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saw this on my local news:
HealthCheck Reports: January 2006WINTER WEIGHT
01.16.06
You've made it past the holiday parties. But beware; the winter blahs could still give you a Santa Claus waistline.
Katherine Tallmadge, R.D./American Dietetic Association: "We are less likely to do even just minor calorie burning activities - that may amount to only one or two hundred calories difference a day - but there's your several pounds over the winter."
The lack of daylight affects the way our body metabolizes food.
And new studies show we instinctively eat more, an average of 100 calories more a day, even if we aren't aware of it.
We also crave more sweets and carbohydrates.
No wonder so many diets that start in January end in failure by February.
These colder months can also be tough on our bones. Dietitian Michelle Moylan says we actually need more calcium in winter.
Moylan: "At least 1,000, up to even 15-hundred milligrams a day."
And, due to the lack of sun, we need more vitamin D.
Moylan: "It helps the body's intestines absorb the calcium better."
Milk, and dairy products have lots of calcium, but aren't always vitamin D fortified, so check the labels.
Calcium can also be found in dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, some cereals, and an unlikely source.
Moylan: "Sesame seeds have over a thousand milligrams in them."
And beware some foods that can take calcium OUT of the body, like soda, and other caffeinated drinks.
Moylan: "More than 2 cups of coffee a day can increase the excretion of calcium."
HealthCheck Reports: January 2006WINTER WEIGHT
01.16.06
You've made it past the holiday parties. But beware; the winter blahs could still give you a Santa Claus waistline.
Katherine Tallmadge, R.D./American Dietetic Association: "We are less likely to do even just minor calorie burning activities - that may amount to only one or two hundred calories difference a day - but there's your several pounds over the winter."
The lack of daylight affects the way our body metabolizes food.
And new studies show we instinctively eat more, an average of 100 calories more a day, even if we aren't aware of it.
We also crave more sweets and carbohydrates.
No wonder so many diets that start in January end in failure by February.
These colder months can also be tough on our bones. Dietitian Michelle Moylan says we actually need more calcium in winter.
Moylan: "At least 1,000, up to even 15-hundred milligrams a day."
And, due to the lack of sun, we need more vitamin D.
Moylan: "It helps the body's intestines absorb the calcium better."
Milk, and dairy products have lots of calcium, but aren't always vitamin D fortified, so check the labels.
Calcium can also be found in dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, some cereals, and an unlikely source.
Moylan: "Sesame seeds have over a thousand milligrams in them."
And beware some foods that can take calcium OUT of the body, like soda, and other caffeinated drinks.
Moylan: "More than 2 cups of coffee a day can increase the excretion of calcium."
