New Year Dieting Resolutions

It is the New Year resolution time again.  If you resolve to lose weight every year and it never quite works out, read this HealthDay article. 

Baby steps may be the answer to boosting your success.

Managing your weight with healthy eating : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Managing your weight with healthy eating : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

In order to manage your weight effectively you need to know what a balanced diet is for you. Read this article for tips and good food choices.

Important Information About Lead In Your Drinking Water

The City of Hibbing has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes and buildings.  Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women, and young children.  For more information on the health effects of lead, sources of lead, and reducing your exposure to lead in your water:

1. Pick up the notice being distributed by the City at the Hibbing Public Library.
2. Visit the Public Utilities website at http://www.hpuc.com/
3. Visit the EPA's website at www.epa.gov/lead
4. Call the PUC at 218-262-7725.

Great Website for Women

Womenshealth.gov is a great source for information for women, teens, and girls. 

The website offers the following tips for a heart healthy diet:
•Eating plenty of vegetables and fruits.

•Making at least half of your daily grain consumption whole grains. These may include whole-grain barley, brown rice, whole-grain corn and oatmeal.

•Eating low-fat dairy foods, such as yogurt, cheese and milk.

•Getting lots of nuts and dry beans, lean meat, fish and poultry without the skin.

•Favoring polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats via vegetable oils, fish and nuts.

•Avoiding: saturated and trans fats, sodium (salt), cholesterol and added sugars.

Holiday Season Safety Tips

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From picking a fresh tree to treating burns in the kitchen, these savety tips are worth repeating.

Walk Indoors During the Cold Months

Regular Walking May Slow Decline of Alzheimer's

Researchers also find that walking 6 miles a week can help prevent onset of disease

So now you have yet another good reason to get out and walk.

Click here for the complete Health Day article.

When the weather is cold and snowy you can walk at one of the following:

1.  Mesabi Mall

2.  Irongate Mall

3.  Hibbing High School