Living with diabetes – Looking after your heart
What can I do to keep my heart and circulation healthy? The most important things you can do are to stay or become active, eat healthily, and stop smoking and lose weight if you...
Tagged: Saturated Fat
Food and drink for diabetes
Eating healthily is one of the main ways in which you can manage your diabetes and help keep your heart and blood vessels working efficiently. You may be overweight if you have Type 2...
Eat to Cut Your Risk for Heart Disease
Check out your pantry. Take stock of your fridge. Experts believe what you eat can play a critical role in cutting your risk for heart disease. As part of our special report, “Healthy Cooking,”...
Diet and Lifestyle Prevention Recommendations for Cardiovascular Disease
In 2006, the AHA created diet and lifestyle recommendations to reduce the risk for or manage cardiovascular disease in adults and children over the age of 2. Here are some highlights of their recommendations:...
Dietary Cholesterol
Dietary cholesterol is a fatlike substance found only in animal foods such as organ meats, egg yolks, fish and shellfish, beef and poultry, and dairy products. Plant foods do not naturally contain cholesterol. You...