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Vegetarian Diets Clean-Up Cholesterol Numbers
levels of cholesterol in the blood correlate strongly with higher chances of suffering from a heart attack, stroke, or other complications from coronary heart disease . Physicians often prescribe statins, a class of drugs used to lower blood levels of...
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Fruit and vegetable intake and mortality from ischaemic heart disease: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Heart study.
tracked dietary and mortality records of 313,074 men and women without any previous history of myocardial infarction and stroke recruited from 8 different European countries. The team of investigators discovered that regular consumption of 8 portions...
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Intake of vegetables rich in carotenoids and risk of coronary heart disease in men: The Physicians' Health Study.
the odds of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) in men. Researchers tracked the diets of 15,220 male subjects without stroke, cancer, and heart disease recruited from the Physician's Health Study for 12 years. The coronary heart disease odds ratio...
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Whole Grains Like Oats and Barley Reduce Cholesterol
important. Out of control cholesterol levels can lead to serious health problems , such as atherosclerosis , heart attack , stroke , and coronary artery disease . And in some cases, the damage cannot be undone....
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Intestinal microbial metabolism of phosphatidylcholine and cardiovascular risk.
microbes. Researchers discovered that increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction, and stroke), morbidity, and mortality was associated with high plasma and urine levels of TMAO. However, the administration of antibiotics,...
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Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular diseases: the women's health study.
of 39876 female health professionals with no previous record of cancer or cardiovascular diseases. The relative risks of stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass graft, and...
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A way to reverse CAD.
that 62% of the subjects who still maintained their usual omnivore diets suffered from adverse cardiac events, such as stroke and myocardial infarction. The result of this study shows that vegetarian diets may decrease the occurrence of cardiac events...
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Life Span or Health Span?
"Good news, America: We're living longer!" trumpeted USA Today . "Life expectancy in the USA rose in 2012 to 78.8 years — a record high," said the paper, quoting statistics from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And in a press...
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Can Weight Loss Increase Heart Attack Risk?
When we decide to "get healthy," losing weight is usually at the top of our "to do" list. And while exercise definitely helps, our eating habits usually need an overhaul if we plan to shed pounds. So the search is on for the "right" weight-loss plan....
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What are the Consequences of Consuming Iron from Meat?
When asked which foods contain iron, most people will respond by listing several types of meat -- beef, shellfish, liver, etc. Few are aware that iron is prevalent in a wide variety of whole plant foods. For example, dark green leafy vegetables, whole...
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Heart Attack Proof Your Holidays
Heart Disease Kills One Out of Every Three People. The statistics are distressing. Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. Dr. Joel Fuhrman reports, "More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year,...
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Could Erectile Dysfunction Save Your Life?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S ., (killing one out of every three persons ), so it's no surprise that men in the U.S. have the highest percentage of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), since ED is indeed a cardiovascular...
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What are the benefits and risks of taking statins to lower high cholesterol?
High risk patients that would benefit from statin lowering medications are those that have had a previous heart attack, stroke, or an... Similar Products
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Isn't Some Cholesterol Actually Healthy?
Cholesterol is a naturally occurring, waxy substance primarily synthesized by the liver. Cholesterol is necessary to form cell membranes, to produce hormones like testosterone and estrogen, to transform sunlight into Vitamin D which helps build our...
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Seven Ways Salt Impacts our Health
With respect to sodium intake, the best advice may be to wait until we're seated at the table to shake on the salt -- if we choose to salt our food at all. Most of us like the flavor of salt. If we haven't been diagnosed with high blood pressure, is...
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Testosterone Therapy = Risk of Heart Disease
It seems that in every city drivers see billboards advertising testosterone therapy to "improve" men's well-being. This therapy promises to treat declining strength, endurance, muscle mass, and libido--among other symptoms. For many middle-aged men,...
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Does Coconut Oil Lower Cholesterol?
Coconut oil has become a popular "super food" among health conscious individuals, claiming to heal just about every affliction known to man. Those who profit from this highly-refined product claim that consuming coconut oil lowers bad LDL cholesterol...
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Who has Heart Disease? Everyone?
Heart Disease Kills One Out of Every Three People - Will You be Next? The statistics are distressing. Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. "More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year, with...
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Low-Carb Diets Impair Blood Flow
who enjoyed a diet including "butter, cream, eggs, meat, whole milk, dairy products and organ meats suffered a fatal stroke before he reached his 40th birthday." Dr. Robert Atkins had a medical history which included a myocardial infarction, congestive...
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Q&A With Pediatrician Jay Gordon MD
Needs to Eat Meat for Health (2) Is Your Child's Diet Healthy? (3) Healthy Diets Start in the Womb (4) Incidence of Teen Stroke on the Rise (5) McDougall Diet for Pregnancy and Children (6) Today's Children not Expected to Outlive Their Parents (7) How...
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