“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 […]
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Burn 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 […]
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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 […]
Read moreForm Follows Function in the Body
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Nineteenth century Chicago architect Louis Sullivan coined the phrase in this context: “It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, Of all things physical and metaphysical, Of all things human and all things super-human, Of all true manifestations of the head, Of the heart, of the soul, That the life is recognizable […]
Read moreHundreds of Wellness Leaders and Counting
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Actually, we have over 550 wellness leaders about to spearhead the launch of our new PATH Adventure, “Brainstorm” – a wellness challenge focused on health and the brain. Over the last two days, we met with more than 300 of these leaders, gathering to “brainstorm” healthy living tips and tools. They’ll take these tips back […]
Read moreGood Nutrition is a Work of Art
By Gillian Pieper | Published:Knowledge really is power – the power to eat well. To emphasize, a great longitudinal study out of southern Italy with 25,000 participants found that those who were barraged with information about healthy eating were very likely to actually eat healthy. A “Duh” moment, you say, but here’s a key factor about research: “Repetition makes an […]
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