Importance of Food and High Blood Pressure

by | Apr 14, 2011 | 0 comments

According to a study led by Dr. Jinesh Kochar, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and presented at the American Heart Association conference in Atlanta, eating whole grain cereal in the morning lowers the risk of hypertension up to 25%. The study...

Food to Lower High Blood Pressure

by | Apr 11, 2011 | 25 comments

I love when readers let me know how the articles are affecting them and they are able to make use of the information. I also love when we get comments of what you have done to improve your health naturally as well. Several comments came in after the AFib article...

Detect Heart Attack Before It Happens

by | Apr 11, 2011 | 1 comment

According to a new study including 2000 patients from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and published in Journal of the American Medical Association, risk of severe heart attack can be detected much sooner using a new blood test. Most people have several unnoticeable,...

High Blood Pressure Foods to Eat for it

by | Apr 10, 2011 | 2 comments

Exercises drastically lower the negative effects salt has on blood pressure. This bold statement comes from a brand new collaborative study from China and Tulane University in New Orleans and presented at the American Heart Association’s Nutrition 2011...

Food to Eat for High Blood Pressure

by | Apr 8, 2011 | 4 comments

After we published the salt and fluid retention articles a while back, we had a lot of readers write in asking about iodine, goiter, and high blood pressure. A goiter is an enlarged mass on the thyroid gland. It’s not a condition; rather, it is actually a symptom of...

Lyme Disease Won’t Let Me Sleep!

by | Apr 4, 2011 | 4 comments

Some time ago, an avid reader wrote in reporting sleep issues. Unlike many people who suffer from insomnia, he knew when and very likely why the problem started. He had acquired Lyme disease. Sleep disturbances as well as chronic fatigue complaints are not uncommon in...