Success! Next Steps for Your Heart Health Journey

Welcome to the last step of our 10 Steps to Heart Health. Guess what? You did it. (Applause!) We’re here at the end, and I know that this has been a journey for all of you. Over the course of the past couple of months, we have worked to finish the year with a healthier… Continue reading Success! Next Steps for Your Heart Health Journey

A Healthy Relationship With Work Are Is For Your Health

Work is different for everyone. It means something different for everyone. Whether you are an employee or in a leadership position can actually have an impact on your heart health.    We spend a significant time at work and what we do when we are there matters.  On a practical level, the amount and types… Continue reading A Healthy Relationship With Work Are Is For Your Health

Know Your Heart

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Welcome to Step 6 of our series, 10 Steps to Heart Health, Know Your Heart.  So let’s talk about the heart. What is it? You can’t see it. You can’t feel it. You can’t touch it.  So it gets kind of scary and mysterious. Well, let me tell you, it’s really simple.  There are four… Continue reading Know Your Heart

Having A Hobby Improves Your Happiness and Health

Finding a hobby, passion or form of creative expression can bring more fun, and purpose to your life. But did you know, it can also be extremely helpful to your heart health?   One study in Japan looked at 56,381 adults aged 45-74 years. It divided these individuals into the non-hobby, having a hobby, and… Continue reading Having A Hobby Improves Your Happiness and Health

People, Pleasure, and Purpose

Are you taking care of yourself? Are you vibrant, energetic, and the healthiest person you can be? In spite of all the many demands on you each week, are you making sure that you are also taking care of you- the one taking care of so many others?    The statistics say no.    More… Continue reading People, Pleasure, and Purpose

Lace Up Your Sneakers and Move

Welcome to Step 2 of our 10 Steps to Heart Health series. Okay, this is my favorite topic. I am so excited to tell you everything there is to know about exercise, (Don’t cringe -Please don’t cringe.) Just please hear me out. Exercise is not intuitive. What I mean by that is when I say… Continue reading Lace Up Your Sneakers and Move

Can Regular Exercise Lower Your Risk of Stroke?

Did you know that 1 in 4 people will have a stroke in their lifetime, and the scariest part is, it can happen to anyone—including me. I survived a carotid artery dissection and stroke, and the experience has taught me the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of these types of… Continue reading Can Regular Exercise Lower Your Risk of Stroke?

A Practical Guide to Utilizing CPET for Cardiac Patients

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) has been used for decades as a tool to evaluate and manage cardiac patients. CPET is a valuable diagnostic tool as it provides important data on the functioning of the heart and lungs that can be used to assess cardiovascular disease risk.    The Role of CPET in Evaluating Coronary Artery… Continue reading A Practical Guide to Utilizing CPET for Cardiac Patients

Sedentary Lifestyle Is Denting Your Health

Sedentariness is being seated and otherwise physically inactive for extended periods of time; it’s increasingly becoming a norm in many societies. Many of us work either in an office or at home mostly in the confines of our chairs. Work bogs us down and before you know it, hours have gone by without taking any… Continue reading Sedentary Lifestyle Is Denting Your Health

Turn Back Time with Nicotinamide Riboside

For years, people have been looking for ways to turn back the clock on age-related diseases. One supplement that has proven beneficial in this area in addition to protecting against neurodegeneration and improving a person’s exercise performance is nicotinamide riboside (NR).   This supplement is a nucleoside derived from nicotinamide, and it is a precursor… Continue reading Turn Back Time with Nicotinamide Riboside