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Cristina Saralegui Will Join the Sin Barreras Family to Raise Awareness about Health and Well-Being in the Hispanic Community.


Cristina Saralegui Cristina Saralegui (born January 29, 1948 in Havana, Cuba) is a journalist, talk show host and actress. Following Fidel Castro's rise to power in Cuba, Saralegui fled with her family to Miami in 1960 at the age of 12.  Will Lead the 'I Cook with Olympia' Campaign, Which Will Promote Olympia(TM) Cookware and Bienestar sin Barreras(TM), the New Member of the Sin Barreras Family

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- As part of the "I cook with Olympia" campaign, Cristina Saralegui will join the Sin Barreras family to launch the new product "Bienestar sin Barreras" which translates as well-being without barriers. The celebrated Latin TV personality, will cook with Olympia in an effort to raise awareness of healthy cooking and well-being among Hispanics.

"I'm excited about joining forces with the Sin Barreras family to help educate Latinos about the importance of living a healthier lifestyle," said Saralegui. "Making ourselves aware of the health issues facing our Community is the first step in improving our quality of life."

The national campaign will be launched June 11 on all major Hispanic TV networks and will promote Bienestar sin Barreras as a free gift with the purchase of Olympia's basic set.

Bienestar sin Barreras is a multi-media guide that explains how to lead a healthier life by making small changes. This guide was developed by the creators of Ingles This article is about an American supermarket chain. For a town in Gran Canaria, see Playa del Inglés.

Ingles (NYSE: IMKTA) is a regional supermarket chain based in Asheville, North Carolina, where Robert "Bob" Ingle opened the first store in Asheville, NC in
 sin Barreras(R), Lexicon Marketing, a pioneer in developing products to help Hispanics achieve their dreams in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. .

"Bienestar sin Barreras, was developed as a response to the need of Hispanics to lead healthier lifestyles," said Valeria Rico, President of Lexicon Marketing. "It really alarmed us that in comparison to the rest of the population in the United States, Hispanics have a greater risk in suffering from diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular disease
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; and many times eating habits and the lack of information in Spanish are the causes of this problem."

This new guide will go hand in hand with the company's exclusive cookware line Olympia. Lexicon Marketing launched Olympia in 2003 to provide the best quality in cookware sets to Hispanic families in the United States. Olympia enables healthy cooking, because its materials allow cooking with little oil or grease and thereby enable foods cooked with Olympia to keep their natural nutrients and vitamins.

The campaign invites consumers to take the first step into healthy living by cooking with Olympia and learning more about healthy living, eating and exercising through Bienestar sin Barreras.

Olympia's headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. For more information about Olympia, contact Laura Gonzalez, Olympia Brand Manager, 323-782-7421, lagonzalez@lexiconmarketing.com.

About Lexicon Marketing

Lexicon Marketing Group is the developer and marketer of Ingles sin Barreras, the world's best selling video-based English learning program. Ingles sin Barreras is Spanish for "English without Barriers" which summarizes our approach to the Hispanic market. Our mission is to enrich the lives of Hispanic families by offering opportunities in the areas of education, well being and financial prosperity. Our current product and service portfolio includes: Disney's World of English-a children's literacy and English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations.  course; Olympia Housewares house·wares  
pl.n.
Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen.
 - a healthy, cookware system that comes with a educational course on wellness-Bienestar sin Barreras; Computacion sin Barreras(R) - a computer learning course that is sold along with a computer; Viva sin Barreras(R) - a 32-page catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  of products to enhance the lives of Hispanic families; Seguros sin Barreras(TM) - offering quality insurance products; and Su Hogar sin Barreras(TM) - dedicated to helping Hispanic families purchase and keep their homes. Today, Lexicon continues to eliminate barriers and contribute to the advancement and achievement of Hispanics in the United States Hispanics in the United States, or Hispanic Americans, are American citizens or residents of Hispanic ethnicity who identify themselves as having Hispanic Cultural heritage.[1] According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic Americans constitute roughly 12.  and abroad both through our businesses as well as through our non-profit foundation, The Sin Barreras Foundation(TM). For more information about Lexicon visit http://www.lexiconmarketing.com or contact Karissa Price, Vice President of Growth Initiatives, 323-782-7543.

(C) 2007 Lexicon, Los Angeles, CA.

About Cristina

CRISTINA SARALEGUI is a 30-year veteran journalist who is recognized as one of the most influential role models for today's Hispanic woman. Time Magazine recently selected her one of the "25 Most Influential Hispanics in America." In October of last year, Cristina became the first Latina to be inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, where she joins such television legends as Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (born November 4 1916) is a retired iconic American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for The CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). , Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20  and Johnny Carson

For other people named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation).
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23,2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of
. Cristina sees her #1 role in media and in life as a motivator for women and a champion of a healthy, gracious and self-empowered lifestyle.

In 1989, Cristina made her television debut as host and executive producer of The Cristina Show" on Univision, the nation's leading Spanish-language television network. In 2007, Cristina celebrates 18 years on the air and after 12 Emmys and over 4,000 shows, "The Cristina Show" is still one of the highest rated programs on Spanish-language television airing Monday nights at 10 PM (EDT EDT
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) on the Univision Network.

In 2004, Cristina created the Casa Cristina(TM) collection, the first complete collection of home furnishings furnishings

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 inspired by her personal style. To date, the Casa Cristina(TM) collection is comprised of furniture, home accessories, lighting, mattresses, bed and bath accessories and kitchen textiles. The Casa Cristina(TM) Bed and Bath collections as well as the kitchen textiles collection are available nationwide at Kohl's stores and on kohls.com.
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