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November 20, 2020
Friday Fitness Tip – Why drinking enough water is essential to better health
This week’s Friday Fitness Tip explains why drinking enough water each day is essential to your heart, mind, and body.
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November 12, 2020
Don’t let COVID-19 vaccine trials distract you from getting a flu shot
There’s no doubt that the coronavirus has our full attention in 2020. In fact, recent news seems to be focused on the latest status of the COVID-19 vaccination trials. While you continue to practice social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand-washing, don’t forget to consider a flu shot–especially if you have a history of heart disease or stroke.
The CDC warns:
Studies have shown that flu illness is associated with an increase of heart attacks and stroke. A 2018 study found that the risk of heart ...
November 4, 2020
Why is it important for your heart health to check your blood pressure for hypertension?
November 4th happens to be Check Your Blood Pressure Day, but why is it important to check your blood pressure for hypertension?
In my new book, Optimize Your Heart, I walk readers through many practical ways to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and high blood pressure is one important risk to focus on. Here’s an extract:
“Hypertension, more commonly known as high blood pressure, increases your heart’s workload. This causes the heart’s muscle to thicken, become stiffer, and function abn...
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October 29, 2020
My 3rd book is released!
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October 27, 2020
Don’t be scared that Halloween candy will ruin your diet
Ah, Halloween. That one day of the year where we stock up on bags upon bags of delicious candy that we plan to give out to the endless kids that knock at our door.
Except, they often don’t.
And, in 2020, they likely won’t.
Then we’re left with all that delicious candy, just staring at us each time we open the pantry door looking for a “healthy” snack. We eat some. We eat some more. Then we decide that we have ruined our last few weeks or months of dieting and so tell ourselves we may as well give u...
October 13, 2020
Helping Duke Health spread stroke and heart health awareness
I have been working with Duke Health, one of the most respected hospital systems in the country, spread the word about heart attack and stroke awareness, prevention, and treatment.
Here’s an extract from their feature piece:
The stroke was preventing blood from reaching the left side of Beal’s brain. Doctors refer to this as an occlusion. Beal needed treatment fast. He was transferred by helicopter to Duke University Hospital in Durham where the stroke team was waiting.
“We talk about it like this:...
October 10, 2020
Why trash talking your competitors usually trashes your own reputation
It’s never a good idea to talk trash about your competition. I share my reputation management advice with Dance Business Weekly, a trade publication for the dance industry. Their well-written piece is packed with great advice for all companies!
Andy Beal, head of Reputation Refinery, a consultancy on building businesses’ online reputations, has even included a chapter called “Don’t Talk Trash” in his book Repped. “Your reputation is only as strong as your character,” he says. “Eventually negative comments come back to you and your reputation will be tarnished. That can cause more harm than you think it will.”
And remember, anonymity is largely an illusion on the internet, says Beal, who has in the past been hired by a business owner to sleuth out the identity of a critical online commenter. That means that any dirty tricks you try, like pretending to be a competitor’s disgruntled customer and leaving negative feedback, have a strong chance of being found out, if not by your competitor, then by the review platform (e.g., Yelp) itself, he says. Apart from being found out, it’s a matter of priorities. Where can you most effectively focus your energies as an entrepreneur?
Read the full article: Why Trashing Your Competitors Usually Backfires—and What to Do Instead
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October 1, 2020
Read the intro to my new book for free & learn how to help the American Stroke Association on #WorldStrokeDay
My new book, Optimize Your Heart: A practical guide to lowering your risk of a heart attack or stroke, hits Amazon on October 29th. That happens to be World Stroke Day and that’s not a coincidence.
Optimize Your Heart is a blend of my personal story with simple, proven steps anyone can undertake to improve their cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke. If you would like to learn more about how Optimize Your Heart can help anyone, of any age, then look for the link be...
July 15, 2020
What happens to your body when you go for a walk?
If there’s just one exercise you do for the rest of your life, it should be walking. Studies show that simply adding 20 minutes of brisk walking each day can reduce the risk of mortality by 24% in people of normal weight and by 16% in people who are obese. And walking just 20 minutes a day will help you burn over 10lbs in a year!
And that’s not all!
MyFitnessPal has put together this cool little graphic to explain all of the benefits your body gets from walking.
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