See on Scoop.it – heartmatters Make no bones about it—to be your healthiest, fittest and looking and feeling your best you need to exercise—in some form or fashion. What you are training for will to a large degree determine your exercise program. Every program no matter the goal or sport must have an element of […]
Educating Women to Learn, Prevent, and Heal From Heart Attacks
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February 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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How to Incorporate Meditation into Your Life – Part Two
June 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In part one of this two-part series we discussed the proven benefits of meditation to a healthy heart. We established that frequent meditative practices, particularly Transcendental Meditation or TM, can help to lower your blood pressure, reduce anxiety, and reduce potentially-harmful stress hormones such as cortisol. In this post, we are going to explore how […]
How to Incorporate Meditation into Your Life – Part One
May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this two-part series we are going to explore the proven benefits of meditation in the treatment of heart disease in women; and how you can easily apply these methods to your own life so you can maintain a healthy heart. As we discussed in Meditation Is Good For Your Heart, meditation is a vital […]
Exercise For Cardiac Patients
March 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
In Exercise Reduces Heart Disease we discussed the importance of regular exercise for women with heart issues. Unfortunately, there are various barriers to women actually participating in exercise after suffering a cardiac event, several of which were explored in Exercise Reduces Heart Disease. Safety must always come first when starting an exercise program after heart […]
Female Heart Attack Symptoms
February 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It is important to understand that female heart attack symptoms can be different from those experienced by men as not all women experience crushing chest pain going down the left side of the arm. Identifying the symptoms of an impending cardiac event, which can display up to one month in advance, is crucial in lessening […]
Heart Attacks During Winter Months
February 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As the excitement of the holidays fade and the novelty of winter weather wears off it’s easy to slip into the winter blues. Overindulgence and social gatherings soon become distant memories save for the extra pounds, while the reality of short days and the stresses of the “daily grind” return. According to a recent report […]
Coenzyme Q10 Important for Your Heart Health
February 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10 or Q10) is important for your heart health. It is a catalyst that creates energy on a cellular level and is essential to produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is like our battery of life and is produced in the mitochondria of cells. CoQ10 is needed for mitochondrial ATP synthesis. Ubiquinone and ubiquinol […]
Exercise-A Daily Habit But How Much Do We Need?
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Exercise is a daily habit for some people, however not for the majority of the population. There as been a lot of talk recently concerning the amount of exercise one should do to be healthy. How much exercise do we really need? Some researchers advocate 10 minutes, some say 30 minutes, while others say 4o minutes. […]
Stress and Your Energy Bank
January 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Stress is inevitable, you are going to have it, how you deal with it is a matter of choice. Stress influences our feelings, and how we behave, it also alerts us to danger, this is positive. On the other hand, too much stress (i.e., chronic and prolonged) can cause mental and physical distress and deplete […]
