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S sonal high ghts: SKIN CARE
November is National Healthy Skin make your skin appear dull or irritated. Once
Awareness Month, and what better time to you determine your skin type, fi nd products
focus on our skincare routine and improving that fi t your morning or nighttime routine,
our complexion? Through developing a and use them regularly.
healthy skin routine, you can get your skin to Remember that even though the sun is not
look and feel its best. Our skin is the largest strong during the winter months, including
body organ, covering the entire body and UV protection in your skincare routine is
accounting for about 16 percent of your body essential. This practice will help maintain
weight. With this in mind, a good skincare healthy skin and keep your skin protected
routine should be practiced regularly and from harsh rays. Although they do not seem
cover all aspects of your skin. From your face as strong when it is cold, harmful rays are
to your hands to your feet, there are varying still present.
thicknesses, and each part requires a slightly Source:
di erent level of care.

https://www.aad.org/public/public-health/
Determining if your skin is dry, oily, awareness-campaigns/national-healthy-skin-
or normal is the fi rst step to starting an month
appropriate skincare routine. Using too harsh
or too mild products will not help and can

p duce pick: TURNIPS

Turnips are an old-fashioned vegetable that which is necessary for healthy cell growth
have fallen out of fashion in recent decades. and is essential during pregnancy. The boiled
Many believe turnips originated in middle greens also contain a substantial amount of
and eastern Asia, and today they are grown lutein, “the eye vitamin.”
throughout the world. To this day, they are Many people like to use turnips as a lower-carb,
carved out as lanterns for Halloween in the more nutrient-dense substitute for potatoes.
Isle of Man, Ireland, and Scotland. You can also eat them raw in salads or

The turnip is a globular root vegetable with pickled. The young roots are very tender and
a white, fl eshy taproot. They are versatile and can be peeled and eaten like apples. Consider
delicious root vegetables. Young turnips are cooking and serving turnips whole or mashed
sweet, crunchy, and similar to carrots. In or using them in stews.
contrast, mature turnips tend to taste more Source:
like potatoes. Turnip leaves are sometimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip
eaten as “turnip greens,” and they
resemble mustard greens. Since you can https://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/turnip
eat both the root and the greens, this is https://gardenandhappy.com/what-do-turnips-
considered a zero-waste crop. taste-like/
https://www.britannica.com/plant/turnip
Turnips are low in calories and rich in
nutrients such as Vitamins A, C, and K. In
fact, the Vitamin K in just one turnip makes
up your entire daily requirement. These roots
also have high levels of calcium and fi ber
and contain the benefi cial folate compound,