Food and Fitness
Check out our recipes and healthy eating tips. Find ways to exercise, prevent injuries and ways to keep in shape for your favorite sport.
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Green Mango Salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 firm green mangos, peeled and julienned
- 1 cucumber, peeled and julienned
- 1 small daikon, peeled and julienned
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1/4 c. cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 c. shrimp, cooked and roughly chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 3 T fish sauce
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 Thai...
Swing Away Those Tennis Injuries
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- Tennis elbow -...
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What's Worse: Sugar or the Fear of It?
Pop quiz: Fill the blank with the best answer: Food is_________.
- Nutrition
- Fuel
- Comfort
- Celebration
- A link to our culture and roots
- All the above
You're probably thinking, if it's a dietician asking the question, the answer should be numbers one or two, but you know in your heart, the...