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CareSparc Community Connections’ Sustainable Health and Wellness Village Festival (SHWV) in partnership with New Jersey Give a Kid A Dream – presents New Jersey’s only comprehensive health and wellness festival featuring free eye exams and glasses for children, organic baby food giveaway, health screenings, discussions, healthy food resources, physician maternal child health, wellness workshops and more.

The SHWV will be held at three locations from 10 am to 5 pm throughout the state, starting in Newark on Friday, September 23 – Sunday, September 25. The Newark event will be held at Branch Brook Park-Prudential Center Grove and will be followed by the SHWV Festival in New Brunswick at Boyd Park on Friday and Saturday, September 30 – October 1, and in Atlantic City

President Joe Biden addressed the UN General Assembly in New York Wednesday morning, where he highlighted US efforts to strengthen global food security, replenish the Global Fund to fight AIDS and other pandemics, tackle supply chain issues and the climate crisis.

In his speech, Biden also focused on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

“Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the UN Charter. None more important than the clear prohibition against countries taking the territory of their neighbor by force,” Biden said about the invasion of Ukraine.

Biden pointed out that “The United States has marshalled massive levels of security assistance, humanitarian aid, and direct economic support to Ukraine. More than $25 billion to date. Our allies and partners around the world have stepped up as well.”

On Friday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that while leaders will not ignore Ukraine, the gathering will not be dominated

Services provided by our outstanding team include but are not limited to:

• Weight Management
• Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
• Integrative and Functional Nutrition
• Diabetes Management
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Pregnancy and Postpartum Nutrition
• Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Support
• Cardiovascular and Heart Health
• Oncology Nutrition

Several of our dietitians have advanced practice certifications in specialty nutrition. These specialty providers have at least 2000 hours of expertise practice and successfully completed board examination. They work diligently to guarantee our departments nutritional practice continues to be innovative and evidence-based. These advanced certifications include:

Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition (CSO): Nutrition is essential to ensure Veterans with cancer remain strong and healthy. A specialist in oncology nutrition can help you create approachable strategies to maintain excellent nutrition throughout your cancer treatment.

Board Certified Specialist in Diabetes Care and Education (CDCES): The Orlando VAMC serves around 40,000 Veterans with diabetes. We have developed and

The Sam Hubbard Foundation has teamed up with UC Health and The Freestore Foodbank to support more individuals and families in the community who are suffering from food insecurity.

The Foundation has pledged and initial gift of $10,000 to UC Health’s Food is Medicine program as well as recurring annual support to help sustain and expand the program to serve even more in need.

UC Health’s Food is Medicine program has benefitted more than 2,000 people in Greater Cincinnati this year. In partnership with The Freestore Foodbank, the program supports individuals and families affected by food insecurity by providing free food, hygiene items and produce vouchers during visits to their primary care providers.

“As a native Cincinnatian and a Cincinnati Bengal, I have a deep love for my family, football and this community. I started the Sam Hubbard Foundation to serve and give back to a city that has done

Everybody loves a health food trend, from milk alternatives to a plant-based diet. The raw food movement goes way back, with historians suggesting that the first recorded mention of the diet goes back to the 1800s when Swiss-born Maximillian Oskar Bircher-Benner recommended eating raw apples to help with jaundice.

One of the latest food trends is the raw carrot salad, with the corresponding hashtag #rawcarrotsalad being viewed 8.1 million times on TikTok.

TikTok user Paige Nicole26, currently a student on a Holistic Hormone Specialty Program, explains in her video with over half a million views: “This [salad] has become a staple in my diet for balancing the excess estrogen that can peak at different times in my cycle.”

Speaking to Newsweek, Paige tells us: “The fibers in raw carrots help promote a healthy gut and intestinal function by how they are digested, which in turn, can

Healthy Eating Habits: Adding these habits to your routine might help improve your lifestyle as well as your health.

Living Healthy: Nutritionist Lovneet encourages consuming a diet rich in protein

In her recent Instagram reel, nutritionist Lovneet Batra discusses healthy food habits that can potentially help improve our well-being and promote good health. Adding these habits to your routine might help improve your lifestyle as well as health.

Through her Instagram handle @nutrition.by.lovneet, Nutritionist Batra elaborates:

“Its NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK

Fulfilling your nutritional requirements also requires cultivating health food habits. Here are some healthy habits you can try incorporating in your routine:

1. Nutrient density

Even though calories are important, your primary concern should be nutrients, that’s what your body needs to thrive. So it’s important to make the most out of the foods we do eat. One way is by choosing more nutrient-dense foods, which provide more

The Joplin Globe publishes summaries of routine and follow-up inspections performed by the Joplin Health Department. Businesses that are inspected either pass or fail based on violations found during the time of inspection. Those violations fall into two categories:

• Priority violations are more severe and deal with improper food handling, storage and preparation. The Globe lists the number and summary of each violation.

• Core violations are less severe and deal with equipment, maintenance and general cleanliness. The Globe publishes only the number.

A failed inspection can result in a variety of corrections based on the types of violations found. Full copies of each report are available from the Joplin Health Department.

Starbucks, 3324 S. Range Line Road. Fast food restaurants. Routine inspection performed on Aug. 26. Results: PASS with 0 priority and 0 core violations.

MSSU Lion’s Den, 3950 E. Newman Road. School. Routine inspection performed on Aug.

Our gut plays a much more crucial role than we would imagine. From breaking down the food and converting it into nutrients, balancing hormones, removing toxins to mental health, our gut almost defines our overall health and not just digestion. Many researchers are studying the gut microbiota nowadays. There is a wide range of bacteria – almost 40 trillion – that resides in our body, mostly in gut and provide different health benefits to us by taking care of important body functions. Unhealthy gut microbiome, on the other hand, could cause inflammation and change the way our immune system works; it also makes us susceptible to various diseases like diabetes, cancer, depression, and also autoimmune diseases like arthritis. (Also read: 5 tips to keep your gut healthy this monsoon)

What we are eating now can make a huge difference in our probability of getting certain diseases later in our life.