Week 5 Health Reports

Zoe: celery has 37% vitamin k which is good for bones. It also has phthalides which help to lower stress and regulate the stress hormones.

Norah: sugar snap peas are high in vitamin k. Vitamin k is good for calcium and for your bones. It has folate which is good or heart health and is also a good source of iron and beta carotene.

Eliza: Green peppers actually have more vitamin c than an orange. Vitamin c helps the immune system, skin, mucous membranes and bones.



Rachel: what are the health benefits of broccoli?
Broccoli can help your eyes, skin, bones, blood, nervous system, and can even protect our skin from the sun.
If you're sick, you should definitely have broccoli- it helps your immune system.


Mikael: what are the health benefits of carrots?
They make your eyes stronger, helps prevent cancer, helps your skin from getting sunburned, helps keep heart and skin healthy. Helps your body on the inside. Helps your teeth and gums.

Grant: what are the health benefits of cauliflower?
Has vitamin C, which helps in a lot of different ways. Keeps you from getting diabetes (that's cool)!. It helps you digest foods. It has protein, and phosphorous (the metal)

David: what are the health benefits of zucchini?
Makes your blood flow better, keeps away cancer, has vitamin C, keeps your heart healthy, and has Manganese!! It keeps your cells from rusting and makes it good for playing soccer and makes it so you don't get tired.

If anyone would like references, we can get them for you.,:-)

Veggie Recipes

Here is a tasty recipe my sister gave me for Zucchini Bites. It's super easy and pretty good too.

Ingredients: Zucchini, spaghetti sauce and cheddar cheese.

-heat your oven to 350 degrees
-Slice the zucchini into slices (about a 1/2 inch slice) and evenly spread them on a cookie sheet.
-then put a small dollop of spaghetti sauce (can use pizza sauce or tomato sauce) on top of each zucchini slice.
-place zucchini in the oven just until tender  check by using a fork. I can't remember the exact time.
-then take your grated cheddar cheese and sprinkle a little over each zucchini bite. Let the cheese melt a little in the oven an then you're all set for a tasty treat!

You might want to lightly grease your cookie sheet but I can't remember if you need to sorry!

Week 4 Health Reports

Eliza: Insulin is a hormone that allows sugar to get into the cells and gives them energy.

Norah: American's consume 22tsp of sugar/day. That is equivalent to 68 pounds of sugar per year. That is 18 more pounds than I even weigh! The recommended amounts of sugar for MEN is 9tsp and for WOMEN is 6tsp per day.

Zoe: Anything Mother Nature makes is the best kind of sugar to eat. It has fiber, vitamins and other minerals that helps our body break down the sugars in a more healthy way.

Our FAVORITE Fruits and Veggies:

Eliza - pineapple and sugar snap peas

Norah - strawberries & sugar snap peas

Zoe - grapes and carrots

Rachel: what are some health benefits of running?
We can lose weight, gain muscle mass, strengthen out lungs and heart through aerobic exercise. It has an effect on hormones that help you feel less stressed. And you get to see pretty stuff.

Mikael: what muscles do we use when we run?
Eye muscles
Heart
Lungs
Leg muscles
Arm muscles

Grant: what is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercises?
Aerobic makes your heart and lungs stronger
Anaerobic makes your muscles stronger.

David: where are some fun/good places to run or explore in Utah?
When you go camping in the mountains. Explore in your town and in mountains and on roofs and attics. It's also good to run around the lake in Daybreak and swim in it.