ProfNet Experts Available on Healthy Food Swaps, Lawncare Tips, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Healthy Food Swaps
• Fall Lawncare Tips
• Millennials Finding It Hard to Transition Into Adulthood

MEDIA JOBS

• Reporter, Energy Policy/EPA – The Wall Street Journal
• Contributing Editor, Best Buy Drug Costs – Consumer Reports
• M&A/Funds Reporter - InfraLatinAmerica

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Expert Spotlight: Jonathan Jordan, Fitness and Nutrition Expert
• How the AP Fights Fake News
• Blog Profiles: Language Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Healthy Food Swaps
Rene Ficek
Registered Dietitian and Lead Nutrition Expert
Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating
April showers eventually bring May flowers but, in the meantime, they can really put a damper on our healthy lifestyle plans. When the rainy storms approach, we're not just reaching for our umbrellas and rain boots, but also for heavier, more warming foods. Ficek can share simple swaps to help your readers stay motivated and healthy, no matter the weather: "Healthy swaps to boost motivation range from lean meats for corn-fed beef and lemon water for sugar sweetened beverages. One swap example is olive oil for margarine. Margarine can raise bad cholesterol, lower good cholesterol, and cause inflammation and diseases ranging from heart disease to diabetes. Make the easy swap to olive oil, and you'll feel better and more motivated."
Website: http://www.SeattleSutton.com
Contact: Catherine Pastiak, [email protected]

Fall Lawncare Tips
Kirk Hurto, Ph.D.
Vice President of Technical Services
TruGreen
"Throughout the fall, there are things you can do to maintain your yard's appearance and health. Remove fallen tree leaves and debris from your lawn. Studies have shown mulching tree leaves back into your lawn effectively clears away tree leaf debris that otherwise can become matted and damage your lawn over the winter. Lowering the mower height by one or two settings the last couple of mowings before winter reduces grass diseases associated with snow. Avoid walking on frost-covered lawns as doing so may cause brown footprints to appear later that can remain visible until spring. Clean and edge landscape beds, leaving no more than 2-3 inches of mulch in the beds."
As TruGreen's chief science officer, Hurto reviews and approves the company's products, work practices and technical training of specialists to ensure regulatory compliance and environmental stewardship. He joined TruGreen in 1981 as a research scientist, and his work in weed control products and strategies has led to the development of the leading products used in lawn and landscape management. He is a co-patent holder for a unique granular delivery device and has developed precision application systems for targeted lawn applications. A member of several professional lawn and landscape societies and associations, Hurto was recognized as one of the Top 10 Leaders in the lawn and landscape industry for 2004. He currently represents TruGreen as a member of the US EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship program (PESP). He has a doctorate in horticulture from the University of Illinois, and a BS and MS in plant and soil sciences from Southern Illinois University.
Website: https://www.trugreen.com
Contact: Leighton Thompson, [email protected]

Millennials Finding It Hard to Transition Into Adulthood
Dr. Frieda Birnbaum
Research Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
"Today's economy is much more volatile and unfriendly, especially to those who are just graduating school. It can be mentally distressing for those in their peak capable working years to be unemployed and living with their parents. While financial independence is a part of adulthood, there are other aspects of it as well. Maturity and making decisions that are not simply based on what feels good at that moment but is beneficial in the long term is a component of adulthood. Maturity is also about becoming more aware about how your actions affect others. Some millennials are more mature than others and their inner circles and role models can play a significant part in their maturity or non-maturity. Becoming an adult is not something that's guaranteed. If you look at some of our celebrities and leaders, they seem to act very childlike at times. Adulthood is about much more than how much money you have in the bank. It's about maturity, conduct, and how you respect others and yourself."
Based in the New York metro area, Dr. Birnbaum is author of "Life Begins at 60: A New View on Motherhood, Marriage, and Reinventing Ourselves." She's an expert on depression, women's issues, and attaining happiness.
Website:  http://www.doctorfrieda.com
Contact: Ryan McCormick, [email protected]

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• Reporter, Energy Policy/EPA – The Wall Street Journal
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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• EXPERT SPOTLIGHT: JONATHAN JORDAN, FITNESS AND NUTRITION EXPERT. In our Expert Spotlight series, we feature an expert from the ProfNet network that we think journalists will find interesting and timely. In this edition, we catch up with Jonathan Jordan, an award-winning personal trainer, nutrition coach, group fitness instructor and fitness blogger: http://prn.to/2pijSk5

• HOW THE AP FIGHTS FAKE NEWS. Information is everywhere. How is the average news consumer supposed to separate fact from fiction? That's where the Associated Press steps in. The AP has been a paragon of neutrality and fact-based content for 171 years, but only recently has it gotten attention specifically for the work it is doing to rid the world of misinformation, one piece of news at a time. What started as a fact-checking mission to validate information presented by newsmakers has migrated into an organization-wide effort to verify reported or shared news stories that appear to have bad information: http://prn.to/2pldN8B

• BLOG PROFILES: LANGUAGE BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and looks at a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the topic. This week, the team looks at language blogs: http://bit.ly/2pyYMRE

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