Medical researchers in Germany recently discovered that if you drink enough coffee, you can actually repair your heart to keep it young — even if you’ve already suffered a heart attack. But how does it work and how much should you drink?

Foods and nutrients are eaten in unique combinations that produce different results in your body. Certain combinations are better for your health than others. It’s good to know which ones can boost other’s health-giving potential, and which don’t…

Everywhere you turn, someone is giving you advice on what to eat… Eat this and you’re heart will be healthy… Eat that and you won’t get Alzheimer’s… This food cures the common cold… And, that one will help you lose weight. Not so fast…

As you get older, you have less lung capacity and your lungs become more susceptible to infections like pneumonia. That means breathing’s not always easy in your older years, especially with the threat of flu — or coronavirus, now that we know it will be part of our regular “flu season.” There’s a simple step you can take to make sure your lungs stay young…

In our enthusiasm for quick results, some of us go overboard when we try to eat healthy. Don’t let it backfire. Here are 5 ‘health’ foods that you should know more about before chomping down on them…

One way to stretch your dollar is to make sure the produce you buy doesn’t spoil before it’s eaten. Another way is to consider store brands, many of which are just as nutritious as their full-priced competitors. Here are 7 tips to get you started.

Many Italian towns have reputations as blue zones… places where inhabitants live unusually long and healthy lives. Most often their health and longevity is attributed to a healthy Mediterranean diet. But the citizens of a town on the Italian Riviera hold tight to another healthy secret…

When it comes to drinking coffee, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, per se. However, if you are among the hundreds of millions of coffee drinkers in the world, there’s significant proof that coffee is very healthy habit, but even more so if you’re on the mature side…

It starts in your 30s, and by the time you reach your 70s, you may have lost as much as 50 percent of your muscle mass. That’s why sarcopenia is one of the top causes of frailty, poor mobility and falls in older people. So does that mean you’re doomed to a future of weak muscles and waning independence?

Managing your body’s pH level can help fight health conditions like high blood pressure, arthritis and diabetes. It’s also been shown to reduce chronic pain and cause the death of cancer cells. Here are the most important tips for shifting to an alkaline diet.

I’m not a big dessert eater. It turns out that if you’re going to choose just one dessert to get your sweet fix, it should be chocolate. That’s because two new studies show that eating chocolate (specifically the dark variety) comes with 4 huge health benefits. Here’s why you and I should be eating it regularly…

It seems that many people believe celery to be what’s called a ‘negative-calorie’ food, one that consumes more calories as the body processes it than the food itself contains. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but celery won’t make you lose weight just by eating it. But here are six other ways it can improve your health…