The connection between maternal health and heart disease is intensely personal to me. More than 22 years ago, my first son was born nine weeks early and extremely small (less than two pounds) due to a rare complication called HELLP syndrome (similar to an extreme form of pre-eclampsia). And then, when he was 10, I […]
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Feb 2015
This February I shared nine ways you can Go Red during American Heart Month (and beyond) to make a difference for yourself and others. This series will provide more information and resources on each of them. Today’s post: Get up. I would never start smoking, so why would I start sitting? This post is republished from […]
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Feb 2015
This February I shared nine ways you can Go Red during American Heart Month (and beyond) to make a difference for yourself and others. This series will provide more information and resources on each of them. Today’s post: Get connected. I started this blog just a few days after getting home from the hospital after my […]
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Feb 2015
Earlier this month I shared nine ways you can Go Red during American Heart Month and make a difference for yourself and others. This series will provide more information and resources on each of them. Today’s post: Get checked. Carolyn Thomas is an influential heart disease blogger and speaker, and one of the first heart sisters […]
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Feb 2015
This Friday is National Wear Red Day! Will you wear red with me? It’s fun and easy: Step 1: Wear something red. Step 2: Take a picture of yourself looking smashing in red. Step 3: Send it to me at jen (at) mylifeinred.net or post on social media (my Facebook page is facebook.com/mylifeinredblog and Twitter is […]
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Feb 2015
This is my advice for making the most of American Heart Month. I hope you Go Red for yourself and spread the word. Please feel free to use this graphic, just please link back here. Thanks! – Jen
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Dec 2014
Another guest post by my brother, Mike Thorson, about an experience so many survivors have — people asking us about symptoms, telling us their fears, wanting us to describe our symptoms differently than what they are feeling so that they can stop worrying and get back to their lives. Our responses, though, are always the same: […]
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Sep 2014
I think this is my favorite week of the challenge — encouraging exercise and activity for everyone in the family. American kids ages 8-18 spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media including TV, computers, video games, cell phones and movies. That puts them at all sorts of risk — high blood […]
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Sep 2014
This week’s EmpowerMEnt Challenge is a little bit harder that last week’s for the heart-loving foodie — find ways to reduce the salt. The bad news: there is WAAAY too much salt in the American diet. According to the Mayo Clinic, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day […]
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Sep 2014
This week’s EmpowerMEnt Challenge is an easy one — replace sugar-added drinks with water. Or, if you want to take it further, cram your blender full of green goodness and get five + servings of veggies and fruits in one delicious gulp. I’m a major fan of green smoothies (see this post on my other […]
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