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If your kids’ feet are not touching the floor or a rung on their chair or stool while eating, odds are, they squirm and are picky eaters.  This has been noted by Dr. Bob Sears.  There is a relationship between being able to focus on your food and the sense of being anchored.  Some kids stand on one leg and lean into their chair or stool to avoid the dangle.  From the day they sit to eat, make sure your childrens’  feet are not hanging loose in your home or at restaurants.  Please help them out and make the needed adjustments.  (For more information on Picky Eaters, go to www.KidKritics.com and download this radio show)

… for the health of your family,
ellen and sally

Jolie Root helps make sense of the latest Nutrition News including the Child Nutrition Act and food safety.  Tune in live on July 23rd, Noon ET on www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com or listen on iTunes for free.  Call in with your questions: 914-803-4091.

… for the health of your family,
ellen and sally

Thanks to Radha Marcum, Editor-in Chief from Delicious Magazine, we now know how to find your local Farmers Market. Go to www.LocalHarvest.org.  Save money and get fresh produce filled with rich nutrients that will taste better than what has been harvested and shipped from mega miles away.  That’s not all.  Find great restaurants, Grocery co-ops and CSAs (Community Shared Agriculture – be sure to look into this deal!)  This is the way to go.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Celiac is a mystery to too many, including physicians. Three million have it and another three million are undiagnosed and don’t  know they are suffering from it.  Here’s what to do.  Go to www.CeliacCentral.org and use their symptoms checklist.  Print out your answers and take them to your doctor and ask him or her to give you a Celiac Panel test.  If you know you already have Celiac or have just been diagnosed with it, at this same website, go to Celiac 101 Guide – How to Get Stated.

IMPORTANT: you do not need to feel deprived of delicious meals in or out of the home if you can not eat wheat, rye or barley – and oats.  There are lots of other grains to enjoy – quinoa is one!   Google Gluten-Free recipes and check those on www.CeliacCentral.org.  And, if you are going out to eat, Carrabba’s and Legal Seafood have Gluten-Free menu sections.  Fill up on vegetable, fruit, meat, bean, nuts, seeds and herbs – and be healthy!

… for the health of families,
ellen and sally

Which do you think has the most calories: Subway foot-long tuna sub, Panera Bread fresh tomato and mozzarella salad, Jamba Juice banana berry (original size), Starbucks no-sugar-added banana nut coffee cake, or, Wendy’s Chicken BLT salad? Take a good look.  Think carefully.  If you were watching your calories, which one would you not pick?

If you choose the Jamba Juice banana berry, you lose – or gain weight : 1,060 calories – you have to watch what they put into smoothies.  There has to be a lot of sugar in this one and not many berries.  Bet they use a fruit juice as a base.

Starbucks no-sugar added banana nut coffee cake: 890 calories – at what point do they stop adding sugar?  Must contain lots of fat.

Panera Bread fresh tomato and mozzarella salad: 790 calories – probably the dressing and cheese

Subway foot-long tuna sub: 470 calories – eat half and you are down to 235 calories … don’t add any stuff!

Wendy’s Chicken BLT salad: 450 calories – watch the salad dressing or your calorie count will go up.

The good news is that calories counts are being listed, giving you the option to make Better Food Choices!

Source: Be a Menu Genus, Prevention Magazine, November 2008, p. 78.