Nuts once considered a high fat, high-calorie food is now being recognized as a Nutritious Snack with essential fatty acids, omega fats, protein, and many vitamins and minerals.
Autumn is the perfect time to add pumpkin to one of America’s favorite desserts. Cheesecake is a sweet dessert with a mixture of fresh soft cheese, cream cheese or cottage cheese, eggs, and sugar on a crust made from crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry, or sponge cake. Cheesecakes can be prepared baked or unbaked, flavored, and are often served topped with fruit, fruit sauce, chocolate, or whipped cream.
Iodine Deficiency - Interview with Prof. Zimmermann (Zürich}
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Iodine is an essential element for healthy neurological and endocrine development. A lack of iodine in the diet may lead to mental challenges, goiter, or thyroid disease. Dependent upon the severity of the deficiency, a lack of iodine can cause a significant delay in mental development, something that can be particularly detrimental if it occurs in childhood. According to the World Health Organization in 2007, almost 2 billion people worldwide were suffering from a lack of iodine in their diets, a third of which were children and young people. Iodine deficiency is a relatively simple affliction to correct, however much of the population continues to go untreated.
Function
Iodine is needed for the normal metabolism of cells. Metabolism is the process of converting food into energy. Humans need iodine for normal thyroid function and for the production of thyroid hormones.
Food Sources
Iodized salt is table salt with iodine added. It is the main food source of iodine.
Seafood is naturally rich in iodine. Cod, sea bass, haddock, and perch are good sources.
Kelp is the most common vegetable seafood that is a rich source of iodine.
Dairy products also contain iodine.
Other good sources are plants grown in iodine-rich soil.
Recommendations The best way to get the daily requirement of essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet that contains a variety of foods from the food guide plate.
A 1/4 teaspoon of iodized table salt provides 95 micrograms of iodine. A 6-ounce portion of ocean fish provides 650 micrograms of iodine. Most people are able to meet the daily recommendations by eating seafood, iodized salt, and plants grown in iodine-rich soil. When buying salt, make sure it is labeled "iodized."
The Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine recommends the following dietary intake for iodine:
Infants 0 - 6 months: 110 micrograms per day (mcg/day) 7 - 12 months: 130 mcg/day
Adolescents and Adults Males age 14 and older: 150 mcg/day Females age 14 and older: 150 mcg/day
Specific recommendations depend on age, gender, and other factors (such as pregnancy). Women who are pregnant or producing breast milk (lactating) need higher amounts. Ask your healthcare provider which amount is best for you.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is the leading consumer and community-focused health organization dedicated to the prevention of osteoporosis and broken bones, the promotion of strong bones for life and the reduction of human suffering through programs of public and clinician awareness, education, advocacy, and research. Established in 1984, NOF is the nation's leading voluntary health organization solely dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health.
Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for an estimated 44 million Americans. Of the 10 million Americans estimated to already have osteoporosis, eight million are women and two million are men.
What can you do to protect your bones? Osteoporosis and the broken bones it can cause are not part of normal aging. Osteoporosis prevention should begin in childhood and continue throughout life. 1. Get enough calcium and vitamin D and eat a well-balanced diet. 2. Engage in regular exercise. 3. Eat foods that are good for bone health, such as fruits and vegetables. 4. Avoid smoking and limit alcohol to 2-3 drinks per day.
What Women Need to Know
Females are at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis and broken bones.
• Of the estimated 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, about eight million or 80% are women.
• Approximately one in two women over age 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis.
• A woman's risk of breaking a hip is equal to her combined risk of breast, uterine and ovarian cancer.
There are multiple reasons why women are more like to get osteoporosis than men, including:
• Women tend to have smaller, thinner bones than men.
• Estrogen, a hormone in women decreases sharply when women reach menopause, which can cause bone loss. This is why the chance of developing osteoporosis increases as women reach menopause.
Are You at Risk for Developing Osteoporosis?
Uncontrollable Risk Factors
• Being over age 50.
• Being Female.
• Menopause.
• Family History.
• Low Body Weight/Being Small and Thin.
• Broken Bones or Height Loss.
Controllable Risk Factors
• Not Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D.
• Not Eating Enough Fruits and Vegetables.
• Getting Too Much Protein, Sodium, and Caffeine.
• Having an Inactive Lifestyle.
• Smoking.
• Drinking too much alcohol.
• Losing Weight.
There are also medications and diseases that can cause bone loss and increase your risk of osteoporosis.
Calcium and Vitamin D Getting enough calcium and vitamin D are essential to building stronger, denser bones early in life and to keep bones strong and healthy later in life. Calcium and vitamin D are the two most important nutrients for bone health. Calcium-Rich Food Sources Dairy products, such as low-fat and non-fat milk, yogurt and cheese are high in calcium. Certain green vegetables and other foods contain calcium in smaller amounts. Some juices, breakfast foods, soymilk, cereals, snacks, and bread have calcium that has been added. Vitamin D Sources There are three ways to get vitamin D: • Sunlight • Food • Supplements
Three Steps to Unbreakable Bones
You’re never too young or too old to improve the health of your bones. Osteoporosis prevention should begin in childhood. But it shouldn't stop there. Whatever your age, the habits you adopt now can affect your bone health for the rest of your life. Now is the time to take action. Resources and References. To learn more about Osteoporosis, please visit the following Foundations. World Osteoporosis Day International Osteoporosis Foundation
Yields: Make 3 cups Servings: 6 (3/4 cup) Makes 3 cups
Ingredients 1 small onion, chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1 cup water 1/2 cup light whipping cream 1 tablespoon chili powder 2 teaspoons sodium-free chicken bouillon granules 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined, washed and drained 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream Fresh cilantro, optional
Directions
In a small saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
Stir in flour until blended. Stir in the water, cream, chili powder, bouillon, cumin, and coriander; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Cut shrimp into bite-size pieces; add to soup.
Simmer for 5 minutes longer or until shrimp turns pink.
Gradually stir 1/2 cup hot soup into sour cream; return all to the pan, stirring constantly.
Heat through (do not boil). Garnish with cilantro, if desired.
A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to look for early signs of breast cancer. Regular mammograms are the best tests doctors have to find breast cancer early. When breast cancer is found early, many women go on to live long and healthy lives.
Women should have mammograms every two years from age 50 to 74 years, and more often if breast cancer runs in the family or you have any symptoms or changes in your breast.
The CDC has provided the following resources to find out where you can get a mammogram.
1. If you have a regular doctor, talk to him or her.
2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a program called the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which works with health departments and other groups to provide low-cost or free mammograms to women who qualify.
Every woman will go through the “change of life,” around 50 years of age plus or minus. This is the time of her last period (or menstruation). Symptoms of menopause vary with every woman. Common symptoms include hot flashes; night sweats; sleep irregularity; mood changes; and possible weight gain around the middle. Some women go through menopause without symptoms.
Due to a decrease in hormone levels and the aging process, many women find themselves gaining weight in their forties and fifties. There is a loss of muscle, which decreases metabolism, and a gain of fat, mainly in the belly area. Lifestyle factors will play an important role in how you handle menopause. Menopausal women tend to be less active and eat more calories than they need.
Nutrition, Eating and
Wellness Guidelines for Menopause
Maintain a healthy weight; it will decrease your risk of heart disease and other problems.
Meet your calcium and vitamin D needs. This is important to maintain healthy bones and prevent bone loss that may occur after menopause. Good food sources of calcium include dairy products, such as milk, yogurt and cheese; fortified soy and rice beverages; fortified juices; and canned fish with bones. Good food sources of vitamin D include milk, fortified soy and rice beverages, fortified juices, and fatty fish.
Be physically active every day. Physical activity helps maintain a healthy weight, keep bones strong and energy levels up, and decrease the risk of heart disease and other age-related complications.
Some women will try soy and flax in food to help relieve the side effects of menopause. Currently, studies have not proven that soy and flax help.
Wear lightweight and layered clothes. Body temperature fluctuates from hot to cold.
Keep a cold glass of water by your side. Due to hot flashes and excessive sweating, it is important to stay hydrated.
Relax.
Take time to laugh.
How to Avoid Menopausal Weight Gain
You don't have to gain weight as a result of menopause. Elizabeth Somer, RD explains how to avoid weight gain after menopause.
The International Menopause Society (IMS), in collaboration with the World Health Organization, has designated October 18 as World Menopause Day. To celebrate World Menopause Day, IMS is launching a new campaign to create awareness of understanding weight gain at menopause and the implications it can have on the future health of women in the post-menopausal period.
For women aged 55–65 years, weight gain is one of their major health concerns, and many are not aware of the health implications of excessive weight gain, particularly around the abdomen, which is associated with a heightened risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease and also impacts adversely on health-related quality of life and sexual function. An educational toolkit of materials has been developed to support local country initiatives throughout the month of October to raise awareness of this potential health issue, and many have been translated into key languages to ensure the campaign has a truly international perspective.
The IMS hopes that national societies will take the opportunity of World Menopause Day to highlight the increasing importance of menopausal health issues by contacting the women of their country to encourage them to talk to their doctors about menopause and its long-term effects.
Pasta is a type of noodle and commonly referred to as a variety of pasta dishes. It is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine. Usually, pasta is made from an unleavened dough of durum wheat flour mixed with water and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in any number of dishes. It can be made with flour from other cereals or grains, and eggs may be used instead of water. Kinds of pasta are divided into two broad categories, dried (pasta secca) and fresh (pasta fresca). Both dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties. Common forms of pasta include long shapes, short shapes, tubes, flat shapes, and sheets, filled or stuffed, and decorative shapes.
Making Pasta with Children
Shapes
Recipe: Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Diced Tomatoes Serves One
Ingredients 2 oz Whole Wheat Spaghetti (1 cup cooked) 2 tsp Olive Oil 1 Garlic Clove 1 large Tomato, diced (3/4 cup) 1/2 tsp Oregano, dried 1 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
Directions 1. Prepare spaghetti as per the manufacturer’s directions. 2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes. 3. Add tomatoes and oregano; simmer, uncovered, 10 to 15 minutes. 4. Add spaghetti to skillet; toss to coat with tomatoes. 5. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese before serving.
Either we build a future for all, or there will be no acceptable future for anyone.
World Food Day
World Food Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in November 1979. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on October 16th, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.
The official World Food Day theme is announced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The goal is to focus on World Food Day observances and raise awareness and understanding of approaches to ending hunger.
The 2024 theme, "Right to food for a better life and a better future is a Human Right."
World Food Day
Food is the essence of life and the bedrock of our cultures and communities. Preserving access to safe and nutritious food is and will continue to be an essential part of the response to, particularly for, poor and vulnerable communities.
In a moment like this, it is more important than ever to recognize the need to support our food heroes - farmers and workers throughout the food system - who ensure that food makes its way from farm to fork, even amid disruptions.
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts—making sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
The three main goals are the eradication of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
The objectives of World Food Day are to: Don’t waste water.
Diversify your diet. Keep fish populations afloat. Keep soils and water clean. Buy organic Energy-efficient is best Use solar panels or other green energy systems Buy only what you need Pick ugly fruits and vegetables Don’t let labels fool you Limit your plastic Recycle paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum Store food wisely Love your leftovers Make plant food Be rubbish-savvy Make cities greener Shop local. Protect forests and save paper. Bike, walk, or use public transport Be a conscientious consumer Keep up to date on climate change Be an advocate! *Encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral, and non-governmental efforts to this end;
*Encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing countries; *Encourage the participation of rural people, particularly women and the least privileged categories, in decisions and activities influencing their living conditions;
*Heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world;
*Promote the transfer of technologies to the developing world; and
*Strengthen international and national solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty and draw attention to achievements in food and agricultural development. To learn more about World Food Day, visit the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Global Handwashing Daywill involve millions of people in over 100 countries around the world. Global Handwashing Day (GHD) was created to: • Foster and support a global culture of handwashing with soap. • Shine a spotlight on the state of handwashing in every country. • Raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap.
Why Handwashing with Soap? Handwashing with soap is the most effective and inexpensive way to prevent diarrheal and acute respiratory infections, which take the lives of millions of children in developing countries every year. Together, they are responsible for the majority of all child deaths. Yet, despite its lifesaving potential, handwashing with soap is seldom practiced and difficult to promote.
Turning handwashing with soap before eating and after using the toilet into a habit could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention. It could cut diarrhea deaths by almost half and acute respiratory infection deaths by one-quarter. A vast change in handwashing behavior is critical to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths among children under the age of five by two-thirds by 2015.
Global Handwashing Day focuses on children because they suffer the most from diarrheal and respiratory diseases and deaths. Still, research shows that children can be powerful agents for changing behaviors like handwashing with soap in their communities. When should you wash your hands? ·Before, during, and after preparing food ·Before eating food ·Before and after caring for someone who is sick ·Before and after treating a cut or wound ·After using the toilet ·After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet ·After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing ·After touching an animal or animal waste ·After touching garbage
For more information on handwashing with soap, including research, tools, and news, visit www.globalhandwashing.org.
2. Partnership for Food Safety Education, Fight BAC!
3. The Scrub Club is a fun, interactive, and educational website that teaches children the proper way to wash their hands. The site contains interactive games, educational music, downloadable activities for kids, educational materials for teachers, and program information for parents.
4.Healthy Schools, Healthy People, It’s a SNAP! (School Network for Absenteeism Prevention) The program is a joint initiative of the CDC and the American Cleaning Institute. It seeks to improve hand hygiene habits to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases and reduce related absenteeism. This grassroots, education-based effort can help improve health by making hand cleaning an integral part of the school day. Without proper hand cleaning, a single infection can quickly spread among students, teachers, family, and friends.
1.Sauté. Easy as 1, 2, 3! Brush pan lightly with oil and heat on high. Add a single layer of mushrooms. Turn once mushrooms become reddish-brown on one side [after a few minutes]. Cook until the other side turns the same color, remove from heat. Add to any dish!
2.Grill and Broil [best for larger capped mushrooms, such as Portabellas]. Lightly brush caps and stems with oil and season as desired. Grill or broil 4 to 6 inches from heat source for 4 to 6 minutes on each side, brushing once or twice. Tip: Make these savory mushrooms the "main stage" of the meal.
3.Roast for Flavor. Roasting mushrooms is perfect for multitasking cooks. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Brush mushrooms with oil [about 1 tablespoon of oil for each 8 ounces of mushrooms]. Place mushrooms on a shallow baking pan in the oven. Stir occasionally until brown [about 20 minutes].
4.Steam in the Microwave. Microwaved mushrooms can freshen up lunchtime meals enjoyed at work or home. Place 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms in a microwaveable bowl. Cover and cook on 100% power for 2-3 minutes. Toss onto a hot sandwich, chili, soup or packaged meal.
5.Freshen Up Your Meals. Toss fresh mushrooms in your everyday meals like lasagna or soup to add key nutrients with no fat, little calories and no cholesterol.
6. Sandwich Swap. Cut slices of Portabella mushrooms for your favorite sandwich instead of meat for a healthy inexpensive swap.
7.Save for Later. Sauté fresh mushrooms and store them in the freezer for up to a month. Careful: Fresh, uncooked mushrooms should never be frozen.
8.Bag the Burger. Have a burger craving? Try swapping your burger for a grilled Portabella on a bun with your favorite condiments. Your taste buds will love the meaty texture and your body will appreciate the swap.
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