For a healthy way to start your day, make sure that your breakfast has the right amount of protein, fresh fruits and veggies, and healthy carbohydrates. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it should take up a quarter of your daily calories. Split your breakfast plate into three parts. One part… Read More…
Pills Against Alzheimer’s Also Work Against Cardiovascular Diseases
In a recent study conducted by scientists from Umea University in Sweden it has been found that individuals taking potent pills prescribed for the suppression of Alzheimer’s also have a higher chance of avoiding cardiovascular complications. The researchers studied 7,000 persons with Alzheimer’s and have found that among them, individuals who take drugs such as donepezil… Read More…
Proven Ways to Reduce Risk of Heart Disease
Life is basically all about the choices we make and the risks involved. If you decide to cross a busy street, you know there is a risk of meeting an accident or getting hit by a vehicle but being alert and looking both ways could reduce the risk. A heart disease is similar in some… Read More…
Importance of Replenishing Our Electrolytes
Electrolytes create the electrical charges needed to regulate normal heart beats, making it necessary for us to continually replenish them. Though we may think that drinking lots of water is what’s best after heavy exercises, doing so flushes out the said essential salts which make it more important to take in nutrients that provide them…. Read More…
Common Painkillers Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack
Some of the widely used painkillers could increase long-term user’s risk of heart attack by more than a third, according to an in-depth study of the side effects these drugs have shown. “One year’s high-dose treatment with over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, used by hundreds of thousands of arthritis sufferers in the UK,… Read More…
The Effects of Statins on the Benefits of Exercise
According to doctors, statins, which are the prescribed drugs for lowering cholesterol, have prevented millions of people from having heart attacks. These drugs have saved many lives. However, a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found out that these drugs, which include Lipitor, may counteract the benefits of exercise… Read More…