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Make ‘Jugo Verde,’ a Tasty, Healthy Green Smoothie for National School Breakfast Week!



Parents, need ideas for a healthy, tasty breakfast? Try the easy-to-make Jugo Verde (Green Juice) by San Antonio Chef Johnny Hernandez! Watch his cooking demo: Jugo Verde (quick version) Jugo Verde (step-by-step instructions and guidance) Chef Johnny conducted the cooking demonstration for a new campaign by Salud America! to promote the importance of nutritious breakfasts at school and at home. For the campaign, we invite you to snap a picture of you and/or your child having breakfast at home or at school and share it using #SaludNSBW / #NSBW16 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for your chance to win a T-shirt and jump rope! Try making Jugo Verde ...

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Cigarrillos electrónicos podrían ser dañinos para los bebes


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Nuevos datos sugieren el uso de cigarrillos electronicos durante el embarazo puede ser tan perjudiciales como el uso de productos con tabaco, DW informa. Investigadores de la Universidad de Nueva York Langone presentan los resultados de los experimentos con animales que sugieren que el “vaping” estando embarazada puede dañar al feto. Para el experimento, los investigadores expusieron a ratones gestantes al vapor de cigarrillos electrónicos  y los compararon con ratones embarazadas que no fueron expuestos a los productos de tabaco alternativos. "Los animales jóvenes [expuestos] mostraron cambios genéticos en la corteza del lóbulo frontal, la parte del cerebro responsable de la cognición, la planificación y la motivación", de acuerdo con Judy Zelikoff, toxicóloga e ...

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Nonprofit Offers Bilingual Counseling to Help People Enroll in Health Insurance



Health issues plague many people in the community of Broward County, Fla. They often lack access to healthcare due to lack of insurance coverage, language barriers, and other obstacles. Magaly Alvarado, of Hispanic Unity of Florida (HUF), works to improve the lives of this population—especially in health and wellness. They began conducting special registration events and outreach to reduce the challenges local people face in enrolling for health insurance and accessing healthcare. Hard choices due to finances Magaly Alvarado, program manager of the local immigrant advocate group HUF, knows that Broward County, Fla. (27% Latino), has a geographic location that has led it to become a popular entry point into the United States for many Latin American and Caribbean people. Many ...

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#SaludTues Tweetchat 3/8/16: How to ‘Veg Out’ for Kids


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Some kids are exposed to unhealthy foods and drinks at school and on TV. We need to create increased access to and education about fresh fruit and vegetables. That’s why, for National Nutrition Month in March, we’re inviting YOU to use #SaludTues and tweet your favorite recipes and tools, and learn cool ways to “Veg Out”! WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: Ways to "Veg Out" for Healthy Eating TIME/DATE: Noon CST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, March, 8, 2016 WHERE: On Twitter , hashtag #SaludTues HOST: Salud America! (@SaludAmerica) CO-HOSTS: Recipe For Success (@R4SFoundation), The Coalition for Healthy School Food (@CoolSchoolFood), Chop Chop Magazine (@chopchopmag), the Chef Anne Foundation (@ChefAnnFnd) During the Tweetchat you’ll get to hear about the Recipe for ...

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1 de cada 3 personas no duerme los suficiente


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En promedio, los estadounidenses no están durmiendo lo suficiente de acuerdo con un reciente estudio realizado por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC). El estudio encontró que, en promedio, más del 60% de los latinos de entre 18 y 60 obtiene las horas recomendadas de sueño en comparación con los blancos (67%) y afroamericanos (54%). "Como nación, no estamos durmiendo lo suficiente," dijo el Dr. Wayne Giles, de la CDC. Según la CDC, dormir menos de 7 horas al día está asociado con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar presión arterial alta, enfermedades del corazón, y  angustia mental. "Cambios en estilo de vida tales como ir a la cama a la misma hora todas las noches; despertarse a la misma hora cada mañana; y apagar o retirar televisores, ...

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Why Junk Food Cravings Increase After a Sleepless Night


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Not getting enough sleep at nights may be causing your junk food cravings, according to a  study. After scanning 23 young adults after a normal night’s sleep and after a sleepless night researchers at UC Berkeley found “impaired activity in the sleep-deprived brain’s frontal lobe, which governs complex decision-making, but increased activity in deeper brain centers that respond to rewards. Moreover, the participants favored unhealthy snack and junk foods when they were sleep deprived.” “What we have discovered is that high-level brain regions required for complex judgments and decisions become blunted by a lack of sleep, while more primal brain structures that control motivation and desire are amplified,” said Matthew Walker, a UC Berkeley professor of psychology and ...

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#SaludTues Tweetchat 3/1/16, 1 pm EST: “Colorectal Cancer: What You Should Know”


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Colon cancer is a top cause of cancer. Let’s use #SaludTues on March 1, 2016, to tweet information and resources on colorectal cancer so all people can prevent this cancer type. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat: “Colorectal Cancer: What You Should Know” DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 TIME: 1-2 p.m. ET (Noon-1 p.m. CT) WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues HOST: @SaludAmerica CO-HOSTS: Fight Colorectal Cancer (@FightCRC), Colorectal Cancer Alliance (@CCAlliance), National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (@NCCRTnews) Questions we got via Social Media: What are the symptoms of colorectal cancer? How can colorectal cancer be prevented? What screenings are available? Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter/X and share ...

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Changing Kids Pre-Set Menus


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Many restaurants offer the same sugary beverages on kids meals with unhealthy options like high-sugar sodas, lemonades and juices. Now Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill to help ban sodas and other sugary drinks from kids menu's in all restaurants. Wanting to help parents and kids make the healthy choice the easy choice, the bill would change kids menus to offer healthier choices like water, low-fat milk or 100 percent juices at regular price. "The choice that comes with 80 percent of restaurant kids' meals is a soda or a fruit punch, and in those cases families are always welcomed to ask for a healthy drink, but it sometimes costs $2 or $3 more to get a milk," Robi Rawl, the Sugar Free Kids Maryland Executive Director said in a recent article. According to the Center ...

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Drowning Prevention Leaders Teach Water Safety to Kids Under 5 in Florida



In the past 15 years, the drowning rate of school-age children in Broward County, Fla., has plummeted thanks in part to SWIM Central, a program that provides free water safety education classes and transportation for public school children. However, drowning rates remain the No. 1 cause of death among children younger than 5. SWIM Central’s manager and primary funder, the Children’s Services Council, teamed up to develop a voucher program for parents to get their children under 5 into water safety education classes for free or very low cost. Drowning is No.1 Killer in South Florida  Cindy Arenberg Seltzer and Jay Sanford have long been advocates for water safety education for children in Broward County, Fla. (27.5% Latino). Seltzer is president and CEO of the ...

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