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Good-For-You Comfort Foods
March 1st, 2013Comfort foods tend to be less than healthy, but with simple ingredient swaps and healthier cooking techniques, these satisfying foods can be heart-healthy, too. CanolaInfo’s “Comfort Your Heart” recipe collection (found at canolainfo.org) will show you how to do just that.
Comfort your heart and stomach with healthy and hearty recipesThe Great Statin Controversy
March 1st, 2013Editor’s note: Recently our sister journal, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (ATHM), convened a roundtable discussion featuring four leaders in complementary medicine. Stephen Sinatra, MD, is America’s top integrative cardiologist and a best-selling author.
What does the science say?
The Great Cholesterol Myth
March 1st, 2013Last year, cardiologist Stephen Sinatra and I came together to write a book, The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan That Will.
Trying to prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol is like trying to prevent obesity by cutting out lettuce. Surprised? Read on.
Changing Fats Before a Destructive Change
March 1st, 2013For decades there was no universal agreement on the correlation between diet and disease among nutritional, medical, and governmental health officials. However, as heart disease has been and is still the nation’s number one cause of death, researchers have sought to identify controllable risk factors.
A closer look at omega-3 fatty acidsHealth News: Healthy Eating Beneficial in Preventing a Second Heart Attack
March 1st, 2013A heart-healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fish significantly reduces the chance of a second heart attack and stroke in people with cardiovascular disease, McMaster University researchers have found.
Health Tips: Berries Show Heart-Boosting Power for Women
March 1st, 2013Here’s a reason to love fruits more than ever. Three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may slash a woman’s risk of a heart attack by as much as 33 percent, says a new study from Harvard.
Techniques for Heart-Healthy Cooking
February 1st, 2013Cooking distinguishes humanity. No other living creature cooks. Food preparation utilizing heat has allowed humankind to develop from a primitive existence to fuller, more enriching lifestyles. Cooked food offers immense sensory pleasure and tastes delicious.
Do your heart a favor by keeping temperatures low
Get Moving!
February 1st, 2013It’s an epidemic, folks, and the media is calling it “sedentary death syndrome.” According to the US Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies, the prescription is physical activity.
Work out the body’s most important muscle—the heart
No More SAD Hearts
February 1st, 2013“Progress,” says futurist-physician Richard A. Swenson, MD, “is a one-way street. It thrives on differentiation, giving us more and more of everything, faster and faster.”
Walking away from the Standard American Diet
Matters of the Heart
February 1st, 2013February is all about the heart! Love is in the air and this month has been set aside by the American Heart Association to promote education on how to reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease.
How hormones, happiness, and love promote cardiovascular health
