Archive for the ‘heart disease’ Category

Your bedroom can be a wonderful place… or a death trap.

Unfortunately, many people (maybe you?) watch T.V. in their beds, surf the web and even do work on their laptop in their bedrooms.

This can have devastating effects for your blood pressure!

Here’s why: when you’re watching T.V. and fiddling on the computer in your bedroom, your brain begins associating your bedroom (and bed) as a place of work, not of pleasure and rest.

Where your brain would normally …

Cancer-Killing “Smart Bomb” That Can Easily be Found in Your Kitchen…

There is a cancer-killing nutrient in your kitchen, right now, that acts like a “smart bomb” against cancer cells.

It’s called sulforaphane, one of the main phytonutrients in a specific type of food. Researchers are hailing it as a breakthrough that offers real hope for preventing and defeating cancer.

A new research study has shown for the first time how sulforaphane can selectively target and kill …

by Jessica Sanders 

Social relationships are as important in predicting good health as blood pressure, obesity and physical activity, according to a study by House, Landis & Umberson in 1988.

Since this groundbreaking study in the late 80s, there’s been a significant amount of research done to determine the health benefits of volunteering, which also provides social benefits. Most find that the advantages are huge, but not just for the people you’re helping.

“The results of a survey …

There’s a massive amount of MIS-information about your health out there these days.

Believing these lies could be dangerous, even fatal, to your health…

For instance:

You’ve probably heard how salt’s bad for your blood pressure.

That at the first hint of a high reading you’ll be reduced to eating “rabbit food” to keep the sodium out of your diet, right?

Well… that’s just plain WRONG!

The truth is: Without salt in your diet, you can’t survive.

Your …

By Underground Health Reporter

Organic foods are, on average, 20% more expensive than standard fruits and veggies. Is it really worth paying that extra buck fifty for a “certified organic” label?  Consider that organic produce is 25% more nutritious and you have a surplus 5% saying, “Yes! Go organic all the way!”

Dangerous pesticides and GMOs lurk in non-organic fare, whereas organic fruits and veggies are pesticide and GMO free. And don’t fool yourself into thinking you can wash …