“As the number of people affected by heart failure is expected to rise with the aging U.S. population, it is promising to know that regular aerobic activity can not only help patients extend their lives, but exercise can also positively impact their everyday activities and outlook.” 
From Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [...]

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• 4 Heart Healthy Exercises If you want to get on the road to a healthy and full life, you need to focus not only on losing weight, but also doing exercises that are going to benefit your most powerful organ, your heart. It may be tough at first, but it's important that you......

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I give you Part 1 of Dave Grotto, president and founder of Nutrition Housecall LLC & dietitian for Quaker, answering your questions!
what are your top for tips for people to do after 40 to lose weight?
They are really the same tips I give to all of my patients. However, after 40, lean muscle tissue [...]

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• Are Carbs Really That Bad? Out of every food on earth, in the past few years, there has been no other food as demonized as the ones that contain carbs. There are so many fad diets that focus on completely removing carbs from your life - but is this a smart solution? The simple answer......

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The leading cardiac surgeon in France has developed an artificial heart that beats almost exactly like a real heart.  The “Smart Heart” uses sensors to regulate heart rate and blood flow.  The new heart was described:

“If you show the graphs to a cardiac surgeon he will say it’s a human heart.  But no, it’s not [...]

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• How good is your data? A friend who does psychological testing for her school system wrote to me about her work situation: Your data is only so good as your heart and hope. MBD I thought it was quite profound. Maybe it goes almost without saying that heart and hope change the results of any......
• Engaging your whole heart in life Thinking about grief here and one who is grieving...grief can be so deep, we haven't any idea how to climb out. Passage of time isn't always an answer. But being there for someone, can shorten the journey that we all make. The need for comfort calls forth the best in......

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When Nathan Pritikin found out that he had heart disease, back in the 1950’s, most dietary concepts were pretty basic. He was one of the first to try out a low fat, high fiber diet to improve heart health and his results were pretty amazing. Fast forward to today and we now have the Pritikin [...]

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• How to Find the Diet That Works For You Once you're ready to take that step and go on a diet, there will literally be thousands of options available to you. There are a myriad of different diets out there and most claim that they have the secret to fast weight loss. It can be very frustrating to keep......
• Eat Right For Your Type This book is considered to be one of the most controversial diet books on the market and it certainly raises a lot of interesting issues that are normally avoided in the diet industry. Although a lot of people believe that metabolism and genetic predisposition can lead to weight problems, the......

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Recently, my friend Joe emailed me with this question:
“When I was growing up, we used to have eggs all of the time for breakfast. When I got older, I stopped eating eggs because I didn’t think they were healthy; I heard that eggs had cholesterol, which is [...]

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• Chromium Picolinate From the Jumpstart Medicine Handbook... I highly recommed Jumpstart. I have a special offer for anyone in wanting to try Jumpstart in Redwood City or Mountain View: $25 off your first visit (just print it and bring it to your appointment). Chromium Picolinate is the most absorbable form of chromium,......
• 6 Foods To Speed Your Metabolism When it comes to losing weight, your metabolism is a very important component as to how quickly you will see results and how long they will last. Years of yo-yo diets and bad eating habits can have a negative impact on your metabolism. Simple genetics can also determine the......

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