What to do with High Blood Pressure

by | Sep 19, 2011 | 4 comments

Soy skyrockets the success of an anti-hypertension diet, a research team from Tulane University School of Public Health found this week. In this study, a group of research subjects with high blood pressure were given a diet that included 40 g of soy protein per day...

The Old Standby is a Cholesterol Bomb

by | Sep 9, 2011 | 3 comments

See if you can identify with this scenario. It seems to be a problem for a lot of folks who write in, and even a lot of my friends who normally try pretty hard to eat healthy foods. The scenario starts with a solid week of good food choices at home. You have eaten...

What is good for high blood pressure? This is:

by | Sep 7, 2011 | 1 comment

Simply tossing out the salt shaker may not be enough for reducing high blood pressure levels, a research team from the Centers for Disease Control has found. In this study, they found that getting enough potassium –a mineral abundant in fresh fruits and vegetables—is...

Reduce Vertigo Doing This

by | Aug 29, 2011 | 1 comment

Eating a heart-healthy diet and exercising regularly are the basic tenets of cardiovascular disease reduction. According to a study published in the journal Acta Neurol Taiwan, those same efforts may help combat vertigo –a condition that afflicts nearly 10 percent of...