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Struggling with Your Weight? Cut Ultra-Processed Foods from Your Diet
Highly Processed Foods Can Lead to Weight Gain
You’ve heard it many times: limit your intake of highly processed foods. You know the fast, ready-to-eat convenient foods with a long list of hard to pronounce ingredients. Some are easy to recognize -- soft drinks (including diet soda), fast food menu items and packaged baked goods, to name a few… See more
Eat Like This for Your Heart Health: The Best Heart Healthy Diets
Heart Healthy Eating
Put down your fork and listen: Eating a heart-healthy diet isn’t hard. It might seem confusing with all the “eat-this, not-that” magazine articles, fad diets and best-selling nutrition books, but here’s all you really need to know: The Mediterranean, Ornish and DASH diets are the best diets for… See more
Rethink Your Dairy-Free Diet: Health Benefits of Whole-Fat Dairy Products
Dairy is Heart Healthy
For decades, the advice on dietary fat was clear – steer clear of saturated fat, the type commonly found in meats, whole-fat dairy products and coconuts. But over the last few years, that advice regarding no-dairy diets has been turned on its head.… See more
Do You Need a Measles Booster?
Measles Outbreak
A 43-year-old Israeli flight attendant recently contracted measles, leading to encephalitis (brain inflammation) and a coma. While a measles outbreak is currently affecting nearly half of U.S. states, most people being infected haven’t been vaccinated. What’s different about the Israeli flight… See more
Put Down that Fried Chicken Sandwich (Really)
Fried food may raise your heart attack risk.
Americans love fried food. About 33 percent of American adults eat fast-food, usually fried, every day. Fried chicken, Buffalo wings, fried fish, French fries, tacos and tortillas — it's a long list and heavy in America's favorite foods. Favorite or not, eating fried foods raises the… See more
Firefighters Study Reveals Risk of Heart Disease is Linked to Push-Up Capacity
Pushups
How many push-ups can you do? It may sound like an arbitrary question, but it turns out the number of push-ups you can do may be tied to your future risk of a heart attack, according to a study published in JAMA Network… See more
Is Yoga the Perfect Workout for You?
Yoga class
For many, yoga is the ultimate low-impact exercise. But yoga isn’t for everyone. Read on to find out if yoga is really right for you.

Effects of Yoga on the Joints

Good: It’s easy on your joints. 
Yoga can help improve strength, balance and coordination without… See more
Can Lack of Sleep Increase Heart Disease Risk? The Answer Might Lie in Hypocretin
How Does Sleep Prevent Heart Disease?
Over the last decade, experts have told us getting seven to eight hours of sleep every night can help protect us against heart disease. Ever wondered why? Researchers think they might have the answer. Healthy, sound sleep triggers a mechanism designed to protect your arteries, according to a… See more
Oral Health: The Often-Overlooked Casualty of Stress
Stress can lead to poor oral health
You’re probably aware of the toll everyday stress takes on your health. Headaches, weight gain, insomnia – the list goes on and on. But you may not realize how stress affects your oral health. People with greater… See more
Stress Causing Skin Aging & How You Can Control It
aging skin stress causes
After a stressful situation or long illness, there’s a good chance you’ll notice a few more wrinkles on your face. It’s not news that stress is involved in premature aging. But stress is an unavoidable part of life. Is it possible to prevent some stress-related premature skin aging? When you’re… See more

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