Lose WeightWill Wal-Mart be the 'new' health food store?
Wal-Mart has recently agreed to offer healthier food options. Over the next 5 years Wal-Mart will be making changes to reduce the salt, fat, and sugar content of its ‘Great Value’ brand of packaged foods. This healthy move will also include lowering the price on healthy fruits and vegetables.
Wal-Mart announced this decision in Washington D.C. alongside First Lady Michelle Obama who has made healthy eating and physical activity her top priorities.
This is great news for families trying to make ends meet on a tight budget. It’s hard to select healthy foods when pricing makes unhealthy options more budget friendly.
Does this affect you?
Lose WeightTop Weight Loss Tips for 2011
If you are like many people across the US it’s a new year and you are thinking about tackling diet and lifestyle changes to lose weight and be healthy.
Here are two top weight loss tips for you to implement this year:
1. Create an action plan.
It takes more than setting a goal to actually achieve your goal. You need to outline a plan of action. This means writing down specific steps you have to take and when/how you are going to take them to ensure you your success.
2. Be realistic.
Lower CholesterolOmega 3's – Do Omega 3's Really Help Lower Cholesterol and Blood Pressure?
Two new studies showing contradictory results when it comes to omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease risk.
Study #1
Researchers compared the heart health and exercise capacity of 98 patients randomly divided between a control group receiving a placebo supplement and the test group supplementing 850-882 milligrams of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. All study participants were diagnosed with early stage heart failure.
Lose Weight4 Steps to Overcome a Weight Loss Plateau
Hitting weight loss plateaus are a part of the weight loss journey. Don’t let them discourage you!
Here are four areas to begin evaluating first so you can overcome this hurdle and continue losing weight:
1. Too few calories
Heart HealthLower Heart Disease Risk While at Work
Being active while you work can reduce your risk for heart disease just as much as exercising in your leisure time.
A Finnish study of 60,000 men and women reports reduced heart failure risks when physical activity levels increased at work.
Heart HealthIs alcohol damaging your heart?
Occasionally splurging on alcohol once or twice a week is no big deal, right? New research published in the British Medical Journal this past November 2010 would argue otherwise. Researchers found heavy drinking or binge drinking a couple days a week worse for the heart than drinking a moderate amount of alcohol throughout the week.
The 10 year study analyzed the Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME) for 9778 men (2405 men from Belfast, Northern Ireland and 7373 men from France) between the ages of 50-59 years-old.
The participating men were divided into four groups – non-drinkers, former drinkers, regular drinkers, and binge drinkers. Binge drinking was defined as excessive alcohol consumption equivalent to 4 or 5 drinks in a short period of time, such as a weekend day.
Risk Factors . . .