Health & Fitness – The East Tech Times

Skipping Breakfast

Jose Villeda Lira

January 7, 2020

The pleasant aroma of hot coffee and the smell of sweet pancakes fill the air; breakfast, why is it so important? Studies have shown that up to 25% of Americans skip breakfast daily, that's more than 13 million people. Experts say that people who eat breakfast,...

Cold and Flu Season: How to Avoid it and What to Expect

January 7, 2020

Runny nose? Sore throat? Excessive coughing? That sounds like the flu or cold has caught up to you. As summer comes to an end, the flu and cold season arrive in town. These diseases tend to start in October and can last up to A...

Sweet Tomatoes

Mendenhall, Noah, Reporter

December 12, 2019

Sweet Tomatoes, Healthy Foods? When looking for food, there are several restaurants, whether they are fast food places, or sit in, or buffets, but how many are actually healthy? Well, a buffet has a full salad or healthy food bar at the entrance so you can start off healthy, or so they say. This buffet is Sweet Toma...

Food Around the World: Korean

Dixon, Deyprie

December 12, 2019

Korean food is one of the healthiest types of food on earth, with an emphasis on vegetables, different meats cooked without much oil, and a near obsession with the fermented vegetable kimchi, which can be an acquired taste by for...

The Dangers of Football

Martinez, Michael and Padilla-Duarte, Valentin

December 11, 2019

Is Football a dangerous sport? Have you ever played football for high school or a regular junior team for a championship? Well if you have then you probably have gotten an injury. Most people believe Football is a highly dangerous sport because of the many concussions that can happen...

Things to Do With Your Friends In Winter

Franco Salgado, Ashley, Reporter

December 11, 2019

Things to do With Your Friends in Winter With winter coming and temperatures dropping it might seem like the only thing to do with your friends is stay indoors but there are so many fun things that you can do with your friends ...

Sleep Deprivation

Sandoval, Luis, Reporter

December 11, 2019

How Much Do You Sleep? Probably Not Enough… Sleep is something we all hold dearly, but something most of us don't get, and that is a problem. Whether it is from doing late night homework, coming home late, or even just stayin...

Comfort Zones

Sailor-Cole, Samyra, Reporter

November 16, 2019

Your comfort zone is a situation or position in which a person feels secure, comfortable, or in control. Most of the time we don’t like leaving our comfort zones. So I asked some students around ECTA about their comfort zones. I ...

School Advice

Amador, Gabriela and Romero Villafana, Crystal

October 14, 2019

As current students we’d like to fill you in what goes on in school and the advice needed that not many people tell you but you tend to find out as time goes by and your put in the position till your facing reality. We want to talk about...

Stress-Management Tips for Students at ECTA

September 22, 2017