Health News
August is National Cataract Awareness Month. The US Department of Agriculture?s Food & Nutrition researchers find that women whose average carbohydrate intake is between 200 and 268 grams per day are 2.5 times more likely to get cortical cataracts than women consume around 108 carbohydrate/day (the recommended daily allowance according to the government-run Food Pyramid is about 250 carbs/day...stupid!) If women consumes a healthy low-carbohydrate diet of 20-60 grams/day, the risk decreased even more!
One reason that scientists link carbohydrate consumption to cataracts is the increased exposure to glucose (even "complex" carbohydrates are just glucose molecules linked together in long chains, the body breaks them apart causing a rise in blood sugar) this process damages our eyes? lenses. June 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (volume 81, pages 1411-1416).
So let's skip the deep dish high-carb pizza and try this tasty treat to satisfy those cravings!
2 links Bolinski's Organic Chicken Sausage
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 cup no-sugar marinara sauce
1 package pepperoni (I got from Italian specialty shop: Cosetta's)
Preheat oven to 370 degrees F. Chop the sausage into very small pieces. In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, sausage, Parmesan cheese, and salt. In a 5 x 5 oven safe dish, spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the bottom. Top with marinara sauce (and pepperoni if desired). Bake for 40 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Makes 8 servings.
Serve with "Healthified" Crackers! Enjoy
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Dip = 260 calories, 14g fat, 7.5g protein, 12 carbs, trace fiber
"Healthified Dip" = 230 calories, 14g fat, 7.5g protein, 5 carbs, 0.8g fiber
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Health News
Pizza Dip and Cataract Awareness Month
August is National Cataract Awareness Month. The US Department of Agriculture?s Food & Nutrition researchers find that women whose average carbohydrate intake is between 200 and 268 grams per day are 2.5 times more likely to get cortical cataracts than women consume around 108 carbohydrate/day (the recommended daily allowance according to the government-run Food Pyramid is about 250 carbs/day...stupid!) If women consumes a healthy low-carbohydrate diet of 20-60 grams/day, the risk decreased even more!
One reason that scientists link carbohydrate consumption to cataracts is the increased exposure to glucose (even "complex" carbohydrates are just glucose molecules linked together in long chains, the body breaks them apart causing a rise in blood sugar) this process damages our eyes? lenses. June 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (volume 81, pages 1411-1416).
So let's skip the deep dish high-carb pizza and try this tasty treat to satisfy those cravings!
2 links Bolinski's Organic Chicken Sausage
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 cup no-sugar marinara sauce
1 package pepperoni (I got from Italian specialty shop: Cosetta's)
Preheat oven to 370 degrees F. Chop the sausage into very small pieces. In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese, sausage, Parmesan cheese, and salt. In a 5 x 5 oven safe dish, spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the bottom. Top with marinara sauce (and pepperoni if desired). Bake for 40 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Makes 8 servings.
Serve with "Healthified" Crackers! Enjoy
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Dip = 260 calories, 14g fat, 7.5g protein, 12 carbs, trace fiber
"Healthified Dip" = 230 calories, 14g fat, 7.5g protein, 5 carbs, 0.8g fiber
- Portabella Pizza
What type of marinara sauce are you using? Does it have soybean oil or olive oil? Does it have sugar? After much searching, I have found Mario Batali's brand being a good store bought option. Here's to a healthy gut-flora! 2 large portabella...
- Pizza Crust And Facts On "healthy Choice" Pizza
Another gross food item that is marketed to consumers as healthy! This IS NOT a weight loss food!!! Click HERE to find out how Partially Hydrogenated Oils leads to weight gain! Ingredients: Enriched French Bread: Unbleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour,...
- Cheesy Breadsticks
I grew up in the town where the first frozen pizza was invented, Tombstone Pizza! It started in a bar across from a graveyard. So I grew up on a lot of pizza. My favorite were the pizza sticks that you would dip in sauce. Here is my "healthified" version...
- Italian Broccoli Cheese Casserole
1-1/2 pounds fresh broccoli, cut into 1/4-inch slices 1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt 2 cups cottage cheese 1 egg 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning 3/4 cup no sugar spaghetti sauce (Mario Batali) 1 cup mozzarella cheese, freshly grated...
- Pizz-a-roni
A lot of you have commented that you love the Beef-A-Roni, so here is a marriage of two loves the Beef-A-Roni and PIZZA! You would never guess that the "noodle" replacement is a vegetable. The eggplant sucks up all the flavors from the sauce and spices....