Category: Heart Health
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Brock-u-mulative Benefits Of Broccoli
Broccoli, not everyone likes broccoli, which is a shame because it is among the bountiful beneficial beauties coming from the cruciferous vegetable family with some compelling reasons that have been scientifically proven to help promote overall health, prevent and kill cancer cells, reduce tumors, and help prevent their spread. This vegetable has also been found…
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Dog’s With The Longest Longevity
Every now and then we post an article just for fun, some of those have been about pets. Following our last post about dogs several months back we received numerous emails asking if we could post an article covering how long dogs live. This post is in response to that request. Enjoy. A huge study…
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Potassium-Enriched Salt May Be The Missing Ingredient
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Potassium-enriched salt may be the missing ingredient in hypertension guidelines, and this small change could have a significant impact on global high blood pressure control, experts suggest in a paper published in the American Heart Associationu2019s journal Hypertension.u00a0
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Can You Reverse Artery Calcification With High Dose Vitamin K2? -Not Really
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. He shared a recent interview to bring more attention to important questions and answers…
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Childhood stress linked to higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes in adults
Young adults who reported higher stress as adolescents were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors as adults, finds new study in Journal of the American Heart Association. News Release Research Highlights: Consistently high scores of perceived stress during adolescence through adulthood may contribute to worse cardiometabolic health including…
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Dangers Of Prolonged Sedentary Occupational Sitting Time
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Prolonged occupational sitting is now considered to be part of the modern lifestyle, but it has not received the attention that it requires despite its detrimental effects on health outcomes being demonstrated. Modern lifestyles in general have become increasingly sedentary.u00a0 Guidelines on physical activity recommending reducing sedentary behaviors due to the health consequences have been…
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“Gimme A Beet”
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in Anti-Aging, Anti-Aging Tip Sheets, Antioxidant, Blood Pressure, Brain and Mental Performance, Cancer, Cardio-Vascular, Cognitive, Diabetes, Diet, Food As Medicine, Functional Foods, GI-Digestive, Glossary, Health Tips, Healthy Living, Heart Health, Inflammation, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight and ObesityBy now most people are aware that what you eat can influence your body, this includes digestive, cognitive, and cardiovascular health. While there are many dietray choices that can benefit your overall well-being there are also many that can be detrimental to it. Diet is an important part of your life, it can be unhealthy…
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The Green Mediterranean Diet May Be Twice As Healthy As Mediterranean Diet
A randomized controlled clinical trial led by Prof. Iris Shai of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, an adjunct Professor from the Harvard School of Public Health and an honorary professor at the University of Leipzig, Germany published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that the green Mediterranean diet which is…
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What Happens to our Cardiovascular System as We Age?
Researchers from across the university explain how our hearts and arteries change as we get older and why women and men have different rates of cardiovascular disease: With every pump of our heart, blood courses through our arteries and veins, carrying oxygen and nutrients through our body. But as we age, blood vessels can stiffen,…
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Breathing Roadway Air Increases Blood Pressure
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Around the globe, landscapes are being sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways, and interstate highways and wide arterials have become defining features of most developed metropolitan areas. As picturesque nature is being replaced by roadways the constant flow of cars is spewing their pollution into the environment and nearby neighborhoods.u00a0 One of the problems with…