10 Tips to Improve Your Heart Health
February not only belongs to the warm and charming Valentine’s Day but also American Heart Month. Unfortunately, heart disease is an all-too-familiar group of heart-related illnesses including coronary heart disease that claims the lives of approximately 600,000 people each year according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. But this is only a daunting [...]
5 Foods That Could Save Your Life
Heart disease has been the culprit of millions of deaths of Americans. Of all the people who die annually, approximately 40% of them can be attributed to heart disease. Risk factors that are uncontrollable are family history and the aging process in general, but many risk factors can be controlled by a simple change in [...]
The Important Nutrient that Most Americans are Lacking
Are you getting enough dietary fiber? According to statistics, you are most likely falling short. The average American consumes a meager 12 to 17 grams per day, which is only about half the amount recommended. Dietary fiber is a type of carbohydrate that is present in the plant foods we eat. What makes it different [...]
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5 Healthy Diet Tips to Help Prevent Heart Disease
February has been designated as American Heart Month. Currently, one out of every three deaths in the United States is due to heart disease or stroke. Cardiovascular disease is also one of the most expensive diseases that cost the U.S. 444 billion dollars in health care just in 2010 alone. The government has started a [...]
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Is Your Cookware Toxic?
Teflon, once called the housewife’s best friend by DuPont, is a synthetic polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that gives pan their non-stick coating. While avoiding stuck on food and hard to clean pans sounds like a positive thing, it should be noted that when Teflon pans are used incorrectly they can emit 15 different toxic gases. One [...]
5 Ways to Get More Fiber!
The American Heart Association recommends getting 21-25 grams of fiber each day if your a woman, and 30-38 grams if you are a man. Do you think you are getting this much fiber each day? If you are not then you are not alone, the average American has a daily fiber intake of only about [...]
Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?
Chances are you’ve heard of it. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance you’re not quite sure what it is, either. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nearly 25% of the U.S. adult population suffers from metabolic syndrome…that’s 47 million people! A disease this [...]
