Peas and beans: Can they improve heart health?
A new analysis concludes that eating more legumes may reduce heart disease risk. However, according to the authors, the evidence is not of high quality.
November 26, 2019 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: authors, eating-more, evidence, heart-disease, legumes-may, nutrition, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, reduce-heart, the-authors, the-evidence
Eat more leafy greens and whole grains to lower heart failure risk
Emerging research suggests that a predominantly plant-based diet of dark, leafy greens, beans, fruits, and whole grains may reduce heart failure risk.
November 15, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: grains-may, leafy-greens, on call diets, reduce-heart, research-suggests
Omega-3 improves heart damage, function after heart attack
Taking a high dose of omega-3 fatty acids every day may reduce heart muscle scarring and improve heart function following a heart attack, say researchers.
August 2, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acids-every, day-may, heart-attack, heart-function, high-dose, muscle-scarring, nutrition, nutrition / diet, omega-3-fatty, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, reduce-heart
Link between saturated fat and heart disease comes into question
A new review of published evidence challenges current guidelines that suggest in order to reduce heart disease risk, people should generally restrict intake of saturated fats – like those found in butter and dairy foods – in favor of unsaturated fats – such as in margarine and sunflower oil.
March 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: challenges-current, dairy-foods, disease-risk, generally-restrict, nutrition / diet, published-evidence, reduce-heart, saturated-fats
