The strides we’ve made in the U.S. in cutting cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking may be in jeopardy. A new report says that’s because the high obesity rates are stalling the progress, and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans in 2010. Researchers say about half of those deaths could be averted if people ate healthier food and quit smoking.

We can do this, right?

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The NFL may be filled with athletes, but a new study finds many of them have high blood pressure and the biggest linemen may be at risk of heart disease and diabetes. Researchers say 91 percent of the largest players have high blood pressure or pre-hypertension. And 78 percent of the smallest players have higher than normal blood pressure compared with 30 percent of men aged 24 to 35 in the general population.

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Can eggs help your heart? Scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada have found that eggs produce proteins that mimic the action of blood pressure-lowering drugs, and that fried eggs are especially beneficial. Their research shows when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes, they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors.

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We’ve disspelled myths about nuts here: (Are nuts fattening?) and talked about how they can help you meet your fiber needs here: (Fill up on fiber). Now new research shows eating a handful of nuts every day for a year – along with a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and fish - may help reverse several risk factors for heart disease. The study – in the Archives of Internal Medicine – finds nut eaters didn’t lose weight, on average, but more of them were able to reduce belly fat and improve their cholesterol and blood pressure.

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