“Service Learning in Health and Wellness” is a course offered by CCAPP at The City College of NY, which guides students to learn through hands-on services that address health issues in Harlem.
We've worked on making healthy snacks available in school vending machines, improved school cafeteria’s recycling, convinced local bodegas to offer healthy lunches, hosted farmers’ market, and developed a Healthy Living Guide with cancer prevention tips.
Wow....this was shocking for me because I eat a lot of food containing soy. I remember in high school a classmate read an article about soy and how it was healthy for females because it had estrogen, but now studies are showing that high levels of estrogen can promote breast cancer. Despite it's breast cancer promoting ability, soy still lowers the risk/effects associated with menopause, prostate cancer cell growth, COPD in smokers’ lungs, to weight loss and diarrhea in infants [as stated in article]. It just goes to show that there are risks and benefits for certain things we consume and who knows what we'll learn about in the near future about the foods we currently consume.
Wow....this was shocking for me because I eat a lot of food containing soy. I remember in high school a classmate read an article about soy and how it was healthy for females because it had estrogen, but now studies are showing that high levels of estrogen can promote breast cancer. Despite it's breast cancer promoting ability, soy still lowers the risk/effects associated with menopause, prostate cancer cell growth, COPD in smokers’ lungs, to weight loss and diarrhea in infants [as stated in article]. It just goes to show that there are risks and benefits for certain things we consume and who knows what we'll learn about in the near future about the foods we currently consume.
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