You may soon be getting this surprising heart health advice from your doctor: “Eat two steaks and call me in the morning.”
Researchers at Kansas State University have come up with a way to add heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids to beef.1,2
Omega-3s are powerful medicine against heart attacks. They are the active ingredient in fish oil pills, which many people take to prevent heart disease.… Read More
New research shows that heart and brain health are one and the same. If one starts to decline, the other becomes vulnerable. Scientists in the Netherlands recently studied 2,400 adults with no history of heart or brain disease.1
Participants underwent brain scans to look at markers of early brain disease. These included lesions on the brain’s white matter and any loss of total brain volume.… Read More
For years, researchers have claimed that obese people with heart disease live longer than their slimmer counterparts. This so-called “obesity paradox” made obese people feel better. It also made them less likely to try to lose weight.
Now, new research from the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University reveals the obesity paradox is simply not true. Being obese is dangerous… Especially for people with cardiovascular disease.… Read More
A vitamin D3 deficiency puts your bones, brain, and hormones at risk. Now a new study shows low levels can endanger your heart.
Researchers in Utah looked at 230,000 patients over a three-year period. They put subjects into different groups based on their blood levels of vitamin D.
It doesn’t just cause excruciating pain that can make simple tasks a struggle…
This disease has a lesser-known but even more insidious effect: It can wreck your heart. In fact, it may raise your heart attack risk by 60%.1
Yet it isn’t listed by the American Heart Association among the major risk factors for heart disease.2 That’s shocking since it’s so common.… Read More