American Heart Association

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• November 21, 2012
  Standing Up for Your Health

  Prolonged daily sitting is associated with a shorter lifespan, even in those who exercise regularly. Standing and treadmill desks are two potential solutions for office workers.
• November 9, 2012
  Protein and Heart Disease

  Why is the intake of animal protein associated with heart disease--even independent of saturated fat—and the intake of plant protein protective?
• August 15, 2012
  Optimal Phytosterol Dose

  Those eating plant-based diets get the most phytosterols, but there is still room for improvement to maximize cholesterol reduction.
• August 9, 2012
  Diet Versus Drugs for High Cholesterol

  Though official recommendations are to first treat high cholesterol with dietary change, many physicians jump right to cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins that can have an array of..
• May 16, 2012
  Garden Variety Anti-Inflammation

  The variety of fruit and vegetable consumption may decrease disease risk, independent of quantity.
• February 21, 2012
  Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet

  The nitrate in vegetables, which the body can turn into the vasodilator nitric oxide, may help explain the role dark green leafy vegetables play in the prevention and treatment of hypertension (high..
• October 21, 2011
  Dietary Guidelines: With a Grain of Big Salt

  The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of sodium in the American diet.
• October 11, 2011
  Resuscitating Medicare

  Medicare is now accepting for reimbursement the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Pritikin Program, which, on a personal note, is what inspired me to go into medicine.