This Extract Helps Diabetics Manage Blood Sugar

by Jodi Knapp | Jan 6, 2013 | 3 comments

Researchers in Italy recently found promising effects on blood sugar of an extract that is found in an unlikely place. This study showed that the extract might make it possible to manage blood sugar without having to sacrifice carb consumption as strictly. The obvious...

Three Ways Being Overweight Starves You

by Julissa Clay | Jan 5, 2013 | 2 comments

No, you didn’t read that wrong. It actually says that being overweight starves you. And it’s true. There are three key ways that being overweight is starving you, driving you to an early death. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In today’s feature article we’re going...

How High Blood Pressure Damages Your Brain

by Christian Goodman | Jan 4, 2013 | 0 comments

The ravages of uncontrolled hypertension, or high blood pressure that isn’t well-managed, extend far beyond a little arterial damage. In a study published in the Lancet-Neurology, researchers looked at MRI scans of men and women as young as 39 who had high blood...

Type 2 Diabetes Caused By This Sweetener

by Jodi Knapp | Jan 3, 2013 | 10 comments

A study out of Oxford University casts an unfavorable light on a common sweetener used in processed food. More troubling, though, is how hard it is to avoid the additive in the first place. In countries where there is a high consumption of high fructose corn syrup...

This Seed Lowers High Blood Pressure 15 Points

by Christian Goodman | Jan 2, 2013 | 24 comments

Researchers looking to see if a specific type of seed had any effect on blood pressure were surprised recently- not by the fact that it helps to lower blood pressure- but by just how much. Scientists looked at 2 groups- those that consumed 30 grams of milled flaxseed...

What’s the Future of Your Health?

by Christian Goodman | Jan 1, 2013 | 8 comments

Some researchers claim that Westerners health is declining so rapidly that upcoming generations will be the first ones ever to have a shorter life-expectancy than the one before it. Recent studies, however, indicate that we’re living longer – but sicker –...