https://i.stack.imgur.com/O8dyW.jpg (Snowman with charred backside in a 14th-century Book of Hours (via Koninklijke Bibliotheek) Ever wondered where the idea for a snowman came from? Who rolled up the first snowball and stacked them together? We may never know that, but according to folk lore and history the first image of a snowman was recorded in a fourteenth century illuminated manuscript in the Book of Hours,(Koninklijke Bibliotheek)from The Hague, Netherlands. During the Middle Ages there are written stories of winter time festivities such as in one severe winter in Brussels called the Miracle of fifteen-eleven. Town folk were united through the building of snowman, the streets were lined with all sorts of snowballs decorated and displayed n all manners and costume. It was a tactic to help the small community come together and help themselves to endure the frosty winter and survive. Here in the United States the snowman is associated wi...
https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/images/factsheets/nutrition/nutritional-heart.jpg?_=55985 Did you know you can have a healthy heart and still be at risk for heart disease? That's correct, your age and diet can affect how your hearts health continues as you age. Young people who consume diets of heavily processed food for years become the group with a high risk for heart disease and stroke due to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. As of now the CDC recommends a calorie intake of less than 2,300 mg a day. Unfortunately most Americans take in 3,400 mg a day, that is way too much! Good news though, you can lower your risk by eating foods with less sodium and saturated fats. Eat more food that is higher in fiber and try working out 3 to 4 days a week, or at least walking daily. Eating better is proven to stop the onset of type 2 diabetes, many people who are overweight and obese suffer from this or at least pre-diabetes. So it really is up to us as adults...