Winchester Family to Ride in Tour de Cure

The Vaeth family, of Winchester, will be taking part in The American Diabetes Association’s movement to Stop Diabetes® by riding in the annual Tour de Cure®.

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Five Things You Need To Know Today, December 21

Hammond Real Estate is still holding its coat drive.

“Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. Today is Wednesday, Dec. 21. Here are five things you need to know. To find out what is going on today in Winchester, check out our events listings.

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Five Things You Need To Know Today, December 20

Ambrose students raised money for diabetes research recently.

“Five Things You Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. Check back later for more and let us know what you think of the feature in the comments section. Today is Tuesday, Dec. 20. Here are five things you need to know. To find out what is going on today in Winchester, check out our events listings.

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Green Tips

Green Tips: What's Wrong with Processed Foods

Processed foods are foods that have been altered from their natural states in order to extend their shelf life. They are often poor quality and usually cheap.

Processed foods are foods that have been altered from their natural states in order to extend their shelf life.  Foods that come in a box, can, bag or carton are processed. They are often poor quality and usually cheap.  About 90% of the money Americans spend on food is used to buy “edible foodlike substances” as Michael Pollen, well-known author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and professor, calls them. Processed foods have been implicated in most of today’s chronic diseases and health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.  What makes processed foods so bad?  Many processed foods contain trans fats (or hydrogenated) a dangerous type of fat, which raises the bad cholesterol and lowers the good.   Most processed foods …

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Betsy Wild

9:21 am on Monday, December 5, 2011

And yes you do need fats, the good fats, found in salmon and other fatty fish, olive oil, coconut oil, nuts, even real butter.   more ›

Meet Your Neighbor

Winchester Youth Speaks About Diabetes

Nine-year-old Jackson Savage has had to live with type-1 diabetes since he was three-years-old.

Jackson Savage was one of about 150 children throughout the United States that was selected to represent his state on Capitol Hill in June. The children - aged four to 17 and representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia - converged on Washington, D.C. to talk about the challenges of living with type 1 diabetes to lawmakers during the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Children's Congress 2011, from June 20 to 22. "Having type 1 diabetes means feeling lousy even when you do everything right to keep your blood sugars in range,” said Savage, who is nine-years-old. “It means having to keep glucose tablets everywhere - in the player's box at hockey, on the sidelines at soccer, and in my father's bag at lacrosse and …

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