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Taking Food to Heart: Preventing Heart Disease
Heart disease is one of the worlds biggest killer, killing more people than HIV/AIDS, cancer and malaria combined. The good news is that you can protect yourself against heart disease with a good diet. The disease often presents itself in women differently than it would in men. In addition to the more common signs of a heart attack such a chest discomfort and shortness of breath, women may experience the following: Nausea or dizziness without chest pain Shortness of breath without chest pain Atypical chest, stomach or abdominal pain Palpitations, cold sweat or paleness. Major risk factors for both men…
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Healthy living: Back to Basics
It is so easy to get sucked into the whirlwind of diets and fitness regimes. When it comes to healthy living, there is no need to complicate things as that is sure to demotivate you. Don’t get deterred by information overload. Healthy living is possible; however, it is not a one-time thing. It’s a long-term commitment, but there are basic ways to start today to pave the way to a healthier better you. A healthy lifestyle doesn’t mean endless training at the gym and eating only salads. It’s about making easy and manageable healthy choices from day-to-day. Make small healthy…
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Easy steps to eat healthier: Start today
We all know we need to eat healthier? Pretty easy right? NOT… Updated 6 August 2020 Your body WILL thank you! We all know that we should eat right. But the best way to know just how bad your eating habits are is to keep track of what you eat. Healthy eating is not easy when you don’t know where to start. I thought I could just start by cutting out the junk, drinking more water, and eating more veggies. Yeah sure, that helped…but it wasn’t sustainable without a PLAN. Unhealthy eating is a HABIT that is harder than most…
