Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of disorders that include abdominal obesity, hypertension (HTN), dyslipidemia including high triglycerides (TGs) and/or low HDL cholesterol, and impaired glucose metabolism (elevated fasting blood glucose).
Heart Health
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for health across the lifespan, yet many Americans fall short of current intake recommendations.
The argument that ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are harmful to health has been building for the past 15 years, heightened recently by some key events. Late last year, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee came under fire for indicating that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to recommend reducing or avoiding UPFs.
Despite being a conditionally essential nutrient, carnitine is a topic of uncertainty, even controversy, because it’s like a coin with two sides, and those sides can appear to be in direct conflict with each other.
It’s well established that eating a nutrient-dense diet, engaging in appropriate types and amounts of physical activity, sleeping well, not smoking, and managing other sources of stress support cardiovascular health.
CVD is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming about 695,000 lives—or one in every five deaths.
Learn more about the World Health Organization’s recent report on lowering sodium intake and the link to CVD, as well as expert strategies on how to reduce consumption and save even more lives.
New biomarkers are being studied to assess patient risk of CVD and determine their role in diagnosing and managing patients.
This continuing education course examines updated guidelines for low-sodium diets for the general population and those with chronic conditions.
Today’s DietitianVol. 25 No. 1 P. 12 A wider variety of packaged functional food products are hitting grocery store shelves…