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For those of you who have mobility issues such as no access to a vehicle, inability
to walk to or get yourself to the grocery store, dead battery in your scooter; what-
ever the case may be, there is a resource for you called Second Harvest of the
Greater Valley. They work with Amazon to deliver food to those who are immobile
for whatever reason.
For more information or to see if you are eligible for food delivery, please contact
Helen Anderson at (209)490-5175 or email at handerson@secondharvest.org.
Website at https://localfoodbank.org
...and Speaking of Food, diet. More recently, in proposed new rules, the Food
Don’t Shun These 7 Foods: Their and Drug Administration said eggs can be labeled a
heathy food. The heart association now says that an
Bad Reputations Are egg a day is fine for most people and that older adults
out of Date with normal blood cholesterol and a heart-healthy diet
can safely eat up to two. People with high cholesterol
1. Eggs should be more cautious about consuming cholester-
Eggs are high in cholesterol, with about 200 mg in
every yolk. Health groups, including the American
Heart Association, long recommended eating no more
than three or so a week for that reason. But it turns
out that the cholesterol in our diets is only weakly re-
lated to the harmful, artery-clogging cholesterol in our
bloodstreams. So, recommendations have changed.
Since 2015, the federal government’s Dietary Guide-
lines for Americans have set no specific cholesterol
limit. The guidelines say eggs can be part of a healthy