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12 Challenges for a Leaner, Healthier You

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NAP-Logo-2-ColorCould you meet the New American Plate (NAP) challenge?

So far over 1,500 people from around the US (and the world) are ready to start. Beginning next week, these Challengers are stepping up to the NAP-PlateNew American Plate Challenge to lose weight healthfully and lower their cancer risk through healthier eating and increased physical activity.

Here’s how it works:

Every Monday for 12 weeks, you’ll get a specific challenge (diet or physical activity) that helps you move towards the NAP way of eating or to the AICR recommendation to get at least 30 minutes daily of moderate physical activity.

  1. Every Friday, you will receive a teaser email to prepare for the upcoming weekly challenge, describing what you need to buy at the grocery store or ways to prepare for moving more.
  2. The Monday morning email will reveal that week’s challenge and you’ll find more specifics, including tips, tools and recipes on the NAP Challenge website to help you meet the week’s goals. Continue reading →

Healthy Protein from Lemony Chicken

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roast-chickenMaintaining a healthy body weight is AICR’s top recommendation for cancer prevention. And including enough high protein foods at your meals can keep you feeling full longer to help you get to and stay a healthy weight.

 

Our Health-e-Recipe for Lemony Honey Glazed Roasted Chicken gives you excellent-tasting chicken that can supply lean protein for more than one meal. Lemon and herbs are both healthy additions that contain phytochemicals, and the honey helps the chicken brown while adding a yummy sweet flavor.

 

It’s important to get enough lean protein to stay satisfied when you are trying to eat for weight loss for overall health and reducing cancer risk. AICR advises limiting lean animal protein to one-third or less of your plate and filling the remaining 2/3 or more with plant-based foods. A four-ounce serving of Lemony Chicken has 25 grams of protein, a big percentage of the 46 grams per day for adult women and 56 grams for adult men recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.

 

Other healthy sources of protein include 1 cup of cooked dry beans, about 16 grams, 8-ounce container of low-fat yogurt has about 11 grams of protein (6 ounces of nonfat plain Greek yogurt has 17 grams), a 3-ounce piece of lean meat about 21 grams; and 1 cup of nonfat milk, 8 grams of protein

 

Researchers are investigating the links between obesity, physical activity and cancer this week at the international conference presented by AICR affiliate the World Cancer Research Fund and the International Association for the Study of Obesity. While the complexities of what we eat and our physical activity levels are under study, you can use AICR’s Health-e-Recipes and physical activity ideas to reach a healthy weight with practical, enjoyable steps everyday.

 

Subscribe to our weekly Health-e-Recipes and visit the AICR Test Kitchen.

 

Can You Lose Weight and Lower Cancer Risk at Work?

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Losing weight and keeping it off is challenging under any circumstances, but combine that with a sedentary job, vending machine food, and office treats and weight loss can seem like an impossible task.canstockphoto2860414

If workplaces could instead help people lose weight, businesses could save a lot of money – from less illness and lower healthcare costs. And if more Americans were at a healthy weight, as many as 116,000 cases of cancer could be prevented every year.

Now, a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests how workplaces can help. This preliminary randomized control trial tested whether educating employees about healthy eating, combined with a supportive workplace environment, could help overweight and obese employees lose weight.

For the intervention group, 84 participants at two work sites completed a six month weight loss program and of those, 40 continued with six months more for maintenance. These employees lost on average, 17.5 pounds during the six-month intervention. During the following six-months, they kept the weight off. They also showed improvements in blood pressure, blood cholesterol and glucose levels. Continue reading →