Tag: heart disease
Environmental toxins link to cardiovascular disease, heart problems and stroke risk.
Environmental toxins are increasingly indicated as factors that increase the risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), strokes and heart attack, along with contributing to other...
Eating red and processed meats increases heart disease risk
Consumption of bacon, ham and sausages, and lamb, beef and pork, has been shown in research to increase the risk of heart disease, while...
Eat this food cause inflammation; eat that one and lower it
Eating the right foods can lower inflammation in the body, whereas eating poor foods can cause increases in inflammation.
Your microbiome has 90 trillion bugs...
Eating fish wards off existing heart problems
In people with existing cardiovascular issues and heart problems, eating just two helpings of fish per week reduces the risk of heart attack or...
Lack of social ties link to hypertension in women
Middle-aged and older women who lack social ties are far more likely to suffer hypertension and thus have an increased risk of heart attacks...
Small aspirin to the rescue in Covid
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who are already taking a low-dose daily aspirin to protect against heart disease and stroke have a significantly lower risk of...
A happy marriage reduces heart health problems significantly
Research from the American Heart Association has shown that marriage, especially being happily married, reduces the risk of death in people with heart disease.
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Bacterium can reduce risk of heart disease
Scientists have discovered that a bacterium E limosum, has the ability to reduce atherosclerosis and heart disease risk through its production of a protein...
The Truth about red meat, bacon and processed meats
After a recent study of 12 randomised controlled trials with a total of 54,000 people researchers from Dalhousie University in Canada concluded that they‘did...
More heart attacks occur when vitamin D levels are low; and...
There is mounting evidence that higher levels of plasma vitamin D may be associated with lowered risk of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD); and some...
Calcium build up increases cardiovascular risk
People who build up calcium in their arteries have a six times greater risk of coronary artery disease (CAD); the risk has been shown...
The Truth about Vitamin D – 15 years late
Some 15 years ago I wrote our first article on vitamin D. As always it was science-based and used a good number of research...
