These Are the Best Foods for Heart Health

We all know the heart is a vital organ. It keeps our blood moving through our body, controls us pulse rate and maintains us blood pressure. When it comes to maintaining your heart health over time, your diet can play an important role.

Everyone from the American Heart Association to the US Department of Health and Human Services recommends making specific food choices to support a healthy heart. Because foods for heart health can reduce other potential cardiovascular issues — such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol — it’s worth keeping that in mind as you plan your

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Food Stamps: 3 States Join New $25M Healthy Eating Initiative

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A new initiative from the US Department of Agriculture aims to give food stamp recipients greater access to fruits and vegetables in an effort to encourage healthier eating. The program will be funded through a $25 million USDA investment and take place in three states.

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Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Bad for You

Most people recognize that a nutritious diet promotes a healthy life, but navigating the wide range of options at your grocery store isn’t always straightforward—especially when so many foods are advertised as healthy (but aren’t).

A growing number of recent studies have raised health concerns about a certain type of food that most Americans eat: ultra-processed foods. One such study, published in November 2022 in the American Journal of preventive medicine, concluded that these foods likely contributed to about 10% of deaths among people 30 to 69 years old in Brazil in 2019. Other studies—including one published in neurology

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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10 Dietitian-Backed Food Trends You Should Try in 2023

The nutrition industry is always changing, with many new food trends popping up year after year. Some of these trends come and go, but there are some that nutrition experts say are here to stay in the New Year.

While you may not see fad diets on this list, you will find nutrition trends that will actually make a difference for your health in 2023. Just because these trends are popular right now, doesn’t mean that they won’t have a big impact on our health.

So let’s dive in to find out exactly what experts say you can keep your

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Health and Wellness-Themed Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

As the battle against coronavirus continues, health and wellness have become a top priority. And as Mother’s Day is fast approaching, what better gift to give to mothers in your life than something that will help them stay on top of their health.

Health-conscious or not, I’m sure your mom, wife, grandmother, sister or friend will put these health-inspired gift ideas for good use. The list isn’t just about good food and fitness, it also includes gifts that will take care of their mental and emotional health too.

Self-Care and Healthy Living Book

First on my list is the book

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The wholesome meals tendencies – for you and the planet – to look at for in 2023

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Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based personal observe dietitian, is director of meals and diet at Medcan. Comply with her on Twitter @LeslieBeckRD

Simply because it has prior to now (nearly) three pandemic years, private wellness will likely be an vital driver of meals tendencies this 12 months.

Environmental sustainability will even proceed to sway our meals selections in 2023, much more in order customers turn out to be more and more involved about local weather change.

And with persistent inflation, not less than for the primary half of this 12 months, we’ll be trying

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