History of Halloween

Its that time of the year.  My favorite holiday. . . . . Halloween!Halloween is the one of the oldest holidays.  It's one of the most popular holidays, second only to ChristmasHalloween culture can be traced back to the Druidsa Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe over 2000 years ago. It was originally a pagan holiday, Samhain honoring the dead. The Celts celebrated the festival to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winterthey also believed the barrier between the living and the dead was thinnestoften involved rituals that included human sacrifice.

The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets at nighttime. To appease these evil spirits they would leave gifts and treats outside to please the ghost and goblinsto ensure next years crops would be a good year. This custom evolved later on as trick-or-treating. Costumes were adorned during these early festivitiesusually those made from the skins and heads of dead animals. Owwww, scaryWhen the Romans invaded most of the Celtic territory.

The holiday Samhain then became All Hallows Eveas time goes on the word All Hallows Eve started to sound like HalloweenThat how the term Halloween came to beIn the early days of the new world/AmericaHalloween had zero presenceThe new world was anti HalloweenIrish immigrants brought the holiday to North America in the mid-1800sback then Halloween was just praying, feasting, and playing games such as such as bobbing for apples. Which is still a Halloween traditionAfter World War II we saw a boom in Halloween but nothing compared to what we see todayAll the way to the 90's or even 2000.

 Halloween was consider a kids holidaySo what changed all of that?You can also credit Hollywood and store campaigns for making Halloween what it is today. Even the ladies are choosing this holiday to wear sexy oufitsIn 2014, 7. 4 Billion dollars was spent on Halloween merchandiseAll good things for the economyHalloween falls on a Saturday this yearso no excuse and celebrate it in your own way of either trick or treating,handing out treats,pranking, partying, watching scary movies, telling ghost stories, carving pumpkins or going to your local haunt attraction. Have fun and beware of ghouls, ghost and goblins muahahahaHappy Halloween everybody

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Eating for Eye Health: Foods that Protect Your Vision -- Kathleen Zelman

UnitedHealthcare Ask the Expert Kathleen Zelman Nutrition Expert You've probably heard thatcarrots are good for your eyesight.  Well, one of our viewers wants to know, "Are thereany other nutrients that are good for your vision and for your eyes?" So, carrots.  Let'sstart with the obvious because carrots are an excellent source of beta-carotene.  Andbeta-carotene is a type of vitamin A.  It's also an antioxidant that studies have shownthat diets that are rich in antioxidants can help prevent macular degeneration and promotegeneral eye health.  But, it's not just carrots alone.  What gives carrots this orange color. Think about the fruits and vegetables that are rich with orange or red pigment.

Thosepigmented produce generally are a rich source of beta-carotene.  So, we know those are goodfor you.  So, red peppers, and sweet potatoes, and not so much oranges, because oranges arecitrus.  But vitamin C is also a nutrient that has been shown to be beneficial for eye health. So, berries, and tomatoes, and oranges, and citrus, dark leafy greens, broccoli, brusselssprouts, you name it.  So many of the fruits and vegetables that we eat are powerhousesof good nutrition that not only help you with vision, but they're just good for you in ageneral sense.  But also, there are a couple of other substances called lutein and zeaxanthinthat have been shown to be beneficial for eye health.

You get these, I know they'reeven hard to pronounce, but you get these nutrients in dark leafy greens.  So dark leafygreens give you vitamin C, and lutein, and zeaxanthin, they're really powerhouses.  But,also, you can find lutein and zeaxanthin in egg yolks.  So the American Heart Associationsays an egg a day is OK.  It's a great source to be able to get a good dose of these twonutrients that are beneficial.  But, also, we know that zinc is a nutrient that can bebeneficial.  So, things like turkey breast.  And the recent study is showing that omega-3fatty acids may help those tiny little vessels within the eyes and help enhance and promoteeye health.  So, getting sardines and salmon.  Getting omega-3-rich seafood is also a greatway to help promote eye health.

Look at it as a total dietary pattern.  I think dietarypatterns where you have you meet the dietary guideline recommendations where half yourplates are fruits and vegetables.  And you're eating omega-3-rich seafood twice a week. These are the kinds of healthy habits that will go the distance toward helping promoteeye health.  UnitedHealthcare.

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