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Member-Only Articles
Be Good to Your Heart for Heart Month: Display Ideas
Displays are a great way to communicate health messages, and they add brightness to a space at the same time. Here are some ideas for Heart Month displays ? with interactive activities to boot!
Model Cholesterol Damage in Your Hallway
Sometimes the best way to help your clients internalize key health lessons is to have them act them out. For this activity, you will need a free doorway in a low-traffic area, with available space on either side of the door. The door to your office or conference room may be perfect. You will also need some balloons, tape, and 4 different colors of bandanas (or another tool that you can use to mark participants into different teams).
Do New Studies Refute the Benefits of Reducing Salt?
The claims being made by the authors of the two PURE articles are troubling because the preponderance of credible scientific data continues to show that elevated BP is the single greatest CVD risk factor in most populations. Data from controlled clinical trials show that dietary salt in excess of 1,500 mg/day is the #1 dietary cause of elevated BP.
Nuts About Nuts: Part Two
Sarah Mohrman, RD, MA, is back, and this time she's brought more nuts! Check out this amazing guide to nuts: their health benefits, protein content, and much more!
Omega-3s for You and Me
We know that eating seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids is good for our health. Find out just how good they are in this post...
Why Try the Mediterranean Diet?
Get a free handout while taking a closer look at the new Mediterranean Diet program...
Blood Pressure Quiz
Are you heart smart? Take this blood pressure quiz and find out!
Dietary Phosphate Linked to Hypertension and CVD
Mediterranean Diet: Health and Flavor
A Father's Day Celebration That's Good for His Health!
Father's Day is just around the corner. Why not level up your celebration? In addition to celebrating the fathers in your life, help them boost their health too!
Sugar and Your Heart
A new study indicates that consumption of added sugars can increase the risk of heart disease. In today's post, find out how sugar affects your heart, how much is too much, and what to do to lower your risk...
Heart Disease Risk Factors
There are many elements that can put your heart at risk. Here's a rundown of each, just for you. Even one risk factor can put your heart in serious danger. So get informed, then start taking steps to reduce your risk of heart disease.
Diabetes and Heart Health
Saturated Fat and Heart Disease
Is the link between saturated fat and heart disease really as tenuous as some bloggers and journalists believe? Get Dr. James J. Kenney's take on the sources and the facts...
Cracking the Vault: Multivitamin Use and Cardiovascular Disease
Get a sneak peek into the exclusive Communicating Food for Health Member Library. This week, we're taking a closer look at vitamin supplements. Can they really make a difference in heart health? James J. Kenney, PhD, FACN, has more.
Heart Smart Cooking
Flavor Exploration: Garlic
Today we continue the great flavor exploration with one of the most famous flavor-boosters around: garlic.
How Much Salt Is In That?
It's Wise Health Consumer Month! Are you a wise health consumer? How can you improve your skills? How can you teach your skills to others? Well, knowledge is half the battle. When in doubt, start with research. Here are some crazy (yet true!) salt statistics, just for you...
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