Tag: heart disease

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...

There is mounting evidence that higher levels of plasma vitamin D may be associated with lowered risk of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD); and some...

People who build up calcium in their arteries have a six times greater risk of coronary artery disease (CAD); the risk has been shown...

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...

In 1998, a team of pharmacologists won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of how nitric oxide can causes dilation of blood vessels and thus...

According to a study (1) by the University of Bologna, the common cucumber (cucumis sativus Linn.) contains strong anti-inflammatory properties which reduce inflammation and...

Environmental toxins are increasingly suspected as factors that increase risk of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), strokes and heart attack risk. Of course, the principle antagonist has...

Dangerous aspartame, cancer links, and now strokes and heart disease It really is time that people wised up and did something! Aspartame, the sweetener owned by...

It’s sugar that drives heart disease, not ‘bad fats’ Have you hear the one about how high saturated fat consumption increases your risk of heart...

Moderate wine drinking - red or white - has been found to be beneficial to the heart especially if you also exercise regularly.  Researchers led...