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3 Tips for High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "In the United States, nearly one in three adults has hypertension, but only about half (47%) of those have it under control."

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Stephanie Ronco Stephanie Ronco

Digestive Diseases 101

May is Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, so today we're going to explore 5 different digestive diseases -- celiac disease, Crohn's disease, diverticular disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and ulcerative colitis. There's even a free disease overview handout!

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Stephanie Ronco Stephanie Ronco

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.

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Stephanie Ronco Stephanie Ronco

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...

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5 Ways to Make Salad

We are starting to make and photograph all of our recipes - over 1000! First up - 25 salads in 2 days. What we discovered, is that there is more than one way to make a salad! Here are fun tips, photos and recipes so easy you don't need a recipe. Vote on your favorite or give us a tip and win a prize.

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Stephanie Ronco Stephanie Ronco

5 Most Important Tips for Heart Health

It's Blood Pressure Awareness Month -- are you ready to pack in all the heart-tastic celebrating that you possibly can? We thought we'd begin with a list of 6 easy tips to help promote heart health...

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Stephanie Ronco Stephanie Ronco

Failure to Reduce Salt Intake Cuts Life Expectancy

Worldwide hypertension is the #1 risk factor for earlier mortality in middle-aged and older adults. Data from the NHANES surveys suggests the sodium intake of Americans has been increasing since the 1980s. Certainly the average salt content of processed foods is not going down in the US, despite growing evidence that excessive salt intake is the #1 cause of increasing blood pressure with age and the development of hypertension.

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