Having Fun Works As Well as Blood Pressure Drugs

by Christian Goodman | Dec 15, 2011 | 10 comments

Having a laugh or listening to your favorite band lowers blood pressure about as well as most prescription drugs, a Japanese research team discovered. In this study, a group of older adults with high blood pressure were asked to visit a laboratory twice per month....

High Fructose Corn Syrup vs Sugar, Issue Explained

by Jodi Knapp | Dec 13, 2011 | 31 comments

The food industry LOVES High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and for a good reason. It’s a very cheap sweetener that prolongs shelf life, prevents sugar from crystallizing in drinks, makes bakery goods look golden and delicious and has several great effects on frozen food....

Hidden Stress Causing High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Dec 3, 2011 | 29 comments

Stress is one of modern day peoples’ worst enemies. It causes anything from high blood pressure and upset stomach to stroke and cancer. Most of us are under some kind of stress and feel the effects from time to time. But the fact is, the worst kind of stress is the...

High Blood Pressure Interferes With Social Life

by Christian Goodman | Dec 1, 2011 | 12 comments

Those with high blood pressure have a new reason to take action: the condition may affect their interactions with other people. In a new study published in the most recent edition of Psychosomatic Medicine, scientists discovered that high blood pressure brought on...

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...