by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Diabetes, Healing, Heart Disease
Natural and even organic foods, supplements and herbs that are healthy for you could be dangerous, especially because of food-drug interactions.
Just because herbs, vitamins and other phytonutrients are natural doesn’t mean you can take them without thinking about the consequences.
by Anastasia Chopelas | Heart Disease, Lifestyle
Meditation has grown in popularity lately. Your physiology has a natural intelligence heal, repair and restore balance. But it does that only in deep states of rest. Scientific evidence is now plentiful on the way meditation calms the brain and rewires it, drops...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Heart Disease, Lifestyle
Just released by the British Medical Journal is an article that correlates working odd hours with increased risk of heart attack and stroke. They call it “shift work”, that is those people that work nights and need to sleep days. The conclusions were based...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Diet, Heart Disease
A series of news articles are now declaring negative verdicts on low carb-high protein diet. Are they good or bad for heart health? Is this some out of context study or is there something to this claim? The basis for this study is one recently published in the British...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Heart Disease, Supplements
New study, just presented in London, shows that supplementing with vitamin D, especially in winter, can help reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Vitamin D deficiencies are at epidemic levels, particularly in Northern climates and can cause a variety of...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Foods, Heart Disease
There’s more good news on the horizon for chocolate lovers, it appears to raise HDL or good cholesterol and lower LDL or bad cholesterol. This new report is from researchers at San Diego State University, who randomly assigned participants to eat a daily...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Foods, Heart Disease, Supplements
Vitamin C is in the news again, that new research shows it lowers blood pressure with doses of a modest 500 mg a day. Plenty of prior research shows that Vitamin C also lowers ldl cholesterol and blood pressure AND raises hdl cholesterol. The advantages to taking...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Heart Disease, Lifestyle
Too much emphasis on what to eat and what not to eat, but lifestyle and ability to cope with daily challenges can play as important of a role in our health. The constant role of tension and stress plays in our health can be profound. Not only does stress increase...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Cholesterol, Heart Disease
A new study shows that owning a cat improves health, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels. This from a recently completed 10 year study of the effect of cats at the University of Minnesota Stroke center. Cat owners were 40% less likely to have heart attacks...
by Anastasia Chopelas | Exercise, Heart Disease
Exercise is one of the most important weapons for lowering cholesterol, in many more ways than just raising good cholesterol and lowering triglycerides. At the minimum, one should take a brisk walk every day, whether it is on a break from desk work or deliberately...
