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Palos Park sisters help high school students improve literacy

After returning from a debate camp at Harvard University this summer, sisters Bella and Mia Narciso decided to create the Turn the Page Foundation to help disadvantaged high school students improve their reading skills.

The foundation’s first partner is the iCan Dream Center in Tinley Park.

The teens, who live in Palos Park, said they met people from all over the world and heard stories of the challenges some camp participants had to overcome. When they returned, they realized they were fortunate that their parents encouraged reading.

“My parents have always thought that literacy and reading were a top priority.

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Some Fad Diets Are Better Than Others

September 27, 2022 · 7:00 AM

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Frontiers In Nutrition in July, 2022, published “Fad Diets: Facts and Fiction.” Thank you, FIN, for making it available at no cost. The authors are based in Pakistan and Romania. They attempted to summarize the literature on popular fad diets. I am shocked that they included the Mediterranean diet. Read the article and 134 references then form your own opinion. Some snippets:

Regarding the Atkins Diet: “AD provides several benefits including weight reduction and cardio-metabolic health improvement, but limited evidence exists as compliance is the major barrier to this

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Prizker names Isoye chair of the Illinois State Board of Education.

Former Niles Township High School District 219 Superintendent Steven Isoye has been named chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education by Governor JB Pritzker, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Isoye, who served as superintendent of District 219 high schools from July 2016 through June 30, said he was honored with the appointment. District 219 serves Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood and Niles.

“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board and State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala to foster an academic environment in which every student in the state can be successful,” Isoye said in

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Catholic-sponsored Cristo Rey school opens its doors to all

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Students at Cristo Rey high school in Tampa.

Students at Cristo Rey high school in Tampa.

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If you see me especially excited this week, here’s why:

For me, it began percolating seven years ago, and for others even further back.

In the spring of 2015, my friend Mike Fernandez, one of our community’s most generous souls, asked me to look into something called Cristo Rey. I had never heard of it before. That June, I went to New York to see

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I’m not anti-public school. I’m just pro-choice

Stock photo of books in classroom.

Stock photo of books in classroom.

A recent guest column in the Tallahassee Democrat by Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna extolled the virtues of a public education while warning of the harm done to that system by education choice scholarships.

I can sum up my reaction to that narrative in one word: Wow.

I’ve worked in private schools for more than 25 years, serving as principal for the last 11 years at Kingdom Life Preparatory Academy, a private, faith-based K-12 school in Tallahassee. I see on a daily basis the difference a private school education makes in the lives

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Dietitian Questions Healthfulness of the Mediterranean Diet

September 3, 2022 · 7:27 AM

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Shana Spence, RD, wrote at Self.com:

The Mediterranean diet is constantly lauded in the nutrition world—in fact, US News has named it the “best diet overall” for five years straight—but as a registered dietitian, I think it’s time to think about it a little differently: It’s time to dethrone the Mediterranean diet as being the very best way to eat.

Now, the Mediterranean diet—which emphasizes whole grains and plant foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, tree nuts, seeds, and olives, and limits red meat, sugar, and saturated fat—is not

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Healthy, No-Oil, Baked Fries – JennifersKitchen

Did you know that the average American eats far too much fat? While the fat in nuts, olives, avocados, and similar foods are beneficial for health, oil – the source of most of our fat consumption – increases the risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancer, obesity, heart disease, and digestive issues.

One of the best ways to cut down on fat consumption is to replace fried foods with healthier options – like these No-Oil Baked French Fries!

These Healthy, No-Oil Baked French Fries are one of my family’s all-time favorites.

Are Baked Fries Really Healthy?

Healthy, No-Oil, Baked Fries

It’s unfortunate that potatoes

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