Atrial Fibrillation and High Blood Pressure

by | Mar 11, 2011 | 21 comments

So back to the reader inquiries we go with today’s article. We had a lot of readers ask about a condition called Atrial Fibrillation. Most of the questions related to how to stop or prevent it. What is Atrial Fibrillation (AF)? There are a lot of symptoms and...

Eggs drop THEIR cholesterol!

by | Mar 11, 2011 | 1 comment

The Agricultural Research Service recently released results from a nutrient content check on eggs from 12 locations that showed that eggs today have 30 mg less cholesterol than eggs twelve years ago. Modern eggs also contain 16 IU more Vitamin D than those a decade...

Good cholesterol lowers cancer risk

by | Mar 10, 2011 | 0 comments

A recent study including more than 520,000 Europeans, and published in the journal “Gut” shows that high HDL (“good cholesterol”) drastically decreases the risk of bowel cancer. A simple rise of only 16.6 mg/dl in HDL reduced bowel cancer risk 22%....

High Blood Cholesterol, or LDL – Causes

by | Mar 8, 2011 | 5 comments

Today, the term ‘Cholesterol’ figures repeatedly in health discussions, health articles, and health forums. The reason for this is this is not hard to comprehend. Cholesterol is a major cause of myriad of health problems, such as obesity, heart-related diseases, and...

Arthritis Hurts…But Can It Kill?

by | Mar 5, 2011 | 2 comments

It may seem that your knees ache so much that it’s not physically possible to “kick the bucket.” However, emerging research shows that more and more deaths are a direct result of arthritis. A Serious Problem Arthritis is already known to be the most prevalent chronic...

Cholesterol Clogs Your Toilet and Your Arteries

by | Feb 28, 2011 | 9 comments

I was channel surfing the other evening on TV and a reality show caught my attention as the “intervening expert” was chiding someone about her diet and how unhealthy she was. The lesson that evening was apparently that the woman who was the focus of the show was in...

Tomato juice for heart attack and diabetes!

by | Feb 28, 2011 | 0 comments

Tomato juice helps prevent heart disease – especially for type 2 diabetes (who have high risk of heart attack). This is a result of a study published in Journal of the American Medical Association. Group of people were given 250ml of tomato juice daily. The...