Top 9 Heart Healthy Foods
The single most important step you can take for heart health starts with what you put on your plate.

Natural trans fat may not boost "bad" cholesterol
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The artificial trans fats that once abounded in processed foods have become notorious for their undesirable effects on cholesterol levels. But a small clinical trial suggests that natural trans fats may not do the same damage. When 61 healthy women followed a diet with a hefty dose of natural trans fats for four weeks, researchers found there were no changes in the ...

American Heart Month perfect time to learn about cholesterol
Cholesterol can be helpful and harmful, depending on how much you have in your body and what it’s doing. Given that there are both good and bad types of cholesterol, and that high cholesterol can have different causes in different people, it makes managing cholesterol levels a bit complicated. But with good information, you have the power to do something about your cholesterol.

Graedon: Leave BPA at the supermarket
I was alarmed to read that eating canned soup can raise body levels of BPA.

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FEB. 4 Rose seminar at Bamboo Farm 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 4 at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Road.

City of Cleveland sues Ohio State for blocking trans fat ban
Last April, the Cleveland City Council passed an initiative to ban the sale of artificial trans fat-containing foods from local grocery stores and restaurants – but in June, the Ohio Senate amended the state budget to block the city’s ability to regulate ingredients used in the city to prepare foods, a move that the city mayor says is unconstitutional.