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Chicken Sandwich with Avocado Spread Video

Heart Healthy Recipe Diabetes Recipe

http://www.healthylivingoc.org/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?ID=358.143

An easy avocado spread is a healthy way to add creaminess to your chicken sandwich without high fat mayonnaise. This heart healthy chicken sandwich is packed with protein and healthy fats.

Ingredients

• • 2 light whole grain rolls, split
  • 4 leaves romaine lettuce
  • 1/2 tomato, sliced
  • 2 slices red onion
  • 2 cooked chicken breasts (3 oz each)
  • 1/8 tsp unrefined sea salt
  • 1/8 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and mashed

Preparation

• • On the bottom half of each roll, layer lettuce, tomato, red onion and chicken. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Spread mashed avocado on top half of roll and place on top of chicken.

Benefits of Drinking Water

A Daily Water Intake Reminder

When is the right time to drink the 6-8 glasses of water per day?

Here I am again posting a daily water intake reminder to emphasize the importance of water to the body. An average person should drink 6-8 large glasses of purewater a day, and should be increased when doing physical activity and in other cases that cause excessive loss of water from the body.

A safe guide to know if you have taken enough water is toobserve the color and quantity of urine. Dark colored and excreting urine in small amounts shows concentrated urine, which means there is a shortage of water in the body.

Many people are accustomed to drink iced or cold water. Small sips may not harm you, but quickly taking half a glass or more of iced or cold water may chill the delicate membranes of the stomach thus, hampering the digestion due to decrease the production gastric juice in the stomach.

Drinking half a glass or more of pure water at least 30 minutes before mealtime, during mealtime and, or less than an hour after mealtime may hinder digestion by diluting the gastric juice in the stomach. And, the food within the stomach that is mixed with water tends to pass more rapidly without thoroughly digesting it. But, reasonable quantities of soup or milk can be taken in with food because it contains calories that are taken by stomach as food.

When is the right time to drink the 6-8 glasses of water per day? It is best to drink pure water when stomach is empty, that is at least an hour before, and after a meal. Because, when a stomach is empty, water passes through quickly and is promptly absorbed in the body. We must not wait that our body signals for thirst to drink in pure water. A schedule when to drink water will help you achieve the required amount per day.

Article from: http://www.familyhealthavenue.com/2009/03/a-daily-water-intake-reminder/

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