February 2000 Issue of Editors Picks

[Judy Doherty]

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Editor's Picks  -
Volume 3, Issue No. 2
February 2000
A free monthly email newsletter with unique and seasonal
resources for nutrition education and communication.
We encourage you to pass this on to friends and colleagues.
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Happy Heart Month

To celebrate Heart Month, we have:

7 Best Tips to Lower Cholesterol (handout)
http://www.foodandhealth.com/handout.htm

Valentine Menu for 2
http://www.foodandhealth.com/valentine.htm

Heart Healthy Recipe
http://www.foodandhealth.com/mnthrecipe.htm

Sweet Potato Month tips
http://www.foodandhealth.com/monthtip.htm

Article on weight loss and coronary artery disease excerpted from
21st Century Heart
http://www.foodandhealth.com

21st Century Heart - a master kit for you and your patients
http://www.foodandhealth.com/heart2000.htm - NEW!

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More Heart Month Resources
http://www.webmd.com/soy - visit this site for recipes and information on
the new soy claim by the FDA. Author Judy Doherty has over 40 recipes with
pictures published here.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart-attack.htm - How heart attacks and angina
work - from the great site that tells you how everything works. This site
could be good for health fairs. They also have
http://www.howstuffworks.com/heart-diagnosis.htm - how the diagnosis of
heart disease works.

http://www.americanheart.org/statistics/index.html - the index of statistics
for the American Heart Association

http://www.heartinfo.org/clogartpix.htm - Pictures and animated gifs of
clogged arteries.

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Also for February

February is National Sweet Potato Month
Visit http://www.ncsweetpotatoes.com/index.html

New updated links to chocolate
http://www.foodandhealth.com/foodlinks.htm#chocolate

Cherry Month - puzzles and more fun
http://www.cherrymkt.org/kidstuff/kidstuff.html

More February events
http://www.foodandhealth.com/healthcalendar.htm#february

Potato Month
http://www.calnp.org/ Visit this site for recipes and information on potatoes

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Noteworthy:
http://www.sdwbp.org/about.html
Visit here for gifts for yourself or loved ones - for bean soup mixes - 
benefits local women's homeless shelter

New product
Ocean Spray Plus joins the line up of calcium-fortified foods
http://www.oceanspray.com/prod_cjcplus.htm

Whole Grain
http://www.generalmills.com/wholegrain/ In response to the new FDA allowed 
health claim on whole grains, General Mills has developed this site to list 
their whole grain cereals and provide other tips and facts

Irradiation
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/irrmenu.htm
Visit here for information and a graphic logo of the radura - or symbol for 
irradiated food

101 Reasons to Breastfeed
http://www.promom.org/101/

Epicks is published by Food & Health Communications, Inc.
http://www.foodandhealth.com
Copyright 2000. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this 
information for educational purposes and to pass it on to friends, 
colleagues and clients. Comments and suggestions are always welcome - send 
email to judy at foodandhealth.com