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One of the reasons many people have a hard time with their cholesterol is because of how they respond to the popular statin drugs used to treat it. For some, drug therapy works, but for others, not so much. But a few tweaks can fix that…

If you have a family history of heart disease, you might assume you’re a time bomb waiting to go off and there’s little you can do about it. But you’d be wrong. As much as 90 percent of our risk comes from factors within our control. And some of those factors have recieved an updated seal of approval from the experts, validating their potential to save your life…

It’s no secret that for decades Americans have been getting heavier. There are a lot of reasons why, and we’ve been conditioned to believe they are within our control, and that not following a healthy diet or overeating is no one’s fault but our own. But it may not have been the food all along, and instead, what was on the food…

If you have the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (AFib), you may be confused as to whether it’s a good idea to exercise. No wonder. To this point, the few studies on AFib and exercise have been contradictory. But, there’s been positive indication that a carefully structured exercise program may help some people with AFib better manage their condition…

Most of us have gotten the message: eating more whole grains (as opposed to refined grains like white flour and white rice), is key to healthy living, especially if you want to avoid chronic disease. And nothing can become chronic faster than jumping from prediabetes to a full-fledged diagnosis. But the right grain can completely turn things around, and it’s gluten-free…

You’ve probably heard that 10,000 steps a day can lead to better health and longer life. But have you ever wondered why 10,000 steps? Truth be told, it was an estimate with little science behind it. Recently, researchers set out to determine exactly how many steps per day are needed for those optimal health benefits. Luckily, you can live a lot longer while walking a lot less…

It’s no secret that eating or drinking too much sugar is an unhealthy choice. Foods and beverages laden with the sweet stuff have been strongly linked to type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart attack and heart disease. Scientists quantified sugar’s effects and found a shocking number of lives could be saved by giving up the worst culprit. One of those could be yours…

Flavonoids are known to have great effects on lowering blood pressure levels. But the results haven’t been consistent for everyone. Researchers found why, and how you can make them work better for you…

About one in eight American men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime, and one in 41 will die from the disease. Researchers determined to improve those odds are working to uncover more effective ways to treat prostate cancer — and they may have found an answer in the way these cancer cells feed themselves…

Exercise is one of the best ways to reduce chronic disease risk. Why? It helps burn fat that can lead to metabolic syndrome, a constellation of factors that increase your risk for heart disease, diabetes and stroke. But the number one factor is an accumulation of fat around your middle. So if you’re going to exercise, pick one known to go straight for this fat…

Having a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s can be really scary. But the National Institutes of Health found that people who adhered to at least four of five specific healthy lifestyle factors lowered their risk of Alzheimer’s by sixty percent. Best news of all? Even octogenarians can avoid Alzheimer’s by following these habits…

When most of us think about the foods we eat, we get stuck on things like fat, calories and the amount of sugar in them. Yet, one thing few of us consider is the effect of food on the pH balance — alkalinity to acidity ratio — of the body, which is equally as important… even moreso, for your kidneys.

Research has shown that the makeup of your microbiome greatly affects your immune system. But that’s not all. It impacts your weight, healthy aging and your risk of numerous chronic diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. Two types of foods, fiber and fermented foods, have been known to increase bacterial diversity in the gut. But one does a much better job…

Don’t you love the advice to eat better? Silly question. In fact, we hate to hear it because, what is better, specifically? Oftentimes, it’s conflicting. And it rarely includes our favorite indulgences. That’s why we struggle to choose and stick to a healthy diet. But would it be easier if you knew which foods added or subtracted minutes from your life?

To keep our hearts healthy, we’re bombarded with well-meaning advice. Eat this, don’t eat that. Exercise this much. Don’t sit too much. Avoid bad habits and reduce the stress levels in your life. But there’s one simple piece of advice that, if you follow especially during midlife, could eliminate heart failure from your future…

We have more leisure time than ever, between 36 and 40 hours a week by some estimates. But we live in a society that makes us feel like every moment must be a productive one. Once you believe that, and internalize the message that leisure time is a waste of time, research shows you’re going to be more depressed and less happy, unless you think of it this way…

Random mouth ulcers are just plain painful. Over-the-counter topicals or prescription mouthwashes may reduce the pain, but they don’t help heal those canker sores so much. So a group of scientists decided to put CBD to the test. It’s been shown to do so much, why not?

My gut is somewhat out of whack thanks to long-term antibiotics I took several years ago. So I’m familiar with an urgent bathroom run. But there are some surprising things about some foods that can trigger diarrhea even if you have an iron stomach. If you’d rather not be caught off guard, watch out for these eight…

The aorta, the main artery coming into the heart, becomes gradually stiffer with age, even without other risk factors, like smoking or obesity. This stiffening is the main reason the risk of hypertension increases as we get older. But even if weight is a problem, you might be surprised to find you don’t have to starve to make a significant difference in your heart health…

People suffering from Leaky Gut spend years looking for relief. Knowing the symptoms and conditions that can be tied to leaky gut is a good starting point for you to nail down what’s ailing you and how to get relief…

It’s no secret that high amounts of fructose are hiding in hundreds of foods, from condiments, like ketchup, to luncheon meats, apple sauce, breakfast cereals and more. It’s contributed to an obesity epidemic, but scientists were truly surprised to see exactly how: by conditioning the gut to absorb supersized amounts of fat and calories…

The fact that migraines and diabetes are linked at all seems rather unlikely. While migraines happen in your brain, diabetes is caused by issues with your pancreas. And there’s a lot of body separating these two organs. But research has uncovered an odd connection that may seem like a silver lining for at least one of these conditions…

You may believe there comes a point when taking up exercise won’t make any difference to your health. But don’t give up just yet. Research in more than 30,000 people indicates that becoming physically active later in life can be almost as good for a longer, healthier life as having exercised consistently for years…

From watching funny pet videos to relaxing with our favorite pooch, pets make us laugh, make us smile, and make us feel better. That’s why doctors and hospitals have long enlisted therapy dogs to help patients, whether they’re recovering from a physical injury or need emotional support. Here’s how your pet can help you feel better fast…

Certain foods have a reputation as superfoods, meaning they possess particularly heathy attributes that confer improved health and even longer life to those who eat them. You can include them as part of healthy diet or, in the case of this one, the worse your diet is, the bigger the benefits you’ll see…

Time-restricted eating is a type of intermittent fasting. It’s an eating plan where you restrict consuming your calories or food to a specific window of time each day. You might eat during an hour 8 hour period and fast for 16 (a chunk of that when you sleep). It’s not for everyone, but these four big health benefits might inspire you to give it a try…

At any given moment, I can listen to the right tune to help me feel calmer, happier, more focused or primed for sleep. But playing music also improves your life in multiple ways. In fact, learning to play a musical instrument is well worth the effort, especially for your brain, even if you don’t start learning until you’re an older adult…

Erectile dysfunction is a subject most men don’t want to talk about. After all, many men take it as another sign, along with laugh lines and a receding hairline, that they’re just getting older. But if you’re experiencing problems in the bedroom that you’ve been ignoring, the results of a study of over 95,000 men in Australia may be a wake-up call for you…

There’s a reason we’ve learned to trust our gut instincts. Research has revealed that it works for the body like a second brain and that its effects on total body health can reach far beyond its intestinal confines. That’s why when scientists had a gut feeling about its connection to heart disease, they couldn’t shake it until they discovered this missing link…

Nobel Prize-winning physiologist and biochemist Otto Warburg hypothesized over 90 years ago that cancer cells use sugars for energy. If you take a cancer cell’s preferred energy source, what happens then? On the keto diet, the body turns to burning fat for energy instead of carbohydrates, but cancer might starve…

Supplements are an easy way for seniors to get beneficial nutrients they might not get in their everyday meals. There are so many different supplements on the market, however, that narrowing down what you need can be difficult. Here are the 10 best diet supplements most seniors should be taking…

I don’t know where you fall on the insect-eating spectrum. But if you can tolerate the idea at all, there are some fabulous health reasons to give it a shot… particularly crickets (think chocolate-covered). And better gut health is one of them…

A natural chemical that’s a powerful cancer-fighting agent (it inhibits the growth of cancer stem cells and can reverse gene alterations associated with cancer growth!) has now been found to help regenerate retinal cells. That means it can help save your sight…

Your body has two kinds of fat. One helps you use up the calories you eat each day (slim people have more of this fat), while the other is nothing but a repository for more fat (white fat). But you can convert calorie-storing white fat to calorie-burning brown fat to lose weight this way…

Move over, mustard! There’s a new condiment in town. This root vegetable is first cousin to broccoli. Astonishingly, though, it has ten times the cancer fighting power of its superfood cousin. As if killing cancer cells weren’t enough, I have six more benefits for you…

For many who live with it, the fear of getting motion sickness can make you dread travel. But, an answer to the problem is on the horizon. And, it’s been developed not by a doctor or a big drug company but by a company whose end users may just need the solution most of all…

Last year, I wrote about a study that showed how to reverse type 2 diabetes in eight weeks by changing your diet. But the extreme low-calorie diet wasn’t sustainable for most people. Luckily, there may be an easier, more realistic way to get the same result…

It’s hard to know what to eat… especially when you’re trying to improve a specific disease. Luckily, a new study from French researchers has an answer for you. This study found that the closer psoriasis sufferers followed one particular diet, the less psoriasis symptoms they had…

When you mention the benefits of healthy fats, those in the mainstream medical communities gasp in shock: Fats are terrible for you… Fat causes heart disease… Low-fat and fat-free are the only option… This stance has killed in record numbers over the past fifty years. 

For years we’ve heard about the electromagnetic field radiation emitted by cell phones. In fact, it’s been a hotly debated subject. Some say it’s slowly killing us while others say there’s no danger at all. A new study reveals another threat…

A critical strategy in conventional cancer care is preventing treatment resistance. That means finding ways to stay ahead of the disease to keep cancer cells from becoming immune to the anti-cancer actions of chemotherapy drugs, radiation, hormonal therapies and others.

Researchers found that eating certain foods was especially associated with a lower risk of aggressive breast tumors, including ER-negative, HER2-enriched and basal-like tumors. These breast cancers are more dangerous and difficult to treat. So, this is great news…

As much as 50 percent of the antibiotics prescribed by doctors’ offices and hospitals are unnecessary, and it’s a big problem that leads to antibiotic resistance. But there’s one place doling out antibiotics at almost triple the rate of other healthcare providers…

Looking for a safe and easy way to lower your blood pressure and protect your brain? Then I’ve got important info for you… Because people with high blood pressure are more likely to have lesions on their brain and brain tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Smoking causes nearly half a million deaths a year. That means that about one in every five deaths can be attributed to the dangerous habit. You know you need to quit. You know you want to. So here are some things to help you along…

Many medical conditions have qualified for treatment with cannabis: Chronic pain of any type; migraines, persistent muscle spasm, cancer, and many more illnesses. But it could keep your doctor from prescribing you other needed medications. Is this right?

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know what a struggle it can be. That’s because it’s just so easy to fall right back into your old eating habits. But, what if you had a “taste” for curbing your appetite and making better food choices?

Many herbal preparations have been used to stabilize blood sugar levels. In fact, approximately 400 different herbs have been used as effective medications to control diabetes. Here are the 5 most effective herbs that can help regulate blood sugar naturally…

You probably know that cannabis contains cannabinoids like THC and CBD. But what is remotely similar about cannabis and fish oil? The potential to impact diseases ranging from asthma to Alzheimer’s. And then of course, there’s cancer…

Aging comes with an ever-growing list of issues you have to deal with from increased fatigue to a lack of strength and stamina. And, let’s not forget the higher likelihood of chronic diseases. So, what do all of those things have in common? According to scientists, a dysfunction in the powerhouses of your cells.

As many as one in ten adults suffers with chronic insomnia. Right along with good nutrition, hydration and physical activity, a good night’s sleep is one of our essential health needs. So, many are turning to sleeping pills, but the consequences can be dire, especially if you’re older…

Arthritis pain, caused by wear and tear on your joints, doesn’t have to be an inevitable part of aging, and it doesn’t have to lead to prescriptions that can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. Overcome your osteoarthritis pain and symptoms in three simple steps…

The Stanford University School of Medicine found that you can experience diabetes-level blood sugar spikes after eating certain foods — even if you don’t have diabetes. The worst part? If you don’t see those blood sugar spikes coming, you won’t see the long-term consequences either…

Which is more important: a multi-million-dollar drug company’s right to conceal information that would compromise their profits; or the public’s need to know that drugs they’ve been told are safe and effective are actually dangerous? The answer may surprise you…

There was a time when it was the go-to wound care treatment for mothers everywhere. And they were onto something. Because it’s a natural antibiotic that’s highly effective, safe to use, inexpensive, and doesn’t lead to antibiotic resistance like pharmaceuticals…

Chewing gum. It’s all hearts and flowers, right? Wrong! What those commercial don’t tell you is that most (if not all) of the gum on the shelves of your grocery store could come with some serious health risks…

Few things are as wonderful as summer fruit. Here are our picks for the top five most delectable, versatile and super nutritious summer fruits to get before they’re gone so you can benefit from their cancer-fighting, heart-protective and super healthy attributes…

Processed meats — like the meat on your favorite deli sandwich — have a long history of causing harm to your health. It’s scary to think your favorite sandwich could lead to an early death, but facts are facts. Now, there’s one more mind-boggling reason to avoid processed meat…

Scientific studies keep showing that certain nutrients have the power to improve serious mental health problems like psychosis, bipolar disorder and PTSD–in many cases better than the prescription drugs used to treat them. Here are your top ten…

During the next 15 years, more than 10 percent of colon cancers and about 25 percent of rectal cancers will be diagnosed in people under the age of 50. In fact, rectal cancer is expected to increase by more than 124 percent. One simple supplement that can drastically reduce your risk…