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Consume variety of foods for a healthy heart

This article was sent the Altus Times by OSU Extension Educator Lynn Null. It is especially timely since February is “heart month” and today is “Go Red For Women Day”. STILLWATER – It is well known...

Guide to heart health: work less, live longer; overweight kids; new valve procedure;

How people live -- stress, sleep, eat and exercise -- can affect their risk for heart disease, the nation's leading killer for women and men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Here's some of the latest thinking: Overtime may be a killer. Long hours on the job are a heart risk, along with smoking, bad cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Report backs dairy to buck bad press, highlights ‘huge’ health opportunity

In its newly published report ’10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2012’, the company identified diary as a product category with a strong ‘naturally healthy’ image amongst consumers in most countries.

Monounsaturated fats boost "good" cholesterol

Jenkins suggested that people replace some of their highly refined carbohydrates -- like white bread and processed snack foods -- with monounsaturated fats from nuts, avocados and olive oil.

H-E-B Welcomes New Year with “Healthy at H-E-B” Program for Customers

H-E-B has announced the launch of "Healthy at H-E-B," a comprehensive, long-term commitment to improve the health of Texans and provide them with fresh, healthy food that is afford