Jan

Making Food Options Count with Sustainable Seafood Choices

The problem is a matter of grasping the reality. The oceans seem infinite and unflappable. The reality is they are not and they are. They are not infinite. They are not without their vulnerabilities, especially when it comes to food fish.

Fish like the Chilean sea bass are in danger of being over-fished. Don’t get me wrong. Sea bass prepared well is fabulous. Yet, we are loving it to death by continuing to buy it at grocery stores or order it on the menu. The supply is at risk of not meeting the demand. That is why you need to embrace sustainable seafood choices.

Options like Atlantic cod, Pacific halibut and Dungeness crab are all good choices. Seafood such as imported King crab, monkfish and orange roughy are not. Your choice matters because it drives the market. When you buy sustainable seafood, you are doing your part to ensure that you and others will continue to enjoy the best that the sea has to offer without depleting the resource.

It’s not a tragedy if you don’t have monkfish again. It is wrong to know better and choose the unsustainable option. Life is all about choices. Make yours good ones.

Jan

Best Practices for Good Health

Chris

We all need a push every now and again. Maybe a string of rough weeks at work has you headed straight to the couch when you get home. Before you know it, your pants are a little tighter. The walk across the parking lot leaves you winded. It’s time to take charge of your health. That is precisely why I wrote, “How to Achieve Your Fitness and Wellness Potential.”

I wanted to write a convincing message to help you make the choice for health. However, the decision isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about a change of mind set to approach fitness and wellness from a different perspective. There is no fast track to getting back to a normal weight. It take commitment and hard work.

Understanding what a healthy lifestyle means is the first step on the journey, which is exactly what it is. It is a journey for life. It’s not one day, one week or one month. It is about making conscious choices. I hope that this e-book can spark some deep thought about making changes that you can live with. Your health is such a precious thing, not only for you, but your loved ones too. Achieving your wellness potential is a gift to them.

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Jan

Skip the Bacon and Sausage

Chris

A new study by the National Institute of Environmental Medicine in Sweden may have you re-thinking your breakfast. Researchers found from a comprehensive review a positive association between consumption of processed foods like bacon and sausage and pancreatic cancer.

The findings are based on over 6,000 pancreatic cancer cases. The common link was processed foods. Researchers noted a 19 percent increase in cancer with daily consumption of 50 g of processed meats. That’s about 1.5 oz. The data are disturbing on two fronts. First, pancreatic cancer is a particularly danger form, with a survival rate of 5.5 percent. Second, the amount consumed is so small that the risk could easily increase based on current portion sizes.

The culprit appears to be sodium nitrite. Processed meats walk a fine line between preservation and public health. Sodium nitrite is part of that risk. Before you despair, you can still enjoy your breakfast sausage. You just have to make it.

This breakfast sausage recipe from Saveur.com couldn’t be easier. Take a little ground pork and some spices, and you have a great-tasting sausage. A little apple in the recipe can make for a more savory treat. Another thing you can do is to avoid products with sodium nitrite. Niman Ranch, for example, offers several products, including bacon and sausage that are nitrite free.

A healthy lifestyle means taking the time to make good choices. You have a limited calorie budget. Make the most out of it.

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