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Author: Irene Pastore
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A March 7, 2025 article from the MD Anderson Center at the University of Texas, discusses contributing factors that make it difficult for older adults to lose excess weight.
The author takes a holistic look at the areas of personal health, nutrition, sedentary living and lack of exercise that determine your ability to shed unwanted pounds and maintaining a healthy weight.
Losing weight is difficult for most of us, but it can be even more challenging for those with diabetes.
In this episode, endocrinologist Shirisha Avadhanula, M.D. discusses the benefits of weight loss when it comes to diabetes. She also shares strategies on how to actually go about it, including diet, exercise and medication.
This week’s offering of peaceful music comes from the YouTube Channel, Deep Calm Melodies. Mystical Serenity music is designed for meditation and spiritual healing.
Created for the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission by Healthy Liv. This sweet potato crust quiche uses a base of thinly sliced roasted sweet potatoes for the crust, and its filling is loaded with sautéed veggies and cheese! It’s a delicious, healthy, and protein-filled dish to make for a special breakfast or holiday brunch!
CRUST INGREDIENTS
20 Oz. sweet potato roughly 1 very large or 2 medium
2 Tsp. cooking oil I use avocado or grape seed oil to withstand high heat
1/2 Tsp. each black pepper salt, and garlic powder
EGG FILLING INGREDIENTS
1 Tsp. cooking oil
1 Small onion chopped
1/2 Cup chopped bell pepper I used frozen!
3 Oz. fresh spinach
6 Eggs
1/4 Tsp. each black pepper and salt
2 Tbsp. milk or cream
1/2 Cup cheddar cheese divided
CRUST INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wash sweet potatoes, peel, and then dry with a clean towel if they’re still wet. Carefully slice into thin rounds with a sharp knife or use a mandolin, if you have one.
Spray a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray and layer sweet potato rounds in the bottom, overlapping heavily. Cut the remaining sweet potato rounds in half and use to line the sides of the pie dish. Drizzle 2 tsp. cooking oil over the top of potatoes and sprinkle with black pepper, salt, and garlic powder. Bake for 20 minutes until sweet potatoes are soft and beginning to crisp.
FILLING INSTRUCTIONS
While sweet potatoes are in the oven, sauté onion and bell pepper in 1 tsp. cooking oil. (If using frozen bell peppers, add near the end of the cooking time.) Once onion is soft, add spinach and stir until it wilts. Let cooked veggies cool.
Whisk 6 eggs in a medium bowl and add milk or cream with salt and pepper. Stir in 1/4 cup cheese and cooked veggies.
Once sweet potatoes have softened and are beginning to crisp, remove from oven and pour egg mixture over top. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese on top and return to oven for 28-30 minutes, until eggs are set. Let cool for two or three minutes and then serve.
NOTES
To prep in advance: sauté veggies for filling and cook sweet potatoes in pie dish the day before. The next day, beat eggs, add veggies, and pour into pie dish, then cook according to the directions.
What comes to mind when asked about sweet potatoes? You’d most likely think of an orange sweet tasting potato that’s served at Thanksgiving. According to the United States Sweet Potato Council, there are hundreds of sweet potato varieties. These varieties are divided into five basic types.
Varieties of Sweet Potatoes
Orange skin with orange flesh
Red skin with orange flesh
Yellow skin with white flesh
Purple skin with white flesh
Purple skin with purple flesh
Sweet potatoes are root tubers that grow beneath the ground. Known as the Orange Superfood, they are high in Vitamin A.
How To Prepare Sweet Potatoes
There are several ways to prepare sweet potatoes. They can be baked, microwaved, steamed, boiled, sautéed, fried, or grilled. Also they are safe to eat raw.
Have you lost weight only to gain it all back? This article explains why you feel as though you’re fighting a losing battle. Endocrinologist and obesity specialist Marcio Griebeler, MD explains why as many as 80 to 90 percent of dieters gain back weight.
Most of the time, weight gain is gradual, and that can raise your set point gradually, too, notes Dr. Griebeler. But certain lifestyle changes can lower it.
Why People Diet, Lose Weight, and Gain It All Back is the topic of today’s post. The article published in Cleveland Clinic.org, discusses Weight Set Point, which is a combination your Genetics, Hormones, Behavior and Environment. The article is a short read and gives guidance on how to lose weight without gaining it back.
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