There are many heart healthy foods and the heart health benefits of fiber, both soluble and insoluble is what we’re about to discuss here. Fiber helps with lowering cholesterol, weight loss in various ways, provides essential benefits for nutrition and can contribute to good health by preventing digestive problems, diabetes and heart disease. What Is… Read More »
Coenzyme Q10 – CoQ10 and Statins
CoQ10 and Statins – Their Roles Coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10, is a natural substance found in most cells of your body, and is responsible for energy production inside those cells. It is also a known antioxidant. If your body’s cells are not producing adequate levels of energy, your body will not function at its optimal… Read More »
Heart Healthy Foods List – Eat Rainbow Foods
Are you wanting to protect your heart by eating a healthy diet? If so, here is my heart healthy foods list to help you! These foods will improve your cardiovascular health, which can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. In addition to integrating these foods, make sure you use healthy alternatives to unhealthy foods. Protect… Read More »
What Is Diastolic and Systolic Blood Pressure?
If you have had a blood pressure reading, you would have heard the terms diastolic and systolic blood pressure readings. So, when you see a blood pressure measurement, it’s nice to know how to interpret them. A normal blood pressure reading is 120/80. The number is written as systolic pressure/diastolic pressure. The systolic pressure is… Read More »
What Can You Do To Prevent A Stroke?
Stroke is a condition that falls under the umbrella of heart disease. Most people don’t realize that there are three kinds of stroke and that there are things you can do to prevent a stroke. Don’t let an unhealthy lifestyle make you a ticking time bomb! I decided to write this article as my mother-in-law… Read More »
7 Steps To Control Blood Pressure Naturally
Anyone with high blood pressure, should seriously learn how to control blood pressure both safely and if possible, naturally! We are all different and what causes high blood pressure for you, may be different to someone else, so naturally the steps to take will be different too. For example, I don’t smoke, so to quit smoking,… Read More »
How Does Exercise Benefit Blood Pressure?
Exercise benefits blood pressure levels because it helps reverse hypertension. All types of exercise have a positive effect on blood pressure, and studies show that you don’t have to overdo it to get results. So if you have been told you have high blood pressure, your doctor will probably recommend a combination of lifestyle changes. One… Read More »
5 Diet Tips To Lower High Blood Pressure
One easy way to control and lower high blood pressure is through diet. Add the right foods to your diet and lower your blood pressure naturally and reduce the not so beneficial ones. Lower High Blood Pressure with These Diet Tips You can get started with a way to lower high blood pressure levels naturally… Read More »
What’s Cholesterol? Cholesterol Explained Simply
What You Need To Know About Cholesterol We’ve all heard the word cholesterol and most people associate it with potential problems, such as a heart attack. The truth is that not all cholesterol is bad. We need some cholesterol to survive! We actually produce it naturally in our liver in order to form cell membranes… Read More »
What Is Nutrition and Why Is It Important For Health?
What is Nutrition? Nutrition is defined as nourishment or energy that is obtained from consuming foods in healthy quantities. Unfortunately, for many of us, proper nutrition is far from what we get from our daily diet. Eating healthy, ‘nutritious’ foods is important for continued health. We are obsessed with junk food, processed food that comes… Read More »
