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  • Published: 25 June 2021

    The Mediterranean diet is often said to be one of the healthiest. But does it live up to its good reputation and is it good for your heart? We look at the foods you can eat on the diet, and the overall benefits.

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  • Published: 16 March 2022

    New advice from the Heart Foundation reveals that eating as little as three to four handfuls of nuts and seeds a week has a significant benefit for heart health, decreasing the risk of heart disease by around 20%.

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  • Published: 15 February 2023

    Does eating while driving, working or scrolling on your phone sound familiar? We’ve all been there. But did you know how important it is to fully participate in the experience of eating? In this article, we cover what intuitive eating is and ways to help you change your mindset around…

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  • Published: 27 September 2023

    New research is investigating if some antidepressants affect blood cholesterol and blood clotting, which could inform treatments for people with both depression and heart disease.

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  • Published: 18 August 2015

    Frances Singleton is so fit that her husband struggles to keep up and her grandchildren call her “fast forward granny”.

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  • Published: 23 November 2015

    Despite suffering a near-fatal heart attack just six months ago, Karen Grainger is feeling the best she has in years.

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  • Published: 13 May 2015

    Rachel Turner says one of the hardest things about having a heart attack so young is that most people don’t believe she had one.

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  • Published: 31 March 2015

    Shaun Lewis was 40 years old, fit, happily married and father to three young kids. Although he had a family history of heart disease, he kept a close eye on his health and there were no alarm bells.

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  • Published: 27 May 2016

    It took a few years for Stephen Bovett to mention his angina symptoms to his GP but he soon discovered his situation was more urgent than he’d imagined.

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  • Published: 13 July 2016

    Elinor Collins from Gore recently decided to leave a gift in her will to the Heart Foundation. In her own words, this is why she made that generous decision.  

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  • Published: 21 January 2016

    Being fit enough to get a black belt in Tae Kwon Do didn’t stop Paul Foley from having a heart attack – but it certainly helped him survive.

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  • Published: 25 February 2015

    Christchurch businessman Mike Pero does everything he can to stay healthy but one risk factor he can’t control is his ethnicity.   

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