Entries from September 2009 ↓

Healthy Food – The Truth About Omega 3 Benefits

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. Read more [...]

Cholesterol – Natural Cholesterol Control Supplements

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. Read more [...]

Healthy Heart – Main Causes of the Obesity Epidemic

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. Read more [...]

Healthy Heart – 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. Read more [...]

Healthy Food – 4 Wisdom from Fad Diet

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. Read more [...]

Blood Pressure – Exercise and High Blood Pressure

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. Read more [...]

Exercise Your Heart – Cardio Exercise to Burn Fat

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. Read more [...]

Exercise Your Heart – Potency of Cardio Interval Training

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. Read more [...]

Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Stroke Could Happen To You

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. Read more [...]

Healthy Heart – How to Living with 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. Read more [...]
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