Now that I’m entering my forties, health is becoming an important issue for me. I want to make sure that I take care of myself so I can be here for my family for decades to come. As a result, I’m doing things that I never did before, including going to my doctor for regular [...]

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We may not think about our health as much as we should, but we certainly pay attention when something suddenly does not feel right. The mistake that many make is not taking symptoms seriously until they have to be taken in by ambulance. There are some things that are obvious, but there are other symptoms [...]

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Tens of millions of Americans have high cholesterol levels – too high for good health. In large part, this is due to diets high in fat, sugar and simple carbohydrates. The liver is the organ which bears the brunt of these dietary indiscretions. As we get older, our cholesterol readings tend to jump. If your [...]

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According to neurologists, the brain is the most delicate organ of the body. Weighing at only 2 percent of the total weight of the body, it is responsible for every thought, sensation and movement of the human body. In order to function, it needs to have a constant supply of glucose and oxygen which is [...]

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It seems that everywhere you turn these days, there’s another study that tells people what they should or shouldn’t eat in order to promote good health. Often, this advice conflicts with beliefs or practices that were widespread a decade or so before. For instance, bread and grains used to be at the bottom of the [...]

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It seems to be pretty common knowledge these days that cholesterol is bad for you. Most people understand that it leads to heart disease and other fatal illnesses, and that cholesterol is something you need to “reduce”. But knowing how to reduce cholesterol? Most people are not so sure. Here are a couple of tips [...]

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For years, as the obseity crisis in America deepend and worsened, we as a society heard about the importants of maintaining a watch on our cholesterol. “Low cholesterol,” the theory held, “would lead to lower chance of heart disease, cardiac arrest, stroke, diabetes and a host of other inflammatory conditions.”
But monitoring your overall cholesterol is [...]

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People now seem to understand that high cholesterol is a bad thing, and take steps to eliminate cholesterol. Sort of. The information about cholesterol can be hard to understand. It is complicated: there is good and bad cholesterol, and people don’t seem to understand what causes high cholesterol. There are a couple of things that [...]

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Everyone takes for granted how important it is to have a healthy heart. Everyone seems to agree that there a number of things in general you should do to be “heart healthy”. But what does that really mean? In what ways can you actually change your diet and lifestyle to make a difference when it [...]

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There are many diseases and ways to die, but one of the more common causes of death is heart disease. Most people have a general idea on what heart disease is, but seemingly few really have an understanding about heart disease and what it is. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death [...]

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