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How to eat a heart-healthy diet

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Tips for heart healthy eating, from registered dietitians in Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Centre.

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What's the Best Diet? Healthy Eating 101

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The Centre for Child Nutrition, Health and Development (CCNHD) brings world-class talent and resources together to tackle the most important nutrition-related health issues facing children and their families in Canada and around the world. We are a network of University of Toronto researchers and educators focused on nutrition and the prevention of obesity, chronic disease and malnutrition in children.
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FoodFit is a 12-week program for low-income community members who experience barriers around healthy eating and physical activity but who are motivated to make lasting changes to their health http://www.cfccanada.ca/foodfit

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Ideas for a heart-healthy diet

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Ideas for a heart-healthy diet

How’s your heart? What are you doing to make it healthier? A new Mayo Clinic survey shows a family history of heart disease is a big factor in how you answer those questions.

In the latest Mayo Clinic National Health Checkup, 67 percent of participants with a family history of heart disease listed dietary changes as the main way they are working to improve heart health, followed by monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol regularly (59 percent) and increasing exercise (51 percent).

In this Mayo Clinic Minute, cardiologist Dr. Rekha Mankad has ideas for dietary changes you can make today to boost your heart health. Jeff Olsen reports.

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart-healthy diet for women

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Heart disease is a leading cause of death for women, and despite increases in awareness, health officials say women remain unaware of their risks. Dr. Amy Pollak, a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic says one way to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke is to maintain a healthy diet.
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