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Nutrition and Heart Disease

Myths about food and exercise
The information required to shatter those "old wives" tales about food, exercise and heart disease.

Heart Healthy Holiday Recipes
Some choice offerrings that don't offend your heart !

How to become an intuitive eater
Useful hints on picking and choosing what you eat.

Dietary calcium and plaque buildup in your arteries
This Mayo Clinic article traces the connection between dietary calcium and the risk of developing coronary artery plaques and atherosclerosis.

Salt intake and heart attack risk
Learn about the effect the salt you ingest daily in food affects your heart attack risk.

Let's talk turkey
Some turkey recipes that will keep you healthy and satiated as well.

Myths of Food and Exercise Performance
Reliable information on how what you eat and how well you exercise affects the risk of heart disease.

Salt intake and heart attack risk
Learn about how your salt intake affects your chances of developing a heart attack.

Fat free means Guilt free - Or does it ?
Things you wanted to know about a low-fat or fat-free diet.

All about fiber
A high fiber diet is beneficial by reducing fat levels in blood, and reduces the risk of heart disease. Learn about fiber on this website.

Easy Ways to Cut Fat
Useful hints on cutting down on body fat.

The Healthier side of Dining Out
Worried that eating out will affect that well planned diet ? Worry no more, this site gives you ideas on how to dine out.

 A tale of two supplements
Garlic and psyllium are two supplements to diet that may be heart friendly.

A fish story
Heart health is more than just a fish story ! But adding fish to your diet has a beneficial effect in preventing heart disease.

Soy protein: the latest in cholesterol fighters
Soyabean protein can help reduce blood cholesterol levels says this write-up from the Mayo Clinic.

Heart healthy eating - Five easy steps
Tips on how to eat while keeping your heart healthy too.

Salt intake and heart attack risk
There is a relation between the amount of salt you eat and your risk of heart attack.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA is a U.S. government agency. The site includes information on foods, human and animal drugs, cosmetics and medical devices.

Sodium - Straight talk about salt, sensitivity and your blood pressure
This article from the Mayo Clinic reviews recent findings about how salt in diet can affect your risk of high blood pressure.

Vitamin E - Promising, but don't take its reputation to heart yet
While sounding exciting, research on the role Vitamin E plays in helping prevent heart disease is still uncertain.

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