Archive for the 'heart health' Category

Are You Running For "Victim?"

My name is Joe Average, America, and I’m here today to announce that I’m running a campaign. I’m here to announce that I’m a candidate. For a heart attack….

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High Cholesterol Medications

Lowering cholesterol is a common health topic. If you’re facing elevated cholesterol you want ideas and answers. Combining options that work for you is important.

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Hawthorn Extract: Key To A Healthier Heart And Happier Life

The efficacy of herbal medicines for patients with heart conditions is an ongoing debate. Hawthorn extract, a derivative from the hawthorn or crataegus, is currently gaining considerable attention as professionals from the medical field test it for evidence-based medicine, and assess its benefits and risks for heart-related conditions like heart failure.

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What Are the Causes of High Cholesterol?

It might seem like finding the cause of high cholesterol would be a sure fire way to deal with the complications that high cholesterol causes, but the truth is that there are many different roots to having high cholesterol. There are many things that can be a high cholesterol cause and not all of them [...]

The Normal Levels of Cholesterol

There is a lot of talk about high cholesterol, bad cholesterol, and good cholesterol, but what exactly is considered normal levels of cholesterol? Cholesterol The world of cholesterol and cholesterol scoring can be rather confusing. Most people think that having high cholesterol is bad, but that is only true of one type of cholesterol.

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ABO Blood Group – A Cardiovascular Connection

Cardiovascular disease is now the number one killer in the world. Although the major risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, physical inactivity and smoking are well known, some minor risk factors remain relatively unknown. The ABO blood group is one such minor risk factor. Several recent studies have shown that non-O blood [...]

Vitamin C Is Good for Your Heart – But Only If Taken in Fruits and Vegetables!

Levels of plasma vitamin C correlate consistently with fruit and vegetable intake and an increased intake of fruit and vegetables is associated with a significant increase in plasma vitamin C concentration. Since studies with vitamin C supplementation provide no support for cardiovascular protection and studies using vitamin C levels as a biomarker for fruit and [...]

Chocolate Health Benefits May Prevent A Stroke

Just two bars of chocolate per week is all it takes, according to some new research out of Sweden, for a woman to bring down her stroke and possibly prevent a stroke. This latest work builds on earlier findings in both men and women, but also provides us with some new information on stroke type [...]

How To Follow A Heart Healthy Diet Plan

Everyone knows that following a heart healthy diet plan is an important way to reduce the chance of developing heart disease. Now a new study finds that even those who have genes that put them at an increased risk for heart problems can get the very same benefit from healthy eating.

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Bad Cholesterol Foods List

When it comes to your health and nutrition, most people will avoid the bad cholesterol foods list. This is because most people with high cholesterol will admit to eating a lot of these types of foods and, in order to become healthier, you will have to avoid foods on this list.

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