Let’s Talk About Fats Baby, Let’s Talk About Omega-3s…
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Healthy Diet
Let’s Talk About Fats Baby, Let’s Talk About Omega-3s…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. About 610,000 Americans die of heart disease each year: that’s one in every four deaths. In 2007-10, about 50 percent of adults of normal weight, and almost three-fourths of those who were overweight or obese had at least one cardiometabolic risk factor (i.e., high blood pressure, abnormal blood lipids, smoking, or diabetes). Preventable factors that contribute to heart…
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Healthy Diet
Foods Your Heart Loves
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day and all things sweetheart, we thought it would be a good idea to be sweet to our hearts, and focus on the foods that make our actual hearts sing with happiness. So, in no particular order, I present to you the top ten heart healthy foods. Move over, heart-shaped box of chocolates. Hello, lox-and-avocado wrap! Salmon With loads of omega-3 fatty acids—a type of unsaturated fat—fatty fish like salmon,…
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Healthy Diet
4 Worst Foods for Heart Health
So we know that fiber and omega-3s make our hearts sing with healthful glee, but what foods out there make our hearts unhappy? A broken heart isn’t just a metaphor for unrequited romance: heart disease is the number one leading cause of death in the United States, for both men and women. Unhealthy hearts account for about 600,00 deaths every year: that is, heart disease is responsible for one out of every four American deaths.…