Relaxing Way to Drop Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

by Christian Goodman | Sep 18, 2020

Most of us don’t like making the changes needed to improve our health. If we did, we would have made those changes decades ago and stuck to them. So a new study published in the American Journal of Cardiology should be welcome to anyone with high blood pressure or...

Is Osteoporosis Caused By Your Status?

by ShellyManning | Sep 13, 2020

Osteoporosis is usually thought of as a disease of the elderly with strong genetic factors, but this is not entirely inaccurate. But a new study that has just appeared in the journal PLOS ONE has now rung an alarm bell over the role that social status plays in this...

One Vitamin Slashes High Blood Pressure (It’s Everywhere)

by Christian Goodman | Sep 12, 2020

Getting enough of this vitamin, which kills high blood pressure, might be one of the easiest things you’ll do today (seriously!). … And for every 10% increase in levels of this vitamin, you’ll be reducing your risk of heart disease by almost 10%. How’s that for a good...

When Acid Reflux Is Not Acid (Are You Secretly Suffering This?)

by Scott Davis | Sep 11, 2020

Gastroesophageal reflux diseases usually become problematic because of the stomach acid that flows out of your stomach into your esophagus, throat, and mouth, damaging the tissue located there. Millions of people suffer this disease and the traditional medical system...

Moderate Amounts of This Drink Kills Your Brain

by Christian Goodman | Sep 10, 2020

Everything is good in moderation, right? Not so much, says a new study published in the journal BMJ. In fact, drinking this common drink in “moderation” (often highly recommended by health experts) can drastically decrease your brain health and cognitive function over...

Why Reducing Bad Cholesterol Doesn’t Help

by Scott Davis | Sep 9, 2020

For decades, it has been the conventional wisdom that we should lower LDL cholesterol, also called bad cholesterol, in order to prevent heart disease and death from heart disease. And the main method for lowering LDL is using statin drugs. But an increasing number of...