into food 'without
adding harmful ingredients such as salt and butter.
As baby boomers grow more concerned widi (heir
health, and research continues to reveal that **fat
free” is not all it is cracked up to be, those jest"
for culinaiy adventures may embrace Matthie-Jacobs
Matthie-jacobs offers a free newsletter eptitltfd
“Fireworks” via e-mail; her website is located at
www.cookingwithfire.com. Her cookbook is how
available in bookstores or may be order# via the
internet at http://www.mjmgrand@cadvisiofl.CQm
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and to be a part of this support Sys
tem. For information, call Suzanne
Campbell at (770)
Eye Care for Computer j
Emory doctors have new Join
lions for eye care of those fre
quently use computers. Fdrinfoc
mation, call Emory Health
Sciences at (404) 727-439
Hand in Hand Hospice
..'.of Northeast Georgia 5 Medical
Center and Health System Inc.
announces its next six-week series
bereavement support group. The
group will meet from 2-3 p.m. on
Tuesdays beginning Feb. 2 at New
Day Counseling located at 475*
Tribble Gap Road, Suite 120 in
Cumming. The group is free, but
registration is required. For infor
mation, call (770) 536-0497. ; ’ ’
passion. “I can’t imagine eat
ing bland food.” she said. bit
fear that keep the average per
son from adding a'"little
“jalapeno pepper jelly" to the
tops of their chicken breast?
Matthie-Jacobs encourages
people to try adapting to hot
foods, when a very hot chile is
consumed, the body will
release endorphins to mask
the burning sensation. She
says if you start out slowly
your body will become more'
tolerant.
Healthy after-school, anytime, snacks
By the time lunch rolls around,
most school kids have long
since burned off any breakfast
calories they consumed. In fact,
they’re usually so ravenous,
they’ll eat just about anything.
Or so you’d think. But anyone
who has ever watched what
goes on in a school lunchroom
knows that kids can get bored
with the same old sandwiches.
That’s when they head for the
candy machines - or other kids’
lunch boxes!
Lunch with a smile
So why not surprise them and
new and differ
ent to take along to school?
With a few simple ingredients,
you can bring a smile to kids’
faces and rest assured they’ll
get a good lunch, complete with
delicious fresh fruits such as
bananas, pineapple and man
goes.
Roll-ups for fun
. Start with roll-ups - sand
wiches in a tortilla. They’re
about as easy as it gets when it
comes to making lunch. In fact,
-you might even want to invite
■'kids into the kitchen to help.
All you have to do is spread
* filling on the tortillas, roil and
' Wrap tight in plastic. Kids love
,&at universally satisfying
jwctton of eating with their
□lands, working their way down
Something shaped like a popsi
<cle or a hot dog. But in this
case, they’ll get some good
nutrition and flavor along with
the fun.
Beyond roll-ups, consider
making a batch of Pamela
Pineapple Muffins for school
lunches. Fill a thermos with a
Tropical Smoothie and pack a
straw to make it more interest
ing. For the ultimate lunch sur
prise, make up some Hairy
“Bananas!
All of the recipes here are
qtiick and easy to prepare and
the results are portable. Os
course they’re all great for at
home lunches and after school
snacks, too.
Pamela Pineapple Muffins
Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes: 16 muffins
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup low fat milk
2 eggs
4 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
£ 1 cup finely chopped Dole
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Peanut Butter Banana Roll-ups or tropical yogurt could be a welcome break from ordinary lunches,
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More than four and a half million Americans are
estimated to have HCV, according to the Federal
»Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only
1 225,000 people are currently diagnosed in the United
States, of which only 40,000 are now enrolled in
treatment programs.
Risk factors for having or contracting HCV
include: sharing of needles, sexual contact with
infected persons, sex with multiple partners, blood
transfusions before 1992 or receiving clotting factors
before 1987. Any person associated with any of
these factors should consider being tested for HCV.
Because there are virtually no symptoms until the
very late stages of the disease, HCV has been
dubbed “the silent killer.” Its victims typically suc
cumb to cancers and cirrhosis of the liver.
- “Individuals who drink are at increased risk of
developing cirrhosis, and the rate of progression is
i more rapid in those who continue to drink while they
have hepatitis C,” said Dr. Raymond Koff, Professor
• Beat together sugar peanut
butter and margarine in bowl
until light and fluffy, Stir in
milk and eggs.
• Stir flour, baking soda and
pineapple into batter, until just
moistened. Spoon into paper or
foil-lined cupcake holders.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20
minutes or until toothpick
inserted in center comes out
clean.
Per Serving: 159 calories, 5g
fat (Ig sat), 27mg cholesterol,
143 mg sodium, 24g carbohy
drate, 4g protein
Sunshine Chicken
Salad Roll-ups
(not pictured)
Prep: 10 min.
Makes: 3 servings
1 can (70 oz.) chunk white
chicken, packed in water
1/2 cup Dole Fresh Chopped
Pineapple
1/4 cup non-fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup seedless grapes, cut up
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 (8-inch) flour tortillas
• Drain and flake chicken. Stir
together chicken, pineapple,
mayonnaise, grapes and cinna
mon in medium bowl.
• Spread about 1/2 cup chicken
mixture over each flour tortilla.
Roll up tortilla: cover with plas
tic wrap. Place in lunch box
with a pack of blue ice, to
assure the sandwich is kept cool
until lunch.
Per Serving: 214 calories, 4 g
tat (Ig sat.), 53 mg cholesterol,
687 mg sodium, 23g carbohy
drate, 22g protein
Peanut Butter
Banana Roll-up
Prep: 5 min. Makes: 1 serving
1 (8-inch) flour tortilla
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 tablespoon jelly
2 tablespoons Dole Seedless
Raisins
1 Dole Banana
• Spread tortilla on one side
with peanut butter; spread on
jelly.
• Sprinkle raisins over jelly.
Place banana at one end of tor
tilla. Roll tortilla up with
banana inside until closed.
Wrap in plastic wrap.
Per Serving: 365 calories, 99
fat (29 sat.), 0 mg cholesterol,
267 mg sodium, 77g carbohy
drate, 89 protein
of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts.
Many may recall the “early retirement” of the high
ly popular Naomi Judd as a result of HCV. Judd is
now free of HCV. Baseball great Mickey Mantle
died last year from liver disease caused by HCV.
The CDC reports an estimated 8,000-10,000 deaths
each year associated with HCV. Symptoms of chron
ic HCV are jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss
of appetite, intermittent nausea and vomiting.
Karen said she sometimes feel alienated due to the
disease. She has been advised to keep her tooth
brush separate from her husband’s and children’s
and not use the same nail clippers. Things that once
seemed trivial, like having her children drink or eat
after her, now says Karen, “cause me to worry.”
Karen’s husband is not infected and she plans to
have her children tested in the near future. As HCV
continues to bewilder the medical establishment,
Karen prays that she will be one of the lucky few to
escape the progression of the disease.
Tropical Smoothie
(not pictured)
Prep: 10 min.
Makes: 3 servings
1 cup Dole Pineapple Juice
1 Dole Mango, peeled, seeded
and chopped
1 medium, ripe Dole Banana
Combine pineapple juice, i
mango and banana in blender or !
food processor container.!
Cover; blend until smooth. Pour!
into well-chilled thermos to!
keep cool until lunch.
Per Serving: 85 calories, 19
fat (0 g sat.), 0 mg cholesterol,
4mg sodium, 479 carbohydrate,
29 protein
Tropical Yogurt
(not pictured)
Prep: 15min.
Makes: 4 servings
2 cups (76 oz.) banana or',
vanilla yogurt !
7/2 cup finely chopped Dole
Mango
1/2 cup Dole Fresh Chopped.
Pineapple
1/4 cup miniature
chips "J
2 tablespoons toasted Dole*
Slivered Almonds
• Stir together yogurt, mango,-
pineapple, chocolate chips and
almonds in bowl.
• Spoon about 1/2 cup yogurt
mixture into each plastic con
tainer: cover. Place in lunch
boxes.
Per Serving: 232 calories, 8g
fat (4g sat.), lOmg cholesterol
97mg sodium, 34g carbohy
drate, 7 g protein
Hairy Bananas
Prep: 10 min.
Makes: 3 servings
1/4 cup crushed vanilla wafer
cookies
1/4 cup crushed dry cereal
3 tablespoons miniature
chocolate chips
3 Dole Bananas
6 teaspoons peanut butter
Mix cookies, cereal and
chocolate chips on plate.
Spread each banana with 2
teaspoons peanut butter. Roll
banana in chocolate mixture
and press on ingredients. Wrap
in plastic wrap, place in lunch,
box.
Per Serving: 212 calories, 8g
fat (4g sat.), 0 mg cholesterol,
64mg sodium v