High Cholesterol Sufferers Should “Go Nuts” For Nuts

by Scott Davis | Nov 30, 2011 | 12 comments

Adults with a condition known as metabolic syndrome –characterized among others by low HDL cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol and obesity—can keep heart disease at bay simply by eating more nuts, a University of Barcelona team found. In this research study, a group of...

Caveman Diet lowers Everyone’s Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Nov 27, 2011 | 19 comments

Despite the popularity of the DASH diet, scientists remain on the hunt for new diets that turn down the dial on blood pressure. According to new research out of the University of California San Francisco, the search for a tasty and effective blood-pressure lowering...

Naturally Curing Genetic High Blood Pressure and Other Diseases

by Christian Goodman | Nov 19, 2011 | 12 comments

Quite often, we who are focused on natural health solutions face criticism from doctors and other people. These are the experts who believe in, or even have tested for, genetic conditions that contribute to various diseases. What can you do if it’s all in your...

This Fights High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Nov 2, 2011 | 1 comment

A diet that contains antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables can improve blood pressure, a review paper published in this month’s Journal of the Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine reports. Although scientists have long understood that consumption of fresh fruits and...

High Blood Pressure, Cancer Linked

by Christian Goodman | Oct 30, 2011 | 0 comments

Chronic hypertension is well-known for its influence on heart disease. A new research study from King’s College in the UK adds to the growing concern of the hypertension “epidemic” that afflicts approximately 100 million adults in the US alone. According to this...

Medications That Cause Dry Mouth

by Christian Goodman | Oct 28, 2011 | 9 comments

A reader with a bad breath problem wrote in a few months ago for advice.  Without knowing anything more about him, my first impulse was to offer that perhaps his oral hygiene could use some improvement. After all, the most obvious solution to any malady is 95% of the...