| 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.
Customers rally behind restaurant singled out on government website
Customers are rallying behind a Charlottetown restaurant singled out on the Department of Health's website for environmental health infractions.
Sam Rashed has been in the restaurant business for more than 30 years. His St. Peter's Road restaurant has been operating since 1991 when the old Mary Brown's fried chicken restaurant closed.
Rashed has built up a steady and loyal clientele over the years so when the province posted a page on its website saying his restaurant had received warnings for things like sanitation in the kitchen he was shocked.
His son, Fadi Rashed, speaks on his father's behalf.
“Dad grabbed his chest and he turned white," Fadi Rashed said in an interview from the restaurant's dining room Thursday.
“Customers should know that where they're eating is safe and secure.
Employees who opened Food Lion center 20 years ago hold reunion
More than 20 years ago, Food Lion sent a team of young men and women to open a distribution center in Elloree. “That group more than outdid their much older and experienced counterparts," David Miller of the original management team said.Miller remembers that the Elloree facility opening came off without fanfare and their shipping department, typically the Achilles heel of many other warehouses, was productive from day one.For the first time, on Feb. 17, a reunion of those employees was held at Clark's Inn in Santee.“Sixty associates, some a bit grayer, got together to recall memories of the past," Miller said.The event was organized by former dispatcher Kitty Collier.“Time was getting away from us," Collier said. “We were losing track of people."All but two of the original management team were on hand for the reunion.
Central Florida Wages
Central Florida wages are in the news again. It's no wonder. It's a pure and simple fact that people need decent wages in order to sustain themselves. Companies are fully aware of their costs - when prices go up they are covering for their expenses - higher taxes, fuel costs, increased product costs, insurance and several other factors. If the employers realize this and make adjustments to compensate themselves, why is it so hard for them to realize that the employees have increased expenses as well. Low wages put many decent, hard-working citizens into a position where they require some type of public assistance. According to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, fifty percent of of households seeking food assistance have at least one person working full time.
Neighborhood Dining: Taste of Round Rock
The annual Taste of Round Rock and Chamber Auction will be March 20 at the Dell Diamond, 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. The event will feature local restaurants serving samples of their cuisine to more than 1,000 attendees. Proceeds support the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce.
Contact the Chamber office at 255-5805 for tickets. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.
The Taste of Round Rock is a great opportunity to sample 44 different restaurants in the Round Rock area in one location, Charles Dromgoole, chamber president, said. It is an entertaining evening at Dell Diamond with great food and both a live and silent auction. We appreciate the generosity of the participating restaurants to make this happen. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets may be purchased:
Online at www.roundrockchamber.org By phone: 255-5805 At the Chamber Office
Participating restaurants: 620 Caf & Bakery
Austins Park
Chick-fil-A of Round Rock
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Coca-Cola
Common Grounds Coffee
Wine & Dining
Cracker Barrel
Dominos Pizza
Edible Arrangements
El Arroyo
Fazolis
Grape Vine Market
Gumbos
HEB Plus (2)
Hooters
Hungry Howies Pizza
Jasons Deli
Joes Crab Shack
Keria Teas
Keva Juice
Louisiana Longhorn Caf.
Small plates Edwardsville's Erato on Main matches traditional ...
In Spain, where tapas began, they are defined as small plates of food served in drinking establishments. What you get are a few bites of paella, a slice of Spanish omelet (eggs mixed with fried potatoes), a meat turnover called an empanada, a trio of tomatoey meatballs. When you "go for tapas" in Spain, you spend the evening traveling from one bar to the next, enjoying a drink and a tapas before moving on to another bar, another glass of wine, another tapas. Tapas have become bar food in the United States as well, though not on the stomach-filling scale we think of: Plastic baskets lined with waxed paper and piled with hot sauce-laden chicken wings and fried mozzarella sticks. Tapas are not appetizers -- if you go by the traditional Spanish style, that is.
The welfare state timeline
The nation's history of providing for the destitute dates to the colonial days when local relief laws were fashioned after the "Poor Laws" of England. Today's federal system of social welfare dates to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Some significant milestones in the evolution of the U.S. welfare state: n 1935: President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, providing incomes to retired workers age 65 and older. The law also created unemployment insurance and Aid to Dependent Children, the forerunner to today's welfare system. n 1939: The first food stamp program was enacted. The program lasted until 1943. n 1961: President Kennedy signs an executive order creating a pilot food stamp program. n 1964: President Johnson signs the Food Stamp Act, making the program permanent. n 1965: President Johnson signs the law that created Medicare, the government health insurance program for older people, and Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor.
Nutrition important, sometimes difficult part of Games
A former alpine skier for Quebec, Olivier completed a bachelor of nutrition and a master in sports nutrition at the University of Montreal. She also comes from a restaurant owners background. I was kind of born with food and I loved to ski, she explains. So I guess I combined my two passions. While Olivier continued to ski competitively throughout university, attending events such as the University Games in Spain one year, she also began working as an internship supervisor in the nutrition course at U of M in late 1990s. Following that, she dove right into sports nutrition on her own, working with professional boxers. I would prepare all of their food, all the medical aspects. It was very interesting. I travelled a lot. It wasnt long after that Olivier also began working with professional hockey players in the summers, and now, she is a member of the Canadian Olympics Committee Performance Enhancement Team.
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