16th April 2013
According to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, a cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure by about 10 mm Hg.
The study involved eight women and seven men who had a systolic blood pressure between 140 to 159 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), did not have...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...8th April 2013
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis – or the hardening or clogging of the arteries – according to new research published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The study shows that bacteria living in the human digestive tract...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...4th April 2013
In a study published in 2010 researchers found a link between breast cancer and the presence of the metabolic syndrome — a syndrome that predisposes to cardiovascular and other diseases, which is characterized by abdominal obesity, high levels of triglycerides and low concentrations of HDL cholesterol, increased...
Categories: Hormonal Health, Weight Management, Metabolic Health
Read more...23rd March 2013
Inflammation is the body’s normal response to injury and while it may be a natural defense system, it can lead to disease development if it becomes chronic. The inflammation process has one goal: to respond immediately to detect and destroy the toxic material in damaged tissues before it can spread throughout the...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...7th March 2013
A huge study of half a million men and women, published in open access journal BMC Medicine, demonstrates an association between processed meat and cardiovascular disease and cancer.
The EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) study involved ten countries and 23 centres in Europe and...
Categories: Nutritional News, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
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