Sitting and Heart Health

Sitting and Heart Health

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...
3 Powerful Foods That Dissolve Blood Clots

3 Powerful Foods That Dissolve Blood Clots

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...
Drink This Juice to Lower Cholesterol

Drink This Juice to Lower Cholesterol

Many studies agree that this juice is fabulous stuff. The science says it bestows such great cardiovascular benefits because it’s packed with carotenoids, calcium, and it also delivers a thunderbolt’s worth of vitamin A. Tomato juice is great at reducing both...
Do Eggs Raise Cholesterol Levels?

Do Eggs Raise Cholesterol Levels?

Eggs of one sort or another are a firm favorite that show up in a lot of people’s breakfasts, but how many times have you heard people tell you that eating eggs will raise your cholesterol? Science hasn’t completely settled the debate yet, but a new contribution to...
Which is Better, Red or White?

Which is Better, Red or White?

Anyone will tell you that if you are going to eat meat, then it’s better to choose white over red, because red meat is well-known for polluting your body with bad cholesterol. The likes of chicken and turkey are much better for you, it’s common knowledge,...
The Simplest Way to Avoid Millions of Deaths

The Simplest Way to Avoid Millions of Deaths

If you believed everything you read in the news, then you might tend to worry that war, terrorism, natural disasters, murder or road traffic accidents were all trying their best to kill you. Every day the headlines are full of dire warnings, but if newsmakers were...