Making Raw Mango Soup

Making Raw Mango Soup

by | Aug 15, 2011 | 3 comments

Eating raw-food has been proven extremely healthy. Even if you don’t go completely raw, just increasing the amount of raw food you eat can help lower cholesterol, improve type-2-diabetes, drop blood pressure and relief arthritis pain just to name a few example...

These Berries Naturally Lower Cholesterol

by | Aug 7, 2011 | 0 comments

A new study has solidified blueberry’s standing as a top Superfood by finding that it has the ability to lower chronically high cholesterol levels. The study, conducted in animal models, found unequivocally that compounds in blueberries have anti-cholesterol...

Cholesterol Drugs Can Bring On Diabetes

by | Jul 29, 2011 | 0 comments

Cholesterol-lowering medications such as Lipitor are popular among doctors because they work quickly and have relatively few side effects. However, a pair of research studies published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association” has raised serious questions...

Surgery and Prescriptions Aren’t Always the Answer

by | Jul 18, 2011 | 0 comments

Recently a reader asked about a news article she had seen that explained the most common surgeries that many seniors have that actually should be avoided. She asked about alternatives specifically to a procedure whereby a stent is placed in a narrowing artery near the...

Go Nuts to Fight Cholesterol

by | Jul 17, 2011 | 0 comments

One of the most common treatments for elevated cholesterol levels is to cut back on fat in the diet. However, a new study out of Loma Linda University found that this advice may be doing more harm than good. In their study they investigated the effects of eating nuts...