Ask any nutrition or fitness expert and they’ll agree that getting healthier starts with your eating habits. You can run 20 miles a week, lift weights and get 8 hours of sleep every night (which are all great to do too!). But if you’re eating…
Heart health articles
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Everything you do helps your heart keep the beat. Your heart beats on average around 100,000 times each day. Walking up a flight of stairs will make it go faster, as will being near someone you love. Sometimes, it will beat slower due to medications…
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And your heart does too. Dark chocolate can be the ultimate secret weapon when you’re craving a treat. It’s made from just cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar. The higher the percentage of solids, the more pure, rich chocolate flavor it has. Cocoa is rich…
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There are several key approaches you can take to help manage your blood pressure. That’s because genetic, lifestyle and health factors all contribute to blood pressure levels. When attempting to manage or lower your blood pressure, results will vary from person to person. It may…
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If you break your arm, it happens quickly. And if you have allergies, your watery eyes and sniffling are good indicators of the issue. But what happens when there’s something wrong with your heart? Unfortunately, when it comes to heart disease, it often develops slowly…
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Your heart’s a muscle and it beats an average of 100,000 times a day. Like any other muscle, strengthening your heart helps it function optimally. So, how do you do that? You exercise it! Read on for our simple tips on getting started. Five ways…
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You may have heard that fiber is good for your digestion and for helping you feel full. What you might not know is that fiber is also important for heart health and that most Americans don’t get enough of it in their daily diets.1 The…
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Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure or hypertension, or as it is sometimes called, “the silent killer.” Because high blood pressure may have no outward signs or symptoms, many people don’t know they have it.1 It also develops slowly over…
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