Get a Bead on Your Health

The Count Me Healthy Helping Hearts bracelet ($88) is more than just a nice piece of jewelry. It also helps wearers to stay on top of their health goals. Say you want to make sure you’re eating enough fruits and veggies each day. Have the bracelet’s sterling silver, heart-imprinted beads each represent one serving. Every time you eat an apple or nosh on some carrot sticks, move a bead from one side of the bracelet to the other to keep track of your progress. Looking good while staying healthy—what could be better? How about the fact that 25 percent of the sale price of every bracelet sold is donated to WomenHeart, a patient-advocacy organization for women living with or at risk for heart disease.

Toasting Your Ticker

Planning a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner? How about serving some wine with real heart? Held in trust by the nonprofit Leducq Foundation, the Napa Valley–based Ehlers Estate produces certified-organic vintages like cabernet franc and merlot. One hundred percent of the proceeds from all wine sales helps fund research on cardiovascular diseases. Consider a bottle of St. Helena One Twenty Over Eighty ($45), whose name is a play on what’s typically considered the ideal blood pressure. A red with aromas and flavors of spiced plum, molasses, tea, vanilla, cream, and mocha, it’s a great way to raise a glass to your sweetie and help protect his or her sweet heart.

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