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Statins Promote Skeletal Muscle Damage
of people take statins to reduce their cholesterol levels and cut down their risk of heart attack. Statins are a class of drugs often prescribed by doctors to help lower plasma concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Some of the...
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Forks Over Knives Documentary May Save Your Life
but also our children's lives, before being motivated enough to make any changes. Most of us wait until we have a major heart attack before we acknowledge our failing health, and even then, the majority of people will choose risky drugs and procedures...
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High anthocyanin intake is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction in young and middle-aged women
answer to the question: can habitual intake of foods high in anthocyanins protect women from myocardial infarction (heart attack)? Out of the more than 93,000 women whose diet and health were surveyed over an 18-year period, a total of 405 of them had...
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Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of cardiovascular events: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
The probability of suffering from cardiovascular events, stroke, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and transient ischemic attack (TIA), may be high among individuals who enjoy consuming ultra-processed foods. This study evaluated if consistent...
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Yes! Heart Disease Can be Reversed Using Diet!
share this video. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Approximately 1.5 million people will suffer a heart attack this year. From these, approximately 1 million deaths will occur, resulting in one death every 30 seconds. Tragically,...
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Vitamin Supplements May Increase Risk of Disease
Many people pop a morning multivitamin as a very personal form of "health insurance." We figure that just in case our diet isn't adequately providing for our nutritional needs, we'll take a multivitamin to be safe. Some of us take it a step further,...
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How Bad Can Just One Meal Be?
rationalize that "It's just a few meals, how harmful could they be?" You may be surprised to learn that the majority of heart attacks occur during the holiday season, covering the weeks of Christmas...
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Statins Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Is your cholesterol on the high side ? Then, there is a great chance that your physician will want to place you on statins. “ Statins ”, known scientifically as HMG CoA inhibitors, are a class of drugs that reduce the concentration of cholesterol in...
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Statin Drugs and Cholesterol Reduction
heart disease being the most common type of heart disease, causing more than 385,000 deaths per year. This results in a heart attack occurring within every 30-40 seconds. Having a high cholesterol level is one of the main risk factors contributing to...
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Why Eating Legumes May Help Your Heart
Whenever possible, eat a daily serving of legumes, which are an essential component of every heart-healthy diet . (Beans! Beans! Good for your heart!) The legume family of split peas, beans, lentils, and dal is rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and...
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Diet Linked to Heart Disease Reduction During War
Wartime history provides us with important information regarding the correlation between animal-based diets and morbidity-mortality rates as documented in the references below. The first reference highlights Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. He explains how...
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Caldwell Esselstyn MD Ends Coronary Artery Disease
Who has coronary artery disease? Almost everybody unfortunately! What is the leading cause of heart attacks? The greatest percentage of heart attacks occur when newly formed plaques on the inside of our arteries, rupture; causing a clot to form,...
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Animal-Based Diet Turns Our Blood Fatty
Our nation's current epidemic of chronic disease is not due to our genetic family history or the consequence of aging, but rather caused by poor diet and lifestyle choices. This is particularly true concerning heart disease. Heart disease rates rise...
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High Blood Pressure: A Symptom, Not a Disease
links: (1) Die Sooner With Good Looking Numbers (2) Who has Heart Disease? Everyone! (3) How do the Majority of Heart Attacks Occur? (4) Heart Attack Proof Your Holidays (5) Heart Attack Proof Yourself in Three Weeks (6) Is Vegan the New Viagra? (7)...
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What Factors Influence Testosterone Levels?
Commercials promoting testosterone therapy for men are becoming increasingly popular. These commercials target men who are experiencing symptoms of muscle loss, fatigue, weight gain, depression, difficulty concentrating, low libido, elevated lipid...
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Statin Use Increases Cataract Risk
your risk of developing stroke, diabetes , high blood pressure, skeletal muscle damage , coronary heart disease, and heart attacks. Statins...
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Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of acute coronary syndrome.
apples, may help to boost an individual defenses against the occurrence of adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to a range of conditions, including heart attack, in which there is obstruction of...
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Cannabis Use and Acute Coronary Syndrome
risk of developing several cardiovascular diseases, including cardiomyopathy, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and cardiac arrest. This study examined whether cannabis use is an influential factor for the development of...
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Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health
Esselstyn explained that digesting meat, dairy, and oils damages the lining of our blood vessels, causing heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. In The China Study , Dr. Colin Campbell shows the evidence for how cancer and other diseases skyrocket when...
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Red Meat, Gut Bacteria and Heart Disease
Research indicates that eating red meat increases the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. This is consistent with the results from the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up study , that involved 120,000 people. It was estimated...
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