Healthier Earth = Healthier Heart
How do you celebrate Earth Day? It turns out that many of the same strategies we use for a healthier planet can also make us more heart healthy. Try these five tips to make your Earth Day last all year long.
1) Have a Meatless Monday.
This international campaign, started back in 2003, encourages people worldwide to eat no meat on Mondays. The potential health benefits are less saturated fat, less salt, less processing, and more fiber from fruits and vegetables. And the environmental benefits include less methane from cow waste and less deforestation or loss of ground vegetation that absorb carbon dioxide. (more…)