by Christian Goodman | Apr 6, 2012 |
High fat diets have been targeted as unhealthy and a serious cause of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attacks and strokes for over 30 years now. Lately however, there has been great dispute over if this is actually true or not. A new study from the...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 3, 2012 |
One minute he was walking ahead of me on a 10 miles hike, cursing me (jokingly) for being lazy and dragging behind, the next, he was lying down holding his chest in agony. That’s how I experienced my favorite uncle’s heart attack when I was 10 years old. And that’s...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 2, 2012 |
Some of the 80 million adults in the United States with high blood pressure may want to put down their drugs and pick up a rubber ball. According to a study from the Journal of Hypertension, 10-minutes per day, 3-days per week of hand grip training is enough to...
by Christian Goodman | Mar 31, 2012 |
Scientists have shown over recent years that a handful of well-known minerals are the key to naturally reducing high blood pressure. However, they have also seen that supplements for these very important players, while helpful, are not nearly as powerful as getting...
by Scott Davis | Mar 26, 2012 |
Eating large quantities of the amino acid taurine – obtained mostly from poultry rich diet – may help promote heart health and shield the cardiovascular system from cholesterol-related damage. This research, conducted by NYU Langone Medical Center scientists, tested...
by Christian Goodman | Mar 22, 2012 |
Eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate can help reduce blood pressure, reports a large study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In this study, scientists at the UK’s Norwich Medical School investigated the results of 42 studies that tested the...