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Combating Childhood Obesity
with High-Tech Pasta
Fertility Tea Party
10 Times the Fiber & 40% Fewer Calories, a
Hit with Children and Parents
I
f you’ve been trying to conceive
for more than a year and have
been unsuccessful, there may be C
hildhood obesity in the
US is at an alarming high,
something interfering with your in part because children are
efforts to have a child. Infertility addicted to the taste of energy-
may be due to a single cause in dense and nutrient-poor foods,
either you or your partner, or a such as refined white bread and
combination of factors that may pasta. Now, high-tech versions
prevent a pregnancy from occur- of popular foods are available
ring or continuing. It could be that mimic the taste and texture
as simple as not being balanced kids love, while providing key
from within, as simple as going macro-nutrients such as fiber,
back to what is natural. and dramatically fewer calories.
There are more options available to you other than getting By replacing conventional foods with these healthy alternatives,
treated by a physician. Acupuncture and herbs - Traditional parents can improve their children’s diets without facing the
Chinese Medicine (TCM) can help you. Recent success stories resistance typical to broccoli and Brussels sprouts.
in the United States include celebrity Vanna White and actress A line called FiberGourmet Light Pasta is now available
Annie Potts. Both had acupuncture and were treated with Tra- which has 35-40% fewer calories, half the Weight Watchers
ditional Chinese Medicine. Points, and a whopping 18-20 grams of dietary fiber. That
means each serving provides 70-80% of an adult’s Daily Value
There is a free fertility tea party that will be held at
(DV) and over 100% of the DV for children. And the taste?
the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM)
“I’m always getting calls from parents who say they secretly
on Saturday, December 13, at 2pm. Dr. Johanna Yen,
served our pasta at dinner, and their kids just had no idea,”
ATOM President, considered an expert in this field for
says Ari Holzer, vice-president at FiberGourmet, a trailblazer
47 years, will be talking about how Traditional Chinese
in the healthy-substitute market. FiberGourmet also recently
Medicine and acupuncture can help with fertility. You are
introduced a Macaroni & Cheese version, turning a kid-favorite
invited to this informative tea at ATOM, 100 E. Broward
indulgence into health-food.
Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 954.763.9840. See ad page 11.
While most other companies simply replace fat with more
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