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September 6th, 2008 -- Posted in DASH Diet Trivia Day |
Nectarine Trivia Fact:
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.
DASH DIET Nectarine Recipe
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August 28th, 2008 -- Posted in DASH Diet Trivia Day |
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.
Vegetables
One serving equals:
- 1 cup raw leafy vegetables
- 1/2 cup cooked vegetables
- 6 ounces vegetable juice
Good choices include:
- tomatoes
- carrots
- squash
- broccoli
- turnip
- greens, like collards, kale, and spinach
- artichokes
- beans, including green beans and lima beans
- sweet potatoes
- potatoes
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August 22nd, 2008 -- Posted in DASH Diet Trivia Day |
Black-eyed peas are not peas. What are they?
A: Beans
Hearty Black-eyed Peas
Prep: 10 min.; Cook: 1 hr., 35 min.
Ingredients
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
Makes 4 to 6 servings
Southern Living, JANUARY 2007
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July 31st, 2008 -- Posted in DASH Diet Trivia Day, Nutrition |
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
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July 24th, 2008 -- Posted in DASH Diet Trivia Day, Health |
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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