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3. For every code entered, Cheerios will donate $1.00 toward cholesterol screening for women in need, up to $200,000.



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Until recently, heart healthy eating goals focused on avoiding or restricting certain foods. However, the revised American Heart Association guidelines, released in 2000, focus on foods we should eat rather than foods we should avoid. All foods can fit into a healthy eating pattern if they are eaten in moderate amounts, and balanced by lower-fat or lower-calorie options.


Whole grain
How is a whole grain different from a refined grain? Get the real facts on whole grain, including why it's important to your health.

Featured content:
>What is whole grain?
>Why is it important?
>How much do you need?
>Where can you find it?

How oats lower cholesterol
Oats are the only major cereal grain proven to lower cholesterol.
Soluble fiber
Eating foods that contain soluble fiber can help you lower your cholesterol. Get tips on ways to increase the amount of soluble fiber in your diet.

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>What is soluble fiber?
>Why is it important?
>Where can you find it?

Heart healthy eating plan
A heart healthy eating plan is vital to lowering your cholesterol and helping you maintain a healthier body weight.

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>Heart healthy meal tips
>Lowering fats
>Pyramid power


http://www.womenheart.org/register/

Heart Healthy Action Kit
The kit contains helpful information including:

How the heart works

6 steps to a healthy heart

Questions to ask your doctor

Know your heart attack warning signs

Cholesterol Screening Locator

8 easy steps to get more physically active

BMI assessment calculator

Disparities in care video narrated by Soledad O'Brien of CNN



http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/educational/hearttruth/

Celebrate American Heart Month with The Heart Truth®!

Beginning with National Wear Red Day®—Friday, February 5, 2010—millions will help spread the critical message that "Heart Disease Doesn't Care What You Wear—It's the #1 Killer of Women.®" The Red Dress®, the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness, was created by The Heart Truth® in 2002 to deliver an urgent wakeup call to American women. Everyone can participate in the national movement by wearing their favorite red dress, shirt, tie, or Red Dress Pin. For free information and resources to help you and your community celebrate National Wear Red Day, visit the National Wear Red Day toolkit.

On Thursday, February 11, 2010, The Heart Truth will bring the Red Dress to life once again on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week with the debut of the Red Dress Collection 2010. This spectacular event reminds women of the need to protect their heart health and inspires them to take action. For the second year in a row, a selection of the designer dresses seen on the runway will be auctioned online in February through a partnership with Clothes Off Our Back. To bid on these Red Dresses this February, visit www.clothesoffourback.org.

Get Involved today: visit the Healthy Action Community, where you can find free tools and resources to help you protect your heart health and share The Heart Truth with others. Be sure to let others know about your event by submitting details to the Activity Registry.