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Healthy Living Newsletter

October, 2002
Vol. 2 Issue 9

In this issue. . .

October is National Family Health Month
Talk to Your Family Physician About Family Health Month

This Month's Health Tip:
More Taste + Less Fat = 16 Easy Substitutions

October's Health Awareness Calendar:
Child Health Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Family Eye Care Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month

October's Birthdays, Anniversaries and other Milestones

Our Staff Recommendations:
Gathering 2002 - The Spa Trip

October's Poll
Are you vain about your appearance?

October is National Family Health Month

Talk to Your Family Physician About Family Health Month

October is Family Health Month, an opportunity to remind everyone that their health and the health of their families is too important to get lost in the chaos that can be family life.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/familyhealth.html

This Month's Health Tip:

More Taste + Less Fat = 16 Easy Substitutions

by Kim Droze

Cooking...

Instead of... 1 cup whole milk
Use... 1 cup skim milk
Savings... 90 calories, 10g fat

Instead of... 1 cup heavy cream
Use... 1 cup evaporated skim milk
Savings... 783 calories, 87g fat

Snacking...

Instead of... Snickers bar
Enjoy... Crisp apple, mozzarella string cheese
Savings... 165 calories, 10g fat

Instead of... 60 Ruffles potato chips
Enjoy... 24 Baked Lays potato crisps, 1 oz. part-skim cheddar cheese
Savings... 260 calories, 29g fat

October's Calendar

October is also:

Child Health Month

How To Keep Your Child Tobacco-Free - A child with healthy self-esteem is less likely to smoke or abuse drugs and other substances.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/childsmoke.html

Domestic Vilence Awareness Month

Identifying Domestic Violence - When spouses, intimate partners, or dates use physical violence, threats, emotional abuse, harassment, or stalking to control the behavior of their partners, they are committing domestic violence. Physical violence includes putting your hands on a person against their will. It also includes shoving, pushing, grabbing, pulling, or forcing some one to stay somewhere. Regardless of the relationship between two people, using physical violence against someone is a crime.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/domesticviolence.html

Family Eye Care Month

Family Eye Health: Protect the Gift of Sight - In honor of Family Eye Care Month, celebrated throughout the month of October, Eye doctors across the country are urging people to take care of their eyes, as well as the eyes of their family. Pay attention to warning signs and visit an Eye doctor regularly.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/familyeyecare.html

Lupus Awareness Month

Lupus - Lupus is a chronic disease that, for unknown reasons, causes the immune system to attack the body's own cells and tissue, especially the skin, joints, blood, heart, lungs, and kidneys. The body's immune system normally makes proteins called antibodies to protect the body against viruses, bacteria, and other foreign materials called antigens.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/lupus.html

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Frequently Asked Questions About Breast Health - How likely is it that I could develop breast cancer? And your other questions answered.

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/breasthealthfaq.html

Vegetarian Awareness Month

Vegetarian Food Pyramid - The Vegetarian version of the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid

www.healthylivingonline.org/newsletter/200210/vegpyramid.html

October Birthdays, Anniversaries and/or Milestones:

Happy Birthday to:: Pam Carlson - October 8; Julie Etta - October 9; Sue Claus - October 13

Anniversaries:: Patti and Joel - October 4

Milestones: Julie aka JGORE4 Quit Smoking October, 1996!

Our Staff Recommendations:

Gathering 2002 - The Spa Trip

Read the first installment of the Spa trip - participants were Anne, Suze and Sheryl. This will be updated weekly until finished.

http://www.healthylivingonline.org/gathering/spa2002/index.html

October's Poll

Are you vain about your appearance?

Yes, but I don't consider it vanity. I take pride in my appearance.
I'm somewhat vain. I'm not comfortable when I'm not "put together."
I don't think I'm more or less vain than average.
I'm not vain at all. Beauty is on the inside.
Other

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