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Show Your Heart Some Love
Each year we celebrate Heart Month during February. It is an opportunity to raise awareness of heart disease and the steps we can each take to try to decrease our risk. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States and most of us know someone who has struggled with heart disease before. The good news is we can choose healthy behaviors that make it less likely we will develop heart disease. Here are a few recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Iowa Concern is Here for You
We’re taking a pause from our usual food and cooking content today to share a valuable resource with our readers. We all have days when stress feels like it is weighing us down. Whether it is stress related to work, relationships or money, sometimes we need help to manage it all. This is why the Iowa Concern hotline exists. Iowa Concern is a service of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach designed to help callers navigate challenges and help to find solutions.