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Get a Leg Up on Healthy Knees
As anyone over the age of 50 can attest, strong joints won't last forever. We all eventually experience the normal aches, pains, and stiffness that result from an active life. Fortunately, there are a number of things you can do to help keep your joints.
Filed Under: Bone & Joint Health
High Blood Pressure Question: What Treatment Options Exist for Stubborn High Blood Pressure?
Treating high blood pressure often requires a multifaceted approach. To lower blood pressure, you may need to adjust the nutrients you take, begin a weight loss program, avoid excess salt, or any combination of these options.
Filed Under: Q&As
Eye Of Round Roast With Rosemary And Potatoes
A heart-healthy recipe for Eye of Round Roast with Rosemary and Potatoes.
Filed Under: Recipes
5 Ways To Outsmart Bad Heart Genes
Heart health is more about environment than bad genes. Learn five ways to outsmart bad "heart genes."
Filed Under: Heart Health
Coconut Oil and Heart Health
Coconut oil is good for heart health because being a saturated fat it does not oxidize.
Filed Under: Heart Health
What Is Cholesterol Fractionation?
Cholesterol fractionation tests expand on current cholesterol blood tests. For example, the VAP cholesterol test measures your total cholesterol and your cholesterol subtypes—so you can more accurately assess your risk level.
Filed Under: Q&As
Have High Cholesterol Levels? Reduce Them With These Foods
To lower high cholesterol levels naturally, there are a number of specific foods that you should regularly add to your diet. Studies have shown that foods such as soy, oats, coconuts, and dark chocolate can help lower cholesterol levels.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Caffeine Side Effects
Caffeine side effects can be obvious for some people: jitteriness, and the infamous “caffeine crash” once the juice clears its way out of your system. But for others, the caffeine side effects are not so obvious.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Spices for Heart Health
Curcumin, garlic, cayenne peper, ginger, onions are all spices that have been shown to have beneficial effects on heart health.
Filed Under: Food and Nutrition
For Heart Health: Do You Need an Annual Flu Shot?
To maintain heart health, you need to keep your immune system strong. But should your heart-health regimen include an annual flu shot? Dr. Sinatra recommends natural alternatives for boosting your immune system and avoiding the flu.
Filed Under: Heart Health
North African Chickpea And Red Lentil Stew With Chicken
A heart-healthy recipe for North African Chickpea and Red Lentil Stew with Chicken.
Filed Under: Recipes
Diastolic Dysfunction
Diastolic dysfunction or DD, in the simplest terms, is a heart that is struggling to fill with blood because the cells lack the energy needed. People with high blood pressure are more likely to develop diastolic dysfunction.
Filed Under: Q&As
High Blood Pressure and Exercise: The Extra Nutrients You Need
To lower high blood pressure naturally, you should exercise regularly. But you should also take a few key antioxidant nutrients to counter the free-radical damage that can occur when you exercise.
Filed Under: Heart Health
How the Heart-Healthy Practice of Earthing Can Interact with Medications
Although you can boost heart health through the practice known as Earthing or grounding, you need to understand how Earthing can interact with prescription medications--particularly blood thinning drugs.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Dr. Sinatra's Favorite Shiitake Recipe
A heart-healthy recipe for Dr. Sinatra's Favorite Shiitake Recipe.
Filed Under: Recipes
Airport Angina: Cardiology Terminology
“Airport angina” is a phrase coined to describe heart symptoms of ischemia (lack of oxygen to the heart) that are provoked by hauling and lifting luggage.
Filed Under: Angina
The Heart Disease Tests You Need
Half of all people who have heart disease die without knowing they had it. That's why it's important to screen for heart disease. Learn about the tests you need to assess your heart disease risk.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Got High Cholesterol? Make These Three Simple Diet Changes
Lower your cholesterol levels naturally in just four weeks by making three easy changes to your diet. Eating a better breakfast, snacking on certain foods, and adding grapefruit to your diet can all help lower cholesterol.
Filed Under: Cholesterol
Improve Heart Health With This Detoxification Drink
Achieve optimal heart health by ridding your body of environmental toxins with a special drink recipe. This detoxification drink will clean out your system and promote a healthy heart.
Filed Under: Heart Health
High Blood Pressure and Salt
One of the ways you can lower high blood pressure is by limiting how much salt you eat. Specifically, says Dr. Stephen Sinatra, you must be mindful of the “hidden” salt in prepared and packaged foods.
Filed Under: Heart Health
