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Do I Have To Give Up Wine

To Lose Weight?

By Laura Berrio, void of sugar in a 5-ounce serving. (No you can’t drink the On our quest to a
Freelance Writer/Blogger whole bottle.) thinner and healthier
Whenever I decide to Other good choices low in sugar and carbs are: lifestyle … fellow wine
go on a diet, I immediately • Sauvignon Blanc 3 g carbs per serving enthusiasts, we can keep
miss chocolate and wine • Merlot 3.7 g carbs per serving wine on the menu! Just be
before I start. With the • Champagne 2 g carbs per serving specific in your choice!
popular low carb/low sugar • Pinot Noir 3.4 g per serving ~Cheers.
diets, is there a way to • Pinot Grigio 3 g per serving ~Keep the conversation
include wine and not be When shopping, avoid dessert wines because, well … they going and the wine
cheating? Yes! are “dessert” and with dessert comes sugar and carbs. Port flowing.
The key is to pick dry and ice wine, along with other wines labeled dolce, demi-
wines that are the lowest in sec and semi-sec, are in the dessert family and – along with
both carbs and sugar. Some wineries produce low sugar it – are also higher in sugar and carbs.
wines with less than 1 gram of sugar. Sounds like ordering Hope is on the label. When it comes to dry wines, look
a diet soda … when I really want the ice cream sundae. for descriptions such as brut, dry or extra dry to tip you
There is hope. Fit Vine and Dry Farms Wines are virtually off about lower sugar and carb choices.
Commissioner’s

Update

Yard Sense

By Commissioner Hal
Valeche
Hurricane season signals
a time for planning and
preparation. Staying vigilant
can help us minimize
property damage and make
our neighborhoods safer in
the event of a storm.
If you have not already done so, now is the time to
complete your major vegetation and tree trimming. Once
a storm threatens, it is too late. Haulers cannot guarantee
debris pickup when a storm is approaching because there is
not enough staff, equipment or time to collect and dispose
of large amounts of debris; and, as wind speeds increase,
trucks cannot safely travel the roads.
Palm Beach County’s Solid Waste Authority (SWA)
recommends that your trimming include cutting back trees
and weak branches that could contact buildings. Also, thin
your foliage so that the wind can flow freely through the
branches, decreasing the chance that trees or plants will
uproot. Keep in mind that in the unincorporated areas,
six cubic yards is the maximum amount of yard waste
allowable at the curb, and that major land clearing or tree
removal debris is not eligible for collection at the curb and
must be taken to a SWA facility for disposal. If you hire a
lawn care or tree trimming service, consider contracting
with them to haul away the debris. If you live within a
municipality, check with your city officials to confirm
what their collection policies require.
When you have the vegetation squared away, clean your
yard of any items that could pose a danger in hurricane
force winds such as old lumber or broken lawn furniture
and place it at the curb on your bulk waste collection day.
In 2017, Hurricane Irma left almost 3 million cubic
yards of vegetative debris on the ground, which took
three months and cost more than $30 million to collect
and dispose. If we can keep up with regular yard and tree
maintenance, it will help lessen the amount of debris that
must be collected and deposited following a storm and
shorten the time of recovery efforts.
SWA coordinates with the Emergency Operations
Center to monitor a storm’s potential path to decide if
facilities have to close or if they have to suspend collection
services. The authority offers hurricane information
to help residents understand best practices, addressing
priorities after a storm passes, and other valuable tips at:
https://swa.org/408/For-Residents.
Additionally, Palm Beach County’s Cooperative
Extension Service provides guidance on trimming and
pruning techniques, restoring trees after a hurricane and
designing a more wind-resistant landscape. Links to
this information, as well as phone numbers for asking
hurricane-related and other landscaping questions, are
available at http://discover.pbcgov.org/coextension/
horticulture/Pages/Hurricanes-and-Your-Landscape.aspx.
I hope that these tips will help you stay prepared. For
overall hurricane preparedness recommendations, visit
www.ReadyPBC.org.
As always, if there is any way I can assist you, please
contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by email at hvaleche@
pbcgov.org. Remember, stay safe and be prepared.