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Watch for hidden calories in when purchasing groceries and when dining out.

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A diet high in strawberries, blueberries and spinach may boost your brain power? Tufts University neuro-scientists fed rats the equivalent of a pint of strawberries, blueberries or a large spinach salad each day for eight months and found that the rodents fared better on memory tests and showed less age-related mental decline than the group that got standard issue rat chow.

Questions? Contact Paula Robinson, County Extension Director at probinso@uiuc.edu

Family Nutrition Program Tips

Hand Washing

How to Wash Hands:

  1. Use warm water to moisten hands
  2. Apply soap and rub vigorously.
  3. Rub and scrub at least 20-30 seconds. Tell children to wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing their "ABCs" or "Happy Birthday".
  4. Be sure to wash back of the hands, wrists, under nails and between fingers.
  5. Rinse hands under warm running water.
  6. Dry hands with a clean towel.

REMEMBER: Hand sanitizers kill germs but don't remove the dirt from your hands.

Questions? Contact Beth Groves, Coordinator, Family Nutrition Program and Recycling Education at egroves@uiuc.edu

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Milk products are the best foods to provide calcium for bone growth and maintenance. Include more milk products in your diet by:

  • Using milk when making homemade or canned soups such as tomato, clam chowder, and cream of mushroom soup.
  • Making hot cereals and instand hot chocolate/coca with milk instead of water.
  • Adding nonfat dry milk powder to meatloaf, milk drinks, cream soups and pudding recipes.
  • Other non-dairy foods that also provide calcium:
  • Calcium-enriched orange juice
  • Tofu (with calcium sulfate)
  • Sardines and canned salmon (with bones)
  • Greens like turnip and beet
  • Cooked dried beans
  • Okra
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    For more information about these programs, please contact:

    Paula Robinson
    County Extension Director
    Macoupin County Unit
    #60 Carlinville Plaza
    Carlinville, IL 62626
    Phone: 217-854-9604
    FAX: 217-854-7804
    probinso@illinois.edu

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