Eating Well Magazine – FRESH Column With tomorrow being the first official day of summer, June 21, 2017, now is the time to start thinking of the many fruits and vegetables the summertime has to offer along with the wide variety of ways in which they can be used. Some of the most popular fruits and vegetables available during the summer season include the following; apricots, arugula, beets, bell peppers, blackberries, carrots, cherries, corn, cucumbers, lemon, lime, plums, tomatoes, strawberries, squash and zucchini. However, the focus of this article will be geared towards peaches – their nutritional value and uses in a recipe. Full of color and flavor, juicy and delicious, peaches grown in the United States generally belong to the following
five varieties; Elegant Lady, O’Henry, Red Beauty, Red Top and Santa Rosa. States well-known for their growth of peaches includes California, Georgia and New Jersey. Best for picking in the summertime, late June through August, peaches let the picker know when they are ready to be picked by giving them a light squeeze. A perfectly ripe peach will have a slight “give” when squeezed and is more on the softer side than firm. Rich in minerals such as calcium, copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and zinc, peaches are an excellent source of nutritional value and dietary fiber. Peaches also contain no cholesterol or saturated fat and are low in calories; making them ideal for use when targeting weight loss. Peaches contain Vitamin A, good for hair, nail and skin repair, Vitamin C, for increasing energy and supporting the immune system, and Selenium which can prevent cancer. While peaches are oftentimes used in dessert recipes, they can also be included in savory dishes. One savory dishes that incorporates peaches are grilled pork chops topped with a peach salsa. Pork chops should be well-seasoned and grilled to perfection. The peach salsa can be made by chopping the following into small, diced pieced and mixing well; 1 ripe peach, 1 vine-ripe tomato, ½ of a medium sized white onion, 2 tablespoons of cilantro and 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice. This peach salsa recipe can also be used for topping fish such as Mahi Mahi and/or as a healthy snack with tortilla chips.
...-business" and "no play" attitude which enabled him to achieve stardom. "The Peach" poured all his heart and soul into baseball, and manager George Leidy’s prediction proved true: "… you will have every boy in America idolizing you. Cobb certainly retired from baseball with no regrets about his effort, which certainly would have made W.H. Cobb proud of his son.
Mark Bittman is a cookbook author, a journalist and has appeared on television. The experience from these projects has given Bittman the knowledge and credibility to argue his point on the matter of America’s diet in his Ted talk segment. In this Ted talk, Bittman discusses the effect of livestock production on the environment and how the way they are treated makes even natural food sources have unnatural ingredients. He mentions how over the few decades the children from the past ate differently at home than the way they do now. He promotes the idea of eating more organic foods such as fruits and vegetables than to continue the mass consumption of meat and junk foods. Bittman talks about the way that modern day America is eating and how it is not only causing harm to the bodies of people, but the state of the environment in the world.
My overall Kcal average for the three days I recorded was 4,318, while my Daily recommended intake was 3,484. In terms of Kcal, I am eating more calories per day than recommended. Breaking it down a bit farther to percent of carbohydrates, I ate 110 percent of my Daily Required Intake for Carbohydrates, specifically 39.1 g more than recommended. The daily recommendation for protein is ten to thirty-five percent,
The essay Junking Junk Food written by Judith Warner, brings to the audiences attention the wicked problem of how there has been a decline in Americans health. Warner’s information speaks loudly about being forced into a healthy lifestyle by the Obama administration. The Obama administration tried to enforce a healthy lifestyle among the citizens by focusing on the youth and taking away sugar options for them. Warner, puts her voice into this by mentioning the system during the world war when the soldiers had to eat overseas so there was less food consumption in America, which helped stop over consumption of food. Back then food was also much healthier thought, with less hormones, chemicals and less options of fast food. Again making it easier
McDonalds is one of the most well known fast food restaurants in the world. It is so popular that it sells seventy-five hamburgers every second and is shockingly also the worlds largest toy distributor (Lubin, and Badkar.) The powerful company is an overwhelming influence not only in the worlds economy, but also the worlds holistic lifestyle and health; therefore, McDonalds must be carefully monitored-carefully monitored meaning every move, every change, every single action the company makes needs to be a healthy one. Since the McDonalds business is unbelievably large, it has to manufacture a lot of food, and in a fast food business more in numbers means lower quality. But the food served isn’t lower quality. The food is not even food. It is poison! The chain restaurants food that is sold to the world population contains over 70 cancer-promoting ingredients (Roberts), not to mention it also contains preservatives that are butane-based, bleached flour, and the main ingredient found in silly putty (Breyer). It is clear that McDonalds does not sell food that anyone should be eating; yet, it poisons 68 million people a day, or in other words one percent of the population (Lubin, and Badkar.) 68 million people poisoned every single day. This atrocity absolutely without doubt needs to be stopped.
Growing the sweetest red raspberries (Rubus spp.) can be challenging, because there are many varieties to choose from. Although flavor is important, you must also take the climate and fruiting habit into consideration. Summer-bearing varieties will grow one year and produce the next, while fall-bearing varieties produce fruit on the current season's growth. Both varieties have various sweet raspberries to choose from, most of which prefer a cool climate. (See References 1)
You may take as many peaches as you desire, on one condition. You must give me your first-born child. I shall treat the child as my own.
The scientific name of peach is Prunus persica, it belongs to the family Rosaceae(Bassi and Monet 2008:5). Peach has straight and smooth trunk with somewhat reddish to greenish bark in its first year of growth with later becoming dark grey silver (Bassi and Monet 2008:5).This would be a small tree but can reach 8m if not pruned ,the leaves are lanceolate but the size will depend on tree vi...
Summers have numerous fruits which can be used to make delicious jam depending upon your choice. Some of the most common fruits are berries, apricots, grapes, figs and peaches. These fruits will vary in their sweetness; therefore, use the sugar accordingly. The coming text will provide a general recipe for making jam. Moreover, it also explains the ingredients and their nutritional value.
...f fruit you want, so long as the conditions are right. You can even grow more than one kind of fruit on a tree by grafting more than one scion to different branches on the rootstock. Supplementing your diet with food that you have grown yourself is extremely rewarding and should not be overlooked as a viable option.
Being a college student, living with other college students and being constantly surrounded by others just like myself has given me a lot of insight on the views and mindset of health and the “college life”. I have not always been the fittest or healthiest person in the world, but I have been lucky enough and one of the few that was able to turn myself around almost based solely on self-discipline and self-motivation. However, I realize how hard this path can be and understand it is not for everyone. I think the best ideas I could have on pointing my fellow collegiate students to live a healthier and fitter lifestyle would be in three simple, yet major ways. My plan to promote a fitter and healthier lifestyle among college students would be
Ms. Jane Doe was lying in her bed when I walked into her room this morning. I asked her, how are you doing today? Ms. Jane Doe stated, “ I feel good today but yesterday I felt terrible.” Ms. Jane Doe was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 10 years ago, after she had her last child. During her pregnancy, she had gestational diabetes and was able to manage this but after having her child, she did not continue to manage her diet. Ms. Jane Doe is a Hispanic, 58-year-old woman, who appears well groomed and well nourished. The way Ms. Jane Doe found out about her chronic illness was because she was having pounding headaches for over 3 days, was urinating frequently and gaining weight. She decided to visit her primary care doctor, where she found out
Watermelon is truly one of summertime’s sweetest treats. Watermelons are fun to eat and good for you. Watermelon seeds were brought to this country by African slaves. Today there are more than 100 different varieties of watermelons. The flesh may be red, pink, orange, or yellow. There are seedless varieties and super-sweet round ones that fit nicely into the refrigerator.
Tropical fruits have exclusive structure and maximum of them are in bright color. This holds them in rich inhibitors. There are a number of tropical fruits that are as well utilized as vegetables. There are hundreds of extraordinary looking tropical fruits obtained around the world. Here are a number of well-known and interesting tropical fruit facts.
Fruits are defined as the edible part of a matured ovary of a flowering plant. They are