• Five Foods That Hurt Your Heart
    Avoid these to live longer
    In Five Foods That Help Your Heart, I introduced a handful of beneficial foods and food components. In this article, let’s get to the ones that appear to hurt the heart when consumed in larger amounts.
  • Five Foods That Help Your Heart
    Simple dietary changes make a big difference
    In this article, to give you a better idea of what comprises a heart-healthy diet, I’ll introduce five foods that help your heart. In my next article, to be published in about two weeks, we’ll cover five foods that seem to hurt your heart.
  • Sodium Shock
    New recommendations and facts you should know
    When you hear the latest statistics and recommendations for sodium and hypertension, you are likely to go into sodium shock! Most Americans consume more than double the amount of sodium recommended.
  • Make Eating a Healthy Breakfast a Priority
    It’s easy!
    I know it’s tempting to skip breakfast when you’re in a hurry, but that’s definitely the wrong thing to do if you care about your health. What we eat for breakfast helps fuel our day’s activities—and new research suggests that if we eat a balanced breakfast, we are less likely to gain weight over a five-year period.
  • Springtime Indoor Grillin’
    Avoiding HCAs and PAHs
    One of the biggest health benefits of using an indoor grill is eliminating two groups of outdoor barbecue carcinogens: heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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