The students at Robertson Charter School had no idea what they were in for when they walked into the auditorium to find a group of strangely dressed adults. The grown-ups, employees of the University of Illinois Extension, were dressed up to represent the characters of the OrganWise Guys program. Hardy Heart; Peri Stolic, the large [...]
If you are dieting for weight loss then keeping healthy fast foods available can mean the difference between weight loss success and weight loss failure. When discussing “fast foods” we usually think of the foods we pick up from various fast food chains including burgers, fries, chicken, pizza and many others. Most of this food [...]
Law enforcement is a line of work that can be different every time you come to work, and departments run the gamut of faced paced never a chance to take a breath to departments where officers take maybe only one or two reports a day. But no matter the pace or workload of your department, [...]
If you are trying to lose weight, eating low calorie snacks instead of fattening ones can make a real difference. Making healthy snack choices, in fact, can be just as important as what you eat for your main meals. This is because many people, often without realizing it, munch on various foods all day long. [...]
Everyone has a sweet tooth. No matter how healthy your lifestyle is, there will come a time when you will want something sweet to eat. The key to staying healthy and satisfying your sweet tooth is in the choices you make. The hardest thing to do is to stay away from those desserts that are [...]
It’s no secret that many traditional American breakfast foods rank low on the “healthy” scale. The majority of popular commercial breakfast foods can be broken down into two main categories: those consisting primarily of refined white flour and those made of high fat, processed meat products. While neither category alone is a picture of excellent [...]
Perhaps you have eaten Mexican food in a top quality Mexican restaurant or even in a Mexican home. If you have, maybe some authentic Mexican cookware or utensils were used to make the dishes. Mexicans use a range of different cooking methods, including baking, slow roasting and deep-frying and they have unique pots and pans [...]
People are struggling with maintaining healthy food choices. It is not surprising because they are constantly bombarded with conflicting information about what’s healthy and what’s not and they are also given numerous choices when it comes to food products. With all these choices and information, it is not inevitable that people will end up confused. [...]
