"Fuel Up for Fitness" with Healthy Snacks and Smart Plates

Brussels Sprout, Blueberry and Walnut Slaw
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CanolaInfo's new recipe collection "Fuel Up for Fitness" delivers a starting lineup of delicious,
nutritious dishes to help you prepare for exercise and repair muscles afterward. The recipes provide complex carbohydrates, fiber and protein with nutrition-packed ingredients such as whole grains, beans, nuts, fruits and plenty of vegetables. All the dishes are prepared with heart-smart canola oil to supply healthy unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated and omega-3 fats.

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Coffee and Wine, Is It OK During Pregnancy?

When Emily Oster, an economist, got pregnant with her now two-year-old daughter, she wanted to know more about all those rules handed down to women once they find out their pregnant.

Only two cups of coffee a day! No alcohol. Beware deli meats.

Being pregnant, she said, felt a lot like being a child, so she decided to take a deep dive into research covering everything from wine and weight gain to prenatal testing and epidurals. What Oster claimed she found was some of the mainstays of pregnancy advice are based on inconclusive or downright faulty science.

Some of her conclusions? Weight gain during pregnancy is less important than a woman's starting weight and not gaining enough may be more harmful. Light drinking is fine (up to two glasses of wine a week in the first trimester and up to a glass a day in the second and third trimesters). And much of the evidence supports having three to four cups of coffee daily, which made Oster very, very happy.

The Heart Truth 2013 Fashion Show

(L-R) Minka Kelly, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Toni Braxton, Kelly Osbourne, Brenda Strong
and Torah Bright on the runway during The Heart Truth 2013 Fashion Show held at the
Hammerstein Ballroom on February 6, 2013 in New York City.

New York Fashion Week kick off event was The Heart Truth Fashion Show. Celebrities came out in their symbolic red dress to show their support for the national Heart Truth campaign. The campaign's goal is to give women a personal and urgent wakeup call about their risk of heart disease.

With February being heart health month, make sure to show your support by wearing a little something red each day. And if the opportunity arises, slip into a beautiful red dress!

Health News: More Women Die of Lung Cancer Than of Breast Cancer

Smoke like a man, die like a man.

The Associated Press reported that U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more — that is, they are lighting up like men, new research shows.

Women also have caught up with men in their risk of dying from smoking-related illnesses. Lung cancer risk leveled off in the 1980s for men but is still rising for women.