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I’m back from a long weekend in Paris, where my husband and I indulged in crunchy baguettes,  Nutella-filled crêpes at a little place in the  Marais and  pitchers of chocolat chaud (hot chocolate)  at  Cafè Angelina. Does whipped cream count as a protein?

It’s no wonder, ideastream’s new podcast,  Health’s Up, is catching my attention today.

The series is geared toward children, who face a slew of health challenges I never dreamed of as a kid. Like  Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.

“I’ve definitely seen kids who’ve come to see me at the doctor’s office having belly pain or having heartburn or upset stomach, so that kind of like pressure or discomfort in their chest,  when they eat lots and lots of hot Cheetos,” said University Hospitals’ Dr. Sarah Ronis.

“Health’s Up” takes its cues from students at Marion-Sterling Elementary School in Cleveland, who wanted to learn more about what constitutes healthy eating, what they could do to get better sleep, how much exercise they should be getting each day and what causes asthma.

Take a listen, and share the podcasts with the children in your life. Then, in a classic “do as I say, not as I do” parental move, make a pitcher of hot chocolate, the Parisian way. Here’s a  recipe to get you started.
 

See you bright and early tomorrow morning on the radio,
Amy Eddings

Need to KnOH

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Your ideas

The Sound of Ideas was all about books this morning: where to buy them, who to read them with and the One Community Reads program. Suzanne DeGaetano, owner of Mac's Back's Books in Cleveland Heights ( and winner of a Cleveland Arts Prize in 2018!) and Kate Schlademan, owner of The Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson told us how local bookstores are holding their own in the modern age.

“Community is what’s kept us going all of these years …we are a community meeting place. We are where people go to buy tickets for local events. We hold book clubs. We hold local author events. We are just a place for our local community to come together,” Schlademan told SOI host Mike McIntyre.

Where do you get your books? The library? A local bookstore? Amazon? A neighborhood little free library? Call us at  (216) 916-6476, comment on our Facebook page or join the conversation in Public Square. We'll feature some of your thoughts and comments here in Noon(ish) and on Morning Edition.