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Neat tricks for your leftover treats
The deadly
incline in
diabetes
Larissa Harper
The Clackamas Print
REAL HEALTH
Pumpkins, ghosts and goblins
galore! There are many differ
ent elements that are essential
to Halloween. Delectable sweets
are the center o f this holiday.
People young and old look
forward to this time o f the year
because it is an excuse for chil
dren to get more candy than they
norm ally do, teenagers to go
steal candy from their younger
siblings (and get some o f their
own) and parents to take their
kids out trick-or-treating, indulg
ing in some o f the candy them
selves. W hen H alloween is over
and you still have candy left,
what do you do w ith it?
“I f the candy is chocolate like
R eese’s, K it Kat or M&Ms, I
will make brownies w ith the left
overs,” said Morgan Bird, 18.
Friends Grace Graham, 19,
and R achael R ichardson, 18,
had answers as to w hat they
do w ith their candy. “I eat it
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Jesse Hen (linger
Arts &Cultuie Editor
Had enough Halloween
candy yet? Do your teeth hurt
from the lollipops, die choco
late bars and die gumdrops?
Have you ever wondered
how our bodies are affected
by our unhealthy habits?
Our bodies are not capable
o f metabolizing die insane
amounts o f sugar we eat. We
know our eating habits are
not healthy, but we have not
taken any steps to change
them
Sugar consumption has
climbed steadily over thou
sands o f years. The global
sugar industry has contin
ued to grow at a Steady rate
since it made its Way to the
Caribbean islands in the 17th
century (These cane fields
are where the atrocity o f the
enslaving of the African peo
ple began).
Sugar has always been
big business, a major player
in the global market. Sugar is
an ingredient in nearly every'
processed food product on
store shelves. If we created a
timeline depicting die history
ofAmerican food, you would
see sugar’s history align with
it
An excellent exam
ple o f this is when Coca-
Cola was introduced to die
public in 1886. Since that
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all,”, said Graham. “There is no
excess.” Richardson takes a dif
ferent approach: “I will eat it and
freeze the extra to hide it from
my family, or else it will be gone
in one day.”
Trenton Jones, 18, said, “I eat
it. I f I had left overs I would give
it to people.”
Some eat all their candy, some
use the rem ainder in other treats
and som e share their candy.
Here are more creative ways to
“reuse” and “re-purpose” your
old candy!
First, if you ju st can’t eat it all
by yourself, throw some M&Ms,
H ershey’s Kisses, or other mini
chocolates into cupcakes, cook
ies, brownies, muffins or make
them toppings for ice-cream ,
adding something a little differ
ent. You could also keep some to
freeze for later.
One recipe that is abso
lutely delicious is C hocolate
P eanut B utter 7-L ayer Bars.
The ingredients needed are:
1 box D evil’s food cake mix
le g g
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup coarsely crushed pret
zels
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup R eese’s Pieces
1 cup honey roasted peanuts
1 can (14 oz) sweetened con
densed m ilk
Directions:
1. P reheat oven to 350
degrees. Grease a 13x9 inch bak
ing pan w ith cooking spray.
2. N ext, mix together in a
bowl: the cake mix, egg and but
ter. Stir in the crushed pretzels.
Spread the mixture evenly along
the bottom o f the greased pan
and bake for about 8 minutes.
3. A fter the 8 minutes, take it
out o f the oven and sprinkle on
the peanut butter chips, choco
late chips, R eese’s Pieces and
peanuts. Drizzle the top o f the
bars w ith the milk. Put it back in
the oven for 15 more m inutes or
u n tilit's golden and bubbly and
the center is set.
4. Let it cool com pletely
before cutting into bars. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
M ake trail mix! Use some left
oyer cereal, nuts and candy to
add a little sweetness. Favorites
to add are M & M s, Sm arties,
gum drops, Dots, Sour Patch
K ids,
W hoppers,
S kittles,
R eese’s Pieces or Raisinets. For
the specific recipe o f the pic
tured trail mix ju s t toss together
R ice K rispies cereal, pretzels,
sunflower seeds, almonds, pea
nuts, tootsie rolls, dots, R eese’s
pieces, peanut butter chips and
candy com!
D elicious and easy, right?
There are a lot o f coffee lov
ers out there and a great w ay to
add a little som ething special
to coffee is to take some left
over Hershey bars, M ilky Ways,
Crunch bars and other sm ooth
chocolates and m elt them in the
coffee. Just make your coffee as
desired and stir in the chocolates
until it’s all melted, then enjoy!
For more ways to get rid o f
extra candy check out operation-
shoebox.com . This is a way for
people to donate their candy to
troops. The address to send to is
located on the website.
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— moment':1
has skyrocketed. According
to the American Diabetes j
Association, one 12 ounce
can o f soda contains an aver
age o f 39 grams o f sugar.
Americans drink approxi*
mately 50 gallons o f soda per
person each year. That aver
ages to almost 4.5 gallons
of sugar (in soda beverages)
ingested by Americans each
year.
Besides drinking soda, we "
ingest more sugar than ever
with the food choices we
make. Americans shovel 22.7
teaspoons of refined sugar
into their mouths every day.
Some o f the worst offend
ers for sugary ingredients
are: ice cream, fruit smooth
ies and coffee beverages. O u r.
must-have food items are, in
fact, contributing to a disease I
that is ’the seventh leading
cause of death in the world.
A global epidemic, Diabetes
mellitus is quickly becoming
a serious wake-up call for
everyone.
Many pay close attention
to their sugar intake and exer
cise regularly, lowering their
risk for diabetes. For 26 mil
lion Americans, however, the
innate ability to process sugar
is decreased <x completely
disabled.
How does the body pro
cess sugar? With insulin, pro
duced by the pancreas.
Insulin is responsible
for transferring glucose — , j
(sugar) generated eneigy to
the cells of the body. It liter-.
ally saves our lives, at least ’
three times a day, or as many
times as we eat. Insulin is an
essential part o f life. What
would happen to our bodies
if we didn’t produce insulin?
The answer is scary.
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