Breakfast: The Most Important Meal

Your mother was right: Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Not only does it
give you energy to start a new day, but breakfast is linked to many health benefits, including
weight control and improved performance.
Studies show that eating a healthy breakfast can help give you:
a. A more nutritionally complete diet, higher in nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
b. Improved concentration and performance in the classroom
c. More strength and endurance to engage in physical activity;
d. Lower cholesterol levels
Eating breakfast is important for everyone, but is especially so for children and adolescents.
According to the American Dietetic Association, children who eat breakfast perform better in the
classroom and on the playground, with better concentration, problem-solving skills and eye-hand
coordination.

Being Clean, Being Green

Cleanliness is both the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt. It may be endowed with a
moral quality as indicated by the aphorism Cleanliness is next to godliness. Also, the word
Green doesnt just mean color. It means eco-friendliness and cleanness. Green reflects the state
of being free from rubbish. It is for this reason that the school adopted R.A. 9003.
With this, students along with the faculty and staff and all other persons in the said institution has
the moral obligation to maintain cleanliness. It is important to maintain a standard of cleanliness
in your room at all times. Here are few steps to maintain cleanliness and be a part of making the
school clean and green:
1. As a student, we must throw our garbage properly. During recess, some pieces of
wrappers are visible in the school vicinity. If we in our own simple ways be more
responsible in throwing our own garbage then, it would be easier for the school
administrators and the teachers to keep the school clean.
2. Segregation of waster should start within the classroom. Every classroom has four trash
cans. If those trash cans has kept the garbage in its rightful place, then it would be easier
again for those who will throw it to the MRF (Material Recovery Facility) for nonbiodegradable and to the compost pit.
3. Since cleanliness is addressed, then planting and making the school GREEN would then
be achieve.
These simple acts means so much to our school and to our health. Start cleaning and start
planting.

Common plant could help fight Zika virus

Extract of leaves of the San Francisco plant (Codiaeum variegatum) kill larvae of a mosquito that
helps spread diseases

PHOENIX, Ariz. Substances in a common plant can kill larvae of the

mosquito that helps spread the viruses that cause Zika, chikungunya and
dengue fever. That's the discovery of a teen from the Philippines. His
research may help public health officials develop a way to slow the spread of
those deadly diseases. It also may give homeowners hints about how to
home-brew their own mosquito-killing cocktail.
Dengue (DEN-gay) virus is a leading cause of illness and death throughout
the tropics and subtropics. The disease is spread by the Aedes aegypti (AYdees Eh-JIP-tye) mosquito. Dengue causes high fevers, severe headaches and
joint pain, among other symptoms. With no vaccine to prevent it, up to 400
million people contract dengue each year, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. More than one-third of all people on the
planet live in areas at risk of this infection.

Jerouen Paul Lumabao, 17,

discovered that an extract of the
garden croton, or Codiaeum
variegatum, kills larvae of the
mosquitoes that can carry
dengue, Zika and more.

Within that big zone is The Philippines. Its where Jerouen Paul Lumabao lives.
A 10th grader at Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School in Davao City, he
wanted to look for something that would at least slow dengues spread. He
knew that many insect-killing chemicals were first discovered in plants. So
the 17-year-old decided to test new candidates that he extracted from three
plants common to where he lives.
One is a thigh-high weed called tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta). Another is an
attractive perennial called the San Francisco plant (Codiaeum variegatum).
Because its leaves are colorful, people often plant it in gardens and yards,
says Jerouen. (Known as the variegated croton, this plant also is grown as a
houseplant in cooler, temperate zones.) The third is an herb called lemon
grass (Cymbopogan citratus), which is used in cooking.
Many insect-killing extracts are isolated by soaking a plants leaves in
alcohol. And thats basically what Jerouen did. After picking the leaves, he
dried them for one week. Then, he soaked each type in alcohol. Afterwards,
he let the alcohol evaporate. What remained was a concentrated oily liquid
full of plant-made chemicals.
He tested these extracts by dripping small quantities of them into water that
contained mosquito eggs and larvae. Both tawa-tawa and lemon grass
extracts caused the mosquito larvae to develop unusually. They would not
have matured into healthy adults, Jerouen says. The San Francisco plant
extract proved even more toxic to the insects. In just 24 hours, it had killed all
of the mosquito eggs and larvae in the water.
Jerouen described his results here, May 12, at the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair. Created by Society for Science & the Public and
sponsored by Intel, this year's competition brought together more than 1,750
students from 75 countries. (SSP also publishes Science News for Students.)
Jerouen focused his research on preventing the spread of dengue fever. But in
recent months, people have become even more aware of the Zika virus. It,
too, is spread by mosquito bites. It can cause fevers, rashes and eye

inflammation. Whats more, if a pregnant woman gets infected, her baby

might end up with birth defects. And then theres chikungunya, a devastating
disease poised to hit North America. All three viruses can be transmitted by
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This suggests Jerouens plant extracts might
become a powerful weapon in fighting many frightening diseases.

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