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Health & Fitness
Warm Up and Slim Down by Tracey Shaffer, RDN, LD
Do you tend to eat a big dinner? Maybe even fill your plate up twice? Or have another snack later in the evening? If eating too much at dinner and through the evening hours is keeping you from slimming down, a simple solution may keep you trim. It’s soup. Soup is warming, satisfying and filling, to help you stick to fewer calories. All soups are not created equal. Try a bowl of broth-based soup like chicken and noodles, vegetable beef, tomato or even minestrone. Basically any soup without cream or cheese will have a slimming effect. Many soups are low in fat and cholesterol and provide many vitamins and minerals. According to research, having a bowl of soup before a meal will cause you to eat significantly fewer total calories. In fact, people who had soup before the meal ate an average of 100 calories fewer than people who skipped the soup. Soup is convenient, so you can skip the fast-food lane. Soup is satisfying and might reduce your stress. Relax and savor the flavor. Chicken soup may even help you get over a cold. So have a bowl of soup today and one tomorrow. Try the following recipe. It’s sure to warm you up and help slim you down! Tracey Shaffer, RDN, LD is a registered dietitian at the Blue Springs Hy-Vee. She can be reached at tshaffer@hy-vee.com. The information is not intended as medical advice. Please consult a medical professional for individual advice.
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Timothy Lutheran To Host Live Well Community Fair More than 27 organizations and ministries that promote physical, mental, and spiritual wellness will be featured in a community fair on March 2, 2019 from 9:00am—3:00pm at Timothy Ministries, 301 E. Wyatt Road, Blue Springs. There is no cost to attend and registration is not required. The first 300 visitors will receive a complimentary tote celebrating the inaugural event.
In addition, tours of the Early Childhood Center and Timothy School, located at Timothy Ministries, will be given. Lunch items will be offered for sale by the Timothy Lutheran Youth Ministry. Participating organizations include: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Blue Springs Family YMCA Break Time (Shepherd’s Center) Camp Encourage CJCares Compassionate Friends Comprehensive Mental Health Services Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care Good WORKS Career Center Habitat for Humanity Hillcrest Transitional Housing Hope for Healthy Smiles—and dental bus
Hope After Suicide Loss Hope House If Not For Grace Ministries Impact Ministries Joshua Center/Sunshine Center LCC Comfort Dogs Midwest Transplant Network Newhouse Rachel House / Pregnancy Resource Center Rainbow Center Solace House/Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care St Mary’s Medical Center Women Endowing Education Bus For a list of participating organizations, visit the Timothy Lutheran Ministries website at www.timothylutheran.com and click on the link on the front page.
