Heart Disease | Stroke

Vegetables and fruit best for heart health
A study funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation has found that diets high in animal products, fat and fried foods can up the risk of an acute heart attack by 35% when compared to diets that include more vegetables and fruit. Read more.

I’m losing weight!
Indar Persaud has never been on a diet before. But when he was diagnosed with having high-normal blood pressure and pre-diabetes, he listened to his doctor and made a commitment to lose weight using the My Heart&Stroke Healthy Weight Action Plan™. Read his story.

Warning: trans fat kills
Artificial trans fats preserve food but are extremely harmful to our heart health. Some food companies have taken strides in eliminating artificial trans fats – while others have not. Unfortunately, too many products continue to contain disturbingly high amounts of these fats – especially bakery products that children eat most often such as cakes, donuts and brownies. It’s time the federal government regulate the use of trans fat. Use our advocacy letter to send a strong message to the government today.

The Moncton Skate For Heart Put Their Heart Into It by raising $50,000 this year  that will go towards vital research and health promotion activities for all New Brunswickers. Thanks so much Moncton for supporting this wonderful event, see you next year!

 The Skate for Heart in Bathurst came through with an amazing $19 000 raised! Thanks to all those who came out to skate and went above and beyond to make this event a success.

We are excited to bring the Heart Truth Fashion Gala to life once again in New Brunswick on March 27, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Fredericton starting at 8:00pm. The runway will feature twenty of our province's most dynamic and celebrated women. Each dress created will be designed by alumni from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, and will be as unique as the woman who wears it! We are thrilled to annouce that Jessica Holmes, a favorite on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce, will be hosting and modeling at this year's event!

This is a great opportunity to celebrate the women in our lives! Bring your friends, family and co-workers to this star studded event and prepare to have a new understanding on heart disease and its effects on those we love most. Call 1-800-663-3600 for your tickets today!

The 2nd Annual Stroke Clinic Day: Stroke Care across the Continuum  is a one day conference for health care professionals on the area of stroke. It will be held on April 29th & 30th, 2010 in Fredericton, NB. It is co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick  and Horizon Health Network, Zone 3. We are pleased to annouce that our Keynote speaker will be Dr. Gordon Gubitz.

For more information please contact 1-800-663-3600. For a copy of the registration form, click here.

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