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Football season is here again and one of the best parts of watching the big game is tailgating with friends and family.  This week’s PTI Buzz is all about healthy foods that you can add to your tailgating line-up.

Turkey Hot Dog with Turkey Chili

• Hummus and baked pita triangles
• Pickle and Relish Tray – arrange a variety of sliced pickles, black and green olives
• Fresh fruit- cut up pieces of melon, pineapple, and berries
• Veggie Tray with  low fat dip
• Low fat turkey chili
• Turkey hot dogs in whole wheat buns
• Light ice cream (Edy’s makes a great light version)
• Angel Food cake
• Light beer, sparkling water, or water

Share your favorite tailgating foods with the rest of the PTI community and post them in the comments section!

*** Fitness Fast Fact: Tossing the football around for 30 minutes can burn up to 100 calories! ***

Why is water so good?  Here are just some of the benefits H₂O can bring to you.

• Water flushes toxins from our body
• Water helps with digesting our food
• Water provides a means for nutrients to travel to all the organs in the body
• Water forms the fluids around the joints which protects them
• Water regulates body temperature through perspiration
• Water helps prevent constipation
• Water regulates metabolism
• Water helps with weight loss, speeding up metabolism and acting as a natural appetite suppressant

At PTI we recommend you build up to 64 ounces of H₂O a day.

Coconut water is a natural beverage filled with immune boosting vitamins and nutrients.  It seems that people cannot get enough of this “new” water.

Here are some of the reasons why:

• Improves intestinal health
• Increases metabolism & weight loss
• Detoxifies & fights viruses
• Stops fatigue
• Prevents hypertension
• Aids in circulation
• Reduces cancer risk
• Helps treat kidney stones
• Naturally rehydrate body with electrolytes

Wine has become the most popular alcoholic beverage of our times.  We know about the health benefits but what about the calories?

Wine Calories (per 4 fl oz):

• Ginger Wine- 190 calories
• Port- 170 calories
• Sherry -140 calories
• Champagne -95 calories
• Sutter Home Chardonnay- 95 calories
• Shiraz- 92 calories
• Sparkling Wine -92 calories
• Dry Red Wine- 83 calories

Power walk for 20 minutes and burn off that glass of wine!!!! (approx. 100 calories)


Share your favorite healthy food and wine combinations with us in the comment section.