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Hands down, one of the best ways to avoid a heart attack or stroke is to keep your blood vessels healthy. But that’s no small task… You have roughly 100,000 miles of blood vessels and veins that make up your arterial superhighway to take care of… and much working against them. The list of vascular diseases is long, from atherosclerosis to ischemia, peripheral artery disease to stenosis, lymphedema, chronic venous…
My essential oil diffuser has gotten a lot of use since I purchased it several years ago. If I’m feeling stressed, I add a few drops of lavender oil and relax with a good book. If the house smells stale, I add some eucalyptus oil to freshen things up. I’ve never thought of my diffuser as anything but a blessing to my health and home. It’s an easy way to…
It’s always fun to read about the health benefits of guilty pleasures… like drinking coffee, looking at cat memes or indulging in a glass of 2009 vintage cabernet sauvignon with dinner. You’ve probably received a lot of mixed messages about the last one on this list. One day you hear that red wine (or beer) is good for you. The next day you hear that any drinking (even a little…
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, about 84 million adults, or almost 34 percent of adults in the United States, have prediabetes. That means 34 percent of adults at any given time are poised to cross a threshold that would take them down a chronic disease path. Sounds daunting, doesn’t it? But what if I told you they could take matters into their own…
How often do you eat capers? You know, those tiny green balls you see hanging out in your chicken piccata, on top of your salmon lox bagel or in your niçoise salad? The answer for many of us is not that often. If that’s the case, you may want to start indulging in these little green morsels more. New research shows they’re packed with a potent compound that keeps your…
A new meta-analysis contends that limiting dietary saturated fat does nothing for reducing heart disease events or for heart disease prevention. The conclusion is based upon a review of over 100 studies, representing over 75,000 participants. By sheer numbers alone, that starts to feel pretty compelling. The study’s conclusions run against the advice of most health authorities, including the American Heart Association, which advocates limiting saturated fat intake to under 6 percent…
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If you’re feeling like the plug has been pulled and all of your energy has just drained out of you, you can barely get out of bed in the morning or make it through the day, you’re not alone. Lack of energy is a common complaint, and with the stress of the COVID pandemic sweeping the nation, you’ve got more reason than ever for that feeling of fatigue that just…
Let’s face it, the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on all of us, whether or not we’ve become ill or know someone who has. Living a “socially distanced” life, thinking twice before you visit a friend or a relative, wearing a mask to the grocery store… these behaviors save lives, but they sure don’t feel good. There are days when my heart hurts from all of it. I’m making certain…
You’ve probably heard that omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation and disease, while omega-6 fatty acids fuel them. But recent research shows this isn’t entirely true. Omega-6 fatty acids from healthy sources aren’t the inflammation-causing boogeymen they’ve been made out to be… A 2017 study found that omega-6 fatty acids don’t cause chronic low-grade inflammation that raises the risk of disease and that the theory connecting them to inflammation and disease…