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  • What Happens to Your Heart When You Lose Weight? by

    Posted on: June 22, 2012Categories: LiveWell 24/7

    What Happens to Your Heart As You Lose Weight? If you lost 10 percent of your body weight, here is what would happen inside your body: BLOOD VESSELS Losing weight reduces the workload on your heart. Blood vessels supply your heart with the blood it needs to keep pumping.  As you shed pounds, there isn’t fat sitting around and forming plaque that can build up and clog your coronary arteries, eventually causing a heart attack. Reduce your     weight and you reduce your risk. BLOOD PRESS ...

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  • Is Your Commute Making You Fat? by

    Posted on: June 18, 2012Categories: LiveWell 24/7

    Do you commute to work each day? Your commute to and from work may be making you fat, or worse. The more time spent in your car each day diminishes the amount of time you have for healthy activities, such as exercise. Car commuters also tend to eat while driving and their choices are likely to be less healthy than someone who takes time to have a healthy breakfast at home or, on the back end, prepares a healthy dinner. So what can you do to counter some of the disadvantageous effects of a long ...

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  • Help Celebrate Men’s Health Week! by

    Posted on: June 11, 2012Categories: LiveWell 24/7

    To quote Congressman Bill Richardson: “Recognizing and preventing men’s health problems is not just a man’s issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men’s health is truly a family issue.” Men’s Health Week is celebrated each year as the week leading up to and including Father’s Day. The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and adoles ...

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