Check out this video, made by UC San Diego alumna Julia Lee.
Environmental Wellness
Stop Global Warming - For Your Children from Julia Lee on Vimeo.
Video Made By UCSD Alumna
Check out this video, made by UC San Diego alumna Julia Lee.
Environmental Wellness
Money: Smart and Soulful
The Center for Ethics and Spirituality and UUs at UCSD are sponsoring “Money: Smart and Soulful” on Tuesday, September 29 from 5:30-7 pm in the LGBT Center. Find out your money “personality,” learn ideas about how to get and stay debt free, all about credit reports and how to make how we spend our money match our values. FREE FOOD!
Don't miss out on this fantastic event!
Vegan Recipe
Following a vegan diet is environmentally-friendly, as well as good for your physical wellness! Here's a yummy recipe for you to try, courtesy of vegweb.com
Veggies & Elbows Casserole
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup whole wheat elbow pasta, cooked
2 cups mushrooms
1-2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
2 yellow squash, sliced
16 oz frozen (or fresh) green beans
3 tablespoons vegan margarine
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1 cup plain rice or soy milk + 1/2 cup veggie broth or more rice/soy milk
1 teaspoon miso
1/2 teaspoon each thyme and rosemary
nutritional yeast
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- Saute the garlic, onion in 1 tablespoon margarine until just brown. Add mushrooms, squash, and green beans, and lemon juice. Cover and cook until slightly softened, then set aside.
- Melt the rest of the margarine in a saucepan and stir in the flour. Slowly add the milk and veggie broth, and the thyme and rosemary, stirring to avoid lumps. Remove from heat and add the miso and salt and pepper.
- Pour the sauce over the veggie mixture and mix well. Pour the whole mixture into a casserole dish (you might want to oil it lightly) and sprinkle enough nutritional yeast on the top to cover the mixture.
- Bake 25 minutes or until the nutritional yeast crust begins to brown.
Serves: 4
10-Minute Abs
Need a study break?If you're stressed from work and school, take an exercise break! Try a quick walk or breath of fresh air, do some stretches, or simply take some deep breaths. If you need some guidance, try this and other LiveWell UCSD videos for easy, 10 minute exercises you can do in your dorm room! Not only are you 'sneaking' in extra exercise, the energy you get from increasing your heart rate will last longer than that caffeine rush from a soda or energy drink.
Try this 10-minute abs workout lead by a UC San Diego FitLife instructor.
To sign up for a Core Conditioning class, visit: recreation.ucsd.edu
To sign up for a Core Conditioning class, visit: recreation.ucsd.edu
Cholesterol and You
September is National Cholesterol Education Month.
- Your blood cholesterol level has a lot to do with the chances of getting heart disease. High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease.
- When there is too much cholesterol (a fat-like substance) in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries. Over time, this buildup causes "hardening of the arteries" so that arteries become narrowed and blood flow to the heart is slowed down or blocked.
- High blood cholesterol itself does not cause symptoms, so many people are unaware that their cholesterol level is too high.
- When you reach 20, you should have a cholesterol level screened every 5 years.
Total Cholesterol Level Category
Less than 200 mg/dL Desirable
LDL Cholesterol Level LDL Cholesterol Category
Less than 100 mg/dL Optimal
What Affects Cholesterol Levels?
These are things you can do something about:
■ Diet. Saturated fat and cholesterol in the food you eat make your blood cholesterol level go up.
Saturated fat is the main culprit, but cholesterol in foods also matters. Reducing the amount of
saturated fat and cholesterol in your diet helps lower your blood cholesterol level.
■ Weight. Being overweight is a risk factor for heart disease. It also tends to increase your cholesterol.
Losing weight can help lower your LDL and total cholesterol levels, as well as raise your
HDL and lower your triglyceride levels.
■ Physical Activity. Not being physically active is a risk factor for heart disease. Regular
physical activity can help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol
levels. It also helps you lose weight. You should try to be physically active for 30 minutes
on most, if not all, days.
Things you cannot do anything about also can affect cholesterol levels. These include:
■ Age and Gender. As women and men get older, their cholesterol levels rise. Before the age
of menopause, women have lower total cholesterol levels than men of the same age. After the age
of menopause, women’s LDL levels tend to rise.
■ Heredity. Your genes partly determine how much cholesterol your body makes. High blood
cholesterol can run in families.
Information provided by: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
September Newsletter
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Learn how to achieve a more balanced and healthy lifestyle in the areas of intellectual, physical, occupational, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, and environmental wellness through tips from experts and information about upcoming wellness events at UC San Diego.
September's Issue includes:
- Wellness Focus
- Video of the Month: Zumba!
- Cash Course
- Meet the Beach
- Monthly Yoga Pose
Read it here! (right click to download)
September Wellness Goals Calendar
Trying to start or maintain a wellness goal? Join the Office of Student Wellness in keeping track of your progress with monthly goal calendars! You can focus on one dimension of wellness, or choose a goal for each one!
Some sample goals include:
- Practice compassion
- Eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies each day
- Exercise 3 times a week
- Save up money for a trip
- Meditate 20 minutes a day
- Read a book each week
- Recycle!
Download September's calendar! (right-click to download)
10-Minute Pilates
Pilates is great for core conditioning and toning your body through exercises that teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles. Test out Pilates by following along with a UCSD FitLife instructor in this 10-minute intro to Pilates.
To sign up for a Pilates class, visit: recreation.ucsd.edu