The DASH Diet is an ideal way to help the environment as it recommends less meat and in fact encourages more protein sources coming from fish, poultry, legumes and nuts.
How can a diet help the environment?
At Success Health News we came across this story from The Guadian
UN says eat less meat to curb global warming
People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer…….
Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel’s chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals. It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport, he said.
To speed up the ripening process, place hard nectarines in a paper bag with an unripe banana.
NECTARINES
A nectarine is a fuzz less variety of peach. It is NOT a cross between a peach and a plum.
Nectarines, like peaches, probably originated in China over 2,000 years ago and were cultivated in ancient Persia, Greece and Rome. They were grown in Great Britain in the late 16th or early 17th centuries, and were introduced to America by the Spanish.
The word ‘nectarine’ means sweet as nectar, and this is very likely the obvious origin of the name.
Today, California grows over 95% of the nectarines produced in the United States.
To have success in the DASH Diet and your health, you need to remember that vegetables including carrots are very important. Here are is a guideline for eating vegetables.
3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
3 cups water
1 medium onion, chopped
1 smoked ham hock
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 whole jalapeño peppers (optional)
1 (16-oz.) package dried black-eyed peas
1 teaspoon salt( lite Salt)
Preparation
1. Bring first 6 ingredients and, if desired, jalapeños to a boil in a Dutch oven; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
2. Rinse and sort peas according to package directions. Add peas and 1/2 tsp. salt to Dutch oven, and cook, covered, 1 hour or until peas are tender. If desired, remove meat from ham hock, finely chop, and return to Dutch oven. Season with remaining 1/2 tsp. salt or to taste.
Yield
Many times when you read about the DASH Diet Eating Plan, you will also hear of the South Beach Diet. Success Health News Looked into the differences or similarities between the two Diets. continue reading »
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The DASH diet is an eating plan that offers many health benefits, that have been shown to be successful in protecting against osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes. If The DASH Diet is adopted early and combined with other lifestyle changes such as exercising more and quitting smoking, the DASH Diet can prevent high blood pressure (hypertension).
What milk product did the U.S. Agriculture Department propose as a substitute for meat in school lunches, in 1996?
A: Yogurt
Thursday’s are now our Success Health - DASH Diet trivia Day, we hope you enjoy this feature and will share your DASH Diet Facts and trivia on Success Health News.
The DASH Diet has been proven by researchers and Doctors to help people who have even slight elevations of blood pressure, which can lead to many health problems.
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The Mediterranean Diet which was first publicized in 1945 failed to gain widespread recognition until the 1990’s.
Many people at the time considered it just another fad diet, because based on the point of view of mainstream nutrition The Mediterranean Diet was and is considered a paradox. The main premise for the paradox is that although the people living in Mediterranean countries tend to consume relatively high amounts of fat, they have far lower rates of cardiovascular disease than in countries like the United States, where similar levels of fat consumption are found. continue reading »
