The DASH diet (aka Dietary Approaches to Stop ... Use herbs and spices instead of salt The American Heart Association notes that cutting your sodium intake by even 1,000 milligrams a day can ...

they aren’t a substitute for a healthy diet, says Maya Vadiveloo, RD, chair-elect of the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association’s Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health.

Heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were more common and linked to reduced access to healthy foods among people who live in neighborhoods previously subjected to redlining, ...