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Health News: Cholesterol Calculation Underestimates Heart Disease
May 1st, 2013In what promises to be an eye-opener for many doctors and patients who routinely depend on cholesterol testing, a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins found that the standard formula used for decades to calculate LDL cholesterol levels is often inaccurate.
Changing Fats Before a Destructive Change
March 1st, 2013For decades there was no universal agreement on the correlation between diet and disease among nutritional, medical, and governmental health officials. However, as heart disease has been and is still the nation’s number one cause of death, researchers have sought to identify controllable risk factors.
A closer look at omega-3 fatty acidsThe Great Cholesterol Myth
March 1st, 2013Last year, cardiologist Stephen Sinatra and I came together to write a book, The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan That Will.
Trying to prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol is like trying to prevent obesity by cutting out lettuce. Surprised? Read on.
Cholesterol: Who needs it?
January 1st, 2013The actual relationship between cholesterol and heart disease is complex, a moving target.
Uncovering the true lurking killer behind heart disease
Health Tips: Meditation May Reduce Death, Heart Attack, and Stroke in Heart Patients
January 1st, 2013African-Americans with heart disease who practiced transcendental meditation regularly were 48 percent less likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or die from all causes compared with African-Americans who attended a health education class over more than five years, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Don't Worry About Cholesterol!
July 1st, 2012I’m going to tell you a secret—something that the smartest, most cutting-edge health professionals already know and talk about amongst themselves. This information isn’t widely known or accepted yet, but it will be, at which point we will all shake our heads, look back, and say, “What were we thinking?”
Get ready to be shocked.
Get ready to be shocked: high cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease.Nutrition for the Heart
February 1st, 2012Poor nutritional choices compound over time; a highfat, high-caloric diet ignites the potential of obesity and leads to the likely consequences of numerous metabolic diseases—heart disease being one of the terminal stops on your body’s path to total health destruction.
Sound extreme?
Your body is an interlinked chain, and once the dietary fuse is lit, it can set off a fiery domino effect of dangerous diseases.
A Perspective on Integrative Cardiology
February 1st, 2012Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although the United States has made tremendous strides in the quality of cardiac care, heart disease still remains a primary health concern for many US citizens. Natural Solutions spoke with Dr.
An interview with Dr. Stephen SinatraFix Your Achy Breaky Heart
February 1st, 2012The key to heart disease prevention lies in knowing its causes, your risks for developing it, then doing all you can to reduce those risks. These same steps that reduce heart disease risk also demonstrate success in reversing it—often completely. Yet for many Americans, heart disease seems to take them by surprise.
Ways to care for your heart in order to prevent, and treat, heart disease.The Ultimate Lifestyle Disease: Part 1
August 31st, 2011Reviewing the list of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes (especially type 2, as it affects significantly more individuals) is mentioned prominently in literature presented on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) website. Shortly thereafter, readers are urged to change their lifestyle to reduce their risk of heart disease.
New evidence gives hope, exposes limitations of conventional treatment of type 2 diabetes.
