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[[FIRSTNAME OR ""]] o ur April newsletter brings you the latest on some exciting new programs and features… ~~~BREAKING NEWS~~~ The myahe.org member portal is live! Visit our website and click on the "member portal" tab on the upper right hand side. Log in with the password "livewell" and review all of the member resources at your fingertips to help you live a long and healthy life! You will find numerous reference books on a variety of health topics, great recipes, book reviews plus all of the archived webinars and newsletters. Check it out! New Member Webinars Series! This month My Academy of Health Excellence is thrilled to begin its member webinar series with 2 new webinars created just for you! Click on the videos below to view. Your Opinion Matters! To best serve our members, we would like to get your feedback through occasional surveys. Please help us by participating. Keep an eye out for one in the coming week!

April's Healthy Habit: Portion Sizes It is important to understand food portion sizes because overeating can adversely affect our health. Start by knowing how many calories you need daily. Then, practice the following skills to make improvements:

The nutrition information on the label, including calories, is shown per serving. If you often eat two servings of that food, you would take in twice the calories, fat and other nutrients. To learn serving sizes, try pouring dry cereal into a bowl and estimate how much you have poured. Then pour the amount into a measuring cup. Compare this to the recommended serving size for cereal. This is a useful exercise for commonly enjoyed foods. Use visual cues for determining a serving size. For example, a hockey puck is ~½ bagel, ½ cup pasta, or ½ cup dry cereal (equal to one ‘serving’). A deck of cards is 3 ounces fish, 2/3 of a deck is 2-1/2 ounces of meat, and 3 to 4 dice is ~2 ounces of hard cheese. Focus on food quality - All foods have a certain number of calories for a given amount. Some foods, such as sweets and processed foods, are high in energy density. They contain many calories in a small amount. Other foods, like fruits and vegetables, generally are low in energy density and a large portion contains fewer calories. You get more food for the calories and more minerals, vitamins, fiber, and health-promoting phytochemicals.

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In this month's Wellfit Webinar, MyAHE Co-Director, Joan Phelps discusses with health expert, Dr. Charles Bens, the benefits of functional medicine as well as how to stay healthy and engaged with a physician who utilizes functional medicine strategies. Click here to watch This month’s Partnering with Plus webinar, features our host and Director of Member Services, John Kach, with guest, U.S. Corporate Wellness C.E.O., Brad Cooper, who guides you through all the functions this multi-faceted health risk assessment program provides to keep your health goals on track. Click here to watch

In the instant NY Times bestseller,  Fat Chance,  Dr. Robert Lustig proves that a "calorie is not a calorie" In the 1970s, the U. S. Government declared, on flawed science, that we needed to get the fat out of our diets. The food industry responded by replacing the fat with sugar and by removing fiber to extend its products' shelf lives. This perfect storm altered our biochemistry to make us think we are starving, and drove our eating habits out of control. He assures those of us who struggle with weight loss that we are not “gluttons” or “sloths”, but instead may have some

internal complications stemming from food additives, especially sugar, that sabotage even the most diligent dieter. He adds that in many instances it is NOT our fault that we are overweight or obese.  His research shows that the food industry is sabotaging even the most disciplined dieter. Food additives and “obesogens” - foreign chemical compounds that disrupt normal development and balance of lipid metabolism, are being used to manipulate our food to be more palatable and less expensive to produce and– but at what cost?

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Healthy Orange Chicken Skip the takeout and make this Healthy Orange Chicken Recipe for dinner! A simple, delicious dinner that is paleo, gluten free, packed with flavor and done in under an hour!

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Help those you care about by referring them to your  Health Excellence Plus advisor, so they can enjoy the many benefits of this innovative strategy at 30% to 50% off traditional health insurance.  Enrollment is open all year so if you know someone unhappy with their current health insurance, please share! And remember, in recognition of your efforts, you’ll receive a $100 referral “thank-you” gift deposited directly into your account from MPowering Benefits. Contact your HEP adviser for details.

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