Fun factoids about peppers, pigs and your heart

by Carolyn Thomas      @HeartSisters 

Whenever I do my “Heart-Smart Women”  public presentations, I bring along a unique prop. To help me demonstrate to my audiences what a woman’s heart looks like, I pull out a red bell pepper. Yes. A pepper.

When I shop for my prop at my local grocery store, I look for just the right one: a nice healthy red colour, slightly pointy at the bottom, about the size of my clenched fist, and I weigh it at the produce department scale looking for one that weighs about 250 grams.

But am I wrong about those comparisons to the heart?        . Continue reading “Fun factoids about peppers, pigs and your heart”

Did you hear this? Oatmeal is now your enemy

by Carolyn Thomas    @HeartSisters    July 1, 2018

Screen Shot 2018-06-25 at 7.49.53 PMDoctors, are you frustrated by failed attempts to convince your heart patients to follow your sound advice on lifestyle improvements? Are you exhausted from trying to figure out why they won’t stop eating junk and start eating heart-healthy foods just like you are recommending?

Stand back, please. I think I have finally figured out WHY YOUR PATIENTS WON’T LISTEN! Continue reading “Did you hear this? Oatmeal is now your enemy”