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Healthy Snack in Minutes

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Healthy Snack in Minutes

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A snack is a kind of food. It is usually small in size, and can be any kind of food that you do not eat in large amount. Because it is not meant to be a meal, a snack is not breakfast, lunch or dinner. People eat snacks if they are hungry between meals. For example, eating potato chips after lunch but before dinner is eating a snack. Snacks are easy to eat and portable, in most cases. Examples of snacks are: Mars, Snickers, Bounty and Twix. These are made of chocolate and with a different filling. If you eat a snack it will give you energy which usually comes from the large amounts of sugar and/or fat in the food, so eating snacks is good for you, most of the time. We need the energy from the food because we lose energy:walking, enduring in sport and even concentrating.

Nutritional concerns

Snack foods are often subjectively classified as junk food; they have little or no nutritional value, and are not seen as contributing towards general health and nutrition. With growing concerns for diet, weight control and general health, government bodies like Health Canada are recommending that people make a conscious effort to eat more healthy, natural snacks – such as fruit, vegetables, nuts and cereal grains – while avoiding high-calorie, low-nutrient junk food.

Industry concerns

The snack food industry in market-driven societies such as the United States generates billions of dollars in revenue each year. The market for processed snack foods is enormous, and a number of large corporations compete rigorously to capture larger shares of the snack food market. Consequently, heavy promotions are used to convince consumers to buy snack foods. Processed snack foods are advertised far more than regular nutritional foods (such as fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy products), and the flashiest TV commercials and advertising campaigns are often designed to sell these products.

However, realizing the potential market discovered by companies such as Hansen’s Natural, companies like Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Davisco are now creating new alternatives for consumers.

Types of snack foods

Almonds

cheese puffs/cheese curls

cheese

chips

crackers

cookies/biscuits

doughnuts

dried fruit

granola bars

sliced fruit

vegetables (e.g. carrots, cherry tomatoes)

instant noodles

jerky

mixed nuts

peanuts

popcorn

potato chips

pretzels

raisins

seeds (sunflower)

trail mix

whole fruityogurt

candy

pork rinds

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Feet surgery

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Feet surgery

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The podiatric surgeon is taught to approach foot surgery by keeping the knowledge of normal foot function and biomechanics in mind. Because of the weightbearing nature of the foot, surgical procedures must be designed to be as stable as possible to withstand the forces of everyday standing and walking. Care is taken to understand the cause of the problem so as to provide a long-lasting cure, when possible. Greater than 99% of podiatric surgery is done in an outpatient setting such as a hospital outpatient department, a freestanding surgery center or in the podiatry office. Most procedures allow for immediate walking with a surgical sandal. Some procedures may require the use of a cane, crutches, or a cast. Specific surgical treatments for many common (and some less common) foot conditions will be discussed.


Flat Feet (Pes Planus)

Surgery for flat feet is generally reserved for the most symptomatic cases. Orthotics are often the first line course of treatment. Many people have what are referred to as “Flat Feet” but are relatively asymptomatic. Flat feet may result in significant foot pain and deformity because of excessive pronation which causes joint instability. Flat foot procedures are designed to provide for a more stable foot which pronates less. Most flat foot surgery is performed on patients in the adolescent age group. There are a large variety of specific surgical procedures that may be used. They may be grouped according to the region of the foot that is treated. Often, 2 or 3 procedures may be performed together from the different groups.

Rearfoot osteotomies
These are procedures which are designed to change the position of the heel into an inverted or supinated position (the opposite of everted and pronated which are found in flat feet.) An osteotomy is a surgical cut in the bone. Often, a wedge of bone is removed to change the angle of the heel bone (calcaneus).  Other procedures are transpositional and involve sliding of one part of the bone along the other part of the bone. (E.g. the Koutsogianis procedure). Other procedures involve adding a bone graft and opening the wedge to change the angle of the calcaneus.( E.g. the Evans Procedure). These osteotomies are generally held together with special screws, pins or bone staples and require a period of casting and immobilization for several weeks.

Medial column stabilizations
These procedures involve fusing two or more of the bones along the medial side (inner side) of the foot. Common fusion sites are the navicular and medial cuneiform.  These bones have often dropped in a flat foot and fusing them provides more stability. These osteotomies are generally held together with special screws, pins or bone staples and require a period of casting and immobilization for several weeks.

Tendon transfers
Sometimes the insertion sites of tendons are detached and then reattached to bones at different locations. The result is a dynamic stabilization. Repositioning of the tendons allows the muscles that pull them to exert their force in a more beneficial way to help support the arch. The Young tenosuspension procedure reattaches the Tibialis Anterior tendon to a better position beneath the medial arch where it can pull up on the arch to support it.

Tendon lengthening
Often, the Achilles tendon is tight and is a major deforming force contributing to flat foot conditions. A condition associated with a tight Achilles tendon is known as equinus. An Achilles tendon lengthening procedure is often effective at reducing this deforming force. The calf is made up of 2 gastrocnemius muscle bellies as well as the soleus muscle. The Achilles tendon attaches to all three. An Achilles tendon lengthening lengthens the whole group together. Sometimes, the gastrocnemius muscles are tight while the soleus is not. In this case, a gastrocnemius recession can be performed to lengthen only the gastrocnemius while leaving the soleus alone.

Arthroeresis
These are procedures in which a peg made of plastic or titanium is placed in front of a bone to limit its motion. A common location for placement of such a device is the Sinus Tarsi which is a cone-shaped space between the talus and calcaneus bones. The peg helps to limit pronation. This is often just a temporary measure with the peg left in for a few years and then removed.

Arthrodeses
An arthrodesis is a fusion of two bones. In addition to the medial column stabilization fusions discussed above, rearfoot bones may also be fused. Rearfoot fusions are generally reserved for the most severely deformed, arthritic and painful feet . A Triple Arthrodesis is a fusion of the Talo-calcaneal, Talo-navicular and Calcaneo-cuboid joints. This is one of the most complex foot surgeries performed since all three joints must be aligned and fused properly to achieve a satisfactory result. In addition, because motion in the rearfoot is eliminated, the ankle joint and other joints in the foot may be forced into compensating to provide additional motion which could result in future symptoms in those places. These fusions are generally held together with special screws, pins or bone staples and require a period of casting and immobilization for two or three months.

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Oats (Super Foods!)

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Oats (Super Foods!)

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The common oat (Avena sativa) is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other grains). While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. Oats make up a large part of the diet of horses and are regularly fed to cattle as well. Oats are also used in some brands of dog and chicken feed.

Uses

Oats have numerous uses in food; most commonly, they are rolled or crushed into oatmeal, or ground into fine oat flour. Oatmeal is chiefly eaten as porridge, but may also be used in a variety of baked goods, such as oatcakes, oatmeal cookies, and oat bread. Oats are also an ingredient in many cold cereals, in particular muesli and granola. Oats may also be consumed raw, and cookies with raw oats are becoming popular.

Oats are also occasionally used in several different drinks. In Britain, it is used for brewing beer. Oatmeal stout is one variety brewed using a percentage of oats for the wort. The more rarely used Oat Malt is produced by the Thomas Fawcett & Sons Maltings and was used in the Maclay Oat Malt Stout before Maclay ceased independent brewing operations. A cold, sweet drink made of ground oats and milk is a popular refreshment throughout Latin America. Oatmeal caudle, made of ale and oatmeal with spices was a traditional British drink and a favorite of Oliver Cromwell.

In Scotland a dish called Sowans was made by soaking the husks from oats for a week so that the fine, floury part of the meal remained as sediment to be strained off, boiled and eaten (Gauldie 1981). Oats are also widely used there as a thickener in soups, as barley or rice might be used in other countries.

Oats are also commonly used as feed for horses – as plain whole or rolled oats or as part of a blended food pellet. Cattle are also fed oats, either whole, or ground into a coarse flour using a roller mill, burr mill, or hammer mill.

Soluble fiber

Oat bran is the outer casing of the oat. Its consumption is believed to lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, and possibly to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Oats contain more soluble fiber than any other grain, resulting in slower digestion and an extended sensation of fullness. One type of soluble fibre, beta-glucans, has proven to help lower cholesterol.

After reports of research finding that dietary oats can help lower cholesterol, an “oat bran craze” swept the U.S. in the late 1980s, peaking in 1989, when potato chips with added oat bran were marketed. The food fad was short-lived and faded by the early 1990s. The popularity of oatmeal and other oat products again increased after the January 1998 decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when it issued its final rule allowing a health claim to be made on the labels of foods containing soluble fiber from whole oats (oat bran, oat flour and rolled oats), noting that 3.00 grams of soluble fiber daily from these foods, in conjunction with a diet low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and fat may reduce the risk of heart disease. In order to qualify for the health claim, the whole oat-containing food must provide at least 0.75 grams of soluble fiber per serving. The soluble fiber in whole oats comprises a class of polysaccharidesBeta-D-glucan. known as

Beta-D-glucans, usually referred to as beta-glucans, comprise a class of non-digestible polysaccharides widely found in nature in sources such as grains, barley, yeast, bacteria, algae and mushrooms. In oats, barley and other cereal grains, they are located primarily in the endosperm cell wall.barley, yeast, bacteria, algae and mushrooms. In oats, barley and other cereal grains, they are located primarily in the endosperm cell wall.

Health

Oats are generally considered “healthy”, or a health food, being touted commercially as nutritious. The discovery of the healthy cholesterol-lowering properties has led to wider appreciation of oats as human food.

Protein

Oat is the only cereal containing a globulin or legume-like protein, avenalin, as the major (80%) storage protein. Globulins are characterized by water solubility; because of this property, oats may be turned into milk but not into bread. The more typical cereal proteins such as gluten and zein are prolamines (prolamins). The minor protein of oat is a prolamine; avenin.

Oat protein is nearly equivalent in quality to soy protein, which has been shown by the World Health Organization to be equal to meat, milk, and egg protein The protein content of the hull-less oat kernel (groat) ranges from 12–24%, the highest among cereals.

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