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What Is a Normal Resting Heart Rate? What It Says About Your Health

By HEALTH | INSPIRATION on February 18, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

Have you ever checked your resting heart rate and wondered whether it is normal?

Maybe your watch says 72. Or 84. Or 58. And you quietly ask yourself, “Is that good?”

Your resting heart rate is one of the simplest measurements of health. Yet it reflects much more than most people realize. It provides insight into cardiovascular fitness, autonomic balance, metabolic health, and even long-term risk. It is a small number with significant meaning.

What Science Says About the Best Bedtime for Your Heart Health

By HEALTH | INSPIRATION on April 24, 2025 • ( 3 Comments )

Most of us understand that sleep is essential for health—but emerging evidence suggests that when we sleep may be just as critical as how much we sleep.

While poor sleep duration has long been recognized as a risk factor for heart disease, scientists are now uncovering another important variable: sleep timing. The hour you go to bed may profoundly influence your cardiovascular health—even if you’re getting the recommended 7 to 9 hours each night.

So, what does science say about the best bedtime for a healthy heart?

Let’s explore.

Cold, Flu, or COVID-19? How to Identify Symptoms and Best Self-Care Tips for Recovery

By HEALTH | INSPIRATION on November 10, 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

With the colder months come sniffles, sore throats, and runny noses—leaving many wondering, “Is it a cold, the flu, or COVID-19?” Because these three illnesses share many overlapping symptoms, it’s often tricky to identify which one you’re dealing with. Knowing the difference can help you take the right steps toward recovery and prevent spreading illness to others.

In this post, we’ll break down the unique symptoms of each illness, offer guidance on how to care for yourself at home, and discuss when it’s time to seek medical care.

The Heart Healthy Diet: Tips on Getting Started

By HEALTH | INSPIRATION on January 10, 2024 • ( 136 Comments )

Your diet, as most people know, is a big component of healthy living. There’s even much truth to the idiom, “You are what you eat!” However, when it comes to living with chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, having the right diet becomes even more important, as the foods you eat can make a huge difference not only in the symptoms you experience day to day, but also in the way your chronic conditions progress over time. What this means is that with the right diet—aka the heart healthy diet— you can take control of your health by helping to slow or even reverse your chronic conditions. When it comes to heart disease, being on a heart-healthy diet can protect you against further narrowing of your heart’s blood vessels and in turn help prevent further complications such as heart attack and strokes.

In this article I will discuss what types of foods make up a heart healthy diet. In another article, I cover the essentials of a specific component of heart healthy eating—the low sodium diet.

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