Heart Healthy Gifts for the Holidays
Do you have someone on your gift list who has heart problems, or who is trying
to reduce the risk of heart problems? Well,
scrap that big box of chocolates or that fine tub of lard you were planning to
give, and consider a gift that promotes cardiac health.
Here are some ideas for holiday gifts your loved ones will truly enjoy, without tying their coronary arteries in knots.
Fruits and Nuts Fruits and nuts hold a central place in a heart healthy diet. These sites offer attractive gifts of fruit and nuts.
OrganicFruitsandNuts.com
The Jaffe brothers ship organically grown, dried
fruits and nuts.
Zoria Farms
A family owned business that ships a variety of fruits and nuts.
The Peterson Nut
Company
A large selection of nuts.
Harry and David
The Big Kahuna of mail-order fruit and nuts, now on-line.
The Orchard
Gourmet fruit baskets.
American
Fruit Basket
Gift fruits for all occasions.
Whole Grain Breads Whole grains provide the right kind of dietary fiber to
promote cardiac health. These sites
offer a variety of whole grain breads, available for delivery.
Natural Ovens of
Manitowok Wisconsin
A wide variety of whole grained breads and bread products.
Baldwin Hill
Bakery
They specialize in Belgian organic sourdough breads.
Bernhard's Bread
Bakery
Organic and whole grain baked goods.
Four Sisters
Grain
They use only whole grain wheat from Wyoming.
The Breadery
Wide selection of whole grain breads and gift baskets.
Wine In moderation (no more than 1 or 2 glasses per day), wine
can increase HDL cholesterol, and may reduce the incidence of cardiac disease.
These sites offer many intriguing selections.
(Disclaimer: We are not suggesting that you give a gift of alcohol to
anyone who has or might have a drinking problem.
In fact, we are suggesting you don’t do that.)
Wine.com
The guys smart enough to cop the domain name. Lots of good gift ideas.
The
WineBroker.com
Many gift ideas, including subscriptions to monthly wine clubs.
A Wine Store
on the Internet
Just what it says.
Geerlings and Wade
"Your personal wine service." Choose from the specials,
or use their wine search engine to find what you want.
The best gift of all - And the cheapest! Sign up your loved one for our free Heart Disease/ Cardiology Newsletter. Let DrRich keep them posted on all the latest developments and controversies, and provide them with the resources they need to get healthy, stay healthy, and hold their own in an increasingly complex health care system.
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