Heart Health Tips and Articles from Embrace Your Heart

If you knew making one small change could make a big difference in your health, would you do it?

Embrace Your Heart provides down-to-earth tips to improve heart health so you can live longer, feel better, and stress less.

Heart attack survivor and nationally know wellness speaker and author, Eliz Greene examines the latest wellness information and provides implementable strategies you can use today.

The Skinny On Obesity

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Tonight I’m honored to help Young Farmers and Ranchers prepare for the American Farm Bureau Federation‘s Discussion Meet.  Their discussion question is: What role, if any, should agriculture play in addressing health and obesity issues? Your comments are welcome below – here is the information I provided: According to the Gallup and Healthways poll released [...]

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Can You Guess What This Is?

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Did you guess soft serve ice cream? You’d be wrong… It’s chicken… well sort of… It’s actually mechanically separated chicken made though a process called AMR – Advanced Meat Recovery and is lurking in your hot dog, bologna, chicken nuggets, pepperoni, salami, jerky etc… Using even more than the squeek, to get every ounce of [...]

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An Apple A Day Keeps the Stroke Away!

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Your grandma was right! Eating that apple is good for you! A Dutch study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association shows people who eat white fleshed fruits and veggies can cut their risk of stroke in half! Great news! So load up on apples, pears, bananas chicory, cucumber, and cauliflower – or [...]

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Go Ahead. Drink That Coffee!

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Your morning cup of coffee may do more than perk you up! Worried coffee might damage your health? It turns out a cup or two per day can have some health benefits including reducing your risk of stroke and cavities! EveryDayHealth.com published an article outlining 9 ways coffee can improve your health including reducing your [...]

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“Super-spaghetti” on it’s way!

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Now you can have your spaghetti, and eat it too! Barley, the grain we love in beer, packs fiber and antioxidants into your favorite pasta according to a report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.  Barley is finding it’s way into bakery items and other foods in an effort to create “functional foods” [...]

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Can Eyelids Predict Heart Attacks?

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Those yellow spots on your eyelids might mean a higher risk of heart disease! Many people visit a dermatologist to remove raised yellow spots from around their eyes, but a new study indicates they should be visiting a cardiologist too! These patches are filled with cholesterol and are called xanthelasmata.  Having deposits of cholesterol near [...]

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Changing Diapers May Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer!

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Good news for the great dads out there! Fatherhood decreases testosterone levels & decreases risk of prostate cancer. In a study released by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, testosterone levels dropped in men caring for children.  In fact, men more actively involved in child care (changing diapers, feeding, [...]

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Stock Market News Induced Stress

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Are you suffering from Stock Market News Induced Stress? Sitting in the doctor’s office waiting room with my daughter yesterday, my attention was drawn to the television behind us, tuned to CNN.   Even though I wasn’t really watching it, I could feel my stress level increasing.  I don’t know about you, but the terms debt-ceiling [...]

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Cigarettes Hurt Women’s Hearts Even More Than Men’s

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Think male smokers are at the highest risk of heart disease? Think again… We all know smoking increases your risk of heart disease, but several recent studies have shown women who smoke have a 25% greater risk than men who smoke.  (Read about the studies in this article from MedPageToday.com) The studies also indicated female [...]

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Is Your Job Making You Sick?

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“I have to work very fast.” “I work very hard.” “I manage competing demands of others.” “I worry about losing my job.” “I feel underused or powerless.”   Sound familiar? If so, your job may be making you sick or putting you at risk for a heart attack or stroke. Do you have high job [...]

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Pay Your Body Back with Sleep

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Is your body too tired to be healthy? Are you getting enough sleep? Here are some clues that you may be asking too much from your body: Does your mind wandering when reading a magazine article? Do you have trouble focusing your eyes when you are driving? Do you hit the snooze button several times [...]

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Finding a Comfortable Bra After Chest Surgery

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“I had open-heart surgery and now can’t find a comfortable bra that will provide sufficient support to my chest to relieve the pain in my sternum. Any suggestions?” Finding a bra to fit comfortably after surgery can be a real challenge – even years later.  Scar tissue is sensitive.  Muscles cut during surgery don’t support [...]

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Pay Your Body Back™ with Grow Foods

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Food is the fuel for life! Is the food you eat good enough to Pay Your Body Back™ for all you ask it to do? Your body needs protein, water, carbohydrates, and fat to function correctly. It uses what it needs for power and stores the rest as fat for later use. The trick is [...]

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Pay Your Body Back™ with an Active Lifestyle

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Make sure you Pay Your Body Back™ with enough activity every day to keep it working properly. Getting enough activity can be difficult when you spend your day at a desk or behind the wheel. The good news is a small amount of activity can make a difference in your health. A study at Duke [...]

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Pay Your Body Back with Water

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Your busy life requires water to keep it flowing! Are you drinking enough water to stay healthy? Here are some clues: Do you have digestive difficulties? Are you constipated or feel like food sits like a rock in your belly? Do you have difficulty controlling your blood pressure? Do you easily get over-heated or find [...]

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