Recent Posts Tagged With 'heart disease'

• Eat Cherries, Melt Away Waistline

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 10:05 in weight loss, heart disease, antioxidants, healthy eating, cherries

  Every day a new super fruit makes headlines, and now cherries are getting their day in the spotlight. It seems this red, tasty fruit is packed with major antioxidant power that helps with weight loss--specifically shedding the fat around the stomach...

• Normal Weight Doesn't Always Mean Healthy

  Posted on Tuesday April 1st, 2008 at 14:26 in exercise, heart disease, obesity, metabolic disorders

  If you thought you were healthy because your weight falls in the normal range, you'll be in for a big surprise. It turns out more than half of all normal-weight Americans are susceptible to heart disease, diabetes and other metabolic disorders becaus...

• Join Fight Against Women's Heart Disease

  Posted on Wednesday March 26th, 2008 at 14:40 in heart disease

  Did you know that women are more likely to have their computers checked for viruses than to have their cholesterol levels checked? Unfortunately, low-income women are even less likely to take this preventative measure.Getting screened can give you t...

• You Don't Have to Break the Bank to Eat Healthy

  Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 14:18 in Cancer, heart disease, healthy eating, mediterranean diet

  Some people think that eating healthy is too expensive so they continue consuming a nutrient-starved diet filled with over-processed, empty-calorie foods. Well, those people no longer can use that as an excuse for poor eating.A recent study publishe...

• Wear Red Feb. 1 to Support Women's Heart Health

  Posted on Monday January 28th, 2008 at 14:28 in heart disease, healthy eating

  Ladies, get your best red outfits ready to wear this Friday, February 1 in support of National Wear Red Day. The American Heart Association's annual call to wear red is a simple way for women to draw attention to the nation's number one killer--hear...

• Red Wine Polyphenols Counter Effects of Oxidized Fats

  Posted on Thursday January 24th, 2008 at 13:17 in heart disease, antioxidants, red wine, polyphenols

  While red wine polyphenols are known to help prevent cardiovascular disease, new research has discovered that consuming polyphenols with a high-fat food greatly reduces its ill effects.The study published earlier this month specifically looked at the...

• 10 Superfoods to Fight Inflammation

  Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 at 13:42 in Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, inflammation, healthy eating, alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  While inflammation is the body's healthy response to fight off foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses, many people today are walking around with an unhealthy dose of chronic, low-level inflammation. If you are overweight, eat poorly, rarely e...

• Take Supplements to Save Big on Health Care

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 14:13 in pregnancy, heart disease, supplements, children's health, macular degeneration, omega-3 fatty acids

  Americans could save $24 billion in health care costs while improving their health over the next five years by taking a few key dietary supplements, reports a study commissioned by the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance (DSEA).The study found that...