Topic: nutrition

Linda J. Hawkins is holding a booksigning at ingredients Today

October 23, 2009 |

Linda J. Hawkins will be available at “ingredients” (100 Strawberry Alley) on  October 23rd from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm to sign books, she will also display hat cookies and explain the process in creating them.  Mrs. Hawkins will be delighted to answer questions about creating memorial tea time and on the topic of children’s nutrition.

Linda believes children learn best when they are having fun.  This philosophy is evident in her delightful writing style.  She is the author of “Catering to Children with Recipes for Memorable Teas”; “The Unspoken Language of Fans & Flowers with Recipes”, (gift books for all ages) and two nutrition books:  “Alexander and the Great Food Fight”, “Alexander and the Great Vegetable Feud”, now in flipbook as well, “Alexander Enjoys His Fruits & Vegetables”, a CD titled “Alexander’s Read & Sing Along” (both books on one CD), an activity booklet to us with both fruit and vegetable books.  All have been declared great teaching tools by various state departments of education. «Read the rest of this article»

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Stretch your food budget with healthy fruits and veggies

September 5, 2009 |

September is National Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Month

Nashville – The Department of Health is offering tips to help home cooks include the bountiful variety of fruits and vegetables in their meals while making the most of their food budget as part of the observance of National Fruits & Veggies – More Matters Month.

“It is imperative that all Tennesseans have ready access to fresh fruits and vegetables so the right food choice can be the easy choice,” said Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN. “Careful spending doesn’t mean you have to eat less healthy foods. Eating fruits and vegetables is a sound investment in long-term health, and can be a very inexpensive part of a healthy lifestyle.”

Fresh Vegatables at the City of Clarksville's Downtown Market

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Fitness: Keep it Simple

By Todd Mayer | May 16, 2009 |

When we are young we do not think much about fitness. That is because we are always active. We “Play”. As we get older and the demands of life sets in we lose that element out of our lives, but we do not have to.

The weather outside is getting nice at this time of year so go outside and “Play”. Run, swim, bike, hike, whatever. Just be active with something that will get your heart rate up.

You do not have to go on a crash diet in order to lose weight, just be aware of what you are taking in and how much. «Read the rest of this article»

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R3 plans 5K Run and Fitness Walk

August 9, 2008 |

R3 Running, Racing, Relaxing will host their anniversary 5K fitness walk and fun run on August 16 at 7:30 a.m., before the heat of the day sets in. The run kicks off from 2535 Madison Street Suite H, behind R3’s Madison Street shop in Clarksville. A physical therapist from Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance will be on hand to assist runners and a health nutritionist will answer questions and make suggestions for a healthy balanced diet .

Guest speaker for this event will represent Soles 4 Souls, a charitable organization dedicated to donating shoes to the poor via shoe drive, shoe, drop, giving shoes to children, disaster relief, and providing assistance in obtaining good footwear. Participants are encouraged to bring in old pairs of shoes (one pair or as many as you want to donate), with the individual donating the greatest number of shoes winning a free pair of new shoes from R3. «Read the rest of this article»

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II. Are you ready for disaster? Plan to survive!

August 5, 2008 |

Editors Note: This is Chapter 2 in a reprint of this five-part series, published on Daily Kos and originally published online by AlphaGeek {9.9.05}. From the diaries — Plutonium Page. The series offers a practical way to assess risk and prepare a variety of disaster scenarios. The series will appear chapter by chapter at 3 p.m. through Friday.

Chance favors the prepared mind. – Louis Pasteur

In any given disaster situation, you will find a group of people who maximize their chances for survival by making the correct choices before, during, and after the crisis. These folks have a few things in common:

• Each of them personally decided that he/she was going to survive
• They accurately assessed their immediate and near-term risks and needs
• They made the best plan they could based on available resources
• They executed that plan in a flexible, adaptive manner
• They kept going until they had reached safety, and did not give up

The single most important thing you can do to survive a disaster is to be mentally prepared.

Being prepared for disaster does not have to be time-consuming or expensive. In this multi-part series of DailyKos Diaries, I will share with you, dear reader, many of the lessons I’ve learned regarding the most effective ways to prepare for an emergency.

This is the second installment in a multi-part series on personal disaster preparedness. Your humble correspondent is a Silicon Valley technical executive with both professional and personal experience in risk assessment and disaster-readiness planning. «Read the rest of this article»

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Eat defensively in the age of ‘fast food’

By Rev. Charles Moreland | June 6, 2008 |

Fortunately I have more choices about what to eat than my parents or grandparents. Their diets were limited by circumstance, poverty and a lack of education. As a teenager, we often had fried bologna for supper; it was cheap and easy to prepare, even though it was deficient nutritionally. In those days, it was survival, not nutrition.

Today at the Clarksville Athletic Club, Melvin, a friend, asked about my diet and pork. Pork is a meat that over the years I eat less of. I don’t remember the last time I ate a pork chop. It’s seldom on my menu.

One point of focus in this narrative is “fast food,” which is so readily available. As one who drives west on Wilma Rudolph from Exit 4, dozens of restaurants solicit my business. There are good reasons for eating what we now call fast food, which never existed in the lifetime of my parents. These eateries haven’t always been present in our community. «Read the rest of this article»

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Diet Drinks and Other Diet Goodies

August 12, 2006 |

Over the years I and many others trying to watch their weight have spent millions of dollars on diet drinks, diet ice cream, diet foods, diet candies, not to mention all of the over the counter pills, and lets not forget the gym.  What I want to talk a little bit about today is the diet drinks, ice creams and candies. «Read the rest of this article»

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