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What are the Consequences of Consuming Iron from Meat?
When asked which foods contain iron, most people will respond by listing several types of meat -- beef, shellfish, liver, etc. Few are aware that iron is prevalent in a wide variety of whole plant foods. For example, dark green leafy vegetables, whole...
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Heart Attack Proof Your Holidays
Heart Disease Kills One Out of Every Three People. The statistics are distressing. Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. Dr. Joel Fuhrman reports, "More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year,...
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Could Erectile Dysfunction Save Your Life?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S ., (killing one out of every three persons ), so it's no surprise that men in the U.S. have the highest percentage of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), since ED is indeed a cardiovascular...
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What are the benefits and risks of taking statins to lower high cholesterol?
High risk patients that would benefit from statin lowering medications are those that have had a previous heart attack, stroke, or an... Similar Products
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Isn't Some Cholesterol Actually Healthy?
Cholesterol is a naturally occurring, waxy substance primarily synthesized by the liver. Cholesterol is necessary to form cell membranes, to produce hormones like testosterone and estrogen, to transform sunlight into Vitamin D which helps build our...
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Seven Ways Salt Impacts our Health
With respect to sodium intake, the best advice may be to wait until we're seated at the table to shake on the salt -- if we choose to salt our food at all. Most of us like the flavor of salt. If we haven't been diagnosed with high blood pressure, is...
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Testosterone Therapy = Risk of Heart Disease
It seems that in every city drivers see billboards advertising testosterone therapy to "improve" men's well-being. This therapy promises to treat declining strength, endurance, muscle mass, and libido--among other symptoms. For many middle-aged men,...
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Does Coconut Oil Lower Cholesterol?
Coconut oil has become a popular "super food" among health conscious individuals, claiming to heal just about every affliction known to man. Those who profit from this highly-refined product claim that consuming coconut oil lowers bad LDL cholesterol...
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Who has Heart Disease? Everyone?
Heart Disease Kills One Out of Every Three People - Will You be Next? The statistics are distressing. Heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. "More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year, with...
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Low-Carb Diets Impair Blood Flow
who enjoyed a diet including "butter, cream, eggs, meat, whole milk, dairy products and organ meats suffered a fatal stroke before he reached his 40th birthday." Dr. Robert Atkins had a medical history which included a myocardial infarction, congestive...
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Q&A With Pediatrician Jay Gordon MD
Needs to Eat Meat for Health (2) Is Your Child's Diet Healthy? (3) Healthy Diets Start in the Womb (4) Incidence of Teen Stroke on the Rise (5) McDougall Diet for Pregnancy and Children (6) Today's Children not Expected to Outlive Their Parents (7) How...
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Bypass-Angioplasty Procedures Not Effective
Chances are, several of your friends or family members have heart disease. Sadly, heart disease is our nation's leading cause of death for both men and women. Eighty-one million Americans suffer from cardiovascular disease, with 831,000 deaths each...
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Aspirin Benefits Without the Risks
Daily aspirin therapy is often recommended by physicians to reduce inflammation and the risk of heart attack and stroke. Recently though, researchers found that people who don't take aspirin have low levels of aspirin in their bloodstream. How did it...
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Egg consumption associated with all-cause mortality in rural China: a 14-year follow-up study
Eating more than 6 eggs per week may worsen an individual's chances of dying prematurely. This study looked at the influence of consistent egg consumption on the total mortality risk. Researchers monitored the dietary and mortality records of nearly...
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Smoking Increases Cervical Cancer Risk
Most of us are aware of the many dangers of smoking to every part of the body. The US Department of Health and Human Services reported that smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causes diseases, and reduces the health of smokers in general. But...
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Grilled Meats Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Each year, diabetes remains near the top of the list of America's most serious health problems. More than 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes type 2 annually and this metabolic disorder kills more people in the United States every year...
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Seeing is Believing!
Have you ever met your friends at your favorite restaurant and when you returned home, you felt too sluggish or sleepy to be productive, so you crashed on the sofa to watch TV? This phenomenon is not a surprise to Dr. John McDougall, who has been...
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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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Alcohol consumption and risk of myelodysplastic syndromes: A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.
Regular drinking of alcohol may raise an individual's chances of developing myelodysplastic syndromes. Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders that impair the ability of the bone marrow to produce normal blood cells. This research work...
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Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incident hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts.
Generous consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages may have a higher tendency of developing hypertension than rare- and non-consumers of these types of beverages. This meta-analysis investigated the association between frequent consumption of...
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