| WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS New food guide ought to get you talking ...
Canada's Food Guide has been updated. "So what?" you might be thinking, "my patients aren't interested in changing their lifestyles." Physicians have a tough time talking about diet with their patients. Not only is it a delicate topic to bring up (everybody's sensitive about their weight), most clinicians simply don't have the time to get the message about healthy eating across to their patients. "There's good evidence that people whose physician talks to them about nutrition do better," says Dr Diane Finegood, a scientific director of nutrition at the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). So while the new version of the 65-year-old food guide isn't going to set the world on fire, its simple, common sense advice is as good a place as any to get a conversation started about healthy food choices.
North Palm Beach County events calendar: March 4
Artist Marsha I. Mark works on an oil painting at her home in Hobe Sound. Mark and other artists from the Seabranch Art League, a group of artists from four Hobe Sound communities, will be showing their work from 3 to 7 p.m., on Saturday, March 3 at the Garden of Goods Galleries, 12330 S.E. Dixie Highway, Hobe Sound. Call (772) 546-3499. .
Manitowoc names food service division president
The Manitowoc Co. has hired an executive from Culligan International Corp. as the new leader of its food service equipment division. Michael Kachmer, who most recently served as chief operating officer of global water treatment products supplier Culligan, will succeed Timothy Kraus as president of Manitowoc Foodservice Group. Kraus retired at the end of 2006 after 18 years with the Manitowoc-based company. .
Aldi to open in Worcester
SHOPPERS in Worcester will get an early Easter boost this year, with the news that Aldi is opening its first store in the Faithful City. The cut-price supermarket chain has finalised a date for the opening of a new store on the old Courts furnishing shop in Pheasant Street, near Lowesmoor. The site, which was given approval by the city council last year, will open its doors on Thursday, March 29. .
The Coming Storm
Dark clouds are converging over Americas economy. Here are three scenarios on how they could develop into a serious storm that could hit you.
Fishermen and sailors must be constantly on the lookout and prepared for changing weather. Smooth sailing can quickly turn into a fight to keep one's head above water. Likewise, today's breadwinners must be prepared for abrupt changes in the economy. Good times can quickly turn into recession; high-flying stock markets can crash; and as history clearly shows, all bubbles eventually pop. Often, fat years are followed by lean years.
As economist James J. Puplava has said, "Economic and financial conditions never remain constant. They are as seasonal as the weather. Forecasts change depending on the patterns that emerge" (Financial Sense Online, March 15, 2001).
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