Great Gift Idea

Parents, are you looking for a worthy gift for a health-minded friend? Check out Jessica Seinfeld's (yes, that's Jerry's wife) new book Deceptively Delicious - Get Your Kids Eating Good Food from HarperCollins. In the book, Seinfeld reveals various ways in which she manages to get her three children to eat healthy. Her tips include "hiding" unappealing veggies in a sweet dessert, or dividing a meal into courses so a child is not overwhelmed by the food selection. According to the publisher, this has become a best-seller, and Health 4 Kidz think it sounds like a winner.

Recipe of the Week
The following recipe can be found in The Moms’ Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time by Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz Weiss, MS, RD. The authors are not only registered dieticians, but trained chefs and moms. This is a terrific recipe for a cold winter night. Enjoy!

Meal Makeover Moms' A-Plus Alphabet Soup

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-natural chicken broth or vegetable broth
1 1/2 cups water
1 can (8-oz.) tomato sauce
4 oz. dried alphabet pasta (about 3/4 cup)
1 1/2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 can (7 3/4-oz.) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, optional


METHOD:
1. Add the broth, water, and tomato sauce to a medium saucepan and stir to combine. Cover and bring to a boil.
2. Add the pasta, vegetables, and chickpeas, and boil gently, uncovered, until the pasta is done, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir occasionally.
3. Serve in individual bowls and top with Parmesan cheese as desired.

Serves 4

NUTRITION FACTS:
Per serving: calories 230, fat 1g (0g saturated fat), protein 10g, carbohydrate 46g, sodium 670mg, fiber 7g

From Kiwi Magazine Online at http://www.kiwimagonline.com/recipes/index.php
Posted by Joyce

Exercise of the Week
OK everyone, it's time to get up, move and groove. Not only are we still recouping from our Thanksgiving feasts but the holiday parties are now beginning. Here is something that will not only burn calories, but it will give you more energy for tackling your schoolwork and holiday shopping. Check out this instructional video: Soulja Boy Tellem - "How to Crank That". Try this dance a couple times, and you'll be sure to work up a sweat!


Posted by Joyce

Exercise of the Week

It's time to dance like no one's watching! Strange, huh? How can one be active, burn calories, and have a great time all at once? Well, it's possible. Pop in a cd of your favorite dance songs and get moving!

If you are up for spicing things up a little, put in a dance song that you don't usually listen to. For example, if you are a hip hop type of person, maybe some fast paced country music or rock music might help you learn more dance moves. It's always fun and educational to step outside of the box and try new things.

Okay so dancing can help you burn calories, but what about laughing? If dancing means you are have a great time then that also means that you are laughing and smiling too. Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently released a study that proves that laughing can be healthy. It was found that laughing increases the heart rate 10% to 20%. Thus, laughing for about 10 to 15 minutes can help burn 10 to 40 calories. This means that just by laughing you can lose up to four pounds a day!

Hey, it's just laughing, can't hurt right? So give it a try!


Source: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=4030


Posted by Karishma

Recipe of the Week

Hey guys! How was everyone's Thanksgiving? It has been a crazy weekend for most in terms of food and diet. All that turkey, cranberry sauce, yams, and mashed potatoes has probably completely stuffed you up! Well, here is a quick and light recipe to try out for this week.

The best part is that this recipe is perfect for kids (and adults) with diabetes. It is very low in carbohydrates, but packed with protein.


Club Wrap

Ingredients:
whole wheat tortilla, low fat, 7" diameter
2 tbsp. light cream cheese
1 oz. lean and low-sodium turkey slice
1 oz. lean and low-sodium ham slice
1 oz. Swiss cheese slice
1 iceberg lettuce leaf
2-3 tomato slices

Utensils:
knife (You'll need help from your adult assistant.)

Directions:
Place tortilla on a flat surface.
Spread cream cheese on one side of tortilla.
Lay the lettuce, turkey, ham, Swiss cheese, and tomato on top of the cream cheese on the tortilla (flat).
Bring the sides of the wrap in and then roll up in the shape of a cylinder.
Wrap each in plastic wrap until ready to serve.
Right before serving, slice wraps in half and remove plastic wrap.

Serves: 1
Serving size: 1 sandwich

Nutritional analysis (per serving):
387 calories
25 g protein
17 g fat
10 g sat. fat
33 g carbohydrate
3 g fiber
64 mg cholesterol
1083 mg sodium
338 mg calcium
1 mg iron


Posted by Karishma

News Flash

Posted by Karishma

Healthy Thanksgiving

Hello Health 4 kids! Well Thanksgiving is almost upon us and I know many of us are tempted to give in to our appetites and indulge ourselves. And that’s OK! However, one thing to remember during the Thanksgiving weekend with our relatives coming in and the family getting together is not forget to eat healthy food.

There are many side dishes to the turkey feast and many of them can be healthy if you remember to prepare them.

Green beans: these are probably the best things to have during Thanksgiving because they are so rich in Vitamin C and Vitamin K. So when enjoying the feast, make sure to have a large portion of these.

Corn: Just like the first thanksgiving, corn is always a good idea and tastes good too. So make sure to have some good old fashioned corn in your meal. There are many different kinds of corn depending on where you live, but just make sure not to load it with butter, like some unfortunately overweight relatives of mine.

Sweet Potatoes: Are a rich source of vitamin C and have lot of great antioxidants. Some people don’t really care for sweet potatoes, but I would recommend giving one more round. I remember when I didn’t like to eat salad at all or anything with lettuce for that matter, but now I eat it all the time!

Have a healthy and fun Thanksgiving meal.


Posted by David

Exercise of the week

There are a lot of good exercises out there that will wear you out and make you very sleepy, however, sometimes when your exercising it’s more important to just be active. Being active on a regular basis is a lot more important than just exercising, because the more active you are the less you’ll have to work out.

So for this week I want you take a short walk for a half hour. You can walk most of the time, but have a minute or two in between where you job for a bit. Doing this will save you loads of pain later if you have to do a whole bunch of sit-ups and pushups.

Doing this exercise will grant you 100 points!


Posted by David

Recipe of the Week

Hello everyone I hope you’ve been having a good week because now its time for recipe of the week. Ever since I was a little boy I always liked eating spaghetti, but if you were like me I always made a big mess everywhere and my mom used to get very upset with me for it. To make life easier for herself, my mom would sometimes, instead of spaghetti, make spaghetti pie.

This week I want you try out this new healthy recipe of spaghetti pie. Make sure you get your parents help with this; otherwise you could upset them, like I did my mom. : )

Here is the link: Spaghetti Pie

If you are able to make this give yourself 150 points!


Posted by David