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February Heart Healthy Month

Everything in moderation can sometimes be the best route to take when creating your daily health routine.

Small steps can results in big rewards over time and the stress of having to change your habits overnite will be minimal.

Preparing a list of food items that can help lower your cholesterol and gradually adding them in your daily routine will overtime become natural.

Some items to begin including on your shopping list.

Colorful fruits and vegetables, berries, oranges yams broccoli, whole grains with fiber like wheat,oat, and barley. Lean protein like chicken, turkey, or pork. black beans, soy and garbanzo are also great addditions of protein. Omega-3 rich foods like salmon, tuna, halibut, herring and mackeral.

Incorporating these food items in your daily diet will help to reduce your cholesterol naturally.

Have a Heart Healthy Day!

Water for a Healty Heart

* By drinking more plain water, healthy people without any history
      of heart disease, stroke, or diabetes reduced their risk of dying
      from a heart attack by half or more. This is as much or more than
      if they had adopted any other well-known preventive measure,
      including stopping smoking and lowering cholesterol levels,
      increasing exercise or maintaining ideal weight.
    * Drinking high amounts of plain water is as important as exercise,
      diet, or not smoking in preventing coronary heart disease.
    * Drinking fluids other than water did not show a reduced risk in
      heart disease, in fact the risk increased because of the kinds of
      liquids…ie soda, coffee, etc.
    * “People need to be made aware that there is a difference, at least
      for heart health, whether they get their fluids from plain water
      or from sodas,” says Dr. Chan.

So the next time you come in from your run, or finish your workout, and
are ready for a nice drink to replenish your body, make it water. When
you go out on the road on your vacation trips, and stop for a drink
along the way, and are tempted by those cans of soda, grab a water
bottle instead. Carry water with you whenever you can.

Drink approximately 1/2 your body weight IN OUNCES of water each day.
ie. 140 lbs. = 8-9 8 oz glasses of water each day.

This article is provided by Claudia L. Meydrech, CN, and is based on
information provided by her favorite source nutrient-dense snacks, and
very unique food-based cleansing programs from the wholesale buyers
club, “The Wholefood Farmacy” at
happynutritionist.wholefoodfarmacy.com. You can visit Claudia’s main
website at Happy Nutritionist

February 2012 Heart Health Month

The five warning signs of a heart attack or stroke...........

Watch The Dr. Oz show today 4:00pm PST

Healthy Fats for a Healthy Heart

The percentage of calories from fat that you eat, whether high or low, isn't really linked with disease. What really matters is the type of fat you eat.*

"Good" fats, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats - lower disease risk.

"Bad" fats, saturated and especially trans fats - increase disease risk..

5 Quick tips

1 .Use liquid plant oils for cooking and baking. Olive, canola, and other plant based oils are rich in

heart healthy unsaturated fats.

2. Ditch the trans fat. Read the labels. They should all say "0" trans fat.

3. Switch from butter to soft tub margarine. Choose one with 0 trans fat without hydrogenated oils.

Refrigerated Olive oil makes a great spread for toast.

4. Eat at least one good source of omega-3 fats each day. Salmon, tuna, walnuts, canola oil all

provide omega-3 fatty acids essential fats that our bodies cannot make. Omega-3 fats, especially

those from fish, are very beneficial for the heart.

5. Cut back on red meat, cheese, milk and ice cream.These are all high in saturated fats.

Happy Heart Health! Friday is National Wear Red Day. Wear Red to show your support!

* Source - Harvard School of Public Health

February National Heart Health Month

February is National Heart Health Month

How can massage help the heart? Massage is known to reduce stress, both physical and mental by increasing circulation, removing toxins from the cells, sending rich oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body, is preventive by keeping the muscles, ligaments and tendons toned, and promotes profound relaxation.

Sufficient water after your massage will increase the results and you may consider adding lemon to your water for additional Vitamin C to strengthen those adrenals!

Stay tuned for your daily "Heart Health Suggestions"!

The Healing Power of Warm Spices

Herbs that help make us heart healthy!

The healing power of warm spices, increasing circulation and keeping us heart and body healthy.

Ginger - great for intestinal/digestive problems. You can eat dried ginger after a meal to help your digestion, it is great for circulation if you always have cold hands or feet, and it also helps with sea sickness. You can drink ginger tea, put raw pieces in most recipes, or use it in powder form.

Cloves - comforts an achy body. Cloves are great for easing aches and pains. Cloves are rich in the essential oil eugenol which blocks cyclooxy-genase, an enzyme that cause painful inflammation.

Cinnamon - clears brain fog. The cinnamyl acetate and cinnamyl alcohol in cinnamon optimize blood circulation to the brain. And according to studies at Wheeling Jesuit University in West virginia, this results in a 20 percent improvement in memory and enhanced cognitive processing.

Any of these herbs can be used in recipes or if taking a supplement always be sure to consult a professional.

These statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration.These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.