Modern Health Issues
Can Potassium Help Your Heart?
Sodium is not good for you in large doses. It affects your blood pressure and, by extension, your heart. But, what about potassium? Can it help your heart?
Stress and Heart Disease
Into each life a little stress must fall. Stress is a part of life but, left unmanaged, it can damage your body – especially your heart. Learn about the correlation between stress and heart disease.
Eating Your Way to a Healthy Heart
You are what you eat, literally. Change what you put into your body and you will not only change the way you look but how your insides function. Here are some choices for delicious tasting foods that have less fat.
Exercise and Your Heart
As we age, every part of our bodies is affected, including our heart. Regular exercise can keep your heart strong and pumping.
The Skinny on Weight and Your Heart
Did you know that it’s your heart that will suffer under all the weight? Here are a few facts about weight and your heart.
What are Triglycerides?
You hear a lot about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, but what about triglycerides? Is that number important? You bet it is and if you keep reading you’ll find out why.
GERD is Common if You Are Overweight
If you are overweight, losing as little as ten or fifteen pounds could improve your symptoms of GERD.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Stress
Anxiety may induce colon spasms in people with irritable bowel syndrome. When your mind is stressed or weighed down by an occurrence or notion, it releases chemicals. These chemicals work on…
Women and Heart Disease
Women are starting to take center stage as the risk of heart disease for them is being examined more closely. If you are a woman, learn how heart disease affects you.
The Social Stigma of Being Overweight
It is so tough for overweight people these days; if you watch TV or read magazines, you know that everybody wants to be thin.