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Basketball fan Drew Barrymore was deep in conversation courtside at the New York Knicks V Chicago Bulls game at Madison Square Garden yesterdayContinue reading...
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Drew Barrymore at the New York Knicks V Chicago Bulls game in NY
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The Guy's Guide to Grilling the Healthy Way
Tips, tricks, and recipes for delicious, heart-healthy meals.Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS
Firing up the grill is a delicious summer ritual. This year, before you start shaping your burgers and salting your steaks, check out these four full-flavored recipes courtesy of Dave Grotto, RD, author of 101 Optimal Life Foods and self-described "dad who grills."
Grotto has a long list of things he likes about grilling. The smoky accent it imparts is No. 1. On the grill, even the veggies his family normally dubs boring are transformed into treats. But Grotto also grills because it's easy on the arteries. A quick spray of cooking oil is all you need to keep things from sticking, lean meats and fish are standouts, and for dads dead-set on steaks, much of the saturated fats found in well-marbled meats drip down into the pit rather than ending up on the plate. That's an ideal recipe for healthy summer eating.
You'd be hard pressed to find a more delicious or grill-friendly cut than flank steak. It's tender, lean, and quick-cooking. And with a tangy papaya marinade, not only does it taste great, but the marinade can help prevent the buildup of potential carcinogens called heterocyclic amines, or HCAs, that form on grilled meats.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
1½ pounds flank steak
1/3 cup papaya juice concentrate
1/3 cup white vinegar
½ cup light soy sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 limes, juiced
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp ground white pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chipotle or chili powder
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp ground cumin
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp paprika
8 corn or wheat tortillas
Assorted toppings: onions, tomatoes, green peppers, cilantro, grated Monterey Jack cheese
Marinade
1. Place the flank steak in a large glass baking dish.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the papaya juice, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic cloves, juice of two limes, and olive oil. Add in all of the dry seasonings. Whisk until well blended, and then pour it over the flank steak, turning the steak over once to coat both sides.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate at least four hours, but preferably overnight.
Grill Time
1. Heat the grill to medium high. Lightly oil the rack.
2. Grill the flank steak for about 5–7 minutes on each side.
3. Remove the steak from the grill and let it rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes to allow the juices to absorb back into the meat before slicing.
4. While the steak is resting, warm the tortillas in a slightly oiled skillet over low heat for about a minute on each side.
5. Thinly slice the steak on the diagonal.
6. Arrange two or three tortillas on each plate. Lay several pieces of steak on each tortilla and top with your choice of chopped onion, cilantro, tomatoes, green peppers, and cheese. Garnish with lime wedges.
275 calories, 12 g fat (3 saturated fat),40 mg cholesterol, 410 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 26 g protein. Calories from fat: 39%.
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IUD May Be Best for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Jan. 9, 2013 -- Heavy menstrual bleeding is a rarely discussed but remarkably common condition that affects about 1 in 4 women.
For many, monthly periods are much more than a minor annoyance. They stop life in its tracks for days each month.Oral contraceptives and progestin hormone pills are commonly prescribed medical treatments for heavy periods in the U.S., but they aren’t always effective for many women.
Now a landmark study from Europe, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, concludes that an IUD that releases progestin may be a more effective therapy.
The Mirena IUD implantable contraceptive was found to be superior to oral contraceptives and non-hormonal drugs approved for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding in reducing the condition's effect on quality of life.
The IUD is widely used in Europe to treat heavy menstrual bleeding, but it is not used as much in the U.S.
OBGYN professor Eve Espey, MD, of the University of New Mexico, says this is partly due to a bias toward surgical treatments in the U.S. and partly due to what she calls a “hangover” from negative feelings about IUDs dating back to the early 1970s.
That was when as many as 300,000 women who used an IUD known as the Dalkon Shield filed lawsuits claiming to have been injured by the device. The most common complaint was pelvic infection.
“The Dalkon Shield has given all IUDs a bad name for almost 40 years, but modern IUDs are really very safe,” she says.
The study included 571 women with heavy periods followed for two years during treatment with either the Mirena IUD, oral hormone therapy, or the non-hormonal anti-bleeding drugs tranexamic acid and mefenamic acid.
Women who used the Mirena IUD reported greater improvement in quality of life, including their social routines, work-day routines, family life, and sex.
After two years, 64% of the women in the IUD group were still using the treatment vs. 38% of the women in the group using other treatments.
Researcher Janesh Gupta, MD, of the University of Birmingham in the U.K., says the study shows that the Mirena IUD is the clear treatment for women who want to preserve their fertility.
“Around 25% of women have very heavy periods at some point in their reproductive lives,” Gupta says. “This is a massive problem and this treatment is a safe and very effective option for a large percentage of women.”
He says pelvic infection is not a major concern, as long as the woman is screened for infection before the IUD is fitted.
Cleveland Clinic gynecologic surgeon Linda Bradley, MD, has been using the Mirena IUD to treat patients with heavy periods for many years.
She says the study has the potential to be a game changer if it brings the treatment to the attention of more women with heavy menstrual bleeding and their doctors.
Bradley is vice chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health Institute at the Cleveland Clinic as well as the director of The Fibroid and Menstrual Disorders Center and Hysteroscopic Services.
“Women with this condition will embrace this treatment if they know about it,” she says. “I have used it for years, and my patients love it.”
Espey agrees. She says a majority of patients that she treats with the IUD have significant improvement in their heavy bleeding.
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