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How to Get More Magnesium (and Why You Should Care)
Give your heart some love by eating more magnesium-rich foods. Too little of this necessary nutrient could raise your risk of dying from heart disease, says new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Unfortunately, most Americans fail to hit the target magnesium intakes (310-420 mg per day for adults, depending on age and gender). The study didn't explain how magnesium may protect your heart, but other research suggests that this mineral may help lower blood pressure.
7-Day Heart-Healthy Meal Plan: 2,000 Calories
It has long been understood that a healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons to protect against heart disease. Research shows that eating healthfully, exercising more, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking can help reduce heart disease-related deaths by 50 percent. Adopting heart-healthy eating habits just got easier with the help of this delicious 7-day, 2,000-calorie meal plan.
7-Day Heart-Healthy Meal Plan: 1,500 Calories
It has long been understood that a healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons to protect against heart disease. Research shows that eating healthfully, exercising more, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking can help reduce heart disease-related deaths by 50 percent. Adopting heart-healthy eating habits just got easier with the help of this delicious 7-day, 1,500-calorie meal plan.
7-Day Heart-Healthy Meal Plan: 1,200 Calories
A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons to protect against heart disease. In fact, incorporating heart-healthy foods, exercising more, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking can help reduce heart disease-related deaths 50 percent. With this simple 1,200-calorie meal plan, you'll protect your heart and lose a healthy 1 to 2 pounds per week in the process. The meals and snacks in this plan feature heart-healthy foods, like fiber-rich fruits, vegetables and whole grains, lean protein and fats like olive oil and avocado. Saturated fat, added sugars and sodium (nutrients that can harm your heart in large amounts) are kept to a minimum and instead, dishes are seasoned with lots of herbs and spices to keep things flavorful and exciting.
5 Ways to Keep Your Heart Healthy
Pictured Recipe: Moroccan Lentil Salad
Heart of New Ulm Project: A Community's Quest to Eliminate Heart Attacks
In 2008, Jackie Boucher, a fit blonde who swims every morning in the summer and runs or walks 5 to 7 miles daily in the bitter Minnesota winters, was given a tall challenge: Could she come up with a plan to eliminate heart attacks in a community? That question was on the minds of her boss, Kevin Graham, M.D., then-president of the Minneapolis Heart Institute, and Dick Pettingill, then-CEO of Allina Health.
Understanding Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors that are directly related to the presence of abdominal obesity. It is characterized by "insulin resistance," which is a prediabetic state and markedly increases the chance that you will develop coronary heart disease and/or diabetes. It is a very significant risk factor and calls for emergency preventive measures.
A diagnosis of metabolic syndrome requires the presence of any three of the following five factors:
How to Cut Back on Sneaky Added Sugars
Watch out for these surprising sources of added sugar in foods you probably don't think of as sweet.
Heart Health Challenge
Improve your Cholesterol, Blood Pressure and Risk for Heart Disease with Our Eat for a Healthier Heart Challenge
Heart disease is the world’s number one killer—and although some risk factors, such as family history, are out of your control, diet and lifestyle are your best weapons against heart disease.