Insurance Is Boring
Encouraging Health Newsletter
 
"It is a wiser and simpler choice to encourage health than to fight sickness."
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April 2010
The Great American HEART HOAX 
 
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Americans get more than 1.5 million cardiac bypass surgeries and angioplasty procedures a year, which makes heart surgery among the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the U.S.
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Stand Up While You Read This
 
Your chair is your enemy. It doesn't matter if you go running every morning, or you're a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting - in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home - you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and an early death. In other words, irrespective of whether you exercise vigorously, sitting for long periods is bad for you.  Read
How To Handle Headaches
 
Headaches might just be the most oppressive common malady there is. About 40 percent of us routinely suffer ordinary tension-type headaches, which range from the sensation of a tightening band to outright pounding around the head. Ninety-three percent have these headaches at least once or twice a year. 
 
headacheFrom routine pains to killer migraines, here's how to avoid common triggers and embrace smart, safe treatment options that offer real relief. Read
Healthy Recipe: Quick Breakfast Burritos
 
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Top corn tortillas with spicy scrambled eggs and top with shredded cheese and fresh pico de gallo. Serving eggs with a tomato-based pico de gallo is a great way to add some veggies to your day.
 
Recipe from Cooking Light
 
We would like to feature healthy recipes from our clients. If you or your employees would like to submit a recipe, email it to kim@insuranceisboring.com
We designed this newsletter to bring you useful information for maintaining and improving your health. Each month, we plan to feature articles on nutrition, exercise, relevant scientific research, and we will feature a healthy recipe. In addition, our website includes information and links to answer your questions. Visit the Health and Wellness section on our site for answers and links to a variety of health conditions and topics.
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