Heart Health

Updated Afib Guidelines Favor Newer Bloodthinners

Apr 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
Blood-thinning medications called anticoagulants have long been recommended for managing atrial fibrillation (Afib), an abnormal heart rhythm that raises the risk of stroke. Until 2010, the only available oral anticoagulant was warfarin (Coumadin®), and it remains the most commonly prescribed anticoagulant due to its efficacy and low cost. But in … Read More

Be Proactive About Stroke Prevention

Apr 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
Each year, about 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of these individuals, 140,000 die, and many survivors are left with long-term complications and disabilities. “A stroke happens because blood flow in the brain is interrupted by a blood clot or a ruptured … Read More

7. A Holistic Approach to Heart Health

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
It’s not just your eating pattern and your physical activity that affect how well your heart and blood vessels function. Other aspects of your lifestyle appear to intersect with your diet and activity level on the path to better cardiovascular health. Your sleep, for instance, can affect your quality of … Read More

6. Get Moving Toward Better Heart Health

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
Implementing and adhering to a healthful eating pattern is a critical part of a heart-healthy lifestyle. As you’ve read in the previous chapters, making the right food choices in the right amounts has been shown time and again to be associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the … Read More

5. Tips for Healthy Eating

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
The benefits of the DASH diet, Mediterranean-style diet, and other heart-healthy dietary patterns are clear. By adopting one of these eating patterns, or some variation thereof, you will eat the type of foods that support heart health while minimizing or avoiding those foods you’re better off without. These dietary patterns … Read More

4. Heart-Healthy Dietary Patterns

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
Macronutrients. Micronutrients. Plant foods. Animal foods. What matters most is that you understand how to use them to lay the groundwork for healthy eating. In that respect, think of them as bricks in the road leading you to a potentially life-changing destination: a heart-healthy dietary pattern. Focus more on your … Read More

3. Key Components of Healthy Dietary Patterns

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
The Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern. The Healthy Mediterranean-Style Eating Pattern. The Healthy Vegetarian Eating Pattern. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. These dietary plans might have different names, but they share many common traits—namely, they emphasize consumption of a variety of foods from plants, lean protein sources (from … Read More

2. The Building Blocks of a Heart-Healthy Diet

Apr 16, 2019 · · Heart Health
Your heart, brain, blood vessels, and the rest of your body rely on a healthy diet as fuel for functioning, and if you’re eating too much of the wrong foods and not enough of the nutritious ones you need, you (and your cardiovascular system) may suffer. According to the 2015-2020 … Read More

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