Category: Health

Food, Health

This year, make it a vegan wonderland

Julieta Hernandez

Julieta Hernandez jhernandez@foghornnews.com Herbivore Holiday Recipes Ah, the holidays. No matter which ones you celebrate, there’s only one thing on everyone’s mind: the homemade, traditional meals. One thing that’s not — the herbivores. With a vegan or vegetarian at the dinner table, the turducken or beef tamales may be a pass. “My aunt will be like, ‘What’s that? That’s not food! Where’s the meat?’” said Del Mar student Cody Benavides, who is entering a third holiday season as a vegan. With veganism and vegetarianism growing specifically among the younger generation, more questions are being raised along the lines of: What…

Campus, Health

Counseling Center to expand at West Campus

Ashlee Burns

Department also plans group sessions for fall semester After helping more than 4,000 students in the past year, the Counseling Center hopes to do even more to address students’ growing needs this year. The department has seen a 40 percent increase in use by students and will be expanding the West Campus counseling office into a full functioning Counseling Center. The center will be located in Health Science Building 1, Room 262, and is expected to be completed by the first day of the fall semester. “The purpose of all of our programs is prevention and to meet the needs…

Health

It rubs the lotion on its skin (or it gets the aloe again)

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Adriana King aking@foghornnews.com When some think of spring break, they may think of road trips, sleeping in and hitting the beach. Corpus Christi and Padre Island are optimal places for students to let loose, have fun and maybe try to get a killer tan, but not many will realize the risk they’re taking and the damage that can do to their skin. Sun exposure can lead to sunburns, and while the pain is felt and the redness can be seen, damage from the sun goes further than just blisters and peeling. A sunburn can occur in as little as 20…

Food, Health

How small changes can help you achieve a healthier lifestyle

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Nomaan Khan nkhan@foghornnews.com While college students aren’t typically nutrition gurus, they can still implement simple changes into their diets and routines that will enhance their energy, focus and overall well-being. For many, the health boost may be just what they need after the week of excess known as spring break. Israel Villanueva, head culinary instructor at Del Mar College, said diet can affect grades. “You’ve got to eat fresh and healthy if you want to succeed in school,” Villanueva said. “It’s vital you do all you can to improve and educate yourself as a student. Your education is what will…

Campus, Health

Students march against cancer to honor teacher

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It was an emotional moment when Lisa Gunn, a teacher at Del Mar’s Center for Early Learning, took her pink-clad students by the hand and led them in a march for breast cancer awareness, something Gunn has fought and won. The center held a “Pink Out” walk in front of its building at the corner of Baldwin and Staples at 10 a.m. Oct. 13. About 40 preschool students dressed in pink and carried with noisemakers, pompoms and signs to honor Gunn, a breast cancer survivor who has been with the center for almost 12 years. “I’m humbled that they’d honor…