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Spring Health Reset: 6 Simple Ways to Recharge This Season
Spring Health Reset: 6 Ways to Recharge Your Body and Mind This Season Spring is a great time to take care of yourself. You do not need to make big changes all at once. Small steps can help you feel better and stay healthier. Here are six simple things you can focus on this spring. 1. Get Moving! Even a Little Helps Being active is one of the best things you can do for your health. Spring is a perfect time to get outside and move your body. You do not need to do anything fancy. A short [...]
Finish Strong: Your Heart-Healthy Future | Week 4
Welcome to Week 4: Look How Far You’ve Come You did it. You have completed three full weeks of this heart-healthy challenge. That takes dedication, patience, and effort. You showed up for yourself in ways that matter. If you missed the previous weeks, you can find them here: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Over the past weeks, you focused on movement, nutrition, and rest. None of it was about being perfect. It was about learning, trying, and building awareness. Week 4 is about bringing everything together. It is about creating habits that can support you beyond these [...]
Rest & Recharge for Your Heart | Week 3 30-Day Challenge
Welcome to Week 3: You’re Halfway ThereYou made it to Week 3 - that is something to feel good about. If you missed last week or would like to revisit it, you could find Week 2 hereYou have reached the halfway point of our 30-day challenge. That is something to be proud of. Over the past two weeks, you focused on movement and heart-healthy eating. Those are important building blocks for overall well-being.Now we slow things down a bit. Week 3 is about rest, stress, and sleep. These areas are often overlooked, yet they are closely connected to how your [...]
Eat Smart for Your Heart | Week 2 30-Day Challenge
Welcome to Week 2: Nourishing Your HeartYou made it through Week 1 - that is something to feel good about. If you missed it or would like to revisit it, you can find Week 1 here Whether you moved every day or just a few times, you showed up and started building a habit. That matters.This week, we turn our attention to food. Not dieting. Not giving up your favorite meals. Just learning how heart-healthy choices can fit into your everyday life.Food plays an important role in overall wellness as we age. The foods you eat can support energy, digestion, and [...]
Start Your Heart-Healthy Journey | Week 1 30-Day Challenge
Welcome to Your 30-Day Heart-Healthy ChallengeWhen it comes to heart health, small changes can matter. You do not need to run marathons or overhaul your entire routine overnight. Simple, steady steps can support how your body feels and moves each day. That is what this 30-day challenge is all about.This challenge is designed for those who want to focus on healthy habits in a realistic way. Each week has a simple theme. You move at your own pace. You choose what works for you.Week 1 is all about movement. Not intense workouts. Just gentle activity that fits into your day. [...]
The Secret to Simple, Healthy Eating—in Seven Words
As a continuation of the clean-eating series, in this post, we look at simplifying what you eat using a straightforward seven-word guide. Kicking off the new year with healthy eating habits With the new year just around the corner, many people will make the annual New Year’s resolution to eat better and lose weight. Some will resort to diets with catchy names (remember the Cabbage Soup Diet?) in hopes of shedding pounds quickly and easily. However, like most New Year’s resolutions, the initial enthusiasm is sure to dwindle (right around week two of eating only what the diet says you [...]
How to Remove Processed Foods From Your Diet [Clean Eating, Part I]
Welcome to part one of our three-part series on clean eating. We hope you find the series useful, educational and inspiring! If you’ve ever thought about removing processed foods from your diet and enjoying the health benefits of pure, whole foods, where do you start? Is it a matter of bypassing the cookie aisle or replacing frozen dinners with fresh, homemade alternatives? Let’s take a look at what constitutes processed food and how to replace processed snacks and convenience foods with healthy and delicious alternatives. What are processed foods? It’s important to define processed foods, as they cover a broad [...]
Home Canning: So Much More Than Preserving Food
Home canning is a great way to preserve excess produce. However, there are many benefits to canning, beyond taming your garden’s bounty of cucumbers and zucchini. A little canning history For centuries, people have looked for ways to preserve their food (including fermentation). The first record of canning comes via the battlefield. In the 1700s, as Napoleon Bonapart led his armies across Europe, feeding his troops became a challenge. Soldiers traveling over the continent carried food supplies with them, but the food would spoil. Desperate to find a solution, the French government offered a prize to anyone who could find [...]
Fermented Food: What You Need to Know
Without a doubt, fermented food is becoming more popular. Supermarkets are stocking healthful varieties of live culture yogurts, vegetables and grains, while farmers market vendors are selling small-batch, locally-sourced fermented products. Food fermentation has been around for a long time. It’s also an integral part of many cultures, providing a way to preserve food, enjoy health benefits and add flavor to a meal. What is fermented food? Food fermentation is the ancient practice of preserving perishable food. It’s thought that this form of food preservation probably happened by accident. For example, prior to refrigeration, preserving dairy was difficult. Around 10,000 [...]
Supplements for Seniors: What Should You Be Taking?
There are endless supplements for seniors available online, at the pharmacy and the grocery store. Just turn on the television – you’re constantly bombarded with marketing messages that tell you what you should be buying in order to improve your health. […]
