Food and Fitness Fundamentals There are over 40,000 varieties of rice grown worldwide. The United States has been producing rice since about 1690, and is now the world’s fourth largest rice exporter. Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Missouri produce over 24 billion pounds of rice each year. Rice is available in many different types […]
Joan Wessel's journey with breast cancer
Aug. 14, 2016, is a day that Joan Wessell is looking forward to. It will mark the end of five years of taking Arimidex to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurring, an end to the medicine’s painful side effects. It’s also an important milestone to reach as a breast cancer survivor.
“I plan to celebrate,” said Wessell, the director of the Downtown Corvallis Association for the last 20 years.
Arsenic and Rice
Food and Fitness Fundamentals By now many of you have heard recent discussions and concern regarding inorganic arsenic levels found in rice and rice products. Arsenic is worrisome due to its association with cancer of the skin, lung and bladder, as well as heart disease (learn more). But before you jump to conclusions and stop […]
Hydration for Life
Food and Fitness Fundamentals Adequate hydration is of key importance for everyday physical health, and is especially crucial when exercising in the extreme heat that summertime often brings. Fluid needs are quite individualized and dependent on many factors such as health condition and personal fitness, body size and gender, normal daily activity, exercise routine, (intensity […]
Pulses – Beyond the Seeds
Food and Fitness Fundamentals As you may recall from my last blog, the topic of discussion was pulses, the edible seeds found inside the pods of legume plants. As a continuation, here are more unique and unusual ways to incorporate pulses into your culinary endeavors. For example, in addition to consuming pulses as reviewed in […]
