Heart Health Blog

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...

A paper published this week in the European Heart Journal found that a very small group of people who were overcome with joy experienced temporary “stunning” of...

While most of us survived the record snowfall that befell the East Coast this past week with only minor inconveniences, there were a few less fortunate who expe...

Check out this link: https://reachmd.com/programs/book-club/heal-your-heart-positive-emotions-prescription-prevent-and-reverse-heart-disease/7531/...

After “Heal Your Heart: The Positive Emotions Prescription to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease” was released in late fall of 2014, a common question that my ol...

What you need 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 medium onions, sliced 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1-1/2 pounds carrots, sliced 1 te...