How To Save Your Life Part 2

One of my readers was kind to give another healthy tip I will share with you today:

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Besides the tip I gave you yesterday that can save your own life if you are experiencing a heart attack, you can also bear down as if you are having a bowel movement and cough.  This 'bearing down' is called the Vasalva Movement and can help to invigorate the vagus nerve which is crucial for heart health.  Another way to help prevent heart attact is to eat healthy, maintain a healthy weight and exercise daily.

How To Save Your Life If Alone & Having A Heart Attack

We all should know how to perform CPR and basic first aid.  If you don't, you should enroll yourself into a class today.  You might save someone's life in the future.  But, if we are alone and experiencing chest pains and all other symptoms of a heart attack, how do we save our own lives?

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Go to this link and learn how you can save YOUR OWN LIFE if you are ALONE and experiencing a heart attack.  Pass this little animation on to everyone else you know.  This could save lives....especially your own!  87693-HeartAttack1.pps (210KB)
 

Want To Live Longer?

The Lancet just published a report stating that just 15 minutes of exercise daily can stretch 3 more years to your life. 

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Exercise is good for prevention of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.  Just like taking vitamins, a daily dose of exercise is good for you!  Try some today.

Tuna and White Beans Make a Healthy and Yummy Lunch

Sometimes, lunch can be boring.  marthastewart.com has some very yummy lunch recipes that are also low in fat and heart healthy.  You don't have to be a cook to prepare some of these delicious meals and today, I'll share this one with you.  You can make this recipe and have 3 lunches from it.
Tuna and White Beans
Fish and beans are great sources of protein that will keep your arteries clear and your heart healthy. 
Mix together 1 can (5 ounces) oil-packed tuna (drained), 2/3 cup canned white beans (drained), such as cannellini, 1/4 cup raisins, 1/4 cup torn fresh flat-leaf parsley, the zest of 1/2 lemon, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, and 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt.  Season with pepper.  Makes three 2/3 cup servings.
Per Serving (2/3 cup)
176 calories, 1g saturated fat, 3g unsaturated fat, 15mg cholesterol, 19g carbohydrate, 256 mg sodium, 16g protein, 3g fiber.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Lunch doesn't have to be boring.  Prepare your lunches in advance and store them in individual-sized tupperware containers.  Take your lunch to work.  You'll eat healthier, cheaper and feel better in the long run.

Another Reason Why You Should Eat Your Greens

Personally, I really don't care if you eat meat, if you're a vegetarian, vegan....as long as you are conducting a healthy lifestyle and you're feeling fresh and fit - well, that's what counts here.  But for you folks out there (and you know who you are!) who 'poo-poo' eating your greens and fruits and other veggies every day, here's an eye opener for you:
http://www.forksoverknives.com/

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  whether you're having the steak, burger, chicken, tempeh, beans or eggs...put some veggies and greens on the plate to go with it!!

An Apple a Day

I'll be honest - I don't like apples.  I don't like apple pie, apple cake, baked apples, but I do like my own apple compote.  But, I wish I did like apples because they're one of the best fruits out there for you!
Apples contain a high water content, soluble fiber (which helps prevent blood sugar spikes that lead to cravings), and insoluble fiber which helps give you that full feeling.  One medium apple contains approximately 85% water and 5 grams of soluble fiber.  Apples also contain the flavonoid quercetin (which helps fight some cancers, helps to reduce cholesterol damage and boost your lung power).
You SHOULD buy only organic apples, because commercial raised apples contain more pesticide residue on their skins.
Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  An apple a day CAN help keep the doctor and fat away.  But if you're like me and you don't like apples, I've got a great and easy recipe for you that's low in sugar and fat and tastes unbelievable on nonfat yougurt for a really powerful and delicious snack or meal:

Madame Mondesire's Apple Compote
4 big baking apples or a nice big bowl of whatever type you find at the market...not green!
1 Tablespoon all natural vanilla extract
1/2 cup black and yellow raisins (mixed)
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon

Directions:  cut up the apples and toss all the ingredients in a bowl.  Heat all ingredients with about 1 cup of water on slow cook in a covered pot until soft.  Try this in oatmeal, on yogurt or just plain in a bowl...Great stuff!

Heart Disease Facts and Women

Ok, read this blog today and pass it on to everyone you know; it could save your mother, sister, wife, girlfriend, BFF and anyone else who's female...

1.  Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women age 20 and over.  Heart disease kills one woman every minute.
2.  More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next four causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer.
3.  1 in 30 women die of breast cancer.  1 in 3 women die of cardiovascular disease.
4.  ONLY 1 in 5 women believes that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
5.  90% of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
6.  80% of cardiac events in women could be prevented if women made the right choices for their hearts involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.
7.  Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than non-Hispanic white women.
8.  More than 8% of Hispanics age 18 and older have heart disease.
9.  African-American women are at greater risk for heart disease, stroke andother cardioascular diseases than Caucasians.
10.  African-American females have higher death rates from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than white females.
Courtesy:  GoRedForWomen.org

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Ladies, if you experience chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, pain down your arm or up your neck or nausea...don't give in to the silly assumption that you are a hysterical female having an anxiety attack.  Making a trip to the emergency room with the complaint of chest pain will have you seen immediately and this could save your life....you could very well be having a heart attack.  Don't be stupid, be smart!!!!  Find out more at the American Heart Association website today and get yourselves heart healthy!

Hey Ladies, Listen Up! Early Warning Signs of a Heart Attack!!

This past weekend, a friend of mine told me that she had recurring chest pains and high blood pressure during the week; she had the common sense to go immediately to her doctor.  As it turns out, an angiogram was performed and the 'coast was clear', but did you know that heart attacks are way up there as the leading cause of death in women???
In most cases, women are 'poo-pooed' by their doctor when they complain of chest pains and other signs of heart attacks.  Unfortunately, many doctors attribute these signs and symptoms as anxiety, stress and 'hysterical female menopausal syndrome'.  If taken seriously, many women could be saved from an earlier than expected demise.  The signs and symptoms of heart attacks are different for men than women....I'll bet a lot of you out there didn't know that.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  go to this site:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Conditions_UCM_305346_SubHomePage.jsp
and look at what the American Heart Association has to say about the early warning signs of heart attack.  If you or someone you know experiences these early warning signs, just go to the emergency room.  Better to be safe than very sorry, indeed!