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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2000-10-25, Page 26PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2000. Healthy lunches kids wouldn’t trade The greatest challenge facing many families each morning is what to put in the school lunch. Parents are tom between wanting to provide good nutrition but also a lunch that won't get traded or pitched. Leslie DePodesta, a registered die titian reminds parents to try and include at least three of the four food groups in your child's lunch. “Milk and milk products, fruits and vegeta bles and whole grains are the foods most often lacking in school lunch es’’, she explains. Here are some of her tips for lunches kids would never trade: • Kids love “mini” things, such as mini pitas and mini bagels or make your own mini muffins and mini meatballs. Make extra mini muffins and pop them in the freezer. • Include fun, healthy milk prod ucts. • Choose fruit that won’t bruise and is quick and easy to eat, like pineapple cubes, canned peaches or pears cut into chunks, oranges cut into wedges or peeled and cut in chunks, grapes, chunks of mango or papaya and pack in protective plastic containers. • On cold days, cream soups made with milk boost calcium intake and warm tummies. • Warm up leftover spaghetti sauce from last night’s dinner in a thermos Shingles can lead to painful PHN Imagine a cool breeze on your skin. Or the soft touch of a sweater. Believe it or not, these pleasant everyday sensations cause unbear able pain for some people. And if you’ve ever had chicken pox, one day, you might be one of them. Here’s how it can happen. More than 98 per cent of Canadians have had chicken pox. This common infection is caused by the varicella zoster virus. Following a bout with chickenpox, the virus remains dor mant in your body’s nervous system. Advancing age or a compromised immune system often reactivates the virus as shingles. In the general population, 15-20 per cent of individuals will develop shingles at some point in their life time. When the virus is reactivated, it spreads to the skin through the nerves, causing pain on one side of the face or body, followed by a blis- tery rash. After the rash has disap peared, a very common complica tion can emerge: post-herpetic neu ralgia. Post-herpetic neuralgia or PHN, is the result of nerve damage caused by shingles. Its victims describe it as a chronic, unrelenting pain that can last for weeks, months or even years. In some people, PHN is a burning or searing sensation - in others, it can be a sudden burst of sharply cutting pain. About 90 per cent of people with PHN develop an agonizing symptom known as allodynia. It is an excruci ating pain response to normal, everyday stimuli to the affected area. For many, this is the most distressing symptom of PHN. It requires patients to take precautions to pre vent clothing, drafts or bedsheets from coming into contact with the affected area. Like shingles, the risk of PHN increases with age. Approximately 50 per cent of people over 60 who develop shingles and who do not receive antiviral treatment for the shingles outbreak will develop PHN. In 40 per cent of patients over 60, and send to school with a whole wheat bun. Kids can make their own “sloppy joe”. • Instead of the same old sand wich, try some bread sticks, rice cakes, flatbread, tortilla chips or whole wheat crackers. • Don’t forget the veggies! Buy baby carrots and send with a small plastic container of veggie dip. Small pieces of cauliflower and broccoli make great dippers too. • Applesauce comes in new blends that kids will love and individual sized servings. • Change the format of foods. For example send a pile of grated cheese in a plastic container with whole wheat crackers instead of a cheese sandwich, or cut leftover dinner ham into cubes or strips and serving with a pizza stick instead of a ham sand wich. • For small children, it’s important to reduce portion sizes and increase variety so they don’t fill their limited appetites with just one food. And where do treats fit in? “It’s okay to have occasional treats like cookies, chocolate bars and chips, but don't include them everyday” said DePodesta. “Treats do add interest and enjoyment to the lunch box and once in a while they won’t ruin an otherwise healthy diet.” PHN could last for as long as one year. What can you do about PHN? First of all, be very familiar with the symptoms of shingles. Then, when you see the warning signs, get treat ment right away. If you get treatment for shingles with an antiviral med ication within the first three days of the rash, you can stop the virus from spreading, speed healing and reduce shingles pain. More importantly, early treatment can even reduce the duration of PHN pain. Recognizing the Symptoms of Shingles * Pain on one side of the face or body. This usually starts a few days before the rash appears and is often described as a throbbing, stabbing, sharp or burning sensation. * Unusual skin sensations, such as a sensitivity to touch, tingling or numbness. * Rash on one side of the face or body in the same area where pain/unusual skin sensations occurred. The rash looks like a series of small blisters. * Feeling run down, listless or tired. 36a,pp,y, 21 at fBiithday, an CLctaliei 30 th Golden days With the sun shining outside, John and Teena Claus marked 50 years together during a celebration at the Blyth Christian Reform church, Oct. 21. Clauses mark 50th John and Teena Claus celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Blyth Christian Reform Church, Oct. 21. Teena Greydanus was born in Rottum, Netherlands and John Claus in Rottevalle. The married at Drayton Presbyterian Church on Oct. 22, 1950, with C. W. Snoelhof officiat ing. Richard and Sandra Posthumas CLEAN HOUSE! Sell items you no longer need with a Classified Ad. , miiiiiiiiiiiin ~ I Doing Business J ■ Without i ■ i■ Advertising is ■ [ Like Flexing Your J I Muscles in the J ! Dark... ! i i i i ! You Know What J i You’re Doing ! i i■ But No One ■ Else Does! JII rniiniiiiiiii j $ta,p,p,y, 50 th Qiattdaa Love your family The family of Ben Ten Pas would like to invite everyone to a Come-and-Go Birthday Party on Saturday, October 28th from 1-4 p.m. at the Blyth Christian Reformed Church basement Best wishes only please. were the attendants. They couple lived in Millbank, Gowanstown and then Fordwich. They raised five daughter and four sons while operating a dairy farm. They retired in 1990. Special guests at the Saturday afternoon celebration included three brothers and their wives from the Netherlands and four guests from Alberta. 55th ANNIVERSARY Bruce and Irene Dupee (Pickett) Married in Seaforth October 20,1945 • 1945 2000 Love and best wishes from all your families and friends Welcomes you and yours! Remember to book your office Christmas parties and family get-togethers soon! 3 delicious country-style menus or our fabulous buffet dinner to choose from 887-9035 Jtappg, 3tatidag,a! Spinners, weavers put on show, sale The Huron Tract Spinners and Weavers Guild 22nd annual show and sale is on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4 and 5 at the Governor’s House and Historic Gaol in Goderich. Admission is free. Quality handcrafted items such as rag or braided rugs, placemats, bas kets, Christmas items, or a unique gift for that special person are avail able for purchase. Watch demon strations of weaving, spinning and basketry, or take part in the chil dren’s craft area. The show and sale will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. C^eleh^iate the of, 3top,e }ace&A and fBatten mhich tM-k place ClctoAee 6 at Mia^aia fralle. }o-in ua oa uie paiti/, with them Jtav-. 4 9 p,m. to- 1 a.m. at (Blyth (Leena