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Food Allergies Respiratory Health

The heavy metal making your allergies worse

The heavy metal making your allergies worse
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Living with allergies, you might think that the sneezing, runny nose, coughing, irritated stomach and more are just a normal part of everyday life. Hold on to your socks. if you’ve noticed they’re worse than they used to be, it’s likely a sign of your exposure to a dangerous and ever-growing heavy metal contaminant…

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Colon Cancer Healthy Diet

Why red meat causes carcinogenic compounds in the colon

Why red meat causes carcinogenic compounds in the colon
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Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US. And lifestyle factors play a major role. We’ve long known that red meat and colon cancer can go hand-in-hand, but there have been many questions as to why. Answers have now been found in the DNA of colon cancer cells.

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Blood Pressure Healthy Diet

The over-50 food for better blood sugar, blood pressure and a slim waist

The over-50 food for better blood sugar, blood pressure and a slim waist
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When it comes to keeping all your bodily systems healthy, the fact that refined grains are “out” and whole grains are “in” is no longer new news. But it turns out, there are very specific benefits for older adults on five major risk factors for heart disease, including waist size…

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Heart Health

Milk may do your cholesterol and heart good

Milk may do your cholesterol and heart good
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Milk has been given a bad rap for a long time. I’m referring to good old-fashioned cow’s milk, blamed for weight gain and heart disease. But a huge study’s found a connection between drinking milk, better cholesterol and keeping your heart strong.

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Health Supplements Healthy Diet

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make us sick

How fortified foods and the breakfast myth make Americans sick
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The idea of fortified foods was to reduce nutritional deficiencies. But you can’t cut corners, use cheap ingredients, remove natural nutrition and expect that throwing in a few synthetic vitamins will make up for a product that does more damage than any vitamin deficiency…

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Blood Pressure Heart Health Hypertension

Combining metabolic syndrome with kidney disease can be deadly

Combining metabolic syndrome with kidney disease can be deadly
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Metabolic syndrome is bad enough on its own since it raises your risk of problems like heart attack, stroke and diabetes, not to mention premature death. But when combined with chronic kidney disease, the cluster of conditions that make up metabolic syndrome can send those risks into the stratosphere. Here’s how to avoid them…

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Heart Health Women’s Health

Considering hormone replacement therapy? Check your ‘vascular age’

Considering hormone replacement therapy? Check your ‘vascular age’

For years, doctors have used a menopausal woman’s chronological age and years since onset of menopause to determine whether hormone therapy is too risky for her cardiovascular health. Now, researchers are suggesting physicians look at a completely different kind of age for a more accurate measure…

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Bone Health Health Supplements

Osteoporosis: The forgotten mineral that lowers the risk

Osteoporosis: The forgotten mineral that lowers the risk
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It takes more than calcium and vitamin D to maintain bone health. These popular nutrients tend to take the spotlight, though strong healthy bones depend just as much on important micro- and macronutrients. In fact, a single trace element — and don’t let that word diminish its big benefits — is instrumental in boosting your bone density…

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Immune Health Immune System

Two times when COVID-19 is most likely to spread

Two times when COVID-19 is most likely to spread
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The Delta variant is reminding us just how easy it is to catch the COVID-19 virus and transmit it. That’s why knowing exactly when someone is most contagious could go a long way toward slowing the spread. Thankfully, researchers have zeroed in on two times when it’s most critical for someone infected with COVID-19 to stay away from others…

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Heart Health Mental Health

How heart disease, anxiety and depression feed off each other

How heart disease, anxiety and depression feed off each other
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The sympathetic nervous system is part of the involuntary nervous system that increases heart rate, blood pressure and also contributes to anxiety and depression. Finally research is realizing how heart disease, anxiety and depression can promote each other and worsen outcomes…

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Immune Health Immune System

12 immune-boosting foods to help guard against mutant COVID

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After all we’ve been through, reach around and pat yourself on the back. You deserve it. You’re a survivor and that means you’re looking ahead… Because the mutant variants of COVID will keep coming. If you haven’t made it a priority to ramp up your immune system, there’s still time…