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Paje AS November 13, 2002 Health/Education Sweet Temptations Tips offer help on managing holiday foods with healthy eating Many A m ericans com e face to face w ith tem pta tion this tim e o f year as they attend parties and fam ily gatherings. H oliday cookies, cakes, candy and treats abound and it seem s everyone is serving large meals. For people living with diabetes, healthy holiday eating is essential because proper w eight m anagem ent is very im portant to m aintaining good health. Physicians understand the challenges for d ia betics during the holiday season. “ In addition to rich foods and holiday stresses, people step out o f their usual routines. For in d i viduals with diabetes, this can be an especially challenging tim e o f year. D iabetics m ust m aintain vigilance over their blood-sugar levels, their m edi cation, their diet and ex ercise,” said Dr. Fouad R. Kandeel, director o f the City o f H ope G onda D iabe tes C enter in Los A ngeles: People living w ith diabetes can successfully m aintain their diets during the holiday season if they take care to adapt traditional recipes to reduce sugar, fats and carbohydrates. Here are tw o sug gested recipes: Egg Nog • 4 cups fat-free milk • lcupeggsubstltute • Sugarsubstltutetoequal4Tablespoonsof»ug>r • ITablespoon rum extractor lteaspoonvanM a • ground nutmeg Com bine milk, egg substitute, sugar substitute Dr. Maya Rockeymooreof the National Urban League sits down to a radio interview announcing the group's diabetes awareness campaign. a n d extract. Beat with ro tary b ea te r o r electric m ixer Urban League Promotes Diabetes Awareness The National Urban League launched a diabetes awareness campaign this month to If M ajor — Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | envelope to: ATT: Lift Every Voice Diabetes Brochure Offer, The National Urban League was launched by The National Urban League’s Americans have the disease. “Major studies show that simple lifestyle Institute for Opportunity and Equality, 1111 Dr. Maya Rockeymoore. Rockeymoore noted that for every six white changes, especially dietary changes to lower 14,h Street, N.W., Suite 1001, Washington, Americans who have diabetes, 10 African On a day typically reserved for older, weigh at least 105 pounds feasting, the Red Cross urges local and be in good general health. “W e’re encouraging families to families to give the first gift this holiday season by donating blood stop by on their way to Thanksgiv ing dinner,” said Red Cross execu on Thanksgiving morning. A festive holiday atmosphere tive Joan M anning. “Donating will surround the 8'h Annual Thanks blood takes just about an hour and giving Day Blood Drive on Nov. 28 your gift of life is especially pre at the Red Cross Portland Donor cious to our patients who will be in Center, 3131 N. Vancouver Ave. the hospital over the holidays.” While the kick-off to the hoi iday from 7:30a.m. to 12:30p.m. Platelet donations can be made from 6:30 season often means the Red Cross a.m. to noon. Donors must be 17or sees fewer blood donors, local needs for blood continue - or even rise - with the increase in traveling and winter activities. Auto accident vic tims, premature babies and cancer patients continue to require blood transfusions throughout Novem ber and December, when blood do nations are at their lowest. To schedule a blood donation appointm ent, call 1-800-G IVE- L1FE. Platelet donors may sched ule appointm ents by calling 503- 280-1446. Research Targets Health Care Gap New medicines in pipeline to focus on African Americans Pharm aceutical and biotech than 5,000 African American lives signed to treat card io v ascu lar disease, including coronary a r nology com panies are w orking each year. Thirty-five of the medicines in tery disease, heart attack, heart on 249 new m edicines for dis eases that disproportionately a f developm ent are for diabetes, failure, stroke and hypertension. flict A frican A m ericans or d is whose incidence in the African The death rate from cardiovascu eases that are am ong the top 10 American community is on the rise, lar disease for A frican A m erican causes o f death am ong A frican and 22 target HIV/AIDS. AIDS men is nearly 50 percent higher A m ericans, according to a new death rates for African Americans than for white men and 67 percent survey by the Pharm aceutical Re are nearly 10 times higher than for h ig h er fo r A frican A m erican search and M a n u fa ctu rers o f whites, and African Americans are women than for w hite women. O ther m edicines in d ev elo p experiencing less dramatic decline America. The 249 m edicines represent a in AIDS deaths than the majority ment tackle kidney failure, eye disorders, obesity, and sickle cell more than 50 percent increase population. N ineteen m edicines are d e disease. since a 1998 survey on m edicines in developm ent for diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans. “This stepped up research of fers hope for closing the health gap between African Americans and the majority population and in creases the likelihcxxl that all Ameri cans will share in the benefits of medical progress,” said Alan F. H olmer.PhRM A president. Ninety o f the new m edicines target cancer. C ancer is the sec (som e restrictions apply) ond leading killer o f all A m eri cans, but A frican A m ericans are more likely to develop cancer than w hites and are about 30 percent more likely to die o f cancer than w hites. Fifty-three potential m edicines focus on respiratory diseases, in cluding asthm a, w hich kills A fri can A m ericans at three tim es the 4 5 4 2 N E M L K . J r B lv d rate o f the m ajority population, and chronic obstructive pulm o nary disease, w hich takes more MOBILE OETICPA LIMITED TIME OFFER Eye Exam H39(H) Eye G lasses H59(M ) Total Carbohydrates: 6 grams Calories: 50 Frozen Pumpkin Spice Supreme • lquartvanlllanosugaraddedlcecream • 1 1 / 2 cupscanned pumpkin • 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (or 1 teaspoon cinna mon, l/2teasp o o n allsp icean d 1 / 2 teaspoon ginger) • 16 glngersnap cookies Soften ice cream a t room tem perature f o r 1 0 m in utes. M ix pum pkin a n d spices u n til w e ll blended. 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