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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, December 30, 2009
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Liquid Calories and
Weight Loss
The goal of this column and
the goal of the Health
Restoration 101 programs
are to help to maximize your
chances of living a longer,
healthier life.
Are You Having Trouble
Losing Weight? Consider
what you are drinking, both
with meals, and between.
Many times we pile
up calories with sweetened
drinks such as kool-aid, juices,
sweetened and flavored
waters, milk shakes, coffee
and teas and many others, and
give no thought to the impact
of these calories. We can easi
ly drink 1,000 to 2,000 calo
ries per day. Certainly coffee
and tea have no calories on
their own, but we add sugar
and cream and add up the
calories.
Take note also that calo
ries from drinks are handled
differently in the body than the
calories in foods. Food
reduces hunger in the body,
and causes us to eat less and
then to stop eating as we
become full. Calories from
liquids add up, but do little to
reduce hunger.
A study held at Johns
Hopkins University reveals
that what we drink may be
more important than what we
eat when trying to lose weight.
Carolyn Guilford, CNC
The study followed 810 peo
ple from 25 to 79 years of age
for 18 months.
"Both liquid and
solid calories were associated
with weight change, said Dr.
Benjamin Caballero, however
the reduction in the liquid
caloric intake was shown to
significantly affect weight loss
during the six-month follow
up".
This study found that
people who cut out one sugar-
sweetened drink a week lost
more than a pound over six
months. Further, the study
found that participants got 37
percent of their liquid calories
from sweetened drinks, rather
than juice, water, milk or other
beverages.
So you might think that
to drink unsweetened or artifi
cially sweetened drinks is the
answer. Maybe not.
Unsweetened tea or coffee is
ok, in moderation if you are
able to tolerate the caffeine.
But, artificial sweeteners
cause cravings for sweets, and
some scientists believe they
cause cancer and other prob
lems.
To loose weight and to
keep it off, change your diet to
increase fruits and veggies,
moderate the fried foods, and
fast foods, eat whole grains,
and make water the drink of
choice. Drinking enough
water per day can get you
properly hydrated and keep
hunger at bay longer. Pay
attention to both what you eat
and drink. It will be easier than
you think.
Nutrition Consulting
Saves Lives! If you would like
to purchase the book -Health
Restoration 101, attend the
class: Grocery Shopping 101,
or if you are ready to change
the level of your health for the
better, call for a Free
Consultation 912) 236-8987
Or write to:
Carolyn Guilford at
Health Restoration
Consulting
P. O. Box 2814, Savannah,
GA 31402
www.HealthrestorationlOl
.com
Hinesville Downtown
Announces Meetings
A Small World Festival
Planning Meeting will be
held on Tuesday, January
12 th at 5:30pm in the
Council Room at City Hall.
People from all cultures
are encouraged to attend this
meeting. This meeting is also
posted on our facebook page:
www.facebook.com/hinesvil
ledowntown.
Downtown Partners
will meet on Wednesday,
January 20th at 8:30am in the
City Hall Council Room.
Topic is “Local Product
Development”.
Come and learn about
how your downtown busi
ness can capture a greater
chunk of the tourism dollar
through local product devel
opment.
Contact HDD A at 877-
4332 or email: discover-
downtown@coastalnow.net
for more information.
Thank
You
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Tribune
Representative Mickey Stephens Joins
Legislators to Study Latest Health
Developments
Mickey Stephens
State Representative
Mickey Stephens (D-
Savannah) joined a group of
state legislators from across
the nation who met with
national health experts during
an invitation-only two day
conference Dec. 11-12 in San
Francisco, Calif.
Meeting attendees learned
about the latest developments
in treating cancer with oral
medications, a chemotherapy
regime that has many fewer
side effects than intravenous
medicines.
The problem can be that
for some individuals the oral
medications do not carry the
same health insurance cover
age and can be prohibitively
more expensive. Legislators
discussed policy changes to
ensure that individuals can
afford to receive the treat
ments recommended by their
physicians.
Meeting attendees
toured the nation’s largest
biotechnology facility and
learned about the develop
ment and testing of cutting
edge treatment for cancer and
other debilitating diseases.
Biologic treatments
developed at the plant include
a ground-breaking medica
tion for macular degeneration
that not only stops the pro
gression of blindness among
the elderly but restores vision
for many.
Two nationally known
experts from the University
of Alabama-Birmingham pre
sented the latest research and
recommendations for treating
stroke. Conference attendees
learned there is a three and
one-half hour window for
brain-saving medication to be
administered from the time of
the first stroke symptoms but
many stroke victims are not
receiving this medication.
Drs. Anne and Andrei
Alexandrov urged legislators
to consider how to establish
systems of care in their states
to provide for proper emer
gency care of persons suffer
ing strokes.
The third timely
topic of the meeting was pan
demic flu preparedness. Dr.
Stuart Weiss, a flu expert who
speaks all over the globe,
helped attendees to under
stand the nature of flu pan
demics and how states should
prepare for them. He urged all
legislators to encourage their
constituents to get both sea
sonal and H1N1 vaccinations.
Mickey said “The con
ference was an excellent
opportunity to hear from
experts about the latest
research and data on these
three important health topics.
But perhaps the most impor
tant learning came from talk
ing to other state legislators
about what they are doing in
their states to improve health
outcomes for their con
stituents.”
The meeting was
sponsored by The Council of
State Governments, the
nation’s only organization
serving all three branches of
state government.
Four-Star General Named to
MCGHealth Board
Larry R. Ellis
Augusta, Ga. — Larry
R. Ellis has been appointed to
a three-year term on the Board
of Directors of MCGHealth.
Ellis is the Chief Executive
Officer of Ellis Services and
Solutions Enterprises in
Atlanta. He joined the Board
of Directors of Point Blank
Solutions in December 2004
and served as President and
Chief Executive Officer
through April 2009.
He serves as a director on
the Boards of SRA
International and the Armed
Forces Benefit Association.
He has been appointed to the
Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia
by the Governor.
He served in the United
States Army for more than 35
years before retiring as a Four-
Star General. He commanded
units at every echelon of the
Army, including the First
Armored Division while
deployed in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
As the U.S. Army's
Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, he oversaw multi
year, multi-billion dollar budg
et programs supporting nation
al strategic objectives. Soon
after the United States went to
war in 2001, he assumed com
mand of the U.S. Army Forces
Command in Atlanta,
Georgia— the Army's largest
command.
His military awards
include the Defense
Distinguished Service Medal,
the Army Distinguished
Service Medal, the Combat
Infantryman Badge and the
Bronze Star Medal. He holds a
Bachelors degree from
Morgan State University and a
Masters degree from Indiana
University.
Other honors include an
Honorary Doctor of Laws,
Honorary Master of Strategic
Studies, the Distinguished
Alumni Service Award, the
NAACP National Service
Award and the ROCK of the
year award.
MCG Health, Inc. (d/b/a
MCGHealth) is a not-for-prof
it corporation operating the
MCGHealth Medical Center,
MCGHealth Children’s
Medical Center, the Georgia
Radiation Therapy Center, and
related outpatient facilities and
services throughout the state.
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