Weekly Health Tip and Recipe

From a fellow health coach in her own words:

 "I am 55 years young and I actually feel healthier today than I did in my 30s and 40s. During those years I often struggled with allergies, IBS and back pain. 

Today, I am 20 pounds lighter than I was in my 40s, medication-free and feeling great. It's all about stabilizing the blood sugar by eating low-glycemic foods often throughout the day, moderate exercise and having a positive attitude. 

Many thanks to my friend and nutritionist, Renee, for introducing me to the Habits of Health Program, which gave me the tools to get my health back." 

This weeks Lean & Green Recipe: Shrimp with Fennel, Tomatoes & Feta Shrimp with Fennel, Tomatoes & Feta Medifast Lean Green Recipe Video by timesavorgourmet | ifood.tv 

Ingredients:

4 tsp. Time Savor Gourmet or your favorite Roasted Garlic Oil

4 tsp. Sun Dried Tomatoes diced (not in oil)

3 cups Fennel, trimmed, rinsed and sliced thin  

2 tbsp. Time Savor Gourmet or your favorite Mediterranean Seasoning

1 1/2 lbs. Shrimp, raw, peeled, de veined & rinsed (prefereably wild caught)

4 oz. Feta Cheese, crumbled

1/2 lb. pasta, prepared according to manufacturers directions

Directions:

Add the Roasted Garlic Oil to a large skillet and heat over high heat. Add tomatoes and saute for 1 minute. Add fennel and toss to coat. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until fennel is soft.

Add shrimp and Mediterranean seasoning. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until shrimp are opaque and fully cooked.

Transfer to a plate and serve with crumbled feta cheese. 

6:30 a.m.       Breakfast    

Balanced Breakfast or Fuelings with 8 oz. water

9 a.m. Snack       

PCMR with 8 oz. water

Noon Lunch       

Lean & Green or Fuelings with 8 oz water

3 p.m. Snack       

PCMR with 8 oz water

6 p.m.
Dinner      

Lean & Green like Shrimp with Fennel, Tomatoes & Feta with 8 oz. water (recipe included, above)

9 p.m. Snack       

PCMR with 8 oz. water

Let’s say that today at lunch you ate a greasy cheeseburger, onion rings, and super sized soda – and then had a near-fatal heart attack. Would you wake up tomorrow and order the same thing? Of course not!

Yet every day, millions of us are eating foods again and again that are destroying our health. It may not happen right away, but after days, weeks, months and years of poor choices, that heavy load of saturated animal fat, trans-fats, and high-fructose corn syrup – along with a lack of healthy vegetables – leads to an insidious rise in insulin, cholesterol, triglycerides, and a sinister state of inflammation.  These substances, aided by our own immune system, lead to the formation of an atherosclerotic plaque, causing the artery wall to weaken.

What happens then? One Monday morning, the executive grips his chest in excruciating pain, and all those poor daily choices that didn’t seem to matter much at the time begin to matter a lot. The coronary artery ruptures it’s endothelial lining and platelets quickly gather around the tear, forming a clot and cutting off the heart’s blood supply. He collapses as a result of a massive heart attack at the age of 50 – and everyone’s surprised. He seemed so healthy!

Here’s the thing: Eating that one cheeseburger didn’t kill him. The body has an amazing ability to handle a few bad choices. What killed him was making similar bad choices day in and day out over the course of all those business lunched, year after year. It’s ironic, isn’t it? Our health is our most valuable asset, yet the daily choices most of us make directly conflict with our ability to preserve it.  Why?  Because the negative results aren’t obvious right away. Eating a cheeseburger today or bypassing the treadmill on your way to the couch won’t cause a noticeable downturn in your health right away. By the same token, choosing a healthy vegetable for lunch today or going to the gym once or twice in January won’t create a noticeable improvement. What will make a difference is choosing actions on a daily basis that support your journey to optimal health. Over time, those choices make all the difference in the world – the difference between death and radiant health.

Your approved Lean & Green shopping chart links are included below:

(Also available on Dr. Wayne Andersen's Habits of Health website.)   

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