Top Tips For Healthy Cholesterol

Due to today’s diet and lifestyle, many people can find themselves with high or elevated cholesterol levels. Although there are no outward symptoms of elevated cholesterol, over time it can clog up your arteries and its impact can be devastating over time, leading to very serious health problems. Lowering your cholesterol starts with the foods you eat - and the foods you choose not to eat. Be ...

Cholesterol screenings at Health District

The Trumbull Monroe Health District will offer low-cost cholesterol screenings this summer at its office, 2 Corporate Drive, Suite 116, Trumbull. Fasting is required. The cost for the screening is $25 cash or check. Appointments are required. Call the district at 203-452-5195 to schedule an appointment or to learn more about the screening. Screening times are: May 31, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.; June 9 ...

8 Ways to Stock Your Kitchen for Healthy Heart

If you want to give your family’s daily diet a “heart health makeover,” start with your kitchen. Here are tips for a heart-healthy diet.

Fox Valley Cooks: Aurora dietician suggests superfoods for nutrient punch

More fiber than other foods; able to provide multiple vitamins in a single bite: it’s a supplement; it’s a vitamin! No, it’s superfoods, according to Elizabeth Danowksi Cytryn. The Aurora registered dietician, who is a personal nutritional consultant, helps her clients get the most goodness for their calories by adding superfoods to their meals. “Superfoods are basically foods that naturally ...

Cooking With Kids Makes Meals and Memories

MISSION, KS-- - Cooking can be so much more than simply getting dinner on the table. When you cook with your kids, it can lead to better relationships with food and with each other.Getting kids involved ...