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Are you living a heart-healthy lifestyle?
Heart disease takes an American life every 36 seconds--that's nearly 2,400 individuals each day. In fact, it is the number one killer of American women--specifically from African American and Latina descent.
The October premiere of The Mysterious Human Heart, written and directed by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, is a three-part PBS series that explores the latest scientific, medical revelations and misconceptions about the human heart. Click below to watch the preview:
All three episodes are available to watch on the program's Web site. You can also tour an image of a 3-D heart and test your knowledge of this complex human organ by taking the Heart Quiz. Visit the Web site of the American Heart Association, one of the program's partners, where you can use the My Fats Translator to help plan healthy diets and meals.
You can also download an Outreach Toolkit to participate in a number of activities such as hosting screenings of the segments of The Mysterious Human Heart, holding panel discussions, and gathering support groups to demonstrate heart-healthy cooking techniques.
Contact the Outreach staff (drummond at thirteen dot org) for more ideas and information about successfully executing your own heart-related event within your community.
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Bob that is pretty interesting to see - as of now every 36 seconds for an American is just awful - I hope that we can all find a way to be healthier and stay away from fast foods that plague the United States with obesity.
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Health first. Problems with the heart now has most of the population. We Americans are the problem occurs more frequently than in other countries. To keep the body in the tone you want to do exercise.
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Health first. Problems with the heart now has most of the population. We Americans are the problem occurs more frequently than in other countries. To keep the body in the tone you want to do exercise.
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I agree with the other comments...I believe it really starts with how we care for our kids. If we start them right eating healthy, it will give them good habits for when they are older!
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I do agree that kids are key regarding setting up a healthy start for a healthy lifestyle.
But I'm not so sure that fats are the problem.
Unless you're talking about Omega-6 fats.
Personally, I think saturated fats, monounsaturated fats and Omega 3 fats are great.
And I've seen no evidence that they cause any heart issues.
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