Super Greens Waffles
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. These recipes will kick-start your day, and keep your heart beating strong. Super Greens Waffles Serves 2 Ingredients 2 eggs 1 1/2 cup raw spinach 2 tablespons almond milk or other unsweetened milk 1 medium banana (or avocado if you are doing low carb) 1/2 cup gluten-free oats or almond flour […]
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Exercises to Keep Your Heart Healthy
People who don’t exercise are almost twice as likely to get heart disease as people who are active. The best way to keep your heart healthy is to do aerobic exercise. The American Heart Association recommends 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise on most days of the week. Even if you divide your exercise time into ten- or […]
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Detox Recipes for the New Year
These easy and delicious detox recipes will help you kickoff 2023 feeling healthy, refreshed, and ready to conquer the new year! A healthy body requires vitamins, minerals and amino acids to operate on a daily basis. All of these superstar foods help your body’s natural detoxification pathways in a gentle way. Think of it as maintenance care for the liver, kidneys, […]
Read MoreThe Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and incentaHEALTH Partner to Offer a Free Virtual Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program to Lower Naugatuck Valley Residents
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (PRC) is partnering with Colorado-based digital health company incentaHEALTH to offer a free online diabetes prevention program to study volunteers from Lower Naugatuck Valley as part of a research project to improve health in low-income communities. The Healthy Me program is a year-long virtual lifestyle change program to help people reduce their risk for type […]
Read MoreEnter Your Chance to Win Prizes throughout November with The Valley Goes Pink
The Valley Goes Pink Campaign is holding a prize calendar fundraiser throughout November. The prize calendar offers great prizes for each day in November, including gift certificates for local businesses, a Nintendo Switch and a 55-inch Samsung television. Tickets are $25 each. One winner will be drawn each day in November. Tickets will be put back into the pot, so […]
Read MoreThirteenth Annual Center for Cancer Care 5K Walk/Run raises record $65,000
More than 300 participants raised an event record $65,000 at the 13th Annual 5K Walk/Run to Benefit the Center for Cancer Care, which was held on Sept. 25. “The success of the Center for Cancer Care 5K Walk-Run demonstrates just how close our community is, and how committed we all are to caring for each other,” said Griffin Health President […]
Read MoreStart a New, Healthier Lifestyle with Griffin’s Wellness for Life Program
Griffin Health is helping individuals get a fresh perspective on well-being with a new session of its Wellness for Life program starting Aug. 17 in Oxford. Wellness for Life is a 12-week lifestyle change program designed to equip individuals who are ready to take ownership of their health with Lifestyle Medicine knowledge and skills. Lifestyle Medicine is a unique medical […]
Read MoreWhy the Holidays Are Not So Merry for Your Gut
The holidays are hard on our stomachs – from the Halloween candy to the turkey and gravy to one-too-many glasses of champagne. And while it’s fun at the time, we often pay for all the overeating not only with weight gain, but also bloated stomachs, heartburn, and gas. This year, break the holiday tradition of an upset stomach. Below are […]
Read MoreDiabetes Screening: Who Should Be Screened and How Often?
Who Should Be Screened for Diabetes? According to the American Diabetes Association, everyone should be screened for diabetes beginning at age 45, and then every three years after that. If you have multiple risk factors (e.g, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, overweight), talk to your doctor about screening at an earlier age and screening more frequently. What Does the Screening […]
Read MoreFood to Eat (and Avoid) to Manage Your Cholesterol
The term “you are what you eat” certainly holds true when it comes to your cholesterol levels. While it can be easy to eat your way to an alarmingly high cholesterol level, you can also eat your way to lower cholesterol levels too. Lowering your cholesterol levels by changing your eating habits is a simple two-pronged strategy: Add foods that […]
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