heart health

TGIFYGDF…Thank Goodness It’s Feed Your Good Dog Friday!

February 25, 2011 by Rose Caplan

It’s all about choices….the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shares with us how we can make good choices that lead to a happy heart.

There is no time like now to get started! TGIFYGDF!

Healthy Lifestyle: Diet and Nutrition, Exercise and Fitness

A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons you have to fight heart disease. Many people make it harder than it is. It is important to remember that it is the overall pattern of the choices you make that counts. As you make daily food choices, read nutrition labels and base your eating pattern on these recommendations:

Choose lean meats and poultry without skin and prepare them without added saturated and trans fat.
Select fat-free, 1% fat, and low-fat dairy products.
Cut back on foods containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to reduce trans fat in your diet.
Cut back on foods high in dietary cholesterol. Aim to eat less than 300 mg of cholesterol each day.
Cut back on beverages and foods with added sugars.
Select and purchase foods lower in salt/sodium.
If you drink alcohol, drink in moderation. That means no more than one drink per day if you’re a woman and two drinks per day if you’re a man.
Keep an eye on your portion sizes.

See CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Web site for more tips on nutrition.

Physical activity in your daily life is an important step to preventing heart disease. You can take a few simple steps at home, at work, and at play to increase the amount of physical activity in your life. See CDC’s physical activity Web site for tips and more information.

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!

TGIFYGDF…Thank Goodness It’s Feed Your Good Dog Friday!

January 21, 2011 by Rose Caplan

The weekends are always a good time to try out a new recipe; and any time is always a great time to do something to promote heart health.

So, following are four great healthy cooking links from the Queen of Hearts Foundation, whose mission it is to empower women regarding their heart health through awareness, education and information. If you find a recipe at one of these links that you like, please let us know and we’ll share it here with other readers.

Nutrition Action is Americas most read health newsletter. With recipes, food guides and more, it is packed with heart healthy information and is a Queen of Hearts favorite!

All Recipes is an amazing resource for any type of cuisine that can imagine. Most of all though, there is a great healthy eating part of the site so you can make anything your heart desires!

LifeScript provides personalized health and wellness solutions to help consumers make better and more informed lifestyle choices. The company’s premiere product lines span a range of health product categories.

Prevention is the #1 healthy lifestyle magazine brand and the 10th largest magazine in the nation, with more than 11 million readers. The top online health magazine destination, Prevention.com has 1.6 million unique visitors each month. Prevention publishes branded books, special-interest publications, international editions, bookazines, and DVDs under the bestselling Prevention Fitness Systems as well as leads Team Prevention walking programs at marathons across the country.

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!
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TGIFYGDF…Thank Goodness It’s Feed Your Good Dog Friday!

October 23, 2009 by Rose Caplan

WAYS TO FEED YOUR GOOD DOG THIS WEEKEND

The Queen of Hearts Foundation’s Cardio Kids’ program is back at the Green Market at Piedmont Park, and invites you and your kids to “a day for Awareness and Heart Health Education dedicated to Children. The Cardio Kids is all about an ECO Play Day to share fun outside. Games and activities to get their hearts pumping and to share information as to why it is so very important for them.”

The Cardio Kids’ tent is set up as a drop by in a market setting at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Activities on the hour.

Destination: Atlanta, GA – Queen of Hearts Foundation’s Cardio Kids tent at the Green Market.

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm

Location: Piedmont Park’s Green Market

Address: 1071 Piedmont Ave NE

Atlanta, GA 30309

If you are looking of ways to make a difference this weekend (or any other day in the future for that matter) and affect the lives of others in a positive way, check out the following:

This Saturday, October 24th is World Polio Day. Find out what is happening in your community by contacting your local Rotary Club and make a donation to the End Polio Now Campaign., posted by Mary McManus on DarynKagan.com (link no longer available), and

the new All for Good website.

All for Good lets you browse activities and find events based on your location or interests. It is the “Craigslist for Service”.All for Good makes finding a good deed project in your community easy as pie. Check out volunteer activities and events on All for Good’s website.

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!
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TGIFYGDF…Thank Goodness It’s Feed Your Good Dog Friday!

August 21, 2009 by Rose Caplan

Looks like Saturday will be a great day to spend with Cardio Kids at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia!

Cardio Kids Logo

The Queen of Hearts Foundation, co-founded by Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez, brings its Cardio Kids program back to the Green Market at Piedmont Park, and invites you and your kids to “a day for Awareness and Heart Health Education dedicated to Children. The Cardio Kids is all about an ECO Play Day to share fun outside. Games and activities to get their hearts pumping and to share information as to why it is so very important for them.”

The event takes place in a market setting at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Cardio Kids’ tent is set up as a drop by where they will lead activities on the hour.

Destination: Atlanta, GA – Queen of Hearts Foundation’s Cardio Kids tent at the Green Market.
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Piedmont Park’s Green Market
Address: 1071 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!

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TGIFYGDF…Thank Goodness It’s Feed Your Good Dog Friday!

July 24, 2009 by Rose Caplan

It is predicted to be a beautiful day in Atlanta on Saturday!

The Queen of Hearts Foundation, co-founded by Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez, brings its Cardio Kids program to the Green Market at Piedmont Park, and invites you and your kids to “a day for Awareness and Heart Health Education dedicated to Children. The Cardio Kids is all about an ECO Play Day to share fun outside. Games and activities to get their hearts pumping and to share information as to why it is so very important for them.”

The event takes place in a market setting at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Cardio Kids’ tent is set up as a drop by where they will lead activities on the hour.

Destination: Atlanta, GA – Queen of Hearts Foundation’s Cardio Kids tent at the Green Market.
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Piedmont Park’s Green Market
Address: 1071 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!

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Wednesday Wide Smile

July 22, 2009 by Rose Caplan

You’ve heard it said that two heads are better than one. Well, two hard working passioniate women show us that two hearts are better than one. Through their vision and hard work, and the creation of the Queen of Hearts Foundation, their combined passion will help make countless hearts stronger.

Most women over the age of 50 don’t live to talk about their heart attack. As a matter of fact, most women don’t talk about heart attacks at all.

Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez know this all too well through their personal experiences with family and friends. So they took their shared passion and mission and created the Queen of Hearts Foundation. Their goals are to make a difference and empower women regarding their heart health through awareness, education and information.

Katy and Carmen believe that the lives of women of all ages will be saved by raising awareness of heart disease in women and through heart health education, and dissemination of information regarding same. Women will live longer and stronger lives through early awareness and detection, understanding their heart history, impact of lifestyle choices and knowledge of overall heart health.

It is also Katy and Carmen’s vision for the Queen of Hearts Foundation to engage kids of all ages. Its Cardio Kids Club will facilitate programs that will educate today’s children and get them in tune with the beat of their hearts; understanding how peer pressure and the stresses of being a kid can impact their heart health.

Further, through community outreach and interactive initiatives, the Queen of Hearts Foundation will strive to educate the community and unite neighborhoods through its Healing the Heart Program – Informing the Community Campaign.

The Queen of Hearts Foundation helps make hearts stronger through heart health awareness, education and information. Now that’s something to smile about!

And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!

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