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Heart Healthy Eating Through the Holidays

One major holiday down, one to go! So, how did you do sticking with your plan to be heart healthy and lose weight? Not so good, well don't worry it's not too late to redeem yourself. Most people gain an average of 1 pound every holiday season. Now, what's one pound? Doesn't seem like that big of an issue, but the problem is most do not lose this extra weight. The pounds simply continue to add up year after year. It may take several years before you look at yourself and wonder "what happened?"

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Boost Your Metabolism For Better Heart Health

Being overweight is linked to a 45% increased risk of developing heart disease. Shedding extra pounds is not easy, but by boosting your metabolism you increase the calories your burn throughout each day. This will lead to the heart healthy weight loss you desire. You've probably heard the term "metabolism", but do you really understand what it is and how to use it in your quest for heart health? Let me give you some pointers. First, the definition of metabolism:

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Lower Cholesterol - How to Use Dietary Fiber to Lower Cholesterol

Do you have high cholesterol? Increase your fiber! Do you have high blood pressure? Increase your fiber! Are you overweight? Increase your fiber! What is it with fiber (also known as roughage)? It seems to play a role in just about all our health problems. Well, as far as blood pressure and cholesterol go, dietary fiber binds to cholesterol in circulation and helps remove it from the body. Research has shown that for every 1-2 grams of daily soluble fiber intake, LDL (bad) cholesterol is lowered 1%.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Why Eating Breakfast Equals Weight Loss

You've heard it before and you'll hear it again - breakfast is the most important meal of the day. There's just no way around it. I frequently hear "I don't have time for breakfast" and "I'm not hungry in the morning", neither reason negates the importance of eating breakfast every morning. Maybe it'll be easier to make breakfast a priority if you understand why it's so important.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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5 Tips to Maximize Your LinkedIn Results

Did you know the average income of LinkedIn users is greater than both Facebook & Twitter? Here’s the breakdown for average user income for each of the social networking sites: Twitter - $58,000 Facebook - $61,000 LinkedIn - $89,000 So, if you are looking for clients that can pay you then according to these numbers LinkedIn is worth your marketing efforts. However, if you are like me, you may not find LinkedIn as inviting and ‘fun’ as I do sites like Facebook. That’s why I’ve put together these 5 tips for how you can get the most out of LinkedIn.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Lower Blood Pressure with Potassium

According to research, the number of people living with high blood pressure would be reduced 10% if American’s were to increase their intake of potassium. Sodium – Potassium Link

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Is LDL cholesterol really bad?

HDL cholesterol is typically referred to as the “good” cholesterol and LDL cholesterol as the “bad” cholesterol, but is this really accurate? The label given to LDL cholesterol of “bad” and HDL “good” cholesterol tends to be misunderstood. Dietary Cholesterol

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Weight Loss: How to Make Healthy Choices When Traveling

Thanksgiving is just around the corner which may mean a road trip for you. Here are a few tips on how to make heart healthy choices when on the road this holiday. 1. Fast Food Restaurants

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Email Newsletter – What Type of Email Newsletter Will You Publish (html or text)?

As the publisher of an email newsletter you’ve entered the world of content marketing. The basic premise behind email newsletter marketing is that you will send readers useful content, they will let you know if they are reading it by clicking thru for more information, buying your services, and/or sharing you with others. Your email newsletter represents you and your business. You decide how your business will appear in an email newsletter and whether or not you provide a nicely formatted text email or an attractive and colorful html option.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Lower High Blood Pressure: Understand Fat and Sodium on Food Labels

How to understand what food labels are telling you when it comes to fat and sodium. This is a quick and easy option you can use for lowering blood pressure levels. 1. Select foods with less SODIUM than the following amounts per serving: Frozen or packaged dinners – 500 mgr Microwave Popco – 350 mgr Desserts & Cookies – 250 mgr Cheese – 200 mgr Chips, Pretzels – 200 mgr Bread, Crackers, Rolls – 140 mg 2. Select foods with less FAT than the following amounts per serving: Frozen dinners – 10 gr Cheese – 5 gr Microwave Popco – 5 gr Lunch Meat – 3 gr Soup – 3 gr

Primary topic: Nutrition

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By Lisa NelsonRecently published1 topic

Prevent Holiday Weight Gain

The holidays can be a big hurdle in a weight loss/health plan. Holidays don't mean you can't enjoy the good food and desserts. Here are 5 tips for a healthier holiday:

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Make Money Online - Accept Online Credit Card Payments

Deciding how to accept payments online can be confusing? Should you use PayPal? Do you need a shopping cart? How does a merchant account fit into the mix? If you are just starting out and not generating a high volume of income online I recommend you stick with PayPal. It’s low cost, easy to use, and most buyers online are comfortable with PayPal. Once you are generating regular income or if you want to offer payment options or charge recurring payments for monthly memberships then you’ll want to explore shopping cart and merchant account options.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Vegetable Protein to Lower Blood Pressure

According to recent research, a diet high in vegetable proteins may help you lower blood pressure. The recent study compared dietary intake of the vegetable protein glutamic acid and high blood pressure. The higher the intake of glutamic acid the greater the decrease in blood pressure, but systolic (top number) and diastolic (bottom number). Even a small decrease in blood pressure levels can cut stroke and heart disease deaths by four percent according to researcher Dr. Jeremiah Stamler.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Lower Cholesterol with Plant Sterols

Elevated LDL cholesterol levels increase your risk for heart disease. Plant sterols may be an effective tool you can use to lower LDL cholesterol and heart disease risk. There are studies that show plant sterols can reduce LDL cholesterol levels 6-15%. What are plant sterols?

Primary topic: Nutrition

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What is high blood pressure?

High blood pressure measures the force pushing against artery walls and is divided into four categories. What is high blood pressure?

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Lower Blood Pressure with Resistance Training

A study was published October 2010 in the journal of Strength and Conditioning Research evaluated the impact of resistance training compared to aerobic training on arterial blood flow. It’s been speculated that changes in arterial distensibility (the elasticity of your blood vessels) may be related to exercise-induced difference in vasodilatory capacity, which the ability of blood vessels to dilate. The Study The purpose of this recent study was to investigate the vasodilatory and arterial distensibility (AD) responses to acute aerobic exercise and resistance exercise.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Email Newsletters - Why use email marketing?

Have you been 'on the fence' about starting an email newsletter? If so I want to help you land on the side of publishing an email newsletter. Here are 5 top reasons why: 1. It works According to email marketing research the average ROI for every dollar spent on email marketing in 2009 was $43.62. Still waiting to see how 2010 ROI turned out, but estimates were $42.08 per dollar spent. 2. It establishes you as the go to expert

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Content Mangement - How to Use an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog

Once you start blogging, tweeting, and/or publishing a newsletter content creation can become very overwhelming. This may be why you haven’t started some of these marketing activities. What in the world will you write about day after day, week after week? Content Management This is where an editorial calendar will drastically reduce the stress of trying to figure out what to write. Editorial calendars can (and should!) be used for blogs, email newsletters, and social media tasks for content management.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Weight Loss: Do You Need to Increase Fat Intake to Lose Weight?

I enjoy the show The Biggest Loser (well the current season is a little disappointing!). On one of the past episodes they had an individual from Prevention magazine share some tips based on the “Flat Belly” diet. I was very excited because it sounded like a link had been found between the Mediterranean diet and reduced abdominal obesity. Here’s the main study supporting the connection between decreased abdominal obesity and monounsaturated fats.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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Email Newsletter – Why You Need to Publish an Email Newsletter

There are several reasons you need to utilize an email newsletter as part of your marketing plan. Let’s discuss one of those reasons today. The buying decision when it comes to purchasing online is different than when you purchase from a traditional brick and mortar practice. It's very rare for a website visitor to make a buying decision the first time they visit a website. In fact, more than 99% of your website visitors will likely never come back to your website! Online a lot of browsing takes place and people click to AND away from your site in seconds.

Primary topic: Nutrition

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