A Mediterranean diet may lower blood pressure and help keep arteries from stiffening as you age. In a recent study, researchers randomly assigned roughly 1,130 older people in five European…
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The first DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) study was published in 1997. And it’s still the bedrock of today’s advice from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology,…
In a new study, Swedish researchers compared risk factors in 271,000 people with diabetes and 1,356,000 without the disease. The researchers looked at five risk factors for heart attack and…
“SuperBeets helps boost your body’s nitric oxide levels, and that helps increase your energy and stamina,” claims a TV ad for the concentrated dried beet powder. “It helps support healthy…
Nearly half of U.S. adults now have high blood pressure, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. Here’s what’s changed. What’s New Experts…
What does a healthy diet look like? Despite (or maybe because of) all the diet books, food pyramids, and expert advice, most people are still confused.
Yet we know which diets can lower the risk of heart disease, the major cause of death in the United States. Odds are, those same foods can also promote weight loss and help prevent diabetes and cancer. The Omniheart diet shows a lot of promise as a healthful diet.
The OmniHeart Trial tested three variations of a vegetable-and-fruit-rich diet in people who had pre-hypertension or hypertension—that is, anyone with blood pressure above 120 over 80.
High blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable deaths around the world. But did the Institute of Medicine (IOM) really say that lowering salt consumption is not the answer?
“Lowering daily sodium intake below 2,300 milligrams may do more harm than good,” reported CBS News in May 2013. “No benefit in sharply restricting salt, panel finds,” said The New York Times. “Is eating too little salt risky?” asked National Public Radio. “New report raises questions.”
Too much salt. Too much sugar. Too much saturated fat. We often hear about what we get too much of. But we also get too little of some nutrients. Potassium…
Most people know that calcium is good for bones, fiber is good for constipation, and iron is good for blood, to name a few. But once you go beyond the basics, the picture gets murky.
Here’s a healthy food quiz (questions and answers included) to see how well you know which foods or nutrients can prevent or promote which diseases.
Feel free to cheat. The questions aren’t really a test of how well you read (and remember) every issue of Nutrition Action. They’re just a sneaky way to get you to look at the answers, which contain a wealth of information on how your diet affects your health.
“Poisonous.” “Toxic.” “Avoid like the plague.”
Is canola oil healthy? For some reason, people love to hate it. Really hate it.
That’s partly because the canola plant is derived from rapeseed, which contains a toxic compound called erucic acid and bitter-tasting compounds called glucosinolates.