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title: Heart Health - Real Balance Certified Health and Wellness Coach Training
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# Heart Health

## [Giving Our Lifestyle Power Away To Celebrities](https://realbalance.com/giving-our-lifestyle-power-away-to-celebrities)

![Chicken-fried steak](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/cfsteak.jpg)

The rise of celebrity chefs and food programs has been phenomenal. True, there are some excellent shows that feature healthy cuisines, and more wellness-oriented content. However the alarming trend has been for more and more shows to do what television shows have learned works for ratings: to shock and to “give the public what they want.” I’m talking gluttony and…

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## [High Altitude Wellness](https://realbalance.com/high-altitude-wellness)

![Rocky Mountain National Park, Glacier Gorge. Elevation at Trailhead 9,240 ft.  Photo by M. Arloski](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/hallofmtnkings-rmnp.jpg)

Whether it’s a trek in the Alps or a time to be “Rocky Mountain High”, getting up in the mountains is a great way to be well physically, mentally and spiritually.**Being well at higher altitude however requires some important knowledge and sometimes, some caution**. The people a wellness coach works with may face some challenges at higher elevation…

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## [Maybe The Last Heart Attack](https://realbalance.com/maybe-the-last-heart-attack)

![heart](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/heartelectric.jpeg)

Each year over one million Americans experience a heart attack, about one every thirty seconds. CNN produced a program recently about this that has everyone talking: ***“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: The Last Heart Attack.”*** ([http://sanjayguptamd.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/29/sanjay-gupta-reports-the-last-heart-attack/](http://sanjayguptamd.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/29/sanjay-gupta-reports-the-last-heart-attack/)) (watch the entire program while it’s archived here)



![Dr. Sanjay Gupta](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/gupta11.jpg)Dr. Sanjay Gupta



Following the odyssey of former President Bill Clinton and two…

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## [Wellness of The Heart](https://realbalance.com/wellness-of-the-heart)

Some say it is just a muscular pump in the middle of our chest. Others say it is the center and essence of who we are. Seat of all human emotion or cardiovascular electro-stimulated organ, nothing captures our imagination, hopes and fears like our heart.



I love it when science validates what we know “in our hearts”. Research now…

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## [Yes, We ARE Getting Healthier!](https://realbalance.com/yes-we-are-getting-healthier)

![Americas Health Rankings Map](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/us-map-obesity-2012.png)

**In the midst of the healthcare crisis, America’s actual health, in many ways, is improving!** It’s easy to feel discouraged by the political struggles, obesity and diabetes “epidemics”. Hearing that the U.S. has a worse life expectancy than Slovenia and Chile is very disheartening. Yet, despite some huge challenges that aren’t going away, there is an upside.



**The 2013**…

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