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Brianna’s Nutrition Kitchen Brings Healthy Dining to You

We’ve all been there…frantically chasing around kids, trying to get them to practice on time, or stressing because you didn’t have time to prepare dinner. Often, this results in choosing “not so healthy” dining options. Brianna’s Nutrition Kitchen LLC, located here in New Jersey, may be the solution you’ve been looking for!

Brianna’s Nutrition Kitchen is a customized in-home personal chef service that is perfect for busy executives, working parents, new moms, and families. Owned and operated by Brianna Sebasto, “palate-specific” meals are cooked in your home using only the freshest ingredients. She caters to clients with vastly different dietary restrictions including vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, non-GMO, low carb, low fat, and anti-inflammatory. Brianna also works with nutritionists, doctors, and dietary specialists to help their clients keep on track to healthy eating and become more educated.

The mission of Brianna’s Nutrition Kitchen is to help client’s live healthier and less stressful lives.

“There’s no denying that life can be stressful at times, and meal planning and preparation can become a burden. Frozen entrees and take-out food, while convenient, are loaded with salt, preservatives, unhealthy fats, and low quality ingredients,” observes Brianna. “You may save preparation time, but your family’s health and well-being suffers in the long run.”

Chef Brianna offers gift certificates for anything from a housewarming gift, to anniversaries, to holiday presents for that person in your life who “has everything.”

For information call 973-975-8341. BriannasNutritionKitchen.com.

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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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