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Kids and Sports Drinks

Everywhere you go nowadays you see ads for energy and sports drinks and I often see kids of various ages walking to and from school with one of these types of drinks in their hands. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), children should not consume drinks that have stimulants in them to provide energy. Many of these drinks have as much caffeine as 2-3 cups of coffee. These drinks are choc full of sugar and the "sport" drinks are also full of carbs and electrolytes and both contribute cavities, weight gain and obesity. 

Most kids do not need sports drinks unless they are playing high intensity sports and even then the drinks should be diluted with water.

Water is still the king of drinks and should be the drink of choice for our kids.

Source: Pediatrics 127 (2011): 1182–89.

Cheers,

Bouncelife

USDA revamps Food Pyramid and Calls it MyPlate

The USDA has replaced the old Food Pyramid with a new system Called MyPlate. The Food Pyramid is similar to Canada's Food Guide and is very hard to follow. The new concept of the divided plate makes meal portion and planning much easier to follow. It is all about portion control and dividing your plate into sections for each 4 food goups and dairy. Hopefully Canada will follow suit soon.

Cheers,

Bouncelife

High-Fiber, Protein Packed Breakfast Muffins:High-Fiber, Protein Packed Breakfast Muffins:

High-Fiber, Protein Packed Breakfast Muffins:

Ingredients:

Directions:

These packed muffins are great to start your day off with because they combine all three macronutrients for a well balanced breakfast that will provide plenty of ingredients throughout the day.
• • 1 1/4 cups protein powder
  • 1 1/4 cups oats
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup low-fat milk
  • 1/2 cup Splenda or sugar
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/4 cup blueberries
  • 1/2 cup raspberries
  • 1/4 cup walnuts or almonds
  Mix in the dry ingredients until moist and finally add in nuts. Place into muffin tin, filling until 2/3's full and then bake at 400 degrees F for 15-18 minutes.
  Combine together the protein powder, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and Splenda. In another bowl, whisk together unsweetened applesauce, low fat milk, olive oil, and egg whites.
  
  Courtesy of bodybuilding.com

October 2nd, 2011

Teeny Turkey Meatloaves with Applesauce

Ingredients:
3/4 lb ground turkey
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
1/2 small sweet potato, peeled and grated
2 green onions/scallions, sliced very thinly
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1/2 tsp allspice
2 tbsp applesauce

Method:
Preheat the oven to 375 deg F (180 deg C).
Grease 4 mini loaf pans (with a capacity of around 3/4 cup each).
Combine the ground turkey, bread crumbs, sweet potato, onions, ginger and allspice with 1 tbsp of the applesauce and mix well.
Divide the mixture between the four pans and flatten.
Brush the rest of the applesauce on the top of each meatloaf.
Place in the oven and bake for around 20 mins, until cooked through.
Cool, remove from the pans and serve! 

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Cereal, the not so healthy breakfast

Good morning,

I want to talk about one of the most popular food groups in your local grocery store as well as in your household pantry. 

Cereal, is probably the most popular breakfast food in the western world. This food product is very easy to eat by adding any kind of milk. 

The marketing behind cereal is pure genius as the cereal companies have us completely fooled into believing that their products are really good for us.

The Skinny on Cereal

Most of the popular cereals out on the market are heavily refined and chock full of sugar. The cereal companies have to "fortify" which means add back in many of the healthy components that they lose in the manufacturing process. But the biggest misconception that I want to talk about is the amount of sugar in these products.

Check out the graphics below on 3 VERY popular cereals that are marketed as healthy breakfast foods:

Post Raisin Bran: 19 grams of sugar based on a recommended serving of 1 cup.

General Mills Wheaties : 4 grams of sugar based on a recommended serving of 1 cup. Now 4 grams doesn't sound so bad but here is the kicker sugar is the second ingredient on the list. Ingredients are listed in the order of the amount in the product. If there is only 4 grams how is it ossible that it is the second highest ingredient on the list? Well it might be because they list the actual sugar content in the panel but the fail to mention there is also CORN SYRUP (SUGAR) in it which is the fourth on the ingredients list.  Sneaky!

Kelloggs Special K (Red Berries): 9 grams of sugar based on a recommended serving of 1 cup.
9 grams of sugar based on a recommended serving of 1 cup. Again, they list the actual sugar content in the panel but the fail to mention there is also CORN SYRUP (SUGAR) in it which is fifth on the ingredients list. 

So when you are buying your breakfast cereal make sure to take a look at the facts panel and make sure you know what you are getting. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Cheers,

Bouncelife