Physical Activity

Women were once considered to have a lower risk of heart disease than men, but almost 30% of all female deaths are now caused by heart disease. What factors increase your risk for heart disease and what actions can you take to protect your heart?

Changing your eating and physical activity practices is not easy, particularly when the environment seems to be against you. But the tide is turning...or is it?

Heart attacks and strokes can happen at any age. Lifestyle practices have the potential to increase or decrease your risk for heart disease. Are you actively protecting your heart or are you taking its health for granted?

Retirement and old age may be a long way off, but it is never too soon, or too late, to take positive action to slow down your aging process and promote health and quality of life well into your senior years through regular physical activity.

Originally formulated for athletes, sports drinks are now marketed to everyone regardless of their athletic endeavors. Most people do not need a sports drink, but if you do which one is for you?