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Yoga for Heart Health

Ever since the days when I was first training as a cardiologist, I’ve been an advocate of yoga. This fantastic form of exercise and relaxation…

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Heart Health Basics: An Overview

A healthy heart begins with a healthy lifestyle. Literally everything you do for your health has an impact on how efficiently your heart functions—and how…

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What Is the Best Heart-Health Diet?

If you want to achieve optimal heart health—and promote overall health and well-being—a high-fiber, healthy-fat, Mediterranean-type diet is absolutely essential. I was a proponent of…

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Fitting Dairy Foods Into the Best Heart Health Diet

Dairy products are one of the more confusing parts of a diet when you’re eating for heart health. On one hand, dairy foods appear to…

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Help Yourself to Healthy Fats as Part of the Best Heart Health Diet

For optimal heart health, my Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet emphasizes a generous quantity of high-quality fats—as much as 30 percent of daily calories—which are key…

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The Best Heart Health Diet Includes Fish and Eggs

Fish and eggs are both important components of the Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet that I recommend for heart health. Both are rich in protein and…

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The Role of Fruit in the Best Heart Health Diet

Mediterranean and Pan Asian peoples, who experience lower rates of heart disease than we do in the United States, integrate fresh fruit into their diet…

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The Best Heart Health Diet and the Role of Poultry and Meat

To reap all the heart-healthy benefits of my Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet, it is important to understand the “new” role meats should play in your…

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Studies Confirm the Best Heart Health Diet is the Pan-Asian Mediterranean Diet

For optimal heart health, I’ve been recommending the Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet—a combination of the diet followed by the people on the Greek island of…

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Eat Your Veggies as Part of the Best Heart Health Diet

Anyone who adopts my heart-healthy Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet will notice that it’s chockfull of veggies. That’s because vegetables make it easy to prepare nutritious,…

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