Score With Greens
You’ve probably never heard of Dr. Sarah Ballantyne but, if you’re a nutrition nerd like me, you would really appreciate her work. Dr....
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sherrydewalt
Jan 92 min read
Celebrate With a Mocktail
I don’t know about you, but I am drinking a lot less alcohol than I did several years ago. Apart from the obvious drawbacks (impaired...
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sherrydewalt
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Kinder Cranberry Sauce
Every year I wait for bags of fresh cranberries to appear in the grocery store. I always grab extra because I know that cranberries have...
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sherrydewalt
Aug 14, 20232 min read
Heart Rate Variability
Did you know that you can control how fast your heart beats by controlling your breath? Most of the time your heart rate is controlled on...
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sherrydewalt
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Modern Problems
Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution have programmed us to eat when we see food because we might not know where our next meal is...
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sherrydewalt
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Walk for Better Brain Health
I am reading a book about the history of walking. It is full of great quotes from famous people like Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and...
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sherrydewalt
May 10, 20232 min read
Better Blood Pressure
Several years ago, I was at a blood drive. When they took my blood pressure, they told me it was high. It came as a total surprise to...
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sherrydewalt
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Beans are Heart Healthy
With the price of food on the rise you might be looking for some inexpensive meal options. Look no further than the canned bean aisle at...
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sherrydewalt
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Save Your Skeleton
At this time of year there are spooky skeleton decorations everywhere you look; but do you know what is really scary? More than half of...
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sherrydewalt
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Prepare to Eat Better
One of the most powerful habits you can develop to ensure that you are eating better is to plan and prepare most of your meals in advance....
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sherrydewalt
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Heads Up on Health Observances
Every day on my way to work the announcer on my favorite radio station makes sure to mention that it is national something or other day....
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sherrydewalt
May 16, 20222 min read
Dirty Secret
Have you ever driven through the countryside and caught a whiff of a freshly plowed field? I don’t know about you, but that earthy scent...
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sherrydewalt
May 2, 20222 min read
Waist Not
The American Heart Association and other entities encourage everyone to “know their numbers”, and most of us know that means things like...
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sherrydewalt
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Food and Heart Disease
A few years ago, while attending the annual meeting of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, I heard Dr. Koushik Reddy ask a...
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sherrydewalt
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Know Your Colorectal Cancer Risks
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and while the incidence of colorectal cancer has declined somewhat, there is a disturbing...
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sherrydewalt
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Are You Eating Enough?
Over 70% of adults in the United States are either overweight or obese, so most of us have some weight to lose. This means that many of...
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Sherry DeWalt
May 19, 20172 min read
Stand Up to Diabetes and Heart Disease
Think about how much time you spend sitting down. If you are like many Americans you spend hours every day in front of the television or...
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Sherry DeWalt
Nov 2, 20162 min read
Are You “Sugar Sensitive”?
I recently read about a woman who drop kicked a birthday cake in the grocery store because she was unhappy with the way it was...
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Sherry DeWalt
Oct 20, 20162 min read
Is Orange the New Pink?
There’s a whole lot of “pink” going on in October in honor of breast cancer awareness but orange may be a better color choice for women...
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Sherry DeWalt
Sep 21, 20162 min read
Own Your Health
Note: This appeared in the Sauk Valley Newspapers under the title “A Cure for What Ails You: Healthier Living”. I work with some very...
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