Archive for 'Heart Disease'
Let Them Eat Wheat
Another Reason to Opt for Wheat Over White When we were young and our folks asked us what bread we wanted our peanut butter and jelly on—white or wheat—our answer depended upon our mood at the time. Did we want the white, which had a more bland taste but soaked up the jelly and peanut [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2010 under Bread, Heart Disease.
Tags: wheat bread, white bread, whole wheat bread
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Marauding Migraines
Study: Migraines Sufferers Have Higher Risk of Heart Attack Here’s some news that might make your migraines worse: They increase your risk for heart attack. That’s according to a new study reported in the medical journal Neurology. Researchers from the University Hospital Essen in Germany studied more than 11,000 adults living in the U.S., half [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Heart Disease, Migraine.
Tags: heart attack risk, Migraine, migraines treatment, risk of heart attack
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Can You Be Literally Bored to Death?
Bored Stiff? If So, You May Be Shortening Your Lifespan “I’m bored.” It’s the age-old phrase that every one of us has uttered at least once in our life, most likely escaping our lips in our younger years. To be honest, I don’t know how anybody could be bored, especially in today’s era, as there [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Boredom, Heart Disease.
Tags: ban boredom, Boredom, boredom killer, fight boredom
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Weight Loss: The First Start to a Healthy Heart
For Obese, Moderate Weight Loss Brings Significant Healing It’s one thing to hear about something, but it’s quite another to know it. For instance, I’m sure all of you have heard that obesity is a significant risk factor for developing heart disease – the world’s leading killer. But how many of you have actually seen [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2009 under Heart Disease, Obesity, Weight Loss.
Tags: obesity and heart disease, risk factors for heart disease, weight loss benefits
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Carbohydrate Conundrum
Study Shows Carbohydrates Contribute to Heart Disease. Are All Carbs Bad? Anyone who knows me knows I’m not one who shuns carbohydrates. I enjoy my carbs, I’m just careful about what kinds of carbohydrates I consume. Carbohydrates supply the body with the nutrients it needs to perform daily tasks that require effort (even the slightest [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Carbohydrates, Heart Disease, Weight Loss.
Tags: carbs and heart disease, carbs and weight loss
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Latest Study ‘Red Meat’ for Vegetarian Stance?
Report: Red Meat Consumption Contributes to All Forms of Death It may not be game, set and match, but this latest finding on the dangers of red meat certainly gives its avoiders the advantage. A 10-year study conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute seems to confirm what many of us suspected, but few [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Cancer, Heart Disease.
Tags: bison, red meat
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“Finish those vegetables before you have your dessert!”: The Importance of Broccoli Concerning Diabetes
Paul Thornalley, professor at the University of Warwick and several of his colleagues were determined to find a way to mend the damage done to heart blood vessels in diabetes cases. These defective blood vessels are swarming with three times the normal amount of oxidative molecules called Reactive Oxygen Species, which makes the risk of [...]
Posted: August 8th, 2008 under Broccoli, Diabetes, Heart Disease.
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Lower Blood Pressure Through Potassium Intake
Although the traditional activities of exercise and diet are cited as the best contributors toward better blood pressure, current research shows that potassium intake can also be an effective factor. As was published in the July 2008 issue of Journal of Clinical Hypertension, an adjustment in one’s consumption of high potassium foods can not only [...]
Posted: August 1st, 2008 under Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Potassium.
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Could Heart Medications Have Contributed To Tim Russert’s Death?
Tim Russert was an NBC commentator who died on Friday, June 13th of a heart attack. At the time he was taking prescription medications for his heart condition. Although the media is constantly reporting the cause of his death, no one is reporting the cause of the heart attack. According to the American Medical Association [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under Heart Disease, Heart Health, Prescription Drugs.
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Chinese Rice & Your Heart Health
A study conducted in the People’s Republic of China focused on over 60 hospitals and 5,000 patients between the ages of 18-70 over a 5-year period. This study recently publishes its findings that the purified extract; Xuezhikang, which can be found in Chinese Red Yeast rice, is beneficial for preventing repeat heart attacks in patients [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2008 under Heart Disease, Heart Health.
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