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Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN, Health Pro

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Registered Dietitian and Licensed Nutritionist

Do you want the government to regulate choices that impact health?

I was just reviewing the results of a The Harris Poll. The Harris Poll is administered by Harris Interactive. Harris Interactive is a leading custom market research firm that works with a variety of industries, including health care, technology, public affairs, energy, and telecommunications.   The poll I reviewed is focused on how... Read moreChevron
posted 03/20/2012, comments (0)|
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

Lisa Nelson, RD, LN, Health Pro

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Heart Disease Risk Factors You Can Control

There are risk factors for heart disease that you have no control over, such as:   AgeMale sexFamily HistoryPost-menopausalRace   You cannot do anything about the above risks, so there is no need to waste time dwelling on them. If you want to take action and reduce your risk of developing heart disease there are several controllable... Read moreChevron
posted 04/11/2011, comments (0)|
Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

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Being Active While You Work Can Reduce Risk for Heart Disease

Being active while you work can reduce your risk for heart disease just as much as exercising in your leisure time.   A Finnish study of 60,000 men and women reports reduced heart failure risks when physical activity levels increased at work.   Over the past few decades the number of sedentary jobs has been on the rise due to... Read moreChevron
posted 12/14/2010, comments (0)|
HeartHawk

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JUPITER to Earth: It's the Calcium Score Stupid!

The study known as the "Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin" (JUPITER), was a classical large, long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial designed to determine whether it made sense to start statin treatment (in this case 20 mg of rosuvastatin or... Read moreChevron
posted 11/23/2010, comments (0)|
Melanie Thomassian

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Heart Disease and Diabetes: 5 Ways to Reduce Your Risk

  November is American Diabetes Month, and this month the American Diabetes Association are asking... how will you stop diabetes?    Across the world 300 million people are affected by diabetes.   But, why should this concern you?   Well, people with diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart... Read moreChevron
posted 11/08/2010, comments (0)|

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