Buying Hawai'i-grown produce is a good way to make sure fruits and vegetables are fresh and tasty. Local produce is more likely to be picked ripe and shipped immediately. Farmers markets provide good value, and you'll also be supporting local farmers and the local economy. (Check out the Start.Living.Healthy Web site at www.healthyhawaii.com for "Shop at Farmers' Markets" local promotional events.)

— Drs. Jay Maddock and Bill Reger-Nash

SAVE THE PLANET

CONSERVE GAS; USE AIR

Here's a clean-air tip courtesy of eco-site www.IdealBite.com: Inflate your car tires properly, and you'll keep as much as 383 pounds of excess carbon dioxide out of the air each year. The Department of Energy estimates that Americans waste $9 million in fuel each day due to improperly inflated tires; you can improve your gas mileage by about 3 percent, and save up to 7 cents per gallon. How's that for an incentive?

FINAL WORD

"If every household in America replaced five regular light bulbs with energy-efficient bulbs, it would be equivalent to taking 8 million cars off the road for a year."

Laurie David | author of "The Solution is You: Stop Global Warming — An Activist's Guide"