Prevention of Heart Disease

• Schedule an appointment with us for a road to a healthy heart.  Learn your personal risk for heart disease.
• Quit smoking. Did you know that just one year after you quit, you’ll cut your risk of coronary heart disease by 50 percent?
• Start an exercise program. Just walking 30 minutes a day can lower your risk for heart attack and stroke.
• Modify your family’s diet if needed. You’ll learn smart substitutions, healthy snacking ideas and better prep methods.  For example, with poultry, use the leaner light meat (breasts) instead of the fattier dark meat (legs and thighs), and be sure to remove the skin.
• Think before you buy.  First half of the diet struggle can be achieved in the grocery store.
• If you think before you put in your cart, you wont end up buying unhealthy foods. Bacause, once it reaches your home, it will end up into your stomach and nowhere else.

Health and Nutrition :

A well-balanced diet full of essential nutrients can help support a healthy life. However, people with deficiencies, certain diseases and conditions, or with evolving nutritional needs at different stages of life may consider dietary supplements to add missing nutrients to their diets. Supplements are not regulated as strictly as drugs by the FDA, and headlines on nutritional recommendations seem to change from day to day. Watch this film for tips on a healthy diet, how to safely turn to supplements, and how to be a well-educated consumer.