By Lily Perez |Asst. A&E Editor| It's that time of year again where those extra calories pile on due to all the holiday goodies most cannot resist. Maintaining a good weight can be hard, especially during the holidays. The CSUSB Recreation and Fitness Center (Rec Center) has just the right thing to help Coyotes through this tough holiday season. The Maintain Don't Gain: Holiday Challenge, is a program geared to help participants say no to those extra calories during the holidays and say yes to a healthier lifestyle. Holiday parties, family dinners and Christmas stockings stuffed with goodies; you name it, all the extra calories add up, causing most Americans to gain pounds … [Read more...] about Rec Center Challenges students over holiday season
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By: Christopher Smith |Staff Writer| Carl’s jr., McDonalds, El Pollo Loco, I’m in there. My thought process is that I’m young and I eat a salad a couple times a week so after changing these habits eventually, I should be okay. Or will I? According to a recent article published in the LA Times on a research study, college students may not even be consuming one serving a day of fruits and vegetables. “Your body is amazing, it will tolerate a lot,” said Dorothy Chen-Maynard, Ph.D. “Some of the consequences if you don’t eat well, you don’t get enough iron, you become anemic, and there are some deficiency issues. But in the long run where it becomes an issue is that when you get … [Read more...] about Healthy Eating