What Does Mitochondria Do: January 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

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Tropical Fruit Salad

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Healthy Eating Does Not Have To Be Boring

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When asked what role their sister Christine has played, Jordan remarked that she has inspired the healthy, holistic focus that characterizes Eat.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Success: After Weight Loss Surgery 2008 - Charlotte, NC

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Taken at the 2008 "Success: After Weight Loss Surgery" conference in Charlotte, NC hosted by Southeast Bariatrics in association with www.band2gether.net.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Healthy Eating Is Essential On A Motorcycle Tour

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Healthy eating at London Lib Dems office today

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Healthy eating was the order of the day

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Monday, January 27, 2014

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

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Camp FRESH 2011
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Anthony Graves eats all his carrots.

But only a few months ago, the 13-year-old from New Castle filled up on junk food.

“I used to eat chips, cupcakes and soda,” he says. “Now I eat carrots, broccoli and tomatoes.”

Anthony is enrolled in Camp FRESH, short for "fresh resources everyone should have," founded in 2007 by Christiana Care’s Center for Community Health, part of the Department of Family and Community Medicine. The nine-week program educates youth, ages 13-18, on nutrition and encourages them to eat healthy foods, while being aware that their food environment could make it difficult to do so.

Camp FRESH also works with the Delaware Center for Horticulture to educate youths on how people in urban communities can grow their own produce.

On a recent afternoon, Anthony and other campers asked people in Rodney Square to take the 2011 Community Food Access Survey to gauge the eating habits of people in the city of Wilmington and assess their attitudes on accessibility to healthy foods. They asked consumers what kinds of food they eat, where they buy groceries and how much they exercise.

Results from the first survey, administered in 2007, found that a lack of access to nutritious foods was a serious obstacle to healthy eating habits. Since then, two new supermarkets have opened—ShopRite on Market Street in Wilmington and Food Lion on Governor Printz Boulevard in Edgemoor.

The latest results, to be compiled in the fall, will help to identify continuing barriers in urban communities to eating nutritious, low-fat foods and working out.

Richard Johnson of Bear, a school disciplinarian who took the survey, told Anthony that he has given up red meat and fried foods and eats lots of fruits and vegetables. He thinks Camp FRESH will have a lasting, positive impact on the youths.

“Working in schools, I see that obesity is a serious problem with kids,” he says. “Christiana Care is doing a very good thing in teaching kids about nutrition.”

Indeed, Delawareans are getting fatter, according to a recent study by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report says 28 percent of adults in the First State are obese, defined as weighing at least 20 percent more than normal. Among children, 33.2 percent are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Campers come primarily from Wilmington, where corner stores carry little fresh produce and supermarkets are not readily accessible.

“We tell kids that fast food might taste good—but it is not good for you,” says Christopher C. Moore, healthy lifestyle coordinator at Christiana Care’s Center for Community Health. “We know that if given the right tools and information, the Camp FRESH youth have the ability to affect a lot of positive change.”

Over the years, more than 250 teens have participated in the program. Many say they are learning good habits that will last a lifetime.

“On the first day, I stopped drinking soda and started drinking water,” says Dkwan Brown, 14, of Wilmington. “Now I eat collard greens and salad. Anything that looks healthy, I will try.”

Instead of fried chicken, 13-year-old Aionna Williams of Wilmington asks her mother to make baked chicken. She and her mom stock up on veggies at ShopRite, Walmart and Target, as well as the Camp FRESH farmer’s market.

“The corner store is convenient but they don’t have healthy foods, only chips and stuff,” she says.

As for Anthony, he has lost 5 pounds and feels more energetic.

“I can tell that eating healthy foods is good for me,” he says. “That is why I want to get other people on board.”

Souen – mazé rice & yam salad
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Souen’s "mazé rice" (mazé means "mixed" in Japanese) is a delicious rice dish with salmon and wonderful vegetables. The "yam salad" is scrumptious too but I don’t know how to describe it.

We love this restaurant–Souen. They have two locations but we almost always go to the 13th St. one, which I think is the original. It’s homey and cozy and laid-back, and makes you feel warm and good inside just to enter the place. It’s run by several Japanese people (a couple or a family, I think, though I’m not sure) who are always around, and always friendly and mellow. I had had some bad experiences with macrobiotic food, but here, macrobiotic is absolutely delicious–some of the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten. It tastes so wholesome and comforting. It makes you happy.

Here is their minimal website. I just hope that the "recipe" link will someday be up & runnning…. for those of us who are now too far away to get down there every week!

All the Necessities
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A full pot of real matcha tea, a warmed cup, chopsticks and a hot, moist towel greeted me when I ate at Tokyo Dining in WDW’s EPCOT.

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Friday, January 24, 2014

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Blueberries
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Fresh blueberries from the co-op.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Calorie Deficit Vs Weight Loss

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Calorie Deficit Vs Weight Loss

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A graph showing the agreement between the calorie deficit estimate from my food and exercise logs, and the weight loss measured by my bathroom scale.

Both data sets have been subjected to a moving average with an exponential factor of 0.9.

Calorie Deficit Vs Weight Loss

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

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Healthy Eating at WLA!

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The Google Cafeteria better watch its back!

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Monday, January 20, 2014

Success: After Weight Loss Surgery 2008 - Charlotte, NC

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

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Friday, January 17, 2014

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Healthy Eating Demonstrations

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Nutrition Links South-West area Health Service demonstrating cooking workshops to local seniors.

Anahuak Youth Sports Association, The City Project and COFEM use soccer as an organizing tool for students to move more, eat well, stay healthy, do their best in school and in life — and vote!

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Diverse allies organized Copa COFEM at Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard October 29-30. The youth soccer tournament promotes fun, physical activity and healthy eating, and and good citizenship. Civic leaders including Raul Macias and Councilman Ed Reyes urged citizens to vote. Health advocates provided educational programs about physical activi and healthy eating. The City Project engaged, educated and empowered the community to support an equity plan to Save California State Parks for All, and to prevent high speed train from destroying state parks. The benefits and burdens of public resources — including state parks and high speed train — must be distributed fairly for all.