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New Study: Red Meat Is NOT Bad for Your Heart

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Attacks, Heart Disease

“Beef—it’s what’s for dinner.”

This famous TV commercial line spoken by Robert Mitchum was launched in 1992 as the beef industry tried to fight off the entrenched medical belief that eating red meat caused disease.

Even today, U.S. nutritional guidelines still advise eating less than 3 ounces of beef or pork per day.1

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Did Alan Thicke Ignore These Early Heart Warning Signs?

In All Health Watch, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Attacks

Alan Thicke kept himself in great shape.

The 6-foot-2 star of “Growing Pains” was a lifelong athlete. He played college football at Western University in his native Canada. And Thicke loved to play hockey. Throughout his life he played pickup games whenever he could.

For years, he played every Tuesday and Thursday at a rink in Burbank, Calif. That’s where he suffered a fatal heart attack yesterday at age 69.… Read More

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75% of Heart Attack Victims Break This Simple Rule

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Attacks

More than 100,000 Americans die of a heart attack each year. But that number would be much lower if the vast majority of them didn’t ignore one simple rule…

Call 911.

A study in the journal Circulation found that only 23% of people in the hospital for chest pain called 911. The others either drove themselves or had someone else drive them.… Read More

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Protein Drinks Cut Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart Attacks, Stroke

Whey protein drinks have long been used by bodybuilders to add muscle. More recently, they’ve become popular among seniors seeking a way to stay strong as they age.

But new research shows that protein supplements may be good for everyone. A surprising UK study found they lower blood pressure and cut the risk of heart attack and stroke.1

Researchers at the University of Reading had 38 people with borderline high blood pressure drink two commercial powdered whey protein shakes per day for eight weeks.… Read More

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Never Do This When You’re Angry

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Blood Pressure, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular, Heart Attacks

Many people like to cope with anger with a hard workout. That’s a bad idea.

In fact, it could kill you, according to a new study.1

Researchers from the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pa., gathered data from over 12,000 heart attack victims in 52 countries.

The participants completed questionnaires asking the kind of “triggers” they had experienced before their heart attack.… Read More