How Healthy Are You Eating This Summer?
Calorie Count from Nutrition Facts & Calorie Counter
Meat:
Chicken – 1 fried drumstick is 120 calories
Turkey frank – 1 is 102 calories
Hamburger – 1 patty is 140 calories
Ribs – 3 oz is 210 calories or a whole is 477 calories
Salad:
Garden Salad – 35 calories
Coleslaw – 110 calories
Potato Salad – 230 calories
Sides:
An Ear of Corn – 59 calories
Potato Chips – 158 calories
French Fries – 350 calories
Desserts:
Jello (sugar free) – 7 calories
Brownie – 123 calories
Apple Pie – 296 calories
Drink:
Water – 0 calories
Lemonade – 112 calories
Sweetened Iced Tea – 128 calories
Soda – 132 calories
Changing Your Diet:
You should follow a healthy diet that you like and that you can stick to. The diet should be low in fats (especially saturated and trans fats) and sugars, and high in fiber and protein. - Familydoctor.org
Helpful Links:
MyPyramid Plan
The World’s Healthiest Foods
American Heart Association: Diet and Nutrition
Familydoctor.org: Food and Nutrition
Recipe Makeovers: Five Ways to Create Healthy Recipes
Keep It Going With Exercise:
The merits of exercise — from preventing chronic health conditions to boosting confidence and self-esteem — are hard to ignore. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. Exercise doesn't have to be drudgery. Take a ballroom dancing class. Check out a local climbing wall or hiking trail. If you're moving, it counts! - Mayo Clinic
Helpful Links:
Exercise: Seven Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
The Exercise Habit
Medline Plus: Exercise and Physical Fitness
Fitting in Fitness: Finding Time for Physical Activity
Staying Fit and Healthy:
Many factors affect your health. Some you cannot control, such as your genetic makeup or your age. But you can make changes to your lifestyle. By taking steps toward healthy living, you can help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke and other serious diseases.
Helpful Links:
Fitness Programs: Ten Tips for Staying Motivated
Medline Plus: Healthy Living
Tips for Healthy Children and Families
Finding Your Way to a Healthier You
The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
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