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Feed Your Heart to Keep it Strong

02nd June 2010
People talking about heart disease are really talking about a lot of different diseases involving your cardiovascular system. While the heart is at the center of your cardiovascular system your cardiovascular system involves much more than your heart. Thi... Read >
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Dont Be Fooled By Cholesterol!

13th April 2010
Most researchers will tell you that cholesterol plays an important part in heart disease. While that is true it is also interesting to note however, that 80% of the people who have heart disease have the same total cholesterol levels as those who don't ... Read >
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Antioxidants and Heart Disease

19th February 2010
What is an antioxidant and why is important to heart health? To really nderstand what an antioxidant is we need to first understand oxidation. Oxidation quite simply is the loss of electrons when two or more substances interact. You can see oxidation t... Read >
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Cardio Cocktail to the Rescue

24th January 2010
Dr. Oz remarked on Oprah that hypertension was the chief cause in accelerated aging. Why is Hypertension (high blood pressure) so hurtful to our body? Every cell of every tissue is dependent on blood flow. When blood flow is impaired tissues began to be ... Read >
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Diabetes -- Stop the Madness!

30th November 2009
CNN reports today by the year 2034 that 44.1 million Americans will be living with diabetes and the cost will rise from $113 billion to $336 billion per year. For the most part I believe, after having done the research, this is a disease that should be g... Read >
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Nothing Happens till Something Moves

23rd November 2009
That was a quote by Albert Einstein. Such a simple statement that seems so obvious and is so true. Many times however, we spend too much time over analyzing something only to never take action. Yes, nothing happens till something moves and in that momen... Read >
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The Best Weapon Against Cardiovascular Disease

11th November 2009
According to the CDC the number 1 cause of death in the United States is Heart Disease. They estimate that in 2009 785,000 Americans will have a new coronary attack and about 470,000 will have a recurrent attack. In 2005 the CDC went on to state that 454... Read >
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Hypertension and Cardio Cocktail

28th October 2009
Dr. Oz stated on Oprah that High Blood Pressure was the major factor in advanced aging. Why is Hypertension (high blood pressure) so harmful to the body? Is there anything we can do besides drugs to combat this disease? Many people are finding healthy ... Read >