Healthy Eats

The sign in the Public Affairs Building at UCLA. I always take the stairs.

Be Eco-Friendly this week and take the stairs. Earth Day is coming up and in light of the current circumstances on the news, we can all look forward to a week of appreciation to the Earth.

Tastes Better Together || Green tea + Mandarin Orange

Orange Chicken with Green-Tea Rice(Recipe above)

Three more Delicious Recipes

1. Green tea latte: Fill a mug with 1/4 cup water and microwave for about 1 minute, until boiling. Add 1 green-tea bag and 1 mandarin orange peel and steep for 5 minutes. Discard peel and tea bag. Heat 1 cup milk until just below boiling. Add milk to tea, then froth.

2. French toast: Which 1 tsp matcha (green tea) powder, 1 cup milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 egg, 1/2 tsp each cinnamon and cardamom, and 1/8 tsp ground cloves. Dip 8 slices of whole wheat bread into mixture, then fry until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Serve with warm mandarin preserves.

3. Chocolate dip: Melt 1 oz chopped dark chocolate. Divide 1 mandarin orange into segments and dip each piece into melted chocolate to coat halfway. Sprinkle with matcha. Refrigerate until chocolate sets, about 10 minutes.

Mighty Small

Don’t be fooled by their size; Tiny microgreens are nutritional powerhouse. In fact, seedlings of vegetables such as arugula, cilantro, and red cabbage contain up to 40 times the amount of nutrients (including vitamins C, E, and K) as their mature counterparts, reports a recent study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Microgreens may owe their mega benefits to the fact that they’re harvested young when they’re still packed with the nutrients they need to grow, says study coauthor Qin Wang, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland. Pick some up at a farmers’ market or upscale grocery, and try them on salads and sandwiches, or as edible garnishes.

Photographs by Travis Rathbone, Prop Styling by Elizabeth Press

Skin Cancer Kills by Meg Cassidy in the new Women’s Health Jan/Feb 2013 issue discusses how Melanoma is the second most common cancer in adults under 30, and the primary suspect behind the the rise of cases is the excessive use of tanning beds.

“According to a recent Mayo Clinic study, the incidence of melanoma has increased eightfold among women ages 18 to 39 since 1970. ‘Melanoma is a new epidemic in young women,’ says Jerry Brewer, M.D., a Mayo Clinic dermatologic surgeon and author of the study, who admits even he was shocked by the findings. ‘Other studied have shown an increase, but this study found melanoma occurring in women 705 percent more often. It’s astounding.’… [A]nd the rise in melanoma diagnoses are in young women, doctors are starting to believe indoor tanning—which can raise a person’s risk for melanoma 75 percent—is a key reason the disease has become an epidemic.”

You can’t get your beauty sleep in a tanning bed.

margarethnatalie:

A California Chicken Salad from the California Chicken Cafe…. Two months of this and I’ll fit in my dream outfit for my birthday… #healthy #greens #veggies #broccoli #pasta #fetacheese #hollywood #melrose #highland #wholewheat #pita #whitemeat #chicken #avocado #ughhhhhhh

Lunch… This cleanse is killing my spirits and my mental fatass.

findvegan:

Yukon Gold and Sweet Potato Home Fries

HALF-MARATHON TRAINING PLAN

Whether you’re a treadmill trotter or a road warrior, this training plan will get you across the finish line. Designed by Kim Maxwell, a USA Track and Field coach and a personal trainer in Minneapolis-St. Paul, this program won’t make you drip everything for running. You’ll log miles three days a week, cross-train three days a week, and rest the remaining day. The running workouts are focused and efficient, and because they’re limited, your legs and head will stay fresh, making it less likely you’ll become injured or burned out. If you’re a newbie, don’t hesitate to mix walk breaks into your runs (for example, run two to three minutes, then walk 30 to 60 seconds). “What’s important is that you’re moving forward-it doesn’t matter if it’s walking or running,” says Maxwell. To all runners: Listen to your body. Add an extra rest day or take an additional cross-training day when you need it.

From Women’s Health

I actually tried it for three weeks and it worked but then I started school so I just mostly kept a balance of cross-training and 30-minutes of running for the past two months. I think if I did keep at it, I would’ve been able to complete my first half-marathon but I have to see how this new year treats my work load. I’ll have to hope for the best to keep at it.