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Continued on page 7 INSIDE EL PUEBLO QUIZ Identify the INSIDE6 DATEEL PUEBLO QUIZ green thumb What’s the ANSWER? ed4ible garden or this month’s El Pueblo Question 1: RETIREMENT FQuiz, please identify the year in which Ath ecar Lo sdeparts Angele s from LACERS UPDATE Union Stattheion fihotel,rst op etravelingned its to the airport. The airport 7 doors to passengers. One is located 9 miles east Let’s Cook lucky winnander w ith12 t hemiles corre ctnorth Coloring easter answer wiofll wthein car’stwo AdepartureMC eg9gs Gold movpoint.ie tick eAboutts fro howm a many SPORTS random drmilesawin gis. Gtheoo airportd luck, from LET’S HEAR IT readers! Pletheas ehotel? send your an- 1FO2R THE LADIES! swers byQ uestionApril 2:7 to JVC JAZZ Lilit.BerberyaAn @cellace bphonesa.org. with a list price of $100 is FestIVAL marked down 30%. If 11 Adam gets an employee discount of 20% off the TRAVEL sale price, how much Good luck! Please send your VALENCIA AND does Adam pay for the answers to: [email protected] by EASTERN SPAIN cell phone? September 5, 2015. Page 2 ACEBSA’s Announcements El Pueblo | September 2015 Their cure is our cause Aflac takes the lead in their time of need Childhood cancer is the number one cause of death by disease for individuals 15 years or younger*, and during the past 60 years Aflac has helped raise over $90MM for the cause. The goal is to raise $100MM by 2015, but we won’t stop there. For more information about Aflac’s committment to help eliminate childhood cancer or to learn about Aflac insurance policies, contact your Aflac agency: Steven Hanson, at 213.625.7375. ACEBSA-sponsored since 1985 CA Ins. Lic. No. 0B50393 Please join us in the fight against pediatric cancer this September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, atduckprints.com * National Cancer Institute Factsheet: Cancer in Children& Adolescents, May, 12, 2014. Coverage is underwritten by American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus. Z140694 Worldwide Headquarters | 1932 Wynnton Road | Columbus, Georgia 31999 7/14 Medical Tips National Cholesterol Education Month BY MIKAELA IBANEZ Cholesterol is a fatty chemical it does not lower LDL cholesterol. found within the body, but, when too Stress may also affect blood choles- much is present in the bloodstream, it terol levels dues to the habits that are can build up on artery walls and form formed while under stress, such as blockages. High blood cholesterol af- eating fatty foods. fects over 65 million Americans. It is possible to prevent or treat high The two types of cholesterol are levels of “bad” cholesterol by eating a high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and healthy diet and avoiding saturated low-density lipoprotein (LDL). HDL is and trans fats. ® commonly known as the “good cho- lesterol,” while LDL is known as the “bad cholesterol.” LDL cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. It is recommended by the Na- tional Heart, Lung, and Blood In- stitute that adults over the age of 20 have their cholesterol levels checked every 5 years. Or, it may need to be checked more often if: to- Eating healthier food can lower your cholesterol tal cholesterol is 200 mg/dL or higher; and help you live a healthier lifestyle. HDL cholesterol is lower than 40 mg/ dL; or there are other risk factors for How to enter: heart disease and stroke. Regular physical activity and main- Snap a photo of your favorite purchase made with your LAFCU Visa credit card and post it Factors that contribute to increased taining a healthy weight can also help on our Facebook page. If your photo receives the most “Likes” from FB or our staff, you will LDL cholesterol include heredity, age, lower cholesterol. Weight loss also win a $100 Visa gift card.* gender, alcohol, and stress. Genes helps raise “good” cholesterol levels. Only LAFCU members ages 18-25 with a LAFCU Visa credit card, are eligible. affect how fast LDL is created and Maintaining healthy levels of blood removed from the blood, influencing cholesterol is tremendously impor- P.O. Box 53032 • Los Angeles, CA 90053-0032 your LDL cholesterol level. For men tant, Alonzo Iniguez since having high (877) MY LAFCU (695-2328) • www.LAFCU.org e-Mail: [email protected] over the age of 45, it is recommended levels of cholesterol is closely related that they get their cholesterol checked to heart disease and stroke. LAFCU membership is open to all Southern California residents. more often than 5 years; for women, /LAFCUfanpage /LAFCU @LAFCU /LAFCUmktg that age is 50. Alcohol intake does Sources: www.cdc.gov; www.cms.gov; *No purchase necessary. Any LAFCU member who posts a photo to the LAFCU Facebook page from September 1, 2015 increase the “good” cholesterol, but www.medicinenet.com through October 31, 2015, will be automatically entered into the Win with Visa Challenge. The individual who posts the photo that receives the highest number of “Likes” on Facebook will win a $100 Visa gift card; and the individual who posts the photo that is named “Staff Pick” will win a $100 Visa gift card, for a total of two winners. Both winners will be chosen and notified on Facebook by November 2, 2015. Ask us for details. El Pueblo | September 2015 DEADLINE Page 3 El Pueblo LEttEr from thE EDItor Named after “El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles sobre El Rio de la Porciúncula,” (“the village or small town of the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula”). The Note strong, loving connection between retirees We discuss the purpose and neces- ____________________________________ Dear Readers, and their adopted pets.