25 Quotes by Lona Sandon

If its benefits continue to mount, coffee may come to be viewed as a health food.

Kids don't need to be hyped up on coffee and caffeine.

It is pretty clear that as intake of sugary beverages increases, the intake of beverages with higher nutritional quality decreases. Replacing milk with sodas or fruit drinks means less protein needed for growth and healthy immune systems, less calcium for strong bones for the future, less potassium, less vitamin D and other nutrients needed for optimal health.

We've gotten away from preparing foods at home. We are eating foods that are much higher in fat and calories and larger portion sizes. We've gotten away from physical activity.

This study further supports that parents eating and weight-control behaviors affect how adolescents feel about themselves.

When you eat chocolate, it can release certain chemicals in the brain that improve serotonin levels to help us feel good, help us feel calm.

We've had a few more years to get obese and develop chronic illnesses, whereas they are just beginning. So, if they can look at these comparisons and say, 'We need to stop this now,' they might be better off in the long run.

Vitamin D's main role is to keep the balance of calcium and phosphorous in the blood, which helps keep bones strong. However, a lesser-known role is how it regulates cell growth and determines what a cell becomes. A vitamin D deficiency may allow cells to become cancerous rather than becoming healthy cells.

Body image is a big part of sexuality.