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April 2022
HEALTH DIGEST
Beaufort County Public Health Department
Spring is my favorite season! Not just because the
sun seems to shine more and the sky seems more
blue, but because things are starting to bloom and
grow. In order to grow, plants need sunshine but they
also need storm clouds to provide rain. We're just the
same. If we didn't have storms in our life we wouldn't
have to stretch ourselves and therefore we wouldn't
grow as much in our character, in our personality, in
anything. We would be stunted and stuck in the same
place without "storms" or challenges. JaNell Octigan, MPH
Prep. Coord./HSP IV
Weather forecasts help predict when storms are coming, but we don't
have that same luxury to predict when a storm in our life is coming.
Challenges and storms in our life often occur at random, which for us
make it extremely hard to prepare. As we walk through storms in our lives
it's never fun, and sometimes the difficulty varies. Looking back on each
challenge I've ever walked through, I can say each helped me grow and
develop as a person.
When it comes to you and your personal journey with challenges in your
life, there are a few things I'd like to encourage you to remember:
1) Remind yourself of the things in your life that you're thankful for.
The more you can refocus your thoughts on the good in life, the
better your spirits will be.
2) Find support. Walking through challenges alone is extra hard.
Whether it's a friend, a family members, a professional...
whomever it is, support is vital to growing in hard circumstances.
3) Try to find or create solutions to problems. In some circumstances
solutions can be hard to come by, but
trying to find solutions to problems can be TAKE A PEEK!
a g o o d w a y t o h e l p w o r k t h r o u g h p r o b l e m s . Page 2- Heart Disease
Page 3- Dinner Recipe
Page 4- Workout
Walking through hard times is tough. Always Page 5- Steps to a Healthier Heart
remember everyone's hard times are different. Some Page 6- Women Heart Disease
of us are in the same storm but a different boat. We Page 7- Heart Facts
Page 8- Word Search
all will walk through storms in our lives... will you Page 9- Upcoming Events
grow from them?
Heart Disease
The term "heart disease" refers to several types of health conditions. The most common type of
heart disease in the United States is coronary artery disease (CAD), which affects the blood flow
to the heart. Decreased blood flow can cause a heart attack. Heart disease describes a range of
conditions that affect your heart. Heart disease includes heart rhythm problems. heart defects,
heart valve disease, disease of the heart muscle, and heart infection.
SYMPTOMS CAUSES
A buildup of fatty plaque in your arteries or Heart disease causes depend on your
atherosclerosis can damage your blood specific type of heart disease. There are
vessels and heart. Plaque buildup causes many different types of heart disease. To
narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can understand the cause of heart disease, it
lead to a heart attack, chest pain or stroke. helps to understand how the heart works.
The right side of the heart includes the right
Chest pain, chest tightness, chest atrium and ventricle. It collects and pumps
pressure, and chest discomfort (angina) blood to the lungs through the pulmonary
Shortness of breath arteries.
Pain, numbness, weakness ,or coldness The lungs give the blood a new supply of
in your legs or arms if the blood vessels oxygen. The lungs also breathe out carbon
in those parts of your are narrowed dioxide, a waste product.
Pain in the neck, jaw, throat, upper Oxygen-rich blood then enters the left side of
abdomen or back the heart, including the left atrium and
ventricle.
The left side of the heart pumps blood
through the largest artery in the body (aorta)
Complications to supply tissues throughout the body with
oxygen & nutrients.
Heart failure: One of the most common complications of heart disease, heart failure
occurs when your heart can't pump enough blood to meet your body's needs.
Heart attack: A blood clot that blocked the blood flow through a blood vessel that feeds
the heart causes a heart attack, possibly damaging or destroying a part of the heart
muscle.
Stroke: The risk factors that lead to cardiovascular disease can also lead to an ischemic
stroke, which happens when the arteries to your brain are narrowed or blocked so that
too little blood reaches your brain.
Aneurysm: A serious complication that can occur anywhere in your body, an aneurysm is
a bulge in the wall of your artery. If an aneurysm bursts, you may face life-threatening
internal bleeding.
STEPS TO A HEALTHIER H E A R T
SIMPLE TIPS TO REDUCE SATURDATED FATS IN YOUR DIET...
Spring into fitness
Chicken
Mole with
Tortilla
Strips
Ingredients: Directions:
1 tablespoon olive oil 1. Heat the oil in a large stockpot over
1 small onion, coarsely chopped medium-high heat, swirling to coat the
1 medium garlic clove, minced bottom. Cook the onion and garlic for 1
1/2 teaspoon jarred minced garlic to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir
14 to 4.5 ounces can dice green chiles, in the green chiles, almonds, chipotle
drained
peppers, adobo sauce, cocoa powder,
1 to 3 chipotle peppers canned in
and brown sugar. Stir in the broth and
adobo sauce, plus 1 tablespoon sauce
tomato sauce.
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
powder1 tablespoon dark brown 2. Using a hand blender or immersion
sugar blender, puree the mixture in the pot.
110.5-ounce can fat-free, low-sodium Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce
chicken broth the heat to low and simmer for 5
19-ounce can no-salt-added tomato minutes.
sauce 3. Stir in the chicken. Simmer for 8
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken minutes, or until the chicken is no
breasts, all visible fat discarded, cut longer pink in the center, stirring
into bite size pieces
occasionally.
4 8-inch corn tortillas, cut into 1/2-
4. Meanwhile, preheat the broiler.
inch strips
5. Put the tortilla strips on a baking sheet.
1/2 cup fat-free or low-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped green onions Broil the tortillas strips about 6 inches
from the heat for 2 minutes. Stir. Broil
for 1 minute. Stir. Broil for 1 to 2
minutes or until the strips start to turn
crisp and golden. Remove from the
broiler.
6. Reserve about one-fourth of the tortilla
strips for garnish. Put the remaining
tortilla strips and 3/4 cup mole in each
bowl. Top with sour cream, green onions
and reserved tortilla strips.
Spring Into Fitness
HIIT Workout
High Intensity Interval Training
Jumping Jacks- 45 seconds
Push Ups-30 seconds
Mountain Climbers- 45 seconds
High Knees- 30 seconds
Butt Kicks- 45 seconds
Lunges- 30 seconds
Squats- 45 Seconds
repeat 3 times with a 2 minute break
If this was too intense for you don't be afraid to slow it
down and adjust it to your needs.
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