Heart Health Blog

Americans consume sodium in excess by approximately 1,000 mg per day (approximately 3,400 mg versus the recommended amount of 2,300 mg or 1 teaspoon of salt) in...

Matcha is a finely ground, bright green powder made from tea leaves. However, in contrast to traditional green teas, matcha undergoes specialized processing tha...

Recently, The DOCTORS Show invited my colleague Andrew Freeman, MD and me to participate in “The Great Food Debate”. In this segment, our debate focuses on eggs...

Recently, the American Heart Association launched an innovative educational platform on Facebook designed in real-time to answer questions and elicit discussion...

Many of us experience the winter blues… the time of year when the days are short and energy levels are low. For my patients, I prescribe the following 7 ingredi...

Our recent trip to Havana was filled with a sense that this once favorite American destination will return to its former glory once some travel related kinks ar...

Our love affair with sugars is undeniable, as each of us is likely to consume at least 150 pounds of added sugar this year alone! Compare that to the 1800s when...

In the wake of a recent NYT article suggesting that cooking with Rosemary, a daily ritual in the Italian city of Acciaroli,  contributes to healthy longevity (l...

Dietary supplements are a multibillion dollar per year industry and they are not regulated by the FDA compared to over the counter (OTC) products such as Advil ...

The American Heart Association recommends that we reduce our intake of saturated fats to about 5% of total calories. In the past, when we’ve replaced sat fats w...

Back in 1995, I asked one of my colleagues, a well-known researcher at the Framingham Heart Study if we could determine whether HDL (the good cholesterol) was a...

A favorite dessert in our home because it  contains natural heart healthy antioxidants, blood pressure lowering and mood boosting compounds that with added choc...