Making Healthy Choices™ Articles Archive

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 57

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Excessive Overtime Work Is Bad for Your Heart

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Eat Nuts for Heart Health

•	A Healthy Lifestyle Could Add 12 Years to Your Life

•	High Blood Pressure Called a "Neglected Disease"

•	Maternal Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and Risk of Childhood Leukemia

•	Physical Activity and Risk of Endometrial Cancer

•	Soybeans Lower Risk of Gastric Cancer

•	The Kinds of Carbohydrates You Eat Affect Heart Risk

•	What Are the Best Fats to Use in The Diet for Heart Health?

RECIPES

•	Vegeburger Walnut Casserole

•	Cashew Gravy

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 56

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Employee Wellness Programs Work

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Exercise Intensity and Blood Sugar Control

•	Watching Your Waist?

•	New Diabetes Risk Assessment Guidelines

•	Soy Food Intake and Breast Cancer

•	A Little Chocolate May Do the Heart Good

RECIPES

•	Carob Chip Cookies

•	New Orleans Red Beans

•	Cabbage Salad

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 55

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Communities Putting Prevention to Work Leveraging National Organizations

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Do Multivitamins Make You Healthier?

•	Improving Quality of Life

•	Salt's Impact on Health

•	Beans and Colon Cancer Risk

RECIPES

•	Black-Eyed Pea Stew and Cornbread

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 54

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Job Stress Affects Your Bottom Line

•	The Power of Wellness Incentives: When You Reward Good Health, Employees Respond Positively

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Healthy Foods Can Protect Your Liver

•	Exercise Slows Atherosclerosis and Stabilizes Plaque

•	U.S. Ranked 30th in Infant Mortality

RECIPES

•	Spinach Potato Crepes

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 53

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Why Have a Worksite Wellness Program?

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Cutting Salt Intake Could Save Billions

•	Is Late Night Eating Linked to Weight Gain?

•	The Post Exercise Glow

•	Walnuts Lower Blood Cholesterol Levels

•	How Healthy Foods Can Protect Your Liver

•	Foods Linked to Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

•	Life Enjoyment and Heart Health

•	Beans Help Lower Blood Sugar

•	The StairWELL to Better Health

•	Beans Protect Against Cancer

RECIPES

•	Recipes - Pancakes and Very-Berry Fruit Compote

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 52

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Medical Cost of Obesity May Be as High as $147 Billion Annually

•	Website Helps Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Healthy Living Is the Best Answer

•	Americans Consume Too Much Salt

•	What's the Best Diet for Lowering Weight and LDL Cholesterol?

•	Depression

•	Lack of Sleep Raises Blood Pressure

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Links

RECIPES

•	Ratatouille

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 51

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Average Health Insurance Premiums

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Sitting May be Hazardous to Your Health

•	Exercise Lowers Risk for Breast Cancer

•	Meat Intake and Mortality

RECIPES

•	Vegetarian "Meatballs" with Barbecue Sauce

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 50

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Work Health Programs Benefit Bottom Line

•	Pneumonia Vaccine Recommended for Smokers

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Wellness Programs Targeting Obesity Yield Positive Results

•	Iron and Brain Health

•	HPV Vaccine for Preventing Cervical Cancer

RECIPES

•	French Tarts

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 49

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Employee Health Is Vital to Economic Health

•	Are You Underestimating Your Company's Healthcare Costs?

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	Does Eating Veggies Shrink the Brain?

•	Serum Vitamin D Status and All-Cause Mortality

•	Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Survival

•	Can Drinking Water Help You Lose Weight?

•	Physical Activity and Weight Loss

•	Effect of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function

•	Can Ginkgo Biloba Help Prevent Dementia?

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Longevity

RECIPES

•	Holiday Cookies

Making Healthy Choices™ Issue 48

CORPORATE WELLNESS

•	Worksite Wellness Program Best Practices

HEALTH HEADLINES

•	What Should Your Blood Sugar Level Be?

•	Fruits and Vegetables Decrease the Risk of Getting Diabetes

•	Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

•	Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency among Infants and Toddlers

•	Exercise Helps Resolve Depression Long Term

•	HIV/AIDS Update

•	Maintaining Weight Loss

•	Building Muscle