The Holidays Can Be Healthy For Your Heart

Thanksgiving dinner

We’ve all had the experience: holidays can mean eating too much (much of which isn’t good for you), drinking too much, and getting no exercise. It doesn’t have to be like that! A new article in Cardiology Magazine (published by the American College of Cardiologists) suggests a strategy for heart-healthy holidays. There are strategies for…

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Can HCM Patients Use Alcohol, Chocolate, & Coffee?

We hear many different claims about what HCM patients (or heart patients in general) should or shouldn’t eat and drink. This is a big topic, and for much of it, the science doesn’t have simple answers – at least not yet. But it turns out that there are some answers for three things that many people like (and many people won’t touch): wine, chocolate, and coffee.

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