February is known as the month of love, filled with hearts and chocolate and other goodies.  But February is also American Heart Month - yes your heart gets its own month to celebrate cardiovascular health and high blood pressure awareness.

No, it’s not as exciting as sharing a day with your beloved, but loving yourself enough to take care of your heart, the main thing that keeps you going is much better than flowers and chocolate.

So, you survived 2019 including holidays with your relatives. Now with a new year and a new decade comes a fresh start, so…  Don’t overcomplicate your new year’s resolutions. There are simple things you can do that won’t change your daily routine but will keep you fit, healthy, and full of nutrients!

Did You Know The Holiday Season is Also Heart Attack Season?

The holidays… family, friends, good food, good drink, gatherings, and the list goes on.  While it’s a time to connect and reflect, the holidays are also a time filled with stress over guests, gifts and lack of time.

Stress isn’t the only factor to affect your health.  Add in all the feasting and drinking as we happily pile our plates, and arteries, with those tasty high fat, high calorie, high cholesterol and super high sugar foods and you have a time where heart attacks actually peak.  That’s right, Christmas and New Year’s Day are two of the highest heart attack occurrences of the year.