For more information on preventing heart disease and improving healthy living, please follow the links below.

• American Heart Association: A national voluntary health agency whose mission it is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Extensive consumer information concerning heart disease, treatments, and heart health.
  
  
• MyPyramid: USDA offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
  
  
• healthfinder™: A gateway consumer health and human services information website from the United States government.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases: A site dedicated to heart disease information from the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, and other trusted organizations.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Heart Disease: Cardiovascular health site as part of the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
  
  
• Mended Hearts: An extended support group for heart patients, families, and caregivers.
  
  
• Food Values Database: A food search that gives instant results with a complete nutritional breakdown.
  
  
• American Diabetes Association: A non-profit health organization dedicated to the prevention and cure of diabetes.
  
  
• Menu Planner from NIH: An interactive menu planner from the National Institutes of Health designed to guide healthy food and meal choices based on one day’s calorie allowance.
  
  
• Delicious Decisions: A great resource for heart-healthy recipes.