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  • Healthy eating

    Learn how a healthy diet can help reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease and stop gaining weight. Find here healthy eating tips to keep a healthy heart and our healthy recipe finder.

  • RESEARCH

    Could our eyes reveal our future heart and circulatory disease risk?

    St George's, University of London | Professor Alicja Rudnicka

    Dr Alicja Rudnicka and her colleagues at St George’s, University of London, are studying if retinal blood vessels in the back of the eye could be a ‘window’ into blood vessel health. Changes in the shape and size of retinal blood vessel...

  • RESEARCH

    A new MRI technique detecting dangerous fatty plaques that could cause stroke

    University of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury

    Dr Luca Biasiolli is developing a new imaging tool to help doctors detect plaques in the carotid artery supplying blood to the brain that are most likely to rupture, leading to a stroke. Modern imaging techniques such as magnetic resonan...

  • Which foods are high in vitamin D?

    BHF Senior Dietitian Tracy Parker explains which foods are sources of vitamin D in your diet, including oily fish, mushrooms and eggs.

  • 10 delicious meals instead of a horrible diet dish

    Losing weight doesn't mean you have to eat salad, or cabbage soup, or vegetable juice. Check out our delicious calorie-counted heart-healthy alternatives

  • 11 healthy soup recipes you can freeze

    Looking for a heart-healthy meal you can cook in batches? Discover our easy recipes you can freeze for later, including butternut squash, minestrone and chicken noodle soup.

  • Is there a link between infertility and heart problems?

    Is there a link between infertility and heart problems? Our expert, Abigail Fraser, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, explains.

  • Vascular dementia research

    Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia, affecting around 150,000 people in the UK. There is no cure, but we fund research that could change that.

  • Why being active is good for your heart

    We’ve been funding research that showed the benefits of being physically active at all ages, and for people with heart and circulatory diseases too.

  • Reducing the risk to the heart and blood vessels for people with diabetes

    Diabetes can damage arteries and veins, putting people at risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases. We’ve been funding research to find out how best to protect the heart and blood vessels in people with diabetes.