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Heart Health Topics

Prevention of Heart Disease

Fish oils, hydrogenated oils, exercise routines, antioxidants…….
With all of the information out there on how to prevent heart disease, it is hard to keep track of what to do.  Come get the facts and learn what you can do to enhance your lifestyle to fight the number one cause of death……heart disease.

The Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Heart

Good or bad, habits are developed through repetition.  So, your daily habits can predict your risk of heart disease whether you realize it or not.  Come to discover how your daily routines effect your heart health and which practices are most effective when changed.  Learn some simple “doable” tips on how to incorporate heart healthy habits.

Controlling the Things That Control your Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a serious risk factor for stroke and heart attack.  Although there can be a genetic link to the disease, lifestyle also plays a role.  Research shows that the better blood pressure is controlled the lower your risk for these disease is.  Learn the influences that lifestyle have on your blood pressure and the blood pressure guidelines for a healthy life. 

High Cholesterol –What You Can’t See Can Hurt You

Cholesterol numbers have come a long way in the past 20 years.  Levels that we used to consider safe are no longer viewed as healthy and products that were meant to lower dietary fat have proven to work against us.  Learn the current guidelines for healthy cholesterol based upon the National Institute of Health’s National Cholesterol Education Program. Leave knowing the things that you can do to optimize your health where cholesterol is concerned.

Stroke: Know the facts, Avoid the Risks

 

The most important weapon you have to defend yourself against stroke is knowledge.  It is important to understand what you can do to reduce your risk of stroke through lifestyle habits.  Come to learn how to live a low stroke risk lifestyle and recognize the warning signs of stroke and how to respond to them. Learn why the American Stroke Association says all “time lost is brain lost”.

Fitness Topics

10,000 Steps Can Save your Life!

 

The 10,000 Steps program encourages the initiation, progression and maintenance of a walking program to promote health and wellness.

Fitting in Fitness

The role of exercise as a component of a healthy lifestyle no secret.  Yet balancing a healthy lifestyle with work and family obligations can be challenging.  With a little motivation and planning, you can do it all if you just learn recognize opportunities that most likely already exist in your daily activities.

The Relationship Between Health and Fitness

 

 

It may come as a surprise to many that a fit person is not necessarily healthy and a vice versa.  Making the changes in your routines to lead a healthier life can seem overwhelming.  Learn how small changes can make a big difference in your overall well being.  Discover the risks that make the biggest impact on your health and more importantly the modifications that will benefit you most.  From exercise, to nutrition and stress management, come discover the tools that keep you on track for a long, healthy life!! 

Exercise and Your Heart

If there is a “silver bullet” to a healthier heart, it is exercise.  Once you learn how exercise positively influences the controllable risk factors for heart disease, you will look at skipping the elevator and taking the stairs in a whole new light.

How to Start a Fitness Program with an In Home Fitness Plan

 

 

 

 

Are you too busy to travel to the local gym to get your workout?  You don’t need an expensive membership or fancy equipment to participate in a fitness program all you need is the motivation to commute to the next room in your home!  Come learn how you can create a great exercise program that doesn't require thousands of dollars in equipment.  From free exercise tools to recommendations for equipment that you may have been considering, come learn how convenient fitness can be.  Everyone will leave with a blueprint for an individual fitness home plan.

 

General Health Topics

Stress: Take a nap – It’s Good for Your Health!

Please join us to learn some effective stress management tips. Our speaker will discuss how a good night's rest, positivity and relaxation techniques all help to reduce stress and interrupt the stress response.

Energy Balance for Health and Weight Control

 

 

Eat less, move more, lose weight.  Sounds simple enough right?  So why doesn’t it work sometimes?  Only 30% of all exercisers exercise at the correct intensity for the best health benefits!  Learn the role that exercise plays in both losing weight and keeping it off.  The lecture covers how much, how often, what intensity and what activity is the best for a winning combination for weight loss.

Women’s Health Topics

Changing times: Managing Menopause

Explore the current information available for good health including nutrition, exercise and preventative health screenings for every decade of life.  Included in the discussion are strategies to prevent, detect and manage changes in health status.  Approached with honesty and humor… this is one no woman should miss! Based upon recommendations from the leading national women’s health resources including work by Dr. Christiane Northrop.

Women and Heart Disease (newly update based upon AHA guidelines)

 

 

Where is your Red Dress?  Heart disease is not just a man’s disease.  It was once thought that gender may increase your risk for heart disease, well, no more.  Come and learn the specifics on heart disease for women vs. men.  From symptom variations to the controversy on hormone replacements we will clear up the myths.

Prevention and Detection of  Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer outcomes have improved significantly in the past 20 years.  Early detection, increased awareness and scientific advances have given hope and improved outcomes for breast cancer world wide.  Includes information on the National Institute of Health’s “Sister Study”