Blogs

It’s World Salt Awareness Week (12 – 18 March) and the focus this year is on simple steps you can take to reduce salt in your diet. It’s surprising how quickly our intake of salt can add up across the day.

Interested in learning more about the health, culture and nutrition of Pacific people? Our nutrition courses will help you do just that. Delivered throughout the year, they’re engaging, fun and practical.

This February is the Heart Foundation’s Big Heart Appeal. Thousands of people all over New Zealand will join together in the fight against heart disease.

Fit and active at 60, Maggie didn’t think she could have a heart attack. But that all changed one day. Now Maggie is determined to stop heart disease from taking the life she loves – and the things she loves doing.

Did you know that volunteering for a great cause like the Heart Foundation can increase your happiness? Doing good, quite simply, makes you feel good.

This year is an important milestone for the Heart Foundation. Ten years ago, we began working with food companies to reduce the amount of sodium in bread.

In 2007 we began working with food companies in New Zealand to reduce salt levels in processed food. Now we’re working with them to reduce sugar.

Food shopping on a budget can be a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be as hard as you think. We’ve got some money-saving tips that will help your money go further.

With World Vegetarian Day on 01 October – it was time for our nutrition experts to have a go at trialling another dietary approach. Surely going meat-free couldn’t be too difficult? Or could it!

The DHB System Level Measures Framework (SLM) is starting to have a significant impact on how DHBs are planning and orienting their services and quality improvement initiatives.

The Heart Foundation’s team of food and nutrition experts’ trial ‘eating on a budget’ for a month and share their top tips for making your weekly eating more affordable while still being healthy.

This trial was looking at the use of Evolocumab, a new class of lipid lowering medication (PCSK9 inhibitors). It is an injectable monoclonal antibody that increases LDL receptor numbers on liver cells taking LDL out of the circulation, lowering it by 60%.