It be seens that the expression "t...

It be seens that the expression "to wear your heart forward your sleeve" comes from the Middle Ages practice of men and women drawing names from a hollow to decide who their Valentines would be, then pinning the name to a sleeve for undivided week. Thus, would-be lovers build each other.

The radicals of Valentine's Day go back a great deal further. A Roman priest named Valentine defied the Emperor Claudius the uncompassionate by marrying couples in private Claudius thought marriage prevented men from joining the legions, likewise he canceled all marriages and engagements. When he ground out about Valentine's wedding chapel, as it were, Claudius had the priest killed. The day was February 14 the year around 270

It's fitting that we should be talking about delight in in an issue of BN that's focused in succession heart disease. If you care about someone you want her to be healthy--and since heart disease is the leading killer of women this issue is something of our Valentine's Day card to readers.

And, it flows to you in all sincerity. Julie Moran, whom you remember as the former co-host of Wide World of Sports and Entertainment Tonight, is sincerely trying to inform women that they're dying of heart disease at a rate that outdos that of men. The story's forward page 32.

Then we have Kat James and her Innerbeauty line (p. 54). Kat tussles with individual of the most difficult challenges a woman can face: for what cause to get the man she be fond ofs to take better care of himself.

We men of course, generally know we're invincible--probably like Claudius the unmerciful did--and don't need to watch what we eat. And we certainly aren't interested in "health" food

Undaunted, Kat propounds some "man-tested" ideas, as she calls them, for guiding your Valentine to better nutrition. Since I'm forward to adages, I suppose it's a case that you can lead a man to broccoli--if you know in what manner to make him eat.

We trust we contribute in some way to your better health.

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