Tuesday, September 03, 2002

Dang, I wanted to list a new recipe here - I tried a great soup several weeks ago, a really "good for you" soup. Do you think I can find the magazine it was in? I gotta keep looking. It contained beans and kale - you know kale is really good for you and so are beans! I think it came from a "Woman's First" magazine - you know, the magazine you pick up at the supermarket by the checkout? I also found a great cookbook called Stews, Bogs and Burgoos by James Villas. There are some yummy sounding recipes in the book. I have too many cookbooks and not enough time to try all the great recipes!     6:22:55 AM     Saw a couple of stories on http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html that are interesting. One story is on Strawberries, raspberries halt cancer in rats and the other story is about High calcium intake may lower ovarian cancer risk. I have a favorite breakfast that makes use of the strawberry thing - I put 1/2 cup or so of non-fat plain yogurt in a bowl, then add one cup of fresh fruit (strawberries and blueberries and banana). I also add a sprinkling of ground almonds and finely chopped walnuts to the top. Sometimes I add wheat germ also. This is very good for me - calcium in the yogurt and all those cancer-fighting fruits and nuts. It's filling also - helps to keep AM snacking down! Seems like every single day a new health report comes out, doesn't it? It probably won't be more than a couple of months before these "new" stories are determined to not be fact after all! You just can't believe anything anymore! Better to just eat what you like, within reason of course!   6:16:52 AM     The Search for Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy. Many women worried about the latest findings on long-term hormone replacement are ready to abandon this therapy. But how? By Jane E. Brody. [New York Times: Health] 6:01:13 AM     Trans Fat Data to Be Added to Food Labels. Next year, the Food and Drug Administration will require manufacturers to tell consumers how much artery-damaging trans fat their products contain. By Ayana E. Morales. [New York Times: Health] 6:00:32 AM     Sorting Through the Confusion Over Estrogen. A comprehensive look at what the studies have shown about a drug that has been on the market for 60 years and what the drugs can do. By Jane E. Brody. [New York Times: Health] This is all too confusing! I take Prempro and am not sure what to do about stopping it. What I have been doing is taking it every other day instead of every day. Yikes!   5:59:36 AM

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