The Best Nutritional Interventions for Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure is a chronic heart disease that affects the whole body. It is a serious public health concern due to its high prevalence, high risk of hospitalizations, mortality risk, cost of care, and reduced quality of life. The progressively weakened heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to sustain normal blood circulation…
How to Manage Swelling of Limbs (Edema)
Edema or swelling of the peripheral limbs, happens due to excess fluid getting trapped in your body’s tissues, causing puffiness and swelling. Edema may be a symptom of a severe underlying condition such as kidney disease, cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, vein damage, protein deficiency, or a weak lymphatic system. Mild cases of edema may be…
How to Support Heart Health and Prevent Heart Disease
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries, of which atherosclerosis is the most common type of heart disease. Heart disease is responsible for ¼ of all deaths, with 17.3 million global deaths each year, expected to rise by over 26% by 2030. Prevention of heart disease through lifestyle…
How to Manage Menopausal Symptoms Naturally
Menopause can bring about many physical changes, including hot flashes, vaginal dryness, pain during sex, heart palpitations, and sleeping disruptions. These symptoms are the result of fluctuating progesterone and estrogen levels. While many women dread this point in their lives because they fear the common symptoms associated with menopause, menopause can also be viewed as…
Controlling High Blood Pressure Naturally with Diet and Lifestyle Changes
High blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension, is defined as a sustained elevated arterial blood pressure measured indirectly by an inflatable cuff and pressure manometer. Hypertension often involves many body organs, including the heart, endocrine system, kidneys, and nervous systems. Hypertension has a worldwide burden on human quality of life and the healthcare systems. Hypertension…
STROKE – How Nutrition and Supplements Aid in Prevention and Recovery
Before we dive into how nutrition and supplements aid in stroke prevention and recovery, let us first look into why a stroke happens in the first place. There are two main causes of stroke: 1. A blood clot forms and clogs an artery of the brain causing a blockage (ischemic stroke). Once a blockage occurs,…
How To Increase Human Growth Hormone Levels Naturally
Human growth hormone (HGH) is an important hormone produced in the pituitary gland which stimulates tissue and bone growth in humans. This is a vital hormone that helps increase bone mineral density, reduces the incidence of having a heart attack by increasing HDL cholesterol, reducing total and LDL cholesterol, reducing blood pressure, fat mass, and…
Epigenetics and How Lifestyle Choices Affect Health
The external effects of the environment can influence disease, and some of these effects can even be inherited in people. What exactly does this mean? Let’s give an example: in 2002, Swedish scientists conducted an investigation where they examined whether nutrition affected the death rate from heart disease and diabetes and whether these effects were…
TMAO and Its Effect on Your Health
For decades, science has been showing that what we eat plays a vital role in our heart health. In the past 5 years, the details of the complex connection between the gut and heart are in focus. The gut microbiome consists of trillions of microbes that reside in the gastrointestinal tract and influence health by…
Apple Cider Vinegar Benefits?
For centuries, apple cider vinegar has been used in cooking and as a popular home remedy. The ancient Greeks treated their wounds with it while Greek physician Hippocrates recommended it as a treatment for colds, sore throats, and coughs. Historically, it has been used for many ailments, including obesity, plague, and high blood pressure, while…
The Nutritional Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet – Summary
There ís a common misconception that a plant-based diet is not as good as a balanced diet, which usually involves eating a combination of meat and vegetables. The truth is quite the opposite. A plant-based diet is more beneficial and has a higher nutritional value than a diet that includes meat. It is an undeniable…
Is Wine Healthy or Not?
For over a decade, wine has been a hot topic when it comes to its health benefits or the lack thereof. Wine is an essential beverage in many cultures and has even been used as a medicine in some cultures. But there are some changes in the industry in the past few years. After 24…
The Health and Anti-Aging Benefits of NAD+
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD+ for short, is a molecule that is found inside all of our cells. NAD+ controls many key processes in the body, including energy metabolism, cell survival. [1, 2] Some of the key roles of NAD+ include: Fixing damaged DNA Part of the stress response Enabling the body’s natural internal clock…
How to Improve Kidney Disease Naturally
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease affecting the kidneys. It causes irreparable damage to the kidneys and affects some 30 million people in the United States. This disease represents a public health issue due to its high prevalence and high impact on peoples morbidity and mortality levels [1,2]. As CKD progresses, especially in…
Are Air Fryers Really a Healthy Alternative?
We all love fried foods; this is part of human evolution. Fried foods provide lots of fat, which, in prehistoric times, were essential for our survival. But what about eating these fats in modern times? We know that the high temperatures used for frying food induce oxidation of cholesterol. Cholesterol oxidation products are formed which…