1. Try out the symptom checker...Mayo Clinic's system checker is interesting. After entering all the symptoms for a heart condition, it pulled up many other things as well. It wants you to make an appointment with one of their doctors but only lists Arizona, Florida and Minn. I had to go out of their system to find their Houston clinics.
2. Pick any medical condition and use the local MedlinePlus to see if there are related resources within 10 miles of your home....I found an adult day care center for seniors ...Liberty Dayton Community Day Activity, 1801 Grand, Liberty, TX 77575, 936-334-8888.
3. Create a sample family medical history tree. Discuss how this could be a useful addition to a genealogy study....This is the one that is difficult for an adopted person who has no knowledge of parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. So I created the tree but I'm the only one on it! It would be interesting and helpful for my children to have this information but, unfortunately, it just isn't available.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wellness # 41: Going Green- Part 2
Activity 3: From any of the sites above, list one activity that you think would be easy to do to live a greener lifestyle.....I liked the tips on driving to conserve gasoline, tire wear, etc. Since I commute 40 miles a day, this is very relevant.
List a second that would require more commitment, but would really like to try..... The Do-It-Yourself: Stop Junk Mail, Email and Phone Calls really does take a great deal of time and effort but I WILL try. We have stopped the phone calls (pretty much!) and emails are a fact of life but junk mail is a real pet peeve of mine! We have a post office box and sometimes it is so packed with flyers it is difficult to get all the mail out of the box. I asked at the post office but they told me that they are paid to put it in the boxes...so it is necessary to go through all the channels that are mentioned...Lots of time and effort but certainly worth a try!
List a second that would require more commitment, but would really like to try..... The Do-It-Yourself: Stop Junk Mail, Email and Phone Calls really does take a great deal of time and effort but I WILL try. We have stopped the phone calls (pretty much!) and emails are a fact of life but junk mail is a real pet peeve of mine! We have a post office box and sometimes it is so packed with flyers it is difficult to get all the mail out of the box. I asked at the post office but they told me that they are paid to put it in the boxes...so it is necessary to go through all the channels that are mentioned...Lots of time and effort but certainly worth a try!
Wellness #41: Going green- Part 1
Activity 1: Use one or more of the websites to determine your carbon footprint...We use much more carbon dioxide at our house than the average American family..Our house is 40 years old and electricity costs have always been high. Also, I am guessing the calculations for the average family is for a very small home or apartment. I commute 40 miles a day but just bought a new car which gets much better gas mileage. We are careful with natural gas usage at home and have lowered our gas water heater temperature. We keep our garbage to a minimum since there are only two of us at home now. My carbon footprint was 79,272 lbs/ 40 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Activity 2: Local farmers market...We have one in Dayton which is near our home. I frequent it and love the freshness of their vegetables.
Activity 2: Local farmers market...We have one in Dayton which is near our home. I frequent it and love the freshness of their vegetables.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wellness #40: Fitness
1. Check your BMI- Mine is 27.5, overweight.
2. Calculate your calorie requirements- 1380 BMR, 920 Activity
3. Answer a questionnaire to determine your health age or life expectancy- Health age 48, Life expectancy - 83
Yes, I was surprised by the results. I expect to reduce my calorie intake and adopt safer driving practices. This was interesting!
2. Calculate your calorie requirements- 1380 BMR, 920 Activity
3. Answer a questionnaire to determine your health age or life expectancy- Health age 48, Life expectancy - 83
Yes, I was surprised by the results. I expect to reduce my calorie intake and adopt safer driving practices. This was interesting!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wellness #39: Nutrition (Part 2) Continued
According to Recipes.Sparkpeople.com, by substituting Light Cream of Mushroom Soup and Light Mayonnaise and eleminating the black olives, the calorie count per serving goes from 276.7 calories per serving to 223.3. Fat is reduced from 11.5 g to 5.4 g. Sodium is reduced from 424.9 mg to 205.5 mg. Saturated fat is reduced from1.6 g to 0.8 g. A significant bottom line change!
Wellness #39: Nutrition (Part 2)
A favorite recipe: CHICKEN SPAGHETTI
4 chicken breasts, seasoned, sauteed in olive oil and cut in small pieces
Deglaze the skillet with 1 cup water
16 oz. Linguine, cooked al dente
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise
2 T. prepared mustard
3 T. lemon juice
1 can sliced black olives, drained
Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, cayenne pepper and
sea salt. Brown in skillet with olive oil. Cut in to bite size pieces.
Remove from pan and deglaze with one cup water and save.
Cook Linguine until until tender and drain.
Blend Cream of Mushroom Soup, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and water from deglazed pan. Add chopped chicken, Linguine and black olives. Place in casserole and sprinkle with grated cheese as desired. Bake at 350 until cheese melts and casserole is slightly bubbly. Serves 10+.
4 chicken breasts, seasoned, sauteed in olive oil and cut in small pieces
Deglaze the skillet with 1 cup water
16 oz. Linguine, cooked al dente
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 cup Hellman's mayonnaise
2 T. prepared mustard
3 T. lemon juice
1 can sliced black olives, drained
Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, cayenne pepper and
sea salt. Brown in skillet with olive oil. Cut in to bite size pieces.
Remove from pan and deglaze with one cup water and save.
Cook Linguine until until tender and drain.
Blend Cream of Mushroom Soup, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and water from deglazed pan. Add chopped chicken, Linguine and black olives. Place in casserole and sprinkle with grated cheese as desired. Bake at 350 until cheese melts and casserole is slightly bubbly. Serves 10+.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wellness #39: Nutrition
Activity: 1
Spend some time exploring Nutrition Data and write in your blog about features you would find useful. Include something surprising that you learned about the food you have been eating...
I am surprised to learn that reheating food causes a loss of most vitamins...some by as much as 40%! I am sticking to lean meat on whole wheat bread ( with lots of leafy lettuce!) for lunch at work.
And I hate what I learned about grilling meat! We love outdoor grilling at our house and consider steak a real treat but, according to NutritionalData, grilling presents a real health risk. Two separate types of carcinogenic compounds are produced by high temperature cooking- heterocyclic amines and polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons. Maybe that is why it smells so good! Guess we just won't eat it so often...
Spend some time exploring Nutrition Data and write in your blog about features you would find useful. Include something surprising that you learned about the food you have been eating...
I am surprised to learn that reheating food causes a loss of most vitamins...some by as much as 40%! I am sticking to lean meat on whole wheat bread ( with lots of leafy lettuce!) for lunch at work.
And I hate what I learned about grilling meat! We love outdoor grilling at our house and consider steak a real treat but, according to NutritionalData, grilling presents a real health risk. Two separate types of carcinogenic compounds are produced by high temperature cooking- heterocyclic amines and polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons. Maybe that is why it smells so good! Guess we just won't eat it so often...
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