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Heart Health

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A Valentine's Day Reminder to take care of your heart.                                     ๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“A Heart-Healthy๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“Valentine๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’“ Did you know? February is designated as American Heart Month. The American Heart Association uses February to help raise awareness of the importance of early detection of cardiovascular illness. Did you know that according to the American Heart Association there is an average of one death every thirty-eight seconds! That translates into 2,300 cardiovascular deaths each and every day. Take note that heart disease is the #1  killer of men and women in the United States; more than cancer deaths. According to research though, we can prevent about 90% of all heart disease. This is good news. This means we Can control what we Can control. We know that there are risk factors like family history and your age that we cannot change. Know Your Risk Factors Keeping abreast of what is unchangeable and what is, is important to help you lower you

Over Indulgence Hangover Advice Happy New Year 2020

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photo credit: telegraph.co.uk HANGOVER! OVER INDULGENCE What is it? A hangover can be described as various types of physical symptoms and psychological effects from the overconsumption of partaking in drinking alcohol.  It can be caused by beer, wine, or spirits. The effects can last for several hours or up to and past twenty-four full hours. Symptoms The symptoms can include a laundry list of things, but the main list (not limited to) can be complete fatigue, headache, rapid heartbeats, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, weakness, dizziness, "bed spins", depression, irritability, can't sleep, and sensitive to light and sound. ***Please note heavy drinking and binge drinking Can cause/otherwise induce alcohol poisoning!  The person will be far worse than the symptoms listed above*** Please call your emergency services if you suspect this! It could be deadly. Better to always be safe than sorry. How to prevent this The only way to prev

Walking For Your Health

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There are so many benefits from keeping fit, but depending on what way a person chooses to keep fit can cost a lot of money in memberships or equipment. Some programs may be difficult to do or keep up with and this lowers the rate of success in the program itself. While swimming and jogging will burn a huge and substantial amount of calories, and not everyone has access to a pool or has the level of fitness to be a jogger; walking is something that everyone can do. Walking can be done by people at all types of levels of fitness and over time if regularly performed, one who walks can start to see weight loss. The goal, however, is to be active and walking can help with that. There are many benefits to walking regularly. In fact, a lot of doctors are making this a prescription and advising their patients that if they can, for the health, they should walk three times per week for at least Thirty-five minutes per day. All of the top agencies, hospitals and health organizations suc

Getting Rid of Fine Lines & Wrinkles

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Getting rid of fine lines and wrinkles has entered a new age.  The industry of skin care and anti-aging has risen to an incredible status. This market has become huge; billions of dollars are being spent to advertise it to you and billions of dollars are being spent as consumers try its products and services. Dermatologists and skin care officials agree that the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles can occur at any time on the facial skin, but statistically someone in their 30’s (mid to late) will likely have some. Fine lines are caused by the skin naturally breaking down by the loss of collagen and elastin, as well as environmental exposure to the sun and everyday pollutants. One other factor that causes fine line and wrinkles is just simple genetics. Though one cannot control genetics that you’re given, it will play a role in how quickly your skin will age. These genetics plays a role in  “sagging jowls”, or even “turkey neck” and “laugh lines” or “heavy lids. We all have