Category Archives: Hypertension

One pig-out could give you a heart attack

pizza pig-out

There’s a lot to celebrate today and over the next few weeks:  St Paddy’s day, March Madness, Easter, and for some Mainers – vacations to warm weather. For most people this means a big fat food fest, often in conjunction with alcohol. But did you know that even one act of gluttony could end the […]

Your ticker talking, “too much salt!”

sodium in tomato sauce

I asked my husband to pick up some tomato sauce the other day and what he came home with made my heart skip a beat.  I looked at the label and couldn’t believe what I saw – enough dietary sodium to get my heart pounding!  My mouth is drying up like a sponge in the sun just […]