How To Improve Your Health with a Flexible Work Arrangement

Guest speaker Pat Katepoo, RD outlines how working a flexible schedule can improve your health, plus gives tips for getting approval of your request. Pat Katepoo, RD is founder of WorkOptions.com, an online resource for working mothers and others who want to negotiate a flexible work arrangement at their current job. Pat's advice for getting more time outside of work for a personal life--including family and health interests--has been featured in Working Mother, Redbook, Parents magazines and several others. Online since 1997, WorkOptions.com has been recommended by The Wall Street Journal as "the best all-around Web site" for talking your boss into flexible hours.

Sports Supplements: Hurt or Hype?

Margie discusses the most popular supplements people take to improve their fitness performance. Do they really help?

Guide To Eating Out: Eliminate the Guesswork When Eating Away From Home

Guest speaker, Lynn W. Scott, MA, RD, LD, provides tips on selecting heart-healthy food in restaurants, choosing foods lower in saturated fat and sodium, when dining on ethnic cuisines, and compares calories and saturated fat in popular fast foods. Lynne W. Scott is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. She is Director of the Diet Modification Clinic. She is a registered dietitian. She has published 45 scientific articles and has written seven books in The Living Heart series, including the revision of The Living Heart Diet, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list. Her most recent book is THE LIVING HEART GUIDE TO EATING OUT. Lynne has a private practice and enjoys working with people who need to lower their cholesterol or triglycerides, decrease their blood pressure, or lose weight. She often uses her website at www.livingheart.com to help people make dietary changes.

MyPyramid and You: How to use the New Food Guide Pyramid

Margie explores how to use the new food guide pyramid, MyPyramid, as well as the interactive features of the website. This class is combined with using the MyPyramid website, so, if possible, listen to the recording, and also use your computer, you will get the most out of it. To introduce yourself to the site, before class, visit http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html and enter your personal information on the right. Then you'll know what calorie level is recommended for you. If you will be listening to the recording, not to worry, you can play the audio and walk through on the internet with us just like you were 'live'.