The calcium issue was raised by Dr Ian Reid of New Zealand. He and his colleagues re-analyzed data from the Women Health Initiative (WHI) which looked at calcium and vitamin D supplements.聽聽The...
The strikes against meat keep piling up. This time it's a study implicating carnitine, a compound found in meat and dairy products, as a factor in heart disease. High cholesterol, hypertension,...
One third of North Americans may have high blood cholesterol levels. This of course puts them at an increased risk for heart disease, the number one killer in North America. But cholesterol can be...
Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? The California Walnut Commission makes it simple. Eat Walnuts. And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agrees. Sort of. The following claim is allowed...
When you think of sugar, you don鈥檛 think of lowering cholesterol. But Cuban researchers do. In fact they think that a byproduct of the sugar industry, policosanol, is an effective alternative to...
Usually the words 鈥渂reakthrough鈥� and 鈥渂lockbuster: are reserved for tabloid headlines. But not always. Dr. Steven Nissen of the famous Cleveland Clinic used then to describe a study published in...
鈥淗uge doses of purified methoxylated polyflavones increase insulin sensitivity and attenuate atherosclerosis in mice鈥� is certainly not as catchy a headline as 鈥淭angerine a Day Keeps Heart Surgeons...
Ask someone what is the best way to reduce the risk of heart disease and chances are they鈥檒l say 鈥渞educe your cholesterol.鈥� That message has been ingrained in our psyche. So it isn鈥檛 surprising...
A time-honoured medical maxim states, 鈥減rimum non nocere.鈥� That鈥檚 the way, 鈥渇irst do no harm鈥� used to be taught in medical school when Latin was still part of the curriculum. Basically it means...
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