Pick of the Season: Tomato Recipes Get Your Dose: Vitamin D Sources
Gardens and markets will soon be abundant with tomatoes. Beefsteak, cherry, pear-shaped or roma — tomatoes come in a variety of sizes, flavors and shapes. Whatever your choice, eating these delicious fruits comes with big health benefits. Tomatoes are low in fat, calories and sodium. They also are a good source of vitamins A and C and contain the phytochemical lycopene, which may help to protect against cancer.
Try these savory tomato recipes as a main course or side dish at your next gathering.
According to the National Institutes of Health, people with insufficient vitamin D levels absorb less than 10 percent of the calcium they ingest. Low levels of both put you at high risk for osteoporosis, which causes weak or brittle bones. All adults should ask their doctors for a screening bone density exam. Vitamin D and calcium levels also should be checked regularly.
Call 314-525-1300 to schedule a bone density test today. And, read more about preventing osteoporosis with vitamins and calcium.
St. Anthony’s Medical Center Charitable Foundation’s first golf tournament was held May 11, to raise funds for the medical center’s hospice program and the Fern & Russell F. de Greeff Hospice House.
Nearly 100 players participated in the event, which raised $36,000. The funds will help support St. Anthony’s Hospice program, a nonprofit program for comprehensive end-of-life care, and St. Anthony’s de Greeff Hospice House, the only facility of its kind in St. Louis, which serves terminally ill individuals who do not have a caregiver.
For information, please call our Health Access Line at 314-ANTHONY (268-4669) or 800-554-9550 or visit our find a physician online.
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