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Study Shows Ground Flax Seed Lowers Blood Pressure
Elevated blood pressure (hypertension) is an important risk factor associated with both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and is the most common medical diagnosis in the United States. Although most people believe that hypertension is a...
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Sugary Drinks Linked to 180,000 Deaths Worldwide
It is no news to any of us that sugary drinks are bad for our health. But how bad can they be? For some people the answer is "deadly." In fact studies indicate that one in every 100 deaths from obesity-related diseases is caused by sugary beverages. A...
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Stopping a Cold Before it Starts
An optimal diet is excellent for treating and preventing many conditions like type 2 diabetes , cardiovascular disease , hypertension , arthritis , diverticulitis , and obesity . But will diet alone keep us from getting sick during cold and flu season?...
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What Percentage of Americans Eat Healthy?
Life expectancy in the U.S. is listed as number 27 or 28 of the 34 OECD free-market democracies. In the video below, Dr. Michael Greger explains how the overall patterns of healthy lifestyles have declined in the last 18 years. When U.S. health trends...
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Do Cruciferous Veggies Impair Thyroid Function?
Cruciferous vegetables are known to be protective against thyroid cancer, as well as against breast, prostate, colorectal, bladder, and lung cancer. This beneficial effect of cruciferous vegetables is due to compounds called glucosinolates which the...
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Deciding Which Direction is Best
Conflicting "scientific studies" regarding what characterizes a healthy diet saturate our media daily. For example, it's been well established that saturated animal fat promotes chronic disease, yet due to popular (and misguided) news reports this fact...
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Heart Attack Proof Yourself in 3 Weeks
of death for both men and women, resulting in a heart attack every 34 seconds. Eighty-one million Americans suffer from cardiovascular disease killing one out of every three people or 831,000 each year. Will you be next? You may not have any symptoms of...
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"Die Sooner with Good Looking Numbers"
Sit down and brace yourself for this one, you're about to read truths about our health care system that will disturb you, but hopefully motivate you to make the transition to a whole-food, Starch-Smart® diet! One of the many reasons why we admire Dr....
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Obesity Increases All-Cause Mortality Rates
American Journal of Public Health , overweight adults have a significantly higher incidence of premature death and CVD (cardiovascular disease). "Compared with normal-weight adults, obese adults had at least 20% significantly higher rate of dying of...
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Fiber Stops the Merry-Go-Round of Recirculation
We know fiber is "good" for us, but what does it actually do? Fiber plays many roles in our health. For one, it stabilizes our blood sugar which helps stabilize our energy and moods. Easier trips to the bathroom also come courtesy of fiber bulking up...
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Sheila Lewis Chose Diet Instead of Bypass
Shelia Lewis was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease at the age of 46. Tests revealed that she had congestive heart failure , along with hypertension , and an 85% blockage of one of her coronary arteries. Instead of choosing an invasive procedure...
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RE: Is Metabolic Damage Real?
for us of these studies: Sincerely, Dr. Carney From Jeff Novick, MS, RD: Here are the Shintani studies.. Obesity and cardiovascular risk intervention through the ad libitum feeding of traditional Hawaiian diet. Shintani TT, Hughes CK, Beckham S,...
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RE: Estrogen level is increased by beans & legumes
diet of whole unprocessed foods eaten only 3 times per day, all before 6 PM. 2. Daily exercise of 30 minutes cardiovascular aerobic exercise, 20 minutes weight-lifting, and 10 minutes of stretches, warm-ups, and cool-down exercises. 3. Avoidance of...
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Needing access to the full text of this study
tell me what the list of funding sources are for this paper please? Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies....
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.
Habitual consumption of fruits and vegetables may significantly cut down coronary heart disease risk. This study evaluated the association between dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD). Researchers...
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Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of stroke: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
Adequate intake of diets rich in flavonoids may help guard against the occurrence of stroke. This research work examined the relationship between the dietary ingestion of flavonoids and the incidence of stroke. Researchers reviewed data and evidence...
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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!
Pink Lady. Braeburn. Ginger Gold. Fuji. Red Delicious. Gala. It's fall and farmer's markets abound with apples. Your refrigerator produce drawer should likewise be overflowing with these powerful packages of nature's nutrients! Science backs up the...
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Association between physical activity and menopausal symptoms in perimenopausal women
Engaging in physical activity may help reduce the severity of menopausal symptoms in women. This study looked at how physical activity affects the severity of menopausal symptoms in peri-menopausal women. Researchers matched the level of physical...
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Association between dietary inflammatory index, and cause-specific mortality in the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study
Sticking to a pro-inflammatory diet may reduce the life expectancy of middle-aged and elderly men and women. This study ascertained the correlation between regular eating of pro-inflammatory foods and the probability of suffering from premature deaths...
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Association of dietary intake of soy, beans, and isoflavones with risk of cerebral and myocardial infarctions in Japanese populations: the Japan Public Health Center-based (JPHC) study cohort I
Habitual intake of foods packed with isoflavones, such as beans and soy foods, may slash the risk of cerebral and myocardial infarction occurring in women. This study clarified the correlation between increased dietary exposure to isoflavones from...
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