By: Richard Santa-Cruz, MD, Cardiologist with the Dale Michels Center for Heart Care In addition to exercising, improving your diet is an important step to take to improve your heart health. But, I understand that changing your diet is easier said than done. It is unrealistic for me to think that all my patients are going to [...]
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Eating a good diet
Written by: Joel Mason PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS The quest to lose weight consumes many; whether it be fitting into that wedding dress, the trip to Mexico, for general weight loss or for just feeling better. The simple concept of eating less does make a difference if you are trying to lose weight by burning [...]
Video Blog: Know & Go Healthy Cooking Demonstration
Know & Go – know what to do and then go do it. Eating right and finding time to cook can be difficult with the schedules we all keep. It doesn’t have to be …. view Agnesian HealthCare Chef Rich Nimkie – as he provides a demonstration, tips and tricks to create health healthy flavorful [...]
Take Steps to Reduce Sodium in Your Diet
February is National Heart Month, so each Friday in February we will be posting an article about steps a person can take to reduce their risk of heart disease. Our featured blogger is Kristy Krause, a nurse with Agnesian HealthCare. Kristy is also our Cardiac Educator. Did you know that the latest recommendation from the [...]
Heart Health: Read Nutrition Labels
February is National Heart Month, so each Friday in February we will be posting an article about steps a person can take to reduce their risk of heart disease. Our featured blogger is Kristy Krause, a nurse with Agnesian HealthCare. Kristy is also our Cardiac Educator. Nutrition labels can tell you a story about the food you [...]
True or False? As long as I exercise, I will lose weight.
True or False? As long as I exercise to keep my metabolism up, the amount of calories or what type of calories they are is not important. If I exercise I will lose weight. Sorry, false! This is the mistake many people make. They eat too many calories. Then they exercise and eat even more [...]
Fitness verses “Thinness”
Here’s how to get started on a positive body image breakthrough and a vigorous cycle…. Sometimes we use “thinness” and diets as a metaphor for what we really want in life. We think, “When I lose weight, I’ll finally be happy.” Being thin won’t make you happy. Being healthy and well will improve your sense of [...]
Get Your Potassium and Stay Healthy
Bananas, tomatoes, oranges, cantaloupe, peaches, spinach, Swiss chard, lima beans, potatoes -these are some of the world’s healthiest foods, in part because they are excellent sources of potassium. Potassium is an important mineral, one of a class known as electrolytes. “When dissolved in water, electrolytes conduct electricity needed for nerves and muscles to do [...]
10 ways to decrease stress
Here’s a quick and easy list for the busy person… Do something you love, even if it is for a short time – read a magazine, play Words with Friends, polish your toenails! Read something non-work related. Eat healthy food – good food is good fuel for the body. Take a bath or a long [...]
What is portion control?
I believe that one of our biggest struggles in our society today is portion control. Over the past 20 years, our portion sizes have gradually increased so that we actually believe that we are eating appropriate portion sizes. While a larger portion of fruits and vegetables is usually not an issue, a larger portion of protein or [...]
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