These days between the cost of gas, increasing food costs and limited time, staying healthy can be a challenge. But needless to say, it’s not impossible!
One of my favorite strategies to watch both my pocketbook and minimize my time in the kitchen is shopping at my favorite store, Trader Joe’s. This national chain boasts great [...]

Filed under: Budgeting, Food Shopping, Healthy Meals, Meal Planning, Optimal Health

If you’re a People’s employee, stop by and see Wendy at the People’s United Bank Employee Health and Wellness Fair.
Thursday, June 26, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Filed under: Past Events

With the sudden death of Meet the Press host Tim Russert from a heart attack last week, it reminds me how even with the best of health care and prevention, many of us can still be at risk. Here was someone who seemed invincible – known as an intelligent, hard-hitting journalist with a verve for [...]

Filed under: Heart Attack, Heart Health, Optimal Health, Prevention

Monday, June 16 at 7 pm
Out of great ideas for healthy and quick dinners? Join me for a tour of Dream Dinners, a meal preparation center in Branford, Connecticut. We’ll get an overview of their services, try some samples of the food and you’ll get to go home with a 3-serving meal. Best part — [...]

Filed under: Past Events

Planning, planning, planning — that’s my mantra.
If you don’t have a weekly plan, you’re setting yourself up for weight gain, mindless and less than healthy eating and a major drain on your wallet.  It’s just a fact: lack of planning equals poor choices and wasting money. Who can afford that in these trying times? 
So you may be [...]

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Meal Planning, Mindful Eating, Optimal Health

It’s a fact, I’m heartsick over the heart health of women in this country.
Do you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women, taking close to 500,000 lives each year, far surpassing breast cancer, diabetes and other causes of death?
The reality, however, is that heart disease is highly preventable, yet research shows [...]

Filed under: Healthy lifestyle, Heart Health, Heart disease, Optimal Health, Prevention, Women's Health

Common Ground High School, 358 Springside Avenue, New Haven, CT
Thursday, May 15, 6:00-7:30 pm,
Wendy educates parents about health and nutrition.

Filed under: Past Events

Cholesterol can be lowered naturally in a way that doesn’t breed dependence on statins.
At least that’s what I believe. I’m always interested in natural approaches to health that don’t have to always require a prescription. And there’s interesting information about a Chinese supplement call red yeast rice that suggests just that result.
I came across an [...]

Filed under: Cholesterol, Drugs, Heart Health, Optimal Health, supplements