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Introduction
Heart-Healthy Goals. The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You can achieve this by:
- Reducing overall cholesterol levels and low-density lipoproteins (LDL), which are harmful to the heart.
- Increasing high-density lipoproteins (HDL), which are beneficial for the heart.
- Reducing other harmful lipids (fatty molecules), such as triglycerides and lipoprotein(a).
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Expert & Community Posts
Being Overweight Alone Boosts Heart Risk
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...about new research linking rising blood pressure in children with obesity. Read more »
Time to Have Kids Tested, Carefully, for Hypertension
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert...pediatricians often don't account for this when assessing children's blood pressure, leaving... Read more »
Tips for Weight Loss
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...your mother kept telling you about all the starving children in China and India. If you can... Read more »
A Better A1C Test
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertEven in these difficult times when almost all of us are learning how to become frugal again, money... Read more »
What is Lp(a)?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...lipoprotein(a), Lp(a), then you will need to tell your children. Lp(a) is a "cleanly"... Read more »
Health Guide
High Blood Pressure: Introduction
...systolic or 80-89 diastolic) indicate an increased risk for developing hypertension.Current guidelines for children are based on percentile ranges for a childs body size. Hypertension is defined... Read more »High Blood Pressure: Complications
...condition called preeclampsia (commonly called toxemia) that can be very serious for both mother and child. Preeclampsia occurs in up to 10% of all pregnancies, usually in the third trimester of a... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Causes
...minor cause of heart failure. Birth defects may also cause abnormal valvular development. Although more children born with heart defects are now living to adulthood, they still face a higher than... Read more »Obesity Risks & Risk Factors
...tend to gain fat in the belly and waist.Risk by Age. People of any age are at risk for obesity. More children and adolescents are overweight in America than ever before. Gaining some weight is... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: Dietary Goals and Exercise
...what is achievable and sustainable, rather than one that is culturally defined as desirable or ideal. Children, pregnant women, and people recovering from illness should be sure to maintain... Read more »Images
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November 10, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies show the average lifespan of a person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is between three and nine years, but new... Read summary »
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March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A protein found in common garden peas could be the key to saving the lives of millions of people who suffer from high blood... Read summary »
Hypertension Traced to Childhood
June 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person's childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies... Read summary »
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