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September 2001
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How to Build Better Bones: Overview of All the New Osteoporosis Options
By Linda Antinoro, J.D., R.D.
Grandma has fallen….and yes, she can’t get up, because she’s broken her hip. This is an all-too-common occurrence in the U.S. today, where one of every two women (and one in eight men) over age 50 falls victim to an osteoporosis-related fracture at some point in their lives.
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Liquid Assets: Is Bottled Water Really Better Than What’s On Tap?
By Catherine Golub, M.S., R.D.
Whether for taste, convenience or perceived health benefits, Americans gulped over 5 billion gallons of bottled water last year. And they paid dearly for it. In some cases, more than for a can of soda or beer. Welcome to the lucrative business of bottled water.
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Are Food Cravings All in Your Head? EN Asks an Expert
By Elizabeth M. Ward, M.S., R.D.
Many people have a guilt-racked relationship with food cravings, those intense urges for specific foods that won’t go away until satisfied, forgotten or willfully controlled. Unfortunately, the desire to binge on carrot and celery sticks is rare, while the urge to splurge on chocolate bars, ice cream and other calorie-laden delights is legendary.
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Grape Seed Extract Instead of Red Wine?
The Buzz: "A significantly more potent antioxidant than vitamins C, E and beta-carotene," says Dry Creek Nutrition of Modesto, California of its patented grape seed (Vitis vinifera) extract, called ActiVin. Last spring, the Food and Drug Administration bestowed GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status on ActiVin, allowing it to be added to foods and beverages. As a result, ActiVin will debut in a cereal from Kashi called Heart to Heart later this month, providing 25 milligrams per serving.
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Swallow Pills Safely
Many nutrition supplements, especially calcium pills, bone formulas and multivitamins, are large and difficult to swallow. In an effort to make them go down more easily, many people tilt their heads back when they swallow. But this can actually be dangerous, say experts, because tilting your head back opens the trachea (windpipe), making it all the more likely for the pill to go down the wrong pipe, blocking your breathing and causing you to choke.
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Make Your Steps Count….By Counting Them a Stride at a Time
How many steps do you think you take in a day? Research shows moderately active people average about 5,000 to 7,000. Couch potatoes rack up only 2,000 to 4,000 (2,000 steps is about a mile). Both fall short of the 10,000 steps a day recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Web Finds
This unique website offers a wide range of articles and video webcasts in its health information library on everything from obesity and breast cancer to hair transplants and menopause.
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Fruit or Vegetable, Tomatoes Are Terrific
The Folklore: While Italy has made tomatoes a staple of its cuisine, tomatoes first made their home in the Americas, cultivated by the Aztecs and Incas as early as 700 A.D. In the 16th century, tomato seeds were taken back to Europe by the conquistadors and they became an instant success in the Mediterranean countries of Spain, Portugal and Italy. The British, while admiring its brilliant red color, rejected it as a food, believing it was poisonous.
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Research Roundup
U.S. farmers are planting 6% fewer genetically modified (GM) corn crops this year, according to a survey by the American Corn Growers Association, accounting for 21% of corn acreage.
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