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• Mango recipe
• Healthy mango recipes
• Health mangoes diets
• Healthy mangoes recipes

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Written by Lisa Jillanza

• Mangoes are an excellent source of vitamins A and C, and they are also an excellent way to replenish potassium lost through exercise or for those who are constantly “on the go.”
• An average-sized mango can even contain up to 40 percent of your daily fiber requirement, thereby being a great way to curb constipation and irregularity.

Recipe: Jamaican Jerk Chicken Salad 

• ½ cup prepared or purchased honey mustard dressing
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
• 4 chicken breast halves without skin, boneless
• 1 tablespoon Jamaican Jerk seasoning
• 2 large fresh mangoes
• 10 to 12 cups mixed greens

Stir together honey mustard dressing and lime zest.  Cover and chill dressing while preparing chicken.

Rinse chicken and pat dry; sprinkle with Jerk seasoning.  In a large skillet cook the seasoned chicken in hot oil over medium-high heat about 6 minutes on each side until browned and no longer pink.  Thinly slice each chicken breast.

Arrange warm chicken and mango atop greens on four plates. Drizzle with the honey mustard dressing.

• Child Obesity
• Child Nutrition
• Child Healthy Diet
• Childrens diet
• childhood obesity

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Written by Lisa Jillanza

Childhood obesity is constantly on the rise, so as parents you need to be sure that you are always monitoring your children’s fat intake.  In order to help your child, maintain a healthy lifestyle, be sure to establish good eating habits like the following:

• Children with a family history of cholesterol and heart disease should drink 2 percent milk.
• After their 2^nd birthday, all kids should drink 1 percent milk.
• Serve your child lean meats and fish.
• Limit your child’s cheese intake.
• Limit fruit juice intake to 4 to 6 ounces per day.
• Offer low-fat snacks like yogurt, pretzels or fresh fruit.

Prepare foods using low-fat methods

• Child Nutrition
• Child Healthy Diet
• Childrens diet
• healthy child lunch

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Written by Lisa Jillanza

It’s a well-known fact that school-aged children who do not eat a nutritious breakfast or refuel with nutritious lunch during the middle of their school day lack focus, can be disruptive in class, and can oftentimes be very distracting to their fellow classmates.

Because kids are growing daily, they need the appropriate calories and nutritious value in their meals, especially breakfast and lunch, so that they can meet the demands of their growing bodies. If you need some help in decided what you should be packing in your child’s lunch and what you should be keeping at the grocery store here is some help… 

Lunchables or other pre-packaged lunch kits – Nutritionists call this “double packing” in that manufacturers have already packed the lunch and then you repack it into their lunch.  Most of these pre-packaged lunches contain lots of sodium and fat, along with very few nutrients.  These packaged meals leave kids feeling unfulfilled and therefore not refueled when it comes to tackling the rest of their day.

White bread – While sandwiches are a good choice for your child’s lunch, if you are using white bread to make your sandwiches, then you are missing out on some significant nutritional value. Instead try some whole grain bread, with at least 3 grams of fiber per slice, so that your child gets more out of their sandwich than usual. 

Fruit snacks – Fruit snacks are so very deceiving… they say they are made with real fruit, but they are made with fruit juice which is just sugar.  Plus, fruit snacks get lodged into your kid’s teeth very easily leading to decay.  Choose an apple, orange or another healthy fruit for your child’s lunch instead of those deceptive fruit snacks. 

Soda – sure it’s a no-brainer that you shouldn’t be packing soda into your child’s lunch, but still kids drink soda.  Soda is high in sugar, high in calories, and high in caffeine and that’s about it!  Nutritionists are also weary of sports drinks, like Gatorade, because they are primarily sugar with some added salt. Milk or water is always best.

• Pumpkin spice latte
• Pumpkin spice latte breakdown
• Pumpkin spice latte nutritional breakdown

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Written by Lisa Jillanza

One sure sign of fall isn’t the changing and falling leaves or the drop in temperature… it’s the Pumpkin Spice Lattes EVERYWHERE!

While they taste delicious, they can be one of the unhealthiest things you can drink all year. Here are some of the most popular brands that unfortunately aren’t good for your overall health. 

• Au Bon Pain Pumpkin Pie Latte – this latte packs 290 calories, 7 grams fat, 115 mg sodium, 49 grams carb, and 47 grams sugar. That’s 12 tablespoons of sugar!
• Krispy Kreme Pumpkin Spice Latte – this seasonal favorite contains 310 calories, 11 grams fat, 120 mg sodium, and 43 grams carbs.  The one saving grace of this drink is that these amounts are for the smaller size 12 oz cup.
• McDonald’s McCafe Pumpkin Spice Latte – people are “lovin’ it” but it’s filled with 340 calories, 10 grams fat, 51 grams carbs, and 160 mg sodium.  With 160 mg of sodium, that’s twice the amount of salt than a kid’s size French fries.
• Einstein Brothers Pumpkin Latte – this latte contains 370 calories, 10 grams fat, 65 mg sodium, 59 grams carbs, and 54 grams sugar.  With 59 grams of carbs, that is twice the amount of a bagel… maybe it’s time to rethink your beverage of choice!
• Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte – this is hands down the most popular fall drink of choice (come on, it had its own trending hash tag!) and it is filled with 440 calories, 8 grams fat, 280 mg sodium, and 63 grams carbs.  You would be better off eating a pumpkin cream cheese muffin – which contains fewer calories!
• Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Latte – this latte contains 470 calories, 13 grams fat, 250 mg sodium, and 71 grams sugar.  And just because they offer three different flavors of pumpkin latte that doesn’t mean you are in the clear if you order one over another – they are all made up of the same nutritional content.  You would be better off eating three of their chocolate caramel donuts!

• breast cancer awareness
• breast cancer
• breast cancer awareness month
• breast cancer prevention

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Written by Lisa Jillanza

Cancer is the most feared disease in the world and the worst feared word in the English language… and rightfully so.  Every day we hear stories of cancer – both of people who have lost their battle, people who are battling or people who have survived. 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and because it is one of the most common cancers in the United States we offer these facts, symptoms, signs, possible causes and ways that you can decrease your risk of having breast cancer. 

BREAST CANCER FACTS:

• One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women.
• Each year it is estimated that more than 220,00 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die.

BREAST CANCER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:

• A lump in the breast or thickening that feels different than regular tissue.
• Discharge from the nipple.
• Change in size or shape of your breast.
• Changes to the skin of the breast, including dimpling.
• Redness of the skin of the breast.

RISKS:

• Being female.
• Increasing age.
• A personal history of breast cancer.
• A family history of breast cancer.
• Inherited genes that cause breast cancer.
• Radiation exposure.
• Obesity.
• Beginning your period at a young age.
• Beginning menopause at an older age.
• Drinking alcohol.
• Having children later in life or not at all.