Diet for Heart Disease
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A diet as good as medication?
Journal Watch
Can a vegetarian diet for heart disease work? Read about a study comparing a statin drug with the cholesterol-lowering effect of a vegetarian diet high in plant sterols.
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Don't pass me the salt!
MedPage Today
Because excessive salt in the diet is a risk factor for heart disease, the American Medical Association has urged the FDA to regulate salt in foods. Find out more here.
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Heart and diet pop quiz
Yahoo
Check your diet and heart disease IQ with this fun quiz. The answers might surprise you, but you'll walk away more educated.
Get simple recipes for the foods that best promote heart health. Start incorporating these foods into your diet and prevent heart disease.
This handbook has a great collection of heart healthy recipes to tempt every taste. Try them out today and make a diet for heart disease prevention a part of your life.
Explore this collection of articles on diet and heart disease. Contains multicultural information and tips for dietary changes to make.
Heart-healthy diet foods
iVillage
Watch this video to get information on how to improve your diet for heart health. Get a look at some everyday foods that can help your heart.
Be heart smart while dining out
American Heart Assocn.
Great compilations of tips and recommendations for sticking to a heart healthy diet even when eating out.
Confused by all the fats? This QA session has great tips for a diet for heart disease and demystifies the role of different fats on heart health.
What is the Lyon heart diet study?
American Heart Assocn.
Check out this in-depth analysis of a study on the Mediterranean diet for heart disease. Is it as great as they claim? Get a look at the diet and the results here.
Undoing the damage
A Healthy Me
Can a diet help to reverse heart disease? Get a look at diet basics and a comparison of the Ornish and Mediterranean diets.
Key points for a heart-healthy diet
Medline Plus
Great overview of the main dos and don'ts of a diet for heart disease. Incorporate these tips and eat your way to good heart health.
