Archive for the ‘heart disease’ Category

Lowering cholesterol is an overrated tactic in the fight against heart disease, in my opinion. Don’t get me started on statin drugs that doctors use to drive cholesterol numbers down. In fact, the Framingham Heart Study, the one that most doctors use to justify lowering cholesterol, showed the following statistic:

For each 1 mg/dl cholesterol falls, the death rate goes up by 11%, and cardiovascular deaths go up by 14%.

But I know a lot of people are …

Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. – James Beard, “the Dean of American Cookery.”

If what James Beard said is true, why has the prayer of so many become, “Deny us today our daily bread”?

Is this gluten-free craze nothing more than the newest trendy diet, or is there something to it?

But I think you’ll have to admit there’s more than meets the eye …

Danica Collins – Managing Editor, Underground Health Reporter ™

Colorful. Sweet. Tasty. Fruits and vegetables are nothing but yummy indulgences that help protect against chronic disease and illness. Even so, less than 24% of Americans eat five or more servings of fruits and veggies a day according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It’s time to start taking your mother’s advice and eat more fruits and veggies.

Fruits and veggies flood your body with amino acids, minerals, antioxidants …

It all started earlier this year when German pharmaceutical company, Bayer, petitioned the FDA about changing the labeling on its aspirin in order to market aspirin as a means for preventing heart attacks in people who have not had cardiovascular disease.

It’s no wonder Bayer would like more of us using their drug on a daily basis since in 2013 alone, aspirin generated $1.27 billion in sales for Bayer.[1]

But the FDA took a long hard look …

When author Isak Dinesen poetically wrote, “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea,” her statement was more accurate than she may have realized—especially when it comes to sweat.

With ads peddling the embarrassment and undesirability of sweaty armpits, Americans spent $2.9 billion dollars to benefit from deodorants and antiperspirants in 2012. Ironically, while we were working so hard to prevent and hide our sweat, this underrated bodily function was operating efficiently to keep us …