Staying active and lean may lower your risk of atrial fibrillation, irregular heart rhythms that are linked to a higher risk of stroke. And if you already have atrial fibrillation,…
Category: Heart and Disease
Take people who are free of cardiovascular disease and ask them what they eat. Then, years later, find out if they’ve had a heart attack or stroke or have high…
Will a multivitamin cut your risk of disease? For heart disease and stroke, the answer appears to be no. [HT] “In the Physicians’ Health Study II, we found no evidence…
Heart claims—explicit or implied—are all over cereal boxes. You may be surprised to find out why: Whole grain. A cereal (like General Mills Oatmeal Crisp) that’s at least 51 percent…
Researchers have zeroed in on TMAO, trimethylamine-N-oxide, as a new culprit in heart disease. “We’ve long recognized that two individuals could have the same LDL—or bad—cholesterol, yet one goes on…
Doctors consider prescribing drugs when your blood pressure is high—that is, it’s at least 140 over 90. But it’s a threat to your blood vessels before it crosses that line.…
“An optimal blood pressure is less than 115 systolic over 75 diastolic,” says Norm Campbell, professor of medicine, community health sciences, and physiology and pharmacology at the University of Calgary…
When you eat fat, it first shows up in the bloodstream as chylomicrons—lipoproteins that are triglyceride-rich. A lipoprotein is a particle that consists of some protein and some lipid like…
Replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fats is important for protecting your heart, but it’s not the only precaution you should be taking. “This may sound surprising, but saturated fat is…
Researchers examined eight trials on 554 people (with or without high blood pressure) who were told to eat either beans (about a cup a day) or other foods with the…