These Berries Fix Your Blood Pressure!

by Christian Goodman | Aug 11, 2019

In old movies, Roman emperors always seemed to be reclining on a long couch, so that some servant could feed them these delicious little fruits, one by one. Back in the day, the Romans knew a thing or two about building straight roads, aqueducts, indoor plumbing, and...

Sitting and Heart Health

by Scott Davis | Aug 10, 2019

There are lots of good reasons to sit down these days, and unfortunately for our hearts one of them is good television. There’s just so much of it! But if you’re also sitting for hours at a desk job too then you’re getting a double dose of badness. Sitting down for...

Diabetes and Vertigo Connection

by Jodi Knapp | Aug 9, 2019

As if diabetes wasn’t bad enough on its own, it’s quite common for it to give you vertigo too. Brazilian researchers have just published a review of scientific literature on that subject in the journal Revista CEFAC, looking at the reasons why it happens. So, here’s...

Can You Blame Your Parents for Your Sleep Apnea?

by Christian Goodman | Aug 5, 2019

Sleep apnea is a destructive disorder that causes daytime sleepiness, dementia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even early death. Given its severity, it is important to know how much it’s preventable through behavior change and how much of it is already in our...

3 Powerful Foods That Dissolve Blood Clots

by Scott Davis | Aug 4, 2019

Drug companies have come up with a whole host of medications meant to dissolve blood clots, because it’s one of the major keys to preventing heart attacks and strokes. These blood thinners are often advertised as life-enhancing, but the side-effects they come...

High Blood Pressure? Eat this Vegetable

by Christian Goodman | Aug 3, 2019

Researchers from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands have spent 10 years looking at the diets of 20,000 men and women. They paid a lot of attention to the fruits and vegetables that these people are the most of, so you can bet they know what’s good for you!...