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New Year Tips From Our Nutrition Team |
Have you resolved to eat healthier in 2016? A simple and important first step to improving your nutrition is to cut down on sugar. Community Nutrition Manager Elena Hollander (center) produced this quick Nutrition Newbie guide about why it's so important and how you can cut back... particularly if your weaknesses are chocolate, ice cream, or soda.
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Dina Torrez, a Second Harvest client and volunteer, told us this: "I was working 18 or 20 hour days everyday just to put food on the table, and then I injured my hand... I couldn't work, and I didn’t know what to do because the disability checks weren't enough to feed my kids."
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Did you know that, when accounting for public benefits and cost of living, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation? What about that University of California study that found 25% of its students have skipped meals for financial reasons? It's times like these when we're so grateful for community support, like being a featured nonprofit during YouTube's Giving Week.
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