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Emilia Klapp, R.D., B.S.'s Articles

  • Mediterranean Diet: Watermelon Can Lower Your High Blood Pressure
    According to new research, watermelon juice is a source of the essential amino acid arginine. Our body needs arginine to produce nitric oxide, which has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce blood clotting and protect against heart attacks and strokes.
  • 10 Steps to Remember When Eating at a Chinese Restaurant
    You may think Chinese cuisine is healthy because it contains large amounts of vegetables and it seems to be low in fat. That it’s true of Traditional Chinese cuisine; however, it may not be the case of the food served at many American-Chinese restaurants.
  • 7 Reasons Why We Die of a Heart Attack
    According to U.S. General Surgeon, heart attacks and strokes are highly preventable. Thus, if more people die from heart disease than from any other illness, we need to give a serious consideration to why this is happening so we can prevent being part of the American Heart Association’s statistics. In this article you will find the 7 main reasons why we die of heart disease.
  • The Mediterranean Diet Is Also About Portions
    As many of us know, the virtues of the Mediterranean cuisine reside in the selection of its basic elements: fruits and vegetables, grains, fish and seafood, olive oil and red wine in moderation. But are we aware that a very important element of this diet is the portion sizes?
  • Mediterranean Diet: Mending Your Arteries after the Holidays
    The biggest payoff of eating fruits and vegetables is for your arteries. The Harvard-based Nurses’ Health Studies followed up with about 110,000 men and women for 14 years. The results of the studies showed that compared with the people who ate less than 1.5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, those who ate 8 or more servings a day were 30 percent less likely to have a heart attack or stroke.

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