| Nutrition: Top Ten Foods For Athletes
Whether you are training for a marathon, getting dirty riding a muddy single track, or surfing some beautiful waves, the food you feed your body will dictate how well you will perform. While supplements seem like an easy solution, research supports the notion that whole foods are still the best source of the nutrients you will need for optimal health and peak performance. Below, I have listed the top ten foods for runners. Eat up!!! 1. Go red!!! Lycopene, a vitamin-like substance that makes tomatoes and watermelon red, has potent antioxidant qualities that help reduce some of the cellular damage that occurs to activated muscles during exercise. Lycopene has also been shown to reduce the risk for prostate cancer and cardiovascular diseaseand other cancers, too, particularly breast and cervical cancer.
HEALTHY LIVING: Health News Home remedies for common ailments
Swollen feet? Stuffy nose? There's no need to run out to the drugstore. Check out these tried-and-true household remedies from Woman's Day magazine. They're inexpensive, readily available and really work to cure your most common complaints, from head to toe. Puffy eyes. Apply cotton balls dipped in ice-cold whole milk or cream for five to 10 minutes. The high fat content of these liquids provides a moisturizing treatment for the delicate skin around the eyes and reduces puffiness. Stuffy nose. Drink 1 teaspoon of freshly grated horseradish mixed with ¼ cup of lemon juice. Horseradish produces quick mucus release, and the lemon juice helps it go down easier. Canker sore. Put salt directly on the sore. It creates a kind of chemical burn on the surface of the skin, which acts as a protective coating for quicker healing.
Eating your way to lower cholesterol
If you have high blood cholesterol - like an estimated 100 million Americans - then chances are you're trying to change the way you eat. Your blood cholesterol level has a lot to do with your risk of getting heart disease, which remains the country's No. 1 killer. Diet often is the first defense before a doctor turns to drugs to lower cholesterol levels. Losing weight, exercising and cutting down on "bad" fats are the cornerstones of a cholesterol-lowering lifestyle. Those basics haven't changed, but you may be surprised by some of the diet advice you'll likely get today. "Nothing has to be totally eliminated," said dietitian David Grotto, a spokesman for the American Dietetic Association who frequently counsels clients with elevated cholesterol levels.
'Our local produce is second to none'
So this enterprise is really the perfect blend -- the ideal vehicle for demonstrating just why our local produce is second to none." Last December Van Bommel -- Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Steve Peters' former executive assistant (1999-2003) and the Ontario Minister of Agriculture's chief of staff (2003-2005) -- got the proverbial ball rolling with new business partners Helen LeFrank of Elgin Community Futures and Melvin Earle Wilson (the restaurant's M.E.), then the executive chef of the Kettle Creek Inn. In the remarkably short span of five months, massive renovations to the 295 Bridge St. structure in the heart of the beach community's downtown core were completed, the aforementioned flags were flying and on May 15 -- the day after Mother's Day -- an eatery paying homage to all things local was born.
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