Heart Health Archives

Coronary Artery Calcium Score: The Best Way to Know if You Have Early Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

Aug 14, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

The best time to detect coronary artery disease, or atherosclerotic heart disease, the number one cause of death in the Western world, is in an early stage long before there are any of the well-known symptoms. And the one and only way to do this is by finding out your … Read More

7 L-Carnitine Benefits: Combat Statins’ Muscle Pain and Much More

Aug 14, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

For people on statins, muscle pain is not an uncommon side effect. Over 10% of those taking statins to lower their LDL cholesterol experience muscle pain, and according to one study a large percentage of those experiencing pain experience actual skeletal muscle damage[1]. Many of them have heard about and … Read More

Use of a Healthy Blood Pressure Chart for Women:
3 Scenarios Where It’s Imperative

Aug 10, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Most people with known or suspected hypertension should monitor their blood pressure at home and use a healthy blood pressure chart and log, according to a Call-to-Action published in the journal Hypertension.[1] However, if you’re female, home blood pressure monitoring is even more important, given that women are commonly underdiagnosed … Read More

3 of the Best-Researched Cholesterol-Lowering Vitamins and Supplements, Part 1

Aug 6, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Want some alternatives to statins for your high cholesterol that are more natural, but still well-researched and effective? One tool doctors use to get high-quality impartial information about supplements and vitamins for cholesterol and other health conditions is the Natural Standard database. Natural Standard uses evidence-based information to grade supplements … Read More

Surprising Cocoa Benefits Include Heart Health and Prediabetes Improvement

Jul 27, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

In part 1, you learned about the phytochemicals in dark chocolate and cocoa and how they benefit mood and brain performance. Now, in part 2, we’ll continue with an overview of cocoa benefits (from cocoa powder and dark chocolate) on heart health. Chocolate’s polyphenols, particularly its flavanols, act in numerous … Read More

3 Ways to Boost Heart Health

Jul 23, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Many people want achieve to a high IQ, high athletic performance, and even have high self-esteem, but no one wants high cholesterol. So, why is having high cholesterol bad? That is a great question! After all, the human body actually needs cholesterol. In fact, cholesterol is useful to make hormones, vitamin D, and … Read More

Multivitamin Benefits: Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Taking a Daily Supplement

Feb 24, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Over a year ago, a report was released that claimed there was no benefit from taking a multivitamin and that they might even be harmful. But as we previously reported, many professionals don’t agree with these claims and believe that there are many multivitamin benefits worth your while. A recently … Read More

What Is HDL Cholesterol and Why Do We Need It? This Good Cholesterol Helps Protect from Cognitive Decline

Jan 22, 2015 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Past generations believed that all cholesterol was bad. Now most of us know that there is both good cholesterol (HDL), and bad (LDL). Instead of total cholesterol scores being the true measure of heart disease risk, it is more the ratio of good and bad cholesterol that is important. You … Read More

New Simvastatin Side Effects Confirmed: Are These and Other Statins Diabetes Inducers?

Aug 19, 2014 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Here’s some sad news: the better you are at sticking to your statin therapy, the more likely you are to get diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according the results of a new study. Providing further confirmation of the previously reported statin/diabetes link, the results were published in Diabetes Care, the … Read More

5 Top Cholesterol Reducing Foods

Dec 18, 2013 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Research shows eating these 5 cholesterol reducing foods can help you significantly lower your levels of LDL or "bad" cholesterol, raise your levels of HDL or “good” cholesterol, and reduce your risk of heart disease. 1. Nuts Tree nuts and seeds such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower … Read More

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