Right now
Patricia Bragg, called the First Lady of Natural Living, is down under tending to her ranch in Australia. Bragg Live Foods grows their organic products in California, Hawaii and in Australia, for the next two months Patricia Bragg will be lecturing and talking to the media about health eating and living.
2012 marks 100 years of since her father,
Paul C. Bragg, set about launching a health revolution that has resulted in whole industries dedicated to creating healthy food products. His amazing legacy, detailed below, began when he was stricken with tuberculosis and found a cure at Swiss clinic. He retuned and founded America's first Health Food Store in 1912 and is known as the Father of America's Health Movement by introducing the benefits of purified water, juices, herbal teas and organic foods to the U.S. market.
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Below is an article from the Bragg Live Foods website by Greta Macaire, R.D. with 10 Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating.
The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends. Unfortunately, for many it also becomes a time for overeating and weight gain. According to the National Institutes of Health, holiday eating can result in an extra pound or two every year. Over a lifetime, holiday weight gain can really add up. The holidays don't have to mean weight gain. Focus on a healthy balance of food, activity, and fun. By implementing a few simple tips you can stay healthy through the holiday season.
Ten Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating
1. Be realistic. Don't try to lose pounds during the holidays, instead try to maintain your current weight.
2. Plan time for exercise. Exercise helps relieve holiday stress and prevent weight gain. A moderate and daily increase in exercise can help partially offset increased holiday eating. Try 10 or 15-minute brisk walks twice a day.
3. Don't skip meals. Before leaving for a party, eat a light snack like raw vegetables or a piece of fruit to curb your appetite. You will be less tempted to over-indulge.
4. Survey party buffets before filling your plate. Choose your favorite foods and skip your least favorite. Include vegetables and fruits to keep your plate balanced.
5. Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. Savor your favorite holiday treats while eating small portions. Sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy.
6. Be careful with beverages. Alcohol can lessen inhibitions and induce overeating; non-alcoholic beverages can be full of calories and sugar.
7. If you overeat at one meal go light on the next. It takes 500 calories per day (or 3,500 calories per week) above your normal/maintenance consumption to gain one pound. It is impossible to gain weight from one piece of pie!
8. Take the focus off food. Turn candy and cookie making time into non-edible projects like making wreaths, dough art decorations or a gingerbread house. Plan group activities with family and friends that aren't all about food. Try serving a holiday meal to the community, playing games or going on a walking tour of decorated homes.
9. Bring your own healthy dish to a holiday gathering.
10. Practice Healthy Holiday Cooking. Preparing favorite dishes lower in fat and calories will help promote healthy holiday eating. Incorporate some of these simple-cooking tips in traditional holiday recipes to make them healthier.
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Gravy — Refrigerate the gravy to harden fat. Skim the fat off. This will save a whopping 56 gm of fat per cup.
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Dressing — Use a little less bread and add more onions, garlic, celery, and vegetables. Add fruits such as cranberries or apples. Moisten or flavor with low fat low sodium chicken or vegetable broth and applesauce.
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Turkey – Enjoy delicious, roasted turkey breast without the skin and save 11 grams of saturated fat per 3 oz serving.
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Green Bean Casserole — Cook fresh green beans with chucks of potatoes instead of cream soup. Top with almonds instead of fried onion rings.
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Mashed Potato — Use skim milk, chicken broth, garlic or garlic powder, and Parmesan cheese instead of whole milk and butter.
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Quick Holiday Nog — Four bananas, 1–1/2 cups skim milk or soymilk, 1–1/2 cups plain nonfat yogurt, 1/4 teaspoon rum extract, and ground nutmeg. Blend all ingredients except nutmeg. Puree until smooth. Top with nutmeg.
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Desserts — Make a crustless pumpkin pie. Substitute two egg whites for each whole egg in baked recipes. Replace heavy cream with evaporated skim milk in cheesecakes and cream pies. Top cakes with fresh fruit, fruit sauce, or a sprinkle of powdered sugar instead of fattening frosting.
Enjoy the holidays, plan a time for activity, incorporate healthy recipes into your holiday meals, and don't restrict yourself from enjoying your favorite holiday foods. In the long run, your mind and body will thank you.
About Patricia and Paul Bragg:
Patricia Bragg ND, PhD, is a dynamic speaker and a living, energetic symbol of the healthy lifestyle she teaches. Her father, Paul C. Bragg opened America's first Health Food Store in 1912 and is known as the Father of America's Health Movement by introducing the benefits of purified water, juices, herbal teas and organic foods to the U.S. market. Dr. Paul C Bragg was a pioneer in the health movement in America:
• He started the first modern Health Food Store in America, and originated the name. Now they are popular around the world.
• He was the first person to introduce to the Pineapple Juice, then later Tomato Juice, to the American public. Before this, people thought these juices would be too acidic, but soon these juices became some of America's favorite beverages.
• He was the first person to introduce Honey nationwide by making it available to the general public, before it was available only at roadside stands by the farmer.
• He introduced Juice Therapy in America by bringing the first hand vegetable and fruit juicer from Germany. Now juices are accepted around the world as the ideal health beverage.
• He pioneered Health Radio in Hollywood years ago with his 3 times daily Program of Health.
• He pioneered a Health TV Show – which helped to spread what the name of the show was called – "Health and Happiness." It was a five-day a week, half-hour show comprised of exercise time, health recipes and visual demonstrations and guest time, where famous people shared their health and happiness secrets with the viewers. Patricia is 100% dedicated to continue the Health Crusade that her father started 100 years ago. She has won international acclaim for her teachings in the health field and has toured the world 13 times spreading physical and spiritual health through lectures and thousands of radio, television, and print interviews. Her Healthy Lifestyle teachings are of worldwide appeal and easily incorporated by people of all ages, nationalities and walks of life. Patricia Bragg has been the health consultant to some of Hollywood's biggest stars including; Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Steve Jobs, Katy Perry and Jack LaLanne, to name a few, and has a monthly health column in The Hollywood Times.
Patricia's library of inspiring self-health books have renewed, rejuvenated, and revitalized the lives of millions worldwide by supporting a change with self-improvement. Her best-selling book Apple Cider Vinegar-Miracle Health System has sold in excess of 9 million copies to date. Patricia's signature products include Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar & All- Natural Drinks, Bragg Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Bragg Liquid Aminos, 3 different Bragg Organic Seasonings, and 4 different Salad Dressings & Marinades; all of which provide many internal and external health benefits, and have been recognized as the Best in the industry.
The Bragg Live Food Products Company is nearing its 100th year anniversary in 2012! What started as a small health store in Los Angeles has become a leading international health products company. Over the last 100 years, Bragg has produced more than 365 different products, "one for each day of the year", says Patricia Bragg. Today Bragg has refined that number to about 15 different health food products and 10 self-health books. Her signature health food products remain best-sellers, are used by millions around the world, and have even been featured on Oprah. The legendary Bragg family advocates a simple "You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, say and do" motto.
The Bragg Vision for the future is exciting! Continuing on the Bragg Legacy and Crusade, Bragg Live Food Products is developing a one hundred twenty acre organic farm on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, California. The property is in the process of being modeled into an incredible Organic Teaching Farm & Center with facilities to both educate and instruct in the values of growing and eating organics, called the Bragg Health Institute.
The Bragg Health Institute was inspired in part by an educational program called "Bring a Farmer to School", in which Dr. Patricia Bragg, the Director of Health Science: Dr. John Westerdahl and Bragg's Organic Farmer were invited to speak to children at the local elementary schools. The focus of the education outreach is to teach children about the importance of eating more organic fruits & vegetables and how organic farming plays an important role in environmentally - friendly, health plant foods. Last year the Bragg Health Institute donated thousands of organic apples to the local
school districts which were grown on the Bragg Organic Farm.
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