Entries from September 2009 ↓
September 30th, 2009 — Healthy Food, Heart Disease, Vitamin and Supplement
Omega 3 fish oils have received some negative publicity recently. There were scares over potential contamination in fresh oily fish by mercury, though this has been refuted as an overly exaggerated issue. And more recently, a meta study, which is a 'study of studies', was published online that seemed to suggest that omega 3 benefits for heart health and cancer were not true.
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September 29th, 2009 — cholesterol, Vitamin and Supplement
The body needs cholesterol for digesting dietary fats, making hormones, building cell walls, and other important processes. The bloodstream carries cholesterol in particles called lipoproteins that are like blood-borne cargo trucks delivering cholesterol to various body tissues to be used, stored or excreted.
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September 28th, 2009 — Heart Disease, obesity
It's well accepted that reduced physical activity and fast food are linked to obesity. But the evidence that these are the main causes of obesity is largely circumstantial. To stimulate debate, experts suggest 10 other possible causes of obesity, outlined in the International Journal of Obesity.
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September 27th, 2009 — Ischaemic Heart Disease
Ischaemic heart disease is a serious health condition that affects millions of people in the whole world. Numerous researches have revealed that it affects people of every gender and race, and it often occurs before the person hits 20 due to a number of risk factors.
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September 26th, 2009 — cholesterol, coronary heart disease, Healthy Food, Heart Disease, high blood pressure
Promise not perfunctory diet? The right choice. In addition to unhealthy diet like this impossible in the long run, weight gain was reduced too quickly rose again.
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September 25th, 2009 — exercise, high blood pressure, Hypertension
Obviously, quitting bad habits and eating a low fat diet will help, but the most significant part that you can do is to exercise. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it also enhances the health of the heart muscles.
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September 24th, 2009 — exercise
Everybody has confused at some point which cardio exercise is more effective. To commit it in simple terms, both low and high intensity exercises will help you to burn up body fat. The question here is which is the best to burn up more body fat.
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September 21st, 2009 — exercise, Heart Disease
Among the highest risk factors are male sex, age over 35, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high levels of certain blood fats, and a family history of cardiovascular disorders.
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September 20th, 2009 — coronary heart disease, diabetes, Heart Disease, high blood pressure, Hypertension, Stroke
Did you know that if you have diabetes you have a greater chance of dying from heart disease or stroke and it doesn't make any difference if you are a woman or a man? One reason is high blood levels of sugar make the walls of your blood vessels thicker and cause them to lose their elasticity, which in turn makes it harder for blood to pass through.
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September 19th, 2009 — Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a condition in which the heart does not pump the blood through the body properly. When the blood is not properly pumped throughout the body, the oxygen that the blood carries is not appropriately dispersed to the muscles and other places that require oxygen.
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