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Broccoli, Blood Pressure, and Cancer - Did you eat your broccoli today?

A few years back researchers conducting an animal study linked glucoraphanin, a compound present in broccoli sprouts, to reduced blood pressure risk, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.   Researchers found broccoli sprouts to increase tissue antioxidant defense mechanisms, lower inflammatory response, and improve cardiovascular health. This... Read moreChevron
posted 10/26/2010, comments (0)|
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Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

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5 Surprising Sodium Sources

As you work to lower high blood pressure, it's important to limit the sodium in your diet. Current recommendations are to limit your sodium intake to 2300 mg per day or less. The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines will be released this year and it looks like sodium recommendations are going to be reduced even further to 1500 mg per day for all Americans... Read moreChevron
posted 10/17/2010, comments (0)|
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Lisa Nelson, RD, LN

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5 Steps to Achieve an Active Lifestyle

I know a magic pill to achieve your health goals would be the ideal, but in reality it comes back to a heart healthy diet and regular physical activity. If you have been sedentary all your life, the idea of "working out" or "exercising" can be very daunting. Let's review a simple step by step approach to adding activity in your lifestyle with the... Read moreChevron
posted 09/30/2010, comments (0)|
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Are You Eating Your Fruits and Veggies?

Guess what? According to recent telephone surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention we are still not eating enough fruits and vegetables . . . we're even eating less!   The objections of Healthy People 2010, set up by the US government back in 2000, were to have 75% of Americans eating at least two servings of fruit per day... Read moreChevron
posted 09/13/2010, comments (0)|
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Like Diamonds...Antioxidants are a girls best friend

Good Morning, OK, I must admit it wasn't until a few years ago I began to understand the true power of antioxidants. I always figured as long as I have my daily "alphabet vitamins" all would be well. A few years ago, after having family members diagnosed with all different types of cancer & heart disease, I kept hearing talk of these things... Read moreChevron
posted 09/10/2010, comment (1)|
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