The Anti-Heart-Attack Diet

Here are some easy suggestions for making your diet healthier

(NEWSER) - Did you vow to eat healthier in 2008? Start by adding whole grains to your diet with these these 10 tips from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

1. When a recipe calls for white flour, use half white flour and half whole wheat.
2. Add ½ cup of cooked bulgur, wild rice, or barley to bread stuffing.
3. Add ½ cup of cooked wheat or rye berries, wild rice, brown rice, sorghum, or barley to soup.
4. Use whole cornmeal for corncakes, corn breads, and corn muffins.
5. Add ¾ cup of uncooked oats for every pound of meat in recipes for burgers or meatloaf.

What you eat—and just as importantly what you don't—may affect your risk of getting cancer

(NEWSER) - Genes may be a bigger factor than diet, but what you eat can still affect your chances of developing cancer. MSNBC tells you what to pile on your plate, and what to avoid. Eat up:

1. Cruciferous veggies like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale
2. High-fiber anything
3. Foods rich in vitamin D and calcium

Eating sausage or bacon daily might not be the smartest idea: study

(NEWSER) - Ease up on that bacon. A new study in the British Journal of Cancer suggests a connection between eating processed meats and pancreatic cancer, reports the BBC . Specifically, eating an extra 50 grams of processed meat every day—about the size of a sausage—will increase your risk of getting pancreatic cancer by 19%, while an extra 100 grams will raise the risk by 38%. More»

Small amount of dark chocolate daily lowers heart attack, stroke risk

(NEWSER) - Eating small amounts of chocolate may lower your risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, according to new research out today. In a study of 19,000 middle-aged subjects, German scientists noted lower blood pressure in those who ate the most chocolate, accompanied by a 39% lower risk of heart attack and stroke compared to those who ate the least. More»

(NEWSER) - Researchers have discovered every health nut's dream in the North Aegean Sea: an island with the highest percentage of nonagenarians on the planet, NPR reports. On the Greek isle of Icaria, nearly one in three make it to age 90, and residents have far lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia. Their secret should come as no surprise: healthy, active lifestyles. More»