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Planning for a Healthy Heart: This category will help you take control of your health by adopting a healthier eating style. Complete you Personal Health Profile, then click on the text for detailed information about what measures can be taken if you are in a high risk group such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol levels or stress.
Eating Right for a Healthy Heart: This category includes healthful information that will help you shop smarter; Ingredients, Food Labels, Healthy Substitutions, Calorie/Nutrient Chart, Cooking Techniques, Cooking Equipment
Healthy Heart Menus: These sections include preplanned menus for Breakfast, Brunches, Summer Suppers, Holiday Entertaining and Ethnic Favorites
Recipe Selector: You can search for recipes by photo or your own dietary needs
With the 7 Day Menu Plans: You can use a preplanned diet low in calories, fat and cholesterol for the whole week – complete with nutrition analysis.

High levels of homocysteine are a better predictor than cholesterol levels for increasing a person’s chance of developing heart disease (up to 10 times), stroke, and PAD
Elevated homocysteine levels are also strongly associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease, strokes, and increased complications in diabetes, lupus, and other chronic diseases.
Lowers homosysteine by use of folic acid and vitamins that increase it’s metabolism in the body.
Increases methylation in the liver. This is the main way the liver detoxifies itself

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