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Infant CPR Class | St. Louis | HeartSaver CPR
By My Family Plate at February 12, 2013 | 12:25 am | 0 Comment
Need CPR for Infants? HeartSaver® CPR in St. Louis Register Here How to Save a Choking Infant with AHA HeartSaver CPR, St. Louis. What if a family member, a friend or an acquaintance suddenly collapses and loses consciousness while you are there? Would you know what to do? What if the victim was an infant? Would you know how to provid chest compressions, more...
The Simple 7 To A Healthy Life
By My Family Plate at December 21, 2012 | 7:00 pm | 1 Comments
My Family Plate is always trying to keep up with new ways to fight heart disease. Heart disease kills more people in the United States than any other cause of death. Although heart disease cannot be eliminated for everyone, there are definitely steps we can take to decrease the occurrence of it. The American Heart Association (AHA) recently added Life's Simple 7. The more...
Lower Heart Disease Risk w/ Orange Juice? by Taisiya Redka
By My Family Plate at April 1, 2012 | 10:21 pm | 0 Comment
Indicator Of Heart Disease Risk Lowered By Orange Juice Beverage Fortified With Plant Sterols The best way to fight heart disease is through changes in diet and life style. However, the reality is that people have trouble making those changes. Drinking a plant sterol-fortified orange juice beverage is a relatively simple thing to do and it may have important more...
Basics for Cardiovascular Health by Dr. Randy
By My Family Plate at January 25, 2012 | 1:03 am | 1 Comments
The cardiovascular system is made up of 4 structures: heart, arteries, veins and capillaries. Different diseases affect these structures such as heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and stroke. Some of these diseases have no symptoms until very late in their onset. It is important to keep your risk of cardiovascular disease to a minimum through a healthy more...
Trans Fatty Acids by Hollie Strawn
By My Family Plate at January 19, 2012 | 1:08 pm | 0 Comment
Trans fatty acids are an industrially produced fat originally meant to replace saturated fats in processed foods and in commercial and household cooking and frying. (Harvard School of Public Health 2012) Numerous studies have shown the harmful effects of this product produced from once healthy unsaturated vegetable oil. (Benatar 2010) The differences between saturated and more...
