It’s December and time to prepare for 2020! As Health Coaches, we take goal setting opportunities any time we can. See, working towards a goal keeps you moving and moving keeps you living… moving toward your healthy potential! December is a great month to look back on our previous year and begin preparing mentally for … Continued
This tasty soup is a great way to use up leftover holiday turkey. Here, traditional egg noodles are replaced with white beans and an assortment of fresh vegetables for a hearty and delicious dish. Enjoy by itself for a light lunch or pair with a crisp, green side salad for a more satisfying meal. Prep … Continued
What Is a Healthy Weight? Maintaining a healthy body weight is important to staying healthy. Discussing weight has become taboo and often “the elephant in the room” among family and friends when it comes to sharing health advice. From a medical standpoint it is not an insult, just facts. What kinds of health problems are … Continued
Make your food work for your blood sugar. Blood sugar highs and lows can be frustrating. Here are some tools to get a better handle on things and keep your blood sugar even. Find the balance. While other factors are at work, the food you eat plays a huge role in balancing your blood sugar levels and … Continued
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. This is a subject very near and dear to us at My Healthy Potential because PREVENTION is KEY to preventing type 2 diabetes. Research since the early 2000s has shown nearly 13% of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40% of them have not been diagnosed. Type 2 … Continued
Photo Credit: Pixabay / Pexels Research released last autumn in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation has shown that, in 2014, females aged 35-54 accounted for 31% of cardiac hospitalizations, up from 21% in 1995. Young women have an alarming rise in heart attacks. While heart disease is frequently seen as a male issue, the … Continued
There are two terms worth knowing when it comes to blood lipids and cholesterol. Hyperlipidemia implies too many lipids (or fats) in your blood, like cholesterol and triglycerides. One type of hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, means that you have too much cholesterol, especially LDL (bad) cholesterol in your blood. Fatty residue in your arteries and the risk … Continued
IMAGE SOURCE: © Ella Olsson/Pexels According to Sunday’s new rules, you can avoid heart disease through exercise and a healthy diet. The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines were presented at an annual ACC conference on Sunday and organized by a group of leading physicians and researchers from the country. Around … Continued
Image Source: © Engin Akyurt/Pexels Recent statistics show that 46% or 116.4 million US adults are estimated to have heart disease according to the American Heart Association. It is still the leading cause of death for both men and women. In 2017, heart disease was the leading cause of death in women but only … Continued
What do you think a person will answer if you ask them “what is health?’” Probably something like ‘health is not being sick.’ But, we all know that health is not that simple. A Working Definition of Health According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a specialized branch of the United Nations that is concerned … Continued