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What is American Heart Association Diet? Myths & Facts about AHA Diet

The American Heart Association Diet
The goal of the American Heart Association (AHA) diet is to prevent heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases. The AHA specifically aims to reduce hypertension and elevated blood cholesterol.
The American Heart Association diet also aims to reduce a person’s excess weight with a selection of foods that are healthy for [...]

Coronary Heart Diseases

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), commonly known as coronary artery disease (CAD), atherosclerotic heart disease or ischemic heart disease, is a result of formation of cholesterol plaques on the inner side of the arterial (type of blood vessels) walls that supply oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium (heart muscles). The plaque often narrows the arteries blocking [...]

The Importance of Diabetes Testing

In a world hunted by different types of degenerative diseases, diabetes is given prime importance as trends have indicated serious cases. According to the Center of Disease Control, diabetes has reached epidemic proportions that there are actually millions of people today that do not know they might have diabetes.
Diabetes is a form of disease that [...]