Surprising Heart Attack and Weight Connection Discovered

by Scott Davis | Mar 29, 2019

Those who are overweight and out of shape are at a higher heart attack risk. Those who are fit and slim are at a low heart attack risk. This is a well-documented fact. Or is it? A new study in the journal Scientific Reports puts this fact to a test, and the results...

Is Your Headache an Imminent Stroke Indicator?

by Christian Goodman | Mar 28, 2019

Stroke is one of the health events that scare us the most, mainly because it seems to come out of the blue and because it can leave us badly disabled. Recent studies have, however, revealed a few indicators of an imminent stroke. Using those indictors, you have time...

Why You Don’t Exercise Enough (it’s not your fault)

by Julissa Clay | Mar 26, 2019

Most of us should be more active. In fact, 3-5 hours of intense activity per week is minimal, and every hour awake should include a little moving around. But sometimes you just don’t feel like you have the energy, do you? And according to a new study published in the...

How Fat Lowers Blood Pressure and Boosts Heart Health

by Christian Goodman | Mar 17, 2019

For the last 30 years, official dietary guidelines for high blood pressure and heart health have been off by almost 180 degrees. This is according to a new study from Benioff’s Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). The study carried out a randomized...

Saturated Fat and Cholesterol Myth Busted

by Scott Davis | Mar 16, 2019

For decades, we’ve been told to steer free of Saturated fat (meat, eggs, and dairy) as it’s supposed to skyrocket your cholesterol level. This gave rise to the horrendous “low fat” propaganda that’s still going strong to this day. A new study published in the...

This Food Spikes Death Risk by 17% (Very Common)

by Scott Davis | Mar 8, 2019

This food is so common that almost everyone eats it at least once or twice per week, and that is because everybody loves it. But doing so would increase your risk of dying by a scary 17%. As if that wasn’t enough. It also increases your risk of heart attack, raises...