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The do’s and don’ts for good training of cardiovascular endurance.

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

In this article we set out 10 pieces of advice that can help you when developing a training plan to improve your cardiovascular health. Please take note… Choose an aerobic exercise for…

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5 fresh and nutritious breakfasts with fruit

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

It is more than obvious to us: we should eat fruit every day, at least two portions. There is a wide variety of sweet and juicy fruit available throughout the year. What…

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Talking to our children about drugs, the first step towards preventing their consumption

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Óscar’s parents have been asked to come in to the secondary school he attends to talk to the head teacher. It appears that Óscar, along with some other children, has been caught…

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The mediterranean diet prevents cardiovascular diseases

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation
The Mediterranean Diet is a priceless cultural legacy, a balanced lifestyle that includes recipes, cooking methods, local produce and other customs that are good for the heart, such as the...
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Improving communication with their children – the pending subject for many parents

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Someone once said that having a child does not transform one into a parent, just like having a piano does not transform one into a pianist. Being a parent is also a…

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30 minutes a day are enough to improve your health

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

 Which physical activity should I choose to improve my health? It is important to have some criteria in mind when choosing the physical activity that we want to do or recommend. In…

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Self-confident adolescents

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Having a good level of self-confidence is essential if our children are to tackle the challenges that will appear throughout their lives. Of course, we would all like our children to have…

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Fun and healthy birthday teas

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

The time for Inés’ birthday party is getting close and her mum Marta is very clear on two things: she wants the celebration to take place outside, so the children can run…

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The importance hidden exercise holds for our health

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Do you know what hidden exercise is and what it is for? According to Fuster (2010: pp. 233), hidden exercise is what lies behind our daily tasks and is of particular importance…

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Nutritional labelling: do we really know what we are eating?

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

As well as knowing how much energy the foods we consume provide us with, it is also important to know what we are really eating. We should therefore look at the nutrients…

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Ways to say NO. Part II

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

In the previous article we gave you three simple techniques you can practice at home with your children. In this article we’ll show you three more so you can carry on working…

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Ways to say NO. Part I

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

Just as important as having reasons for not smoking is knowing how to get across my firm desire not to smoke, no matter how much they insist. Below you will find 3…

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Sport reduces the risk of addiction in adolescence

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Doing some kind of sport is good for everyone, but even more so for adolescents, because they are going through a stage of enormous physical and emotional change. Using sport as exercise…

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The difficult relationship adolescents have with alcohol

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

The health authorities are raising the alarm about an increase in alcohol consumption among adolescents between 14 and 15 years old. At this young age most secondary school children start to familiarise…

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Other habits that also improve your cardiovascular health

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

Having good cardiovascular health depends on many things, more than we can imagine. For starters, these are the four basic pieces of advice: watch your diet, do physical activity, don’t smoke and…

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Enjoy life! Optimism can protect you

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

You can mix a combination of optimism, hope, satisfaction and self-confidence to create a medicinal cocktail your cardiovascular system will love. After many observations of real life cases, it has been confirmed…

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Myths about tobacco

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

A large number of people start smoking when they are teenagers. The factors that lead to starting to smoke are different in each case but, in most cases, evidence is available that…

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Physical activity to improve cardiovascular health

By Fundación SHE | SHE Foundation

For physical activity to improve our physical condition and health, it should be… REGULAR AND PROGRESSIVE: Encourage and ensure that your son or daughter does progressive, continuous and frequent physical activity, never…

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Tobacco smoke goes straight to the heart

By Fundación SHE | Sin categoría

Tobacco is responsible for between 20% and 25% of cardiovascular disorders (website in Spanish). What is more, smoking damages your health in general and that of your heart in particular, because tobacco…

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How much to eat? Two methods that really work

By Fundación SHE | Sin categoría

We live in an era of supersize portions, which are largely responsible for the serious increase in cardiovascular diseases and obesity. When we talk about prevention, we must incorporate simple and didactic…

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Green zones encourage healthy lifestyles

By Albert Canals | Healthy Communities

What is the colour of our surroundings? Are we surrounded by green zones or is our habitat dominated by concrete and asphalt? These are not idle questions. In a recent post, we…

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Diabetes and obesity: the cost of ignorance

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

Alarmed by his latest test results, Luis goes to see his family doctor. – I see your glucose level is 150… congratulations!, the doctor says. – Congratulations, what do you mean? My…

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Power walking: our recipe for keeping in shape during the winter

By Albert Canals | Sin categoría

Basically, power walking is nothing more than walking at a brisk pace. However, it is more than just going for a walk; power walking is ideal for people who want to improve…

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Do you have little time for breakfast? Make the most of it!

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

Get up, grab a quick coffee and run off to work. Does that sound familiar to you? It is quite common. Another case is that of those who get up and are…

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Children, to the kitchen!

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

The kitchen is an excellent school for your children. Letting them help you cook, or preparing their own dishes, is a good way of learning new skills while you share valuable time…

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Overprotected children, overprotective parents

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

We have few children. Our country’s birth-rate has dropped to 1.38 children per woman and, as a consequence, children have become the centre of the family. Lack of time and too much…

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Pollution: the toxic fumes that damage the heart

By Albert Canals | Sin categoría

Air pollution is one of modifiable risk factors of the main cardiovascular diseases. This means that airborne toxic fumes are directly responsible for thousands of deaths. The levels of toxicity in the…

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What is your ikigai? The great reward you get from social commitment

By Albert Canals | SHE Foundation

The word ikigai is used in Japan to mean a reason for living, the reason you get up and join the fray every morning. It is also a state of mind that…

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Excuses of a bad smoker: do you hide behind them too?

By Albert Canals | Healthy Communities

Have you ever heard yourself, cigarette in hand, say something out loud along the lines of ‘you have to die of something’ or ‘I can give up whenever I want’? Excuses. Smoking…

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Active ageing for a longer and better life

By Albert Canals | Healthy Communities

The well-known demographer James Vaupel has calculated that since 1840 there has been an uninterrupted extension of two and a half years per decade for life expectancy – or, in other words,…

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Stroke alarm! 4 signs to recognize symptoms

By Albert Canals | Sin categoría

It is the most urgent emergency, if you’ll excuse the repetition. In spite of the stroke traditionally being given less attention than myocardial infarction, the number of victims is similar. When the…

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Promoting physical activity improves intellectual performance

By Albert Canals | Sin categoría

Marina has made an agreement with her son Javier that he will not go to football practice until he finishes his final exams because the boy is a little behind on his…

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Do we eat in a sustainable way? The impact our diet has on the environment

By Albert Canals | Sin categoría

Did you know that the way we feed ourselves has a direct effect on the environment? The latest studies tell us that a change of direction in our consumption and the adoption…

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