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Running head: GOODBYE FOOD PYRAMID, HELLO MYPLATE Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello MyPlate Sasha Tolbert, Jacqueline Sandoval Leilehua High School February 24, 2015 GOODBYE FOOD PYRAMID, HELLO MYPLATE 1 Table of Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 2 What’s New? ..............................................................................................................................…

Title: Hot Spinach Dip- Is it Healthy? Description- There are a lot of people who are apprehensive and often wonder whether a hot spinach dip is healthy or not. The answer to this question lies below. All the different varieties of spinach dips are not healthy. However, you always have the scope of improvising spinach dip recipes in order to make them healthier and more nutritious. Hot spinach dip prepared using cream cheese, sour cream, fatty oils and mayonnaise might not be healthy for the…

It all began with the Olmecs. To this day, Mexico is home to the largest population of Spanish speakers. Mexico is best known for their bright colors, Mexican cuisine, as well as their celebrations. As early as 30,000 years ago, the Olmecs settled in North America and Mexico. They were most likely hunters and gatherers. These villages eventually grew into cities. To this day, the term Mesoamerica is used to describe the areas these cities were located. The Olmecs are also known for the giant…

Not so Typical I was chatting with some friends of mine about this paper. They were all very concerned about how I was going to write an in-depth paper about race and gender and how it shapes my life experiences. They said things like “Julia, you are a middle-upper class, white girl from small town Iowa how are you going to write anything for this paper?” or “You are a typical college girl from one of the whitest counties in America, there is no way you are going to write a good paper, right…

Guatemala is a country about the size of Tennessee in southern Central America. According to the Population Reference Bureau, Guatemala has a population of more than fourteen million people since 2010. This makes it one of the most populated countries in Central America. However, Guatemala has high levels of inequality and discrimination especially between the Mayan and Ladino population. Mayans make up 40% of the country, while Ladinos make up the majority 60%. About 60% of all Guatemalans live…

As a nation, Honduras has to support a population of a little over 8 million people. As a country, it is placed a little south of Mexico and north west of El Salvador, and is relatively small, with around 112,492km counting for its total area (CIA). For its culture, Honduras, like most other states in the Americas, hosts mix of many cultures, some from native Americans and others from immigration. With this sizable population, it is an understatement to say that Honduras has a tough burden when…

Poverty in Mexico and South America has been the cause of many immigrants going in search of other means to provide for their families. The United States population consists of four percent of undocumented immigrants and in 2008, 8.3 million immigrants made up the workforce (Androff et. al). Immigrants face many difficulties throughout Mexico as they try and reach the United States. As stated by the Mexican National Institute of Migration, there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants who cross…

all away from us. We lived in poverty because of them which always seemed wrong. In the houses I lived in there would be days when we could not leave the house because of how dangerous it was. We never had enough to eat. I grew to love coffee and tortillas, though. Anytime we would have eggs or meat I was amazed. We would see men in military uniforms walking throughout the streets, carrying bodies who were dead or about to die. It was horrifying. What's worse is that it became normal for me. We…

Mexico is a vast country with rich history, complex terrain, and a deep devotion to the Catholic religion and its traditions. Merriam-Webster defines culture as “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time” (2017). Mexican culture is defined by their significant military conflicts, social structures, religion,…

A language that was called “Nahuatl” were known by people who lived in the area of Central Mexico around 600 AD. It is believed that these people who spoke the language came from the North, travelled to Central American and settled. The people who spoke “Nahuatl” started to gain power and they were the dominant power around 1000AD. The Mexica, were people who were one of the last groups of people who spoke “Nahuatl” to come to that area and they were a big part of the rise or the founding of…