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Sixtyplusurfers Giveaway

New Alpro Cookbook is Soya Good for You!

Cooking for Good Health with Alpro Soya

We have five copies of the new cookbook to give away!

Sixtyplusurfers has teamed up with Alpro soya to offer five lucky readers the chance to win Cooking for Good Health their brand new cookbook packed with great recipes for all the family to enjoy.

With this Summer due to be the hottest for years and beach bodies a top priority, many of us will be looking for a healthy way to stay trim and still enjoy our food. We all know that breakfast is our most important meal – it gives you a boost to start your day and a good breakfast stops you from reaching for those all-too-tempting mid-morning snacks.

With this in mind, Alpro has developed a fantastic new cookbook, which includes everything from pancakes for a lazy Sunday morning to a deliciously healthy oaty berry breakfast smoothie, not to mention lots of lunch, main meal and tasty treat recipes.

Soya alternatives to milk, yogurt and cream can be used in all of the ways dairy can, making tasty meals for any time of the day. Alpro soya milk and yogurts are also naturally low in saturated fat!

Sixtyplusurfers Review

I was delighted to receive a copy of Cooking for Good Health for Review. Full of delicious recipes including Alpro soya products, to help you manage your diet and stay in good shape, this is a great book to encourage you to prepare healthy home cooked meals.

The book is set out in four clear sections including breakfast, lunch, mains and puddings. With beautiful colour photographs and easy to follow recipes, there is something here for everyone to enjoy. For those watching their diet, each recipe also tells you the energy, fat and saturated fat content per portion.

My favourite recipes in the book are Salmon with Watercress and Chick Pea Mash, Chicken Breast with Lemon and Tarragon Sauce, Blueberry Muffins, and Bread and Butter Pudding. All delicious and healthy too!

Cooking For Good Health has a recommended retail price of £7.99. For more information click on www.alprosoya.co.uk

Two Recipes for You to Try

Here are two recipes from Cooking for Good Health for you to try…

Alpro Topped Granola

Alpro Topped Granola

Double the quantity when making this granola and keep in an airtight container ready for another day. Experiment with the seeds you use, you could even add dried fruits.

· Preparation Time: 10 minutes
· Cooking Time: 20 minutes
· Serves 4

Ingredients

· 100g jumbo oats
· 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
· 2 tbsp sunflower seeds 
· 2 tbsp golden linseed
· 2 tbsp poppy seeds
· 4 tbsp runny honey
· 2 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed oil
· 500g pot of Alpro soya Vanilla alternative to yogurt
· 2 peaches or nectarines, stoned and chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F, gas 3.
2. Mix together the oats and seeds in a large bowl.
3. Pour the honey and rapeseed oil in a small pan and bring to a simmer, stirring often, until the mixture is very runny. Pour it over the oat mixture and toss it all together.
4. Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and scatter with the mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes, stirring often, until the oats are golden, but not too dark. Leave the mixture to cool completely.
5. Place the granola in a bowl along with the peaches.  Top with the Alpro vanilla yogurt and serve immediately.

The Alpro Soyaccino

· Preparation Time: 5 minutes
· Serves 1

Ingredients

· Instant or cafetiere coffee
· Alpro soya alternative to milk
· Chocolate powder

Method

1. Put one spoonful of coffee in a mug.
2. Pour in freshly boiled water.
3. Then microwave 70ml Alpro soya for one minute.
4. Remove from the microwave and with a whisk or frother, whisk to firm, frothy consistency.
5. Pour some of the milk in and then spoon the froth over the coffee.
6. Sprinkle over chocolate or cocoa powder.

Now you’re ready for your day

For more information and lots of recipe ideas, visit www.alprosoya.co.uk

For Your Chance to Win

For your chance to win a copy of Cooking for Good Health with Alpro soya simply email your full name and postal address to:
sixtyplusurfers@hotmail.co.uk
with the title Alpro soya
Cookbook Competition

The first five names chosen out of the 'hat' will win the recipe book.

*This competition is open to our
UK readers only

 

Blueberries are Good For You

Blueberries are good for you

My favourite fruit at the moment has to be blueberries. I eat them every day, scattered over my breakfast cereal. And I've just planted a bush in my garden. But not only are blueberries delicious, they're also very good for you.

First of all, blueberries are high in vitamin C, a strong antioxidant offering support for the immune system. Blueberries also contain fibre, folate, iron, manganese, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, zinc, copper, B vitamins, vitamin E and silicon. And all in a little tiny berry.

But the main reason blueberries have been getting so much press lately is because the ongoing research on phytochemicals reveals blueberries top the list in antioxidant rich foods.

Blueberries contain a huge list of phytochemicals - phenolic acid, anthocyanins (the pigment that makes them blue), ellagic acid (which may inhibit tumour growth), alpha-carotene, beta-carotene (precursors to vitamin A), caryophyllene (possible anti-inflammatory), chlorogenic acid, eugenol, limonene, thymol (antiseptic and antifungal properties), catechins, tocopherols and tocotrienols (vitamin E family), to name a few. Talk about your nutrient powerhouses!

Blueberries are one of the few edible berries native to North America. They were collected and cultivated by Native Americans, who recognized them for the healthy food that they are and used them to reduce morning sickness, coughs and headaches, and the leaves to make a blood purifying tea. They also used blueberries to make preserves to dye clothing. Also, blueberry juice was a staple of Civil War soldiers who drank it to stave off scurvy.

Research is showing blueberries to be good for the brain, too. Animal research using blueberry extract found it improved balance, coordination and memory - even in cases of Alzheimer's. Further studies have shown that "blueberries have a rejuvenating affect on memory-related nerve function, including the stimulation of new memory cells to form."

And don't forget "the Big C". One study has found that blueberries have preventative effects on prostate cancer and liver cancer. The study shows the sterol compounds in blueberries inhibit cancer in the first stage of the disease, while their anthocyanin pigments can stop the proliferation of cancer in the later stages.

Blueberries also contain compounds that stop the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections from adhering to the walls of the bladder. There are claims the fruit is also beneficial for hypoglycaemia, tinnitus, intestinal upset, eye disorders and varicose veins.

Blueberries taste great with your breakfast cereal

But for many people, all this is secondary to the fact that blueberries are delicious. Eat them by themselves, in baked goods such as muffins and pies, in fruit salads, sprinkle them on your breakfast cereal, or eat them with yogurt.

Just don't wash your blueberries until you are ready to eat them as the moisture can promote the growth of mould. Enjoy!
 

Chantenay Carrots for After-Sun Skin Care

Chantenay carrots can help protect your skin from sun damage

Soaking up the sun can leave your skin red and dry and can accelerate the ageing process, leading to wrinkles and ‘sun-spots’. Now, new research has shown that eating just a handful of sweet and crunchy Chantenay carrots every day can help protect our skin and fight the effects of sun damage.

Active ingredients such as Beta-carotene, retinol (Vitamin A) and Vitamins B5, C, E and K are used in after-sun skin treatments, because they have been proven to help prevent sun damage, reduce wrinkles and reverse the aging process. The very same ingredients are abundant in these small, sweet British-grown carrots.

New research has shown that by eating foods high in these ingredients, your skin accumulates the active agents right where it’s needed to fight the effects of sun exposure and skin-damaging free radicals. By eating Chantenay carrots, the skin of your whole body gets the benefit, not just the skin you apply the after-sun lotion to.

New research, commissioned by leading Chantenay Carrot growers Freshgro and undertaken by Plant Scientist Dr Hazel MacTavish-West BScAgric PhD MBIAC, shows that eating Chantenay carrots every day ensures your body has loads of the vitamins it needs to repair itself from a day in the sun, especially the skincare hero beta-carotene. Our bodies use beta-carotene to make retinol (Vitamin A) – which is far more effective than applying it to your skin from the outside!

Also, eating foods high in natural carotenoids, like Chantenay carrots, produces far longer lasting antioxidant effects than taking supplements containing natural or synthetic beta-carotene. There’s no other fruit or vegetable higher in natural vitamin A than carrots; in fact only calf liver contains higher concentrations!

And it gets even better – not just do carotenoids from natural foods like Chantenay carrots help your skin fight sun damage and reduce the occurrence of non-melanocytic skin cancer, they also make your skin smoother!

With these natural little beauties you don’t have ‘to go under the knife’, Chantenay carrots need no preparation - no topping, tailing or peeling is necessary - you simply wash and go - the ideal summer vegetable. There’s no easier way to get your 5-A-Day with hidden beauty benefits and they’re deliciously tasty to boot, eaten raw, cooked, in a dip or simply juiced.

Chantenay Carrots are available throughout the year in all good supermarkets priced from as little as 69p per 500g.

 

Personal Health

 

Exercise in Your Garden or Park

By Kristoph Thompson, Sixtyplusurfers Health & Fitness Expert

 

Kristoph Thompson

 

This month why not try some of these simple exercises in your garden or the park, all you need is a bench or chair.  Perform each movement slowly and under control, aiming for between 12 and 15 repetitions of each.  Complete the exercises one after the other, in a circuit style, repeating them two or three times in total. 

 

Park Bench Push-up

 

Park Bench Push-up


Stand facing the back of a park bench and place your hands on the top, shoulder width apart.  Walk your feet back until your legs are fully extended, your chest should be above your hands with arms straight.  Lower your chest towards your hands, hold for one second at the bottom then straighten your arms, pushing back to the starting position.  The closer you have your feet to your hands the easier the exercise becomes so experiment with your feet placing to find the most appropriate position.

 

Step Up

 

Park Bench Step-up


Place the whole of your left foot on a step, log, rock, or even the bench.  Tighten your stomach and step up with your right leg, bring your knee up level with your hip.  Step down, leaving your left foot on the step, touching the ground lightly with your right toes, then repeat.  Change sides so your right foot is on the step and repeat on the other leg.  The higher the step or bench the more challenging the exercise is for your thighs and balance to start low and build up.

 

Park Bench Dip

 

Park Bench Dip

 

Sit on a bench and place your hands on either side of your hips.  Slide yourself forward, so your bottom comes off the bench, supporting yourself with your hands.  Bend your elbows, bringing upper arms almost parallel to ground, and then return to starting position.  Keep your lower back close to the bench throughout the exercise.  Just like the push-ups, the closer you have your feet to your hands the easier the exercise becomes, so experiment with your feet placing to find the most appropriate position.

 

Heel Raise

 

Stand to the right of a bench, holding the back with your left hand.  Rise up onto your tip toes and hold that position.  Taking your bodyweight on your left leg, lift your right knee up level with your chest, lower and repeat, alternating between left and right legs.

 

For more ideas about taking exercise, keeping fit, healthy and active, take a look at Kristoph Thompson's excellent website. Just click on www.kristoph.co.uk

 

Angela Rippon Experiences a Day Without Sight


Angela Rippon experiences a day without sight

 

Angela Rippon, one of the best known faces and voices in British broadcasting, recently showed her support for St Dunstan's Blind Heroes Week by experiencing firsthand what it is like to live with sight.

 

Supported by one of the St Dunstan’s Rehabilitation Officers for Visually Impaired People (ROVIs), Angela wore a sleep shade to simulate total blindness. Guided by the ROVI, she began to re-learn skills such as using a kitchen safely, making a cup of tea and navigating stairs and doors.

 

Angela said, “I wonder how many of us have thought about what it is like to be blind or partially sighted.  How would we get to the shops, make our morning cup of coffee or even get dressed?

 

"I have undertaken a Day Without Sight to support St Dunstan’s Blind Heroes Week, which honours blind heroes and allows us to give something back to recognise their sacrifice.

 

Angela Rippon is hoping to raise awareness for St Dunstan's

 

“I’m hoping to raise awareness of the wonderful work that St Dunstan’s does to help blind ex-Service men and women to ‘re-learn’ many of the basic tasks that most of us take for granted, enabling them to lead fulfilling and independent lives.

 

If you would like to show your support for Blind Heroes, please visit www.helpblindheroes.org.uk or call 0300 111 2233.”

 

About Blind Heroes Week

 

St Dunstan's Blind Heroes Week took place between 22 and 28 of June to honour those who have served their country and have won a greater battle – that of living full and independent lives after losing their sight.

 

All of our St Dunstaners have served for their country and have since lost their sight, either in combat or in later years. Blind Heroes Week is about giving these inspirational men and women the recognition and support they deserve.

 

If you would like to show your support for Blind Heroes, please visit www.helpblindheroes.org.uk or call 0300 111 2233

 

New Drug Targeting Cancer Weakness Shows Great Promise


Dr Johann de Bono, one of the scientists who led the Phase 1 trials

Dr Johann de Bono, one of the scientists who
led the Phase 1 trials

 

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden Hospital, working with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, have completed a Phase I clinical trial demonstrating the great promise of a completely new type of cancer treatment. The results were announced in The New England Journal of Medicine.

 

Patients with inherited forms of advanced breast, ovarian and prostate cancers – caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes – were treated with the new drug olaparib (a PARP inhibitor). Despite having previously received many standard therapies, in more than half of the patients tumours shrank or stabilised. One of the first patients to be given the treatment is still in remission after two years.

 

Olaparib targets the cancer cells but leaves healthy cells relatively unscathed. Importantly, patients experienced very few side-effects and some reported the treatment was “much easier than chemotherapy”.

 

Dr Johann de Bono, one of the ICR scientists who led the AstraZeneca/KuDOS-sponsored Phase I trial held at The Royal Marsden and the Netherlands Cancer Institute, said the positive results confirmed olaparib should be taken into larger patient trials.

 

Johann de Bono

 

“This drug showed very impressive results in shrinking patients’ tumours,” Dr de Bono says. “It’s giving patients who have already tried many conventional treatments long periods of remission, free from the symptoms of cancer or major side-effects.”

 

Olaparib is the first successful example of a new type of personalised medicine using 'synthetic lethality' in which the treatment works in combination with a patient’s own specific molecular defect. It was based on experiments conducted at the ICR and funded by Cancer Research UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer showing that some cancers had an Achilles’ heel: If drugs – such as olaparib – are used to block an enzyme called PARP in the body, the tumour cells’ DNA breaks down and they die.

 

Cancer cells with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations were the first discovered to be sensitive to PARP inhibitors, but there is evidence that olaparib will be effective in other cancers with different defects in the repair of  DNA – this could include some non-inherited breast and prostate cancers and up to half of the most common type of ovarian cancer.

 

“This is a very important drug for the treatment of BRCA1/2-related cancer,” ICR scientist and joint lead researcher Professor Stan Kaye, who is supported by Cancer Research UK, says. “The next step is to test this drug on other more common types of ovarian and breast cancers where we hope it will be just as effective.”

 

Professor Alan Ashworth, Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at the ICR, developed the approach of targeting defects in DNA repair in cancer. “We are delighted that the work we did in the lab has been translated so quickly into potential benefit for patients,” Professor Ashworth says. “This concept is now being tested in a variety of clinical trials across the world.”

 

The Institute of Cancer Research

 

The Institute of Cancer Research is Europe’s leading cancer research centre with expert scientists working on cutting edge research. In a welcome endorsement, it was ranked the top UK academic research centre in the most recent Higher Education.

 

In 2009, the ICR marks its centenary of groundbreaking research into cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The ICR is home to the world’s leading academic drug development team which has developed many drugs now used as standard cancer treatments.

 

It continues to be at the forefront of drug development, taking 10 cancer drugs to clinical trial in the past 10 years. Drug development at the ICR is supported in part by Cancer Research UK and its Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, but the ICR is also a charity that relies on voluntary income. It is one of the world’s most cost-effective major cancer research organisations with more than 90p in every £ directly supporting research.

 

For more information visit www.icr.ac.uk

 

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and its history

 

The Royal Marsden opened its doors in 1851 as the world’s first hospital dedicated to cancer treatment, research and education. Today, together with its academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, it is the largest and most comprehensive cancer centre in Europe treating over 40,000 patients every year. It is a centre of excellence, and the only NHS Trust to achieve the highest possible ranking in the Healthcare Commission’s Annual Health Check for the third year in a row.

 

Since 2004, the hospital’s charity, The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign, has helped raise over £43 million to build theatres, diagnostic centres, and drug development units. Prince William became President of The Royal Marsden in 2007, following a long royal connection with the hospital.

 

For more information visit www.royalmarsden.org

 

Expert Summer
Health Tips from
Vitabiotics
By Anita Ellis, Registered Nutritionist

 

Anita Ellis, Registered Nutritionist


The summer months are a busy time of year with holidays, barbeques and plenty of food and drink.  Staying healthy is important all year round and we all want to maintain our energy levels during the summer months.  We’ve teamed up with Vitabiotics and Registered Nutritionist, Anita Ellis to answer some of your health questions.

 

Reader’s Question: Even in the summer months, I still feel run down and often get colds.  What’s the best way to avoid these? 
 

Registered Nutritionist, Anita Ellis Answers: Summertime colds and feeling run down suggest your immune system isn’t working effectively so you need plenty of antioxidants in your diet.   Load up on carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinach and broccoli which are packed with immune-boosting carotenoids.  Vitamin C rich foods such as oranges can also help. 
 

One freshly squeezed juice at breakfast will boost your vitamin C levels.  You may also like to try supplementing your diet around the summer months with Vitabiotics Immunace. 
 

Vitabiotics Immunace
 

Immunace has been designed to help maintain a healthy immune system and optimal cell defence and contains 24 nutrients for the immune system. Working to help maintain health in the short term, the research-based formula also helps maintain long-term immune defence at a cellular level.

 

Reader's Question:  I often feel tired and lack energy.  What can I do to maintain my energy levels?

 

Anita's Answer: To maximise energy levels during the busy summer months, ensure you are getting an adequate supply of iron.  Iron boosts energy, relieves tiredness and increases resistance to disease by maintaining a healthy immune system. 

 

Try to include lots of iron rich foods such as cockles, liver, bran flakes, tomato paste and beefsteak in your daily diet.  Look for foods fortified with iron and always try to eat iron rich foods together with foods that are rich in vitamin C to maximise absorption of iron.

 

Vitabiotics Feroglobin-B12

 

Vitabiotics Feroglobin-B12 delivers an optimum amount of organic form citrate complex iron for improved absorption.  B complex vitamins, vitamin C, folic acid and minerals such as zinc are also included because of their importance to blood formation and to assist in better utilisation of iron in the body. 

 

You may also find a complete multivitamin such as Vitabiotics Wellwoman 50+ beneficial.  A balance of 26 vitamins, minerals and plant derived nutrients, Wellwoman 50+  has been specifically designed to help safeguard the nutritional needs of women aged 50 and above. 

 

Vitabiotics Wellwoman 50+

 

The  formula has been developed to include specialist bio-active nutrients including antioxidants, vitamin D3, L-carnitine and B-vitamins which may help your body efficiently release energy from food to keep you active and maintain all-round good health. 

 

Reader's Question:  With the evenings and weekends so much warmer, I like to spend more time outside walking and gardening but I feel my joints are suffering as a result.  Is there anything I can do to help keep them flexible?

 

Anita's Answer: Joints lose their cushioning effects with age as we produce less glucosamine sulphate, a compound that is produced naturally in joints.

 

It’s important to keep joints flexible so ensure you include plenty of antioxidants in your diet, such as vitamin C found in peppers, orange juice and blackcurrants and vitamin E, found in wheat-germ oil, almonds, walnuts and sweet potatoes.  Omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish are also essential as these help reduce inflammation.

 

Vitamin B3 works effectively on reducing knee pain, essential whilst gardening or walking so try to include rich sources such as liver, tuna, chicken and fish in your diet.

 

Vitabiotics Jointace Max

 

Vitabiotics Jointace Max provides a complete solution for joint health.  The formula contains glucosamine sulphate which plays an effective role in the production of collagen, the natural cushion in cartilage, and chondroitin which helps maintain lubrication and fluidity around the  joints.  It also contains omega-3 essential fatty acids which have anti-inflammatory effects and collagen to improve absorption and support cartilage and bone.

 

Finally, continue to exercise on a regular basis including low impact activities such as swimming and walking which will help to maintain flexibility in muscles and joints.

 

Reader's Question:   I would really like to start looking after my heart and I’ve heard lots about the benefits of Omega-3.  What else should I do to maintain my heart health?

 

Anita's Answer: Essential fatty acids found in oily fish such as mackerel, sardines and salmon are known to be beneficial to health.  A diet that includes plenty of omega-3 fatty acids is essential so try to eat oily fish at least three times a week.

 

Include plenty of fruit and vegetables in your diet, especially antioxidant rich lycopene, found in abundance in tomatoes, tomato sauce and melons as this has powerful properties which mop up free radicals and help increase good cholesterol.   Try to limit saturated fat intakes to lower cholesterol levels.

 

To further boost omega-3 levels in the body, try Vitabiotics Cardioace Plus which contains a rich supply of omega-3 fatty acids along with plant sterols that may help contribute to healthy high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, or ‘good’ cholesterol.

 

Cardioace Plus

 

Cardioace Plus has been developed on the basis of extensive worldwide research to help support cardiovascular health.  The advanced formula includes essential heart health vitamins, antioxidants, omega-3 and garlic.  It also contains 1.3g Phytosterol esters, alpha lipoic acid, reservatrol and Co-Q10 to help maintain healthy cholesterol levels and heart health.

 

The main ways to help maintain a healthy heart and blood pressure are:


· Eat a balanced diet with 5 or more daily portions of fresh fruit and vegetables to keep your body and heart in top shape.

 

· Exercise – try for 30 minutes and moderate exercise 5 times a week.

· Don’t smoke.  Smoking can greatly increase the risk of heart problems.

· Maintain your bodyweight within the normal range for your height.
 

Reader's Question:   Is there anything I can do to help look after my eyes?  

 

Anita's Answer: It is essential to protect and look after your eyes and diet may play an important role in keeping them healthy.  A poor diet which is high in saturated fats as well as lifestyle choices including smoking and exposure to sunlight can cause a build up of free radicals in the retina of the eye.       

 

Damage in the eye from free radical molecules causes macular degeneration, where the macular in the retina area of the eye breaks down and impairs vision.  Research has shown that low levels of lutein – the most protective antioxidant in the eye also contributes to this. 

 

Ensure your diet includes oily fish rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids which protect eye tissue and antioxidant rich vitamin A which is also important for vision.  Try to include brightly coloured yellow, green and orange fruits and vegetables such as carrots, papaya and pumpkin which are high in antioxidant rich carotenoids.  Lutein is found in dark green vegetables, red peppers and pumpkin.

 

Vitabiotics Visionace Plus

 

To further protect the health of your eyes, you could take Vitabiotics Visionace Plus.  The formula includes a wide range of vitamins, minerals and micronutrients including vitamins A, C, E and lutein esters to help maintain macular health.  Bilberry is also included which is rich in natural flavonoids and is a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory which stimulates blood flow to the retina in the eye helping protect the lens and retina from free radical damage.

 

Reader's Question:   My diet does not contain many foods rich in calcium but I’m always reading about how important it is for women and men of all ages to ensure an adequate supply.  How much should I be having each day and how can I ensure I’m getting the right amount? 

 

Anita's Answer: For healthy and strong bones, you need to consume around 700mg calcium per day.  However, many factors can reduce the amount of calcium absorbed from food, such as having a diet high in phytates and oxalates, found in food types such as beetroot, rhubarb and spinach, as these interfere with the absorption of calcium in the body.  You should include at least three portions of calcium rich foods in your daily diet such as milk, yoghurt, cheese, tofu, black and pinto beans and sesame seeds.

 

Vitabiotics Osteocare

 

It’s a good idea to take a supplement such as Vitabiotics Osteocare which provides a rich source of calcium with co-factors to help maintain strong bones and teeth, as well as the health of the heart, muscles, and nerves. 

 

The formula includes the full recommended daily allowances of calcium and magnesium which play a vital role in bone development along with zinc and vitamin D3.  Vitamin D3 is the preferred form of vitamin D because it is the specific form made in the human body. 

For more information about Vitabiotics' range of products click on www.vitabiotics.com