July 10, 2025 • 35 mins
In this episode of Our Voices Today, host Stephanie “DJ Black Unicorn” Crowder explores community-driven health and wellness solutions with three powerful changemakers making a difference on the ground in Cleveland. Jerrod Amir Shakir of Bike Cleveland discusses how safe, accessible biking can transform neighborhoods and public health. Linea Webb, REACH Program Manager, shares how the initiative is tackling disparities through community-based wellness. And Teela Patterson, food educator with the Produce Prescription and Coupon Program, breaks down how access to fresh fruits and vegetables can be a life-changing intervention. From movement to meals, this conversation dives into how these programs are reshaping what health looks like in our city.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is w o VU Studios and now our voices today.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to our voices today right here on
WOVU ninety five point nine FM with You Have a
Love Unicorn and of the Land DJ Black Unicorn aka
Uni and welcome, Welcome today.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
I have something special in story for my listening audience
here on WOVU ninety five point nine F and we're
gonna talk about health. We're gonna talk about how you
should be taking care of yourself and some amazing things
that's coming up here in Cleveland.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
But look, look, I'm super excited. I know one of
my guests.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I'm super excited to get to know the other guests
that we have here in the studio live with us.
We're gonna be talking about some physical activity, just some
slow roll and understanding that physical activity is beneficial not
just for your body, before your mind as well, and
how you can get involved, understanding that it takes a
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lot to keep moving and if you don't keep moving.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
You will lose it.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
My first guest today, I'm going to allow him to
properly introduce himself to our listening audience here at WWU.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Hello, my name is Gerald Amy or Shakir. I'm the
community organizer with Bike Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Thank you so much for joining me. Can you give
a little brief background on yourself and Bike Cleveland?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Okay, Well, I'm representing the Buck Eye Shaker neighborhood and
at Bike Cleveland, we're all about making our streets safer
and easier for everyone who rides a bike in the
greater Cleveland area. We're nonproperly with over a thousand members
and support from local businesses, and we make sure that
when it comes to transportation, people on bikes are included
in the conversation. So we work on policies and improvements
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that help everyone, not just drivers. And if you care
about better and more equitable transportation, we love for you
to join us.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh why bikes.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Why'd you get involved with this organization specifically bake Cleveland.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh well, I just had got more into biking when
I moved back from Cleveland. I was outside the city
for a little bit, and so I got back into
biking and my adult life, and I was already like
a seasoned community organizer and have volunteered with Bike Cleveland
a couple of times. So when they were looking for
a community organizer, it just makes.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
It Oh okay, okay, So would you say that you
have you can equate that to your health right now,
you've been biking.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
A lot, definitely. I mean it's good for physical activity.
It's one of the best things you can do to
stay healthy and stay in active. Can't help you manage
your weight, to reduce the risk of heart disease type
two diabetes, and strengthen your body and increase the chances
at a longer life. A big thing for me with
riding bikes. I think it's great for my mental health,
just to clear my head every time that I'm on
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the bicycle. And you get to take in the neighborhood
in a different type of way. So that's one of
the biggest factors for me.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
And in the city, they know your name, they know
your voice, so they do they do, they do, and
they may have remembered you. A couple of years back
when you first moved back to Cleveland, you dropped a
lot of weight, which is.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Why I brought that up.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Is that why you got involved with No? Well, I mean,
but no, you said it was super beneficial for your
mental health.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
It was, Yeah, it is. It's been like that for
a while now since I've been rying consistently so and
it has been much better for my weight. You know,
I've changed my diet and lifestyle and you know, cycling
went right and along with it.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Okay, changing the entirety of your lifestyles with did it not?
Just you know, were gonna get into it. But for
those interested in getting involved with by Cleveland or learning
more about their work, they can they.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Visit Oh yeah, they go to go bike Cleveland arg
and learn about it. You couldn't become a member. Also,
I'm collecting people's stories. If you have a testimony about
how cycling may have changed your life or your cycling experience.
Maybe fortunately you were hit by a car, have a
near miss accident, anything like that. I take those stories
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and for advocacy purposes, we give them to the government
and say, hey, this is why we need more safer
and improve biking infrastructure.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Awesome, thank you, thank you. What's so important about physical activity?
Let's get straight to it.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
I mean it just it's going to help you in
the long run. It's one of those things where you know,
psychologically you may not want to do it, but you're
going to feel better afterwards. So I encourage everybody to
do it. It's one of the things that I'm dedicated
my life to right now with the change of the
lifestyle is being more physically active, and cycling is definitely
one of the ways that I'm able to do that.
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It does all that, it does all that, like, it
really does all that. So we kind of overlook it
with our you know, hustle hustle go lifestyle and everything
like that. But when we make time to be intentional
about our health and our wellness, hit to go a
long way.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
So you mentioned changing your lifestyle. What other things do
I need to do?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Were implementing my life to be able to, you know,
even maintain a bike route with the rest of the crew. Well,
for me, I'm a smoker, right, smoke, say, I gotta
stop it if I want that lung capacity to be
able to keep up with you.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
All right, Like, what else would I need to do?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Well, yeah, that'll help if you stop doing that. I
stopped particularly my diet, stopped eating meat and things like that.
So most of the vegetarian stop drinking and everything like that.
So all of these play a factor and going a
long way with you know, strength and endurance and I
was able to just ship a lot of weight really quickly. Also,
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just my wellness practices also consist of, you know, consistently
meditating things like that, and I think just being mindful,
being in nature. It all goes hands hand in hand,
I believe with with cycling being outside.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Was there anything in particular that sparked the change in
you to make these changes in the first place. Was
it just getting involved with bike Cleveland in general?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
By Cleveland was a part of it? I think it all,
you know it all everything's happened for a reason. So
it was just some health issues I was dealing with
at the time. So I decided to cleanse myself for
at least a year and you know, stop all of
the stuff that had basically plagued me since you know,
my whole adult life. Honestly, so in my whole life,
you know, always the over eater in the family, and
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so changing my lifestyle to be more healthy, especially as
I see you know, the problems of my family and
different people around me are dealing with as they get older.
So you know, changing lifestyle in general, I think it
probably added a couple of years to my life. So
we just all want to be able to have a
good quality of life. So I believe cycling just goes
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along with that, just being able to stay healthy, keep
your breath, and again mentally it is a great great
exercise as well.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yes, for sure, you can see the glow that the
bike is giving you. Oh thank you. Between that and.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
The fruits and veggies, you you're doing your thing.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
You're doing your thing.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
What's the difference between moderate and vigorous intensity when it
comes to workout and cycling though.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Well, cycling is low impact, so that's good for people
with you know, bad needs or things like that. Then
you got you know, different hit you know, training and
working out as far as lifting weights and what have you.
So whatever people are able to do, I think that
it goes a long way. And keep pushing yourself regardless
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of what level you're at. I think that it's important,
you know, working out as one of those things where
it can be uncomfortable at first, Yes, and so most
people don't want to do it. But with that uncomfortability
comes growth, and that's how we get stronger and we
get better, we last longer.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Yes, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Is there like a time frame or anything, especially like
starting off because they say you shouldn't go like super
hard when you first start if you haven't been working
out since like high school sports or something like that.
So can we talk a little bit about that and
like timeframes and what people should start off with and
where they should try to grow and get to.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Yeah, I'm no personal training to or anything like that,
you know, but I just say, you know, take it
easier first. I think being mindful of just you know,
set a time frame and ten fifteen minutes at first,
and you know, as time allows and permits how much
free time that you have available, try to increase your
reps and sets and things like that as far as
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you know what you're doing, or how long that you
may be outside on a bicycle, things like that, I
think that they will go a long way. You know,
your body is going to tell you how much you
can handle, so you know, and you know, working out
to failure is usually a good thing.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
So we obviously are familiar with buicking. What other things
could people do to increase their levels of physical activity?
Speaker 4 (08:57):
You know, I love to get a good walk in
as well. Know we don't just do advocate for cycling,
but pedestrians in general, so and dedicated walking paths to
go along with the protected bike lanes and things like that.
So I love the good of good walking for real. Again,
it just clears my head. I'm able to kind of
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speak to myself internally, sometimes externally looking like a crazy
person out there. But yeah, I think that walking is
a good thing that people can do. Some people love
to run and everything. There's so much you could do.
Swimming is also good, a low impact, I believe. So
there's many things you can do without necessarily just going
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to the gym and picking up heavyweights.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Does cutting grass count?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Cutting grass can't count.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Playing with my kids count.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Playing with your kids definitely count.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, man, it's a lot of energy.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Yeah, sure so. And working out with them I think
is a cool thing. Going on bike trips with them
could be really cool and rewarding. You get to connect
differently as a family and get that exercise in together.
I think that's a beautiful thing. Going on walks just
a different way of bonding.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Bike trips. How many miles do bake trips? Actually?
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Like usually it could go anywhere from four to five, six, seven, eight,
nine to ten miles however long that you really want
to you know, do so I think the most I
did is maybe like fifty miles in the day.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Fifty miles, Yeah, that.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Was That was yeah last year, but that was kind
of tricked. You know. We went to back your Neighborhood,
which starts up this Saturday, actually behind Dave's the Shaker
Square a miss Norwood Park, one hundred and twenty eighth
the Drexmore I believe. So meet up is around eleven o'clock.
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I think ride out rollout is eleven thirty. So yeah,
I went on one of those like your Neighborhood rides
and afterwards we kept pushing downtown and then they kind
of tricked me because they're like, oh, now we're going
to Edgewater. I'm like, we're going to Edgewater, Like hey what?
So I had to make that trip all the way back,
but it was rewarding. My legs were spent. And then
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you know Greater buck Eyes on the hills, so making
the back up that hill was a lot. But you know,
I'm interested to see how far I can go now
with you know, weight loss and at in endurance.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Have you ever hopped off a bike mid ride?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Hopped off a bike mid right? I don't know about
hopping off may ride but you know, I definitely took
some extended breathers.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And you know, you have to be kind and gentle
with your body, especially in the beginning. And I think
a lot of times people ended up pushing theirselves and
their bodies past the limit. They end up with sprains
and definitely pulled muscle. That you don't want to do that.
So how can we avoid that?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
What should we be doing?
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Well? I definitely I can tell y'all walked up them
hills right up. I'm gonna be real, That's.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
What I meant when I say hopped off, you hopped
off and.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
You bock the bike up that Hell, yeah, you're not
gonna lie. But and yeah, you gotta be mindful with
yourself and know your limits as well. You don't want to,
you know, kill yourself out there, so be very very
mindful of how much you can do. And you know,
it's always good to put yourself, but don't put yourself
to the point of injury or exhaustion.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yes, and it's always great to stretch before after during
if you need to.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Please just stay hydrated with.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Your body and staying hydrated. Thank you, I was going there,
Thank you, Thank you. Let's talk about it though, because
you know, people drink aator rays and they drink all
the other energy drinks. That really is not good for
your body. So what should they just be drinking water?
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Water?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
That's right. I like water.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
It's tasty.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
You know what, you can always if you like to
fruit your water up, you can add some strawberries, just
give a little flavor. Add some oranges, cucumbers, whatever fruits
or veggies you're into, you can always put into your water.
I know a lady that puts the latter in her
water and she loves it.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Hey, do you boo?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
As long as you're saying hydrated? Okay, can you tell
us about the Better Streets Committee?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Oh? The Better Streets Committees is for residents, neighborhood stakeholders
who are interested in things like protected bike clanes, walking paths,
safer streets in general. So I facilitate three of those
meetings in my own neighborhood of Buckeye Old Brooklyn which
is Tonight, and Midtown as well. But we have released
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seven or nine Better Streets Committees throughout the city. I'm
not sure if I can name them all off top
right now, but another Detroit shore Away is one of
the more active and self sufficient committees. So they meet
once a month and we do different initiatives around the
respective neighborhoods, like street painting. It's traffic calming measures, so
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whether it's to crosswalk painting or curb extensions, things like that.
Some fix the thigns they'll put on for people to
come and have their bike fixed in the neighborhood and
around the city, things like that. So the Better Streets Committees,
if you want to find out more about those as well,
please visit bike Cleveland dot org and you can find one,
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hopefully in your neighborhood and attend and get active.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Yes, yes, I think this break, we're gonna talk a
little bit more about how residents can get involved with
Better Streets Committee, and we're going to bring on miss Jayla,
who is also here live in the studio with us,
to talk about nutrition. Don't go anywhere. You are listening
to our voices today right here on w o v
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Speaker 2 (14:46):
No, no, no, Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
To our voices today right here on WOBU ninety five
point nine FM.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
This is the other Love you the corner of the land.
Have a great conversation with mister.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Gerard of clee oh excuse me, Bike Cleveland of byke Cleveland,
of by Cleveland again, what is that website?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
One more time for individuals looking to get.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Involved Bike Cleveland dot org.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
That simple bike Cleveland dot Orgon right now, we're just
gonna shift gears. We're still talking about health and now
you can take care of yourself a little better. But
now we're gonna talk about nutrition. We're still gonna continue
that conversation about physical activity. So don't go anywhere. Jared
Hostage definitely, I'm sorry you're Rod. I'm getting everybody name Rod.
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So before the break, I said, Miss Jayala shout out
to Miss Jayla, our intern here at WOVU, just graduating
now too long ago.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
But no I don't have her live in the studio
with me, sadly, but I do have Miss Lena. Did
I say that right? Lena? I see, That's why I want.
I should have just been like, hey, y'all, I'm back
with Lenia because it was fresh and Miss.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Tela, not Miss Tila. Hello and welcome to you both.
Thanks for having me, Thank you for joining me.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
I'm super excited to talk nutrition. So I've had an
interesting diet journey. Right before I had my little one,
who is now four, I was vegan for two years.
I got pregnant, and I wanted everything under the sun.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
It's coluding the swine, including.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
All the things that I was not eating for a
long time, right, And somehow my body just picked everything
right back up. I didn't throw up like one you
know when they say, like, if you haven't eat swine
in a while, which is pork, it's gonna probably make
you sick.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
No, that baby wanted it all and I.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Did not get sick. But it's been a struggle getting
back to that way of life, to be honest for me.
So let's talk nutrition. First of all, I will allow
you to properly introduce yourselves to our listening audience here
at WOVU, and then we're gonna get into it.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
Okay, Yeah, So I'm Wannio Web, the project manager for
the Nutrition Incentive Strategy led by the Sweatland Center at
Case Western, and this piece of the reach project has
two parts, so fruit and vegetable coupons and produce prescriptions
also known as pr X. So we're gonna dive into
more specifics of these later. And then one of our
team members, Tila is also with me today.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
Yeah, so hi, my name is Tela Patterson and I'm
the food educator with the Produce Coupon Program which supports
nutrition incentive programming, and I'm glad to be here today.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Well, thank you both again.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I'm super happy to have you both here with us
for our listening audience because we're talking about healthy eating
and healthy living today. If you're interested in learning more
about the Reach project and ways you can live at
healthy lifestyle, visit hip kaya Hoga dot org, Hip kyle
Hoga dot org, Hi p kyahuga dot org.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
If it you know. Look, look it's very simple.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Just go to the website or you can check out
hip kya Hogo on social media.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
But all right, let's get things started. When we talk
about diet. First question for you, miss Ale, I'm just
gonna call you Miss Ale.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Is that on perfect? What's the big deal about healthy eating?
Speaker 5 (18:12):
So, yeah, healthy eating is not a diet, it's more
of a lifestyle. So you know, everything that we eat
is gonna affect our health. So we believe that food
is medicine. When we focus on nutrition, we're helping our
bodies grow and stay healthy. And a healthy diet is
emphasizing fruits and vegetables as much as as possible, whole
grains if you eat dairy, low fat dairy products or
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dairy alternatives, and lean protein. So today we're really focusing
on the fruit and vegetable part of the diet.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I love fruits, and I love the veggies, but mainly,
what's your favorite fruit?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Raspberry, tila, strawberries.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
See, I'm a berry girl myself, and so is my daughter.
I love strawberries. She loves raspberries. I just don't like raspberries.
For some like them as a juice learn I juice them.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
How about you, Jared? Oh? Why do I keep doing that?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Doesn't have my whole life? I correct people instinctively, you rod,
mister j I can't pick just one. But yeah, I
love strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, plums, Oh.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I love plums. I love plums.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
I love me a good peach poe too.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Peach cobbler.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
That's not technically healthy, but it depends on how you
make it.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
You only if you have ice cream with it.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
But if the ice cream isn't dairy, you know, maybe
ice cream.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yes, absolutely, I love that too. Or gelatto.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
But food is medicine. As you can see, I'm a
food you do not let the size fool you.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
I eat and I eat a lot.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
And when I was particitant vegan and leaving living that lifestyle,
I ate even more because I had to be able
to compensate for the proteins that I will no longer
getting from meat.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
And can we talk a little bit about that as well.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
But before that food is medicine, can you tell all
the listeners what that means exactly?
Speaker 5 (20:11):
Yeah, So, food is medicine really emphasizes that connection between
what we eat and our overall health. So you know,
we recognize access to high quality, nutritious foods is crucial
for our well being and for our bodies to function properly,
to have more energy. So we're working to educate community
members on what healthy eating entails and expanding opportunities for
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them to adopt this lifestyle. And that can look a
bit different for each person.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Yes, absolutely, especially for those in food deserts. So can
we give a little tips for those individuals who I'm
speaking of who may be struggling with even getting to
a grocery store to obtain healthy foods.
Speaker 6 (20:54):
And also, so yes, that does look different, specifically by
residents who live in areas disproportionately impacted by food deserts
and food access and quality. So that's why we're doing
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this work. As Lena mentioned earlier, our strategy includes produce
coupons and prescription programs. Currently, we're providing eligible patients with
one hundred dollars in qupons that can be redeemed at
participating farmers markets. We've also developed an app Produce Path
where community members can see the details of our participating
farmers' markets, including the hours of operation, which incentives they accept,
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what invent what inventory is available. There's some cool recipes
and more.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Well, what does healthy eating actually do for us? We
hear this word healthy and it's just like, oh, yeah,
you want to be healthy, you want to be healthy,
but no one's actually telling us how to be healthy,
where to go to be healthy, what to get besides,
you know you all here with me.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Yeah, that's a great that's a great question. So our
diet has a significant impact. Adults who eat healthier tend
to live longer and have a lower risk for serious
health problems like heart disease Type two diabetes and obesity.
For people who have already been diagnosed with the lifestyle
related condition, making changes to their diet can help them
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manage their symptoms or can even reverse the condition.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Any tips for those
and those deserts. I'm sorry, I thought you were getting it. No,
you're totally no, No, you're you're totally fine. Impromptu, impromptu. Okay,
So we know, so we do know there is a
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connection between what we eat and how we feel. But
can what does healthy eating actually look like because a
lot of times we hear healthy eating and we think
solids all day long and eating like rabbits, right, and
that's not it is, but not exactly.
Speaker 6 (23:11):
So that's another great point. Like Lenia said before, we
want to focus on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low fat,
dairy or dairy alternatives, and lean proteins. How you get
those food groups who look differently based upon your personal preference,
cultural traditions, and access we want to make We will
also want to eat more foods with fiber, vitamins and
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minerals and fewer foods with added sugars, saturated fats, and sodium.
A good rule of thumb is to make half of
your plate fruits and vegetables, one quarter whole grains, and
one quarter protein. Generally, most people should aim for about
two cups of fruit and three cups of vegetables each day,
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and you can find the right amount for you by
visiting my plate dot gov and building a my plate plan.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
H five, got a few some vegies in this economy,
that's a I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
I don't know, but I always tell people, Look, it's
cheaper to just grab an apple than it is to
go to McDonald's most of the time these days as well.
I'm just saying, Plus a lot of our neighbors don't
have grocery stores, and our community members supposed to follow
these guidelines when we are living in these desert Sorry,
I was a little early.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Yeah, I mean kind of like Tila mentioned earlier, like
through our Produce Prescription the coupon program that's really a
pilot that we started for this summer, so hoping to
expand that in the future.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
There are other.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
Organizations and healthcare organizations throughout the community that are doing
food as medicine or produce prescription programs. So definitely reaching
out if you have a primary care doctor. You know,
if you go to a clinic here locally, many of
them have programs like that where you can get free produce,
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so checking there would be a good option as well.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Thank you, Thank you, Tila.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
Anything to add, yes, So, I just wanted to talk
about the one hundred dollars coupons and what makes someone
eligible and where they should go.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Yes, please, So, patients who.
Speaker 6 (25:22):
Are eighteen and older, who have Medicaid or Medicare insurance,
or who are uninsured are eligible. We have info booth
scheduled through June eighteenth at access Point, Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health,
Neighborhood Family Practice, Signature Health, and University Hospitals. You can
find the specific dates and times on our website by
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searching for produce path qpon program in your search engine.
It should be the first link.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
I appreciate that info, mis Tila. Absolutely, I'm not gonna
make that mistake again.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
All right, all right, jay, right, you don't like mister
you feel too young for that?
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Oh no, I'm definitely hey, I'm on status nowadays.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So yeah, yeah, I worry about it.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I mean yeah, tt over here by Cleveland dot org
again is the website if you are looking to get
involved with Bike Cleveland. If you just want to get
can you just besides making sure that everyone has safety
when it comes to being on their bicycles. For those
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you may not been here before the break, what exactly
does by Cleveland do well?
Speaker 4 (26:40):
By Cleveland we don't just leave the bike rides and
do education, but we also advocate for the infrastructure of
protective bike lanes, walking paths, and safer streets in general.
So that's basically what we do in a nutshell. If
you do want to get active, there are the Better
Streets committees that allow the residents to actually be a part.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Of what we do.
Speaker 4 (27:04):
And I remember the neighborhoods now that we're all in.
So if you're in any of the neighborhoods, excuse me,
Cam's Corner, West Park, Jefferson, the Church, Away, Cadell, my neighborhood,
Aid Buck Eye, Buck Eye, Shaker, Collinwood, Oad Brooklyn, Ohio City, Treatmont,
Midtown Sloppy Village, and now the brand new is Union Miles.
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So if you're in any in any of those neighborhoods,
you can go to our website by Cleveland dot org
to learn how you can be a part of what
dates are those meetings are happening. Also the local CDCs
we usually partner with in those neighborhoods that help us out,
so you can find out and you can be active
and a part of it. You could also go to
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our website by Cleveland dot org see how you can
be a member.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Thank you, thank you, and say you know, I'm like,
you know what, I'm gonna pick up a new hobby
this summer. I love this conversation. I'm gonna start biking,
and I go to Cleveland. Oh, excuse me. I go
to bike Cleveland dot org. That's bike Cleveland dot org,
and I sign up to be a member and I
show up to my first ride. What can I expect
when I show up?
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Oh, you could expect to have a lot of fun.
You could expect to meet a lot of cool people,
and then you could expect a good exercising.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
I love it. I love it. Good vibes, good vibes.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
And again, if you are interested in joining any of
those local chapters that mister J.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
J Rod.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
Just mentioned, you can always visit bike Cleveland dot org
as well.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
But all right, what suggestions.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Do you have for those who might be interested in
biking or supporting the movement and just aren't ready to
commit to advocacy and just want to you know, tap
their toe in a little bit.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Well, yeah, you can always join the Better Streets committees
if you're not interested in going on in one of
the bike rides that there's many throughout the city and
we partner with you know, slow Roll is one of
the bigger rides in the city. Also by your neighborhood,
you can also form a walking group in your neighborhood.
There's plenty of those throughout the city as well, So
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there's different ways to be active. You can always go
to our website and donate even if you don't want
to participate in the ride, And we have our big
fundraiser Bundo coming up in a a month or so,
so you could be a part of that. If you
don't want to actually be a part of the ride,
where you can go I believe it's five ten, was
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it ten twenty or thirty miles? Let me not get
the being incorrect and line up here. So, but you
can also volunteer with us that day and that'd be
at Edgewater beach.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Awesome. Awesome. So what's the slow Row.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
Slow Row is another organization that we partner with and
they meet I think it's every Monday throughout different neighborhoods
throughout the city. So it's one of the largest bike
rides in the city where I think five hundred people
on the ride at once, maybe under selling it. So
it's a great way to meet new people, meet people
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who are also interested in bike riding, enthusiasts, advocates.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I definitely heard. I've seen them definitely in hoards. How
do I get involved? I want to bike with them
like they do look fun whenever I have to see them.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Yeah, I believe you go to slow roll slow row
dot com or look them up on social media's and
find out what rides they'll be taken soon. You can
go see what neighborhoods if they're coming in your neighborhood
this year, they most likely will be so they travel
around the city bring everyone with them to bring the
city out. So it's it's a great time.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Thank you so much for sharing all that amazing information
about you know, bike Cleveland and slow roll Cleveland.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
By your neighborhood as well.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Yes, yes, and like your neighborhood as well. Slow Roll
Cleveland dot org is the website if you are interested
in being a part of that huge horde of bikers
that will be riding around the city coming up soon.
They like mister j Rodd just mentioned, I'm combining them now.
I don't know what's going on. Look like he just
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mentioned they have a ride coming up. So if you
want to be involved and see a healthier you definitely
hit that website up that slow Road Cleveland dot org
and get involved.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Again.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Thank you so much for sharing that information with us,
Jay Rod, I have one more question for you.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
What is the Reach Project?
Speaker 4 (31:35):
The Reach Project is basically a project lab by partners
in the Kyahoga County Board of Health and our teams
is the proven strategies that aim to make healthy living
in Kyahogy easier. So we're working with the farmers' markets,
the doctors' offices, work sites, and churches to make healthy
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food more available. We're working with early childcare and education
centers to make sure our kids are introduced to healthy
habits at a young age. And of course we're working
to make our streets safer so you can go on
that walk, that walk or that bike ride without worrying.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I love the I love the That sounds like a
lot of good work.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Can you sure one more time where people can get
involved in law and more.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
At oh so Yep. If you wanna are interested in
joining a Better Streets Committee of volunteering with Bike Cleveland,
visit our website at by Cleveland dot org. If you
want to go for a Monday night slow roll, go
to slow row Cleveland dot org. And finally, if you
want to learn about our initiatives with the Reach project,
you can head to Hipkayahoga dot org.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Thank you so much for joining me here on our
voices today Today, miss l ms T, let's get back
into this food conversation, because look, we can bike all
day long, but if we're not eating the right things
and putting the right food fuel inside of our bodies,
you know, anything can happen. We can end up on
the side of the road passed out, and the biker
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happening is to come save us because we just didn't
take care of ourselves or drinking off water. So we
gotta talk about food before we leave. And definitely we
got a top on these one hundred dollars coupons one
more time on our way out, please Miss Tila tell
them all about it one more time.
Speaker 6 (33:22):
So yes, yes, yes, patients who are eighteen and older
have Medicaid or Medicare insurance, or who are uninsured and eligible,
and we'll have info booths scheduled through June eighteenth at
access Point Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health, Neighborhood, Family Practice, Signature Health,
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and University Hospitals. You can find the specific dates and
times on the website by searching produced path, coupon program,
and your search engine. It should be the first link.
Speaker 3 (33:54):
Thank you, thank you, and miss l can you go
over how many cups of veggies and fruits we need
to get one more time time into our daily diets?
Because I know I forgot already. I know somebody out
there did too.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
Generally, most people should aim for two cups of free
and three cups of vegetables each day, but definitely always
check with your doctor whenever you're considering trying a new diet.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yes, oh oh gosh, especially if you're fasting. Don't just
go straight to the wall with it. You have to
like kind of ease your body into it and ease
your body out of it, especially if you're doing physical activity.
You cannot fast and do physical activity without incorporating the
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proper things into your diet, like these fruits and veggies
that we've been talking about this program today here on
our voices today, talking all about nutrition and this program today.
Of course, I've been brought to you by the Board
of Health Cuyahoga County making sure that you know how
to take care of yourself. You have those tips that
you need to better yourself and your life and your
health and your family's health.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
Because look a it starts with you. They see you
doing it, they're gonna want to do it too.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
So take care of yourself, especially if you got little ones,
if you want them to be able to take care
of themselves when you're gone, give them a great example
while you're here. Thank you all for joining me here
on our voices today. I appreciate your time, I appreciate
your energy. I appreciate the things you are doing out here,
boots on ground make sure that people have the things
that they need to know about.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I appreciate you all. Thank you for joining me here
on our voices today. WOBU ninety nine FL
This is w o VU Studios and now our voices today.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to our voices today right here on
WOVU ninety five point nine FM with You Have a
Love Unicorn and of the Land DJ Black Unicorn aka
Uni and welcome, Welcome today.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
I have something special in story for my listening audience
here on WOVU ninety five point nine F and we're
gonna talk about health. We're gonna talk about how you
should be taking care of yourself and some amazing things
that's coming up here in Cleveland.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
But look, look, I'm super excited. I know one of
my guests.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
I'm super excited to get to know the other guests
that we have here in the studio live with us.
We're gonna be talking about some physical activity, just some
slow roll and understanding that physical activity is beneficial not
just for your body, before your mind as well, and
how you can get involved, understanding that it takes a
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lot to keep moving and if you don't keep moving.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
You will lose it.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
My first guest today, I'm going to allow him to
properly introduce himself to our listening audience here at WWU.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Hello, my name is Gerald Amy or Shakir. I'm the
community organizer with Bike Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Thank you so much for joining me. Can you give
a little brief background on yourself and Bike Cleveland?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Okay, Well, I'm representing the Buck Eye Shaker neighborhood and
at Bike Cleveland, we're all about making our streets safer
and easier for everyone who rides a bike in the
greater Cleveland area. We're nonproperly with over a thousand members
and support from local businesses, and we make sure that
when it comes to transportation, people on bikes are included
in the conversation. So we work on policies and improvements
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that help everyone, not just drivers. And if you care
about better and more equitable transportation, we love for you
to join us.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Oh why bikes.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Why'd you get involved with this organization specifically bake Cleveland.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh well, I just had got more into biking when
I moved back from Cleveland. I was outside the city
for a little bit, and so I got back into
biking and my adult life, and I was already like
a seasoned community organizer and have volunteered with Bike Cleveland
a couple of times. So when they were looking for
a community organizer, it just makes.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
It Oh okay, okay, So would you say that you
have you can equate that to your health right now,
you've been biking.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
A lot, definitely. I mean it's good for physical activity.
It's one of the best things you can do to
stay healthy and stay in active. Can't help you manage
your weight, to reduce the risk of heart disease type
two diabetes, and strengthen your body and increase the chances
at a longer life. A big thing for me with
riding bikes. I think it's great for my mental health,
just to clear my head every time that I'm on
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the bicycle. And you get to take in the neighborhood
in a different type of way. So that's one of
the biggest factors for me.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I love that.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
And in the city, they know your name, they know
your voice, so they do they do, they do, and
they may have remembered you. A couple of years back
when you first moved back to Cleveland, you dropped a
lot of weight, which is.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Why I brought that up.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Is that why you got involved with No? Well, I mean,
but no, you said it was super beneficial for your
mental health.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
It was, Yeah, it is. It's been like that for
a while now since I've been rying consistently so and
it has been much better for my weight. You know,
I've changed my diet and lifestyle and you know, cycling
went right and along with it.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Okay, changing the entirety of your lifestyles with did it not?
Just you know, were gonna get into it. But for
those interested in getting involved with by Cleveland or learning
more about their work, they can they.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
Visit Oh yeah, they go to go bike Cleveland arg
and learn about it. You couldn't become a member. Also,
I'm collecting people's stories. If you have a testimony about
how cycling may have changed your life or your cycling experience.
Maybe fortunately you were hit by a car, have a
near miss accident, anything like that. I take those stories
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and for advocacy purposes, we give them to the government
and say, hey, this is why we need more safer
and improve biking infrastructure.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Awesome, thank you, thank you. What's so important about physical activity?
Let's get straight to it.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
I mean it just it's going to help you in
the long run. It's one of those things where you know,
psychologically you may not want to do it, but you're
going to feel better afterwards. So I encourage everybody to
do it. It's one of the things that I'm dedicated
my life to right now with the change of the
lifestyle is being more physically active, and cycling is definitely
one of the ways that I'm able to do that.
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It does all that, it does all that, like, it
really does all that. So we kind of overlook it
with our you know, hustle hustle go lifestyle and everything
like that. But when we make time to be intentional
about our health and our wellness, hit to go a
long way.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
So you mentioned changing your lifestyle. What other things do
I need to do?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Were implementing my life to be able to, you know,
even maintain a bike route with the rest of the crew. Well,
for me, I'm a smoker, right, smoke, say, I gotta
stop it if I want that lung capacity to be
able to keep up with you.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
All right, Like, what else would I need to do?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Well, yeah, that'll help if you stop doing that. I
stopped particularly my diet, stopped eating meat and things like that.
So most of the vegetarian stop drinking and everything like that.
So all of these play a factor and going a
long way with you know, strength and endurance and I
was able to just ship a lot of weight really quickly. Also,
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just my wellness practices also consist of, you know, consistently
meditating things like that, and I think just being mindful,
being in nature. It all goes hands hand in hand,
I believe with with cycling being outside.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Was there anything in particular that sparked the change in
you to make these changes in the first place. Was
it just getting involved with bike Cleveland in general?
Speaker 4 (06:00):
By Cleveland was a part of it? I think it all,
you know it all everything's happened for a reason. So
it was just some health issues I was dealing with
at the time. So I decided to cleanse myself for
at least a year and you know, stop all of
the stuff that had basically plagued me since you know,
my whole adult life. Honestly, so in my whole life,
you know, always the over eater in the family, and
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so changing my lifestyle to be more healthy, especially as
I see you know, the problems of my family and
different people around me are dealing with as they get older.
So you know, changing lifestyle in general, I think it
probably added a couple of years to my life. So
we just all want to be able to have a
good quality of life. So I believe cycling just goes
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along with that, just being able to stay healthy, keep
your breath, and again mentally it is a great great
exercise as well.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Yes, for sure, you can see the glow that the
bike is giving you. Oh thank you. Between that and.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
The fruits and veggies, you you're doing your thing.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
You're doing your thing.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
What's the difference between moderate and vigorous intensity when it
comes to workout and cycling though.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Well, cycling is low impact, so that's good for people
with you know, bad needs or things like that. Then
you got you know, different hit you know, training and
working out as far as lifting weights and what have you.
So whatever people are able to do, I think that
it goes a long way. And keep pushing yourself regardless
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of what level you're at. I think that it's important,
you know, working out as one of those things where
it can be uncomfortable at first, Yes, and so most
people don't want to do it. But with that uncomfortability
comes growth, and that's how we get stronger and we
get better, we last longer.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Yes, absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:50):
Is there like a time frame or anything, especially like
starting off because they say you shouldn't go like super
hard when you first start if you haven't been working
out since like high school sports or something like that.
So can we talk a little bit about that and
like timeframes and what people should start off with and
where they should try to grow and get to.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Yeah, I'm no personal training to or anything like that,
you know, but I just say, you know, take it
easier first. I think being mindful of just you know,
set a time frame and ten fifteen minutes at first,
and you know, as time allows and permits how much
free time that you have available, try to increase your
reps and sets and things like that as far as
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you know what you're doing, or how long that you
may be outside on a bicycle, things like that, I
think that they will go a long way. You know,
your body is going to tell you how much you
can handle, so you know, and you know, working out
to failure is usually a good thing.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
So we obviously are familiar with buicking. What other things
could people do to increase their levels of physical activity?
Speaker 4 (08:57):
You know, I love to get a good walk in
as well. Know we don't just do advocate for cycling,
but pedestrians in general, so and dedicated walking paths to
go along with the protected bike lanes and things like that.
So I love the good of good walking for real. Again,
it just clears my head. I'm able to kind of
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speak to myself internally, sometimes externally looking like a crazy
person out there. But yeah, I think that walking is
a good thing that people can do. Some people love
to run and everything. There's so much you could do.
Swimming is also good, a low impact, I believe. So
there's many things you can do without necessarily just going
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to the gym and picking up heavyweights.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Does cutting grass count?
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Cutting grass can't count.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Playing with my kids count.
Speaker 4 (09:47):
Playing with your kids definitely count.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yeah, man, it's a lot of energy.
Speaker 4 (09:51):
Yeah, sure so. And working out with them I think
is a cool thing. Going on bike trips with them
could be really cool and rewarding. You get to connect
differently as a family and get that exercise in together.
I think that's a beautiful thing. Going on walks just
a different way of bonding.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Bike trips. How many miles do bake trips? Actually?
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Like usually it could go anywhere from four to five, six, seven, eight,
nine to ten miles however long that you really want
to you know, do so I think the most I
did is maybe like fifty miles in the day.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Fifty miles, Yeah, that.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Was That was yeah last year, but that was kind
of tricked. You know. We went to back your Neighborhood,
which starts up this Saturday, actually behind Dave's the Shaker
Square a miss Norwood Park, one hundred and twenty eighth
the Drexmore I believe. So meet up is around eleven o'clock.
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I think ride out rollout is eleven thirty. So yeah,
I went on one of those like your Neighborhood rides
and afterwards we kept pushing downtown and then they kind
of tricked me because they're like, oh, now we're going
to Edgewater. I'm like, we're going to Edgewater, Like hey what?
So I had to make that trip all the way back,
but it was rewarding. My legs were spent. And then
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you know Greater buck Eyes on the hills, so making
the back up that hill was a lot. But you know,
I'm interested to see how far I can go now
with you know, weight loss and at in endurance.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Have you ever hopped off a bike mid ride?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Hopped off a bike mid right? I don't know about
hopping off may ride but you know, I definitely took
some extended breathers.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And you know, you have to be kind and gentle
with your body, especially in the beginning. And I think
a lot of times people ended up pushing theirselves and
their bodies past the limit. They end up with sprains
and definitely pulled muscle. That you don't want to do that.
So how can we avoid that?
Speaker 1 (11:55):
What should we be doing?
Speaker 4 (11:56):
Well? I definitely I can tell y'all walked up them
hills right up. I'm gonna be real, That's.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
What I meant when I say hopped off, you hopped
off and.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
You bock the bike up that Hell, yeah, you're not
gonna lie. But and yeah, you gotta be mindful with
yourself and know your limits as well. You don't want to,
you know, kill yourself out there, so be very very
mindful of how much you can do. And you know,
it's always good to put yourself, but don't put yourself
to the point of injury or exhaustion.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Yes, and it's always great to stretch before after during
if you need to.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Please just stay hydrated with.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
Your body and staying hydrated. Thank you, I was going there,
Thank you, Thank you. Let's talk about it though, because
you know, people drink aator rays and they drink all
the other energy drinks. That really is not good for
your body. So what should they just be drinking water?
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Water?
Speaker 1 (12:47):
That's right. I like water.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
It's tasty.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
You know what, you can always if you like to
fruit your water up, you can add some strawberries, just
give a little flavor. Add some oranges, cucumbers, whatever fruits
or veggies you're into, you can always put into your water.
I know a lady that puts the latter in her
water and she loves it.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Hey, do you boo?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
As long as you're saying hydrated? Okay, can you tell
us about the Better Streets Committee?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Oh? The Better Streets Committees is for residents, neighborhood stakeholders
who are interested in things like protected bike clanes, walking paths,
safer streets in general. So I facilitate three of those
meetings in my own neighborhood of Buckeye Old Brooklyn which
is Tonight, and Midtown as well. But we have released
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seven or nine Better Streets Committees throughout the city. I'm
not sure if I can name them all off top
right now, but another Detroit shore Away is one of
the more active and self sufficient committees. So they meet
once a month and we do different initiatives around the
respective neighborhoods, like street painting. It's traffic calming measures, so
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whether it's to crosswalk painting or curb extensions, things like that.
Some fix the thigns they'll put on for people to
come and have their bike fixed in the neighborhood and
around the city, things like that. So the Better Streets Committees,
if you want to find out more about those as well,
please visit bike Cleveland dot org and you can find one,
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hopefully in your neighborhood and attend and get active.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Yes, yes, I think this break, we're gonna talk a
little bit more about how residents can get involved with
Better Streets Committee, and we're going to bring on miss Jayla,
who is also here live in the studio with us,
to talk about nutrition. Don't go anywhere. You are listening
to our voices today right here on w o v
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Speaker 2 (14:46):
No, no, no, Welcome back.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
To our voices today right here on WOBU ninety five
point nine FM.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
This is the other Love you the corner of the land.
Have a great conversation with mister.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Gerard of clee oh excuse me, Bike Cleveland of byke Cleveland,
of by Cleveland again, what is that website?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
One more time for individuals looking to get.
Speaker 4 (15:12):
Involved Bike Cleveland dot org.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
That simple bike Cleveland dot Orgon right now, we're just
gonna shift gears. We're still talking about health and now
you can take care of yourself a little better. But
now we're gonna talk about nutrition. We're still gonna continue
that conversation about physical activity. So don't go anywhere. Jared
Hostage definitely, I'm sorry you're Rod. I'm getting everybody name Rod.
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So before the break, I said, Miss Jayala shout out
to Miss Jayla, our intern here at WOVU, just graduating
now too long ago.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
But no I don't have her live in the studio
with me, sadly, but I do have Miss Lena. Did
I say that right? Lena? I see, That's why I want.
I should have just been like, hey, y'all, I'm back
with Lenia because it was fresh and Miss.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Tela, not Miss Tila. Hello and welcome to you both.
Thanks for having me, Thank you for joining me.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
I'm super excited to talk nutrition. So I've had an
interesting diet journey. Right before I had my little one,
who is now four, I was vegan for two years.
I got pregnant, and I wanted everything under the sun.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
It's coluding the swine, including.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
All the things that I was not eating for a
long time, right, And somehow my body just picked everything
right back up. I didn't throw up like one you
know when they say, like, if you haven't eat swine
in a while, which is pork, it's gonna probably make
you sick.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
No, that baby wanted it all and I.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Did not get sick. But it's been a struggle getting
back to that way of life, to be honest for me.
So let's talk nutrition. First of all, I will allow
you to properly introduce yourselves to our listening audience here
at WOVU, and then we're gonna get into it.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
Okay, Yeah, So I'm Wannio Web, the project manager for
the Nutrition Incentive Strategy led by the Sweatland Center at
Case Western, and this piece of the reach project has
two parts, so fruit and vegetable coupons and produce prescriptions
also known as pr X. So we're gonna dive into
more specifics of these later. And then one of our
team members, Tila is also with me today.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
Yeah, so hi, my name is Tela Patterson and I'm
the food educator with the Produce Coupon Program which supports
nutrition incentive programming, and I'm glad to be here today.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
Well, thank you both again.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
I'm super happy to have you both here with us
for our listening audience because we're talking about healthy eating
and healthy living today. If you're interested in learning more
about the Reach project and ways you can live at
healthy lifestyle, visit hip kaya Hoga dot org, Hip kyle
Hoga dot org, Hi p kyahuga dot org.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
If it you know. Look, look it's very simple.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Just go to the website or you can check out
hip kya Hogo on social media.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
But all right, let's get things started. When we talk
about diet. First question for you, miss Ale, I'm just
gonna call you Miss Ale.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Is that on perfect? What's the big deal about healthy eating?
Speaker 5 (18:12):
So, yeah, healthy eating is not a diet, it's more
of a lifestyle. So you know, everything that we eat
is gonna affect our health. So we believe that food
is medicine. When we focus on nutrition, we're helping our
bodies grow and stay healthy. And a healthy diet is
emphasizing fruits and vegetables as much as as possible, whole
grains if you eat dairy, low fat dairy products or
(18:34):
dairy alternatives, and lean protein. So today we're really focusing
on the fruit and vegetable part of the diet.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I love fruits, and I love the veggies, but mainly,
what's your favorite fruit?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Raspberry, tila, strawberries.
Speaker 3 (18:51):
See, I'm a berry girl myself, and so is my daughter.
I love strawberries. She loves raspberries. I just don't like raspberries.
For some like them as a juice learn I juice them.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
How about you, Jared? Oh? Why do I keep doing that?
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Doesn't have my whole life? I correct people instinctively, you rod,
mister j I can't pick just one. But yeah, I
love strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, plums, Oh.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I love plums. I love plums.
Speaker 3 (19:23):
I love me a good peach poe too.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
Peach cobbler.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
That's not technically healthy, but it depends on how you
make it.
Speaker 4 (19:31):
You only if you have ice cream with it.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
But if the ice cream isn't dairy, you know, maybe
ice cream.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yes, absolutely, I love that too. Or gelatto.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
But food is medicine. As you can see, I'm a
food you do not let the size fool you.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
I eat and I eat a lot.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
And when I was particitant vegan and leaving living that lifestyle,
I ate even more because I had to be able
to compensate for the proteins that I will no longer
getting from meat.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
And can we talk a little bit about that as well.
Speaker 3 (20:05):
But before that food is medicine, can you tell all
the listeners what that means exactly?
Speaker 5 (20:11):
Yeah, So, food is medicine really emphasizes that connection between
what we eat and our overall health. So you know,
we recognize access to high quality, nutritious foods is crucial
for our well being and for our bodies to function properly,
to have more energy. So we're working to educate community
members on what healthy eating entails and expanding opportunities for
(20:32):
them to adopt this lifestyle. And that can look a
bit different for each person.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Yes, absolutely, especially for those in food deserts. So can
we give a little tips for those individuals who I'm
speaking of who may be struggling with even getting to
a grocery store to obtain healthy foods.
Speaker 6 (20:54):
And also, so yes, that does look different, specifically by
residents who live in areas disproportionately impacted by food deserts
and food access and quality. So that's why we're doing
(21:15):
this work. As Lena mentioned earlier, our strategy includes produce
coupons and prescription programs. Currently, we're providing eligible patients with
one hundred dollars in qupons that can be redeemed at
participating farmers markets. We've also developed an app Produce Path
where community members can see the details of our participating
farmers' markets, including the hours of operation, which incentives they accept,
(21:40):
what invent what inventory is available. There's some cool recipes
and more.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Well, what does healthy eating actually do for us? We
hear this word healthy and it's just like, oh, yeah,
you want to be healthy, you want to be healthy,
but no one's actually telling us how to be healthy,
where to go to be healthy, what to get besides,
you know you all here with me.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Yeah, that's a great that's a great question. So our
diet has a significant impact. Adults who eat healthier tend
to live longer and have a lower risk for serious
health problems like heart disease Type two diabetes and obesity.
For people who have already been diagnosed with the lifestyle
related condition, making changes to their diet can help them
(22:29):
manage their symptoms or can even reverse the condition.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Any tips for those
and those deserts. I'm sorry, I thought you were getting it. No,
you're totally no, No, you're you're totally fine. Impromptu, impromptu. Okay,
So we know, so we do know there is a
(22:55):
connection between what we eat and how we feel. But
can what does healthy eating actually look like because a
lot of times we hear healthy eating and we think
solids all day long and eating like rabbits, right, and
that's not it is, but not exactly.
Speaker 6 (23:11):
So that's another great point. Like Lenia said before, we
want to focus on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low fat,
dairy or dairy alternatives, and lean proteins. How you get
those food groups who look differently based upon your personal preference,
cultural traditions, and access we want to make We will
also want to eat more foods with fiber, vitamins and
(23:35):
minerals and fewer foods with added sugars, saturated fats, and sodium.
A good rule of thumb is to make half of
your plate fruits and vegetables, one quarter whole grains, and
one quarter protein. Generally, most people should aim for about
two cups of fruit and three cups of vegetables each day,
(23:57):
and you can find the right amount for you by
visiting my plate dot gov and building a my plate plan.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
H five, got a few some vegies in this economy,
that's a I don't know.
Speaker 3 (24:08):
I don't know, but I always tell people, Look, it's
cheaper to just grab an apple than it is to
go to McDonald's most of the time these days as well.
I'm just saying, Plus a lot of our neighbors don't
have grocery stores, and our community members supposed to follow
these guidelines when we are living in these desert Sorry,
I was a little early.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
Yeah, I mean kind of like Tila mentioned earlier, like
through our Produce Prescription the coupon program that's really a
pilot that we started for this summer, so hoping to
expand that in the future.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
There are other.
Speaker 5 (24:43):
Organizations and healthcare organizations throughout the community that are doing
food as medicine or produce prescription programs. So definitely reaching
out if you have a primary care doctor. You know,
if you go to a clinic here locally, many of
them have programs like that where you can get free produce,
(25:06):
so checking there would be a good option as well.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Thank you, Thank you, Tila.
Speaker 6 (25:11):
Anything to add, yes, So, I just wanted to talk
about the one hundred dollars coupons and what makes someone
eligible and where they should go.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Yes, please, So, patients who.
Speaker 6 (25:22):
Are eighteen and older, who have Medicaid or Medicare insurance,
or who are uninsured are eligible. We have info booth
scheduled through June eighteenth at access Point, Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health,
Neighborhood Family Practice, Signature Health, and University Hospitals. You can
find the specific dates and times on our website by
(25:43):
searching for produce path qpon program in your search engine.
It should be the first link.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
I appreciate that info, mis Tila. Absolutely, I'm not gonna
make that mistake again.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
All right, all right, jay, right, you don't like mister
you feel too young for that?
Speaker 4 (26:09):
Oh no, I'm definitely hey, I'm on status nowadays.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
So yeah, yeah, I worry about it.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
I mean yeah, tt over here by Cleveland dot org
again is the website if you are looking to get
involved with Bike Cleveland. If you just want to get
can you just besides making sure that everyone has safety
when it comes to being on their bicycles. For those
(26:35):
you may not been here before the break, what exactly
does by Cleveland do well?
Speaker 4 (26:40):
By Cleveland we don't just leave the bike rides and
do education, but we also advocate for the infrastructure of
protective bike lanes, walking paths, and safer streets in general.
So that's basically what we do in a nutshell. If
you do want to get active, there are the Better
Streets committees that allow the residents to actually be a part.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Of what we do.
Speaker 4 (27:04):
And I remember the neighborhoods now that we're all in.
So if you're in any of the neighborhoods, excuse me,
Cam's Corner, West Park, Jefferson, the Church, Away, Cadell, my neighborhood,
Aid Buck Eye, Buck Eye, Shaker, Collinwood, Oad Brooklyn, Ohio City, Treatmont,
Midtown Sloppy Village, and now the brand new is Union Miles.
(27:26):
So if you're in any in any of those neighborhoods,
you can go to our website by Cleveland dot org
to learn how you can be a part of what
dates are those meetings are happening. Also the local CDCs
we usually partner with in those neighborhoods that help us out,
so you can find out and you can be active
and a part of it. You could also go to
(27:47):
our website by Cleveland dot org see how you can
be a member.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Thank you, thank you, and say you know, I'm like,
you know what, I'm gonna pick up a new hobby
this summer. I love this conversation. I'm gonna start biking,
and I go to Cleveland. Oh, excuse me. I go
to bike Cleveland dot org. That's bike Cleveland dot org,
and I sign up to be a member and I
show up to my first ride. What can I expect
when I show up?
Speaker 4 (28:09):
Oh, you could expect to have a lot of fun.
You could expect to meet a lot of cool people,
and then you could expect a good exercising.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
I love it. I love it. Good vibes, good vibes.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
And again, if you are interested in joining any of
those local chapters that mister J.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
J Rod.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
Just mentioned, you can always visit bike Cleveland dot org
as well.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
But all right, what suggestions.
Speaker 3 (28:35):
Do you have for those who might be interested in
biking or supporting the movement and just aren't ready to
commit to advocacy and just want to you know, tap
their toe in a little bit.
Speaker 4 (28:45):
Well, yeah, you can always join the Better Streets committees
if you're not interested in going on in one of
the bike rides that there's many throughout the city and
we partner with you know, slow Roll is one of
the bigger rides in the city. Also by your neighborhood,
you can also form a walking group in your neighborhood.
There's plenty of those throughout the city as well, So
(29:07):
there's different ways to be active. You can always go
to our website and donate even if you don't want
to participate in the ride, And we have our big
fundraiser Bundo coming up in a a month or so,
so you could be a part of that. If you
don't want to actually be a part of the ride,
where you can go I believe it's five ten, was
(29:29):
it ten twenty or thirty miles? Let me not get
the being incorrect and line up here. So, but you
can also volunteer with us that day and that'd be
at Edgewater beach.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Awesome. Awesome. So what's the slow Row.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
Slow Row is another organization that we partner with and
they meet I think it's every Monday throughout different neighborhoods
throughout the city. So it's one of the largest bike
rides in the city where I think five hundred people
on the ride at once, maybe under selling it. So
it's a great way to meet new people, meet people
(30:07):
who are also interested in bike riding, enthusiasts, advocates.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I definitely heard. I've seen them definitely in hoards. How
do I get involved? I want to bike with them
like they do look fun whenever I have to see them.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Yeah, I believe you go to slow roll slow row
dot com or look them up on social media's and
find out what rides they'll be taken soon. You can
go see what neighborhoods if they're coming in your neighborhood
this year, they most likely will be so they travel
around the city bring everyone with them to bring the
city out. So it's it's a great time.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Thank you so much for sharing all that amazing information
about you know, bike Cleveland and slow roll Cleveland.
Speaker 4 (30:53):
By your neighborhood as well.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
Yes, yes, and like your neighborhood as well. Slow Roll
Cleveland dot org is the website if you are interested
in being a part of that huge horde of bikers
that will be riding around the city coming up soon.
They like mister j Rodd just mentioned, I'm combining them now.
I don't know what's going on. Look like he just
(31:16):
mentioned they have a ride coming up. So if you
want to be involved and see a healthier you definitely
hit that website up that slow Road Cleveland dot org
and get involved.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Again.
Speaker 3 (31:26):
Thank you so much for sharing that information with us,
Jay Rod, I have one more question for you.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
What is the Reach Project?
Speaker 4 (31:35):
The Reach Project is basically a project lab by partners
in the Kyahoga County Board of Health and our teams
is the proven strategies that aim to make healthy living
in Kyahogy easier. So we're working with the farmers' markets,
the doctors' offices, work sites, and churches to make healthy
(31:58):
food more available. We're working with early childcare and education
centers to make sure our kids are introduced to healthy
habits at a young age. And of course we're working
to make our streets safer so you can go on
that walk, that walk or that bike ride without worrying.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
I love the I love the That sounds like a
lot of good work.
Speaker 3 (32:19):
Can you sure one more time where people can get
involved in law and more.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
At oh so Yep. If you wanna are interested in
joining a Better Streets Committee of volunteering with Bike Cleveland,
visit our website at by Cleveland dot org. If you
want to go for a Monday night slow roll, go
to slow row Cleveland dot org. And finally, if you
want to learn about our initiatives with the Reach project,
you can head to Hipkayahoga dot org.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Thank you so much for joining me here on our
voices today Today, miss l ms T, let's get back
into this food conversation, because look, we can bike all
day long, but if we're not eating the right things
and putting the right food fuel inside of our bodies,
you know, anything can happen. We can end up on
the side of the road passed out, and the biker
(33:07):
happening is to come save us because we just didn't
take care of ourselves or drinking off water. So we
gotta talk about food before we leave. And definitely we
got a top on these one hundred dollars coupons one
more time on our way out, please Miss Tila tell
them all about it one more time.
Speaker 6 (33:22):
So yes, yes, yes, patients who are eighteen and older
have Medicaid or Medicare insurance, or who are uninsured and eligible,
and we'll have info booths scheduled through June eighteenth at
access Point Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health, Neighborhood, Family Practice, Signature Health,
(33:43):
and University Hospitals. You can find the specific dates and
times on the website by searching produced path, coupon program,
and your search engine. It should be the first link.
Speaker 3 (33:54):
Thank you, thank you, and miss l can you go
over how many cups of veggies and fruits we need
to get one more time time into our daily diets?
Because I know I forgot already. I know somebody out
there did too.
Speaker 5 (34:08):
Generally, most people should aim for two cups of free
and three cups of vegetables each day, but definitely always
check with your doctor whenever you're considering trying a new diet.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yes, oh oh gosh, especially if you're fasting. Don't just
go straight to the wall with it. You have to
like kind of ease your body into it and ease
your body out of it, especially if you're doing physical activity.
You cannot fast and do physical activity without incorporating the
(34:38):
proper things into your diet, like these fruits and veggies
that we've been talking about this program today here on
our voices today, talking all about nutrition and this program today.
Of course, I've been brought to you by the Board
of Health Cuyahoga County making sure that you know how
to take care of yourself. You have those tips that
you need to better yourself and your life and your
health and your family's health.
Speaker 1 (34:59):
Because look a it starts with you. They see you
doing it, they're gonna want to do it too.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
So take care of yourself, especially if you got little ones,
if you want them to be able to take care
of themselves when you're gone, give them a great example
while you're here. Thank you all for joining me here
on our voices today. I appreciate your time, I appreciate
your energy. I appreciate the things you are doing out here,
boots on ground make sure that people have the things
that they need to know about.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I appreciate you all. Thank you for joining me here
on our voices today. WOBU ninety nine FL
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