Archive for the ‘heart disease’ Category

Danica Collins – Managing Editor, Underground Health Reporter ™

Coffee seems to be making a comeback, as research points to its healthy benefits, like Alzheimer’s prevention, a lower risk for diabetes, and fat-burning assistance. But, it’s easy to go overboard on the coffee, and too many cups can negate any positive benefit, so that all you’re getting are jittery afternoons and sleepless nights. Not to mention a higher likelihood of developing hypertension, heart disease, anxiety, and stomach troubles. If …

 

Danica Collins – Managing Editor, Underground Health Reporter ™

Your immune system is the first line of defense against illness and chronic disease. Keeping your immune system fully charged is a forever trending health topic, and the most recent immunity buzz focuses on the role positive emotions have on immune health. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley recommend supplementing not only with immune-boosting vitamin C and zinc, but also with positive emotions. Their research shows that …

By: Daily Superfood Love

You’ve heard the hype – probably all your life. “Fat is bad for you.”

Over the last six decades, the war on fat has been waged using people as the battleground. It was stripped from your diet, replaced with “low-fat” options that were purported to be “healthier” for you, and demonized as the cause of high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity.

Just about every media outlet, doctor, university, and health …

February is American Heart Month, offering us a great opportunity to take inventory of our own heart-health. Heart disease warrants our attention, because…[1]

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Heart disease is the leading cause of disability in America. More Americans die each year from heart disease than from all forms of cancer combined. Heart disease is very preventable.

As deadly and widespread as heart disease is, it really is quite avoidable. Click to Tweet.…

If you were to hit the streets of any large city in America with a roving mic and ask people, “When was the last time you ate beets?” you’d no doubt get a lot of shoulder shrugs and blank stares.

I grabbed several cookbooks off the shelf at home and turned to the index, but “Beets” and “Beet Greens” were notably absent. When was the last time you, your spouse, significant other or child suggested, “Let’s have …