Tag Archives: American Heart Association

How to Use Food to Manage Your Cholesterol

If you are looking for ways to lower your cholesterol, you may want to start by looking at what you eat. You may be thinking this means removing certain foods from your diet and while that is true, using diet … Continue reading

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9 Ways to Help Protect Your Heart Health

Despite the fact that breast cancer gets all the press, heart disease is actually the number 1 cause of death for American women, killing more each year than all types of cancer combined.   In an effort to raise awareness about this … Continue reading

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Help for Eating Healthy for Life

Eating healthy is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard your health.  Research into the link between our diet and our health makes it clear that what we put into our bodies plays a big part … Continue reading

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4 Foods that Help Fight Cholesterol

Heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control, is the leading cause of death in this country.  The CDC indicates that more than 26 million Americans have been diagnosed with this condition which equates to more than 11% of … Continue reading

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Blackberries: A Sweet and Healthy ‘Super Food’

This article originally appeared in the January/February 2013 issue of Foodie News, brought to you by the Public Relations Department of the American Farm Bureau Federation. South Barlow Berries, a family-owned farm in beautiful Canby, Oregon, offers a variety of berries … Continue reading

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