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// Coppin opens wellness center, healthy living academy
// September 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/09/coppin_opens_wellness_center_h...
Coppin State University has joined the call to promote better health
and fight childhood obesity. The university has opened its new Health
and Human Performance Wellness Center. The 246,000-square-foot center
has an aquatic and recreational club sports component. It will offer
classes in aerobics, cycling, nutrition, raquetball, strength
training, swimming and yoga. In conjunction with the opening of the
wellness center, Coppin has also partnered with Mt. Washington
Pediatric Hospital to create The Healthy Living Academy. Clinicians
and staff from the university and pediataric hospital will develop a
curriculum on topics such as nutrition, exercise and making healthy
lifestyle choices. Beginning in 2011, the curriculum will be used to
in an after-school program for students at Coppin Academy High School,
St. Frances Academy High School and Rosemont Elementary and Middle
Schools. The goal is to teach students healthy habits and help curb
childhood obesity in the city. The acadmey is
being funded by a grant from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the
Mid-Atlantic States.

// Go to the park today, get a medical exam
// September 29, 2010 at 7:00 AM

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/09/go_to_the_park_get_a_medical_e...
As part of a national effort to get more people health care, the
University of Maryland Medical System is bringing doctors to the
community for a “Take a Loved One to the Doctor
Day.”Today, there will be free health screening from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. at the University Plaza, across from the University of Maryland
Medical Center at 22 S. Greene St. There will be screenings for blood
pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, among others. Doctors will also use
an ultrasound machine to look for signs of blockages in the veins.
There will be the chance to talk one-on-one with a doctor from
University Family Medicine. Along Paca Street, health care providers
will offer flu shots, HIV testing and interactive fitness activities.
And urologists will also offer free prostate screenings inside the
medical center. The national Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day aims
to encourage people to take charge of their own health and then to
encourage their loved ones to do the same, Maryland
officials say. It's a message of prevention. Sponsors include five of
the 11 hospitals in the University of Maryland Medical System -- the
University of Maryland Medical Center, Maryland General Hospital,
Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital, University Specialty
Hospital and Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. Other sponsors include
Maryland Physicians Care, the Baltimore City Health Department, Coppin
State University Helene Fuld School of Nursing and the Reginald F.
Lewis Museum of Maryland African History and Culture.AFP/Getty Images

Health Food Lover

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// Happy 1 Year of Health Food Lover- Four Giveaways!!- Jaffa Cake
Recipe with Jaffa Frosting
// September 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM

http://healthfoodlover.com/hfl/2010/09/happy-1-year-health-food-lover-csn-sto...
My Blog has turned 1!
So the time has come, my little ol' blog has finally turned one year!
It's all grown up!
Thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog since I first began
it on September 27th 2009.
I originally started this blog because I had created a whole lot of
recipes and I wanted to share them with people. Now I aim to inspire
people with my recipes and help to encourage them on their
health-food-loving journey.
Some highlights:
Q & A with Nutritionist Karen Fischer on Healthy Skin I love Karen's
book 'The Healthy Skin Diet', so I was so happy when she wrote this Q
& A on tips on how to grow better skin! It's a must read for those
who want to know how diet affects your skin and what you can do
about it. You find her at her website/blog and on twitter:
@karen_fischer.
Guest Post: Mushroom Medicine by Dr. Sarah Cimperman, ND Naturopathic
Doctor Sarah Cimperman divulges into the mystery that is medicinal
mushrooms and gave us a great recipe for mushroom soup.Her website is
Dr SarahCimperman.com, and her blog is, A Different Kind of Doctor.
Guest Post with Amy Green: Five Tips for Starting a Gluten-Free Diet
Amy Green is the author of Simply Sugar and Gluten Free. She wrote a
great post on tips to and start transition to a gluten free diet.
Thanks Amy! I know there are many people who suffer from gluten
intolerance out there so it was great to have someone so experienced
to offer up their tips. You can visit Amy's fantastic blog Simply
Sugar and Gluten Free and follow her on twitter: @Amys_SSGF.
Guest Post: Beautiful Swiss Chard Saute with Salami and Raisins by
Mariana Cotlear Mariana share with us her delicious recipe for
Beautiful Swiss Chard Saute with Salami and Raisins! Thanks Mariana!
Mariana Cotlear is a food health advocate who you can find at her
blog: 'Epicuriosa: A foodie's unprocessed thoughts on eating, cooking
and how we can fix they way we eat' and follow her on twitter
@epicuriosa.
Guest Post: Catching on to omega 3’s with Emma Stirling APD Dietitian
Emma Stirling gave us the low-down on all things omega 3 and where we
can get these beneficial good fats. Find Emma on her blog Scoop
Nutrition and follow her on twitter @EmmaStirling.
Guest Post: All About Fermented Foods with Naturopath Helen Padarin
Helen Padarin tells us all we need to know about wonderful fermented
foods.Thanks Helen! She's an experienced and passionate Naturopath who
knows what she's talking about! You can find Helen on her website
Nourish-ed or on the Nourish-ed facebook.
Guest Post: Easy Lemony Marinated Mushrooms by Stephanie Chung
(Student Dietitian) Fellow blogger and nutrition student lent her time
to write a delicious recipe for Easy Lemony Marinated Mushrooms. I've
tried her recipe many times and it's really delicious! You can find
Stephanie at her blog Juicy Fresh Bites or on twitter @freshbites.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to my blog this year!
Creation of Wholesome Whole Foods. I created the Wholesome Whole Food
blog carnival to help collect ideas and help people to find more ideas
on eating and living well. It happens every Friday, so if you have a
blog and blog about healthy food feel free to join in! Thank you to
everyone who has entered in the blog carnival so far! It's always
great to see new people.
My top 5 recipes on healthfoodlover.com:
Sprouted Wheat, Apple and Cinnamon Cookies
Homemade Bounty Bars
Spicy Kale Chips
Crispy Carrot & Celeriac Chips
Prosciutto Bacon, Steamed Romanseco and Avocado Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette

There's gotta be gifts, So I'm giving you a chance to win four!
About GPA Whole Foods
GPA Wholefoods aims to provide hard-to-find whole foods and nutrient
dense snacks that complement a traditional diet. We offer some of the
amazing and unique foods that Weston A Price recommended, such as
Fermented Cod Liver Oil, Butter Oil and Liver.
"Our products are the best of the best and we are proud to make them
available in Australia. We choose all our foods and products carefully
and refuse to sell anything we don’t believe in".
Giveaway 1) Fermented Cod Liver Oil (Oslo Orange 237mls)
Many of the great historical cultures had one common supplement which
they relied on to ensure strong mind, body and spirit: fermented
fish/fish liver oil. The Mighty Roman Soldier was given a daily
ration of fermented fish/fish liver. The Stoic Scandinavian Voking
had a drum of fermenting cod livers outside the door of his home.
Unlike every other fish oil on the market, our cod liver oil is not
molecularly distilled. Green Pasture Products uses a traditional cold
process extraction and cleaning method to produce this pristine and
naturally fresh cod liver oil.
Giveaway 2) MSM Shampoo and Conditioner (16oz)

Ultra Pure MSM Shampoo and Conditioner are made from a unique blend
of oils, herbal extracts, and nutrients designed to strengthen hair,
restore elasticity and repair split ends.
They contain a rich concentration of sulfur in the form of MSM for the
maximum benefits.
They DON’T contain sodium laurel sulfate, propylene glycol, alcohol or parabens.
Giveaway 3) CSN Store Giveaway:
Win a $60 voucher for CSN online stores! CSN online stores sell a
lot of great items including Bistro Sets like one where I'll be
eating some of that Jaffa cake (below)!
Giveaway 4) WIN a copy of Ani's Raw Food Essentials
See the post on how to enter.
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Giveaway Guidelines
How to enter any of these giveaways:
How to enter, answer this question: What do you like to see here at
health food lover, or what would you like to see more of; likes and
dislikes?
Make sure you say which one you would like to enter. Please do one
comment per entry and giveaway.
Other ways to enter:
For more chances to win:

Follow health food lover on twitter @loverhealthfood and tweet the
following: “Enter HFL's four giveaways. I want to win (name what you
want to win) http://wp.me/pUqsc-11V”. (1 entry)
Add health food lover to facebook. (1 entry)
Subscribe to health food lover by RSS or get blog updates by email. (1 entry)
Email to three friends (1 entry)
Mention in a blog post (2 entries)

Notes:
Giveaway 1 and 2 are only available for Australian residents.
Giveaway 3 and 4 are only available to US and Canadian residents.
Giveaway 4- entries can only be entered in on the giveaway post to win
Ani's Raw Food Essentials (not on this post please).
Giveaway 1-3 close on October 18th.
Thank You!
Thank you to all my wonderful readers (and commenters) over this past
year! Without you, my dear readers I would just be talking to myself.
It is the readers who really make blogging special and intercative so
thank you for reading my blog!
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Recipe: Jaffa Chocolate Cake with Jaffa Icing
The cake is healthily adapted from this Flourless Orange & Chocolate Cake Recipe

This cake is very dense and rich so a small piece definitely goes a long way.
Jaffa Cake:
Ingredients:

2 organic oranges
6 dates
50g butter
50g coconut oil
200g dark chocolate
four eggs
200g almond meal

Method:

In a blender or food processor add the zest of 2 organic oranges and
blend with 6 dates. Peel the oranges (removing the rind) and blend
with the zest and dates until you get a smooth paste. Set aside.
Melt: In a double boiler, melt 50g butter and 50g coconut oil with
200g dark chocolate until all melted together.
Beat four eggs till thick, fold in almond meal (200g), date paste and
choc-butter mix into the eggs.
Pour into a lined and coconut oil greased tin.
Cook for about 115 mins at 180 (not fan forced) or until skewer comes out clean.
Leave to cool and then spread with Jaffa icing (recipe below). Note:
Icing will harden at room temp/in the fridge.

Jaffa Icing (aka Orange, Cacao, Coconut and Macadamia Butter):
See the original post here.

Ingredients:
Place a big handful of raw macadamia nuts into a food processor and
blend till smooth butter is formed. Add zest of ½ orange, add 1 T.
cocnut butter and 3 T. cacao powder. Blend until very smooth. Pour
into a bowl and set aside until ready to ice the cake.
Enjoy!
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9/29 Picture of Health

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// Maryland gets federal funds to increase primary care workforce
// September 28, 2010 at 5:05 PM

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/09/maryland_gets_federal_funds_to...
Maryland will get $3.9 million to increase the primary care workforce
as part of funding provided under the new health care reform law. The
money is part of $320 million in grants the federal Health and Human
Services agency announced they were doling out to states to strengthen
and expand the health care workforce. "These grants are the most
comprehensive yet in addressing our nation's shortage of key health
professionals," Mary K. Wakefield, administrator of the Health
Resources and Services Administration, said in a statement. The money
will be used to expand primary care residency programs, increase
physician assistant training and expand the training of nurse
practitioners and midwives among other things.

// TB cases decline, but drug-resistant TB now a risk
// September 28, 2010 at 7:00 AM

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/09/tb_cases_decline_but_drugresis...
The rate of tuberculosis infection in the United States has been going
down because of prevention and treatment efforts, but the country may
now be more susceptible to new nastier drug-resistant form, according
to Johns Hopkins researchers. The researchers used computer modeling
to show an increased risk for epidemics of multi-drug resistant
tuberculosis, or MDR-TB. The model also showed that without proper
treatment of TB cases, there is also an increased risk. The results
were published in the Sept. 22 journal PLoS ONE. MDR-TB is a kind
resistant to at least two of the primary antibiotics used to treat
tuberculosis. It affects 500,000 to 2 million people a year, according
to the World Health Organization. There were 111 cases in the United
States in 2006. “The ability of MDR-TB to spread depends on the
prevalence of drug-susceptible TB,” said Dr. David Bishai,
senior author of the study and associate professor in the departments
of Population, Family and Reproductive
Health and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health, in a statement. “The most successful approach
to reduce this risk for MDR-TB epidemics in the U.S. would be to
ensure that populations around the world combine high rates of case
findings that are tightly coupled to high compliance with directly
observed drug therapy.”David Bishai conducted the research with
his brother Dr. William Bishai, professor with the Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for
Tuberculosis Research, and David Bishai's son Jason D. Bishai, an
undergraduate student at Stanford University. The research was funded
with an award to Jason Bishai from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Young Epidemiology Scholars Contest and by the National Institutes of
Health.

// State receives grant to aid health system navigation
// September 27, 2010 at 5:09 PM

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/09/state_receives_grant_to_aid_he...
Navigating the health care system can be overwhelming, especially when
someone becomes sick suddenly.But included in the health care law are
grants to help senior, those with disabilities and their caregivers
understand their health and long-term care options.Maryland is slated
to get $1.7 million of the $68 million in federal funding, the
Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.“We
know how difficult it can be for individuals and caregivers to deal
with a sudden illness or chronic disease while at the same time trying
to navigate through a complex health care system to figure out where
to go to get appropriate help,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius, in a statement. “The Affordable Care Act seeks to give
people more control over their own care, while lowering health care
costs and improving quality.”The money will be used to help
people understand Medicare and Medicaid benefits, including
preventative services; understand long-term care
options including those that help people stay in their homes; and
assist those who are returning home after a stay in nursing or rehab
facilities.More information on the funding at aoa.gov.

9/29 Diet Plans - Healthy Diets by Diet Ihub.com

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// Mixed Vegetable Tortillas Enriched With Goodness Of Protein
// September 27, 2010 at 6:59 AM

http://www.dietihub.com/mixed-vegetable-tortillas-enriched-with-goodness-of-p...
Tortillas are a favorite recipe for all health lovers. As we all know
regular Mexican tortillas are made by corn flour and refined flour.
But here I am adding some more zing to it by replacing refined and
corn flour with gram flour and adding the nutritional benefit of mixed
vegetables to it. This will [...]

// Quick Fried Starters
// September 27, 2010 at 6:32 AM

http://www.dietihub.com/quick-fried-starters/
If you are planning on calling friends over for drinks, then you have
to make a variety of starters. Everyone is always looking out for new
and unusual recipes. Here are some that will be a super hit at your
get together.The first recipe is made with aubergines. For this you
will need the medium [...]

// Almonds: The Wonder Food
// September 27, 2010 at 6:14 AM

http://www.dietihub.com/almonds-the-wonder-food/
Health is wealth. And this is where we need to make almonds our
constant companion. Yes, almonds are a wonderful and nutritious food
source that provides innumerable benefits to people of all
ages.Almonds are generally found in the Mediterranean region of the
Middle East. It is found in places like Iran, Jordan, Israel, Turkey
and [...]

// Methods For Enriching Family Diet
// September 27, 2010 at 5:49 AM

http://www.dietihub.com/methods-for-enriching-family-diet/
Sprouting gram: It increases the vitamin B and C content of the gram.
Green gram is best for sprouting. Soak in water for 24 hours and then
spread it out on a damp cloth and keep the cloth damp for one or two
days, until there is a half inc sprout. It may be eaten [...]

// Nutrition Guide For Children
// September 27, 2010 at 5:22 AM

http://www.dietihub.com/nutrition-guide-for-children/
A nutritional diet for your child is important because it will affect
him or her for lifetime. If the child is healthy, it is a great
achievement for the parents. If your child is obese or is unhealthy
and you don’t want him or her to feel ashamed of their appearance, it
is time for [...]

Vitamin B3 to Treat Fungal Infections

A team of scientists from the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential antifungal treatment. The study is the subject of a recent article in the journal Nature Medicine.

Infections by the yeast Candida albicans represent a significant public health problem and a common complication in immunodeficient individuals such as AIDS patients, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and recipients of organ transplants. While some treatments are available, their efficacy can be compromised by the emergence of drug-resistant strains.

The current study shows that a C. albicans enzyme, known as Hst3, is essential to the growth and survival of the yeast. Researchers found that genetic or pharmacological inhibition of Hst3 with nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, strongly reduced C. albicans virulence in a mouse model. Both normal and drug-resistant strains of C. albicans were susceptible to nicotinamide. In addition, nicotinamide prevented the growth of other pathogenic Candida species and Aspergillus fumigatus (another human pathogen), thus demonstrating the broad antifungal properties of nicotinamide.

“There is an urgent need to develop new therapies to kill C. albicans because it is one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections and is associated with high mortality rates,” explains Martine Raymond, who is also a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Biochemistry. “Although many issues remain to be investigated, the results of our study are very exciting and they constitute an important first step in the development of new therapeutic agents to treat fungal infections without major side effects for patients.”

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University of Montreal

Physical Fitness Pumps Up Kids Brains

Researcher from the University of Illinois finds an association between the fitness of 9- and 10-year-old children and their brains. Fitter kids tend to have a bigger hippocampus and perform better on a test of memory.

The study included 49 kids and used magnetic resonance imaging to measure the relative size of specific structures in the brains. The study focused on the hippocampus, a structure tucked deep in the brain, because it is known to be important in learning and memory.

“This is the first study I know of that has used MRI measures to look at differences in brain between kids who are fit and kids who aren’t fit,” said University of Illinois psychology professor Art Kramer, who led the study “Beyond that, it relates those measures of brain structure to cognition.”

Researchers found that the physically fit children tended to have bigger hippocampal volume – about 12 percent bigger relative to total brain size – than their out-of-shape peers.

“Higher fit children had higher performance on the relational memory task, higher fit children had larger hippocampal volumes, and in general, children with larger hippocampal volumes had better relational memory,” said researcher on the sudy Laura Chaddock.

The researchers measured how efficiently the subjects used oxygen while running on a treadmill to measure fitness. “This is the gold standard measure of fitness,” Chaddock said.

Further analyses indicated that a bigger hippocampus boosted performance on the relational memory task.

“If you remove hippocampal volume from the equation,” Chaddock said, “the relationship between fitness and memory decreases.”

“If you get some lousy genes from your parents, you can’t really fix that, and it’s not easy to do something about your economic status. But here’s something that we can do something about,” Kramer said.

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University of Illinois