It’s no secret that exercise can help to protect you from heart disease and other chronic illnesses. Protecting yourself from heart disease is one of the most important things you can do: it still claims a person every 36 seconds and accounts for 1 in every 4 deaths. Given the threat heart disease continues to
The old saying is true: you are what you eat. Especially when it comes to metabolic health. But these days it’s easier than ever to make the wrong food choices. A combination of bad information and an endless supply of processed junk foods means that it requires deliberate effort to eat well. And on top
Avoiding heart disease is a goal for a lot of people, and they take intentional steps that they think will reduce their risk. Steps like eating ‘heart-healthy’ cereals to reduce their cholesterol, avoiding fats, and trying to fit exercise into their schedule. While the chosen methods may not be the healthiest, exercise and a healthy
Here’s some much-needed positive news: improving heart health does not have to be as complex or intimidating as many people believe. By taking simple steps each day, you can lower your risk of heart disease and chronic illness considerably. One of the easiest ways to do this is to set SMART goals. Unlike a typical
It’s hard work being an employer, with no shortage of responsibilities. From day-to-day task management and payroll to overseeing workplace safety, there’s a lot on your shoulders. One such responsibility is to keep employees safe. This doesn’t only mean having working smoke detectors and ensuring there’s no asbestos in the roof. It also means helping
“I don’t have time.” That’s a common remark for people in high-pressure jobs, particularly business owners and senior members of the organization. But as the common saying goes, if you can’t find time to be healthy, you’ll have to find time to be ill. You wouldn’t be the first person to make the mistake of
One of the most important factors in establishing or maintaining metabolic health is to eat in a healthy way. On the one hand this is simple, because eating in a heart healthy way is straightforward. But in reality, there’s so much misinformation about nutrition that it can be difficult to filter out the noise and
The climate of the last two years has been incredibly stressful for everyone, and it’s hard to think of anyone whose life hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. Most of the conversation has been on the impact of the virus itself: how many cases, how many deaths, government responses, and how
Would you like to hear some good news? If so, I have some: Eating for heart disease prevention is not difficult. Read that again if you need to: it is neither difficult nor complicated to eat foods that protect you from heart disease. In fact, it can be achieved by following one incredibly simple rule,
Every day, I see patients with heart disease, or suspected of having it. And the most tragic thing is that many of them think it’s inevitable. Some are unaware of how lifestyle choices impact their risk, but others believe that their genetic makeup has doomed them to suffering from heart disease anyway and there’s no
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