Nutrition
Can Exercise Counteract a High-Fat Meal? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] There is a window of time in which sufficient physical activity can help mediate some of the damage caused by eating an unhealthy…
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Nutrition
How a Single Meal Can Cripple Your Arteries and Lungs | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What happens within hours of eating a high-fat meal? We are only as old as our arteries. What can we do to preserve…
Nutrition
Is Personalized Genetic Testing Worth It? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Overrated “precision medicine” may just be serving vested interests, and consumer DNA testing can be useless—or even worse. Today, you can get your…
Nutrition
Are Nuts and Peanut Butter Linked to a Longer Life? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for death in human…
Nutrition
Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over a century ago,…
Nutrition
How to Boost Your Longevity Hormone | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What can we do to boost the longevity hormone FGF21? In the year 2000, a new human hormone was discovered. It was the…
Nutrition
Can Onions Help with Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Let’s talk about treating weight loss, cholesterol, and PCOS with diet. What can an eighth of a teaspoon a day of onion powder…
Nutrition
How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] People with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect…
Nutrition
How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Why might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart attack, while drugs may only reduce risk by…
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Shoveling snow? Over-exertion and cold temps can raise your heart risks
[ad_1] Shoveling snow? Over-exertion and cold temps can raise your heart risks ON SATURDAY. TIP OFF FOR THAT GAME IS EIGHT. MIGHT HAVE TO…
Nutrition
How Healthy Are Baruka Nuts? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How do barukas, also known as baru almonds, compare with other nuts? There is a new nut on the market called baru almonds,…
Lifestyle
Fiber is something most people could use more of. But experts advise caution with ‘fibermaxxing’
[ad_1] U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet the…
Nutrition
3-MCPD in Refined Cooking Oils | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] There is another reason to avoid palm oil and question the authenticity of extra-virgin olive oil. The most commonly used vegetable oil in…
Nutrition
Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] Having a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing. “Consistent…
Nutrition
Lose Weight with Cumin and Saffron? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] The spice cumin can work as well as orlistat, the “anal leakage” obesity drug. In my video Friday Favorites: Benefits of Black Cumin…
Nutrition
A Longer Life on Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering…
Nutrition
The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] A Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform…
Nutrition
Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] What is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way—in direct-to-consumer ads, for example—to “present…
Nutrition
Should You Take Statins? | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] How can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug?…
Nutrition
Why I Don’t Recommend Moringa Leaf Powder | NutritionFacts.org
[ad_1] “Clearly, in spite of the widely held ‘belief’ in the health benefits of M. oleifera [moringa], the interest of the international biomedical community…