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Empower Yourself With Nutrition: Fighting and Preventing Cancer

Maintaining or regaining health begins with what’s on your plate. Twice-cancer survivor Kirstin Nussgruber from Eat Holistic LLC, knows from education and personal experience how critically important nutrition is to creating a bodily world that is disease free. To share that knowledge, Nussgruber is offering a presentation series entitled “Empowering Yourself One Bite at a Time – Nourishing Solutions To Help You Fight Cancer and Adopt a Disease-Preventive Lifestyle.”

The first presentation of this 3-part series will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Wellness Rocks. The series is designed to complement cancer treatments, support recovery and outline the practice preventive nutrition. Each talk centers around what one can do to strengthen one’s immune system and create an internal environment that is inhospitable to cancer’s growth and development.

In addition,  join  for a free, monthly, informal peer support group called “Conquering Cancer! Taking it a step at a time.” The group is open to anyone who has been affected by “the big C,” including family members, friends and caregivers. The next meeting will be Thursday, January 16, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Wellness Rocks. Topics vary and will be tailored to whatever is most relevant at the time.

Wellness Rocks is located at 33 Rupell Road in Clinton.  The fee for each series presentation is $15, with discounts for early registration. RSVP to [email protected].

Conscious Eating News Briefs
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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