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JUNE 1,2013
Eating forum says thatt diet is about lifestyle
By Ron Karten
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About half in attendance told sto
ries or gave advice about lifestyle
and health during a free-wheeling
almost raucous second monthly
Clean Hating Forum held on May
15 at the Elders' Activity Center.
Nearly a dozen people attended,
including 4-week-old Sophie Woods,
who slept through the session.
Had Woods been paying atten
tion, she would have learned from
Kristy Deljoc that detoxing for a
baby, based on what the average
pregnant woman eats, could tnke
two years of clean eating.
The Clean Eating Forum aims to
make good eating more likely not
just for attendees, but for coming
generations, says Deljoe, the Tribe's
Nutrition Department manager and
organizer of the program.
"When parents follow a clean
eating diet," she says, "and nobody
does it 100 percent of the time,
but when they follow it for say, 90
percent of the time, their children
are being raised in that diet, and
it's not just a diet, it's a way of
life. When the children get older,
they'll always have that diet to fall
back on, and will end up choosing a
healthy option over a bad option."
Had Woods heard that, she would
likely encourage her mother, Kara
Porter, to come up with a good eat
ing plan.
In fact, DeLoe said, making a plan
is the first order of business for any
body who wants to eat healthier.
It involves knowing fresh, healthy
foods, knowing how to combine
them for a good meal and having a
willingness to prepare on weekends
for the next week's meals.
Eating out, I)elxe says, makes
the job of clean eating almost im
possible. "It's very hard to eat out and get
good nutrition," she says. "It's not that
you can't get good nutrition at a res
taurant, but you really have to think
about what you are eating, and often
you don't really know everything that
is being put in that meal."
Four healthy entrees were on the
lunch menu for the meeting. DeLoe
also passed out recipes.
For snacks, DeLoe put out man
darin oranges, Triscuits and string
cheese. Two mandarins, five Tris
cuits and one string cheese is a
healthy 200-caIorie snack, she
said.
She distributed lunch bags and
healthy eating magazines as priz
es. In discussion, she also advised
drinking plenty of water - in decaf
tea and in natural fruit- or vegetable-sweetened
water.
"Flavor up your water with cu
cumber. Cucumber is a natural fat
flush," DeLoe says.
The group of nearly a dozen also
received calorie counters, meal
trackers and ideas for eating on a
budget.
For people who use a computer,
Nicole Estrada recommended, "My
Fitness Pal," a free application that
helps track food intake. Estrada is
the Tribe's Youth Mental Health
Chemical Dependency counselor.
Also attending the lunch-time
meeting were Elders Linda La
Chance, Val Grout, Margaret
Provost and Linda Brandon, and
employees Kim Mueller, Kara Por
ter and Shawn Bobb.
Provost told her niece, Linda
Brandon, "We both have heart
problems. Let's start coming."
"We've found new foods. So far,
we've enjoyed it. We wanted to try
something new to eat healthier,"
Brandon added.
Brandon has lost three pounds
in the last four weeks, or since
she started coming to the monthly
meetings.
Bobb said that she freezes toma
toes in plastic bags.
Estrada said to save the fruits and
vegetables until the end of the meal
because they help with digestion.
Grout wanted to know if it costs
more to buy healthy foods.
"Not if you shop smart," said De
Loe. "I buy in bulk, and Winco has
that." She also offered some of "the
tricks of the trade," for shopping,
including shopping mainly along
the outside aisles where the fresh
foods are kept. By comparison,
almost all of the inside aisles are
filled with processed foods.
The cost of eating well is way
less than the cost of health care
that may be needed if you don't,
Estrada said.
"It is getting to be 'farmers mar
ket' season," DeLoe advised. "Buy
there. The key is knowing what
works for you."
"I love that she's flexible," said
Estrada, who usually works out at
the Tribal gym during lunch, "to
better help participants get what
they need."
Last month, the assignment was
for participants to track their food
intake. This month, the group is
tracking water intake.
The next meeting will be held
Wednesday, June 19, at the Elders'
Activity Center. The meeting is
open to all and there is no cost to
attend. B
Community Committee members wanted
The Land and Culture Department is beginning the process of
creating a Community Committee to help create the policies and
procedures for accepting juried arts and crafts for the upcoming
Grand Ronde Museum and Cultural Center store.
Persons in the community will be chosen to sit on committee ,
to oversee the policies for accepting local Native arts rind crafts for "
the store. A portion of the store will be specifically set aside for local
artisan sales. Please lend your voices to this effort and volunteer for
this community committee. We are meeting on Thursday, June 13,
from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Tribal Community .Center andwe will be
serving pizza. For more information, please contact the Exhibits and
Archives Program: Julie Brown, 503-879-2186; Veronica Montano,
503-879-2248; David Lewis, 503-879-1634. D
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