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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 3, 2010
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
What’s all The Talk About
High Fiber Foods?
The goal of this series
of articles and the goal of the
Health Restoration 101 pro
grams are to help you maxi
mize your chances of living a
longer, healthier life. Our
programs are simple, com
prehensive, science based,
well documented and easy to
follow. “It s not magic, but it
can change your life. ”
Do you know that a diet
high in fiber can improve our
health ‘to the max’? A diet
high in fiber can be life sav
ing, improving cholesterol
levels, heart disease and ves
sel issues, improve blood
sugar and even reduce
inflammation in the body.
A diet high in fiber can
even reduce the risk of many
types of cancer including
cancer of the colon. But,
what we hear the most about
is how to lose weight with a
diet high in whole grains
such as oats, brown rice,
beans, peas, carrots, rice
bran, whole fruits, lightly
steamed veggies, raw salads
and a variety of fresh and
dried fruits, and nuts.
In some circles carbo
hydrates have gotten a bad
reputation, and many per
sons still don’t know what to
make of it. We hear that the
nuts have too much fat, the
carbs are bad for the blood
sugar and blood pressure.
And that the green leafy veg
gies are a no no. All of this is
the wrong information. This
is a formula for how to get
sick and stay sick. And then
take drugs for the rest of
your life.
Nothing could be better
for health than living foods
for a living body. Raw nuts
and seeds supply good fats
for the heart and brain, and
the good carbs are matchless
for supplying healthful nutri
ents and antioxidants and
fiber for health, energy, good
Carolyn Guilford, CNC
skin and a healthy digestive
system.
We need lots of fiber to
‘sweep clean’ the colon to
keep polyps from getting a
‘seat’. Keeping the colon
clean allows the body to
readily absorb other nutrients
for cell repair and health
maintenance. For clients
with type 2 diabetes we
encourage 100% whole grain
products and cereal fiber to
reduce the risk of inflamma
tion, but read the labels for
the sugar content.
Always choose the
good carbs for a great diet.
Okay, so what about the bad
carbs?
The bad carbs are white
flour, white sugar, and all the
products made with them.
Cookies, crackers, cakes,
breads, cereals and snacks.
White rice, processed shelf
products like instant pota
toes, grits, pancakes and the
like.
If you think about what
you are eating and the choic
es you are making, and read
the labels, then you know
what I’m talking about. If it’s
made with white flour and
white sugar, it is first
unhealthy because of the
processed refined products
and the chemicals added, and
the chemical processes the
product was created by.
Then consider the
hydrogenated oils (fats) used
to make the product stabi
lized (shelf stable) which is
another word for - rot proof,
and the high fructose com
syrup. You know this is not
what healthy cells are made
of.
The good news is that
we can restore health. The
name of that game is
CHANGE. In a high fiber
diet, make sure to drink plen
ty of water.
Water is our friend,
dehydration is the enemy of
good health. The new stan
dard is the drink one-half
your body’s weight in ounces
of water, everyday, for typi
cal persons. If you are an ath
lete, or bedridden, you would
be the exception. Flavored
waters and drinks, and little
additives to sweeten the
water is a terrible idea, and
very unhealthy. Think kidney
failure.
So, were to start?
Always choose fresh over
canned, locally grown over
flown in, (or trucked in or
from a world away, how
about produce in-season),
and organic over pesticide
grown, whenever possible, (
and wild over farmed, but
that’s the fish story.)
Generally, you want to
eat the fruit, drink less juice,
scrub the skin and eat it, not
cut it away. And again, read
the labels. Eat at home more,
eat out less. Spend more at
the grocery store, and less at
the drug store. You’ll live
longer, better, and be happi
er. I promise.
If you are ready to save
your own life by creating a
healthy lifestyle, call or
write:
Carolyn Guilford, at
Health Restoration 101
P.O. Box 2814, Savannah,
GA 31402 (912) 236-8987
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Peggy DuBose and Mesha Currie-Brown pose in front of the Children’s
Special Sevices display
Children's Special
Services, a state funded pro
gram created by the Georgia
Division of Public Health
were among the many health
and wellness groups in our
area to participate in the 2010
Black Heritage Festival
Health Fair.
Children's Special
Services includes programs
such as Children 1st, Babies
Cant Wait, Universal
Newborn Hearing Screening
& Intervention and Children's
Medical Services . Children's
Special Services promotes the
healthy development of
young children and assure that
they arrive at school healthy
and ready for success.
Since the years from
birth to five are important in
your child's development,
Children's Special Services
will help you find resources in
your community to meet the
needs of you and your family.
Children's Special
Services through all its pro
grams focuses on early inter
vention as a key tool to reduc
ing developmental delays.
The Children's Special
Services programs will stay in
touch with you and your
child's doctor to ensure your
child is on track. For more
information or to enroll a
child you may call the office
Monday through Friday 8am-
5pm., (912) 691-6882 or toll
free 1-866-647-0010.
The Black Heritage
Festival Health Fair was spon
sored by the American
Diabetes Association, Aetna
and St. Joseph's Candler
African American Health
Information and Resource
Center.
Tiny Tots Consignment Sale set for
March 5 & 6
The Tiny Tots
Consignment Sale will be
held Friday and Saturday,
March 5 & 6 from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to
noon on Saturday at St.
Michael's Episcopal Church
on the comer of Washington
and Waters Avenues across
from Daffin Park.
There is no admission,
and the sale is open to the
public. A portion of pro
ceeds benefits the Savannah
Children's Choir.
Shoppers will find very
gently used trunk-show and
designer name brand boys
and girls clothing in sizes 0-
8, as well as shoes, equip
ment and toys, all at consign
ment store prices.
For more information,
go to www.tinytotssale.com
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for us, the American people,
that we have a strong and
courageous leader for our
country.
Gail Eubanks, a
spokeswoman for the col
lege, said she the president’s
decision to speak at the col
lege where students are
learning about the newest
technology and trades was a
“perfect fit. ..It was very
exciting for all of us. When
you look at us, we have a
focus on workforce develop
ment. It was a perfect fit
because today he wanted to
talk about job development,
technology and the econo
my.” Savannah Technical
College trains students to
install energy efficient sys
tems, solar panels and insu
lation.
The new HomeStar
program was originally pro
posed in 2009 during the
administration’s economic
recovery summit and is fund
ed by the economic stimulus.
It offers tax rebates to home-
owners who use to the
money to weatherize their
homes using energy efficient
technology. The money can
be spent on windows and
home heating and air condi
tioning systems, according to
White House documents.
Local businessman Earl
Coleman of Coleman’s
Repair said he was happy to
hear about the HomeStar
program because he might be
able to add more jobs in the
city.
“I thought it was great.
We’re going to start as soon
as we get things going.”
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