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5 Zinc Supplement Benefits Include Lower Risk of Heart Disease

May 5, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

New studies show that low levels of zinc are found in many cardiac patients and supplementation can help relieve symptoms like angina. Learn whether you should take advantage of these zinc supplement benefits. Zinc Deficiency Associated with Cardiac Diseases Zinc levels tend to decline with age, just as the risk … Read More

The Unusual Link Between Low Stomach Acid and Osteoporosis

May 5, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Dr. Jonathan Wright, MD, a well-known natural healing physician in Renton, Washington reports that 90 percent of his patients with osteoporosis have low stomach acid. What's the link? If stomach acid is low, he explains, your body won't be able to absorb calcium, strontium, magnesium and the other minerals critical … Read More

Statins and Their Side Effects

May 5, 2020 · Jim Black · Heart Health

Despite all their best efforts, some people still can’t keep their lipids and cardiovascular risk at acceptable levels. If you’re one of them, you’ll need a medication to help control your cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins are known scientifically as 3-hydroxy- 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A … Read More

What Causes High Triglycerides? Night Shift, Late Eating, and More May Contribute

May 5, 2020 · Chelsea Clark · Heart Health

Many people stay up late and head to bed past midnight for only a few hours of sleep. Maybe you have a habit of catching up on work, reading, or watching T.V. until 1 a.m., having a late night snack before you fall asleep. Or maybe you work the graveyard … Read More

How to Prevent Smoking Diseases—and Add Years to Your Life

May 5, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

The number of Americans who smoke has fallen to 14.9 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—a big drop from 1997, when 25 percent of Americans smoked. Sadly, however, smoking still kills about half a million Americans annually, and it isn’t just the obvious smoking diseases … Read More

Possible Pygeum Benefits for Prostate Health: BPH Treatment and Prostate Cancer Prevention

May 5, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

As men age, the prostate gland often becomes enlarged. If you have symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), you are likely tired of the unpleasant symptoms caused by the condition. These include increased urgency, frequency, and hesitancy of urination, as well as reduced urinary flow rate, incomplete emptying of the … Read More

Increasing Fiber Intake is a Highly Ignored Therapy to Lower LDL Naturally

May 4, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

In the world of ever-increasing numbers of sophisticated, expensive cholesterol-lowering treatments, there’s one highly effective, “old-school” therapy that tends to get ignored: fiber. By now, it’s a well-established fact that you can cheaply and easily lower LDL naturally by increasing your fiber intake, either through foods or supplements. And yet, … Read More

Cocoa in powder and bean form for heath health

Surprising Cocoa Benefits May Include Heart Health and Prediabetes Improvement

May 4, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

In our post Chocolate Benefits for Your Brain, you learned about the phytochemicals in dark chocolate and cocoa and their impact on your mood and cognitive performance. Here, we’ll continue with an overview of cocoa benefits (from cocoa powder and dark chocolate) on heart health. Chocolate’s polyphenols, particularly its flavanols, … Read More

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Why Do Some People Experience Depression During the Holidays?

May 4, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

The holidays can be a time of emotional highs, but also lows. It’s not uncommon to feel loneliness, anxiety, sadness interspersed with happiness. The bad news is the holiday blues can worsen depression symptoms in people struggling with chronic depression. The good news is that holiday blues are not inevitable– … Read More

What Is Leptin? It May Be the Key to Unlocking Fat Loss

May 4, 2020 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Officially discovered in 1994, leptin is a hormone that has quickly become known as a central player in controlling body fat Soon after, pharmaceutical companies rushed to get leptin-like drugs to market, thinking they finally had the miracle weight loss pill that could end the obesity epidemic (and make them … Read More

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