US Government’s Dietary Guidelines for Heart Disease Prevention: Get the Facts on Sodium

Every five years, the U.S. Departments of Health and human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) revises the dietary guidelines based on research and scientific data. The latest 2015-2020 Guidelines for Americans recommends less than 2,300 mg of sodium daily as part of a healthy diet. Consuming too much sodium increases the risk for serious medical …

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Explosive New Research Discovers A Critical Protein That Links Diabetes to Heart Disease and Strokes

Researchers at Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University have blown away the scientific community by discovering that overproduction of the protein, clusterin, can lead to cardiometabolic syndrome. This occurs when there is an unhealthy combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and extra body fat around the waist. The study, published …

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Today is National “Wear Red Day” for Heart Disease Awareness as New Reports Finds That Nearly Half of all U.S. Adults Have Heart Disease

The American Heart Association (AHA), has declared today, Friday February 1, 2019, National “Wear Red Day,” for heart disease awareness. This is the kickoff to the month of February being National Heart Disease Awareness Month. This awareness campaign begins with the release of an alarming update to the ‘2019 AHA Heart and Stroke Statistics,’ published …

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