Salt is portrayed as the villain in many stories in the media that tout healthy eating habits. But not everyone needs to worry about restricting their salt intake.
Tag: heart healthy diet
Cutting Back on Sodium? Make Sure You Avoid the Salty Six
If you’re like most Americans, you’re eating too much sodium — even if you don’t use the salt shaker to add it to your food.
From Head to Toe: The Benefits of a Cardio Workout (Infographic)
Did you know that regular exercise can give you clearer skin? As your heart rate increases with physical activity, more oxygenated blood is moving through your body to help all your parts. Find out the range of health benefits cardio exercise provides.
Recipe: Smothered Greens With Smoked Turkey
Try this healthy dish full of greens, tasty turkey, and flavorful spices! You can also make it vegan if you prefer by leaving out the meat.
Yogurt: Good for Your Heart?
You know what’s good about yogurt: It has calcium and vitamin D to strengthen your bones. It has protein to build muscle. And if that weren’t enough, studies now show that yogurt is good for your heart. Healthy cholesterol, healthy blood pressure Eating yogurt is linked to having healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels. According … Read More
Say Ole´to Heart-Healthy Mexican Food
Get heart-conscious tips for cooking and ordering healthy Mexican meals.
How You Can Get Started on the Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet has consistently shown in randomized control studies to reduce heart attack and stroke as well as lower LDL, or bad, cholesterol.
Trans Fats, Not Saturated Fats, Linked to Health Risks
For years saturated fats have been considered a health hazard but now researchers are raising questions about whether they’re as harmful as originally thought
From Fiber to Fish Oil: Natural Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
Lots of controversy and confusion surround cholesterol. In patients who have coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease or carotid artery disease, there is no question about the benefit of cholesterol-lowering medications. However, for the rest of us who don’t have these diseases and don’t want to get them, how can we lower our cholesterol naturally? There are … Read More
Coconut: Health Fad or Heart Glad?
Are your friends swapping coconut oil for creamer in their morning coffee? Or guzzling post-workout coconut water concoctions? Coconut products are touted as metabolism, electrolyte and general health boosters. Is this coconut craze really heart healthy, or just hype? Katherine Patton, MEd, RD, CSSD, LD, Cleveland Clinic Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, weighs in on when … Read More