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_______________________________________________________ "Nutrition and Exercise Health Tips" From www.NutrActive.com ---Nutrition and Active Lifestyle Center May 26, 2005 _______________________________________________________ In this issue: 1. Top Sponsor's Ad 2. A Word from the Editor 3. Nutrition Tip: ---Food News You Can Use: Duncan Donuts and Olive Oil 4. Recommended Nutritional Reading: ---The 90/10 Weight Loss Plan 5. Joke of the Week 6. Advertisements 7. Exercise Tip: ---Top 3 Reasons Why You Suffer From Pain In The Back Of The Knee 8. Recommended Fitness Reading: ---Younger Next Year 9. Important Links to NutrActive ---------------------------------------------------- Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20705.rate ---------------------------------------------------- TOP SPONSOR: Are you going to retire so that you can enjoy the rest of your life? Are you able to leave in an emergency without affecting your financial status? Are you someone who simply doesn't have enough free time? Learn about how you can take advantage of the biggest opportunity since Microsoft that MIT states as a technology that will change the world. http://Glyconutrients.tv _______________________________________________________ A word from the editor: Are you a regular at Dunkin' Donuts? It is hard to make healthy food choices there. Even some of the food items you might think are healthy, well, aren't -- more in Nutrition Tip. The Nutrition section also covers olive oil and possible findings on its relation to breast cancer. If you suffer from pain behind your knee, the Exercise Tip section will help you identify some possible causes. Best of health! Laura _______________________________________________________ This Week's NUTRITION TIP: _______________________________________________________ FOOD NEWS YOU CAN USE: Fast Food Audit and Olive Oil Fast Food Audit FastCompany.com recently published (Issue 89, Dec. 2004) an interview with the CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, who is quoted saying they are going to work to offer better choices over the long term. This caught our attention and prompted an investigation to the nutrition facts of their current menu. Boy are you in for a few surprises. Here are the facts: * A plain bagel with light cream cheese contains 430 calories. This choice is actually more than DOUBLE the calories of a maple- frosted doughnut at 210 calories. * Many of the bagel sandwiches with meat and eggs are more than 400 calories. * The muffins must be really big because they are all 440-630 calories each! We might have been inclined to choose a pumpkin muffin had we not seen the 610 number next to it. * Beware of the chilled cream beverages - the Coffee Coolatta contains 350 calories. One rule of thumb, if you are going to dine at Dunkin' Donuts: THINK ENGLISH MUFFIN! The plain English muffin they serve is only 160 calories. Choose a fat-free latte, coffee or tea along with a piece of fresh fruit. For more information visit: http://www.dunkindonuts.com and click on nutrition in the upper right corner. Olive Oil and Cancer Northwestern University lab tests on breast cancer cells showed the oleic acid found in olive oil sharply cut levels of a gene though to trigger breasy cancer. But don't go pouring on that olive oil yet. Dr. Kenney advises, "Test tube studies are not all that convincing. This study suggests part of the benefit of the Mediterranean diet might be the oleic acid found in olive oil. What about the 70% of women whose breast cancer is not associated with this gene? What if women get fat eating olive oil in the hopes that it reduces breast cancer? Obesity raises estrogen levels and promotes breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The primary reason the Mediterranean diet helps protect against breast cancer is not simply because it is high in oleic acid. Higher fruit, vegetables, fish and less meat and dairy might very well be more important than olive oil, particularly since they are unlikely to promote weight gain as adding lots of olive oil (or any other fat) to the diet is very likely to do. [Source Communicating Food for Health] ---------------------------------------------------- That concludes this week's Nutrition Tip. >> Read on for the Exercise Tip. << _______________________________________________________ RECOMMENDED NUTRITIONAL READING: The 90/10 Weight-Loss Plan: A Scientifically Designed Balance of Healthy Foods by Joy Bauer In just two weeks you??™ll lose weight, be healthier, and you can still eat your favorite chips, cookies, and ice cream! The reason so many diets fail for so many people is that they force the dieter to cut out the foods they love and crave. With The 90/ 10 Weight-Loss Plan, dieters learn to balance their food intake by eating 90% healthy, nutritious food, with 10% ???Fun Food?????”whatever they want, whenever they want. Nutritionist Joy Bauer has created a phenomenon that has taken the nation by storm: a diet that is healthy and easy to follow. And since dieters don??™t feel deprived of their favorite foods, The 90/10 Weight-Loss Plan is a program they can stay on. ORDER NOW! Go to: http://www.nutractive.com/books_weightloss.htm#balance _______________________________________________________ This Week's Cartoon, Joke, Cool Site, or Quote: Questions to Ponder: >Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons? >Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors? >Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawnshop? >Day light savings time - why are they saving it and where do they keep it? For more jokes like this, visit Christian Unite Clean Jokes at: http://jokes.christiansunite.com/ Do you know a funny food/nutrition/fitness related joke? 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If you find anything questionable, please feel free to submit you specific question to Laura.RD@NutrActive.com. _______________________________________________________ This Week's EXERCISE TIPS: _______________________________________________________ Top 3 Reasons Why You Suffer From Pain In The Back Of The Knee By Marc David of Freedomfly Pain behind the knee is something many of us have or might experience if we play sports that involve bending at the knees, running, tennis, or any activity that puts strain on the area. Here are some things you need to keep in mind if you ever experience such pain behind the knee: 1. Possible Arthritis This is one of the most common causes of pain in the knee. In fact, if you are over the age of 65 one in two of you have arthritis with the knee been one of the most common joints involved. The pain of arthritis is usually a dull tooth ache pain that is occasionally sharp with sudden movements. The pain is usually located over your joint line (where the tibia meets the femur) and in the front of the knee. Mild and sometimes severe swelling is associated with this pain. The pain is worse when you exit a chair or car. It is also worse with any prolonged walking or standing. The pain is usually better with rest, heat (sometimes ice), wrapping the knee and pain medication. Occasionally the knee may catch on the rough uneven surfaces of your cartilage. Patients often complain of grinding in the knee, and occasional popping. 2. Minor Tear of the Cartilage Surface Rather then a cyst or fluid build-up, the causes of the pain behind the knee might simply be slight micro tears in the cartilage. This can be treated with the same solutions at the end of this article. Tears, if minor, require no surgery and will heal on their own depending on the time allowed for healing and if the activity that aggravates it is avoided. 3. Baker's Cyst The cyst usually occurs due to some other problem in your knee such as arthritis or even a tear of your meniscus. The swelling from this problem causes fluid to build up in your knee. This fluid pushes out the weakest point of your joint capsule surrounding your knee. This is usually to the back portion of your knee capsule, and a cyst forms. The cyst has a valve made out of your joint capsule tissue. This valve can sometimes become clogged and the fluid becomes trapped in the cyst. Thus, even when the injury has resolved, you still have the swelling in the back of your knee. This is associated with pain usually described as dull and aching. The pain is worse with prolonged walking or standing. It is sometimes improved with rest, elevation and taking pain medication. Many people agree that when it comes to pain behind the knee, the best plan of action is Control, Avoid, and Rehabilitate. Control: Cryotheraphy which involves putting ice on the area for 5 minutes at a time. This will help reduce the pain. Do not continue to apply ice if a burning sensation is felt. Heat from a heating pad for 10-20 minutes on a lower setting may help reduce pain. Alternative methods include creams that create a heating sensation like Icy-Hot or AST BioFreeze gel. Bracing from a comfortable knee brace can provide some needed relief and stability to the area, reducing the pressure on the area and thus; reducing the pain. There are many knee braces available that can be worn during activity or at any time where the area becomes bothersome. Avoid: There's nothing special about this old saying. Simply avoid the activities that aggravate the pain and participate in ones that seem to help it. Making a list of things NOT to do and a list of things TO DO will be helpful in determining what makes the pain worse. Avoid activities that continue to make the pain worse or no better. This is typical advice. Pain is a warning signal. Rehabilitate: Talk to a Doctor and make a plan of action to rehabilitate the knee thru controlled motions. Rehabilitation includes motivation to do the prescribed exercises. The correct exercises as prescribed and the proper equipment to keep the motions in controlled. Pain behind the knee is very common in some many sports that you can suffer from this by doing almost anything from snowboarding to racquetball. By taking precautions in your sports and understanding what might cause this, will allow not only enjoyable sports activities, but a lifetime of activity. ---------------------- About the author: Marc David is a bodybuilder, writer, and author of the e-book "The Beginner's Guide to Fitness and Bodybuilding" (BGFB): What Every Beginner Should Know but Probably Doesn't. Marc has written over 20 articles and has been featured in several health and fitness websites. Marc's opinionated and informative articles on bodybuilding, weight loss and training are featured regularly on: http://www.freedomfly.net To subscribe to Marc's free b-weekly e-zine, visit the Freedomfly website here: http://www.freedomfly.net/fitnessnewsletter.htm _______________________________________________________ RECOMMENDED FITNESS READING: Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge Turn back your biological clock. A breakthrough book for men--as much fun to read as it is persuasive--Younger Next Year draws on the very latest science of aging to show how men 50 or older can become functionally younger every year for the next five to ten years, and continue to live like fifty-year-olds until well into their eighties. To enjoy life and be stronger, healthier, and more alert. To stave off 70% of the normal decay associated with aging (weakness, sore joints, apathy), and to eliminate over 50% of all illness and potential injuries. This is the real thing, a program that will work for anyone who decides to apply himself to "Harry's Rules." ORDER NOW! Go to: http://www.nutractive.com/books_age.htm#younger _______________________________________________________ Check out other books on exercise, go to: http://www.nutractive.com/exercise.htm _______________________________________________________ Select from the biggest list of Free Newsletters and Ezine on the Internet. Go to WorldMegastore Newsletters: http://www.worldmegastore.com/newsletters.php _______________________________________________________ "Nutrition and Exercise Health Tip" is written weekly by Laura S. Garrett who is a Registered Dietitian (RD), Licensed Dietitian (LD), and fitness trainer. 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