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| Healthy News The latest headlines about health and well-being. When it comes to making healthy choices, there is a lot of information out there. As a registered dietitian and Price Chopper's corporate nutritionist, I can help you by sharing with you a few of the informative articles I've read lately. Have a question on anything you've read lately? Connect with me and I'll help you make food fit into your lifestyle.
Skim or Soy?
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America's Healthiest Mushroom
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Getting Nutrition The Vegan Way
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For A Healthy Breakfast, Get Picky
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Fat-free milk has earned a reputation as a fat fighter. Now, a study fi nds its calcium-fortified cousin soy milk works just as well. In the study, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, nutritionists at Northern Illinois University put 14 women on a reduced-calorie diet that included either 3 cups of fat-free or soy milk daily (everyone ate the same amount of calories, protein, fat, calcium, and vitamin D).
They're not colorful, but mushrooms have a brilliant reputation with dietitians. Tufts University researchers found that white buttons ward off viruses and tumors in mice by boosting the immune system's killer cell activity. They may protect against cancer, thanks to potent antioxidant levels. 
Cutting out meat? You could be trimming vital nutrients as well. A vegan diet can leave your body hungry for protein, vitamin B-12, calcium, iron and zinc. Luckily, there are ways to compensate without becoming a carnivore. Vegetarians who eat eggs or dairy products get plenty of protein, but you can also choose soy products, legumes, lentils, nuts, seeds and whole grains. Likewise, calcium is found in low-fat dairy foods and dark green vegetables, such as spinach, turnip and collard greens, kale, and broccoli. Fortified tofu, soymilk and fruit juices are other options. For vitamin B-12, you could choose milk, eggs and cheese - but vegans can get it from enriched cereals, fortified soy products or supplements. Iron can be obtained from dried beans and peas, lentils, enriched cereals, whole-grain products, dark, leafy green vegetables, and dried fruit. To absorb this non-animal iron, pair these foods with those high in vitamin C, like strawberries, citrus fruits, tomatoes, cabbage and broccoli. Good sources of zinc include whole grains, soy products, nuts and wheat germ.
Cereal can be the center of a healthy breakfast, but not all cereals make the grade. Those made from refined grain and loaded with sugar, for example, are a less healthy choice than those high in dietary fiber and lower in sugar. Harvard's Health Professionals' Follow-up Study indicates a high-fiber diet reduces risk of heart attack by 41 percent over six years. According to that study, each 10-gram increase in a man's daily fiber intake cut risk of heart disease by 19 percent. That's the fiber in a single bowl of high-fiber cereal. Similarly, Harvard's Nurses' Health Study linked a high-fiber diet to a 47 percent drop in heart disease over 10 years. So which cereals do you choose? Look for those with at least 6 grams of fiber per portion, though 10-12 grams is better. Even at these higher levels, to eat the recommended 25-30 grams of dietary fiber, you'll still need lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
