Todd and I have been reducing our carb intake over the past couple weeks (ugh) to coax those holiday pounds off.  One good thing is that we’ve stumbled on the perfect low carb breakfast for busy people.  It’s a variation of a recipe listed in the book for Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet.  (See “How [...]

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Valerie, this must be done.  You can do this…  Okay, uHum….  This is for mature audiences only.  Those of you who know me are aware that I’m not shy when talking about sex, but I don’t usually write about it, so give me a break.  Here goes. Allegro has some really fun, romantic, sexy products that you might want to take [...]

There is a good chance that you will personally witness a cardiac arrest in your lifetime.  For me, that’s enough of a reason to hope that everyone knows CPR (especially the guy standing next to me if I suddenly drop dead).  Without it, you have little chance of surviving a heart-stopping arrest.  My business partner, Allegro [...]

Here are some disturbing statistics published by the American Heart Association.  Much of this is taken from Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2009 Update. Did you know? *  Nearly 2,400 Americans die of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) each day, an average of one death every 37 seconds. *  Preliminary mortality data for 2006 show that [...]

 Here is a summary of “Risk Factors for Heart Disease” from the American Heart Association: * Diabetes Mellitus – At least 65% of people with diabetes mellitus die of some form of heart or blood vessel disease.   Let Allegro help manage your diabetes with low cost Diabetes Supplies.  * High Blood Cholesterol and Other Lipids – High-density [...]

People die every day because they ignore the signs of a heart attack.  They don’t want to “bother” anyone, or they thought the symptoms would just go away.  Here’s the deal, though… you never know for sure and it’s not worth guessing.  Personally, I’d rather be sent home with a prescription for GasX than be sent home [...]

Valentine’s Day and President’s Day aren’t the only holidays we’ll be celebrating this month. February is American Heart Month! Cross my heart. It seems that matters of the heart are quite serious. So serious that every year since 1963, Congress has required the President to proclaim February ‘American Heart Month’.  The American Heart Association helps to draft [...]