Stress can take its toll on your heart, mind and overall health. We all encounter stress in our lives, but how can we deal with the stress better? In today’s blog, I want to share some of my favorite 5-minute stress busters to relieve stress and take some pressure off your heart by lowering stress and blood pressure.

Do you want to implement a fun, team-building, fitness-promoting wellness event for your employees and co-workers?

There are all kinds of “heart healthy” foods one can add to their diet, but if you eat a wide variety of whole plant foods now, you are already engaged in a heart-healthy diet. We all like lists and bullets, so here's a quick guide on how to add foods to my diet to make my “ticker” tick a little better.

Continuing on our “Heart Health” journey for the Month of February, I want to chat with you in this week’s blog about exercise! You probably know that “exercise is good for you” and “good for your heart.” So, I’m not going to focus on the benefits of exercise or try and convince you that you SHOULD exercise (that can be saved for another blog). Today I want to encourage you to get active in some way for some amount of time-- everyday! Sounds simple but I know it can be a real pain to get off the couch, or get up early to do some sort of exercise.

February is “Heart Month” and this month’s blogs will focus on heart healthy tips from nutrition to exercise and stress. So, what is a heart healthy diet? In today’s blog you will discover some foods to increase in your diet and some foods to avoid for heart health. If you are not used to eating these healthier foods, I want to challenge you to start small. Small changes equal big results! Your heart is an amazing organ/muscle and with proper care, nutrition and exercise… you will have a strong and healthy heart throughout your life!

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The Mediterranean diet has fewer meats and carbohydrates and more plant-based foods and monounsaturated (good) fat than a typical American diet. Many people who live in Italy, Spain, and other countries in the Mediterranean region have eaten this way for centuries.

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At the beginning of the school year I received a list of peanut free “healthy” snacks that I was allowed to pack for my children’s’ snack time or lunch. Of course, I lost the original list so I went to their school today and asked for another copy. When I picked it up I was astounded by the poor nutritional choices that were offered on the list. This motivated me to create a better peanut-free snack list for parents — and of course, all of you!

The occurrence of allergic disease is skyrocketing, and some estimates are that as many as one-in-five Americans have an allergic condition. Watch our video and learn more about food allergies. Click here for recipes