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12 Healthy Seafood Benefits that You need to Know About

October is National Seafood Month!

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This is a great opportunity to take advantage of the tremendous health benefits that seafood has to offer. Nervous about cooking fish? Haven’t enjoyed seafood in the past? Now is a good time to try something different - if you always stick to canned tuna or frozen shrimp because they’re easy and quick, take a look through our recipes for halibut, scallops, or cod. There are hundreds of ways to prepare each of these foods, and they can be just as simple as your old standbys.

Health experts and dieticians recommend that you eat fish at least twice a week to get the full benefits of seafood’s protein, minerals, vitamins, and Omega-3 fatty acids. If you’re not familiar with the ways in which fish can boost your health, here are a few reminders. A diet rich in seafood can:

• reduce depression
• reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
• promote vision development
• fight the effects of asthma and bronchitis
• build muscles and tissues
• help relieve symptoms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
• prevent skin damage due to sun and aging
• combat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
• prevent cardiovascular disease, strokes, and heart attacks
• decrease blood pressure
• improve circulation
• lower blood triglycerides and increase HDL (good cholesterol)

Take advantage of National Seafood Month - increase your fish intake, and try at least one new recipe each week!

Enjoy!

Healthy Lung Month is Here!

What You Need To Know About Asthma

The American Lung Association®, can give you 22 million reasons why we need to "Blow the Whistle on Asthma" and why you should help fight the asthma epidemic and make an impact. More than 22 million Americans currently have asthma. You probably know someone who suffers from this chronic disease. It could be a family member, a young child, a co-worker, a neighbor or maybe even you. Asthma Walk gives you the chance to get involved and help your loved ones breathe easier.

Asthma isn't always obvious; you can’t see asthma but you can count its devastating effects in the United States. Asthma is responsible for over 12 million lost school days in children and more than 14 million lost workdays for adults. Even more frightening is the fact that asthma can be fatal; nearly 4,000 deaths are attributed to asthma annually. The economic cost of asthma is staggering - over $16.1 billion dollars is spent annually. We need your help to make an impact in the fight against asthma. Join an Asthma Walk near you today.

Asthma Walk is a nation wide effort to bring attention to this devastating chronic illness. We know a lot about asthma, but there is so much we don't know. Your participation will raise the funds necessary to provide life saving education, research and advocacy so we can better control asthma and soon find a cure.

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