Your “heart age” describes how old your cardiovascular system is. It’s measured by the number of heart attack or stroke risk factors you may have…1 The more you have, the older your heart age.
And now the CDC has updated the Framingham CVD risk calculator to determine what that number is…
Researchers at the CDC gathered data from the Framingham Heart Study and all 50 states.… Read More
There’s nothing like that morning cup of coffee. It makes getting out of bed a little easier. But it goes way beyond perking you up…
A new study in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease reveals coffee is a great way to boost your brain function.1 And I don’t mean performing a little bit better on a memory test… I’m talking about a real protective effect.… Read More
Your doctor puts that Velcro cuff around your arm and checks your blood pressure (BP) at every visit. And there’s a good reason for that…
High blood pressure—hypertension—killed 61,762 Americans in 2009.1 It may also tip you off to serious health problems… Like heart disease and stroke.
… Read MorePrepare to be shocked…
Nearly 30 million North Americans have type 2 diabetes. Another 90 million are prediabetic… And only 11% know it.
Worst of all, most cases are entirely preventable. A recent issue of Independent Healing revealed a unique protocol to reverse type 2 diabetes (even though the mainstream tells you it’s not possible).
But when thinking about prevention, most people focus on the things they shouldn’t eat.… Read More
Looking for an easy way to help add years to your life? Researchers in China have discovered a simple solution for lowering your overall death risk by 10%. You don’t have to give anything up. And you don’t need to make major lifestyle changes.
Researchers looked at medical data from 487,375 subjects between the ages of 30 and 79. After seven years, they found people who ate this just once a week were 10% less likely to die for any reason.… Read More
Big Pharma wants you to take statins for your cholesterol…your prostate…and for Parkinson’s disease. In fact, they rewrote patient criteria in 2013 so doctors could prescribe more of them.
New research claims it helps prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). But does it?
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