Tagged: cardiovascular disease

Disheartening Love Handles

Disheartening Love Handles

While a beer gut may be unsightly, studies suggest tummy fat is even harder on the heart than on the eyes. The visceral (or deep) flab of a pudgy midsection hugs vital organs in...

Low Vitamin D: A Global Concern

Low Vitamin D: A Global Concern

Recent studies suggest that vitamin D is much more important in fighting off disease than previously thought. Being deficient in this vitamin puts one at risk of diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, and multiple...

B Vitamins and Heart Disease

B Vitamins and Heart Disease

Can B vitamins keep your heart healthy? Sadly, the death of two young children who had died of massive strokes were the catalyst for a 1968 investigation. The Boston pathologist who investigated the death...

Get Your Fiber

Get Your Fiber

Older adults who eat cereals with high fiber or dark breads may be helping to improve their heart health, shows new research. Researchers from the University of Washington analyzed data from more than 3,500...

Understanding your blood pressure for diabetes

Understanding your blood pressure for diabetes

Myth “You know if you have high blood pressure because it gives you headaches” Truth High blood pressure does not always give you symptoms, and it is often found by chance during routine health...

New Insight Into Cardiovascular Disease

New Insight Into Cardiovascular Disease

A seldom-measured amino acid that is circulating in your blood may be an indication of cardiovascular disease. It is called homocysteine, and an increasing number of physicians and researchers are acknowledging that high levels...

Who is at risk for Alzheimer’s?

Who is at risk for Alzheimer’s?

We’re all at risk now by virtue of the fact that we are part of an aging population. It’s clear that the biggest risk for Alzheimer’s disease is aging. That’s why we know so...

High-Fat, No-Starch Diet

High-Fat, No-Starch Diet

New research sheds more light on high fat, no starch diets. The study shows these diets are effective in helping patients lose weight without adverse effects on their lipid levels. Obesity affects more than...

Oxidized LDL

Oxidized LDL

The prime focus of most drug research concerning cardiovascular disease has been about lowering cholesterol levels, and that is about all you will hear in their ads on television. However, thousands of studies are...

Type 2 diabetes and heart disease

Type 2 diabetes and heart disease

What is the link between Type 2 diabetes and heart disease? Type 2 diabetes is more than simply a raised blood glucose level. You are also likely to develop various problems related to your...

Improper cholesterol levels

Improper cholesterol levels

Cholesterol is a primary concern when addressing heart health, and the standard lipid panel tests of total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol levels are very valid indicators of risks for cardiovascular disease. Believe it or...

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an umbrella term used to describe any abnormal condition characterized by dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels (including arteries and veins). The most common cardiovascular diseases in the United...

Plant Sources of Protein

Plant Sources of Protein

Protein is found in plant foods including legumes (beans and peas), nuts (and nut butters), and seeds. It’s also found to a lesser extent in grains, grain products, and vegetables (both starchy and non-starchy)...

Nattokinase and Blood Pressure

Nattokinase and Blood Pressure

Natto has been used as a traditional folk medicine in Japan to treat high blood pressure, and recent studies confirm this benefit. In 1995, researchers studied the effects of nattokinase on high blood pressure...

Protein

Protein

Protein is an essential nutrient for building and maintaining the bones, muscles, and skin. We get protein in our diets from meat, dairy products, nuts, grains, and beans. The protein you obtain from meat...

Goji Berry

Goji Berry

The power of the goji berry is no secret in China, where the berry has been used for its many healing properties for thousands of years. According to the Ben Cao Gang Mu, a...

Vitamin D Deficiencies – Osteoporosis and Others

Vitamin D Deficiencies – Osteoporosis and Others

Osteoporosis Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to the development of osteoporosis. A 2006 multinational study of 2,600 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis found that 64 percent of the participants had insufficient blood levels of vitamin...