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If you have or (are at risk for developing) diabetes, hypertension, cancer, or dementia, frequent consumption of berries may improve your health. Here’s why! Cardiovascular Protection Harvard researchers followed 100,000 young and middle-aged women for 20 years and...
According to the CDC, heart disease was the number one killer in the USA in 2020. To be more precise, of the top three killers for that year ischemic heart disease (coronary artery disease) was the world’s biggest killer and was responsible for 16% of the world’s...
We can see the bottleneck traffic jams immediately in congested cities with road repairs and holiday traffic. We don’t see so quickly the bottlenecks in our blood flow caused by deteriorating vascular health or the damage to the blood vessels themselves. Several...
Do you want to lower your cholesterol level naturally and without medication? What is the scientific support that natural strategies work? In this article, we will explain how to lower elevated cholesterol levels by eating delicious and nutrient dense foods. Something...
Someone in the United States dies from a blood clot every five minutes! One in four people worldwide die from conditions caused by thrombosis (blood clot). Diabetes and obesity substantially increases one' s risk for undesirable clots. Clots are common in persons who...
Want a delicious food to improve your cardiovascular health? Eat nuts. Why? Healthful Properties Nuts are loaded with a variety of nutrients that protect the heart and blood vessels: fiber, vegetable protein, vitamin E compounds, and anti-inflammatory agents. Nuts...
Regarding lab testing for atherosclerosis or heart disease, it is not wise to only gauge one's risk based on LDL and HDL cholesterol numbers. The particle size of LDL cholesterol counts too. Small dense LDLs are the most atherogenic. Higher numbers for HDL are...
Persistent inflammation fuels most chronic diseases and is a major player in the complications of viral illnesses. If you have a chronic disease–arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, or chronic major depression, these science-validated...
All plant-based and vegetarian diets are heart-friendly, right? Vegetarian diets combined with exercise and stress management help to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease.((Grogan SP. A vegetarian diet reverses coronary artery disease....
If you have a chronic disease–arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cancer, obesity--these science-validated suggestions will help you because inflammation fuels most chronic diseases. Here are ten natural ways to defeat it. 1. Adopt a Well-Balanced...