We’re in a leap year, leaping out of national heart month and into, well… Where exactly? The question from PATH is where are we leaping? Into Spring, right? The skies are getting brighter morning and night. Why Daylight Savings is only 12 days away (yeah, count ’em) and the official date of spring just a mere seven days further out. […]
Read moreFebruary 2012
Be a Hearty Healthy Diva!
By Gillian Pieper | Published:“One sees clearly only with the heart.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince The celebration of the heart is in the home stretch. With just five days left in February’s heart month we ask you to challenge yourself. Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America today. It beats all forms of cancer […]
Read moreBurn Calories Burn – All Day Long
By Gillian Pieper | Published:“Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.” – Abraham Lincoln Prolific researcher and well known exercise physiologist, David Nieman, DrPh, FACSM, has given us another window into heart healthy weight-loss, assuming we manage our diet properly, and we’re up […]
Read moreBoost Your Wellness with “D”
By Gillian Pieper | Published:The right dietary nutrients are key to heart health and one, in particular, could be the entry way to the fountain of youth! Reporters dubbed 2011 the year of Vitamin D thanks to a plethora of rich, robust studies on the so-called “sun vitamin.” From the immune system, to cancers, heart disease, diabetes, neurological disorders […]
Read moreLove is in Your Heart Healthy Brain
By Gillian Pieper | Published:It is just a sweet old fashioned love song, or is romance necessary to help keep us healthy? Love, yes. Romance? It doesn’t hurt. Love, defined as connection, loyalty, caring and compassion, is the sentiment we feel from a myriad of social interactions. When we feel these things, a brain chemical called “Oxytocin” floods our […]
Read moreGetting Cheesy with Cheese
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Cheers! Cheese may not be a big risk to your heart. Roughly 10 years ago we began to see promising research that cheese, though full of animal fat, might not wreak the same havoc as other dairy products. Could our dreams be coming true? Research is now indeed robust on this topic and a good […]
Read moreStanding Room Only
By Gillian Pieper | Published:“The times, they are a changing.” – Bob Dylan And our hearts are glad! It’s National Heart Month and it turns out, one of the worst things for your heart is “oversitting.” In our effort to be a super-humanly productive techie nation, we’ve taken a hit in our posture, lung capacity and general mood. To […]
Read moreSurviving The Big Game
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Ah, the Super Bowl. Some watch for the sport, some for the commercials. Some just come to party. A report read by CNN’s Erin Burnett (Out Front 1/30/12) states that, as a nation, we will consume: 4,000 tons of popcorn 14,500 tons of chips 1 billion chicken wings 50 million cases of beer (not counting […]
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