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Kids LiveWell
Kids LiveWell
About the program
Help your kids eat healthy at restaurants
Healthy Dining's team of registered dietitians, in collaboration with the National Restaurant Association, is working with restaurants nationwide to offer you a selection of Kids LiveWell menu choices. The Kids LiveWell choices emphasize lean proteins, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, as well as meet stringent nutritional criteria.
Find nutrition information for Healthy Dining-approved restaurant menus, Sodium Savvy and Kids LiveWell choices.
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A health professional
Help your clients enjoy eating out as part of a healthy lifestyle
Thanks for your interest in Healthy Dining and HealthyDiningFinder.com. We applaud your efforts as a health professional seeking to support your patients and clients in adopting healthier lifestyles. As you’ve probably already discovered, this website can help your patients and clients achieve their health and weight goals by enabling them to find Healthy Dining-approved menu choices from restaurants that span fast food to fine dining. Want to spread the word about HealthyDiningFinder.com within your organization or directly to your clients and patients? The following are available AT NO COST to help you get the word out:
Flier (8.5 x 11 inches) that introduces and explains HealthyDiningFinder.com Download here.
Promo cards (business card size) explaining HealthyDiningFinder.com that you can distribute at wellness fairs, counseling sessions, classes, etc. To order promo cards from Healthy Dining, simply let us know how many you’d like, how you plan to use them, and your mailing address. Contact us to order.
Link to HealthyDiningFinder.com on your organization’s intranet or website and/or introduce the site through your your e-newsletters.
Access a variety of descriptions of the site. Choose from different styles and lengths.
Contact us to request the HealthyDiningFinder.com logo to incorporate in communications about the site.
Develop a climate at your organization that fosters awareness and action around providing healthier choices at official and informal meetings, events, and activities. Here are some ways that you can promote/support your team in making healthier choices at restaurants:
When you’re planning meetings and events, order Healthy Dining-approved menu items.
Encourage colleagues to order Healthy Dining-approved menu items for meetings and events.
Develop a policy about serving healthful menu items at any meetings and activities in which you are involved.
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Eat Well: Use These Tools for Healthier Eating!
Eat Well
Use These Tools for Healthier Eating!
Heart-Healthy Recipes
Try some memorable new meals that will give you the energy you need to make it through your exercise routine.
My Grocery List Builder
Save and print your list, or access it anytime from your computer or Web-enabled mobile phone or PDA.
Diet & Lifestyle Recommendations
A healthy diet and lifestyle help fight cardiovascular disease. Start taking the simple steps necessary to reap the long-term benefits to your heart and health.
Face the Fats
Did you know that not all fats are bad for you? Learn about the different types of fat and use a special calculator to get personalized, daily calorie and fat recommendations.
USDA National Nutrition Database
Want to know the calories and other nutritional information in the foods you're eating? Use this tool from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Nutrition Quizzes
How much sodium do you really need? What are your daily caloric requirements? How much fat is in your diet? Find the answers, plus get a personalized calculation by using these easy-to-use online tools from the American Heart Association.
American Heart Association Nutrition Center
Learn the secrets that will make you the smartest shopper in your grocery store, discover memorable new recipes and get tips for eating out.
Stay Motivated and Energized
Read this article to learn how eating well can make a big difference in your everyday life.
Preserve Access to Medicare Therapy Services / Stroke Survivors
Preserve Access to Medicare Therapy Services
A letter suggested by National Stroke Advocacy
I write today to urge you to support the stroke survivors you represent by preserving their access to critical physical, speech and occupational therapy services. I'm very concerned to learn that without congressional action by Dec. 31, Medicare will be required to limit, or cap, the amount of outpatient therapy services patients receive on an annual basis. This is because the existing "exceptions process," which allows healthcare providers to approve additional medically necessary services, will expire. Unless Congress extends that process, stroke survivors on Medicare may not be able to receive the therapy they need to recover to their fullest potential. I ask that you support any and all efforts to extend the Medicare therapy caps exceptions process before it expires at the end of this year, whether as part of a short-term fix to the Sustainable Growth Rate (i.e., "doc fix") or in another way. Physical, speech and occupational therapy are essential components of a stroke survivor's care. Most survivors need at least some of these services on an ongoing basis. Because stroke is one of the top diagnoses that push people over the caps, this issue is particularly important to the stroke community. These services allow stroke survivors to regain or maintain their quality of life. In many cases, survivors must relearn how to walk, eat, read or even how to speak. They must begin this relearning process almost immediately after their stroke. They simply cannot succeed without rehabilitation services. Also, long gaps without access to therapy, such as waiting out the rest of the year until their Medicare coverage "kicks in" again, not only delays recovery but can also cause emotional and financial harm to the survivor and their family. More than 7 million people in the U.S. have survived a stroke and are living with post-stroke challenges. Up to 35 percent of these survivors can recover either completely or with minor impairments if they receive proper care. Another 40 percent will experience moderate to severe impairments requiring special care. Access to therapy is essential to maintaining and increasing these rates of functionality. Additionally, access to therapy services benefits the entire healthcare system. Therapy services are relatively less expensive than other options, such as institutional care, that survivors often need if they can't regain functions of daily living. From a budget perspective, the estimated direct and indirect cost of stroke was $73.7 billion in 2010. These costs would likely increase dramatically if access to therapy services is limited further. I again ask that you support any and all efforts to extend the Medicare therapy caps exceptions process. This action will both reduce long-term medical costs and increase quality of life for stroke survivors in your district who rely on Medicare. I will continue to monitor the situation and look forward to your response.
From Song to Speech: Teaching the injured brain new tricks
FROM SONG TO SPEECH: TEACHING THE INJURED BRAIN NEW TRICKS
By Marjorie Dwyer BIDMC Correspondent Comfortable retirement living in sunny California abruptly came to an end for Lynn Huntington in December 2005 when her retired civil- engineer husband, Don, now 72, had a massive stroke. Like 20 percent of the 600,000 to 750,000 Americans who have strokes each year, he was diagnosed with a devastating complication called aphasia—he could no longer talk, read or write. “He was extremely frustrated. He knew what he wanted to say, but he was unable to say it or write it,” recalls Mrs. Huntington. “He could only say a few words but they were unclear and he couldn’t put them together. His once-clear handwriting looked like chicken scratch.” “I’d sit and watch him when he’d play Bingo and I’d cry,” she says. “He was a mathematician and he couldn’t remember the numbers. Our life was on hold.” Local doctors weren’t optimistic. They warned he may never regain his cognitive (thinking) and communication abilities. Despite her husband’s continued medical setbacks, Mrs. Huntington didn’t give up. She started him in speech therapy but after a year, his speech hadn’t returned. But all that was about to change when a doctor asked her if her husband could sing. “Yes, he can sing. He just can’t talk,” she replied. The doctor put the couple in touch with Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, a neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Schlaug, head of the Stroke Recovery, Music, Neuroimaging Laboratories at the Harvard teaching hospital, is one of few in the country to use melodic intonation therapy, a form of music therapy, to help people regain speech following a brain injury from stroke, tumor or trauma. “The goal of melodic intonation therapy is not to turn the person into a singer, but to make them speak again using intonation as a bridge,” says Dr. Schlaug. In fact, the person doesn’t need to have any musical background or even enjoy singing or be able to carry a tune to do the therapy. Just repeatedly putting together a few words or a phrase like “I am hungry” using the intonation and continuous voicing interventions that are unique to Melodic intonation therapy can do the trick. After determining that Huntington was a candidate for the study (as part of the screening criteria, he had to sing “Happy Birthday” over the phone for Dr. Schlaug over the phone), the California couple found someone to watch their home, packed up their two dogs, and drove their mobile home for a week across the U.S. to Boston. The couple set up camp at a Foxboro campground, where they lived for a year while Huntington took part in several BIDMC studies. “It was an adventure for sure,” Mrs. Huntington says. “I learned things like how to winterize a sewer hose—things that I hope I never have to do again.” But it was worth it. “The program is amazing. It gave me my husband back. It’s a gift that they gave to us,” she says. Researchers have known for years that brain-injured people who have lost their speaking ability can sometimes regain it through singing. “Stroke patients with a stroke on the left side of their brain can engage the undamaged right side of the brain for communication through the unique components of melodic intonation therapy,” says Dr. Schlaug. The researchers have seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies how this particular form of therapy can engage and activate these brain regions as the person slowly regains speech. “It’s like teaching the brain a new trick and then continuously practicing this new trick,” he adds. “The stroke takes brain tissue away. With melodic intonation therapy, we try to re-route the brain pathways to help the patients to speak again.” Dr. Schlaug and his team report seeing some remarkable results among the dozen or so aphasic adults, ages 18 to 80, followed in their study over the past two years. In fact, their findings recently led the National Institutes of Health to provide funding to expand the project, now conducted as an intensive three-month study and tested against an alternative intervention. They also have begun separate studies in combining melodic intonation therapy with non-invasive brain stimulation, and studies to see if this form of melodic intonation would help children with autism and other communication disorders. While most patients’ speaking abilities improve, the amount of improvement depends on the individual. “The younger the individual and the less impairment in comprehension and understanding, the more the improvement we see. In patients older than 80 we see mixed results,” says Dr. Schlaug. Patience and frequent practice over a long time are key. “It’s like trying to teach an adult to play the piano—it’s a long and intensive program. Those who stick with it and practice see lasting improvement.” Now back in California, practice remains a challenge for Don Huntington. But he keeps at it and is excited to be returning to Dr. Schlaug for a checkup in a few months. “This time we’ll leave the motor home at home and take a plane,” Mrs. Huntington says. “But we’re excited to go back. This program gave us back our life.” Above content provided by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. For advice about your medical care, consult your doctor.
Joy is a divine quality of our true self, which is inherently lighthearted, playful, and free. You can see the full expression of this joy in young children who haven’t learned to worry or take themselves too seriously. They play and laugh freely, finding wonder in the smallest things. They are infinitely creative because they haven’t yet built up the layers of conditioning that create limitations and restrictions. They are in touch with their intuition, which is a form of intelligence that goes beyond the rational mind.
An Apple a Day is Not Enough - A Poem by Taylor Mali (by HealthTeacherInc)
WHAT IS THE SLOW FIX ABOUT?
It’s about finding the best way to tackle complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics. Our addiction to superficial, short-term quick fixes is backfiring badly in so many ways. This book explores how to start forging solutions that work both now and in the long term. I call this approach the “Slow Fix.”
O WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS SLOW FIX?
First of all, it is a state of mind. An acceptance that solving complex problems requires patience, effort and resources. Once we change that chip in our heads, then we can start forging a Slow Fix by taking the time to: admit and learn from mistakes; work out the root causes of the problem; sweat the small stuff, think long and connect the dots to build holistic solutions; seek ideas from everywhere, work with others and share the credit; build up expertise while remaining skeptical of experts; think alone and together; tap emotions; enlist an inspiring leader; consult and even recruit those closest to the problem; turn the search for a fix into a game; have fun, follow hunches, adapt, use trial and error and embrace uncertainty.
CAN WE REALLY PUT THE SLOW FIX INTO PRACTICE IN A WORLD ADDICTED TO SPEED?
Absolutely. There will be plenty of resistance, but the best arguments are all on the side of the Slow Fix. Fixing problems thoroughly is never an indulgence or a luxury; it is a wise and essential investment in the future. A problem left to fester now will almost always be harder and more costly to fix later on. Put in the time, effort and resources today, and reap the benefits in your business, relationship or health in the future.
SO YOU’RE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN START PUTTING THE SLOW FIX AHEAD OF THE QUICK FIX?
Very much so. Wherever you go in the world today, and in every walk of life, more people are turning away from the quick fix to find better ways to solve problems. Some are toiling below the radar, others are making headlines, but all share one thing in common: a hunger to forge solutions that actually work. The good news is the world is full of Slow Fixes. You just have to take the time to find and learn from them.
Author Michael Carroll - Fearless at Work, Mindful Leader
“Michael Carroll’s Fearless at Work is a valuable book for our time. It is an infusion of intelligence and deep sanity into a subject that, for many, has become a daily experience of relative madness. Michael seems to effortlessly harmonize his mature understanding of Buddhist teachings and practice with the everyday—and very real—challenges of life and livelihood. His message is provocative and serious, yet lighthearted, in the lively teaching style of his teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Michael’s many years of study and deep experience in both Buddhist practice and the workplace come shining forth in these pages.”—
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, Abbot, Fire Lotus Temple, Zen Center of New York City
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Beyond the Finish Line - Jeff Bauman
Jeff Bauman went to the 2013 Boston Marathon to cheer for his girlfriend. In one flash, his life changed and an arduous road to recovery began.
A feature article about Jeff Bauman who lost both legs at the Boston Marathon. Incredible story.
Only 10 years ago it was impossible to believe that a person with Down syndrome could write a book, become a fashion designer or manage his own restaurant.
Beyond the Barriers ...
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." -- Rumi