A Healthy Breakfast That Packs in the Calcium
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the average American diet is severely lacking in calcium. This is pretty serious, considering that calcium is the mineral responsible for maintaining bone density ...
More On Healthy Breakfasts
Don’t like eggs and spinach? I have another combo for you: oatmeal and strawberries. There’s something in oatmeal, especially the steel-cut kind, or coarse oats, called oat phenols that include fib ...
Harry Potter and his Magical Beans!
The famed wizard, Harry Potter, may have accumulated more life-saving tools than just those learned at the esteemed Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It turns out P ...
Eat your heart healthy!
Forget about less being more when it comes to a healthy heart! A new study from Wake Forest University found that eating on average, as little as two and a half servings of whole grains a day can ma ...
Comparison of heart-healthiness of various diets
There was a study released this week in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association comparing various diets. The top two diets that were described as being helpful to lower your risk of heart d ...
Eating for a healthy heart
Put simply, a healthy and heart nurturing diet consists of eating food that you prepare yourself using ingredients that you know you are not intolerant to (via a food intolerance test). An absolute mi ...
Take a Nap for a Healthy Heart
Here's another good reason for a mid-day siesta: in a recent study, researchers found that people who napped for half an hour or more at least three times a week had a 37 percent lower risk of dying f ...
Healthy Hearts and Long Lives May Be Fruit of Family Tree
The family genes seem to play a significant role in cardiovascular longevity.
Action Points
* Explain to interested patients that the basis of this study was an observational study of white middl ...
Healthy Heart
Get your heart working! Our hearts are actually muscles and must be used. 30 minutes of exercise everyday, or an extended workout of an hour and a half 3 times a week will help to prevent future heart ...
Supplements for a healthy heart
There are certain supplements that have been proven to prevent heart disease. If you are taking heart medication, consult your doctor before supplementing. Vitamin E prevents the development of plaq ...
