“You are what you eat.” The old adage is now truer than
ever. Good health is largely dependent on good nutrition, so much so that
doctors trace many physical and emotional ailments back to a diet deficient in
vitamins and minerals. Eating a well-balanced diet is a major part of
encouraging long life, lowering the incidence of disease, and helping sick
people recover. On the flip side, inadequate nutrition and poor quality foods
can generally cut life span and open us up to many illnesses and disease. In
effect, food is medicine per Webster's definition of medicine: "The
science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention,
alleviation, or cure of disease." Food acts as medicine - to maintain,
prevent, and treat disease.
With this month’s Alive in All Seasons focus on food, we’d
like to give you a prescription for a healthy diet: breakfast daily (do not
skip); meals x3 (at least) daily; foods from each of the food groups per meal
daily. The food pyramid defines the food groups as grains, vegetables, fruits,
dairy and proteins. The amounts vary according to age, sex, height, weight, and
physical activity level. Here’s a good guideline to start you on your way. Make
half your plate fruits and vegetables. Make half your grains whole grains. Move
to low-fat and fat-free dairy. Vary your protein routine and eat and drink the
right amount for you.
Join us as we continue our focus on healthy aging by
shedding light on our hydration program with healthy snacks and juices, and
demonstrate how food and nutrition help us to Live in Wellness from a
dietitian’s point of view.
Our fabulous June 2017 events in Sharon, PA at Juniper
Village at The Shenango Inn include our:
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Lunch to Go as we invite you to drive through
and grab lunch on us to go as our way of saying thanks for your community
support, as Chef Nathan will be making a yummy healthy lunch, so you won’t want
to miss it on June 8th from noon to 1:30 pm. (Call 724-347-4000 to
let us know you are driving through.)
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Ice Cream and Tour Day to come in from the heat
and enjoy a sweet treat, as you stop in and tour the historic Shenango Inn and
learn how we nurture the spirit of life each and every day here at Juniper
Village, then once your tour is complete, enjoy making a sundae with all the
fixings on June 21st from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. (For more information
call 724-347-4000.)
We look forward to sharing our June 2017 events in Sharon,
PA at Juniper Village at The Shenango Inn with you as you Live In Wellness.
