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Colitis is
an inflammatory disease of the colon or rectum. It
affects about four to six people in 100 000, and is
slightly more common in women than in men. The onset of
ulcerative colitis peaks between the ages of 20 and 25
years. Check out this week's article on Dietary
Management of Colitis. |
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If you're over 40 and have any family history of heart disease, take heart! A
new speedy scan warns patients of cardiac problems before they have a heart
attack. This test could save your life. Most heart attacks are the first and
last warning a person gets. The newly devised test is the electron beam
tomography (EBT) that takes 3D pictures that point out calcium in coronary
arteries, a known predictor of heart disease. The test is not offered everywhere
yet so if you qualify, ask your doctor where it's available.
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Look Up in Hope
An automobile accident ten days before high school graduation left Shane
Vermoort classified as a quadriplegic. All his life Shane had wanted to be a
doctor. But was it possible for him as a quadriplegic - or was it a really
impossible dream?
Shane went through a year of rehabilitation and then went to Southern Illinois
University, where he received a B.A. in physiology. His goal was medical school,
but he was rejected time and again by medical schools all over America.
Eventually he was accepted at the Medical College of Georgia. He excelled in his
preparation and received the Clinical Neuroscience Award, was elected the
president of the Medical Honor Society, and became the first student to graduate
from the college in a wheelchair.
Shane says " People have a tendency to reflect on what we don't have. If people
could just look into the mirror and focus on good things, they would be a
lot better off." Always, Look up in hope and make the best of what
you have.
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"Your
hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are
trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the
storms, if you only let them."
--William James |
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SOUFFLE ORANGE SEMOLINA
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Direction:
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Preheat the oven to 200 c. Place the semolina in a nonstick pan with the
milk and sugar. Stir over a moderate heart until thickened and smooth.
Remove from the heart.
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Grate a few long shreds of orange rind from the orange and save for
decoration. Finely grate the remaining rind. Cut all the peel and white pith
from the orange and remove the segments. Stir into the semolina with the
orange rind.
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Whisk the egg white until stiff but not dry then fold lightly and evenly
into the mixture. Spoon into a 1 liter ovenproof dish and bake for 15-20
minutes until risen and golden brown. Serve immediately.
Nutritional Information: (per serving)
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Energy 158kcals
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Fat 2.67 g
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Saturated Fat1.54g
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Cholesterol 10.5 mg
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Fiber 0.86g
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Dietary Management of Colitis
Although diet cannot cure colitis- adjustments to the
diet may help to reduce some of the symptoms to a more
tolerable level. For example, a diet rich in soluble
Fiber, is recommended for people who have colitis,
although foods high in insoluble fiber, such as bran,
nuts, seeds and sweet corn, are probably best avoided.
The fiber may further irritate the colon, stimulate
bowel contractions and so increase the likelihood of
diarrhea.
Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the colon or
rectum. It affects about four to six people in 100 000,
and is slightly more common in women than in men. The
onset of ulcerative colitis peaks between the ages of 20
and 25 years. The prognosis for sufferers depends on the
severity and duration of the active disease: when the
disease is active, it produces swelling, bleeding and
ulceration of the lining of the colon and causes pain
and urgent diarrhea. Although some 60 percent of
sufferers have only a mild form of the disease, at least
30 percent will require surgical removal of part or all
of the colon within the first three years. And as many
as 97 percent of people who develop uncreative colitis
will have at least one relapse over a ten-year period.
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