Healthy Bits Newsletter

November 24 2006

Student Nutrition Organization ~ San Diego State University

2006-2007

SNO Officers:

President:

Christine Skorup

 

Vice President:

Dana Riccio

 

Secretary:

Christina Chytraus

 

Treasurer:

Lisa Booth

 

Health & Fitness Liaison:

John Haubenstricker

 

Outreach Coordinator

Diana Martin

 

SNO-SDSU Coordinator:

Kaitlyn Carrozzi

 

Agricultural Representative:

Lorena Pacheco

 

PSFA Representative:

Sabrina Rosas

 

SDDA/SDNN Representatives:

Claudia Berlie

Penny Price

 

Website/Newsletter Coordinators:

Cristylory Aquino

Michele Daniel

 

SNO Calendar:

www.calendar.yahoo.com/sno_sdsu

 

SNO Website:

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~sdsu_sno/

 

Note from the President…

 

Hello,
 
I love the Holiday Season.  It’s so great to take a break from school and 
remember what is really important.  Friends, family and food!  I hope you 
all had a relaxing Thanksgiving.
 
Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events Section of the Newsletter.  There 
are still some great opportunities to earn SNO points.  I look forward to 
seeing everyone at the End of Semester Party to reflect on SNO’s awesome 
semester!
 
Thanks a bunch,
 
Christine Skorup    
  

 

 

SNO Meeting This Wednesday, 11/29!



  Our sixth SNO meeting of the Fall semester will be held this Wednesday, 
November 29th at 1:30 PM in the Calmecac room (downstairs in Aztec 
Center).  See you on Wednesday!

 

Food for Points!

Food will be allowed at the meetings, so please bring some tasty, healthy snacks to earn extra points! No homemade items please.  It is also a great idea to pair up with another SNO member to share the cost and both receive a point.

 

Wear your SNO T-Shirts to get Points!

Remember to wear your SNO T-Shirt at SNO meetings or SNO events and get 1 SNO point each time!

 

In Regards to SNO points

Points are awarded anytime you participate in SNO activities.  That’s right every time you show up for an event, meeting, volunteer activity etc.  You need at least 3 points to be considered an active member.  Members with 10 or more points will receive a letter of participation for their portfolios. 

 

 

 

SNO Upcoming Happenings:

 

1st Ever SNO Cookbook!!!

 

It’s time to submit your favorite, healthy recipe for the 2006-2007 SNO Cookbook.

 

The deadline to submit your recipe is December 1st.

 

Please submit your recipe to pennyprice77@hotmail.com as a Word document attachment. The recipe needs to be ½ of a regular 8 ½ x 11 sheet. You can also include the recipe nutritional information, if you wish. Please do not include pictures.

 

We hope to have a copy at the end-of-the-semester party to show the final product. We will be selling the cookbooks to raise money for a cause TBD.

 

So, send your favorite recipe!

 
 
End of Semester Party
Date: Friday, December 8th
Time: 3:30-5:30pm
Where: Council Chambers in Aztec Center (2 doors down from Calmecac)
Come join us for food, fun, letters of participation, awards and a reflection on 
our awesome semester!
RSVP:  sno_sdsu@yahoo.com 
 
 
Jingle Bell 5K for Arthritis
Date: Saturday, December 9th
Time: 8:00am-12:00pm
Sign up at:

http://www.arthritis-sandiego.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=185680&lis=1&kntae185680=64145939BBDB4B4FBD91AEB1A668C1D7 &team=1679309& tlteam=0 

Sign up as part of the SNO team by November 30 to receive points towards this 
semester’s letters of participation.  Any sign ups after this date will go toward 
next semester points.
 
A note from SDDA/SDNN Representative, Penny Price:
 
American Dietetic Association Fall House of Delegate (HOD) Meeting – 1 
outcome that may directly affect you...
 
Student Dues: The motion approved by the HOD increases student dues by 
$6.00 for the 2007 membership year (starting on June 1, 2007).  This increase 
will make student dues $49.  Student dues will increase with inflation starting 
in 2008 (June 1, 2008) and beyond.  An evaluation of student dues increase 
will be conducted no later than 2012.  Communications to students, educators 
and ADA members will be provided to inform them of the dues increase and the 
value of ADA membership.  ADA organizational units will investigate and develop 
opportunities for supporting students to be ADA members.
If you have questions or concerns related to the above outcome or other issues, 
visit the delegate's page 
(http://www.dietitian.org/member_delegates.htm) to contact the San Diego 
(district 5) delegate: Barbara Grant, RD (bjgrant@hughes.net).
 

Fitting Fitness In During The Holiday Season

By

John Haubenstricker B.S., ACSM Health and Fitness Instructor certified

SNO Health and Fitness Liaison Officer

   As the holiday season and the cooler temperatures approach it is important to keep your focus on fitness and keep up with your workouts, because we don’t need the added insulation. The holiday season increases time demands for parties, family obligations and other celebrations. The cold weather increases the urge to stay inside where it is warm. The holidays increase the urges to overeat and decrease the urges for physical activity. Food-focused celebrations, increased stress, increased exhaustion, increase in emotional eating, and the increase in colder weather are all factors that not only contribute to overeating during the holidays, but lead to a decrease in physical activity. Instead of focusing on losing weight over the holiday season, center your attention on maintaining your weight. Manage stress by lowering your expectations during this season; learn to say “no” to parties and activities that aren’t in your best interest; don’t fill silence at parties with food, socialize and make new friends; be consistent in choosing opportunities for physical activity; and turn to exercise as a stress reliever. Plan in advance by removing yourself from temptation and schedule brisk walks after holiday gatherings.

   Some holiday exercise tips:

  • Take a walk; remember even 15 minutes is better than no minutes
  • Exercise before you leave your room when visiting away from home; rise early so that exercise won’t disrupt your scheduled plans
  • Park far away when shopping; relieve stress of fighting for a spot and get in some physical activity at the same time
  • Exercise whenever and wherever you can (i.e. take the stairs).
  • Help with the kids; playing with the kids will expend extra calories, give the parents a break and give you some exercise
  • Run to the store; if you need a small item from the local market, go for a run instead of taking the car
  • Take advantage of layovers; walk the airport and explore instead of sitting bored while you are waiting for your flight
  • Put on some music; whether it is Christmas music or just the radio, turn it up and dance (it will even help chores go by faster)
  • Include your family; just because you are visiting family and the kids are out of school; a walk is a great way to spend quality time with loved ones, while encouraging them to increase their physical activity
  • If you have difficulty sticking with your usual exercise routine, come up with a new one or lower your standards to at least 30 minutes of moderate activity (i.e. 3-4 mph walk) a day; just remember to keep moving! 
  • Shorten your cardio or break it up over the day where you can fit it in.
  • Maintain your lean muscular physique by paring down your strength training routine to the basics. Just remember to keep the intensity (i.e. the weight lifted) the same.
  • Don’t forget when exercising in the cooler weather to layer your clothing, fuel your body well and stay hydrated.

Incorporating some or all of these tips will help you maintain your health throughout the holiday season.

References:

  • American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines for Graded Exercise Testing and Prescription (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams, & Wilkins, 2006

 

 

 

 

FROM THE FARM

 

To all of you that enjoyed the last “From the Farm”, you are welcome and it is my pleasure. Sharing interesting facts and information with fellow members and friends is always great. Now that you have been reading about pumpkins, this sets up the theme for the fourth “From the Farm”. This time, since Thanksgiving is just around the corner, “From the Farm” will talk about two famous/traditional/never forget to make Thanksgiving foods – turkey and cranberries!!! Hope you like it!

          Let’s start with the Turkey. Who doesn’t eat turkey on Thanksgiving? Most of us do. But do you know why we eat turkey? Here goes. It all began by a document Benjamin Franklin wrote stating that he preferred the turkey as the bird of the USA and not the bald eagle. He mentioned that the turkey is a much more respectable bird and it is a true original creature from America. And this is true; the turkey is an original American bird. Turkeys most likely originated in Central America and Mexico along with corn (maize), one of the bird’s favorite foods.  Wild turkeys were a fixture of the Native Americans’ diets. 

  

 

Turkeys have a long history in the USA. Wild turkeys held off starvation at the Jamestown, Virginia colony. As well, turkey was a part of the Plymouth, Massachusetts second thanksgiving feast in 1621 and probably at the first Thanksgiving too. Europeans accepted turkeys after they arrived from the Americas after the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. This popularity kept growing and the bird was widely accepted. Today, we continue that tradition and keep cooking that turkey for the family to enjoy. As a final turkey note, while Thanksgiving is a USA holiday, the food you eat might not be: Canada supplies about $11.4 million worth of turkeys to the USA annually, and about $3 million worth of cranberries.

 

Talking about cranberries, cranberries were also used by Native Americans prior to the Pilgrims arrival to America. This fruit is usually a faithful companion to the Thanksgiving turkey feast as a jelly or compote. We know it as ‘cranberry sauce’.

 

 

The cranberry was a favorite fruit to the Native Americans, who invented ‘cranberry sauce’ sweetened with maple sugar or honey. Cranberries were an important ingredient in pemmican, a pounded dried deer meat that would keep for long periods of time without spoiling. Cranberries are found wild in the sandy and cool zones of Massachusetts and New Jersey. These days, cranberries are grown commercially in those states as well as in Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington. Massachusetts supplies 40% of the crop sold in the United States. Cranberries are high in antioxidants, Vitamin C, and useful when having urinary tract infections.

 

Finally, I just want to share how others around the world celebrate Thanksgiving or a Harvest festival:

 

Canada: pretty much the same as the USA. Celebrated the second Monday of October and focused on giving thanks for their blessings and to celebrate the harvest season.

 

Great Britain: a harvest festival is celebrated in late September or October. Special days are reserved to assist church, and decorations include special flowers, vegetables and fruits.

 

Jewish holiday: Sukkot is a festival of Thanksgiving that lasts nine days. For this event, a Jewish family will build a booth called sukka. It is then bejeweled with leaves, branches, and fruits or vegetables from the new harvest. Tables are set up inside the sukka, so meals can be eaten inside and it is also a place to pray.

 

Chinese holiday: Zhong Qui or the Festival of the Autumn Moon, is the Chinese celebration of thanksgiving. It is held on the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. The Moon Goddess is honored with mooncakes, and children parade with colored lanterns in the evening.

 

 

Have a great THANKSGIVING!!!