We’ve all heard the old joke that the Yom Tov experience can be summed up by the acronym ESP – eat, sleep, and pray. Ideally, your Yamim Tovim will be a fulfilling, meaningful, spiritual experience, but for many, there is also the concern about eating too much and gaining weight during this season. If this is a challenge you face, read on. I’ve outlined eight steps you can take to empower yourself to make good choices about food, and to lessen any stress you might feel around the numerous Yom Tov meals and on the days before, in-between, and immediately after the holidays.

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Ad meah ve’esrim – until 120! With this bracha, we wish each other long life. It’s amazing to think that in a lifetime of 120 years, the average heart would beat 4,541,184,000 times and transport about 315,500,000 liters of blood throughout the body.

The heart is amazingly dependable – if we take care of it. Unfortunately, the typical American diet and lifestyle are not always conducive to heart health. Consider these sobering statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Every year in the U.S., about 715,000 Americans have a heart attack and 600,000 people die from heart disease. Heart disease accounts for one in four deaths in the U.S., making it the leading cause of death among men and women.

There are three fantastic reasons to eat some type of flax food every day: favorable types of fiber, good-quality fats, and a high concentration of unique, immune-boosting phyto-nutrients. Let me elaborate on why I am I so excited about this blue-flowered plant that grows best in the cool northern climates. Canada is the world’s leader in flax production, while North Dakota is where 96 percent of flax seeds are grown in the U.S.
Flax appeared on the North American continent over 400 years ago, but humans have been eating flax for thousands of years. Flax researcher Dr. Diane Morris writes

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