Women are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. That's why it's even more important today to prevent one of the leading causes of death among women: heart disease. In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death among women over 65.

While most of the risk factors, signs and symptoms are the same in women as they are in men, there are unique aspects to women's heart health that are different, so it's important to get tested. And though many tests measure cardiac health, some are better at detecting disease in women.

According to MORE magazine, these are the tests that you should be asking for and why:

• Stress echocardiogram -- A stress echocardiogram uses ultrasound to show the heart's motion at rest and at peak exercise and is more accurate for women than conventionsl stress testing, which can lead to false positives in women.

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Each week, we'll be offering original recipes and unique ways to use those Super Foods that pack nutritional power. After all, you are what you eat -- make it count!

Today we take a bit of a detour from highlighting healthy foods to remind you why eating sugar is not such a fabulous idea.

My family and I went to a fair today, a seasonal activity not to be missed here in New England. However, evil lurks at every corner at these fairs. Sprinkled in amidst the animal shows, cattle barn and spinning demonstration (and I mean yarn, not the exercise craze) are food booths. Lots and lots of food booths.

So by the time we left the fair, we had partaken in myriads of junk food, from the sugary-sweet Kettle Corn to soft-serve ice cream. Dinner out left my toddler sucking down Jello for dessert at a local buffet, so his day was completely shot.

Mind you, we are not people who ever eat refined sugar, and I really mean never. How did our systems react, you ask?

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