Does Aspirin Protect Your Heart?

by Scott Davis | Feb 3, 2018

If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or pretty much any cardiovascular disease, your doctor has most likely prescribed you low doses of aspirin. It’s a standard procedure most doctors do without even thinking. But a new study from Japan, and published in...

The Myth of Good Cholesterol Explained

by Scott Davis | Jan 24, 2018

You’ve heard it a million times: to prevent heart attack and stroke you need to lower bad cholesterol (LDL) and boost good (HDL). But scientists from Oxford University, Peking University, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences have just published a study in the...

This Fashionable High Blood Pressure Trend Causes Unnecessary Deaths (be warned)

by Christian Goodman | Jan 23, 2018

There is a trend going on with respect to treating people with high blood pressure, and this trend has been shown to be both ineffective and dangerous. In fact, it is so much of a concern that the issue has recently been discussed and debated heavily in the British...

How Your Heart Health Today Is Affected by Your Childhood Neighbourhood

by Scott Davis | Jan 21, 2018

According to a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association, if you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or have suffered a heart attack or stroke, it may be partly due to the neighbourhood that you grew up in. This is not 100% foolproof, but...

When a Low-Salt Diet Raises High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Jan 19, 2018

Since the early 80’s, there has been an intense anti-salt propaganda movement in government health guidelines. However, the number of people with high blood pressure has been rising. I believe that low-salt diet recommendations and many other official pieces of...

This “Unhealthy” Drink Protects You From Heart Attack if You Have High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Dec 20, 2017 | 0 comments

Now isn’t this everyone’s dream; to be able to indulge in something completely unhealthy and reap great health benefits from it? Even better than consuming unhealthy things to prevent heart attack, how about if it was extremely fun as well? Well, you may or may not...