WELLNESS NEWS

March Events

Mar 1 Anniversary Breakfast 1 Year at Chenell Drive Mar 7 BBL Strengthening The Team Mar 17 St Patrick’s Day Mar 18-25 NH Restaurant Week

In This Issue

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Nutrition Month

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Nutrition Research:

Prebiotics

Probiotics

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What's Happening

APS Healthcare

Online Seminar

System Office Wellness March 2016

January 21, 2015 March 1, 2016

Chancellor’s Note

As we reflect over the first year and celebrate our first anniversary, each

should feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. We continue to achieve

greater efficiencies, to generate high quality work and celebrate each other’s

individual accomplishments.

Collectively, we have proven through ongoing adjustments that the System

Office can adapt to these challenging times in higher education and that our

work can continue to be of great value to our constituents. I hope you have

been able to leverage the positives of the new space, including the increased

opportunities to communicate and collaborate with co-workers across the

entire System Office. Thank you for helping to ensure USNH continues to

provide high value and achieve great results.

Respectfully,

National Nutrition Month

Smart Snacking

Make snacks work for you by choosing nutrient-rich foods from the grains, fruit, vegetable, dairy and protein food groups. Snacks can boost your energy between meals and supply essential vitamins and minerals. There is a place for snacks in a healthy eating plan. Just choose wisely!

Snack only when you're hungry. Skip the urge to nibble when you're bored, frustrated or stressed.

Think of snacks as mini-meals that contribute nutrient-rich foods.

Keep portions control in mind. Have a single-serve container of yogurt or put a small serving of nuts in a bowl. Avoid eating directly from the container.

Get creative by swapping out different fruits, vegetables and grains to keep your snacking exciting!

Don’t Count Calories...Make Your Calories Count

Think nutrient-rich rather than "good" or "bad" foods. The majority of your food choices should be packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber and other nutrients, and lower in calories. Making smart food choices can help you stay healthy, manage your weight and be physically active.

What is MyPlate?

MyPlate is designed to help individuals follow the key recommenda-tions in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, providing practical infor-mation to individuals, health professionals, nutrition educators and the food industry to help consumers build healthier diets with resources and tools for dietary assessment, nutrition education, and other user-friendly nutrition information.

The online resources and tools can empower people to make healthi-er food choices for themselves, their families and their children.

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Check Out Some Prebiotic

and Probiotic Recipes

Black Bean Salad

Grilled Salmon with Avocado

Dip

Homemade Yogurt

Prebiotics and Probiotics

You've probably heard of prebiotics and probiotics, but do you know what they are? Nutrition research has pinpointed specific functional components of foods that may improve health, and prebiotics and probiotics are two such substances.

What Are Prebiotics and What Do They Do?

Prebiotics are natural, non-digestible food ingredients that are linked to promoting the growth of helpful bacteria in your gut. Simply said, they're "good" bacteria pro-moters. That's right, not all bacteria are bad! Prebiotics may improve gastrointesti-nal health as well as potentially enhance calcium absorption.

Prebiotics in Your Diet

Prebiotics include fructooligosaccharides, such as inulin and galactooligosaccha-rides. But rather than focusing on these lengthy words, include more prebiotics in your diet by eating these foods: bananas, onions, garlic, leeks, asparagus, arti-chokes, soybeans and whole-wheat foods.

What Are Probiotics and What Do They Do?

Probiotics are actually the "good" bacteria — or live cultures — just like those natu-rally found in your gut. These active cultures help change or repopulate intestinal bacteria to balance gut flora. This functional component may boost immunity and overall health, especially GI health. For instance, probiotics have been used for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome. Some strains of these live cultures may help prevent specific allergy symptoms, reduce symptoms of lactose intolerance and more. However, effects can vary from person to person.

Probiotics in Your Diet

You can obtain more probiotics, by enjoying fermented dairy foods including yo-gurt, kefir products and aged cheeses, which contain live cultures (for exam-ple, bifidobacteria and lactobacilli). Plus, some non-dairy foods which also have beneficial cultures, including kimchi, sauerkraut, miso, tempeh and soy beverages.

What Makes Prebiotics and Probiotics the "Dynamic Duo?"

Ultimately, prebiotics ("good" bacteria promoters) and probiotics ("good" bacteria) work together synergistically. In other words, prebiotics are breakfast, lunch and dinner for probiotics, which restores and can improve GI health. Products that combine these together are called synbiotics. On the menu, that means enjoying bananas atop yogurt or stir-frying asparagus with tempeh is a win-win.

So be sure to include food sources of prebiotics and probiotics on your grocery shopping list, taking time to double-check labels at the market. Although you won't find a FDA health claim on products that provide these "nutrition boosters," you may find a structure-function claim such as "promotes a healthy digestive system."

Jackie Newgent, RDN, CDN

MARCH ONLINE SEMINAR

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3/15/16 Let’s Sleep on It

There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep. Learn about the types of sleep, steps to help you have better quality sleep,

as well as myths about sleep.

S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T

1

1 Year @ Chenell

Drive

Joan Baez

Capital Center

2 3 4

Currier Museum of Art

5

6 7

BBL

“Strengthening the Team”

8 9

The Capitol Steps Comedy

Night

10 11 12

13 14

π DAY

Employee Recognition Day

15 16 17

St. Patrick’s

Day

18 19

Maple Weekend 19-20

20 21 22 23 24 25

Harlem Globe-trotters

@ Verizon Wireless Arena

26

Spinach Day

27 28 29 30 31

Brown Bag Lunch

”Strengthening the Team: Building a Cohesive and Inclusive Team”

Understand constructive ways to communicate with others

Identify methods for building respectful relationships

Explore tips for overcoming relational challenges in the workplace

March 7, 2016 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm in Boardroom 303

NH Restaurant Week

UNH Dance Company

Concert @ Johnson

Theatre