Tag Archives : Heart

I have done some research for one of my class this semester regarding the relationship between aging and food consumption. The results came out really surprising. One finding suggested that eating less calories could slow your aging process. Second, less food could reduce your of risk of developing major health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and memory loss. But a recent study [...]

Our life is full of stressful events, almost everyone of us experiences stress every once and a while, and non of us escapes. This post is actually focusing more on how to cope with your stress naturally, but its very important to know that stress is very harmful to your body and brain. A recent study showed that stress may take a toll on the unborn. Women who reported high levels of stress on a life [...]

Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.” (Ancient Chinese Proverb)”. Green tea is well known to be great drink for your body and health. Some of the major benefits involve cancer, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease, infection, and impaired immune function. But have you ever thought that it would slow down bone breakdown dramatically. Thats what scientist [...]

Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers spicy could be our future and promising drug. capsaicin, according to researcher could dramatically reduce damage from heart attacks. Scientists induced heart attacks on mice by cutting off the blood supply to their coronary arteries for 45 minutes. 24 hours after the “artificial heart attack”, mice lost only 15% as many heart cells as mice [...]

Grapes is cheap and very tasteful. They are available in most stores in different sizes, and have great benifits to your health. Grapes are about 80 percent water, making them a delectable low-calorie snack or dessert; a cup of Concord or Catawba grapes contains only about 60 calories . Grapes also add fiber to the diet and are naturally low in sodium. Raisins, or dried grapes, contain only about 15 [...]

Researchers from the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said that using embryonic stem cells might reduce transplantation rejection. The U.S medical scientists said the immune-defense cells influenced by embryonic stem cell-derived cells helped prevent the rejection of hearts transplanted into mice and without the use of immunosuppressive drugs. Immunosuppressive [...]

Did you know that heart disease kills far more people each year than cancer does? People definitely can lower their risk of having a heart attack by simply following a specific diet and consuming healthy food such as garlic and olive oil. These are some natural ways to keep your heart healthy and prevent form future heart diseases.

A new study was done by a researcher team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York led by Dr. Dr. Michal L. Melamed, found that people with vitamin D deficiency have higher risk of death, cancer and heart disease. Dr. Michal L. Melamed and his colleagues analyzed vitamin D level in over 13,331 people, after few years of tracking that level, they found that people with low level (less than [...]