Follow these tips to stay healthy.

Heart disease statistics and ways to keep your heart healthy

•       Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America

•       90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease

•       More than 82 million American adults, one third of people, have one or more types of cardiovascular disease

•       2,200 Americans die each day of cardiovascular disease, that is 1 every 39 seconds

•       Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death among women 20 and older, killing one woman every minute

Tips to maintain a healthy heart:

•       Eat healthy

•       Be active

•       Maintain a healthy weight

•       Avoid or manage your stress

•       Maintain a healthy blood pressure

•       Quit smoking

Your favorite recipes, made healthier

Pizza is a staple item in most college students’ diets. Pizza can be a student's late night crave, in-between class lunch cram, or a finals week comfort food. However, most pizza recipes contain lots of carbohydrates with unhealthy fats and consuming large amounts of both can create health problems. There are many healthier alternative recipes for pizza that pack just a much taste with less calories, like this recipe courtesy of Cooking Light magazine.

Turkey Sausage and tomato Pizza

•       1 lb whole-grain pizza dough

•       Cooking spray

•       2 links turkey Italian sausage

•       4 oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

•       1 tblsp. Oil from sun-dried tomatoes

•       6 slices reduced-fat provolone cheese

•       2 cups grape tomatoes, halved

•       Crushed red pepper or 1 tblsp. Grated parmesan

1.     Preheat oven to 450.

2.     While oven preheats, shape the pizza dough into 15 x 10 inch rectangle. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and transfer the dough to it. Place in oven on the bottom rack while oven continues to reheat. Bake for 10 minutes

3.     While crust prebakes, cook sausage in skillet over med-high heat until brown, crumble the sausage.

4.    Remove pizza crust, rub with sun-dried tomato oil and sprinkle the sun-dried on top of the crust. Top with the provolone cheese, sausage and grape tomatoes. Bake at 450 on bottom rack for 8 minutes. To finish, sprinkle with the pepper or cheese and serve.