American Heart Association
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
ORLANDO, Florida — People with kidney disease improved their blood pressure and cut medicine expenses in half after adding more fruits and vegetables to their diet, in a study presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure 2016 Scientific Sessions.
“It was remarkable that […]
On this National Eating Healthy Day, listen to the advice of generations of mothers: Eat your vegetables (and fruit).
Americans typically consume about half their recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables. The American Heart Association recommends eating eight or more fruit and vegetable servings every day. For an average […]
Attempts to change standards that make school foods healthier stalled out this summer in both chambers of Congress leaving the current guidelines in place as the school year begins.
While the House Appropriations Committee approved language in their version of the agriculture spending bill that would allow schools to opt […]
The American Heart Association is offering a new online community for gardening enthusiasts to connect, share information and learn to live healthier.
The free site began on Wednesday and is designed for people of all ages and skill levels who garden at home, school or in the community. Resources are available to […]
Family medical history — before The Biggest Loser, I was running from mine.
Heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, strokes — throw in Type 2 diabetes and you’re looking at my family history. And that was just my parents and my only brother. I was obese, on medication for […]
People who ate more than two servings of fruit daily had a 25 percent lower risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm than those who ate the least fruit, according to a study released Monday.
While no association was found for vegetables, researchers stress that vegetables also remain important for health, according to […]
Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of fresh fruits and vegetables available in grocery markets and from local growers.Not only are they refreshing during the summer, but they also help prevent heart disease and stroke. If you enjoy gardening, try planting a few vegetable seeds and see […]
It happens every spring. We can’t wait for the smell of freshly cut grass, robins flying back into our yard, and the sprouts of fresh vegetables emerging from the earth. But what happens when the novelty of those veggies wears off, and we run out of creative ways to […]
Forget about all those little umbrella drinks and ice-cream sandwiches that you devoured poolside this summer. It’s officially Autumn and time to turn over a new leaf! The best part about this time of year is that it’s right in the middle of the harvest, which means grocery stores […]
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