From the entire team at Valley Schools, we hope you’re having happy holidays! For more than 30 years, Valley Schools has been a leader in insurance administration, vendor contracting, and consulting services. We provide school districts, governmental agencies, and private and public sector employees with the absolute best pricing in employee benefits and insurance coverage, to better support their financial … Read More
New Years Nuptials – Courting Success
We’re approaching the new years and if you’re anything like the majority of us, you’re teetering on the edge of serving yourself a new years resolution so big that its bound to come with a heaping side of guilt once you fall off the wagon or you’ve already decided there will be no resolutions this year because you fear this … Read More
Myth-Busters About Red Meat
MYTH: Red meat is bad for you. TRUTH: Contrary to the recent media headlines, the meat is healthy and can absolutely be a part of a nutrient-dense, whole-foods diet. Red meat is a rich source of the B vitamins thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, folate, niacin, Vitamin B6 and especially Vitamin B12. In fact, sufficient red meat intake is one of … Read More
After the Holidays, What’s Next?
It’s not just cooler temperatures that are in the air (summer won’t be here again for another six months, thank goodness!) but the anticipation of another holiday season. As 2018 comes to an end, employees across Arizona are looking to 2019. The holidays remind us that our health and well-being are of the utmost importance, and only a month or … Read More
Factoring Health Care Costs into Your Retirement
If you’re contemplating and planning for retirement, there is much to consider. The basics come to mind first, housing, food, transportation, travel to “bucket list” locales, gifts for the grandkids and – last but certainly not least – health care. You may want to move health care to the top of that list. A study released earlier this year … Read More
Ditch the Refined Sugar…You’re Sweet Enough Already!
The correlation between sugar and inflammation is a trending topic in the media but its detrimental effects on our health are sometimes minimized. Sugar, refined or natural, is a simple carbohydrate that the human body breaks down into glucose and uses for energy. However, we are not dependent on glucose since we are able to obtain energy from protein and … Read More
The Risk of Eating Fast Food
We know eating fast food isn’t a healthy choice, but why then do we get that happy rush when we indulge? Good old dopamine and serotonin, that’s why! When this food is first ingested, these feel-good neurotransmitters are released in the brain causing the body to initially feel great. As if you could climb a mountain, or tackle that twenty-page … Read More
Stay Safe During Flu Season
It’s that time of year again, the days are getting shorter, the weather is cooling off and people are starting to get sick. We work in close quarters, interacting with students and co-workers, and add to that stores and public places, we are bound to be exposed to several bugs. What is our best protection? Building our immune system is … Read More
Trick or Treat, Remember Those Teeth!
With October 31st right around the corner, everyone is excited to sink their teeth into those Halloween goodies. Here at Valley Schools, we love Halloween candy just as much as everyone else, but we also understand that candy puts your teeth at risk for potential health complications. From candy corn and gooey caramels to jawbreakers and chewy taffy, here is … Read More
Benefit Your Overall Health with Exercise
Believe it or not, humans were not meant to sit at a desk all day. Physical activity is extremely important to maintain a healthy body and mind. There is no shortage of research that shows how exercise improves our overall quality of life. Exercising can improve our moods, our metabolisms, and our minds. Physical activity can decrease stress and chance … Read More