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Weight Loss: Dieting Can Cause Disease
Just when you thought dieting and exercising was going to help prevent disease, a study is showing that it can actually cause you to develop one. We can’t win here, can we? The Study on Diet and Disease According to a study reported on dailymail.co.uk, individuals who dieted by counting calories produced more of the stress hormone [...]
Continue reading...Heart Disease: It’s Not the Amount of Carbs You Consume that Increases Your Risk – It’s the Type of Carbs
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
In a recent study published in Archives of Internal Medicine, foods with high-glycemic carbohydrates were found to be more likely to increase your risk for heart disease than low-glycemic types of carbs. So it’s not how many carbohydrates you consume, it’s the type that will hurt you. The “Bad” Carbs Explained Carbohydrates that have a high-glycemic level [...]
Continue reading...Men’s Health: Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Many men are embarrassed to admit that they have erectile dysfunction. They may chock it up to stress and turn to their doctor just for a prescription of Viagra. While this may help a man’s erectile dysfunction, it may only be masking a more serious and/or deadly condition. Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Think about [...]
Continue reading...Is Maintaining or Losing Weight a Losing Battle?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Eating a healthy diet and exercising take hard work. It’s much easier not to exercise and eat whatever you want than it is to watch everything you put into your mouth and then sweat it out at the gym. However, if you want to stay health and you want to lose weight or maintain weight [...]
Continue reading...Eat Your Easter Candy for Stroke Protection
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
According to a review of studies in the medical journal of Neurology, eating chocolate may reduce your risk of stroke and help you survive one if you do have one. The antioxidants in chocolate are believed to help stroke especially those in dark chocolate. However, you receive some in regular chocolate too so it’s still [...]
Continue reading...Lowering Stroke Risk with Folic Acid
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Research finds that getting enough folic acid in your diet with or without supplements can lower your risk of stroke and in some people, heart disease. However, it’s important to note that other studies have found that people who took in too much folic acid actually increased their risk for heart disease. So, what can [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Worry, Be Happy and Reduce Your Risk for Heart Disease
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Your happiness can affect your risk for heart disease according to a new study lead by Dr. Karina Davidson. People, who were optimistic or generally happy, were less likely to suffer from heart disease. While this is just a preliminary study, it can have great implications for people at risk for heart problems. Increasing Happiness and [...]
Continue reading...Women’s Heart Disease and Heart Attack: National Wear Red Day Friday February 5
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Get your red on when you get dressed Friday morning and help women everywhere become better aware of heart disease. Women’s Misconception of Heart Disease Many people believe that heart disease a men’s medical issue, but they couldn’t be more wrong. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women and the reasons for this are simply due [...]
Continue reading...New Heart Attack Risk: High Protein – Low Carb Diet May Contribute to Heart Disease
Thursday, January 21, 2010
A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that diets high in protein and low in carbohydrates may contribute to heart disease. Mice were put to the test with these diets and their arteries were much more likely to be susceptible to plaque buildup. This finding suggests that people who [...]
Continue reading...Heart Attack Risk with Mixing Celebrex and Aspirin
Friday, December 18, 2009
In a recent study has found that individuals who suffer from arthritis may be increasing their risk for heart attack if they also take a low dose of aspirin to actually prevent one. Many older Americans are taking low dose aspirin to prevent a heart attack and many of these same Americans suffer from arthritis [...]
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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