Posted by Yardie Luke on August 12, 2011 under Health | 
SOURCE: health.yahoo.net
Many people fail to take the proven steps to prevent heart attacks and strokes. The strategies listed below are ranked by the number of heart attacks and strokes they could prevent in American adults over the next 30 years, according to a special report in the July 29, 2008, issue of Circulation.
Lower your blood pressure
- Goal: A systolic (upper) level under 140 and a diastolic (lower) level under 90.
- Problems prevented: 6.2 million heart attacks, 7 million strokes.
- What you can do: Get your blood pressure checked at least once a year. If it’s high, cut back on salt, lose excess weight, and exercise more. If drugs are necessary, our CR Best Buy Drugs recommendation for most people is a generic diuretic, especially a thiazide diuretic.
Improve your cholesterol levels
- Goal: An LDL (bad) cholesterol under 160 for people at low risk of heart attack, 130 for those at intermediate risk, and 100 for those at high risk. (To determine your risk, use our online calculator.)
- Problems prevented: 9.6 million heart attacks, 3 million strokes.
- What you can do: Men 35 and older as well as women 45 and older with coronary risk factors, such as high blood pressure, should get tested at least every five years. Other adults might consider testing, too. If your levels are high, control your weight, exercise more, quit smoking, and eat a heart-healthy diet. If medication is necessary, our CR Best Buy Drugs recommendations for most people are generic lovastatin, pravastatin, or simvastatin.
Lose excess weight
- Goal: A body mass index (BMI) under 30 (the cutoff for obesity) and preferably under 25 (the cutoff for being overweight).
- Problems prevented: 7.1 million heart attacks, 1.1 million strokes.
- What you can do: Determine your BMI by multiplying your weight in pounds by 703, then dividing by your height squared in inches. (Or use our online calculator.) Even simpler: Measure your waist. Men with a waistline over 40 inches and women with a measurement over 35 inches should lose weight.
Control your blood sugar level
- Goal: A fasting blood glucose level under 110 for people who do not have diabetes, and preferably under 100; an A1C level, a measure of long-term blood sugar control, under 7 percent for people who already have the condition.
- Problems prevented: 4.8 million heart attacks, 0.6 million strokes.
- What you can do: Consider getting your blood sugar level measured, especially if you’re at high risk for type 2 diabetes because of high blood pressure or cholesterol levels or excess weight. The same lifestyle changes that lower blood pressure and cholesterol can lower blood sugar, too. Our CR Best Buy Drugs recommendation for most people with type 2 diabetes is generic metformin, alone or combined with other drugs.
Stop smoking
- Goal: Quit—for good.
- Problems prevented: 3.3 million heart attacks, 1.4 million strokes.
- What you can do: Talk with a doctor about the best smoking-cessation program for you and be examined for smoking-related illness.
Consider low-dose aspirin
- Goal: Take a low-dose (81 milligrams) aspirin daily if appropriate.
- Problems prevented: 3.4 million heart attacks, 0.3 million strokes.
- What you can do: Talk to a doctor about your risk of heart attack, stroke, and gastrointestinal bleeding starting at age 45 for men and 55 for women. Use our calculator to see whether the benefits of aspirin outweigh its risks for you.
Posted by Yardie Luke on July 30, 2011 under Health |
The family of a budding computer programmer have on Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a marathon session on his Xbox.
A post-mortem revealed that 20-year-old Chris Staniforth — who was offered a place to study Game Design at Leicester University — was killed by a pulmonary embolism, which can occur if someone sits in the same position for several hours.
Deep vein thrombosis normally affects passengers on long-haul flights, but medical experts fear youngsters who spend hours glued to their consoles might also be at risk and have urged them to take regular breaks.
Professor Brian Colvin — an expert on blood-related conditions — said it was “unhealthy” for youngsters to spend long periods in front of their consoles.
“There’s anxiety about obesity and children not doing anything other than looking at computer screens,” he told The Sun.
David Staniforth has now launched a campaign to warn other parents of the dangers.
“Games are fun and once you’ve started playing it’s hard to stop.
“Kids all over the country are playing these games for long periods – they don’t realise it could kill them,” he told The Sun.
A coroner’s court in Sheffield was told how the youngster — who had no underlying medical conditions — was complaining of a low heart rate before collapsing outside a Jobcentre.
Staniforth’s distraught father said his son would spend up to 12 hours playing on his Xbox.
“He got sucked in playing Halo online against people from all over the world.”
Online computer games are extremely popular as thousands interact in shared science fiction worlds.
Reports of gamers collapsing after spending 15 hours in front of video games are fairly common throughout Asia.
In 2005, a South Korean gamer died after playing online games for three days without taking a break.
Microsoft — which manufactures the Xbox — said it “recommend gamers take breaks to exercise as well as make time for other pursuits.”
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Posted by Yardie Luke on April 11, 2011 under Health |
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she’s not worried about skin cancer.
The 23-year-old resident of a Kingston ghetto hopes to transform her dark complexion to a cafe-au-lait-color common among Jamaica’s elite and favored by many men in her neighborhood. She believes a fairer skin could be her ticket to a better life. So she spends her meager savings on cheap black-market concoctions that promise to lighten her pigment.
Simpson and her friends ultimately shrug off public health campaigns and reggae hits blasting the reckless practice.
“I hear the people that say bleaching is bad, but I’ll still do it. I won’t stop ’cause I like it and I know how to do it safe,” said Simpson, her young daughter bouncing on her hip.
People around the world often try to alter their skin color, using tanning salons or dyes to darken it or other chemicals to lighten it. In the gritty slums of Jamaica, doctors say the skin lightening phenomenon has reached dangerous proportions.
“I know of one woman who started to bleach her baby. She got very annoyed with me when I told her to stop immediately, and she left my office. I often wonder what became of that baby,” said Neil Persadsingh, a leading Jamaican dermatologist.
Most Jamaican bleachers use over-the-counter creams, many of them knockoffs imported from West Africa. Long-term use of one of the ingredients, hydroquinone, has long been linked to a disfiguring condition called ochronosis that causes a splotchy darkening of the skin. Doctors say abuse of bleaching lotions has also left a web of stretch marks across some Jamaicans’ faces.
In Japan, the European Union, and Australia, hydroquinone has been removed from over-the-counter skin products and substituted with other chemicals due to concerns about health risks. In the U.S., over-the-counter creams containing up to 2 percent hydroquinone are recognized as safe and effective by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A proposed ban by the FDA in 2006 fizzled.
Lightening creams are not effectively regulated in Jamaica, where even roadside vendors sell tubes and plastic bags of powders and ointments from cardboard boxes stacked along sidewalks in market districts.
“Many of the tubes are unlabeled as to their actual ingredients,” said Dr. Richard Desnoes, president of the Dermatology Association of Jamaica.
Hardcore bleachers use illegal ointments smuggled into the Caribbean country that contain toxins like mercury, a metal that blocks production of melanin, which give skin its color, but can also be toxic.
Some impoverished people resort to homemade mixtures of toothpaste or curry powder, which can stain skin with a yellowish tint.
The Jamaican Ministry of Health does not have data on damage caused by skin-bleaching agents, though dermatologists and other health officials say they have been seeing more cases.
Eva Lewis-Fuller, the ministry’s director of health promotion and protection, is redoubling education programs to combat bleaching in this predominantly black island of 2.8 million people, where images of fair-skinned people predominate in commercials for high-end products and in the social pages of newspapers.
“Bleaching has gotten far worse and widespread in recent years,” she said. “(Bleachers) want to be accepted within their circle of society. They want to be attractive to the opposite sex. They want career opportunities. But we are saying there are side effects and risks. It can disfigure your face.”
Health officials are running warnings on local radio stations, putting up posters in schools, holding talks and handing out literature about the dangers. But a similar anti-bleaching campaign in 2007 called “Don’t Kill the Skin” did nothing to slow the craze.
The bleaching trend is sparking a growing public debate. Even dancehall reggae hits celebrate the practice, or condemn it.
The most public proponent of bleaching is singing star Vybz Kartel, whose own complexion has dramatically lightened in recent years. His ‘Look Pon Me’ contains the lines: “Di girl dem love off mi brown cute face, di girl dem love off mi bleach-out face.”
Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, insists that skin bleaching is simply a personal choice like tattooing.
Christopher A.D. Charles, an assistant professor at Monroe College in New York City who has studied the psychology of bleaching, said many young Jamaicans perceive it “as a modern thing, like Botox, to fashion their own body in a unique way.”
Others, however, say it raises awkward questions about identity and race.
“If we really want to control the spread of the skin-bleaching virus, we first have to admit that there’s an epidemic of color prejudice in our society,” said Carolyn Cooper, a professor of literary and cultural studies at the University of the West Indies, writing in The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper.
Felicia James, a 20-year-old resident of the Matthews Lane slum, said skin bleaching just makes her feel special, like she’s walking around in a spotlight. She was taught to bleach by her older sister and her friends.
“It’s just the fashionable thing to do. After I bleach, I’m cris,” she said, using a Jamaican term for cool. “Plus, a lot of the boys are doing it now, too.”
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Posted by Yardie Luke on March 23, 2011 under Health |
- by Reader’s Digest Magazine, on Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:28am PDT
Respiratory droplets—the medical community’s polite term for what comes out of a person when they sneeze or cough—are filled with the germs that made the person sick. When we cough or sneeze they disperse widely, landing here and there, where they wait patiently for someone to touch them (research shows they can remain potent for several hours). Once on someone’s hands, they stand a good chance of infecting them, since it is human nature to frequently touch our faces. This is exactly how colds and flu happen: The vast majority of cases are passed from person to person. Think of things that are touched by many people in a day, and you’ll come up with the places where germs are shared. These can include:
1. Handrails
2. Elevator buttons
3. Grocery cart handles
4. Restaurant menus
5. Money from a cash register
6. Light switches
7. Salt and pepper shakers in restaurants
8. Salad bars
9. ATM machines
10. Exercise equipment
11. Water fountain handles
Makes you nervous, doesn’t it? Relax. It takes just a little common sense and attention to protect yourself from public germs. Here are ways to keep germs at bay:
Handwashing. Always wash your hands before cooking, eating, or inserting your contact lenses. Wash your hands after cooking, using the toilet, petting an animal, handling garbage, blowing your nose, or coughing or sneezing into your hand. It doesn’t matter if you wash with regular or antibacterial soap as long as you do a thorough job.
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Posted by Yardie Luke on December 29, 2010 under Health |
By Leslie Barrie
To reduce your risk of cancer, look no further than your fridge. “All the studies on cancer and nutrition point to eating plant-based foods for their phytonutrients and other special compounds,” says Richard Béliveau, PhD, chair in the prevention and treatment of cancer at the University of Québec at Montreal and author of Foods to Fight Cancer.
Aim for five to nine daily servings of all kinds of fruits and vegetables—especially these six superstars.
Broccoli
All cruciferous veggies (think cauliflower, cabbage, kale) contain cancer-fighting properties, but broccoli is the only one with a sizable amount of sulforaphane, a particularly potent compound that boosts the body’s protective enzymes and flushes out cancer-causing chemicals, says Jed Fahey, ScD. A recent University of Michigan study on mice found that sulforaphane also targets cancer stem cells—those that aid in tumor growth.
Helps fight: breast, liver, lung, prostate, skin, stomach, and bladder cancers
Your Rx: The more broccoli, the better, research suggests—so add it wherever you can, from salads to omelets to the top of your pizza.
Health.com: 13 easy pizza recipes
Berries
All berries are packed with cancer-fighting phytonutrients. But black raspberries, in particular, contain very high concentrations of phytochemicals called anthocyanins, which slow down the growth of premalignant cells and keep new blood vessels from forming (and potentially feeding a cancerous tumor), according to Gary D. Stoner, PhD, a professor of internal medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Helps fight: colon, esophageal, oral, and skin cancers
Your Rx: Stoner uses a concentrated berry powder in his studies but says a half-cup serving of berries a day may help your health, too.
Health.com: Go wild for berries!
Tomatoes
This juicy fruit is the best dietary source of lycopene, a carotenoid that gives tomatoes their red hue, Béliveau says. And that’s good news, because lycopene was found to stop endometrial cancer cell growth in a study in Nutrition and Cancer. Endometrial cancer causes nearly 8,000 deaths a year.
Helps fight: endometrial, lung, prostate, and stomach cancers
Your Rx: The biggest benefits come from cooked tomatoes (think pasta sauce!), since the heating process increases the amount of lycopene your body is able to absorb.
Health.com: 10 tasty tomato recipes
Walnuts
Their phytosterols (cholesterol-like molecules found in plants) have been shown to block estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells, possibly slowing the cells’ growth, says Elaine Hardman, PhD, associate professor at Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia.
Helps fight: breast and prostate cancers
Your Rx: Munching on an ounce of walnuts a day may yield the best benefits, Hardman’s research found.
Health.com: 8 super nuts
Garlic
Phytochemicals in garlic have been found to halt the formation of nitrosamines, carcinogens formed in the stomach (and in the intestines, in certain conditions) when you consume nitrates, a common food preservative, Béliveau says. In fact, the Iowa Women’s Health Study found that women with the highest amounts of garlic in their diets had a 50 percent lower risk of certain colon cancers than women who ate the least.
Helps fight: breast, colon, esophageal, and stomach cancers
Your Rx: Chop a clove of fresh, crushed garlic (crushing helps release beneficial enzymes), and sprinkle it into that lycopene-rich tomato sauce while it simmers.
Health.com: Surprising health benefits of garlic
Beans
A study out of Michigan State University found that black and navy beans significantly reduced colon cancer incidence in rats, in part because a diet rich in the legumes increased levels of the fatty acid butyrate, which in high concentrations has protective effects against cancer growth. Another study, in the journal Crop Science, found dried beans particularly effective in preventing breast cancer in rats.
Helps fight: breast and colon cancers
Your Rx: Add a serving—a half-cup—of legumes a few times a week (either from a can or dry beans that’ve been soaked and cooked) to your usual rotation of greens or other veggies.
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Posted by Yardie Luke on October 25, 2010 under Health |
THE MINISTRY of Health in Jamaica is on high alert in light of the outbreak of cholera in the neighbouring country of Haiti.
The ministry through the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said it would be providing strategic management, direction and coordinated intervention.
According to the health ministry, the NEOC will ensure ongoing monitoring through heightened surveillance at all ports of entry, as well as at sentinel sites across the island.
“The ministry is on high alert as we recognise that there may be travel to and from Haiti especially given its proximity to Jamaica,” director of emergency, disaster management and special services in the ministry of health, Dr Marion Bullock DuCasse said.
“We are scaling up all our surveillance and monitoring activities so that we can respond effectively if the need arises,” she added.
postpone non-essential travel
Dr Bullock DuCasse advised persons to postpone non-essential travel to Haiti at this time.
She advised persons who might be experiencing any of the symptoms of cholera to seek medical attention immediately.
Alex Larsen, Haiti’s health minister, has declared that the country was “in a sanitary crisis. This is a new woe for the country which has not seen this disease in the past.”
World Health Organisation experts rushed to provide aid to northern Haiti and said initial tests showed traces of cholera. If confirmed, it would mark the first time that cholera has been reported in Haiti for more than a century, WHO said.
Stage one of cholera sees persons exhibiting symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps. There are currently no cases of cholera in Jamaica.
More than 1.5 million Haitians now live under tents in the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince. In some of the tent cities visited by The Gleaner last week, dirty water flowed through the homes of many residents. In one settlement, water was gushing through a pit latrine and was finding its way in tents where people live.
However, there have been no reported incidents of cholera in the capital.
Meanwhile, Larsen, the country’s health minister has warned of further health complications if additional work was not done to curb sexual behaviour in the Caribbean country.
Haiti’s fertility rate has increased from four per cent to 12 per cent since the earthquake.
“We were just hit in Haiti by the worse catastrophe in the country’s history,” Larsen said as he spoke of the impact of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
“Our population is young, both men and women are ready to give their strength to the rebuilding of the republic. However, we need to remember that Haiti is a small country with 8.5 million people located on a disaster area for earthquake and hurricane.”
He was speaking at Wednesday’s launch of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launch of its 2010 population fund report in Port-au-Prince.
In the meantime with the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which has so far claimed the lives of some 142 people and a further 1,500 persons suffering from cholera-related symptoms, telecommunication’s giant Digicel has opted to assist.
Digicel, which has plastered Port-au-Prince with its branded umbrella and murals, yesterday dispatched a plane loaded with vital relief supplies to assist the affected persons.
The plane, which left Kingston, yesterday afternoon carried 2000 lb of vital supplies, such as oral dehydration salts, water purification tablets, hand sanitiser and soap.
“We are very sad to hear the news of the cholera outbreak in Haiti and our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti. We hope that the situation can be contained as quickly as possible and we want to do everything we can to help make that happen,” Group CEO of Digicel Colm Delves said.
SOURCE: Jamaica-Gleaner.com
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 21, 2010 under Health |
The American Heart Association announced today new recommendations for the way CPR is performed. The small change could make a big difference in the lives of people suffering from cardiac arrest, the organization says.
For nearly 40 years, CPR guidelines have trained people to follow these simple A-B-C instructions—tilt the victim’s head back to open the airway, then pinch their nose and do a succession of breaths into their mouth, and finally perform chest compressions.
But now, the AHA says starting with the C of chest compressions will help oxygen-rich blood circulate throughout the body sooner, which is critical for people who have had a heart attack. With this shift, rescuers and responding emergency personnel should now follow a C-A-B process—begin with chest compression, then move on to address the airway and breaths. This change applies to adults, children, and babies, but does not apply to newborns.
The revision is a part of the 2010 emergency cardiovascular care report published by the AHA., an organization that reviews its guidelines every five years, taking into account new science and literature. Although the changed procedure will take some time to reach what Monica Kleinman, the vice chair of the AHA’s Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, calls “front-line people”, there is a plan in place to implement the recommendations as soon as possible to their training network, medical staffs, and first-responders.
“The sooner chest compressions are started, the more likely there will be a better outcome,” Kleinman announced. “Studies performed in labs as well as large-population studies have shown that people do better if they get chest compressions within four minutes.”
That four minutes is the amount of time it could take for emergency crews to rapidly respond, Chicago firefighter and CPR instructor Kelly Burns notes. Until then, he stresses that any CPR bystanders perform can make a difference.
“Early activation is critical,” Burns says, especially in cities where traffic and walk-up buildings can slow even the fastest respondents during a trauma where every minute counts.
When someone needs CPR, the very best reaction is a quick one, he says.
“In a perfect world, someone else calls 911 while you start chest compressions on the person in need,” he advises. According to Kleinman, however, only about one-third of victims of cardiac arrest get assistance from bystanders.
Despite changing guidelines, outdated training, or any confusion in the moment, Burns says that no one who tries CPR is faltering.
“People are reluctant to jump in and help, especially if the person is not a family member or friend,” Burns observes on a weekly basis. “The only mistake a civilian can make in these situations is waiting and not doing anything at all.”
To that end, the new AHA guidelines are meant to help anyone who encounters this kind of emergency—the idea being, if they know better, they will do better.
5 potentially life-saving notes to remember about the new C-A-B method of CPR:
1. There are no mistakes when you perform CPR.
“One thing most people don’t know, ” Kleinman says, “is that there is almost nothing you can do [during CPR] to harm a person in cardiac arrest except delay responding.”
Starting with chest compressions is now viewed by the AHA as the most effective procedure, and all immediate assistance will increase the chances the victim will survive with a good quality of life.
If one person calls 911 while another administers CPR, as Burns recommends, emergency operators will give informed instructions over the phone as well as dispatch aid to the scene.
2. All victims in cardiac arrest need chest compressions.
The AHA asserts that people having a heart attack still have oxygen remaining in their lungs and bloodstream in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest. Starting chest compressions first thing pumps blood to the victim’s brain and heart sooner, delivering needed oxygen. This new method saves the 30 seconds that people performing CPR used to take to open the airway and begin breathing under the old guidelines.
3. It’s a myth that only older, overweight men are at risk for a heart attack.
“Equal numbers of women and men have heart attacks,” Kleinman reports. Sufferers are primarily adults.
Although infants and children are far more likely to require CPR due to accidents than cardiac arrest, it is important to know how administer care to them. (You can learn how to perform CPR on infants and children with this kit produced by the AHA or by signing up for one of their training sessions.)
4. Nearly all cardiac emergencies occur at home.
“Ninety percent of events take place at home. If you perform CPR in your lifetime, it’s probably going to be for someone you love,” Kleinman reveals.
5. Training is simpler and more accessible than you think.
Learning CPR has never been hard, Kleinman says, but guideline changes in the last ten years have reduced the number of steps and simplified the process even more.
Traditional CPR classes (listed here on the AHA website) are accessible for many people at local schools and hospitals.
Kits are also available to complete in the privacy of your own home or workplace. Kits available through the AHA include inflatable, disposable mannequins and a training DVD.
“Anybody can learn to do CPR. It’s clearly important for saving lives, and now it is easier than ever,” Kleinman asserts. SOURCE: Shine from Yahoo
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 18, 2010 under Health |
The average supermarket carries 46,852 items. To save you time (and keep you from lapsing into a nutrition-label-reading coma) our team of experts plowed through the aisles and found the ultimate good-for-you items for staying slim, fighting disease, and enjoying every morsel you put into your mouth!
The following treats come recommended by our expert panel of nutritionists: Karen Ansel, R.D., Maureen Callahan, R.D., Lisa Drayer, R.D., and Kerry Neville, R.D.
Sweets and Treats: Stress-Free Decadence
1) Skinny Cow Low-Fat Ice Cream Cups — Strawberry Cheesecake
Real cheesecake flavor with sweet strawberry swirls in a nice-sized cup!
Per container: 150 cal, 1 g fat (0.5 g sat), 32 g carbs, 65 mg sodium, 4 g fiber, 4 g protein
2) Blue Bunny All-Natural Frozen Yogurt — Bordeaux Cherry Chocolate
Creamy and indulgent (like ice cream!) with chunks of cherries and chocolate. Digestion-helping probiotics are the bonus.
Per 1/2 cup: 120 cal, 3 g fat (1.5 g sat), 21 g carbs, 50 mg sodium, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein
3) Smart Ones Peanut Butter Cup Sundae
No need to hit the ice-cream parlor: This yummy dessert is topped with thick fudge sauce and mini peanut butter cups.
Per dessert: 170 cal, 5 g fat (2.5 g sat), 28 g carbs, 90 mg sodium, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein
4) Haagen-Dazs Mango Sorbet
An amazing sorbet made with mango puree and lemon, carrot, and pumpkin juices, served up in a portion-controlled cup.
Per container: 140 cal, 0 g fat (0 g sat), 34 g carbs, 0 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein
5) Weight Watchers Strawberry Smoothie Low Fat Frozen Yogurt Bars
A strawberry smoothie on a stick for only 60 calories? Yup. So go ahead–enjoy two.
Per bar: 60 cal, 1 g fat (1 g sat), 12 g carbs, 25 mg sodium, <1 g fiber, 1 g protein
6) Barbara’s Bakery Snackimals — Chocolate Chip
These crunchy, all-natural, partially organic chocolate-chip animal crackers are so good you’d steal them from a kid.
Per 10 cookies: 120 cal, 4 g fat (0 g sat), 19 g carbs, 80 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 1 g protein
7) Back to Nature Cranberry Pecan Granola Cookies
Generously sized and delicious, these heart-healthy cookies are made with whole-grain rolled oats, dried cranberries, pecans, honey, and pineapple, pear, and peach juices.
Per cookie: 130 cal, 6 g fat (0.5 g sat), 20 g carbs, 105 mg sodium, 2 g fiber, 2 g protein
Jell-O Mousse Temptations — Dark Chocolate Decadence
For all the mousse lovers out there, this fluffy, airy, and (best part!) easily portable delight contains only 60 calories and 2.5 grams of fat.
Per container: 60 cal, 2.5 g fat (1.5gsat), 10 g carbs, 100 mg sodium, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein
9) Barry’s Bakery French Twists — Chocolate Chip
Crunchy, sweet cinnamon puffed pastry that’s easy on the scale and light on artery-clogging fat.
Per 2 twists: 60 cal, 2 g fat (0.5 g sat), 9 g carbs, 25 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein
10) Surf Sweets Jelly Beans
Soothe your sweet tooth with ease: These jelly beans are made with organic fruit juice (no corn syrup here!) and zero artificial colors or flavors.
Per bag: 90 cal, 0 g fat (0 g sat), 22 g carbs, 15 mg sodium, 0 g fiber, 0 g protein
SOURCE: ABC News
SEE ALSO: WomensHealthMag.com/nutrition
Posted by Yardie Luke on October 11, 2010 under Health |
I am reminded of the value of resolving a quarrel/fuss before the end of the day (Ephesians 4:25-27) after reading this very sad story:
Family, friends mourn death of higgler shot in passenger bus
WHEN Paula Henry got a call minutes to eight from her cousin Kamara ‘Camille’ July last Friday night, she was still so upset from a quarrel they had on Monday about money that she ignored the call.
Little did Henry know that that was the last time July would ever ring her phone. At the time of the call, July had just received a bullet to her upper body while sitting in the front seat of a Toyota Hiace minibus on Maxfied Avenue, on her way to downtown Kingston.
The bullet fired from outside the bus during a robbery attempt struck July in the upper body and she frantically called Henry but when there was no answer, she called her best friend breathing heavily while she bled to death in the passenger vehicle.
“Lady, is true you don’t know,” Henry said as she wailed with pain.
“If mi did only know! She call me, and me neva answer her,” she sobbed. “From Monday mi and her have argument over money and mi run her from mi and everytime she call mi don’t answer her. But is when she get shot she call me, because as she hang up she call her best friend and all she hear was her breathing short. All she (best friend) saying ‘Camille’, ‘Camille’ she wouldn’t answer.”
Henry said now she would never know if her cousin wanted to make peace with her before she died. More
