Teen Ink Magazine,
December 2006 :
Health Articles
Blinding Light by Kristen P., Wyckoff, NJ Wearing a bikini under my clothes, I hesitantly walked into the neon-lit salon. The owner greeted me without looking up, while his orange-hued customers eyed me with suspicion. Continue...
Driving Me Nuts by Emily R., Hillsdale, NJ At a Bat Mitzvah I attended in eighthgrade, an encounter with some seemingly innocent Japanese cabbage -which I did not know was marinated in peanut oil - produced anunparalleled wrath. After putting just one spoonful in my mouth, I wentinto anaphylactic shock. Continue...
More Sleep = Better Health by Steven F., Andover, KS Ben Franklin once wrote, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” People would assume that Ben also meant students, but schools start before 8 a.m. which means most have to wake up around 6:30. Continue...
Organic Food by Mallory S., Carmel, IN Growing up I never got to have chocolate milk or soda. While other kids brought grape jelly sandwiches on Wonder bread, I had whole-grain bread with turkey, cheese, lettuce and Dijon mustard. Continue...
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