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Tag: blood vessels

A healthy diet boosts blood vessel health
  • Heart and Disease

A healthy diet boosts blood vessel health

  • Posted on March 4, 2019March 1, 2019
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

A Mediterranean diet may lower blood pressure and help keep arteries from stiffening as you age. In a recent study, researchers randomly assigned roughly 1,130 older people in five European…

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  • Exercise for Health

Exercise and Brain Health: Five Ways Exercise Can Help

  • Posted on February 26, 2015
  • by Bonnie Liebman

In 1999, Arthur Kramer, then at the University of Illinois, reported that healthy sedentary people aged 60 to 75 did better on tests requiring executive function if they were assigned…

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  • What Not to Eat

What Not to Eat: Get This Chemical Found in Breads Out of the Food Supply

  • Posted on February 10, 2015
  • by Michael F. Jacobson

AZODICARBONAMIDE Found in: Flour improver and bleaching agent: White flour, bread and rolls. Azodicarbonamide (ADC) has long been used by commercial bakers to strengthen dough, but has been poorly tested.…

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  • Heart and Disease

What to Eat: Chocolate and Cardiovascular Disease

  • Posted on November 25, 2014
  • by David Schardt

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…

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  • Diabetes and Diet

Diabetes and Diet: Diabetic Retinopathy

  • Posted on October 9, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

“Diabetes can lead to small-blood-vessel disease. And the eyes have small blood vessels. The longer you’ve had diabetes and the higher your blood sugar is, the more likely you are…

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  • Heart and Disease

Heart and Disease: Risk Rises Before Your Blood Pressure is "High"

  • Posted on September 2, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

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.…

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  • Heart and Disease

Heart and Disease: Keep Blood Pressure Low to Prevent Strokes

  • Posted on August 23, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

“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…

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  • Diet and Weight Loss

Diet and Weight Loss: Get Fitter Faster with Interval Training

  • Posted on August 6, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

No time to exercise? Here’s how to get more bang for your buck. Two caveats: A short exercise session doesn’t burn enough calories to help you lose weight. And getting…

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  • How to Diet

How to Diet: Can Staying Active as You Age Improve Cognitive Function?

  • Posted on July 29, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Older, heavier people who move their muscles may also be helping their brains. Researchers studied 107 frail, obese, sedentary older people in the St. Louis area. (“Frail” meant that they…

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