Healthy Drink??- Try Pineapple juice and seltzer water

I attended the Health Summit at Hostos Coomunity College last week and I was shocked by the amount of useful information I received. I got information on healthy vending options for my group, the campus group. The details of this is on the facebook Service Learning Page.
I also got information for the farmers market group and other general information that we all could use. For example, how many times do you consider the daily amount of salt that you consume? For one day, we should have approximately 1300mg of sodium. That means a snack that is 450mg of sodium is too high in salt!

Another interesting piece of information that I got was how to drink juice. Usually I just drink pure undiluted juice. But a healthier way to drink juice is to pour a small amount in a glass and then dilute with Seltzer water. At the summit, I tried a sample of Seltzer water and Pineapple juice and it was fantastic! It was refreshing and healthy at the same time and since summer is fast approaching, we need to have healthy and refreshing juice options.

Eventhough Seltzer water and juice is delicious and healthir than pure juice, the healthiest and most refreshing thing that one can drink is WATER. I am starting on this new challenge to drink water with every meal and if I do feel for juice sometime, I will dilute the juice with Seltzer water. Anyone wants to join the challenge?????

Bodega Group B Flier

Hello all, this is our bodega flier; hope everyone likes it.

Healthy Bodega Initiative Update Group B

This week was
of great
accomplishments
and basically our project was achieved, we are just hoping for it to be a great success in people buying the lunch. Today we printed out our posters and got the approved stamp and are already circulating around the campus. We also visited the bodega and placed the posters and got the first interview from a City College student who bought the special and was very pleased with was she was buying just for $4.50.

Hope everyone enjoys the special and make healthier food options!

Attempting to Eat Healthy on the Bodega Diet

So this is bascially letting people know that they can still eat a healthy meal using bodega products that are not fruits and vegetables. This is good for those bodegas that lack fruits and vegetables.

Gotham Gazette

Gotham Gazette

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Mount Sinai Study Finds Strong Link Between Neighborhood Factors and Childhood Obesity in Harlem

A study at Mount Sinai Medical School found children in Harlem [specifically East Harlem] to be three times more likely to be overweight than other US children. Click on the title to read more about their findings.

Press for the Healthy Bodega Initiative

Great story in the NY Daily News about how to eat healthy at your local bodega.