Dark Chocolate’s Vision-Boosting Potential
Emerging research suggests that indulging in a few bites of dark chocolate may lead to a slight and temporary improvement in vision quality.
Dark chocolate's heart-healthy compounds, known as flava...
Emerging research suggests that indulging in a few bites of dark chocolate may lead to a slight and temporary improvement in vision quality.
Dark chocolate's heart-healthy compounds, known as flava...
Every day people suffer from heart attacks and cardiac arrest and most people simply don’t know the difference.
Here is a great article on the subject reposted from ACLS Medical Training
Is it a HEART ATTACK or CARDIAC ARREST?
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Mental Stress Harder on Women
Although both men and women get heart attacks, it’s believed that women’s hearts are more vulnerable to emotional stress so researchers at Penn State College of Medicine decided to look into whether there is...
Today Gluten-Free is everywhere and the advertisers are utilizing the Gluten-Free Food Labels to scam people into thinking that they will lose weight and that eating a Gluten-Free diet is somehow better for them.
The Gluten-Free Food Scam (B...
In some cases, the sugar in what we eat is obvious because it makes foods taste sweet. But you can’t always rely on your taste buds for an accurate reading.
For instance, a 12-ounce can of soda contains the equivalent of nine cubes of suga...
Excess pounds are harmful no matter where they are put on. But the buildup of fat can become deadly if it accumulates in the abdomen.
Belly Fat
The “beer belly” that is characteristic of many men (and occasionally women) as they age...
CBD is all the rage right now and all sorts of claims are coming out that state it just might be the miracle cure, even for heart disease but is it?
CBD is the abbreviation for cannabidiol, just one of many cannabinoids, or chemical comp...
Last year Apple released an ECG App for the Apple Watch. The ECG application is designed to test for atrial fibrillation (AFib) by monitoring a user’s heart rhythm. AFib is a risk factor for strokes and can indicate that something is wrong an...
Is it unhealthy to dine out?
The vast majority of my patients have one thing in common: they are overweight. And actually, that’s a polite way to put it. In fact, in recent years the rate of obesity in this country has skyrocketed.
As a r...
If you’re already eating egg whites to reduce the risk of heart disease, you’re probably lowering your blood pressure as well.
Researchers from Clemson University found that a peptide — a chemical compound containing two or more am...