Looking for a Great Holiday Recipe? Try Cornbread-Crusted Turkey Enjoy this great heart healthy recipe from Keep the Beat™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners. Make it for a family get together or, really, any time of the year. This recipe includes a side dish of sautéed sage carrots, and the breadcrumbs are made from Good-for-You Cornbread (another Keep the Beat™ recipe). Download other heart healthy recipes from the NHLBI Recipe Collections this holiday season. Recipes are tasty, quick, and lower in fat, saturated fat, sodium, cholesterol, and calories—but not low on flavor. Many of the main dishes take no more than 40 minutes to prepare, and side dishes take less than 30 minutes. With delicious, simple recipes such as these, you may even find a few new favorites for your family's holiday table.
Track Your Health With a Daily Food and Physical Activity Diary To avoid weight gain over the holidays, you need to be in "energy balance." The amount of energy or calories you get from food and drinks (energy IN) is balanced with the energy your body uses for things like breathing, digesting, and being physically active (energy OUT). You can stay in energy balance by following a healthy eating plan and doing 150 to 300 minutes (2 to 5 hours) a week of moderate-intensity activity, such as brisk walking together with family before or after your holiday meal and staying active the entire holiday season. Keeping a record of your daily food intake and activity levels will help you stay on track. Download a Daily Food and Activity Diary from the NHLBI Aim for a Healthy Weight Web site. This tool can easily be printed so you can write down exactly what you ate for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks each day. You also can track your daily physical activity and other health behaviors to make sure you are in energy balance. Other strategies and tools to help you maintain weight are available at the updated Aim for a Healthy Weight Web site.
New Recipes Available New deliciously heart healthy, family friendly recipes and information from the NHLBI are available now. Check the Keep the Beat™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Eating Web site for more information.
NHLBI Health Information Now Available at Your Fingertips The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has updated its Web site and added more digital information including podcasts, educational videos, Web applications and downloadable fact sheets. Browse the updated online catalog to locate NHLBI materials and find out how to access NHLBI resources, from clinical practice guidelines to fact sheets, including: - Downloading specific educational materials for self-printing
- Using content in newsletters and on Web sites
- Ordering print materials in limited quantities
- Ordering printers' disks, to use when locally printing large quantities
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