Food Choices

Heart attacks and strokes can happen at any age. Lifestyle practices have the potential to increase or decrease your risk for heart disease. Are you actively protecting your heart or are you taking its health for granted?

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient which functions in a variety of important metabolic mechanisms in your body. Deficiency of vitamin B12 can severely affect your health and may be caused by insufficient dietary intake as well as poor absorption.

Minerals are essential nutrients, but too little or too much of some minerals may be harmful to your health. Which minerals and how much do you need?

Banana, potato, avocado, lentils and many other foods are good sources of potassium: an essential micronutrient. Why is potassium essential and are you getting enough?

Nutrition fact labels are a useful tool to help you make healthy food selections, but to fully benefit from the information they provide you may need to spend some time learning what all the numbers mean.