Vol. 12, Issue 4, April 2021
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A New Direction for Dr. Nelson at Nelson Dental Sleep Medicine By Tom Bostock When Dr. Jay A. Nelson opens his doors to Nelson Dental Sleep Medicine at 26907 Foggy Creek Rd in Wesley Chapel, 813-733-4169 on April 8th, it will be to concentrate solely on the treatment of sleep breathing disorders-snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. It is the culmination of a respected 40-year dental career and a passion that begun with extensive postdoctoral training in sleep starting 10 years ago. His new office will specialize only in treating sleep breathing issues. Today, as his website
(sleepbetterflorida.com) notes, “after working with some of the country’s leading authorities in this relatively new discipline,” he brings his impressive credentials to assist patients suffering from sleep breathing disorders”. Dr. Nelson is one of the very few dentists in the country triple board certified in dental sleep medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM), American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA), and the American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine (ABCDSM). He and his team are looking forward to helping snorers and sleep apnea See “ Dr. Nelson” on page 16
San José Mexican Restaurant: Bringing Authentic Mexican Food to Lutz! By Morgan Fliss
San Jose Mexican Restaurant is conveniently located to bring an extensive list of fresh Mexican cuisine to the area of Lutz and Land O Lakes. Located in the Suncoast Plaza off of State Road 54, all food is made fresh daily and can be customized to order. From house lime margaritas to Mexican street tacos, everyone is sure to find something that they will enjoy! San Jose Mexican Restaurant has been family owned and operated since 2010 and is one of the many restaurant establishments
Jay A. Nelson, DMD, D.ABDSM
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
From the Editor.............................5
Tech Talk with Bob......................8-9
Jacobson Culinary Arts..........12-13
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Go Blue - April is Autism Awareness Month The fourteenth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2021. Throughout the month, supporters focus on sharing stories and providing opportunities to increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism, fostering worldwide support. Since COVID-19 became a global pandemic, socializing was put on the back burner, as well as many other activities involving large crowds. Many public events have been postponed or canceled, but being supportive and kind to those around us should never be put off. This 2021, we should be more committed than ever to be helpful towards those in need. The Autism community needs our constant support, kindness and compassion. If you’re active on social media, we invite you to post and use #LightUpWithKindness. How Can You Show Some Support aside from Hash tagging on social media? Puzzle Ribbon - The Autism Awareness Puzzle Ribbon is the most recognized symbol of the autism community not just in the United States but all over the world. Autism prevalence is now one in every 59 children in America. Show your support for people and children with autism by wearing the Autism Awareness Puzzle Ribbon - as a pin on your shirt, a magnet on your car, a badge on your blog, or even your Facebook profile picture - and educate folks on the potential of people with autism. Connect with your neighborhoods - Many Autism Society local affiliates
hold special events in their communities throughout the entire month of April. But if you can’t find an event that suits you, why not create your own and invite others? Autism-friendly and educational activities take place all month, aiming to increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism, foster worldwide support and inspire a kinder, more inclusive world. Some Tampa Bay local events and workshops include; Sensory Sensitive Sundays at Chuck E. Cheese. Events all Month. Please visit: https://www.chuckecheese. com/eve/sensory-sensitive-sundays/ All month - April 2021, Love Serving Autism. More details at: www.ustaflorida.com Please get in touch with me if you have any events you’d like to share with our community. Whether virtual or faceto-face, we’re always looking to support our community. f you’re able to, please donate to the Autism Society - your financial donation can help improve the lives of people impacted by autism. Every dollar raised by the Autism Society allows them to improve the capabilities and services of their over 100 nationwide affiliates, provide the best national resource database and contact center specializing in autism, and increase public awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with ASD and their families. Until next time,
Carla M. Dubis Tedeschi.
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Tech Talk with Bob: Beware What You Post! Note From Bob: I AM NOT A LAWYER. Nor do I claim to be any kind of legal expert in any way. Do not rely on any of this information for legal purposes. It is intended for informational purposes only. Contact a legal professional should you have a need or concern to clarify any of the following you are about to read. And now on with the show… Social media websites can be a lot of fun. They can also be an excellent and efficient way to stay in touch with friends and family. They provide a platform to reach out and share your thoughts and ideas. A lot of people share their creativity online, whether it is writing articles, short stories, or poetry. Perhaps you may have shared your photography, paintings, sketches, or videos. Maybe you are a musician and want to share your songs. The popularity of these sites is obvious with the millions, and billions, of folks who
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use them daily. Social media websites can be a great outlet where you can tell your entire story, and usually for free. Ok, I know you are smart enough to realize that most free things in life come with a catch. Think about the websites you interact with and especially those sites where you post personal information about yourself. They usually have a “Terms of Service” or “Terms of Use” policy. If you use any social media websites, then you have agreed to their specific policy. Before most sites will let you post anything on them, you must agree to their policy terms whether you like them or not. Many social media website users have agreed to these policies without ever taking the time to read them. Are you one of them? Come on, you can tell me. I’m willing to bet you did not read their Terms of Use. If you didn’t, well, you’re not alone. Most people are so
impatient with getting setup on a social media website that they don’t always read the “fine print.” Sure, it’s in a small font and it’s long, so you just click “accept” and get on with your life. Right? Now, anything you post on their website is still your intellectual property, but now you have given them license to do pretty much anything they want with your stuff you post. Here is an excerpt from Facebook’s terms: “The permissions you give us. We need certain permissions from you to provide our services: 1) Permission to use content you create and share: Some content that you share or upload, such as photos or videos, may be protected by intellectual
property laws. You own the intellectual property rights (things like copyright or trademarks) in any such content that you create and share on Facebook and the other Facebook Company Products you use. Nothing in these Terms takes away the rights you have to your own content. You are free to share your content with anyone else, wherever you want. However, to provide our services we need you to give us some legal permissions (known as a ‘license’) to use this content. This is solely for the purposes of providing and improving our Products and services as described in Section 1 above. Specifically, when you share, post, or upload
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content that is covered by intellectual property rights on or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This means, for example, that if you share a photo on Facebook, you give us permission to store, copy, and share it with others (again, consistent with your settings) such as service providers that support our service or other Facebook Products you use. This license will end when your content is deleted from our systems.” Facebook then goes on to tell you that even though you may have deleted your content and perhaps even closed your account; they still have license to your content if you have shared this content with another Facebook user who still has your content on their page. Now please understand, this is not an attack on Facebook or any other social media site. Regardless of the social media website(s) you may have joined, you will most likely find that these company’s policies are remarkably similar. And I certainly am not saying that social media sites
are looking to usurp your content. But you should be aware of what you are allowing others to do with your content when you post to these websites. I highly encourage you to become completely familiar with the polices of any websites in which you post content that is personal and/or intellectual property that you rather not license for free or for just anyone to use. You may not really care if any of your social media content is being freely used. However, you need to be aware of this, because someday you might prefer to be a little more selective about what you post online. Be Safer My Friend. Cyber criminals will exploit the easy, unprotected systems. Protecting your data is your responsibility, but you don’t have to do it all by yourself. My staff and I are here to help you navigate through these cumbersome and often confusing tasks. If you are not sure your computer is safe, please have it looked over by a Professionally Certified Computer Technician. If you need a certified professional, call us now at 727-5344000. We’ve been helping folks restore their peace of mind, and sanity, with their technology for decades. We Keep You Safer In Your Digital World!
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JACOBSON CULINARY ARTS ACADEMY AT TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL In the state-of-the-art kitchens students receive career-oriented instruction in both classical and modern culinary arts with an emphasis on the skills needed to succeed in the Hospitality Industry. The Chefs and student of JCAA are proud to have BergHOFF as a sponsor of our program and the student tested recipe of the month. The Couscous Fritter recipe was developed by Sophomore students Lily, Karol, Emily, Franky, and Deno If you would like to learn more about our program please go to www.jcaachefs.com
Couscous Fritter 1 ¼ cups Israeli Couscous 2 cups Chicken Stock 1 cup diced Bacon 4 Boneless Chicken Thighs 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 2 stalks minced Celery ¼ Onion, minced 1 cup Parmesan Cheese 1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs 1 egg Season Chicken thighs with salt and pepper and bake at 350 degrees until fully cooked (165 degrees). Cool and shred the
meat. Boil chicken stock and add couscous. Cook stirring regularly. Cook Bacon in small fry pan: pat off excess fat Add Parmesan cheese until it has firm texture. Add in celery and onion. Roll the mixture into balls, coat in egg and panko. Fry in olive oil for 3 – 4 minutes or until golden brown all around. Sautéed Julienne Vegetables 2 large Carrots 1 Celery Root ½ to 1 Onion 1 Green Pepper
2 to 3 cloves Garlic 2-3 Tablespoon olive oil Julienne celery root, carrots, onion, and green pepper. Mince garlic. Add olive oil to pan on medium heat and sauté remaining ingredients until tender. Sweet Chili Sauce 1 cup Rice Vinegar 1 cup + 1 Tablespoon Water 1 up + 2 Tablespoon Cane Sugar 1 – 2 teaspoons Red Chili Flakes 1 ½ teaspoons minced Garlic
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1 teaspoon minced Ginger 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce 2 teaspoon Corn Starch 2 drops red food coloring Mix cornstarch and 1 Tablespoon of water in a small bowl, set aside Mix all other ingredients in a small saucepan, and bring to boil Add cornstarch slurry, stir until slightly thickened. Cool completely To plate; Arrange sautéed vegetables on plate, place 1 or two fritters on top and drizzle with Chili Sauce.
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“Dr. Nelson” - continued from page 1 sufferers in the Tampa Bay Area. In a recent telephone interview, I asked Dr. Nelson if sleep disorders can be dangerous. His answer surprised me. Many medical experts believe Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia died from complications related to sleep apnea. His CPAP was on his nightstandunplugged and not turned on. Dr. Nelson estimates that over 20% of all adults suffer from snoring, the vibration of the soft palate. Snoring is bothersome to your bed partner, but it can lead to a more concerning condition, sleep apnea, the cessation of breathing for a short period, “about ten seconds or longer,” he said. His site notes “the majority of people who suffer from any form of sleep apnea (about 80%) are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years before receiving treatment.” Signs of sleep apnea include: loud snoring, waking out of breath or gasping for air, morning headaches, sore throat, or dry mouth, excessive daytime sleepiness, exhaustion, or fatigue, lack of concentration, memory loss, mood swings, changes in behavior, and sexual disfunction, according to Dr. Nelson’s website. If you aren’t sure if you are suffering from sleep apnea, Dr. Nelson suggests you take the simple STOP-BANG assessment. It is a simple diagnostic tool developed to determine if you are at risk of having sleep apnea and need to be tested. The most common treatment for sleep apnea is CPAP (Continuous Positive
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Airway Pressure), a machine that supplies a steady flow of air through a mask during sleep. However, many patients cannot tolerate the mask and abandon using it, like Justice Scalia. What Dr. Nelson offers is a proven alternative to CPAP: an oral device. A free, no obligation consultation with Dr. Nelson will start you on your way to a better, restful night’s sleep. Dr. Nelson noted there are many oral appliances, custom designed and form fitted to your mouth, available to treat snoring and sleep apnea. The new lightweight oral appliances, Dr. Nelson said, are used in place of, or sometimes in combination with the bulkier and more intrusive CPAP. He offers a wide choice of FDA approved oral appliances to meet each patient’s individual needs and has successfully treated over a thousand patients with these appliances over the past ten years. Since sleep apnea is a medical condition, these devices are covered by medical, not dental insurance. Dr. Nelson’s office works with most major medical insurances, Tricare, and even Medicare. They will do their best to minimize or even eliminate your out of pocket costs. According to Dr. Nelson, untreated sleep apnea is associated with many other medical conditions: high blood pressure, stroke, acid reflex, depression, impotence, dementia, and even a reduced life expectancy. With individualized care readily available at his new dental sleep medicine facility, why would you want to take the risk of remaining untreated?
Frances (left) and Betsy (right) welcome you to Nelson Dental Sleep Medicine I have included a copy of the STOP-BANG quiz below to check whether you or a loved one may at risk of sleep apnea.
STOP-BANG Snoring? Do you Snore Loudly?(Loud enough to be heard through closed doors or your bed-partner elbows you for snoring at night? Yes ___ No ___ Tired? Do you often feel Tired, Fatigued, or Sleepy during the daytime (such as falling asleep during driving or talking to someone?
Yes ___
No ___
Observed? Has anyone Observed you Stop Breathing or Choking/ Gasping during your sleep? Yes ___ No ___ Pressure? Have you or are you being treated for High Blood Pressure? Yes ___ No ___ Body Mass Index over 35 kgm/m2? Body Mass Index Calculator ___cm/kg ___inches/lb ______ height ______ weight ______ BMI (Body Mass Index)
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One of the compact oral devices we use to treat snoring and sleep apnea. Age older than 50? Yes ___ No ___ Neck size large? (Measured around the Adams apple) Is your shirt collar 16 inches or larger? Gender = Male?
Results for the general population:
Yes to 0–2 questions–Low Risk Yes to 3—4 questions– Intermediate Risk Yes to 5–6 questions–High Risk With the prevalence of sleep apnea estimated at over 22 million people in the United States, it is good to know that help for your sleep breathing disorder is as close
as your telephone. Call Dr. Nelson at Nelson Dental Sleep Medicine today and sleep better tomorrow! (813) 733-4169. Or visit them on the internet: www. SleepBetterFlorida.com. Conveniently located from anywhere in the Tampa Bay area! Office Hours: Monday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm Wednesday: 7:00 am 1:00 pm Thursday: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm “We welcome patients from Wesley Chapel, Lutz, New Tampa and all of Tampa Bay to visit our new Dental Sleep Medicine office at 26907 Foggy Creek Road, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544”
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“San Jose” story continued from page 1 around town. The staff works to bring the authentic flavor of San Jose Mexico, right to you. A family-friendly atmosphere, tasty menu and 4-star rating on Google, makes San Jose a favorite among local customers. The restaurant is a family establishment and welcomes everyone to enjoy one of their freshly made meals that are cooked from scratch right after you order. San Jose works extremely hard to create an inviting atmosphere where everyone is welcomed! Customer Patti complemented the establishment by saying “This was the third time in 3 months that we have eaten here. We have gotten excellent service and great food. We are trying new things each time and have not been disappointed.” The Menu and Customer Favorites San Jose serves a variety of both lunch and dinner items with their extremely extensive menu. Starting with lunch combos, San Jose Mexican Restaurant offers a variety of burritos, enchiladas, salads, soups and tacos all under $10. Everything is customizable to fit any dietary restrictions. There are also options to substitute soft taco shells, add queso cheese, add grilled steak or chicken for a small extra charge to make
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your meal exactly how you want it! They also offer 31 different $11.95 combos that are a mix of tacos, enchiladas, burritos or meat with a side. One customer complimented the delicious menu stating “San Jose is very delicious! The burritos [were] made with the finest ingredients and the meat was cooked perfectly. There was no wait, and the staff is extremely friendly. They will always put a smile on your face!” The family-owned restaurant is known for their top-notch tacos that bring the taste of San Jose to the Lutz area. Tacos represent one of the standard dishes of Mexican cuisine, so San Jose takes great pride in making them the best tacos that you have tasted! A customer favorite dish is the Mexican Taco Tour “which puts on a display a variety of tacos that [replicate] Mexican street tacos.” The Taco Tour includes 1 Taco Asada, 1 Taco Carnitas, 1 Taco Pastor, 1 Taco Pollo, and 1 Taco Chorizo with hot sauce, salsa Verde, green onions and jalapeños. They also offer seven other taco items as well as enchiladas, quesadillas, fajitas and burritos. Every cook works to use the closest tortillas, meat and ingredients to really replicate the taste of San Jose. Stop in every Tuesday and Wednesday to browse the specials on all tacos! If you are an adult looking for a drink after a long week, San Jose is the place to go! They are also For Advertising Info 727-943-0551 I info@nnlflorida.com or visit tbnewsandlifestyles.com
known for their amazing house lime, skinny and organic margaritas. Happy hour is every day from 2-7 pm, for the house lime margaritas. You can get two twelve-ounce margaritas for only $10, or a large thirtytwo-ounce margarita for only $10 as well! Some other delicious menu items include freshly made salads and steaming hot fajitas. From shrimp salads, to taco salads and anything in between, San Jose makes all their salads fresh after order. Any salad can be customized to accommodate any dietary needs or restrictions!
All fajitas are served hot and fresh! You have your choice of protein between chicken, steak, shrimp, or a combination between all three. Grilled tomatoes, onions and peppers are also mixed in! Fajitas are served with rice, fired beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and flour tortillas. “We have been going here for years and it’s excellent every time! The margaritas are perfect, and the food is some of the best Mexican food I have ever had! Don’t hesitate to eat here,” said customer Matt B.
Just in Time for Cinco De Mayo With Cinco De Mayo on the way, San Jose is the perfect place to come celebrate with some authentic Mexican food! With a large outdoor patio and occasional mariachi bands, this place ensures a positive experience to celebrate Mexican heritage. Customer Mark B. complimented the atmosphere saying “The service is good, and food is always consistently excellent. They have a patio outside that’s great for dining in the fresh air too!” COVID-19 Safety Procedures and Protocols With the continuous spread of COVID-19, San Jose is taking extra precautions to ensure the safety of everyone who walks through the doors. “Our first rule has always been safety. We always want to provide a safe environment for not only our customers, but for our employees, so we are really trying our best to do that,” said the manager. San Jose takes cleaning procedures seriously, so everything is always
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sanitized! Before a party arrives and after a party leaves, the tables and chairs are always sprayed down and sanitized for the next family. Menus are also sprayed down after every use and there are stations with hand sanitizer at the entrance and around the restaurant. Employees come in early before the restaurant opens to clean and sanitize every aspect of the restaurant so customers can have peace of mind knowing they are entering a clean and safe establishment. Although the restaurant is back at full capacity, face masks are still a requirement to enter, and cannot be taken off until sitting down at a table. Stop in today to taste the authentic food of Mexico that you are sure to enjoy! San Jose Mexican Restaurant is located 16540 Pointe Village Drive, Lutz, 33558. For more information on events, menus and specials, call (813)- 9208833 or visit them online at www.sanjoselutz.com APRIL 2021 21
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