Healthy diets make a difference!

Good Morning Everyone!

Having a diet full of healthy foods can really make a difference in your health and your life. Some of these benefits include weight loss, reduced stress, increased energy and many more. Having a healthy diet can also work as a preventative measure for many diseases.

In a recent study conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine it was found that your diet can help prevent heart attacks! Please see below article published by Yahoo summarizing the findings:
http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/diet-prevents-heart-attacks

So challenge yourself today to substitute some of your more unhealthy meals and snacks for something more beneficial! Feel free to browse through the blog to see our posts on beneficial foods!

National Senior Independence Month

Good Morning! 

Maintaining or regaining independence can have a huge effect on one's self esteem and mental health, which can, in turn, help maintain or improve one's physical health.

Here are just a few things to consider when trying to improve your Seniors living conditions and facilitate a more independent lifestyle:

1. Are open spaces wide enough to walk through and free of obstructions?
2. Can medications and necessary daily supplies be accessed without help?
3. Can doors and faucets be easily operated?

Feel free to share these tips and post your own ideas below.

Benefits of Chocolate!

Good Morning Everyone!

 

With Valentine's Day around the corner, we would like to share some healthy benefits of Chocolate!

 

 

Benefits of Chocolate:

• Reduces stress hormones
• Anti-inflammatory qualities
• Can improve blood vessel function
• Has natural Antioxidants

 

If you would like to read some more about the benefits of chocolate, please see below article published by clevlandclinic.org, of the various Heart Health benefits chocolate possesses:

 

 http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/nutrition/chocolate.aspx

 



Surprising Benefits of Coffee!

Good Morning, hope you are all off to a good start of the week.

For those of us feeling guilty about having that extra cup of coffee this morning please see below list of some of it's benefits!

 

Flu Season!

Good Morning All!

 

It is cold and flu season everyone so make sure you are using precautions to help prevent getting sick!
 

 

 

 

If your already feeling under the weather, please see below article published by Yahoo on some immune boosting foods and snacks to help get you going again!

 

 "Fend Off the Flu! 6 Immune-Boosting Foods"

Now that we're in the midst of cold and flu season, every sneeze threatens to leave us cooped up in bed for weeks. Protect yourself (and your family) with these foods recognized for their immune-boosting powers. Plus, super-simple ways to eat them every day....

 

See the full article using the below link:

 http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/fend-off-flu-6-immune-boosting-foods-152700598.html



Eating More Vegetables

Good Morning All,

I'd like to start off this week by encouraging everyone to add more vegetables to your diet!

Eating vegetables can help lower your risk of many different diseases including heart disease and diabetes.

Check out the below excerpt from a article published by Yahoo/ABC News, about a Lower Heart Disease Risk for Vegetarians..Though we are all not vegetarians we can definitely benefit by making healthier choices.

Dr. William Abraham..

Abraham said he occasionally prescribes a vegetarian diet to patients who have already had heart attacks - but this study might persuade him to prescribe them preventively to patients with heart disease risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol...

Read the full article using the below link:

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/vegetarians-lower-heart-disease-risk-study-finds-110046252--abc-news-health.html