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Heart Disease Risk and Fish Oils
Published on March 25, 2013.
“Omega-3 fatty acids have been traditionally used for the prevention of major cardiovascular events in patients with or without a history of cardiovascular disease. Their main mechanism of action is to lower triglyceride levels, but they also exert anti-arrythmic and anti-inflammatory properties, they reduce blood pressure levels and stabilize the
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More Green Tea Good News
Published on March 18, 2013.
The American Heart Association is reporting that: Green tea and coffee may help lower your risks of having a stroke, especially when both are a regular part of your diet. People who drank either green tea or coffee daily had about approximately 20~30 percent lower risk for one type of stroke,
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Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease
Published on January 28, 2013.
There has been a significant amount of new research about the benefits of vitamin D on cardiovascular disease. Some of the larger studies suggested that patients who raised their vitamin D levels were less likely to have a heart attack and develop heart failure. Nutritional insufficiency and the emerging knowledge
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Another reason to lower cholesterol without statins
Published on January 14, 2013.
At the Magaziner Center for Wellness we have always been critical of the use of high dose and, often, low dose, statin use especially in light of the numerous alternative treatments that are extremely effective. Cholesterol medicine affects energy production in muscles Up to 75 per cent of patients who
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Flavonoids and reduced cardiovascular risk
Published on January 12, 2013.
Flavonoids are plant-based phytochemicals with cardiovascular protective properties. Few studies have comprehensively examined flavonoid classes in relation to cardiovascular disease mortality. Researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the association between flavonoid intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among participants in a large, prospective US cohort study. What
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Sunlight, Vitamin D and Stroke
Published on February 6, 2012.
Researchers presenting at the 2012 International Stroke Conference say that people who lived in areas where there was less sunlight were 1.6 times more likely to suffer a stroke. This study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, was presented February 1,
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